//------------------------------// // First Impressions // Story: Room Mares // by TJW //------------------------------// The two sat on their beds on opposing sides of the room in silence, making extra efforts not to make eye contact with each other. Twilight was still waiting on her luggage to be delivered to the room, just some sort of event to make the atmosphere of the room slightly less excruciatingly awkward. Even if somepony else was in the room to start up a conversation, to ease the pain, she would be grateful. She wished that Spike could be with her right now, maybe she could have just spoken to him and left Trixie to play with her smoke bombs, but in the end it made sense that a non unicorn wasn't aloud in the school for unicorns, so really she couldn't get too upset about it. No, this wasn't the right attitude here, it was up to her to be the conversation starter, to break the ice, then maybe there would be a chance that these two could become friends. "So, errr, Trixie?" "That's the great and powerful Trixie to you!" "Right. Of course. Soooo, what brings you to CCGU?", Twilight felt a bead of sweat drip down her forehead, it seemed she'd actually managed to make things even more awkward somehow. Trixie just stared blankly at the stiff and uncomfortable purple unicorn, this situation was noticeably less painful for herself, indicating that most, if not all of her conversations usually played out like this. "Well if you must know, I'm here to major in performance magic, as you might have been able to tell from all my possessions here. Though classes are nothing but a formality for the likes of Trixie, I'm already the most powerful unicorn in Equestria! If you were even half the level that Trixie is at, then you might understand the futility of learning when you are already the best." Twilight thought it best to disregard the second part of Trixie's answer and expand on the first, she feigned enthusiasm for her next question, "wow, performance magic sounds really interesting! So, what's your minor?" "Performance magic" replied Trixie bluntly Twilight questioned whether she had asked the question right, or if Trixie may have misheard her, "wait, what? Your major AND minor is performance magic? Why? How?" "Because Trixie says so! That's why and how! You're going to need to learn, Twilight Sprinkle, that whatever Trixie says, goes!" Trixie's advanced ego was really starting play at Twilight's nerves, she needed to be able to take her down a notch, and the opportunity for this just presented itself nicely, "well, Great and Powerful Trixie, if you're already the 'best' at performance magic, then why is it your major AND minor? That would surely suggest that you needed extra classes for this subject right?" Trixie's eyes shot open, this was the first time that Trixie displayed that she did actually have feelings. This was not long lived however, as Trixie's expression soon returned to the self indulgent grin she'd maintained all morning, "oh, I'm sorry Tewlight Snorkle, was Trixie not clear earlier? Allow me to elaborate so somepony of your intellectual level may be able to understand. Like Trixie said, this stage of her education is meaningless, nothing but a formality. Therefore, naturally Trixie would choose a subject twice that she can easily breeze through as quickly and effortlessly as possible. Am I getting through to you now Sparklight Twikle?" A heavy red blush formulated on Twilight's cheek, she'd just been served. Hard. Despite the aggravation that Trixie's ego caused, Twilight couldn't deny that the blue unicorn was expert when it came to justifying her claims. Though Trixie was raining down insults on her, Twilight was certain that at least some sort of communication between them was still better than none at all, but she needed to keep it going, as she truly believed there was a way she could really bond with Trixie. "Well, I guess that's fair enough", she admitted to the gloating magician, "anyway I'm here to study magical theory as my major and..." "Yeah, sure that's not my concern Twibite, I'm afraid you're starting to bore Trixie here" Trixie carelessly interrupted, reclining into a laying postion on her bed and picking up a smoke bomb to examine. Twilight was seething with rage at Trixie's plain rudeness, but she had to keep going, "ok Trixie... what do YOU want to talk about then?" She uttered through gritted teeth Trixie thought to herself for a second, "I don't know, whatever..." now fully turning her back on Twilight to fiddle with some far more fascinating fireworks. Twilight couldn't fight it anymore and she let her anger explode out of her to be directed at Trixie. She stormed across the room and with her magic, forcefully turned the dismissive unicorn back to face her, "Listen Trixie! I'm really making