Canterlot Academy of Magic: 1st Semester (pm to join) [Dead]

[Sunshine Swirl]

It was a crisp autumn morning in Canterlot.

At The Canterlot Academy of Magic, a prestigious private magic school, the Fall also meant a new school year.

The cafeteria mare asked, “Professor Swirl, would you care for some tea or a bit of jam with that croissant?”

Sunshine Swirl blinked, then replied, “Please, just Sunshine is fine. And I would love a cup of tea, if it’s no bother.” She had been deep in thought.

As her tea was being made, Sunshine went back to her thoughts. Oh yes. The new school year. I have three students from Ponyville that I’ll be meeting with today.

Levitating her tea cup and breakfast pastry she trotted out of the dining hall to the central courtyard garden path. The trees were beautiful shades of orange, yellow and red. She could smell the wood burning in the hearths scattered around campus. Sunshine loved this time of year.

She walked down the long central cobblestone lane towards her office. The faculty building was a gray two story stone structure with ivy growing on the walls. Her office was on the first floor, room 103.

Once at her desk, she took a bite of her breakfast and looked over the paperwork for the students from Ponyville.  “Hmm, Blueberry Muffin, Bubbly Beaker, and Vixen Tremortin,” she said to herself. “Three promising students. They should have each gotten their student guidebook by now and hopefully they’ve had time to read it. I wonder if they’ve picked out their four classes yet?”

Sunshine’s job today was to get these three students registered for their classes, and show them around the campus. Well, that and prepare lesson plans for the classes she would be teaching.

She heard hoof-steps coming down the hallway. Perhaps that was one of them now? Who would be first?

[ashl3yfox]

"Canterlot." Vixen said. /the city was beautiful and vibrant more vibrant than Vixen had anticipated. Vixen was currently gliding through the air cloaked looking for her school. Vixen didn't have much luggage all she had brought was her saddlebag and everything that was essential. Vixen eventually spotted the school and descended toward it. Vixen looked at the Prototype glider rig attached to her gen 2 air assault armor and frowned. While the armor was new the Prototype had seen better days. The Prototype glider had holes in three of the eight hexagonal wings and the rest had scorch marks on them from when SugarRush had managed to hit her with his own magic attacks. The three angled fins on her tail were mostly intact and were for the moment working perfectly fine. Vixen finally touched down and went straight for her locker which was an adventure of itself. Vixen finally located her locker and uncloaked right there which surprised all of the ponies around her. Right as Vixen was going to open the locker a filly about the same age came up to her and introduced herself. "Hello my names Tessa Zark! Whats with the armor?" she asked. "It just makes me feel more comfortable." Vixen replied. The two fillies had a small chat with each other and learned that they were both in the same dorm room and Tessa seemed overjoyed. "Oh we are going to have so much fun! Hey I should give you a nickname, how about Chica?" Tessa said. "Chica?" Vixen asked. "Yeah Chica what do you think?" Vixen didn't mind the nickname and even liked it somewhat. "Its perfect." Vixen said. Eventually the two parted ways and Vixen recloaked and headed towards the faculty building and entered Sunshine Swirls office and sat down. Vixen then uncloaked and hoped that she surprised Sunshine Swirl after all who wouldn't be surprised to see 3 pounds of wooden armor that looked like a timberwolf pop out of nowhere, but before anything was said Vixen took the opportunity to give her the piece of paper she had signed which told her the classes that she had signed up for.

*Introduction to Alchemy

* Introduction to Spell Mechanics

* Introduction to Magical Architecture

* Archery

Vixen had signed up for these classes because they seemed like it would benefit her adventuring side as well as help her focus on her education on magic. Vixen then waited for Sunshine Swirl to respond.

