The moon shone through the small window, illuminating Trixie's dorm. It was small, and filled with minimal decoration. Aside the humble bedpost was a stack of spell books and a poster of Celestia. She didn't want to admit it, but the young mare adored the princess. The blue unicorn sat brushing her mane, humming happily to herself. Another filly entered the room, giving a small yawn.
"Trixie." She mumbled. "Why are you up so early? Celestia hasn't even raised the-"
"I KNOW!" Trixie set down the brush excitedly, swinging around to face her roommate. "But listen, grassheart. We're almost done with magic kindergarten, and there is one more spell I want to learn..."
Grassheart smiled. "There's always one more spell with you. I mean, I agree! I'm just a little less magical then you, that's all."
Trixie tried not to smirk, failing most cruelly. She studied her companion, laughing to herself. She was a sickly green with a drab forest mane. Grassheart shuffled awkwardly, and was rather thin. Even if she had been the most powerful unicorn known, she certainly didn't look the part.
"Listen MASSFART" Trixie giggled at her new nickname for her roommate. "I'm going to go and talk to celestia. The castle isn't a long walk from here anyway." She tossed her mane casually, a spark of excitement in her eyes. The feeling was shared by the two fillies.
"C-can you even do that? Why do you need to speak to Celestia anyway?" Here the blue one rolled her eyes.
"The spell, fart. THE SPELL. I'm trying to cast illusions. It tricky, but nothing I can't do." Trixie gave a dreamy smile as they left the kindergarten.
"Still,a little advice couldn't hurt."
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Grassheart shuffled quietly into her room,feeling defeated. Trixie had woken her up preparing,and the hopeful mare had gone out to practice magic. The courtyard had been dismal, the only bright light from her horn. Her horn began to "charge" and she directed her magic toward a small statue. Slowly but surely it lifted into the air, but gravity ultimately won. She still had a shard of clay in her hoof.
"Trixie? Why are you up so early? Celestial hasn't even raised the"
"I KNOW!" Grassheart's roommate was practically beaming with energy. The blue unicorn launched into a quick explanation of what she was planning,which Grassheart casually listened to.
"It always one more spell with you, Trixie. I mean, I agree! I'm just a little less magical than you." Her ears flopped as Trixie smirked in amusement.
"A little?" Trixie continued talking, her words cutting Grassheart like a knife. She barely listened, but perked up as soon as her roommate mentioned Celestia.
The two students walked out of the building, excited at the prospect of Meeting royalty. Grassheart still felt the sting of her partners remarks, but in the end shook it off. Trixie had no other friends, while she had many. The only other pony she knew that was like Trixie was celestia's student, who spent most of her time studying. In a way, she felt sorry for Trixie, maybe even wanted to be her friend.
But probably not.
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Celestia walked calmly to her main balcony, feeling rather peaceful. Raising the sun wasn't anything new to her-she had done it for thousands of years. For the first time in a century, however, this quiet routine had been interrupted.
"P-princess!" Two small unicorns galloped up to her, out of breath. As soon as they had regained themselves, one of them gasped. She quickly bowed and, to Celestia's surprise, trembled before her. The other shot her friend a glare.
"Mass-er- GRASSHEART. There's no need to fear her. According to the guards, she's the kindest person ever! Not that you can trust them. For all we know she's a stinky, heartless-" the alicorn raised an eyebrow, and the blue filly began to bow as well, also trembling. The princess was amused really, no one had acted so informal quite before.
"Is there somthing you need, my friends?" Celestia inquired. The two mares sprung up.
"I am Trixie, a student at your school." She then waved a hoof at her friend. "And this... This is Grassheart." Trixie cleared her throat. "I have been studying illusions and tricks... And I um... Wanted advice." Her blue face had turned a deep Crimson. There was a brief bit of silence, then Celestia answered.
"Show me." The alicorn watched as Trixie went even redder, lighting up her horn. Magic began to spark and buildup, then slowly turn to mist. At this point the mist would dissolve and reveal the wanted image. It was at the mist, however, that failed to spread, Trixie gasped for air, head tucked in shame. Grassheart had backed into the shadows.
"Get the air around you to smoothen with a minor wind spell. Then relax and visualize, let the magic be released in small doses before the image has settled." Trixie listened intently, then began to try again. Celestia glanced at the night sky outside, biting her lip. She had time, ponies had waited for her before. When she turned around, however, the fillies were gone. Celestia looked around, confused on their departure. Then the wall ahead of her dissolved.
The two unicorns sat in awe, Trixie breathing hard, grinning from ear to ear.
"That was amazing,young filly! Please, keep up your excellent work! " guards who had seen the commotion clapped, rather impressed at the young mares spell. As the pair of unicorns walked away, the first rays of sun shone through the decorated halls.
"Wow ,Trixie." Grassheart said. "That was cool! You are truly great!"
"Yes, great." Trixie whispered. "Great and powerful."