> Crystalling College: Rainbow Dash Edition
>  by StarryCandy
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> This Is The Worst College I've Seen In My Life
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"Rainbow Dash!" Rainbow Dash's mother came running in her room.

Dash stared at Firefly, her mom. "Yea? What do you need?"

Firefly began to run around her room checking all her stuff, to make sure Rainbow had all the specific items for her school on Monday, which is tomorrow.

"Alright. Do you have your pencils?"

"Yes."

"Eraser?"

"Yes."

"Notebooks?"

"Yea."

"Folder?"

"Check."

"Thank goodness." Firefly finally relaxed.

Rainbow's dad, Rainbow Blaze, came into the room as well. "Your mother's just stressed about your big day tomorrow, so she just about makes up the most obvious questions, like those she just asked you three minutes ago."

Rainbow finally figured out what her father meant, then gazed at the coffee mug he was holding. "Dad, why are you drinking coffee at night? It's 9:30 PM for Celestia's sake!" Rainbow Dash pointed out.

"It's his habit to drink coffee in the morning and the night so he will have enough energy for both times of the day." Firefly explained.

Blaze chuckled, then said, "Don't go running into any boys at school tomorrow. You are too young. And besides, boys are trouble."

Firefly glared at her husband. "Love is a good thing, anti-Romeo."

"Where's Rainbow Dash going?" Scootaloo asked, rubbing her eyes.

Firefly and Rainbow Blaze looked at each other and said, "College."





Rainbow Dash stared out the window of her school bus skeptically. She had been told numerous times not to bump into boys this morning, but this bus is full of them! There are hardly any girls and all the boys are screaming, throwing junk, pretending girls have cooties, and the music is hardly heard because of the boys' noise level.

"How rude! Girls do not have cooties! That is the most insensitive thing I've ever heard in my life!" A marshmallow-coloured girl exclaimed. She wore a sparkly tank top, (makes sense, it's 74 degrees out) accompanied by a radiant purple skirt with matching sandals.

"Ha! Don't call us stupid! My father says that all girls have cooties!" the boy that the girl told off screamed. He was wearing a jacket over a dull t-shirt with jeans and sneakers.

"Then why did your father marry your mother?" the girl countered. The boy stared at her, dumbfounded. "He...uh..."

"Thought so." the girl whirled around to chat with a butterscotch-coloured girl, who was obviously hurt by what just happened.

Rainbow sighed and stared out the window again. I am really disliking this school right now, Rainbow Dash thought. Why did I have to go to this college? Are all colleges like this? Insane? Weird? Boy-filled-bus– like? Who knows until they get out of the bus. Besides, I'm staying here, so I'm definitely going to miss Mom's cooking.

Her thoughts were cut off by the sudden stop of the bus.

"Everyone get in! Next stop is Crystalling College!" The bus driver yelled. More students piled in, mostly, of course, boys.

One girl, with red hair and yellow streaks walked over to Rainbow's seat and sat down, since Rainbow Dash was alone.

The girl turned. She had a burgundy T-shirt with a dull-on-top, sparkly-on-bottom skirt. She also had matching shoes.

"What a hole this place is. Don't you agree?" The girl said, and Rainbow realized that she was talking to her.

"Um, yeah! There's a lot of crazy boys, though." Dash replied.

The girl smiled. "I'm Sunset Shimmer, nice to meet you." She extended her hand.

"Nice to meet you too. I'm Rainbow Dash." Rainbow shook Sunset's hand.






"So, your dad told you to never hang out with boys?" Sunset Shimmer asked Rainbow Dash.

"Yup, and I can't because this bus is mostly crawling with boys." She replied.

Sunset understood. They chatted until they got to Crystalling College.





Everyone crowded out of the bus when they arrived at their new college. Rainbow and Sunset walked down the steps into the courtyard. The school was covered in crystals, which resembles the name of the college. In high school, she had found a booking for Crystal Prep, but of course, she didn't. This school looks like Crystal Prep.

Sunset nudged Rainbow and pointed. "The principal is just there." Rainbow saw a woman with yellow, pink, and purple–streaked curly hair.They walked up to her.

"Hello." The principal said when Sunset and Rainbow walked up to her. They waved back. Sunset asked for their dorm and schedule papers and she handed them over.

"I got Dorm 27." Sunset said as she scanned her paper.

"Mine is Dorm 56." Rainbow replied. Sunset sighed.

"I hoped we could be in the same dorm, but we can't. Well, see you around." Sunset waved goodbye as they parted ways.

As Dash made her way through the corridor, she saw some kids with dangerous equipment she assumed were for Gym classes. Some people had dodgeball bags filled with dodgeballs to fling at new kids. As one bag was hurled at her, the student responsible had an evil smirk across her face. Dash used her reflex skills to dodge the bag and catch it from behind.

Students on the student's side stood gaping at what just happened. Dash ignored them and set the bag at the student's feet and walked towards her dorm.
> This Is Not Good
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When Dash got to her dormitory, which is Dorm 56, she wondered who her roomate is. She used the key the principal gave them to unlock their dorms. Once the lock clicked, she opened the door and walked inside.

The room had two desks for doing work. What was different was that there is a paint bucket beside both of them. Someone wrote a note on them. Dash took a closer look. The note said, If you ever want to change the color of your writing tables use the paint and the paintbrush here.

Dash reread it to completely understand. She turned around to look at the remainder of the room. There was a walk-in closet on the far side of the room and a large glass pane that slides open to lead to the balcony. There was a bathroom at the right corner. And finally, the beds. She could tell whose is whose, and the dark blue bed is hers. They prepared it better than she expected. There was  a curtain to seperate themselves so if they have a conflict they don't have to worry about it.

She heard a click at the door. A girl, with lighter blue skin than hers and had dark blue hair with teal streaks that went up to her waist. She had matching dark blue eyes. She was chatting on her cellphone. Something went off in Dash's head.

"You! You threw that dodgeball bag at me, weren't you?" Dash yelled, pointing at her.

The girl blinked, then said goodbye to the caller and hung up. She looked at Dash and smirked evilly.

"Well, to tell you the truth, yes, I did." She laughed. "But it wasn't funny that you dodged it." Dash squinted her eyes.

"You should've known that I have fast reflexes." Dash said proudly.

"Yeah, whatever." The girl spat. She walked towards her bed and slid the curtains.

The intercom came up and announced that school would be canceled for the next two days so the newcomers settled in.

Dash also started to dislike the girl since that day. Not only because of the dodgeball, but also her attitude towards probably her entire existence for ruining her stunt. The next day, she learned the girl's name is Snowflake Swirl. She was apparently one of the most popular students in the entire school. The same night, she heard Snowflake murmuring something that sounded like she was saying a name. The last day of cancellation, she heard that Snowflake liked Soarin, who was a high-star athlete who teams up with Spitfire and Fleetfoot to make the Wonderbolts.

Dash decided to take her mind off of Snowflake. She asked the teacher if she could go to the yard. Once the teacher agreed, she went to the yard to train herself in parkour and soccer. She found the soccer ball and decide on soccer first. She practiced her skills, and she was pretty good. What she didn't realize was that a boy just started spying on her behind the bushes. Her reflexes told her so, and kicked the ball into the bushes by accident. The ball missed the boy by a inch, but it did make him yelp.

Dash ran towards the ball and the boy. The boy ran towards the ball and got it for her.

"Thanks, I guess?" Dash said, then apologized for kicking the soccer ball in his direction. The boy shook it off.

"By the way, my name is Soarin." The boy introduced himself. Dash's eyes widened.

"Y-you're the guy that Snowflake likes!" She exclaimed.

"Snowflake Swirl? Nah, I don't like her. She's a jerk." Soarin shrugged.

"Uh, okay. By the way, I'm Rainbow Dash, nice to meet you." Dash extended her hand in a handshake. Soarin took it.

"Say, you're practicing soccer, right?" Soarin asked. Dash nodded her head slowly.

"Actually, I'm improving." Dash laughed nervously.

"Well, you look ready for advanced skills, so let me give you those pointers, okay?" Soarin asked, getting up. Dash's face lightened up.

"All right!"

LUNCHTIME

"Phew!" Dash plopped down on the grass, feeling exhausted after that practice run on advanced skills.

"Yeah, they're pretty tough to master." Soarin chuckled. "I have to reserve the yard for the Wonderbolts' next match, so I'll see you later, okay? If you ever want to master these skills, come to the yard at lunch, okay?"

Dash grinned and agreed. Soarin waved goodbye.

Dash smiled as she sat on the bleachers. She thought about her entire training session. She started to blush. She realized something bad.

My dad said to never talk to boys. Does that mean that she doomed him?

Does that mean....

That she likes Soarin?
> Sunset's Roomate
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Rainbow Dash slowly walked to the cafeteria, thinking about what happened a few minutes ago. She was not sure how Snowflake would react to it. Wait, why would she even think about her opinion?

Dash walked into the cafeteria. She saw a bunch of people on the lines and decided that she should find a seat first.