[Blueberry]

"Wow, it's amazing" Blueberry said to herself. The gray unicorn mare was stunned as she entered the Academy. The Canterlot Academy of Magic, a school more than one thousand years old and Blueberry was here. She was so excited to be here, the possibilities of what she can do and learn here was endless. After her small pause she levitated a small map out of her saddlebags and unrolled it in front of her. On the train to Canterlot Blueberry had planned what she needed to do, one step at a time. Step one, find her locker. She planned to unpack her saddle bags in her dorm room but she had some things she'd rather put in her locker, writing material and such. After a quick browse of the map she made her way to the East Classroom Building. Autumn was here and the effect of this season gave the school a welcoming and peaceful feel. The temperature is much cooler in Canterlot Blueberry noticed, being much higher up had to be the reason. As she arrived in the East Building she slowly passed the lockers in search of hers.

"412, 413, 414, 415!" she said as she found the locker. Entering the combination the lock clicked. The door swung open, nothing inside luckily. She opened her bags and levitated things she thought would be nice to keep inside. As she went to close the locker door she noticed a photo taped to the inside of the door. It was a photo of a pink unicorn mare with white mane and tail.

"Won't need this in here" she told herself as she pulled it off. She didn't know what to do with it, maybe toss it into the closest bin? She tucked it away in her saddlebag for now till she has time to deal with it. After another glance at the map her next step was going to her dorm. Unmissable, her dorm room was in one of the two towers south of the school, the one on the left of where Blueberry currently was is hers.

On the way to the tower she saw the central garden to her right which she saw on her map before. It is magnificent, she couldn't wait to visit it later on. Ascending the stairs she made her way to the fifth floor. Room 5-B was hers. Opening the door, she looked at the room. It was nice, a basic layout with two bunk beds both sides of the room, four desks and four wardrobes. It was nice but it could do with a little bit of decoration here and there. No one was here at the moment so she didn't know who owned which beds if anypony had already claimed them. She opened a wardrobe to find it empty. Assuming no one owned it she started unpacking her saddlebag into the wardrobe. Not knowing which bunk bed she would be going in yet she neatly placed her saddlebag next to the wardrobe for the time being. She looked at the map one final time to complete her next step. She needed to find the Faculty Building and meet Professor Swirl in room 103 to tell her of the four courses Blueberry has chosen for this semester. Once she had her path set she will be on her way.

[~Silly CC~]

It had been two years since Bubbly Beaker had visited Canterlot. Two years without the dazzling view of glittering towers, bustling streets filled with fancy ponies and often small pets. Perhaps this would be the year she got herself a pet as well. She shrugged and trotted towards a large, old castle, and grinned. Just blocks away was her old school as well. Entering the grounds of the castle, she took note of beautiful topiary figures and blossoming bushes in the gardens, of tapestries and banners in the halls, of torches and trophies gilding the walls. It was a much different feel than her old school, she felt she'd be comparing a lot because of her history.

She headed for her locker first, which was in the East Classroom Building. Number 435 on the first floor. They hadn't had lockers at her old school, but perhaps it was just the study style. She opened her locker in a envelope of blue magic, unlocking it quickly. Easy as three-point-one-four-one-five-nine, she said with a chuckle at her little nerdy joke. Placing some parchment stacks (easily stored in cloth folders) and glass beakers in it, she clasped her lilac saddlepack closed again after its emptying. The locker closed, and she pulled out a parchment scroll from a side pocket on her pack. There we go, room 5-B, she said contently. The doors swung open creakily, and she trotted in briskly, not sure if anypony else was already "occupado" of the room.

A grey pony with a blue mane was inhabiting the room, and Bubbles gave her a welcoming grin. Hey there! I'm Bubbly Beaker. Looks like we'll be roomies, huh? She said as she plopped her pack on a chest of drawers. I'm sure it'll be fine if I snag a top bunk, eh? First come, first serve I would guess. the light grey mare said, hopping her flank onto a top bunk. She smiled and opened her pack with her magic, bringing a parchment pad over to her, along with a dark purple-feathered quill.

She licked the tip and zapped it with a bolt of magic, allowing the everlasting spell to reconstitute. Everlasting quill. Got it at my old school. I've been using it since I was a little filly She smiled and levitated another scroll over. It had her classes on it. Unraveling it, she glanced from paper to pony. Whatcha got in mind for classes? I think I'm going for Alchemy most of all. Maybe some Magic Theory...that was never really my forte... She shook her head, choppy green mane bouncing. She truly was excited to begin this new year.

