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// Chapter 11 
// Story: Might Be For Us 
// by Fat1thatyoulove 
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Chapter 11 – How to break what's never been fixed

The sun above Canterlot's sky has dropped well from its after midday height, Violet's first day of school was a little longer than she thought it would be, and the young mare never thought she would enjoy her hour break for lunch so much. The outside world’s crisp fall air is something more than just a pleasant feel to the light purple mare. It now has become a feeling of freedom, a freedom the mare only has for a little seeing as how the book report that's due in the next two days weighs heavy to her mind. Of course her mind's weight is nothing compared to the large spell dictionary she's crammed into her satchel.

But as her trot continues down the dirt path that's outlined to the outer slightly rolling grass hills that sit a little ways from Canterlot's city; her mind shifts from her physical and mental burdens as she instead focuses on the colored ponies that round the outside track, next to the large sky blue building marked as 'The Wonderbolts academy'.

Violet doesn't really know where her friend is, but as she nears the track a little more she notices that all the ponies running or holding their flapping wings close to the ground are stallions, so the idea that Sparky is out here pauses the mare as she looks around the ponies that pass by her eyes.

However the light purple mare's presence starts to turn a few heads as a cream colored stallion starts to slow his trot, and instead turns his attention away from his hooves and to the mare he trots towards. "Well hellooo..." A confident smile comes over the sweat drenched pegasus as he nears Violet, "We don't usually get such cute looking unicorns around our side of Canterlot...What's your name?"

Violet blinks to the bold words coming from the unknown stallion, but she doesn't immediately take offense to it as she just gives a friendly smile knowing that the stallion won't really be able to hold a conversation with her...The thought is slightly saddening but her nose takes the idea of the smelly pony leaving most likely soon as a god send.

"Oh...You're one of those shy mares huh?" The cream stallion flexes his wings out as he puffs his chest out a little, "My name is Flaps." He holds his confident smile as he looks over the mare in front of him again.

The stallion's continuing stare turns Violet's stance a little shifty as she brings her hoof up in an attempt. But as its motion comes to an end the stallion in front of her just gives a confused blink as he pauses for a moment, "Oh..." A newfound wider smile comes up over his face as he speaks up, "Your one of those dancing mares huh? I've never been to Canterlot before but I have heard Club Luna is pretty cool..."

His words are cut off as another voice comes up from behind the stallion, "Violet?"

To the familiar young stallion's voice Violet shifts her eyes to the light orange pegasus that now trots over towards her. Sparky's usual spiked back mane has lost its shape and now lays to one side drenched in a little bit of sweat, but his voice is not panted as he comes to stand near the other pegasus, "What are you doing here? I would have came to the-..."

"FillyFlank, you know this mare?" Flaps turns his head to the stallion next to him as he waits for a response, but as Sparky gives a simple nod Flaps wraps his sweat furred right hoof around the stallion as he brings him close to him, "Hey! Alright, so what's the dancing mare's name?"

Sparky breaks away from the stallion's slight hug hold as he speaks up a little confused, "A what?"

"Ha, no really come on FillyFlank spill it." Flaps hold his own voice to his amusing laugh as he waits for Sparky to speak up.

But the name the stallion used again brings Violet's hooves up as she turns a questioning eye to her friend.

Sparky looks over her motions as he rubs his hoof a little to his other, "Ya...That’s kind of my nickname."

"What..." Flaps cocks his eyebrow to Violet as he shifts his gaze between Sparky and her and takes a hoof back, "Hey are you two doing some unicorn mine trick or something?"

Violet rolls her eyes to the stallions annoying confusion as she starts her hooves up and points to the cream stallion.

Sparky nods to her comment as he speaks up for her, "Oh, this is my friend Violet...She can't talk so-..."

Flaps turns his head back to Violet as he looks her over, "Can't talk huh?" A slightly creepy smile comes over the cream stallion as he speaks up, "I bet I could get you to say a name..."

"Flaps!"

The cream stallion's relaxed tone and slightly loose flared out wings straightens up as a white stallion with dark black mane comes over to where he, Violet and Sparky stand, "I don't think you did all your laps yet Dodo. Hows about we get back to it huh?"

Violet blinks to the stallion's commanding voice as she watches the cream stallion give an annoyed sigh as he pokes his hoof towards Sparky, "Oh come on Streak, why you yelling at me...This pony lost us the race."

The white stallion's hard stare doesn't shift as he looks over the cream coated stallion, "Oh ya? Then why is it Dodo Cloud-Shaper has finished his laps when you haven't...Now stop bothering this poor young mare and get back to it Dodo."