"Hey! Rainbow Dash!" A familiar voice yelled. Dash whipped around to see Sunset waving her hand in the air, motioning for her to come.

"Hey Sunset." Rainbow said as she slid in the seat. "How's your roomate?"

"She's great. She looks like she doesn't bite, like Snowflake does." Sunset replied, taking a bite of her sandwich. "She looks popular enough, but she said she rejected Snowflake's invite into her group because of her yearlong attitude and behavior towards others, especially teachers."

Dash blinked twice. "Wow. That's not nice. Snowflake's attitude, I mean."

"Yeah, I know. What I wonder is how is Snowflake still popular?!" Sunset banged her fist on the table, making her silverware clatter against the tray.

"Hey, Sunset." A voice said. The both of them turned to face a girl. She had dark blue-purple-ish eyes and purple hair with teal and violet streaks in it. She wore a tank top with a purple diamind on it and a skirt with boots to top it off.

"Hey, Starlight. This is Rainbow Dash. Rainbow, this is my roomate, Starlight Glimmer." Sunset introduced them.

"Hey." Rainbow waved. Starlight waved back.

"It's very nice to meet you, Rainbow!" Starlight exclaimed.

"Pleasure to meet you too." Rainbow replied.

"So, Starlight, what is it that you wanted to tell me earlier?"

"Ah, yes! Okay, this will come as a shock, but Soarin rejected Snowflake's idea of a date! In front of everyone! Said he liked someone else he met this morning." Starlight gossiped.

"Whoa. As far as I knew, nobody said no to Snowflake. How did she react?" Sunset asked.

"Truth is, since Soarin is Snowflake's crush, she brushed it off like nothing happened." Starlight replied.

Rainbow's eye twitched, but nobody saw it. Was Soarin talking about me? She thought while concealing her blush.

"Oh! I need to introduce you guys to Twilight!" Starlight clapped her hands together.

"Is that her?" Sunset asked, pointing to a girl writing in a notebook. She was muttering something like, "The square root of 954 is 30.868890423....so that simplifies to 31, and that times 4 is 124, so 124 divided by 9 is 13.7777777, so X is 13.8. And....done!" She pushed her glasses up. Dash can see that the girl has purple eyes and purple hair and....practically everything is purple. That is, except for her magenta streak and black glasses.

"Yep! TWILIGHT! COME OVER HERE!!" Starlight yelled. The girl perked up from her notebook and came over.

"Hey Starlight." Twilight said. As they waved, Dash saw bracelets on both their wrists.

"What are those?" Rainbow asked, pointing to their bracelets.

Twilight turned her wrist. "Oh, this? I got it from a delivery. This is for Magic class. If you have immense magic levels, then you get a bracelet like this. Everyone has magic, but the magic LEVEL is different for everyone. By the way, I'm Twilight Sparkle. You?"

"I'm Rainbow Dash. Pleasure." Dash shook Twilight's hand.

Before they could talk any longer, the bell rang. Lunch was over. Everyone left to explore more.

"How about we all explore together?" Sunset asked.

"I already know the school from top to bottom, so I can show every allowed place in this school." Twilight said.

"Okay, lead the way." Dash said. They all went in the same direction Twilight did.
> Evil Lurking
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"So, this is the school library, where I gained most of my information last year." Twilight informed them. The school library is larger than CHS's library. Starlight immediately rushed in. So did Sunset.

"What eggheads...." Dash muttered. Unfortunately, Twilight heard.

"Do you even know what 'egghead' means? Do I look like an egghead to you?" Twilight asked.

"Yes, I do. And yes, you do." Dash answered bluntly.

"Hey, what's that?" Starlight pointed at a smoky section of the library.

"That's weird....it wasn't there last year, so why is it there this year?" Twilight asked herself.

"Nobody else seems to notice it, not even the librarian." Sunset pointed to the librarian, who was typing on her CPU.

"Come on, let's check it out while we have the chance." Starlight said.

"I'm not sure if we should-whoa!" Twilight yelled out as she was pulled to the section in less than 3 seconds.

"Done." Dash cleaned her hands. Sunset, Twilight, and Starlight stood there gaping at her. "What?" Dash asked.

Twilight sighed in defeat. "Since we're here, I guess we can check it out." She said.

"Okay. Let's see...." Sunset said. She rummaged through the books and found a black book with golden designs on it. She grabbed it.

Smoke traveled up her arm and into her eyes.

Twilight turned around. "Sunset, are you oka-" She started, then realized the situation.

Dash looked at where Twilight is. "Twi? What's going on?" She asked.

"I think I know." Twilight replied as she slid on some gloves. "Here, you'll need these too." She handed some cyan gloves to Dash.

"What are these for?" Dash asked, examining the gloves.

"They're for blocking off dark magic." Twilight said. "With these on, you won't get affected by evil. It's a simple spell I read about in my youth."

"Okay, then...."

"Dash, you hold Sunset down while I try to pry off her grip on that book." Twilight instructed. Dash took off at lightning speed and caught Sunset by the collar. Sunset turned and glared. She tried to kick, but Dash was too fast for her. She jumped and held Sunset's shoes down, so her feet couldn't move.

"Got it!" Dash yelled to Twilight, who nodded and ran in front of Sunset and grabbed the book. Sunset tried with all her might to keep the book in her hands. Dash used her free hand to punch Sunset in the back to make her lose her grip on the book. Twilight used it as an opportunity and spiraled back and fell due to the amount of force she used.

"Phew." Twilight heaved for a bit and got up. Dash jumped down from Sunset.

Smoke poured out of Sunset's mouth and into the air. Then, it flew away.

The four of them stared at the direction of the smoke. Nobody said a word about this ever since.

MEANWHILE, ELSEWHERE ON THE CAMPUS....

The smoke had escaped those four girls. It found a secluded spot to turn into a human.

"Heheheh...." He said. "That girl was hard enough to control. I'll just have to find someone else to possess." He cackled.

TO BE CONTINUED
> New Face
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"Everyone, may I have your attention." The intercom announced. "There is a dark force lurking around this school. Stay secure and alert to your surroundings." The voice of the principal went off the intercom. Dash laid in her bed, pulling the covers up.

"She must have meant the smoke from before...." Dash muttered to herself, remembering the smoke leaving the library. It's possible Twilight informed Cadence.

"Hmmm. I should look for it; it's part of my responsibility as well." Dash ran out of the room to look for any evidence.

As soon as Dash screeched to a halt in the hallway, she bumped into someone. They staggered and fell.

"Ouch...." They muttered at the same time. They both rubbed their hit spot. Dash opened her eyes first. In front of her is a girl with light pink hair that fell past her shoulders and ended at her waist. She wore a yellow sweatshirt that looked all too warm in the month of August. Something clicked in Dash's mind. She had seen her somewhere, but where....?

"Weren't you on that bus with that marshmallow-colored girl?" Dash asked. The girl's teal eyes widened.

"Eeep!" She hid herself under her hair. Dash got up and walked up to her.

"Come on, I'm not going to hurt you. All I want to know is if you were the one bullied on that bus just a few seats in front of me." Dash promised. The girl looked at her from beneath her hair.

"A-are you not g-going to h-hurt me?" The girl stuttered.

"Of course not! I wouldn't hurt anyone. Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." Dash did the Pinkie promise (They did not meet yet) and smiled. The girl straightened.

"I-I wanted to know if those rumors were true...." The girl said softly.

"What rumors?" Dash asked. The girl hesitated.

"That you were abusing students lately and bragging about yourself around the halls." She said meekly. Dash looked shocked. Only one person was spreading those fake rumors with everyone believing it. Dash thought. And that was Snowflake Swirl!

"Anyways, let's clear my question up first. Was it you who was on that bus?" Dash asked. The girl nodded slowly.

"Your name?" Dash asked her. The girl looked down.

"F-fluttershy...." She said so quietly that it was almost inaudible. Dash, who had killer hearing, heard her name.

"Fluttershy?" Dash asked. Fluttershy nodded. "I'm Rainbow Dash. Nice to meetcha." Dash took out her hand in a shaking gesture. Fluttershy slowly took it. They shook hands and parted ways. But, they will see each other again soon.




Hello!
It's me again. 
This chap was short.
I am slowly running out of ideas, so add some in the comments. I promise I will use all of them in the next few chapters!😄
> Another Possession
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As Dash walked down the halls towards her next class, Science (which she thinks it is difficult), she passed a suspicious part of a wall that shouldn't be there. Is it the smoke man...? she thought anxiously. She decided to get out of there before it could lunge out and possess her. As she left, confetti was heard from behind her. As she turned to see what was going on, a pink-haired girl popped out in front of her.

"Hey! I'm Pinkie Pie and I'm part of the party commitee! Actually, I'm the head of it. That makes no sense, because no individual can operate without a head! So, what's your name?" She was talking so fast that Dash couldn't make sense of most of what she said.

"Um, I'm Rainbow Dash, nice to meet you....?" When she said her name, Pinkie gasped.

"You're the one Snowflake kept babbling on about! She said something about you being practically evil and sent a bunch of students to the nurse...." Pinkie said.