[Storm Scout]

Storm Scout woke up, and after a few moments of idleness rushed out of bed. "Ah, I'm gonna be late!" ... Huh... yeah, this was a day off work.

Storm lived in a duplex apartment on Academy Way. It had been available... and he apparently had some connections now, so it wasn't hard to acquire. He opened the large shutters in his windows and leaned out, getting a lungful of the cool autumn air. The highest room was only a single storey above the ground unfortunately, but you can't have it all when you were looking for a home.

Today was important, he seemed to remember. Something about the Academy of Magic... yes, that was right! The letter. He lazily drifted over to a dresser and smoothed out the message from Sunshine Swirl. Blinking the sleep from his eyes, he looked over the words one more time. They mentioned the Fall Social, the upcoming dance... oh. Right. Silvie Smith. Well... sure, okay Sunshine. Storm still felt he didn't know very much about Silvie, but she had seemed nice enough.

There were other reasons besides the Fall Social to come and visit Sunshine's academy today, too. He was pretty sure Sunshine had said something about an archery class, which sounded interesting... not to mention, some of the rumours he'd heard in his time so far on Academy Way were very intriguing.

For breakfast, he grabbed a Luna puff - buttery, flakey, crescent-shaped pastry, common breakfast thing in Canterlot - and considered where he needed to go first. He was somewhat familiar with the academy grounds by now, but not with the curricular structure. The faculty building in which Sunshine's office was located would be a good choice, he thought. Maybe if he ran into Silvie, he could carry out Sunshine's suggestion earlier on in the day.

Storm didn't need a map to get to Sunshine's office, room 103. Once he was outside the door though, it sounded like there was a conversation going on, and he recognised the sound of the professor's voice. Which was good. It would be a little concerning if two ponies, neither of which were Sunshine were to lurk in her office.

Since it seemed like Sunshine might be busy with somepony else at the moment, he'd sit and wait outside the office for now.

[Sunshine Swirl]

Sunshine Swirl thought she heard hoof-steps coming down the hall towards her office in the faculty building -- but apparently there was nopony there. Her nose itched.

She closed her eyes and sneezed, "Aaaachoo!" When she opened her eyes, she saw Vixen Tremortin sitting in the visitor chair on the other side of her desk. "Oh, excuse me," she started to say.

Vixen slid a paper across the desk as Sunshine floated over a tissue for her nose. "I'm sorry for the rude greeting, Vixen. For some reason my allergies are acting up. It's funny though, I'm only allergic to certain types of magical plants... Nothing that grows around Canterlot."

Sunshine glanced down at the paper. Vixen had picked out her classes and had already filled out her registration paperwork as well. Excellent. As she expected, a very bright student. Sunshine looked back up at Vixen. The filly had on that odd wooden traditional outfit. It was vaguely wolf-like, but Sunshine had never seen anything quite like it before. A bright, but somewhat eccentric student... Sunshine thought that now perhaps might be a good time to say something about fashion and customs in Canterlot. That might be an awkward conversation though.

Instead Sunshine focused on the academics. "I see you selected Alchemy and Spell Mechanics. Very good classes. Archery too -- it's good to mix in some physical activity. Now, Magical Architecture, that is one of our most difficult entry level courses. A lot of math and physics. Are you sure you want to tackle that?"

After conversing about the classes, Sunshine floated Vixen's class registration paperwork off the desk and started towards to door. She smiled at Vixen and said, "Well, let's drop this off at the registrar's office, shall we?"

As the two ponies stepped into the Hallway they saw a pegasus stallion waiting there. Sunshine looked surprised. "Oh, Storm Scout! I'm glad you made it out." She gave the stallion a quick hug.

"Storm, let me introduce you to a new student, Vixen Tremortin. Vixen, this is Storm Scout. He'll be in your archery class this semester. Let's all walk over to the Registrar's office together. It's right across the street here." Sunshine said.

The three ponies left the faculty building. "Storm, I spoke with the archery instructor, Professor Flynn, and he said he had an opening and was okay with you auditing the class even though you aren't a full student here."

