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// Intro 
// Story: The Journey of the Book 
// by jstar666444 
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Part (Rohan):
If I had to decide where this story started, it would most likely be when I arrived in that town. Well, it started earlier for me, but this story started around that time. I had been traveling for days after hearing rumors of a very powerful unicorn with a dragon living in a town called Ponyville. I arrived very late into the night in hopes to find a inn. After sleeping in the woods for a few days, it was time for a soft fluffy bed and a nice hot shower. While tricking people out of money wasn’t my thing, a pony of my lifestyle has to make a living somehow. 
I got my wish and found a place, except the shower lacked hot water and the bed was as hard as a rock. I couldn't complain as I had worse places to sleep. That one prison cell comes to mind. I was to tired to ask for a better room desperate for a decent night’s sleep. The dream I had that night gave me some ideas what I could be in for in the following days.
I woke to find out it was already dark. I laughed to myself as I thought about the time I just wasted. After contemplating on what I should do, I decided on a midnight stroll. I put on my black cloak, wrapped my black scarf over my mouth and pulled my red goggles over my eyes. I also made sure to bring my satchel with me, just incase I run into any problems. While I may look suspicious at night, you better believe no one would ever bother a creature with bright red eyes in the dark.
With my trusty tome in hoof, I looked for any landmarks to make note of as I look for what I came here for. The first remarkable landmark was what looked like a combination of a house and pastries. Next I took note of a long cylinder building that looked to be in the center of town. As I walked, I noticed how plain most of the town was aside from certain buildings that I assumed to be stores. It was hard to imagine anything amazing happening in a town this plain.The only other places in the town where a building that looked like a carousel, a large apple farm and curiously what seemed to be a castle growing out of a tree made of crystals. I think?
Dawn was soon approaching, so I went back to my room to wait. After waiting until most of the ponies were out and about, I went to begin my casual questioning. With my scarf and goggles off and my hood down, I looked more presentable, but the cloak must always stays on. This town has a surprising mixture of the three races. Most towns like this are usually exclusive to only one type, but here there is a more balanced mix. 
After a couple hours of asking around town, I learned that the unicorn was now an alicorn and that she was named Twilight and that she had a dragon named Spike. I also learned that she was a part of some sort of group with five others. There were other minor details about them, but I don’t feel like listing everything I heard. I mostly didn’t care about them anyways. To be honest I don’t trust everything I’m told, especially when most ponies either exaggerate or lie. After walking through the town for a bit, I was jumped by a really hyperactive pony.
She was concerningly excited to meet me. She introduced herself as Picky Pipe I think, she was talking in a manner that I can only refer to as mach speed. From what I could understand she wanted to know everything about me. I brushed her off and just told her that I was looking for an old friend. Apparently that set off a trigger as she looked like she was about to explode on me. She assaulted me with questions and hyperactiveness as she bounced around me like a frog trying to break the world jumping record. I realized I had to choose my next words carefully or risk giving her an excitement induced heart attack. I told her who I was looking for and that I wanted to surprise her. The look I saw in her eyes could have killed a lesser man. It was the look of someone who was about to go supernova and ascend into godhood. I feared that I had just unleashed a monster onto the world.Thankfully she was knocked unconscious by three kids who for some reason were jumping from roof tops. I thanked them and promised to repay as I quickly made my escape.
After a few minutes of searching I found the alicorn that matched the description of Twilight Sparkle. I kept my distance and followed her around to analyze her. I wasn’t sure whether or not she was the one who I was looking for. My suspicion of her rose when I saw her approaching the supposedly dangerous forest on the outskirts and looking around to see if she was being followed. She has something to hide and I was going to find out what. It took some practice, but I learned to master the art of hiding in plain sight. As I tailed her into the woods, I began to hypothesize what secrets she was keeping. 
After walking deep into the woods, I saw her vanish right before my very eyes. I was confused and chose to run to the spot she vanished. Pain rushed to my head as I hit some sort of invisible barrier. My tome started to glow, telling me the barrier was made of incredibly powerful magic. I decided to wait in the tree right next to the path and wait for her to return. A few hours pass until she miraculously appeared from the spot she vanished from. I took my chance and jumped on her. Before she could retaliate, I quickly made a hard stomp on her face to knock her out. It felt wrong to attack like I did and without even knowing if she’s who i’m after or just a bystander getting mixed into my business.
I searched her, but I only found notes that detailed meeting with someone named Night. She was hiding something, and this Night pony could be the key to what I want to know. I needed more proof before I decide what I should do about her. I dragged her into some bushes and took her notes, but before I left her there I wanted to leave her a message so she would know someone is watching her. I took out a marker and sticky note from my satchel and wrote I know your secret on the note and placed it on her forehead.
I approached the supposed entrance of the barrier and took out my tome to search for a barrier breaker. I read the spell and quickly smashed myself an opening. Inside I saw a lone medieval style house in the distance. I snuck to the side of the house, being sure to avoid detection by any possible inhabitants. Peering through the window, I saw a female looking unicorn looking incredibly distraught. I recognized a ring around her horn as one used to suppress magic.
