An Interesting Weekend

It's a fairly normal afternoon in Ponyville. Ponies walk the streets, chatting. Pegasi can be seen, dotting the skies. Two in particular are rushing through town with saddlebags at their sides.

"Hurry up Fluttershy!" A tired looking Fluttershy trudges behind her rainbow friend. She can be heard panting loudly from the speed Rainbow Dash is pushing her.

"I-i'm trying!" Fluttershy had only been flying for about half an hour, but she had never been the best flyer. She slows down, falling back behind Rainbow Dash, who then sighs in defeat.

Rainbow Dash slows down in respect of the weaker Pegasi, scanning the ground as they enter Ponyville. A familiar pair of earth ponies catches her eye and she motions to Fluttershy, who is quick to oblige,eagerly dropping to the ground, much to the surprise of the unsuspecting pair.

"Well, howdy Fluttershy!" The rustic country pony greets. "How are y'all doin?"

Fluttershy regains her composure, rubbing her sore wings. After adjusting herself to the new elevation, she starts to speak, only to be interrupted by Rainbow Dash, bolting her way to the city road in front of her.

"Oh! Rainbow Dash! How's mah fellow athlete doin?" Applejack ends her sentence playfully punching Rainbow Dash in the shoulder.

"Hehe, watch it Applejack!" Rainbow Dash teases. "Gotta watch the merchandise." Rainbow Dash rubs her shoulder and the group shares a laugh. As they continue walking the road, Pinkie Pie speaks up.

"Soooo... What do ya guys think Princess Celestia wants with us." The pink pony bounces with anticipation.

Applejack turns to the excited equine. "Princess Celestia wants us to be there when some important delegates come to visit."

Rainbow Dash groans in annoyance. "Why do we even need to be there for some stuck up ponies to visit?"

Apple Jack rolls her eyes. "We're the former elements of harmony, therefore, us bein' there tells the delegates that their visit is important."

Rainbow Dash groans again. "Okay, okay, I guess your right." She sighs. "I just wish they weren't always so boring."

As the four friends walk the streets of Ponyville, chatting about their impending trip,  they come upon their destination, The Golden Oaks Library. Even though Tirek had destroyed the last one only a month ago, Twilight had regrown it with some carefully planned alchemy and magic. The outside looked almost identical to the previous building other than the scotch marks around the base of the tree.

As the group approaches the large tree, Rainbow Dash turns to the group. "Why do you think Twilight still likes living in a tree? There's a perfectly good castle over there.." She points to the crystal castle that had mysteriously appeared a while back.

Applejack, still looking at the castle, answers the Pegasus. "I'd reckon she's more comfortable livin in her library."

Rainbow Dash nods her head in agreement as they approach the door. Pinkie Pie jumps up the half steps and knocks on the door excitedly. The upper half of the stable door opens to reveal Rarity.

"Oh! Hello girls! Please, come in. Twilight is just finishing up getting ready." The unicorn pushes the bottom half of the door open and steps aside, motioning them inside with her hoof. The group walks in to see Twilight frantically running around the library, making sure she has everything. A familiar purple dragon is sitting in a chair talking to Twilight.

"Twilight, do you guys really have to go?" Spike knew the answer, but he still asked. "It's always really lonely here when you guys are gone."

Twilight, still sifting through a drawer, answers. "Spike, we'll only be gone for the weekend, don't worry." Spike sighs and looks at the door, standing up.

"Oh, hey guys. How are you?" Spike greets the ponies. Pinkie Pie bounces over to him.

"Super Dooper!" The jittery pink pony jumps up and down in front of Spike, making him giggle. "See? That's what I wanna see! A smile!" Pinkie puts her hooves on both sides of Spike's face, pushing them up, making him smile even bigger.

"Thanks, Pinkie." Spike says, pulling her hooves from his face. "It's always good to have a friend to cheer me up."

"That's what I'm here for!" Pinkie Pie grins, before being enveloped in a purple aura of magic and levitated over to the other ponies, who were waiting for her next to the door. Twilight turns to Spike.

"Bye, Spike! See you in a couple days!" Twilight waves as she walks out the door.

"Bye! Have fun!" Spike waves until they walked out the door. When they close the door, Spike plops down in his chair, sighing. He looks around, the new library was almost exactly like the old one, but most of the furniture was destroyed. Twilight wasn't particularly worried about the furniture, but when she realized all of her books were destroyed, she was furious. Luckily, the royal Canterlot library had paid to restock her books as thanks for defeating Tyrek. Spike, however had lost his entire collection of comic books.

Disgruntled, Spike gets up and walks upstairs to his room. Luckily, during the magical reconstruction of the library, Twilight had accidentally created an extra room, which was now Spike's. He opens his door, flopping down on his bed. It was only about five, but Spike was exhausted. He lied their thinking about what he could do over the weekend as he fell asleep.

Spike's sleep was interrupted when he heard a few knocks on the door. He groggily walks down the stairs, talking to himself. "Who could that be? The library was closed three hours ago." He walks up to the door, unsure who it could be, and opens it. He looks up at the visitor with a confused look.

"Discord?"