Today, I did not feel great.

I was feeling hungry and anxious and slightly irritated but that was probably because I had more caffeine than food in the last five days and also because I had not slept in any of that time. I was also kinda (read: very) exhausted due to aforementioned reasons, and yesterday's failures with basically everything that I had been trying to do were weighing down on me.

The second spider-servant that I was making had come out of the crucible on friday evening, and it came out bad. It had tried attacking me but couldn't get far since its legs hadn't grown properly, and honestly, it was sad to look at since it was clearly in a lot of pain. I had to put it down and cut it up to put it back into the paste maker and no matter how much I tried convincing myself, I couldn't help but feel as though I had made something only to suffer in its short life.

That had quickly brought me down from the high I had gotten after making Spider, and once I was back to not being happy, the anxiousness and tiredness had set in. I had tried figuring out why the second spider had failed after I had put it down, and that took a lot of time. Ultimately, it was time wasted since I couldn't figure out why it had failed, and that setback just made my mood worse.

I had tried to focus on other stuff after that, like carving memories into magically active gems. Trixie's book and the book from the library were pretty useful but I couldn't really focus on what was written due to my tiredness. I should have given up and went to sleep but nope, I had tried stubbornly to read and learn all friday night and in the end, the only thing I had learned by the time night started turning to day was how to test gems to see if they're magically active.

That might not seem useful but it was since I had an entire box of gems just sitting in my basement. I had thought that someone might have forgotten their treasure here but when I read that magically active gems are basically worthless compared to normal ones, I suspected that the gems I had were the former kind, and when I did the test — a specific rune spell that would make magically active gems glow — my suspicions were confirmed to be true; I did not have anything valuable, except the one silver bar.

I doubt anyone would miss them if I were to use them, and that was probably the only good news I had since I wouldn't have to buy gems to carve, and even if someone came back for them, I could replace them easily I think. I had around six thousand bits, nowhere near what I'd like to have but that should change a little bit when I get my paycheck at the end of the month.

Anyway, to summarise, I didn't get much done with the gems or biomancy or the computer, and overall, friday evening and saturday early morning were very unproductive and I felt like shit as a result.

Right now, it was almost seven and I was at my kitchen table, shovelling my fourth grilled cheese sandwich of the morning into my mouth. When I said that I was hungry, I was real hungry. I think that I hadn't eaten properly once since Monday, my dinner yesterday was just some toast, and I wanted to do nothing more than eating my own bodyweight in food and then going to sleep for at least half a day.

My wants were reasonable and so, they were ignored, as reasonable wants usually are. Instead, I had to go to work feeling like shit. At least I wouldn't be too hungry since I had a lunch of grilled cheese sandwich on the kitchen counter. I think I'll be alright if I get some coffee on the way as well.

The sound of skittering broke the silence of my house as Spider came into the kitchen. He had been sleeping in the basement about an hour ago and I guess that he woke up now. He came up to me and started squeaking and chirping at me demandingly, making me shove the last of my sandwich into my mouth before I bent down to fulfill his demands of being pet.

As I pet Spider, he made a sound pretty similar to purring which made me smile a bit since it was pretty cute and it made him seem like he was a sixteen-legged and eight-eyed cat. Unlike a cat, he didn't visibly disapprove of me when I stopped petting him and put on my saddlebags, ready to go to work.

He tried following me outside as I left, like he had yesterday, and like yesterday, I told him, "You can't come with me, you gotta stay at home."

It was kinda sad to close the door on him but it was for the better. I doubt that I can bring a pet-servant thing to work... actually, I could since I was the boss and I set the rules, but I doubt everyone else who comes into the library would like to see a big spider in there.

I walked down the path, not thinking much other than where I could get coffee. I also felt like I forgot something but I guess it was just me being anxious for no reason.

Spider was admittedly not very smart.

While he could understand what his master, Anya, wanted him to do, he didn't exactly understand the reasoning most of the time, not that he could reason much to begin with. However, he knew that he liked Anya very much. She gave him food, she petted him when he asked for it, and she also hugged him. Of course, he didn't know that Anya had ensured that he would like her under all circumstances when she trained him, but he wouldn't have cared if he knew.

