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Chapter 15 – Okay now, bye-bye then

The late after noon day sun has taken it's warm bright yellowy hold over Canterlot, which has brought out most of the ponies of the city as they now rush to the next warm building.

Violet however, doesn't even attempt to move fast as she continues down the main roads of Canterlot. The young mare's stomach is stuff full with food and her mind is still cramped with all the compliments her grandmother could ring out. Truthfully she didn't think the older mare would ever let her leave the house, but with a little white lie about having to study she was able to free herself from the food coma that most likely would have formed if she stayed.

The library coming into sight slowly brings the young mare's head up as she continues. Violet may not have to study, but over the last few weeks she has been helping Asher out just about everyday after school. The young mare didn't really expect to start her study sessions almost everyday, but not meeting up with Sparky until later in the day has sort of left the mare with no one to really hang out with.

Violet brings a friendly smile to her face as she passes through the library doors, her change in face does chase away the expression that just begs to sleep off all the food she ate but it does little to change the way she feels.

(Across town)

A low chime of magic rings up next to the light gray crystal mane whose coat and mane give off a bright aura of colors from the bright sun above her as she continues her trot down the dirt road.

However, Starlight's trot comes to a slight halt as the young mare looks over a small circular group of mares and stallions that's formed a little off the road towards the empty track. The mare blinks to the group for a moment but it's the familiar stuffy nosed voice that turns the mare's trot as she hoovers the folded letter that she was asked to deliver a little closer to her.

As she nears the group a lean chocolate coated stallion wearing a bright orange satchel around him turns his head with a cocky smile as he looks over the crystally unicorn mare, "Come to watch the show?"

Starlight looks over the turned stallion who now casually tries to flex his wings as she speaks up, "What show?"

The stallion gives a little chuckle as he takes a step back and points to the middle of the group, "Sparky-Lighting that is who."

Starlight takes a step forward to the now opened spot as she looks over the familiar light orange pegasus who's still talking.

"...Alright remember you have to straighten your wings back like this." Sparky puffs his chest out a little as he extends his wings out far behind him.

"Like this?" The larger white stallion next to him holds his wings out as he waits for Sparky to speak up.

Sparky nods to the stallion's stance as he gives an encouraging smile, "Good now you got the rest?"

"Ya..."

Sparky takes a step back as he folds his wings and turns to the group that usually forms around him when ever he and Streak work on the spell. Truthfully all the onlooking ponies made the slightly shy stallion a little nervous when he first helped out, but after a few more practices he got use to the ponies that gathered, "Um, can everypony just take a step back?"

Everypony takes a step back as Sparky brings himself to stand at the end of the group, to the backed away onlookers Streak takes a deep breath as he gives a hard and fast flap of his wings forward.

A loud clap of thunder runs from the stallion's wings as a white streak of lightning strikes the cloud target that was set up a little above the track.

Starlight blinks to the bolt as she looks to the remnants of the cloud that just loft in the wind, however she doesn't hold her gaze for long as she turns to the light orange pegasus at the end of the group.

Everypony starts up in a little cheer as Sparky's voice comes up, "Good job Streak."

The white stallion turns his head to the voice with an excited and slightly jittery tone, "I think I finally got it done, it's actually pretty easy after you get the hang of it."

Sparky nods as he gives a little laugh, "Ya I think you got it."

Streak folds his wings down as he quickly brings his excited trot up, "Perfect, and today is my last tryout, this should really help thanks Sparky. Now I need to get going before Sorin docks me points for being late." He clears his throat as he tries to run the excited tone back down to his normal deep and calm tone, "A-all you ponies should go and study if you need to, today may be a day off but you shouldn't slack off.”

A slight laugh runs up from a few ponies as they start to drift from the group, but the stallion next to Starlight speaks up as he gives a coy smile, "So ya, i'm like Sparky's best friend... You want to meet him? I mean heck I could probably show you what I know to."

Starlight gives a slight laugh to the comment as she trots away from the stallion with a little shake of the head, "No, I think i'm fine with that."

The stallion blinks to the mare as she trots towards Streak, "A-alright ya that's cool maybe later."

"Excuse me." Starlight floats the letter up to the stallion as he turns around, "I was asked to deliver this to Sorin, but I wouldn't know where he's meeting if he's not in the school."

Streak nods to the comment as he takes the letter from the mare, "That's fine, I can handle it."

"Starlight?" Sparky now trots over to the crystal mare as Streak begins to take himself from the ground with the letter in hoof.

The mare turns her head to Sparky as she gives a friendly smile, "Hello Sparky..." A faint giggle comes up from the mare as she wiggles her hoof towards him, "I know you had said that spell was loud but you did not mention it was also dazzling."

