by Starlight Shadow
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Twilight stared in shock at the (quite expensive) vase now nothing more than scattered shards on the floor. "Nonononono that wasn't supposed to happen! I've been doing so well on my levitation!" Her parents were coming home soon - she would been in SO much trouble if they saw this! They could take away her personal spellbooks, or worse - take away her library card! Her life would be ruined!
Okay, okay, calm down and take a deep breath, Twilight. You can fix this. She took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and began to magically feel around the floor for each shard of pottery. Once she had them all in her grasp, straining mightily, she managed to arrange them so a vase with millions of cracks in it was now hovering before her. She took another heaving breath, then began to fuse them together...
"Twilight?" Cadance poked her head in the dining room doorway.
"Huh?" Twilight turned and lost her focus, the vase once again falling to the floor. She quickly realized what had happened and rushed to explain, her mouth having a hard time keeping up with her brain. "I'm sososo sorry Cadance I was practicing my magic before my next lesson with the princess and the vase fell even though it wasn't supposed to do that I swear I've been doing really well-"
"Shh, it's okay." Cadance speed-walked over to the now-in-tears filly and touched her horn, glowing blue, to Twilight's, flooding her brain with a feeling of relaxation and calmness. "It's okay. I'll fix the vase, we'll put it back, and then we can go back into the living room and I can help you with your magic. How does that sound?"
"That sounds good, Cadance." The relaxer spell and the complex spell she had attempted both weighed on her, this becoming clear from her wide yawn. Cadance carefully repaired the vase, placed it back on the shelf, and levitated Twilight onto her back, nestling her carefully between her pink wings.
"Thanks, Cadance." Twilight said sleepily.
"You're welcome, Twilight." Cadance said softly.