A few letters were dropped onto the basket that weight of it alone made their carrier squeezed onto the surface of fireplace bellow that in turn blows a gust of small wind onto a toy sailboat that has wheels attached to it with squeaking noise before its bow pushed a domino that caused a chain reaction with other dominos that was standing upright were brought down and soon fell over the edge of the stair onto a lighter's trigger and its tip was lit aflame to where a thread was. Smoke began to form before the string made from wool snapped into two with charred ends as a small catapult launched a rock across the room and it perfectly hits a bell.
A ringing was soon heard and the purple mare burst out of her room upon hearing the sound. The mail's here.
Using her magic to reset everything while she walks to the basket and getting the letters out with her hooves and then soon left after resetting everything.
She sorts through them with her magic while she mumbled.
"Another day, another gold bit."
She was looking down at the letters, mostly adds of Trixie's magic show ranging to letters written by her family to see how she was doing once she returns to her research corridor as the setting sun's light was shinning right where she was sitting at as she raised her head up and stopped in place with surprise and eyes widened. Everything was right where she left it but she does not recall a unicorn being there, out of all places, sitting on her seat pillow. Reading the preacher's bible book with uninterested look.
"Good on details." he hummed as his white mane was being hooked behind his head, his mane had a single blue streak on it that curled and waved in the cloud-white color as he sipped tea and his blue and green eyes with light pink rectangle-shaped pupils stared down the pages.
Twilight was speechless, she does not recall any visitors coming in her home but chagrin soon came to her rescue as she stomped her hoof on the floor, getting the stallions attention. "Excuse me sir," she spoke her thoughts aloud, "The library is closed." catching the stallion's attention as he turned to look at her, again, the same expression but his eyes didn't matched this facial feature. It was content that he has her attention now.
"I do apologize for the intrusion, Twilight Sparkle." he said as the book was carried by his magic yet his magic was divine yellow-colored as it slammed close by pushing its covers towards one another and then soon placing it down back in its place on the lectern as its glow dissipates. "I was not aware that your library was close and I had let myself in." he sat up as his horn glows again to carry an empty cup with him as he headed for a teapot and poured himself another one. "And I had been careful while I was reading, just so you know."
"Mind telling me how you got in without me noticing?" She demanded an answer, "Did you use the teleportation spell and how did you do it quietly as possible for me to not hear it?" as she lifted up her hoof a little as he turned to look at her, unfazed yet his composure was unchanging as the tension was raising.
"I had no time to tell you the details." He dismissed the mare's questions as he took another drink of his tea. "I had been looking forward to meeting you personally, I am somewhat a representative of my higher-ups." he explained himself, watching the mare's face changed from crossness to intrigue but still annoyed.
"Your employers?" She asked as she tilted her head a little. "I don't have much to offer, my heart is in this knowledge of all known Olympus, wishing to spread this to itself to everypony that lives here."
The colt rolled his eyes to dismissed her claim.
"They actually need you for something important." he said finally after taking another sip, "I am sure you were told by the preachers here about the Elements of Harmony, correct?"
"You mean the pony's tale of the crystal geodes that housed the power of the most powerful magic that Ancient Equestria has ever seen?" She scoffed, "Those lousy jewelry didn't exist."
"What if they are?"
Twilight finally held her tongue at this, confused yet rapt to what this black-colored stallion with cloud-white mane is saying.
"I am saying that what if they are real, miss Sparkle." he looked at her as silence fell onto the library. "What if they still exist after their previous uses and waiting in the old Kingdom still, still lying in dormant until finally found?"
"I..." Twilight lifted her hoof up slightly at this, unsure what to say, "I don't get what you mean by that?"
Stallion looked at her, an eyebrow raised as if he were reading her mind.
"I think the Scroll will tell you why." he finally said as he puts back the bible with his magic onto the lectern and made it fall oh so gently back and forth like a feather as it was placed onto it for her to see. Its section was even bookmarked with a blue ribbon. The unicorn colt then points his hoof towards one sentence of the bible as Twilight walked over to it with cautious steps, eyeing him carefully in case he does anything as she draws close to the lectern and soon reads out the following words.
"As war rages on, the Demon of War will grow stronger and his chains will reduce weakening?" Twilight looked confused on what she read before looking at it further on more details. "The Devil from the Nine Layers of Tartarus as he lies and waits in darkness and eternal snow but there shall come the day that freedom will relive him." Twilight is even more confused as the colt is still there, standing in silence and watching her expression painting on her face as she turned to look at him. "Have..." She thought for a moment as she placed her hoof on her chin with her eyebrow raised a little. "Have I heard this before?" she finally spoke her thoughts aloud after a minute. She then turned away from the book and soon ran towards her kettle to pour herself a tea and then soon galloped towards a shelf of books as she drinks her cup, lost in her thoughts as she does so.
