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Chapter 39 - What A Silly Competition

"Stardust, get out of your veil. Albert even wait for you!" 

"Ugh, i haven't sleep since last night and this morning! Just go away without me, imma reach you out late-" A snore went out of her room, i cannot understand why she keep staying at night, but i have an idea. 

"Stardust! Albert reach your documents, and he's on flame!" I heard no noise whatsoever, so i turn around. 

"Where is Albert?!" 

"Aaaaa" 

"Twi, where is my forsaken Albert?" I have no words to mutter, her mind choking the life out of me. Same kind since i had thrown against the wall- nevermind. 

Before her wrath could fry me to crisp, Albert appear just in time. "There you are." 

She snatch Albert with a magic powerful enough to supress ursa minor, that much control i can only watch. She turn her gaze at me once more, but show no anger in it at all. "Twi, why are you laying on the floor?" 

I stand back up, reconsider my choice of taking her anywhere. "So, when do we get to the park?"

I chirp a tone, Owlowicious sit on my head. Turning my gaze at Stardust, still find her uneasy to not break the glass. "Of course it is right now, i am tired of waiting." 

"You didn't sounds sure, then go to the park!" She walk first hoof, but rotate in blink of an eye. 

"Not to forget this." A devious smirk flow out of her face while putting something on her personal pocket dimension, before rotate back to the road. 'I better not know what it were.' 

Some spand of tense minutes had passed, we had arrived at the park. On the center of my sight was a mare in white, Weiss. 'I have no idea why we keep calling her Weiss, besides a different name from Jack.' She did a smow movement on her sitting position, her eyes were completely sealed and a staff that keep accompany her since on that sleepover. On which the clover shaped blue gem on the tip of said staff were just feels familiar. 

The annoyance on Stardust face is truly felt, but i didn't understand why. On instant, she change that expression of hers. "Twi, what do you think about Weiss?" 

I let go of Owlowicious and still uneasy about earlier, answer her question. "She's just another version of Jack, rather more true to herself than Jack. But she never inteverre with things even once, a problem of which we can solve without her presence." 

"I think that statement is rather biased. You know, is it just me, or she always tried to gain our trust. I am afraid she will break the world, all knowledge you want to know were inside her head." She had a point about my biased statement and how dangerous Weiss could be, maybe it is about time before that went to reality. 

"I heard both of you." 

"Annoying you are, still did better than Dash on heat." Weiss laugh, uncontrollaby. Until breeze knock my mane aside, it was Weiss block an incoming attack of Stardust. 

I got my senses back, and this is not going to be good "Stop it you guys, this will trigger end of Ponyville if you continue!" 

Stardust retract her front hoof from Weiss, and Weiss lower her guard. Gradually, the others joined us on the park. 

Pinkie appear alone with her green caiman pet. 

Rarity with her agressive fluffy cat, stuck on the trees with agression. The trees where my gaze focus, i see another pony. It was Dash. 

She wake up, awaken by the cheer number of noise. Dash almost falling from the tree, I ignite my horn and so did Stardust. Before Dash stable herself, faint giggle were heard behind my back. "Welp, i'll never, never, never, ever, ever, wrong." 

"Why did you repeat thoose words?" Stardust stare at her staff, key staff. I felt the sheer annoyance of my peer, while she's right besides me. 

"I just feels like it, and it isn't as harmful you did earlier." 

"You need to go easier to us, were not as gifted. And that attitude is going to lead to your downfall- why did i said that?!" She laugh once more, what is so funny about it? 

"I know how I fall, I have planned it my own. Don't dare to do it on my eyes, but i know you wudn't." She stand up, gripping her staff with one of her frontlimb and state "Just for your information, i will die using my dark suit. So check out for me, as it were also my last breath." 

Her words send shiver down my spine, and the seriousness on her face really convince me a lot. As she open her hood, come out a black ferret that contrast to her overall white robe. "Black and white, what a creative choice." 

"Masterpiece truly, Red And Yellow." Okay, that's it for both of them. I see why most of us hate Weiss, but that is just what happen on the surface. "I will never truly know you, for you will never reveal who you really are." 

Somehow, i sense the envy from Dash. Maybe about a pet ownership. She was dragged by Fluttershy to her cottage, of which that were the end of this weekly event. 

By the way, Fluttershy is the one suggesting this event to be presented. Before i heard a gasp from Stardust, she cover her mouth from what she had realized. "What happen, Stardust!" 

She slowly losing conciousness, her heart rate is raising in beat. "No, no no no no!" 

I sprinted towards the hospital, having no time for a chattery. Weiss also following me, she put us in front of the hospital. "Hope that helps." 

"Patient is low on oxygen, please help!" Swarm of doctors surounds Stardust with oxygen mask on her face, which quick work of them. 

"Truly a hero they are, i cannot go that hard and i am not going to take the risk." 

I can feel Weiss face tighten, but her mouth were nowhere to express that tightnes. "Why is your face tightens?" 

