When it was becoming more and more apparent that Sunset was going to have an entire village worth of unicorns eager for magical knowledge, Sunny and Phyllis set her up with a quiet workspace on CanterLogic's second floor. The unicorn was grateful enough for the spare bedroom in Sunny's lighthouse, but she had to admit, the expanded desk space was working wonders for getting organized and getting a baseline lesson plan lined out, and the cafeteria food wasn't half bad.
'Is this what it's like having a 9-to-5 desk job, or what being Twilight's Arch Mage would be like?' Sunset wondered. Would she have spent countless days with her muzzle buried in spellbooks from dawn til dusk, assisting the Princess with whatever magical conundrums came up? Or would she have been able to assist in teaching a class or two at the School for Gifted Unicorns?
But this wouldn't be a 'class or two'. It would be running a school. She could put it in as many informal terms as she wanted; that's what it was, and she still didn't believe she was fully qualified. Guiding eager and willing learners was great, but what if she had to deal with somepony... Like she used to be? Egotistical and power-hungry? Magic had been gone for generations, and now that it was back, the Spirit of Harmony was right; there would undoubtedly be those who would want to use it for nefarious purposes. If the need arose to defend Equestria, would her students be ready?
Would she be ready?
Sunset knew she was getting ahead of herself. She was on Step 2; that would potentially be Step 637. She glanced over at the stack of books; 200 newly produced copies of Magic 101: The Fundamentals of Unicorn Magic. That would go in one wagon, and all the other books that hadn't gone into storage here at CanterLogic would go in another wagon. She had arranged with CanterLogic to be able to rapidly produce any books that she would need to copy to hand out to her students.When she heard that Izzy would be coming by to see her to Bridlewood, she knew it would save an extra trip.
It would also let her give Izzy a proper apology for the stunt she had pulled a few weeks earlier. She hadn't forgotten that the unicorn had managed to keep the citizens of Bridlewood calm and understanding after her thievery stunt, and she was willing to bet that the fact that they were so willing to learn from her was due to Izzy as well.
There was a knock on her door, and it opened to reveal the lilac unicorn.
"Hey there, Sunset. I know I could have sent you a text to let you know I was in town, I wanted to come personally and make sure there's no hard feelings," Izzy greeted, stepping into the small room that had been serving as Sunset's 'office'.
"You're coming to see if there's no hard feelings? After what I did?" Sunset said, unable to hide the surprise in her voice.
"Not about the books, but honestly, I didn't really dissuade anypony from coming to a magic class, even when I saw that it was beginning to become the entire town," Izzy said.
Sunset gave her a gentle smile.
"No hard feelings, promise. The prospect of teaching so many is a bit daunting, I will admit, but I couldn't turn anypony away from wanting to learn about magic in a more formal setting, especially for the first time in generations. I'm going to give it my absolute best effort. You, and every single unicorn in Bridlewood, have my word. In fact..."
Sunset turned back to her desk, and reached to the far corner, and turned back to Izzy with a book the cerulean-maned unicorn recognized.
"'Weather Wizardry: Influencing the Forces of Nature'. This book is full of Class IV atmomancy spells. From what you told me, you used one to put out what could have been a disastrous forest fire, after just reading it twice?" Sunset asked.
"It was kind of an emergency, and I gave myself a migraine for nearly a week," Izzy explained, half nervously.
"Well, even if your emotions were elevating your magic, the fact that you successfully performed a Class IV spell after just reading it twice, and getting away with just a migraine, tells me that you've got some innate talent."
With that, Sunset stepped forward and offered the unicorn the book.
"Izzy, I'm wondering if I could ask you something. Would you like to be my teaching assistant?"
Izzy's eyes widened as she accepted the book in her magical grasp.
"Really? Me?"
"In return, I can offer you some one-on-one instruction several times a week. What do you say?" Sunset asked.
Izzy's stunned smile widened.
"Yes, absolutely. I'd love to."
Sunset gave her an affirmative nod.
"In that case, let's go grab some dinner to celebrate. My summer vacation is over. Now it's time to show some unicorns some magic."
Welcome all, to Sunset's School of Magic!
That is something, only you can answer Sunset.
That a girl Sunset!
Yeah a certain alicorn who would take advantage of the magic
Well it looks like Sunset is preparing to teach the unicorns how to use magic properly it's going to take a while and apparently she's going to be the teacher and she still worried about a certain unicorn will take advantage like she was once upon a time but she can't think about that for now she even got Izzy to be her assistance which that's pretty cool and it looks like some of vacation is almost over and school will begin I wonder how this will work out guess we'll find out next time
great chapter
Welcome to the Phoenix Magical School of the Sunset. A place all unicorns can learn magic!
And here we are, right where we were going to be.
Where do you get so many cute Pony Sunset pics?
Greatly appreciated the dialogue between Izzy and Sunset here as well as the characterizations and set-up for the last chapter. And, yeah, I could see where Sunset could be wondering about the possibility (actually probability) of coming across somebody who wants to use the magic for evil purposes. And, yeah, it makes sense that Izzy wouldn't hold a grudge over something that was well-meaning but misguided as well as Sunset recognizing Izzy's abilities and asking her to be an assistant teacher with more personal instruction worked in.
I'm going to guess that, in the final chapter, Sunny is going to be in there along with the entirety of Bridlewood for pointers on how to handle the unicorn portion of her "training wheels alicorn" abilities. But I'll admit that the guess is just as likely to be wrong as right.
But, anyway, definitely looking forward to the final chapter(s).
Oh yeah, I forgot that spell Izzy used was a Class IV. Izzy's definitely has the talent. Her rediscovery of a type of heat spell in Forgotten: The Frozen North is also a subtle hint. She'll make a perfect assistant for Sunset as she takes magic like a duck takes to water.
Welcome all you unicorns, to Sunset's School of Magic!
Good artwork, once again. 🎨
There should be an an before the word, entire.
You forgot the ending ' at the end of the title of the book.
Sunset's embracing her inner Professor X.
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Defense against the.... Everything, really. Magic get freaky, yo!
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