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// On a break 
// Story: Twilight's Desire For Friendship 
// by ForeverCaseInPoint 
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They're walking outside while they converse.
"Spike, why do I feel I'm still inside?" asked Twilight.
"It's been months since the last time you went outside. Give it some time." 
"...I'll just live outside. That is all the time I can give." 
Silence. 
Spike never heard of living outside before. He's not sure what to tell Twilight. He didn't realize his silence told her something.
"...Ok, I'll sleep outside too." said Twilight. 
Spike takes a guess.
"You mean...being cooped up outside the same way you were cooped up inside?"
Silence. 
"Are...are you ok Twilight?" asked Spike.
"*sigh* No. Instead of making use of studying, it became my way of fantasizing for my entertainment. I guess I'm not ever interested in studies." 
"Aw come on Twilight. No pony knows magic even half as much as you do." 
"No thanks to studying." 
"But isn't that how you hatched a dragon egg?" 
"No. That is exactly how I didn't hatch it. When I stopped relying on books and schools to cast magic, such as when I was shocked by that shockwave, my magic got out of control and hatched a dragon egg,  just because that's how much my magic was being held back thanks to book and school studying.
...*time passed*...
You were right all along Spike, I need to stay outside." 
"I...never thought of magic that way... but The Princess was teaching you magic since then. There's no way any pony knows more magic than you." 
"That's just it Spike. It is friendship that focus my magic, not studies. It is what she has been trying to teach me since I began being her student. Unfortunately, studying didn't do the job, and it kept me inside for too long." 
They continue walking outside ever since.