Monday, October 5, 2015

Today's Horoscope (Virgo): Today will not be a good day for you.

Morning

As soon as I walk into the school, I'm pulled aside by Vice-Principal Luna. "A moment of your time, Flash Sentry."

I follow Vice-Principal Luna to her office. It's dark, with the blinds half-closed. She sits behind her desk; I sit in the uncomfortable wooden chair across from her. She steeples her fingers. "It's come to my attention that you have been threatening other students." She glares harshly at me. "What do you have to say for yourself?"

"They were stalking my girlfriend," I say.

"I see," she says. "Nevertheless, I want to make it clear that this behavior is unacceptable. Since this did not happen within school hours or on school property, it's outside of my jurisdiction, and without concrete evidence that you do in fact intend to harm other students, I'm not willing to involve the authorities at this time." She frowns. "However, consider yourself on notice. Even the slightest infraction of school rules will be dealt with severely. If I hear of you threatening other students again, on or off campus..." She stands and turns her back to me. "I'll be forced to alert the police. Do you understand?"

"Yes ma'am."

"Good. Now, go to class."

Lunch

As soon as I enter the cafeteria, I see Sunset Shimmer, Snips, and Snails leering at me, smirking. I load up my tray and sit with my friends.

Twilight looks at me with concern. "Are you alright, Flash?"

"Those little bastards snitched on me to Vice-Principal Luna," I say. "I'm on her shit list now."

"Oh no," Twilight moans.

"Umm...a lot of people are pointing at us and laughing," Fluttershy said, ducking her head below the edge of the table.

I groan. "Of course."

Twilight frowns. "Well, other people were talking about—"

I cough loudly. Twilight shuts up.

"About what?" Rarity asks.

"About...seeing Flash get called into the vice-principal's office?" Twilight offers.

"Oh. Yes, of course."

I spend the rest of the day in a bad mood.

After School

After school, I go to Sugar Cube Corner with Twilight. We work on our homework together while overindulging in sugary treats. Spending time with Twilight (and Pinkie Pie, who's working today) makes me feel a little better.

Evening

I spend the evening practicing guitar with Rainbow Dash.

After dinner, I go to my room. I don't really feel like watching television or reading. I have my phone out, and I'm playing with it.

My attention is drawn to the Velvet Room app. On a whim, I tap it.

A glowing blue door appears in the middle of the room. I slide off the bed and open it.

"Welcome to the Velvet Room," Zecora says.

Igor looks at me over his folded hands. "I was beginning to wonder if you would ever visit us," he says. "I see you have awakened additional Personas. Would you like to avail yourself of my services?"

"Remind me again exactly what it is you do here?" I say.

Igor chuckles. "I combine two or more of the Personas within you to awaken a new Persona," he explains. "The other Personas are not lost...you may call them forth again as you wish. Simply select them from a new app which will appear on your phone as soon as you leave this place, and download them to your Persona app." He smiles. "Now, would you like to try a Persona Fusion?"

I nod.

"Excellent. You have three Personas. You can fuse together all three, or you can combine two." He smiles. "Keep in mind that Personas you have more experience using may yield better results..."

Three cards appear in midair before me. Each shows one of my Personas: Chiron, Jack Frost, and Yee Naaldlooshii. I choose Chiron and Jack Frost.

Igor nods; with a wave of his hand, the two cards began floating toward the ceiling, orbiting one another in a helix pattern. As they near the ceiling, there is a bright flash of light...

I am Ara Mitama...I am an extension of your anger...

A floating comma with an angry face? Really?

Ara Mitama becomes a card and drifts back down, then disappears.

"This Persona should prove quite useful to you," Igor says. "You should call it forth the next time you enter Zodiac." He smiles. "If we have no further business, goodbye for now..."

I find myself back in my dorm room, the blue door gone. I look down at my phone and check the Persona app. A new app called "Compendium" has appeared next to it. So that I don't forget later, I download Chiron and Jack Frost back to the Persona app, then get ready for bed.