Foals!

    The eight young creatures slipped themselves into their zip-lining harnesses and attached themselves to the line that went to floor one of the library, which was almost a complete downwards fall. A special enchantment at the end prevented them from becoming royal pancakes, and they unhooked and brought the cart they'd set up and filled with books so nopony would take it.

    Careful planning paid off, though, as they took the freshly-oiled cart and rolled it behind them into the hallway without a sound. The corridor took a left past the stairway to Galaxia's private quarters, then the one to Celestia, Midnight, Luna, and Aphrodite's rooms.

    They went down through the castle and to the kitchen, the doors being like the gates of paradise. They slowly opened.......to reveal Galaxia giving them a disapproving look. They all froze.

     After a few tense minutes, Celestia realized something. "That's not mom!" she exploded. Luna, Midnight, and Aphrodite took a closer look and realized that, indeed, it was a fake queen! A cardboard cutout painted in her likeness was placed right in the middle of the kitchen.

     That crisis averted, they wheeled the cart by the royal pantry and went in. Jars of cookies, some gummy ponies, chocolate, ice cream cartons, and other treats stacked themselves on the cart. Then every trace, crumb or stray hair was picked up, leaving no evidence at all that they'd ever been there.

   Then the whole convoy left for their fort. They carefully avoided the guards patrolling the hallways, when the unspeakable happened. Discord stopped and covered his muzzle. But it was too late. The sneeze sent a pair of guards racing towards them.

   "Let me handle this," Midnight hissed as she slipped to the front of the group. Taking a relaxed stance, she quickly cloaked the cart in a 'Don't Look' spell and began her spiel of excuses, beginning with a neutral greeting.

   "Hi!" she said, and the guards stopped and looked confused. Then they looked at her. From Discord's vantage point, he saw her innocent smile become a tad bit forced and some sweat breaking out behind her left ear. The guards continued looking at the group until with a spike of light from his horn the unicorn guard unveiled the cart piled high with sweets.

   "Um.....I'll give you a dozen cupcakes just don't tell!" Midnight blurted desperately. The guards exchanged a look, then nodded. "Two dozen, and nopony'll ever hear about this." they answered. More sweat trickled down behind her ear.

   "A dozen and a half, and as a bonus I'll find you an excuse to eat them in the library away from prying eyes." she answered, making it sound like it was her final offer. The guards' faces showed their terror at losing their chance to get cupcakes for free on the job.

   "Deal!" the pegasus nearly yelled. Midnight wiped her brow and smirked. She re-cloaked the cart and instructed the guards to follow one in front and one behind. The excuse was that they had been found sneaking through the halls and the guards were escorting them back to the library.

    Luckily though, nopony ran into them on their way to the library. With a snap of Pestilence's claws, the cart disappeared and reappeared in their fort. Then she turned to the guards and with a snap of her claws again the two found zip-lining harnesses over their armor.

   "Hold tight." Celestia said before grinning as Discord snapped with his tail, and they rocketed up to level seventy two. Once there, the guards got their promised cupcakes and then they left, just as promised. Then phase two was initiated.

     After sorting the sweets and grabbing a snack, they set out for the electronics. Laptops and gaming systems, DSs and the like. So again the cart was cloaked and again they crept down the halls. This time, however, the operation went of without a hitch and the book palace was almost fully acceptable.

    Except for one heinous crime against all foals everywhere: there were no toys. No toys. No. Toys. That must be fixed. And it was, in one fell swoop there were toys practically falling off the ramparts and squeezing out the windows. Then the eight decided to call it a night.

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     Luna yawned for three whole minutes before she opened her eyes and saw a horrible sight. At some point during the night Midnight must've convinced Discord to sleep with her, because they were curled up on her candy cloud. Luna headed for the most heavily enchanted place in the whole book palace: the bathroom.

     She needed a shower, hay, her brain needed a shower after that horrific display.  She flipped on the handle and was temporarily drenched in chocolate milk before her coat, mane, and tail fluffed up and made her look like a blue puffball.