The robbery of the century

"Pinkie Pie! Hey! Pinkie! Where are you?"

Silence in response. Rainbow Dash flew all over Ponyville early in the morning trying to find the pink earth pony. But she couldn’t find her.

"Where the hell are you always missing?"

Rainbow Dash decided to land in the middle of the field on the road leading straight to Ponyville. It was the middle of summer. A gentle wind was blowing, stirring the tips of the grasses. The sun was just coming out of the horizon, stretching its warm rays across Equestria, and the birds were just beginning to sing, complementing the composition of the wind.

And so, to the natural symphony of the morning summer, Rainbow Dash wondered where Pinkie Pie might be and how she could be found quickly. With each passing second, she was getting deeper and deeper into her thoughts.

"Aha! I know!"

Rainbow Dash took a deep breath and shouted at the top of her voice: “Fun!”. Her scream echoed across the vast area, interrupting the song of the birds, and the word itself could be heard for many kilometers. The echo became fainter and fainter, eventually silence fell. Rainbow began to look around in the hope of finding her friend.

Suddenly, Rainbow noticed a cloud of dust rising in the distance over the horizon, heading towards Pegasus. And the dust was followed by the clop of hooves, which grew louder and louder every second. Because of the dust, Rainbow couldn't figure out who or what was approaching her at such a high speed. However, she didn't worry about it, because she assumed WHO it might be.

After a couple of seconds, the object approached Rainbow and stopped a meter away from her, raising even more dust into the sky. Rainbow began to clear her throat, simultaneously waving her hoof to dispel the dust. Behind the cloud, as she had expected, was Pinkie Pie, who was staring at her with a wide smile on her face.

"Hi, Rainbow! You wanna have fun?"

"Hello, Pinkie! Of course we'll have fun. But for now I need your help. You know what's going to happen in Manehattan in two days, right?"

"Oh, are you talking about the book exhibition that will be held in the main library of the city and in which famous pony authors throughout Equestria will present their new bestsellers? Of course I know! I'm going there too, because in addition to books there will also be musical instruments to sell. I want to buy a harmonica there."

"Great, I won't have to explain everything to you. In short, in this exhibition, A. K. Yearling will present a new part of the book from the series about "Daring Do". But the problem is that the edition itself will be released first in Manehattan, and then throughout Equestria. That is, I can only purchase this book after a couple of months."

"What is your point, Rainbow?"

"What I mean is I can't wait that long. That's why I had a brilliant idea yesterday."

"You propose to go straight to Manehattan, try to find A. K. Yearling and ask her to give you right away-"

"Rob the library!"

Pinkie Pie stared at Rainbow Dash in surprise.

"I’m sorry what?"

"We'll just quickly break into the library and steal the book."

"Are you crazy?"

"What's the big deal? No one will know that we will do this. And they've probably already released a couple hundred copies of the new book, so they won't actually lose anything."

"I don't think that's how it works. And why did you ask me for help, and not someone else?"

"Well, two of us are constantly working, so they won't care about me and my help. One of them will immediately refuse, and I just don't want to drag Fluttershy into this adventure. Therefore, only you will stay. So, are you with me?"

"Well, I don't even know."

"You can also grab your harmonica from there. Besides, it's going to be fun! And you like fun, don't you?"

Pinkie Pie started thinking.

"To be honest, this is a terrible idea. But you know what they say: "Who does not take risks, does not drink apple cider." Okay, I'm in."

"Great! The only thing we need to do right now is to find some kind of disguise. I can ask Rarity to sew something for us, but I'll have to explain it to her in a normal way-"

"Oh, don’t worry about it!"

Pinkie Pie lifted her hoof and dipped it into her mane, then began to looking for something. After a few seconds, she took out two masks.

"Wait is that the masks from the last Halloween? Why do you keep them?"

"For an important day, of course. And it has just arrived. Plus, they're still intact, why would I throw them away?"

"Fair enough. In that case, we have solved the problem with the disguise. Now let's go to Manehattan right now!"

"Okie Dokie Lokie!"

Rainbow Dash headed for Ponyville on foot, and Pinkie Pie followed her.

"By the way, do you have a plan?"

"There is no complete one, but there are sketches. And besides, this plan is simple and reliable. What could possibly go wrong?"

(At that time, our heroes did not even imagine what kind of adventure they would get into).