Special Talents Aren't Just for Ponies

It was a rainy Autumn day in Ponyville.

Due to the annual running of the leaves the weather ponies had scheduled a massive downfall for the day, the sky was dark and gloomy clouds hovered over the sky looming over the poor ponies who had to go outside. This weather however was exceedingly awful for a certain purple baby dragon who lived in Twilight's castle. It was this little dragon's day off and he couldn't go to the spa or go to his favorite gem shop without getting soaked down to the scales.

"Twilight can we please do something to day? I'll even take re-ordering the book shelves" The little dragon whined with a hint of sarcasm hopefully to his friend. "It's wet, boring and I have nothing to do!"

"I'm sorry Spike!" Princess Twilight Sparkle, the purple alicorn answered. "I have got Apple Bloom, Sweetie Bell and Scootaloo coming around for twilight time and I can't spare a moment. You know I would otherwise."

"Yeah... Alright." Sighed Spike as he turned to find a nice comfortable spot to lie down with his blanket and a comic book.

It was not long until the playful laughter filled the halls of the crystalline castle. Scootaloo, Sweetie Bell and Apple Bloom galloped in brandishing their Cutiemark Crusaders capes and their brand spanking new Cutiemarks. Spike however wasn't as high spirited as the young fillies and found himself roused by the noise the ponies produced.

"Hnnn what's going on?" Questioned the young dragon as he stuck his head from below the blankets.

"I told you already Spike!" Spoke Twilight Sparkle in her cheerful but informative tone. "It's Twilight Time."

"Oh... Right." Spike replied, rubbing the sleep from his eyes.

Pulling back his blanket Spike got out of the nest that he had made and came to investigate.

"So what are we doing today Twilight?" Came enthusiastically from Scootaloo who's wings were flapping chaotically, lifting her off the ground slightly before an ungraceful landing.

Twilight used her magic to move two boxes through the air in front of the fillies, opening them up. One of  the boxes contained a potion making set for Apple Bloom and one contained a set of what looked to be the components for a very complex bicycle for Scootaloo to assemble.

"Today Apple Bloom could you please try the recipe for a luck potion on page 22." Twilight used her magic to levitate a book to the young yellow filly. "And Scootaloo, I have a three seater tandem bicycle for you to build." The Alicorn Princess smiled and spoke informatively and ever so slightly in a matter of fact. "You never know, it might come in handy for those Cutie Mark Crusader missions"

"Cooool!" Enthused Scootaloo.

"Oooh! Oh! What am I going to do?!" Questioned Sweetie Bell who was patiently waiting her turn.

The other two fillies were already setting up their tasks with excitement, Twilight simply smiled down at the pony before answering.

"I am going to teach you summoning spells, you know... In case you forget a very important book or... a scroll or a quill." The Princess's enthusiasm picked up as she spoke however Sweetie Bell didn't seem to find it that exciting.

"Oh... Kay.." the filly replied.

Twilight used her magic to lift another book off a shelf and set it in front of Sweetie Bell.

"There you go, Chapter Two and page thirty  six. It's under 'conjuration and teleportation'." Twilight finished speaking and looked down to spy her purple dragon friend at her hooves. "Do you need something Spike?" She asked.

"Twilight why do you still do Twilight Time? They have already got their Cutie Marks." Spike twiddled his claws slightly as he asked the question, slightly embarrassed of not knowing the answer. Twilight Sparkle looked like she was going to give a long winded answer before Apple Bloom interrupted.

"We asked her! We may have our cutie marks but it's good if we learn other things too. That way we can help people with their super special talents!"

She held her hooves in the air with the enthusiasm of her statement, almost spilling a beaker of a blue liquid onto the crystal floor.

Spike scratched his head and nodded, he was still confused but the reassuring smiles of his friends let him know that it was all the answer he needed.

Spike helped with the 'Twilight Time' students for a while, fetching books and finding tools for Scootaloo though after a while the students got the hang of it and he retired to a chair to catch up on one of his favorite comic books.