They walked past the statue of a bearded unicorn wearing a belled wizard cap. Sunshine shook her head dismissively and said, "No relationship."

Crossing the street, they entered the registrar's building. The mare at the desk greeted Sunshine and quickly processed the paperwork. She floated over a paper card to Vixen showing 4 classes and the days, times, and classrooms where they meet. After another minute, The registration mare floated a similar card over to Storm showing the schedule for his Archery Class. It was a morning class, twice a week at 8am. He'd have time afterwards to wash up and get to work by 10.

"There! We're all done. You're both enrolled and ready for the start of class later this week. Vixen, if you'd like, you could visit your dorm room, or perhaps take a look at the archery range. I saw Professor Flynn there earlier and it's right next to your dorm tower." Sunshine gestured in the direction of the mare's dorm tower and archery range.

"Storm, if you wanted to, you could check out the archery range. That is, unless you wanted to talk with Silvie. She shares an office with another teaching assistant on the second floor of the faculty building. I'm heading back that way now. I still have two more students to see today." Sunshine said.

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(( OOC - Please don't hate me for this next part. ))

Bubbly and Blueberry were just getting to know each other in Room 5-B of the mare's dorm tower when there was a knock at the door.

"Uh, is this 5-B?" asked a burly earth pony with a clipboard. He checked the plaque on the door. "Yup, This is it. Yo, colts, this is the one."

Six stallions entered the room carrying in various large pieces of furniture. Some of them began assembling pieces in the room, while others carted out the older pieces of furniture. Within minutes they had taken down the simple cotton curtains and replaced them with expensive looking velvet draperies with gold piped valances. The other bunk bed in the room was expertly disassembled and taken away, as were two of the well-worn desks. In their places, two elegant canopy beds were assembled, one with a peach canopy and frilly skirted bedspread. The other had a lemon yellow canopy and matching bedspread. Two lovely white desks with intricate carved legs and drawer fronts were placed next to the beds. A bookshelf, a curio cabinet, a full length mirror and several floor and desk lamps were brought in. Finally an exquisite plush rug with a lovely pattern and a color scheme matching the draperies was unrolled in the center of the room. The six worker ponies left leaving behind the clipboard stallion. The clipboard stallion gave everything the once over, then bowed to the two mares and left as well.

It felt like an entirely different room.

Two young unicorn mares trotted into the room in mid conversation. "so, anyway, Daddy said that when he got back from Saddle Arabia that he'd definitely take me touring on his private airship," said the white mare with the pink mane.

"Oh, Do you think I can go too?" said the light gray mare with the silvery mane.

The white mare stopped and looked around, "Ugh, they did it ALL wrong! I told them I wanted my bed ~in front~ of the window. Daddy will hear about this!"

The gray mare nodded, "Then they'll get it."

The white mare spun in place, suddenly noticing Blueberry and Bubbly by the bunk bed on the other side of the room. "Oh. You two must be the first year students. Well, my name is First Class, and this is Silver Dollar."

The gray pony, Silver Dollar, bowed. First Class looked disgusted and jabbed Silver Dollar with her hoof. "My Daddy donated the Alchemy Lab Building to the school two years ago." She trotted to the window, parting the think velvet drapes and pointed with her hoof at the fairly new looking white stone building directly across the yard from the dorm tower.

First Class turned dramatically from the window flipping her mane to the other side of her head. "Well, we'd just ~love~ to stay and chat, but we need to get going now. We're going out shopping for the Fall Social next week. Ta ta~"

First Class started towards the door, then realized Silver Dollar was still standing in the room, mouth partway open, as if she was going to say something to Blueberry or Bubbly. First Class gave Silver Dollar an evil glare. "Ta Ta means that we're ~leaving~," she growled. She turned and this time Silver Dollar followed her out the door.

As Silver Dollar left, she glanced over her shoulder and mouthed silently, "bye bye" to Blueberry and Bubbly.

