Clearly, Twilight Sparkle's situation was a rarer type.
Aurora tried to touch Twilight Sparkle with her hoof, but upon touching the magic leaking around her, she immediately felt a pain like an electric shock. When she pulled back, her hoof was scorched black.
In the cartoons she watched, The Grand Princess always touched it directly with her hand, so why was it so hot here? Was it true that Unicorns couldn't compare to Alicorns in any aspect?
"Twilight, listen to me. Try to relax first, and don't try to go head-to-head with the magic you can't control."
Twilight Sparkle nodded, gradually relaxing her body and stopping her struggle.
"Senior Sister, no matter what happens next, prioritize protecting Twilight."
Aurora could be said to have been preparing for today for a long time. Because she had considered various variables that might arise due to her appearance, she had also learned a spell to deal with this situation. As for how effective it would be, she would have to try it to find out.
Magic surged from the horn on her head, mixing with the uncontrolled magic.
Aurora pursed her lips and felt carefully. This magic had only lost control, but the fact that it could coalesce into magic meant it was still moving in an orderly fashion. Aurora was carefully using her own magic to capture it.
"Twilight, follow my lead... Stop!"
Twilight Sparkle could clearly feel the resistance caused by the loss of control weakening. When she heard Aurora's command, she successfully retracted all the magic.
"I've got her!"
Before Twilight Sparkle hit the ground, Sunset Shimmer caught her, while Aurora, having suffered the backlash when the magic disappeared, staggered a few steps and fell to the ground.
In any case, it was good that things ended without any serious danger.
The suspended teachers were let down, Twilight Sparkle's parents returned to their original forms, and the poor dragon that had been rapidly aged turned back to his bean-sized self.
Aurora wiped the sweat from her forehead, savoring the feeling of untangling the uncontrolled magic just now; it was as satisfying as solving a Sudoku puzzle, and she thought it would be great if she could do it again.
"How are you feeling?"
After confirming that Twilight Sparkle was alright, Sunset Shimmer hurried to check on Aurora.
"I'm fine, just a little dizzy from that magic."
Grabbing Sunset Shimmer's hoof to stand back up, Aurora shook her head, then indicated with a relaxed expression that she was in good condition.
"It seems my dear student has already handled everything."
The one speaking was the late-arriving Princess Celestia. She first swept her gaze over the mess on the ground, then turned her eyes to her two students, her expression full of satisfaction and gratification.
"Princess? When did you arrive?"
"Not long ago. Actually, I've been watching from outside for a while. This was a very valuable lesson for you. I am very happy to see you taking the initiative to help a friend in trouble and using what you have learned to perfectly resolve the crisis."
Receiving praise from Princess Celestia, Sunset Shimmer was also very happy. Ever since she started urging her to make friends, it seemed like it had been a while since she had received such commendation.
"As for you, Miss Twilight Sparkle."
After evaluating their performance, Celestia finally shifted her gaze to Twilight Sparkle, who was standing all alone.
As the culprit who caused all this, Twilight Sparkle lowered her head, feeling guilty and afraid, not daring to meet Celestia's eyes.
"I'm sorry... I didn't mean to..."
Twilight Sparkle felt very sad; she had ruined everything. Her magic had hurt other ponies and left the school in ruins.
Princess Celestia surely wouldn't allow a pony like her to attend her school; she had completely failed this exam. Perhaps the result would be even worse, such as Princess Celestia ordering Twilight never to use magic again, or even banishing her from Central City...
Aurora looked at the pitiful Twilight Sparkle standing there, and whispered to Sunset Shimmer:
"I think she's scaring herself again."
Sunset Shimmer bit her lip to keep herself from laughing at this moment. She also thought that Twilight Sparkle must be anxious and overthinking things again, but putting herself in her shoes, she felt she could understand Twilight Sparkle's feelings.
Suddenly, Sunset Shimmer felt something brush against her hind leg, which gave her a start. After seeing what it was, she quickly suppressed her instinct to kick back and used levitation magic to lift up the baby dragon that had crawled over at some point.
Then, she placed it on her junior's back.
Aurora:?
The baby dragon, opening his eyes to the world for the first time, was still naive. Perhaps he felt that Aurora's purple mane reminded him of the pony who had brought him into this world, finding it very, very comforting, so he naturally grabbed onto that purple mane and snuggled into it.
Aurora:...
Alright, it seems like Spike will have to stay with her for a while until The Grand Princess and Twilight are done talking.
Three good things happened to Twilight Sparkle on the same day: she passed the entrance exam for the School for Gifted Unicorns, became a student of the Princess she admired most, Celestia, and earned her own cutie mark.
Just listing them out made Aurora unable to help feeling happy for her. And looking at how jubilant she was, it seemed she would be excited for quite a while.