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// Chapter 71: School Days Continue 
// Story: Quest For Equestria 
// by Skyguy626 
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That Sunday afternoon, Skywalker was making his way through the shopping district, the sun shining down on him. "How did I went from superhero to high school student?",he wondered as he walked towards Mizu's Japanese dinner, where he had agreed to meet Flash Sentry. He arrived a little earlier, so he took seat and ordered some appetizer  while he waited.

A crash was heard outside before the door slid open, revealing Flash Sentry. "Sorry for being late." Flash said as he took a seat across from Skywalker. "Did you take your bike?", Skywalker asked, making his blue haired friend chuckle in embarrassment. "Seriously, why do you always crash that thing?".

After ordering their drinks Flash spoke up, "I used to live in Cloudsdale before moving here six months ago. The roads are so wide and empty I keep speeding, and my car is at the shop so...", Flash explained. The two made small talk over the course of their lunch.
"Well, it is good... though it's tough. Dashie called this stuff 'tender and juicy'...", Skywalker said putting a piece of the meat in his mouth, not noticing the impressed look Flash was giving him for already having dinner with Rainbow Dash. "What kinda teeth does she have!?...", Flash joked, making the other chuckle. "Still, this sweet and sour pork is damn good, huh?", Skywalker said as he finished his, "I'm gonna have another. You want one too, right?".

And so Monday morning came. On his way to school, Skywalker came across Rainbow and Griffifth, so they decide to join him. As the three of them walked up the stairs to enter Canterlot High School, Rainbow started to lecture Griffifth about the sports team or something. "You better perform just as well when the soccer try outs are on.". Skywalker tries not to sigh in exasperation, sports never interested him much, except maybe fencing, but soccer was the second most boring sport of them all, the first one was tennis.

"Relax Dash, it's all good. You’re not gonna be the only one on the team.", Griffifth snarked with a roll of his ruby red eyes. Rainbow snorted in response, grabbing Griffifth by his backpack and yanking him back."I am serious, don't get cocky.", she scolded while she let go as Skywalker separate them. "If you don't make the team this year you're gonna be sorry!".
Griffifth glared at her, giving her a smug smirk, "Is that so? What are you gonna do about it?". Rainbow growled, trying to grab at him again but Skywalker managed to keep her away by lifting her from the ground by the back of her shirt, while holding Griffifth off with his other arm. "Knock it off, both of you. You are friends. How can you even be so energetic in the morning?", Skywalker complained as a shadow fell over the group, all three looking up to see principal Celestia looking down at them disapprovingly. "I want to see all three of you in my office. Now."
The trio walked to her office in silence, Griffifth and Rainbow shooting each other dirty looks every so often.

A short while later, Skywalker explained the situation, allowing them to get off with a warning. "I'm glad to see that you're all over this little episode." ,principal Celestia clasped hand at the trio, "That should be all for today. Griffifth, may I speak to you for a minute?". The blond nodded as  Skywalker and Rainbow Dash got up and left, the blue skinned girl shooting him a grimace.

After another short walk, the two arrived in their classroom, which they shared with Twilight. "Why did I have to go to? I didnt even do anything... This time.", Skywalker muttered as he took his seat, Rainbow taking the seat next to him. Before Rainbow could respond, Twilight entered and walked up to the two. "Morning.", she said as she took the vacant desk next to Skywalker. "Morning, did you sleep well?", Skywalker asked, getting a nod from the purple girl. "Yep. I was out cold until this morning.", Twilight said.

Skywalker nodded, before turning his attention back to Rainbow. "Jason, Um... Thanks for the help.", Rainbow said. He nodded telling her it was no problem. "Did something happen?", Twilight asked, trying to get into the conversation. Its strange... There's a funny air about you. I dunno, I guess that's what draws people to you, or something like that.", Rainbow said, ignoring Twilight's puzzled look. "Was that a compliment?", Skywalker asked with a chuckle. Rainbow let out a soft laugh before confirming it was a compliment. "Or maybe your falling for me?", he followed up, making the blue skinned girl's cheeks turn pink for a moment. "Whoa... Maybe you are my type.", she admitted, making Twilight even more confused. "There really is something different about you. I feel like you won't let me down...".

During lunch break, Skywalker was taking a nap in a tree overlooking the school grounds, when a soft voice woke him up. Opening one eye, he saw Fluttershy standing there waving at him. "I want you to try this for me. I hope you're hungry...", she said as she showed him a boxed lunch. Rolling over his shoulder, falling out of the tree and with a soft tud he landed on his feet. "I'm always hungry.", he informed her not noticing the impressed look on her face as he took the box. As the two sat down on a patch of grass, before he even open the box, he could smells an unsavory odor coming from the lunch. "I can smell it even without my super smell!", he thought to himself, while he mustered up his courage and opened it, the content looked pretty unappetizing.
"Please eat up!", Fluttershy said as she watched him expectantly. Skywalker let out an inner sigh as against his better judgement he took a bite. After a few chews, Skywalker had to do his best not to spew it all out, "I can't swallow it... I can't even chew it anymore!... The food tastes as bad as it looks...", he thought to himself.

"...H-How is it?", Fluttershy asked hopefully, slightly worried because the boy next to her was slowly starting to turn green. "...Not bad for a first attempt.", Skywalker said slowly. The shy pink haired girl looked surprised, "R-Really? But, please let me know if there's anything I can improve on.", she asked, gaining a nod from him, "Sorry that I asked you to try this all of a sudden. To tell you the truth... I'm going to keep trying my best, so would you mind stopping by and trying my new creations sometime?".

