A/N: I made a mistake. In previous chapter I failed to mention what book Heart's Vision grabbed before leaving. I have fixed it but the 5 of you who already read, he grabbed "Healing spells and you." sorry I messed up. Don't forget to reviewJ

Chapter 6: No pain no gain.

Heart's Vision entered his house after walking with Scootaloo. Rose Spade sat on the couch reading a book. Heart ran next to his mother. "Momma, I have figured out what I want to do when I grow up."

Rose set down her book and diverted her attention to her excited colt. "What is that my dear?"

"I want to help every pony I can."

"That is good but how do you plan to help them? You have to have power to help ponies. How do you plan on getting that power?"

Heart lost his excitement. "I-I don't know."

"You must figure this out. How much you can help is decided by how much power you have. Without any power you can't help many ponies."

"But I want to help every pony."

"I am sure you do and I know you will." Rose changed the subject. "How are your studies with the princess going?"

Rose's distraction didn't work on Heart but he thought Rose didn't want to talk about it so he went along with it. "I have been doing really well. I have learned many new spells. I can levitate things." Heart picked up the book with his magic. He set it back down. "I can emit light from my horn." Heart's horn became brighter and lit up the dim room.

Rose was so happy to see what her son had achieved. "Oh I am so proud of you. You know I never was gifted with magic. I can barely levitate anything. I am glad that you can."

"I love learning new spells. I can't wait until I learn a new one."

"What did she say about you coming more often?"

"She said I can come after school Monday and Wednesday."

"That is great. I am sorry I can't help you."

"It's ok momma." Heart had nothing to do for the night and he wasn't ready to sleep. "Can we play a game?"

"I don't see why not."

Rose and Heart played little games like twenty questions until Heart had to go to bed.

All of Sunday Heart played with the Cutie Mark Crusaders. Monday came and Heart dreaded it but went to school. He enjoyed playing with the CMC before school but hated class because Tiara made fun of him at least once before class ended.

Cheerilee waited for all of the students to be seated. "Welcome class. Today we will be talking about our glorious rulers and their political powers."

Heart paid little attention in class most the time but his mind was still being plagued by his thoughts of how to help every pony. The mention of the rulers power intrigued him.

"The princesses hold all the power of the government. Their word is law. They are only few though. Can any pony tell me how they can rule over all of Equestria?" Cheerilee waited to see if any pony knew, none did. "Well if no pony knows. Princess Celestia used to rule it alone but now princess Luna helps her rule. They both have ponies under them who supervise ponies that are under them and so on and so fourth. The princesses have the power but they have a council. The council are elected by the ponies of Equestria. The council is made of nine ponies. Three pegasi, three unicorns, and three earth ponies. They vote on matter of importance and represent the ponies of Equestria. They hold no actual power but if the Princesses go against what they voted on it would not look good since the council represents her subjects. The council is not the princesses only means of advisement though. They also have personal advisers. The personal advisers give their opinions on matters of importance. Does any pony have any questions before I continue?"

Cheerilee paused. Heart raised his hoof. "Yes Heart?"

"How does a adviser become an adviser?"

"He or she has to be personally picked by one of the princesses. The adviser is only an adviser to the princess that picked him. A adviser has no power just as the council. Advisers are different because the princesses has been recorded to go against the council's choices on many occasions, but ever hardly ever went against an advisers word. Let us continue with our lesson now."

Heart paid attention to the rest of the lesson but had thought in the back of his mind. 'That is how I can do it. I will become an adviser of the princess. I can use my influence to help ponies from all over.'

Cheerilee finished her lesson and surprisingly Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon did not make fun of Heart. Heart was the last one out of class as always. Once he exited he noticed something he had not seen before. Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon were circling a earth pony with a pale coat and curly red mane. Heart came closer so that he could hear what they were saying.

"What is wrong with your voice? You sound like a broken foal toy." Diamond Tiara made any excuse to give this pony trouble.

"I can't help it." The filly sounded miserable.

Silver Spoon joined in. "Not to mention your ugly hair and snout."

Diamond was inspired by her friends comment. "Yeah you look like a piggy."

"Such an ugly piggy too."

The filly had nothing to defend herself with and coward on the ground as the cruel ponies insulted her.

Heart would not let this innocent filly be hurt in such a way. "Hey stop messing with her."

The two bullies turned from their victim to their new prey. Tiara initiated Heart's punishment for interfering with her fun. "Oh albino why do you have to be so mean? We were just playing with Twist here. Do you feel left out?"

Heart didn't back down. "I won't let you pick on a innocent filly."

Tiara continued her mission. "Your not innocent so how about we play with you? I know your some kind devil pony. You have all kind of weird markings on you, why is that?"

Twist was still laying on the ground but now looked at Heart. Both of the bullies were facing Heart and could not see Twist. Heart saw her and waved his hoof gesturing for her to leave. She quietly snuck away. Heart knew Tiara and Silver Spoon would target him after he interrupted. 'I would rather be their target then they bring pain to another pony.' He thought he was prepared for what Tiara and Spoon would say. "My marks are part of my coat. I have told you this before."

Silver Spoon joined her friend in the fun. "How can we trust you? You are most likely a evil pony, or maybe you are a robot."

"What? I am not a robot. That is silly."

Tiara's grin grew. "Can you prove it?"

"How am I supposed to prove it?"

"Easy, robots don't bleed. Every pony knows that."

"I can bleed."

"How can we trust you? You could be lying to us to cover for yourself."

"I am not going to cut myself so you can see me bleed."

Tiara thought of something. Without saying anything swung her head down. Her tiara made contact with Heart's right cheek. The cut was not deep but enough to make a dribble of blood come out. "I guess you aren't a robot but you could still be a devil pony."

