Lulamoon

A blue unicorn mare with a curly silver mane stood beside a dark blue earth pony stallion with the slate mane, both watching their daughter eagerly. A unicorn filly with a moon and wand on her flank used her rosy magic to levitate and manipulate a small blue gem: throwing it up in the air and catching it with magic, twirling it around her head, and moving it in irregular patterns. She was smiling, and passed the exam with obvious ease. The two adult ponies embraced the younger filly, and they walked outside in the sunshine. The small, happy family went into a small shop and soon came out with two pieces of clothing: a purple hat and cape covered in stars. The mother affixed the cape to the little filly with the blue gem from the exam, and the father good-naturedly thumped the hat on her head...

Trixie's eyes flew open and she sat up quickly, reminding herself she was in Canterlot Castle with Princess Luna, not in Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns with her parents...she shook her head to clear the memory. Trixie jumped out of bed and used her magic to straighten the covers and pillow. Satisfied with its appearance, Trixie trotted to the kitchen and gulped down a haybiscuit and some orange juice. Trotting out back to the mantel/door, Trixie composed herself and prepared mentally for a hard mental day.

Trixie poked her horn into the mantelpiece hole and the magical door opened. She walked out of the fireplace and immediately encountered Princess Luna and Princess Celestia, both levitating cups of hot coffee they were sipping. Celestia's warm and genial smile eased Trixie ever so slightly. Maybe she wasn't such a bad pony after all.

"Hello, Beatrix. It's so nice to meet you." Celestia's voice was as calming as her smile.

"Good morning, Princess Celestia. It is an honor to meet you as well."

"From what my sister has told me, you are planning to learn more about magic? Well, I wish you the best of luck. Good day!"

"Good day, sister," intoned Luna seriously. The Princess turned to me.

"I shall tutor you at my sister's School for Gifted Unicorns. I assume you are familiar with the place?" Trixie gave the slightest of nods.

"Good. Now, do you remember the teleportation spell I used to bring us to Canterlot?"

"Yes."

"Do you feel you can replicate it?"

"I...I think so."

"Try." Princess Luna stepped back to allow Trixie some room and concentration. Trixie focused on the feeling of separation she had felt, and channeled that and a picture of Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns into her magic. However, her magic sparked and burned out.

"I...I guess I can't. I'm sorry, Princess." The Princess of the Night didn't look too concerned. Instead, she just closed her eyes and spoke:

"I will begin the teleportation spell, but you have to try it again alongside me. You almost had it."

Trixie tried again, this time with a bit more success. Princess Luna combined her magic with her protege's, and together the pair disappeared in a flash of blue and pink light, reappearing in front of Princess Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns. They silently walked inside. Up the stairs, through the noisy hallways, down to the very last classroom. Princess Luna opened the door, and Trixie walked inside.

There were two simple desks, facing each other. One desk was slightly larger and held a binder and quill. The other was smaller and held a notebook and quill. Trixie sat at the smaller desk, and Princess Luna at the large desk. Luna touched her hooves together lightly and leaned back on her chair.

"Let us begin." Trixie levitated the violet quill and opened to the first page of her notebook, emblazoned with her cutie mark.

"Magic is like flexibility. You learn it from an experienced user, you use it again, and again, and again, and over time it becomes easier and you become stronger and more comfortable using magic. Most unicorns stop there. Other unicorns, who have special talents for magic, may go on learning advanced spells and magical theories. If you don't use your magic, or use it improperly, then your power will diminish." Trixie frantically scribbled notes in her notebook, not wanting to miss a word.

"I'm going to asses you on the spells you know, and how well you can perform them. The first one is this..."