Twilight fiddled around with a half-full water bottle before putting it to the side in favor to grab some blades of morning grass and setting it on the table, alongside a small mason jar half filled with tree sap, and a sunray she had captured in a newly enchanted sun-snatcher bottle on her class, Twilight stuffed all the grass on her mouth and chewed through the teacher incessant strokes of chalk, mid chewing she took a small sip of water washing clean her cheeks and teeth then Twilight opened the mason jar and spat all in before closing and beginning to shake it, meanwhile, her telekinesis ripped a page of her notebook and begin scribbling chain-runes of advanced reaction acceleration with reaction stabilization in a large circle before drawing a big rune of transmutation on top, there at the center, she put her water bottle and stopped shaking the mason jar and put it on the class, then her horn instead focused on a basic empowering of the throat to reach the world, "Awaken." Twilight whispered, the runes began glowing in a fiery purple overshining the sun, she hurriedly put her hoof without shaking anything around the paper and used her head to dim the light even less, but also unscrewing the cap of her water bottle and mason jar.

With the care of a painter finishing their art, Twilight put the sap into the water and didn't change position until the very last drop hit the water, however, once done she lifted her head back and watched the dim light glow dull as a lighter nearly out of lighter fluid but the liquid on the bottle began to change colors into a moody green, Twilight then reached for her backpack for a funnel which she placed on the top of the bottle then grabbed the trapped sunray, flipping it over on the funnel then carefully opening it, the moment the lid went off the liquid went from green to a bloody red. Twilight half expected for it to blow up with her saliva in the mixture, nevertheless, the success brought a smile to her face, she now had- "Twilight Sparkle." Teach accent made the 'kle' of her name sound sassy, maybe it was done on purpose. "Can you tell me what-"

"Five," Twilight answered.

Teach blinked twice, "What?"

"Sixteen plus nine equals twenty-five, which the square root is five." Twilight said, then tapped her table dissatisfied, "When will we do actual magic?" The other ponies gasped, "Bhaskara, trigonometry, or whatever we had the past two weeks is fine but..." Twilight made a circle move with her hoof, "It's essentially kindergarten subjects."

Even in the dead of night amidst the dark alleyways of manehattan were more capable of noise than this classroom at this instance. The wind briefly howled as student and teacher locked eyes in an invisible duel until the teacher without breaking eye contact opened the door with his magic, "Twilight, please go to the principal's office."

Twilight briefly closed her eyes and sighed, "Okay." Twilight said, picking up her bottle and heading out of the room with a low head that only raised with a smile after the door closed, her eyes locked onto the potion with an even wider smile, and she began trotting forward only to bump into- Holy sun! "C-Celestia!"

The governor of day and night looked at her disciple with a gentle smile, her eyes were crescent moons."What are you doing out of class?" Celestia said while slightly tilting her head.

"I was going to the bathroom." Twilight answered, her wits quick to cut down any possible stuttering and pointing towards the most plausible lie.

Celestia's smile didn't cease, "Hm." The glint of her eyes seemed to see through everything, "We are going to the castle to have some lessons," Celestia's words nearly caused Twilight to squee, "but I need to warn your teacher about your absence first." Said squee only didn't happen because Twilight froze, Celestia smiled a bit wider, "Is that alright?"

"No... I-I was to head to the principal's office." Twilight said.

A chuckle escaped the princess, "Well, well. A bit of a liar, are you?" Celestia said.

"N-No! I am no-" Twilight looked to her left and her right, she took a step back.

The alicorn didn't move, "Then why did you lie?"

"I... I just didn't want to disappoint." Twilight said.

Celestia stared at Twilight, the smile on her muzzle slowly being washed into a more neutral expression - one unfit for the dignified solar princess, one that expressed plain disappointment. "Don't do it again." Celestia said, turning around and slowly trotting before stopping, she turned her muzzle back with a new gentle smile "Come, we need to talk to the principal first."

Mentor and disciple sat opposite of each other on a cushion ornamented with gold lining, further separated by a round metal table. Outside the birds sang endless operas, and the ponies working on the royal garden chatted nonstop while cutting down bushes and greeting the critters that came to play, the princess's quarters were simplistic with only a single mirror, a chest, and a double bed which worked more as a normal bed for her height - it was not what Twilight expected at all. "What does the potion do?" Celestia said with her ever-present smile.

Twilight's ears perked up, "Oh! It quickens the reinvigoration of muscle tissue damage plus hardens the skin and grants a greater appetite!" Twilight said with a smile.

Celestia tilted her head but kept the ever-present smile, "Doesn't Weaver potion clog up the veins?"

That question didn't discourage Twilight, actually, Twilight tapped her chest with a hoof and spoke, "Only if made by an amateur, which would result in the potion being pink instead of crimson and have a sweet smell instead of an acidic one." Twilight said with a puffed chest, "Those failures of potions only happen if the ingredients aren't somewhat fresh."

Celestia nodded, "From who you bought this-"

"I made it!" Twilight said and just as quickly put her hooves on her mouth. "Sorry."

Twilight expected a scolding, but she received a hearty laugh instead, "Do not worry," Celestia said as she waved a hoof, "Quite impressive alchemical skills too." Celestia got up and began trotting near Twilight, "For somepony with no cutie mark." Now that remark slightly stung but Twilight didn't show it. Celestia's horn lit and in a flash, a baby dragon popped on the table, "Your first lesson then, and one that might not end so soon." The baby dragon was quick to awaken, he seemed about to cry but stopped at seeing Twilight and chose to instead crawl up to her. "You see, dragons consider the first thing they see after they hatch their mother."

Twilight's face slightly darkened, "Oh no." That gave Celestia another chuckle.

The sun princess shook her head, "Now, I will not ask you to take care of the dragon as a mother, but as family." Celestia said and sat next to Twilight, "So, what will be his name?"

That wasn't even a question, the soul of that dragon resonated with his. A... A friend of a past life. "Uraume." Twilight said, her heart felt slightly at peace as the dragon nibbled on her hoof, his teeth not quite sharp just yet.

"U-ra-u-me. Are your parents from Neighpon?" Celestia said and thus ignited a chuckle from Twilight, the squandering of her previous country name.

Twilight shook her head, "It just feels nice." Then she looked at the small spikes popping from the back of the dragon, "Uraume Spike." It doesn't really sound as catchy as Twilight would've wanted but it gave an option for most ponies not to look weird at Uraume because of his name.

Celestia nodded, "So, your first lesson is to learn how to take care of a life." Then her horn lit again, a heavy book falling onto the table, "Your second is to take a good read of the Marvelous Recipes."

Twilight nodded, reaching the book with her telekinesis with a smile - finally, she'll be able to practice true magic! "For now that's all," Celestia nodded to herself, and within a flash, they were in Twilight house. "I'll see you next week." Celestia waved and just as out of nowhere her first teleportation was, she teleported again.

Author's Note

Maybe a time skip will happen next chap, maybe not. I stopped thinking about the progress of this story once I got this done, so uh. Yay?

It'll take a while for me to update this again honestly, but I hope you enjoyed thus far.

Always remember that I do actually love criticism that do tell me what is wrong with the fic, and I like even more if YOU have an idea of how to solve said issue, either way, Eggbaguette out!