The Magic of Dust and Lyrium

“So, how are we gonna get somewhere to live?” Xel asked his sister, the two having just left the restaurant.

“I don’t know…” the elf said. She turned to see the ponies were still staring at them. This just annoyed her more. “TAKE A DAMN PICTURE FOR FUCK SAKES! IT WOULD LAST LONGER!!!”

The ponies jumped at the shouting and rushed off to do what they’re supposed to do. Some of them did take pictures. Xel flinched at the shouting in his ear, hiding in his shirt a little. She fumed a bit before the two started walking again. She was muttering under her breath as she walked with Xel.

“S-sis?” Xel asked, a little scared. The elf looked down at him and softened a bit.

“Sorry, I don’t know why I’m pissed a bit,” she shook her head a bit. “Maybe I’m more short fused with things or something.”

“D-didn’t your cosplay hate mages or something?” Xel asked. “Maybe that’s why?”

“Something like that… but I’m just pissed at everyone around me… other than you I mean,” she said quickly.

“They’re supposed to be magic ponies, I remember…” Xel trailed off. As he said that there were some yelling coming from in front of them. They saw a large group of ponies rushing towards a stallion with something in his hand. There was a magical pull from it that tried to get the two to chase after it, but the two shook it off.

“The hell was that?” The elf asked.

“Dunno, let’s stay away from it,” Xel suggested. As he said that the chase turned into a giant fight that caused the thing in the stallions hand to fly out of his hand, right in front of the two. The elf picked it up and saw it was an old, used doll of a pony. She felt the pull to want it so much that she’ll do anything for it. She frowned and shook it off again.

“All this, over a stupid doll with a spell on it? Magic is a pain in the-” she stopped when she saw the hoard of pony people charging at her. “Ahh shit.”

Right before they tackled her, she pushed Xel out of the way. He fell onto the ground and watch the ponies dogpile on his sister. “VIRIOLA!” He shouted, after getting up, eyes wide as he was reaching for her before he fell on his knees, shaking. He then noticed that the sky turned to night and there was a loud voice calling out for someone named Twilight Sparkle.

He turned, to see the seven ponies. One of them he knew was Fluttershy, which he met at her cottage. There was another one like her, a pony with wings, but this one had blue fur and a rainbow mane. She wore a black tank top and blue sports shorts. Beside her was a unicorn with white fur, a styled purple mane, and wearing a fancy business suit of some kind that showed off her cleavage a bit.

Next to her was a normal pony wearing farmer's clothes; a green plaid that showed off her midsection and a brown coat with some jean shorts and cowboy boots. She had orange fur and a blonde mane with a cowboy hat on her head. Next was another normal pony with pink fur and mane wearing a darker pink t-shirt that hugged her body tightly and also some jean shorts. They all surround a unicorn with purple fur and a purple and pink mane. She wore what looks like a librarian outfit but it had rips, tears, and gunk on it. Her mane was had strands of hair sticking out in every direction and had a twig in it as well.

In front of her was a very large pony with white fur and a mane that looked like an aurora. She wore a flowing white dress with the symbol of the sun on it. She had a crown on her head and also a horn and wings. She was glaring down at the purple unicorn, which made her whimper sadly.

Xel tilted his head, confused, but didn’t really care for them, turning to the spot his sister was and whimpering. He sat there until he felt something coming from the giant pile of ponies, also the feeling to get away from it.

He quickly did so, backing up. As he did he watched as the pile explodes with a pale blue light. He saw his sister standing in the middle of the explosion after it died down and glowing pale blue; kinda like a wraith. She was holding the doll in her fist.

"B-big sis!” Xel cried, running over and hugging her. She blinked at them then at the doll. Her pale blue aura made a purple spark shoot out of the doll and smacked into the purple unicorn.

“Ow!” she yelled. The elf looked at the doll and felt no magic from it, so she tossed it over her shoulder. Xel squeezed his sister tightly, trembling.

“This is what I get for grabbing a doll,” Viriola mumbled under her breath. She put her hand on top of Xel’s head with a smile. “It’s okay, I’m okay.”

Xel whimpered again, a little sob escaping him, clutching her tighter. She sighed as she saw the large winged unicorn walked over to the two.

“That… that was lyrium… how did you use raw lyrium?” she asked the elf.

“I don’t know but… who the hell are you?” The elf asked. Right before the pony asked there was a loud explosion that shook the land. The sky over Canterlot seemed to cloud over as a shape burst out of the palace and flew around.

