"MAGIC! MAGIC! MAGIC! I GET TO LEARN MAGIC!"
"Ugh....... Do you have to wake me up at.... What time is it? Five in the morning. Do you have to wake me up at five in the morning Lloyd?"
"Yes. MAGIC! Besides, don't you usually wake me up at this time anyway?"
"No! Now wait until six before attepting to wake me up again."
Twilight was asleep when Lloyd came into her room and jumped on her bed yelling 'MAGIC' every few seconds. She was trying to sleep after staying up until one in the morning trying to read about easy spells that she could teach the others. However Lloyd appeared to be the most excited about magic and was too anxious to wait until six. Twilight opened one eye slightly and saw Lloyd standing over her with a book in his wing. "Lloyd, what are you doing?"
Twilight got her answer quickly when the book was dropped onto her face. "OW!" She yelled before sitting upright to rub the spot on her forehead where the book made contact. "Lloyd! Don't do that!"
"But...... Magic......"
"Just be patient. I know you're excited, but you need rest or you'll never be able to learn a simple spell. Now go back to bed."
Twilight watched Lloyd crawl out of the room before resting her head on her pillow. She quickly recited all of the spells that she needed to teach before falling into blissful sleep.
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"MAGIC! MAGIC! MAGIC! I GET TO LEARN MAGIC!"
'At least he waited until six.'
"WAKE UP TWILIGHT! WE GET TO LEARN MAGIC TODAY! I CAN'T WAIT! MAGIC! MAGIC MAGIC!"
"I'm getting up, I'm getting up." Twilight said as she sat up. In front of her Lloyd was happily jumping in a circle while lightly flapping his wings every now and then.
"Hurry up! I don't wanna be late today!"
"Is Spike up?"
"Yeah, he's starting his chores right now. All you have to do is get up and go because I already have everything we need."
"Spell books?"
"Check."
"Food?"
"Check."
"Saddlebags full of emergancy supplies?"
"Check."
"Pony who's too excited for his own good for learning magic?"
"Right here!"
"Looks like we're ready then."
"HOORAY!"
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"........ Then I'll learn how to teleport things, and teleport myself, and fight better, and make Spinjitzu tornados, and levitate stuff, and levitate myself, and-"
"Lloyd." Twilight said while shoving her hoof in his mouth. "It'll take time to learn all of that, and I'm sure the other ponies around here don't want to hear you yelling about magic at the top of your lungs."
"Sorry......"
"It's okay. Besides, we're almost there. I just hope one thing."
"What do you hope for?"
"Well, ever since the Everfree Forest caught a forest fire, Kai hasn't been showing up. I know that his magical energy needs to replenish, but it's been three days. If he isn't here today we'll have to wait until he wakes up in order to teach him magic." Twilight explained. "That'll also set him behind everypony else here. He'll have to work harder and faster in order to catch up for the days he was gone."
Lloyd nodded before speaking. "Yeah, I agree with you. Kai's also a very important member of our group. He's the most stubborn, but he's a great friend. I really hope he gets better. I think life will be very different if he doesn't wake up any time soon."
"I'm sure he'll wake up in a few days, he'll just have to work really hard." Twilight said before stopping at the entrance to Sweet Apple Acres. "But right now Rarity and I have to teach you, Nya, Sensei, and Garmadon about magic. Maybe Kai, if he wakes up, but that's about a fifty-fifty chance." She walked into the entrance to the apple farm with Lloyd following close behind. They walked over to the place where both she and Rarity would be teaching magic and found almost everypony already there.
"Looks like Kai's not here again...." Lloyd sadly said to Twilight.
"But Applejack, Sensei, and Garmadon aren't either. Everypony might be held up right now, so I wouldn't worry until later."
Twilight and Lloyd took their places and waited. It took about two minutes and thirty-seven seconds, but eventually all of the ponies could see Applejack walking toward them. There were some ponies following her too. When they came into view, Sensei and Garmadon could be seen coming up the hill. Twilight felt a bit disheartened. Because Kai wasn't showing up, she'll have to give him a seperate lesson later. She was about to turn away when she saw a small red dot rapidly approaching. 'What IS that?' She thought. However the dot got closer and clearer to see. Twilight could make out brown hair, amber eyes, and a red Unicorn horn before realizing who it was.
"HEY LOOK! IT'S KAI!" Jay shouted from behind Twilight.
"Kai?" Nya asked. "He's awake?"
"I sorta see him, yeah. That's him alright." Cole said.
"LET'S GO SEE HIM!" Lloyd shouted.
Twilight stepped out of the way from Jay's, Nya's, Cole's, Zane's, and Lloyd's path before she got run over. She turned toward Rainbow, Pinkie, Fluttershy, and Rarity to see what their reactions were. Rainbow seemed amazed, Pinkie was excited, Fluttershy seemed nervous but happy, and Rarity looked pleased. Twilight smiled weakly and turned her head to where Applejack was in the middle of the crowd. She saw that Applejack was having a bit of trouble due to being squeezed between Lloyd and Jay. They weren't listening to Applejack when she told them to let her through due to their excitement.
