Having witnessed the first gathering of the Mane 6 in person, although no major crisis occurred, Aurora quite enjoyed this kind of slice-of-life, purely happy reunion.
And after Rainbow Dash settled down in Ponyville, another benefit was that she could help take care of the child.
Unlike Aurora, who was a fake fan, Aurora Glow truly loved the Wonderbolts, so she and Rainbow Dash had a lot in common, and she even wanted to help Rainbow Dash unlock the Sonic Rainboom as a permanent skill.
This wasn't a bad thing, but it wasn't a good thing either.
Especially when Aurora Glow begged Aurora to have her dear sister cast a spell she had seen in a book.
This book was found by Aurora Glow in the Golden Oak Library, and one of the spells in it could make a pony grow wings and fly for three days.
Zecora and Spike finally knew what kind of mischief Aurora Glow was up to.
They had originally thought Aurora Glow had really borrowed it as a reference book, but in reality, they had only used a spell to walk on clouds during the party at Rainbow Dash's house.
It seemed this little one was more precocious than they had imagined.
Aurora was no stranger to this spell, as this book was also available in the Canterlot magic Library, and Aurora had specifically studied this particular one.
So, when Aurora Glow spread the book out in front of her, Aurora knew exactly what her little sister wanted to do.
This type of flight magic was a bit special because it involved modifying a pony's body; even if it was temporary, the knowledge and incantations required to construct the magic were very complex.
This had a certain reference value for Aurora.
After all, if a temporary body transformation was already this complex, Aurora dared not imagine how profound the magic required to nearly permanently fine-tune the structure of her own left eye would be.
This was thanks to Aurora having knowledge from outside the world, which allowed her to determine during her study of pony biology that a pony's body structure was not "scientific".
Compared to ordinary horses, the body structure of a pony was clearly "unreasonable".
Take the Pegasus for example; under normal circumstances, with a horse's body structure, it would be impossible to fly no matter how many wings you attached.
Not to mention the Unicorn; even if that horn wasn't used to control magic, a normal horse couldn't support such a long ossified horn growing on its head.
Therefore, this "unreasonable" part was filled in by magic, which allowed this "program full of bugs" to run normally.
But for other ponies, magic was just a part of their body; this was common sense.
Only a pony like Aurora, who wasn't truly a pony, would think to view the parts of the body that belonged to magic separately.
This was also the reason why many intractable diseases still existed in the magical world, let alone actively modifying body structures, which was very difficult in the current understanding of ponies because it concerned the magic that already existed within a pony's body.
For example, Rarity's hair loss, Derpy's crossed eyes, Scootaloo's deformed wings, and General Hurricane's broken horn, etc.
Under Aurora Glow's coaxing and pleading, Aurora had no choice but to agree to her wish to grow wings and fly with Rainbow Dash.
But before that, Aurora did not forget to admonish her little sister:
"If you cause any trouble in the future, just make sure you don't mention me."
Afterward, Aurora attached a pair of wings made of spider silk and dew to her little sister, letting her fly freely.
As for whether her little sister would fly too high, causing the wings to melt and fall to the earth,
Aurora was not worried at all.
Firstly, she trusted that Rainbow Dash's Sonic Rainboom would arrive faster than any accident, and secondly, she was very confident in the anti-child-loss spell she had additionally set on Aurora Glow.
With no child around to disturb them, Aurora, Twilight Sparkle, and Zecora spent an exhilarating time doing research together.
A week passed in the blink of an eye, and the prototype of the cottage's formation was established; Aurora would have to slowly figure out the refining parts later on.
During this time, Aurora Glow had a great time playing, and no accidents occurred that distracted Aurora from dealing with any messes she might have caused.
It was evident that although she had her own ideas, she knew her limits and could be considered a well-behaved little sister.
It was just that she might not be a daughter who listened to her mother.
Aurora was unaware that after Aurora Glow returned to Canterlot, she was grounded for three days by Meteora.
(Aurora: Quack! Sister, save me!!
Aurora: Lumi...? I must have been mistaken.)
When seeing them off at the train station, Aurora was truly reluctant to part.
Unfortunately, Twilight Sparkle had not yet graduated; after she graduated, she would apply to Princess Celestia to come to Ponyville to do research with Aurora, and she would also be able to live with her other pony friends.
Thinking of such a bright future, Aurora had to suppress her reluctance and send Twilight Sparkle onto the train.
After all, the little junior sister was really useful; having more geniuses to help her research magic was definitely more efficient than working alone.
By the way, before parting, Aurora gave the diary of the two princesses to Twilight Sparkle, telling her to return it to The Grand Princess after she finished reading it.
After sending off Twilight Sparkle, Aurora Glow, and Spike, Aurora was once again left guarding the large house alone, so she couldn't help but think about recruiting a few resident "tool ponies" to join her on the path of enlightenment.
Collaborating with geniuses was something that could get a pony addicted; Twilight Sparkle still had to wait a few years, and Zecora also had her own things to do, only coming to town occasionally.
Moreover, she said she wanted to try making paper from that type of plant, so she had even less time to come to Ponyville.
"Maybe I should take a trip to Sires Hollow and poach the secretary to work for me in advance..."
Aurora, who had become an empty-nester pony, started plotting against these genius ponies again.
"Sunburst is also not bad; although his magic power isn't great, his brain works well."
Speaking of Sunburst, because of Aurora Glow's unauthorized actions, he might have suffered an undeserved disaster, but at least her letter was delivered to him, and she didn't know if he had resolved his friendship issues with Starlight.
And just as Aurora was starting to entertain some dangerous thoughts, a letter from Princess Celestia timely extinguished her urge to cause trouble.
It seemed that Princess Celestia had finally received a reply from Sunset Shimmer.
When reading this, Aurora thought she had misread it, and after repeatedly confirming it wasn't an illusion, she took the train back to Canterlot that same day.
But after boarding the train, she calmed down.
From Celestia's letter, she didn't see any signs of good news; Celestia only told her about Sunset Shimmer's reply and said that she was doing well over there.
Other than that, there was no other valuable content.
This made Aurora's mood somewhat heavy and uncomfortable, but this situation was within her expectations, so she had to go back in person to read the original text in the diary and do some reading comprehension.
When seeing Aurora appear at Canterlot Castle, Celestia was not surprised, and without chatting for too long, she handed the diary to her.
It could be seen that Sunset Shimmer was doing quite well in the Human World, much better than expected, and it could even be said to be vastly different from what was once imagined.
She had even made new friends over there, including the human m5.
But what's the deal with this Trixie?
Because Sunset Shimmer had written her experiences in the Human World in great detail in the letter, it could be seen that this was her personal experience, not something she had made up to coax The Grand Princess.
It was just that when seeing some parts where Sunset Shimmer interacted with Trixie, it always gave Aurora a strange sense of déjà vu.
At least Sunset Shimmer was indeed living her new life vividly, and looking at this development, it was indeed impossible for her to become the school bully ruling Canterlot High School as she had predicted.
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