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// The Magic of Reading Part 6 
// Story: The Magic of Reading 
// by Creative Charmer 
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	When the girls arrived at Twilight's house, Scootaloo knocked on the door. Spike answered the door. "Oh, hello. Are you three here to do more crusading? Because I don't think Twilight wants to reshelf her books again."
"No, no, we're not doing that kind of crusading anymore," said Scootaloo.
"We're doing something new!" exclaimed Sweetie Belle.
"Yeah! You see, Sweetie Belle finally learned to use magic, so we came here to ask Twilight if we could see one of her spell books."
"Exactly!" said Apple Bloom. "So, where is Twilight?"
"Well, she's still out with the others, so I stayed here to do my chores."
"Oh, well then, can we ask you if we can borrow a spell book?"
"Well, the thing is, Twilight might not like it if I let other ponies borrow books without her knowing. You can ask her when she gets back, if you want."
Sweetie belle cringed a little. "Umm, hold on a second," she then turned around and huddled together with Scootaloo and Apple Bloom. "We can't wait for Twilight to come back!" she whispered loudly.
"I know!" whispered Scootaloo. "She would never let us use the book because she doesn't think we'll be able to do any of the spells!"
"So what'll we do??" asked Apple Bloom.
They all thought for a few moments. "I got it!" whispered Sweetie Belle. She then turned back towards Spike. "You know, Spike, we passed by Twilight and the others on our way over here, and Rarity said she needed your help with something."
"She did??" exclaimed Spike as his eyes perked up.
"Yeah! She's over by the fountain if you want—" Spike bolted away before Sweetie Belle could finish. "—to know where she is..."
"Great thinking!" Scootaloo said as she patted Sweetie on the back.
"Yeah!" Apple Bloom agreed. "Yah really know how Spike thinks!"
"Yes, well, it wasn't hard for me to learn," she giggled along with the other girls, and then they all went inside Twilight's house.
The Cutie Mark Crusaders all looked in awe at Twilight's large collection of books. "Which book should we choose?" asked Apple Bloom.
"Whichever one has the most impressive spells!" said Scootaloo.
"Right!" Sweetie Belle responded. "Let's do this!" They all then split up to find the best spell book to use.
Apple Bloom looked at the books on the bottom shelves of one bookcase. "How 'bout this? Teleportin' 101?"
"No," Sweetie responded. "Twilight does that all the time. Nopony will be impressed much by that."
Scootaloo used a ladder to look at books in the higher shelves of one bookcase. "Here's one! Weather Control by Magic."
"Hmm...I think that might be impressive, but I don't think I'm one who should mess with the weather." Scootaloo rolled her eyes, then she put the book back and started searching for another book.
Sweetie Belle used her magic to take books off of all the shelves of another bookcase so she could see each one. "Hmm, I'm finding a bunch of spell books, but none of them sound good enough to use."
"Well, there's gotta be something here we can use!" Scootaloo exclaimed. "Or else we'll never show anypony how good we are at magic!"
"And Sweetie Belle might not get her cutie mark for magic if she doesn't learn better spells!" Apple Bloom added.
Sweetie Belle then started to feel really bad. "If we could only find the right book...but who knows what book that would even be??" she then propelled all the books she was lifting with her magic away from her in frustration, causing them hit the walls and bookshelves, which in turn knocked some of the other books off the shelves.
Scootaloo and Apple Bloom came next to her. "Don't give up now, Sweetie Belle," said Apple Bloom. "We'll find somethin' soon, Ah'm sure of it!"
Sweetie Belle looked at her friends, and smiled, but it was not a very confident smile.
"Yeah, that's it! Just keep your chin up!"
"She's right!" Scootaloo said. "I mean, there are still plenty of other books around!" she then ran over to a pile of books on the floor. "Let's see..." she started looking through the pile.
While Scootaloo was doing that, Apple Bloom patted Sweetie Belle on the back. and smiled at her, saying without words that everything would work out. Sweetie Belle smiled back at her, feeling a bit more optimistic than before.
"A-HA!!"
Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom instantly turned their heads towards Scootaloo in surprise.
"I've got it!" Scootaloo picked up a book with her mouth, then carried it back to the others and put it on the ground. "This book looks perfect!"
Sweetie Belle read the title out loud, "The Book of Advanced Spells...do you really think this is the book for me?"
"I'm sure of it!"
"Me too!"
"Well then...I think it's time to learn a new spell!" Sweetie Belle said enthusiastically as she used her magic to raise the book above her head. Apple Bloom and Scootaloo cheered, and then three of them put their hooves together, and then they loudly shouted, "CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS ADVANCED MAGIC PRACTICE!!!"
"Now let's git on to it!"
The girls started running to the door, but then Sweetie Belle skidded to a stop. "Wait!" Scootaloo and Apple Bloom stopped running and turned towards her. "I think we should clean up Twilight's house before we leave," she said as she glanced back at all the books scattered on the floor.
"Oh, right," Scootaloo said, embarrassed. The girls then went back to reshelf Twilight's books.