And because he liked her very much, he stayed at home even though he wanted to follow her around. If he did what she said, he would be a good spider-thing. Of course, like a good spider-thing, he stood in front of the door and waited for her to return.

And he waited.

And he waited.

And he waited some more.

He could've stood there in front of the door and waited forever, but it wasn't so. Ten minutes had passed and he was still waiting patiently when he became aware of something.

He was hungry.

That was alright. He had been hungry many times and he knew that he should eat. He turned around and silently made his way to the basement door. He didn't have to climb up to the handle since the door opened on its own, letting him go down the stairs to where his food would be.

Next to the two tables which held important stuff, there was a bowl on the ground. It was where food would be. He walked over to it and saw that the bowl was close to being empty. Not a problem, Anya had taught him yesterday how to get a refill should he need one when she isn't around. He ate what little nutrient paste was left in the bowl, and after he was done with the filling meal, he dragged the bowl over to the crucible.

The crucible was about as tall as he was and so, it was easy to climb onto it. There, he lifted the paste maker just enough for him to reach in and pull the fleshy red straw-tendril out from under it. Once he had the red straw-tendril, he pushed it so that it was in the bowl and that was it, the bowl should be refilled soon.

He waited.

And waited.

And waited.

Nothing was coming out from the straw-tendril like yesterday. Why? Spider started thinking why. The paste maker was making a lot of sound when he had refilled the bowl under Anya's supervision but today, it wasn't. Clearly, the paste maker had to be making sound. What made it make sound? That one was easy; it just had to be fed.

Spider stopped thinking and started moving, going back upstairs to the kitchen to go get some food for the paste maker. Once in the kitchen, he climbed up the counter where there would be a packet of bread. However, he didn't find any bread and instead, he found a thing covered in aluminium foil.

It smelled like the thing that Anya had been eating and that raised a question in his mind. Why didn't she eat this one? He had seen how hungry she was yesterday and today and so, he questioned why she left her food.

Spider forgot about refilling his bowl and started thinking about why Anya had left her food. After several moments of deliberation, the answer came to him.

She had forgotten it.

The answer made sense to him since he knew that Anya couldn't smell as well as him, and with how the food was covered, she could have easily forgotten it. Spider didn't stop thinking even though he had his answer.

He loved Anya more than anything and he knew that she was, or would be, hungry. In front of him was what she ate. He did not know if she would have food, and so, it seemed obvious that he should go and give the food to her.

However, there was one problem stopping him.

She had told him to stay at home.

Now, he obviously couldn't disobey her command because that would be bad, but then, he couldn't let her be hungry either because that was also bad. He had to choose between either of the options and it was like choosing between a rock and a hard place; it was a hard decision that would require a strong will. In his head, the need to obey clashed with the need to care, each one being just as importantly as the other.

Eventually, the clash of needs ended.

Spider picked up the foiled sandwich and placed it on his back through expert leg movement. Then, four of his legs bent upwards so that they would wrap around the sandwich to prevent it from falling off. He turned and jumped from the counter, landing on the floor without making any noise.

Disobedience was alright. Letting Anya be hungry was not.

Once on the floor, he scurried out of the kitchen and to the front door. He didn't have to unlock it since it clicked and swung open by itself, letting him out of the house. Once outside, the door closed and locked by itself, and Spider started walking.

Then, he reached the path in front of the house.

There were two ways to go: left, or right. Now that he was outside, it became apparent that he didn't actually know where Anya had gone. Well, he did know that she had gone to 'work' but he didn't know where 'work' was. Of course, since Spider was dumb, he didn't think to turn back and instead, he thought about which direction he'd go.

He smelled the air and found Anya's scent quickly. It was rather easy since she had a very distinct smell that was composed of dried nutrient paste, the smell of the home, and her sweat. It was a result of her substandard hygiene practices — such as not taking a bath the entire week or not cleaning off the paste properly when it got onto her hooves — but it worked to Spider's advantage.

Once he had her scent, all he had to do was follow it, and follow it he did.

