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WARNING: This chapter contains some suggestive themes

Chapter Three

Twilight Sparkle was in absolute paradise. Here she was, not only back in the Crystal Empire, but back in the absolutely amazing library. This time around, there was no immediate crisis to deal with, no risk of losing the Empire again for a thousand years, no test given by her benevolent mentor, and certainly no power hungry and evil unicorn trying to take the citizens of the Crystal Empire as his slaves.

No. It was just Twilight Sparkle, the biggest and best library she has ever seen, and no need to rush at all. There was nothing that could have made this moment better.

“Twilight Sparkle…” She heard a familiar voice call out to her.

Well… almost nothing.

Turning to the source of the voice, Twilight saw one of her closest friends and secret crush, Rarity. She was sitting on a couch made for two in a VERY seductive pose… and she was holding onto a book that read “Reading with Loved Ones”.

Rarity then continued, “Why don’t we read this one… together?” She said while batting her eyes.

Twilight’s heart was pounding as she staggered forward towards the white-coated unicorn. She then opened her mouth to respond to Rarity, eager to say that she would want nothing more than to spend the rest of her days with her in that library…

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“TWILIGHT A SNAKE IS ON YOU!”

“AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!” Twilight screamed as she woke up violently.

The lavender unicorn found herself back in Ponyville’s library, more specifically her and Spike’s bedroom. Said dragon assistant was standing right next to her laughing uncontrollably.

Once Twilight realized what was happening, she growled as she exclaimed, “Spike! Did you REALLY have to wake me up like that?!”

Spike managed to regain his composure as he replied, “Probably not, but I was trying to wake you up for about two minutes, and it’s a lot more fun this way.”

“You’ve been spending way too much time with Rainbow Dash.” Twilight told him as she hopped off and made her bed.

Spike ignored her comment and said, “Still, that scream you gave doesn’t compare to Shining Armor’s from that one time when we were living in Canterlot.”

“You mean the time when you tricked him into playing that stupid game? What was it called again…?”

Spike answered, “First off, it’s called Slender Mare. And secondly, it’s not stupid; it’s probably the scariest game ever created. Who knew a stallion’s scream could be so high?”

Twilight sighed, “He couldn’t sleep for weeks and kept mumbling something about ‘finding those eight pages’.”

Finally deciding to change the subject, Spike then asked Twilight as she was straightening out her pillows; “Rarity should be here in about an hour. Do you have everything all set for your… assignment?”

“Yes I do Spike.” Twilight answered as she started going downstairs, with him following; “I’ve hung up posters all over Ponyville yesterday. They basically say to anypony who is single, stallion or mare, to come over to the library to answer some questions that I will give them. Rarity will be in the room as well, after I cast an invisibility spell on her, and she will monitor the interviews that I will conduct. Once everypony is questioned, Rarity and I will go over all of them and select… probably two of each gender for her to have a date with.”

Spike nodded as she spoke. When she was finished he then asked, “And… what about you?”

It took Twilight about five seconds before she could come up with an answer.

“We’ll… we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it.” Twilight said in a quiet tone.

It became perfectly clear to Spike that she didn’t want to think about that particular part of the plan just so soon, so he kept his silence on the matter.

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An hour passed, and Rarity did finally arrive at the library. After Twilight explained the plan to her as she did to Spike, the dress maker voiced her opinion on the matter.

“Darling, I simply cannot thank you enough for all that you and Spikey-Wikey are doing for me. As for gender however…”

Called it.

Shut up!

“Oh, there isn’t a problem with that is there?” Twilight asked worriedly.

Rarity responded, “Oh not at all darling. You see, I generally prefer stallions…”

That’s it; it’s all downhill from here…

“…but I do like to keep my options open. So I suppose it wouldn’t hurt to give mares a chance as well.”

WOO HOO! THERE’S STILL A CHANCE!

Hey keep it down! I’m trying to watch my stories.

…What stories?

Oh you know: just going through some of the memories of our childhood. Right now I’m watching that time we came home with Shining Armor and Cadance from the amusement park earlier than we thought we would and we all caught Mom and Dad in the middle of-

LALALALALALA! I’M NOT LISTENING!!!!!

…Baking cookies.

…Oh… right.

…Did you really think I was going to say ‘banging each other’?

WILL YOU SHUT THE BUCK UP?!?!

“Twilight! Rarity!” Spike called to them. He was looking out the window. “We’ve got ponies lining up outside the door. It looks like there are… five stallions so far and… I wanna say four mares- no wait, five.”

Twilight gave a small gasp as she turned back to Rarity, “Then we’ve got no time to lose! Rarity, I need you to hold perfectly still; I’m going to cast the invisibility spell on you now.”

Rarity nodded as Twilight’s horn began to give off its magenta colored glow. After about a minute of hard concentration, the spell was completed and Rarity was nowhere to be seen.

