Chapter 7

After Party

“In the name of Celestia… What happened last night? … Uh, Why does my head hurt?”

Rising from a pile of trash, Spike could see that the party from the night before had been a success, along with trashing the entire Library. Sooner or later he would have to help clean up the torrent of trash that lay before him. Twilight always stuck him with all the cleaning, especially after one of her parties; for a quiet bookworm she sure did have a reputation for throwing wild parties. Which was unfair how she would stick Spike with all the cleaning while she did one of her so called so-called studies, with a copy HouseFancy Magazine and an old movie likeHoof Fiction. I was left with all the hard work. He was just happy that everypony had finally gone home. It usually was such a hassle getting the leftover ponies from the night before to leave. With a groggy voice, the young dragon called out into the dingy house, to no avail. The library remained silent.

“Hello? Anypony…? Is anypony here? …” With still no answer the young dragon started shifting through the trash, trying to making his way towards the kitchen.

He thought to himself. ‘What if they’re hiding? What if they want me toclean this entire mess all by myself?’ Still he was only greeted by nothingness.

Not giving up, the purple dragon pressed the problem at hand. "I know you're somewhere around here. Now if you guys think I’m going to clean up this entire mess all by myself, you got another thing coming. So you might all well get out here.”

With still no answer, the young dragon started on the cleanup effort. Living with an OCD pony could make anypony a little bit of a clean freak themselves.

It didn't take him a long time to finishing cleaning. He then headed over the living room. Before he could even finish the first corner, he could still hear snoring from the living room. Heading back, Spike didn’t notice anything out of the ordinary. Scanning the room, he could still hear a torrent of sound but still with no sight of the source. He looked up, and to his surprise Shadow was hanging from the ceiling in a cocoon of tape. which had been slowly deteriorating throughout the night which it finally snapped, causing shadow to come crashing down to earth right on top of the purple dragon.

Crushed underneath the dark dragon, Spike started kicking his fallen friend. Slowly the sleepy Shadow finally started to come through. In a daze the dragon took a gaze around the destroyed room.

With a sluggish tone the sleeping Shadow was able to mumble out a short phrase. “Is it morning? Ah give me five more minutes, mom.”

Irritated spike launched the dark dragon off towards a nearby couch. “Of course not; and you could have really hurt me!” Dusting himself off, spike walked over to the droozy Shadow.

“And another thing, how did you get taped to the top of the ceiling anyway?”

Yawning, Shadow let out a long stretch popping a few bones in the process. “OOOOoooh. Beats me. I don’t even remember a thing from last night, let alone that.”

“Well as long as nopony got hurt I don’t care.” Shrugged Spike.

As Shadow started to wake up a few fragmented memories began returning to him. “Oh yeah I remember now. Ha! That was some kind of party last night. I think that’s been the funniest night I’ve had in forever.”

“Yeah well it wasn’t fun having you come crashing into me.”

“Oh yeah sorry about that.”

“Whatever, just don’t let it happen again. Another stunt like that and I’ll end up in a comma.” Chuckled Spike.

“Yeah, but now that I think about it, I’m starting to recall a few things. It involved a drunken Rainbow Dash, a bet, some tape and a broomstick, but that’s it, everything else is a bit of a blur. I think it had to do with Pinkie’s Super Zap Sour Sucker Punch. After a sip of that stuff, things can get a bit crazy.

Spike gave Shadow a weird look. “I don’t know if I want to know anymore. First off you never want to play around with a Drunk Rainbow, but above all things you never want to mix and Pinkie's punch into any kind of bet. It always ends in tragedy, trust me if you ever see Rainbow’s Turtle don’t ask about the scar on his shell.”

“Good morning everypony. I take it you all slept well.” Twilight came walking in from her private study with a hoof-full of books and a messy mane. Dark bags Hung down her eye, while her entire face seemed drained off all energy. It was obvious that she had stayed up much later than most ponies would even dare to stay up, all in the name of her studies. She had been putting on delay for the past few days. “I hope I didn’t miss anything thing last night, after I cut the party short but I had some things to deal with.

