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// Tales and Beasts of the Mythical Lands Beyond 
// Story: Equestrian Mythology: Dead Days 
// by Equestrian Mythologist 
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Twilight Sparkle skipped happily through her new home, it was rather wonderful to have a castle for just you and your friends don't you think? She skipped along humming to herself as she headed for her new library, it was bigger than her old home was put together! She stopped in front of the big double doors and pushed the open to reveal her wonderous library filled with books for every age and style. She squeed.  

Twilight hopped up the small steps that led up to another level of the library and started in a section that she had newly shelved. This section she had labeled as Science. As she browsed through the books (every single one she had already read) she stopped at one that stood out. It had thick binding and course pages that were thicker then normal, making the book twice as big as a normal sized one. Curious she magically withdrew the book and walked over to one of the chairs in her sitting area. 

The book was labeled, Equestrian Mythology: Tales and Beasts of the Mythical Lands Beyond. 

She remebered reading it, it was actually fascinating, but she had seen through almost all of the stories as just fables and fairy tales, they just weren't scientifacly accurate. Twilight started to get up from her seat to put the book back when the doors opened up with a bang to reveal a certain Cyan and Rainbow colored Pegasus. 

"Hello Rainbow Dash! What brings you into the Library of all places?"

Rainbow paused in her flight from one bookshelf to the other as she was adressed by Twilight. "Oh hi Twilight, didn't see you there. I'm actually looking for umm...uh...another book to read." Rainbow Dash blushed and hid behind her wing as best as she could to get away from Twilight's incredulous stare.

"Really? Another book? Did you finally get bored of reading the Daring Do novels over and over again?" Twilight asked with a small smirk.

"Hey! They're really good! I was just hoping for something similar but different... You know." Rainbow waved her hoof through the air as if that was supposed to clarify everything. Fortunately Twilight knew exactly what she was talking about.

"Ok, let me see. Do you like Science? Math? Chemistry? Romance? Sad? Funny?" At all of these suggestions she had recieved a quick shake of the head. "Umm... Oh! Sci-fi? Aliens and supernatural stuff, no huh. Well..." Twilight trailed off as she tried to think of another book genre that Rainbow would be interested in besides Adventure.

"Hey whats that you're holding?" Rainbow pointed at the Mythology book Twilight was floating at her side. "Oh this? Its about Equestria's Mythology. It contains stories and fables about stuff that isn't real. It even has sections for scary and sometimes gruesome ones." Twilight looked up from the book to see Rainbow Dash practicaly drooling on the floor, that sounded awesome to her!

"Uhh, you can read it if you want." Rainbow zoomed forward and eagerly snatched the book out of Twilight's magical grasp and started reading it as she flew back to her house, running into a couple walls on the way. "Huh, that was easier then I thought it was going to be."

~~~>Rainbow Dash<~~~

After running into the third wall, Rainbow Dash closed the book and waited until she got back home to read it. She ignored the friendly waves from ponies walking down the street as she raced through Ponyville before heading up into the clouds and to her home. She almost destroyed her door by blasting through the hardened cloud but fortunately (or unfortunately in this case) it held when she charged headlong into it. 

Rainbow Dash walked into her house while shaking the dizziness away from her crash, it didn't hurt but it was disorientating. She heard a thwipping sound and ducked her head to avoid the oncoming flying turtle. "Hey Tank, hold down the fort for me?" The turtle seemed to understand her and bobbed its head in answer. Rainbow chuckled and headed for her room to start this amazing book. Rainbow always thought it was funny imagining a robber breaking into her house and then breaking out again as he was pursued by a flying turtle.

Rainbow walked up to her bed and dived onto it, loving the bounce that she made as she landed. She settled down with her head against her pillows and book on her chest, ready to binge read it if it was good.