celestial

六十一

Last edited » August 8, 2023
Author's Note » just filler lol
Referenced Movie(s) » N/A
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THE SUNDAY BEFORE SCHOOL RESUMES
RAINBOW DASH'S HOUSE

You looked at the titles Twilight gave you.

'Advanced Elemental Magical Practices
Magic 101
Elements of Magic
Principles of Magic
Modern Spellcasting'

interesting —You felt that most of these would require a horn, which you evidently lacked, so you picked up Advanced Elemental Magical Practices given it was your best shot. Dash, laying on her stomach with you on her bed, watched you.

'As you've learned in previous volumes, elemental magic is the manipulation of the classical components of nature, previously covered as wind, fire, earth, air, and water. Here in Equestria, weather manipulation is another classic component of nature that is predominantly seen and used by pegasi.

To review the magical practices of each element, please see the table of contents.'

Not too bad, sans the mention of Equestria. You went to the number denoting the first page of fire spells.

'FIRE

Incantation 1

Ashes form beneath me
The psionic being chosen blindly
Capture my horn and let it be
The pillar for all ponies to see'

bro, what - i'm not doing this   —Dash hysterically laughed when you silently closed the book and put all five back in the bag you'd be taking home. Dash's parents picked you two up from the port, and she wanted to drive you both to school on her motorcycle but would make a stop at your house so you weren't taking spell books to school.

"I tried," you joined her laughter. "These are for ponies, not humans. If the world's about to end and I'm the last chance at salvation, for whatever reason, and I need to know how to..." You took the book out again and found a random page.

"'summon the spirits of the wind'," Dash was starting to cry laughing, "I'll read it but I'm not doing this. I don't even have a horn, for starters."

"And who knows? Actual spells might be limited to Equestria, so I won't stress out. I've never seen Rarity cast a spell since she can actually summon things."

"For once, I support this decision," she laughed. "I think you know enough. Your fire caricatures are cool, and you can fight with fire. Defense and offense." Dash threw light punches with a smile.

"Yeah. There's always Celestia if I really want more power."

"Please don't start craving world domination and create Hell on Earth." You laughed.

"I won't, I won't. All I want is to just... keep working at Champ Zone and live together when you're rich and famous. I want a simple life."

Dash's eyes sparked. "You wanna live together?"

"In the future, yeah, if we stay together." She tried fighting back her wide smile but when she found that it was indomitable, Dash hid her face in the pillow.

"We're staying together," she declared, though muffled.

"It's pretty uncommon that high school sweethearts stay together forever."

"It also used to be impossible to have magic, so I don't care. You're stuck with me." You chuckled but didn't mind the thought of being tied down by Dash one bit.

It's just that ever since last year, you've simply learned to expect the unexpected, and perhaps not grow too attached to present fortunes as they can be easily and painfully removed immediately.

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