//------------------------------// // The meeting // Story: Advanced magic academy // by SosukeRyou //------------------------------// Summer has just started in Equestria, you walk down the streets of Canterlot, like you would any other day, but this day is different, you feel exited about your first day at the advanced magic academy. “I wonder how it will be, being taught by princess Celestia herself, I heard those tier 5 classes are really hard, I hope I'm up for it” you think to yourself. “what will she be like? Will she be a strict teacher? And what about the rest of my class? I hope I get along with them, maybe even find my special somepony?” you think to yourself with a smirk on your face you where so lost in your excitement and thoughts that you didn't pay any attention to what happened while you where walking, barely missing some carts that almost hit you, even though the ponies who pulled the carts yelled at you, you walked along as if nothing happened, suddenly you feel a bump. “ouch” you heard a female voice say. You fall down to the street “are you okay?” she asked with a concerned look in her eyes. “yeah I'm good, sorry I wasn't paying much attention” you say “oh that's ok she says, I was so lost in this book that I couldn’t see where I was going” you glance at the book. “advanced teleportation and shield spells, that's a tier 4 spell book” “you must be a student at the advanced magic academy” you say with excitement. “That's right, I'm Twilight Sparkle, top student of class 11-4.” she says bashfully. “come to think if it I didn't catch your name yet” “oh sorry about that” you introduce yourself. “so, are you a student at the academy too?” she asks “yup, second year transfer student” you say bashfully. “so you're a second year too? That's great which classes do you take? “Astronomy, early equestrian history and tier 5 magic class” “well looks like we have the same interests” she says smiling “wait TIER 5? isn't that like the super advanced stuff that's taught by princess Celestia herself?” “well yeah...” you say with a blush. “I kinda have a special talent for magic” you say “well still, I thought I was talented with magic, but I can't even comprehend the tier 5 stuff” she says kinda disappointed. “well it's easier then it looks, if you want I could like, help you, sometime, if you'd like” you say blushing. Her face was covered by a huge smile. “Really? You'd do that? Oh thank you thank you thank you thank you” she says bouncing up and down” “uh oh” she says “we only have 3 minutes left” “and first period is magic class” “then we'd better run” you say “I have a better idea” suddenly you are completely surrounded by a purple aura, one moment you see the clock tower in central Canterlot, and the next you are standing in front of the academy “phew thank goodness it worked” she says relieved “what do you mean?” “well I've kinda, never really done this before” she says with a blush for a moment you don't know what to say, until the bell rings. “see you next period” she yells while running off to class. "yeah... see you later" time slowly passes as you sit in class half listening to Celestia's lecture over safety procedures. "you must be very careful, magic is a dangerous thing, if not used properly it could destroy you, so make sure you always practice a spell in a secure location AND with supervision until you graduate" “alright then class let's practice basic defense shield spells” she says The class is filled with idle chit chat after she divided the class into groups. You are pared with a colt named Anton Ponykov, he is an exchange student from Staliongrad. “geez, she may have 1000 years time to learn magic but we sure don't, I mean, seriously, we weren't selected for tier 5 magic because we would make a nice class picture you know” you say while staring out the window “Hahahaha well maybe, but she has a point, magic can be a dangerous thing, when it goes out of control it could easily destroy Canterlot” Anton says. 1 hour later Celestia dismisses the class. You walk down the hallway, thinking about what Anton said. “maybe it's not such a good idea to teach Twilight the advanced stuff” you think to yourself “Nah she'll be fine, she nailed a teleportation spell on the very first try” “second period, I get to see Twilight again” you think, feeling refreshed at the thought. The bell already rang, you run to the astronomy tower, bursting in just in time. “how nice of you to join us” the teacher says with clear sarcasm in his voice “why don't you take a seat right.... there, next to Twilight” he said pointing his hoof to the vacant spot next to Twilight. “so we meet again” you say as you take your seat. she laughs quietly at your comment. You grab your saddle bags and rustle through them and then drop them with a shocked look on your face. “don't tell me you forgot your book” Twilight says you smile wryly, “fine then I won't tell you” she rolls her eyes, comes closer to you and opens her book. “you can borrow mine, but tomorrow you bring your own” she says with a stern voice. “thanks” about 20 minutes into the lecture Twilight passes you a note that says, “so where you serious when you said you'd help me with tier 5 spells?” you take the note and scribble something underneath her question. “of course I will, I never break a promise, but I must warn you, tier 5 magic is dangerous stuff, if it goes haywire it could destroy the entire city” “Then meet me in front of the academy girls dorm at 8 tonight” she whispers. Later that evening. “Well it's already 10 minutes past 8, she told me to wait here right?” you think to yourself. "if she's not here in 5 minutes I'm going home." Suddenly you feel someone grab your head from behind “guess who?” "...Twilight?" you say with slight sarcasm in your voice "guess again" the mysterious voice says.