Taking Over Equestria

CHAPTER 3: DISCOVERING

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Pinkie gulped again as she stared at the amulet.

"What... is this?" she whispered to herself. She picked up the amulet, still staring at it. She threw it into her saddle bags, and trotted off to Ponyville.

She trotted through the streets of Ponyville, and ended up at Sugarcube Corner. She hopped upstairs as she slowly reached into her saddle bags and she slid the amulet out. She stared at it awkwardly and examined it. Red and blue gems throughout the amulet, a small red gem inside a blue gem in the very middle on the collar of the amulet... yep. It was for sure an amulet. Looked pretty powerful, if you asked Pinkie. She kept staring at it. She cocked her head to the side, not knowing if she should see Twilight and tell her everything... or if she should keep it a secret, and just ask Twilight for a simple book on amulets. She shrugged, and decided she would keep it a secret.

"This should be a total super duper secret from Twilight." She finally decided. She grabbed a blue box and shoved the amulet in there.

"This box will do the trick of hiding the amulet." She closed the box, put it on the floor, and ran out the door.

She padded into the library and saw Twilight writing on a small scroll. She was mumbling something, something Pinkie could not understand. Pinkie figured Twilight was mumbling the words she was writing. A lot of ponies do that.

"Uh, Twilight?" Pinkie was peaking at Twilight from behind. Twilight whirled herself to face Pinkie, dropping her scroll and quill.

"Oh, Hi Pinkie! Didn't know you were there." Twilight levitated her scroll and quill back on the small table. "How can I help you?" She said as she turned around and continued to write.

"I was wondering if you had a book on amulets?" Pinkie asked.

"Amulets?" Twilight said curiously. She walked toward the bookshelves as she levitated a dark blue book from the shelves. "Actually we do. I don't know why you would need such a bo-" Pinkie grabbed the book from Twilight's magic aura. "Thanks, Twilight!" Pinkie smiled as she bounced out of the library.

"WAIT! PINKIE!" Twilight yelled. "Yes, Twilight?" Pinkie replied. Twilight padded over to Pinkie in the doorway.

"Could you help me organize these books?" She said. "Oh sure!" Pinkie smiled as she bounced over to one of the bookshelves. "What do you need such a book for?" Twilight asked Pinkie as she was putting away some books.

"Oh... nothing really," Pinkie replied as she laughed nervously. "I just wanted to learn my... amulets?" Pinkie stated awkwardly.

"Oh. Okay." Twilight levitated some more books over to Pinkie's pile. "So hows Spike?" Pinkie asked.

"Oh Spike? He's with Rarity," She chuckled as she continued to put away some books. "Helping her sort some clothes out or something, I think." Twilight had put all her books in the shelves and so did Pinkie. "Well i'm off to Sugar cube Corner!" The earth pony said as she smiled, picked up her book, and hopped out the door. Twilight smiled and waved as Pinkie left the library.

Pinkie raced up the stairs of Sugar cube Corner and opened the book. She flipped through the pages that told all the amulets in Equestria.

"Golden amulet... ruby amulet... aha! A sapphire and ruby amulet." She looked at the picture in the book, the same amulet as she had in the box was printed on the page.

"It says that it's named, "The Alicorn Amulet II," Pinkie said. She cocked her head to the side. "The Alicorn Amulet II?" She shrugged as she began to read the description.

"The Alicorn Amulet has been known as the most powerful amulet in all of Equestria. But it's not. Not after The Alicorn Amulet II was found. The original Alicorn Amulet was taken into a shop and was supposed to stay there for safe keeping. By the time the Alicorn Amulet was found, the original Alicorn Amulet's powers were somehow fading. This version of the Alicorn Amulet actually turns ponies into an alicorn. It is currently the most powerful thing in Equestria, replacing the original Alicorn Amulet." she read.

   Pinkie's eyes widened.