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// Check List and Trains 
// Story: A Secret of Harmony. 
// by silverstream595 
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	Twilight retrieved her sattle bag from the corner of the library. As she started to pack things, Spike began to read off of one of Twilight Sparkle's check lists.
"Paper?"
"Check"
"Quill?"
"Check"
"Ink?"
"Check"
"Book?"
"Check"
"Food?"
"Che-"
"Why do you need food?" the purple dragon looked confused.
"Oh! I uhm... you know... I promised Pinkie I would take her some food before I left." Twilight was starting to get sick of lying to her friends. It wasn't fair to them. How could she be snicking around, behind the backs of her closest friends? Even though every part of her screamed to just tell her scaily friend the truth, Twilight forced a smile upon her face and galloped to the door. "Meet you at the train station, Spike."
"Oh, okay." Spike called after Twilight as she trotted away.
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"Hello, my little fillies." Twilight smiled, trotting into the room that held Cheerilee and Diamond Tiara, both of which looked up in surprise at the note of kindness in the purple unicorn's voice. "I'm affraid that I have biusiness to attend to in Canterlot, thus I won't be here for a few days. Now I di-"
" What about us!" Diamond Tiara interupted Twilight, causeing a strange, side-ways glance from the unicorn. "Are you just going to leave us here!" Venum was thick in the filly's voice, almost making Twilight flintch.
"As I was saying." Twilight turned to address the pink mare. " I have brought you all enough food and water." Twilight smiled kindly. "I've been thinking alot of this situation, and have decided to treat both of you with the respect you treat me. Thus, Cheerilee," A magenta glow injulfed the chains around the pink earth pony. "You will be unbound while I am away." She glanced at the small filly, who stuck her toung out at Twilight. The purple mare let out a sigh before continueing. " As for the filly, she'll stay where she is."
"What!!" Diamond Tiara's high pitched squeal caused her a deadly look from her capter.
" Thank you." Cheerilee did not look at the younger mare, but simply sat down and starred at the ground untill she heard the door click shut and lock.

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"About time you got here, Twilight." Spike piped up as he saw the purple mare trotting towards him with a smile on her face. "The train will be here any minute."
Twilight looked at the purple dragon blankly for a moment before realizing that she could have missed the train. "Sorry about that, Spike. I just had a few things I needed to do before we left for Canterlot is all." Twilight's words were accompanied by a hissing sound as the train halted in front of them.
Twilight and Spike stood patiently watching as various mares, cults, stalions, fillies and other equines got off the train. Before long, inside of the train had cleared out.
A tan stalion in a jacket with a pocked watch came to the opening of the train doors, looking around the train station. He looked at his pocket watch for a moment before calling "All aboard the Equestria Express. Next stop Canterlot. Train leaves station at 13:30 hours; 15 minutes. All aboard!" The stalion then disapeared into the train.
Twilight glanced at Spike before boarding the train. Her assistant fallowed her closely, unaware of the horrors that the purple unicorn was capable of, and unaware of the thoughts that pleagued her mind.