My little pony: the magic of my Guild
Chapter 2 - Dusty Books
Previous ChapterNext Chapter***Magnolia: these city has a population of 60,000 and is a merchant city. It is located in the center of the southeastern part of
Fiore and with a railroad that connects to the adjacent towns including Clover town Hargeon between others. It is located next
to the sea; this sea is the major responsible for the merchant ways of the city. Through the east of the city is located a forest
that covers 600 squares miles. Since the ancient times, it has been prosperous in magic and these is reflected by the fact that
is the house of one of the strongest Mages Guilds, fai….***
"Twi, are you in there?"- a voice can be heard interrupting the purple alicorn from her reading.
"Yes, I am her Applejack, I am in the library"- Twilight reply as she closes the old and dusty book in her hoofs and put it next to a tower of old books that are standing in a stock like a Jenga tower.
"Seriously Twi I don't rightly know how you walk around her, there is a lot of halls and doors in these place" – Applejack says as her echo is heard through the door of the library. -"Where are you?"
With a giggle, Twilight get up and walk towards the door and open it with her magic, "I am right here girls, the library is these ways"- she says lifting her hoof as she sees not only Applejack but Pinkie and Rainbow with her.
"Good morning Twilight, what're you doing?"- the Pink pony asks meanwhile the tree ponies that were in the hall enter the library with their eyes wide as they see the pile of books that are on the floor. Pinkie curious of the books she goes and graves one of them and see how it disintegrated into dust between her own hoofs. -"Organizing again?"- the Pink pony says with an 'O' that her mouth make as she see with curious eyes into the pile of dust the book left.
"Twilight, it has been almost 3 months since you move to the castle, are you still moving all the books Princes Celestia sent to you? - Rainbow asks.
"Not exactly, I had already organized most the books she first sends but she keeps send it me more books, these time there are really old books or that it seams but I get distracted reading some of them. I am surely glad that the castle is big enough to hold all these."
-"Anyway, what are you doing here girls? is there something you need?"
"Twi, do you know what day it is? - answer Applejack to the alicorn. "Hoo,, is the… 3rd week after the first day of Summer? - Twilight response with a small smile on her face and with a tune of insecure in her voice.
"Ha, nice try but no, Twi it has being a week since we ‘all see ya. We are here to make sure you're ok sugarcube. You haven't let the castle haven't ya?"- say Applejack.
"I keep telling her that but every time I say something she keeps telling that only one more book and she stop but she never stops." -
"Hello Spike" – the tree ponies greeting the purple dragon that just enter the library with a basket full of cucumber sandwiches. - "Twilight here is lunch"- Spike say as he puts the basket of sandwiches at a table next to Twilight.
"Thanks Spike, girls do you want to lunch with me?"
"O please say yes, she hasn't eaten well since Celestia sends her those books, she barely eats, she just keeps reading those old books. Maybe with you in here she can eat something"- Spike reply to the tree ponies with a look of worry in his eyes.
"Come on Spike, don't be so worry. He is exaggerating, I am not that into these books, am I?"- Twilight says to Spike that has a face that can read ‘really?' all over it. -"Ok ok, I promise I will stop"
"Thanks, So I am going to bring tea for four, right?" - Spike stops as he looks to the friends of the purple pony.
"Ok, if you insist that much we will stay, i had a rough day is better if we stay with you, right girls?" - the Orange pony asks as she looks at her other two friends.
"Yepa no problemou, I haven't eaten anything in all day"-the pink pony says as she grabs a sandwich and put it in her mouth.
"Yea, I have nothing better to do anyway" – Rainbow says make Spike go for the tea. "So what is that you keep in you in those books, I mean, I know you are an egghead and all but for Spike to worry like that, and he knows you his whole life, it must be something important"- Rainbow say as she grabs a sandwich.
"No, is not that important is just these old books are really fascinating, they seem to be from different parts of the world beyond what Equestria knows. Some of them describe parts of land I never imagine could exist, underwater cities, cities made out of gold, cities in the sky that is not Cloudsdale made of highly advanced technology instead of magic. There is some land that has a kingdom made completely out of candy even their people, can you imagine"- that make the Pink earth pony to take out her tong out his mouth dropping saying - "Ohhh yea I do overtime I go to bed and dream. Mmmmmm caaaandyyy".
"Ice and fire kingdoms, and not only that, other books describe some magic schools that say that are the most famous but I never heard of them. If I remember correctly one of them call Hugarts, Houhurts, or something like that. Mytical beasts that I never seeing before. Magic objects that can do unimaginable things. Magic spells that I can't comprehend, able to control fire, ice, thunder, etc. so many kinds of books I just…..."
