I sighed walking around the building I thought was a castle. "How am I going to find my crown in this place?"
"I know!" Crystal jumped from my arms. "We can split up!" She began running.
"Wait!" I ran after her. "Come back here!!"
"Oh... I'm really sorry." A familiar voice said which made me stop in place. "I didn't know you had dropped it..." I looked around the corner in disbelief. Is that...? No, it can't be...
"Well I did, and I would've gotten it back if you hadn't ruined everything! You shouldn't pick up things that don't belong to you." The red and yellow haired girl stated.
"It... Doesn't really belong to you either..."
"Excuse me!?" She exclaimed causing the pink haired girl to recoil and lower herself down.
"N...nothing..."
I was getting angrier every second she spoke... Until I saw a tan colored unicorn walking right toward them. "Oh no...!"
The pink haired girl looked down at Crystal and gasped. "Oh my goodness!" She said moving the red haired girl aside, picking Crystal up. "What's a little pony doing here??" She couldn't help but giggle seeing her horn. "And who put this fake horn on her?"
Please don't speak. Please don't speak. Please don't speak!! I kept screaming in my head.
"Gosh, you really are pathetic! It's no wonder your best friends are all stray animals." The red haired girl snapped.
That's where I draw the line... "How dare you speak to her that way!" I said walking in their sight.
"What did you say...?" She asked walking to me.
"I said how dare you speak to her that way!!" I exclaimed walking to her as well.
"Hmph... You must be new here." She smirked. "I can talk to anyone any way I want..." She quickly glared at some boy and walked past him.
"I can't believe you did that." The pink haired girl said still holding Crystal.
"Well I couldn't just stand there." I said turning to them.
"It's just that, nobody stands up to Sunset Shimmer..."
"Sunset Shimmer??"
"You've heard of her?"
"Sort of..."
"I don't think I've seen you around before." The girl added. "Did you just transfer to Canterlot High from another school?"
"Um yes... Another... School..." I cleared my throat. "My name's Twilight."
"I'm... Fluttershy..." The girl whispered.
"I'm sorry, didn't quite get that."
"It's Fluttershy." She said quietly again.
"It sounds like you're saying--"
"Fluttershy!?" Crystal exclaimed.
Aggghh!! Why!?
"Who... Who said that...??" Fluttershy asked looking around.
"I'm in your arms!" Fluttershy slowly looked back down to the pony in her arms. "I can't believe it's really you!!"
"I.. It's... T-t-talking..." Fluttershy said in disbelief. I took this chance to slowly take Crystal into my arms.
"Fluttershy...? I really Need you to calm down for a minute..." I sighed. "Sunset Shimmer said that you found something... Something that belonged to her. It wasn't a crown was it...?" Fluttershy nodded still too in shock to question how I knew it was a crown. "Do you still have it?" She shook her head no. "Well... Do you know where it is?"
Fluttershy nodded. "I gave the crown to... Um... Principal Celestia..."
"Principal Celestia?? She's the ruler here?"
"You... Could say that." Fluttershy said starting to calm down. "Technically she and Vice Principal Luna do make the rules..."
"Where is she right now?"
"She should be in her office... Third door on your left." Just as I was about to run. "Oh wait! You're really not supposed to have pets on school grounds." She said referring to Spike and Crystal. "Might wanna tuck them into your backpack... That's what I do."
"She's not my pet, she's my--... My... Uh..."
"I'm her daugh--!" I covered Crystals mouth smiling sheepishly.
Fluttershy could be seen rubbing her eyes. "A talking... Pony..."
"I don't think I can fit in there with Spike..." Crystal sighed. "Can't you just carry me around?"
"Crystal, I can't just carry you! It would be obvious!"
"I could look after her..." Fluttershy spoke out. "I'm going to my next class, but my teacher knows that I bring animals with me, and he's fine with it. I'm sure he wouldn't notice another one."
"You're telling me that he won't notice a pony with a horn." I mused.
"Why does she have a horn anyways?..."
I sighed. "Well you heard her talk so I might as well tell you..." I sighed again. "She isn't just a pony, she's... A unicorn." As soon as I said that, I heard Fluttershy laughing. "Huh?"
"Twilight, unicorns don't exist."
"Why else do you think she has a horn??"
Fluttershy looked down and tried to take the 'fake' horn off. "Ow ow ow ow ow!!" Crystal exclaimed.
"Huh!?" Fluttershy went into shock again.
"I told you she was a unicorn..." I sighed.
"B-but--!" Fluttershy was interrupted when the bell rang. "I have more questions... I'll get back to you at lunch." She started running to her class.
"This... Can only end badly...!" I held my head feeling stressed.
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"So this is what a high school is like." I said still being carried by Fluttershy.
"Y...yes..." She said still running.
