After helping his father in the fields, and his mother in the markets, Silver trotted toward the train station with his mother beside him. "Mom, I can go to the station by myself. You and dad have done enough work." His mother snorted , but said, "I'm not letting you go to the train station by yourself. You never know what could happen, after all many strange things happen in Ponyville." Although he would have gladly argued further, he couldn't deny that Ponyville was a place where VERY strange things happened. Luckily the walk wasn't very far, but to their surprise Vinyl was actually there waiting for them.

"Huh, I admit I never thought a DJ would be out this early." His mother said with surprise in her voice. Silver also scratched his head , but smiled anyways, "I guess Octavia must have told her to meet us here bright and early."His mother smiled and nodded, and when they approached they saw that Vinyl had her headphone around her neck, but she also had a coffee mug floating in front of her and that she would take off her glasses and rub her eyes. Vinyl smiled when they approached and she gave Silver a gentle hug which the young colt returned, "Hey Vinyl are you okay? You look pretty tired." The blue haired mare waved him off and looked at his mother as if waiting for her to say something. Silver's mother smiled nervously but quickly said to Silver, "Remember, learn as many things as you can from Vinyl and Octavia, and don't give them a hard time. They willingly agreed to teach you so I don't want to hear any complaining about this." Silver smiled and nodded looking up at his mother, "I will mother." With that they said their goodbyes and Silver and Vinyl boarded the train to Canterlot. They waved to his mother as the train started to leave, but Silver's mom smiled and watched the train go until it was out of sight. "Goodbye my dear Silver. I'm so proud of you." She smiled to herself and turned back to Ponyville, but she was glad that Silver was getting a better life than her and his father could have ever given him.

***

Silver kept his eyes to the window taking in the sights as he went past them. He couldn't help, but stare in awe at everything around him. The last time he took the train to Canterlot it was dark and he slept all the way until the arrived, and did the same thing coming back. Now he could enjoy the sights to his hearts contempt because he had a feeling he would be seeing it for a while now. Not only that, but he would be trained by Octavia Medley and Vinyl Scratch, probably the two greatest musicians in all of Equestria. He day dreamed about playing with them again, and all the different things he would learn. Octavia said that he would be playing different instruments, and the many different possibilities made excitement spark through him. For most of life he has been confined to the farm, and although he loved his mom and dad and enjoyed helping them on the farm he couldn't help but feel that on some day he wanted more. What Silver didn't know was that his parents knew he wanted more than the simple farm life. They could see it in his eyes whenever he looked at Canterlot from a distance, and that was one of the particular reasons they allowed him to come.

Silver felt something tap his shoulder, and he looked behind him to see Vinyl was motioning for him to sit beside her. He looked out the window then back at Vinyl then shrugged thinking that he could still see the sights from a seat. He took his seat next to Vinyl and he saw that she was nodding her head to some beat from her headphones and smiling. She saw his look of confusion and she started to move to the beat, but he just looked at her in confusion. Sighing she saw that they were only a couple of ponies around them. Suddenly she started tapping her seat to the beat. Silver looked at her surprised and a little confused but she kept tapping to the beat not noticing. However, after a while he felt himself start to nod to the beat, and she smiled noticing this new movement. Vinyl pointed a hoof to the window, making Silver stop and think. Does she want me to...tap? he thought as he looked at her in confusion. But Vinyl just kept tapping to the beat, and she seemed to be ignoring him. However, that wasn't even close to what Vinyl was doing. She knew that her glasses made it look like she wasn't paying attention, but she had turned off the music to her headphones and her eyes were looking at Silver wondering what he was gonna do next. What are you gonna do now little guy? She thought watching him patiently. Silver listened to the beat a little more before finally he started to tap the glass. The glass Meade a sort of clinking sound when he tapped on it, but when he turned to Vinyl he realized that she was smiling.

Tap! Clink! Tap! Tap! Clink!

