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// The Magic of Reading Part 18 
// Story: The Magic of Reading 
// by Creative Charmer 
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	Scootaloo was racing towards Cthulhu very quickly. When she got close enough, she shouted to get his attention," Hey! Down here, ugly!" Cthulhu heard Scootaloo and turned towards her. He was about to walk towards her, but was suddenly struck in the face with a piece of stone. Sweetie Belle had begun using her magic to throw a barrage of debris at Cthulhu. Cthulhu was repeatedly getting hit in the face with wood, stone, and other debris. This caused him to raise up his hands to try and shield his face, and he also started to back away a bit. "It's working!" Scootaloo exclaimed. "I got this in the bag!" she said confidently as she continued towards Cthulhu. But then, as Cthulhu waved his arms in front of his face to reflect the debris, his left hand struck a piece of stone, sending it flying in the opposite direction, and straight towards Scootaloo! Scootaloo looked up at that point, and became overwhelmed with shock and fear. Ina  split-second, Scootaloo swerved out of the way of the stone, it just narrowly missing her. But because of the sharpness of Scootaloo's swerve, the book was forced from her grip and landed on the ground. Scootaloo looked back, looking distraught over losing the book. She then turned her scooter to the side to make it slow down. After she skidded to a stop, Scootaloo revved up her wings and went back for the book.
When Sweetie Belle saw Scootaloo drop the book, she became consumed with terror. "Oh no!!" Sweetie looked at her pile of debris, which was almost empty. "There's not enough things for me to throw to distract Cthulhu for much longer!" Sweetie Belle began thinking frantically about what she should do. At this point, Scootaloo had grabbed the book off the ground and was now riding towards Sweetie Belle. When Sweetie Belle looked at Scootaloo, she suddenly got an idea. "Hey, Scoot!" Sweetie Belle shouted. "Turn around!"
"What??" Scootaloo skidded to a stop. "What do you mean 'turn around'?? I can see that you can't hold him off for that much longer!"
"Trust me! I've got an idea!"
Scootaloo was reluctant to obey Sweetie Belle's plea, worried what might happen to herself if anything went wrong. She pondered for a few moments about what she should do, and then she decided that she could trust her friend; and with that, Scootaloo revved up her wings, and swerved back around towards Cthulhu.
Sweetie Belle kept her eyes on Scootaloo, waiting for the right moment to enact her new plan. She looked over at a nearby large piece of wood, then back at Scootaloo. She squinted her eyes in readiness. The closer Scootaloo got to Cthulhu, the more Sweetie Belle squinted her eyes.
Then, when Scootaloo got halfway between Cthulhu and Sweetie Belle, Sweetie used her magic to lift the remaining debris and clump it together into a rectangular shape. She then lifted the large piece of wood with her magic and threw both items in Scootaloo's direction. The debris blocked landed right in Scootaloo's path, a short distance ahead of her. The piece of wood then landed on the block and flopped onto the ground.
Scootaloo was astounded, but also glad as she could see what Sweetie Belle's plan was when she saw this debris made into a ramp right in front of her. Scootaloo increased her speed and dashed towards the ramp, going as fast as she could. Scootaloo zoomed onto the ramp and went flying through the air, heading straight for Cthulhu!
Scootaloo felt so incredible, as she felt like she was actually flying for the first time. This feeling made Scootaloo flap her wings harder to give herself more lift as she flew through the air. She looked ahead, seeing she was quickly closing in on Cthulhu, and was filled with an even greater sense of determination. But then, her confidence melted into fear as Cthulhu moved his hands towards her to try and grab her!
Scootaloo's mind raced, unsure as to what she should do. Scootaloo looked at the top of Cthulhu's head, and then down at her scooter. That is when concocted an idea, but was dreading what she would have to sacrifice in order to make her plan work. But, Scootaloo knew what she had to do.
Just when Cthulhu was about to grab her, Scootaloo sped up a bit, zooming past his hands. Right after that, she leapt off her scooter. As she was going through the air, she threw the book down towards the ground, where it landed right between Cthulhu's feet. Her scooter then smashed into Cthulhu's eye, making him screech and rear back with pain.
Scootaloo landed on top of Cthulhu's head and tumbled to a stop. Cthulhu felt Scootaloo on his head, and he reached up to grab her. Scootaloo looked at his hands closing around her, so she slid down and stopped between Cthulhu's eyes. "Sweetie Belle, now!!"
Down below, Sweetie Belle was standing in front of Cthulhu, with him not having noticed her run up since all his attention focused on Scootaloo. "You're going back where you belong!!" Sweetie Belle then pointed her horn at the book, charged up her magic, and zapped the book with her spell.
Cthulhu looked down at the book, which started to glow. Cthulhu seemed to be entranced with the glowing from the book, which was getting brighter and brighter, and then the book began to spin as well. With Cthulhu's attention on the book, he completely forgot that Scootaloo was on top of his head.
"Good, he's not paying attention to me. Now I just have to find a way down from here before the spell really gets going!"