After nearly two weeks of constant practicing, Sweetie was only slightly better at casting the advanced spells. When casting the flight spell, she managed to spawn a single feather. The fire spell on the other hand, exploded out of her, and had to always be aimed at the sky so it didn’t start a fire. The levitate self option she was excelling at. Sweetie was already mastering it by jumping out of her window and using it to land safely.
However the change gravity and transform spells just slipped through her magic. Thankfully they didn’t explode, but Sweetie wasn’t sure she’d ever be able to master them. Given enough time, she supposed. That of course left the final spell, a might higher level shield. Sweetie had tried it out, but left it alone for the moment. It wouldn’t do to use a high level shield spell to drain her magic, and keep the headaches away BEFORE she needed to.
“Sorry Sweetie, there’s no shortcuts at this point, you’ll just have to keep practicing.” Twilight sympathised with Sweetie, wanting to get to the more exciting spells. Sadly, training one’s magic took time and conscious effort. Even two weeks wouldn’t be enough for Sweetie to learn how to do these spells. Before Twilight was an Alicorn, she had struggled with them, even under pressure.
“I know Twilight. It’s just so...boring!” Sweetie leaned backward, falling to the floor as she groaned. Why did learning magic have to be so boring. Sweetie was starting to despise her daily training regimen. It was boring beyond compare. Sweetie was horribly tempted to just abandon the advanced spells.
“Well, you’re welcome to stop whenever. No one is forcing you to.” Twilight tilted her head. Sure, she LOVED learning magic. But Sweetie wasn’t Twilight, and she knew that. Sweetie glanced to Twilight, and sighed, shaking her head.
“Well yes, but it’s something for me to do.” Sweetie sighed, closing her eyes as she layed there. Twilight bit her lip, and looked away.
“It opens new stuff to me. No matter how boring it is.” Sweetie stood up, and quietly mumbled a goodbye. Twilight waved, and watched Sweetie leave. Looking at Sweetie walked away, Twilight could see just how much Sweetie had matured during the time loop. And it was not a good thing. A filly should be allowed to enjoy her childhood, not forced to do increasingly hard stuff to keep herself from being bored.
Twilight sighed, and returned to her tasks, despite the fact she had apparently done them for weeks now.