“No! Not now!” the princess yelled as she flapped her wings and flew quickly towards that shape in that sky. The other ponies saw this and rushed off, leaving the other two standing there.

“Uhh… what just happened?” the elf asked out loud.

“I-i dunno,” Xel said, sounding scared.

“Well… I’m getting the feeling that we shouldn’t stick around, so let’s-” she was interrupted by a roaring sound and a large dragon crashing down in front of them. “OH COME ON!”

Xel let out a whimper of fear, backing up some. The dragon got up from the ground and roared. It looked demonic in nature and to the elf, she saw that it looked like an Archdemon. This only pissed her off.

“You know what, fuck this,” she said as she let Xel go and walked forward towards the dragon. “I came to this fucking world by some weird fucking guy with a fucking weird sweater,” she pulled out her sword and dragged it behind her. “Got attacked by a fucking Grimm, which fucking hurt, got fucking dog piled by some fucking anthro ponies, and now there’s a fucking Archdemon that’s all fucking pissed and stuff. So you know what!” She stood in front of the dragon with two hands on her sword and was glowing. “FUCK YOU!”

With that, she swung her blade at the Archdemon and the force of her blade and the lyrium coursing through her made the dragon stagger a bit from the hit.

The dragon shook its head and growled at the elf. She simply taunted it with a ‘Bring it, ugly’.

It roared at her and charged, it then swiped its claw at her. She blocked it with her sword and the glow around her did as well. She pushed it back and cut into the claw of the dragon. It roared in pain as it breathed fire at her. She ran under it and slashed at its underbelly. Black blood poured out of the dragon as it belly flopped down, trying to crush the elf. She rolled out of the way and felt energy coursing through her before it came out as an explosion of spirit energy. It knocked the dragon back and stunned it. She took another few swipes at it as the Archdemon tried to crush her with its claw. She rolled out of the way again, just as it tried to bite at her. She placed her sword between her and its mouth and held her ground from it.

As this was going on Xel noticed a light from his left. He looked over and saw the seven ponies from before. Six of them were floating in the air as he felt some kind of magic coming off of them. He watched as a rainbow beam shoot out from them and towards both the dragon and his sister. Viriola looked over and saw this coming.

“Oh for fuck-” she yelled as the beam hit her. Xel watched in horror as the beam engulfed her and the dragon. There was a pale blue and dark green energy shoot back at the six and a large explosion erupted. He covered his face and saw six objects shoot out into the sky in different directions. He turned back at where the dragon was and saw that it wasn’t there.

He didn’t care for that, however. “V-viriola?” He called, panicking a little, looking around. He found her laying on the ground, eyes open, not moving. “B-big sister?” He questioned in a small voice, kneeling at her side, trembling.

“I’m not moving,” she said. “I’m not moving, if I’m not moving then nothing will happen.” He looked a little relieved that she was alive, before he wrapped his arms around her, trembling and sobbing. “This won’t help, I’m still not moving from where I was… maybe they won’t see me if I stay here.”

“I-i t-thought you w-were dead,” Xel sobbed, holding her tighter. She sighed and wrapped her arm around me.

“Takes more than that to stop me,” she said as she saw the alicorn looked down at them. “Ahh hell,”

Viriola, Xel, the mane six, and the princess were sitting down in the Golden Oaks Library. The elf was a little ticked that she had to move to someplace else, but she knew laying out in the open won’t do anything for her.

Xel was still clutching her tightly, refusing to let go. Fluttershy gave the elf some more of the stuff she used on Viriola before.

“So… let me get this straight, that Archdemon is really your sister, who's been corrupted by the Fade, which infused some of its essences into the creatures of Grimm, and there are demons around,” the elf summed it up.

“Yes,” the Alicorn answered, who's name was Princess Celestia. “And the only thing to cure its corruption is to use the Elements of Harmony. But now, after that battle, the elements flew off to who knows where.”

“Great…” the elf grumbled. Xel scooted closer to his sister, afraid, and starting to get a bit overwhelmed, with everything that’s going on.

“Look, I know it's hard, but I have to ask you that maybe-”

“First off,” The elf cut the princess off. “It's been a long day, I'm sore and wanting to go to bed.”

“I… see, very well, we'll speak more tomorrow,” the princess said as she stood up. The purple unicorn, whose name was Twilight and liking much better after the princess talked to her, stood up.

