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// 1st grade Parent/Principal Conference 
// Story: The Royal Fillies 
// by blazikenking 
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"Cadence, Shining Armor, please take a seat" Polished Apple said to her royal guests. "I'm glad you could make it today."

"So are we" Cadence said. "After all, the education of our fillies is very important."

"I agree. Education is very important. Tea?"

"No thanks" Shining Armor said. "We'd rather just find out how our fillies are doing."

"We can do that. I'll start with Skyla, if that's alright."

"It is."

Polished Apple picked up one of two folders on her desk and opened it up. "According to her report card, she's above average in most of her classes. She appears to have some difficulty in math and science though, where she's performing a bit below average. Her magic strength and finesse is quite excellent, and her flight skills are developing nicely.

"In and out of class, she gets along with other students quite well. She already has at least ten close friends by the looks of things, and manages to pick up another every couple of weeks. 

"Of course, these aren't my observations. These are just what the teachers are reporting."

"I wouldn't expect you to be watching our foals while they're here" Cadence said. "But what have you personally seen of Skyla?"

"Not much, to be honest. As you're aware, my office is more in the area of the older students, so I don't see the younger ones very often. However, I'm sure that, as they advance, I'll be seeing more of them.

"But getting back to Skyla, there is one pressing issue with her: her appetite."

"I had a feeling that was going to come up" Shining facehooved. "Just give it to us straight."

"As you wish. She's often the second one to finish lunch and snacks in her class, but-"

"Wait, second?"

"Inova's usually the first, and I suspect that's because she knows her food wouldn't be safe with Skyla around. Anyways, after Skyla's finished her food, she goes around trying to get more. Of course, we don't let her, as the other foals need their food too. Unfortunately, she tends to whine in her next class, math, about not getting the food she was after. I'm not sure if this is why she's not doing as well in math, but I'll see to it that her next math class is at a different point in the day."

"We'll see what we can do about that. How's Inova?"

Polished Apple closed Skyla's folder and set it aside before picking up Inova's folder and opening it up. "Inova is quite different from Skyla. Inova's grades are almost all spectacular. In fact, they're so good, the teachers let her go around and help the other students. She doesn't seem too keen on helping Skyla though. Nopony's asked her about that though. Still, we've seriously been considering moving Inova up a grade."

"What's stopping you from doing that?" Cadence asked.

"The classes she's not doing well in: flight and magic. She's actually at the bottom of those classes. Personally, I find that to be quite peculiar, what with her being an alicorn."

Neither Shining Armor or Cadence could think of anything to say, they were so stunned.

"In both classes, she apparently forgets that she has the appendages for them and occasionally asks why she's in the class.

"In magic, she shows difficulty understanding the basics. She gets the concepts, but actually has trouble putting them in action. We've given her a personal tutor for that class, and that helped her a bit, but she's still at the bottom.

"She's also got a tutor for flight, but she's still at the bottom there too. She's overly cautious when walking on the clouds, and she seems to have trouble just moving her wings around when they're not closed. When she does get airborne, even if it's just a few inches off the ground, she immediately panics and falls back down. Fortunately, she doesn't get hurt more than a little bump here and 

"Honestly, it seems like she's more like an earth pony in an alicorn body most of the time. Speaking of earth ponies, she's doing well in phys ed. Not spectacular like her other classes, but nowhere near as bad as magic and flight. She does seem a bit klutzy at times though."

"I suppose we'll have to give her some extra magic training at home" Cadence sighed. "And I'll have to cover the flight too."

"We'll do our best here at the school to help Inova. You can be sure of that.

"That brings us to the last topic for Inova as well: her behavior."

"I don't like the sound of that" Shining Armor said.

"Inova's actually very well behaved. The only times she gets in trouble isn't when she breaks a rule, but actually needs help. She seems to get picked on a bit due to her shorter stature, and tends to stay close to her teachers because of that. She also doesn't seem to interact with other foals very well, and has only made one friend. Overall, she's rather antisocial."

"Just like Twilight was" Cadence and Shining Armor said at the same time, which elicited a small round of laughter from everypony in the room.

"Still, are there any other concerns regarding Skyla and Inova you may have that we can address?"

"Not today, Principal Apple" Cadence said. "I think we have enough information on our fillies for now."

"In that case, have a good day."