Twilight Sparkle, Princess of Friendship, laid on her balcony, reading a nice book about the theory of mechanical magic. She was thoroughly engrossed in her reading, so much so that Rainbow had to wave her hoof between Twilight’s nose and the pages.
“Oh, hey, Rainbow. What can I do for you this time?”
“I have this weird math problem that I was asked by Scoots… and well… I can’t figure it out myself.”
Twilight knew there was more to this than Rainbow was letting on. “What’s the question?”
“The question is: what is four divided by zero.”
“You can’t divide by zero, Rainbow. That’s just a silly notion.” Twilight shook her head and returned to her reading.
“Scoots said she told Cheerilee that, but she didn’t accept it.”
“Was it really Scootaloo that told Cheerilee that?”
“Okay, so maybe it was Sweetie Belle, but the fact remains that Cheerilee didn’t accept the answer of there being no answer.”
“You can’t divide by zero… that’s just silly and ridiculous to even think. I mean, I suppose there are some instances where dividing by zero would make sense, but most of that is advanced stuff like Calculus.”
“Woah, there, Twilight, you lost me.”
Twilight wasn’t surprised. “Well, I guess I’ll go talk to Cheerilee about this.”
“Thanks, Twi.”
Twilight once again made her way out to the schoolhouse, where Cheerilee sat, grading papers. “Hey, Cheerilee,” Twilight said.
“Yes, Twilight said, looking up from her stack of papers.”
“I heard that you were asking your students to divide by zero?”
“You know that’s not possible, right, Twilight?”
“I know that, but Rainbow said that Scootaloo told her that she had to divide by zero.”
“That’s silly, Twilight. I’m surprised you even bring it up.” She chuckled… was that nervously?
“Are you nervous about something, Cheerilee?”
“No, nothing at all, Princess Twilight.” Twilight swore she heard nervousness in Cheerilee’s voice.
“Well, I need to go write some letters, if you need any help here, I’m sure I could provide assistance,” Twilight offered.
“Okay, I’ll remember that.” Cheerilee returned to grading papers as Twilight returned to the Golden Oaks Library.
Case 37:
Today I was asked to divide by zero, but that’s not possible. After further investigation, Cheerilee proved nervous about me confronting her about this. I think Discord has something to do with this.
Your Most Faithful Student,
Princess Twilight Sparkle
Discord smiled. “That one I wasn’t sure if even I could pull off,” Discord said, staring out the window at the moon, where he could swear he saw a glaring Luna standing. The stained glass beside him where he had trapped Celestia also glared at him.
“She’s more than half way there, you two, I think she’ll make it.”