“I'll get some pj's for you two,” she said before running up the stairs. The rest of the mane six, who gave the two their names, left with saying goodbye. The princess soon left as well, saying that she'll come tomorrow to see her sister and how she's doing.

The two siblings walked up the stairs and flopped onto the bed with a sigh from the elf. Xel was silent, immediately curling up to her as much as he could. There was a knock at the door and Twilight walked in.

“Here's your pj's…” she told Viriola. “Umm, there isn't any male pj's that are big enough for you… sorry.” she apologized to Xel.

“Whatever's fine…” He said in a soft, tired voice. Twilight nodded and made one of her own purple pj's appeared.

“T-these are mine… they were a bit small for me so… I'm sorry,” she apologizes again.

“They’re fine,” He said, taking the pajamas. She nodded and left the two alone to change. Xel got a nightgown, and that made him blush a small bit, handing the normal pair over to his sister. Viriola didn't say anything as she took off her armor off and put on the pj's. She sighed at the feeling of them on her skin.

Xel quickly changed into the nightgown when her back was turned, and it looked like it covered just enough, and that's it. The elf turned and saw Xel in the nightgown.

“You're sure you don't want the pj's?” she asked.

“It’s fine…” He mumbled, embarrassed. The elf frowns some more and walked over to him.

“Really, if this is too embarrassing for you, we can switch,” she offered.

“I-i’m shorter, it w-wouldn’t cover you,” He reminded her.

“So, if others have a problem then they have to deal with me,” she said, crossing her arms.

“C-can… we just g-get to sleep, please?” He asked. The elf sighed.

“Yeah, let's do that,” she said as she climbed into bed. He curled into her immediately, with his back to her, before doing something that he always did whenever things got too much… sucked his thumb.

Viriola giggled playfully as she hugged him. His face flushed more, but he smiled, leaning back into the hug, needing it right now.

“Remember when you were eight and had that phase that you felt like a girl and had to prove it?” The elf asked.

“Yeah?” He questioned.

“Kinda feels like it again right now, doesn't it,” she said.

“A bit,” He said quietly. Viriola hugged him more, pressing her breasts into his back.

“Those were good times… kinda” she said.

“Kinda?” He questioned, looking back at her.

“Back then when we were little, I said that I'll protect my little sis, but now… it feels different,” she explained.

“Well… what if I wanna be your little sis again?” He questioned. She simply hugged Xel.

“That's up to you, I won't tell you who or what you should be,” the elf said.

“I wanna be your lil sis again,” He, rather she now, said, hugging her sister tightly. The elf smiled.

“Alright, sis…” she gave her a loving hug. Xel smiled, snuggling into her big sister before falling asleep.

Viriola woke up with Xel still sleeping. She chuckled softly before getting out of bed and headed down to get some food. As she walked down the hall, a door opened and a being walked out. She looked like a normal pony bit with dragon wings, claws, dark blue and black scales. She looked at the elf in silence.

“WHO THE HELL ARE YOU!!!” Viriola yelled.

“THAT'S MY LINE!!” the dragon pony yelled back. This caused the other residence to wake up and see what's going on. Xel ran down, changed already somehow, looking worried. She found Viriola and the Kirin now at each other's throats.

“Don't tempt me to blast you to the moon, elf!” the Kirin threatened.

“Bring it on, scaly butt!” the elf threatened back. Xel let out a whimper, getting her sister's attention. She softened a bit at the sight.

"Xel- gla!” she said as someone hit her and the Kirin over the head with a heavy book. The two fell down onto the ground with Twilight behind then with two large, heavy, books in her hands.

“No fighting in my home!!” she yelled. She noticed that the two were knocked out. “Whoops.”

“Big sis!” Xel cried with a distressed whimper, running over and putting her head in her lap.

“I'll take two fish two gooo~...” the elf said in a goofy way.

“Big sis…” Xel sighed, smiling slightly and hugging her. She looked up to see Twilight helping the Kirin, who was mumbling something about banana pie. Xel blinked in confusion at this, tilting her head. Twilight sighed.

“Princess Luna… even with the corruption…” she muttered.

“Corruption?” Xel asked. Twilight nodded as she tried to carry the princess. She almost fell over from the weight.

“Remember… that… dragon from… yesterday?” she asked, grunted a bit.

“Yeah?” Xel said. She pulled her sister up and tried to carry her.

“Well… you're… looking at it,” she explained. “Err… her.”

