With Sunset and the spell tomes accounted for, Sunny suddenly found herself ravenous. She ordered an extra large supreme pizza from one of the late night pizza restaurants in town, and while they waited, she helped Sunset bring all of the books in from the wagon, keeping the Class V tomes separate from the rest in a separate stack by the couch. The doorbell rang just as Sunny finished getting an adhesive bandage put over the cut on Sunset's cheek. As they ate, Sunset told the earth mare about her encounter with the Tree of Harmony.
"I have to say I agree, Sunset. You are the perfect choice to lead the unicorns in their magical education," Sunny assured her.
"Sunny, I dropped out of my magical education," the unicorn replied.
"Right, and you went on to do amazing things. Almost like that's what you were meant to do."
Sunny hadn't been the first one to suggest that; even Celestia had offered that perhaps she wasn't meant to carry on with her studies in Equestria any longer than she had. After her redemption in the mirror world, she had been there to help deal with magical threats that weren't her fault. Her friends had needed her, the school had needed her.
And now, this new generation of unicorns needed her.
Sunset took a gulp of soda and a bite of pizza before returning to her thoughts.
"Still... I was naturally talented. I went through the basics, and even some of the advanced stuff almost without effort. And yet..." Sunset glanced off to the right end of the couch, where the Class V books had been stacked. "I'm not ready for spells like that. Nopony is yet. How can I be trusted to lead ponies who will need to put in more time and effort with things that I barely need to think about?"
"I think patience will play a part there, Sunset. I don't know about you, but I'd be excited! Helping others taking their first steps into an exciting new world of magic, while also learning more yourself. And as for the Class V books, we can absolutely keep them in a vault at CanterLogic, until you feel you're ready for them. As much as I hate to think about it, there may come a time where we need to face down a threat to Equestria, and we might need spells like that."
"If I do go this route, it would mean likely settling down in Bridlewood. This wouldn't be just once a week or something, this would be almost every day. I'd have to figure out class sizes, curriculum, safety measures..."
Sunny saw Sunset's expression as the realization came over her.
"This would be like a job. A career."
Sunny put her glass of soda down and put her foreleg around Sunset's shoulders.
"Told you it would come to you sooner or later. All you had to do was take a few days to do some traveling, and go on a panicky book-snatching spree," Sunny told her with a smirk. "And to tell you the truth? Teaching unicorns magic for the first time in generations? That beats 'Princess' Archmage' in my book any day of the week. That's just a title. But this? This is showing all these unicorns a whole new world."
Sunset smiled and finished off her last piece of pizza, before getting up and grabbing her phone as she headed back to the guest bedroom.
"First I've got to get in touch with Izzy and see what she thinks about all this."
"Have a good night!" Sunny called as she started to take the rest of the pizza to the kitchen to put away before she too got ready to turn in for the night.
Sunset stepped into the spare bedroom and sprawled out on the bed, thankful to be on something else other than a sleeping bag for the first time in a few days. Before setting the phone on the charging pad on the nightstand, she opened the messages and started a text to Izzy.
Sunset
Hey Izzy.I'll explain everything after I unwind. In short, the books are safe, and I'm back in Maretime Bay. I panicked, and I'm sorry.
Would any unicorns in Bridlewood be interested in some basic magic classes?
Well, it took her long enough to figure that out......
Aw...she's finding her path...
wooohoooo Professor Shimmer
Sunny hadn't been the first one to suggest that; even Celestia had offered that perhaps she wasn't meant to carry on with her studies in Equestria any longer than she had. After her redemption in the mirror world, she had been there to help deal with magical threats that weren't her fault. Her friends had needed her, the school had needed her.
And now, this new generation of unicorns needed her.
Boy that's a lot of pressure on Sunset but I'm sure she can do it
Oh wow I would say this is a pretty nice career she's going to have so it looks like sunset is going to probably teach the unicorns in this generation how to use magic properly and yeah it would take a long time but I'm sure it will be worth it in the end this is going to be a huge decision for her I wonder what's going to happen next
11336226 I would prefer Sunset to Twilight for that job any day for the rest of eternity, myself but that's me.
REALLY appreciated the dialogue between Sunny and Sunset as the former made further points about the latter teaching unicorn magic (especially that message to Izzy at the end of the chapter). And I wouldn't be surprised if Sunny occasionally dropped in for some pointers herself in order to better handle the "unicorn" portion of her "training wheels alicorn" abilities (as well as pointers from Zipp as far as the "Pegasus" portion of those abilities).
Anyway, definitely looking forward to more of this.
I think Sunset will be perfect as a professor. I'll be willing to see her teaching basic magic with the unicorns in Bridlewood. Anything that is worth teaching can be presented in many different ways. These multiple ways can make use of our multiple intelligences.
Always excited to see a brand new chapter can't wait to see Sunset teach a generation of unicorns
Sunset really needs to earn her wings..
some how.
Whoever makes these artworks is amazing. A good chapter with the right art at the end shows Sunset is finding her path. I can't wait to see her start her school what should it be called?
"Sunset's Magical School for Unicorns"
"Ms. Shimmer Unicorn School"
"Homeschooling"
"Magic is back so we got a School with one Teacher"
"The Great and Powerful Pheonix School"
And so Sunset establishes the first Magic Kindergarten in $BIGNUM years…
Edit: Missing word.
good chapter
Not entirely sunny.
I think "before" should be added after learning.
Why does this tell me that the ending might be coming sooner than we think?
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This story is very quickly approaching 50k words, only the third of mine to do so. I don't generally write stories this long, and if I do, they are multiple stories chained together.
Yes, we are coming to the ending. I have other stories to write and develop.
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Knew it, while it is a shame, it was still a great story nevertheless.
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Aww, but we all wanna read about the silly sorcerous shenanigans Sunset gets up to at her new Shimmerwarts School of Snappy Spellcraft and Safe Study Exercises!
So first Twilight became a teacher, and now Sunset. You've really come full circle, filly.
Something tells me yes.
Is it Canon or fanon that has unicorns burning out their ability to use magic?
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According to Izzy it just "poof", disappeared.
The manner in which it did that is open to interpretation.
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Cannon implies it, fannon goes into details.
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I was wondering about the unicorns that raised the sun before Celestia. I remember reading somewhere that it took a circle of unicorns to raise the sun and moon and they could only do that for a few times before those particular ponies had to stop or eventually lose their magic. Though I was also thinking about unicorns during Twilight's time, trying spells more powerful than they could handle.
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Featuring the students Pinesap and Explosive Runes!
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I sincerely hope this story ends with Sunset's first class.
🎶 "A whole fantastic point of view..." 🎵
Izzy, only Sunset would get that reference.
Sunset the magic tutor it is.
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Yeah, I think both Ponyland and Dream Valley have shown up from time to time in various fics. I think I even saw a form of Paradise Estate in one, once...
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Tried it myself. Was delicious. Tasted like French toast, but had the texture of a bagel. Highly recommended.
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These past couple weekend shifts I've been experimenting with a pseudo-crepe like dish where I mix a little bit of pancake batter with some liquid egg and try to get it nice and thin on the flat top grill and then filled with either sauteed veggies or yogurt and fruit.
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This past Tuesday I tried turning pizza dough into a calzone, it turned out okay, next time though I just need to be cognizant of what I use as filling and how much moisture is present.
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Another broken pic.
Here's the link to the missing image! derpicdn.net/img/view/2017/4/6/1405528.png