“Not much, and I don’t think Shaodow remembers a thing.”

Rubbing her eyes, she took note of the room. “Well, this mess tells a different story. ”

“Yeah, I’m going to get a start on it after breakfast.”

“Oh don’t worry about that, in fact take the day off. I need to get some work done with Asher and I don’t want any distractions. Besides, I have a new spell that I think will do the trick. If they works right then it should make cleaning a lot easier.” Looking down Twilight saw a mass of used tape, which she rolled into a ball and throwing it into a nearby trash can.

“Really? I can do that?” Spike peaked with excitement.

“Of course, everypony deserve a break now and then. So how about some breakfast. Does some hay bacon sound good.”

“Sure, but can we have some eggs with that?”

“Yeah-yeah, don’t worry about it.”

While Spike and Twilight were talking. They didn’t take in the consider how Shadow had no idea what they were talking about. “Hey Spike. What’s hay bacon? Is it like normal bacon? I mean you guys eat meat-right?”

“Meat?! Of course not. why would anypony ever want to try something like that?”

“Because of the taste of course, I personally think it’s the best food group. But I’m not all that surprised, I mean you were raised by ponies. A Alpha Dragon’s life is very different from a pony’s.”

Spike was taken back by how casual Shadow had been, and even though he found it repulsive, Spike couldn’t help but to wonder what it would be like to eat a chicken or maybe even a cow. “Well I guess I’ve thought about it before. But what would all my other friends think, especially, Fluttershy.

“Oh so, you haven't completely signed off meat just I see. What if I was able to smuggle in some beef jerky, would you like that? All I would have to do is perform a teleportation spell.”

“Well maybe someday, but never said I was going to try something like umm-beef? It was just on my mind once. Back when the great dragon migration came flying into Ponyville a while back I was preparing to join and I was packing a sandwich when it hit me. Don’t dragons eat meat? So for the better part of the trip to the Migration Site that’s all I thought about.”

“Wait, you’ve been to the dragon migration? Of all the Alphas, I don’t believe you were able to do something like that.”

“Yeah? Is there something wrong with that?”

“Well it’s just that the dragons you encountered are a little different. My dad did tell you about the differences between us-” Pointing to Spike, Shadow went on. “-and them.”

Giving Shadow a confused look, Spike was lost. “Them? Them who?”

Shocked Shadow took a deep breath. “ My dad told me your knowledge on dragons was limited, but this is a ridiculous.”

“Well I’ve only been around other dragons a grand total of three times until you came to town. SO you don’t have to act all high and mighty.” Snapped Spike.

Shocked, Shadow had to take a few steps back. “Woah there I didn’t mean anything by it. I’m only trying to help. I just think it's kind of sad. I don’t mean any offence to you Its jusy how I feel. Here how about after Breakfast we go outside and I’ll tell you everything you want to know about being a Alpha Dragon.”

Spike’s attitude flipped. He had been waiting his entire life to know who he was. Now the only thing that stood between him and his answers was one meal.

“Sure, that sounds gre...”

“BREAKFAST!” Screamed Twilight.

After breakfast, the two dragons headed over to a creek near sweet Apple Acres. They decided to skip a few rocks, with each rock tacking a few jumps before disappearing under the creek’s small waves. While they continued their previous conversation. A cool breeze made its way past them and into town.

“You see, Spike, this is the life. You’re really lucky, did you know that?”

“What do you mean by that?”

“Well back where I’m from, it usually rains all day and it’s too quiet... None of the birds ever chirp. We have all these laws in place, so no one can have fun and it’s boring... Just boring.” The dragon sighed, staring out into the sky.