“How…?” Xel questioned, tilting her head. The two of them carried the two downstairs and dumped them on the couch.

“By the Maker… she's heavy…” Twilight looked at Xel with a look of panic. “Please don't tell her I said that.”

“Okay,” Xel said with a small giggle. Twilight sighed a bit before the two of them headed to the kitchen, where they had some toast, oats, and some fruit. Xel grabbed a toast, nibbling on it.

“Umm… is your sister… always this angry?” The unicorn asked.

“No, it’s just… been a hectic couple days,” Xel said. Twilight nodded as she ate her breakfast.

“It has been, say do you have a place to stay? You're welcome to stay here,” she offered.

“Really?” Xel asked. Twilight nodded.

“Of course, I'll talk to Rarity if she can get or make new clothes for you two.” she said.

“Thank you,” Xel said. Twilight smiled at her and continued eating. “So… how did that happen, the corruption?”

“No one really knows, but I believe that her dreamscape, or the Fade, corrupted her,” Twilight explained.

"Fade?” I questioned.

“Yes, it's a place where dreams lie, it's also where demons reside,” she explained.

“Demons?” Xel asked, blinking.

“Yes… I uhh, don't like to talk about them,” Twilight said, looking away.

“O-oh, okay…” Xel said, squirming. Twilight gave her a sheepish smile.

“Sorry, it's really a topic that involves a lot of talking and I'll bore you.” she explained.

“Okay,” Xel said. She got up, moving around the table to get something on the other side, when she tripped, grabbing onto Twilight for balance.

“Ahh!” Twilight yelled as the two of them fell onto the ground. Twilight groaned a bit before realizing that she's on top of Xel. “I-I’m sorry!”

Xel flushed, covering her face in embarrassment. Twilight was going moved off her and apologize, before realizing something. Xel was giving off a lot of magical energy that it was almost suffocating.

“You're… a mage?” she asked.

“No… I’m not?” Xel questioned, looking confused. “I don’t know any magic.”

“But there's a lot of magic power in you, I'm surprised that I didn't sense to before,” she told her.

“Really? How do I use it?” She asked, looking excited.

“Well, it will take a bit but… I could teach you some spells,” Twilight said, looking away from her.

“Please, I wanna be able to help my big sis,” Xel said, sounding eager. She noticed Twilight was blushing a bit.

“Uhh, s-sure, I'll be happy to t-teach you,” she stuttered.

“What’s wrong?” Xel asked the mare still on top of her.

“N-nothing!” she said before getting off of Xel. Xel got up, looking confused but eager. “Umm, we should see if your sister is awake yet.”

“Oh, okay,” Xel said, going to her sister and shaking her. Viriola mumbled a bit before opening her eyes.

“What… happened?” she asked.

“Are you okay? Head feel good?” Xel asked. The elf rubbed her head a bit.

“Yeah… what hit me?” she asked. Twilight looked away, whistling.

“Nothing, you're okay and that’s all that matters,” Xel said simply hugging her and squeezing. The elf smiled at this before the Kirin rose up from her slumber.

“Ugh, what… hit me?” she asked. She looked around before she locks eyes on Viriola.

“YOU!” they both yelled. They growled at each other before Twilight grabbed both of their ears.

“No fighting in my library,” she said in a stern tone, one that made the two stop.

Xel giggled, amused, hugging her sister tighter. The elf grumbled a bit.

“So… what happened when I was out?” she asked.

“Nothing,” Xel said with a shrug. Twilight cough a bit before asking the princess if she's hungry. She nodded and stood up. Xel noticed her sister staring at the Kirin; mostly the way her hips sway.

Xel giggled, elbowing her sister and wagging her eyebrows, looking at the Kirin, before back at her sister. She blushed a bit.

“W-what? She's a pain in the ass,” she said, crossing her arms.

“That why you were staring at hers?” Xel whispered teasingly.

“Shut up!” the elf said quickly. Xel erupted into giggles, laughing. Viriola grumbled a bit. “Pain in the ass sister of mine…”

“Does that mean you wanna look at mine too?” Xel asked teasingly, giggling.

“You're impossible,” the elf said. Xel giggled a bit more as Twilight and the princess' walk by them. The princess was heading back to Canterlot for the time being.

“Twilight said we could stay here,” Xel informed Viriola. Twilight looked at the two of them as she hearing her name called, seeing Xel idly shaking her hips, making the mare blush. The elf saw this and smirked a bit.