"Can't ya'll wait 'til ah'm outta here safely? Ah don't want ta be squeezed to death here!"
"I'll help ya A.J!" Rainbow yelled before flying into the air. She flew at an angle to quickly reach the crowd of ponies. When she got close to Applejack she grabbed her and turned sharply upwards. That pulled Applejack out of the crowd and allowed her to be safely escorted to the ground.
"Thank ya Rainbow." Applejack said before walking over to the training area. "So when do the magic-users get ta start trainin'?"
"I think it would be best to start now." Rarity answered. "I have some clothes that I need to work on back at home, so I hope that we can finish this quickly."
"I just wanna see MAGIC!" Pinkie happily shouted while flailing her front legs. "I think it's going to be so much fun to see everypony learning how to be amazing at magic!"
"Pinkie, not all of them will be exceptionally great at magic." Twilight explained. "It just depends on the pony and how willing they are to train themselves."
"But we still all get to see magic!"
"Yes Pinkie, we will." Twilight said before walking over to the crowd. She focused on a spell and fired it at all of them. The levitation spell was a success and made all of the ponies become wrapped in Twilight's magic and moved over to the training area. "Let's get started shall we?"
When Twilight released the spell everypony was placed where they should be. Kai, Lloyd, Nya, Sensei, and Garmadon were lined up in front of her and Rarity while the other ponies were on the sidelines.
"The first thing you should know about magic is that it's fully based on your mental abilities." Twilight began. "Focus is the most important ability to have when trying to perform a spell. Most spells require high mental abilities and a larger amount of magic to perform, so obviously that means more common and weaker spells require less. Today Rarity and I will be teaching you how to perform the levitation, light, teleportation, and simple illusion spells. They are very easy to perform, but can get very difficult if you start out by trying too hard or not hard enough. They also get more difficult if you try to levitate larger objects, light up larger areas, teleport larger distances, or create more complex illusions. That's why we'll start out small and you'll practice with Rarity if you think you can do better without exhausting yourself from loss of magic. Are we clear and ready to start today's lesson?"
Twilight watched everypony nod before continuing. "Great! Now, performing the levitation spell is very simple. I have some small rocks here to practice on, one for each of you. All you need to do is focus on the shape of the rock and send your magic out to wrap around it. Once that happens you just focus on lifting it. You can move it around once you get that part done. If you're focusing enough then you should be able to perform that spell on instinct when nessecary, but only if you've practiced hard enough. You may now start."
Once Twilight finished her long speech she watched the ponies begin focusing. All of them had their eyes closed and most were beginning to strain themselves a bit in order to find the magic within them. However it didn't take long until one pony managed to get a basic grip on magic.
"Am I doing it?" Lloyd asked when he felt a spark in his mind. He opened his eyes and saw a greenish glow around the small rock. "Yes!" He screamed out of pure excitement. After he screamed though, the rock lost it's glow.
"Good job Lloyd." Twilight said. "You need more concentration, but otherwise you did a terrific job at starting the levitation spell."
No sooner had Twilight said that was when all of the others managed to get where Lloyd was. However they managed to keep their focus and keep the glow. Twilight whispered to Lloyd to tell him to keep practicing and get better focus. Soon all of them managed to keep the glow around their rock and she instructed them to try moving it. Eventually all of them managed to levitate the rock into the air with a green, red, pink, yellow, and black aura. Twilight cheered happily and moved onto the next lesson, performing the light spell.
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The process repeated for each spell, only Lloyd managed to keep his concentration. All of the ponies were able to perform the levitation, light, teleportation, and simple illusion spells. They even had time to experiment with magic for a little while. Kai was able to master his fire powers and conduct them through his magic. Lloyd was able to do the same, but he was also able to control the powers of earth, ice, and lightning as well. Sensei was able to control the powers of light, and Garmadon was able to do the same for darkness. Nya didn't have any special form of magic, but she was able to strenghen her fighting ability.
All five of them were able to practice with Rarity and strenghen their magical ability for a little while before it was time for them to go home. Everypony was a bit more happy than usual due to the lessons being over. All that was left was for Twilight to look up information on ninja-ponies and if they had any elemental powers. 'I also think I should write to Celestia about this.' She thought. 'I know these ponies are very special, but I don't know if they'll be important to the safety of Equestria or not.'
Twilight made the mental note to write to the princess when she got the chance. 'I'm sure that Celestia would love to hear about these ponies, and I'm sure that I can somehow find a lesson in friendship from them. All that's left to do is wait. Wait, watch, and guide them through Equestria with both my and my friend's help.'