I am preparing to give my first class of magic to two of my friends, they have agreed to come to my house, I make sure it's all neat and tidy, I start writing down the formula and spell matrixes of a few spells im going to be teaching, along with descriptors.

Today I want to make it fun and interesting, so in the third floor I set up a few things, first of all, it's all covered in sport padding, what they use for martial arts, I also placed various items around that will help us demonstrate various spells, a few volleyballs that I will be throwing, and even targets.

I have prepared a basic shield spell, a few small spells and even more advanced spells for them to try and use, of course spells of too high of a level had no risk to attempt casting, they would simply not do anything if the caster's power wasn't enough.

I kept all combat spells out of this scenario except the stun spell, it was a weak spell really, level 1 and only strong enough to stun a pony and make them have a hard time moving for about a minute, but any powerful pony or creature would just not even be slowed down.

But I would be teaching them this spell, it was in theory not... Illegal to know but it was not common knowledge, I was sure in some old libraries they may have it, but the guard were the ones who often used it to stop fights, even if all guards were trained to prefer physical restraining since not many were unicorns.

I had had some games too, that would be fun to try with magic.

It took a few hours and Sylf helped me with the supplies, but in the end I had made a what I hoped would be a successful and fun class!

I was having a sip of apple juice by the living room when the door was knocked, I went and opened it myself, and there they were, the two ponies i wanted to see, and their parents, Twilight and Night were smiling down at me, as i hugged Shining and then Cadence, a red unicorn mare looked at me with a slight smile as i hugged the filly, was this her aunt she spoke about?

"Good to see you little Onyx, how are you doing? My son told me you were sick, but you look good now."
Twilight asked gently, getting close to me and checking me over, giving a small nuzzle of greeting, ponies often did this with those they considered family, it was such a sweet gesture, and Night did the same not soon after, I returned it of course.

"Im not sure what was wrong with me, I think I had a small magic outburst, it came late to me maybe, it was not so bad just constant sleepyness and I couldn't stay awake for long, then suddenly I woke up one day and I felt full of energy, I'm glad because I don't want to miss school again, I missed my dear friends a lot..." They all 'awww'd at that, even the red mare I didn't know, I smiled up at her and nodded politely.

"Sorry, I haven't introduced myself, I'm Onyx, the only resident dragon of Canterlot, at least the middle district, as far as I know." The mare had an unreadable expression, but she seemed satisfied with my introduction.

"Good to meet you young one, my name is Zinnia Amore, I'm the Aunt of young Cadenza, will you be teaching them magic, right? Well I hope you have the necessary safety measures in place, I will trust you Onyx, and leave Cadenza in your care." With that the mare nodded to the other ponies and turned around, leaving a slightly embarrassed looking Cadence at the door.

"She is always like that, don't worry Onyx, we all trust you." Her words reassured me, I gave her a gentle ruffle of her mane that made her giggle.

"Those paws of yours are very nice, I would I could use my hooves like that, but hooves just don't work the same, I've tried!" She said seemingly a bit disappointed, but I booped her gently.

"Don't you worry little filly, you can use your telekinesis for the same effect, you may not have very good control yet but you can, if you concentrate enough, gently touch and even caress another pony with your field, it just need to be precise and less spread over, which takes a lot of practice."

I demonstrated by concentrating on my field, creating an indigo field over one of my ears, and only there, then I gently lifted my ear and pulled it in circles, making it spin around, the foals seemed surprised by this, but not the adults, who shared a look, I wasn't sure what they were thinking, but I also wasn't sure I wanted to know.

"Ohh I need to learn to use my telekinesis better then, I'm barely able to lift one single thing, but I'll practice extra hard now, so I can do what you do, using my magic!" She was adorable when she was motivated, she even made a little pose and everything, Shining looked at her from the side with a glint in his eyes, he clearly thought she was more than just adorable I bet.

Shiny's parents said their goodbyes, and then we headed in, I closed the door behind us and we headed to the table, it was set up with the theory and some little games.

Mom was at work now, she has returned to her job the same day I went to school, she couldn't miss any more days.

