When I wake up I feel... strangely fine. The pain wasn't that bad, thinking back. I look around to see Twilight's sitting beside me as Storm paces around in front of Miles. Everypony looks so worried, well, except Miles. He looks intrigued beyond belief.

"He's awake!" Twilight says excitedly.

"Spike!" Storm says worriedly as he runs to my side. "Are you OK? Is there any pain or...."

"Hey Spike, stand up." Miles says from behind with a confident smile. I look around nervously before standing up. I don't really see wh....

"How did I get so....... MY VOICE!" I yell as I grab my neck. "WHY IS MY VOICE SO DEEP!?" I yell as I look around. I must be... six feet tall now!

"Spike, take it easy. Baby steps.." Storm says as I start to walk around, looking over my body. The dark green spikes on my back and head are much longer now. I'm fairly muscular, nothing like Miles, but still defined. My fingers are longer and end with sharp claws. I feel something new on my....

"I HAVE WINGS!" I yell as I try to look over the new appendages on my back. The inner webbing is dark green while the rest is purple.

"Come with me Spike." Miles says as he heads towards the back. I look to Twilight and Storm before I follow after him. It feels strange not having to jog to keep up. This is going to take some getting use to. We step outside and walk for a bit until Miles looks back to me. It feels weird not having to look up to him anymore, being almost eye level with him now. He still has a few inches on me, but I'm fairly close to his height now.

"So...."

"Lets bring out your magic." He says quickly.

"What? No Miles. He just went through a massive change, he needs to rest and..."

"He can rest when I'm dead. We start now." He says, silencing Twilight and Storm. They step back and let him do as he wishes. "First, look for the energy within. Once you find it, push it towards your hands and bring it out. You need some kind of movement to bring it out properly. Like this." He says as he shakes his arms and ignites his hands. "Give it a try."

"Ok... here goes nothing." I say as I close my eyes and try to find anything within. Fire. I... I feel as if there's a small flame right where my heart should be. I try connecting to it and feel for my claws. I can feel it. The power... its good. I give my arms a quick shake and feel something happen, so I open my eyes. "I did it!" I say as I look over my claws.

"Great, now defend yourself."

BOOM

"Miles! What are you doing!?" Twilight screams from the side as Storm holds her back. I had sent a blast of energy across Spikes face, knocking him over.

"Teaching him control." I say as I walk over to him. I hear him let out a primal growl as he starts to get up, glaring at me as he lets out a puff of smoke from his nostrils. "You feel it, don't you." I say as I stop before him.

"I... I think...."

"The power. Its calling you isn't it?" I ask as he looks back down to his hands. "This... is what's referred to as the trials. Most people take a few months to reach this, but you jumped straight to it. So now we're going to do this the hard way."

"I... can feel it. It's burning me... it needs to escape... I have to let it out before I...."

BOOM

I smack him across the face again with some energy, getting some more primal growls from him as I ready myself.

"Can you handle the power?" I taunt.

"RAAAAHH!" He yells as he thrusts both his palms at me, sending a plume of fire at me. I throw my arms out to the side and suck the oxygen from before me, killing the fire. He tries to add more power to it, sending the archaic lines up to his shoulders as he tries to burn me. With a quick spin back, I send another slash of energy at him, hitting him on the chest and knocking him on his back.

"You're going to have to do better then that if you're going to beat me. GET UP!" I yell as he gets on his hands and knees.

"I'll KILL YOU!" He yells as he charges at me, flames falling from his maw.

"So foolish." I take a few steps back as he approaches until he's only a meter away.

"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" He screams as he blasts green flames from his mouth. Instead of sucking the air out, I create a shield in each hand. I use one to block the flames as I run towards him, closing the distance quickly.

THWACK

Once I was close enough I spun around and smacked my shield across his face and then across his knee, dropping him down to it. I go to drop both of my shields down onto him, but he catches them both with his hands, stopping my attack. He growls at me as he stands up and expands his massive wings.