I just cleared this up with Fluttershy and now THIS?! Dash mentally facepalmed herself. "Okay, let's get ONE thing straight." Dash replied calmly.

"Yeah? Is it about those rumors? Is it-" Dash covered Pinkie's mouth before she could say anything else.

"I did not, on my LIFE, ever send people to the nurse because I physically abused them. Sure, I excel at P.E., but I would never use it on other students. I'm actually nicer than Snowflake says." Dash said.

"Oh, okay! By the way, Snowflake's friends are returning next week! Four of them. I don't like one of those lugs....she has a crush on my bestie and I'm gonna protect him from her because he doesn't deserve a meanie!" Pinkie crossed her arms angrily.

"Wait, she has friends? I always thought she was lonely." Dash said.

"Duh, she has friends! Like, how else did she get so popular? That is pretty impossible if you ask me." Pinkie got back to her quirky personality.

The bell rang again. "Oh no, gotta go! I have to get to Science!" Dash exclaimed. Pinkie flung her arm over Dash's shoulder. 

"Truth betold, I'm also going to Science! Come on, I'll take you there." Pinkie said, and led Dash towards Science.





The intercom went off in the middle of a microscope lesson. "May I have your attention, students. If you notice one of the Wonderbolts acting strangely, report to me. We may have found someone on their team possessed and need a student to witness this. Thank you." Everyone started to whisper. The teacher clapped her hands and got everyone to listen to her.

"Let's return to the task at hand, as there is nobody in this class possessed. Now, with the microscope, you can find little organisms everywhere, like bacteria and plankton. But......" The teacher droned on with her lecture. Pinkie turned to Dash.

"What was that all about?" She whispered. Dash didn't reply, as she was shivering all over and lost in her own thoughts.

Which Wonderbolt was possessed?! I only know three of them, it could be Spitfire, Fleetfoot, or....Soarin! Oh no....what if the smoke possessed Soarin into doing something I wouldn't like to see?! I'm freaking out!!!!!!!! Dash thought panickingly.

"Dash? Dashie!" Pinkie whispered. Dash snapped out of her thoughts because Pinkie said her pet name, which only usually her mother used. She glared at Pinkie.

"Don't. Use. That. Name." She emphasized. 

"Okay, okay, sheesh." Pinkie said. "You were spazzing out a second ago. Are you okay, or....?" 

"I think I have an idea on who was possessed. But I honestly, REALLY hope it isn't who I think it is."
> Shock and Heartbreak
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"WHAT!? You ACTUALLY TALKED to that no-good ruffian!?" A marshmallow-colored girl exclaimed. She  had blue eyes and purple hair that becomes lighter as it goes. She wore a tank top and a dress that trailed over one leg, wore shorts to cover the other, and wore blue high heels. She also had a blue bracelet, indicating that she took Magic.

"She was nice, actually. She didn't harm me when we met, nor did she brag about anything." Fluttershy inquired, lowering her head.

"Hmph. You're actually lucky I only look up to Snowflake for her fashion sense and not her attitude." The girl huffed. Fluttershy looked up.

"Aren't you kind of....mad at one of her friends, Rarity? Why do you still look up to her?" Fluttershy asked. Rarity crossed her arms and looked away.

"You remember Fleur-de-lis, right?" Rarity said.

Fluttershy nodded. "Yeah....why?"

"She tried to steal my crush from me by looking all flirty-like and kept batting her eyes!" Rarity made a fist angrily. "She will never get near my senpai, and I will make sure of that." She said in a more dark manner. Fluttershy squeaked.

"HELLO, STUDENTS OF CRYSTALLING COLLEGE!" About five voices screamed. Ironically enough, they belonged to only three. 

"Girls, you do not need to scream like that every single time you return." Luna, the Co-Vice-President, said to them.

"Don't worry, Vice Luna, we got it all under control." A girl with long, curly, pink hair said while admiring her fingernails.

Rarity was able to take a peep at the entrance. "Fleur-de-lis!" She gasped. "I'm going after her!" And with that, she took off.

Fluttershy looked in the direction Rarity sped off to, then sighed.





"I am not letting her go that easily." Rarity muttered to herself as she tried (but sometimes failed) to dodge everyone in the corridor. She finally stopped to a halt when she nearly bumped into a boy with blue hair and had a monocle chain leading to the front of his face. Rarity blushed madly, but tried to shake it off. The boy turned around and smiled.

"Why, hello there, Rarity, I wouldn't usually see you around here." He said. Rarity nervously chuckled.

"Actually, I was trying to....er....find my friend! She accidently got lost around here and I was trying to find her! Yeah, that's it! Yeah...." Rarity said nervously. The guy,named Fancy Pants, raised an eyebrow.

"Well, alright, then. Want me to help?" Fancy asked.

"What!? No, no, no, nooooo, it's totally fine." Rarity said, completely flustered. She ran in an attempt to not make things more awkward.

Fancy stood there, thinking about what happened. She's hiding something behind that adorable face. Wait, what!? What am I thinking!? I should follow her. Even if I've known her for a few months. He ran in the direction Rarity did.





Rainbow walked towards her next class, Flight. Wonder why they call it that? She wondered. Then she heard, or rather felt, something disturbing.

"And then, he pushed me against a wall, and it was SO. ROMANTIC. You can't even believe it, Confetti Drop! And then he, like, kissed me!" Dash heard Snowflake say. She saw her with another girl, so she hid behind a pillar.

"OMG! I wished Cheese would do that too!" The girl, apparently Confetti Drop, exclaimed. Who the heck is Cheese?! Dash wondered. Also, EEEWWWW!!!!!!

"Apparently that nonsense about liking someone he just met was to scare me. Soarin always loved to toy around, even in practice sessions. That's what make him so adorable to me! He just confessed his feelings this morning. And, now we're dating!" Snowflake said. Dash's eyes widened.

But Soarin said that he never liked Snowflake. W-why....unless he was trying to save his hind. Or....the smoke. Dash remembered the intercom announcement the other day. Dash made a mental note to kick his butt later. But still, she couldn't hold back a few tears.

"Well, I have to get to flight class. See you, Confetti, and good luck with Cheese!" Snowflake waved goodbye to Confetti and left. Confetti went the opposite way. Once she left, Pinkie popped in front of Dash, face full of tears.

"Did y-you hear t-that? Tell me you heard that....she's trying to steal Cheese Sandwich! My friend shouldn't fall to her!" Pinkie grasped the collar of Dash's flying gear while bawling her eyes out.

"So your friend is Cheese Sandwich....and this Confetti Drop is trying to steal him from you." Dash clarified. Pinkie nodded. "Sounds like you're jealous~" Dash smirked in a mischevious way. Pinkie turned even redder than she already was.

"W-what!? No, I'm just looking out for him! Don't get the wrong idea!" Pinkie exclaimed. 

"Sure~"

"Hey!"

"Um....did you forget? Fast reflexes."

"But you didn't say that last chapter."

"Huh? What chapter?"

"Now I feel like we're being watched."

"The bell rang three seconds ago."

"I'm talking about viewers from outside this world! A large group of people who absolutely love us reading this story as we speak! And our words are being written down on paper! At this very MOMENT! Wait! I have made a theory! Let me think!" 

"I....am just going to leave now...."
> Flight Class
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Dash walked away from Pinkie and her shenanigans and towards Flight class.  There were only two thoughts in her head, and one of them was who got possessed, and the other? Does Pinkie always have to do that? 

She got so lost in thought that she almost passed the classroom, which turned out to be the yard where she first met Soarin. Fortunately, the teacher had called out her name to check attendance. Dash heard her and ran into the yard.

"Are you Rainbow Dash?" The teacher asked. Dash nodded. "May I ask why you're late?"

"Another student was holding me up. Sorry." Dash apologized. The teacher wrote it down and put away her clipboard.

"Okay. Just try not to be late again. And if you are, get a pass." She said. Dash nodded in understanding and sat in a vacant spot. Snowflake, who was next to her, snickered.

"Now, some of you may have had me last year, but just in case, my name is Ms. Galerider.  I will be your teacher for Flight class. I will not expect the newer people to know so quickly, but I expect some of my older students to know. Snowflake Swirl, would you care to demonstrate?"

"With pleasure, Ma'am." Snowflake said confidently. She moved her scarf, revealing a light blue pendant. She muttered some gibberish and held her hands in an airplane position. Then, transparent, light blue wings popped behind her back. They were pointy and had darker shades of blue at the tips.

"Very good, Snowflake. The flight magic she just performed is calculated as a level 7. There are 10 levels in total, and barely get to 9. Nobody has gotten up to 10 since the Principal and Vices. Now, each of you will be getting a pendant much like Snowflake's, but the color differs based on your magical concentration. For example, Snowflake's concentration is blue, so that is rather powerful. Purple is in the middle, while white means you need to learn a lot this year and improve to get at least purple. That is your goal. Any questions?" Galerider said. A student raised their hand.

"Yes?"

"If blue isn't the highest level concentration, then what is?" They asked.

