Celestia is uncertain about one of her previous students: Marjoram. The unicorn is highly intelligent, incredibly powerful in magic, and yet he has no friends. He works as one of the few morticians in Canterlot, dabbles with herbalism, and is more than okay with performing autopsies on all sorts of creatures if it means furthering his research.
On the other hoof, Celestia has Twilight Sparkle, new to being a student. Young Twilight is skilled for her age, and recently discovered her special talent in magic. She has no friends outside of her family, and this worries Celestia; for she's seen what can happen to good ponies who feel isolated from everyone else.
So, Celestia decides to meddle in fate, and tasks Marjoram to give Twilight at least one lesson per week. Chaos, of course, can only ensue.
Edit. Nov 29th/2020: As some of you might have been able to realize, I haven't updated this story in a long time. I wrote myself into a whole and couldn't dig myself out of it. However, over the course of quarantine, I've been rewriting the story with the intent of completing it, even if it takes me a few years. As it stands, I'm a little over 16k words into the rewrite, and once I hit 20k, I'm going to publish and start posting semi-regularly.
In celebration of hitting 100k words, I comissioned the talented Pridark for a commission of Marjoram.Pridark
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Beginnings [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Jun 11th, 2016
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Illness Pt 1 [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Oct 25th, 2015
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Illness Pt 2 [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Nov 1st, 2015
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Arriving in Ponyville [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Nov 28th, 2015
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Dreaming and Explanations [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Nov 30th, 2015
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Meeting Fluttershy [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Jul 13th, 2016
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Rainbow and Rarity [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Dec 8th, 2015
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Meeting Pinkie Pie [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Dec 14th, 2015
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Applejack [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Jan 17th, 2017
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Nightmare Moon Finale [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Dec 17th, 2015
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Moving to Ponyville and Tickets for the Gala [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Dec 20th, 2015
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Applebuck Season [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Jan 8th, 2016
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Gilda [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Jan 20th, 2016
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Dragonshy and an Interlude [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 7th, 2017
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Busting Boasters [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Jan 31st, 2016
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Visit to Canterlot [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 7th, 2017
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Gossip is Very Stupid, Especially When You Can Just Ask [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 7th, 2017
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Hospital Part 1 [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 7th, 2017
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Hospital Part 2 [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 7th, 2017
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Preparations [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 7th, 2017
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Birthday [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 7th, 2017
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Darkness [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 30th, 2016
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Aftermath [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Jun 11th, 2016
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Training and Shopping [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Jun 9th, 2016
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Hearth's Warming Pt 1 [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Jun 24th, 2016
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Hearth's Warming Part 2 [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Jul 22nd, 2016
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The Week From Hell Pt1 [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Jul 12th, 2016
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The Week From Hell Pt 2 [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Jul 20th, 2016
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Week From Hell Finale [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Aug 22nd, 2016
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A New Twist [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Jan 26th, 2017
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Statue [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Mar 16th, 2017
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Setting the Stage [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 8th, 2017
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Carnation [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Nov 29th, 2020
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Life on the Murder Scene [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Sep 21st, 2017
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Life on the Murder Scene Pt 2 [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Mar 23rd, 2018
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A Discussion [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Jun 30th, 2018
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