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// 458. Push My Luck by Ragabash 
// Story: The Sun and the Stars: A Twilestia Prompt Collab 
// by Fuzzyfurvert 
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by Ragabash


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With a doubtful expression, Twilight Sparkle looked at the paper in her hands. She knew quite well that these things could get seemingly silly and nonsensical. She also knew that despite how they may look, they're necessary to ensure that everything goes well and things won't get overly complicated due to petty complaints. Truly, you could never be secure enough.

At least, that's what she thought, until she saw what was written on the form. "The student acknowledges that they're not allowed to take the salt shakers from the cafeteria home"? Even to her, that seemed unnecessary. It was already covered by more general rules and besides, something like that should be written on the school regulations in the first place, not a separate document that needed to be signed. And somehow, Twilight knew that she was the only one to get a paper like this.

It wasn't just because it was so weird, but because it was the fifth time she was called into the principal's office. And it was her first week at this school. Something was seriously off, but Twilight found it hard to complain. Not just because she had a lot of respect for Principal Celestia, but also because she always seemed so happy to have her here. Maybe a bit too happy...

Despite her positive outward appearance, Celestia felt conflicted. She knew that she couldn't keep it up for long. She was struggling to find good reasons to call the new student to her office and was already failing. Yet, despite knowing how unconvincing she was becoming, she couldn't stop. The desire to be alone with her, if only for a few minutes, was still too strong.

Telling her the truth was out of question. She wouldn't understand. Celestia didn't even understand it herself. She barely knew the girl, especially since she was rather different from the other Twilight, and they were principal and student. Would she really be fine, if the she told her how much she loved her pretty looks, appreciated her intelligence on more than an academic level, wanted to hold her body in her arms and taste her lips? Probably not. She had a hard time with other people to begin with. Being desired by an older woman would completely swamp her.

"Um, Principal Celestia...," Twilight suddenly said. "I don't want to be disrespectful, but... why do you call me here so often?"

She shouldn't be surprised, but Celestia was startled a bit by this. The girl wasn't stupid. Of course, she would figure out soon that something was up. Although, it might take a while until she realizes what that is. Still, Celestia knew that she should stop before that happens.

"We have to cover quite a lot of things, that need a lot of documents. I'm sorry to keep you away from your classes so often, but it takes a while to prepare everything."

Twilight didn't seem convinced. "But why are so many rules on separate papers? Why not put them all on one? Besides, aren't most of them covered by the school regulations in the first place?"

Celestia didn't really know what to say. Of course, it was all an unconvincing lie, so it was hard to think of a satisfactory answer. It was clear that she couldn't keep up this charade for long and this really should be the last time.

The principal stood up and went around her desk to the girl, who sat in the chair in front of it. She looked down on her, staring into the purple eyes. She was about to reach out to her, but managed to resist the urge. Instead, she turned away.

"It... has something to do with the regulations of the school board," she finally replied. "I have to admit that they're quite a pain. They tend to be very controlling and pain-stakingly check the schools for any kind of breaches. Or even possibility of breaches. We constantly have to think of new rules to ensure that they won't give us a hard time for no good reason."

"I see..." Twilight still wasn't convinced, but didn't dig deeper. Instead, she just signed the pointless document and stood up from the chair. "Well, if that's all, I'd like to go back to class."

Celestia just nodded and only turned around again when the girl left. She picked up the paper from her desk, gave it a glance, then crumbled it together and threw it in the waste basket.

The principal sighed. She called Twilight to her office to satisfy her urge to see her, but it only her a bigger craving, that was impossible to fulfill. It was clearly a mistake and she had no one to blame but herself.

Twilight Sparkle was a model student and yet, Celestia knew that she would give her a harder time than any delinquent.