//------------------------------// // Chapter 2:Breakfast and Arrival // Story: Chrysalis's college days // by MephileztheHam //------------------------------// The sound of the dining room doors slamming closed behind me unnerved me, the sound that there was no way to escape the dining room, and from my seemingly less than pleased mother. “Well she isn't casting any spells at me like she does with Gynaephora during her, 'discipline training' at least”, I thought to myself as I approached the dining table. Casting a hungry glance at the breakfast spread I smiled at the work of the royal chefs. All along the the table sat plates of food, ranging from steaming bread to omelettes and pretty much any kind type of food you would eat during breakfast, perks of royalty. Not even reaching within hoofs reach of the table end was I assaulted by the aroma of pancakes, eggs, bread, soup, everything mixing together in a mouth watering scent. Now I know what your thinking, changelings eat food besides the nourishment of love? You bet your flank we do, although it isn't as filling as feeding on some poor fool who you tricked into loving you and neither is it nearly as satisfying. But one must make due with what you have if there isn't any love to feed on nearby. And personally, I would rather be full and unsatisfied than be dead from starvation and unsatisfied, besides, I occasionally miss chewing on something solid once in a while. Anyways, I am rambling again, back to the story. Tearing my gaze away from the confections I brought my gaze back to my mother, and she still looked pissed. “Good morning mother, I trust you slept well last night?” I said in the best happy tone I could muster while under he steely gaze, giving her my best genuine smile and nodding curtly as I made my way to a seat next to hers. Pulling the seat out from the table and plopping myself into it snugly I couldn't help but feel relieved. I haven't been blasted with any projectiles yet which means she isn't mad enough for some 'training', thank the gods for that. My mother gazed at me for a moment, her face void of any emotion, her orange eyes bored right through me as she did. I visibly shrank in my chair but I dared not to tear away from her gaze, that is right everypony, the only being in all of equestria that can make big bad old me scared is my mother, but who isn't afraid of their mothers sometimes? Suddenly she burst out laughing, thrusting her arms around me as she brought me into a tight hug. Rubbing her cheek against mine as she squeezed the life out of me. “Oh my little Chryssie, I had you that time didn't I? You should have seen the look on your face dear! Oh my that was priceless!”, mother chuckled as she nuzzled my cheek with hers. Returning her hug, albeit a bit shakily, I nuzzled her back. “Mother, by the gods you scared me, I was worried I would have to dodge fireballs on an empty stomach!”, I chuckled. Leaning away from our hug she gave me warm look wearing a goofy grin and a caring glow in her eyes. “Now why would I ever enforce discipline of that sort on my favorite daughter hmm? Certainly not when she has been behaving so well and excelling at all of her trials?”, finishing her statement with a bop of her hoof on my muzzle. Rolling my eyes at her I pulled away from our hug and adjusted my chest plate as it had been shifted during our embrace. “And to answer your question dear, I slept wonderfully, I suppose you did as well?”, she hummed as she adjusted her clothes as well, straightening her robes. “Until the bell rang its annoying tone, yes I did, and where is Gynaephora? Late again as usual with her beauty sleep?”, I scoffed while floating a few plates filled with pancakes as well as an assortment of syrups off of the table and towards me with magic. But before either of us could say another word the dining room doors flung open with a thud shortly followed by the clip clop of hooves. “Speaking behind my back again dear sister?”, chimed a raspy voice, ugh that voice. Tearing my gaze away from the steaming pancakes and to the origin of the voice I was met with the visage of my dreadful sister, Gynaephora. The way she made her way to the table was simply infuriating to me, the way she kept her stride with a arrogant flare, the way she swayed her hips in front of the guards to rile them up, her ratty blue hair kept short by her own handywork, those azure hued eyes scrutinizing your every move, and her hook shaped horn on her stupid head, I hate everything about her. “Yes we are, sister, and may I say your mane looks extra ratty today?”, I affirmed nonchalantly, turning my attention back to my well deserved pancakes as I doused them in caramel syrup. Satisfied that I drowned my pancakes sufficiently I glanced back to Gynaephora who was now seated on the opposite side of mother, her face devoid of emotion save for her azure eyes, they positively seethed with loathing, perfect. “My shower was freezing cold, you wouldn't happen to know anything about that now, would you dear sister?”, the azure changeling glowered, flaring her horn in her magic as she spoke, levitating plates of omelots and the like in front. I smirked as I selected a nearby fork in my grasp and stabbed the mound of