A week had passed since our heroes gathered at Twilight's and things were finally settling down. Authora tried to find a job with her cutie mark but, seeing how her voice was gone, nothing fit. She decided to accept a job at Sugarcube Corner to help Pinkie Pie. Flutterwing spends her days simply lying on clouds and helping Rarity at the Carousel Boutique.
And Pipsqueak, well, was her usual self. A troublemaker. Her crusades with the Crusaders didn’t help. It was after a small kitchen explosion at SCC did Authora and Flutterwing decide to do anything.
So, early that morning, the two sisters got to work on taking their sister to...
“SCHOOL!” Pipsqueak groaned. A dark green saddle bag with a dark red ‘R’ for a clasp as secured around her waist. Authora filling it with things Cheerilee told them Pipsqueak needed.
”Yep, all fillies your age go to school.” Authora told her sister. Pipsqueak groaned, she always hated school.
“But I have other stuff to do.” Pipsqueak complained.
“All of your friends are in school, your too young to do anything else, you know absolutely nothing about their history except for what we saw on TV. Pipsqueak, you are going to school and that’s final.” Flutterwing said as the three sisters began walking to the schoolhouse.
While her elder sisters greeted ponies on the street, Pipsqueak was creating the revenge plot against them for taking her to school. Once the red building with a large copper bell was spotted the idea came to her.
“Aren’t you guys old enough to be in High School? How come you two don’t have to go?” Pipsqueak asked.
Authora and Flutterwing laughed.
“Sis, there isn’t such a thing has high school here. After Elementary school there’s Magic Kindergarten and Flight Camp. Flutterwing has already mastered her wings and I have pretty good control of my magic.” Authora lifted her head to remind her sister how she was talking. Pipsqueak huffed angrily, “We don’t have to go. But you do. Have a nice day!”
With a final wave, Authora pushed sister into the schoolhouse. All of the other fillies and colts inside.
“Don’t blow up anything Pipsqueak.” Flutterwing said, only half joking. She and Authora then walked away, to their respective jobs.
Pipsqueak got a look at her new prison. It looked kinda big, about 20 desks filled with the fillies and colts. Almost exactly like the TV show’s version of it.
“Class, today we have a new student. Come up here and introduce yourself.” Cheerilee said, motioning towards Pipsqueak.
“Huh, my name is Acornia Pipsqueakerth Flame the 3rd. My sisters call me Pipsqueak or Pip but I like Acorn or Acorn Flame.” Pipsqueak greeted.
“Say hello.” Cheerilee commanded her students, she said it in a gentle matter but it was still in forceful.
“Hello Acorn.” The students greeted. Cheerilee gave them all a warm smile.
“Now Acorn, go and find yourself somewhere to sit.” Acorn was smiling on the inside. She outsmarted her sisters. She made sure to come up with the fanciest name she could think of (adding –erth, –nia and some random number) and gave herself the nickname Acorn.
“No one beats Megan Stream at her own game.” Acorn thought as she sat near the back of the classroom.
If she was going to school then she was going to have some fun with it.
Authora left the schoolhouse with an uneasy feeling in her stomach.
“How long do you think Diamond Tiara will have after she calls Meg a ‘blank flank’?” She asked her younger sister.
“A few seconds. Give or take if Pipsqueak decides to give her some crap speech about how she’s better as a blank flank.” Flutterwing explained, flying just over her sister. “I have to go. Rarity expecting me, have fun at Sugarcube Corner.”
“K,” Authora thought to her sister as she walked off.
She thought about her dream from last night for the umpteenth time that morning. Almost every ending the same. Her mom. Her dad. Her sisters. Her Dandelion. All of them dead. All of them by his hands. Yet all the blame on her shoulders.
Authora kept telling herself that it wasn’t her fault but the blame kept coming back. She couldn’t tell her sister’s about their mother without feeling more guilt. It had been over a week since her death, month and a half since the death of her dad.
Seeing a familiar gingerbread bakery, Authora’s mood perked up.
“Authora!” Came a pink earth pony. “Come on, we have the breakfast rush to catch up on.”
With a small laugh, Authora began a long day of baking and the occasional helping Pinkie Pie with the Cake’s Twins.
Authora was completely unaware of the blue jay that had been following her since she left the library.
Jay walked into the daylight of Canterlot. The light from the sun and happy air felt odd to him. He found it odd that of all the places Abigail chose it was one as happy and carefree as Equestria. When he had a vague knowledge of the show, thanks to Abigail, so he knew that unicorns and pegasi were common.
Things like Alicorns were less common.
Jay awoke a black alicorn, he used what magic he could find to hide his wings for the time being. He even changed his coat to a deep blue color, knowing in a place as happy and colorful as this would not treat an all black unicorn well.
His cutie mark was inverted pentagram, but he placed an a allusion spell to make it a bird with a heart on it’s beak.
Soon finding himself at the entrance to the palace. He placed a simple thought in both the heads of the guards to let him in.
“Too easy.” Jay thought to himself as he walked inside the white halls.
As he line of people to see Celestia moved, his plans for finding Abigail becoming more solid as he walked.
After 2 hours of waiting, it was finally his turn.
He counted at least 10 unicorn and pegasi guards inside the throne room.
“If it is any consolation stallions, I wish to speak to the Princess alone.” The guards didn’t move. Jay gave a small laugh. “I was really hoping to avoid this. But, that’s a lie.” His horn glowed pure black, slowly covering his whole body. Changing him back to his original alicorn form. The guards gasped while Celestia took a step back in pure shock. Another alicorn? “ Now, before we have to stain these lovely halls in red. GET OUT! ” A gray-black pegasus stepped forward.
“We will stay to protect our Princess. Stat your name!” Jay barely moved.
With quick flash, the guard was gone. Leaving his golden armor behind.
“I hate having to repeat myself. ” The guards ran, not wanting to end up like their friend.
Celestia stood tall as the golden doors slammed shut.
“Who are you? What are you doing inside my castle?” She yelled at Jay.
“I’m here to get what is mine. And no, I don’t mean your kingdom.” Jay took a few steps towards Celestia, her horn getting a golden glow. “My friend escaped here over a week ago. I’m here to take her back, whether she wants to or not.”