[ashl3yfox]

<Tessa

<Atlas symbol

*After the registration is complete*

"Later Swirl and Scout. Oh and call me Chica." Vixen said. Vixen extended the Prototype Dragoon's eight hexagonal wings and caught a strong breeze that launched her into the air and allowed her to glide. Vixen looked back at them and smiled as she cloaked and disappeared before their eyes. Vixen decided to go and open her locker before she did anything else. Vixen descended towards the building she had recently been to and once again had to explore to find her locker. Once Vixen found it she put in the combination and the locker swung open to reveal a rather large locked chest. Intrigued by the chest Vixen levitated it onto her back and watched it disappear as it cloaked. Vixen stuffed her locker with the school supplies she had brought and relocked the locked. Vixen headed to her dorm room and once she found room 3-A she entered and saw Tessa. The lavender filly was shocked. Vixen looked to her right and saw that Krystal had obviously sent her an extra armor and to be more specific it was the Goliath armor, the armor was very big and it looked very intimidating and looked like it was challenging them to come and play with it. Vixen uncloaked and sat the Chest down and walked over to Tessa. "Impressive isn't it? I've only used it once but that was for a battle but I am looking for a way to use I for adventuring." Vixen said. "It is VERY impressive. Wait adventure?" Tessa asked. "Yeah why you like adventuring too?" Vixen asked. "Oh yeah I've always wanted to adventure. What's the name of your team? If you have one that is." Tessa asked. "Well I've been going with the alliance for now. Wait do you want to join my team?" Vixen asked. "YES! I would love to join you! Aslo how about ATLAS for our team name? You know because adventuring requires a map." Tessa purposed. "Atlas? I like it!" Vixen said.

[Blueberry]

Blueberry's attention switched from her saddlebag to the door. It swung open and a pale gray unicorn mare with a green colored mane entered. The gray mare was also wearing thickly rimmed purple glasses. "Hello Bubbly! Yep, I guess we are. It's nice to meet you, I'm Blueberry Muffin" Blueberry said in response. As Bubbly claimed one of the top bunks, Blueberry decided she would take the bed under hers. Finished unpacking, Blueberry looked up at Bubbly to see her zap her purple-feathered quill with a bolt of magic. Everlasting quill she called it, that would be extremely useful. Bubbly levitated out a scroll and glanced over it before looking to Blueberry, asking about classes and what she thought she might do. Blueberry had already planned her classes on the train trip down to Canterlot. She too levitated two scrolls and laid one beside her and the other she unraveled just in front of her.

"I already have chosen my four classes. I'm going with Reading and Writing Magic, Introduction to Alchemy, Aesthetics of Magic and Archery. I haven't seen Professor Swirl yet so I haven't submited my choices yet" she told Bubbly. Just as Blueberry was starting to enjoy this conversation with her new roommate there was a knock on the door before six stallions walked in, bringing furniture with them. Blueberry had no idea what was happening, and just watched in confusion. Once the stallions had left, the other side of the room had been completely changed. It looked very fancy but Blueberry was still confused why this had happened. That was when the two young unicorn mares walked in. One white with a pink mane and the other light gray with a silvery mane. The two stopped as well as there conversation as the white mare scanned the new part of the room. Somehow it seemed it was not good enough for her. After a small moment of anger they finally noticed Blueberry and Bubbly and introduced themselves. The white unicorn was known as First Class and the silver mane unicorn as Silver Dollar.

Silver Dollar bowed to us before being jabbed by First Class's hoof. Silver Dollar seemed to have good manners, but first impressions of First Class were... honestly not the best. "It's nice to meet you two, I'm Blueberry Muffin" she bowed in return. This was not normal for Blueberry to bow, but it seemed right at the time. It wasn't long before the two took there leave, once again Silver Dollar trying to be polite and First Class bringing it to a halt. As the two left and the door closed behind them Blueberry looked up to Bubbly. "Well that was... interesting" she said with a smile on her face. She already had a thought on the two ponies but she couldn't just rush conclusions, she will need to wait and see. After all she will be living with them for quite awhile. Blueberry looked back to her two scrolls for Professor Swirl, she needed to take them to her. Bubbly also needed to so maybe they could go together when Bubbly was ready.

[~Silly CC~]

Bubbles grinned, though it was slightly a grimace. Ponies always called her "Bubbly" when they first met her, and it bothered the bubbles off her flank. Ah, Bubbles, actually, she said patiently with a slight grin. Nice to meet'cha, too, she said with a grin.