“That's nice,” she said as the princess left and the unicorn exit the room quickly. “Also, I'm not the one looking.”

“What?” Xel asked confusedly, tilting her head innocently.

"A certain… unicorn was looking,” the elf informed. Xel blinked at her before realizing who Viriola was talking about.

“So?” Xel asked, not quite getting it. The elf sighed.

“I'm not going to push it,” the elf stood up. “Now… what to do?”

“I dunno,” Xel said, shrugging. “We could hang out,” She added, sounding hopeful.

“Maybe…” the elf said before thinking about it. “We need new clothes so, there’s that.”

“Twi said a friend would get us new clothes I think,” Xel commented. The elf nodded.

“Alright, let’s put on what we had on and head out,” she said.

“One step ahead of you,” Xel said, sticking her tongue out. Viriola rolled her eyes before heading upstairs to changed.

As this was happening, Twilight walked in with some books. She put them down and blew off some dust.

“Well, this should do it,” she said before noticing Xel was still there. “Oh, is there something up?”

“Vi-vi is heading upstairs to change,” Xel explained.

“Okay, well then,” Twilight patted the few books she brought. “These are some basic magic books that involved the magic schools, they should help you get a better handle on your magic.”

“Thank you,” Xel said, taking the books, giving her a quick peck on the cheek as a thank you, blushing and walking away. Twilight was shocked at this so much that she froze in place. Her face reddened as she stood there.

Xel quickly hurried away, wondering why she’d done that to Twilight. Xel went outside and waited as Viriola came out of the tree.

“What did you do to the unicorn? She’s standing there frozen and blushing,” the elf asked.

“Nothing,” Xel lied terribly. “What do ya wanna go do?”

“Clothes,” the elf said, raising an eyebrow at Xel but didn’t say anything. “It’s better than wearing this all the time.”

“Okay, let’s go find Twis friend then,” Xel said. With that, the two headed out and searched for Twilight’s friend. After talking to some others, the found the place they were looking for and stood in front of the place.

“Well… this is an odd place,” the elf said, looking up at the building.

“It looks like a carousel,” Xel commented. The elf nodded before walking up to the door of the place and opening the door. The place inside had some rolls of clothing ready and some manikins in the windows of the place with different clothing on. There tending to the clothes was the unicorn from the other day.

“Be with you in just a-” the unicorn turned and saw them. “Oh my, it’s you two.”

“Yeah, it’s us,” the elf said, frowning a bit. “You’re… Rarity, right?”

“The one and only!” she said with a bit of flair to her.

“We’re here for clothes,” Xel said.

“Well, you come to the right place!” Rarity said, spreading her arms out to all the clothes. “I will say that when you leave the Boutique, you’ll be satisfied with what you got. Each and every one of these has been made by yours truly.”

“Right…” the elf said, rolling her eyes. She started to walk between the rows of clothes and started to pick some of them. Xel looked around as well but seemed to be having problems picking something.

“My dear, are you having troubles?” the fashionista asked her.

“Yeah…” Xel said.

“Well, what are you looking for?” she asked. Xel shrugged, she wasn’t too good at this stuff. Rarity looked her over for a minute before walking around her.

“Maybe walk around through the rows and see what kinds of clothes catches your eye. Xel nodded, and did so, grabbing seemingly random clothes, some for males, some for females, and some in-between. Overall she got some nice clothes. She took them to Rarity, who gave them a once over.

“Umm, some of these are for stallions,” she asked Xel, raising an eyebrow.

“I know,” Xel said simply. Rarity stared at her before shrugging.

“Well, everyone has their tastes,” she said as she took all the clothes to the counter and started to scan them. She picked up a nice purple dress and she smiled brightly. “Oh~, this is marvelous! Trying to catch someone's eye?”

“No, I just liked it,” Xel said honestly. Rarity raised and eyebrow before narrowing her eyes.

“Sure…” she said as she scanned it and continued to scan the others.

“What? I can’t just grab something that looks nice?” Xel asked, irritated.

“I’m not saying anything~,” The fashionista singsonged. Soon Viriola walked over with some clothes as well.

“So, found everything?” she asked her sister. Xel nodded irritatedly. The elf frowned a bit before looking at her clothes.

“Shit forgot something,” she said before heading back towards the clothes. Rarity looked over at her.

“If you don’t mind me asking, that elf, who’s she to you?” she asked.

“Sibling,” Xel said without hesitation. She blinked at her.