pancakes. “Oh I wouldn't know Gynny, my shower was perfectly warm and refreshing, perhaps I spent to much time in there, it is quite hard to keep track of time when I am bathing, I apologize”, I muttered with fake sincerity as I chomped down a mouthful of pancake goodness, chewing slowly with my mouth open, smacking my lips together loudly before smiling. I smiled as I noticed her eyelids twitched ever so slightly, a sign that I was successfully getting under her skin, she was easy to instigate. “Why you litt-mhp!”, suddenly Gynaephora was silenced by mother's hoof on her muzzle, a look of annoyance on her face. “Now now girls, enough of this squabbling! Your negativity is giving me a blasted headache and I highly doubt you wish for some 'discipline training', Gynaephora ”, mother hissed, rubbing her temples in sooth circles. Discipline training', was when mother would attack little sister if she spoke out of turn, dueling her with deadly magic as she did. Why my mother did so was for one reason, if you have the gall to talk back to a superior, then you obviously must be stronger than the one in charge to do so. I chuckled at the image of little Gynaephora dodging mother's hellfire and getting singed in the process. Both Gynaephora and I softly apologized and gave each other the truce glare and returned to out meals, eating in silence, occasionally taking part in small talk with each other about the morning and such. “Oh! I almost forgot, mother I finally found out about the-blah blah blah”, I grumbled to myself, tuning out Gynaephora's news and taking another bite of pancake, if its one thing my sister was good at, it was droning on about the most trivial things she thought was interesting. “Isn't that right Chrysalis?”, mothers voice asked, nudging me with her hoof. i nearly choked on a mouthful of pancakes, choking back a cough , swallowing the lump. “Huh, wha?”, I dumbly responded, startled awake from my thoughts and brought back to reality to the two mares watching me intently for an answer. My mother gave a huff, brushing a lock of hair from her face as she did. “Please pay attention Chrysalis, for I shall not repeat myself again so let me start from the beginning, ahem, it seems your sister has successfully brainwashed a special guard in Canterlot, and this particular guard is captain of the customs checkpoint that we have been having trouble with these past months”, as soon as she said Canterlot I grimaced, images of my failure flickered in my mind, but I shook my head of those awful memories at the mention of the checkpoint. Clearing her throat mother continued on her explanation. “As you know that checkpoint had been created because of your failure months ago, and ever since then it has put a wrench in our operation there, reducing the chance of success for our scouts there”, I lowered my gaze from my mother, my ears flat against my head. I refused to meet the eyes of mother and Gynaephora at the mention of my failure. That checkpoint has been tartarus on our scouts there from what I heard from the reports, the details aren't pleasant. Ever since the event of the royal wedding Shining Armor and Cadance worked in collaboration with Celestia to create a spell that reveals changeling disguises, forcing our scouts to use unorthodox methods of entry. And Gynaephora had managed to brainwash the captain in charge? For once in her life Gynny has finally done something useful. “And now that we have some free reign with the checkpoint, we have access, and that brings me to my next point and how it ties with your training”, I perked up immediately at that, my training to become queen again. And so did my sister, her ears pointed towards mother. “What about it?”, I responded, perhaps a little to eager as well. This caused a smile from my mother as well as a chuckle. “Calm yourself daughter, this is good news for both you and your sister, now with access to Canterlot once again, I can continue with the final step for both of your evaluations for queenship!”, at the mention of that word Gynaephora and I glared at each other, the flares of competition burning in our eyes. “For the final step I shall assign a test, a unique one for each of you to take part in, and in the end I will see if you proved your worth”, mother announced before turning to me. “For your test Chrysalis, you will be sent to Canterlot to scout out the area for us and bring back information of any interior routes we can use as access, but you will not go alone. You may bring one of your personal guard with you and only one, and report in monthly of your endeavors”, a scouting mission? That's all? Queen status will be as good as mine at this rate! “But there is special catch to this my child”, oh great, there is always a 'but', too good to be true then, typical. Why can't it ever be easy, like oh you are my favorite daughter and I want you to have your power back and your can order your sister around! “Your second objective is to attend college called Bravehills university while you are there, I expect you to learn and achieve as well while you scout”, mother explained. What? Learn in a college? But why? “M-mother, but, attend a college? What sort of importance does that have with scouting?”, I asked