AU in where Twilight is a dragon but still is Princess Celestia's student. Twilight has a more logical head on her shoulders and takes her job as a caretaker to Spike more seriously than canon.
motherly!Twilight, manipulative!Celestia
Idea sparked from Winter Quill's stories Growing Up With Scales and Sparkles and Scales
Cover art courtesy of Majestickfire9
Not Beta'ed, all mistakes my own. Don't like? Don't read. Cross-posted on ff.net under PlutoMilo
Now being rewritten: https://www.fimfiction.net/story/533926/the-element-of-magic