The Rasp

(I've started titling these to make them easier to keep track of)

I woke up last night and found Twilight staring at me. She didn't say anything. She didn't ask for anything. She just stared at me. I asked her if she was okay and she said she had a headache. Then she went back to sleep.

I don't know what to do. I'm really worried about her. I sent a letter to Princess Celestia last night, but she hasn't replied. It's not like the Princess to ignore one of our letters. What's going on?! I went down to the market to buy some groceries and the place was practically a ghost town! Everybody's locked up in their homes and nobody wants to talk.

I wanted to explore more, but I had to get back to Twilight. When I got back home, she was in the basement. She's been there all day since I've gotten home. I don't know what she's doing down there, but when I check on her she tells me she doesn't want to be bothered. I'm beginning to think, hang on, Twilight is coughing again. But it sounds different now. It sounds...it sounds more like screaming...

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The royal guard just came by. They...they said something about not being able to leave. No one in town was allowed to go anywhere. Canterlot Royal Orders.

I tried to tell them Twilight was sick, and we needed to go to Canterlot General, but it's like they didn't hear me. They didn't answer any of my questions, and just told me to stay inside. I tried to get Twilight to come upstairs and help explain, but she just told me to leave her alone. WHAT IS GOING ON?! I sent Princess Celestia another message. Hopefully, she sends me something back soon.

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I can hear her. Twilight's coughing on the other side of the basement door. I keep asking her what's wrong, but she says she's fine. I snuck down there to check on her, and she was sitting in her lab with dozens and dozens of books open and she seemed like she was trying to read them all at once, muttering about time. I asked her if she needed anything, and she said...

She said the weirdest thing. She told me there was something wrong with her blood, and she was trying to fix it. I asked her what she meant, but she started screaming at me to leave her alone. She chased me upstairs into the kitchen and that's where I am now. Tomorrow, I'm going to see if Applejack can help.