completely appalled. My mothers face wore a look of sincerity as she spoke her next words. What in tartarus? Scouting is one thing but College? “Dear, you are completely knowledgeable of equestrian history, but you lack any other knowledge outside of that, forgive me but I believe you will benefit from your stay there, and besides you need to buck up on your studies, your sister has excelled in her evaluation in that category and quite frankly, you are lacking”, with that said my sister cackled, nearly falling out of her chair as she laughed. My mother sighed at my sisters display, slapping her across the muzzle before returning her gaze to me. “You will travel with your sister to Canterlot later in a few hours, so please go and select a guard of your choice and be ready to go, I shall expect no delays or you will travel without the aid of your sister with the checkpoint”, mother explained seriously. Nodding in understanding I excused myself from my seat, saying my goodbyes to mother and sister and left the dining hall with thoughts running through my mind as I made my way to the guard quarter. Every single one about what had just transpired. “College? I am to waste my time in a school to learn among the drivel of the ponyfolk there? Me! Chyrsalis the changeling princess, lacking knowledge? I spent my entire foalhood learning from the best, and mother still thinks I am lacking? So be it, if this is my test to prove my status as queen than I shall succeed!”, I roared, not caring that I was scaring the guards that were unlucky enough to be patrolling the hall I was meandering down. After a few moments of calming down I collected myself, rubbing the sleep that still itched my eyes and continued on my path down the halls, may as well pick a guard with a steady mind free of rage, wouldn't want a repeat of last month, poor guard still hasn't been able to fly straight. “Now who to choose I wonder? Perhaps Glimmershell, or Hunter?”, I muttered silently as I was deep in thought, I needed someone I could trust that wouldn't slow me down, shame I can't bring them all, they haven't seen any action since Canterlot. “Perhaps I will take, oh, yes that is a good idea, he will do just fine”, I giggled at the idea of a certain changeling guard from earlier this morning to bring with me. Soon that giggle turned to a maniacal laugh, perhaps this won't be as bad I once thought, not bad at all. Some time later.... “Why in tartarus are you taking me with you? Lemme go!”, squeeled a voice from up above. Rolling my eyes I looked up to the origin of the fear stricken voice. Hovering above me encased in my magical hold was Squelch, struggling in futility. “Be quiet and still Squelch, you are coming with me on my mission and that is final!”, hissing at the changeling guard in my hold. But Squelch wasn't having any of it as he continued to fight against my grip. With a flick of my horn the aura around Squelch disappeared leaving the changeling to fall face first into the ground. Squelch muttered something, his whiny voice muffled against the ground. “Care to repeat that, Squelch?”, I asked impatiently while I inspected a suddenly interesting crack on the wall. Squelch raised his head from the ground, casting a scrutinizing glare at me before he brought himself back on his hooves. With his face off the ground I good look at my new companion. He was of lean build for a guard but neither was he flimsy, his unique dull blue eyes scrutinizing me and his ruffled spiky hair unkempt from the face plant. He was an odd changeling, having pupils instead of having just a pale sclera, it was a rare mutation that was considered a genetic thing. Or so I have been told anyway. “I said you didn't have to drop me from all the way up there, Princess”, Squelch's growled while he dusted himself off. I yawned at his attempt to be threatening, a parasprite is more of a threat. At least he is trying to act like he has a backbone. “You have wings Squelch, use them and besides it's the best way to test your lacking reaction speed, come”, I commanded, continuing down the exit tunnels. It wasn't long before the sounds of another pair of hooves against stone echoed next to me, good boy. Little was said between the disgruntled guard and I as we went, the occasional whining of Squelch breaking the calm. It wasn't long before we made it to the bright light at the end of the tunnel. But of course it wouldn't stay calm for long. “So why of all the changelings to take with you on your suicide mission did you choose me?”,the question hung in the air. I turned to look at Squelch, giving him my best evil glare I could muster. Squelch visibly shuddered at my glare as he lowered his gaze submissively. “You dare question your princess, Squelch? I will bring you with me willing or not”, I stamped my hoof against the ground to emphasize my point, leaving a small crater in the stone. At my display Squelch shivered in place. His hooves shaking with every step as he dared not to stop walking. I couldn't hold back, this was too good. “Pfft-hahah! Oh gods that was priceless! No wonder mother finds this sort of thing hilarious!”, I laughed so loud to wake even Gynaephora during her beauty sleep sessions. Squelch however looked less than amused