Proper Evil's Return

The main six raced into the library to see that Evalin was hunched over and putting his bound hands against his head while Spike stood frozen in fear on a table, Spike’s mouth quivered as he stared into Evalin’s eyes or his teeth depending on where you were standing. Twilight quickly comforted Spike while Evalin slowly stood up and gave Spike a glare. As Twilight was about to open her mouth she was once again interrupted. “That hatchling has a loud scream, I ask that you try to keep him from screaming from now on,” Evalin growled out as he shuffled over to a corner and slumped against the wall before rolling over so he was laying on his side facing the walls.

“Are you going to be working on translating the book or are you going to sit over there all day?” Twilight asked with a touch of annoyance.

“I don’t think you understand this situation, little pony. I’m being forced against my will to translate a book made by my people because any other creature in the world who could translate it is either dead or hiding. So until Celestia finds another who can translate the book, I can simply sit here and translate a few words every two to three days. Celestia will have no actual reason to throw me in my cell because I’m doing what she asked but not how she wanted. Now if you will excuse me I will be enjoying this afternoon by staying out of the sun and taking a nap.” Evalin said this as if it were a commonly known fact, Twilight on the other hand (or hoof depending on what type of saying you prefer) stood still with her mouth slightly hanging open at this creature’s arrogance.

“I have half a mind to tell Princess Celestia about your little plan,” Twilight said with a bit of a glare once she had recovered, Evalin simply gave a chuckle as his tail lazily swished itself over the wooden floor.

“Go ahead, I’m sure Celestia would love to know that not even an hour in and things are going this poorly.” He said this with the ghost of a smirk on his snout while lazily looking at Twilight. Twilight’s ears fell back and her face went pale or at least as pale as a face covered in fur could be. You could practically see the gears in Twilight’s head grinding to a halt at the thought of telling Celestia of this failure.

After a few minutes of Twilight internally freaking out and her friends trying to calm her down, she was finally able to think somewhat rationally. She walked out of the room with the rest of the element bearers and Spike hot on her heels. Twilight stood in front of a window and took several shaky deep breaths. “Princess Celestia wasn’t kidding when she said he was good at manipulating others,” Twilight said in a very meek voice that more resembled the pegasus Fluttershy than the regular Twilight Sparkle. “He didn’t seem to even need to know who I am to know how to get me to do what he wants. It's like he could read my mind and used the most effective fear that I have.” Twilight may be staring out the window but her attention was far from what she could see. The rest of the element bearers could see her reflection and they could see the one emotion that flooded her eyes, pure terror.

“Hey it's alright Twilight, I got an idea on how to stop that guy from messing with your head.” Rainbow Dash said with a confident smile, while the rest of the element bearers gave her a worried look.