“Rarity?” Twilight asked to what appeared to be thin air; “Did it work? Please don’t tell me I just accidentally teleported you
to Tartarus…!”

To the lavender unicorn’s relief, she got a response. “Don’t you worry about me Twilight. I’m still right here.”

Turning towards Spike, Twilight then told him, “Spike, please get my notepad, a quill, and some ink.”

“Gotcha Twilight.” Spike responded as he did as Twilight asked.

Twilight then trotted over to the door of the library and opened it to face the crowd of ponies gathered there.

“Attention!” Twilight declared, “I would like to thank every last one of you for taking the time to come over for this survey. Here’s how we’re going to proceed: I will call in one pony at a time, I will then ask you several questions, then I will thank you again for your time, and finally you leave.” The ponies and line acknowledged her statement. “Now would the first pony in line please step forward?”

The first pony to step up was, much to Twilight’s surprise, Big Macintosh-older brother of Applejack and Apple Bloom.

Hello… handsome!

Can it.

Make me.

“Big Macintosh! I’m surprised that you’re here!” Twilight exclaimed.

This isn’t like Big Mac; he’s usually on the timid side when it comes to social interaction.

Well, if we can convince our host to get him together with Fluttershy, that’ll be one less potential threat to our future with Rarity.

No! We’re doing this fair and square.

…Did you seriously just say “Fair and square”? Pfft. Nopony says that anymore.

Twilight then asked the red stallion once they were both inside. “Applejack set you up to this, didn’t she?”

“Eeyup.” Big Macintosh responded with one of his two regular catch-phrases.

Twilight nodded; “I figured as much. She’s always trying to get you more involved with social activities. Now, I’m just going to ask you several questions and all you need to do is answer them for me.”

Spike then returned; quill, ink bottle, and quill in claw, and gave them to Twilight. She then turned to face Big Macintosh while filling out what she already knew on her notepad:

NAME: Macintosh Apple (Commonly referred to as “Big Macintosh” or “Big Mac”)

GENDER: Male

OCCUPATION: Apple Farmer

“Now then Big Macintosh;” Twilight began, “Please tell me, have you ever dated anypony before?”

Big Macintosh gave a sigh and responded, “Well… there was this one time when Apple Bloom an’ her friends tried to get Miss Cheerilee and me together. They meant well, but in the end ah guess we both agreed that it just wasn’t gonna work out.”

Twilight wrote in her notepad as she then asked, “So, you and Miss Cheerilee are simply friends and nothing more?”

“Eeyup.”

Twilight wrote another couple of words on her notepad. “Next topic: Do you have any particular hobbies? Writing, drawing, reading… what do you like to do for self-entertainment?”

Big Macintosh took a couple of moments to ponder her question, and then gave her a response.

“Well… actually, I kinda like t’ think that workin’ is mah favorite hobby.”

Twilight blinked and then asked; “Really? So, working on your farm is relaxing to you?”

“Eeyup.”

“Very well then…” Twilight said as she marked ‘Working on the Farm’ down on her notepad; “…Just one last question: Despite whatever happened between you and Miss Cheerilee, would you ever consider going on a date with another pony in the future?”

Big Macintosh remained silent as he thought it over. After about twenty seconds of indecision however, Twilight then asked rhetorically;

“Is it something you’re not sure of yet?”

“…Eeyup.” Big Macintosh answered.

After Twilight marked his answer down she then got up from her seat and guided the farmer to the door. “I think that will do. Thank you for your time Big Mac.”

Big Macintosh gave her a small smile as he left. “No problem at all Miss Twilight.”

After closing the door, Twilight then called out; “Rarity, are you still there?”

“Yes Twilight, I’m here.” Rarity responded while still invisible.

Twilight asked, “Well, your opinion on Big Macintosh?”

“Well, he is quite honest, polite, and not to mention so…” Twilight heard Rarity catch herself before she could say anything on the red stallion’s physique, while Twilight herself was planning on finding a way to be with Rarity there was no doubt that Big Macintosh was quite a looker; “…handsome. He does seem a bit on the timid side of things however; but I think I can look past it.”

Twilight nodded as she went over to the door to let in the next pony in line.

Well, that was easier than I thought.

You do realize we still have several other ponies to question before Rarity can choose which ones she wants to date?

Oh relax; the session with Big Mac was simple enough. I’m sure the rest will be as easy as a hot knife through-

*CRASH!*

Twilight jumped back as she then saw a huge hole in her door, and a gray-coated, blonde haired, and cross-eyed mare sticking her head through it.

“Oops, my bad!”

…Derpy Hooves?

You were saying?

Author's Note

I'd like to thank all the readers who have put this story on their favorites/watch list.

Next time expect the interview with Derpy! And you guys can take a guess at who else Twilight will be interviewing. Keep in mind that this story will only cover several of them, I don't think I could risk the pacing of the story if I went through with detailing all of the interviews.

Review please!