"Ah. I haven't explained that one, have I?" Galerider cleared her throat. "The highest level is something we haven't seen since the Principals' demonstrations. According to them, only they and six others weilded it in the past. Their concentration color is red." Everyone gasped.

"Though, nobody except them could do it, even to this day. Now, we will distribute the pendants. Please use an index card to jot down your concentration color. Once you're done, pass the cards up and wait for further instructions." Galerider announced, and walked around with a bag of necklaces. Snowflake turned to Dash and smirked.

"Let's see how you can beat that, newbie." Snowflake said smugly. Dash could feel her anger boiling up. 

I'll show her I'm not a newbie and that I CAN beat her magic level! Dash thought to herself. When she got her necklace, she put it around her neck and fastened it in a knot.  

"Whoa!" "What's with her pendant?" "Ms. Galerider, someone's pendant glowed red and changed shape!" "Wait, really?!" A chorus of chatter filled the air. Galerider came to a stop in front of a student.

"Whose pendant glowed red and changed shape?" Galerider asked. The student pointed at Dash. Galerider came over to her. Once she did, she took a look at her pendant and gasped.

"Y-you're a level 10-ranged flight student!" She exclaimed. Everyone gasped in shock and surprise. 

Cliffhanger? Maybe not? Who knows anymore.
For some reason, author's notes wouldn't appear.
Plus, school is keeping me from writing. Ironic how school is keeping me from writing a story with a school setting. 
Anyways, next chapter may come out next week or so. So stay tuned for that!
Bye!
> Magic (MPC)
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A few minutes later, class was going normally. Galerider had taught everyone the chanting, but for some reason, whenever Dash says it, perfectly or not, her wings wouldn't sprout. She looked at her pendant. It was a glowing, red lightning bolt with a gold outline. I'm sure Twilight knows something about this. Dash thought. She raised her hand.

    "Yes?" Galerider asked. She walked over to Dash.

    "So, I tried to chant it, and it came out perfectly and my posture was on point, but for some reason it wouldn't work."

    "Maybe your pendant made a mistake or something." Snowflake remarked next to her. Dash glared at her trying to say, That's not it!

    "Snowflake! You should be doing your own work and not judge others' skill!" Galerider said.

    "Hmph! Don't tell me what to do! And besides, I know I'm better than everyone in this excuse of a class." Snowflake replied harshly. Everyone stopped. The class stood there in silence.

    "Snowflake. I've been keeping track of your detentions lately and I believe this is your 10th one, is it not?" Galerider asked. Snowflake crossed her arms and looked away.

    "After this, you'll be sent to the dean. She'll deal with you." She said. Then she wrote something on her clipboard.

    "Now, Rainbow Dash, for people like you, you have a special chant that won't work with other magic concentrations. I will give you the paper." She took a piece of paper and gave it to Dash. "I've been saving it in case someone like you ever came into this class." Galerider smiled. Dash took the paper.

    "Thanks." She said. Galerider smiled again and left to help someone else.

    Dash scanned the paper. This is complicated, She thought. I'll try to do it.

    She wispered the words, and felt a strong force of energy coursing through her veins. 

    A second later, everyone was looking at her, shocked. Even the teacher and Snowflake were surprised.

    Dash turned around and gasped.

    Her wings had a pastel blue base color and had dark cyan tips. It was also glowing faintly. Dash felt her ears wiggle a little. Wait, what?

    "She also has horse ears instead of normal ears! That's SO hilarious!" Snowflake laughed. Then she had a bubble engulfing her within a second. Everyone started panicking.

    "Calm down, everyone,this is normal." Galerider said. Some went still, but others continued to panic.

    "Rainbow, I know the magic power will be hard to control at first, but you'll have more responsibilities now." She continued. Dash stared at her.

    "Did I just murder someone?" She asked. Galerider looked at the bubble and shook her head. "Oh, thank goodness." Dash relaxed.

    MEANWHILE

    Rarity walked into Magic after she stopped chasing Fluer-de-lis and went to Math class. She saw a bunch of kids who probably transferre-oh, wait, those were Snowflake's friends, Fluer and Starstone, who was rumored to be dating Timber Spruce. Or was it Flash Sentry? Starstone had so many boyfriends in her life that Rarity couldn't keep track of them anymore. So, she ignored them and sat next to Twilight, who was her classmate last year.

    Twilight and Rarity exchanged hi's, then saw the teacher come in. Actually, it wasn't a teacher, it was the Vice, Celestia.(Just so you guys don't get confused, both Celestia and Luna are Vice Principals. The school just doesn't have a dean yet.)

    Celestia started to talk about magic and its fundamentals. Then she put everyone into groups, in which Rarity was put into Twilight's, Sunset's, and Starlight's group.

    They went on to do magic and stuff until class was over. During the class, though, she kept hearing from Fluer how Fancy Pants was running down the hallway. He told Fluer that he was chasing somebody because she didn't seem like her usual self. Rarity blushed a little, remembering Fancy knew her more than anyone else. She ignored Fluer again and continued working.

    MEANWHILE(Again)

    A girl with blonde hair walked down a forest behind a town. She was a student of Crystalling College, and she was taking a break to become more antisocial. She felt someone was stalking her.

    "Come out, now! Ah'm actually stronger than ya think!" She yelled  behind her. A boy with green hair came out of the bushes.

    "Oh, it's just you, Spike." She said. She relaxed, knowing it's just her friend.

    "I just came to see if you're okay. You ran so quickly out of town that I didn't find you until now." Spike exclaimed. The girl sighed.

    "Blame me for being so antisocial. Ah know you're trying to help me open up, but ah don't think it's workin'. Sorry." She said.

    "Hey." Spike came over and hugged the girl. "I'm the only person you talk to. I'll try my best to help you open up more."

    "T-thanks Spike." The girl said, blushing.

    "Now let's go back to town, okay?" Spike said, motioning for her to follow.

    "Okay." She replied, walking towards the town.
> Rejected?!
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"Hey, Rainbow Dash!" A girl's voice yelled. Dash turned to see Sunset running towards her.

    "Yeah, Sunset?" Dash asked.

    "There's a new Wonderbolt match to kick off the new year of school." Sunset said.

    "Oh, how ironic. How IT'S ALREADY THE END OF JULY and they're doing the match." Dash said matter-of-factly. She was still miffed about the whole Soarin situation, but she tried not to show it.

    "Well, every year, there's a flow of kids who are too lazy to come at the beginning of July and decide to come in the beginning of August, so the Bolts decide to put up a new year match every July 29 or 30." Sunset explained.. 

    "Well, tell me how the match works." Dash said.

    "The match is divided into three tiers. Each tier lasts about a day and its sport is randomized by the team and are set up a week before the match." Sunset explained. 

    "What are the choices?" Dash asked.

    "There's a large number of them, including soccer, parkour, swimming-"

    "Wait, swimming?"

    "There's a pool inside the school, duh."

    "Oh."

    "So, yeah. The last tier will be a face-off. Like a sportsmanship battle."

    "Um....what about the other tiers?"

    "There will be a certain number of laps or points you need to accumulate to be able to be qualified in the next round. After the last tier, which the winner of it gets 600 points and the loser 400, an average is calculated and that will determine the winner, depending on how high the average is."

    "How did you know?" Dash asked.

    "Twilight." Sunset said bluntly.

    "Right, right."

    "The first one will begin today. Come on, let's go!" Sunset grabbed Dash's arm and dragged her to the yard.

    Once they got to the yard, they saw a lot of people pile in. Sunset got in easily, but Dash was a little harder. The guards kept saying no, and those orders were from the Wonderbolts themselves.

    Soarin came out, and stopped in front of Dash. "What are you doing here?" He asked.

    "I came in to watch the match." Dash said.

    "You're not welcome in, Dash." Soarin said, which shattered her heart into a million pieces.

    "W-what?" Dash could barely get the words out.

    Snowflake appeared behind her. "Soooaaarrr! Your girlfriend is here!" She said singsongly.

    "Come on in! You get the VIP seat Snowflake." Soarin said. Dash stood there in shock. So he WAS trying to save himself! Oh, he is so gonna get it! Dash thought angrily.

    "Let her in, Soarin." A woman's voice said. She looked up and saw Celestia.

    "But-"

    "The match is for all new students and old students at Crystalling College. Rainbow is part of the school, is she not?" Celestia questioned. Soarin reluctantly stepped back.

    "I'll see you inside, okay, Rainbow Dash?" Celestia said, smiling. Then she turned and walked in.

    Dash nodded and turned angrily to Soarin. "Why did you do this?" She said in an angry matter.

    "Um-"

    "Follow me." Dash dragged Soarin to another area.

    "Explain!" Dash yelled. 

    "Ugh, fine!" Soarin threw his hands up in defeat.

    A FEW HOURS EARLIER

    "What!? At the beginning of the year, you said you wanted to be friends with her. No, best friends! Why do you want her to be eliminated from the permission roster?!" A girl, named Spitfire, exclaimed. 

    "She was pestering me too much!" Soarin replied.

