//------------------------------// // Tuesday Part 2 - The Pink Dawn // Story: Equestria Girl. Wait, What's Equestria? // by Bysen //------------------------------// Once Twilight left the bathroom, Fluttershy was finally able to leave as well. She wanted to apologise for what happened yesterday but also wanted to follow Twilight’s wishes. This new Twilight just wanted to be left alone. It had been unspoken between the six of them. With how Twilight had looked yesterday, none of them were going to try and speak with her. At least not right away. Also, once Twilight was gone, taking her heavy breathing and muttering to herself with her, Fluttershy was able to finish what had stopped mid-stream when Twilight had come in. Twilight got to her class on time for the first time and simply walked in and took her seat. She was going to focus on the class and not let- “Heya Twilight!” the redhead said as she sat down beside her. Her name was Pinkie Pie, Twilight thought, and hoped she wouldn’t run into. “Mind if I sit next to you?” “I uh...” “Thanks!” she had already been sitting before she’d even asked. “So you’re not that old Twilight huh? Well then, hi, I’m Pinkie Pie, what’s your name?” she asked putting her hand out towards her new bestest best friend. “I’m Twilight Sparkle… and I’d really like to just learn about rocks.” did I mention this was Geology? Well it was. “Silly Twilight. They’re not rocks they’re minerals. I should know. I live on a rock farm.” “So you’re parents are miners then?” Twilight asked. Ok, this girl may be incredibly strong, incredible fast, incredibly forward and INCREDIBLY annoying so far, but surely she must know a great deal about rocks… err, minerals, and might be incredibly intelligent to boot, despite her outwards party-girl appearance. “So you plan on…” “They're not miners. They’re totally over eighteen.” Pinkie chirp before adding more seriously “That joke doesn’t really work in text does it? But no, they’re not miners.” “What? Nevermind, they own a mine then.” “No silly, I told you, it’s a rock farm. They’re farmers!” “How do you ‘farm’ rocks?” and with that, the idea that this girl might have any idea about what she’s talking about went completely out the window. It didn’t help that Pinkie was practically screaming all this and anyone who hadn’t noticed Twilight in the class before certainly did now. This class was bigger than the last one too. A full thirty or more students: almost ALL looking at her. “Good morning class.” the teacher said as he stepped into the class, thankfully drawing all eyes off of Twilight. As before Twilight was in the last seat of the third row, only this time she had a very loud nuisance sitting next to her. At least it was only for this class, next lesson she could just sit somewhere else. “The seats you're in will be your assigned seating for the rest of the semester to help me remember your names.” well crap… “Yay!...” Pinkie said quietly to Twilight… oh yes… ‘yay’. The rather tall and rather large man at the head of the class wore a grey suit with a greyish blue tie, and had short silver hair, with an ENORMOUS diamond ring on his hand. “My name is Mr. Ato. But just call me Tom.” From there the rest of the class passed quietly without Pinkie bugging her constantly like Twilight expected her too. Well, except for one thing she had said ‘Wow! You have really neat handwriting…’ as if it had been a shock to her for some reason. But it actually turned out Twilight had been right the first time. Pinkie actually knew a lot about rocks ‘They’re minerals...’ about MINERALS then, happy? ‘Yes.’ The class went smoothly and eventually the bell rang and the students left for their second lunch. This one was longer at fifty minutes and was the one where students actually did anything. “Hey Twilight, you should come to our club house, I know you’d love it!” “No, no that’s ok…” Twilight said as she started to walk a bit faster, hoping Pinkie would take the hint. She didn’t. “Listen, Pinkie, I gotta go do something so I’ll… I guess I’ll see you around. Or not. Hopefully not.” she said, lowering her voice on the last. Nut Pinkie just kept pace, walking by her side. “You know, the library’s back that way.” she said, point off behind her. Twilight stopped dead in her tracks. “How did…? Nevermind.” she turned face and began back the way she’d came. “You’re not going to leave are you?” “Nope.” “Why not?” “Because I wanna be your friend like I was the other Twilight and what better way to become someone's friend then helping them find what they’re looking for?” Pinkie answered with the biggest smile