Book Catastrophe

by Rainbowfan45

I Will Avenge Them!

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Author's Note

I am on a roll with stories right now. No sooner do I get one done than another pops into my head. Its getting tiring:twilightsmile:

This is just a goofy one I thought of while...well, while reading a book, actually...

Hope you enjoy it! And there should be another chapter...depending on how you like this one. Let me know!


I Will Avenge Them!

Twilight yawned as she made her way down the hall to her dining room. Spike was already there, and had haycakes waiting.

"Good morning, Spike." She said, smiling.

"Morning, Twilight!" Spike replied. "How'd you sleep? You got back from Caterlot super late last night!"

"Oh, I slept alright." Twilight chuckled. "Its waking up I'm struggling with."

"Coffee?" Spike held up a large cup. She accepted it.

"Thanks, Spike." She inhaled, letting the scent of the hot liquid flood her senses. "Ah." She took a good long drink. "This is good."

Spike chuckled as he took his chair and dumped a generous amount of syrup and crushed gems on his haycakes. Twilight followed his example, minus the crushed gems, and took a large bite.

"Mmm..." she moaned, the sweet, warm syrup trickling down her throat. The haycakes were soft and fluffy, similar to clouds. In a word, perfection.

"Delicious!" She said, polishing off the rest with gusto.

Spike pushed the platter towards her. "More?"

Twilight laughed. "No, thank you, Spike. I just ate ten. But how about more coffee?"

Before he could get it, she levitated it and poured it herself. Returning the pot to its place, she grinned at the baby dragon, who was still shoveling haycakes into his mouth.

"You eat up, Spike." She teased. "We've got alot of work to do after breakfast."

"Mmfhmmm." Spike grunted.

Twilight laughed and sipped her coffee, thinking of all the work she needed to do that day. There were reports to write, planning to do for an upcoming royal event, books to reorganise, and errands to run. Yes, it was going to be a busy day.

"All finished!" Spike announced, patting his satisfied belly. "Whew. That was alot. I'm stuffed. And ready for a nap...?" His eyes looked hopeful. Twilight snickered.

"Nice try, Spike." She said. "But I really need your help today."

"Aw, ok." Spike said.

Twilight drained the last of her coffee, levitated the dishes to the kitchen, and grinned.

"To the library!"

She and her number one assistant made thier way to the library, chatting the whole way about Twilight's visit to Canterlot.

"And Celestia said to tell you hello, Spike," Twilight said as she threw open the library door. "And she said next time I come to bring...you...a...longggg...." Her voice trailed off and Spike let out a quiet gasp.

The library looked like a battle zone.

Not a single book was on the shelves. They were strewn around the room at odd angles and in odd places. Some had been scratched up, others looked to be covered in some kind of sticky mess and water stains, and more than a few were torn.

Twilight's initial shock as she took all this in gave way to deep, seething, boiling rage. Her eyes flashed dangerously, her body went rigid, and she gave a long, low growl as she took a few steps forward.

Looking around at all her well worded friends, she drew in a deep breath and let it out.

"Nopony messes with my books and gets away with it." She snarled. "I will find out who did it. I will avenge you."

"Um, Twilight?" Spike said, moving back from her as she started steaming at the ears. "Twi? Please don't-"

"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGHHHH!!!!"

The entire castle and surrounding buildings shook with the force of her angered scream.

"-scream..." Spike finished weakly, briefly staggering from the force of it. "Uhhh." He dropped to the floor with a thud.

Twilight took little notice as she reared up, wings flared, and yelled with all the fury she possessed, "I WILL AVENGE YOU!!!"

With that, she blasted her way through the wall and vanished, leaving a very dazed Spike behind.

"Celestia help us all..." he muttered, before hiding his head in terror.

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"WHO DID IT???!!!"

The angry roar made everypony cringe. The door to the bakery crashed open and there stood a very, very, VERY angry Twilight. Her furious gaze traveled slowly from pony to pony, threatening untold amounts of pain. Everypony reacted instinctively.

The Crusaders eeped and dove under a covered table. Fluttershy eeped and dove behind the bakery display counter. Pinkie eeped and grabbed a baking sheet, holding in in front of her like a shield. Applejack and Rarity stood staring with mouths agape. Rainbow Dash hit the ceiling...literally.

"I said..." Twilight ground out. "WHO DID IT??!!"

"Who did what, sugarcube?" Applejack asked, fixing her hat...which the Canterlot Voice had knocked almost off her head.

Twilight took a step further into the bakery, eyes boring a hole into her friends.

"Somepony," she snarled, "snuck into my castle and committed the most horrible crime one can commit towards books!!"

"Uh, what would that be?" Dash asked.

Twilight's eyes flashed. "THEY UTTERLY WRECKED MY LIBRARY!!! THEY SCARRED AND DESTROYED MY BOOKS!!!! NOW WHO DID IT????!!!!"

This time, the Canterlot Voice was strong enough to knock everypony to the floor, where they covered thier ears with thier hooves and trembled.

"Twilight, please stop yelling..." Pinkie pleaded, her leg draped protectively over a shivering Fluttershy. "You'll break something and the Cakes will be mad plus you'll wake the twins and then I'll have to..." A withering glare silenced her.

Twilight dragged the Crusaders out of hiding with her magic.

"Was it you?" She hissed. "Because if it was.."

"No!" Scootaloo yelled. "It wasn't! We swear! We'd never!"

Twilight growled and dropped them, and they scrambled back under the table.

"Twilight, Darling," Rarity said, lifting her head. "Don't you think you're overreacting just a bit?"

"HAH!" Twilight yelled. "Overreacting?! My books were assaulted!! They are laying in the battlefield, casualties of somepony's war!! And I will find out who. And when I do..." She cackled evilly before teleporting out with a brilliant flash of light.

"Oh my." Rarity shook her head. "That was a bit, um, frightening."

"Yeah." Pinkie said, helping Fluttershy up.

"Ah feel sorry for the poor pony who messed with her books." Applejack said, shuddering. "They ain't gonna like her reaction."

"I'm hoping it was a prank." Rarity said. "And not purposeful vindictiveness."

"Ah'm not sure which would be worse." Applejack stated. "Either way it ain't good, an' Twilight is gonna...well, Ah'm actually not sure what she's gonna do."

"Oh my." Fluttershy looked nervous. "You...you don't think she'll hurt anypony, do you?"

"In this state?" Rarity said with a sigh. "Darling, her precious books were casualties of some tragic event somepony caused. I think its quite safe to say that pony will live to regret this...either here, or on the moon."

Nopony noticed Dash looking fearfully out the window, searching for Twilight.

'I hope she calms down soon! I really don't want to be banished or destroyed or thrown in a dungeon or whatever horrible things she might do to me!'

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