Silver smiled as he is he started tapping in a sort of clumsy yet catchy beat. And ViVinyl was smiling brightly at him as they kept up the weird beat they had going. Suddenly at the end of one of their sequences he heard another tap matching Vinyl's. Both turned their heads and saw that another filly was on a seat and was also tapping at the same beat Vinyl was tapping on her seat. Silver looked at Vinyl surprised, but to his astonishment she smiled at the other filly and nodded for him to come over. The young filly trotted over, and Silver saw that he was younger than he was. However, the filly sat next to Silver and he nodded to the beat as all three started their own beat. Silver found himself almost dancing to the beat, and the younger filly was practically dancing the beat, while Vinyl just smiled and watched them glad that they were enjoying themselves. Soon, the other filly's parents noticed that their filly was missing, but when they saw him dancing on the seat next to Vinyl and Silver. "What is he doing?" The father asked, and was about to walk over but his wife stopped him, putting her hoof on his shoulder smiling. "Calm down sweetheart, don't you see he is enjoying himself. And don't you recognize the pony he is playing with?" The father looked confused but then he recognized the mare nearly instantly, "Vinyl Scratch." Vinyl just kept on tapping watching the fillies dancing and tapping to the beat. Time to do drop the bass! Suddenly Vinyl broke into a sort of drum solo hitting her hooves against the seat and slamming her hooves against the floor. Silver felt his jaw drop as she did her solo, and he and the other filly stopped their dancing and looked on in amazement. She looked amazing, the grin on her face, not a grin of arrogance or of excitement, but a grin of a tame yet adventurous spirit. The way she moved, how at one time she could be stuff when she was doing a booming part of the solo, or when she seemed to move along with the music when it became an upbeat melody. Her glasses seemed to flash with a strange magic, her her horn didn't glow, yet it seemed to reflect her own musical spirit, and the spirit of her heart. Suddenly Vinyl's horn started to spark, and he realized that she was charging up a spell. What spell is she gonna use?! He looked at her in amazement as she kept on charging it up.

Vinyl felt her heart hammering in her chest, and it seemed ready to blow up, but that only added to her excitement. The way she felt her blood pumping, the way her hooves tired when the slammed against the seat, but she just kept pushing herself thinking of the beat, though it wasn't the best beat it was good enough for her. She didn't need any fancy beat, or fancy music to make her happy, all she needed was a beat to get her heart pumping. This is what I live for. She thought joyously, and she felt her magic about to explode.

Silver saw her start to sweat as she kept on playing. Her magic seemed to be straining her greatly, but she still smiled and kept drumming faster and faster. A purple aura hard started to form around Vinyl causing her to glow brightly nearly blinding everyone. Silver could tell that she was reaching the end of her solo by how loud the mucus was and how the beat was nearly impossible to hear. A strange magical energy started to fill the room, the air felt tense with strange energy, yet the energy made Silver feel a strange excitement. He didn't know how to describe it but it felt like Vinyl's magic was channeling some strange excitement in him that he hadn't felt before. It was tense, but at the same time it seemed to be channel and inner need for adventure and daredevil behavior. Suddenly Vinyl finally slammed her hooves in unison, but it sent a sound wave that shook the whole train and a light shot from Vinyl's body blinding every pony. But when the light finally died down, and Silver could see and hear clearly his mouth dropped a second time from the sight before him. A glowing light seemed to now be coming from Vinyl's skin, and her glasses seemed to glow in a brilliant starlight. However, it was what was on her back that surprised him. On her back was a pair of giant wings that seemed to be as big as Celestia's. They weren't real but the fluent movement, and the great texture of the wings could have fooled anyone that it was indeed a pair of wings of only it wasn't buzzing with magic power. However, above Vinyl's head were five glowing letters and one number.

DJPON-3

***

Suddenly cheers exploded all around them surprising Silver. His focus was concentrated on Vinyl so much that they didn't even notice that the train had stopped at the station right when Vinyl started her solo, and everyone waiting to get on the train had seen the show that Vinyl had put on. Instead of being angry the crowd had watched on in stunned silence, and they couldn't believe the magic Vinyl used. Vinyl just smiled as the wings, and her magical aura and DJ name disappeared, but she grabbed Silver and quickly made her way through the crowd of loud fans. Silver felt a little silly about being dragged by Vinyl through the station, but he didn't have a say in it as her magic pulled him along. Luckily when they were away from the crowd they finally found the pony the were looking for.

