“Ugh my head, where am I!” The first thing Arcana took note of was he air, it smelt bookish. I’ve probably transported myself into a library, great. She was lying on a mattress, face down. At least whoever has been graced by my presence has been hospitable.
“Wait Twi, you didn’t say that did you?” Twi? Who would call themselves Twi? The voice seemed male and young, maybe a student or child.
“No that wasn’t me, it was that,” Female adult probably this person called Twi. Guess I’d better make myself known. Getting up Arcana opened her amber eyes to reveal a lavender unicorn and a purple dragon. Wait a minute, WHAT.
“AHHHHH!” Arcana jumped straight up and looked down on the two individuals. “What are you!? Forget I asked that you’re probably some sort of illusion or being made from the owner of this place I’ve seen weirder things.”
“I’m pretty sure we’re real and I am the owner of this library,” the unicorn said.
“Ok if this isn’t an illusion then tell me where I am and give me some knowledge of this place,” Arcana demanded.
The unicorn looked at the dragon and shrugged it shoulders then began to speak again. “Well you’re in the Golden Oak Library located in Ponyville. The place was founded around two hundred years ago by the Apple family after Princess Celestia gave them the land to settle on. After that the town continued to grow until it is what stands today. About three years ago when I came here it started housing the Elements of Harmony which made it a prominent figure in the land of Equestria,” when the unicorn finished she looked up to Arcana expecting some sort of awe or respect. Arcana was unfazed by the speech.
“Well looks like this is either a huge joke or I’m dreaming,” she pinched herself. “Then I’m not dreaming, hmm tell me how did I get here?”
“Umm ok, there was a huge earthquake and I found you in a crater by Sweet Apple Acres.”
“Damn it sound like your genuine and I can’t sense much magic so for now I’ll assume you’re real,” why did it have to be me that ended up here, why couldn’t it have been Sasha that would have been funnier. “I guess I should be a better guest and introduce myself, my name is Arcana Rasha but everyone calls me Arc.”
“Well nice to meet you then, I’m Twilight Sparkle and this is my assistant Spike,” oh god even the names are terrible, but then again I’m one to talk.”Do you mind telling us how you got here I haven’t seen any of your species before?” Twilight questioned. “Also how can you sense magic? Can you do magic? How do you do it? Why is your bag outputting so many different magical signals? Why is it that Applejack found you so light? Is there a reason for you being a bipedal?” Arcana tried to interrupt but Twilight was still sending out the torrent of questions, things from gender to if she knew about transformation spells. The questions were completely random and Arcana were pretty sure she heard two questions being said at the same time. There was only one solution so she levitated the pony and used a devocalization spell (I called it the ‘SHUT UP 9000’) which quickly quieted down Twilight.
“Now when I release you I will answer the first question and then you will answer my question, ok?” A nod from Twilight confirmed her and she was set back down. “When I was being pursued by some rather powerful people I had to make a teleportation spell-“ Arcana sighed “-I had to cut short the preparation of the spell and it then transported me here, that would be the best explanation though there may have been an outside force but I doubt it.”
“So you are from another world?”
“I would suspect so, right now you owe me two questions. One, where is my bag? And two, who is the ruler of this country?” Arcana asked.
“Your bag is on the table just behind you and I guess I am one of the rulers here but I would suggest that Princess Celestia would be a better candidate for that question, why though?”
“Um I need my bag because it has my stuff in it, duh.”
“No I meant why do you need to know who are ruler is?”
“Twilight for someone in a library you aren’t the brightest, you owe me two questions again, but I need to know who your ruler is so that I can meet her. As soon as possible.”
“I guess so, I have to write to report to her about my findings tomorrow so I can ask for an audience but first I’ll need to know why you want an audience with her.”
“It’s a problem that I might have that I need some help with. If it goes unchecked it’ll bring-” Arcana stopped for a second “- it will just be bad.”
Twilight looked unconvinced “I’m sure it can’t be that bad.”
“Let’s just say that what I have with me could end this world, very quickly,” Arcana took on a pained expression. “I’ve seen too many times our world being assaulted by it,” she turned around and grabbed the bag.
“How many times exactly?”
“Once,” Arcana sighed again. “That was plenty to convince me that I didn’t want it to happen again.” Arcana’s mind was lost in painful memories.
“You were having a nightmare of it when you got here didn’t you?” Twilight asked, concerned about her guest.
“Yes, I don’t want to talk about it,” shaking her head as if to remove herself from the thoughts, she looked to Twilight. “So how are you a ruler here, I mean I get that you own this library but ruler is stretching it a bit.”
Twilight chuckled lightly at the words, ”well no Princess Celestia sent me an unfinished spell and asked me to complete it, after a few problems and me fixing the spell it used the Elements of Harmony and turned me into an alicorn,” seeing the confused look on Arcana, she continued to elaborate. “An alicorn is a unicorn that has a pegasi wings and some even take traits from the earth ponies as well like their strength.”
Great there are more than just unicorns I have to worry about. “I think it would be best for you to rest I’ve kept you long enough I just need you to point me to the history and magic sections of the library.” Twilight noticeably agreed as a yawn just over took her.
“Yeah I suppose I am a bit tired, I’ll see you in the mourning then? Oh and the history section is in the other room and magic is to your left,” Twilight then proceeded to head upstairs. “Goodnight.”
“Night,” with Twilight gone Arcana opened up her bag to check that she had all her gear. I’m so glad I figured out how to increase the space inside an object otherwise I would never fit all my stuff. First she took out her spare pair of clothing; I guess I’ll have to this now apparently long distance removes any unprotected enchantments. Arcana changed her clothes, I’m glad I took the time to dye this purple yellow didn’t agree with me (also here is a link to what she actually looks like ). Skipping the head piece she delved deeper into the bag pulling out all assortments of items from reagents to artifacts she still had to figure out how to use. Finally she pulled out a huge jet black gem that glowed an infernal red. The Black Soulstone was held in Arcana’s hands and she could hear the evil whispering that came from inside. Arcana didn’t need to be told twice to put the Soulstone back, putting the various items back into the bag she headed to the other part of the library to catch up on the world history. She always hated history class, books are better.