Could Be...

by Fat1thatyoulove

Rating: everyone
Tags: Slice of Life, Human, Twilight Sparkle, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Alternate Universe, Other, Romance
Length: 11049

The sequel to the Might Be series, part 51. Follow our main character thought his newest trails as he tries to better understand the consequences of his influences on Equestria; and how it affects the ones he loves.

Part 51 in the Maybe series. It's been two and a half weeks since the events that occurred at the Crystal Empire. However some how Discord and Sombra both being gone and the Changelings not present still hasn't really brought the well rested sleep you thought it would...But you guess that's normal seeing as how your routine with a new foal has still yet to be set. At least there's nothing else to worry about later on right?

Published 2013-10-22 13:00:02 UTC
Last updated 2013-10-22 13:00:02 UTC

Chapter 1

Might be For Us

Chapter 1 – Could Be

A brief yawn comes from you as you continue to just listen to the two mares that have invaded your house early this morning. Truthfully your mind and body has still not recovered from the events that only just passed a few days ago, and reliving them to talk to Twilight's friends didn't really help.

"...Ahhh, he's so cute."

The slightly high pitched deeply lady like tone runs through your ears, but a smile breaks across your face as you watch the little dark cream coated colt wiggling his front hooves to the words.

"Whoa...He looks a lot like you."

You turn your head to the cyan mare that stands next to Twilight as you speak up with a proud little smile, "Yep."

However your voice turns Rainbow's eyes as she cocks a smile to you, but her tomboyish words come to the lavender mare as she nudges her, "I'm sorry Twilight."

A faint giggle stems from Twilight as she just looks to you, but Rainbow's words don't come to an end as she squints her eyes to you, "What happened to your ear again?"

Before you can speak up the sound of a high pitched slight squeal comes to the room, you turn your head towards where Rarity stand in front of the highchair halfheartedly expecting the sound to have been coming from the colt. But instead your eyes meet the white mare trying to pull her mane away from the happily smiling colt that has clamped his front hooves to it, "Yes ha ha ha...Now let go please."

The amature baby like voice brings a slight grin to your face as you hover the bottle from the table and over to the little colt, your distraction plan works out pretty well as the colt's pink button eyes turn to you.

Rarity quickly takes her head back from the colt's swinging hooves as her eyes look to her now ruffled mane.

You move the bottle to the colt's wiggling hooves as he quickly takes hold of it and shoves it into his mouth. His pink eyes hold to you as the loud sound of the milk being sucked down fills the room.

"You did warm it right?" Twilight's voice turns your head, but you're only able to nod your head as Rainbow's voice comes up, "Seriously Rarity you better never have a foal."

The comment breaks her concentration to her ruffled mane as a single sarcastic one Ha laugh runs from the white mare's now straightened posture, "OH? Are you implying that I would be a bad mother?"

Rainbow cocks her head as she wiggles her right hoof from the ground towards her, "Come on Rarity, you hate messes and you can't stand anypony running around your shop..."

"Ugh, Rainbow...Darling..." A slight lady like giggle comes from Rarity as she holds her hoof to her chest as she pokes her head a little towards where the cyan mare stands, "I would not be working in my shop, I will be living in an extravagant boutique in Canterlot were I and my husband will be raising little Unique."

Rainbow squints to the words as she speaks up, "Who's Unique?"

Without hesitation and with the same confidence her last comment had, "The unicorn filly I will have one day."

A slight chuckle runs around the room as Twilight starts to trot towards where the colt sits in his high chair. You hold your laugh below her friends as you instead drift a little into thought, sure Twilight has talked about Rarity but from what you know the only male pony you've ever seen at her house is Spike...And he's not even a pony. You lose your smile a little as your mind continues to trail on.

"What? What did I say?" Rarity turns her eyes around the room as she waits for a response.

Of course before you or Twilight could speak up Rainbow has started up already as she begins to stretch her wings out a little, "And how do you know that it will be a filly or a unicorn?"

The comment pauses her response as the white mare just straightens her head, "Oh darling, I wouldn't expect you to understand my plan."

Rainbow rolls her eyes again as she turns to Twilight, "So how come you didn't tell us you had the foal?"

Twilight gives a little smile to the comment as she speaks up, "Well I was going to wait until we got into a routine and when we got better rested."

"Oh yes of course, I can't even begin to think how stressed you two were just a few days ago...And here we are not even knowing what's happening." Rarity loses her proper stance as she turns back to the lavender mare.

Twilight nods her head as a little sigh runs from her, "Well at least-..." Twilight's words are cut off as the sound of the bottle clanging to the ground turns you and Twilight's heads back to the little colt.

"Aerolight, you shouldn't throw things." You doubt that Twilight's words had any effect on the colt, however the baby like tone does bring a little giggle to the dark cream colt as the empty milk bottle comes from the ground with Twilight's magic.

As Twilight floats the bottle towards the table the cyan mare speaks up as she looks towards the stairs, "So is Violet and Spike still sleeping or something?"

Lucky, you hold that thought as you nod your head, "Ya, they should be down in a little bit."

"Oh, well could you please tell Spike to stop by when he's ready, I would like to go gem hunting before it gets too cold." Rarity pokes her hoof to you and Twilight a little more as she speaks up, "I was also going to the spa later if you would care to join me Twilight, you must want to relax now that you have the extra weight off...Mostly."

Twilight gives a simple smile as she shakes her head, "No thank you Rarity."

Rainbow turns her head to the white mare as she speaks up, "Wait, that's why you wanted me to clear the skies around the Ghastly Gorge?"

A slight giggle comes to Rarity as she wiggles her hoof to the cyan mare, "Oh Rainbow darling...You didn't just clear that just for me, think of all the ponies that will now have beautiful new Hearth Warming eve gowns because of you."

The comment rolls Rainbow's eyes as she speaks up, "Whatever."

"Mhm, yes well I should get going." Rarity turns her gaze to you and Twilight as she gives a little smile, "Congratulations you two..." Her eyes turn to the little foal as she speaks up, "And goodbye Aerolight...Did I say that right?"

Twilight gives a little giggle as she nods, from the nod Rarity moves to the door as she leaves the house. Once the door closes Rainbow comes up from the ground as she gives a little laugh, "So Twilight do you want me to go and tell everypony to stop by later?"