"Okay two you, I'm sure you know usually unicorns are the only types of ponies, beside alicorns" I said with a pointed look towards Cadence. "That can use magic spells, right?" They both nodded quickly, that was common knowledge.

"Well, other ponies can do magic, but not direct spell casting, they instead use their magic indirectly, to influence the environment, they can push clouds around, they can make plants grow faster and healthier, things that unicorn magic has a much harder time doing, but it can be done."

"Now that I explained that, since both of you seem eager to start, I'll teach you a spell each, for you I have the simplest and one of the most useful spells a mage can use, from everything from heating up your tea, to cooling down your drink, you can also use it to play harmless pranks!" She seems to be delighted at this, of course she was a prankster, I wasn't surprised.

"Pranks? Sign me in! See Shining! I knew coming to his class was gonna be worth it, I'm gonna use this spell to have lots of fun." She said mischievously, I smirked at her reaction, Shining was also smiling.

"Just make sure you don't scare someone too much with whatever this spell is, let's hear him out fully first okay?" She nodded at this, and I started to explain.

"The spell is Prestidigitation, a simple but also versatile spell, it has no dangerous effects, read up on it and once you do, I'll explain how to cast it."

They both nodded and got to reading, a few minutes later they were done, turning to me, gave them a thumbs up which confused them a little.

"First of all you must know what effect you want the spell to have, that will determine the runes it will use.
In your mind you should have the spell matrix for the chosen version in mind, the symbols and their order, in this case its only this small one you read, the spell has more chance to work if you know what they mean, so make sure you know, okay? It says in the notes I left you, okay now... To cast you have to bring those runes to the forefront of your mind, focus on them and imagine your energy flowing around them, your energy is like water, and the runes are like the holes the water has to go into."

"Good, now mentally will the now filled up runes to your horn, push with your mind so they go up your horn and the horn will do the rest, don't actually do physical effort, just relax and will it to happen, like you would will hour eyes to blink when you want to."

They both had the right idea, then suddenly I heard the sound of wind chimes, a beautiful sound.

And at the same time a shower of sparks suddenly appeared in front of my snout, a little yelp of surprise left me as I flailed for a second I'm my chair, I should have expected this, I looked both of them over, both were trying to look innocent, they didn't give each other away either.

"Fine! You gave me a little scare, happy? Whoever of you did it... Hmph! Well good thing there's still many other spells to go over, I'll get my revenge for this, ponies!" I say in an exaggerated theatrical evil voice, smiling good naturedly as they smile back.

Now it was time for another kind of test, one that would be both easier than casting and also harder.

"My friends, now it's time for a little game of hide and seek! Don't worry about running into something and breaking it, I have had all the delicate objects removed from this room, I also have removed any pointy objects and whatever I couldn't remove I tied cushions to those, the objective is simple, you will walk around the whole first floor, and using your telekinesis, you will feel for obstacles, walls, columns and other things, you must find, whoever finds me first wins! And whoever wins I'll give ya one of my very own fancy gemstones form my hoard!" Their eyes widened at that, and they smiled widely, they probably knew it was something special.

"A-are you sure Onyx? That sounds expensive and important to you, I would want to make you part with it, as nice as it sounds." Shining was the one who said with concern, he really cared for me, but Cadence nodded alongside the colt.

"He's right, aren't dragon's hoards very important for them? I wouldn't want you to feel upset if you lost part of it." Oh they really are caring, I was glad I invited them together.

"My friends, you two, and my other friends, you're all the most important ponies in my life, I would give my hoard away if it meant I would get to stay friends with you all, I can always make another hoard, but friends stay, even if I were to move out, I would come visit you often! So yes I'm betting a gem, it's not like I have super expensive gems, don't worry too much, okay? It will make the game more interesting." I say in a very sure tone, making sure they know I'm not backing down.

"Oh, if you're sure then yes, but just so you know Onyx, if you want to the gem back at any point I'll give it back if you just ask, but I accept, I'll play." Shining said confidently, he was ready.

"Of course I'll play too! And the same as Shining said, if you ever feel you want your gem back, I'll give it back, no problem, meanwhile if I win, I'll keep it as a reminder of our friendship." Cadence said in a soft tone.