He walked down the path as quickly as his twelve free legs could, away from the watchful eyes of the house and to the town where Anya was. He was a bug on a mission and nothing would stop him.

I did not like cities all that much for a couple of reasons.

Besides being expensive to live in and having a lot of pollution of all kinds, I didn't like cities because of the coffee shops and how they made themselves unnecessarily fancy and expensive. I'd have to go through their menus and learn at least three new words just to get what I wanted, which was usually overpriced a lot.

Now, I kinda missed being in a city.

While Ponyville was a nice place to live, it had literally no place to get coffee, or if there was one, it was concealed behind camouflage that was at least three hundred years ahead of what most militaries used currently.

I ended up walking around the town for a good ten minutes looking for a cafe or something.

The walk wasn't completely uneventful though. I had caught some people sending weird looks my way and maybe they were talking about me behind my back. It had made me look down at myself to see if I was looking weird somehow.

Was it my hair? Or did my face look weird? Was it how I walked?

I found no clear faults with my appearance and that made me more anxious than I already was. Why were they looking at me weird?

I tried to ignore it the best I could but my best wasn't very great today for some reason, and I kept looking around nervously as I passed by people.

I eventually found myself in front of the Sugarcube Corner but I didn't enter it immediately. I'd get coffee in there probably, but there were other people in there as well and with how the people on the streets were looking at me weird, I didn't really feel like going inside... or to work.

My feelings were irrelevant though, I reminded myself that. I was probably overthinking the weird looks I had got, and I was probably overreacting as well. That knowledge didn't really comfort me.

I stepped into the bakery. White a few people were there, chatting and eating in little groups at the tables. Everything seemed normal for a few seconds. Then, the chatting lowered in volume, and the vibe of the room shifted from 'normal morning' to 'look at her, what a weirdo'.

I could feel that a lot of people inside had their eyes on me, and that they were talking about me. I wanted to turn and just go to work, coffee no longer important, but turning and leaving right as I entered would be weird. Yet another reason why I missed cities: you could be weird and no one would give a shit.

Anyway, I took a breath and walked over to the counter quickly. There, a rotund blue mare, Mrs Cake, greeted me. "Good morning, what can I get you?"

I looked up to the menu on the wall behind her, my eyes skimming over all the stuff until the beverages section. They had coffee. Normal coffee without any fancy names or words, and it wasn't overpriced either.

"Yeah, I'd like one cup of coffee, medium size," I replied as I pulled out five bits from my saddlebags and handed it to her.

She nodded with a smile and turned to face the door behind her, which probably less to the kitchen, and said, "One medium coffee, coming right up. Pinkie-"

"Already on it!" shouted Pinkie from behind the kitchen door.

I turned and looked for a free seat. There were ten tables in the building, five against each wall. Seven of those tables were occupied, while two of the three unoccupied tables were not in a corner, making me naturally gravitate to the last one in the corner. I walked to that table, hoping that something besides me getting my coffee didn't happen.

Unfortunately, something did happen, as it usually does when you don't want something to happen.

It wasn't bad, just a green-blue unicorn mare on the table next to the one I was going to waving at me, but I didn't really know why she was waving at me or what she wanted, and not knowing sucked. With her was an earth pony mare who didn't seen thrilled to see me.

I stopped at their table, ignoring as best as I could the mean look the other mare at the table was giving me. The unicorn then spoke, "Hey, you're Anya, right?"

"Yeah," I answered, kinda weirded out by how cheerful she looked. "Why?"

"You do biomancy, right?" she then asked, looking at me with eyes full of curiosity. I looked back with hidden confusion. Why does she want to know that? How does she even know that?

"That–" I began before pausing and realising that I could definitely use more context. "– depends on what you want from me."

My response was clearly not very charismatic as evident by the other mare snorting at it. The unicorn sent a quick glare in her direction before turning back to me and saying, "Oh, I was there when you went up on stage against that showmare, and your trick with the growing light holder was really fascinating to me and I wanted to know about it. Unfortunately, I couldn't really get to you earlier. If you have time, maybe we can talk about it?"