“Not like Ponyville, though...” He continued. “Here it’s different and that’s what I like about it. It’s hard to explain, but you never really know what’s going to happen next... I think that’s the way to live: not knowing what you’re going to be doing six weeks down the road. It’s just great! You get a better feel of control on your life.” Shadow grew sad, as he returned to reality.

“I really wish I could stay, but my dad wants me to come home in about a month,” he finished, sadly.

“Then ask him if you can stay a little longer.”

“Ask? That’s funny. You can’t ask my dad anything. He always says no to anything to everything I ask him.”

“Well believe it or not, Twilight and I were in the same boat once. You see we used to live in Canterlot, and we had to help set up a festival here in Ponyville. To make a long story short, we came here for a festival and we found it really nice in Ponyville. But I think it had to do with are newly made friends more than anything else. But Celestia had plans for us to go back with her. Right at the last second Twilight was able to build the courage to ask the Princess if Twilight and I could stay here in Ponyville. In the long run, it doesn’t hurt to ask.”

“I know. It’s just that he might not understand. I mean he’s put so much into the community. It wouldn’t look good on him if everyone found out that his own son doesn’t want to live in his country.”

“So let me get this straight; you want to live here, right?”

“Right.” Shadow nodded.

“And you want to tell your dad that you’re staying, right?”

Again the young dragon nodded “Yep”.

“Then send him a letter.” Chimed Spike. “I mean what’s the worst thing he can do? It’s not like he’s going to be standing next to you.”

“True… I guess I give him a call tonight.” Shrugged Shadow.

“Call? What the heck is that?” Asked a confused SPike

“You guys don’t call other ponies through a mirror?”

“No. Why would anypony do something like that?”

“To talk to someone without being right next to them, of course! That's how everyone talks in the Everfree.”

“Well I’ve only seen it happen once, and that was when I met Asher. I thought it was a one-time kind of thing. So you’re saying ponies talk through glass all the time?”

“Yeah, all you have to do is get some water or glass; anything that reflects light will do. Then you cast a spell, called Travelers Tongue or something like that, along with the name of the person and place where you want to contact them.”

“Wow, that’s all you have have to do?”

“Yep that’s all you have to do. Kind of cool isn’t it?”

“Oh, I bet Twilight can give it a shot. But I’ve been wondering…” Spike paused. “I’ve always wanted to know where I came from and this whole dragon race things is a little confusing. I just wanted to know what an Alpha Dragon was, you know? ”

Shadow was dumbstruck. “Really? You have no clue what an Alpha dragon is? Or what you even are? Come on, really?.”

“Well… No I’ve always been with ponies. I have no idea who I am, or what I’m suppose to be.

“Well, I’ll try my best to answer them.”

“Great, so where do we begin?”

“Well let’s start off with the fact you’re an Alpha dragon. It means you’re a magic-using dragon that walks upright, unlike a winged dragon who can fly. Now to cover an Alpha dragon’s anatomy. An average Alpha dragon weighs a hundred pounds or so, and usually grows to be about a foot taller than the average pony. But unlike our winged cousins, we can’t grow to the size of houses, but what we lack in size we make up with intelligence, Magic and our strong central moral codes. We’re not savages, unlike winged dragons.”

“Really? Well I was hoping to beat Rainbow Dash in a race one day, but I guess that’s out of the question. ”

Snickering, the dark dragon took a seat under a nearby oak tree. Putting a straw in his mouth, he started to chew on it, much like a farmer. “Yeah sure looks like it, doesn’t it?”

Closing his eye, Shadow let out a long yawn. “Man, I’m about to fall asleep.”

“Shadow?”

Peaking an eye open, the dark dragon looked towards Spike. “Yeah. What is it?”

“Well I got a question, but it’s a weird one. Is that fine with you?”

“Whatever it is, trust me I can handle it. I’m here to answer your questions in person.”

“Well about a year ago, around my birthday, I had an incident.”

“An ‘incident’? What kind of incident?” Shadow was now gaining some interested in the subject.