"Excuse me, sir," She spoke up, her eyes are still glued on her wall of books in search for one specific book to read and potentially research for another night inevitably. "I know I had asked you to leave my property but I need help in looking for a book called 'Predictions and Prophecies', can you help me?" she asked as she used her magic to pull out one book after another as he watched her search.
"No..." She pushes one book away, looking another book but she pushed one away upon realizing that its not was she was looking for either. "no, no, no no no no-!" She kept looking until she was surrounding by floating books enveloped in magenta-colored magical glow before she finally groaned and yelled "Where is it!?" as the books were pushed away from her a tad bit until she felt a tap on her shoulder. Making her turn around to look who it was, annoyed. "What..!?"
The same unicorn stallion was in front of her and one book enveloped in his own magic that seems so pure as he past it to her but only on the front cover of the book itself for her to read. She was stunned for a moment, stunned enough for her to cancel off her magic and books dropped to the ground like flies. She took it from him as she uttered "Thank you, good sir." as she looked at it for a moment and then walked over to the lectern. Channeling her magic from within her horn, she removed the bible away from it and placed the book called 'Predictions and Prophecies' in its place as it opened up right away. The colt sat down on a pillow and watched her search for something related to this topic of their conversation.
"Elements of Harmony, Elements of Harmony..." She mumbled quietly as she entered the 'E' section of the book until she found what the page she was looking for as she shouted "Aha! Found it!" happily. The Stallion listened in close as she reads the part of the page that is peaking her interest well. Almost too well in fact as she reads it aloud.
"Elements of Harmony, formerly as Spirits at first in the Equestria's first ever war against the Demon himself, Lucifer," She reads, a bit serious now, "who was exiled and imprisoned within the Nine Layers of Tartarus for giving birth to Sin, Hate, and coldly destruction. But there is a myth that struck the hearts of many; the Devil declared that once thousand years of his jail were up, he will break the chains of light to free himself once fear and hate of all species against one another reached its peak and shall reign a new era of cold and ruin as the King of Winter and War." She then gasped in shock upon finished reading the passage. "I know," The stallion spoke up, "I am just as surprised as you upon hearing it," as he placed his hoof on her shoulder, making her turn to look at him with wide eyes. "It has been a thousand years."
"Is this your Higher-ups sent you!?"
"I afraid so."
"Oh no, no no no!" Twilight was panicking as she absentmindedly dropped her cup and it shattered on the ground and rushed towards somewhere as she pushed away a tower of books in her way as she shoved down another in a blaze of terror pumping through her veins. "I gotta... I have to..." She then jumped over her reception desk and soon after he walked over to her as she rummaged through her items. "Where are they? Where are they? I know that I... Aha!" Her head poke out from behind the desk to reveal a feather pen and a bottle of ink in her hooves with her horn carrying a piece of paper before sitting down as she dipping the tip of her quill into the bottle of black paint and soon get starting writing.
"Dear Mrs.Mayor," she begins to speak as she wrote down what she just said as he watches her write, "This is your local librarian, Twilight Sparkle, I was given the Scroll of Ancient Beginning by Father Holy word to read when a stallion had appeared at my shop and had stated to look even further into the book and I had found an old passage that lead me to know that we are on a threshold of disaster!"
"Good use of 'threshold', Mrs. Sparkle."
"Thank you, my good sir."
"As silly as it sounds but I had found an old prophecy of the Demon himself, legend has it that once hatred between the three pony races and outside worlders will get so out of control that the chains of Harmony will shatter and allowing him to escape to bring forth the never-ending winter of hate and war. Because this year will be THE thousandth year that he will break free. I know that as the Mayor of Olympus will know what to do to prevent such a tragedy from happening. I will wait for your response to the newly arose crisis, signed your local librarian, Twilight Sparkle." she finished writing and soon rolling it up into a scroll right away. "Excuse me, sir, I just want to thank you for opening up my eyes to the situation."
"It was a pleasure," He said, "But I doubt that, due to your recent reputation, the mayor will take your word for it." he stated as he turned his head a bit away from her gaze but Twilight could only roll her eyes as she used her magic to twirl the scroll a little as she takes a red ribbon and tying it neatly before getting out a golden candle stick. She used a bit of her fire magic to melt the end of the stick to get a little portion of melted wax onto the ribbon to seal it.
