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// First Friend 
// Story: Sunset Shimmer's Rise 
// by nerdyGAMERgrl 
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	Sunset's horn illuminated as she placed her books on her bookshelf, she looked at the titles, The History of Magic: Vol. 23, The Life and Times of Morwari the Maneless, How To: Advanced Magic Vol. 2... the list went on and on. Trixie looked at her bookshelf, "Wow! You've got TONS of books!" she exclaimed, her eyes widened.

"Yeah, how many books do you have?" Sunset asked, turning her head to look at Trixie.

"Not very many, only books about magic spells." she said in a bragging tone, smirking.

"Really? I'd like to read them some time." Sunset said, her eyes widening a little.

Trixie bit her lip, looking down, "N-No, their REALLY advanced." she said, smiling nervously.

"Nonsense, I can take a look." she said, walking toward her a little. 

"Later, maybe? We're supposed to get back to class." she said, her eyes widened.

Sunset raised a brow, she was curious about her suspicious behavior, but just brushed it off, "Okay..." she said, lowering her brow.

Sunset Shimmer trotted with her to class, once they got in, they saw Princess Celestia passing out papers to the ponies who walked in. She noticed the girls and seemed taken aback by something, she looked at a blue sheet and back at Trixie. "I don't recall seeing you for the entrance exam..." she said, raising a brow. Trixie looked confused, "You sure?" she asked, "'Cause I'm pretty sure I was there."

"Hmm, I must be mistaken..." Celestia said, giving a sheet of paper to Sunset and Trixie, "Please sit down, and we'll get started." she said, smiling.

Sunset sat in her seat, looking at Trixie. She began to think, why would Celestia say that she didn't recognize her? She had seen all of the surveillance of each entrance exam, didn't she?  She shook it off, writing notes on the sheet.

Later, Sunset went into the cafeteria with Trixie.

"Hey, what was that about?" she asked.

"What?"

"When Celestia was skeptical about you being there, what was that about?"

"Oh," Trixie exclaimed, her mouth full of oats, "she probably forgot, she's lived for thousands of years after all. Plus, she's a princess, so she probably had something important going on."

Sunset nodded, Trixie was right. Celestia probably did forget, after all, the bus came to her house. If she wasn't accepted, then how did she get on the bus?

"So, wanna sneak into the classroom tonight?" Trixie asked, smirking.

Sunset's eyes widened, "Why?"

"So that we can steal Celestia's spellbooks, maybe learn hypnosis spells..." she said, still smirking.

"No! We'll get in trouble!" Sunset whispered, frowning.

Trixie shrugged, "Suit yourself! I guess you don't wanna rule Equestria someday..." Trixie said, smirking.

Sunset bit her lip, she did want to be a princess, maybe there would be a book on that.

"Well, okay, fine." Sunset said, still a little unsure.

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The full moon shone down through the window, shining into Sunset's eyes as she woke. She slowly crawled out of bed, waking Trixie up. "Hey, Trix!" she whispered, shaking her awake. Trixie rubbed her eyes, "I'm up, I'm up..." she groaned. Trixie grabbed a small bag, smirking. Sunset looked at her, "You're gonna steal books?!" She whispered, gawking.

"Yeah, you take one too." she said, tossing one to her.

Sunset caught it, "Wait! What if guards come in and see that we aren't in bed?" she whispered.

Trixie's eyes widened, "Shoot! You're right!" she whispered, "I've got an idea."

Trixie took an extra pillow from underneath her bed, and put it under her blankets. She did the same with Sunset's. She nodded triumphantly, "There, the guards won't even know we were gone." Trixie said, smirking. Sunset smiled, "You're so smart." she said. "I know, now come on." Trixie said, slowly opening the door.

Sunset looked out, she saw a guard walking away from them. "Should we teleport?" she asked, raising a brow. Trixie nodded, and they shut the door behind them, teleporting into room A-3. "This is it, let's get those books." Trixie whispered.

Sunset sneaked towards the bookshelf behind Celestia's desk, taking multiple advanced magic books and nearly filled her bag. She looked over at Trixie to find her stealing the same thing. "Sweet, we got these, now let's get back to our dorm." Sunset whispered, making sure Trixie could hear.

"Yeah, you're right." Trixie said, teleporting.

Sunset teleported back, she looked at Trixie. "That was so, fun!" she whispered, smirking. Trixie nodded, "Told you!" Trixie said, putting the bag under her bed, "Now hide your bag, we don't wanna get caught." Trixie said, smiling.

Sunset smiled, she felt like she made the greatest friend that she'll ever have.