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// A spell (or two) 
// Story: A conflicting family 
// by Diana8651 
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"Oh, I just can't wait for you to meet Rainbow Shine! She is the most wonderful Pegasus I have ever met! Besides you, dear, but-"

Thunderlane was rambling on about everything in his life, but none of the mares were listening. Flare was fuming silently to herself, and the poor fillies were still trying to connect themselves to the stallion who was supposed to be their father.

"How could I have been born? Their both pegasi," Sunset Climber whispered. 

"I dunno," Lunar Eclipse replied.

"-and you guys have to meet her! She's at my place. Let's go!"

Thunderlane took off into the sky, heading straight for the cloud home above. He got to the front step, and realized none of the mares had followed him. Soaring back down, he confronted them. 

"Why didn't you guys follow me? I mean, I was going pretty slow." Thunderlane flapped his wings angrily. 

All of them stared at him. Flare glared.  "Not all of us are pegasi, you know."

Thunderlane's flapping came to a stop. 

"Well, we need to take the children to see a unicorn to get a spell! Why didn't we have any unicorn children? That would have made things so much easier for us! Earth Ponies can't do magic, you know."

The children were shocked that their 'father' showed such ignorance towards them. Sunset and Lunar wanted to cry. He didn't see their horns? He thought they had wings, and then nothing at all?

"Come, come! To Twilight Sparkle we go!" Thunderlane hurried the children along the path to the library. He knocked at the door and waited. The door creaked open and a purple unicorn mare stepped out. 

"Can I help you?"

Lunar Eclipse could barely contain her excitement. The most accomplished pony in the field of magical studies! Princess Twilight Sparkle!

Thunderlane stomped his hoof impatiently. "We need a spell."

Twilight looked confused. "For who?"

He gestured towards the fillies. "The two earth ponies here."

"Uh, sir, I don't think these are earth ponies."

"Of course they are! Do you see any wings? I can't!"

She looked at the small group. She walked to Flare and said, "You must be Thunderlane's sister. I hope he wasn't like this in his childhood. I'm guessing you need a cloud walking spell? Come inside."

She turned and walked back inside. Lunar almost ran after her, she was so fast. The others were…slower, but then again, not everyone likes Twilight Sparkle. 

Once everyone was inside, Twilight again faced the small group. 

"So. Two of you need cloud walking spells. Can you two step forward? Excellent. Now, think calmly of clouds. Big, fluffy clouds." Her horn glowed. "This won't hurt a b-"

"Actually," Lunar interrupted, "I was hoping you could do something a little different for me?"

"What is it you want?"

"Wings"

"You know, that'll cost extr-"

HEY!" Thunderlane objected. "I thought you gave this stuff for free!?"

"Times are rough, Thunder." Twilight replied. "I barely have enough money. Being a librarian isn't the highest paying job, so I got another one. Now, a cloud walking spell is usually 25 bits, but a-"

"Please?" Lunar begged, golden eyes in the saddest expression she could muster. "I've always wanted to fly. My family doesn't have much money as-is." 

Twilight was tired of being interrupted. She Gave an exasperated sigh and answered.

"Kid, I like you. You remind me of me when I was little. But everyone's got to pay. Tell you what, though. I'll lower the price for both spells to 15 bits. I'll also thrombin some old magic practicing books of mine so you can prac-"

"THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!"

Lunar leapt onto Twilight giving her a big bear hug. 

"Now," Twilight said, peeling Lunar off of her, "How long do you want the spells to last?"

"The rest of summer," Flare said. 

Forever,  Lunar thought.

"Okay," Twilight spoke, her horn glowing once again, "Wing spell might feel a little funny, as your brain hooks up to the new bodyparts. Cloud walking is nothing special, except you can, well, walk on clouds. Ready?"

A beam of magic hit the two unicorns.