Captured

It was great waking up. It was so great that you decided that you had to sleep just a few more minutes...or hours. You glanced over to your alarm clock and quickly discarded the idea. The clock was a bit more then you expected. You had a job to do, and that was the only thing that managed to push you out of bed and into the bathroom. You still found it funny to live in a tree, but the shower soon turned your thoughts at other things. The feeling of a shower had never been so great. You got out and decided that you had to spend some effort on your mane, this time. You were new in town and had to make a good first impression. Or second based on the fact that you were exhausted last time you met somepony and that couldn't count. Back in canterlot the mane wasn't that big of a problem. You just had to make it look presentable and nopony complained since you usually got the job done. There was this one time where things got wrong but this wasn't the rigth time or place to think about it. You just had to focus.

Going out was a smart idea. Not only was it great because of the work but yesterday you couldn't catch the best glance at Ponyville. It was a good thing to live a little bit outside town. Not much but you could see the little town in all it's glory. The colours and the buildings, It was wonderful. You walked to the road from your current home and into the town, not taking your eyes of it. You suddenly felt a pain. Not like the "got stabbed in the chest pain" but it was very bad. It could be several reasons. You could have tripped over something and didn't noticed or you were hungry. You went over both options and came to the conclusion that you can't think well without food. You stopped outside what you thought was the local bakery. The name was "Sugarcube Corner" and that was good enough for you. Just to get a simple snack. You entered and looked after any form for life inside. You soon spot the mare behind the counter.

"Good day", You said, trying to hide the fact that you were deeply in need of some food.

"Well hello, Can't say I've seen you around", the blue mare answered with a smile. Why did her mane remind you of somepony?

"I moved in yesterday. I was promised by a pink mare that the baked goods here was amazing so I had to stop and buy some". Now you remembered who she looked like. You decided not to take it any further.

"Well, since you're new in town I'll give you these one for free." She handed you a bag of muffins and you gladly accepted it.

You thanked very much and exited the building. You decided not to wait before taking one out of the bag and slowly taking a bite of it. That was the best muffin you had eaten in your entire life. You weren't the pony who usually bought sweets but this was an emergency. As you ate one you forgot that you should have done your morning training. Well, you just had to make it doubble tomorrow. After the wonderful muffins you followed the direction given to you by the white mare. You hadn't forgot about your promise to drop by and say hello. Celestia had told you a little bit about the ponies in this town. They were different from the ponies in Canterlot. They acted nice and was nice at the same time. You stopped by a wonderful structure and read the sign; "Carousel Boutique". It sounded right and you had followed the directions. You walked up to the door and knocked. The door soon opened and the white mare who had given you the direction stood in front of you. You had probably arrived at the right place.

"Oh there you are", she said with a friendly voice. "Please come in".

"Thank you, you said with a smile." You looked around before entering. Celestia might be right but it isn't going to be your death if she's wrong. In the corner of your eyes you could spot a wierd bush. Wierd as in slightly more moving then any of others. You had been taught to take good notice in details.

"So how is Canterlot now-a-days?" The white mare turned when you entered the door.

"As usual. Ponies are getting arrested but the authorities is still calling it the best town". They had to do so to keep the city's image. You didn't like it but you couldn't do anything more then your job.

"So. Any famous artists rumors?" She was probaly talking about the ones who were into fashion.

"Well. If the stories I heard was correct, Clavin was taken in by the police for about a week ago. This, of course, is still rumors." You knew it wasen't but you had to keep a certian job proffessionality.

"Not the famous Calvin..." She almost dropped the tea cups. You interrupted her. "Mr. Klein was supposed to be in posession of something illegal. Remember that this is still only rumors". She calms down. "Let's just hope it's only rumors". The news was going to be hard for her but you decided not to care that much. After a long talk about fashion you said your good byes and left.

The second you came out you made a sharp turn left and went into the alley. That bush had actually moved. So either somepony was after you or somepony else. You stood in the alley for a few minutes before noticing that the bush was getting a better angle a few houses away. It was spying on you and the pony inside probably didn't know that you knew it. This would be fun. You crossed the street and hid behind a house. You knew that if you were quick, you could move before the pony could change posistion again. You quickly made your way from house to house. The spy had to lost track of you by now so you started a sprint before quickly turning around the corner where you knew the bush was. You used your levitation spell to throw the bush up in the air and sending the pony inside to the ground. You were right, somepony was spying, though it could have been somepony else then her. The purple unicorn blushed a little as she know she's caught.

