Twilight woke up the next morning, still holding onto Spike with her foreleg. She withdrew her leg, got out of bed and with a smile on her face gave him a little peck on the check, and silently said “Thank you” before going down into the main room of the library. She opened up the library and settled in for a long day of study. After about an hour She noticed Spike walking down the stairs, “Are you alright, Twilight?” She replied “I’m alright now Spike. Thank you for staying with me.” She blushed slightly. “If anything like that happens again, just say so, and I’ll be there for you.” She smiled and said, “Thank you.”

A few hours after breakfast, around noon, Rainbow came by the library, asking for the release date of the latest Daring doo book. “I told you Dash, It’s NEXT month.” Rainbow replied, “I know, I just can’t wait…Hey Spike, what’s wrong little guy?” Spike was curling over in pain, and then belched up a letter from Princess Celestia.
To my faithful student

Twilight Sparkle
I have decided to personally deliver the copy of spell to you. I should be there around 4 in the afternoon, provided Blueblood doesn’t try anything stupid with the other nobles. I honestly regret making him a prince. Anyway, try to relax. And don’t go crazy like you usually do.

From Princess Celestia
P.S. I’m serious, don’t go crazy.
She read over the letter again and again. “The princess is hoof delivering the spell.” Twilight face turned into one of pure terror. “What kind of spell is it? Black magic? Necromancy? Chronomancy? A spell that rips open the fabric of reali….GAHK” A hoof was shoved into her mouth. “Seriously Twilight, you need to learn how to relax.” Rainbow then felt a tingling on the bottom of her hoof, and her eyes narrowed as she realized, she quickly pulled her hoof out of Twilights mouth. “Dang it Twilight. Why were you licking my hoof?” Twilight replied “You had some candy on it.” Rainbows face contorted in a way she didn’t think possible. Then her eyes started moving independently of each other, and she started giggling. “Rainbow, Are you okay?” Rainbow kept giggling. Spike walked over, “I think you broke her.”

Twilight spent the next 2 hours trying to put the shattered mind of Rainbow Dash back together, with little success. “ARGH!!!! Her mind is in a thousand pieces, and her giggling isn’t helping.” Spike asked “Should I go get Pinkie Pie?” Twilight replied “That’s probably a good idea, as she’s probably had to do something like this in the past.” Spike replied “Alright, but you’ll have to explain.” Twilight replied “I’ll explain everything.” She said in a creepy way. Spike had just left the building when a flash of light lit up the inside of library. Twilight blinked her eyes a few times to get the flash out of her eyes, and when she did she saw Princess Celestia standing there with a saddlebag that had some scrolls in it. Twilight made to bow but was intercepted by Celestia. “Please Twilight, I’m not here as the Princess. But rather as your friend. By the way, what happened to Rainbow Dash?” Twilight sheepishly said, “I was playing a joke on her and I think I may have broken her.” Celestia simply shook her head, “How do you plan on fixing her?” Twilight replied “I’ve spent the last 2 hours trying. By the way, you’re early.” Celestia asked again “How do you plan on fixing Dash?” Twilight replied “I asked Spike to fetch Pinkie. I figured she might have some experience with this kind of thing.” At that exact moment Pinkies head popped out of Celestias saddle bag. “Spike told me you needed help with something.” She climbed out of the Saddle bag, reached into with a foreleg and pulled Spike out of it. Celestia was surprised at this, Twilight was about to have a breakdown, and Rainbow was softly giggling to herself.

“Oh that’s the problem. The same thing happened after Dashie first experienced what my pinkie sense was.” Pinkie then poked Dash in the flank twice, tapped her head once, gently pulled on her tail, blew once through her mane, tapped her nose and then gently bopped her on the head. Dashs eyes went derp for a few moments before going back to normal. “Oh my head.” She said while rubbing it with a hoof. “What happened?” Pinkie replied “I had to restart you again.” Rainbow sighed and asked “Again?” Pinkie nodded. And while all this was going on Celestia was discussing the spell with Twilight.

