A Carriage Drawn by Two

The large pile of books lit up in a brilliant, purple glow before floating into the air. One by one, they were put in their correct place on their crystal shelves in the castle’s library.

“And… done!” Twilight said, happily. “That was the final batch!”

Spike sighed in relief. “Can we finally take a break now, Twilight?”

“Of course, Spike! You’ve earned it.” Twilight smiled as she watched Spike jump up and run towards the castle’s kitchens. One of the newly hired cooks would probably sneak him a leftover gem from the stock. Ruby Tomato, one of the younger cooks, was Spikes favourite cook. She could prepare beautiful gemdishes, so that was no surprise.

Even after months in her new castle, she was still getting used to it. As a princess, she now had an entire staff to cook, clean, and maintain the castle, as well as servants and butlers ready to follow orders. And the space! Even now she hadn’t even explored all the rooms, let alone the dungeons!

But one of the best things, she thought, was the library. It was so big! Her old library could fit in here twice, maybe even thrice! She even had to hire ponies to keep the place neat and organized, something she and Spike couldn’t possibly do on her own now. Besides, she had royal duties to attend to now. That didn’t stop her from spending time in the library and reorganizing, though. Old habits die hard.

She nodded to the librarian sitting behind the desk. He nodded back, smiling, looking up from his book. Hiring Libro was a fine choice, even though sometimes he would speak in a strange language. But she didn’t mind; one time, she told herself, she would ask him to teach her the language. But not now, she was busy.

She walked over to one of the crystal shelves in the ‘spell section.’