//------------------------------// // Preparations for a Break-In // Story: "What Are You Doing? Buy This Book Now!" // by Strawberry Sunrise //------------------------------// Two hours later, Twilight had rounded up the rest of the Mane Six, plus Ember the Dragon Lord, who was unsure why she was there. Nopony else was sure, either, not even Twilight, but Twilight started the debriefing anyway. “Okay, everypony! I mean everycreature! We have a mission! We need to break into the publishing company and delete my phone message before they hear it. I’m going to get a new copy of ‘What Are You Doing? Buy This Book Now!’ by Flimmy McFlammerson from them and I don’t want my swearing to ruin it!” “I got a copy of that book, too,” Rainbow Dash said. “It just said ‘Sucker!’ on page three hundred eighty-seven. I think it was a scam.” But Twilight wasn’t listening. “Okay, Fluttershy! I need you to distract the alligators in the moat around the publishing company building!” Fluttershy nodded. “Applejack! I need you to get us an apple tree to use as a battering ram to break down the publishing company’s doors!” Applejack looked confused, but nodded. “Rarity! I need you to seduce the guards so that nopony sees us coming!” Rarity smiled and tossed her mane. “Rainbow Dash! When we get in, I’ll need you to search the building and find the answering machine. You’re the fastest, so you should be able to find it the most quickly!” Rainbow Dash saluted. “Pinkie Pie! I need you to do your…Pinkie Pie thing. Help Rainbow Dash find the book by using your Pinkie sense!” Pinkie nodded. “And Ember, I need you to…uh…why are you here again?” “I don’t know,” Ember said. “I was just walking through town and then you decided to hold this meeting right where I was walking at.” “Oh,” Twilight said. “Well, you’ve got to, uh, rally the dragons to create a distraction just in case we need one when we’re escaping the publishing company!” “Okay…” Ember said. It was something to do, she supposed. “Then we're ready!” Twilight said.