The Assembled Letters of Twilight Sparkle, Protégé of Emperor Discord

Honorable Emperor Discord;

Thank you for my assignment to Ponyville to investigate this strange new phenomenon known as “Friendship.” I regret the necessity of leaving your immediate tutelage and will miss being able to speak to you directly, but I trust these weekly letters will be sufficient for my continued studies in Chaos. I have learned much already, and look forward to learning more.

Although the ride was bumpy, our train arrived in only two pieces. When I left the station, the crew had nearly succeeded in wrangling it back onto the tracks. Had I not been exhausted from the trip, I would have enjoyed delaying them further. The library is unfortunately exactly where you said it would be, however I was pleased to find not a single book in place.

After a brief rest, I ventured to the local confectioners to obtain dinner. The shop is a quaint little place called "The Sugar Polyhedron" (the owners tell me the number of sides kept changing, so they revised the name from the original "Sugar Cube Corner"). Here I met five other mares who greeted me warmly and offered to be of assistance if I need anything. They are pleasant enough, although they seem “closer” than any ponies I have ever met. They wish to include me in their group. Maybe this is related to Friendship somehow? I will examine further and report back.

Your faithful student,

Twilight Sparkle