“Well, from what I’ve been told it has to deal with greed. It all started on my birthday when somepony gave me a hat just because I told them it was my birthday. But it didn’t stop there. I kept wanting more and more. Before I knew it I ended up with a pile of stuff, that I had stolen; the more I took, the bigger I got. I kept growing and growing till I was a 50 foot tall monster. They ended up calling in the military, it got that bad, and I almost destroyed the town. And I would have too if it wasn’t for a certain mare. It was the beautiful mare… Rarity.” Spike paused. Shadow could practically little hearts could be seen in the love stuck dragon eyes.

“Ok, well what happened next? I'm waiting," said Shadow, impatiently.

“Oh, sorry about that. I can get a little caught up with my story sometimes.” Spike Chuckled.

“So when I was destroying the town I saw Rarity and well… I have a little bit of a crush on her.”

“Noooo, really?” Interrupted Shadow.

“Ha, very funny. So I took her, and was going to put here with my stash up stuff I had taken when I saw something. It was a fire-red ruby I had given her just the day before, hanging around her neck. Now I’m not sure about what happened next, but I guess when I saw the ruby it reminded me of a moment where I showed some selflessness. I went back to normal after that. It’s like that moment of selflessness was a cure. Would you by any chance know what the heck happened to me that day?”

“So?”

“That’s it? ‘Ok’? That’s all you have to say? I thought you were here to help me.”

Laughing, the dark dragon stood up. “Hey chill dude, I was only playing around with you. As for what happened to you, I know exactly what happened.”

“Ok then what happened?”

“Well, My dad calls it the Grumpys.”

“Grumpys?” Echoed Spike.

Shadow eyed Spike. “Well I was getting to that.”

“So, much like a unicorn, Alpha’s are born unable to control their magic, and they have to be taught to be able to control it. Of course they can use Enchanted Items, much like the seal Twilight uses for the letters you send to Celestia. But unlike ponies, our magic reacts a little different. If we don’t use our magic, it builds up. Now when you’re little, this isn’t a problem, because the amount of magic is a lot lowe. But as you grow things start to change. Your bodies starts to produce more magic, which can cause problems.

If you let your magic build up, then you’ll start to have outbursts of raw magic. You don’t want to have bursts of magic, trust me you don’t want that to happen. When my brother went through the grumpies He ended up destroying a part of your castle. So it would probably be a smart idea if someone started giving you lessons in spell casting. We’ll deal with that later.”

“We’ll?” Echoed Spike.

“Yeah I just happened to have gone through the Grumpys around the same time a year ago myself”

“So the Grumpys is a point in your life where you start to gain strength in your abilities to use magic. Your body goes through some changes because of it, and in return affects your mood, giving it the name Grumpys. There's some other side effects, like growth. Usually an Alpha dragon only gets about four or five feet tall, but during the Grumpys you could be the size of a mountain. Greed is a another thing. A dragon can become extremely greedy during this phase, which you have personally experienced. And theres a massive list of other side effects things that could happen during the Grumpys. I’m sure you can find a book on it if you ever visit the Everfree Kingdom. If or when I have to head back off home you can come and stay with me for a while. I’m sure my Dad can tell you a lot more about who we are and stuff like that.”

Shifting through some gravel Spike found the perfect stone for skipping. It was smooth, brown and it had a bit of a shine to it. He tossed it between his claws before spitting a small flame onto the rock. HE wanted till it turned red hot before throwing it towards the creek. As the rock made contact it reacted in a hostile manner. In a cloud of steam, the rock started to hiss before falling underneath the water. “Well, that’s nice to know but I’m worried that I’ll become that monster again; because I don’t know if I can stop him twice.”