Twilight had ever seen. So barely half of Pinkie’s maximum smile levels. “How about not stalking them to start with...” Twilight sighed. She was leaving this school, she could put up with this… that was slowly becoming Twilight’s mantra. “Fine… if you’re not going to leave me alone, then could you at least help me find my other classes? I’m having a really hard time with these pathetic maps.” on a scale of 1 to 10, these maps were AppleMaps. “Okie dokie. Oh, and we just passed the library. But whaddya need from there? You’re leaving next week so it’s not like you can borrow anything. Unless…” Pinkie gasped loudly and then leaned in and loud-whispered “You’re not going to steal books are you?!” “No. I’m… how do you know I’m leaving? Are you like psychic or something.” “Uh, yeah. Let’s call it that.” Pinkie’s eyes shifted back and fourth while she said that and for the briefest moment she made eye contact with you. YOU. Then quickly broke it. ‘It’ didn’t refer to the eye contact though… you know what IT is. “So you knew I was heading to the library, you knew I’m leaving next week. But you don’t know what I’m coming here for?” Twilight lifted her hands to her face “I don’t even... never mind.” she said as she dropped her hands back down to her side. That’s when she gave up trying to understand this girl. “Look, I’m trying to find my friend. I me…” “You found her, I’m right here!” Pinkie cheered. Twilight was not amused… “My ACTUAL friend who…” “We’re not friends then?” Twilight ignored her and kept talking “...I met here yesterday” as she opened the door and walked in, turned around slightly, and closed it behind her right in Pinkie’s face. She then turned back and... “That wasn’t very nice.” Pinkie said as Twilight ran right into her, her eyes widening in shock. Twilight jumped back and smacked into the door she'd just closed on her… HOW?!?!?!@ That thought was interrupted by a loud screeching noise that sounded like two robots having sex… or dying! Either one. “GURLZ!!! How many times do I have to tell you the library computers are for school work ONLY! If you play your god-awful wubstep ‘music’ one more time you’re banned from here!” the librarian shouted. Three younger girls ran out passed Pinkie and Twilight. She and Pinkie just stood there for a moment and watched as the kids left. Twilight had an odd sense that Pinkie was going to make some comment about it. Some stupid joke or pun… but she didn't. Really seemed like something she would do though. I guess she just couldn’t think of anything. If she had though, it would’ve been hil-R-E-S!... moving on now. Twilight gently pushed Pinkie aside and continued in. The first thing she noticed was a rather grumpy looking librarian walking away from the computers in the middle of the room, but when she saw the two of them her expression quickly changed to a more upbeat look. Possibly genuine, possibly forced. It was unclear. Aside from that though, the library was empty. Which was actually surprising if you think about it. What wasn’t surprising was that Silverspoon wasn’t here either. Sure Twilight had met her here yesterday but what were the odds she’d been here again right now? But it had been Twilight’s only real clue as to where she would be so it was worth try. As much as she liked the idea of spending the next fifty-odd minutes reading the rest of what she’d been reading yesterday, she unfortunately had more important things to do first. This pink one was still following her, though being silent about it at least. Might as well use her ‘knowledge’ of the school. “So Pinkie Pie…” “SHHH!!!” Pinkie shh-plied making more noise that Twilight even had… “this is a library!” she somehow quietly yelled. “Alright…?” Twilight lowered her voice but only barely. She hadn’t actually been that loud at all to begin with. “Anyway. You know you’re way around this school right?” Pinkie smiled and nodded furiously. “Well, we found the library. How about showing me where my other classes are. They’re in blocks M, L and P. Also, show me where THIS is from anywhere I’d recognise.” those weren't questions, those where demands. “No problem! C’mon!” Pinkie said, waving her hand indicating for Twilight to follow her as she headed towards the library door. As Pinkie walked through, she was half tempted to close it behind Pinkie and just turn around once more. But that hadn’t exactly worked out last time. “Alright… so M is three blocks that way and then one block left. L is one block that way and the two blocks right. And P is right up the back of the school near the oval.” “Uh…?” “Oh, maybe I should just show you.”