"What's the time right now?" I asked since I didn't mind explaining what I did that day and I might even get to know what and why everyone's whispering about me. She opened her mouth to respond but then didn't say anything and closed it and looked to the other mare at the table with a sheepish grin.

"It's around seven thirty," the other mare replied with a sigh. "Lyra, I think it's better if you talk in the afternoon."

The unicorn, Lyra, ignored her and said, "Forgive Bon Bon, she hasn't had her coffee yet. Why don't you sit with us?"

Bon Bon grunted with a frown on her face, clearly not happy that Lyra was inviting me to sit with them. I wasn't particularly thrilled to hear the idea either but I had already committed to this interaction and couldn't just leave.

Lyra scooted over, giving me place to sit next to her, which Bon Bon didn't seem to like much. Whatever, I guess. I then asked, "So, like, you want to know about that trick to impress someone?"

"Well, you see, the apple harvest festival is coming and there's going to be a lot of people coming to the festival this year. So, I was wondering if I might be able to use that trick for a business venture," Lyra explained her intentions and then looked at me with a smile that didn't feel as innocent as it looked.

"So, money?" I asked, thinking about her idea for a bit (haha). Lyra nodded.

"You know what, I'll tell you about it but I want some stuff in return," I finally said. Bon Bon very clearly didn't like that idea and was going to say something but Lyra beat her to it.

"Oh, what do you want?"

"Well, first of all, I want to know why everyone's being weird when they see me. Like, almost everyone I've seen so far started whispering when they saw me and I'd like to know why they're doing that," I put forth my first demand while gesturing to the group of three ponies two tables over sneaking glances towards us.

"Umm," Lyra said, probably thinking about her answer. "You see..."

"You probably know Rainbow Dash, she's hard to miss. Anyway, she came in here yesterday and told everyone what you're doing," Bon Bon answered when Lyra took too long to say something. My eyes widened a bit in surprise at that.

"What... exactly did she say?" I asked.

"She basically said that you're an evil biomancer doing dark magic. I don't believe her about you doing evil things by the way, though I can't say that about everyone else. Can't blame them though, she is an element bearer after all," Lyra answered with a slight grimace.

I already regretted letting anyone know what I was doing, and I made a note to myself to keep things more secret and maybe talk to Rainbow later. I don't think there's much I could do about people talking though, unless I do something totally heroic that changes whatever negative opinion they have of me. The chances of that happening are zero though.

"And I guess everyone knows now since word spreads fast in small towns. By the way, do you actually do stuff with... with flesh?" She continued, ending with a slight shiver at the mention of meat.

"Yeah, I do," I answered as nonchalantly as I could, but it wasn't much since I was peeved at Rainbow spreading a rumor that I was evil.

"Do you think I could see?" Lyra then asked, earning herself a glare from Bon Bon.

"No," I replied almost instantly. No need to get some more losers talking about what I do. Lyra was probably going to try and convince me to let her but thankfully, we were interrupted by Pinkie coming over to our table with a tray on her back that carried three cups and a donut in a plate.

"Heya everypony, I got your orders!" she said cheerfully as she jumped. I thought the floor was going to taste all our stuff but then Pinkie moved really fast like, as if she were lightning or something. She grabbed each drink one by one while they were mid-air and put them in front of us, not spilling even one drop, and she ended her stunt with catching the donut and gently putting it in front of Bon Bon, who only looked mildly interested at Pinkie's crazy– no, impossible speed.

"Enjoy!" she said in the same cheerful voice as she left us. I looked to the two mares at the table and they didn't seem anywhere near as surprised as I was. Did Pinkie do this stuff normally? How was she not winded?

"Don't think too much into it, she just does that stuff," Lyra said to me as she picked up her drink, a smoothie I think, and started drinking from it.

I considered her words and decided to just do as I was told. Drinking the coffee in front of me looked a lot easier than figuring out how Pinkie did what she did. I did just that. Bad move though since I burnt my tongue immediately. What is it with me just drinking stuff without checking the temperature?

"So, what else do you want?" Lyra continued after she put down her cup.