if his scrunched up face and squinted eyes were any indication. “You are evil”, those three words nearly made lose myself to another giggle fit. With a roll of his eyes and a angry huff the changeling trotted pass me muttering angrily to himself. Easy instigation, that is the main reason I brought Squelch with me. Easy entertainment and protection to boot. After that little event, the travel through the tunnels was a quiet affair. That is until we finally made it outside and came face to face with my escort and dear sister. As soon as we left the cold tunnels underground and made it outside to the woodlands above the change was a stark contrast. The warmth of the sun, the cool breeze of Sunday morning against my shell and the crisp smell of the woods. I missed this feeling of the outdoors, sure it's safe down below in the Citadel. But quite frankly it lacks the atmosphere and feel of the world above. And personally I get tired of the whole dark and brooding theme of the castle sometimes. “Ugh finally you arrived sister. I was wondering if those pancakes slowed your already big flank self down, now come along and bring that scamp of what you call your guard with you”, my sister's raspy voice brought me back to Equestria, plenty of time to think when we arrive to Canterlot I suppose, wait what did she say about my flank? Ignore it now, plenty of time to ridicule her own appearance. “Just a moment sister, I need to speak with my guard”, my sister rolled her eyes but complied with a nod of her self righteous little head. With that said I turned to my companion who was busy fidgeting with his armor nervously. His pale eyes darting all around the surroundings. It seems the stories about the new guards never leaving the Citadel was true then. “Squelch, you have never left the citadel have you?”, I asked softly placing my hooves on his shoulders. He tensed up at my touch but relaxed just as fast, slowly nodding his head at my question. He gave me a childish grin before pushing away from me and looking all around him. “I haven't princess, I only read about the surface during training! The sky is so open I feel like I will fall into it! It's freaking me out!”, Squelch muttered in awe as he looked past me and up into the cloudy sky. I sighed, facehooving myself at his child like manner. “I would be enjoying this if it wasn't for the whole, 'forced on a suicide mission' thing ruining it”. Here we go with the damn complaining again. “For the last time it is not a suicide mission Squelch, you know what? You can leave if you want, I am sure mother would love to hear about a guard refusing a princess's command”, I threatened, my lips curving into a wicked smile. Squelch shook his head “no” vigorously while he straightened his posture. “No my lady, I am willing and able so um lets go”, with that said I turned my attention back to my sister who was busy checking her manicured hooves, typical. After a few heated words between us we prepared ourselves for flight and took off to Canterlot. Flying, one of the few things to ever bring me genuine joy, well except for overthrowing figure heads and manipulating the weak but hey we all have something. Little was said between us in our little group save for the occasional vocal fascination from Squelch in the form of oohs and aahs. I smirked as it reminded me of the first time mother took me outside to see the world. Time passed and eventually we made it to Canterlot's high walls, and right in front of the entrance was the dreaded checkpoint. Two watch towers loomed over the city gates as well as a guard house stationed there. And right in front of the gates were a pair of royal guards standing proud at attention. Without a word the three of us landed outside the city limits and into the surrounding forest. Squelch scouted the area and returned, nodding to us that we were indeed alone and safe from prying eyes. “And here we are, I suggest you choose a disguise so we can move along already, your fat flank has delayed us enough sister”, Gynaephora said nonchalantly as her body became engulfed in blue flames. As the flames died down Gynaephora's was gone and a blue unicorn with a green mane took her place. The only thing that signified that she was still herself was her azure cat like eyes. With a slow blink her eyes changed to that of a pony's, striking purple. Her cutie mark was a depiction of a crystal orbited by three gems. “Is that all? I've seen better disguises from a hatchling, let me show you how its done!”, I scoffed as I cast the disguise spell and let the process take over, feeling the warmth of green flames wash over me. With the last of the fire sizzling away I stretched my new body. My new wings flapped twice, feeling the sensation of feathers against my now soft skin. Giving myself the once over I found everything to be in order. My shell was now warm skin covered in fine red fur, my wings no longer like a insects but of a pegasus, feathers and all and my mane was now cut short with a flare of cyan. However I kept my eyes green. My cutie mark was a flaming feather. “Adequate at best, now for-never mind”, my sister was cut short due to Squelch already being in disguise. He chose the form of a pegasus with a white coat and