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// Chapter 2 
// Story: Maybe if... 
// by Fat1thatyoulove 
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Chapter 2 – Apple-spider is best pony

The morning has followed its usual pace, like it has for the last few days. Except You and Violet have moved from your spot at the table to where you both now lay near the bookshelves. The light purple filly sits between your front legs on her pillow with her hooves wrapped around a bottle as you hover the hoofing book in front of you two.

But both of you are too slightly distracted from the scene at the table to really be learning anything.

"Spike! Don't eat that!"

You look up from the book as you watch Twilight hovering a glowing purple apple from the little dragon's grasp.

She floats the magic pumped apple back to the table as she talks, "This spell takes a few minutes to work properly." As the apple is set down to the table she squints her eyes to the purple aura around it.

A low chime comes from the apple as Spike brings a chair up to the table, "Twilight don't you think the spell should had worked by now?"

Twilight brings her head back to the little dragon as she talks, "Spike you’re sure this is the right book?"

"Pff, come on Twilight do you really think the worlds best assistant would bring you the wrong book?" Spike holds a cocky tone as he talks.

You roll your eyes as you look back down to the hoofing book, you know where Spike is going to go but you can’t keep his voice from penetrating your ears as his favorite comment over the last two weeks starts to autoplay.

"...I defeated Sombra and saved a whole empire, I think I know how to bring the right book." Spike holds his head up high as he jumps off the chair waiting for Twilight's response.

Twilight floats the book over to her as she read over the title out loud in a know it all voice, "Copying, a book on making legs."

Spike taps his claw to his mouth as he grabs for the book from her magical grasp, "What?...-"

Before his sentence completes the apple that has still been glowing purple gives off a few popping sounds similar to what popcorn popping would sound like.

You watch the aura around the apple start to levitate it off the table before the room becomes a trumpet for an echoing, "POP!"

The once normal looking apple has now grown four small spider like legs and slightly bobs itself on the table from where it stands.

You give out a loud laugh as you look to Spike.

He turns his head back to you as he crosses his arms, "I still saved the Crystal Empire."

You cock an eyebrow to him as you proudly speak up, "Oh ya? I killed Chrysalis about four times stopped Discord about three times, changed diapers, got out of a magical book..." You pause for dramatic effect as you smile to him, "...And made delicious pancakes today." You hold your gaze from the only slightly burnt plate of pancakes that sit beside you, its not that you can’t cook but why cook normal if you can light things on fire with your mind? 

You hold the thought as you smile to Spike.

Twilight gives a little giggle as her horn glows a low purple, "Spike could you bring me the correct book please?"

Spike mumbles something to himself as he walks into the other room.

You hold a slightly wider smile as you think to yourself, and now I have defeated a dragon.

"Ok Mr. Apple I think you ne...AH!" Twilight jumps away from the table as the spider-apple leaps onto the floor.

You watch as the little apple mindlessly running towards where you and Violet lay.

As the little apple gets closer to you and Violet, the little filly stands herself from her pillow and playfully runs towards the apple-spider.

You can't help from laugh as you watch the little filly's posture take on an almost lion like pounce. But her motion only last a few seconds as she jumps to the magical mishap causing it to burst into a pool of apple bits.

Twilight's horn keeps its purple glow for a moment as the bits of apple are poofed away, “Violet, now you need a bath.”

You roll your hoof to her as you talk, “Shes fine.”

Violet's front hooves are a little slick with the applesauce as she turns back to face you with the same lion like pounce. You blink at her happy smiling face as you think, i’m not made of apples?. 

You hold the joking smile as she lowers her head a little more.

But the pounce of the little filly is not what you get as her horn sparks up in light green glow.

Crap, before you can move yourself a bolt of her magic strikes against your face leaving it with a frost like shine.

Violet gives a low wheezing laugh as Twilight trots over to the little filly, "Come here Violet." The lavender mare picks her up with a slight giggle as she looks over your lightly snow covered face and confused face.

You shiver a little as you stand from your spot and shake the chill from your face.

Twilight carries Violet over to her high chair as she talks, "Now you need to eat your breakfast, and not freeze daddy’s face off." Twilight gives a playful giggle as she sits the filly to her seat.

But after a moment of sitting in the chair the little filly’s horn glows a faint purple as she brings her blue eyes to the ground. Her spell is ultimately cut off as Twilight lifts an eyebrow to her.

Violet shoots back a smile as the glow to the horn is dropped a little and she stops her slight wiggling in the chair.

Twilight gives a little giggle as she hovers a fork and knife in her grasp as she starts to cut up Violet's food, "You shouldn't use a spell on some pony Violet, its not nice and if you did that at a school you could get in trouble."

You break over her voice as you give a laugh, "Well I don't think she has to worry about that any time soon." You hold your laugh as you take a seat to the table, still trying to peel some ice crystals from the tip of your nose with your tongue.

Twilight hooves the pancake filled fork to Violet's mouth as she turns her gaze to you, "Why's that?"

You squint to the comment as you shift your eyes between Violet's open chewing mouth and Twilight slightly confused stare, "Uh, because shes only five months old?"

