The First Task

"I'm ready." said Twilight Sparkle.

"Well," Princess Celestia spoke assuredly, "Your first task is to retrieve a sacred Moon Stone from the bottom of the lake. But you cannot simply swim down and take it. You must split the waters like you do your mane--and only then, when the light of the full moon shines down upon it, will you fetch your prize.

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Okay, so clearly I could use a ton more practice/direction on the background aspect, but I wanted to keep the focus simple (again??!).

I'm really pleased with this, background aside, and plan on doing a few more related to it.

I would definitely be interested in hearing what people think, as I think it's really demonstrating how far I've come along in the ongoing art learning process.