Twilight found some books she was interested in and went to go meet the librarian moonlight and midnight told her about. She followed the lights lining the ground and made her way to Shadow Wing, the librarian. When Shadow Wing spotted her, he bowed a little, smiling.

“Welcome Princess. I was informed you had entered the library,” he said. “May I assume you found something that interested you?”

“I did,” said Twilight. “And I’m positive I will be back again.”

“Very good princess,” said Shadow. ‘Your friends just left. I did enjoy the pink one. Pinkie Pie, was it?” Shadow giggled a little at what he saw of pinkies antics.

Twilight smiled before looking at the clock on the wall. Getting a bit of a frantic look on her face she said “Well, it is getting late. I’d better get going. May I check these books out?” as she put a pile of books down large enough to tower above anypony.

“Of course, princess.” said Shadow ass he pulled up the account he had made earlier for her, “let’s just check all these books out first.” He started to take books out of the large pile and swipe them into the commuter under her name. He stopped at a few more suspicious books to give her some curious looks. The books ranged in weirdness from: “How To get a Dragon Laid” or “The Singing Sailing Train” to just some cooking books.

“Well… Have fun. I guess…” Shadow said when he finally finished the pile of books, but the “Have fun was the only audible thing he said.

Twilight smiled nervously before leaving with her new books. Shadow sighed and leaned back on his chair.

“So that’s Twilight,” Shadow thought. “I guess that explains the twin’s reactions to the name.”
Twilight once again entered the light of day. She started her journey home as Celestia lowered her sun for Luna's moon. Meanwhile, not far off some twins watched her every movement. On the way home, Twilight met up with Spike.

“Hi Twi,” said Spike eyeing the huge pile of books," did you remember everything?”

“Everything we talked about and more,” she said. Let’s go home.”

A little bit away Midnight and Moonlight were listening to the conversation.

“Is that a dragon?” asked midnight.

“No, it’s a lizard,” said moonlight sarcastically, giving her sister a blank look.

“I guess I’m just wondering why there would be a dragon talking to the princess,” said midnight.

“How am I supposed to know?” asked moonlight. “Shadow didn’t even know who she was before this assignment. I don’t know how we were supposed to know about that dragon?”

Midnight shrugged. “They’re on the move. Let’s get going.”

The twins followed Twilight until twilight entered her castle. They walked up to the side and listened into the conversation going on inside.

“Spike, did you already make dinner?” asked twilight.

“No,” responded spike, “ do you want me to?

“I will,” offered twilight. “You need to go take a bath.” Twilights nose shriveled up a she caught a bit of spikes odor.

“Alright,” said spike as he ran off into another room.

Twilight turned and picked up some pots in her magic. As she started cooking, the twins started to walk away.

“Well… that was a pointless conversation to listen to,” said midnight.

Moonlight just stayed silent. Spike was on her mind. Why would the princess of friendship keep a dragon nearby?
The twins entered the library. They walked through the door in the back of the librarian’s desk. Shadow Wing was on the couch, sleeping, when they entered. The twins walked into the kitchen to find a note waiting for them pinned on the oven.

Dear girls,

Dinner is in the microwave. Please wake me wake me when you are done eating. I want to hear about what you found out. Also, there is a letter from Luna attached. You might want to read it. There is some information you may want to know.

Shadow

The Twins flipped the paper over to find Luna’s letter glued on to the back. Midnight pulled out the casserole from the oven and while Moonlight served it out, midnight read:

There are some topics you will need to know. First of all, be careful around Twilights friends. If you must take them out, feel free. Just be Shure to eliminate Twilight. Second, be especially careful to not alert anyone. They can use the Elements of Harmony. This is their ultimate weapon that they used to turn discord to stone. There is, however, a big venerability in the elements. If the bearers are not all there and have their elements on, they cannot be used.

Luna

P.S. Moonlight, Twilight keeps a dragon named Spike around. Don’t worry about him. He isn’t at all like the dragon you encountered all those years ago.

“Well… this may be harder than we thought,” said Midnight. “Diner is ready to eat.”

“Alright… let’s eat,” said Moonlight. “But I still don’t trust that dragon. He looks to familiar."

They sat down to eat. They had barely finished before a loud noise came from above them. A grumble from the other room told them that Shadow was awake and not very happy. They then heard a huge crash coming from above them.

Author's Note

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Coming up next: Gore and our first side story.