//------------------------------// // Chapter 2: Second Encounters // Story: Fluttercord In Equestria Girls // by vcjb242 //------------------------------// Three hours before... The mysterious boy with clear grey skin, hid behind the trees next to the school; calmly waiting for the school to be completely closed for the day, quietly and calmly observing the school. Time passed and it began to get dark as he saw the last alumni leave the building. He then observed one of the guards close and lock the main door to the school with a key. The boy smiled mischievously, for this was the signal he had been waiting on to act. He slunk past the yard, evading the guards, and made his way to the back part of the school. After he came to the back part of the school, he looked up at the back wall of the school. On the wall of the second floor of the school there was an air vent that he knew he could enter, for he had done it before. Easily leaping up, he used his hands and feet to scale the bricks that slightly stuck out, climbing as easily as a cat. After coming up to the entrance of the vent, he removed the vent cover easily. Being malnourished made it easy for him to enter the vent. The tunnel of the vent was small and narrow but he entered easily while also evading the guards, who hadn't noticed a thing. After crawling through the vent he came out of the other side and into the school. Finally he was inside the school, and he walked down the hallways with no problem, knowing perfectly well where the weak points were on the security cameras. It was in that moment that he began sacking the vending machines. He didn't like to have to sack the vending machines at night, but Celestia's extreme security measures had left him with no other choice. Without pausing, he opened a compartment in the machine and used the wires to sack it. Holding one wire in one hand and using the other to put in the slot of the machine where the candy came out, moving the wire until the candy came out of the machine. Immediately after getting most of the candy out of the machine, he placed in into his pants pockets. "First mission complete." He said to himself. "Now onto the next machine." He continued walking with his second objective in mind, acting confident and not knowing that there were six girls hiding out in the library. After a few minutes had passed, he had already sacked three machines, he also had the time to draw offensive drawings of Celestia in ten different classrooms. The boy loved to play with the mice in the school laboratory and without hesitation, let them escape. Hoping that they would scare the students. His mission was almost over, he only had one machine left to sack. Quickly running towards the machine, without wasting any time removed all the food with ease. There was only one problem, he was beginning to get hungry in a flash he began to unwrap and devour the food. The food was delicious and the thin boy had not eaten anything for a few hours. In between every bite he wished that he had a glass of chocolate milk to go with it. He suddenly heard noises and saw that the light of a flashlight was starting to illuminate his body from behind. Curiously, he turned around to face the person with the flashlight. It was a teenage girl with blue-green eyes and light pink hair, wearing a black outfit. He noticed that the girl was scared and her fear made her look all the more adorable. He confided in his instinct, suspecting the girl to be a thief, like him. He got up slowly without taking his eyes off the girl with the light pink hair. "Excuse me you beautiful thief." He said trying to avoid any problems and hopefully evading a possible threat. "But I got here first." The girl dropped the flashlight and the mouse at the same time, giving off a loud scream. Upon hearing the strong screams of the girl, he knew he was in serious trouble. He quickly put the candy back into his pocket and left the place without leaving a single trace of evidence. Fluttershy continued screaming so loudly that it could be heard both inside and outside the school building. Outside of the school the security guards had heard the scream. Inside of the school about twenty seconds after they had heard it, her friends were there and were very worried. When they all hugged Fluttershy she immediately calmed down. "Fluttershy!" Said Applejack trying to comfort Fluttershy. "Sugar cube, are you ok?" "It was horrible." Said Fluttershy, giving an innocent squeal. "I saw him and he was scary." "Did he hurt you?" Asked a concerned Twilight. "Did he harm you?" "No." Said Fluttershy, starting to calm down. "He just took the food and left." "Fluttershy!" Exclaimed Rainbow. "Why didn't you say anything before so I could have accompanied you?" Suddenly the six girls heard noises, no doubt it was the security guards. "Let's get out of here." Ordered Twilight. "Follow me." Quickly the six girls ran back to the library and out of the building, avoiding the guards. Most of the guards were already inside and inspecting the inside of the building, so they had to be quick and silent to evade them successfully. After about ten minutes of grueling persecution, Twilight and her friends managed to get out of the school. After the feat each girl returned to their homes by sneaking in. The next day during lunch time, Twilight went to the office of Principal Celestia. Twilight knocked, opened the door, and entered the room. She noticed that Celestia was at her desk with Luna standing beside her. Without hesitation, Twilight began to talk: "Principal Celestia, I have something important to