Sparky rubs his hoof to his neck as he shrugs, "Well actually Streak can do the spell a lot better then me."

Starlight nods to the comment as she continues, "That's just because he is an older-..."

"Oh Sparky-Lighting, this is the unicorn you moan over in the bathroom huh?" The chocolate stallion gives a loud chuckle as he wraps his hoof around Sparky in a friendly gesture.

However Sparky's eyes go wide as he stays silent. His silence though, does little to the stallion that leans to him as the slightly bigger stallion gives a little chuckle to the stunned stallion, "Just a little joke man, oh here's your bag bro."

Sparky gives a little chuckle as the stallion moves his leg from around his neck and to the bag he now holds out, "Y-ya, thanks Chase."

The stallion waves his hoof to the comment as he nods to Sparky, "No problem bro." He turns his cocky smile to Starlight as he gives a little nod, "Nice to meet ya Vi-.."

"Hey Sparky!" Chase's comment is cut off as a high pitched feminine voice comes up the chocolate coated stallion turns his head to a group of three pegasus mares that now trot closer, "... So like we we're all like wondering if you want to like hang out or something, you know show us some more of that spell thing."

Sparky gives a friendly smile too the three mares as he starts to put the bag around himself, "Oh... Well actually I head to the library for a bit around now."

The light pink and rose maned mare in the center now speaks up as she cocks her head, "Oh you do?"

Chase now cuts in as he rolls his hoof to the comment, "Hey I can show you a few things..." He quickly trots past them as he nods, "Ya, I'll show you the pose and everything come on." Chase gives a little smile to Sparky as the mare's slowly follow after him, "See ya Sparky-Lighting."

Sparky gives a little smile as he just gives a weak wave of the hoof, "Uh, ya bye."

To the now mostly absent area around them Starlight brings her voice up, "So you're going to the library now huh?"

Sparky starts his trot up as he nods, "Ya, I actually have a little math I need to work on."

Starlight brings herself next to him as they start down the road, "Mind if I tag along?"

A friendly smile comes to Sparky as he shakes his head, "No it's fine."

To the comment Starlight sparks up another question as she squint a little, "Good, because I actually was wondering what kind of math you had to do in the Wonderbolt's academy."

"Oh ya..." A little chuckle runs from Sparky as he nods a little to the left and right, "Mostly it's angles of flight paths and cloud density." He cocks an eye to her as he continues, "And trust me, the cloud stuff is NOT easy."

A little giggle runs from Starlight as she nods, "I'll take your word for it."

"What about you, how's your stuff going?" The comment brings a slight huff to the crystal mare as her vibrant green mane darkens a little, "Well, it would be ok but our magic teacher wants the first part of our main report this week and I haven't even started it."

Sparky cocks his head to the comment as he smiles, "Haven't started it?"

Starlight shrugs to the comment as she continues, "Well it's not the easiest sort of assignment, we have to have a... Partner for this report, and it's not that easy seeing as how everypony besides from Violet still thinks i'm trying to out shine them somehow."

"Well how come you don't just work with Violet?" Sparky's comment slows Starlight's trot as she looks the stallion over, "A-aren't you helping Violet with her main project?"

Sparky thinks over the comment for a moment as he starts to shake his head, "Mhmmm nno? No, I can't remember her saying there was a report she needed my help on." A faint chuckle comes up from Sparky as he cocks his head,' Why what's it on?"

Starlight blinks to the question as she straightens her head, I-its just a generating magic assignment..." She bites her lip for a moment as she slowly brings her voice up, "W-would you be able to help me with mine?"

The comment again pauses Sparky as he just tries to think over why Violet wouldn't need the help, but the only conclusion is that she already finished it and didn't need the help, "Ya I guess, what do I need to do?"

His comment brings Starlight's crystally mane up with a slight pinkish glow as the mare stammers a little, "I-I don't actually know... I'll ask around to see what every pony else did."Starlight brings her voice down as she lowers her head, "So you and Violet never talked about the report?"

Sparky shakes his head to the comment as he speaks up, "Well she's mentioned it a few times, but I think she finished it."

"Oh maybe that's why Asher and her have been spending a lot more time together." The comment flicks Sparky's ear as he thinks it over, "Y-ya, maybe that's why... I mean it would make sense to do a project about magic generating with a unicorn." Sparky's own words bring his ears down a little, but Starlight's voice rings up as she shrugs a little, "I suppose... But I don't mind Sparky." A sweet smile comes up from the mare as she just continues to trot next to the light orange pegasus as they start onto Canterlot’s hard stone roads.

End of chapter 15