//------------------------------// // Golden Oak // Story: Twilight's Magic // by BubbleyBathTub //------------------------------// Diamond Tiara laid on the ground, crying.  "You didn't... Did you?" Tiara asks. "I don't know." were the words that felt even less comforting than they sounded. The filly then resumes crying. Her tears fall atop the grave of perhaps the only friend that she could ever have. And such is the punishment for a life of humiliating other ponies, and enjoying each bit. "Come on, you can't sit here and cry until sunrise."  No response came from the small pony. "Hop on my back, we're going to my library." She did not move. "Come on Diamond Tiara! You can't sit here and cry and expect anything but misery to come out of it. She's dead, and nothing is going to change that. Now come on." "Okay," her voice barely above a whisper.  She lifted herself off the ground and vaulted onto Twilight's back. They teleported behind bushes, stopping and going to avoid anyone seeing the flashes of light they produced. Finally the duo landed inside the dark library that Twilight called home. The pair were a pair of ninja's, flashing like stars in the night. "This is where you lived?" "I still live here." Twilight said bluntly. "Oh," Diamond blushed. "Yeah." Twilight started pulling books from the shelves. "I need to find a book to help me find out what is wrong with me." she turned to Tiara. "Can you block all the windows with sheets and blankets? I need it light proof in here." "Oh course Twilight." Tiara held tape in  her mouth and quietly started to gather sheets to cover the windows. Thankfully, there wasn't as many as in her house, she thought. The filly was beginning to be a substitute for Spike. The dragon was nowhere to be seen. Blankets found under the stairs were brought out, and layers of cloth began to grow on the windows. "Nothing!" Twilight said, throwing another book behind her. "Come on!" soon a messy pile of books had developed behind the unicorn. "Twilight, it's about sunrise, you better go sleep."  "I can't! I have... So much work..." Twilight mumbled off. She started up her stairs to her bedroom. "Okay, but wake me up early. I need a couple... Of hours." Diamond Tiara then sat in front of the window, and made sure nopony noticed Twilight was here. The windows on the bottom floor were still uncovered, and she could not stop looking out them, paranoid. I need to calm down. Nopony is going to try to come in now, I mean, Twilight isn't here... She thought to herself. A quick snack might distract me. Tiara went into the unicorn's kitchen and made herself a daisy sandwich. She was just putting a piece of bread on top when she heard the door open.  "It's eerie, don't ya think?" A southern drawl said. Why now? Tiara thought. She quickly and quietly hid in a cabinet. "Why did she have so many books?" a small voice asks. "Flutters... It's a library." a hoarse voice says... Kind of like a ... Tiaras thought was interrupted by the sound of feet, walking up stairs. Oh no. In a hasty retreat, she fell out of the cabinet. "What was that?" a very feminine voice asks.  Tiara bolts backwards to only be caught by a pegasus with a rainbow mane. "It's just a kid!" the hoarse voiced pegasus says. "Put me down, or my daddy might come and..." "Come and what?" the rainbow pony asks. "Rainbow dash, she's just a filly!" the yellow one says. "What are you doing here?" the white one questions. "Don't you know that this was Twilight Sparkles library?" Tiara made her body freeze up in mock fear. "Really?" "Yes, we were her friends." a pink one says. "Are her friends..." she thought she heard the butterfly one speak. "Pinkie Pie? The pony who through my birthday party?" "What are you doing here?" the delicate one asks. "Nothing," wait, that is my answer, NOTHING?!? This is bad. Of all suspicious things. "Nothing? Really, little filly?" the apple one says. "I... I, just was" she stammered. "Masturbating!" she yelled. "Oh dear, and you came to a LIBRARY to do so?" Rarity asked, appalled.  "Well, scram. We're looking for a book." Rainbow Dash lets Tiara go. She fell on the floor while every pony started to go upstairs. She ran up, trying to stop them, but there were too many and too big. "Hey, why are all the windows covered?" Rainbow Dash asked, pulling off a blanket.  "Stop!" nopony listened to the filly. "And it's a mess! What happened to Miss Organized?" Rarity toppled over a pile of books. "Stop!" she shouted, hastily taping the blanket back onto the window. "Oh dear, what is in Twilight's bed?" the butterfly pony asked. "Don't!" she shouted as the blanket was pulled off, revealing Twilight shivering in her bed, sound asleep. "It's Twi, get 'er!" the apple pony said. "Stop!" the filly screeched. She jumped by Twilight and lifted her front hooves. "I wont let you!" "Why are you protecting her? I mean-" Fluttershy asked, her pink mane covering her face. "What is wrong with you?" Diamond Tiara interupted. "She killed seven ponies!" Pinkie Pie blurted. "You think she didn't kill your best friend?"  "I don't care!" she shouted, realizing it's truth. "I don't care. I promised her, and unlike some ponies!" her eyes scanned the crowd. "I am going to keep that promise." "She murdered Silver Spoon. How could you ever forgive her..." Fluttershy asked. "I don't know, but I keep a promise." a silent tear fell down her cheek, and she looked at the purple unicorn, oblivious to how close she was to being hurt by her own friends. Her chest slowly rose and fell. I may do many bad things... but I'll keep a promise.