It took a lot of work to get this far. Piecing together rumors, conjecture, the faintest hints from every literary journal to reach the tree -- all assembled through the notes on her desk. But not only has Twilight found the charity auction, she's managed to get inside (because the wings are good for that much) and is in the perfect position to win what was supposed to be the secret lot. She just has to be the pony who writes down the final, highest number on the silent auction sheet before the bidding closes, and she's going home with two boxes of A.K. Yearling's private notes.

Of course, auctions are a little more complicated than that. Especially when they insist on letting other ponies bid. And when this one mare just keeps bidding against her...

A reasonable pony would be able to overcome that. Unfortunately, this is Twilight.

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