"Give me POWER!" He yells before making a powerful flap of his wings, sending him high into the air. As he climbs higher and higher, I take my two shields and force them together, making a bolt of white energy. I pull the bolt apart between my hands and aim for Spike.

KRUUM

I lob the energy up and hit him square in the chest, sending him spinning down to the ground. As I start to run towards him, I flail my arms around as I hurl chunks of earth at him, pelting him as he falls. When he finally hits the ground I stop and push my arms up, making a column of earth come up beneath me and send me high into the air. When I'm high enough I flip back and push the earth down, sending it on a collision with Spike.

FOOM

I watch as the column explodes from Spikes fire, sending dust and debris everywhere. A second later, Spike flies through the smoke and is coming straight for me. I push my energy past my elbows and send a blast of energy at him.

KA-BOOM

He slams back down into the bottom of the column, sending even more dust up into the air. I feel myself start to drop, so I push myself with my magic and slam down beside Spike. He's still trying to get up, time to end this. I grab him magically and start to run off, dragging him along. I push myself archaically to move faster until I stop and launch spike into the air. He tumbles for a bit until he collides into a tree, snapping it in half. He falls to the ground and lays there, panting heavily. I lift him into the air magically and start to choke him out, making him gag and squirm around.

"Submit." I say as I add a bit of pressure to him.

"I... bu.... erm....." He gags as I levitate him towards me.

"I SAID SUBMIT!" I yell before slamming him onto the ground. I hold my arms out and start to envelope them in a green energy. When I finish covering them, Spike is about half way back up, so I bring both of my hands down. He slams back down to the ground and stays there. I kick him over and sit on his chest as I pull him up. "You ready to submit?"

"Y-yes..."

"Am I your master?"

Y.... yes...."

"And who holds the power?" I ask as I ready to punch him again.

"Yo.... you hold the power..."

"Right. Sleep tight Spike."

KER-PUNCH

I knock him out with one final punch across the face. I stand back up and take a few breathes as I let go of my magic. He was tough, but easily broken.

"Is it over?" I look over to see Storm standing alone by the door.

"Yeah... he has some power to him... nothing like me, but still commendable." I say as I walk over to him. "I need you to go to Moosden and Sweet Apple Acres to gather the Terradisians for the meeting. I'm going inside to talk with Twilight."

"Alright... the rest of your training won't be like that... will it?" Storm asks, concern filling his voice.

"Don't worry, that was just the trial. Its when the power starts to corrupt your mind, attempts to change you. I may have to do it one or two more times, but the rest of the training wont be that bad." I say before heading inside. I walk in and find Twilight sitting on the couch, crying lightly. "Hey... sorry you had to see that."

"Why did you do that?" She asks as she wipes her tears away. I sigh as I walk over and take a seat beside her, laying an arm across the back of the couch.

"Its part of the trials. Human magic can corrupt you if you don't keep it in check. Usually it happens a few months after getting your marks, but for Spike it was a bit early. He went straight for the power and was corrupted for a bit. The only way to get them out of that mind set is to beat them senseless and have them submit to someone else."

"Did you have to go through that?" Twilight asks quietly.

"Four times. And trust me, from what I'm told, Spike got it easy. Apparently, I was so jacked up on power when I was eight, I took out an entire advance class before Susurrans had to come and stop me, even then it took awhile. As far as human magic goes, that was completely normal." I say as reassuringly as possible.

"Well... I don't like this, but... I understand the need for it. Just... promise me that you'll take good care of him. I don't like seeing him get hurt."

"I will... hey Spike, how ya feeling?" I ask as Spike staggers inside.

"Like crud." He says as he drops into the recliner. "What.... what happened?"

"I kicked your ass." I say, getting a smack from Twilight. "Congrats, you now have magic. I expect to see you here as often as possible for training. At least four times a week if I'm here. If I'm away, then I want you studying any and everything. The make up of soils, gems, metals, liquids, anything that you may encounter that you may wish to manipulate..."