She tilted her head a little, glasses falling slightly askew and mane covering a bit of her right eye, as she listened to the mare. Neat, we might have at least one class together, then, she said with a wide, slightly mad-scientist-like grin. It was her signature. Many times she'd been compared to such a scientist, even being called "Doctor Frankenmare" a few times. It never bothered her, it rather gave her frighteningly accurate Nightmare Night costume ideas. I used to go to ol' Celestia's School 'till a few years ago, now I'm doing some extra classes here. To be more well-rounded, I s'pose, she said with a slight shrug.

The conversation was cut short by a rather lavish dorm room makeover. The light grey mare watched with sliding violet eyes as frills, folds, and fancy furniture was delivered into the already small room. She knew right from the moment the two mares walked in that the dorm room would not be as fun as Bubbles had expected. She knew this type of pony, and her instincts were confirmed right as the two mares began chatting. It was the classic popular mare and her shyer lacky. She repressed a groan, and rather put on a kinder, forced smile as the mares spoke directly to them. Bubbly Beaker, she said with a dramatic flourish of her hoof, hopping on her mattress to all four and bowing deeply, rather being eccentric on purpose to show she didn't mind being "different" to the two mares. Alchemy, huh? I'll probably be in there a lot, Bubbles said with a jittery nod. They left quickly, and Bubbles noticed the hestation in Silver Dollar. Before she was dragged away by First Class, the light grey mare slipped a good-natured wink towards the other.

Indeed, Bubbles said, raising her eyebrows as the trotting of the high-class mares faded away. She plopped back on her bed and tipped her head below the frame, peeking upside-down at Blueberry. Whaddya say we go turn in our class registrations, huh? She said, her radioactive mane falling near the floor and framing her ears oddly.

~.~.~

Bubbles entered the 103 office with a scroll in her magical grip. Hello, Professor Swirl, she said brightly, grinning and setting down the scroll. This place is amazing! Though I did nearly get lost a few times she said, chuckling a little. As you can see, I've signed up for Introduction to Magic Theory, Alchemy—for the TA, I hope, Introduction to Spell Mechanics, and Archery. Thought that would be a nice, well-rounded schedule to a returning student, Bubbles said with a satisfied nod.

Just as she was about to speak again, the door opened, welcoming a colt that looked to be a few years younger than Bubbles. He was small in build, with a very pale blue coat and combed back raven hair. His already serious face was covered moreso by a pair of wraparound ruby-tinted mirrored sunglasses. Professor Swirl, I presume? He said in a somewhat Trottingham accent. I am Eternity Code, if you do not recall. I have selected my classes, though I do wish to inquire if I must take the introduction classes. I have found myself capable of retaining information fairly quickly, and my father has taught me much already. Ample enough I would say to suffice for the entirety of the Introduction classes, he said formally, his expression barely changing. Bubbles nearly raised an eyebrows at the colt, surprised by his formality and vocabulary. Instead, she awkwardly stood there, waiting for this student to leave before continuing with her rather, in comparison, laid-back style of conversation with the professor.

~.~.~

Jasmine Lantern trotted in through the entrance to the school; it was an exquisite piece of architecture! She remembered seeing a few of the spires from her balcony, but had never known to what they belonged. She found herself in the gardens, where she was appointed to decorate. It was certainly beautiful; wouldn't be hard at all to bring out the beauty of these grounds for the night, everything was lated out perfectly already. She made her way towards the office of Professor Sunshine Swirl, for whom she was working for this celebration. This would definitely be both a fun and enticing job.

((And after a scare with my iPad shutting down from extreme low battery, here is my mammoth post! *phew*))

[Storm Scout]

"Oh! Uh, hi Sunshine." He hadn't been expecting them both to walk out just then. There was another one with Sunshine, a filly, presumably a new student. "Hello, Vixen." Storm had thought that filly unicorns were generally not so good at magic yet, but he guessed a prodigy wasn't an impossibility.

