//------------------------------// // Chapter 3: You Can Come By // Story: In Need of a Hobby // by Sweetheart_a_Light //------------------------------// After a few minutes, Twilight arrived at her castle. This castle served as her home since the day Tirek had destroyed her old house, the Golden Oak Library. At first, the castle seemed too lonely for Twilight to spend her time there, and even with the help of her friends, that castle still looked as lonely as it was, ominous even, especially at night. As she trotted down the hallways, Twilight heard someone knocking on the door. “Hey, Twilight,” Rainbow said while opening the door. “Can I come in?” Twilight tilted her head to the side. “Sure, but–” “I was thinking about what you said earlier,” Rainbow interrupted, “even with Tank there with me, my house can be pretty empty.” Twilight blinked a few times before looking at the book that Rainbow was carrying. “Oh, you’ve came for a little reading!” Twilight said with a smile. Rainbow nodded. “Follow me, then. This place can be a bit… confusing.” As they walked through the hallway, Dash gasped with awe. “Wow,” she said, “I never noticed how big this place is!” “Well, you usually only come here with the other girls, so it tends to be a bit different,” Twilight explained. They walked in silence for a few minutes until Twilight stopped in front of a door. “You remember the library, right?” she asked. Rainbow gave her that confident smirk that always irritated Twilight in the past, until she learned to love it. “Of course!” she said, puffing her chest like a bird. “This is where I put my awesome Daring Do posters so you could always remember me!” “Sure.” Twilight giggled. “Just checking.” Twilight then opened her door to reveal a surprisingly small room, with a large shelf filled with books in the wall, ranging from the top of the room until the floor. The rest was just a empty space filled with just a large pink pillow. “This place looks smaller than I remember.” Rainbow pointed out. “I bought new books and this pillow for me to sit on,” Twilight explained. “So…” Rainbow started, “you only have this pillow?” “Well, yeah…” Twilight answered shyly. “I’m the only one who comes here, and–” Rainbow chuckled. “Just kidding with ya, Twi,” she said. “I may be no ‘Element of Generosity’, but I don’t mind sharing things at all.” She then walked towards the pillow and laid down, opening the book. “You coming, Twi?” Dash asked, petting the space she left for her. With a soft blush of red on her face, Twilight walked towards the pillow and lay down comfortably next to Rainbow. “So, have you read this chapter yet?” Rainbow asked. “I mean, everything that happens in it is just so awesome, but I don’t wanna spoil anything to you.” “No, no… I’ve read it already…” Twilight said quietly, almost imitating Fluttershy. “Sweet!” Rainbow celebrated. “Didn’t you just loved when Daring Do tricked Ahuizotl into thinking that that piece of junk was the Griffin Goblet? Ha! What an idiot!” Twilight couldn’t help but smile at that mare next to her. Twilight had already read that chapter dozens of times, and it never surprised her. That’s just something any good tactician would come up with to trick their enemies. But for Rainbow, that was her all-time heroine, being a ‘super awesome genius that she is and kicking that stupid Ahuizotl’s flank,’ as Rainbow would say. Twilight knew that it was all because she put herself in Daring Do’s place - even though they did look awfully similar. They both enjoyed the reading time as much as they could.