"Thank you, now... Ready? I'll put your blindfolds on when you say you're ready, at that they both nod, and I secure the blindfolds to their head, covering their eyes completely.

"Alright, any of you see anything? Be honest please, or the game would be ruined" they both shake their head, they must mean it.

"We can't see, at least I can't." Cadence answers and Shining agrees.

"Okay now two things before we start, the idea of this game is to use your telekinesis to feel around, not your hooves, still try not to run, so if you hit something it's at least at walking speed, but if you are about to hit a wall and I can see it, I'll stop you with my magic so you don't get hurt, okay?" Two nods "the other thing, you will start to count to 30 loudly at the same time, once you reach thirty you can go looking for me, okay you can start to count now, I'll go quiet."

As they start counting I walk away slowly trying to not make noise with my scaly feet, which is hard on this wooden floor, I decide to make it simple and just stand on the outer wall of the dining room, near the door going to the bathroom but not right on it, then I lay down and flatten myself as much as I can to the ground so it's harder to feel me if you just feel around their head height.

I try to make the least possible noise, breathing softly, pony ears are sensitive and noses too, but there was nothing I could do about those that wouldn't be literally hurting forbidden magic and likely painful, something I'd never do to a pony unless they did really bad things.

They started to walk, the 30 seconds were up, they went in different directions, their telekinetic aura floating around them, moving back and forth aimlessly, it was oddly funny to watch, unicorns usually never trained to cast their tk fields with their eyes closed because it was really imprecise to use without vision, but it could be trained like I did. It was hard to keep it still, if you were moving too.

They wandered around for a while, but they never bumped into anything, always feeling and pushing against obstacles, helping them know what was were, I was amused, but then Shining came in my direction, slightly to the side but close, he started touching the wall behind me with his telekinesis, spreading to the sides and reaching it's way to the corner, he seemed satisfied with that, with a small nod he turned to the side and headed that way until his magic felt the wall there too, he started feeling around more, then headed following the wall, I struggled to not laugh at this.

I had not realized that being so amused by them caused my tail to act on its own, and it slapped the floor lightly, I blinked and glared at my traitorous tail.

Cadence was closer to me now, and she heard it, her head turned towards me inmediately, her ears like radar dishes, triangulating my position, I crawled away slowly, but that didn't help, as it made a slight noise as my scales dragged on it, I cringed and instead stood still, trying to not breathe loudly, Cadence didn't just run to where she thought I was, she slowly walked, playing the game as it was intended, and used her tk field like i told her, prodding the air around and touching the walls and floor, unlike Shining who only touched objects at his head height until he reached a wall.

She walked past me, but stopped, turned to me, and I felt her grasp of telekinesis slowly spread over my body starting by my tail, she was feeling me, then a wide smile formed on her lips.

"I found you! I win!" She said in a very happy tone, then she takes off the blindfold, Shining Armor joins by her side and they hug each other as he congratulates her.

"Awesome! Where was he? I could swear I passed near here, wait, was he on the floor?!" He realized his mistake, good....

"Well done Cadence, the reason you won, unlike Shining, you're using your field on the floor too, and not only on the front of your head, it's a good idea what you do, it's what the exercise is for, if you only check the front and the same height as your face, you won't find anything lower or higher than that, I simply had to lay down and you couldn't see me Shining." I gave him my constructive criticism, he nodded and accepted it.

"I will make sure to check the ground too when I practice more, you really have taught me something I didn't know about, using telekinesis as a way to sense in darkness, it wouldn't have occurred to me, but it makes total sense, when you feel something solid you try to move it and then you get the sense of what it is, how it feels to hold, and more."

"I have to add, you feel really odd to touch with telekinesis Onyx, no offense, but it's like trying to grab a slippery soap, my magic slides right off, and sure I can feel you with it, but I could exactly grab you, not even a little." Oh that was easy to answer.

"Dragons are resistant to most magic, most small spells just don't take a hold on us, or are just harder to cast and maintain." She looks me over with curious eyes.

"That sounds really cool, but why are you resistant to magic? How does that work?" This was a difficult question to answer.