Professor Swirl mentioned the result of her talk with the archery instructor. "Ah, thanks Sunshine." He'd have to work harder than the unicorn students to do well in the class, but his boss had said that even pegasi could become proficient archers, in time.

Once he had received the card with the archery class' times, Storm thought about how he would fit that in with his job. "Twice a week at 8am..." as long as the classes weren't on shipment days, he'd be alright. Naturally, his work at the Bell, Book and Candle would have to take priority over these classes if such a choice ever happened to be necessary.

"Yeah, I think I'd better speak to Silvie soon," he replied to Sunshine. "She is, after all... one of the three reasons why I'm here today." Second floor of the faculty building; he went straight there. He almost bumped into a couple of grey-coated mares that he didn't know. "Sorry," he said to Bubbles and Blueberry before continuing on his way. They looked like they were on their way to Sunshine's office too, he thought. Probably more new students.

Silvie was bright magenta, so it couldn't have been particularly difficult to spot her. Assuming he found her, he'd start off with a greeting. "Hey, Silvie... how's your first day as a teaching assistant been so far?"

[Sunshine Swirl]

Sunshine Swirl took a deep breath of the fall air. Young mare and stallion students were trotting along the leaf covered cobblestone walkways of the Canterlot Academy of Magic. It was always exciting at the beginning of a new school year.

Sunshine was just outside in front of the Registrar’s Building. After registering Vixen Tremortin and Storm Scout for classes, she paused to chat with them a bit. It seemed they both wanted to go their own ways. Vixen left first, the filly seemed very excited about exploring the campus. Vixen called out “Later Swirl and Scout. Oh and call me Chica."

Sunshine waved, “See you later, Chica. Remember to attend the Headmaster's Opening Day Speech Monday morning."

She furrowed her brow and thought, 'Later Swirl?' Not a very respectful way to address your professor. I wonder if “Chica” was one of the nicknames she listed on her paperwork. While Storm Scout was looking over his registration card, she checked; Vix, Boss, Princess, Ruby, Tetra… no, no “Chica" listed. I’ll have to add that one in.

Sunshine turned to Storm, and commented, “Hmm, that Vixen is quite the imaginative filly. Very high marks though. I do hope she can fit into school life here.”

They walked together across the street to the Faculty building. “Storm, as you’re officially registered for a class, you can attend other functions at the Academy too if you’d like. There are a variety of clubs and social events you might enjoy. Although there are mostly unicorns here, we do have pegasi, earth ponies, and even some students from far away lands if you’re worried about fitting in."

They parted ways at the Faculty Building with Storm heading upstairs to the junior faculty and teaching assistant floor.

(( OOCly, as Blueberry and Bubbles both had indicated a desire to turn their registration paperwork in together, I have them arrive together. If you want to change that, just let me know. ))

Sunshine updated Vixen’s paperwork and put her and Storm’s folders into the “to file” bin. She had just finished when Bubbly Beaker and Blueberry Muffin arrived. The young mares placed their paperwork on Sunshine’s desk. It was Bubbly who spoke first. She seemed impressed with the campus so far and had picked out four very appropriate classes. Before either of them could speak again, a young colt walked in with peculiar eyewear. Despite his young age, he insisted he didn't need any of the introductory classes.

“Skip the introductory classes?” Sunshine furrowed her brow again. She mentally scolded herself; must stop doing that, I’ll get wrinkles. She composed herself, “Young stallion, I appreciate your enthusiasm, however, these mares were here first. Please have a seat and I’ll answer your questions shortly."

Sunshine looked down at Bubbly’s paperwork and said, “Okay, Ms. Beaker, as for the alchemy course, the professor would like to meet with you to set everything up. You’ll be assisting her with the “Introduction to Alchemy” course in the morning and attending the evening “Advanced Alchemy” course with the upper classponies. You’ll be pretty busy this semester."

Sunshine slid a small stack of papers and forms to Bubbly. “Here is the Teaching Assistant paperwork as well as the guidelines and rules of conduct. I think you’ll find it very fulfilling work." She floated another paper over, “And here is the course syllabus. You’ll see Professor Trés Maneifique’s name and her office, number 107 in the upper corner. She’s right down the hall on the left." Sunshine collected the class registration papers from Bubbly then added, "Perhaps you can pay her a visit when we're finished with registration. Do you have any questions?"