"I beg your pardon, sir," She said as she used her hoof to pull out a stamp that has a singulation of the Mayor's office and then carefully stamp it to leave an indication in a shape of the right-side up horseshoe with a flower in the center of it. "But I had been responsible with organizing festivals and winter wrap-ups every year and she trusts me for those." she said as she carefully removes the stamp away from the now harden wax and places it back in the drawer.
"I know that she will believe me because you had pointed out a potential threat coming so its imperative that we have to warn everyone right now about this." She continued to explain herself as her horn lits up, a few green sparks at first before the scroll was aflame and the fire flies across the the room and soon out of the opened window.
"Now we will wait for a response in record timing, my good sir, you'll see." She said with a hint of smug and pride as she galloped over to the kettle once again and getting out a cup to fill up once again pour a drink. "You are quite prideful, you will be humbled one day." he said as he sat down again as he lifted up his hoof a little as he watched her drink her tea, mapping her calm posture with raised brows. "I know that pride is a horrible sin," she sighed with a smile, "But..." She turned to look at him with polite eye contact. "Whoever you and your higher-ups are, I am sure to organize a search party for the Elements because I have a burning feeling that we will need them." She grinned as her horn formed a three-fingered claw from stardust-magic and gently slapped her tea kettle. She didn't wait for a laugh or chuckle because she knew that its a bad pun but still smiling despite that.
"Well, you see that my employers were somewhat important ponies in our time, I am-" before he could continue to finish his word when a same colored fire flew in from the window and then with a brief flash of light and a scroll with a wax that has Twilight's symbol so its addressed to her as she watched it fell onto the ground. "I knew she will listen to me." She said relieved as she picked up the scroll up and then broke the seal and unraveled the paper to read its contents.
"Dear Twilight Sparkle, you know that I trust you completely with such knowledge and organizing events around Olympus' parties and festivities." She nods confidently with a smile, so far, so good but then she read further with an unexpected twist. "But please, don't think that I am rude but you must get your nose out of those books of yours for once in your life."
Her heart dropped. It and along with her cup, shattered on the floor.
"I am sorry for sounding like that but Twilight please, there more to a mare's life than researching facts and science, but since you think that THE Elements of Harmony from an old ponyian tale does exist to prove another crusade to prove that you are right no matter what, as I wrote this in a joking manner; you have the funds to afford an expedition since you do read some books on treasure hunts and survival. Think of it as an exciting camping trip for you to get your head out of the clouds and much better: Make friends. Again, I am sorry for being rude if you took this way. Your most reliable mayor, Mayor Mare of Olympus."
Twilight's mouth as gapping open and close like a fish as she struggled to find words as she lets the scroll flutter down like a feather. The stallion walked over to her and then picked up the letter and then looked at it for a few moments and then looked over to Twilight. His face clearly expressed that he doesn't want to say "I told you so." but his mouth remains closed as he then expressed sympathy for a fellow unicorn who stood still with the same emotions of anger, confused and sorrow as he placed a hoof on her shoulder and patting it.
She wanted to cry.
"Still." He finally said after an uncertain period of silence hanging them both above. "She had suggested that you had the resources to go on an expedition, since you had those books of surviving the world outside and adventures with fictional colt and mare heroes to find the lost artifact along the ruins to beaten their enemies who seek to rule and/or destroy the world." he looked at somewhere as Twilight turned her gaze at him almost with curiosity.
"Many will dismiss this and laugh it off as a story of pure nonsense but you knew better; we know what is coming. Still, it is your decision."
Twilight looked at him for a moment... Then her face shown with a new found determination. "You know what...? She's right." She said with a slow-building smile, lifting her front leg up and then setting it back down with a stomp. "I can afford my own expedition to find these Elements." She then walked past him, high hopes and a song in her heart, not even bothering to look at his reaction. "Mayor Mare had wrote that as a joke but in ACTUALITY she is right. I will take her advice and go." She reached a chest and opened it up to jump into it, in search of her backpack and other essentials for the trip.
"I am sorry for not listening to you, my good gentlecolt, you have every right to be right but I will still take the offer to find them and use them as prove that the prophecy is in fact real." She pulled back and with her magic, her satchel and pack for horses floated out like the wind has been disturbed and now flowing gently out of a barn. "I am sure that your bosses will be pleased that I was able to find them."
The stallion looked at her awhile she was getting things in order and smiled gently. "I am sure, Twilight." As he stood still as she sets her items aside to look further into her chest, "You will make Celestia and Luna proud in the heavens."
Twilight's ear twitched up and she perked her head towards where he is standing. "Did you say something-?" But stopped.
The Stallion that had invaded her library and had given her a mission is now gone. Just like how he arrived. No magic, no farewell, no nothing from him.
Just vanished into thin air.
Leaving her alone again.