"It's complicated Cadence, trust me, but I'll try to make it simpler, my species has their own magic and that magic repels pony magic at least up to a point, beings much stronger than myself can still affect me, and a great deal." She seemed satisfied with the answer. I patted her head.

"Well now there are a few more spells I'll reach you, and we will go to practice them on the third floor, okay? First let's go over this spells, come sit you two."

I head to the dining area and pull out two chairs for them to sit, once they are comfortably seated I give them each the second and third spell I wrote down for them, this simple shield that can deflect some mundane attacks and even weak spells and projectiles. The third spell was the stun spell, which was also pretty easy, this ones were slightly harder than the cantrip and the shield spell required concentration.

"Here you go, make sure you read up well on this spells, they're simple and straightforward, but they can be a bit more difficult than the last one, you'll need to hold concentration to maintain the shield, but it's easy to do, it's just a matter of holding the spell matrix in your mind and casting them like before, but you don't stop thinking of that spell matrix, like if it was still in your mind ready to cast, if you stop thinking about it for more than a few seconds it will fade away, ending the spell."

"Ohh, sounds more complicated! I've never used a spell like this, but I've always been interested in shields, seem like very useful spells and I want to learn more about them!" Shining Armor said excitedly, he had yet to earn his Cutie Mark so maybe this will set him on the path towards that.

"The third spell I'm teaching you today is... Something you should only use in emergencies or training, it's a stun spell, don't worry it's harmless, it will just slow down or stop a pony in their tracks, without hurting them but it can feel quite uncomfortable to not be able to move." Their eyes were a bit wide in surprise, not expecting this kind of spell.

"B-but Onyx! This sounds dangerous, you sure it's safe? I don't wanna hurt anypony..." Cadence said in a worried tone, looking me in the eyes.

"Cadence, Shining, this spell is not a combat spell, it's a self defense spell, and I assure you it's completely harmless! You know I would never do anything to risk either of you, you're my friends, in fact you can try your stun spell on me, not that it would do much to me since I'm a dragon."

"Oh I trust you Onyx, don't worry, this spell sounds useful in emergencies, let's get to learning!" I give him a ruffle of his mane and he gives me a glare in return, but his smile betrays how he feels.

"Good, good, get to reading you two! Any doubt I'll try to explain, meanwhile I'm gonna file my claws for a bit, they're getting a bit sharp and it can get in the way." They both nod, the alicorn is more reassured now that the colt gave his approval of the spell.

They start reading over the spells, while I pull out the claw file and start to slowly file away at the points of my claws, making them less deadly and more useful to everyday life, sure sometimes having pointy claws was useful, like for climbing and such, but I'd rather be able to tickle ponies and massage them with my dulled claws.

The two ponies went at it, reading and memorizing everything, in about half an hour, then they both talked among themselves and compared thoughts, I pretended to still file my claws while discreetly looking, sweet.

"I think we're both ready, what will we do now?" Cadence was the one to speak up first, I put my file away and got up from the chair, tucking it under the table.

"Come, follow me you two, time for some real practice! We have to go to the third floor, right this way." They followed me and we walked up the stairs, I went around pointing at each door and explaining as we went by to Cadence who had never been here.

"This is my room, thats mom's, and that one is the guest room, if you want to go to the bathroom you can use any one of this room's bathroom or the main one in the first room, okay?" Both agreed, then we went up the stairs into the prepared third room.

"Wooow! You really put effort into this class! I remember this room being so empty before, you went out of your way to do all of this for us? I'm gonna get you!" Shining suddenly exclaimed as he pounced at me, landing on top of my body, I let myself be knocked down and enjoyed his rough love, he nuzzled me and hugged me while pinning me down, I of course returned the gestures, Cadence looked at us with a curiosity at first, but then a wide smile as she also joined, pinning Shining under her, this made the colt blush but gladly accept the gesture, both nuzzling each other as well.

"You and Onyx share a lovely bond, Shining, I feel like you see each other as more than just friends, you two are like brothers and act like brothers, it's very sweet and I'm glad I get to be friends with both of you, I did tell you that my special talent is love right?"