"Hello Silver. I'm glad to see you've made it safely. And that Vinyl woke up so early." Octavia said with an amused and sly grin. Vinyl on the other hand was less than amused and stuck out her tongue, but Octavia ignored it then looked back at Silver.

"Come not Silver I'll show you the hotel I'm staying in, and then we can all settle down and Vinyl and I can start you off with a couple new lessons. How does that sound?"

Silver smiled and nodded, "That sounds great." In truth he was coursing in excitement. Not only would he be learning from these two, but he would be able to explore all of Canterlot too. When they arrived in the afternoon his parents didn't focus much on sightseeing and simply tried to find the theatre and avoid as many ponies as possible. After all Canterlot was a place where the higher ups ruled, and even though his family was of noble blood, his parents weren't gonna risk anything.

As Octavia and Vinyl led him through the city he marveled at the different variety of shops, and the merchandise that was with them. He also couldn't help but stare at the many different high class ponies dressed in so many different outfits. He didn't know why, but something about the outfits made him cringe on the inside. At least Octavia only wore a bow tie, but these ponies were literally going all out when there wasn't even a special event. Though what made up for it was the towers. The way they seemed to spiral all the way to the sky, and the beautiful and colorful designs that seemed to make the whole city glow. And when he looked around he saw that although their were many nobles, they didn't seem to mind him. Whether that was because he was a little colt, or that he seemed to be traveling in good company.

Unknown to Silver, both Vinyl and Octavia intentionally were a couple feet behind him. Octavia was smiling at Silver's innocence, eagerness, and it seemed like he was having a lot of fun just looking around. She couldn't help but feel a little happier seeing the way he was, and how bright his mind was, yet the way he had a strange curiosity of everything, that curiosity that she once had when she was younger, made her have a light step in her hooves.

"You know...he kinda reminds me of you Tavi." Octavia heard Vinyl's voice in her head, and she turned toward her sister who kept her eyes on Silver but was smiling brightly.

"What are you talking about Vinyl?" She asked the blue haired mare raising an eyebrow, but Vinyl stopped and looked at the clear blue sky.

"I remember a filly that wanted to reach toward the sky. Who wanted her music to be heard throughout all of Equestria, and wanted everyone to know her name. She wanted to dine in the great courts of Canterlot, she wanted to live in luxury, she wanted to play her music to her hearts content. That pony wanted to be something." Vinly's words echoed through Octavia's head, but to her surprise Octavia gently put a hoof on her shoulder,

"And she did. She reached as far as she could go, and she was known throughout Canterlot as one of the greatest muscicians of Equestria. With that fame she dined in the courts of Canterlot, and met many ponies, and many she thought were her friends. But when she looked at herself one night in her apartment, it was then that she realized that this was not what she wanted." Octavia sighed and looked at Vinyl sadly,

"It wasn't what I wanted. Most of the nobles simply talked to me because of my popularity, not because of friendship. They just wanted to be seen with me, other than that they cared nothing of my well being. And when I looked at the place I lived, the place I called "home" was nothing but an empty space, were I continued the empty thing I called a life." Octavia shook her head as if going through a flashback, but then she smiled at Vinyl,

"Then one day. Another pony came. It was a blue maned pony, with the most ridiculous shades. She busted down the door with her magic, and had no sense of decency. She found me in my bathroom, drinking myself into a stupor. I was broken, living in a hell hole, yet here this unicorn came. I yelled at her to leave me alone, and that I didn't need her help, but she got me out of bed. She washed me, she dressed me in my bow tie, then she grabbed my cello and guided me away from Canterlot. What I didn't know was that she guided me to where we were born, Ponyville. That's when I realized that I had mislead myself, and that my happiness." She looked at Vinyl and gently said,

"Was with my sister Vinyl. The one that has taken care of me till today." Octavia felt tears start to form in her eyes, but Vinyl quickly pulled her into a gentle hug. Both mares held one another, but Octavia managed to hold her tears in. She had to, because she had to be strong like Vinyl had been for so long. Suddenly they both heard the sound of hooves, and they turned to see Silver starring up at the both of them in confusion, and with a worried expression.