    "You practiced with her TWICE!" Spitfire yelled.

    "And she continued asking me to do more!" Soarin screamed at the top of his lungs.

    "Will you two SHUT UP!?" Fleetfoot yelled from downstairs. "You're bursting my eardrums!"

    Spitfire sighed. "Fine. If you want to eliminate her, who's going to occupy the last VIP seat?"

    Soarin thought for a second, then said, "Snowflake."

    BACK TO PRESENT

    Dash stared at Soarin. Then she gave up, dropped him and went into the yard.

    There was a lot of people at the yard. Some were yelling "WONDERBOLTS!" at the top of their lungs.

    She looked for a place to sit and found an empty seat next to Sunset. She got there in two seconds.

    "Hey." Dash said to Sunset. Sunset said 'hey' back and stared at the yard.

    They had announced the first sport: Basketball. Though she exceled at many sports the school offered, Dash still payed close attention to the team games.
> Release
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Rainbow looked at the place where everything is happening. The Wondercolts were playing against the Cloudsdale College team, who brag many times about their triumph against many other teams. Dash doesn't know much about her school's  team, but Twilight said that Cloudsdale hasn't played against them yet, and that they will kick their butts, especially when they work together.

Dash looked at the VIP seat Snowflake occupied. She was screaming at the top of her lungs to not let her down to Soarin. She was annoyed, since Snowflake wouldn't acknowledge the rest of the team. She was pondering about what would happen next when someone exclaimed, "What's he doing?!"

Dash looked at the yard. Soarin had pushed the team leader, Spitfire, out of his way to make her lose her balance and gain possession of the basketball. He had a clean shot of the enemy's net. He dribbled a little while pushing any other person who would come close to him and aimed the ball at the net and shot. The ball went in the net, scoring a point for the Crystalling College.

This isn't right.... Dash thought. She had to do something. So, she yelled over the crowd, "Soarin! What in the world did you do?! That's a violation of the teamwork rules!"

"That is true. As a result, I will deduct that point from the Wondercolts team, but I won't add it to the Cloudsmashers." Celestia stood and announced. That was a relief to the college, but others were miffed about the fact that they lost a point.

"Hey! Rainbow girl! Do you want us to lose?!" Snowflake and one of her friends yelled to her. Rainbow got upset and stood up.

"Soarin didn't play as fairly as he should've," Dash announced. "So the point deduction was entirely plausible."

"That is correct. Most of today's game involves a series of excessive teamwork. Soarin wasn't following those rules. That results in one deduction. If I see another, that will result in two points taken away. Am I clear?" Celestia said. Everyone on the yard nodded. "Good." Celestia sat down again.

"Hmph." Snowflake looked back at the yard in anger.

After the match ended, the Wondercolts had won. Everyone filed in for a 30 minute break, in which anyone can visit the team to cheer for them or just chat. Dash decided to go in to give Soarin a little pep talk. She invited Sunset and Starlight and Twilight along to help back her up. Though nobody except Pinkie had witnessed anything related to possession, she had told the three of them about their encounter with Snowflake and Confetti Drop.

Dash knocked on the door, and Spitfire answered. She had her leg bandaged.

"Oh no! Spitfire, are you okay?" Everyone asked.

"I'm fine. But I can't play in the rest of the rounds. I'll need someone to fill in for me."

"Can I please talk to Soarin?" Dash asked. Spitfire nodded.

"He needs to get some sense into him, and soon." Spitfire pleaded. Dash nodded and went in.

"SOARIN!!!!!!" Dash yelled, throwing open the doors to his room. No one was inside.

"He could be hiding. Hold on." Twilight said, and turned on a sensor and scanned the room. Soarin was hiding under a desk. Dash walked towards the desk and flipped it.

"What in the world is wrong with you, Soarin?" Dash asked sternly.

"I sense the same dark energy that possessed Sunset." Twilight said.

"Wait, what?"

"I still have the gloves." Dash said, slipping on the cyan gloves.

"Oh, right, here." Twilight poofed some orange-red-ish gloves for Sunset and told Dash to hold Soarin down.

Dash had already pinned Soarin down so that had no value. Twilight told Sunset and Starlight to help her with the spell. They grouped together and chanted the spell. The magic swirled around Soarin, but only a miniscule amount came out.

"It didn't work! Can you do it again?" Dash asked.

"It's too strong for us! And besides, we need to recharge!" Twilight exclaimed while gasping for air.

"Alright, Soarin!"

"What do you want from me!?" Soarin yelled angrily.

"Can the real you hear me right now????" Dash exclaimed while looking dead straight into his soul.

"You need to break free! You need to fight the darkness! Shadows are taking you over! Do you really love Snowflake like you claim right now?????!!!!! You told me you didn't, so are you lying or not????" Dash plastered him with questions.

"He definitely didn't like Snowflake that way! According to my calculations, Soarin rejected her fifty times in a single month!" Twilight noted.

"He would do absolutely anything to stay away from Snowflake and her friends!" Sunset exclaimed.

"To top it all off, he definitely hated the idea of going on a date with her, fancy restaurant or not!" Starlight said.

"See? We can all see you don't romantically like Snowflake! SO. BREAK. FREE." Dash said. Soarin's mind was all over the place. He doubled over and screamed. Smoke was quickly pouring out. It became a cloud and whisked away.

Soarin sat there, not moving a muscle. Then he shuddered. Dash got startled and jumped off of him and removed her gloves.

Soarin looked up. "Wha-what happened?" He asked. Dash stood in front of him.

"Do you like Snowflake?" Dash asked.

"Dash, I told you, no, I don't." Soarin clarified.

"You were all over her for the past day and let her take my place in the VIP seat." Dash said bluntly.

"The VIP seat part is supposed to be kept a secret, but now you know."

"You also hurt Spitfire...." Dash counted off.

"OH NO! SHE'S GOING TO KICK ME OUT IF I DO THAT!" Soarin sounded really scared.

"I'm sure she'll understand once I tell her you were possessed. Also I'll be filling in for her. I'll tell her about it." Dash said.

"Thank goodness." Soarin relaxed.

"Now we gotta go. See ya!" Dash waved and ushered her friends out.
> Halloween Night! Special Part 1
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The intercom went up in 7th Period on October 16. "Good Afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. As Halloween will be coming up in two weeks, I am holding a school-wide contest. I have asked half of the nearest town to dress as ghosts and roam the streets. Tomorrow on, you will spend the entire day finding those ghosts and catch them with a giant net. If they are caught, you will get a hoard of candy. If they catch you before you do, you will be disqualified. That includes even the faintest brush. The student with the most candy gets a free access pass to the Halloween Ball on, of course, Halloween. You may work in teams of at most 15; note that if one member of your team gets caught, only that person will be disqualified. If one team gains the most candy, their entire group will have free access. Have a nice afternoon." Everyone started to chatter, asking each other if they want to join their team. Dash sat there, not bothering to get up and ask anyone. She finished the last of her classwork, and since Twilight isn't in the same class, her work is a little harder than usual.



Snowflake had already asked all her friends and some boys to help her. She started to brag about how she got her team the fastest. Once her group number got to 14, she declined the rest of the requests, saying she was saving the last spot for Soarin. Dash assumed that she was going to ask Soarin after classes. Wait, why did she care?

"Hey Dash, wanna be in my team?" Sunset asked beside her. She had already asked Starlight, who agreed, and both were looking eagerly at Dash. Dash slowly steered away, but they steer closer to her. Dash finally gave up and nodded.

"ALRIGHT! Now it's time to get everyone else! Let's see....Twilight, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Cheese Sandwich, etc. Let's see if we could beat Snowflake to Soarin, how about it?" Sunset said after high five-ing Starlight. 

"I guess, there isn't anything else to do on Halloween except Trick-or-Treat or dress-up." Dash shrugged. Shouldn't be so bad, right?

"Cool. Let's meet up after last period." The bell finally signaled the end of 7th Period. The halls were crowded with people, everyone was asking each other for requests. Twilight just happened to walk down their hall.

"Hey, Twilight!" Starlight waved at her. Twilight saw and waved back. "You heard the announcement, right?" Starlight asked.

"I sure did! If you're asking me to join your team, you got yourself a request. See you! I gotta get to Chemistry!" Twilight exclaimed and ran off to her class.

"Wait....I forgot to do the Magnus Effect homework! Wait....I have a pass....Give me a sec." Dash took out a stapler and her pass from her bag and stapled it together.

"I feel like this college is the only college that will ever allow this." Sunset said.

AFTER 8TH PERIOD

Dash walked towards her room when a bunch of pink shaded her sight.

"Ack! Pinkie! I can't see where I'm going!" Dash exclaimed. Pinkie turned around.

"Oops! Sorry Dashie!" Pinkie apologized.

"Oh, right! You heard the announcement, right? You wanna join our team?" Dash asked. Pinkie jumped up and down and said yes.

Pinkie and Dash got to Dorm 456. "Well, here's my dorm. See ya tomorrow." Dash said and said bye.