I looked down at my cup of coffee and thought about what else I could get... Actually, I don't think I should ask for anything since the book I learnt biomancy from is a library book.

”I don't want anything else. I'll get you the book where I learnt the trick. Just come to the library tomorrow around noon."

Both Lyra and Bon Bon were happy to hear that. Well, Lyra looked happy while Bon Bon went from looking annoyed to looking neutral. I guess that she doesn't like me much, and honestly, fair enough.

I was about to get up and say goodbye when Lyra asked. "Say, why did you learn biomancy?"

"Huh?"

"Like, is there any specific thing you're doing that needs biomancy, or is it just what your cutie mark says you're good at?" she elaborated. It took me a second to remember that a cutie mark is just another word for talent mark. It took me a couple more seconds to realise that I had no answer for that question.

"Good question," I said simply.

"I hope you aren't doing anything evil," Bon Bon said in response, getting a stink eye from Lyra while making me annoyed.

"Anyway, I gotta go," I said to them as I got up with my coffee in my magic. I wasn't welcome at the table and I didn't want to stay there longer. I didn't wait for a response and left quickly for the library.

One thing was on my mind, and it was about how I'll deal with this rumour crap.

Lyra watched Anya leave the building with her coffee, and after a few moments, she glared at Bon Bon.

Seeing that, Bon Bon said, "What?"

"Did you really have to do that?"

"She was going to go anyway."

"I know that, but did you really have to go and say that you think whatever Rainbow Dash said about her is true?"

"Look, if an element of harmony is saying that somepony's not up to anything good then there's probably a good reason why."

"Well, did she look like she was up to no good?"

"...Not really." But Bon Bon did know that looks didn't matter a lot.

"Exactly! That wasn't a nice thing you did, Bonnie."

Bon Bon didn't argue back, knowing that it'd be pointless to try and convince Lyra otherwise. It was silent at their table for some time, letting Bon Bon feel the vibe of the room go back to being normal. She probably should go and see if Anya had some license for what she was doing. A biomancer running about without any approval from the crown, or even with approval, could turn very bad very quickly. She shook her head clear from the memory of an assignment that wasn't pretty, and sipped on her coffee. It was a welcome distraction; Pinkie always knew what could make you feel better.

Bon Bon then said to Lyra after the tension had simmered down, "So, wood crafts? You're going to try and sell those at the festival?"

"Mhm, I bet they'll sell a-"

There was a short scream from outside, followed by the door opening. Bon Bon always tried sitting in a place where she could see any potential entrances of wherever she was and as a result, she saw that the door was opened not by a pony but rather, by a giant spider- no, it was something else that looked like a spider.

Lyra turned her head to see what Bon Bon had locked on to, and saw the spider as well. A lot of the other patrons also saw it. For a moment, all was quiet as everyone held their breaths as they felt its eyes look over them.

Then, it turned around and left. There was another scream from outside.

Bon Bon downed her coffee and ate her donut in a single bite. Lyra turned her head and looked back at her and asked, "Have you seen anything like that?"

Bon Bon didn't answer as she got up and ran after the bug. She had seen things like that before, of course, and she knew very well that seeing things like that was a bad thing. The last time she had seen a giant bug, quite a few ponies had lost their lives and one had to be put down, and she hoped that nothing even remotely similar would happen today.

She stepped outside the building and saw a traumatised-looking pink mare, Lily Valley, being attended to by two other mares, all while muttering about a giant spider. She looked around and saw that the aforementioned giant spider was already gone, but she had an idea of where it could have gone to.

When I reached the library, the door was already unlocked and Twilight and her friends, except Pinkie and Applejack, were inside at the sitting area, chatting away about their weeks. They didn't notice me as I slipped in and went over to my desk. The clock showed the time to be 7:55 and so, I had some time before work.

I considered confronting Rainbow since she was there, but figured that now was not the best time to do so. Plus, who know what she'll do after I go and shout at her. Probably spread more rumours.

"Oh, hey Anya," Spike said as he came downstairs with some snacks. I waved at him as I went over to the main door to turn the sign.

