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After School

For some reason, today's exams felt longer and more exhausting than the rest...

Perhaps it's because Spring Break starts tomorrow...

There are no club activities after school today, so I meet up with the others at the entrance, and we head straight back to the dorm.

When we get there, we find Shining Armor and a gangly man about his age with round glasses and more acne than any teenager I've ever seen fiddling with a panel next to the front door.

"Okay...I think that'll do it," the gangly man says. "Go turn the power back on."

Shining Armor nods, slapping the other man on the back. "Thanks, Dex, you're a lifesaver."

The pimply man turns around and jumps, visibly startled at the sight of us. His eyes drift over the girls. "Uhh...hello," he says. I notice his gaze lingering on Rarity and Fluttershy especially.

"You must be Coach's friend," I say, stepping forward and in front of the girls. "So the new security system's set up?"

"Uhh, yeah," he says. "It should be ready to go, all you need to do is set it to scan mode and scan in everybody who's supposed to have, umm...access..."

Cadance's SUV pulls up a minute later. "Hey kids," she says as she walks up to us. "Luna's not coming by the dorm this evening, she said to tell you kids to relax and have fun." She looks at the pimply man, blinks, and smiles. "Dexter! It's been a long time!"

Dexter turns red. "Oh, umm, hi there, uhh, Cadance. How's, umm, things?"

"Pretty good, pretty good," Cadance says. "Where's Shiny?"

"Umm, he's turning the, uhh, power back, umm, on," Dexter says. "We had to, umm, turn it off, uhh, to install the, umm...thing..."

The panel by the door lets off a series of alternating-pitch beeps, and three red lights start blinking next to a lighted LCD panel. Dexter turns around and leans over to inspect it. "Oh, it's, umm...ready to scan..."

Cadance steps forward and gently moves him aside. "So, how do we do this?" she asks.

"Oh, umm, you just, uhh...lean over the, uhh...scanner, and, umm...oh, it has to be in, umm...entry mode first...uhh...you can't put it in entry mode without the, umm...key. Uhh...Shining Armor has it..."

Shining Armor jogs back into view. "Is it on?"

"Yeah, it's ready," Cadance says. "Got the key?" Shining Armor hands Cadance a small key. "Okay, how do I do this?"

"Put the key in here, turn it to the right," Shining Armor says. "When the thing beeps and the red lights stop flashing and turn yellow, you hold these two buttons, then lean over the scanner."

We all watch as Cadance follows his instructions. After a moment, three short beeps emanate from the panel, and the lights blink green before turning yellow again. She steps aside; Shining Armor scans himself into the system.

One by one, we all walk up to the panel and scan ourselves in. Once we're all in the system, Cadance removes the key. The three yellow lights change color: two are now red, and one is now blue.

"It's, umm, armed," Dexter says. "Umm...from now on, uhh, just...lean over the, umm, scanner and it'll, uhh...fifteen seconds."

"Or until the door is closed," Shining Armor says. He claps Dexter on the shoulder. "Thanks, man. If we have any problems with it, I'll call you."

"Uhh...sure thing," Dexter says. He turns and slouches away, occasionally casting glances back at the girls.

Once he's gone, Rarity shudders. "Rather creepy fellow," she says.

"Eh, Dex is cool," Shining Armor says. "He's just...not very experienced when it comes to dealing with girls."

Fluttershy frowns. "I don't like the way he was staring at us," she says.

"Yyyyeah...Dex has a thing for teenage girls," Shining Armor says, frowning. "At least, he's got tons of figures of anime girls all over his apartment." He shrugs. "Anyway...you kids have packing to do, right?"

"I'll stay out here until Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle get back," Cadance says. "I need to scan them into the system."

"Okay," Shining Armor says. He leans over the scanner; it beeps twice, and the two red lights turn green. He opens the door and ushers us all inside.

"So that's all there is to it?" Twilight asks. "We just lean into the scanner and it disarms the system?"

"That's right," Shining Armor says. "Oh, and there's a panel on the inside, too. Any time somebody's at the door and wants in, you can let them in the same way."

Twilight and I both turn and give Fluttershy a warning look. She replies with a frown and narrowed eyes.

I head up to my room to pack for the trip...

Evening

Since everybody's busy with packing, we order pizza for dinner.

At dinner, we discuss tomorrow. "Okay," Cadance says. "Rarity, did you remind your parents to pick up the girls tomorrow morning?"

"Yes, of course," Rarity says. "They're already preparing the guest room for Apple Bloom and Scootaloo. The two of you will spend the weekend at our house, and then on Monday, you'll all be off to Hasbroland!"

"Perfect," Cadance says. "Now, the rest of you...I need you up and ready early." She looks around the table. "Be packed and ready to go, because we need to be out of here at seven, seven-thirty at the latest. Our flight's at a quarter to ten, but you know how it is with airports." She pauses for a bite of pizza, then adds, "I did manage to get us a nonstop flight, so at least we don't have that to worry about." She glances at Shining Armor. "We rented a second SUV for the trip to the airport...you know," she says, "we really should just buy a second SUV at this point. It'd be a lot easier."

Shining Armor frowns. "I dunno, Cadie. I'd feel like I'd need to sell my car if we did that..."

Cadance shrugs. "I wouldn't make you sell your car." She wipes her hands on a napkin. "We'll talk about it again when we get back from Haytona."

After dinner, I go back upstairs to finish packing. I don't have much left to pack; I'm mostly just going over my stuff and making sure I have everything.

There's a knock on my door. Twilight walks in. "Hey," she says.

"Hey."

"Umm...I know you probably already packed some, but..." Blushing, she hands me a large, colorful box.

I frown at it. "Thirty-six...the hell, Twi? We'll only be gone a week!"

Twilight ducks her head. Her face looks like a cherry. "Better safe than sorry, right?"

I shake my head and shove the box of condoms into my suitcase. "Where'd you even—?"

"Internet."

I sigh. "Of course."

As soon as I'm finished packing, I hit the sack.

Haytona awaits...

...but so does a really long flight.