Tom Riddle entered the Library once more. Twilight rubbed the back of her head “We don’t really have a lot of room in the Library, I have already converted the spare room into a bedroom for Spike. Do you mind sharing my bed until I can make some better arrangements?”

Tom shrugged “I don’t mind.” He then frowned “This feels strange, I can’t remember anything but I get feeling of familiarity to many things but the fact that you are caring for me. As if you were my mother.”

Twilight had conflicted look on her face “Tom, I…”

Tom smiled “Relax Twilight, I doubt you are expecting such a burden to be placed on you.’

Twilight trotted over to him “I’d love to be your mother, to give you the love you need. It’s just that I’m not sure if I’m ready for such a commitment, I have little experience in the area.”

Spike rolled his eyes “You did a pretty good job with me.”

Twilight frowned “You cook and clean for me, you take care of me then I could ever could for you.”

Spike frowned “Tom is capable of great things, learning skills isn’t the problem. He needs someone to love him, to care for him as a mother would. You gave me that as nopony else could, everyone else looked at me as a monster but you didn’t. You can do this.”

Twilight smiled “Thanks Spike.” She then turned to Tom “Would accept me as your mother.”

Tom smiled back “Of course mum.” He then giggled “That felt weird to say but a good weird.” He then turned to the bookshelves “Do you mind if I do some reading?”

Twilight smiled “Sure, pick what you like. Just remember to return the books to their shelves.” Tom nodded pulling out several books in his magic, one was on Basic Spellcasting, another was on Equestrian History, the third was the History of the Griffons, another was on Basic Potions, the final one was a Standard Book of Science.” Tom levitated the books around him, reading them simultaneously.

Twilight pulled out a book of her own, taking a seat to do some light reading. Spike rolled his eyes muttering as he entered the kitchen “Bookworms.” A couple of hours went by as the two read in silence. They were interrupted as Spike placed the food down on the table, Tom turned away from his books and approached the tale. The books hovering in the air around him, most of them half finished.

It was a nice Caesar Salad, Tom levitated the fork into the air and taking slow carefully measured bites of food. Spike shook Twilight “You need to eat.”

Tom chuckled as Twilight put her book down, joining him at the table. Twilight frowned “It is still surprising you can do that. I couldn’t do that until I was in my last year in school and even then I could only levitate three books at a time.”

Tom frowned “Magic feels natural to me but if Discord tried to remove the fragment I once was from it’s prison, it’s possible that fragment tried to stop him by eating part of his magic. That could explain my power output as well as how I was able to avoid Luna’s attacks earlier.”

Twilight’s eyes widened “Princess Luna attacked you, why!”

Tom shook his head “Mum, calm down. I have got the feeling Discord hasn’t always been the most trustworthy of individuals and Luna deemed me a threat to everypony around us. She seems the type to nip a threat in the bud before it could bloom but Celestia stopped her before she could do anything rash.”

Spike frowned “How about you finish eating, what happened has happened. I’m sure Celestia is giving her a proper reprimand.” The two unicorns returned to their food and afterwards they finished reading their books.

Tom whispered to Spike before following Twilight to the bedroom “Could you teach me how to cook?”

Spike whispered “Sure, I will be happy too.”

Tom whispered “Thanks.”

He then headed upstairs, following Twilight. Twilight took him into a small bathroom, she started heating up the water to the right temperature. Once the water was ready, Twilight helped him into the hot water. She then started rubbing soap into his coat, Twilight smiled “This was something my parents taught me. It is common for groups of friends to help clean each other in baths, one day you may have to teach this to your own foals.”

Tom nodded “I see.”

Shortly after the bath Twilight and Tom went to her bed. Twilight helped Tom into the bed, the two unicorns slowly dozing off into slumber. The next morning Tom awoke in, he felt warmth behind him. As his sleep addled brain started to process information, last night’s events came back to him. He slunk away from Twilight, slowly and quietly sneaking out of her room.

As soon as he did, he saw Spike yawning. Spike blinked “Tom, your up early.”

Tom nodded “I am but I thought that I could help you prepare breakfast.”

Spike smiled “Follow me to thew kitchen then, just remember to grab a stool on the way. You will need one in order to be able to see the benchtop.” Tom nodded following Spike down the stairs. Spike grabbed his stool and Tom levitated one in after him. They both hopped on the stools, Spike got some eggs and out of the fridge “Tom could you kindly get me a bowl?”

Tom nodded levitating a bowl over as Spike turned on the stovetop, Spike smiled “That will take a couple of minutes to heat up. Now watch.” He grabbed an egg and cracked it on the side of the bowl before pulling the eggshell open dropping the eggs’ contents into the bowl. Spike smiled “Now we just have to wait for the pan to heat up.”

Tom frowned “Anything I should know about cooking?”

Spike smiled “First rule, before you do any experimentation you must understand the basics of cooking. Once you do that, it makes experimentation easier because you know what works and what doesn’t.”

Tom smiled “That’s good to know, thanks Spike.” Half an hour later the smell of coffee drew Twilight out of her bed, Tom caught her in his magic as she stumble down the stairs. He then levitated her over to the table. Tom whispered to Spike “Is Mum always like this?”

Spike whispered “She is, it’s worse when she stays up late reading. I have to drag her to the coffee from her bed.”

Tom turned to his mum to see she had just gulped down a mouthful of coffee, she yawned. After a she finished her coffee she turned to Tom “What do you want to do?”

Tom frowned “I’m not sure what I wish to do. I suppose I could practice magic with you.”

Twilight smiled “Of course, we can start after breakfast.” After they ate, Tom showed that his talent went beyond being a natural. Most spells that were written, he was able to pick up with minutes. Twilight frowned as Tom teleported around the room “You are very capable for a foal your age. Too capable. My talent is magic and I didn’t learn how to do it that fast.”

Tom frowned “This could because my past self was already a talented magician, part of that memory is ingrained in me subconsciously. It doesn't help my pool of magic is unusually large, I can feel so much power I’m actually unsure of how to use of all of it. It’s terrifying.”

Discord then materialised himself “Well your soul fragment stole quite a bit of my power, I don’t have that much left in the tank right now. I took a nap after I returned form the last time we talked, I haven’t been this drained since when I tried to create my own universe when I was little.”

Twilight frowned “Did you succeed?’

Discord chuckled “I wish, I didn’t even come close.” He then frowned “I haven’t tried again since, I have been too scared to.” Discord then vanished as fast as he came.

Tom shrugged “Well that was interesting.”

Twilight nodded “I’m surprised he hasn’t cause any disruption, yet again if he is as drained as he claims he might leave us alone for awhile.” Their conversation was interrupted by a knock on the door.

Author's Note

I hope you enjoy this chapter.