Twilight: The Bookless Mare

Golden Oaks Library

Twilight wakes with the biggest headache of her life. "Ugh...What happened?" She presses her hoof against the side of her head and then wishes she never did as it nearly makes her collapse with pain. Slowly she looks around and realizes she had somehow gotten back into her room and also into her own bed. "How in the-"

"Well howdy Twilight. Good ta see ya up and movin'," Applejack says walking through the doorway causing Twilight to scream and nearly jump to the ceiling like a cat does when it gets spooked.

"How'd I get back here? I don't remember anything," Twilight says approaching Applejack and giving her a puzzled look.

"Well," she begins. "Ah kinda had ta carry ya here. Ya went all madmare and started jus' destroyin' everythin' in sight."

"Really? Oh gods. That means it wasn't a dream." Twilight hangs her head and sits back on her haunches. "So I'm really not allowed to read books for a week then?" She looks up to Applejack curiously.

"Yeah. No books fer a week Twi. Sorry," Applejack says refusing to meet Twilight's gaze.

Twilight's left eye twitches again, but she perks up suddenly. "Well, that means I only have six more days!"

"Actually Twilight. Yer time didn't start 'til today. So, ya still got seven ta go." Applejack winces as Twilight nearly exploads again.

"I can't go seven more days without books! What if I need the answer to something and nopony can tell me what it is? What if I have to do a report and I don't have any material to do it with? How does anypony expect me to do anything if I CAN'T READ BOOKS?!"

"Now, now Twilight. No need ta get all crazy. It's only a week," Applejack says nervously, shifting uncomfortably and tensing up as if she's going to bolt out of the door.

"ONLY A WEEK?! MORE LIKE FOREVER!!!" Twilight begins seething and walks slowly towards Applejack with an evil glint in her eyes. Seeing this Applejack stumbles backwards and trips down the stairs as she's pushed back by Twilight's intense stare. Twilight however doesn't even notice as she jumps the staircase completely and stalks into the middle of the library grumbling the entire way.

"Hey Apple-Oh dear." Spike stops dead in his tracks as he watches his caretaker growl, raise her hoof and send the pony head on her table sailing across the room to shatter savagely against the wall. She tries to poof out of the room with her magic, but soon realizes that her magic isn't working. "What the?" She reaches her hoof up to her forehead and notices that her horn is in fact, missing. "Where's my horn?!" She asks slightly panicked.

"Twi, Ah was gonna let ya know that Princess Celestia came by last night and felt that ya would be safer off without yer horn. She kinda took it." Applejack slowly got back to her hooves and looked Twilight over carefully. Even though her horn was gone, Applejack was uneasy with how powerful Twilight was with her magic.

Spike looks at Twilight fearfully. He hadn't noticed that her horn was gone until that moment. With Twilight's eye twitching for what seemed to be the hundredth time in the last two days he was becoming more nervous than a pegasus foal before it's final flight test. Applejack was feeling much the same. "Twilight," Spike started.

"Spike...don't bother me. I don't wanna here it. This is still your fault," Twilight said coldly walking forward and standing only inches from the small purple dragon. She fit her gaze upon him with a murderous glint. "When I get my magic back I'm going to make you pay." She suddenly smiled and began laughing maniaclly. Before either one of them could say a word she slammed the front door open and treked out into the streets, laughing the entire way.

Carousel Botique

"C'mon Rarity. This is so boring! How do I always get dragged into being your fashion lacky," Rainbow Dash whined. She watched Rarity move around the room completely ignoring the question. She sighed in both boredom and frustration.

"Rainbow Dash where are you going?" Rarity had turned around to see the cyan pegasus opening a window and trying to sneak out. Rainbow reluctantly landed back on the ground and looked at Rarity in an entirely bored expression. Rarity rolled her eyes. "Just get back up there. I'm almost done."

"Ugh. Alright, but seriously. How do I always end up doing this for you?"

"Because you are my friend and you like helping me darling," Rarity replied simply. Once again Rainbow Dash sighed and begrudgingly stepped back up onto the modeling stand.

"You got me there. I can't leave my friends hangin'. Even if I have to dress up in rediculously pink outfits." She shook her head in disgust as she looked at the outfit she was wearing. It was indeed the most embarressing thing Rainbow Dash had ever worn. The outfit consisted of a set of bright pink socks, a frilly pink pair of what were supposed to be underwear, although they revealed more than what they covered, and a bright pink bow upon her head. "Seriously though. What else could you possibly put into this outfit? I mean it doesn't even have much to begin with."

Rarity only giggled at the question and continued with what she was doing. "Pefect. Just what it needs!" She walked back over to where Rainbow was standing and blew some kind of dust that caused Rainbow Dash and the entire outfit to sparkle.

"Oh man...now I look like a bucking Hearth's Warming display with all these sparkles."

"Oh please, you would have to be wearing a red and green set of clothing for that deary." Rarity snickered as Rainbow Dash blushed.

"Can I please just take this off now," she asked. If Rarity answered she didn't hear it due to being distracted by a lavender blur passing by the window. "Oh buck."

"What is it dear?"

"Twilight's loose again." Rarity nearly fainted and Rainbow Dash stripped off the embarressing clothes quickly before flying out into the streets of Ponyville as fast as her wings could take her.