Despite the morning being relatively peaceful for Ponyville, for some, they found it hard to enjoy the everyday routine they had built up over years. In the space of a month, the threat of anarchy festered at the borders of the Everfree. The scourge that could frighten even the hardiest of creatures, the Monster of the Everfree. And it relished it.

When Spike sat down on the sofa, he wasn't expecting to see Twilight already in rant-mode, she had done so more frequently since W's first appearance, it wasn't worrisome... most days. Spike just took it in stride and did what he could to support her. But deep down, this obsession was worrisome for the young drake.

"Spike! I can't take it anymore! Every day, or rather, every time W shows up, things are in disarray! She blew up another house yesterday, just because 'it would be funny'! Funny!? How is that funny!?" She exclaimed, pacing angrily.

"Wasn't that because Rainbow fought her?" Spike raised a claw.

"Maybe...? I don't know, it's... it's more complicated than that, she's like Discord, everything she touches just... explodes! Literally sometimes!" She snorted, tapping her chin in thought. "How does she trigger explosions without that device she carries? There has to be magic involved, but... argh, it's not levitation magic, I don't even know what she is, or what a 'Sarkaz' is, or this magic of hers that's clearly not magic!!"

Whilst Spike followed Twilight, physically that is, his eyes couldn't help but solely focus on one of their windows slowly widening by the push of a red-tipped tail. Last he checked, no one he knew had a tail like a dragon's, rather, no dragon he's ever met had a tail like that, period.

As silent as a mouse, the head of the Monster of the Everfree poked inside, looking around to inspect their surroundings when she spotted Twilight having her muttering spree, completely oblivious to W, and to the little drake who stared, wide-eyed at the creature that held up a finger to her lips, signalling him to be quiet whilst she slipped inside, waltzing over to the bookshelves nonchalantly.

"-she has injured us on numerous occasions, despite my best attempts to reason with her, she just... ugh, it's been driving me nuts for weeks!" Twilight ruffled her mane in her hooves, meanwhile, Spike sat, mouth ajar as W pulled a face at that, rolling her eyes and continuing to search the bookshelves.

W plucked at a book, giving the cover a hard, critical stare, then scoffed silently and pushed it back in its place. She tried several more, each unsuccessful. In the midst of Twilight's ramblings, W pointed at Spike who sat up sharply in his seat, then watched W looking around for a moment, eyes lighting up when she spotted what she needed.

"-worst is how crafty she can be for somepony so unbelievably violent and barbaric! I doubt she even understands Equestrian, wasting all those old books for... tinder or something!" Twilight continued in growing frustration. "I knew I should've gone and collected all the books from the castle!"

"Yeah..." Spike was a little distracted watching the Sarkaz work.

Grabbing a quill from a nearby table, she scribbled down a basic outline of what she wanted, holding it up for Spike to see. It was a simple drawing of a book, then of her own head with a question mark above it, she even wrote in English, hoping Equestria had some nonsensical way of translating her words. 'Need beginners book'.

Glancing at Twilight, then to W, Spike really wanted to avoid any form of conflict, so he just opted to point in the general direction of what W needed whilst Twilight wasn't looking... or wasn't paying attention. W followed his claw, then quietly hopped over, scanning the books with the speed and precision of the wind itself.

"-who knows what she's planning to do next? I don't want to disappoint Princess Celestia, but... how can I capture her when she's destruction incarnate!?" Twilight blew a raspberry, smiling sardonically. "Not like she'll just come waltzing up to my door to surrender! Ohohoho, nOoOoO, she's just blast the door off its hinges!"

"Uh, Twi...?" But Spike's words fell on deaf ears, eyes following W who grinned brightly, procuring the book she needed... then just shovelling about five into her dufflebag, hoisting back over a shoulder, giving the little drake a two-fingered salute, then giving... just her middle finger toward Twilight's back.

"I'm so hooped! If Princess Celestia finds out I've been having this much trouble- all of us -I don't think I could look her in the eye for the rest of my life!" The unicorn bemoaned, running her hooves down her face, finally addressing Spike with a sigh. "Sorry, Spike, I... just needed that off my chest."

But he just blinked, still pointing a claw dumbly at the Sarkaz who walked out of the kitchen with an apple in one hand, a bite already taken out as she scooted toward the window. "Man, first-world problems gotta suck, huh?" W finally announced. "Then again, what would I know about those, right, Sparkle Butt? Since I'm clearly an inferior being to you equines."

Like a deer in headlights, Twilight spun around in a stupor as W was half out the window again, giving a cheeky wave with her stolen goods. "Yo-you... give those back! You thief!" She flared her nostrils in anger, magic crackling up her horn.

That only incentivised W's grin to sharpen. "Egghead! It's a public library, Egghead, I can do whatever I want with them- byyyyye~!" And she fell backwards out the window, disappearing with a slap of her tail to shut the window.

End

Author's Note

Not stealing if its a public library, even if it wasn't public... W would still steal them. Decided to go back near the start for this one, showing that despite their heads being tampered with by Kranon, W is still a step ahead.

Since its short, I had it done fairly quickly. I hope you enjoyed, I appreciate the support as always; see ya next time, Renegades!