"Is everything ok?" He asked kindly not wanting to intrude on their talk. Octavia smiled and rubbed her hoof through his hair.

"Yes, we're ok. Now let's go to my hotel room." Silver smiled and this time he stayed beside the two mares as they made their way through Canterlot.

***

"Wow!" Silver exclaimed and looked at the room. It was a giant spacious room. The ceiling stretched high, and the walls were thick, and there were giant windows that gave u a complete view of Canterlot and the towers of the princesses. Silver marveled at everything, the fridge that seemed to be more like a glorified freezer, the well designed couches, and even to the painting of Celstia and Luna. Vinyl looked at Octavia snorting,

"Your HOTEL room? This is a penthouse sweet!!!" Vinyl's accusing voice rang in Octavia's ear, but her sister only smiled and replied,

"Hey it's not my fault my employers decided to pay for the hotel. Though I can't say I'm sad that they got me this type of room." Vinyl fumed and shook her head, but Octavia walked over and whispered.

"The bed is down the hall third door on the left, there is some cider, and a sundae that I made myself for you." Vinyl was silent, and then she huffed but quickly made her way down the hall to her waiting sundae. Octavia smiled and then cleared her throat.

"Silver, it's time we began your lessons." Silver looked at Octavia at first in silence, but once he realized what she asked he quickly trotted over and sat down in front. Octavia smiled at this but quickly regained her composure and said in her commanding voice,

"Now here is the layout of our plan. You'll be trained by me in the morning until I have to go to my morning concerts, or my concerts at noon. Then once I'm gone Vinyl will teach you for the rest of the day, until she goes to her gigs at night. This is so you can get a better understanding of how me and Vinyl see music and how we both go about our daily routine. In time you'll get use to this all and I hope you'll learn a lot about how we work." Silver nodded vigorously, but then he rubbed his chin in thought. This didn't go unnoticed by Tavi who gave him a questioning glance,

"What lessons are you gonna teach me exactly?" he asked sheepishly smiling nervously, but Octavia nodded and answered,

"First we will start with basic. I'll teach you how to count notes, and write notes. That's a good start for beginners, and although we taught you some things in that concert, I plan to teach you everything." Silver gulped when he heard her words, but before he could say anything Octavia quickly pulled out a piece of paper and pencil from a bag near her and set them down in front of him.

"Now, let's begin."

***

For the next hour Octavia taught Silver the different notes, and the different plasters of music. She taught him the various scales, notes, and the meaning of the notes, and how to play certain notes by just whistling. Although it was tiring he quickly learned how to count how some notes were longer than others, and he managed to name half the notes on the scale. Octavia didn't mind his slow pace, after all he was just learning this, and she would rather he work at his own pace, than an uncomfortable pace in which he probably wouldn't keep up. However, both of them stopped when they finally got down to writing the words,

"What wrong Silver? You've done everything I've asked till now." Octavia asked as she looked down at the young Silver pony in confusion. Silver himself looked down at the paper ashamed of himself,

"I know, and I'm sorry Octavia but I have a small problem," Octavia tilted her head, so Silver sighed and stood up and hung his head, "I can't write."

"Excuse me?" Octavia asked a little confused by his words. Silver sighed and nodded,

"I can't write. I've never been taught." He said miserably wishing he could hide his face. Octavia looked at him in stunned silence.

"What do you mean you can't read? Why didn't you tell me this before?" Silver shrunk away from her questioning and somewhat accusing gaze. Heaving a huge sigh he grumbled,

"I've never been to school in my life. No ones ever taught me how to read or write, and that's why I don't have many friends in Ponyville." his voice was filled with embarrassment, and laced with guilt and disappointment at himself.