"My dorm is 707. If you wanna hang out sometime, feel free!" Pinkie said bye and went up.


To be continued in Part 2.
> Halloween Night! Special Part 2
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THE NEXT DAY

Everyone was walking towards town in a single file. People were chatting and are holding nets to bonk some people with. Pinkie's excited for candy, Twilight's looking around the bookstores, and Dash....she decided to hang out with Starlight and Sunset at the cafe for a while and think about where they should search first.

"Dash! I heard Soarin isn't on Snowflake's team! Let's go try to convince him!" Sunset said. Dash pondered this, then nodded and gestured for Starlight to follow. She got up, but bumped into one of the students, Sunburst.

"Oops! Sorry, Sunburst!" Starlight said, her face completely red.

"Eeehh? I never knew Starlight likes Sunburst!" Sunset whispered. Dash rolled her eyes. 

"Let's give 'em some privacy then." Dash grabbed Sunset by the wrist and dragged her away from the two students. She did catch Sunburst saying, "It's okay" and start laughing with Starlight.

Once they got to the Market Square, they encountered a few ghosts but caught them. The ghosts gave the girls candy and took off the cloaks, then went off with their daily lives. Sunset spotted Soarin in the distance and yelled for Dash. She ran over after putting candy in her bag.

"Hey, Soarin!" Sunset yelled. Soarin heard them and came over.

"Hey, Sunset. Hey Dash." Soarin greeted. Dash greeted "Hello" back.

"You're not on anyone else's team, right?" Sunset asked. Soarin reassured them with a no.

"You want to join me and Dash's team? We could help each other!" Soarin pondered, and said "yeah, sure" a little too quickly. Just then, Fluttershy walked by, so Sunset ran over to ask her.

"H-hey Soarin." Dash said.

"Hi, Dash!" Soarin greeted again for no reason. Dash could see a little shade of pink growing on his face as he averted his gaze from her.

"Flutters said yes," Sunset said. "Let's go catch some ghosts!"

They went around town, found Starlight (who asked Sunburst to the group, which he accepted), Twilight (who found Flash and Timber and both said yes), and Pinkie (who did practically the same to Cheese, and he did the same).

Everyone stuck together. They managed to take out many of the ghosts, thanks to Dash's dodging skills and Twilight's planning. By noon, they had tons of candy in their bags.

"Where is all this candy coming from?" Sunset asked.

Pinkie replied, "It comes from the school because Principal Cadence afforded enough money to pay for a certain amount of candy for each ghost per day." Everyone understood.

By the end of the day, everyone could barely stand up, due to a lot of walking, running, and the weight of their bags.

Cadence came up. "Attention! Every person caught today from town will be returning tomorrow with a new batch of candy. This will occur at the end of each day until the event was over. Dump all your candies in the giant bins and we will put a tag and lid on it to make sure nobody withdraws nor deposits any candy." She announced. Everyone chose a bin, dumped their candies in, and went to bed.

This went on for the next week. They needed the rest of the time to count the candies, even if all the teachers plus townspeople are counting it. (Population of town is 5000.)

On the last day of the contest, Dash and the others got separated from the boys and were currently searching for them, while nearly getting caught by ghosts.

They found the boys hauling 3 bags each, full of candy, by around 6PM.

At night, everyone dumped the candies in their bins and went back to school for bed.


ABOUT A WEEK LATER

"Alright, we have our winners for this contest!" Cadence announced. The people who went solo shrank, as 'winners' mean that it was a group.

"Now, the winner is..."






















AT THE HALLOWEEN BALL

Dash looked around. She was literally standing in the middle of the hall, in a BLUE FRILLY DRESS, with everyone talking to their crushes. Sappy. It was the only word Dash could use to describe her experience.

"Hey, care to dance?" A voice asked. Dash turned and saw Soarin.

"Sure, why not?" She asked. They both won the contest together, might as well enjoy the VIP ticket area ad well. Honestly, her other friends are just using the VIP hotbath with Snowflake banging on the door screaming that she deserves to be a VIP as well. The decor is all Halloween themed, and there was a giant house in the front, where everyone who dared to venture in got a scare of their lives. Dash actually enjoyed it, even if her friends are making silly faces on the other side of the glass, with Snowflake glaring at her in jealousy.

END OF SPECIAL
> Not-So-New-Student
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"Okay, class!" The teacher clapped her hands together. "Today we will be learning more about calculus and trigonometry. Now-" Her sentence was cut off when the door creaked open. A blonde girl's head peeked through the door. Then a boy about a year younger than her appeared.

"Ah! It's good to see you again, Spike and AJ! Please, take a seat." The teacher gestured towards two empty seats next to each other.

"T-thank you, ma'am...." The girl, probably AJ, stammered in a Western Cowgirl's accent. She and the boy took the seats.

The girl had her hair in a side braid. She also had green eyes. She was wearing a plaid tank with the end tied up in a bow, showing a little of her stomach. She also had a cowgirl hat on her head and also wore jean shorts. She also wore brown boots.

The boy had dark green hair and Light Green eyes. He was wearing a simple purple t-shirt and jeans.

"Who are they?" Dash asked Twilight, who was in the same class. Twilight looked over at the two.

"The blonde is AJ. Her real name is AppleJack, but it's too long so everyone shortened it to AJ. She is known as the most antisocial person in the school. But honestly, her only friend right now is Spike, the green haired dude. He's my cousin. I think they like each other." Twilight whispered back.

"Hmmm. I want to talk to her." Dash said. Twilight's eyes widened and shook her head desperately.

"You go near her, she's going to send you to the hospital. She is strong enough to lift 10 vans! Okay, I may have exaggerated, but still! She sent 100 kids to the hospital last year plus 350 this year before she took a break!" Twilight exclaimed in a whisper, before covering her mouth and mumbling, "I wasn't supposed to say that to you...."

"Whatever. I'm still talking to her." Dash said.

After class, Dash ran up to AJ and touched her shoulder. AJ reacted by turning her head around, but then turned back and walked towards her next class with Spike.

"Hey, where do you think you're going?" Dash exclaimed. AJ stopped.

"Are ya tryin' to pick a fight?" AJ asked. She didn't seem interested in fighting.

"No, I'm trying to talk to you." Dash replied. AJ sighed, then turned around completely.

"What do you want? I have a class to go to. Spike, you can go without me, okay? I'll catch up later." She said. Spike looked worried, but nodded and left.

"I have a few questions. Also can we talk somewhere else? I'm getting chills feeling so many eyes on me." Dash shuddered, feeling many pairs of eyes watching the showdown and whispers filling up the silent hall.

"Fine. Follow me." AJ said, and walked down the stairs to a secret door. Dash followed close behind. The door closed behind her.

"Alright, what is it?" AJ asked.

"Why are you so antisocial?" Dash asked. It must've been a sensitive question, because the blonde stiffened.

"Th-that's not something you should know right now." She finally replied.

"Okay....did you really beat up 450 students in total?" Dash asked.

"No! I wouldn't do that, actually. Where did you find that info? I'll talk to that numbskull." AJ said, clenching her fists.

"It was Twilight...." Dash admitted. AJ softened, then put her hand on her face.

"That nerd...." She mumbled. "Are you done?"

"One more. You seem lonely, even with your best friend around. You want more friends? Because I will gladly accept the friendship." Dash said.

"Well...." AJ hesitated. "Fine. I'll see how it goes for the day. If I don't like it, I'll decline your offer. Okay?" She finally answered.

Dash nodded. "It's a deal." She said, and held her hand out. AJ took it, then walked out.
> Contest
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"Hey, Dash! You can audition for the sports team now!" Starlight exclaimed, motioning Dash to a sector of the school. They examined the paper plastered on the wall.

"What the-SNOWFLAKE SIGNED UP FOR THE AUDITION?! I thought she never played sports!" Sunset yelled. She had seen Starlight and Dash looking at the audition paper.

"Really?" Dash asked.

Starlight shook her head. "I swear, you would NEVER see Snowflake on the playing field. She hates it because it usually destroys her 'newly-bought shoes.'" She explained while air-quoting.

While Snowflake didn't look like the athletic type, Dash thought she would still try on it, which was why she was surprised. But apparently what was the most surprising to her friends was that she decided to try it out.

"I conclude that Snowflake could be looking for some more attention, probably from Soarin." Twilight evaluated, peering in close to the paper. "You should try out too, if you want some special private training classes from the teammates. The skill level of the classes will differ based on your Phys. Ed. skill." She continued, which the information greatly caught Dash's attention.

"Wait, where does it say that?" Dash asked. Twilight pointed at the bottom, where in tiny letters said almost the exact same thing as she did. "Oh." Dash realized.

"Though I knew Snowflake would try to take Soarin's attention away from you so it would focus on her, but I never thought she would actually audition. Based on her stats in Phys. Ed., I honestly think she'll flunk this." Sunset said.

"Sunset, your evil side is showing. Don't bully anyone, remember?" Fluttershy reminded her meekly. Apparently she appeared a long time ago but didn't bother to say anything.

