Crystallized

Twilight sighed, three straight hours of helping Sweetie Belle learn the basics is harder than you think.

"So, Sweetie Belle. What have we learned?" The alicorn asked.

"Stay straight," Sweetie Belle said, standing and saluting. The three laughed quietly, "Believe in yourself!" She said with a gleaming smile, "And relax!" The filly finished, shaking her hooves around.

Rarity and Twilight glanced at each other and smiled, "Ok, Sweetie Belle!" Rarity said, "We think you're ready."

        The filly jumped around excitedly, "What are we learning now? What? Huh! What's next?!"

        Twilight quietly walked out of the room for a moment. When she came back she was smiling, levitating a book and placing it down onto the table.

        "Aww! Not more reading!" Sweetie Belle complained.

        Rarity giggled and looked over to Twilight, "No, Sweetie Belle. I don't think Twilight wants you to read this book. Maybe you can try and levitate it?" The mare suggested.

        Sweetie Belle's eyes widened slightly and stared at the book. "Oh..." She answered quietly. There was a long pause as the two mares cautiously waited for her to try and move it.

        Minute after minute ticked by, the filly concentrated as hard as she could. Twilight and Rarity widened their eyes and watched carefully as Sweetie Belle glared at the book intensely. Flattening her ears, Sweetie Belle winced and noticed tiny lime green sparks bounce from her horn. The filly jumped up and smiled, though sat down and noticed larger sparks fly away. They became more frequent until finally, after days of trying, a flickering green aura encased her horn. The book in front of her struggled to levitate, though it lifted off of the ground.

        Rarity and Twilight beamed at the flying pages, then realized that Sweetie Belle was jumping around excitedly. The book sped past Rarity's muzzle and she gasped in shock.

        "Careful now, Sweetie Belle!" Twilight said, "Being too hyper can cause your magic to go haywire!" Rarity added.

        Sweetie Belle blushed and flattened her ears again, "Oops, sorry Rarity!" She sat down next to the floating book and smiled.

        The excited filly experimented with her new magic she tried to move the book around, though she never succeeded at maneuvering it very far before it flickered out and fell to the floor. Though, Sweetie Belle continuously attempted to position the book, struggling occasionally.

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                                                                                     A Few Weeks Later...

        "Ok.... Good Sweetie Belle! Careful now... Steady... Steady..." Twilight said but was rudely interrupted by a crash of plates, Sweetie Belle winced and looked over at the pile of shards.

        "Oops..." The filly blushed, "I-I'm sorry!"

        "Oh well, I can clean that up later.... Uh.. Why don't we use a stack of books instead?" Twilight suggested.

        Sweetie Belle looked up from the mess, "Good idea!!!"

        The alicorn laughed and walked out of the room, "Spike!!!!!!! What in the name of EQUESTRIA did you do!?" Twilight yelled. Curious, Sweetie Belle walked quietly down to the stairs and noticed a giant pile of books covering the library floor.

        Spike ran out from another room into Sweetie Belle's view, "WHAT DID YOU GUYS DO!?" He asked.

        "That's what I'm asking you!" Twilight said, obviously confused.

        The alicorn turned around and noticed Sweetie Belle, "Um... It might have been me..." Sweetie Belle stated nervously.

        Spike ignored what everypony was saying, "I just finished organizing all of this!!!"

        Twilight glanced at Sweetie Belle and blushed, "Oh... Why do you think this was because of you?"

        Sweetie Belle blushed, "Well lets face it. One, you were working with me so you couldn't have done it! Two, Spike was probably making something in the kitchen considering he's wearing and apron. So it was probably me, it felt like I was carrying much more also..."

        "Well... You're a pretty good thinker when it comes to arguments..." Spike stated, walking over to help Twilight put away the stacks of books.

        The filly giggled, "That's why Rarity try's not to argue with me much!" Sweetie Belle trotted down and levitated one book at a time back to its proper place.