"Oh, well I agree with you Cadence! Shining here is my little brother, he's such an adorable little pony!" I said teasingly, this made him give me a bit of a glare, as he smirked with evil intent.

"Oh you got it all wrong, this small dragon is the little brother, look at how much smaller he is" Ow. Right in the insecurities, you wound me Shining! He hugged me by the neck a bit tight and started giving me a noogie with his hoof over my head, i closed my eyes, giggling as he did, but I didn't fight it

Maybe I didn't mind being the little brother sometimes.

"Hahaha you two are definitively brothers from different parents, also Onyx seems to have submitted, your noogies have... Seemingly relaxed him a lot Shining." I had my tongue out slightly, my face serene and peaceful from the head massage, I loved the feeling of his hooves massaging my scalp like that, or whatever it was called now, my scales protected my head a lot, so a noogie felt like the most relaxing of head massages, instead of hurting or irritating me like they probably would if I was not scaly.

"Oh haha yeah he does that sometimes, if it bothered him I wouldn't do noogies, but he is definitely the little brother, aren't you Onyx?"

"Hmph! You're lucky you give good head massages bro, or I'd tickle you until you beg for mercy~" I say with a light-hearted tone, extending my claws and showing them to both ponies, Shining swallows audibly at this.

"I-i do give good massages, so you wouldn't dare to do that, good, now let's go back to the lesson, I'm interested to see what you have prepared for us today, put those claws away and let's practice!" Ah, it seems he still fears the tickle attack, I have been using it on my friends since we were in preschool, and of course he wouldn't want to be shown his place in front of his alicorn crush, I wasn't as cruel as to tickle him in front of her either so he was lucky.

"You're right! We're here now, I want you to go and stand whenever you want, then try and cast the shield spell, you already know how, cast it and hold concentration, I will try to distract you by throwing balls at you and you must block them, remember, you can will the shield to move around you, or cover all of you in a circle, the bigger the surface of the shield, the more energy it will take to hold up for long periods of time, if you want the shield to last and you are only facing one enemy, it's better to just focus the shield on blocking that enemy's attack instead of a full circle around you, understand?"

Both nodded, then went and stood next to each other in the middle of the room. Then they began the process of forming their spells, I was surprised when Shining Armor made the shield right away, he took only a few seconds and the shield appeared around him and Cadence, it was larger than I expected too, having a similar color to his aura.

"Very good Shining! you made that look easy, is that the first time you cast this spell? You casted it like you already had done it before."

"N-no, this is the first time I cast it, it feels surprisingly easy." I examined his shield, approaching and knocking on it with my claws, it was solid and looked very sturdy, I decided to try something, straightening my fingers, and extending the claws fully, then I hit the shield, hard, this hit was hard enough to stab my paw into a wooden wall, not that I did that before, but I felt more than strong enough to do it.

His face contorted in pain and shock at the hard impact, he glared at me, shields and other protection spells had drawbacks, they had a sort of feedback that would tell the caster if something was trying to break their shields, and their attacks registered as slight pain or discomfort, the caster would instinctively know what part of the shield was attacked and how hard.

"HEY! that hurts! why you'd do that?" He said in a slightly hurt tone, Cadence looked in concern to me.

"Relax Shining, its just the way shield spells work, they give feedback, I'm amazed you managed to take that and not lose concentration, and that your shield held up." He looked shocked to that, and a smile formed on his face, a proud smile.

"So that means my shield is very strong? still... that hit you did... it felt painful, like a slap to the horn, how hard you struck it? can you try throwing balls or doing something else so I can feel the difference between attacks?" I nodded, meanwhile Cadence had also managed to cast a small shield inside Shining's shield, it was nowhere near as big but still useful, not everypony could use this spell.

"I did it too! yaaay! look Shining! Onyx! Its smaller than his... but i'm still happy I could do it!" Her smile is contagious, she hugs Shining who blushes and hugs her back, I quickly join her as Shining's shield is dismissed as he loses concentration with the hug.

