Twilight Sparkle put her book in her saddle bag, and ran back towards the library as quickly as she could. She was so focused on what she had just read that she almost ran over two or three ponies on her way.

"Sorry!" she said, then turned to start running again.

"Wait, Twilight!" called one of them. Twilight turned. "We're all going out tonight for my birthday. Do you want to join us?"

"Er, no thanks... Lots of studying to do!" she said, grinning awkwardly. She then turned to run off, blushing - partially from the awkwardness, and partially because of the fact that she didn't remember the pony's name.

She arrived at the library quickly enough, and set her book down.

"Spike!" she cried out. The purple dragon stuck his head out from behind a stack of books he was reshelving.

"What's up, Tw— Woah!" Spike slipped and fell on the ground. When he stood up again, there was a flattened box that had been nicely gift-wrapped.

"What's that, Spike?" asked Twilight curiously, as she searched the shelves.

"It WAS a present for Carrot Top's birthday," he said sadly, throwing it into the garbage.

"We don't have time for that, Spike! We have work to do."

"But we're on a break!"

Twilight unintentionally ignored this comment, searching through the bookshelves for a particular title.

"I need that book on the History of Equestria!" she said. Spike sighed and climbed one of the ladders while Twilight continued tearing through stacks of books. "SPIKE!"

"Here it i— Woah!" The book was levitated down in a pinkish aura, Spike hanging onto it.

"Thank you, Spike."

Twilight opened up the reference guide and flipped through the pages.

"Let's see... Ah, here we go! The Elements of Harmony... See 'Mare in the Moon?'"

"Mare in the Moon?" Spike asked. "But that's just an old pony's tale!"

Twilight nodded and read to herself, then turned to her faithful assistant.

"Spike! Take a letter for me." Spike saluted and pulled out a quill pen. "Dear Princess Celestia, I have come across information that suggest Nightmare Moon's return is at hoof! On the 1000th anniversary of her banishment, she'll be released from her prison! Your Faithful Student, Twilight Sparkle."

"Twilight... Sparkle! Got it!"

"Good!" said Twilight. "Send it!"

"Er, I dunno Twilight... Isn't the princess getting ready for the Summer Sun Celebration?"

"That's just it, Spike. This IS the 1000th anniversary of Nightmare Moon's banishment. Send it!"

"Alright, alright!"

Spike proceeded to breathe green flame on the scroll, sending it directly to the princess. Almost immediately, he belched out more fire, releasing a new scroll.

"To my faithful student, Twilight Sparkle," said Spike, Twilight smiling as she listened. "As you know, I take your concerns very seriously. But you simply must stop reading those dusty old books!"

Author's Note

GK: Not a perfect script of the episode's conversation, but we need to get things moving along! On to the Mane 6!