"So what are you doing inside a bush, or better, why are you spying?" Your tone was a little irritated. You had been spied upon a few times and you didn't like it. This was not an exeption.

"I am sorry, I just needed some information and I...." She tried to excuse herself but you interrupted.

"The only thing you get to know about me is the things I want to tell you. You wont find the other things so you might as well just ask me". The exscuse was poor but you guessed she wasen't into the spying business. You calmed down. "So how about we take a walk and I try to answer the most of your questions?". You couldn't get on the wrong hoof with the target anyways so you just had to make the best out of it.

She looked at you with a sad expression, "I would like that, and I am so sorry for spying on you". Well atleast she said she was sorry.

"No problem". you had to say it. You helped her up from the ground.

"How did you know?" She asked you with a suspicious look.

"I am used to noticing details." You couldn't say that you had been spied on before. That would lead into all the questions you didn't want. She seemed to be okay with the answer.

"So what do you really work as?" The question caught you off guard. The "Business" excuse couldn't work now. You had explain a little bit more.

"I am working at the library in Canterlot. Not a huge job but I love it". That was the only excuse you could come up with which would explain your levitation spell right now. The mare seemed to buy the story as she looked surprised.

"Wait, you are working at the library? So why with the 'business' thing?". She was really going to push this a lot further then you had hoped for.

"I am not so proud of my job. I love working with books and all but right now I'm on vacation and I really don't want to bring up work." This had to work. You had spent a little bit in a library. Reading wasn't as bad as everypony would have it to be and you enjoyed a good book once in a while.

"So if I would want the 'History of Magic: First book' where would I need to look". Is she really this good?

"You'd had to check the 'magic' section and I believe the book is in the third row". Luckily for you, the book was common read and you had to learn it by heart due to the job. And it seemed to be right as the unicorn looked at you with even more surprised eyes then before.

"Just one more question. The spell you charged back at your house when we jumped out. What was it?" This was slightly more easy to evade.

"Well you see, In Canterlot I had to learn the basic knock out spell. It was to prevent theft in the library, should I be the only one there." That would have to do. You spell was much stronger then the basic knock-out spell, but you hoped you didn't have to use it on anypony.

You turned to her. "Mind if I ask you any questions?" Time to get some information.

"Sure. I see no problem in that." She said with a smile on her face.

"Great. So you worked here as a librarian, right? While studying magic at the side?" You had to check up on the facts given to you. You couldn't have her thinking you knew something personal about her that she didn't think you'd know.

"Yes, I am the current librarian here, and how did you know I was studying magic?" The question didn't come as a surprise. She didn't tell you about the whole magic thing.

"Well, your cutie mark would mostly describe magic. Either that or stargazing and you don't look like the full time stargazer. You probably got it as a hobby if you are even interested." She looked at you with very surprised eyes.

"How did you know about the stargazing and have you looked at my flank while I weren't looking?" She blushed at the last question.

"I am good at details." A few years in the force did that to you. Unfortunatly this also brought other complications. You weren't the social type and hardly got any friends beside your colleagues.

"So how much could you tell about me from our little chat?" She turned to you grin. Was this a challenge. Oh, it's on.

"Well, you seem to be the kinda anti-social pony. You told me at the party that you were sent here by the Princess to discover the friendship of magic which kinda says alot. Therefor I also believe that your love life hasn't been so great as you blushed when you asked me the question about your flank." You really put some pressure on the last sentence. She challenged you and you had to have some fun at your job. Hopefully she didn't take it so seriously.

She blushed even more to your enjoyment before she let out "Okay, you got me there." A jump of joy. This was always fun to do to somepony that didn't know of your history.

"Well, it was a pleasure talking to you, but I need to be on my way. Perhaps I'll drop by the library later. I need some reading material", you said. You had forgot your books back home in Canterlot. The unicorn pony lit up. Seems like she hadn't had much customers.

"Well, it was great talking to you", she turned around and walked the other way. You were almost out of town but that didn't matter right now. You had heard it was a farm somewhere out there, and they sold food.  You weren't hungry but you needed a walk and something to eat later. You walked some distance before a certian farm came in sight. You had walked through the forest and instead of finding the front entrance you more found trees. But these were apple trees. You walked around for a little before noticing the orange mare, kicking trees. She saw you as you approched.

