Twilight walked through Ponyville, her head hanging in defeat. It seemed pointless. None of her friends had beleived her, not even Spike. Rarity fainted, Fluttershy hid behind her couch, Pinkie Pie had called it an awfle joke, and Rainbow just cracked up before flying away. What would it take to make her friends believe her? If it weren't for the book, Twilight would be able to be just like everypony else, oblivious to the secrets that lie behind closed doors. But books never lied. Did they? "Well, I guess I just have to do this alone!" Twilight practically hollered, causing all the near by ponies to stop what they were doing and look at her. "Sorry."
"I feel sorry for you." Zecora ryhmed as she approched Twilight. "Rituals are better with numbers above two." It uneased Twilight with how Zecora always seemed to know what was on her mind. Zecora couldn't help but notice the confused look on the purple unicorns face. "My brewing pot knows all, from this to the alicorn's fall." The zebra seemed to be sympathetic, but she kept an eye on Twilight. "If the perfect pony is what you seak, then I invite you to take a peak. Diamond Tiara or Cheerilee. One of them, clearly."
"Thank you, Zecora." Twilight sighed. Though her friend from beyond the Everfree had solved one of her problems, she still needed to figure out what to say to the others. Perhaps she could use the Mirror Pool to make copies of them and pass those off as the real thing. That is, until she figured out who she was supposted to use in the ritual to renew the Elements of Harmony's power. The only problem was the resolts of failure; the Elements shattering, or being transfered to some other ponies.
As Twilight continued walking towards her home, the library, a plan came together in her head. "It's simple. I'll tell Cheerilee and Diamond Tiara that I want them to be the first to see my new spell. Then, when they arive at the meeting place, I'll blindfold them. While they're blindfolded, I'll lead them to the Mirror Pool. It'll be easy to move the rock with my magic. Then, I'll trick them into making a clone of themselves. From there, I'll nock out the real Cheerilee and Diamond Tiara, replacing them with the copies. I know the perfect place to hide them until this whole thing's over with. It'll be simple, and nopony will even know that they disappeared!" Twilight smiled at how quickly she had made the perfect plan. "It's foal proof!"
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As Twilight lay in her bed, she listened to Spike's soft snors. It was going to be hard to keep this from her faithful assistant, but she knew it had to be done. What would her friends say if they found out? Twilight knew they wouldn't, but she couldn't help but ponder the thought as sleep came to claim her.
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" Spike, I'm going out." Twilight called up the stairs as she heard the baby dragon stur.
"Okay." He mumbled in reply.
As Twilight walked to the door, she grabbed her sattle bag and dropped it onto her back. It sagged from it's heavely loaded, but she needed everything that was in it; apolagie letters for her friends, two blind folds, chains, shackles, an asortment of sharp things, a lange rock, and the old, black leather book. "Yup, foal proof." Twilight smiled to herself as she trotted out the door, ready to begin her plan.