Skywalker thought about it for a moment, it seems she could use a guiding hand in her cooking. "Want me to teach you?", Skywalker offered, her face lightning up. "Really? That's great! Cookbooks don't make much sense to me, and cooking for you would inspire me to try harder. I-I mean if its not too much trouble...". Skywalker assured her that it was no trouble at all. "Thank you! Oh and uhm... Sorry about last time. What happened In the bath room... I mean...", she said. Skywalker thought back at what she was talking about, suddenly remembering how she had stroked his abs and almost kissed him. "It's okay, Fluttershy. My midrif does have that effect on girls... And some boys.", he responded, not taking offence at all, in fact he felt something in his chest, something that made him regret that the kiss didn't get through.
"Alright then.", Fluttershy said, a tone of relieve in her voice, "Oh, sorry. I went on and on without realizing... I-I guess I'm a little nervous.". He gave her a puzzled look. She explained how, aside from the other guys in the group, never chatted with a boy her own age like that before. "Rainbow, of course, has no problem getting along with guys because of her personality...", she told him,  as he listened, "I think she's had more fun hanging out with you lately... The same is true for me.", she finished with a blush, he could sense her gratitude and affection.

The rest of the day went by normally without incident, on his way out of school, he asked what Twilight doing later that afternoon. She told him she was going to swing by the Used Books store in the Shopping District, she shyly asked if he wanted to come along. Seeing as the Shopping District was on his way home anyway, he decided to go along for the ride.

And so we found the two at the Used Books store, the two browsing through the used books, Skywalker looking around every where but Twilight only looked in the newly arrived books, having already read most of the books there. "Sorry to subject you to this...", Twilight said, as Skywalker was overlooking their collection of classic literature. "I'm having fun, so don't worry about it.", he said, but she wasn't fully convinced. "If you say so. But, um... thank you. I was so busy searching through the books... I'm sorry if I ignored you, Skywalker.".
Skywalker waved it off as he walked up to her, "Don't worry about it. This place has so many interesting books, huh?", he said, honestly. He was surprised by the large collection of books here, he even noticed some rare collectors books. "...Do you read much, Skywalker?", she asked as she picked out some books she wanted to buy. "I read a lot of comic's and a lot of the classic's.", Skywalker admitted making the purple girl turn her head in surprise. "Really!? I didn't think you would be into that. Most people don't find the classics very entertaining, but I can respect what the authors were trying to accomplish.", she said as she paid for her books.
"Yeah, I can see your point. Do you read any comic's?", he asked, deciding not to buy any books himself. As the two headed out of the store, Twilight shyly admitted that she had an entire bookshelf full of girls manga.

"Say what? I didn't picked you for a gal who liked manga.", Skywalker said surprised as he held open the door for her. Twilight nodded as the two made their way out of the Shopping District, "I love them. But I tend to get frustrated when the main character can't ask out the guy she likes, because I can relate to her.".
The two made some more small talk about what kind of reading material the other one liked. "Do you read any magazines? Like fashion?", Skywalker asked. Twilight shook her head, "I'm not really interesting in that type of stuff, I'm clueless when it comes to fashion. Not like you, Skywalker. You, um, look fine no matter what you wear.", she added that last part with a slight blush.

They soon found themselves in front of Skywalker's house, "You live here, Skywalker?", she asked, when he suddenly realized something. "Wait, isn't your house in the other direction... How rude of me not to ask.", he said as he scratched the back off his head. "D-Don't apologize! Please! It's my fault...", Twilight said quickly, not wanting to make him feel bad. "I-I knew we were going the wrong direction, but I didn't say anything... Thank you very very much for making time for me, Skywalker.".
As it was soon going to be dark outside, Skywalker insisted that he walked Twilight home. It didn't took long for the two to arrive in front of Twilight's house, which was located in the richer district of the town.
"Um... Skywalker? Is it boring to hang around with, um, a nerd like me?", she asked, much to her relieve he assured her that was not the case. "I-I'm glad to hear that. I've been worried about it for a while. Today, I was able to be myself with you, Skywalker... Thank you."
Skywalker nodded, turning around as he waved, "I'll see you in school. Goodbye.", he said as she waved at him, "Bye Bye.".

Arriving back home, Spike launched into multiple questions like "How was your day?", "Why were you gone for so long?" and "What's for dinner?". After preparing a quick meal and quickly finishing his homework, Skywalker booted up the Lost Story. His avatar arriving in some location called the "Haunted Mansion". He didn't saw any other players until he saw a girl in white signing on. She quickly walked up to him, opening a private chat box, "Welcome back, Zael! Good to see you again! You remember me right?".
"Of course I remember you Calista. You named me!", his avatar nodded.
Calista did a fist pump while spinning around, "You really DO remember!! This is exactly like when Calista and Zael met. Hmm... what kinda people are we, playing inside on such a beautiful day?".
Skywalker's avatar nodded, "It's okay to enjoy a game and sunshine is overrated anyways.", he informed her, making Calista do another fist pump. "Haha!! Damn straight! Its not like we're otaku or anything in real life any way. Games are cool, but like... God this sounds so pathetic... There isn't much else that interests me, ya know? We're supposed to be leveling, but we just keep on chatting.".
Skywalker shook his head, before tilting his head, "I don't mind, grinding gets old fast.", which was something he truly agreed with. "I know. Its fun talking to you, Zael.", Calista said before realizing something, "I'll be Offline for a while, so I'm logging off. Sorry! I forgot the big sale ends today." and with that Calista signed off.