Without another moment of hesitation Flaps starts his trot up as he mumbles something to himself and starts back to the track. As he leaves Streak's tone shifts a little more to a normal deep tone as he looks back to the mare standing near the track, "Tell Celestia or Luna the next time they send a message pony make sure it’s not a mare...Now if there’s anything that doesn't need to be signed I can take it, if not you need to-..."

"Um...She's not a messenger pony."

Streak cocks his eye to Sparky's comment as he speaks up a little lower and slightly embarrassed, "Oh...my apologies ma am." His eyes shift between Sparky and the light purple mare for a moment as he speaks up, "Well then carry on." As his words end his trot is sent back to the track as he looks over the still running or low flying pegasus.

Violet cocks her head to her friend as she moves her hoof up again, but Sparky brings his own voice up as he wave to her comment, "No you don't want to hear what happened...It’s not really that important..." Sparky's voice comes back up a little more as he continues, "So how was your first day?"

A sigh comes over Violet as she taps her hoof to her bag and runs through a few simple ear flicks and other motions.

A faint smile comes up from Sparky as he speaks up, "Oh a writing thing huh? I don't have any class work." He straightens his posture up a little as he folds his wings to his back, "I'm like the smartest pony in my class."

Violet rolls her eyes to the comment as a smile comes over her face, but her smile ends as she brings her hooves up again and then starts to trot back down the dirt path.

"Now?..." Sparky looks back to the track as he hesitates to follow, "Well, I don't have anything else to do, but I think I should get cleaned up before we-..." The stallion's words are cut off as a very cold bolt of air hits his body leaving his fur with a slight frosted coat and his mane blown back.

Violet looks over her quick spell as she gives a friendly smile and speaks up her hooves.

Sparky's teeth chatter a little as he nods, Y-ya, but how long does it take to melt?"

A faint wheezing laugh comes over Violet as she brings her trot back up.

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The journey back into Canterlot has been quiet with only a few teeth chatters from the thawing orange pegasus, but their trip begins to come to its end as the big marble building comes into view. There are two flights of stairs leading up to a large glass door opening; to each side of the walk way up there are four sets of large columns that reach up to the overhang of the building. On the second flight of stairs there sits a large stone figure of a unicorn reading a book.

There's really no doubt to Violet it's the Canterlot's library that Twilight always talked about, but the fact that above the door there's the marble words does kind of reassure her that she's not walking into some place she shouldn't be.

Around the inside of the library there's a few colorful ponies either dropping off or checking out a book at the counter to Violet's right. But what's really struck the mare's face into a giggly smile is the vast amount of books that are visible to the bookshelves of the two story high building. Her face almost shines like the polished marble floor that's under her hooves that reflects the sun shining in from the dome sun roof above her.

"Whoa...that’s a lot of books." Sparky's words speak for Violet's own thoughts, but his tone is a little bit less excited than the mare that tugs on his still damp mane with her magic. Sparky starts his hooves up quick as he follows after the slightly tugging mare, "Alright alright..."

Violet's trot stops as she turns to the stallion and brings her hooves up in a few quick motions.

But her fast pace only leaves the stallion in confusion as he squints to her, "Get books about magic right?"

A nodding yes comes over Violet as she points to the tables that sit off to the side of the library.

Sparky's mind slowly follows what she wants as he speaks up, "...And meet back there right?"

Violet gives another nod as she starts her trot up and into the large library. Sparky on the other hoof pauses for the moment as he just swings his head around the large building's insides, but he doesn't waste any more time as he starts his trot towards the first long  hallway of tall bookshelves. There is a slidable ladder on the far side of the bookshelves but it's not like the pegasus would really need it...And from his slow start of the mainly   bottom and middle rows of books he most likely won't even be looking up anytime soon.

Sparky mumbles the titles to himself as he continues to trot slowly down the aisle as he holds his head to the right side. As he nears the end of the long row without seeing a book with the word magic in it he starts to turn his head to the opposite side; but the stallions mind begins to focus on the titles as he continues his trot and instead of turning he ends up crashing into a fur coated obstacle.

As Sparky's quick and embarrassed turn to the pony he's knocked into he rushes his voice, "Sorry...Sorry I didn't see you there." His rushed mind doesn't get to get a clear look over the pony he's knocked into as he immediately turns his eyes to the few books that now lay upturned to the ground.

But they only sit to the ground for a moment as he quickly brings his hooves up, as he brings his eyes back to the familiar crystal mare in front of him a more embarrassed smile comes over him, as he hoofs the books forward, "Um...I didn't hurt you did I?"

The crystal mare's horn sparks up in a faint gold chime as the few books come from Sparky's hoof, "Oh no...Crystal ponies are not really made out of crystals." A light smile comes from the mare as she gives a simple giggle.

Sparky just blinks to her words as he sways a little on his hooves, "Oh...Then how come you're all...um." His confident tone shatters as he tries to think of a way to speak his mind that won't end up insulting the mare.

