"Aurora! Aurora! Did you get the news?!" Blythe jumped up and down as she had gotten to her friend's house, knocking on the door "Aurora! Wake up! The festival in Canterlot has started and you're not even going to see it! Everypony is going to be there! Even Princess Twilight!"
Aurora lay quietly on the floor, her tail occasionally thumping on the ground "Pfft. Come back when you have some real news. I can finally have peace and quiet when everypony is out at the festival for "Her royal highness"...more like a royal pain in the flank!"
Aurora always had an attitude lately with the attention. The white mare always seemed to be in an iffy mood every time Princess Twilight was mentioned. She sighed and flipped her periwinkle and violet mane to one side, slowly getting up and then moving towards the door "I'm sorry Blythe but why should I be celebrating her? I should've been the Princess's student. I didn't even get a chance to impress her...and that half wit didn't even have her cutie mark before!"
She opened the door, her friend looking at her confused like. The earth pony looked kind of disappointed "So I guess you won't be there with me to enjoy it? I was just hoping you would get out of the house with me" Blythe patted her friend's back and trotted in, tilting her head "But if we stay here and make some sweet treats and tea, we could gave a party on our own!" Aurora smiled "That's the spirit! Come on! I think we can make some cupcakes!" Aurora always had a great fondness for her young friend. She was smart and pretty, brown coat with a light tan mane. It was braided but her tail was another story. It was short and choppy from an accident. And ever since that day for student searching, Aurora always seemed to find herself complaining to her about the new Princess
"Hey Blythe...you don't think I'm jealous of her do you?" Blythe had taken out the sugar and quickly set it down onto the table "Ummmm...no...maybe a little...but I still like you! There's nothing you can do about it anyways...there's no cure for jealousy..." She sighed "If only you were a high level unicorn. You could challenge the Princess for her worthiness and take her crown. Gah! But that was years ago! Before Celestia! I don't think that you'd be able to...besides, she's an Alicorn and you're a Unicorn..." Aurora smirked at this news she was given and chuckled, walking towards Blythe "I love the way your mind works sometimes...but since it was a tradition way before, she'd have to honor it because that's how new monarch's came in power!"
Blythe put her tail between her legs and backed away "Y-yeah...I mean, that's how she came into power. If you train a lot then you just might be more powerful than Princess Twilight Sparkle! But how exactly are you going to train without somepony figuring out what you're doing? The royal guard and other ponyfolk will know. The only place they don't fly over is the Everfree forest...I don't think you'll want to go in there..."
Aurora chuckled "If we sneak out of Canterlot without anypony knowing, then we can. We just have to figure out a good enough excuse..." Blythe looked away and then gave a little smile before pulling something out of her bag "The Crystal Empire! I'm researching the castle there! Everypony knows I'll be out there a lot and I can say that you're helping me!" Blythe jumped up and down happily while Aurora's mind started filling with ideas of how to defeat the Princess "Great! I'll just have to keep out of sight when you're gone!...And then what about Zecora? Doesn't she live in the Everfree forest?"
The brown-coated mare stopped bouncing long enough to look at her friend "Oh...I didn't think about that...Hmmm...I'll have to figure out where she is. Then We can put up a barrier which she cannot pass through that's big enough for you to train in...We can start tomorrrow although somedays I will be researching in the Crystal Empire, mainly in the dugeons and the rooms left over by King Som-"
Aurora cut her off before she could finish "Yeah, Yeah I can handle things all on my own. Then when I gain enough power, I'll challenge her and defeat her painfully...Then the crown will belong to me, the rightful Alicorn Princess of Magic!"