Waving him off, the dark dragon went down to the stream to skip a few rocks. “Don’t worry about it. As my dad would say: ‘ Don’t worry about stuff that doesn’t amount to a hill of beans.’ Even though it’s technically possible, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a dragon get the grumpys twice in a lifetime. I highly doubt you’ll be different. So, yeah, like I said before: don’t worry, you’ll probably grow up to be a perfectly healthy dragon.” chirped Shadow.

“Well, I’m glad you feel that way.” said Spike.

After relaxing by the water for a few more hours, the sun started setting, giving way to Luna’s moon. The sky was divided into bands of red, orange, and yellow. It was a beautiful sight, for the two, but also a sign that it was time to start heading home.

“So when are you going to study magic?”

“Magic? I haven't even thought about it really. I only found out about two weeks ago and I’ve been really busy, with traveling and and getting things ready for you and Asher. I don’t know where I would start.”

“Well after the Grumpys, you usually are supposed to start magic classes. I thought Twilight could start giving you and me some lessons when she’s not working with Asher.”

“Yeah that would be nice, but that might not work out.”

“Why not?”

“Well she has her own studies from the Princess to worry about, along side with being the librarian for Ponyville. I don’t think she has the time. Can’t you teach me a few spells?”

Embarrassed, Shadow blushed as he kicked some dirt. “Well I would like to, but I’m kinda new at the whole thing myself. I personally don’t know any spells. I was about a week into my studies before I came here. But Dragon and Unicorn share the same style of magic, so maybe we could get a few lessons from Rarity. I would like Twilight to, but she’s going to be pretty busy with Asher and with her own studies, and it’s not like we’re learning advance spells or anything like that. So I don’t think it matters who’s giving us the lessons along as it’s someone who has a idea of what they're doing.”

“Yeah that’ll work, but I’ve been wondering. If we don’t have horns, then how are we able to use magic? I was always told that you need to focused all your energy onto that one part of your body.” Added Spike.

“Well, I don’t know anything about focusing your energy onto to a signal body part, but I was always told that we have a special aura that appears every time someone casts a spell. So lets say that I wanted to teleport from this side of the creek to the other. I would focus all my energy into the spell; my eyes would flair up with my aura for a moment then I would imagine the place where I would like to teleport. After that the spell takes care of itself. But most spells use words That you usually would say inside you head, my dad tells me you want to focus all your energy into the word while you're performing the spell. “

“Ok, but how do you know what your Aura is if you can’t cast any spells?” interrupted Spike.

“Well you don’t, you should be able to after your first attempt, If I’m right your aura is usually the same color as the fire you breath out, rarely do dragons have a different color of aura from there fire there called Two Lights, and I just happened to be a Two Light. You see my aura is red just like my Father’s but my fire is a frost blue. So here try this.” Walking over to the creek’s edge, the dark dragon shifted through the gravel till he found a small round black pebble. Cleaning it off in the water he took it over to spike, placing it in his claw.

“Ok, so I want you to try and get this pebble to levitate a few inches above your claw. Its the first assessment I was given back in school and I’ve been stuck on it since.”

“Ok, so if I got this right, first I need to focus all my energy into this rock? Then I need to picture it floating out of my claw. But you see I don’t know how I’m going to put any energy into this rock, is there something I’m supposed to say or what?

Puzzled, Shadow had to think about it. “Well I never thought about it. I mean its just something you just to, it’s like breathing., or shooting fire. It just happens.”

Annoyed Spike, focused on the stone “Whatever, here goes nothing.” Closing his eyes he imagined himself forcing all his energy into the rock which in return causing it to hover a few inches above his claw. After a few minutes of nothing he was about to give up when he noticed he felt a little tired while the rock in his hand felt lighter. Which startled the unespeting Spike. Opening his eyes he noticing a faint light green aura enveloping the little pebble. The green light danced around the rock as it tried gaining air above his claw.

“Oh my Goddess! Check this out, I almost have it!” But his excitement was short lived. He was running out of energy and soon after the rock stopped moving and he lost his focus. Which caused him to give up.