"Huh..." Octavia looked at the young earth pony in silence as she pondered on what she was going to do next. She had agreed to teach the pony music, but she didn't think she would have to teach him basic things he should have learned a long time ago. Octavia found herself at a stalemate, and she knew only one person who could help her.

"Wait, here Silver I need to talk to Vinyl." Silver sighed but nodded and Octavia made her way towards Vinyl's room.

***

Vinyl had already finished her sundae and was about to fall asleep when suddenly Octavia stormed into the room, making Vinyl fall out of bed with a loud thump.

"Vinyl! I need your help with an important matter." Octavia looked down and saw Vinyl on the floor rubbing her head, and she picked up Vinyls shades holding it out to her in confusion.

"Umm Vinyl no offense, but I don't think the floor is the most ideal spot to sleep. I mean I'm sure some ponies do that, but I wouldn't recommend it." Octavia said gently but with a trace of annoyance at Vinyls current predicament. The blue haired mare on the other hand wasn't amused, and quickly swiped her glasses away and put them back on with a loud grunt.

"What do you want Tavi? Or do you just love disturbing my naps?" Vinyl's voice sounded in Octavia's head with a accusing and annoyed tone. Octavia glared at Vinyl and with a huff she looked away saying,

"A nap is the only break I ever get from YOU anyways." Vinyl looked at Octavia actually hurt from Tavi's words, and Octavia knew that the words would sting, but her pride wouldn't let her take it back.

"Now if you can stop messing around I have a real problem that needs to be solved, and it involves our apprentice. So if you don't mind I would like your opinion, and if you have any ideas I would like to hear them." Vinyl stomached her hurt feelings and nodded for Octavia to go on. Not missing a beat Octavia continued,

"Apparently our young Silver doesn't know how to read or write." Vinyl tilted her head in confusion.

"Come again?" She asked stupidly as if she hadn't heard Octavia correctly.

"You heard me. Silver doesn't know how to read, or write. I was going to teach him how to write the name of some of the notes, but then I reached that road block. I volunteered to teach him music, I didn't say I'd teach him basic stuff he should have learned in school." Vinyl could see that Octavia was worried but she soundly turned away from Octavia with a huff and a wave of her hoof. Octavia growled and trotted over so she and Vinyl were face to face.

"Alright! Alright, I'm sorry about what I said early. It was wrong and I'll try to be kinder in the future." Vinyls ears perked up and she smiled nodding her head as if accepting Octi's apology.

"Now can you please help me. What am I suppose to do? Teaching him how to read and write will take just as long as teaching him music. I mean I've taught ponies before but that was in a group and I was only helping them through the basics which they already knew. How am I suppose to do this?!" Octavia growled in an annoyed voice, as she paced the room in hopes that an idea might come to mind. Vinyl on the other hand just sat down and watched her sister pace, and listened to her mini rant. This wasn't the first time Tavi ranted to Vinyl about something, and she knew that this was just a way her sister let out her feelings, and that she would probably think of an answer in a mere couple of seconds.

"1...2...3." Vinyl looked at the clock on the wall counting down until Octavia finally got her idea. And just like that, Octavia had an idea as she stopped and looked at Vinyl with a smile.

"That's it! Music books." Vinyl tilted her head, but didn't dare say anything. She didn't want to ruin whatever Octavia was planning, or else her sister wouldn't be so happy about it. Octavia walked over to Vinyl and hugged her gently,

"Thank you Vinyl. I'll be on my way now to the library! We'll be back for lunch." Octavia went to one of the walk in closets, and grabbed a backpack for Silver and a couple of snacks and pieces of paper and pencils. Before she could walk out the door however, Vinyl got in front of her blocking her path with an annoyed look on her face.

"W-what-" Octavia was cut off as Vinyl reached over and straightened her crooked bow tie. Octavia looked at Vinyl with gentle eyes and they briefly nuzzled each other before Octavia walked out and closed the door. Vinyl on the other hand went back to her chair, and put her headphones on and blasted the music.