She open her eyes, then close it right back. "I am not going to tell you about it, just not yet." 

"What do you mean?" I can see her putting her hood back on, slightly twirling her mane. Of course my understanding of such action were shallow, and i can barely read her emotion at all. 

She let out a hiss at me, before state her reasoning once more "It is not your time to know, but you will know about it soon enough." 

I smell a thick perfume from Weiss, but i don't mind. 

Before a scream was heard, my ear rattle from what i just heard. "Hey, miss Stardust! Don't act reckless!" Stardust walk up from her room, breathing heavily with the oxygen mask still on. 

"Why did you do it? Especially to me?! WHY!?" She put back her oxygen mask, while Weiss just smile. 

I have no clue what they're talking about, really. Weiss whisper to Stardust ear, before her heart rate went upwards again. Right now i can just hear that heart pump bunch of blood around Stardust body. "Why the hell did you talk about it?!" 

"Perverted B*tch!" She run back into her medication room, slow down her heart rate i think- Weiss laughing once more, that was a new image i had seen from her. 

"Why did you do all of that-" 

"Why did i did all of this? Oh, nothing. That is just her regular reaction, i know. Perverted? I am not going to tell you just yet, heheh." I didn't understand a single word from her, but she really keep something hidden from me. 

Then i notice, "Wait, you have a green eyes, do you?" 

"Yes, i used to. But not anymore." She open both of her eyes, stare at me dead in the eye. Heterochromia, a rare characteristic upon us. 

"When did your eyes change?" 

"You don't remember it, but i get it since i had received the element." She point at the crystal on her staff. 

I am trying to piece this together and that is where the sense of familiarity came from, but that time also she haven't. "Wait, that's element of honest-" 

She zip my mouth, "Nope, this is element of truth. Much powerful than before." My mind had blown up, indeed a stronger version of Honesty. Now it is blue, resonant with one of her eyes. And her golden staff, correspond to her yellow eye. "That was a lot of change, and i feel like- you start losing who you really were." 

A green mare enter this building. Weiss had a grin correspond to this ecounter "Oho, our little gambler. Welcome to the IRS, my friend." 

"Wha- wait-" Magical bars materialize and trapping TipStir inside it. 

"Really? After all i did, this is how you pay me? By being a jerk?" 

Weiss smile fade to a standard face everypony did, the previously materialize cage had dissipate to air. "Yes, that time i am not consider myself as a jerk. But i am enjoying my life, or maybe something else." 

She sigh, standing from the previous position. "Maybe my power start to take a toll, i need to take mental rest. So, see you all on winter." 

"What?" Both of us can only watch, she always need to activate the knowledge to access it. Which is a great representation of what knowledge of the existence need to access. 

"So, how is Stardust?" TipStir sat right beside me, and i pull my own mane backwards. 

I left out a small giggle, "She's mostly okay with an abnormally high blood flow, the amount of oxygen went to her body were insufficient." 

"Well, that is highly unusual." Her wings cover her mouth, stare at me before it really clicks her. Whatever it is, as she whisper about it or something. I can saw her daydreaming, completely silent while thinking about it. 

'Seriously, why did i am the only one who didn't understand what any of this meant!' 

Time pass by, Stardust had grown better with slower heart rate than before. She went out of the room with an inhaler, but she store it on her pocket. "IRS, do exist here." 

She went on the receptionist and put a bag there, not sure what's inside. 

"I am sorry for earlier, Twi. But seriously, you can be just a little mean to me. Maybe throw water at me, that is gladly accepted." We're walking back on Library, i think she was high on something. 

"Uhh, apologies- accepted?" 

On the library, the letter box had filled with something. "What is this?" 

"It is a letter, you markless book." She went inside while, i inspect the mail card. It was from my brother, unusual of him sending anything like this to me. 

It says "My dear little sister, i hope you were happy on your new home on Ponyville. And i had something to said about my life now, that i had a girlfriend now. Maybe you could help me on planning the enggagement? I understand this is none of your consent, neither you care. Last time you didn't about Moondancer too, and i want to see how much you had learn from Princess Celestia about friendship. So, it is depends on you. 

Meet me at our usual cafe like last year if you agree. 

Your Beloved Brother, Shining Armor." 

I went inside, lean back on the wall. 'Shining Armor had a girlfriend?!' 

"Aye! What is that loud thought?!" Stardust went out of the shower room, completely soaked in water. She shook her whole body, result on her surrounding getting wet instead. 

She wipe the water with her towel, and take time to brush them. "Did he tell this to you?" 

I pull my brows together, hang my mouth. "He did tell you?" 

She look aside, while keeping her face lock to mine. "Ye- yes! He did, just from other than letter." 

"But, my brother is always old fashioned. He always wrote a letter, just like our old man." 

"Uhehehee eeee, good to know. Now, just take shower. You haven't do it since 3 days ago!" She shove me into the shower room, and i did my best to not make the letter wet. 

Thus i end this day by showering and sleeping. 

[To be continued] 

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