The Magic of Reading

by Creative Charmer


The Magic of Reading Part 8

When Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, and Apple Bloom arrived at Twilight's house, Scootaloo went right up to the door to open it, but Sweetie Belle stopped her. "Wait! Don't you think we should check to see if anyone's inside?"
"What are the chances that anypony came back yet?" Scootaloo scoffed. She then opened the door, and was shocked to see Twilight and Spike inside, rearranging all the books in the library.
"I told you we should have checked," Sweetie Belle said to Scootaloo, making Scootaloo have an embarrassed look on her face.
While rearranging the books, Twilight noticed the girls standing in the doorway. "Oh, girls! I didn't expect to see you here. I'm sorry about the mess. You see, when me and Spike came back home, we noticed that almost all of my books were in the wrong places. Which was strange, since this has never happened before."
"I know!" Spike added as she was placing books on the shelves. "I always put all the books in the right place, so I don't' know what could have happened."
"It's like somepony came in and put all the books in the wrong order, but I don't know why anyone would do that."
"Yeah, that is strange..." Scootaloo said, with all the girls nervously looking back and forth at each other.
"Yeah...anyways, is there something I can help you with?"
"Well," Sweetie Belle started to say. "We just came to see if you had any good books that we could read."
"Well, of course I do! What kind of book would you like?"
"Actually, we think it would be better if you could give us a bunch of books so we could read them all."
Twilight looked baffled. "Umm...why exactly do you want so many books?"
Sweetie Belle looked nervous, trying to think of an answer.
"Because we really want to get into reading books!" Scootaloo interjected.
"Uhh, yah!" Apple Bloom added. "We don't read books that often, so we thought it would be a great start by readin' a bunch of yer really great books!"
"Exactly!" Sweetie Belle also added. "So we hoped you would be able recommend some really good books since you're so good at picking out the best books!"
Twilight blushed. "Oh! Well! I'm happy to see your girls doing something so constructive with your time. Of course I'll help you out! Is there any specific kind of books you're looking for?"
"Well, do you have any books that have really good and interesting stories in them?"
"With cool characters, too??"
"Because we wanna start off on the best stuff!"
"I know just the ones! "Hold on just one second!" Twilight then used her magic to take a bunch of books off of the shelves.
Just as Spike had finished placing back a row of novels, Twilight took them all back off the shelf to give to the girls. "Ohhh..." Spike groaned.
"Well, these books should be adequate for you girls; they aren't too advanced, but they aren't too simple, either. I hope you'll enjoy them as much as I do!" Sweetie Belle used her magic to take the books from Twilight.
"These should work out just fine," Scootaloo said as she winked to Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom.
"Yah! Thanks a lot Twilight!" Apple Bloom said.
"We'll make sure to bring them back when we're done!" Sweetie Belle added. She and the girls then turned around started off towards their clubhouse.
"Take all the time you need to enjoy them!" Twilight shouted.
"We will!" Sweetie belle shouted back.
Twilight sighed happily. "It makes me feel good to help out some fillies on the proper way to higher reading," she then went back inside her house and shut the door. "So, Spike," she said as she walked up to him. "Are all the books in their proper places?"
"Well, all except one."
Twilight's face suddenly went blank. "What do you mean by that?"
"Well, besides the books you gave to the girls, one other book is missing: The Book of Advanced Spells."
Twilight suddenly became horrified. "It's missing?! But I was going to go over it a fifth time! We have to find it right now!"
"But we just finished putting back all the books and I didn't see it anywhere."
"Well then we'll just have to double-check every single book again!" twilight then used her magic to pull every book off of the shelves and onto the floor. "I'll search through the book on this side of the room, and Spike, you search through the books on that side of the room. Now let's go!" Twilight began to frantically search every book, and Spike gave a big groan.