***

"Umm Octavia? Where exactly are we going?" Silver asked looking around at the surrounding building as they trotted down an alley of Canterlot. He had been sulking on a couch minutes ago, thinking that he had somehow screwed up his chances of becoming a musician. Then suddenly Octavia came trotting into the kitchen handing him a backpack and telling him to follow her. In truth he had expected her to kick him out and send him back home, and he was pretty sure they were heading toward the train station. However, when he looked around he realized that they were heading away from the train station, and in fact deeper into Canterlot.

"So," Silver looked up at Octavia who had been as quiet as him when they started their little journey, "why can't you write?" Silver looked up at her awkwardly, and Octavia realized that it was the wrong question to be asking.

"I mean why didn't anyone teach you how to write? You went to school didn't you?" Silver sighed and looked down, and Octavia felt a little guilty for prying, but she also wanted to know why exactly he didn't know the simple concept of writing.

"Well...you see it's not that I didn't want to go to school. It's just that my parents at the time, and even now...don't have the money." Octavia felt like giving herself a mantle face palm. Why had she asked such a stupid question, when she could have simply guessed it.

"Well didn't they at least homeschool you? I know a lot of Vinyl's friend are homeschooled, but a lot of them have went on to do great things." Silver sighed and looked at Vinyl with a look of guilt and remorse.

"They wanted to, but they were just so busy. Dad needed to work late at night since he was the only one who worked on the farm, and mom had her stall in Ponyville which is so far away, so when they get home neither of them has the energy to teach me." Octavia sighed and stopped to gently pat the silver pony's head gently before they continued. She couldn't help, but feel sorry for the young silver pony. Octavia couldn't imagine being a filly and not going to school.

"Ahh here we are." Silver looked up at what Octavia was talking about.

***

Octavia led him inside the giant library and he saw that it was practically deserted, and very dark. Luckily everyone seemed to be concentrated on whatever it was that they were doing. Reading books, writing, and some were silently discussing different topics all together. Silver kept to Octavia's side not wanting to get lose, but his tutor was busy looking for books for him. Octavia herself rarely ever came to the library unless she had to get a cooking book if she wanted to make something classy for dinner. Now that she thought about it, she probably would get a cooking book, and on the way home she would probably get some chips for Vinyl. She was so lost in thought, and she didn't notice that Silver had stopped and was looking at something.

Silver tilted his head, as something from a desk near him was glowing a strange color. Something about the book made him feel a little uneasy, and he kinda feel a strange drive for something. Scratch that, it was more vigorous than a drive, it was a need, a want, he didn't know. All he knew was that it was him, and that book. Looking at the book made him forget everything else around him. His music lessons, his tutor, his parents, the library, something was driving him toward the book. Slowly he started walking towards it his eyes wide in curiosity as every step he took seemed to echo through his head, and every breath he took was now raspy and his eyes stayed glued onto the book. Finally he made it too the desk, his eyes looking at the book as a lamp gently shined a light on the cover. On the cover there seemed to be a picture of an alicorn, maybe one of the princesses, but then he noticed that the strange glow was coming from the pages themselves. Gulping Silver slowly opened the book to the first page, and there were strange words written there.

"To whoever pony is reading this,

I can tell that you have great potential, and that you have a strange will to do the right thing. The will to make a difference in the years to come in Equestria. Now allow me to explain what this means. If you have opened this book then you have already passed the first test. This book is not meant to open except for the ones it deems worthy, and in truth if you are not then this book would like have never opened to you, and you would have passed it like any other book."

"What is going on!!" Silver thought his eyes widening, and he looked around him as if someone was watching his every movement, or someone was trying to read over his shoulder, but luckily that wasn't the case and he continued reading.

"I know you may be asking who I am, or what is the purpose of this. Well I'm afraid I cannot tell you this until I see you myself. You may be asking how are you going to find me. Well the answer is simple.

I'm going to find you."

Suddenly with a blinding blue light the words disappeared, and instead it was replaced by a symbol. It looked like a crescent moon facing toward the top of the page, with a star that seemed to rise through the middle, and wings that stretched out fully. The blue colors seemed to glow in their different shades along with the pages, but more importantly there was an inscription at the bottom.