"Well, maybe we should wait...I don't want to keep Aerolight up all day." The cyan mare's tomboyish voice comes up as she nods to Twilight's comment, "Ya I understand...I mean could you imagine somepony hanging around here with no reason, especially when you two are probably tired."

You think over her words as you smile to her, she's not leaving soon is she?

Sure enough Rainbow's low flight has brought her in between you and Twilight as she begins to bring her hooves to the dark cream colt.

"Rainbow-..."

Before you can finish your comment the cyan mare has turned to you as she gives a slight tomboyish laugh, "I know I know...Not to fast and not to high."

You give a little sigh as you watch Rainbow taking the small colt into her hooves, his small legs now dangle towards the ground that only lay about a foot below him. However a bright smile still comes over Aerolight's face as he squirms and giggles towards the wood beneath him.

Rainbow gives a light giggle as she adjust her hold, "Wow...He's a lot more energetic huh?"

Twilight doesn't give the thought any mind as she starts to trot towards the stairs, "Not really...I'll go get Violet and Spike up."

As the lavender mare begins to move from the room you turn your eyes back to Rainbow and the colt in her hold as you think over her comment.

End of chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 2

Chapter 2 – Your turn

(Two weeks later)

The weather outside has taken on a deep chill, there's still no snow on Ponyville’s ground yet. But a thick layer of frost always cakes the windows of the house when you wake up and the hardwood floor always sends a reminded to your hooves when you get up.

Luckily though you're still curled up in your bed with your front hooves draped around the warm mare. It use to be that she would steal your body heat in the winter...However now the shoe is on the other hoof. Lately you've nicknamed Twilight your bed warmer, not really the best move seeing as how the mare has had a little bit of trouble trying to get rid of her baby weight.

To you though the extra weight doesn't matter. Really Twilight's reaction to it is funny, you would think Twilight would understand weight she's had for an extended pregnancy wouldn't come off from only a few weeks. But off course she doesn't want to believe you, note to self, intelligence increased to thirty.

The thought brings a dumb smile to your closed eyed face, although it's bittersweet seeing as how it's just a reminder that you never fell into a deep sleep last night.

A faint whimper cry flickers your ear as you clench your eyes a little tighter. However despite your own desire your mind begins to race as your parental instincts begin to turn your hearing into more of super hero like qualities.

Sure enough not even a moment later you hear the sound, "Waaahh..."

A faint sigh comes to your body as you just wait it out for a moment, the cry was not loud enough to be considered a problem...but in the moment you waited no relief comes as you hear the sound of the little colt in his crib starting to shift.

To the sound a groggy and faint voice comes up next to you, "...Your turn."

"Mhm..." You crack your eyes open to the room as you take on a new thought, no....You look around the dark room as you realize something, it's not morning.

With another sigh you take your hooves from Twilight's warm frame as you rub your hooves to your eyes and begin to sit up in the bed. From your shifting Twilight starts to pull the covers a little closer to herself as she cocoons herself.

As you take your hooves from your face and your eyes adjust you realize you're able to change your previous thought, it's not morning but it's not completely dark in the room...Which is weird seeing as how the moon nor the sun is viable from the window, but you've learned just to not question things that happen in your life.

You move from the bed as you place your hooves to the cold wood floor, "Alright..."

The shifting in the crib gets a little louder as you near the white wood crib that sits against the wall, you start up up a little bit of your magic as you use it to light your stare into the crib. However as the room takes on a faint purple glow that stems from your coat you start up your mind with a new thought, firebending shape shifting alien librarian bad ass super pony...and now i'm a walking night light.

In the light of your magic you notice the dark cream colt's pink eyes staring back to you with a happy smile that's creeped across his face.

You give a little smirk as you bend your right hoof over the crib’s wall and scoop the little colt into your hold, "Well you don't smell...And your not wet."

A faint baby like sound stems from the colt in your hold as he squirms a little, not wanting to test your juggling ability you quickly move your flank to the foot of the bed as you set the diaper wearing colt down next to you.

To the weight on the bed you feel Twilight's body shift a little, which brings a devious thought to your mind as you smile and start up your own baby like banter to the colt, "Let's ask mommy what you want."

Aerolight doesn't nod or move to your words, instead his pink eyed clueless baby like stare holds as his smile grows to your voice.

However you begin to command your foal army as you slowly move from the bed and start to entice the little colt to follow your order of attack up the bed. All the while holding close to the bed incase the young colt's baby like trot goes lop sided.

For a moment Aerolight doesn't move but the small colt slowly comes to his hooves as the wobbly baby like trot comes up as he follows after you from your side of the bed.

As you reach where Twilight's mane picks from the bed you slowly ease your front legs into the bed while you begin to lower your magic.

"Hey Twilight..." You hold your smile as you turn your gaze to the lavender mare's mane.

Your words turn Aerolight's head as the colt's trot turns to Twilight's head, within the second the colt has sat himself next to her head as he begins to tug and play in the mare's mane.

A faint sigh and giggle comes up from Twilight as she slowly starts to turn herself around to the colt's face, "I guess somepony is ready to get up hmm?"

Her voice much like the way you feel is tired but cheerful as she looks to the small colt. No reply comes from Areolight as he just wiggles his front hooves to Twilight.

Another faint giggle comes from Twilight as she turns to the window, "Well...It looks likes it's five o'clock...That's later than yesterday." As her words end she quickly moves from the bed as she moves her right front hoof to scoop up the colt, "Lets get you ready."

You watch as Twilight moves from the bed as you finally bring your spell into action to the bed that now starts to become made. However the sound of Twilight's hooves stop as her voice comes back to the room, "Might as well see if Violet wants to get up." You nod your head to the words as you finish your spell and begin to trot towards the door.

Twilight turns towards the bathroom with the foal in her hold as you turn towards the last door on the right. You pause for a moment as you quietly try to open it as you bring your voice up in a faint whisper, "Hey Violet do you want-..." Your voice comes to an end as you blink to the light purple mare that has her head poked out the window.

However to the sound of your words to the young mare turns quickly as she jerks her head back into the room with a stare almost like a deer caught in headlights...You may not fully understand your own thought but you speak up with a confused laugh anyways, "W-what are you doing Violet?"

