A plague from the moon

by Basil


Chapter 4: The Inauguration

They did it, they finally did it! Twilight and Spike finally arrived to the library inauguration, and they did it with full stomachs.
They surely hadn't planned to witness something like they did. The inauguration was.. HUGE! You could see hordes and hordes of mares and colts coming from every side of Ponyville and surroundings approaching to the library, an impressive buffet at the middle of the square where anypony could serve themselves for free, and.. a pretty loud noise too! Most of these newcomers were so surprisingly overexcited that they couldn't resist beating their hooves against the ground!


"Oh.. my.. Celestia!!" joyfully screamed Twilight, while sobbing.

"Damn Twilight, I didn't think that this library inauguration was THAT important! Look at all of these ponies! They're coming from everywhere! Canterlot, Cloudsdale, Manehattan, Crystal Empire, Appleloosa... literally everywhere, Twilight!" said Spike with a surprised tone, while pointing at various directions.

"That looks much like you're right, Spike!" replied Twilight. "I was hoping to meet my friends here, especially Rainbow Dash, but.. I feel like the chance of us meeting up between all of this chaos are 1 out of 1000." said Twilight, while slowly walking through the square.

"HOWLY DAMN!!" screamed Spike, while fully opening his mouth for the unexpected beauty he had just seen. "TWILIGHT! IS THAT.. A BUFFET?!? I'm sure it is! We've gotta move, before it'll run out of food! My gems can wait, it's time to have another one of Mrs. Cake's delicious muffins!" said Spike, while gently pulling Twilight's mane in order to make her follow him.

"Oh wow, alright Spike, no need to pressure on my mane!" said Twilight while smiling. "I would have gone there regardless.. let's go grab some sweets before they're all gone! We can save some for later too!" giggled Twilight.


Twilight galloped her way to the buffet, while Spike was running to it. It seemed much like some sort of race between the two. There was no trace of any of their friends, probably they just weren't interested that much.. understandable it's just a library, after all. Not everypony is interested in books like Twilight is. Just as soon as they reached it and Spike had just grabbed a delicious-looking cupcake, a loud mare's voice popped in.

"Mares and colts from all Equestria, it's the Mayor Mane here! Welcome to the huge Ponyville Library inauguration! After months of building and years of researching, we finally decided to open it to the public and let everypony visit its astonishing reliques and ancient manufactured goods! I would be very pleased if you treated this place with the respect it deserves, avoid causing any damage at all! Let's all do our part to preserve it! That said.. the doors are finally opened! I officially declare the library.. OPEN TO EQUESTRIA!" addressed the Mayor Mane into a microphone. At the end of the speech, she also cut the classical red inaugurational tape we've all seen around.

It was a matter of seconds before ponies from every corner rushed the entrance! There was a detail I really couldn't miss, though.. most of them would literally enter while carrying sweets 'n bakery commodities. I mean.. if they brought these with them, it means that they'd have eaten them.. and if they did, wouldn't the fact that they would have had to chew them inside of the library caused the crumbs to fall down and dirty the floor up? Also, wouldn't they have greased their hooves too? With the same hooves they'd read books... damn, thankfully the Mayor Mane even specified to treat that place with respect...

At least Twilight was different. She had stopped looking for food when she heard the Mayor Mane's speech.. at least somepony was respectful towards the workers who made lots of sacrifices to make that library project come true. Keeping that out... Twilight was very hyped, and managed to get inside the library pretty quickly by gently making space for herself between all the other mares and colts. Some even made her pass before themselves! How gentle!

..Spike? Well.. Spike wasn't actually that interested in the Library inauguration.. at all, hence why he had sticked to the buffet. What happened inside of the library is unknown to me, but I'm pretty sure that Twilight had fun while enriching her knowledge! I feel like she particularly enjoyed the new enchantments.. she's the element of Magic, after all!