"COME ON! You're an inventor, Alvin!" you hear a female voice yell from your place, outside of the library.
"FOR THE LAST TIME! DON'T CALL ME ALVIN!!! CALL ME PROFESSOR RIBÚK!"
"I'M YOUR WIFE, ALVIN, NOT A STUDENT!"
The argument went on for a long time. The four of you didn't want to intrude, so you stayed outside. "Who's Alvin?" you ask.
"O, he's the inventor of the Ribúk's cube. He, his wife, and Twilight are the only ponies in Equestria that has solved it. There is a professor, who is Alvin's greatest competition, that could solve it, but gets too distracted. It's his brother, Arnold" Trixie gladly said, giving Twilight a reason to stand tall for her achievment. You explain how there's a Rubik's cube made by Erno Rubik in your world. They find the similarities very coincidental.
When the argument was over, the four of you walked in. "Why, hello," the gray pony with blue glasses greated. You told her about the book you were searching for. "I'm afraid we don't have that book, but we do have this:" She held out a book entitled The Power of Light. You thank her and walk out. Time for some heavy reading...tommorow, you think as a yawn escapes.
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The next morning, you were awoken by a loud knock. You open your eyes as you see your "owner" get out of bed to answer the door. You could only hear part of the conversation.
"Have you seen Erna?" the same mare voice from the library asked. You decide to start reading the book. It said that darkness is like a shadow, it desperses from light. Also, light is found only in certain places. Unfortunatly, the book was too big to turn the page. You turn around and fly over to Twilight as she shuts the door.
"Can you turn the page for me?" you ask.
"I'd be happy to."
"It's right over--where'd it go?" The book wasn't on the table anymore. Well so much for that. "Where's the book about darkness?"
"I couldn't find it last night myself." Strange. "Anyway, Erna went missing when we left." Even stranger.
"We need Summer to investigate!"
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Summer Mist flew up to the Cloudsdale library to hunt for clues.
"Let's see what we have here. Windows that are always opened, no place for footprints, and all old books. This is definatly a hard case."
"Yes, it might be, for you, that is." A green pony walked in wearing a hat from the old detective shows.
"Shearluck Horns! I was half expecting Sherlock Hooves to show up." Summer responded.
"That half-wit cousin of mine uses too much of his brain. I just find how to play the cards right." He puffed on his bubble-blowing pipe. "You see, there's a window wider than the others, therefore, she was probably foalnapped." That made Summer furious she missed that. "The room also shows struggle. Well, tootaloo."
After he left, Summer yelled, "Why, the NERVE!"
"Summer, I think you have a reason to hate him." you say, causing the pony to lift her face in a smile. "Something about him just doesn't seem right."
Suddenly, the entire library shook. In a few seconds, everything made sense.
Cloudsdale was falling apart! You and the other 5 flew away as fast as you could, Cloudsdale citizens doing the same. You didn't turn around to see if the city fell or stopped shaking because you were too busy thinking of how you could report this to Celestia.
The 6 of you finally arrive in Canterlot. "Princess Celestia?"
Weird giggles echoed through the castle. "Yes?"
"Where are you?" What you saw next was horrifying. Celestia jumped out from behind her throne with a huge smile on her face.
"I think she's gone mad!" Misty said as she looked at the alicorn.
"WEEEEEEEEE!" Celestia started running around in circles.
"She's gone completly insane!" you say as you fly to Luna's room. Hopefully she isn't the same way.
You get to Luna's room, the flying unicorns closely behind. You open the door and see no sign of insanity. Phew.
Luna was sitting there oblivious to her sister's condition. Not only was Cloudsdale falling apart, but Celestia was mad, and she was just SITTING THERE! You hear another voice.
"Thank you for your time..." It was a colt from the sound of the voice.
"You're quite welcome, Manedrean Monk," Luna answered. Monk from the TV show? This day keeps getting weirder and weirder! Who next, the Knight Rider? "Do you have a ride?"
"Uh, yes. Natalie sent for Michael Knightpiece. O, how I love his cart. So...clean."
"See you, Monk. I hope we find who caused that cart accident."
"Yes, Trudy would love that." The brown Earth pony started walking to the door and started backing away. "Um...excuse me..." Everyone moved aside except for Rarity.
"So prim and clean!" she said, "What a gentleman you are!" You, Twilight, Misty, Fluttershy, and Summer slide past the tense pony. Rarity didn't let the brown colt pass.
You talk to Luna about the princess's condition. She said it started after that radio conversation. She started sweating for some reason, and she went insane. You explain how there has been alot of chaos going on. You think they are connected, but you're not sure.
You turn around to see Monk and Rarity.
Rarity looked like she loved the colt. A voice came from the hallway. "Twilight, are you in he-" Spike stopped, eyes bulging as he stared at Rarity. "Rarity?" His voice cracked as a tear came from his eye. Spike ran back where he came from.
"No, Spike, I-!" Rarity yelled after him. "You've really done it this time, Rarity," she said to herself.
This is really strange. Darkness had nothing to do with it. Something else was happening. You had another enemy.