The room has taken on a chill from the open window which slightly sends a shiver around your body, Violet doesn't seem to take notice to the change in temperature though as she draws your attention to the glass jar she has in her low blue magical hold.

You stare to the small cloud peice that hovers just above the bottom of the glass as Violet's hooves start up.

To the motions you nod your head as you repeat her, "Cold air keeps the cloud peice healthy?" You squint to the comment as the light purple mare nods her head and recaps the jar.

Another laugh comes from you as you speak up, "Clouds can be healthy?"

Violet nods her head as she floats the jar back to the dresser where the other two jars sit, you follow the jar for a second as your eyes lock to the multicolored mane that sits in the other as your early morning mind begins to remind you as to why your daughter has these random jars, "Do you know how to keep Celestia's mane healthy?"

Your words peek the mare's interest as she cocks her head and waits, however you give a little smile as you speak up, "You see how they're not doing anything?..." Violet blinks to your comment as you nod your head, "Just keep doing that."

Your joke rolls Violet's eyes but a smile comes from her as her horn's glow subsides.

"Alright well if you're getting up come on, if not don't sleep with the window open...You'll get a cold." You don't wait for an answer as you turn your trot out of the room.

Violet nods her head too your words, but she doesn't really pay it much mind. Last night didn't bring a good night sleep for the young mare and the only reason she got any kind of rest was because of the calm cool early winter breeze that rolled into her room from the window she had opened.

However despite Violet’s own thoughts she ends up closing the window like you asked.

She doesn't immediately follow after you as she turns towards the door, instead she floats an untied bright blue bow from it's spot in front of the jars. As she floats the bow to her tail she looks over her tomboyish relaxed mane as she makes sure it at least looks like she cares about her mane.

Your voice comes back into Violet's room from the hall as you speak up to the other closed door, "Spike are you get-..." Your words are cut off as the little dragon calls back from behind the door.

"NO, it's cold!"

As Spike's slightly muffled words come down Violet starts her trot up out of the room as she follows after you.

End of chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 3 – Well it should be

The morning has rolled on like it has for the last few weeks and the library's nightly chill has started to burn off now as the morning sun starts to pour in through the windows. The floor still has it's normal cooling feel to it but oh well...Maybe ponies should wear socks.

You hold the thought for a moment as you just end up squinting your eyes to the warmed cup you have in front that still remains from breakfast.

"...Alright Aerolight, here comes the...*Clang*."

The metal on wood turns your head as you look to the happy wiggling colt that looks to be trying to push himself from the highchair.

A low chime comes to the room as Twilight's horn sparks bring the hoof towel from the table as she cleans up the spilled foal food.

You crack a slight smile as you speak up, "Told you he wouldn't want anything but a bottle."

"Mhmm." Twilight's hummed response holds your smile as you think it over, however before you can tally up your make believe parenting game the mare's voice comes up as one of the two bottles of milk floats up to you, "Here."

You look over the bottle for a moment before you take it into your own magic. Your initial purple magic is slowly turned into a green shimmer as you run through the spell, without a word you float the bottle back over to her.

"Alright Aerolight." The low purple magic encases yours as the bottle comes into Twilight's puppeteering as she floats it over to the little foal's now slowing hooves.

The dark cream colt slows his baby like movements as his pink eyes lock to the bottle with a baby O face.

Twilight gets her own smile as she slowly moves the bottle to the small table on the high chair as her tone takes on a baby tone, "Ok Aerolight here-...NO"

Before her words end the colt's left hoof has swung towards the bottle as he sends it knocking over onto the small table and to the floor where Twilight sits.

A defeated sigh comes over the mare as her horn brings the towel again to her hold as she cleans up the slight mess. Aerolight stays oblivious to what's been done as he just holds an innocent smile to the mare that leans a little close to where he sits, his hooves direct themselves to Twilight's snout as he wiggles them dangerously close to the mare's face.

You can't help but give a slight chuckle to the act as you watch it. Your laugh cocks Twilight's eyes to you though, luckily you've already turned your head to the young light purple mare.

But the same laughy smile holds to Violet's face as you speak up, "Don't laugh too much, you use to do the same thing."

Violet's hooves don't come up as Twilight's voice rings to the room, "No, Violet would at least take a bottle."

"Pff..." You roll your hoof to her comment as you extend your other hoof to the other bottle, "He'll take it, you just have to try twice." You take hold of the bottle as you stand from your chair and trot over towards the highchair, "Alright Aerolight, let's make me look good." Around the bottle a brief but bright green magic comes to it as you run your spell though.

As your spell comes to it's end you gently move the warm bottle into the colt's grasp, for a moment the colt's eyes just focus the bottle now in front of his mouth but he moves his mouth to it as he slowly wraps his hooves around it.

To the milk sucking sound you turn your head to Twilight with a wide smile, however you don't get the conquered stare instead she just rolls her eyes as she floats the other mostly empty bottle up to her, "Still not anything solid."

You think over her comment as she starts to trot towards the kitchen, baby food is solid? You hold your thoughts as you speak up, "Try again after the bottle." As your words end you move bringing your seat a little closer to the high chair.

Twilight doesn't stop her trot to the kitchen as she speaks up, "I just don't understand why he's more hyper than Violet..."

You shrug to the comment as you , "Well Aerolight wasn't foal naped in the first few weeks and forced to bring back the queen of an evil race of bug ponies." You actually bring your still warm cup to your mouth as you turn to the shocked and confused blinking light purple mare.

It's at this point you realize something, whoa...That came out to easily. You stare to the mare for a moment before you swallow your drink hard and speak up with a laugh, "Well Violet...What can I say, you're a superpony." You put the cup back to the table as you think to yourself, nice save.

Violet quickly takes to the change of conversation as she gives a simple smile. Your not wanting to go into detail about your previous comment gives a simple chuckle, note to self, next Nightmare Night...I shall be Captain Equestria.

Before you can bring your voice back up the sound of a hoof knocking to the door turns your head as the sound of Twilight's hooves comes back to the room, "Who could that be? Everypony knows we don't open until eight."

You move from your seat as you trot over towards the door, expecting to see the cyan pegasus. The door comes open as a light chill runs past your coat, however the pegasus and other two ponies at the door are not who you thought it would be, "Hi Sparky?"

