“Four reading levels in a month,” Cheerilee remarked, while giving her head a shake. “No way. Two maybe, three, well that's pushing it but four?”

Twilight chuckled. “He's a smart pony.”

Cherilee shot the alicorn an incredulous look. “You're serious?”

“Yup!”

“This is the same pony who thought that Equis was flat, that cooties were an actual disease and that you can light your farts on fire.”

Twilight giggled. “Technically that last one is partially true, but you really should have more faith in him.”

“Oh, I do. It's just.” The teacher rubbed the back of her neck. “There are always a few that don't react well to a school setting.” She shook her head suddenly, wiping away the frown threatening to spread across her face. “How did you do it?”

Twilight smiled faintly. “Oh it wasn't terribly difficult, he just never had anything he was interested in.”

Cheerilee cocked her head slightly. “You’re serious?”

The princess rolled her eyes. “Yes really! All I had to do was find him a book he liked, then a few questions later and boom he was reading a textbook for fun!”

The teacher sat back in her chair, a small smile spreading across her face as she shook her head in disbelief. “For fun you say? I don't think I’ve even seen him open a textbook before, nevermind read out of it.”

“He likes science fiction believe it or not, and after that I just had to ask why he liked it, and how the things in the books happened.” Twilight clapped her hands together giddly. “And just like that he started doing his own personal research, trying to figure out if robots actually existed.”

“Just like that huh?” Cheerilee sighed. “I guess I did give up on him a little too soon.”

The purple alicorn reached across the table and placed a steadying hand on the other mare’s shoulder. “It's alright Miss Cheerilee, he didn't really seem like the type when he first came into the library either.”

The mare shrugged off the alicorn’s hand and sighed a little deeper. “Still. I should have tried harder. Any pointers you can give an old mare, Princess?”

“Well for one, I think you should bring your students to the library more often. The school library isn't bad, but the one in my castle is quite extensive.” The alicorn smiled warmly, happy to see a thoughtful expression cross the teacher’s face. “I also have a lot of time to my own studies nowadays and wouldn't mind helping ignite the love of reading in your students.”

“That's… very thoughtful Princess Twilight.”

The alicorn rolled her eyes again. “It's just Twilight.”

“And it's just Cheerilee.” They shared a brief look before both breaking down into a fit of giggles.

After nearly a minute of laughing, Twilight wiped a tear from her eye and smiled widely at the similarly grinning mare. “I know this is a little out of the blue, but have you ever thought about attending the festival?”

The older mare flushed hotly, taken aback by the sudden personal question. “W-why do you ask?”

“I just thought you'd always make a great parent is all.”

The older mare’s blush abated somewhat, the innocent remark blowing away some of the heat from her cheeks. “I’ve been tempted, but…”

“But?” Twilight asked, lifting an eyebrow.

“I don't want to have the foal of some random stallion. I want to at least know the stud before he puts a foal in me you know?” She sighed. “But the only ponies I’m friends with are all mares.”

“What about Big McIntosh?” Twilight offered.

Cheerilee frowned. “Big Mac is a friend. But after the stunt the Crusaders pulled it would just be far too weird for both of us.”

“I guess that makes sense.” The alicorn’s cheek reddened suddenly and she twiddled her thumbs nervously. “There is another option you know. Some mares can have a well… you know…”

Cheerilee blinked. “Have a what?”

Twilight gulped. “A phallus.”

“You mean like intersex ponies? I guess it's always been possible, ponies are a bit strange already due to just how skewed our gender ratio is,” Cheerilee remarked.

“That's true but most of those types of ponies aren't fertile, but I know one pony who is.” Twilight added, with a small hopeful smile.

Cheerilee’s eyes lit up, and she suddenly leaped out of her chair. “You’re serious? Do I know her?”

Twilight’s blush doubled, and she was suddenly unable to meet Cheerilee’s gaze. “Yes, in fact she's quite close to you.”

“You don't mean…” Cheerilee blinked, trying to decide whether it was socially acceptable to lean over and take a peek at the other girl’s skirt.

The purple mare nodded, tapping her index fingers together nervously. “It's part of being a princess. We alicorns are the representation of all tribes, and genders which means we have both pieces of ‘equipment’ as they say.”

Cheerilee fell back into her chair, an awestruck expression on her face. “And you were thinking of volunteering, weren't you?”

Twilight blinked. “How did you know?”

Cheerilee chuckled and shook her head. “I am a teacher, Twilight. Reading between the lines is the only way to get anything out of a teenager.”

“I should have known, and yes, I was tempted. But I wasn't sure if anyone would be interested since I'm not exactly your standard stallion,” Twilight said, gesturing to her feminine form.

The teacher reached forward suddenly, pulling the alicorn’s chin up and forcing their eyes to meet. “Twilight Sparkle, I would love to have your foals. If you volunteer, I guarantee that this Festival of Life will be an enormous success.”

The alicorn’s eyes sparkled as hope kindled inside her. “You think so?”

Cheerilee nodded confidently. “I know so.”

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