After finishing with Bubbles, Sunshine turned to Blueberry. “Now, Ms. Muffin, thank you for filling out your registration paperwork.” Sunshine looked over Blueberry’s forms. “Reading and Writing Magic, Intro to Alchemy, Aesthetics of Magic and Archery. All good selections. I think you find both Alchemy and the Aesthetics of Magic course to be very helpful in preparing enchanting treats to eat. I think there may be some interesting clubs for you to join as well. Do you have any questions? If not, we'll head to the registrar's office in just a minute."

Once that was done, Sunshine turned to the Eternity. “And, finally, Mr. Code. It may be possible to test out of some classes. I don’t recommend it though, you may miss some key fundamentals that might help with your advanced studies.” She dug through her desk and pulled out several forms for the colt. “Take these forms along with your registration paperwork to the administration tower. Ask to speak with one of the assistant deans. You may be able to convince them to administer an advanced placement test."

Sunshine stood. “Okay, let’s the three of us trot on over to the Registrar’s office and get you all officially registered. Mr. Code, you may join us if you have any courses you will not be opting out of."

Sunshine lead the three students out of the faculty offices and across the street to the registrars. Registration was quick and painless. Soon Bubbles and Blueberry had cards listing their schedule of classes.

She addressed the students, “In addition to the classes, the various clubs will begin recruiting soon. Clubs are a fun way to meet other ponies who share your interests. The Fall Social is also coming up, it’s a lovely dance held each year. Who knows, you may meet your special somepony there."

“I’ll let you go your own ways now.” Sunshine said, “But, remember, Headmaster Ironhoof’s Opening Day Speech is Monday morning at 8am. That’s the first day of classes. Be sure to attend."

Sunshine walked back to her office in the Faculty Building. She had an afternoon meeting scheduled with Jasmine Lantern. Jasmine would be decorating the East Gardens outside of the Student Hall dance floor for the upcoming Fall Social dance.

Sunshine was a bit nervous about the whole thing. This was her first time as the faculty coordinator overseeing the dance. Last year’s dance was a bit of a fiasco with the dream-potion spiked punch, the Orthrus let loose in the gardens, and well, she shuddered thinking about the rest. This year absolutely NOTHING would go wrong. Sunshine got her determined look and marched back to her office.

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"AAGGGHHHH!!!" Vixen yelled as she tried to open the large chest that she found in her locker. "Let me try Chica." Tessa said. "It cant be that ha-OH SWEET CELESTIAS MANE!" Tessa said. Vixen and Tessa kept trying and while they were trying Vixens bracelet exploded and she felt her magic die down a bit and realized that that particular bracelet was what was giving her the incredible magic endurance that she had but when Vixen used a simple levitation spell she discovered that the magic didn't fade away it was just being tapped into. (I'll have to study real good to get that kind of magic back but this wont stop me and it wont stop Atlas. I can be even better.) Vixen thought to herself. Eventually Krystal stopped by to see how Vixen was settling in and was filled in about recent events and she tried to open the chest as well. "Looks like it will only open if we have the key." She said. "Luckily for you I am a key." She said with a smile. Wasting no time Krystal burned through the lock and the three opened the chest and their jaws dropped for the chest was filled with thousands of bits. "WERE RICH! WERE RICH!" they all screamed happily. "Hey we should use this money to buy some adventuring supplies!" Vixen suggested. They all agreed to the idea and set off with the chest in tow with a sheet covering it. "So where are we headed first?" Krystal asked. "Some shop called the bell candle and book I think. The owner has a serpent scale supposedly and I want it." Vixen explained. "Why do you want a serpent scale?" Tessa asked. "Because it is really ridiculously durable and sharp! It would make a awesome sword! Every adventurer needs a sword." Vixen said. Soon they arrived at the store and a elderly but still somewhat young tan mare greeted them. Not wasting time Vixen and her team put the chest on her counter and opened it to reveal the money. "One Serpent scale please!" Vixen said happily.