Everfree Tales

Ivy watched the mare's lips move and struggled not to roll her eyes. Administration taking care of it? Really? It's just the same old song and dance... Just get to the point please. She thought to herself, barely listening for the simmering defiance in her mind, until the subject of her punishment c...

Ivy heard the deans before she saw them and let out a slow unsteady breath. As they entered the room. She folded her hands in front of her and watched their reactions to Chitin's condition, a pang of protectiveness surging through her and making her shake. She wanted them all to leave, to let him re...

Ivy's face softened and she looked back over her shoulder at Chitin. "We can reschedule. It's alright." She said softly before turning back to Lens and Chroma, "I couldn't just let this go. Someone had to teach them a lesson. They didn't get what they deserved, but they got my best sh...

The call ended and Ivy looked up at Chitin apologetically. "Well, it looks like the calm before the storm just ran out." She said bitterly, giving him a half hearted smile. "We're about to have company..." She said apologetically. Lens took the coffee from Chroma and shoved her p...

Lens skidded to a halt on the pavement and immediately brought her palm to her forehead. She'd been such an idiot when the answer was in her hand the whole time. "Oh Celestia. I'm an idiot. I hadn't even tried to call her." She muttered softly. "I'm going to have to call you back, dea...

Ivy looked away guiltily. She hadn't thought that far ahead. "Chitin, I'm not going anywhere. I'll be fine, you'll see." She said calmly, though she wasn't entirely sure if that was true. She had branded herself a target, not just to the Tristomps either. Their sister sorority would hear a...

Ivy shook her head slowly; there was only so much the Tristomps could do to her, and it wasn't them she feared. Dean Hannibal would be furious, and that tugged at the edge of her mind. "Chitin, I fully intend to face the consequences, whatever they may be." She said, her voice unwavering e...

Ivy watched his expression and let out an uneasy sigh. "I..." She paused for a moment, "I don't know. I don't know if they saw me. But someone had to teach them a lesson." She said, her eyes dropping down and away, "And even if they do know, I wouldn't deny it. No doubt Dean...

Ivy didn't even bother to look down at the mess that had been her nice clothes. She let out a slow sigh. This was going to be a doozie to explain. She chewed her lip a little and folded her hands in her lap. "Well, to be honest, I couldn't sit idly by knowing what they had done to you." Sh...

A gentle touch on her cheek disturbed the sleep that had overtaken Ivy, and she slowly stirred awake. She sat up slowly, her glasses falling off her face and onto the bed, and she lifted a hand to rub the bridge of her nose, smearing more dirt down either side of her nose. She blinked blearily and s...

Can't teach a songbird to catch mice, huh? Serenade thought absently as sipped the tea, the comforting heat of it settling the butterflies in her stomach. Something in a primal part of her brain spiked and she felt something of a resentment for the term "songbird", though she couldn't rea...

Lens nodded briefly, turning to Chroma as the dean flew away. "What does she mean there's been an assault...?" She pondered, "Ivy didn't seem hurt... never mind that though." She said, waving her hand dismissively, "I have the key to the dorm, so I'll go look for her there. ...

Serenade curtsied respectfully. "No, I don't think we've been introduced. I'm Starlit Serenade." She said with a smile. "And, respectfully speaking, after the day we've had, a cup of tea would be lovely." She said, peeling of her cardigan, which, along with some areas of her clot...

Lens was still reeling from the sudden transportation across the campus, and her knees buckled underneath her. She took a few deep breaths and slowly got back up to her feet, brushing off her knees and bum. "Sweet Celestia, Dean Hannibal..." She muttered, but trailed off as she laid eyes o...

Ivy slipped through the doors of Equuleus quietly, only the sound of her footsteps echoing through the hall to accompany her. As she walked, something moved out of the corner of her eye, and she whirled around to look at it, her heart racing. What met her eye, instead of another pony, was her reflec...

Lens grabbed her other hand instantly, and nodded to her, ready to go.

Lens stared after the dean for a moment before shaking back into reality to the sound of a dialtone on her phone. Chroma had hung up, and she looked at the phone, mystified for a moment, before putting it back in her pocket, and hurrying to catch up with the dean, who was moving with much more haste...

Lens was honestly startled to see Hannibal, and cellphone in one hand, and paper bag in the other, stammered to find a response. "Uh... yeah. You look like you're having a rough day too." She said, lowering the hand that held the cell phone slowly. She held up the paper bag, glanced at it,...

Ivy waited until she was sure that Lens was out of sight, and knew she had very little time. It could be too late, even as she stood there at her worktable, pulling together a carefully planned set of items, combining them in precise amounts. She worked quickly, her eyes checking the time every minu...

Lens made her way across campus, absently flying instead of walking. The paper bag sitting heavy in her hands, she took a look at the front of it. Ivy had stapled it shut, and the front bore her hasty writing that Lens could hardly read in the failing light. The most she could make out was that it w...