Six ponies can be heard running towards the library.
Twilight went in first. Her heart pumps in and out loudly as it normally would, but she tries to remain calm. Despite Twilight's shaky legs, she managed to maintain her balance. She floated and dug through the bookshelves to find a clue as to who and what Nightmare Moon was. She had never heard of her before, and there must be some hints as to why she came to rule over Equestria.
At that moment, Twilight heard Spike making vomiting noises. She went up the stairs and into the room. "Spike? You okay?"
"There's a scroll..." He panted, "Sent by the Princess.."
Spike sounded like he could vomit at any given time. But Twilight cared little, for she had a mission to do. She snatched the scroll and read it.
Twilight, I need you to go
to the everfree forest
and find the elements of
And that's that—a hurried and unfinished scroll sent by the Princess. Everfree forest? And the elements of what? Twilight gasped. The Elements of Harmony—the book she had wanted to read for some time.
She hurriedly got back to the main floor, and just then, the door crashed down, and a blue pegasus flew towards Twilight. CRASH.
"Owhhhh," Twilight groaned. Feeling her hurt head. Didn't this scenario happen before...
When she opened her eyes, the face of Rainbow Blitz could be seen on top of her.
"AHA SO YOU ARE HIDING SOMETHING!" He exclaimed.
Confused and irritated as Twilight is, she calmed herself a little. "YOU AGAIN! Why do you HAVE to keep KNOCKING ME OUT?" She yelled, then yanked Rainbow with her magic out, slamming Rainbow on the ceiling.
A small cry came out from Rainbow.
Coming in through the broken door were Applejack, Elusive Berry, and Butterscotch.
"Hold your hays now, yall! We don't want anything wreckin' in here now, do we?" Applejack said.
Elusive saw what Rainbow did, "Seriously, Rainbow, this is not how you greet someone you love." He made a slightly disappointed face.
Rainbow blushed. He landed on the ground, "WHAT? No, I'm not!" And looked at Twilight with a grungy look.
"Oh, please. The way you talked about her before the party was all the sign I needed!" Elusive argued. "I could help you, you know." He whispered to Rainbow.
"Okay, enough with this, whatever talk you're having. I need to find a book, and it will not go smoothly with a crowded group of ponies in here." Twilight said.
Rainbow and the others gave a sideway glance at each other.
"Seriously?" Rainbow commented.
Twilight Sparkle started digging through the books. Levitating fives and tens at once and checking their contents in search of the elements of Harmony and maybe of Nightmare Moon.
Rainbow Blitz gathered the whole gang behind Twilight. They formed a small circle, their hooves tangled with one another.
"Okay, so she's a bookworm! Nevertheless, you two make a perfect couple." Elusive stated.
"Ion think Rainbow did this for that Elu." Applejack was still confused by all this love talk. How could Rainbow have feelings for Twilight in one day? That didn't make sense.
Rainbow Blitz coughed loudly, but not loud enough for Twilight to hear. "Doesn't it sound strange to you?"
"WHAT IS?" Shouted Bubble Berry.
"SHH. Quiet down!" Rainbow sighed. "Twilight, or if that's even her name. She Came here on the same day Nightmare Moon came. And she checked our get-up for the celebration! To probably sneak some smoke bobs on Aj's food, to see if my flying skills aren't good enough to defeat that monster and to check the town hall for whatever their evil-doing things are!"
"You're overeating this Rainbow; we all know she won't betray us," Butterscotch defended. Even with that small, short encounter with Twilight and her little dragon earlier, he saw kindness in her eyes. That's good enough for him.
"How do you know, B? We all didn't meet her for that long. Just try to be cautious and be ready to streak when you know something's up."
The others shrugged and nodded. Everypony knew nothing could go through Rainbow Blitz's hard-headedness.
"YES I FOUND IT!!! ITS HERE YESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYES!!!!!!"
That startled everyone.
"What d'ya got there, Twitwi?" Berry hopped over near Twilight.
Rainbow frowned. "What did we just talk about?" he said with a loud slap to his face.
"Well, I found this book called The Elements of Harmony. It's a reference guide. Here, it will help me defeat Nightmare Moon! Well, maybe not defeat her. But it can save Princess Celestia!" Twilight needed the positive energy. Her previous outbursts when something went wrong would only bring problems.
Everypony gasped. But Rainbow looked amazed. "So you gonna save the princess, aye?"
