The Student of Luna, Princess of the Night

The Student of Luna, Princess of the Night

Beginner’s Exams

The following morning was awkward to say the least. Naturally, watching one’s student pleasure themselves can leave the teacher in a state of misalignment. The same couldn’t be said for Trixie, though. Almost immediately, as soon as Luna entered the library, Trixie waved to her with a big grin.

Somepony woke up on the right side of the bed, and that pony wasn’t Luna, unfortunately. Unlike Trixie, who was looking all posh and clean, Luna’s mane was half combed and half tornado debris. “Uuugh,” Luna said as she came to the small desk Trixie sat behind. “Have you finished Warping for Fillies?”

Trixie beamed, “The Great and Powerful Trixie has done that and more! She’s also covered Back-fire Spells, Front-fire Spells, Spells for Hacking and Slashing!”

Luna interrupted with, “And what of healing?”

Trixie magically brought one of the books up to her, and confessed, “Hehe, I might’ve missed the other elemental spells... Whoops.”

Luna merely shook her head, and reminded Trixie, “Today was supposed to be your beginner’s exams in which I test and grade accordingly, and then hopefully rank you to the next level of magic, which is the basic. After that is intermediate, and then advanced.”

“Right! And then master’s, which is what Trixie aims for.”

Luna rose an eyebrow. “What makes you think I plan on teaching you master’s? That level isn’t taught, it’s achieved through self perseverance and progress made on your own. Besides, I doubt you’d be able to make it that far.”

Trixie stood from the desk and cut Luna off from turning around. “Hey, Trixie can take that dumb exam anytime!”

Luna walked by her, saying, “You’re not ready. You don’t decide when you take those exams. Finishing all the books I throw your way will make things go much more faster, though.”

“I’ve read them all,” Trixie exclaimed. “I’ve read the starting books, ranking order. Anything that seemed too tough for me at the time, I put to the side and came back to it when I was ready. I’ve got levitation, teleportation, and coffee making down easy!”

Luna countered. “Heh, yeah, right! You can barely hold the book you’re on, you can only teleport a few feet, and your coffee’s a horrible brand!”

Trixie gasped in shock. “You… Don’t like my magically brewed coffee?”

Luna stood there amongst the books looking as though she indeed felt guilty about saying that. “No, no… I like your coffee, it’s just, I had some bad dreams last night. Look, if you really feel up to taking the exams earlier than what I think is good timing, then I’m not stopping you. I just have this headache, and…”

Trixie walked passed her, saying, “Trixie is perfectly confident in herself. Where will you take her for the exams, Luna?”

The princess snickered, and instructed, “This way. We plan to train thee in the beginner’s magic, and thy shalt not achieve basic rank if ye cannot perform admirably. Thy, thou, thee…” Trixie looked at her with growing anger. “Am I making any sense?” Luna asked.

“No,” Trixie said bluntly.

“Neither are you with this Trixie thing,” Luna scolded with just as much bluntness.

Trixie’s eyebrow was twitching slightly by then, irritated at how Luna would behave so shrewdly. Soon, they’d reached the library door, and down the stairs they headed. Along the way, Trixie and Luna talked like always, if only with a pinch more difficulty thanks to Luna’s cranky mood. They soon arrived down below where Trixie first met the princess. “What’re we doing here again?” the unicorn asked.

“Today, as I said, we’ll be testing your magical abilities. Are you sure you feel up to this, Trixie?”

The mare simply nodded, a ready grin showing on her face along with concentration. It was mysterious to Luna, how Trixie seemed to not even remember last night. Either that, or she was feeling much more comfortable towards Luna than the princess does her. “Ready, your majesty.”

“That’s your highness,” Luna corrected. “Lesson one, transportation!”

For a multitude of minutes, even reaching a full hour, Trixie pulled off countless amounts of magic weaving, successfully conjured, levitated and did everything Luna had to throw at her. By the near end, she was working on her final lesson. Just because she completed the others isn’t to say they were easy for Trixie. Many were ones she was having great amounts of trouble with for days, but this one, the last one, was the hardest for Trixie.

The basic levitation practice she did with Twilight was using relatively light objects, and simply holding them. Instead, she was required by Luna to do the same, but with much heavier objects. Trixie was also being told to spin the weights of varying sizes around her body, putting even more strain upon her magical powers. Luna had her back, though. If there was one area Luna still helped her pupil out with, it was inner strength. “Come on, Trixie! You’ve almost got it. Just a few more minutes…”

Trixie stood in the center of the rubble, the moon shining down upon her and the objects. One was a green triangle, twenty pounds. The second, a blue square, thirty pounds, and finally, the last was a circle, forty pounds. Around and around, these shapes swirled circles around Trixie, her horn shooting faint, lose beams of energy off to the side every so often. A strand of sweat slithered down the middle of her eyes, onto her nose, and stayed there for a moment. Trixie’s muzzle squirmed in a futile attempt to get it off, but it wasn’t going anywhere. Then, to make matters worse, Luna startled her, yelling, “Hey! Day guards, what’re you doing up?”

Trixie looked over to see Luna looking out the window, completely distracted by a set of her sister’s loyal watch ponies patrolling after their hours. What’s worse is Luna leaning over the railing, her tail swishing to the side so Trixie could get a full view of her mentor’s royally private area. Just to add to the painstaking test, Luna’s entire back, plot and all was still in the moonlight, glowing while facing poor Trixie.

“Uh, Ma’am!” Trixie said. “Princess Luna…”

“No, it’s not day time! I don’t see a sun, do you see a sun?”

Trixie tried again, her eyes fixed on Luna’s cheeks. “Please, I need your attention!”

“Okay, I’ll see you two later!”

She turned around only to see Trixie looking at her, hunched over and bent down, some drool on the right of her chin. It didn’t take Luna long to put the pieces together. After all, Trixie’s face was tired, but lustful at the same time. She had worried eyebrows, almost pleading Luna to get out of the light so she could focus. “Just… s-stand over to the left, p-please. Thank you…”

Luna did as her pupil requested, her jaw slightly open. Naturally, with Luna out of the way, Trixie was able to complete even her hardest test. She’d reached basics, and after that, she excitedly left Luna in the room with a satisfied smile on her face. Next time Luna would see Trixie, she’d be reading in the library, a whole new stack of books beside her along with some older ones she still wished to study a bit more.