The light winter dressed stallion doesn't speak up as the blue unicorn on his right begins first, "Hey Mr.Sparkle, is Violet ready to go?"

You blink to the words for a moment as you cock your head, "What?" But the stallion's voice has already brought Violet from the table as she moves past you and out of the door, giving you only a goodbye smile.

Before you can speak up the three stallions have already turned to follow after the mare that leads them away from the library, each one giving you their own goodbye.

You hold the door open for a moment as you slowly close it and turn to Twilight who now stands near the highchair, "Where's Violet going?"
Twilight doesn't even turn around as she speaks up, "Today is the start of winter, the Mayor wanted me and my friends to showcase the first snow drop of the season. But I told her we couldn't do it because I didn't want you to have to watch Aerolight by yourself and I didn't want to run the risk of Aerolight catching a cold...So I ask Violet if she wanted to do it and she said yes."

You nod your head to the comment as you slowly trot over towards where she stands, "So what are we doing today?"

A smile comes to Twilight's face as she takes the empty bottle from the colt's hold and floats a spoon filled with applesauce over towards you, "Well first I thought we could try this again."

Your low purple magic comes to the spoon as you speak up, "Alr-..." Your voice is cut off as the sound of a hoof comes to the door.

Twilight's trot comes up as you focus your head to the little colt, "This time it's Rainbow..."

"Mom, Dad?"

The words quickly turn your head as you look the two ponies standing at the door, the white mare with the same flipped and curled style as Twilight's mane is the first to take a step into the house as she embraces Twilight in a hug, "Hello sweetie..."

A slight giggle comes to the lavender mare as she looks between Velvet and the blue stallion, "What are you two doing here?"

Velvet's sweet tone holds as she speaks up, but her stare turns a little as she holds a hoof up to Twilight, "It's been almost three weeks since you sent me that letter Twilight...And I would have thought you would have at least stopped by Canterlot once by now." Velvet puts her hoof to the ground as she takes on a straighter stance, "I will not have you keeping this foal from me. So we took the early morning train over for the day." Her teal eyes turn to you and the highchair as a bright smile comes to the mare as her expert baby like tone rings out, "Well hello there!"

You take a step back from where you stood as you float the spoon a little away from yourself, the small space you've made has been snached up by the white mare as she pokes her happy face towards the now wiggling and happy squalling colt.

The sound of the door closing comes to the house as Night Light and Twilight start to trot towards where you and Velvet stand. A slight laugh come from the white mare as she starts to take the colt into her hold, "I see he looks a lot like somepony."

Night Light's voice comes to the room as he takes a good look to the colt and adjust the dark blue satchel that hangs around him, "An earth pony huh?"

His tone turns your head for a moment as you look to him, but he holds his smile as he looks to the spoon still floating in your hold, "Violet was a lot like Twilight, maybe another stallion like you won't be so bad." A light chuckle comes to the stallion as he turns his gaze to the colt again.

You pretty much know that Night Light's ideas of complements have never really been the best, and deep down you do kind of think that the stallion most likely doesn't like you...But you still hold a smile to the comment as you think to yourself, ya I can still take him.

Velvet's voice comes up as she cocks her head to Twilight, "Where's Violet? We brought her a little surprise."

Twilight squints to the comment as she speaks up, "She just left, you didn't see her?"

"No." The mare rolls her hoof to the comment as she speaks up, "But it's alright, we don't have to get back anytime soon."

You hold your previous smile as you think her comment over, oh a whole day with Twilight's parents...

End of chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 4 – Wings and horns

The cool air runs pass everypony in the small group a little fast now as their trot away from the main paths of Ponyville and into one of the open rolling grassy field holds. The light purple mare doesn't pay the refreshing weather any mind though as she just listens to the young blue unicorn stallion that has taken the lead of the trot continued banter with the tan pony that trots next to him.

Sparky has drifted his trot next to Violet, both slightly intentionally and mostly just to get away from his friends in front of him.

"...No you're wrong Futty, a tomato is definitely a vegetable."

The tan stallion cocks his head up as he quickly speaks up, "For the last time Bell it's a fruit, it grows on a plant."

Bell blinks to the words as the unicorn just blows to the comment, "Ya, but it's not a tree."

Futty stops his trot for a moment as he just laughs, "Raspberries are fruit and they grow on bushes."

"No it's a fungus like sleep bark." The unicorn stops his trot as he turns more towards the tan stallion with a confident face.

Futty brings his hoof up to his head as he laughs again and starts to shake his head, "Sleep bark is not a fungus, it's shavings from a tree bark...Why do you think it's called Sleep bark?"

The comment doesn't change Bell's confidence as he holds his head up higher, "Oooh I get it, you lost the argument so you just want to act dumb now."

"Acting..." Futty turns his head to Violet and Sparky as he speaks up, "How am I acting dumb?"

Sparky just gives a little smile as he waves his hoof to his friend, "Uh...I'm going to stay out of this one."

The tan stallion's eyes turn to Violet as he asks again, "How am I acting dumb?"

Before Violet can bring her hooves up Bell's voice has started to ring out, "Because you mule, everypony knows trees don't have fur, so how can you shave them?"

A simple chuckle comes up from Sparky as he turns his head away from the blue unicorn, Violet's eyes go wide too the comment she just heard as she just looks to her friend.

Futty's head droops down to the grassy ground as he starts to slowly trot over to his friend, "Bell....Bell...Bell..." He puts his hoof to the unicorns side as he pats him a little, "Now I see why Violet was the only Unicorn from Ponyville to go to Celestia's school..."

His comment sparks a slight blush to the unicorn's face as he bats his friend's hoof away, "Pff, whatever, you know you don't even need that extra stuff to do magic..."

No response comes from the earth stallion as he just rolls his hoof to him. To the absent voice Bell turns his head back to Violet and Sparky, "Alright we got about an hour Violet has to get to that thing...So let's see that wing flapping thing you two keep talking about." Bell's horn sparks up as he nods his head, "Come on."

It's really no secret now that Violet and Sparky have been practicing the simple spell that seemed to be passed over to the young pegasus whenever Bell and Futty aren't around. But what Sparky's friend wants him to do has the stallion a little uneasy, "You want me to try the spell on you?"

