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// Holding On by superpony55 
// Story: Magic of Love: A Twidance Prompt Collab 
// by ArguingPizza 
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by superpony55
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Cadance quietly colored as the filly across the table struggled to pick up a crayon. Cadance couldn't help but sigh; she looked up to see sparks shoot from the filly's horn. The crayon in front of her wouldn't budge.

"Need any help?" Cadance asked, dropping her pencil to peer over the table at the filly. The Alicorn's drawing was almost complete, she only needed to finish the shading. The filly hadn't even started.

"Hold on," Twilight grunted. More sparks shot out, and Cadance ducked as one flew above her head.

"Relax, Twilight," Cadance told her. "It's okay. I'll help you."

Twilight considered letting Cadance help her, but the stubborn Unicorn shook her head and went back to trying to pick up the crayon.

Cadance slowly built up a bit of magic around the crayon, and it lazily floated up. Now more confident, the filly's magic joined her sitter's. Cadance gradually let go of the crayon, until Twilight was the one holding it.

"I did it!" Twilight cried. She grinned and set to work, a neat yellow circle drawn on her paper. Cadance marveled at how exact the filly's circle was and smiled to herself. She finished shading her own picture.

"Umm... Cadance?" Twilight said sheepishly. "I need to change colors."

The Alicorn laughed, and pulled another crayon out of the box. She handed it over to Twilight, and after a brief moment Cadance would have sworn the crayon would fall, Twilight got back to drawing.

When Twilight's parents and Shining Armor got back home, two picture were sitting on the table. One was Cadance's, of her and Twilight, and the other was Twilight's smiley face.

"You can hold onto mine," Cadance told Twilight. "I don't want it."

And hold onto it Twilight did. She had it for many more years.

But for now, as Cadance left, she watched Shining Armor help Twilight pick up her crayon.

Cadance never forgot that day. It had been great to spend some time just her and Twily.

After all, she loved Twilight just as much as she did Shining Armor.