"To cleanse the land is simple to do. To mend the bonds that are fragile and few. While others see lust, to you love is true." Twilight repeated to herself a few times as Spike fell asleep on a pillow. Pacing back and forth she levitated one book after the next, scanning pages as she looked for any possible explanation between the words. And any possibility of spell work it might have.

To her surprise and dismay, Twilight froze at the sight of one page of what was a book she hadn't read in years. And the page she had stumbled on explained clearly, "some of the oldest and most powerful spells were written out and later spoken out loud." She gulped in fear at the realization of what that implied. Considering Spike had read the spell, it meant that whatever the spell was had been his doing. Not only that but it was possible that the spell was meant to target the reader.

A fate that was confirmed with another book. "Spells can fall into two sections when spoken. To target another pony. Saying you or the ponies name is the most commonly used. Targeting one's self would follow similar rules. However, when reading the spell. The use of 'you' is changed to the reader and is commonly used in olden spells that involve rhymes." Her fears were then heightened with the following segment. "Olden spells that use rhyming words are considered more potent than their more straight forward counterparts. Stronger yet are those written in old ponish."

Twilight slowly and fearfully looked at the scroll Spike had read from. Seeing the words were in old ponish, she threw the book down. "OH COME ON!!!!" She shouted. Groaning, she scanned her books for what the spell might have done. Finding the only lead being in the spell itself she sighed and sat in wonder. "What is going to happen to my friend and little brother?"

Elsewhere in Ponyville
Rainbow Dash sat back in the locker room of the Ponyville branch of the weather command. Taking a deep breath, she looked over the weather plans of the next few days. Apparently the last pony that was in charge of the weather had missed a few rainy days. Which took away what would have been a perfect chillaxing day. And more annoying was the fact that now she had to sit in the office and plan at least a week's worth of work for the team, the weather, and set up when new clouds and tools would arrive from Cloudsdale.

All of this without a single drop of cider or with a single stallion that had the balls or skills to satisfy her. Not that the mares were any better. In fact they didn't really do anything for her. Not for the lack of trying. Heck, one actually got a soft moan from her… once. Sighing, she finished what felt like the hundredth form for that day. And she was eager for something else to do.

Ironically at that moment. The one stallion she doubted was able to satisfy any mare entered the room. "Hi Bulk." She sighed. "Your payment is in the corner." She informed as she scanned yet another paper. "You did want a new weightlifting set for this month's pay. Right?"

"YES!!!" He replied before pausing for a moment. Sensing this Rainbow looked at him with a raised eyebrow. "THANK YOU!!!" He finally shouted before grabbing the kit in his teeth and trotting out.

Rolling her eyes, Rainbow went back to the papers. "Maybe I can set it so one of the others can do it next week. At least that'd cut my paperwork down to just shift maintenance and cloud busting." Looking at the time, she let out a soft groan. She was definitely cutting it close. If she got distracted for too long. She'd have to add a new count record to the cloud busting in under a minute. And she already had a firm grip on that title.

She really didn't want to make it impossible for the others to get close. No fun if there's not a challenge. And as she worked on what she hoped was her last form. She pondered on the chance of getting a snack in the middle of cloud busting to help minimize the risk of busting too many clouds. Or just find a stallion and a thick cloud to hide in and out of sight from others…

"Stupid hormones." She groaned. "Why are all the good stallions either gay or taken?"

Author's Note

It's official. Twilight is Twilighting. And Dash is already bord. I wonder how things are going to progress.