Sunset laughed it off as Dash took a pen from her bag and signed her name right under Snowflake's.

"I will just assume that nobody had the guts to go against Snowflake the moment she signed her name...." Twilight said. She then looked towards the whispering students.

"Whoa, look at that idiot!" One student whispered. "You think she was insane or drunk to even go against the great Snowflake Swirl?" Another replied.

"She'll lose right away."

"Isn't she the one who dodged a whole bag of dodgeballs on the first day of her school year?"

"Like that girl will ever win against Snowflake."

Oh, she'll win, Twilight thought. She'll win and you'll all be surprised at her effort.

"Oh, it looks like her 'friends' are pressuring her to do it so they could humiliate her! I can't wait 'till she loses!"

That's it. Sunset had overheard EVERYTHING and had snapped. And honestly, she sent 30 kids to the hospital. After that, 2 week detention. It wasn't enough to get suspended. Fluttershy didn't have any guts to calm her down, apparently.

FIN
> New Kid (MPC)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Alright, class, settle down!" The Biology teacher exclaimed to the chattering students. When they wouldn't calm down, he grabbed a whistle and blew into it loudly. Everyone settled down the moment they heard it.

"We've got some new student to join us from today on. Come in, mister!" He yelled at the front door. A boy with messily tied up blonde hair and magenta eyes (lighter than Dash's) came into the room. He was scanning the entire class before settling his eyes on the rainbow-haired girl, which sent chills down her spine. 

"This is Zephyr Breeze. He'll be joining us, as I've said before. Now, take the seat between Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash." He pointed towards them. Fluttershy looks shaken up while Dash was getting ready to barf.

Zephyr took the seat between them, separating the two friends. The creepy thing was, Dash felt his stare throughout the entire class.

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Fluttershy was freaking out. Her brother, Zephyr Breeze, had somehow been accepted into Crystalling College. He had taken the empty seat between her and Dash, the only way to communicate with each other when they needed to.

She wondered why he wanted to go to this school, especially when he wanted to go to a hair styling school. Yes, there were some very peculiar schools around the area she lived in, and Crystalling College feels the most prestigious. 

After Biology, it was PE. They were in the locker rooms when Dash motioned her towards her gym locker. She went over.

"Fluttershy, I honestly think that 'Zephyr Breeze' guy is creepy." She started as soon as Fluttershy got there.

"I don't know. Ever since he was born, he didn't know anyone except my parents and me. I guess the reason why Zephyr had his head turned towards you is since he had taken an interest towards you. My brother has been telling me about the many females he met the past 11 years." The moment Fluttershy had revealed her relationship with her brother, Dash immediately froze up in shock. It took her a moment to regain her posture.

"You two feel nothing alike." Dash proceeded bluntly. "Come on, we have gym with that guy now. Let's just assume the best and worst." She grabbed Fluttershy's hand and raced up the stairs.

----

Soarin prepared to go up to the gym. He was scheduled to coach for them in Spitfire's place, since she had to coach another class in another part of the school. As Sophomores, they were given the authority to teach classes whenever the original teachers gave them permission based on their knowledge in the field, or were plain absent.

When he got to the gym, he could see a new face in the crowd. Spitfire had given him cards for attendance with photo IDs on them. She had shown him at the beginning of the school year when the PE teacher decided to quit. The boy was standing right next to his personal pupil, also known as Rainbow Dash. He was staring straight at her, while she was trying to back away. For some reason, Soarin felt a faint urge to punch the guy in the face. He shook it off and kept his posture. 

"Alright, students, for today and every Tuesday, I will be your coach, as Spitfire has to teach another class." He announced. The moment he said that, he could feel many female students smiling broadly and squealing started to erupt. The only one not squealing was Dash and Fluttershy.  Dash was still backing away from the boy and Fluttershy was smiling faintly, knowing it's going to be fine.

"Alright, line up for your attendance! You know where you stand." Everyone immediately lined up. Though kind and fun, Soarin is also known to be a little strict when he wants to. He started to count attendance, figuring out the boy's name in the process.

----

Zephyr had been enjoying his day. He was in two classes with his sister and her cute friend, Rainbow Dash. He really liked her style. But in PE class, he felt a cold, jolting stare from the coach, as if he was telling Zephyr to back off or something. As soon as he was released from the class, he caught up with Fluttershy and Dash.

"Hey, Rainbows." He started to say. This was the first time he talked in the school. He already had a nickname for the girl, which he got a cold glare in return.

"Go away." Dash said angrily. She clearly didn't want Zephyr around, but he kept persistent.

"Come on, you know you want me here." Zephyr proceeded to walk next to her, much to Dash's displeasure.

"Zephyr, you shouldn't do that, she might snap." Fluttershy warned him.

"It's okay, sis. I'll be fine." Zephyr returned. Fluttershy sighed. Dash muttered something under her breath.

And the day continued on with an angry Rainbow Dash, a worried Fluttershy, and a persistent Zephyr.
> Short Moments in One Day
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

It's been a week after Zephyr's arrival, but AJ still hasn't replied on her friendship pact with Dash. And, she has been feeling weird lately, that something bad is going to happen.

She went over to flight class. It was still her favorite class, but unfortunately, Zephyr is in the same class as her. Dash groaned as she sat next to Fluttershy. 

"Alright, students!" Galerider walked in. "Today we will be having practice flights in the sky. Get your pendants ready and spread your wings! I'll meet you at the training site, you know where it is." She got her pendant and flew upward into the blue sky.

Everyone else readied their wings and flew upward as well. Fluttershy and Dash had both been level 10-ranged students. Dash had, of course, a red lightning bolt while Fluttershy had a pink butterfly. They both got their large wings and flew up.

When they got to the training site, Galerider grouped them up. Dash was unfortunate enough AGAIN to get grouped up with Zephyr. At least she had Fluttershy with her, but it still wasn't her lucky day today.

It sure did for Zephyr. He had hit on her for the umpteenth time, once when he didn't look where he was going and hit his face on a pole. Dash got a good laugh for that, but vowed to murder him at some point. She had training with Soarin in the school yard for today's lunch.

LUNCHTIME

"Hey, Rainbows! Where you heading to?" Zephyr yelled behind Dash. Dash groaned in annoyance. He had been following her EVERYWHERE. She had a training session to get to!

"Oh. Who's your new friend, Dash?" AJ popped out of nowhere. She had seen Zephyr stalking her acquaintance.

"Trust me, he's not my friend." Dash replied bluntly. "Anyway, can you fend him off for me? I have to go somewhere that he's not allowed in."

"Sure, why not. I wanted to beat someone up today anyway." AJ shrugged and walked off to deliver a few punches.

Dash walked towards the yard. Soarin was waiting for her there.

"Hey Dash! What took you so long?" He asked. 

"Oh, that new kid wouldn't let me off his sight. Nothing else." Dash replied. Soarin decided not to ask her about that.

"Anyway, ready for the session?" Soarin asked. "I borrowed some equipment." He gestured towards the equipment.

"Sure." Dash said as she put her equipment on.

----

"Time to possess someone again....I think I can possess someone who's not that meddling girl's friend at the moment with my amount of strength. They seem stronger than me when together...." A voice said to himself. A hand moved from a cloak and scrolled across a hologram. The cloaked figure's eyes settled on a blonde girl beating up someone.

"Perfect...."
> Christmas Special Part 1: Christmas Preparation
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Alright! I have listed everyone to do something so you wouldn't be lazy!" Twilight exclaimed  as she held up her clipboard. 

The girls decided to host a party for Christmas. It was Christmas Eve now, so they don't have much time. Cadence was kind enough to give the largest room in the school for the party.

"Fluttershy! Decorate the room with Christmas decor and some florals!" Fluttershy nodded and ran to the decoration store. (She also found Rarity on the way and dragged her along.) 

"Rainbow Dash! Work on the invites around the school! I'll help you with the exterior and interior of the card." Dash ran to the library soon after.

"Pinkie! Go and buy presents and food!" Pinkie immediately saluted and disappeared.

Okay, time to help Dash with those cards.... Twilight thought. She walked to the library to find Dash.

----(With Fluttershy and Rarity)

"So, Rarity, you want to come to our party?" Fluttershy asked as she looked at the decor. Rarity hesitated, then replied.

"Well, depends." She said. She then went to look at some flowers on the display. She smirked and waved her hand over it. The flowers' bouquet pouch thing (IDK) grew gemstones (NOT HARMFUL). She gave the flowers to Fluttershy and asked if this was alright. Fluttershy nodded and went back to looking for things like tinsel. 

Rarity looked at the flowers. I wonder if I could create a gem for Fancy.... She thought. Fluttershy found the decor and Rarity paid for the flowers.

----(With Dash and Twilight)

"Hey, Twi, should I invite Snowflake?" Dash asked as she wrote on an envelope with a card Twilight had just decorated.

"Dunno. If she comes, maybe some more people than we expected might arrive, but she might cause a racket. If not, not that many people may come, but it might be easier for you." Twilight explained. She went back to making the next card.

Dash pondered about her reply, then went back to writing.