"Perfect you two! you both learned one of the most important spells to protect yourselves and those you care about, now... who wants to test their shield against balls thrown by me? Its gonna be fun, you can either use a full shield or a partial shield, you must also protect eachother, if you can, okay? don't let either of you get hit, because if you lose... there will be a punishment!" I gave them an evil smile, showing my sharp fangs and extending my retractable black claws, standing on two legs to appear larger and more menacing. They went a bit pale but seemed to realize I was playing, and nodded eagerly, it seems not even alicorns are free from pony's prey instincts.

"W-what will be our punishment if we do get hit?" Cadence asked, hesitation in her voice.

"I'm gonna pin you down, and tickle you both until you are out of air, they don't call me the tickle monster for nothing~" Shining nodded his head, very familiar with that particular form of play, he had experienced it first hand after all.

"He's serious, you stand no chance when he is decided to tickle you, he will find your ticklish spots quickly and you won't be able to escape, he is much stronger than he looks, trust me..." He said with a far away look, he had experienced the tickle monster before, and he tried to attack back, it didn't work at all.

Cadence nodded solemnly when she saw his expression. "I see, I'll make sure I don't lose then, lets do this!"

Both shields ignited, both partial shields to make this more fun, they had to block all of my attacks as best as possible. I grabbed two volleyballs from the ground, secretly using my tail I grabbed a third, and had it ready, Standing on my hind legs, i prepared and launched the balls, hard, making them bounce on the floor and the ceiling, more of a distraction, as I quickly passed the third ball to my right paw, aimed at Cadence and threw it directly at her as she was distracted by the bouncing volleyballs around the room.

She didn't see it, but Shining realized, in the last second, that she was in danger of getting smacked, and he screamed "Watch out!" his horn glowing brightly, a large, faintly shimmering barrier formed around both of them, making the ball bounce harmlessly away once it impacted it, I recognized this shield, it was not the same I had taught them, incredible!

The spell dissipated almost immediately after blocking the ball from hitting Cadence.

He had used a globe of invulnerability, without even knowing the spell, at the same time as he casted the spell, I also realized something, his body was glowing brightly, and his flanks specifically shined like a beacon for a second, soon after it faded and in his flanks now there was a beautiful symbol, a blue shield, with a pink six pointed star in the middle, above the shield, there were 3 smaller stars of a lighter blue color than the shield itself.

Me and a flabbergasted Cadence stared at the colt, he was too busy glaring at me, but then quickly realized we were staring at him as if he had grown a second head.

"Whoa! Shining? Y-you... saved me! and you got your cutie mark too, look!" Cadence exclaimed first, pointing to his side, this made Shining turn and slowly he realized and saw that he had indeed obtained his cutie mark, his frown slowly transformed into a big smile, and he rushed and hugged Cadence with tears of happiness forming on the corner of his eyes.

"I-i did! you're right! Oh gosh! This is amazing! I felt something... I feel like my special talent is protecting ponies Cadence, with shields! Oh Onyx, I'm gonna beat you up for almost hurting her, just you wait..." He tried to sound angry but he couldn't keep the smile out of his face.

"Dude! you can beat me up all you want! I'm super happy for you! you got your cutie mark!" I exclaimed and rushed them, hugging both of them as well, tightly, squishing them together and causing both of them to blush as I nuzzled them, but I quickly let go, as much as I wanted to play matchmaker with this two, it was not okay to go overboard.

"Ill hold you to those words, just you wait, now that I have my cutie mark ill get much stronger and you wont ever be able to win!" I giggled at his overconfidence, and just nuzzled him, making him smile warmly.

"You know I would have stopped that ball before it ever hit her if you hadn't used that shield, right?" He looked at me with disbelief, I just stuck my tongue out to him.

"Who do you take me for? I would never let her actually get hit, you did amazing with that spell, even if i... have no idea how you even pulled it off!" I had an idea, but I wasn't going to say it out loud, I don't want them to think I'm some kind of know it all, but when ponies gain their cutie marks, the laws of magic usually are broken completely, special talents are like cheat codes of the universe, not much is understood about them, but its clear when they manifest, they break the laws of magic by their mere manifestation, usually creating what is called in the field of magic as a 'Miracle' where a weak creature can use magic or power far beyond their capabilities.