Bell gives a simple laugh as he speaks up, "Ya, I don't believe a Cloud Pusher like you could really do something like that."

To the unicorn's comment Futty leans into him as he starts up the normal banter, "Oooh, he said Cloud Pusher Sparky, you going to take that?"

Sparky holds a half eyed gaze to his friend's comment as he straightened his posture, "I don't want to hurt you."

"Hurt me!" A laugh rings from Bell as he waves his hoof to him, "Tell you what, if you can move me I'll stop calling you names."

The comment doesn't really peek Sparky's interest seeing as how the unicorn's comment have never really bothered him, but the idea of being able to actually show off to his friends has a plus to it. "Alright Bell."

The tan stallion takes his lean away from his friend as he holds a smile, "Hey, look Sparky's no longer a pusher like he was." His eyes turn to Violet as he gives a little nod, "What do you know you finally changed our wimpy friend..." He taps his hoof to his mouth as he speaks up, "Now we just need you to talk, me to lose some weight and Bell to get a date with a stallion."

"HEY!" Bell's pink horn loses it's glow as he turns his head to Futty, "I'm not a stallion cuddler." The slightly higher pitched whine cracks a smile to Futty's face as he starts to take a few steps away, "Whatever you say Bell."

Violet rolls her eyes to the comment as her horn starts up as her magic starts to encase the blue unicorn's sloppy stance, "Hey what are you doing..." The mare's slight pushing magic brings the stallion's legs a little firmer to the ground and his head into a more correct angle.

Her magical hold to the stallion is brought to an end as she starts to move to where the earth pony has trotted. To the mare's movement's Sparky's voice comes up, "Violet you don't think I should try this spell on another pony right?"

The stallion's words turn the mare as she stops her trot next to Futty and begins to start her hooves up with an encouraging smile.

Bell speaks up before Sparky can as he sparks his horn back up, "See even the filly said you should try the spell."

The comment brings a slight annoyance to the mare as she now second guesses whether or not she should have showed him the proper stance.

The stallion's continuing voice as he nods his head, "Now come on Sparky, I'm pretty sure I know how to perform a simple blocking spell. And if not i'm sure Violet can do something."

Violet just holds a smile to the stallion's words as she waits for the pegasus's spell to start up.

Sparky's wings begin to flap as he brings himself from the ground, "Um...Are you going to take your boots off or anything?"

Bell turns his eyes to the winter scarf and boots he's got on as he speaks up, "Naw, rubber doesn't conduct electricity right?"

To the words Sparky nods his head as he just takes another simple flap to bring him a little higher above the ground, "Alright Bell..." Sparky takes a deep breath as he starts to flap his wings a little more. Violet may not be a pegasus and she's not Twilight, but her tips about magic have kind of helped bring the spell under control a little more...Magic is thoughts and emotions, the thought holds to Sparky's head as he feels the warmth to his now slightly orange glowing wings.

This will be the first time Sparky's ever done the spell on another since what happened a few weeks ago, but the stallion is not nervous. Instead his thoughts drift to impressing the light purple mare watching rather than about messing up the spell.

Bad move. With one last flap a few organic lines of static like magic fly from the young stallion's wings as they bolt towards the blue unicorn a little way from him. The strange electric bolting sound sends Bell's eyes shut as he flicks and sparks his own spell up quick.

For a moment time slows as the young stallion just holds a smile to the bolt of magic he created, however the moment of triumph doesn't last long as his bolt strikes against Bell's pink bubble of magic. Instead of the spell dissipating or cracking into the bubble it ends up ricocheting back with full force.

The shocking bolt strikes against the pegasus as Bell is sent slinging backwards into the ground from the force of the spell. Both stallion's now lay on the ground as the other two onlookers blink to the barely half a minute show, "Oooh...That's gotta hurt." A chuckle comes up from Futty as he starts to trot towards the blue stallion that has sat himself up while he rubs a hoof to his head.

Violet's trot turns to the still downed light orange pegasus. However a wheezing laugh comes to the mare as she just looks to the stallion's new spiked mane and out of breath pant.

The spell wasn't really strong enough but to give him a little jolt, but the fact that his wings stopped flapping and he fell to the ground did knock the wind out of him...Also landing on his wings was not really the best feeling.

Violet's horn sparks up as her magic warps to the stallion's body as she helps pull her friend into an up right position.

"Hey, what about me? I was the one that got shoot across Equestria?" Violet turns her head to the now slightly dirtied unicorn as she shakes her head as she taps her right hoof to her horn.

Bell brings himself to his hooves as he rolls his hoof to the comment, "So what if i'm a unicorn."

Violet rolls her eyes to the comment as she turns back to the light orange pegasus that now stands, his body shakes a little from the jolt but it's not painful as he speaks up, "W-well the spell was easy."

"That was cool Sparky!" Futty trots over to his friend as he pats his hoof to his side, which sends a slight pop of static to the earth stallion hoof. He doesn't pay much attention to it as he turns to Violet, "Alright, two unicorn and a pegasus can do magic." He straightens his head up as he speaks out, "When's my turn?"

No answer comes to the question as Bell comes over to where his friends now stand, "Ya ya, so you can do something now." He nudges Violet as he holds a smile, "Can you teach me a better block spell?"

Violet shrugs to the comment. Despite a really yes answer Bell still holds his hoof to Sparky as he speaks up, "Oh and by the way feather flapper, that didn't count..." He holds his head up a little higher as he continues, "The grass was slippery were I was standing."

Sparky rolls his eyes to the comment as Bell looks himself over, "Alright tomorrow we can do something, I don't want to be out when it starts snowing...The first snow is always the coldest." He starts to trot back to where the scarf still lays in the grass as he speaks up, "Good luck with the thing Violet...Sparky, Futty you coming?"

The tan stallion shrugs as he trots after him, "I don't got anything to do."

The low chime of Bell's magic comes up as he pulls the scarf from the grass, "You coming Sparky?"

Sparky blinks to the comment as he shake his head, "No, just about every pegasus today is going to be helping with cloud distribution." He pushes his chest out a little as he tries to poke a little fun to the light purple mare next to him, "Plus this way I get to see if you mess up or not."

Violet squints to the stallion's comment as she brings her hooves up.