“Really? But… she’s an elf,” Rarity said as she put the clothes into a bag.

“So?” Xel asked.

“Well, it’s true that there are elves around, I heard that there's some in the Everfree, but… how to put this nicely… their, second class citizens to Equestria,” Rarity explained. “Them, and the other races.”

Xel frowned at this, a growl coming from her throat. Rarity shook her head.

“It's sad really, they were once…” she stopped with a frown.

“Let me guess, slaves,” Viriola said as she walked over to the two. Rarity’s ears flattened.

“Y-yeah,” she said. Viriola frowned at this.

“Why is this, exactly?” Xel snarled.

“I don't know the details, but…” The fashionista didn't say anything but the elf saw her hand tighten a bit.

“No need to explain, now how much do we need to pay?” she asked.

“Oh… uh, a hundred bits,” Rarity said. Viriola paid her and the two sisters walked out with their clothes.

“We’re changing the other elves situation eventually,” Xel said as soon as they were out of earshot to any ponies.

“Yeah…” Vi-Vi said. “I wouldn't be surprised if we see any elves in this Canterlot place.”

“I hope they don’t try to take you away,” Xel said, worried. The elf snorted.

“They can try,” she said.

“I don’t wanna be by myself…” Xel mumbled, hugging her. The elf sighed and ruffled her hair.

“Like I said, they can try. Not going to turn out in their favor though,” she said. Xel simply hugged tighter. Viriola sighed before looking over and seeing an ice cream shop. “Hey, want some ice cream?”

“Ice cream!” She cheered childishly, nodding. The elf chuckled before leading her sister over to the place and getting some ice cream. Soon, they walked out with ice creams in their hands.

“Ice cream~” Xel sing-song happily, licking the sweet. The elf chuckled a bit as she to eat her sweet. As the two walked, Xel saw a weapons shop and tilted her head, tugging her sister's sleeve before pointing at it.

“A weapons shop? This place seems so peaceful,” the elf said in a sarcastic tone.

“I wanna weapon, to defend myself,” Xel said. The elf looked at the weapons shop for a moment to think about it.

“I would say no but… I’m getting a feeling that this place is going to get hectic,” she said.

“Probably,” Xel said. With a nod, the two of them headed in the place. The place was spacious than what it look like from the outside, which made it looked cramped. There were weapons on the wall, one side had older practical weapons such as swords, daggers, bows, and what not. On the other side were more advanced looking weapons. What surprised Viriola was the being sitting behind the counter. It was a male elf, paying no mind to the two that walked in since there’s no bell.

Xel either didn’t notice or didn’t think about the cashier being an elf, look around for a weapon. As this was going on, Viriola walked up to the elf.

“Umm, excuse me,” she said.

“Hmm?” he said as the elf looked up. “Oh! Well, isn’t this a surprise, I never thought a see a Dalish elf out here.”

“Uhh, not part of the Dalish,” she said.

“Oh? But you kinda look the part, oh well,” he said as he stood up a bit. “Name’s Feren, owner of Feren weapons, from magic to Dust I’ll have something for you.”

“Uhh…” Viriola blinked at him.

“I know,” Feren sighed. “I need to work on it, so what can I do for you?”

“Just looking, maybe getting something.” the female said.

“Well if you need anything, just give me a shout,” he said with a smile. At that moment, Xel walked up to her sister holding a cane. It had a silver dragon claw holding a blue gem, on top of a slick black shaft.

“I’m guessing you’re getting that?” Viriola asked. Xel nodded eagerly, smiling at her sister.

“Uhh, how old are you miss?” Feren asked Xel.

“Seventeen,” Xel said, smiling.

“Oh, you just… look younger,” he said as he took the staff and pressed a few keys. “Okay, that’ll be two hundred bits even.”

Xel reached into her pouch, somehow managing to get two hundred without looking and handing the bits over.

“Okay then, here you are,” the male elf said as he handed the staff over. “Be careful with that, alright.”

“I will,” Xel promised, taking it and smiling. The two of them walked out of the building and finished their ice creams. “This looks so cool!” Xel said, holding the staff up.

“Just be careful with it,” Viriola said to her.

“I already said I would be,” Xel said with a huff, pouting.

“Hey, I’m allowed to worry,” the elf said, frowning.

“Cause you're my big sis,” Xel said with a happy smile. Viriola smiled at her and gave her a small hug.

