Knock, knock.
“Hold on, I’m coming!” Twilight shouted, dodging the pillows her friends threw. Her horn glowed as she walked towards the door, pulling it towards her. She wondered who would still be up this late of the night. Nopony was there when she opened the door, nopony but a chest. She looked around to see if there was anypony nearby who could have left this. Only a small handful of houses still have their lights turned on but there was not a single soul.
“Odd, I wonder who left this here.” Twilight said, examining the chest outside her library.
“What’s going on, Sugarcube?” Applejack asked, walking up to Twilight.
“I don’t know, but somepony left it here.”
“Well, why don’t ya bring it in? I mean, if its somepony’s, he or she would probably come and collect it from ya.”
Twilight nodded in agreement and bit its handle and pulled it in. The other four ponies stopped kicking pillows at each other as soon as they noticed the chest.
“Oh Twilight, what have you got there? Is it a treasure? No one told me we were gonna play pirates. Can I be the pirate? I can be the pirate, right? Huh? Huh?” She asked excitedly, jumping towards Twilight.
“No Pinkie, we’re not playing pirates. Twilight sighed. “Do you think we should open the box to check what’s inside?”
“I don’t know, Twilight,” The white pony with the curled purple mane asked. “What if it’s a treasure, like what Pinkie had said. Do you think the owner would be missing it?”
“If the owner does, he or she wouldn’t have left it outside my library in the first place. Besides, it appears to be unlocked.” Twilight said, whilst examining the lock. “I mean, since it’s unlocked and as long as we don’t take anything out of the chest it isn’t stealing, right?”
None of them replied, being cautious about what could be inside the chest. Twilight’s horn begins to glow and so does the lid, shutting her eyes to prepare what behold in the chest.
“Books?” Pinkie Pie burst out. “Not that I hate books but why books? Why couldn’t it be something else? Like balloons? Or cakes? Or streamers?” She pouted. Twilight opened her eyes, seeing how Pinkie’s eyes are already scanning through the books’ spine. Pinkie gasped and pulled out a dark pink hardcover book with a crimson font “Cupcakes” texted on the middle of the book with her mouth. “Oh, a book on cupcakes! Can I please read it? Huh? Huh? Huh? I promise I’ll keep it safe.”
“I guess you could borrow it for a while, but return them as soon as possible. We don’t want the owner to make a police report about us stealing their belongings.” Twilight sighed.
Twilight allowed her eyes to scan through the books. A rainbow coloured book caught her eyes. “Rocket To Insanity?” Twilight read the title aloud.
Rainbow Dash flew towards Twilight and held the book in her hooves. “Maybe it’s about flying and doing insane stunts! I could use this to get into the Wonderbolts!” She said with glee.
Twilight shook her head and rescanned the books in the chest. They were arranged with their spine facing upwards.
Twilight let her eyes run through the books. “Cantering Death… The Reapers’ Game… Pretty In Pink… Rainbow Factory… Hmm, Sweet Apple Massacre?” Twilight wondered aloud, an orange book hovered in front of her. “Sounds a bit… gory to me.” She then looked at Applejack, who gave a shrug. Twilight replaced the book back into its original place.
Her eyes came to a stop when she noticed a brown spine with a weird figure printed on it. She fished it out with her magic. Having a lock on its cover, the brown tattered book has the same shape from the spine as its cover. “Do anypony knows what this shape is? It looks nothing like… anything.”
“Why don’t ya open it up? To see what’s inside? Ah mean, ah know it’s locked but can’t ya use your magic to temper it?” Applejack suggested.
“Alright, here goes nothing.” Twilight, unsure of herself, shuts her eyes to concentrate. The tip of her horn started glowing white. Twilight gasped. She felt something was wrong. She wasn’t able to control her magic. Her magic expands, blinding everyone in the room.
