“To add a library to a house is to give that house a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Okay so sneaking through broad daylight into a library wasn't easy as he had thought. As fun as invisibility was, it rapidly drained Lampent to use it for long periods of time. So instead he went from cover to cover going through bushes and shrubs to approach the giant tree which was his target for his thirst for knowledge. He arrived at the door only to find it locked. There was a sign on it with red letters that read, "Out for lunch" every few seconds in a feminine voice of a mare, very well educated judging from the tone of voice it had. Though the paper that was actually saying it was more of a curiosity itself. He hadn't heard of talking paper before... He resided himself to wait, hiding himself as a lamp hanging next to the real one above the Libraries door. Buzzing out the random conversation and keeping its flame's light hidden in a self hug around his frame.
An Hour later of patiently waiting and shifting through the various voices of those he had heard passed by, all of them mares oddly enough. Stallions seemed rare and rarely spoke it seemed to him as he had watched a bright red stallion identifiable from his different shaped muzzle, the yoke on his shoulders, and his one word responses to questions usually consisting of, "Eeyup" or "Eenope". Again Lampent was tempted to simply phase through the building and access its archives, but Lampent considered himself Law abiding and saw that act as breaking and entering, even if he didn't technically 'break' in. Eventually the gothic styled unicorn came back, her nose buried deep in a large tome as she read while walking, two separate piles of books were around her, one stack presumably what she had already read. Though it was outrageous to think that the unicorn had read so many thick tome's in such a short time.
Lampent opened an eye and examined the unicorn as she unlocked the door and silenced the sign turning it into a green side that read open instead of closed, "May I come in to read a book?" Lampent asked, in the voice that was a mixture of the mint colored unicorn and a small red and yellow filly she had heard excitedly going on about Dental work and cutie-marks respectively, whatever those were.
"Yep, come on in." The unicorn said without taking her eyes off the book and continuing on, Lampent floated down and entered, shutting the door behind him.
"I'll be upstairs if you need Me." the unicorn continued still not looking away from her book much to Lampent's relief. The unicorn left without ever looking at Lampent, too absorbed in reading her books to take notice that the visitor wasn't even a pony.
Lampent began to search the shelves for anything to do with these pony creatures. By the time anyone would come to check on him, He would already be done with 'elements of harmony, a reference guide', 'Magic 101', and 'A Tale of Hearths warming Eve'.
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Spike had been having such a pleasant dream too... he was raritys knight in shining armor as he rescued her from various dangerous situations and dangerous villians who all cowered before him in the end. He was just being crowned as the highking of the land of heart rubies as he was awoken by somepony accidently stepping on his tail. Loudly he let out a unmanly squeal of pain.
"opps sorry spike", was the offender, his big sister and his motherly figure, Twilight Sparkle who closed her book with a book mark sheepishly.
"Seriously Twilight? This is the third time this week you've been so absorbed in books that it has resulted in something bad happening."
"Actually twice spike." Said Twilight matter-of-factly.
"The not paying attention and letting me work for applejack due to the incident with the well, and since you claimed that you didn't need me, Walking into the cake's latest giant wedding cake causing them to start over again, and now walking on my tail?"
"Oh... Right...Whos’ wedding was that anyway?"
Spike deadpanned, "The wedding ceremony between Dr.Whooves and Ditzy doo? Come on Twilight the whole town was talking about it! How did you not notice?"
Twilight grinned, "Books, lots and lots of new books. Speaking of, somepony is in the library looking for a few books. Want to go help them with what they are looking for?"
Spike sighed, "Well since i can't go to sleep now, sure. Who is it this time?"
Twilight gave Spike that sheepish grin again looking slightly embarrassed, "um... Don't know... didn't sound like somepony we knew nor did I look at them due to reading a section on how to stop Azure Draconis from eating lions during their... No-bugging-time-of-month."
Spike face clawed with an audiable smack, "Great, so somepony we don't know is looking through the various bookshelves for a topic you don't know of. Then you left him or her alone?" Spike started stomping down the stairs, "I'll get it."
Spike cracked the door open a smidge and was welcomed with the sight of the lantern like creature with a purple flame in its center flipping through pages of 'Nightmare Night, how it came to be'. Spike shut the door quietly as he had opened it, walked back up the set of stairs quite calmly, and at the top of the staircase he dissolved into a torrent of screams as he ran to twilight, jumped over her onto her desk, slammed her book shut making her lose her place in the book and simply said four words a few octaves higher than he should of, "Monster in the library!"
Twilight looked at him annoyed until Spike calmed down, "What?" she asked when spike had finally calmed down.
"There’s a strange creature in the shape of a black Oil Lamp with two yellow glowing eyes and a purple Flame instead of a normal one in the library!"
"And it is hostile?"
"Well... Uh..."
"Did it do anything mean Spike?"
"No... It was reading a book..."
Twilight stared at spike as if he just declared that a Squirrel had done the laundry, "That’s not scientifically possible. All of the species sentient enough to read either have been bipedal, or equine in shape. A Lamp is neither, nor is a Lamp a biological item."
Spike just looked at her confused, "Bio-what? Twi, please just take care of it..."
Twilight rolled her eyes, "Are you sure you aren't making something out of nothing, don't you remember the Doctor? You claimed his little blue box in Ditzy's house was a time machine..."
Calmly Twilight restacked her books with a sigh, and began trotting down the stairs while a nervous Spike followed closely behind her. She shoved open the door looking into the room of her visitor within.
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Lampent jumped up in surprise as he heard the door creak open, spinning around he saw a very surprised looking unicorn with a small deformed looking Charmander without a flame on its tail. At least he assumed it was a deformed purple Charmander. What surprised him most was that the dragon thing had actual finger like claws rather than a blunted edge as useful as Lampents own fingerless limbs.
"Who are you?" Asked the Unicorn tone between caution and curiosity.
Lampent was surprised he wasn't being attacked and that half a dozen books were now floating around the unicorn flashing through every species that inhabited the land of Equestria, Stunned, he simply replied in his British gentlemanly tone, "What?"
"Where did you come from?"
"What?!"
"What are you?!"
"What?!"
"Can all you say is what?", asked Twilight, annoyed at the creatures singular answers.
"Um... No?" Lampent began, but was cut off by Twilight, "Okay, and you are?"
"I am a Lampent... ", Lampent stated the slight annoyance that came from being interrupted well hidden in his voice.
"Where did you come from?" The unicorn asked, bringing a parchment and quill with magic to take notes.
"The Johto Region I think..."
"Lastly what is your name?"
Lampent stared at her like she asked if the sky was blue.
"My name is my species, Lampent."