Invisibility pt.3
Twilight stepped outside into the golden orange scenery the twi-cough- the dusk had created on. She followed her long shadow as she searched for her dragon. She found Applejack in the town center closing her apple-stand for the day. After exchanging pleasantries, Twilight inquired as to where Spike was.
"I saw him with you earlier, do you know where he could have gone?" Twilight asked.
"Ah saw him go to the boutique, he probably with Rarity."
Twilight sighed. She felt foolish for having not checked there on her way to the town center."Thank you Applejack, I'll check there right away." She began turning to leave.
"Now hold on there Twilight." Twilight paused and looked at the pony. "Now ah now a hungry pony when I see one."
Twilight stood still for a moment before she heard the grumble from her stomach. With a bit of embarrassment, she blushed and said, "I must have forgotten to eat earlier." Twilight remembered her day as she had awoken late. Shortly she had been given a book by a traveling vendor and had been reading it til now.
Applejack lifted an apple in a gesture to offer it to Twilight. "Here, This keep you 'til you get home."
"Thank you Applejack." Twilight was about to offer some bits before Applejack interjected.
"Woah there Twilight, you should know a gift when you get one. It's on the house." Twilight smiled.
Twilight began walking. "Thanks again Applejack, I'll see you later ok?"
"You bet'cha! And don't mention it." Applejack finished loading the cart before dragging it off.
Twilight continued to think of the book while eating her second gift today. She was careful not to eat the core. After taking the last bite, she stared the apple core. "I wonder..." She focused her magic and envisioned the core as though it were glass. She had imagined it refracting the light of the sunset, shining like a fine wine glass. When she opened her eyes, her heart skipped a beat to find it was gone. Surprised that she had done more than camouflage it. She began to search to search for an indent in the dirt road, or perhaps dust resting on nothing visible. Her head low, she circled the area before finding two purple scaly feet. She looked up with disappointment to find her dragon assistant spike holding an apple core.
"What'cha doin'" The dragon inquired before eating the core whole.
Twilight quickly lifted her head with a little embarrassment. "Uh, Nothing. What are you doing?" In an attempt to break away from the subject, she got defensive. "Where have you been all day? Hmm?"
Spike, taken back by the sudden interrogation, answered quickly, "Woah, I was over at Rarity's, I helped as a pincushion again. That's all I swear." Spike was frightened that Twilight was accusing him of something.
"Oh... Right." Twilight had forgotten about that. "Sorry for the attack Spike. I just need your help right now."
"You need to send a letter?" Spike said hopefully. He had not wanted to reorganize the library again.
"Yes, now let's go home. It's getting dark."
They walked towards the silhouette of the tree-house made black by the sun setting behind it. She thought back to the apple core, perhaps she should try again.
After Twilight and Spike had gotten home, Twilight made a slight bounce before saying, "Spike, take a letter."
Despite spike already knowing to do that, he made no complaint as he grabbed a paper and quill. At least the library's still clean. Spike thought with a content smile.
Dear Princess Celestia
I have run out of literature and am planning on frequently visiting the Canterlot Archives, I am writing ahead to make sure this will not be an inconvenience to you. I plan on beginning my visits in two days. If this is an inconvenience please reply to this by tomorrow.
Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle.
With the letter completed, Spike quickly, yet carefully, rolled it up before opening the window and blowing it out with a puff of green fire. "Twilight, what do you mean you ran out of literature?"
"What? Oh, you see, I've read every book in the library." Twilight gestured a hoof to the bookshelves.
Spike was dumbfounded. He had often, if not always seen Twilight with her nose in a book, but to have read every book that lay before him, Spike would have imagined that to have taken a life time. "You read every book here?"
"Yup, well except for this one." Twilight had pointed to the blue book with stars. She felt the sudden urge to open it and continue but stayed focused. "This is the book I just got today from that vendor."
"Yeah I remember that guy, the brown unicorn right? You know I noticed he didn't once use magic to move his stuff. He use his horn to pick things of the shelves but no magic."
"You know he did say something about magic not being his thing. Maybe he just didn't care for it."
"But still, that's like a pegasus not wanting to fly."
"Scootaloo and Fluttershy don't fly."
"Oh yeah..." Spike remained quiet as he thought. Twilight decided to open the book an continue reading
Entry 132-7 The "Hybrid" method is showing results however minor they may be, there still might be something to this old mare's tale. It would seem that the texture of the vase is no longer visible, I had made sure to rub my cheek against it to be certain that I hadn't merely hadn't smoothed it out. It might just be a trick of the eye but the distortion stated earlier seems to have lessened. I need to find a way to measure this. On a side note I have found the "Glass" method has been deemed safe enough for animal trials.
Twilight gave thought to trying once more to make something "disappear," or at least change color. She looked around the room. Spike was sitting on the windowsill, there weren't many decorations aside from a couple potted plants, and the books had all been placed neatly. She looked at the books and considered them as test subjects. The books no longer value they once had, but as a librarian, she couldn't. She stepped outside for a moment looking for a rock, no harm could come to a rock. Twilight had brought the rock inside. And set it on the table next to the book. Spike, out of his trance noticed the rock.
"What's that for?" The dragon asked.
"Well this book researches into spells of invisibility and there is one I wanted to try out."
"Invisibility? like not being seen? That sounds awesome! Can you try on me?"
"No Spike, I've never done this before, nor has anyone else in a long time, that is if this book is real."
"Why wouldn't it be?"
"Well the writing indicates it's hundreds of years old, from before Equestria. But the condition makes look little more than a decade or two."
"Well maybe it's enchanted."
The thought had yet to cross Twilight's mind, perhaps her assistant was correct, the writer had been a unicorn focused on magic, but she had never heard of such a spell, otherwise she would have enchanted every book she had after Spike had burned her only copy of Astronomical Astronomer's Almanac to All Things Astronomy. Having a dragon in a building made directly from a tree fill with paper had worried Twilight, but Spike was perfectly in control if not for the occasional mishap.
"Maybe, I could test it with a rip or burn or..." Twilight had remembered Odsanends saying something.
"You must take good care of it. It's a gift to both of us and should be respected." If she were wrong, if she were to damage, she wouldn't be a good friend to the pony who had given this to her.
"No, on second thought, I'll just keep reading, looking for clues." Twilight said proudly. "But first..." Twilight looked at the clock. "Time for bed."