Silver Spoon mouth dropped. She was shocked, but more fearful of what Heart would do in response.

Heart put a hoof to his face, checking the damage. He looked at the crimson on his hoof. "Why do you do these things? Did I do something to you?"

Tiara laughed at him. "You are such a dumb pony. I do these things because it is fun."

"Why is it fun to cause pain to the ponies around you?"

"I don't know why. It just is. You are boring me now so leave before I change my mind."

Heart took his opportunity and headed for the library. He could hear the cruel fillies in the background laughing. 'At least that Twist girl is ok. I do not regret helping her. I better hurry to Twilight. I have wasted enough time as it is.'

Heart arrived at the library where Twilight was waiting for him. "Hi Heart. What took you so long?" She noticed the cut. "What happened to your cheek?"

Heart didn't think about Twilight seeing it. "Oh my cheek? I uuh… Had an accident at school. Some scissors cut me."

Twilight thought the colt was acting odd but dismissed it. " I will heal you and then we are moving on with the lesson."

"What am I learning today?"

"Today I will teach you a noise cancelling spell."

Heart learned the new spell in the short period of time. He quickly noticed the draw back to the spell. If you made the perimeter of the spell too large some pony could notice that there was no sound. Not to mention the caster couldn't hear anything as well. It was an odd feeling to not hear anything. Most the time he could hear slight noises that were hardly noticeable but when he cast the spell it was nothing but complete silence. Twilight told him to go home and practice once she knew he had learned it.

Heart continued to see Twilight and learned many different spell over a two week period. But he was mainly interested in learning the healing spell. He spent many hours studying the anatomy book at well as the spell book Twilight didn't know he had. He had managed to take a few other spell books over the couple of weeks. The spells Twilight taught him were useful but he wanted to learn more powerful spells. There was a particular mind reading spell he was interested in but it was very advanced and he wasn't sure if he could perform it. The healing spell on the other hoof was not the same. He had studied and thought he was ready.

He lay on his bed at night. Rose had already fallen asleep and Fire Flash was not home. 'I think I am ready. I can't tell Twilight until I am one hundred percent certain though. How can I know though? I can only think of one way. I have to test it and the only way to test it is to injure myself.'

Heart went to the kitchen. He levitated a knife out of the drawer. He let it hover above his right fore leg. "Here goes nothing." He let the sharp knife slide across his flesh. It left a shallow cut. He placed the knife in the sink. He then concentrated on his wound. His flesh slowly mended together. He was overjoyed to see his hard work pay off. "YES! I did it. I can tell Twilight tomorrow that I am ready for her test." The colt slept soundly that Tuesday night.

Immediately after school Heart ran to the library. He burst in the door scaring Twilight who was reading peacefully. "Ahh! Heart you mustn't run in here like that."

"I am sorry Twilight I just am excited. I think I am ready for your test so that I can learn the healing spell."

The purple unicorn gave him a questioning look. "Really? You think you are ready after such a short time?"

"Yes. I think I am ready."

"Well lets get started." Twilight levitated a desk and a stool to the center of the room. She placed several sheets of papers on it along with a ink well and quill. "Begin when you are ready."

Heart took his seat. He was sure he would pass. The test was very long in caparison to any test he had taken before. He wasn't expecting such a hard test. He finished and gave it to Twilight. After five minutes of grading Twilight gave her verdict. "I am sorry Heart but you failed."

Heart couldn't believe it. "What! I couldn't have failed. I know I can do it."

"You did fail. I think it is because you don't know the names. All was in order besides the names of bones and certain small organs."

"Please let me learn the healing spell I know that I can do it."

"I am sorry but I can't let you. It would be too risky."

"I can do it!" Heart wasn't letting his work be wasted. "I will prove it!" Heart grasped his left fore leg with his magic. He straightened it holding it out in front of him.

Twilight was confused and worried. "What are you doing?"

Heart used more of his strength. He could feel the massive amount of pressure on his limb. He wasn't backing out now. He made the last push. The lower half of his leg let out a wicked crack as it snapped. Both his leg and him screamed in pain.

"HEART! What have you done?!"

"Watch." He gained focus. Slowly his leg mended back together. It took so much concentration and power to fix it. He knew it takes a lot of energy to do it. The majority of unicorns don't have the knowledge or magical strength to perform such a strong healing spell. His leg was fully fixed and functional but the pain remained. His energy was sapped as well. His voice was weak. "I told… you I could… do it." Heart fainted before hearing Twilights response.

Heart woke up an hour later. He was bouncing up and down and didn't understand what was going on. "What? Where am I?"

Twilight stopped walking. "Your awake, good. We need to talk."

"Talk about what and where am I?"

"You are on my back." Twilight levitated him onto the ground. "Now you are on the ground. I was carrying you to the hospital after Spike and I couldn't wake you. Why did you do something so dangerous?"

Heart could barely stand. "I did it to prove that I was ready."

"The only thing you proved is that you still haven't learned to slow down. I don't want you to come for a lesson until NEXT Saturday."

"What? I have to wait a whole week?"

"Yes. Maybe you will learn to be patient."

"That is not fair! I have shown so much improvement!"

"You may be magically gifted but that means nothing if you can't control yourself. I want to hear nothing more on the subject."

Heart hung his head. "Ok."

"Can you walk?"

"Yes. I did heal it properly."

"Go home and remember that I don't want to see you for a week."

"*Sigh* Ok" Heart began to walk home. 'I knew I could do it. If you had believed me I wouldn't have had to hurt myself. I am still going to study at home.'

A/N: Come on Heart. Why can't you learn your lesson? I only said it once but FYI Twilight Sparkle is an alicorn in this. Well I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. I hope everyone has a good day/night.