The Art of Magic: Infamy of the Facility

Magic, a powerful thing, one mastered by the Unicorns... Yet, its origin is shrouded in mystery...Some things, are best left untold...

It was once again a beautiful day in the land of Equestria, from east to west, all ponies were happy. But on the plains around Ponyville, there was one pony, who was quite nervous. Today was a very special day but also, the hardest. “Are you ready Sweetie?” Rarity asked with a caring voice.

Sweetie had grown quite the bit and was considered an young mare now, but she still didn't earned her cutie mark yet. She had mastered some of her magic over the course of time, but by far not all of it and she sighed as she spoke with her usual voice crack. “It is now or never, sis.” the young mare looked to her sister who was standing a couple hooves away and nodded. Sweetie started to concentrate herself hard, harder than she ever did before. Soon enough a green aura appeared around her horn and she kept charging it up.

She wanted to unleash a powerful blast, a beam of pure magic. The most beautiful beam any Unicorn can perform. Sweetie closed her eyes as she started to bite her lower lip a little and just hoped for the best. Soon enough a small green sphere came above her horn, she was almost there, almost.

But something went wrong inside the sphere which caused it to rip itself apart. And before either Sweetie or Rarity could react the sphere exploded under the sound of a loud bang and the young mare was thrown at least a couple dozen hooves backward, lading into the grass.

Rarity rushed to Sweetie and asked softly. “Sweetie, where does it hurt?”

“Surprisingly sis, nowhere. The grass is quite soft and the ground isn't that hard either. But sis how, how could it fail? I passed everything, except the blast...” Sweetie said a little disappointment.

Rarity smiled to her little sister and said her words. “Give it some time Sweetie then, you can do it. I shall give you an example of a pure blast. Watch and learn sister.” Rarity went a couple hooves away from Sweetie and took a couple deep breaths. Then she started to concentrate herself, biting her lower lip as well.

In no time at all, a bright blue sphere came over her horn. The unicorn raised on her hind legs as she pointed her horn in the air and kept charging the blue sphere up. Until it was ready to be fired away, which it did.

It was a wonderful sight to see. One powerful beam of pure blue magic shooting in the skies, becoming millions of sparkles who slowly fall back to the ground. After a minute the beam faded away and Rarity landed back on all four her hooves, shaking her head a couple times to stay by.

“Wow, that must have been the biggest blast I have ever given.” the mare said as she looked at the rain of sparkles.

Sweetie looked in awe of what she saw and wanted to try again. “May I try again sis?” she asked.

“If you feel you can do it Sweetie, go ahead.” Rarity replied as she laid down on her hooves in the grass to regain her strength.

The young mare started to prepare herself once again. She concentrated herself harder than ever before, bit her lips and waited. Her horn sprouted some magic and she was about to give up hope. But then, the orb came. “Come on... Come on...” Sweetie kept saying. Not much later and there it was, the blast. The blast of pure green magic, shooting up high into the sky. This time it was Rarity who looked in awe at her sister. She passed all the tests they can give a Unicorn. Sweetie’s future was secured.

The beam of magic disappeared and Sweetie couldn't believe it. “Did I... Did I really do it sis? Did I just blast pure magic?” she asked in disbelief.

Rarity got up and walked up to her sister, hugging her in the end as she spoke with her kind and caring voice. “Yes Sweetie, you did it. You really did it.”

“Sis, I feel a little light headed... Is this how it feels when you are drained?” Sweetie asked as she looked to Rarity who nodded.

“The blast of pure magic is the most powerful blast a Unicorn can give. But it drains a lot of your magic. You do know why I taught you all of this right?”

“You taught me this for the Unicorn Tests. To see if I have what it takes to call myself a True-Unicorn or a Half-Unicorn” Sweetie said.

“That is right, to call yourself a True-Unicorn you need to pass everything, including the blast. I have faith in you Sweetie, you did it here, today, so you can also do it when they test you.” Rarity spoke with a smile on her face. “Now, how about we go home both take a bath, have some dinner and go to bed?” Sweetie nodded to the spoken words and together they went back to Ponyville, back to Carousel Boutique.