She stepped out of the house, so I decide to climb in through the window. To my surprise it was an ordinary and well kept home. More questions rose around who this unicorn is and why she was secluded, seemingly imprisoned here. After searching I found nothing except scrolls written in an old language I could somehow recognize, but was having trouble reading. I ignored it for the moment and continued my investigation. Time went by as I searched for possible answers until I stumbled onto a book in a desk. I opened it to find that it was strangely blank, but  I could sense there was something important written there. That feeling was backed by my tome telling me how powerful the magic coming off of it was. Before I could attempt to force any words to appear I heard the front door open. I quickly snuck out the window to avoid any confrontation only to remember that the unicorn was powerless. I weighed my choices, there were many paths that lay ahead of me so I took some time to choose my next move. After a few hours of reading some newly acquired notes, I decided the best course of action was to find out what this unicorn knew about Twilight. They we’re powerless and possibly desperate for help. A trade of knowledge for possible freedom was going to be her best hope. I still wanted to hide my face incase they were unwilling to cooperate and chose to alert my target about me, so I put on my usual cover and walked around to the front door and knocked.

Part (Night):
Night woke with a start. He sat up and looked toward the window. The outside was completely dark. It's weird he had been waking up around the same time for the past few nights.  He lifted a hoof and touched the band around his horn. Slowly he started to slide it off but stopped a split second later due to head pains. When the pain subsided he laid back down and went to sleep. 
It was now morning the next time he awoke. He slid out of bed and headed toward the kitchen. Using his magic he levitated a tea cup out of a nearby cabinet and placed a kettle upon the stove. He left the water to boil as he went about brushing his hair.  Once this task was done he went back to his room and tidied up the bed and his desk. By this time the kettle had started to whistle so he went back to the kitchen. 
Night placed a tea bag in the cup and poured in the hot water from the kettle. He walked to the living room, placed the tea cup on the table and sat down on the couch. He looked over at the clock and saw that she would be arriving in about five minutes. Again he tried to slide the band off his head but meet the same fate. 
The front door slowly opened to reveal a lavender colored female pony. She walked in and placed a few papers on the table. She then took a seat on the chair nearby and with her horn aglow, levitated a piece of paper and a quill in front of her. 
“Hello Night. How are you today?” She asked.
“Hello Twilight. To be honest i'm quite fine, just some difficulties sleeping.” He answered. 
“Still waking up in the middle of the night?”
“Yeah.”
“Do you know why?”
“Honestly I have no clue. Just…..”
“Just?”
“Nothing. Forget about it.”
“Now come on Night we have a half hour at the very least to talk about any problems you have.”
“Can this band be removed?” 
She looked at him here with a stern look on her face. “No.”
“Well....” 
She cut him off her. “Also I do know that you have been trying to take it off. You might have been thought to be successful, But think again.” She puts on a cocky smile here “Celestia put a extra safety measure on it in your case.”
He stared at her with a slightly shocked face. “O..of course not. How would I be able to take it off.”
“Remember everything that is said here doesn't matter. You do know that whether you manage to take off the band and the jacket you still cant leave. Even your magic won't get you out of here nor could it affect me.”
Night sat there and just stared at her. She was right. However she didn't know that his magic never left. “Okay….okay…..yes I have been trying to take off the band, but every time I try to take it off, this searing pains courses through my head and I have to stop. I assume that’s the safety precaution?”
She nods.”You do know that this will be reported to Celestia right?”
“Yeah, but like you said a few weeks ago she'll most likely won't do anything since you improved the barrier around the area.”
“Yeah, but still a report is a report.”
Night nodded. They sat there for quite some time making idle conversation. All the while she had been writing the whole conversation down. Eventually the conversation died down to the point where she might as well leave. She got up gathered all of her papers and prepared to leave. 
“Well I’ll see you next week Night. Have a nice time.” She proceeds to the door and exits. 
Now Night was back to solitude. He got up and put the teacup in a basin. He headed back to the bedroom and opened a drawer on the desk. He pulled a book out and looked at it. He opened the cover and looked at the first page. He sighed as everything on the page was completely blank. He flipped through the pages and still they all remained blank. At one point in time they were filled with words, words of spells long forgotten, words that were outlawed throughout all of Equestria. This spellbook or used to be spellbook is all he owns from his past. However Celestia let him keep it for hope that the words might come back so she could lock it up or so he was told.
He placed the book back in the drawer and headed out the front door. He went to the left of the house and up a path on a hill. Reaching the top he walked over to the tombstone there and placed a hoof on it. After paying his respects he sat by the old oak tree on the hill overlooking a field of flowers within the forest. He sat there for quite some time and once the sky turned dark he headed home. He laid in bed now hoping not to wake up in the middle of the night again. 
A few hours pass when Night once again woke up in the middle of the night. However this time there was a reason to it. There had been a knock at the door. He got out of bed confused. “Who could be here at this time of night? The only person to knock is Celestia. Why would she be here?” He thought this as he walk to the door. “Ugh is she here about the band thing….,but even if she was it’s way too late.” He opened the door and was quite shocked. Before him stood a pony in a cloak glaring with bright red eyes.