"That sounds like a lot of work." Spike grumbles as he rubs his face.

"Don't worry, I'll help you study up on everything. Where are you going to start?" Twilight asks as she gets up and walks over to him, nuzzling his arm a bit.

"We're going to start with the basics. Power control, levitation, and inner/outer strength. We'll also throw in some fire control. He seems to already have a pretty good grasp on it..."

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK

"That's for starters at least, we'll have to see how he progresses before anything else." I say as I walk over to the door and open it. "Whats up sister." I say to Celestia.

"Whats up sister." Miles asks with a large smile as he opens the door. I was caught a bit off guard by the question, but ignore it as I put on my own smile.

"Evening Miles, sorry for the intrusion, but I had a few questions I'd like to ask before your little Terradisian meeting. May I come in?"

"Of course." Miles says as he steps inside. I turn to my guards and nod to them before stepping inside.

"Princess Celestia!" Twilight exclaims as I walk into the living room.

"Twilight, my prized pupil how... how... who is that?" I ask as I see the battered purple dragon in the recliner.

"Oh, hiya Princess." The dragon, sounding oddly familiar, says as he stands. "Its me... Spike."

"Spike!" I almost yell. "What happened to you? You're... you're..."

"Can I get you something to drink?" Miles asks as he walks in from the kitchen.

"What happened to Spike?" I ask again, unable to look away from him.

"Well, you see Princess, the thing is..."

"I've got human magic now!" Spike says excitedly. "Check it out." He shakes his arms out, bringing out white flames in his claws.

"But... but... how?" I ask as I look around the room, trying to find the answers.

"It's simple really." Miles says as he walks up beside Spike and wraps an arm around him. "We had him hold onto a Virgum de Marcus and hold tightly. From there, he was marked and connected to his soul. My guess is that dragons grow with their power. So when we forced him to have human magic, it forced him to grow. That's my guess at least."

"But... he has wings. The last time he changed into an adult dragon he didn't have wings." I ask as I start to look him over some more. He seems to be the size of a teenage dragon.

"Well... that's probably his magic just acting weird. This was intended for humans after all. Something was bound to happen." Miles says as he looks over Spikes wings. "Anyway, you said you had questions..."

"Right... right. Can we, speak in private?" I ask. Miles nods and moves to the back, so I follow after him. We stop in the kitchen and turn to one another, keeping silent for a bit before I clear my throat to start. "So, I was thinking about a few things recently..."

"Is that so. What's on you mind soror?"

"Soror? Anyway, when did I become Terradisian? I don't see how Luna or I could be citizens. Twilight and Fluttershy married in, but..."

"This actually goes way back." Miles interrupts. "Your parents were made honorary citizens back from the negotiations. I didn't think about it until we had dinner. It's lineage soror."

"Oh... OK. My next concern is; do I need to know anything about being a citizen? Whats going to be required of me."

"Well soror, that's a bit of an answer. It basically works like this..." He goes through everything that's required of being a citizen. Everything from announcements to taxes. Their system of government seems... really well thought out. It's definitely making me think about our own system. "And the there's these civil meetings. Here you can bring up any concerns about anything. Any other questions?"

"Yes, you mentioned something about speaking about everything, but surely there must be somethings withheld. Right?"

He takes a deep breath before saying, "If you ask me something during a meeting, I am honor bound to answer it truthfully. There are no secrets in Terradisia." He says as if he's leading to another question.

"Right... well, thank you Miles. I'm heading back to Canterlot...."

"What? But you just got here. Just send Luna a letter that you're here already here and hang out a bit. No need to waste time heading there just to head back. Come on soror, how often do you get to watch a dragon perform human magic?" I don't get why he keeps calling me soror. It must be a human thing I guess.

"I would love to stay, but..."

"Great, then lets get started. I'll grab Spike, you just head out back and we'll get started." Miles says before walking off.