"Welcome, To the Lunar Republic."

***

Suddenly a hoof came from nowhere and slammed the cover down making Silver jump in surprise as he was taken out of his trance like state. He felt a strange draft, but when he looked up to see where the hoof came from he could see why. It seemed that the hoof belonged to a pegasi, her mane had a brilliant Amber color with a little gold, and she also had a light turquoise coat. She didn't look happy at all, and she quickly grabbed the book and landed next to him.

"Excuse me! But this is my book, and the last thing I need is some little filly looking through it without permission." Silver shrank away from her stinging words, and the look she gave him made his legs shake. The mare just shook her head and grumbled, but then she looked at the book then at Silver her eyes wide.

"Wait a minute, how did you open the book?" he though he could see a glimmer of confusion and fear in her eyes, but he was just as confused as she was, but he saw his opportunity.

"I'm sorry, but what is the Lunar Republic?" Her eyes widened at his question before it turned into a frown again making him step back. Leaning in close, her eyes didn't have any anger, but her frown still scared him to his core.

"What's your name kid?" she asked a little skeptical, but curious. Silver just stared at her and a look of annoyance found its way into her face, but this time she took a deep breath and asked with a strained voice,

"What's your name...kid?" Now he realized that she was making an attempt to be nice, so he cleared his throat,

"My names Silver Spirit. And I'm sorry for looking at your book, it was wrong and I'm really sorry." The mare looked at him for a couple more seconds before she sighed and nodded,

"Alright, I guess I'll let you off the hook for now. And...I'm sorry for being a little harsh on you." Silver just smiled, and that made the mare smiles, but as she turned to leave,

"Umm..." the mare turned back around and looked at him, "I'm sorry but I have a question."

Sighing with contempt she turned and nodded,

"What is the Lunar Republic?" The mares eyes widened and suddenly she grabbed him and she flew toward a book shelf in the back of the library. Silver was stunned and he actually squeaked when she grabbed him and wondered if he should cry for help.

However, he never got his chance and she dropped him off in one section and she landed next to him. When he looked around he saw that she had chosen a part were nobody would go to, and seemed deserted. With a small flap of her wings she landed next to him and looked at him seriously her frown back on her face.

"How do you know about the-" she looked around before whispering, "Lunar Republic."

Silver felt fear clench his chest and now he looked around worried. Was the Lunar Republic something to be feared? What was it? Before he could get farther in his thought the mare leaned in her frown seemed to express her anger, yet he noticed that she seemed to be afraid of something. Was she afraid about what he knew,

"I only opened the book, and it said welcome to the Lunar Republic. I swear, but I just want to know what it is." The mares eyes widened then she sighed and hung her head in defeat.
Silver felt a twang of guilt,

"I'm sorry..." the mare looked up and she saw him looking at her with guilt in his eyes, and she sighed. She couldn't blame him for his curiosity, and in truth he hadn't done anything wrong,

"Alright look, I can't tell you what the Lunar Republic is, but the one who wrote you that message will. All I need you to do is swear that you won't tell anyone about the republic, promise that and I swear when the time is right I'll tell you everything you need to know." Silver looked at her with surprise,

"But whose gonna-" the mare frowned making him stop his question.

"PROMISE." he looked at her worried and confused. He didn't know if he should trust the mare, but he didn't know what this republic was. Although his mind said no, his gut had a different opinion.

"Cross my heart, hope to fly. Stick a cupcake in my eye." The mare looked at him in a stunned silence before nodding awkwardly and with a flap of her wings she shot up and flew towards the door, leaving Silver to wonder what had just transpired. But an even bigger question now plagued his young mind. Just what had he gotten into?

Author's Note

Hello, this is PropheticPony, I know my story is far from the best and I know it has a lot of words, but no action yet. But I only ask that you bare with me, because I also want to get to something more important in the story. Just keep reading and I'll try to make it interesting. Now if anyone wants to tell me about a certain spelling error, or if you have a question please put it in the comment section, and I'll try my best to reply. Thank you