Hard times

Section-6 Aegri Somnia

    "Were back, well sort of." Twilight exclaimed. Vega looked around but saw little more than tattered and collapsed buildings. "Where are we?" Vega asked. "Ponyville, or at least what's left." Twilight replied. "I thought we were going back to the cottage." "We are I just have to get something first." Twilight told her. "There's something I need first." Vega looked around and asked. "What do you need from out here?" "It's not out here its at Sweet Apple Acres." Twilight said sadly. Vega thought it would be best if she didn't ask any more questions for the time being.

    There Vega stood quietly, back in the library. She watched as Twilight scrambled from self to self in search of something. "What are you looking for?" Vega asked. "An apple." Twilight answered. The response had intrigued Vega'$ curiosity. "What's so special about an apple?" She asked. "I'll show you when I find it." She responded rather angrily as she rummaged through a shelf. "Can I help in any way?" Vega asked hesitantly. "No." Twilight replied. Vega turned away and looked at the vast array of books. There were books from before Canterlot's rise, there were even books from the old kingdom. Books that held old arcane magics and incantations that, to her, were thought to be long gone. Vega made her way to a self and pick out a single book. "Elements of Harmony- A reference guide." She said aloud as she admired the brilliant print of the title. "What?" Twilight said from across the room, still searching. "Nothing, just reading!" Vega called back. Vega looked over the title again then placed it back on the shelf. She picked out another book and once again read of the title. "Black magics and incantations." 'Well that sounds promising!' Vega thought to herself as she opened the book. She looked into the book only to find that a great deal of the pages were missing. Though several of the pages were absent, Vega still skimmed over what was still intact and legible. Flipping, page after page she looked, occasionally stopping to double check a page she read on, that is until she found a spell that tickled her fancy.

    The page was old and slightly worn but Vega could still make out the spell. The spell read.

    -Aegri Somnia-

    'What does it do?' She thought to herself. As she read she noticed something, actually the lack of something. The sound of Twilight rummaging through books was gone. "Twilight?" She called before turning around. Vega hoped that Twilight had just stopped or found what she was looking for but when she turned there was nothing but black.