[Ocellus' Perspective]
As she flew through the forest, heading for the Treehouse, Ocellus couldn't help but think about the course of events that had led her to Cozy's door earlier this afternoon.
[The Previous Night]
After escaping the catacombs with Cozy, she left out the window, leaving it open for Cozy. After waiting outside for Cozy for a couple minutes, she decided to check on her. She flew back into the library as a common housefly only to find Cozy cradled in Knox's arms.
She watched the two as they conversed, a literal fly on the wall, until the duo had brought each other into a tight embrace. She watched as the small smile on Cozy's face spread into a mischievous grin, just outside of Knox's view.
'Good work, you manipulative little filly,' Ocellus thought to herself, relieved that her partner in crime had evaded suspicion. If her housefly form were capable of it, she would've grinned.
Instead, she made her way under one of the library tables and transformed into one of the most inconspicuous things she could think of: a backpack.
Imagine her surprise when Cozy had begun carrying her around with a large book placed inside her.
She had mentally cringed when Cozy had been struck in the leg by a falling book, and she was about to reveal herself and help when Cozy suddenly chucked her out the open window!
She landed on the ground outside with a heavy thud. Transforming back, she found herself looking down at the large book she held in her hooves.
She was thoroughly confused by the title she found the book to have, for she thought Cozy had wanted to take it.
What would a former villain want with "The Tome of Tartarus"?
Taking the tome back to her dorm room, Ocellus shuddered to think what she'd have to do. She'd have to basically condemn the young pegasus back to her inprisonment by revealing what happened to Headmare Starlight.
She thought for a moment. No, she wouldn't do that without giving Cozy a chance to explain herself. That would be giving in to her paranoia again, and that would alienate her from her friends. An image of Gallus floated through her mind, and she let out a heavy sigh.
'Besides,' she looked out her dorm room's window towards the grate leading to the catacombs, 'maybe she's not that bad.'
"But she was able to explain it," she said to herself, bringing her mind back to the present as she continued her nighttime flight through the Everfree. "She had a very good reason."
Nearing the Treehouse, a plan of action forming in her mind, she smiled.