Sparky's attempt at trying to act cool falls flight as his stammering tone comes out, "What no...I'm not saying that you're going to mess up I ju-.." His voice is cut off as Violet's horn sparks up, wrapping the rambling stallion's mouth shut.

"Whatever Sparky." Bell turns to Futty as he nods his head, "Come on."

As the two stallion start to trot away Violet's hold over the stallion's mouth comes undone as she starts her trot up. Sparky follows after her as he brings a newfound confidence to his voice, "So did you ever show your parents the dream spell yet?"

The comment brings a silent sigh to the mare as she stops her trot and brings her hooves up.

Sparky watches the hooves motions for a moment as he nods his head, "Really the spell doesn't work on somepony that's not gotten a good night's sleep?"

Violet nods her head, but she doesn't bring her trot up as she hooves out another comment.

"You...You tried it on your brother?" Sparky squints to the comment as he continues, "What does a foal say?"

Her smile holds as she hooves out a simple comment. A faint laugh comes from Sparky as he nods his head, "Bottle huh?"

The light humor holds to the two ponies as the mare starts her trot up which more or less ends any ideas for a continuing conversation.

End of chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 5 – A foal's spell

Violet and Sparky's silent trot into town has started to reach it's end as they begin to file into the social gathering that stems around Ponyville’s town hall.

However Violet's eyes turn to the few ponies on the stage of the town hall building as she continues her trot. The stallion beside her stops as he speaks up, "I'll just stay around here." A faint laugh comes from him as he looks around the area starting to fill with more and more ponies, "I don't really want to push through everypony."

A nod comes up Violet as she continues her trot through the crowds, as the young mare's trot brings her further and further into the thicket of ponies Sparky starts to drift his eyes around the happy chatting crowds.

"Ah...Machtlos, I see you're here."

The deep voice turns the light pegasus's head as he looks over a familiar short grey coated and black maned unicorn stallion with a satchel around himself. However Sparky's greeting is a little bit faulty as he speaks up, "Um, what does machtlos mean?"

His comment cocks the shorter stallion's head as he speaks up, "No hello Stony?" The grey stallion shakes his head as he continues to speak up, "Why is it that young ponies don't have any manners?"

"Well I-..."

"No no, don't try and redeem yourself now." Stony waves hoof to the words as he continues to poke his hoof and deep voice to the younger pegasus, "So what bring you out? Shouldn't you be fluffing clouds or something? Your dad says you wanted to be a cloud shaper after all." Stony raises his hoof as he speaks up, "OH, yes that reminds me I saw your dad on the way over here. I think he wants your help with putting up the snow clouds."

Before Sparky can speak up a young filly like voice has broken the stallion's annoyance as the pegasus watches a deep orangey coated filly with dark blond mane happy galloping up towards Stony, "Dad, dad! I found a snail over there can I keep it?" A child like glee comes up as the green eyed pony stares up to the slightly taller stallion.

Stony turns his head to the filly as he speak up, his usually deep toned and slightly sarcastic voice has changed a little to the young fill, "No, snails are weird."

"Ahhhh, that ain't fair...You put that bug in a jar."

The words cock Stony's eyebrow as he speaks up, "Ain't is not a word."

The filly holds her head up high as she quickly rejects the comment, "Ya huh, ma said it was."

"Hm..." Stony holds his gaze to the little pony for a moment before he shrugs, "Well that was no bug it was a parasprite..." He quickly turns his head back to the orange pegasus as he continues, "Which I would not have to go and get if somepony would have just brought it back."

Sparky's ears flop down a little as he speaks up, "I-I thought Bell brought it back."

"Aww look Gala, Sparky didn't know." The words don't take the filly's attention as she instead just tries to repeat the stallion's previous comment, "Why is a pear-e-site so special?"

Despite the filly's slight stumble on the word Stony still turns his head, "Because."

The answer doesn't really answer the question but the filly doesn't ask again as she turns her head towards the clouds above, "Were is the snow?"

Stony follows the filly's stare as he nods his head, "Yes...They should have start-..."

"Ladies and Gentlecolts."

The voice that just rang over the shattered chatter turns everypony's heads as they stare to the grey maned and pale caramel coated mare that stands in front of the microphone on the stage.

However Sparky's ability to hear the next few lines is cut short as the young voice next to him starts up, "I can't see..."

Stony turns his head down to the filly as he gives a little smile, "And you think I can?" A faint laugh comes from the gray stallion as his horn sparks up, his magic warps to the little filly as it floats her to his back.

As her hooves plant themselves to his coat she moves her front hooves to rest on his head as she looks over the ponies that stand in front of her, Stony's horn holds a low chime as his magic keeps the filly from falling.

Sparky turns his head back towards the stage as the well spoken mare continues to roll through her pre planned speech, "...So to start today's festivities and the first snow of the winter season please welcome Violet Sparkle."

A cheer comes up to the ponies around the town hall as the light purple mare takes her first steps to the center of the stage.

Performing a spell in front of a large audience is still something that's not familiar to the young mare, but not being able to talk has given the young mare the drive to let her actions speak for themselves. Without a moment of hesitation the young mare closes her eyes as her horn takes on the blue glow to the spell that has become nothing more than a simple task.

Sparky's eyes hold to the spell as he watches the sight unfolding like it has the other few times he's seen it.
The low chime to Violet's horn begins to build as the spell starts to reach it's end, in the blink of an eye Violet jerks her head up a little as she sends a bolt of cracking magic to the thickly pegasus packed cloud layer above her.

A slight hushing mixture of whoa and a faint bit of suspicion comes around the crowds as they wait to see if the young mare's spell actually worked.

Violet holds no doubt as her slightly smiling face watches the first few little specks of white begin to fall, quickly being followed by a stream of snow.

To the now light falling snow the grey maned pony comes back to the microphone as she speaks up, "Thank you Violet for that lovely spell." Violet nods her head as she starts to drift towards the back of the stage.

The Mayor Mare's voice continues to roll through over the crowed as she starts down a list of activities, events and other winter season things. But Sparky's ears pick up to another pony's voice as he listens to the excited tone to the right of him.

"Whoa, Hey dad, can you make it snow??"

Stony's horn gets a little brighter as he laughs a little and begins to ease the little filly towards the ground, but the question again comes out of the excited pony as she ask again, "Can you?"