“We should probably get back to Twilight's now,” Xel said after a minute. The elf nodded at her and the two headed back to the treehouse.

When they got there they found Twilight and a small purple dragon putting books on the shelves. “We’re back!” Xel said.

“Hello,” the dragon said as he put the next few book in the shelves as Twilight waved.

“So, what about that training?” Xel asked Twi.

“Training?” Viriola asked as she put down the bags.

“Twilight says I got a lotta magic, so I wanna learn to use it,” Xel told her big sister. For a moment Viriola frowned at the thought but shook her head.

“I see, well you’ll go do that,” she said as she headed upstairs to change clothes with her bag in hand.

Xel looked confused for a second, before shrugging and looking to Twilight. “So, training?” She asked eagerly.

“Huh? Oh, yes your training,” Twilight said as she hopped down from the step ladder. “Spike, mind finishing up for me?”

“Yeah yeah,” he said lazily as he simply continued.

“So, should we go outside for this or?” Xel asked, tilting her head.

“We’ll go out back, much safer out there,” Twi said as she leads the way. Xel simply followed, twirling the staff a little.

They walked out back of the place and Twilight turned to Xel with some books hovering. “So, what’s first?” Xel asked.

“Well, let’s start with the basic school,” Twilight said as one of the books floated down into her hand. It was a large deep red book. “Primal.”

“Alright, how do we start?” Xel asked eagerly, determined to learn magic. The crystal in her staff flashes red briefly.

“Well, first off a brief telling of this school,” Twilight said as she opened the book. “Mostly, when someone hears the word ‘Magic’ the Primal school would come into mind. It’s the school that deals with the elements, Fire, Water, Wind, and Earth, it’s the most basics of schools yet the hardest to master.”

“Why’s that??” Xel asked, tilting her head. Twilight shrugged.

“Can you stop the wind from blowing? Can you make Fire move on its own? Can you make water freeze on its own? Can you have Earth bend to your will? Most mages spend lifetimes learning how to master Primal and only some do,” Twilight explained.

“Oh, okay,” Xel said simply.

“Okay, so… the first thing we should try is fire, basic fire spell is to hold on in your hand,” Twilight lifted her hand up and a small flame sparked alive in her hand. “Just focus your magic at the palm of your hand and will it to make a flame.”

Xel nodded, holding her hand out and focusing. It seemed to take a minute before her staff glow an orange-red, and a large flame erupted. Twilight smiled at this and nodded.

“Is it hot in here, or is it just me?” Xel joked, watching the flame.

“Oh haha, very funny,” Twilight chuckled.

“So, what’s next?” Xel asked, watching the fire dance.

“Next is to dispel it,” Twilight said. She thrust her hand upwards and launched the flame upwards into the sky. Xel noticed that as she did that, her small breasts jiggled a bit.

Xel blushed, but copied Twilight, doing the same to her own fireball. It went up into the sky and exploded like fireworks. Twilight clapped at this.

“Very nice, but you didn't need to copy me. But you're better than most unicorns,” she chuckled a bit. “Most accidentally burn their clothes off, or others clothes.”

“Were you hoping I’d burn my clothes off?” Xel teased, blushing.

“N-no, that would be bad, with burns and … what not…” she said, blushing and looking away.

“S-so, what’s next?” Xel asked. The next few hours were spent learning some other spells of the Primal school. Even with some good control, Xel did slip up, leaving both her and Twi burnt, cold, and shocked by it.

“This is fun!” Xel said excitedly, even though her clothes were either burnt, soaked, or even torn in some places.

“Y-yeah,” Twilight said, tying her shirt so it didn't fall off, leaving her midsection exposed. Her skirt was somewhat burnt enough to show off her legs a bit more than normal.

“So, what next?” Xel asked eagerly.

“Umm, I think we're done for the day,” Twilight said with a chuckle.

“Aww…” Xel whined disappointedly.

“Don't be sad, you're really good at this, most would take months, even years to get where you are now,” Twilight praised.

Really?” Xel asked, beaming.

“Yup,” Twilight nodded. “You'll get the hang of this in time, but as is some would say you're amazing.”

“Thanks for your help so far,” Xel said.

“I'm happy to help,” Twilight said, now standing near Xel. Xel gave her another cheek kiss, blushing and rushing inside.

“Eep!” Twilight then froze in place and blushing. Spike came out to ask Twilight something but saw her frozen. He sighed.

“Not again,” he groaned before getting a dolly and rolled her inside.