“I didn’t think I would go to a high school until I was older.”
“They have high school for unicorns…?”
“Well, I don’t know about that, but I was talking about when I was human.” Fluttershy froze in place. “What’s wrong??”
“You’re telling me that you used to be human??”
“Yeah… a little girl. And Twilight was actually a Unicorn… well, now she has wings too and she's a princess but--”
“WHAT!??” Fluttershy exclaimed. “You’re saying that Twilight is a… Pony Princess!?”
“That’s what she’s supposed to be. I’m supposed to be human right now.” I sighed. “Me and mom are trying to get the crown back from here.”
“Wait… did you just say… ‘mom’...?”
“She adopted me sort of…” I looked down. “She found me in my world and saw that I had no family…”
“Oh my goodness…” Fluttershy started walking again. “I’m so sorry to hear about that…”
“Hey… can you keep everything I told you a secret from everyone else…? I think mom got a little upset when I talked to you…”
Fluttershy smiled at me. “Don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone…" she said walking into her class. "It's not like I have friends to tell..."
"Huh??"
"What?"
"But... What about--"
"Miss. Fluttershy... Another animal I see?" The male teacher said.
"Oh uh... Yes Mr. Discord..."
"Well, remember what I told you about them..."
"I know," Fluttershy nodded. "Keep them hidden in case Principal Celestia comes..."
"And gets me in trouble again..." Discord said rolling his eyes.
As Fluttershy went to her seat, she kept hearing whispers from the other students... I could hear them too.
"Why does that pony have a fake horn?" A pink girl asked.
"It's... Just a costume..." Fluttershy said looking away.
"Fake?" A boy asked. "That looks pretty real to me."
"Please, what are you? 5?" The silver girl asked. "Unicorn horns aren't real."
"Fluttershy, could you please remove that horn from that pony's head so we can get on with our class?"
"I... I can't..." Fluttershy said starting to get nervous.
"And why not?"
"Because, it's... Stuck..."
"How can it be stuck?"
"Because I... Uh... Glued it to her head, that's it!" She smiled sheepishly.
Discord groaned and walked up to me. "Here, let me help..." Discord said picking me up.
Uh oh! Not again! He started pulling hard on my horn. I opened my mouth in pain trying to not make a sound.
"Stop! You're hurting her!" Fluttershy exclaimed.
"Just... A little... More..." Then... There was a high pitched scream. Then everything went silent for a few minutes... Until Discord broke the silence looking down at me. "Since when do... Ponies scream?" He put me down. I just look up at him sweating bullets. Fluttershy looked almost the same.
"P-please just put her down..." Fluttershy said.
Discord instead pulled on the horn again. "Oowww!!"
"Did she just say ow!?" Discord exclaimed putting me down.
"Yes I said ow!!" I exclaimed leaving everyone in shock. "Oh what's the point... Yes I'm a talking unicorn ok!? Just stop pulling on my horn!!" Everyone, including Fluttershy and Discord stared at me mouth agape. "I... Think I should go..."
"Wait!" Fluttershy exclaimed picking me up. "You can't just go on your own! What if she see's you again...?"
"She?"
"Sunset Shimmer! You saw how mean she was!"
I sighed. "Alright... I'll stay..." Only because I'm not as strong as her... But I don't think I should tell the truth about Sunset Shimmer just yet.
"A unicorn... A real unicorn..." Discord let out. "Where did you find her Fluttershy?"
"Well... Actually, she found me..." Fluttershy started. "Sunset Shimmer saw her too and she thought she was just a pony too I guess..."
"Well, what's her name?"
"Crystal!" I exclaimed with a beaming smile. "Crystal Sparkle!"
"And what do you do Crystal?"
"Well..." I said putting a hoof to my head. "If I show you, do you all promise to keep it secret...?" Everyone nodded still in shock. "Okay!"
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“Let’s see… there should be a bathroom here somewhere…” I said looking around the building.
“Hey! did you hear?” A student exclaimed running to me.
“Uh… no?” I said rubbing the back of my head. “Hear what?”
“There’s a magic pony in science class right now! I’m going to check it out!” the student exclaimed running to the direction of the class.
I can’t help but twitch a little. “CRYSTAL!!!” I exclaimed before running to the same direction that student was going. Why!? Talking to Fluttershy is one thing, but showing an entire class that you have magic!? I’ll never be able to get my crown back at this rate! Oh Crystal you are in SO MUCH TROUBLE!! I thought to myself following the student. It didn’t take too long for the student to find the class. As he walked in, I followed and saw Crystal… levitating multiple items in the air. “Oh… my…” I said to myself wide eyed.
“This is so cool!” A student said.
“Magic actually exists!” says another.