yellow mane as well as cobalt eyes. His cutie mark was simple, a shield with a crystal gem in the middle of it. “Anyways, shall we dear sister?”, I said with a yawn, fluttering my wings and launching myself back into the sky. Gynaephora and Squelch followed close behind as we arrived to the front gates landing in front of the gatekeepers. “Allow me sister”, Gynaephora whispered as she slipped past us and sauntered her way to one of the guards. Swaying her hips as she approached the guard on the right and hugged him, planting kisses all across his face. The guard returned her affections with kisses of his own before lifting her up in a hug and planting a final kiss to her nose. “Oh my, ah see that ya missed me Beacon! Kissin me like that on the job! You silly colt you”, I cringed at my sister's disguise voice, a southern cowpony? Really? “You have no idea how much I missed you Amethyst , it's just been me and old Ark over there and I have been pretty lonely”, the guard named Beacon said aloud as she hugged my sister before locking lips with her. I rolled my eyes as the scene played out, Squelch however shifted nervously in place as he tried his best not to stare. Looking over to the other guard that was mostly likely Ark, I saw he was in the same predicament of Squelch. After what felt like hours the two idiots finally ended their slobber fest and turned to Squelch and I. “Beacon, ah I would like you to meet my best friend and her brother!”, Gyanephora said happily in her now annoying as tartarus accent. I trotted up to Beacon and shook his hoof, Squelch just nodded grinning. “Lovely to meet you Beacon, I am Flare and this is Stonewall”, I greeted in the voice of a upper class mare I met in manehatten when I was much younger. It was odd to hear the voice of another's leave my lips, it lacked the force of power behind it. Beacon stared at both of us before smiling and returning the hoof shake. “Now ah have to help Flare and Stone to their apartments, today is their first day at college yah know! Ah will come back to your place later Beacon~”, the way my sister fluttered her half lidded eyes nearly made me gag, what a hack. Beacon nodded as he placed a hoof to his lips and whistled loudly. A moment later and the gates slowly opened revealing the city within but before we could even take a step the elderly guard stopped us. “Woah there Beacon, we gotta give em the scan before we let em inside remember?”, my heart sank, we can't be revealed now not after flying all the way here! I gave my sister a worried glance, she returned my glance with a smirk before turning to whisper something in Beacon's ear. For a split second her eyes flickered back to blue when a blue aura shone over her eyes and Beacon's. Beacon's face drooped into a smile, nodding his head to Gynaephora's unheard words. “There is nothing to worry about here Ark, if my marefriend and her friends were changelings, I would know, right? So let em through for Celestia's sake ya old fart!”, Ark just shook his head at the young guard and sighed. Ark gave up and returned to his original standing point before speaking. “Bah I am too old for this crap, just get in there already but you, you are going to spend overtime tonight if you don't want me to tell the Shining Armor about this!”, Ark argued jabbing his hoof into Beacon's side while he cowered at the mention of the captain of the guard. I however flinched at the name and the pain in my limbs returned at the thought of that blasted stallion. Thankfully no one noticed my flinch and we went along our merry way in the city. The city of Canterlot was alive and well, ponies went along their daily afternoon routines and store owners manned their stalls in the streets. “And here we are, this is where you will be staying for the remainder of your evaluation sister, here is the key for the apartment room and inside you will find a note with everything you need to know”, Gynaephora explained as she led us to impressive looking apartment complex, marble columns outside and everything. Levitating two keys over to me which I snatched out of the air and looked them over, room twenty six. I turned to head inside but a pressure on my shoulder stopped me, turning over I was met with the worried face of Gynaephora. “Sister, please don't do anything to give yourself away alright?”, I simply was flabbergasted, Gynaephora showing concern over my well being? Who is she and where is my crabby primadonna sister? “Because I wouldn't want to win just because you bucked up and got dragged to the dungeons, I would rather have the story of how I gained status as Queen be far less uncouth, dear Chrysalis”, my sister snickered maniacally, trotting away to down the street and out of sight. At least she is still a insufferable. For a second there I actually thought she turned a new leaf on me. Shaking my head at the thought of a loving sister I went inside the apartment complex, Squelch following close behind. Once inside I found the interior of the building just as extravagant as the outside with its pompous design. “Heh, fancy isn't it? Sure glad that your mother payed for the best of the best, I was afraid we would end up at some hovel in the arse end of the city!”, Squelch said as he swept