"Oh, well... thank you Onyx, thank you so much for your classes! if it wasn't for this, I don't know when I would have gained my cutie mark... but there's one spell left to try, right?" I nodded, caressing his back, man... I loved him, he really was like a brother to me, I felt so proud of him too, he was both adorable as mostly every pony I met, and fun to play with, he had the same fighting spirit as me, probably even more, and he was caring and honest.

"Yes I have to agree with Shining! this was the most fun I ever had in a class of any kind! I learned a lot and I saw something that I'll never forget, how a pony earned his cutie mark, I think auntie will be amazed too! I can't wait to tell her." Cadence clapped her front hooves as she sat down on the training mat and smiled at us.

"Awww you two are going to make me blush... I'm really happy that you enjoyed this, but your parents will be coming soon, so we better get this over with, right?" They both nodded and stood together.

"Okay our last spell, remember? Prepare it, aim it at me and blast away, no time for much else, use it as much as you can." They looked concerned and doubtful, but my serious tone didn't waver.

"Uhm, you sure?" "Is this a good idea?" They asked me for confirmation.

"Yes, I order you, blast me, that's an order!" My tone made them stand straighter, and nod, they stood still, thinking, probably forming the spell matrix, then Shining fired a beam of white energy that looked like electricity, it hit me on the chest, spreading over my scales like water, then cadence fired the same spell, aimed at my foreleg.

It felt slightly tingly, but didn't affect me beyond that, it was like being touched slightly around the area of impact.

"Well done! See? I make for a good training dummy!"
I turn around and shake my tail at them, sticking my tongue out at them, making them laugh.

"Try again, that last attempt felt like barely being touched!" I tried to provoke them, maybe they would do better with the right attitude.

This time the attacks were a bit stronger, and they aimed at my tail, as it was the most obvious target now, being big and long. The attacks still weren't strong enough to affect me, my scales made magic slippery, sort of slide around them, this spell was one of the most strongly affected, same with telekinesis, it was like trying to grab a slimy fish with oiled gloves.

They continued attacking until they ran out of energy, left panting and sitting down, I walked up to them and sat down with them too.

"Well, that was a beautiful job demonstrating the stun spell, just know that it won't work on just anypony, some ponies can shrug it off, it's not perfect, but it's harmless because it only affects skeletal muscle, so legs, wings and abdomen, back muscles, etc, it doesn't affect unicorn's ability to use magic, don't forget that, a unicorn can still cast magic even if they are stunned and unable to move."

Since they both seemed to understand I decided to end the class, it was good, now we would go and relax in the living room, or at least they would. I would go and prepare them some drinks.

"Let's go downstairs to the living room, so you two can have a seat and relax, while we wait for your parents okay?"

"Yeah I'm tired, and thirsty, and you Shiny?" He just nodded in response.

After that we headed downstairs slowly, they had reached their limit of magic usage and also all the playing had tired them out physically too, once they seated I went and prepared glasses, some apple juice and paper straws, only straws you could get in Equestria that weren't metal, and I didn't want to deal with metal straws.

I carried the tray with both glasses and took them to the coffee table, where I gave each a glass, they held it on their hooves and drank slowly, they were probably too tired to use tk.

A long content sigh left each one as they finished their drinks, I smiled and took their glasses and out them on the table, sitting on the opposite couch and loafed.

"What a lovely day... I'll never forget it, thanks to the two of you." The unicorn colt was the first to break the silence.

"I definitively have never had such a good time learning and playing like I did today, so I must agree." The alicorn filly added softly, she sounded tired, but happy.

"I may give more classes then, could be fun, don't you think?"

"Definitively, please? I wouldn't miss a single class! This was so much fun!" I was surprised to see that Cadence was the first to agree, oh! I had almost forgotten, her gift!

"Yes she's right Onyx, you better make more classes, we could bring Ruby too, she's a unicorn as well."

"Well... If you two insist, I may have another class in the future, we will see, and before I forget." I turn around, pretending I'm searching under the cushion of the sofa, but I pull from my inventory a perfectly polished deep purple gemstone, an amethyst, and approach Cadence, giving it to her and bowing my head respectfully.