“Well Crystal, I must say that I’m very impressed!” Discord said with a grin on his face. “If had that sort of power, I would do so much with it…”
Crystal giggled. “Thanks Discord.”
“CRYSTAL!!” I exclaimed at the top of my lungs.
Crystal shrieked and looked back at me dropping everything that she was levitating. “I’m sorry! I’m sorry!” I walked up to her picking her up. “Wait! I’m really sorry!” She exclaimed.
"Excuse me, who exactly are you?" Discord asked.
"Twilight Sparkle, sir. And this little pony is with me." I said walking out the class. "I'm sorry for all the trouble..."
"Trouble?? She's absolutely wonderful!" Discord exclaimed.
"Huh?"
"She is an absolute marvel! Please, as part of this science class you MUST let us know more about her."
"I'm sorry, but I don't think that's such a--"
"Please?? It's not hurting anyone!" Crystal begged.
"Crystal..."
"Or do I really have to call you the M word in front of everyone?" Crystal frowned.
"You. Wouldn't. Dare...!" I whispered to her.
"Hey everyone!" Crystal exclaimed. "Did I ever tell you that Twilight--"
"Okay! Okay!" I said covering her mouth and putting her down. She just walked to the front of the class again.
"Now Crystal..." Discord cleared his throat. "Why don't you tell the class where you're from?"
I sighed at least Sunset Shimmer isn't in this class. I thought to myself looking around the room.
"Well..." Crystal started. "I come from a land called Equestria. Ponyville to be exact. There are a lot of different towns and cities in Equestria. There are four different kinds of ponies; regular ponies, pegasai, unicorns, and alicorns... But there aren't many alicorns in Equestria. I've only seen four alicorns... My mom included. Alicorns in Equestria are actually princesses."
"Fascinating!" Discord let out. "And your mother is really a princess?"
"Mhm." Crystal nodded.
"Now tell us... How did you get here?"
"Well... You know that statue in front of the school?"
Oh no!! Don't tell them THAT!! I couldn't stop shaking because I knew I couldn't stop her either. Otherwise there would be too many questions!
"The statue of the horse? What about it?" Discord asked.
"Well, the statue is a portal... The princess said that the portal opens every 30 moons I think..." Crystal said putting a hoof on her head.
"A... Portal?!" Fluttershy exclaimed and looked right at me.
"That's absurd... I've seen that statue many times but I've NEVER noticed a portal or anything like one!" Discord said.
"I'll even show you!" Crystal said about to walk out the door.
"No you will not!!" I exclaimed picking her up. "You've told them too much already!"
"I was just gonna put my hoof in!"
"Do you know how serious that is!? Do you know what the princess would do if she saw ponies come out of that mirror in Equestria!?"
"Twilight... How do you know all this?" Discord asked crossing his arms with a disapproved look.
"Uh... I..." I stammered putting Crystal down again.
"Mom..." Crystal whispered. "Maybe things will be better if we just tell them the whole truth..."
"But Crystal, you don't know that...!" I whispered back.
"It's better than always lying... Plus it's annoying me and hurting my head."
I sighed. "You're right Crystal... honesty is important." I breathed in and turned to the class. "The reason I knew about what Crystal said is because... I'm from Equestria too." Everyone in the room gasped in shocked.
"No way!" A boy exclaimed. "You aren't even a pony!"
"That's because when we went through the portal, it changed me into a human..."
"And what about Crystal? Why is SHE still the same?"
"She isn't..." I paused. "Because she was human in Equestria..." I got a few shocked looks from the students. "And I'm raising her, as my daughter..." That time I got looks of complete disbelief.
"You're... Telling me that you're a princess...?" I nodded.
"A pony princess... raising a human daughter..." Discord let out. "It's unbelievable... Tell me, how did you find Crystal?"
"Well... When Princess Celestia sent me to this world the first time--"
"Wait wait wait... PRINCESS Celestia!?" Discord exclaimed. "You're telling me that she has even more power than she does now!?"
"Her and Princess Luna..."
"Oh of course..."
"As I was saying... When I was sent to this world the first time, it was for research. And during that visit, I found Crystal... All alone with no family or home..."
"Oh dear..."
"Of course I was a little nervous when I first saw her because I had never seen a human before... But I knew she was different from the others... So I offered her to come live with me in Equestria..."
"If you had never seen a human before, how did you walk?"
"Well, when Celestia sent me, I was still a pony..."
"Okay... One... Final question..." Discord started. "Why are you here now?"
I paused before I answered. "Sunset Shimmer..."
"You mean that ill mannered student?"
"She isn't a normal student..."'I started. "She came into Equestria and stole my crown in my sleep."
"How would she even know about Equestria...? I highly doubt that anyone knew it existed before you told us..."
"Because... Equestria is where she was born."