his gaze all around the empty lobby. He was right about that, this place looked fit enough for any rich socialite, red carpets, paintings, candle lit chandeliers, elevators and the only thing missing was a snooty receptionist. Oddly enough nopony was here in the lobby just a sign saying, out to lunch. “Lets go Stone, we are burning sunlight”, I ordered, heading to the nearest elevator and calling it down, thankfully we didn't have to wait long as the doors slid open. We both stepped inside with Squelch doing the honor of selecting the second floor and off we went. Calming elevator music played accompanied with the occasional thump of machinery, but that calm didn't last. “About my name princess, I didn't agree to the name Stonewall, I mean really? I was gonna go with Onyx Shield! Its far more impressive than Stonewall, I mean seriously who names their son Stonewall? And another thi-mph!”, I couldn't take it anymore, choosing to shove a hoof in his mouth instead of hearing his whining. “For gods sakes Squelch do you ever stop complaining? Stonewall is a convincing name for the disguise you chose and Onyx Shield sounds like it comes from a bad superhero novel, now come, our floor is about to come up”, the look on Squelch's face would have made feel guilty if I cared, the look of defeat over his name he probably spent time creating. Whatever, he will get over it eventually and he needs to harden himself if he ever wants to make a name for himself back home. Stepping out of the elevator and into the hallway I could see that the lobby downstairs wasn't a front. Whoever the owner was they spared no expense in driving home the whole snooty Canterlot look. The next few moments were spent finding our room and that didn't take long to find since the doors had giant plaques with the number engraved on it. With a kachunk the door unlocked and swung open revealing darkness within. “Squelch get the lights, I need to see what this letter is all about”, Squelch just grunted to himself as he did so, trotting over to the window and opened the blinds. As the room was bathed in the afternoon sun I spotted a piece of paper on a coffee table. With a flick of my head I became enveloped in green flames and I felt myself return to my original size and shape. “Ah much better”, I said with a coo, reaching out with my magic and bringing the letter to eye level perusing it's contents. “Hope you arrived safely daughter, by now you have acquired a disguise and are no doubt ready to continue on your mission. The college you will be attending will be just down the street south of the apartment you are staying in, and don't worry about travel its only a few blocks away. Attached to this letter will be your class schedule and identification card so you won't have to waste time with the officials there. And about your scouting objectives, do not worry about that just yet so just enjoy your first day of college because you shall receive a letter with details about that later in the later in the week. Love you always, Arctiidaes.-PS:If my timing is right you will have arrived around four thirty, and that means your first class will begin in about one hour, have fun!-PPS:This coffee table is enchanted to receive any letter I send magically and it works both ways, just write a letter and burn it with your magic! Good luck my little love bug!” I smiled at my mothers cursive, hearing her voice with every word I read. Looking up to a clock on the wall I saw that it was indeed four thirty, how does she do that? I sighed to myself, not willing to investigate a mother's intuition. If I did it would probably give me a migraine if I tried to figure her out. “One hour huh? Squelch! I am heading out for class so hold down the fort while I am out, I will be gone for a few hours if not more! Got it?”, I yelled taking on my disguise and stopping at the door. A crash was heard somewhere within the apartment followed by a very drenched Squelch. I raised an eyebrow, hoping my expression was enough to ask him why he was in that state. “Um, they had champagne and I kinda sorta shook the bottle and it fell on me”, Squelch explained with a sheepish grin. I facehooved, this is what I have to be living with for the next year or so, perfect. Just what I need, a guard who is more colt than Stallion to "protect" me. “Just watch the apartment while I am gone, don't break anything, and most of all don't waste the alcohol because after today, I am going to most likely need a drink”, Squelch simply banged his right hoof over his chest as he dove back to wherever he was before and another crash was heard. I rolled my eyes and left the apartment complex and onto the streets below. Today is going to be a long day. “College her I come”, I muttered to no one, taking off the ground and flying off southward at a leisurely pace hope in my heart that it wasn't going to be terribly difficult. It was going to be a hard day indeed, but I had no idea what I was getting myself into. Let me tell you one thing that I learned that day, college was nothing like learning with the elders in the Citadel. And that the people there didn't give a donkeys ass that you were royalty, there were no second chances, and boy did I find that out the hard way!