It was a partly cloudy day in Canterlot as a blue unicorn paced in front of Princess Celestia’s castle.
“Why not me?” he asked while looking towards the entrance. “Why am I not one of Celestia’s Selected?”
The purple-haired unicorn continued to pace as he thought on how he knew he was gifted and certainly more worthy of a special mission than Dawnbreak Horizon or Lucky Find, who was an Earth Pony who had absolutely no magical training at all.
He got more frustrated as he thought on how all the hard work, straight As, and special awards he earned during his time at The School for Gifted Unicorns got him nothing more than an internship at the Royal Academy of Magic.
“I’m destined for greatness!” he shouted aloud. “I WILL become one of Celestia’s Selected if it is the last thing I do!”
His outburst got a lot of ponies to stop and stare at him, which made him feel quite uncomfortable. So, to avoid being the center of attention in all the wrong ways, he cleverly began walking back towards the Royal Academy of Magic to start his shift. That was until his eyes came across something small, purple, and green coming down the street.
“That’s Twilight Sparkle’s assistant, he thought to himself as a smile formed across his face. He then, without even giving a glance towards Spike, used his magic to ‘accidentally’ trip the baby dragon.
“Oof!” cried Spike as he dropped asmall pile of books and fell onto his belly.
“Here,” the green-eyed unicorn said as he used his magic to pick up the books. “Seems you could use a hand.”
“Thanks,” said Spike with a blush as he dusted himself off. “I’ve just been havin the worst luck today.”
“Tell me about it?” the clever unicorn asked as he faced Twilight’s assistant with the friendliest of faces any pony could muster.
Spike, who was almost always short of getting any quality amount of attention, was more than eager to share his day with the blue unicorn as they continued back down the street. Before he knew it, they were entering the Royal Archives and his new found, unicorn friend was helping him to put the books Twilight had asked him to return back in their appropriate spaces.
“So,” the unicorn asked. “How’s your special mission on friendship going?”
“I guess it’s going alright,” replied Spike. “Twilight is no longer completely stuck up in her research and there is this really cute pony named Rarity who I just can’t seem to get enough of.”
“And what of the Elements of Harmony?” the unicorn asked.
Spike shrugged as he used his magic to pull out a list of new books Twilight wanted for her studies.
“Princess Celestia has them safely stored away,” he replied. “Who would ever think how magical friendship is, right?”
The purple-haired unicorn used his magic to gently pull the list out of Spike’s hands.
“Wow,” he said as he glanced over it. “Seems Twilight has sent you here to get quite a number of books.”
Spike groaned as he replied, “As always.”
“Want some help?” he asked upon realizing some of the books were in restricted sections of the library he had always wanted access to.
“You’d help me?” asked Spike.
The blue unicorn nodded and stated, “Of course!”
Since Spike had full access to the library, the aspiring unicorn was able to get past any of the locked areas to see all that may be hidden away in each of the special sections of the Royal Archives. One section in particular that caught his attention was one entitled ‘Ancient Magic’.
“Spike?” he asked as he used his magic to hold the books the baby dragon was struggling to carry. “Do you think we can stop in here for a moment?”
Spike was so happy to have the weight of the books taken off his arms that he gave a most emphatic, “Sure!” before telling the guard that he needed access to the wing to acquire some research materials for Twilight Sparkle. Of course, all of Celestia’s Selected had full access to the archives and the guard opened the door without even the slightest of questions.
The section itself was dark with only a series of ethereal torches lighting the room.
“Just like me,” he said under his breath. “Unreached potential.”
“So,” asked Spike as he grabbed a book and blew the dust off of it. “What are you looking for?”
“I’ll know it when I see it,” replied the green-eyed unicorn.
Spike began to worry a bit about the nameless friend he had made. The clever unicorn could tell and was on top of the situation.
“You like gems, right?” he asked.
“Sure do!” replied Spike as his stomach rumbled.
The clever unicorn opened up his saddlebag and removed a ruby, sapphire, and emerald and magically placed them in Spike’s hands.
“Oh, man!” Spike gasped as he realized just how big each of the gems were. “For me?”
The clever unicorn nodded as he replied, “All yours.”
Spike gorged himself on the large gems, which actually were part of a project the unicorn was to do for the Royal Academy of Magic, as the purple-haired, aspiring unicorn went about scouring the books in search of wisdom that had yet to be fully tapped. It was during these studies that he came across an old form of magic known as ‘Alchemy’ that had never been fully explored due to its complexity in comparison to unicorn magic. It’s overall premise, though, was to explore the potential of Earth Ponies and Pegasi to harness the power of magic.
The blue unicorn looked to his cutie mark, a quill-feather beside a filled flask, as he stuffed every book he could find on the subject of Alchemy into his saddlebag.
“I do believe I have found my way to become one of Celestia’s Selected,” he said with a smile as Spike finished the last gem.
“Ready to go?” he asked the satisfied dragon as he used his magic to, yet again, carry the books that were once the baby dragon’s burden.
“You bet!” cried Spike as he rubbed his stomach and licked his lips. “Thanks!”
From here, the two finished collecting all the books Twilight had on her list. The clever unicorn was even kind enough to help Spike back to the Friendship Express so that he wouldn’t have to work so hard to carry the over ten books Twilight had requested.
Once Spike was on his way, the blue unicorn smiled wide as he realized his destiny was at hand and that, soon, he would be the one to bring magic to the masses and become more than just an intern at the Royal Academy of Magic.
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