“So that’s what the spell does? Why did you blank me for that?” Celestia replied “You were too young to handle the vast amounts of knowledge in that realm. Plus anypony that has visited that realm in the past has come back ‘changed’”. Twilight, confused asked “Changed? How?” Celestia responded “They come back different. It happened to a previous student of mine almost 300 years ago. You actually look a bit like her. When she went into the realm she was nice, caring and gentle, but when she came out, she tried to kill the few friends she had, and had succeeded in killing 2 of them. That was the last murder in Equestria.” Twilight, shocked, said “So that’s why you blanked it from my mind.” Celestia nodded and added, “She was about the age you were when you discovered the spell. It is my hope that because you are now older and more mature, that you would be resistant to the mind altering effects of the realm.”

“Would the others be able to go with me?” Celestia replied “I’m sure they could if they wanted.” Celestia floated a bundle of papers over to Twilight; there was at least 40 pages of parchment. “That’s the Spell?” Twilights jaw dropped. “Oh no, only the first page is the spell, the rest is….I’m actually not sure what the rest is.” She looked at the rest. “Oh, this is my laundry list. My mistake.” She floated the bundle back to her saddle bag and brought out a scroll, “Ah, this is the spell.” She floated it over to Twilight, who opened the scroll. “It seems easy enough. And you say I was able to perform this as a filly?” Celestia nodded, “You are quite talented. Anyway, I should be taking my leave. Good-bye Twilight.” Twilight replied “Good-bye Celestia.” And Celestia left the library and flew off.

Twilight then looked over and saw that Pinkie had managed to fix Rainbow. “Glad to see you’re alright.” Rainbow grumbled. “Just don’t lick my hoof again.” Pinkies head tilted as she tried to process what she just heard, then she asked “Twilight, why did you lick Dashies hoof?” Twilight grinned and replied “She shoved it in my mouth to keep me from freaking out.” Pinkie responded “That makes sense.” She backed away from Twilight a little.

Twilight asked pair if they would like to come with her to visit the realm. Rainbow spoke up “A realm filled with the infinite knowledge of the universe, count me out.” Twilight replied “It may have the latest Daring Doo book.” Rainbow eyes narrowed, “COUNT ME IN!!!” Twilight then turned to Pinkie who said “I was planning on going anyway, to keep you company.” Twilight performed the spell and a magical doorway opened in front of them. Blue jets of pure flaming magic shooting out of the floor forming an archway, but they didn’t burn the floor or cast off any heat. In the center, a wave of shimmering energy formed, indicating that the gateway was forming. Then in a brilliant flash of pure energy, the gateway was ready. Twilight, Pinkie and Rainbow all stepped through the event horizon of the portal, all with their eyes closed.
Twilight was the first to open her eyes, and was amazed at the sight in front of her. Massive shelves of books 20 feet high stretching for as far and as wide as the eye can see. Rainbow opened her eyes next, and despite not being “an egghead” was still amazed at the sight in front of her. Pinkie opened her eyes next, and with her being Pinkie, took it in stride. “Wow, what an amazingly stupendously awesome place. I think I see some recipe books already.” Twilight held Pinkie back with her magic. “Hold on, I need to explain this place. From what I understand this place has an effect on those who visit. If any of you start to feel odd or strange in any way, press on your shoulder and we will hear you and come galloping. Is that understood?” Both Pinkie and Rainbow nodded. “I need to first cast the walkie talkie spell.” Rainbow looked confused. “The walkie talkie spell allows pony to speak with each other at distance, it’s similar to the far speak spell but it allows for multiple pony to contact each other.” Rainbow nodded in understanding. After Twilight cast the spell, they went their separate ways to explore the realm.
Twilight naturally chose the magic section, and began pulling interesting look books off their places with pulses of magic. She found a place to read and sat down. After finishing up a particularly fascinating volume about dark magic, she began to gather up the books she had pulled and was staring to put them up when she felt a presence. She quickly turned around expecting to see Pinkie or Rainbow, but saw nothing. She returned to shelving the books. After shelving the books, she thought to see what Pinkie was up to. She began walking towards to cooking section, when she began to get the feeling of being followed. So, she turned down an aisle, the presence following. She turned quickly again, to once again see nothing. She started off again, this time in a trot. The intruding presence started growing stronger. She quickened her pace from trot to a gallop, desperate to get away. Aisle upon aisle passed her by as she galloped along. She quickly turned into a random aisle, she felt the presence fade. She let out a sigh of relief, and feeling that she had lost the intruder, turned to go find Pinkie, she found herself face to face with something she never expected. Herself, another Twilight Sparkle.

Author's Note

I have a lot of projects to work on. so don't be surprised if updates take a while.