tell you." Said Twilight. "I also have something important to tell you Ms. Sparkle." Said Celestia a bit annoyed. "Did something happen?" Twilight asked a bit confused. "Twilight." Said Celestia rubbing her forehead, "What were you doing in the school at night?" "What?" Asked Twilight, surprised. "How did you know?" "We saw you and your friends on the surveillance footage from the security cameras all around the school." "Cameras?" Asked Twilight, confused. "Yes." Intervened Vice principal Luna coming into the conversation. "It's strange we only saw you and your friends, but we could never see the thief. It's as if he knew where to find the weak points to every camera." "Wow!" Said Twilight now impressed. "Getting back to the main topic." Said Celestia a bit annoyed. "What were you doing?" Twilight said nothing. "My security guards could hear one of your friends screaming from the outside." Said Celestia. Twilight only looked at the ground, feeling ashamed from the scorn she was receiving from Celestia. "What you did was very dangerous." Said Celestia now getting up from her desk. "You could have gotten hurt." "Principal Celestia." Gasped Twilight. "We only wanted to show you that we could solve the problem, like we did with Sunset or the Dazzlings." Celestia focused her attention on Twilight. "I wanted to show you that I'm more than just a simple little girl." Said Twilight with tears in her eyes. "To show you that my friends and I could be strong women. We've faced bigger threats than just a simple thief and you know it because you were there." Celestia calmed down completely. "You already are a strong woman Twilight." Twilight was surprised, seeing that Celestia completely understood. "You've demonstrated that many times already." Said Celestia in a serious tone. "But it wasn't right for you to something so dangerous and to bring your friends with you, exposing them to the same danger in order to make yourself look brave. We don't know anything about this person, he could have kidnapped you for all we know." Twilight dried her tears. "I will have to punish you for you disobedience." Said Celestia. "I know and I understand." Said Twilight. Celestia got up from her desk and walked towards Twilight. "Is there something else you wanted to tell me Twilight?" Asked Celestia "Yes, Fluttershy saw the thief, and she got a good look at his face." Said Twilight. "Really?" Asked Celestia. "Yes, we can get her to give a spoken testimony." Said Twilight "That sounds fine to me." Said Celestia frowning a bit. "That damn thief will pay for those offensive drawings he did of me." "Principal Trollestia." Joked Luna, trying to hold in her laughter but failing miserably. Celestia sent a death glare towards Luna. Luna didn't care and began to laugh at her sister. "Round up your friends." Said an annoyed Celestia, ignoring her sisters laughter. In less than three minutes, the elements of harmony were united with Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna in Celestia's office. Fluttershy felt sorry for the thief when they began asking her questions about the thief's features. "Come on Fluttershy." Said Twilight, gripping her shoulders. "This could help us in finding who this thief is." "I don't know." Said Fluttershy quietly. "What if I'm wrong? What if I didn't get a good look at him? What if..?" "We have faith in you Miss Fluttershy." Said Celestia, cutting her off. Fluttershy gulped and began to describe what the thief looked like. "He was a boy with dark grey hair, light but clear grey skin looking like a vampire, his eyes were yellow with red irises, his stare was awfully frightful." Celestia was stunned from listening to this description. "The description that you just gave seems to match the description of the janitor's assistant." Said Celestia looking at Luna. Luna didn't get who she was talking about and raised her right brow. The girls didn't know who she was talking about either. "The janitor has an assistant?" Asked Luna. Flashback, as told by Celestia Celestia walked down the hallways of the school, watching the alumni teach with enthusiasm. Down one corridor there was a boy with grey hair that greeted her with joy as he mopped the floor. "Good morning Princess Celestia, it's a beautiful day." He said. "Good morning." Responded Celestia a bit confused. "But I'm not a princess." "You are for this humble servant." He said bowing in respect causing Celestia to blush a little. "Thank you, so friendly as always. Have a nice day." Said Celestia with a big smile on her face as she walked away. End Of Flashback While Celestia was remembering, Luna had gone off to ask Gio the janitor to join them. The girls only watched their conversation but payed much attention. "Were you looking for me?" Asked Gio as he entered the office. "Yes Gio, we wanted to ask you about your assistant." Asked Celestia, now finishing with her memory. "Assistant?" Asked Gio, confused by Celestia's question "Yes, we want to have a talk with him." Said Celestia. "Principal you must be mistaken, I don't have an assistant." Said Gio now confused. "I do all my work by myself." Celestia opened her mouth in surprise, Luna doing the same was just as surprised. The six girls all exchanged looks of confusion. They didn't know that the janitor even had an assistant, probably because they hadn't seen him themselves. Celestia angrily opened the door and went out to the hallways. "Follow me." Said Celestia. "I think I know where he is during this time." Luna, Gio the janitor, and the elements followed Celestia. It was time to right a wrong. To Be Continued.....