"Howdy, partner. What can I do you for?" Her name was Applejack if you recalled correctly.

"Hi, Applejack. Thought I might take a trip around town to see what's here. I might have ventured a little too long, but I ended up here so it dosen't seem so wrong after all. But do you sell apples? I could really need some".

"Well yeah, we do sell apples, but I am in the middle of the apple bucking right now. Could you come back later?" She said with a bit of sadness in her tone.

"Alright. I'll be back shortly. Just going to backtrack my way back to town" You said with a smile. She looked wierd at you for about two seconds before raising her hoof and pointing at the entrance. "Or you could just use that way". You smiled and walked towards the gate. On the way you saw a certian red stallion. He had to be Applejacks brother. The difference between them wasen't that big. You just walked away as he didn't seem to notice you. You had to catch up on some other things today and stopping and chatting everywhere wasen't going to make things better.

You walked for a few minutes before you could see town. A few more minutes and you were standing next to a large tree. The sign read "Library" so she got to be here. It would be wise to see how she lived. It could be great for a report to the Princess, and you figured you had to write one later today.

You knocked a few times before a voice answered. It was more of a male voice then a female, which made you think that you might have gone wrong. A little dragon opened the door. The Princess had told you about this dragon, and if you recalled correctly his name was Spike. He was supposed to be Twilights helper. "Hello", he said with a welcoming voice.

"Good day," you say. "I was wondering if I could lend some books?" The question surprised the little dragon which made you wonder if the library got any other visitiors.

"By all means, come in", he sounded incredibly surprised. He showed you in before yelling out: "Twilight, there's a pony here looking for books." Yep, probably not the most popular place. The purple unicorn came out of what appeared to be her study.

"Am I interrupting something?" You said with a suspicious look.

"No, not at all. I am just not used to having customers here."

"It's a shame how ponies don't go to the library anymore." You weren't a real librarian but you had been to the librabry enough times back in Canterlot to know that it wasn't very popular.

"Anyways, what do you want? The selection isn't as great as the one back in Canterlot but I got a few books". She leads you over to the orginized collection of books.

"I was looking for the 'Basics Of Magic", you had some study to do. It might have been just her but if you could find some answers to what could have caused it and what stopped it, you might be able to get somewhere else then just wondering.

"A classic," she said. A book in one of the shelfs were surrounded by a purple aura before getting lifted down and placed in your hoofs. "There", she said.

"Thank you. I'll be back with the book soon enough." You checked the book out and said your goodbyes. It was time to study a bit then write the letter to the princess, but first, you had to get some food. It had been a while since you were at the farm. If you had noticed correctly the name of the farm was "Sweet apple Acres". After dropping off the book, you went the way you had used to travel away from the farm. You thought it might be a more respectable way to approach the farm. It was getting late as you arrived at the farm. The sun was almost about to set and Luna's moon was about to rise. It seemed like the farm had closed for the day, but you walked up to the main building before knocking. Applejack answered the door.

"Howdy, Partner." The orange mare greeted you by shaking you hands rapidly.

"Hey, are you done for the day? I was wondering if I could buy some apples?" You hoped that she would have some food to sell.

"I knew you would come back so I made an extra crate full og apples." This was a big relieve. A snack was just what you needed while studying. You payed the bits and took the crate on your back. I wasn't that big but it seemed like a lot of apples. The weight didn't bother you that much.

You arrived home and got the crate off your back. You felt exhausted but you opened it and took an apple out of it. You took the book up to your bedroom before setteling down in your chair. You opened the book and started reading. You didn't stop before you had read the entire thing.

"Great. Now I know all kinds of things about magic but nothing much about what can happend to some unicorns who possesses these powers." you talked outloud to yourself. You gave up and decided to write the report to the Princess before going to bed. You thought for a second before starting to write:

"Dear Princess celestia.

I have not seen any sights of your student acting any kind of abnormal. I will continue the watching tomorrow and will inform you again in a few days or if anyhing is out of the usual." you sign it and go outside to deliver it. Hopefully the mail pony here was going to get in to Canterlot. You went inside and looked at the watch. Your eyes sprung up and you gazed outside and saw Luna's moon hanging in the sky. It was time to get to bed and relax. You had a lot of things to do tomorrow. One of them were to get more books.