"This belongs to you, as you have won the earlier game, I know it's not exactly the same color as you, but it's the closest I had, I hope it's to your liking."

I hear her gasp and gently grab the gem from my paw, holding and examining it over from all sides, I look up again to see her happy expression, she puts the gem to the light to see it's beautiful colors, her eyes full of wonder and awe, she probably had never seen a gem like this before, or at least never held one.

"A-are you sure? This is beautiful! It's very big too! You sure you won't miss it?" She was sweet for asking, but I was sure.

"Yeah I'm pretty sure, I have a decent collection of them, I'll show you both someday all my hoard, but now it's ab-" my response was cut short as there was a knock at the door.

"Ah, that must be them, thanks for coming you two!" I went hugged each one, which was returned and then we walked to the door, Cadence holding onto her gem with a giddy demeanor. I opened the door and there they were, three ponies waiting patiently, they looked happy to see their foals again.

"How did the classes go my dear Cadenza?" The red unicorn mare asked, what was her name again? Oh right, Zinnia Amore.

"Oh auntie, this was the best class ever! I wish you could have seen it! We learned such awesome spells, it was so much fun too, we played games and even had a prize! Look, Onyx gave me this gem as a reward for winning the game!" She proudly shows the Amethyst to everyone, grinning widely, the other ponies look on wide eyed, gems were expensive, probably not expensive for them but for ponies outside of the capitol they could be expensive, depending where it was, some places had very high concentration of gemstones that grew underground, so there gem prices were low, but most cities had expensive prices as the gems were a valuable commodity, used by almost all species.

The parents looked at me with a look of slight disbelief but also pride.

"That is very generous of you young Onyx, giving part of your hoard away to a friend, I'm proud my son having such a generous friend." Night Light commented first, his fatherly and proud smile made me feel part of the family.

"T-thank you mister Light, I just wanted to make the game more interesting, but Im glad you think highly of me because of that, and she earned that gem, she did beat the game fair and square."

Twilight seemed to want to say something, but when she looked at his son, she hesitated, she looked close again, focusing on his flank, her eyes widened, and she poked at her husband and pointed at Shining who by now was starting to realize he was the center of attention, even Cadence's aunt was staring wide eyed.

Meanwhile me and the alicorn filly shared a knowing look and smirked.

"Son? Y-you got your cutie mark?!" Night Light said in a happy yet still shocked tone.

"OH GOSH IM SO HAPPY! this is amazing! We have to start planning the party! You all are definitively invited, we also have to invite all of your friends and your friend's parents!" Twilight Velvet was freaking out, I found the pony freak outs like this super adorable for some reason, but it would be weird to just say it out loud when I was supposedly a foal.

"Congratulations young Shining Armor, I can't wait to hear the story about how it happened and what it means." Zinnia said in a more subdued but clearly happy and kind tone, she was not as excitable as the other ponies.

"Y-yes I did get my cutie mark, but mooom! Calm down, we're in public..." He sounded resigned as his mom bounced around excitedly like a filly.

"I earned it by casting a shield spell and protecting cadence from a fast ball in one of your practice sessions, I panicked when I saw the ball approach, and did my best to protect her, using a shield that deflected that ball away, then Onyx and Cadence stared at me and told me I had gotten my cutie mark that's basically how it happened" everypony listed carefully to his tale, smiling at him, very pony was happy for him and proud of him, my included.

"Oh son, I'm so very proud of you." Night approached and pulled him into a loving hug that Twilight joined, eventually we all joined, it was pony nature to be this friendly, and I was definitively going native, in the loving hugs kinda way.

The foals expressed their exhaustion after that and we said our goodbyes and they left, I waved after them and then went back inside and closed the door, headed to the nearest sofa and jumped on, my legs spread out under me as I laid there, completely mentally exhausted as well, but very happy.

What a day, I think I'm going to get some rest here.

Author's Note

If it's not already obvious enough, Zinnia Amore is not Cadence's aunt, is Celestia using magic to change, she wants Cadence to have a somewhat normal life as a filly, and Cadence goes along with this because Celestia asked her.