Hunched over, Spike’s breathing grew labored. “Wow that sure takes a lot out of you. I guess you're right we should head over to Rarity. Maybe she can lend us a hoof.”

Looking to the sky Shadow noticed the sun was starting to make its way down the hills on in the distance. “Sure but its do it in the morning its starting to get late, besides, I’m starting to get hungry. Lets go see what Twilight is cooking for dinner.”

“Sure, but do me a favor.” Spike’s tone went flat.

“What?”

“Rarity is my girl, you got that? Go find some other pony to have a crush on.”

“Ha, Like I would do that.” Giggled Shadow.

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While Spike and Shadow were out having fun, I was left to fend for myself in the hooves of Twilight. Now don’t get me wrong as a friend she was a delight, but as a teacher, well that was a different story. The word ‘boredom’ comes to mind.

“Hey Ash, it’s time to get up.” With Spike and Shadow gone, Twilight came trotting into my new room. followed by opening the curtains and causing the sunlight to singe my eyes as it came rushing in.

“Come on, let’s go!” But I remained motionless

Groaning, I tossed a pillow over my face. “Agh! Can’t you give me five more minutes?”

“I already did that. Now it’s time to get up. We’ve got a big day ahead of us and I can’t afford to have you sleeping all day.”

“You’ve got a big day ahead, now let me sleep.” Rolling her eyes she left the room giving me time to fall back asleep.

A minute went by before she came back only to find I was still asleep. So instead of shaking me or calling my name again she decided to try a old trick she used to use on spike when he was younger. Pinching my nose she wait till I started to toss and turn as I grew more frustrated. Till I finally ran out of air shooting out of bed with a blue face, I gasped for air.

“Bloa! What the hay was that all about!” Rubbing my nose, I shot the smug unicorn a dirty look.

“You two have something in common with Spike when it come to waking up in the morning.” Chuckled. Twilight.

“Yeah well, that was uncalled for, and why did you have to wake me on such a fine morning? I would have rather have slept in till noon.” Stretching I gave out a big yawn.

Clamping her nose, she inched away. “How about I tell you after you brush your teeth? They kind of smell.”

“Fair, I’m going to take a shower while I’m at it.”

“Sure, just don’t use all the hot water, ok?”

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I found Twilight reading a few basic books on spells when I got out of the bathroom. Thinking I could slip past her, I made my way to the door, only to be cut off by a wall of magic.

“Oh, I see you’re done. Great! Now we can get started.”

“Yeah, just wonderful. Remind me what are we doing here today?” I asked sarcastically.

“Your studies, of course! Today, I’m going to teach you the wonderful world of magic! And I have the perfect first exam for you!” Excited, the purple pony started throwing a few books my away.

Catching them with a thud, my legs started to wobble under their weight. “Well, I see you're upbeat about this.”

“You bet I am! They’re nothing more exciting than the art of Magic, and it’s going to be my job to show you; come on this way.” Trotting off, she made her way to the center of the tree, while I dragged my hooves behind hers.

I kept telling myself, ‘Come on Asher, you can do this, you made a promise to the Elder after all.’ But I’m not going to lie, I always hated studying.

Even though there was a party the night before, it amazed me how spotless the entire house looked. I knew she was bit of a clean freak, but this was crazy. She must have gotten up around five to clean everything! The books were back to their rightful place while the floor was clean of trash, while the furniture was cleaned and return to their previous I had to admit she did a great job cleaning the place up.

“Are you ready?” Barked Twilight from the room ahead. There was a hint of glee in her voice as I made my way through the house.

“Yeah, yeah. As much as I’ll ever be. So what do you have in store for me today?”

“Something simple. I want you to try a hoof at levitation.”

I was a little disappointed. “Levitation? That’s it? I thought I was going to learn something a little more cool like teleportation or mind control.”

