The way back was completely quiet, but this time we took another road, before we were walking between several narrow streets, but now we had entered the main street which had an amazing view.
<A CASTLE!!> A colorful castle, I could see now without the buildings blocking my view.
In full view of the castle and the sky, watch several people with wings fly, some minotaur-like humans trading in some shops while carrying their own cart of goods.
"How can they fly with such small wings?" I said to myself when one of these people landed on the street and then went into a store.
"It's Pegasus magic, that's why, we unicorns have a better control over magic, but they are born with the gift of flying and being able to live at such great heights" My father said.
"Then there are the Earth Ponies, who can't fly and can't perform magic explicitly, but they have a magical gift more related to nature and any manual art, apart from the fact that they are usually stronger because of their magic" My mother added as she pointed to a mare that easily loaded the minotaur man's chariot.
<This place is amazing, minotaur’s, unicorns, super ponies and even griffins!> A pair of griffins flew by from the castle.
"Let's go to get some ice cream, the sun is a little strong" My father pointed to a small ice cream parlor next to a coffee shop with a doughnut logo.
"Come on! Let me try, Dad! I've got my cutie mark!" A little boy argues as he follows his father who serves everyone in the cafeteria.
"Donut Joe! Until you manage to make a donut without magic, you can call yourself a baker! Besides, son, it's not time yet, I'm not done teaching you yet, so you better still watching" The man in a darker coat said a little excitedly, but kept his smile with which he attends to everyone.
<What a cheesy name for those drawings> I looked at the donut-shaped drawing with strawberry icing on the side of the boy who was now looking a little discouraged from rejection.
"Vanilla with chocolate, for my beloved, a Neapolitan for me and my son..." My father turned to look at me, his voice took me out of my head when I realized it was our turn to be served.
"Vanilla please"
"At your command!" The owner of the stall was another unicorn, a light green one, she easily and magically took out three yellow and crispy cones and then placed the respective flavor in each one.
"Have a nice afternoon!"
""Thank you very much!""" We took our ice creams and continued walking, the library was distinguished in the distance.
<Delicious, this world is becoming more and more to my liking> I attributed the knowledge of ice cream and sugar to the fact that it is a fantasy world, as they should be difficult resources to obtain or understand, but hey, here, a store for the public.
The closer we got to the library, the bigger my licks or bites of my ice cream were to finish it and be able to get into the library.
Food and books don't go together very well, especially in the hands of infants.
There were a lot of people coming in and out of the library, it was easy to tell that almost all of them are scholars or students by how they carried backpacks.
"I wonder which branch of magic I am most attuned to" said a little girl from a large group where everyone nodded with the same curiosity, I could observe that their sizes were not very different from my height so the age difference should not be much.
<If there is a book to teach foals how to use magic, there must be an institution to guide them, a school!>
"I'm going to the Green Toe store, I want to buy some tulip and lily seeds for our garden, I finished almost all my roses with this morning's cupcakes, Hehe out of excitement I forgot to leave some" My mother separated from my father and I, to go to a flower and gardening stand.
"Okay dear, I'll see what item of interest I find today." Holding hands with my father, we climbed the stairs to the library, which had an entrance decorated with two statues of ponies for their small sizes.
"Good afternoon, Will Stone, I see you brought your foal today" An elderly mare greeted us as we entered, seeming to recognize my father wistfully.
The mare widened her eyes in surprise when I answered, she quickly shared a look with my father who just nodded with a big smile.
"What wonderful news, I hope you continue to have a splendid day" Now the previous face, a little grumpy had a smile that caused the warts around his eyes to stand out a little.
"Do you know her?" I looked at my father who had kept his pipe since we entered the library.
"I've come here since I was a colt very regularly, it would be hard not to know her well, she's like a kind aunt once you get to know her well, don't let her sullen look fool you, it's just to keep the unruly foals from breaking or stealing the books and scrolls" A nostalgic smile filled my father's face.
"Go ahead, find yourself some books to read and take home, we will only be here for a while, we cannot leave your mother waiting for us for a long time, you can find me in that corner there, I will be reading some politics or new laws that have been published within this week, ah how these nobles love to look for legal loopholes to empty the royal treasury" My father complained as he walked away.
I just lift my shoulders and move forward in search of something interesting.
<Magic and history!> I looked at the sections of the shelves looking for something of interest to me.