Twilight gives a little smile as she rolls her hoof to you, "So?"

You think over her word as you try to bring some sense to your voice, ponies age different but you know theres no way Violet would be starting school anytime soon, "Don't you think Violet should wait until she's at least two to start school?"

"Why would we wait four years?" Twilight turns back to the filly in the high chair with a little giggle.

Four years? You study the number in your head for a moment as you bring up your two front hooves, "I said two."

Twilight turns her head back to you as she nods, "Yes, I know...that's four years."

She holds her gaze to your confused face for a moment before she speaks back up, "Oh...i'm sorry..." Her voice takes on a slight know it all tone as she talks, "Pony years are divided by when a pony is born. Violet was born in the year of Luna, so she doesn't have a birthday until after Celestia's year." Twilight gives a little giggle again as she finishes, "Violet can start preschool in the next month if she wants to."

She turns herself  back to the little filly still chewing with her mouth open as her voice changes to a slight baby high pitched tone, "Like a big filly right?"

Violet slightly wiggles her front hooves to the words as she gives a smile.

Over the last two slow weeks Twilight's memory spells have started to become more effective and you now have just about all of your memories back. With this now fueling your comment you give out a dumb laugh, "Twilight? Shes only five months old."

"Six."

"What?" You cock an eyebrow to her as you fold your front leg to your chest, "Shes five."

Twilight turns her head back to you as she hooves the fork to Violet again, she holds a smile as she nods her head, "She’s closer to six."

You blink at her unfazed smile as you think, fire-bending alien...shape shifter....super pony...badass library....I can count you speak up as you hold a sly smile, "Five."

"Violet is closer to six, and she can start preschool whenever she wants to."

You realize there's no way you're going to win the argument so you quickly change your comment as you speak up, "Why do you want Violet to start preschool so bad?"

Twilight blows at the comment as she answers, "Oh no reason...I just want Violet to meet other ponies her age is all."

"Ok, well when did you start preschool?" You unfold your front legs as you try to work your way back up to you ultimate goal.

Twilight's voice is fast as she turns back to Violet, "I never went."

You roll your eyes to her comment as you talk, "Then why does it matter if Violet goes?" You're not against the idea but with all the things that have happened just in the last few week you're starting to feel like Violet's growing up too fast.

The lavender mare turns her head back as her voice slightly picks up, "Because when I went to school I was too nervous to make any friend my first years of school...." She turns her head back as she continues, "I don't want Violet to have that problem."

Her voice carries a slight tone and you know she’s hiding something so you blow to the comment a little, but before you can speak up Spike's voice calls back into the room.

"I found the book Twilight."

Twilight turns back to the voice as she speaks up, "Thank you Spike." Her horn's grasp sets the fork back down to the mostly empty plate as she now floats the book towards where you sit.

Violet holds a baby like O face to the book as Twilight starts to flip through the pages for a moment, "Ah, here we go..." Her eyes scan the book for a moment before she looks back to Spike, "The spell requires a mirror...could you get one Spike."

He holds his claw up in a smile as he speaks back, "Of course, the world's best assistant would never fail you Twilight."

You roll your eyes as you watch the little dragon start back to the stairs in a fast pace.

Twilight catches your gaze as she talks, "We'll talk about it later, ok?"

You give a little smile as you think, note to self lose this argument later...Your voice rings back to her as you give a slight smile, "Lets ask Violet."

Twilight and you turn your gaze to the little filly who is just about to push the plate off of her high chair and onto the floor. The little filly stops as she brings her caught in the act face up to you two.

"Violet." Twilight hovers the plate from her grasp as she floats it to the table.

You give a little laugh to Violet's front hooves wiggling as the plate comes to rest on the table in front of you. You bring your posture back up fully to the back of the seat as you put your front hooves in front of your chest. Your voice is slow and you try as best you can to remember the hoof motions as you talk, "Violet...do you agree with daddy...or mommy?"

Twilight and you both stare to the little filly as she swings her eyes between you two. Her mouth hangs open in a slight confused stare as she continues to blink her eyes between you.

You can't help but smile as you watch her eyes pass by you and then back to you. But her moment of confusion doesn't last long as she smile to you...the slight moment you get of victory at the little filly’s smile is shot down as she quickly swings her head and wigglings her front hooves to Twilight.

Twilight gives a little giggle as she trots herself to the wiggling filly, her hooves wrap around her as she lifts her from the high chair, "I think daddy lost."
You watch the smiling filly slowly being place to her hooves as you think, next time have the rattle...

As Violet is put to her hooves she losses her smile as she sits her flank to the ground and brings her front hooves up in a fast motion.

You blink at the motion as you try to follow it but the little filly does it too fast for you to follow.

But your confusion is broken as Twilight's voice comes up, "Potty?"

Violet looks up to Twilight's voice as she shakes her head.

"Could you..." You stand from your spot before Twilight can finish her words as you nod. Violet does an almost dance like gallop over to you as you start to the stairs. You give a little laugh as you watch the pony-pee-pee dance that Violet gives as you both start up the stairs.

End of chapter 2