The unicorn must have rehearsed this before, because it didn’t take her long to lash back at me for saying that. “Well first off, you can’t control some pony’s mind with magic. Secondly, all ponies need to start of with something easy. So that’s why you’re starting with levitation and the manipulation of objects. Note I said objects, not living things. That’s an entirely different story. I assure you this will challenge your abilities.”

Placing an empty glass in the center of the room’s floor. She used her magic to make the glass float between us for a moment. She then placed it back down to it’s original spot. She then gestured me to do the same.

“Now it’s your turn.”

Embarrassed, I hid my face from Twilight. “I don’t really know what to do.”

“What? I thought you had a lesson or two back in the Everfree?”

“Not really, I held the Elder in the air for a moment, but that was out of reaction. I didn’t really know what I was going, It just kind of happened.”

Sighing, Twilight shook her head. “Well, you could have told me that from the beginning. You don’t have to be ashamed, this is all very new to you. You’re not going to learn this in a day.”

Restoring my hope, the unicorn pulled two books from of the shelf, while taking the books from earlier. The first one read ‘The Beginner’s Guide to Magic by W.R. Feathertop.’ While the other one was titled: ‘The Academy for Gifted Unicorns Standard Textbook: Volume 1’.

“Ok now I want you to read these books when we’re not working together. I can tell you’re not big on reading, which is totally fine. But to truly understand magic and its potential you need to stick your head into a book once in awhile. Trust me its worth it in the long run. ”

Flipping through the pages, I blushed as I figured out the age group the books were geared to. “Uh Twi? Don’t you think these books are a little out of my age group?”

“Not at all. Just because they might be a little childish, doesn’t mean the content isn’t useable. In fact these books are going to benefit you in the long run. You just wait and see.”

“Yeah, I see where you’re getting at, but I could use something a little more grown up.”

Frowning, Twilight placed the books on a nearby table. “Sorry but that’s all I’ve got. They don’t make books for the situation you’re in. Remember, this has never happened before.”

Rolling my eyes, I thought about it. “Well you do have a point… Yeah I guess you’re right. So where do we start?”

“Well, let me take a look.” Flipping through some pages of the Feathertop book, she found what she was looking for.

“Ok so I can assume you know what magic is right.” Twilight giggled.

“Yeah of course.”

“Good, but lets start from the very basics, ok.... So magic comes from within…”

After a long, two-hour speech by Twilight recited straight from the book, we finally got to the part of the lesson, where I could apply the material I had learned. The Twilight placed an empty glass back in the center of the room while a little golden star was placed on a nearby windowsill. Demonstrating, she levitated the clear glass from the center of the room, all the way over to the window and back. Nodding, she motioned me to do the same.

“Ok so I want you to give it a try, can you do that?”

“Yeah I think it’s possible.”

The unicorn smiled. “Good. I like to see a confident pony.” Picking up a clipboard from her desk, she started taking notes.

“Alright. Let’s do this.”

With a stern look of concentration on my face, I started to focus all my energy into the shining cup. Even with all my effort, the glass still remained motionless. With my hope draining out of me, I was about to give up when I heard Twilight’s voice from behind me.

“You're almost there! I have faith in you, keep it up!” Grinding my teeth I was about to lose it when sparks started to appear around the glass while the same translucent aura repapered around my eyes; it was the same that had appeared back at the Everfree, with the a translucent black aura similar to the midnight sky embracing the glass it attained the bulk of the aura, while a thin layer of pure white lined the mist.

Finally, after what seemed a lifetime, the glass started to shake. While it grew lighter before it took off the ground. With all my might, it started moving slowly throughout the room before making my way back to the center. With every inch, the cup moved, and Twilight grew more nervous. Chewing her nails, while the glass was about to meet its destination. But before the glass could meet the window I lost all my energy, causing the spell to break. Watching the glass caused my heart to sink, but I wasn’t about to give up. With what bit of energy I finally was able to catch the glass, right before it hit the floor, and to bring it to the floor below .

Author's Note

Cool this is new