The unicorn nodded.
"Then count me in!" Rainbow flew over to Twilight and hugged her with his wing. I LOVE adventures, and missions, and saving! I wouldn't refuse one at all!" He looked at Twilight, who looked confused, and then he looked at the others, and all of them looked at him with smug faces. That made Rainbow withdraw himself.
"Yeah! Count me in, too!" Berry enthusiastically said.
"This could be an opportunity to take forest designs in my column!" Elusive followed.
And the rest agreed and nodded.
"I think you all have mistaken. I will be the one to save the Princess. It's too dangerous for any pony to battle that villain." Twilight started overpacking with food, lots of books for survival, water and more books.
"WHAT! ALL BY YOURSELF?" Berry cried out.
"And what made you think you can save her?" Rainbow jerkingly smirked.
"If I may, it says here the elements of Harmony are in the old castle of the two sisters. It's also dangerous for a pony to go to the everfree forest." Elusive argued. "Besides, you'll need scarves and boots. That place is very windy at night and very muddy. Plus, it's never too bad to be stylish when going on a mission." He gasped. "OH! I can make costumes for our mission! It will be splendid!"
Twilight sighed and smiled calmly. "Thank you for the offer and advice, Elusive, but I think I'm good. I got all that I need." She levitated her overpacked saddlebag—you can barely call it a saddlebag—and dropped it in front of Elusive with a proud smile.
Everypony present gave an awkward smile and nod.
The unicorn levitated her saddlebag to her back and walked over to the door.
Rainbow looked uneasy. "WAIT!" He uttered. "We..can still take you there, right?"
"Uh, sure you all can do that, thank you," Twilight said.
"That's what friends are for, silly. There's no need to thank us!" Berry exclaimed while hopping out of the library, followed by the others who walked.
Twilight smiled. That checked the task box of making a friend. Would there be plus points if you made two or more friends?
Along the way, nopony was talking, not even Bubble Berry. Everypony saw Twilight mouthing, whispering some stuff to herself and taking the Elements book back and forth like she was forgetting something repeatedly. They shouldn't bother her.
But Rainbow Blitz thought otherwise.
"So Twilight, how'd ya think you can take out the scary alicorn thing?" While he gestured punching movements.
Twilight took her eyes off the page she was reading and side-eyed Rainbow. "Well, I'll probably go to the castle of the two sisters and find the elements, and it says here I can activate the elements of harmony by using my magic." Twilight flipped to the next page. "USING WHAT MAGIC?"
Rainbow made a little startled jump. "What'd you mean? It just says magic. Don't you do that already?"
"Yeah, I do, but there are different variations of magic. Like hundreds and thousands of them, and some of them haven't been discovered yet!" She answered."And this stupid book doesn't want me to find out what type of magic should be used to activate the elements! UGHHHHH!" Twilight almost broke that book.
"That sucks," Rainbow responded.
Applejack heard Twilight's irritated noises and galloped a little faster to keep up with her. "Am sure you can do what yer supposed to at the right moment of time, Twilight."
"How are you sure when I'm not even sure myself?" the lavender pony pouted. "You're just making this stuff up."
Applejack frowned. "No, I ain't. I'm tellin' the whole truth. Trust me. And you can hang my hat on it." He winked.
Twilight looked Applejack in the eye—those beautiful, manly, handsome, radiant, breathtaking eyes. She didn't see any bit of doubt. "Okay, thanks, Applejack."
"You can call me Aj now, ya know. We close as two peas in a pod."
Twilight smiled and blushed. She turns her head away to hide her tomato face.
Meanwhile, Butterscotch can't help but feel everypony bonded with Twilight more than he did. He lowered his head.
Berry saw this and hopped very close to Butterscotch's side. "Why you down, Butter? Did something happen?" He asked worriedly.
Butterscotch whispered, "No.."
Berry flipped his ear up and down. "What was that? A yes?" He downed himself. What could he do to cheer his friend up?
"You know Butterscotch, nopony is BUTTER than you, don't BUTTER them." Berry smiled widely.
A small smile crept on Butterscotch's face. "Thank you, Berry. I feel Butter already. Haha."
The realization of a faux laughter and smile made Berry clench his heart. Berry's smile disappeared, yet he did not give up hope, for he could still bring a smile to Butterscoth's face. Before Berry could say something, Twilight interrupted him.
"We're finally here."