"No.." Before the filly's voice comes back up the gray stallion continues, "But I can create an army of undead bunnies."

The filly takes on a pout like face as she speaks up, "That's not snow."

Her response brings a low hum from Stony as he turns towards Sparky, "I would think an army of bunnies would be better than snow....Oh well." His horn sparks up as the strap to his satchel comes undone.

Sparky watches as an empty glass jar floats out of the bag and becomes uncapped, "What are you doing?"

Stony cocks his eyes to the pegasus as he gives a little laugh, "Isn't it obvious?"

His words just bring a litte more confusion to Sparky as the stallion just watches the uncapped jar filling up with snow, "You're collecting snow?"

"Ah, there is hope for you after all..." He turns his eyes back to him as he shrugs, "Not much, but some." A happy smile comes to the stallion's face as he watches Sparky sigh, "Ok, but why?"

Stony turns himself a little more towards Sparky as he holds the jar to him, "I heard this years snow was going to be magically induced...So I thought I would collect it. After all magic snow would be a lot better if i'm going to create a talking snow pony."

"Snow pony?" Sparky blinks to the words as he waits for a response.

However the answer doesn't come from Stony as the little filly next to him speaks up with a smile, "It's a pony made outta snow."

A smile comes to Stony's face as he looks to Sparky, "Questions?"

The sarcastic voice brings another sigh from Sparky but he nods his head as he speaks up, "Ya, is it like conjuring spells?"

"OH, you know of Conjuring hmm?" Stony holds an impressed stare as he nods his head, "Yes, it is a conjuring spell."

"Do you think you could-..." Sparky's words are cut off as the filly speaks up in an excited voice, "Oh it's the pony from the stage!"

To the words Violet pauses her trot forward as the little filly gallops over towards her, "How do you make it snow?"

Violet holds a confused but friendly smile to the unknown earth pony foal as Stony and Sparky trot over, "Ah, I should have known the betrunken's daughter was the pony on stage." He taps his hoof to his mouth for a moment as he floats the jar of snow towards the mare, "Now I do not have to rush home."

The jar that almost sits on Violet's snout brings even more of a confused stare as she just blinks to the gray stallion's request.

Stony nods his head as he takes the jar back from her, "Could you freeze this please, just the top not the snow."

Violet's horn sparks up as it wraps too the jar as she runs through a quick spell, the slight flash of magic has let a cap of ice to the top of the jar.

"Ah, thank you." Stony's eyes turn to the filly as he speaks up, "Gala, we should get home before this melts."

The filly gives a low whine as she turns her head from Violet, "Awww, but I want to know how to make it snow."

A faint laugh comes to Stony as he speaks up, "I'll tell you how, you pay a pegasus to do it."

"Wait." Sparky takes a hoof forward as he speaks up, "You said you know Conjuring stuff, do you think you could clone like ingredients or something?"

Violet brings her hooves up as her confusion to the conversation finally reaches it's head. It only takes a moment for Sparky to answer the question as he shifts his eyes between her and the gray stallion, "Stony knows about conjuring, I thought practicing your spell for Celestia might be a good thing."

But the words bring a slight smile to Violet's face as she quickly looks to Stony and absent mindedly brings her hooves up with her question.

However the mare's motions don't mean anything to him as he slowly eases the jar of snow into his bag, "Yes...I don't understand hoofing."

"She wants to know if there's a way to duplicate the ingredients." The gray stallion nods his head to the comment as he holds his head up high, "Oh let me guess, you were surprised to find that the items couldn't be copied with a simple spell right?" He cocks his eyes to Violet as he waits for a response.

Violet nods her head as Stony's voice starts back up, "Well that's because some ingredients have a different kind of magic to them." His words stop as he holds a smile, "Hmm I suppose I can see if cloning your ingredients could be cloned."

To the words Violet nods her head as she hooves out a simple thank you.

But before Sparky can speak up the gray stallion's voice rings back in, "I assume you still live with betrunken, so I will stop by tomorrow...Now if you excuse me I need to get home." The stallion turns his attention to the young filly as he waits for her to follow after him.

As the two ponies start to walk away Sparky begins to flex his wings out a little as he looks up to the clouds, "Well I should start helping with the cloud stuff...C-ya Violet."

Violet nods to the comment as she turns her head towards one of the side streets of the town hall and begins to push her way through the crowds as she starts her trip back home.

End of chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 6 – Oh there you are

You continue to nod your head to whom ever is talking right now as you slowly start to just shut your active listening mind down. You're not complaining about sitting around all day and you're not mad about catching up with Twilight's parents, but talking about the same thing you have been almost forced to relay to almost everypony for the last few weeks has kind of taken it’s toll...Still the idea of talking about what happened in the Crystal empire and in Vanhover essentially to Twilight's dad does bring a feeling of pride. But that conversation has ended.

The thing that has turned your mind into wandering thoughts is the fact that Twilight's parents have decided to turn their comments too a reason why you two should not have another foal after this one, baby tips that you and Twilight already knew, and various things about how to warm milk...Which of course you're a pro at.

Your abilities to break away from the conversation at the table you sit at slowly fades as you realize the white mare holds a smile to you.

"...So have you heard from Celestia as to who will be presiding over Vanhoover?" Despite what you had thought her smile wasn't directed to you, but you now bring yourself back to reality as you turn your head to Twilight as she speaks up, "No, Celestia hasn't sent me anything about it since we got back."

Velvet nods her head as she brings the cup of tea she made up to herself for a sip, but her voice doesn't stay gone for long as she shrugs, "What about the school? Shouldn't Celestia have sent you something about that?"

A faint laugh comes up from Night Light as he speaks up, "Ha, from what you two have said Violet has already shown she can handle her magic." He holds a happy smile as his voice turns a little lower, "But I think we all knew she would take after Twilight."

You hold a light laugh to the initially good comment as you just continue to listen to the conversation.

Twilight copies your laugh but she shakes her head a little as she speaks up, "Well I don't really think I can help that much any more...She's started to do more with conjuring and creation spells."

Her comment rolls your eyes as you think over the few books Twilight already pulled from the library, despite Violet telling you and Twilight she wanted to learn it on her own.

Velvet wiggles her hoof to the lavender mare as she speaks up, "And now you know how I felt when you came back from your first year-..."