----(With Pinkie)

Pinkie hummed a tune while she skipped to the bakery Mr. and Mrs. Cake owned. They always welcomed her as a regular, and she even offered to help them out sometimes.

She opened the door to a surprise. Apparently Cheese, the dude with brown, curly hair and green eyes, sometimes tended the shop sometimes, too.

"Hey Cheese!" Pinkie greeted. 

"Hey, Pinkie!" Cheese waved back.

"So, me and my friends are doing a Christmas party, and we're inviting some people, so you want to come?" Pinkie asked him. Cheese's face lighted up.

"You know I can't say no to that!" He exclaimed. Pinkie beamed and they high-fived. "Now, what would you like on this fine day?" He asked. Pinkie giggled and bought a ton of sweets, including bags of chocolate and hot chocolate powder.
> Christmas Special Part 2: Christmas Party!
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

They had finally gotten everything ready. Dash decided to be nice to Snowflake and invite her to the party JUST THIS ONCE to spectate her actions. Twilight felt a little reluctant, but accepted her decision. Instead, she hands-down refused to invite Zephyr. Fluttershy did feel a little sad, but since Zephyr was flirting with Dash too much AND was too lazy to do anything and his grades are downright terrible, he kind of deserves it.

Fluttershy looked at her work on the entire room. It wasn't bad, actually. Rarity knew just where everything should go. The DJ set was decorated with rainbow gems, and purple fabric hung over the ceiling. A chandelier was set in the middle of the ceiling. It was very delicate, as it was made of fragile diamonds. Four Christmas trees filled with presents underneath were put on the corners. Fake snow surrounded the trees. Every light shone brightly, flashing a flurry of colors at the same time.

Twilight and Dash did really good with the invites. Dash used cursive font for the card, but Twilight really did well with the decor. She used many combinations on her creations, sometimes using complementary colors or making symbols on Dash's computer. Many students wanted to come, and at first Snowflake rejected, but her friends came and replied that they'll accompany their friend so they would make the party "less terrible". Though angered by their remarks, Dash and Twilight agreed to invite them. Unfortunately-and Twilight considered this-there would be a bigger consequence than before.

Even with that problem, Pinkie brought many sweets and candy to the party. She also helped with hanging random mistletoe around, but they were hidden as well as a trigger panel right below the ambush. Anyone unfortunate to step on one......one second later, it's a "chu!" on the lips OR the cheek (they're feeling kind today).

Even AJ helped. Actually, it was against her own will. Pinkie spotted her in the hall, dragged her around, ASKED A WALL if she should help everyone (she claimed that she was talking to the audience), and forced her to cook in the kitchen. Luckily for PINKIE, AJ was related to the cook, who was Granny Smith, and was allowed in the kitchen for any experiments or recipes they needed to do. So now, AJ was stuck with the job of whipping up a buffet. FOR OVER 500 STUDENTS.

The boys helped too, since there was nothing else to do at the meantime. Some helped AJ with the food, while others helped hand out invites or use up any other decor the girls might've missed. 

After 3 hours of nonstop insanity (they were screaming everywhere and Pinkie was running around like a maniac while waving balloons everywhere), they finally finished their job. 

Even though that happened, they managed to make it. AJ also finished the buffet preparation in time with the help from the boys. And soon, it was time to open up the Christmas party.

9 PM

The room was bursting with life. Everyone was having fun, even chatting, drinking soda with each other, randomly getting ambushed by mistletoe, and even snarfing down the snacks table. Well, Pinkie's mostly doing that job, and Cheese was laughing behind her, joining in. Confetti couldn't help but feel really jealous. 

Outside the room, Zephyr peeked in through a window he had found. Inside he found everyone having fun, even Fluttershy, who he could spot so easily.

He looked further, and spotted Dash, who was having the best time of her life. He wished he was among the crowd, having great times with her.

Back inside, Timber and Flash approached Twilight. She whipped around and met face-to-face with the two boys. 

"Hey, you two." Twilight greeted. Flash waved hello while Timber nodded and sipped his drink. 

"How have you been doing, Twi?" Both of them asked. Then they butted heads, and a full-on argument began. Twilight just looked at them, confused.

Fluttershy has been enjoying herself, but she could feel an eerie presence outside the school, somewhere amongst the trees. It's not the time to be scared, Fluttershy thought, just put it aside and have some fun.

Dash could feel the presence too, but also tried to shake it off and went on partying. She accidentally stepped on a panel, and a second later, a piece of mistletoe was dangling above her.  Unfortunately, across from her was Soarin.

"Well, this is awkward." Dash said, and Soarin nodded. But still, he regained his posture and replied,

"Alright, you know the rules, Dash." He sighed and drew closer.

Unfortunately (again), Snowflake saw this and was angry and jealous. She stomped over to Soarin and Dash and tapped the former lightly on the shoulder. Soarin turned to face Snowflake.

"Soarin, may I dance with you?" She asked politely. Soarin narrowed his eyes and hesitated. Snowflake was actually hopeful as he considered her request this time, but that stopped when he replied with a no.

By this time, Dash had backed away from the two to not ruin anything, or else Snowflake would gossip about her again and probably pull another golf club stunt on her head the next time they had gym together. Snowflake stomped away and Soarin turned back to Dash.

"Should we still-" Soarin was cut off by Dash shaking her head rapidly. Soarin was a bit surprised, but smiled.

"Well, you want to just talk for tonight?" Soarin asked. Dash looked and felt relieved and replied,

"Sure!"
> Familiar [Starlight]
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

Starlight stared at her schedule for her next class. Swimming. She groaned. Not that she hated swimming class, it's that the teacher had to look on to her every move so she doesn't slip up. She felt so concentrated that she didn't notice someone about to bump into her.

Unfortunately, they clashed, Starlight's schedule and the student's book dropped to the ground. Others were staring as the two apologized and picked up their belongings. Starlight caught a glimpse of the kid who bumped into her. Glasses. Orange hair. All too familiar. So familiar, but she couldn't remember who he was.

"Sorry once again." The boy apologized again before walking off and everyone went to mind their own business. Starlight began to ponder. His voice was all too familiar as well.

----

Starlight stared at her lunch, spaced out. She was earning looks from Sunset, Twilight, Dash, and Fluttershy, whom she was sitting with for lunch. Her friends were clearly concerned.

"Are you all right, Starlight?" Sunset asked, worried. "You look spaced out."

"Calculating problems. Analysis conducted." Twilight said, sounding like a robot. She started studying one of the many books she has piled next to her food. 

"Calm down, Twi, you sound like a cyborg." Dash remarked, munching on her lunch. Fluttershy looked on with concern written all over her face.

"Well, this doesn't involve analysis or science," Starlight pushed Twilight's book down, earning pouts from her, and continued. "I'm trying to recall a familiar person. I bumped into him this morning when I was going to Swimming class. He was far too familiar for me to brush it off."

"Well, I have the perfect solution to your problem!" Starlight turned to her right to see Pinkie staring at her with a huge grin plastered on her face. "I found this yearbook thing while rummaging through the library!" She exclaimed while holding a thick book in front of her. "It's holographic, so it was really light to carry." She shoved it onto Starlight's lap.

Starlight reluctantly opened the book. A blue screen came out of its pages. The screen showed many students enrolled at the school, like Daisy, Derpy, Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo. Starlight went to the male section and swiped across the screen until she came across the boy she ran into this morning. His name: Sunburst.
> Contest-Part 1
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

It was the day. The day to fight Snowflake for the team lessons. It was the sports contest. 

Dash didn't feel pressured at all, but many students were rooting for Snowflake. As soon as she stepped into the yard, most of the student body erupted with cheers and shouts. There were even banners that said, "Win for the school, Snowflake!" or "I know you can do it, Snowflake!" 

Twilight had also told of a champion's challenge: Fly, levitate, or run. The two champions would go against each other. They have to impress the judges with a newly invented strategy to win or something to win the entire competition. Dash knew Snowflake's grades in Flight class; they were dwindling to an alarming fail. She was about to get an F. 

Dash also noticed Snowflake's flight pattern. She always used the same techniques to try to impress Galerider, but to no avail. Galerider picked up on Snowflake's lack of diversity and started grading her on that. Snowflake's routines became worse than the last.

Dash readied herself for the games. As she walked out, she saw Soarin. He caught her eye and mouthed, "Good luck." 

Dash nodded and waited for her turn to compete. She had to play against a boy in a game of tennis. Fortunately, her father took her to tennis lessons so she knows how to analyze the boy's strong points. She found a gap in the guard and used it to her advantage. She impressed the panel of judges and won too, and advanced onto the next round.

During her break, she eyed Snowflake's performance. She looked at the match and saw that Snowflake won. The others knew what to do. They covered their ears and crouched as everyone screamed bloody murder and cheered their butts off. That was, until Celestia told them to shut up. Yes. Celestia is in the VIP seats.

After the first round, only half of the many contestants moved on. Dash was one of them. She saw the sport for the next game. One-on-one hockey game. She drank a bottle of water before heading out.