"I didn't say anything about staying.... Miles.... Miles?" I yell out as he talks to Spike and Twilight. They both grow large smiles as they start heading towards me. Great... now I have to stay.

"Are you really going to stay for my first lesson Princess Celestia?" Spike asks excitedly.

"... of course. Wouldn't dream of missing it." I say as I put on a smile.

"Awesome! I promise to do my best!" He says before running around me and out back.

"Thanks for staying Princess. I know you have a busy schedule, so we really appreciate your staying." Twilight says before walking after Spike.

"You planned that, didn't you?" I ask Miles as we walk out together.

"Of course. Running a government shouldn't be about meetings and politics, it should be people coming together for a common purpose. Speaking with one another instead of through elected officials. I felt you needed reminding of that." He says as he walks out ahead of me.

"If only it was that easy." I mumble as I take a seat beside Twilight.

"Alright Spike, take a deep breath, relax." I say as I inhale and exhale. "Magic isn't something you should fear..."

"Shouldn't fear, got it." Spike says as he takes another breath.

"... because if you fear it, it will tear you apart and destroy everything you love. Got it."

"...." He stays quiet as he takes a few more deep breaths, trying to relax. "Relax, I can do that."

"Alright, bring up your magic, like I showed you." I say as I start to walk around him. He nods as does as hes told, bringing up his magic with no problems. "Good. Now, what is fire?"

"Uh... what?" He asks as he looks to me. I hear Twilight and Celestia chuckle a bit, making him blush.

"Fire, what is it?"

"Um... its... like... well..." He stutters as he tries to think of the answer.

"What does it do?"

"It... burns?"

"Right, delve into that. What happens when it burns?"

"Well...its kind... when it burns something, that thing gets really hot."

"Right, good. Heat. And what is heat?" I ask, getting a confused looks from Spike.

"Why do I need to know this?"

"To use something like fire, you need to have a total understanding of it. You'll only be able to use fire when you're able to teach fire..."

"But I've already used fire, shouldn't I be able to use it?"

"Give it a try." I say with a smug smile. He gives me a look before thrusting his arms forward. Having nothing happen, he tries again. And again. And again. "Not working, is it?"

"I did it earlier, why can't I do it now?" Spike asks as he continues to try.

"Earlier you were power hungry. In that mind set, you went into a primal state. Being a dragon fire must be natural to you. Now do you want to keep wasting time or do you want me to teach you?"

"Sorry."

"Sorry what?"

"Sorry... master?"

"Very well, lets continue." I say as I step in front of him and create an orb of fire. "Fire, is energy. Raw, unaltered, energy. Humans refer to it as a negative energy. To create fire, you need three things, heat, fuel, and oxygen. Its referred to as a negative because there is always a negative energy pool after using it." I say as I switch the orb to electricity. "Electricity, on the other hand, is a positive. When you create electricity, there is a residual energy left. Ever get shocked and then feel more energetic?"

"Yeah..."

"That's why." I say as I drop the orb. "Fire is life and destruction. You can't have life without it."

"But.. how can you have both?" Spike asks.

"Sometimes, something needs to die in order for something else to live. Fire burns, but the heat from it keeps our planet alive. It kills, while supporting life."

"So..." He says as he looks to his hands. "What does that make soul fire?"

"Soul fire, is the fire that is our souls. It drives us to live, but it kills us in the process. You cannot live without a soul, but at the same time, a soul will drive you towards things that would usually kill you. Your dreams, power... love. Its truly the most powerful thing you will ever hope to achieve. But lets not get ahead of ourselves. What is fire?"

"Its... energy.. its life... its the energy of life." Spike concludes.

"It seems being around Twilight has made you sharper then most." I say as I glance over to her, seeing her blush a bit. "Now give it a try. Any kind of fire you can muster." He nods to me before concentrating on what I said. He holds his hands out in front of himself and tries to replicate the orb I made. I chuckle a bit as I turn to the others, if he wants to go the long way, that's his call. "I'm going to get some water, either of you want something to drink?"

