A little loopy.

by FaelaArts


L29

Sweetie was on the final day, this was where she had messed up last time. This was the moment she would have to test her skills as an actor. Lying to somepony who can tell the truth would be difficult, because she would have to be sure she didn’t say a single thing that was a lie.

“Where have you been?” Rarity’s eye twitched as she breathed heavily over Sweetie. Sweetie frowned, and pointed to her room.

“I’ve been in my room all day, why?” Sweetie turned back to Rarity, and blinked, taking a step back as her face got even closer.

“Why did you leave Cheerilee's side?” Rarity forced herself to step back. Behind her Cheerilee bit her lip. Sweetie forced herself to remain calm, this was the point where she showed off everything she had learned.

“I’m sorry I ran off like that, there’s no real excuse.” Sweetie let her ears flop down as she looked to the floor, managing to muster up a single tear too. Applejack didn’t react, which meant Sweetie had finally done it. Sweetie saw Rarity glare, but she relented just enough for Sweetie.

“Alright, but if I find out you skip again tomorrow, I will personally escort you to school in my magic for a month!” Rarity leaned forward, and Sweetie shrunk back from the gaze. Sweetie had forgotten how scary Rarity could be on a bad day.

“Of course,” replied Sweetie, breathing a silent sigh of relief. She had done it!

“As it stands, Twilight will escort you tomorrow.” Rarity loomed over Sweetie, and she nodded as if she wasn’t bothered. Mentally she chided herself, knowing that Twilight being the escort made things slightly more difficult. Heading upstairs, Sweetie mused for a moment.

After dinner, Sweetie headed straight for bed. Tomorrow would require plenty of sleep.


“Good morning Sweetie.” Twilight greeted the sleepy filly as she walked out of the house, and they began to make their way toward the school. Twilight kept an eye on Sweetie at all times, but relaxed as the School came into view. Twilight turned to look for Sweetie, and blinked, the filly had vanished.

Twilight quickly cast a detection spell, and noticed a teleportation spell had been cast. Surprise mixed with unease rippled through her. Twilight hadn’t known Sweetie knew how to teleport. After a moment, Twilight quickly found out where the filly had teleported to, and took to the sky, looking for the filly.

Finding the white form running, Twilight swooped down, flaring her wings and speeding up to catch up. As she began to close in, Sweetie glanced toward her. Twilight’s eyes widened, and time seemed to slow as she saw a feral smirk emerge on the filly’s face, just as she vanished into another teleport.

Twilight landed and quickly turned, leaping back into the air and teleporting in short bursts, quickly catching back up with Sweetie. The filly didn’t react at first, and Twilight reached out a hoof to grab her. Suddenly, she was blown back, and forced to shake her head to clear some sort of muddle from it.

“Was that...a stun spell!?” Twilight narrowed her eyes, and took off, this time flying into the air directly for a friend. Waking Rainbow Dash, Twilight informed her of the situation. Saluting, Dash took Twilight hoof, and her fast friend began to help Twilight reach higher speeds. It wasn’t long before they found Sweetie once more.

The area exploded into smoke, and Twilight and Dash skidded to a halt. Telling Dash to wait just outside in case she made a run, Twilight entered the smoke, and lit her horn as she tried to clear away the smoke. Turning, she called up a shield, deflecting the spell she quickly identified as a knockout spell.

“Give it up Sweetie, you are going to school!” Twilight shouted into the smoke, hearing a soft chuckle resound around her. Blocking another spell, Twilight fired in the direction, and bit her lip as she hit nothing. Where had this filly learned to fight!?

“That’s where your’re wrong Twilight. And you know it. I’m only using a fraction of my power here. I know every spell you do, and I can easily cast them.” Sweetie’s voice almost sounded menacing, and Twilight suppressed a shudder. Where had this filly learned such magic? What was going on?

“That doesn’t change the fact I will make you go to school!” Twilight wished she had Applejack here, so she could tell the truths from the lies. Regardless of that, Twilight knew she had to take Sweetie seriously. Anypony that could cast teleportation was on at least equal footing, and that meant forcing the filly to go to school was now a lot more difficult.

Twilight concentrated, calling up a whirlwind and blowing away the smoke in one movement. Glancing around, she quickly saw the surprised filly, and fired a suppression field at her. Sweetie teleported, watching as a bubble of purple energy swallowed the place she had been standing a moment before. Rainbow Dash dived for her, and Sweetie gritted her teeth, and fired a spell upwards, knocking the pegasus out. Turning, Sweetie knocked Twilight away with a torrent of water, and leapt out of the way of a binding spell. Sweetie cried out as she charged up her horn, and a fire sprung up briefly on the gravel path. Twilight, distracted for a fraction of a second, nearly missed the filly firing another knockout spell, dodging by instinct alone.

Sweetie gasped for breath, sweat coming off her forehead. This was a lot more difficult than she had thought it would be. Twilight was a lot more experienced, a lot more talented, and had access to a lot more spells. Sweetie dodged another bubble spell, and realised she was going to lose.

“Wait! Time out!” Sweetie pulled out Twilight’s looping note, knowing there was no use continuing the fight when she was going to lose. Levitating it out, Sweetie waited as Twilight took it, and read it with one eye still on her. After a moment, Twilight handed the letter back, and narrowed her eyes.

“I wanted to see if I could get out of school for an entire week this loop,” replied Sweetie, glancing toward the ground and scuffing it. Twilight relaxed slightly, coming out of a combat position and into a more neutral standing pose. Sweetie waited as Twilight digested this information, and then rubbed her temple.

“Nng, fine, go. But if I see you tomorrow and this loop thing turns out to be untrue, you won’t get off so easy.” Twilight quickly cast a wake up spell on Dash as Sweetie turned and teleported away. Taking a seat in her clubhouse, she sighed and closed her eyes.

“Just great, I can’t defeat Twilight, and I don’t want to, and the only way to naturally skip school a loop is to do so. Either I need a new plan, or I need to accept Rarity is going to have to be given the loop note each time.” Sweetie opened her eyes, and growled in irritation.

What a pain.