Sunrise is in a class, Starswirl is the teacher and begin to explain the lessons.

“You have to know the basics of magic before using it. My first lesson will be about the horn, it is the part of the unicorns and Alicorns body who can channel magic... you follow me, Sunrise?”. said Starswirl.

“Yes, my horn is what i need to use my magic; no horn, no magic.” he answer.

“Good, you learn fast.” say his teacher.

Starswirl show to Sunrise the many forms of the elements in the nature. He give to him a glass of water;

“This is water, Sunrise, the source of all life, you will have to master that element. Your first exercise will to transfer the water of this glass, to this empty glass there."

Sunrise try to put the water of the glass in the other glass. He make a void in his mind and succeed to lift the water out of the glass, and put it in the other glass.

“I did it!!! i did it!!” yelled the colt.

Starswirl look at him with a smile; "Now, try to transform the water in ice...” he said.

Sunrise visualize the water in his mind and transform it into ice; in front of him, the water in the glass was ice.

“You have learn the trick of the magic: the visualization. Now, you have to lift the ice in the glass and give him an other form.” said the unicorn.

Sunrise use his magic to lift the ice out of the glass and focus on the aspect of it. He transform the ice cylinder into a ice spear, a cube, a sphere and into a small statue of Celestia.

“I have succeeded, master”, say the Alicorn.

”He is incredible, thought Starswirl; he learn so fast my lessons, is time to boost the difficulty of my lessons...”

Later, the two ponies are in front of the falls;

“A glass of water is nothing, say the old pony, this is your final test: Reversing the current of the waterfalls... and ice the river.”

Sunrise fly to the bottom of the waterfalls and try to control the current direction. He fail..but he don’t give up and try and try again and again, all the night.

The next day, Starswirl are coming to the waterfalls to see his student progresses; he is astonished to discover the water of the river and the falls flowing in reverse side, more surprising, the water turn into ice and vice versa.

"Impossible! say the bearded pony, in only one night?”

Sunrise drop the water in the river and stop his magic, look at his master and fly beside him.

“Yes, Master! What is the next lesson?” he said to the old unicorn.

Starswirl look at him; Ten minutes later, Sunrise and him are in a desert.

“The next element you have to learn is the earth magic; Sand, rock, mud or gems, all of this matter are the variant of the earth. But now, your lesson is to succeed to create with the sand all the shapes and figures.” explained the Unicorn.

Sunrise look at the pictures and start to activate his magic. He create a pyramid, a pillar, a statue of Starswirl, a statue of Celestia, a wolf, a bird and a castle.

”I am proud of you, i think you are promised to an great fate.” thought the unicorn, with pride.

He teleport sunrise in the middle of a mountain and said to him: “Your next test will to lift those giants rocks.”

Sunrise lift all the rocks easily and throw them away, he even construct a golem.

”Hum..., he learn so fast, too fast...”Okay, now, you have to turn that rock into a diamond, it’s called transmutation.” told the old pony to him.

Sunrise visualize the rock and transform it into a diamond, Starswirl can't believe what he saw...

The next day, Sunrise was able to perfectly control the wind. One week later, He succeed to control the fire. Two week later, he was able to control the thunder, And 2 months later, Sunrise learnt all the elements. But Starswirl was worried his student can be tempted to use his powers to destroy the kingdom... he has to take a decision...

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