But his stutter is cut off as the mare cocks her head, "Shinny?"

"Ya."

Starlight rolls her hoof to the comment as she takes to the conversation in her normal well spoken tone, "Honestly I don't quite understand it either...But I have always believed it's because of our bonding to the Crystal Heart's magic."

Sparky nods his head to the comment as the mare's voice starts to become a little excited, "One reason I wanted so desperately to come to Canterlot's magic school was to better understand my own magic..." A laugh comes from her as she pokes her head up, "I kind of have always wanted to study the Heart myself...But only ponies in the castle or of grave importance can do that.-...Oh." Her words stop as she waves her hoof, "I must apologize, I sometimes get carried away on magic talk. So what brings you by the library...um, Sparky?"

The mare's trot starts to come from the row of books as she holds her eyes to Sparky who begins to follow after her, "I'm here trying to find some books for Viol-..."

As Sparky's comment ends the light purple mare comes out from her own row of the library as she floats a few books to her blue hold.

"Ah, Mrs.Sparkle."

The crystal mare's voice flicks the mare's ear as Violet turns her attention away from the next isle and instead back to where her friend stands.

"I see you are still looking for a few books to study...Here take mine, I don't have a need for them anymore." Starlight's books float over to Violet as the purple mare blinks to the words and brings her left hoof and right ear into a motion.

Starlight nods to the mare's question as she speaks up, "Well yes...I am done. Well...I haven't wrote anything yet, I simply just used a quick text suck spell."

Violet again blinks to the words as she just stares a little astonished.

Starlight notices the mare's expression as she cocks her head, "D-do you not know that spell?"

The comment sparks a sheepish smile as she shakes her head.

"Oh, I could teach it to you if you want." Starlight gives a friendly smile as she waits for Violet's response. But the crystal mare's tone brings a different reaction from the light purple mare as she replies with a shaking no.

Starlight blinks to the comment as Violet floats her books to the other side of her and brings her hooves up in a quick motion.

"Um...You're welcome but are you sure you don't-..." Starlight's words are cut off as Violet's motions quickly turn the mare's eyes, "...Well yes I guess you're right, the spell is rather new so I guess they wouldn't have had it when your mother was here. But I don't see how you believe reading everything would give you a better understanding.

Violet holds her head up high as her stubborn mind replays her own thoughts to her, if my mom didn't need a spell for studies...Then I don't need a spell.

The light purple mare's trot comes up as she sets her eyes to the tables at the end of the library, as she starts to trot away Sparky nods his head to the crystal mare, "Goodbye Starlight."

The crystal mare nods to the comment as she brings her own trot up, "Yes...Goodbye."

As her words end Sparky starts to follow after the fast paced mare that already starts to set her books to the table.

Violet's face holds an almost annoyed tone as she looks to her friend and sparks her hooves up.
Sparky blinks to the mare's slightly faster pace motions as he moves to the seat across from her, "I don't think she was showing off...She just wanted to help you with a spell."

Violet swings her head up in a sarcastic fashion as she sits her flank to the chair and moves her bag to the table and her hooves over top her book as she starts up her hooves and ears to her words.

But the mare's motions only bring a smile to the light orange pegasus's face as he speaks up with laugh, "You're acting like you're jealous of her."

The stallion's laugh turns Violet's blue eyes to a hard squint as she looks over her friend. To the mare's look Sparky leans forward with a low whisper, "Oh Celestia, you are! Violet Sparkle is jealous she is not the best-est young unicorn in town anymore!"

Violet rolls her eyes as she sits her flank to the chair and immediately corrects the stallion's word.

Sparky just rolls his hoof to the comment as he blows to her, "Pfff, best-est is a word; and besides you're too jealous to think straight."

The light purple mare rolls her eyes as she floats a book towards the stallion.

"What's this?' Sparky blinks to the slightly large book as he reads the title out loud, "Math for foals?"

A faint wheezing laugh comes from Violet as she wiggles her hoof to him.

Sparky cocks his eye to the mare's enjoyment as he speaks up, "You saying, i'm bad at math?"

Violet proudly shakes her head as she takes her hoof to open the book in front of her. As the mare's hooves go silent to the pages Sparky speaks up again, "So is this where we're going to meet after our schooling?"

The mare turns her eyes back to the stallion as she gives him a little smile, Sparky returns the smile as he sits a little more comfortable in his chair, "Alright, at least its closer to the academy then the castle." Sparky's words trail on as he starts to look mindlessly look over the book Violet floated to him, "So did you tell your parents about your new spell or are you just going to surprise them?"

Again Violet hooves quickly spark up but this time she brings her hooves quickly to her satchel instead of just into a hoofing motion.

End of chapter 11