I came back and sat in my chair once I was done with that. Now that I was kinda alone, I wondered how Spider was doing. Good thing that I have an eldritch boss who could tell me.

"Voth!"

"WHAT?"

"You remember how you had me place an anchor thing in my house so that you can have surveillance on it all times? Can you use that to tell me how stuff is going on there?"

"...IT SEEMS THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE."

"What's the problem?"

"THE ANCHOR DOES NOT WORK."

"What? Why?"

"I AM UNSURE BUT I BELIEVE THAT IT MAY HAVE EXPIRED DUE TO THE GUARDIAN DOING SOMETHING

DO NOT WORRY YOU AND I ARE SAFE."

"So, do I have to recast the anchor?"

"I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT IS CURRENTLY POSSIBLE OR NECESSARY HOWEVER IF YOU THINK IT WILL MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER I CAN GIVE YOU A NEW ANCHOR SPELL IN SOME TIME."

"Alright, thanks for that. You can- actually, I need some help."

"WHAT IS IT?"

"So, somebody spread rumours about me that I'm evil and a whole bunch of people believe them, I think."

"WILL THAT AFFECT YOUR ABILITY TO RETRIEVE THE KEY?"

"I'm... not sure about that. Is there a way to get rid of the rumours?"

"DO NOT DO ANYTHING RASH AND IGNORE THEM THE RUMOURS WILL DIE DOWN IF YOU DO NOT PROVE THEM RIGHT I CANNOT HELP YOU MORE THAN THAT."

"Thanks, I guess."

Voth left my head, letting me think about how his advice wasn't particularly helpful in getting rid of the rumours quickly but I guess it's better than just going and shouting at Rainbow.

The door opened and I turned to see who it was.

Imagine my shock when I see Spider coming at me as fast as his legs could carry him. On the topic of carrying, he was carrying something on his back, but he was moving too fast for me to see what it was. He climbed up my chair and onto my chest, giving me a twelve legged hug while making lots of cute squeaks and chirps that removed any anger I felt at him for escaping the house. I hope he used a window since I don't think he can lock the door from outside.

"Spider, why're you here? I told you to stay at home," I asked him as I pet him, to which he shifted to let me see what was on his back. It was my sandwich which I forgot to put in my bag. I picked it up in my magic and put it on the table, freeing up his four legs, and seeing that he made his twelve legged hug into a sixteen legged hug. I bet he would nuzzle me if his head could move that much. I was going to hug him back but was interrupted by a sudden cry of fear followed by a couple gasps.

The cry came from the direction of Twilight's group, and I suddenly became aware of how weird it must have been to see a sixteen legged spider hugging a pony. Hell, it probably looked like Spider was attacking me.

I turned my head and saw the five looking at me, but not all of them looked scared. Twilight had seen Spider, so, she looked only slightly miffed. On one end of the spectrum was Rarity, who looked like she was going to faint, and on the other was Fluttershy — I finally remembered her name — who looked like she wanted to take Spider from me and hug him forever.

"Hey guys," I said to them, trying to appear as casual as I could for someone whose dark basement science experiment was hugging them. As much as I loved Spider, especially since he got me my forgotten lunch, I really wished that he was more obedient and had just stayed home because I don't really want to do introductions for him.

"What the– what in Tartarus is that?!" Rainbow exclaimed, pointing at Spider.

"Spider," I replied dumbly, or smartly since it was both his name and species but then, she doesn't have as much knowledge on him as me. Spider quieted down upon hearing his name.

"Okay guys, don't freak out — especially you, Rarity, it's friendly as you can see," Twilight said to the group. She then walked over to me and asked in a low voice, "Why did you get it here?"

"He came here by himself."

"Okay, can you send him back? I doubt that anyone would like to see him he–"

"Umm can I see him?" Fluttershy interjected, having walked over to the desk while I and Twilight were talking. If the situation wasn't as bizarre, I probably would have giggled at the timing.

I blinked at her for a bit before saying, "Why?"

"He looks... he looks really cute and Ijustwanttohughim!" she answered, going from shy to excited in one second.

"Uh, sure. Spider, go to her."