an effort here to make friends with you and all you do is throw it in my face! I don't know how much better you think you are than me, but I'll have you know I was personally selected by princess Celestia herself to study magic at a really young age! Now if you don't start being a bit more welcoming to me I'm really gonna..." KNOCK KNOCK Mrs Fondlesworth wheeled in the entirety of Twilight's bags, completely oblivious to the large confrontation taking place, "hello Twilight, here is all your luggage as promised. I hoped you two are getting along here!" "We sure are" Trixie replied gleefully, "we're getting on like bags on fire!" "That's great to hear, well, see you fillies later" the receptionist trotted out room the room, leaving the two frozen in position with fake smiles on their face. Trixie inspected the newly delivered items, before turning back to Twilight with the same eery grin on her face from when she first met her, "You know what, Twispite Narkle? You're right, Trixie hasn't been all too friendly with you since you arrived, but allow Trixie to make it up to you" Twilight was suspicious, but accepting, "well, fine. What do you have in mind Trixie?" "How about Trixie shows you a new magic trick she's been working on?" Twilight was still skeptical, but couldn't resist a fine display of magic. She moved back to allow Trixie some space, "sure Trixie, is it a good trick?" Trixie laughed to herself, now levitating a large bunch of fireworks in her magic, "definitely, you're going to love it!" ------------------------------- "AN INDOOR FIRE, A BROKEN WINDOW, DAMAGED SCHOOL PROPERTY AND A LARGE SCALE FIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A CORRIDOR, ALL ON YOUR FIRST DAY! WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO SAY FOR YOURSELVES?" Principal Aura Beam here, positioned behind her desk while scolding the purple and blue unicorn that stood ashamed infront of her. Twilight had to explain the situation before she got falsely accused of something she didn't do, "It wasn't my fault! I was nothing but friendly to her when I arrived and she treated me like dirt! Then to add injury to insult, she goes and uses her fireworks to blow up all of my luggage! It's all gone! Why would anypony do that to me?" Aura Beam sat still and considered Twilight's words, "That's an interesting story, but I think I want to hear Trixie's side of it now", Trixie stood to attention, over emphasising her body language and portraying an image of helplessness, "oh principal, it was awful! I only offered to show her a magic trick, then out of nowhere she struck me to the floor and started hitting me! Then she picked up one of her bags and threw it out the window. I didn't know what hit me, but she started up some sort of crazy spell and... and then she summoned up Cthulu the old one from the ground to come and destroy school property...and...and then she decided to blow up her own luggage! She was crazy! I'm pretty sure she even had rabies coming out of her mouth at one point!" Twilight stared at Trixie, mouth and eyes agape, before turning back to the principal. Aura Beam, still with the same stern expression that she had after Twilight's story, inspected both of the unicorns closely. "Well I'm afraid I can't quite tell which of those stories is actually the truth", "ARE YOU BUCKING KIDDING ME?" Twilight screamed in utter disbelief Trixie swept on the chance to take advantage of Twilight's momentary lapse in composure. "You see principal? She swore! She's pure evil! I mean what sort of low life, disgusting, pathetic excuse for a pony uses language like that?" "Ok both of you shut the BUCK up!" Aura asserted, "both of you are to do community service in the school for at least two months! You're lucky not to be expelled for this!" Twilight stepped forward, her head held low and her tail between her legs, "I'm really sorry principal, I promise this will never happen again, just as soon as I change rooms I'll fit right in. Aura grinned, "oh is that right? You think community service is your only punishment for such a big offense. There's a reason I didn't kick you out, because it's not a bad enough punishment for you two! The best way to make you sorry for this is to keep you paired together in the room!" "WHAT?" "WHAT?" It was Trixie's turn to speak up, "but principal, she's a mad mare! If you keep us together there's no telling it won't happen again!" "Well you better make sure it doesn't" Aura insisted "or you're both gonna pay for all the damages you make! Now get out!" The two slowly turned and made their way out of the office, making shifty looks at each other in the process. "Looks like we're stuck together now, Twiliter Spakkle!" Trixie groaned Twilight sighed, "why do I feel that room 666 is going to be the room from hell?"