<Modern Runes Vol. I, Crystal Artifacts, Magical Artifacts, Magic Trinkets, Enchantment for Dummies, Magic for Newbies Vol. I> I arrived at the magic section that was placed by levels and the higher it was the higher they were on the shelf, soon my hands were filling with books that caught my attention with their titles.
I totally ignored the children's section that might contain similar books, they failed to get my attention and could not satisfy my insatiable thirst for magic.
The last book I took with me was a very complete history book that covers a little bit of everything [History of Equestria by Sunny Moon], it had a print of a divided sun with a crescent moon on a map of what appears to be Equestria.
With six books in my hands, some thicker than others, I walked to where my father told me he would be, it was easy to find him in his signature coat that stands out in the library of opaque blue tones.
I sat down on one of the several couches arranged in the place, left the books on the small table next to the sofa.
I first picked up the History book which began with an introduction to the existing and known races of Equestria.
<The most common races of Equestria, are the Ponies, Griffins, Dragons and Diamond Dogs, there are more races that have been discovered with the exploration of new lands or sometimes by aspect of magic they are variants of a previous race mentioned, the most common example are the Ponies that can be divided into 3 types, Pegasus, Unicorns and Earth Ponies, but there is a fourth “Alicorns”, they are considered the royalty of the Ponies... > "Huh!?" I looked confused at the book where the illustrations were all of quadrupedal animals and nothing to do with who I am and my surroundings.
I decided to keep reading until I found a section that explained everything.
<... As a last prank on the part of Discord, a being who is the embodiment of Chaos, decided that it would be fun to turn to all the intelligent beings some cross bipedal between their race and a myth a fantasy creature [The humans], with the snap of his fingers the whole world underwent an irreversible change that not even with the magic of harmony was possible to solve>
The book had several interesting sections, the Dark Ages in which Discord conquered all of Equestria, the Rise of the Sisters, The Fight for Peace, The Last Prank of Discord, The Fall of the Old Canterlot, The Rise of the Everfree Forest, The Building of the New Canterlot, The War Against Griffonian which was the last great event within the last century.
<This dream is too deep and complete to be able to continue to be that... A simple dream>
Some things were very interesting and some absurd like the fact that an Alicorn moves the sun and moon every day so that there is a day and night cycle.
*Paf~* I closed the book, it had fulfilled its purpose, it satisfied my curiosity about this world, but the main course has been waiting for me for a long time.
<MAG--> "We've been here for a while, I guess long enough for Mom to finish her shopping, I see you picked something." My father left the history book and the scroll he was reading on a cart next to the sofas.
I looked at my watch only to see that it had been more than half an hour since we entered the library.
"Are those all the books you want to take with you?" I nodded as I followed him to the front desk.
I had noticed some time ago that there were 2 types of books, those that were fully owned by the store and those that had a sticker to indicate their sale to the public, so I obviously chose all the magic books that could be purchased... On second thought, I don't know if my family can afford it, in the end they are books and in the Middle Ages any kind of book is expensive, not to mention anything that explains the magic.
<Maybe I'll just take one-> "I'll take all these books, here are the 270 bits" Before I could put down the other books, my father snatched them from me with magic and paid for them using gold coins with the face of a mare who is the only Alicorn and princess.
"If it weren't for the Magic Trinkets book, it would be the exact same set of books you took with you when you first visited."
"I guess the apple didn't fall far from the tree" My father shook my hair with joy.
"Enjoy your books little one, here they are" I was handed my books in a cardboard bag, I held them all to my chest as we left.
My mother was chatting when we left, soon she noticed us and joined us for our house.
My parents talked about what they did, with my father being the one who spoke the most complaining about how absurd the new law is and how it is very specific to try to get some use from the real treasury.
Time passed without waiting for anyone, what I once thought was a dream ceased to be a worry when I had my third day in this world and I kept waking up like Wizbell a little unicorn.
During that time, I spent my time reading the five books I bought on the first day I visited the Canterlot library.
I found it entertaining to study runes as it was the same as learning another language, but with magic in the mix, it was more of a craft work and memorizing its meaning, so I relearned how to write since my motor skills are very poor, walking or holding things were not a problem, but running with hooves instead of feet and my eye-hand coordination is not the best either, I can fix it with Telekinesis magic, but I refrain from living purely on my magic because of my pride, an insignificant one, but I don't want to have a total dependence on magic in case I suffer from a magic fever, something very common in unicorns.
So now I find myself in my room at a small desk full of sheets with runes and writing exercises, some of which are also used for drawing, so many times I started practicing drawing runes and ended up drawing some simple doodle with runes on it.