"Water would be nice." Twilight says.

"I would like one as well." Celestia says as she gives me a smile.

Once Miles shuts the door behind himself I turn to Twilight and ask, "Are you paying attention to all of this?"

"Of course. If there's anything you've taught me, its to pay attention." Twilight says with a warm smile.

"Good. This is invaluable information on not only human magic, but human philosophy as well. It would do us both good to pay attention." I say as I straighten out.

"Philosophy?" Twilight asks as she tilts her head in confusion.

"Of course. You didn't get anything from his little lecture on the properties of fire? Its obvious that this is going to be an intense experience for Spike..."

"Really?" Spike asks as he breaks his focus.

"Spike." Twilight says sternly, getting Spike to go back to trying to bring out fire.

"Yes, really. If this is only lesson one, imagine the advance teachings."

"Advance what?" Miles asks as he steps out and offers us each a glass of water.

"Oh, we were just talking about your lesson. It's... very in depth." I say as I take a sip... this is tap.

"Well you're more then welcome to come to the lessons." He says as he downs his entire glass.

"Really? But I thought Spartans were suppose to be secretive." I ask as I try another sip. This just doesn't compare to sparkling water...

"And it is. He won't be learning those spells. This will only cover from basic to intermediate. Advanced spells would require passing Spartan training..."

"Can I..."

"No!" Twilight yells, silencing Spike.

"You..." Miles says as he points to Spike. "Fire. Don't leave that spot until you make it."

"But that could take all night." Spike whines.

"Then fire will come in handy, won't it?" Miles says with a smile. "I'd get working on it if I were you, sunsets coming soon." He says as he takes a seat beside me. Spike gulps before returning to the task at hoof. "So soror, what studies have you been giving Twilight?"

"Well..."

I give a little stretch as the curtains pull back, revealing the setting sun. I get out of bed and start brushing my mane when I notice a scroll on my desk. Curious, I pick it up and read it over.

Luna,

I went to Miles' home early to discuss somethings with him. I will be staying here until the meeting begins. Please meet me here after raising the moon.

Celestia.

Oh, OK.....

"WHAT!" I yell as I reread the letter. Oh no, oh noonononono this isn't happening right now. This isn't good. I look outside to see Celestia starting to lower the sun. So I run out to the balcony and begin to move the moon. I have to get there as quickly as possible. Knowing Miles, he's probably making things worse between the two of them, not that he tries to. Its just... those two get along as well as a minotaur and a zebra.

After finishing with the moon, feeling slightly guilty for rushing it, I charge my horn and appear in front of Miles' house... actually. I guess with us being married, that makes it our house. FOCUS! With a quick shake of the head I burst through the door and look around, finding most of Apple family in the living room.

"Where's Miles?" I ask as I look around, hearing shouts somewhere.

"Out back with Celestia an..." Applejack starts, but I ignore the rest as I run out to the back.

FOOSH

I jump back as two plumes of fire collide, sending flames towards me.

"Watch out Luna, he's getting good at this." Celestia says from my left.

"Tia, whats going.... who is that?" I ask as the flames subside to reveal Miles and a large purple dragon, both of which having magical ports open on their hands.

"That would be Spike." Twilight says from behind Celestia. "Long story short, he received marks to perform human magic. But the marks forced him into this form and gave him wings. He's now Miles' apprentice in magic."

"O..k..." I say as I watch them walk back towards us. The lines on Spike are up to his shoulders, and he's panting. Miles on the other hoof....

"Hey Lulu." He says cheerfully as he stops in front of us.

"Pfft, Lulu?" Celestia chuckles as she looks to me.

"Aw come on soror..."

"What!?" I yell as I shake my head. Sister. He just called her sister. He finally told her.

A/N: Shout out to Arlan753 for picking the element Spike learns first. Thanks for reading and like always, Brony on!

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