As Velvet's words roll around the room the sound of the front door opening turns everyponies heads. At first the light purple mare doesn't pay any mind to the ponies in the room. However that doesn't last long as she does a slight double take to everypony.

"Violet." The white mare has already moved from the table as she trots towards the young mare, "Oh...How do you already look so grown up?"

A brief smile comes to the young mare as Velvet brings her into a quick embrace. You and Twilight follow the mare's lead as you stand from the table, "How was the spell?"

Violet nods her head as she just waves her hoof.

To the answer Twilight starts her trot up the stairs as she speaks up, "That's good, i'm going to check on Aerolight."

Velvet's horn sparks up as she directs the young mare's trot to follow her, "We got you a little something Violet.” The dark blue satchel from the table comes up, "One of our friends recently gave this to us as a gift..." Velvet lowers her voice as she pokes her head a little closer to Violet, “But I believe they gave it to us as a ploy to get us to attend more events in their favor...” A slight giggle comes from the mare as she continues, “And Celestia knows I don’t like those gatherings of stuffy uppity ponies.”

Her comment flicks Night Light’s ear as he speaks up, “But I thought you liked those parties?”

The white mare turns her head back to the stallion as she waves her hoof with a sincere tone, “Oh...of course I do honey.”

A faint chuckle comes up from you as you look over Velvet's smile.

As her words end the pouch of the satchel comes undone as a silver chain white stoned gem necklace comes floating out of it, followed by a small book. Velvet's magic moves the necklace to Violet as the young mare takes it into her hold.

"It's a mood necklace..." Velvet brings her hoof up as she continues, "made with a diamond from Unicorn Range. But not just any kind of diamond, that stone is from the part of Unicorn range that's constantly getting sprayed with the rainbows from Cloudsdale."

Violet floats the necklace around her neck as the mare continues to speak up, "...And from what I understand gems like that are a little bit more in tuned with magic, making them supposedly able to help with some spells." A faint giggle comes from Velvet as she rolls her hoof, "But if it doesn't work like that at least it looks pretty."

A smile comes to Violet's face from the comment. But you turn your eyes to the now slightly pink glowing stone as you speak up, "Well at least it works." You give a little grin to the young mare as you continue, "Now I know when you're calling me bad names."

Your comment rolls the mares eye but the stone doesn't change in color.

"So tell us Violet, what did you think about your first year." Velvet holds her smile as she directs the young mares trot over to the table.

Seeing the opportunity to drift away from the conversation you take it.

The sun outside has started to drift down to it's hiding spot behind the distant mountain ranges. The windows around the house have taken on a foggy lay from the warm air of the house settling against the cool now snowing world outside. Which gave a little bonus to the warm meal you ate for dinner...Even if Twilight cooked it.

Twilight's parents end up leaving only a few hours after Violet came home and you haven't had any visits from Rainbow that along with only about a dozen ponies coming by to pick up or drop off books made today a pretty simple day.Your guess is that today's winter start thing kept most ponies busy, at least it explains why Rainbow hadn't stopped by seeing as how according to Violet every pegasus was asked to help with cloud duty...Note to self ask Rainbow if she still thinks she can do everything in ten seconds.

A low groan comes up from the table that makes you turn your head as you stop putting up the few books that you had set aside for later.

"...Why do we even have winter?" Spike's whiny voice rolls through the house as he almost glues his claws to the warm cup of whatever he made earlier.

"Spike you slept all day and took a forty minute bath, how are you still cold?" Twilight cocks her head from the bottle sucking foal as she waits for a response from the little dragon at the table.

Spike starts up in a laugh as he pokes his claw towards her, "Well still, why do we have to have snow? Canterlot doesn't have snow except for holidays or events."

You float the last book to what you think is it's spot as you think over his comment, only snow in certain places and certain periods of time? Hm...

Twilight rolls her eyes as she turns back to the colt in the highchair, "Ponyville technically would still have snow if pegasus did not induce it, the clouds from the Everfree forest would still get cool and some would blow out into the town."

Another groan comes to Spike as he turns to the light purple mare sitting to his side with her head buried to the small book Twilight's mom gave her, "Well today felt extra cold..."

To the slightly annoyed tone Violet brings her head up as she just gives a devious closed eyed smile.

"Maybe if you tried waking up earlier tomorrow you would be able to adjust to the change in temperature?" Twilight's know it all tone turns Spike's head as he gives another simple laugh, "OR, I could just sleep all day..." He taps his claw to his chin as he speaks up, "Ya...I could be like a bear."

As Spike's words end a silent yawn comes over the light purple mare and she's struck with a deep exhaustion that slightly droops her eye lids. She jerks her head up as she starts to close the book in front of her with another yawn.

You pick up on her sudden change as she starts to stand from the table as she floats the book up next to her, "You alright?"

Violet waves her hoof to you as she hooves out a quick response. But it only brings a light chuckle to you as you speak up, "You're tired?"

Your words spark Spike's voice up as he nods his head to Violet, "See, i'm not the only one that got affected by the cold weather."

The little dragon's choice of words takes Twilight's attention as she turns her head to the young mare that now starts towards the stairs, "You didn't rush through that spell did you?"

Violet doesn't stop her trot to bring her hooves up as she just shakes her head, but the onslaught of questions she was hoping to avoid doesn't stop as Twilight again speaks up, "You didn't catch a cold did you?"

Again Violet shakes her head now more annoyed as she starts to quicken her pace up the stairs.

You trot towards the bottom of the stairs but you don't bring your voice up as you just watch the mare making her way up the stairs. Your sight of the mare is cut short though as she starts into the hallway.

The quick trot has brought her into her room, as she passes into it the low chime that holds to the book is lost as she brings it to set on the dresser to her right. Another yawn comes to the mare as she closes the door behind her and begins to untie her bow and remove the light blue necklace from around her neck.

It only takes a moment for the young mare to move to her bed but she doesn't immediately get in as she turns her gaze to the closed window. The upstairs of the house has always had a certain extra warmth feel brought on from the tree's branches and leaves that hang just outside of most of the windows upstairs. Her horn comes up as she cracks the window a little to let the chilled air come in without the risk of the floor being covered in snow tomorrow.

With another yawn the young mare moves her hooves to the bed as she starts to climb into it.

End of chapter 6