During the War: A Secret Mission

The doors opened to Canterlot Library as ponies entered. The light of mid-day was muted and subdued by the beige art-deco interior and the half closed venetian blinds hanging from the scatterd windows, the library was built to hold knowlege before there was a thought of it being welcoming and everypony knew it. There at the main desk stood the only pony in the world who could call it home. Besides her the pile of books waited to be returned to their proper places and under the curve and veneer of the kiosk her prided card cataloge. The Library hadn't seen use this much since the Fire of '35 when it was made into a temporary barracks, but with the war going on ponies from all over were trying to learn what they could about the fighting overseas.

The day was the same for Twilight Sparkle as it had been for many years. She was fond of her work and it was the place where she shined but she missed her friends. It had been nearly five years since she had seen them all together. Twilight new something bad was going to happen, it never crossed her that it would set them all so far apart. She was alone.

There was a small radio on the desk, it was low to not disturb the readers but the voice from it was unmistakable, Celestia was adressing her ponies to tell what they all needed to hear.

" My Dear Subjects, I want you all to hear this most urgent news" nearby ears peaked as ponies listened to their queen. "The ponies of the resistance have endevoured greatly on your behalf to sabotage the advance of the dragon enemy but their efforts are against a strong foe who seeks to destroy our happy land and on the night of May 9, 1941 two towns of the northern front had been surrounded and our lines of communication to our fighting ponies there ended abruptly."

By now a crowd had gathered and the force of the loudspeakers raised, and a rare gasp or two was heard from the otherwise silent ponies.

"We fear the worse my ponies. This loss leaves us all as dishearted. This is a trying time for Equestria and I ask of everypony to remember the loved ones you have away and to not give in to doubt. To everypony I ask that you aid this effort in anyway you can. Let us prevail and defend ourselves, our freedoms, and our happiness befor it is taken forever. I will now have the Minister of Defence, Sir Wingston Colthill, address you all with homefront duties and plans for the co..."

Twilight saw what had happened to the ponies listening intently and quickly turned off the set, as the warm glow of the radio faded the color flushed from ponies faces and a frown was not rare. Celestia's words were daggers to a nearly lost land. The ponies around her were wandering off back to what they were doing, Twilight thought to herself of what she could do to turn this war around but what could she do? She had tried to speak with Celestia but no luck. There must be more than organizing Scrap Drives and hanging posters for Pony-Bonds. Twilight sighed and returned to the books. What was she to do?