"Take it easy sugarcube, don't forget to breath"- Applejack says to Twilight whose excitement make her voice have lower and lower pitch as she continues with her explanation.
"jes, Twilight take it easy, for me all that sound like fiction, I mean a city in the sky that isn't Claudsdale, underwater cities, fire kingdoms"- "Don't forget the candy kingdom!! Imagine all that candyyyyyy"- Pinkie reply with a smile in her face to the rainbow mane pony.
"That's what I thought first, but these books are very precise. They have a lot of information about the land, the population, the culture, the fauna, the flora, etc. it just is too much to be just a fiction."- Twilight say.
As Twilight keeps talking all the other ponies keep taking the sandwiches and eat them. Spike enter the room with the tea and proceeds to serve each pony a teacup.
"All these books look old too, are you sure they aren't just old tale's ponies tell to fillies to go to sleep" - Applejack say as she takes a sip to the tea.
"No I am pretty sure, and the strange part of these books is that they were transported by accident"- "What you mean?" – Rainbow replay.
"Well, Princes Celestia says that these books are here as a product of the failures of long distance teletransportation spells that her students had made throughout the years. But since this day, she can figure out who, where or even when these books were written"- Twilight say.
"What you mean when, it clearly has like a thousand years, you just have to look at them to see that"-Rainbow say meanwhile Pinkie try again to read the books but fail as the books keep disintegrating in her hoofs.
"Upsy,sorry Twilight" Pinkie say with a smile.
"Don't worry Pinkie, if the book becomes dust just by touching it, it can be read it in the first place.
"The books I read were the ones that are in a better state. I don't even know how some of them survive all the way from Canterlot to here, but I guess that explain all the dust the bucks have"- twilight reply as she took one of the books and become dust in the air make everypony to caught a little bit.
"And these books aren't necessary that old. It appears that the looks of old in these books are made artificially, probably a side effect of the failure spells they were used to bring them. Look"- Twilight say as she opens one of the books she was reading in one of the pages where there was a line in between, on one side of that page looks new, like it was just printed out that same day in contrast to the other side that was darker and wrinkled with a look that it has seen better days.
She keeps glance over the books showing the old and new mixture that the look of the pages of the book has. - "The books even have some parts of the text all distorted, because of that I can't really be sure a 100% all I say to you is what it says in the books, is all guesses I made based on the context I can read."
"Hold on a second, you're saying that those fancy spells can actually bring unwanted things, like living ponies, it ain't a little bit dangerous? - Applejack ask.
"No not at all, the spells are made to just transport not living things, it is totally safe for any pony or any breathing being"
"So the spells just teleport books, I guess egghead will be always eggheads" – Rainbow say.
"Of course not" – Twilight replay rolling her eyes. "The Books the princes send me are only the books that were brought here by accident, there were other things like rocks, gems, chairs, tables, pens, furniture and more.
"Yea is it that great, the Princess even send me these gems that were sent by accident too, they are delicious" – Spike says as he graves one sandwich and opens it to put a green gem in there and proceed to take a bite out of it. "I bet Rarity will love some of these gems".
"So where are Rarity and Fluttershy? - Spike asks.
"O yea, where are they, they aren't with you? - Twilight asks.
"Rarity say that she need to finish an order and Fluttershy go to a trip to see the migration of birds o something but that was a week ago so she shouldn't take long to come back "- Rainbow replay
As soon as rainbow says that and she takes a sip to her tea Mayor Mare enters running through the halls. "Princes Twilight!!!, We need assistant one of the creatures from the Everfree forest is attacking Ponyville and the guards can't do anything to stop it, please help us!!
"A creature? o yea, that's what I was waiting for" - Rainbow say as she fly trough the air ready for combat. "And what creature is? A Manticore? A Bugbear? Or is the hydra? - Rainbow say with excitement in her voice.
"No, not at all, it is a Gorilla! – Mayor Mare says
"A Gorilla? - Rainbow reply with a look of confusion on her face."What is a gorilla doing in the forest?.
"Wo maybe it is just looking for a banana, do you try to give him a banana, I have banana cream pie if you want to" – Pinkie says as she pulls a pie out of her mane.
"No I don't think so; it keeps saying that he wants pretty women? Or where are the pretty women? or something like that."
"Hold on, the Ape can talk?" – Applejack asks with confusion on her face.
"Oh great, and were is our animal expert when we need it?" – Rainbow replay.
"No time for that, let's go, girls," - Twilight says as the four ponies run through the castle door. Living Spike alone as he eats the sandwich he has in his claws and eat it in a bite.
"I hope Rarity is fine" – Spike say as he runs through the castle door too.
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