It had been a week of attending the school for Tom Riddle and the Crusaders had finally stopped being grounded. He decided to head to Sweet Apple Acres to meet up with Apple Bloom, as he did so he noticed the clouds shifting around rapidly in the glow of magic. He lit up his horn creating a shield around him, to protect himself from the harsh weather.

We he arrives on the farm he blinks as he sees Pinkie Pie working on the farm, Apple Bloom galloped over to him “Ah have no idea where mah sister is and Pinkie Pie is trying to do Applejack’s job. She even has my sister’s cutie mark!”

Tom frowned “Mum must have cast some spell by mistake. We need to figure out what she did before somepony gets hurt.”

Apple Bloom nodded “That would be good, Twilight is prone to panic when she makes a mistake and we don’t have any time to waste.”

Tom smiled “I’ll teleport us, just close your eyes and don’t move. It make easier to avoid becoming dizzy from the transit.” Apple Bloom closed her eyes and Tom teleported them to the library. Spike was cleaning up the library, Tom frowned “Have you seen Mum?”

Spike frowned “She went out a few minutes ago.”

Tom walked over to the scroll on the table and read in his head. Tom facehooved “Mum cast a spell by accident and switched her friends Cutie Marks.” Twilight burst in panic evident on her face Tom galloped over “Mum, take a deep breath.” After she calmed down, he continued “Now listen that spell you cast last night by reading it is responsible.”

As the panic began return to his mum’s face “Oh no, I…”

Tom poked her in the chest “They are your friends Mum, don’t panic and remember that. Remember who they are and you can fix this. I believe in you.”

Twilight nodded “Thank you Tom.”

Tom nodded “It’s not a problem.” As Twilight galloped out with Elements, Tom turned to Apple Bloom “Mum needs some lessons in adaptability, she panics too often. Especially when she has made a mistake.”

Apple Bloom nodded “I agree but we should get to school. Class will start soon.”

Tom nodded, the two foals galloped to the school. On their way to the school they bumped into Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo. Scootaloo smiled “Because of everything going on around town, School is out for the day.”

Sweetie Belle smiled “It mean we can go crusading!”

Tom pulled out of one of his saddlebags “Do you want to learn magic?”

Apple Bloom turned to him and the book “Pegasi and Earth Ponies can’t learn spells, our magic is natural. I thought you knew that?”

Tom smirked as he showed her the book which read Light and Dark Magic Basics for Unicorns, Earth Ponies, Pegasi and Thestrals. Tom smiled “Unlike most of the books I have been reading, from what I skimmed of it’s contents it is extremely simple.”

Apple Bloom took a look as Tom placed the book on the dry grass “Light Magic is fueled by positive while Dark Magic requires you to command it into action. As long as you can do this, all the spells in this book are possible for you to use.”

Tom stood up on his hind legs “I practised the first two a bit so you three could know what to do.”

Tom waved his front legs around as a two orbs of light flowed through the air, they flowed around him surfing over his body. The three fillies watched as he danced, his movements fluid. The orbs then shifted to a dark purple, his movements shifted become fierce and rapid as he commanded the orbs with great ferocity.

Scootaloo shouted “That’s awesome! Can I learn!”

Tom nodded “All you three can but it will take you more than a day for you to learn it. The dark part came easily to me but the light part took me several days. I am more suited to the dark side than the light but having a balance is more important than raw power. Read about the spells and what they do before trying them.”

Tom watched on as the three fillies practised the first two spells. The two were easily able to master the light spell, Tom was envious of that fact but hen they tried the dark spell they struggled. He had to step in to take control of the spell several times. At the end of the day he took the book with him.

He arrived back at the library only to here a crashing sound, he blinked in confusion as he saw Twilight laying on the floor wing splayed out. He raised an eyebrow “Where did you get those wings?”

Twilight explained everything to him, Tom frowned “You’re an Alicorn now. Does this mean you will live as long as the Princesses do?”

Twilight’s looked at him as the realisation dawned on her, tears started to form in her eyes “I’m going to outlive my friends, I’m going to outlive you…”

Tom poked her “Mum, don’t dwell on the future. Instead enjoy the time with your friends as much as possible. Form plenty of good memories. Make use of the time you do have with us, all of us and never forget them.”

Twilight started to dry her tears “Thank you son.” Tom gave her a hug, Spike watched on from the kitchen with a smile. He returned to the kitchen, ready to make them a late lunch.

Author's Note

I'm sorry if this chapter isn't very good, my motivation has been low for everything lately.