Spider obeyed. He let go of me and went over to Fluttershy, who immediately crouched down to his level and started petting him and baby-talking to him and other stuff that made it seem like she was just greeting a cat. Kinda unexpected since I thought she'd be scared.

"Fluttershy, get away from that thing! It could be dangerous!" Rainbow shouted as she came up to her. Fluttershy didn't get away from Spider and instead, she picked him up and turned around to show him off to her.

"But he's so cute!" she said to her as she held up Spider close to her face for her to see. Rainbow backed up from her and turned to me while Fluttershy took Spider and showed him off to the others, who looked noticably less scared of him.

Rainbow was going to say something but was cut off by someone bursting through the door. It was Bon Bon and she looked very pissed for some reason. She looked around and calmed down somewhat upon seeing Fluttershy, but she was still a bit angry.

Twilight backed up from me as Bon Bon marched up to my desk and demanded, "Is that thing yours?"

"Yes–"

"You're going to tell me what exactly you're doing with your magic," she ordered. Reasonable, I suppose, if I were to ignore how she's saying it like an order, but then, that makes sense since nobody would think positively of a giant big and would want to know why it's in town. The demand still made me a bit angry but I was going to comply.

But then, she added, "Or else."

"Or else what?" I said immediately. Just who did she think she was?

"Hey! Watch your tone, witch!" Rainbow said, making me more annoyed. Voth's advice of being calm could go to hell.

"What if I don't?"

"Hey guys, could we no–" Twilight said, trying to stop us, but Rainbow flew up and got in my face.

"I can beat you up," she threatened, not scaring me much.

"I can call the police," I said, after a bit of thinking. I'd have threatened her back but Spike was here, and it wouldn't be great if I go and tell this bitch that I'll kill her since she can just go and spread more rumours.

"About that. Are you sure that your biomancy is legal?" Bon Bon added. Why the fuck does she care? She definitely isn't the police. "Because as far as I remember, making monsters isn't legal."

It took every single bit of restrain in myself to not tell them to shut up while calling them a bunch of slurs. Instead, I took a deep breath and thought about what I'd say to get them to shut up and get lost without causing myself more trouble.

"That's what I thought, witch," Rainbow said, getting out of my face at my supposed defeated silence.

You know what, fuck this shit.

"Alright, that's it. Both of you are permanently banned from the library for harrasment and making threats. If you have books, get them back here by the end of the day and then never come back," I declared immediately.

"You can't do that!"

"Yes I can, Rainbow. Now get out of the library before I pick you up and put you out."

"Twilight, help me out here," Rainbow said, turning to Twilight who looked on impassively.

"Rainbow, I can't help you. The best you can do is apologise. Same for you, Bon Bon. I never expected to have friends like either of you," Twilight said, her voice full of disappointment. Bon Bon looked a bit taken back by that, while Rainbow looked devastated.

"But– she–"

"And also, don't go around spreading more rumours about me. Now, get lost."

Rainbow looked at Twilight for a few more moments before leaving, still looking devastated. Bon Bon didn't leave.

"Terko alag sae invitation chahiya? (Do you want a seperate invitation?)" I said to her, to which she just made a 'I'm watching you' gesture, after which she left.

Once both of them were gone, I rubbed my eyes and sighed deeply. It took a lot of effort to not just go and start cursing them. "Twilight, if you can, please go and talk to Rainbow and get her to stop being such a bi– loser."

"I can do that."

"Thanks," I said to her before turning my attention to Fluttershy who still had Spider with her. "Spider, come over here."

Spider chirped and jumped out of Fluttershy's hooves, making her whine a bit. When he reached me, I bent down to him and said, "Go back home, don't let anyone see you."

Spider obeyed and left the library, leaving us in silence. I didn't look forward to the rest of the day, and I felt a lot more tired even though I had coffee in me.

What a horrible start to a day.

Author's Note

22sa jL

Anya has some enemies. Let's hope that she doesn't go down the Jerma route of putting them in a meat grinder, or that secret agents raid her house.

Also, her house is pretty suspicious, right? (GETOUTOFMYHEAD)