Crystallized

        Sweetie Belle was sprawled out hanging upside-down off the side of her bed. She sighed heavily, bored out of her mind. After several moments of silence and deep thought, Sweetie Belle rolled over and sat up, walking over to her mirror and looking at herself quietly. The filly glanced at her horn then back at herself and grinned. She levitated multiple things from her dresser and carried them around her room, posing and showing off each object. Sweetie Belle broke out in song while standing up on her bed, levitating a comb in front of her muzzle as if it were a microphone.

        The filly continued to sing and twirl throughout her room as Rarity peeked her head through the door and smiled at the singing unicorn.

        Sweetie Belle jumped when she turned and saw her older sister, "Oh hi, Rarity!" She squealed, "Whatcha doin?!" She asked excitedly, Rarity hardly ever came into Sweetie Belle's room.

        "Hello darling, I just overheard your fabulous singing and wanted to come and see. That's all." Rarity answered calmly.

        "Oh, well okay!" The filly said, and carefully put down the floating items, "Thanks!" She squeaked.

        The older mare gleamed and slowly turned around, closing the door behind her. Sweetie Belle bounded across her room and continued to hum as she looked at herself carefully, analyzing each detail on her face. She made different expressions at herself as she looked, then grew bored and trotted out to the hallway.

        A slight jingle of chimes came from the entrance and Sweetie Belle raced down the stairs to see who had visited. The filly beamed when she noticed Twilight had arrived. Rarity bursted through the door opposite of where Sweetie Belle stood, trotting towards Twilight with a rack of dresses and outfits. The older mare tilted her head out from one side of the rack, and perked up at the sight of the alicorn in her boutique.

        "Oooooooh! Well hello, darling!" Rarity beamed, "Whatever are you doing here?"

        "Hi, Rarity!" The purple unicorn said, then turned and noticed the filly, "Hey, Sweetie Belle!" She greeted. "I'm just here to ask for a favor."

        Rarity jumped in excitement, "Why, it's an honor! What do you have for us to do?" She asked.

        "Oh well you see..." Twilight said glancing back at the filly, "I have a large order of books coming in to the library tomorrow, they're from Princess Luna and Cadence and are very important!" Twilight stated, "I was wondering if I could have an extra hoof with organizing the books!" She explained.

        Rarity flattened her ears and blushed, "Oh... Right."

        Sweetie Belle bounced over to the princess's side and gleamed, "Of course I can help! Just let me know what time I should come over tomorrow!"

        "Oh actually," Twilight stated, "I may need to rearrange the library a bit and I was wondering if somepony could lend me a helping hoof!" She said, glancing towards Sweetie Belle.

        The filly ran over to Rarity and circled around her in excitement, "Can I go Rarity?! Can I go? Can I go? Please!?"

        "Well... Why not, darling?" The mare said, backing away from her overactive sister.

        Sweetie Belle jumped twice as high and yelled, "WOOOOOHOOOOO!!!"

        "Great!" Twilight exclaimed, "Oh, and Rarity? Would you like to come along? It would be a pleasure to have you!" The alicorn asked calmly.

        "Oh, well..." Rarity said hesitantly, "I guess I could sneak in a little time with friends!"

        "Wonderful!" Twilight said joyfully.

        "YAAAY RARITY'S COMING!" Sweetie Belle squealed, becoming even more hyper.

        The mare winced slightly, "Anything for a friend!" She stated.

        Twilight grinned and trotted out of the boutique with the other two ponies.

        "WAAAIIIT!" Rarity screeched, "I FORGOT SOMETHING!" She raced back to the boutique, flipped the sign on her front door making it say 'CLOSED!', then ran inside. A moment later she burst out of the boutique carrying multiple bags of luggage. She trotted calmly up to the others and smiled, though they gave her a boring expression in return, "Whaaaat? We are spending the night... Aren't we?" Rarity asked.

        Twilight sighed and giggled a little, "Well, yes I suppose so."

        Sweetie Belle bounced around the two mares excitedly, "I'M SO NERVOU-CITED!"

        "You need to stay away from Pinkie Pie just a pinch more." Rarity mumbled.

        The three ponies were quiet the during the rest of the walk to the library. Twilight trotted up to the door and knocked slightly. A loud slam, which sounded like a stack of books, was heard before a voice yelled from inside saying they could come in. The door creaked open and the older mares walked in first, seeing Spike covered in layers of books spread across the floor. Sweetie Belle trotted in, and after glancing at Spike she snickered.

        The baby dragon noticed Rarity and hopped to his feet. "Uh... Hi guys..." He blushed. "Sorry about tha-"

        "No need to be sorry, Spike!" Twilight interrupted joyfully. "We need to clear out the bookshelves anyways!"

        "Huh? Wha-what?" Spike stuttered in confusion.

        Twilight sighed and looked over at Spike, "Remember? That HUGE order of books coming in?"

        Spike made a bored expression, "Oh... that." He grumbled.

        The three ponies ignored his statement and began to levitate all of the books to the ground. Rarity controlled the upper left side of the library, Twilight controlled the upper right, and Sweetie Belle got the lower shelves that were easier to reach. After an hour and a half of levitating and dropping books and scouring through the shelves, every book in the library was laying on the floor in neat stacks. Spike was stepping carefully through the pillars of books, searching for the 'F' column.

        "F...F...F... Where's F?!" Spike said anxiously.

        Twilight turned towards the dragon and flew to a smaller stack, "It's over here, Spike. Everything is in alphabetical order, so you don't need to wander around." She stated, then flew back to the shelves and continued to work.

"Oh... Right," Spike said quietly, maneuvering through each stack.

Rarity laughed quietly while she observed Sweetie Belle strut around the library, levitating multiple piles of books confidently. The filly beamed as she raised the stacks to their proper stacks. After working nonstop for hours, the group had finally cleaned out every shelf. Shortly afterwards, they collapsed and fell asleep.

*****

Early in the morning, a slight ring came from downstairs. Twilight grumbled and slid out of her bed and slowly walked downstairs to the front door. Sweetie Belle awoke and quietly followed the alicorn down the steps, though stopped halfway. The door creaked open, revealing a grey pegasus with a golden mane, and slightly deformed eyes.

"Oh hello, Ditzy," Twilight said quietly, "I didn't know you delivered mail this early." She stated.

"Yea, I decided to take the morning shift. It's easier on my schedule." Derpy explained while rolling multiple wagons inside.

Twilight smiled and signed a paper attached to a clipboard, "Thank you..." She said then closed the door. Twilight sighed heavily, collapsed onto one of the carts, and fell asleep.

Sweetie Belle tip-toed the rest of the way down the stairs and trailed around the wagons, examining the books inside, reading many of the titles and levitating some closer to her. She searched for something that sounded interesting to her, anything that would challenge her knowledge of magic. She weaved through each pile and hadn't found many fascinating titles. Sweetie Belle reached the wagon Twilight had collapsed on, she carefully levitated multiple books to the surface, reading and flipping through them curiously. After being unimpressed, she set them down and picked up a few more. The filly accidentally bumped the cart and shifted Twilight's position. Sweetie Belle stood silent for a moment, observing for any sign of her stirring, then carefully continued to skim through each book.

Sweetie Belle reached to the bottom of the cart, hopeless to find an interesting book. She levitated the last seven books from the cart and read through each one unenthusiastically. Her eyes widened slowly as she read through one of the last books:

Untold Magic of the Empire