prologue
“Cutiemark Crusaders Sleepover at The library!”
The three fillies rushed through the door. “Girls” Twilight said as the girls ran around the library trying to find something interesting. “Girls” Twilight repeated herself, a little louder this time. “Told you this wasn’t a good idea” Spike said as he walked down the stairs. “Girls!” Twilight yelled and Apple Bloom, Scootaloo and Sweetie Bell turned towards her. “What?” the three fillies said at the same time. Twilight sighed, she had hoped that by watching after the little girls she might learn something about friendship, but she was starting to get a feeling that if she didn’t find a way to entertain them they would tear apart the library faster than she could say “Magic of friendship.” The Cutiemark Crusaders had started to look through the library again. “Where are the Daring Doo books” Scootaloo asked. “Why do you want to read those?” Apple Bloom asked. “Rainbow Dash says they are awesome!” Scootaloo said as he started to methodically work his way through all the books starting with D, throwing those it wasn’t out of the bookshelf. “What are you going to do?” Spike asked Twilight as he tried to put the books back in place faster than Scootaloo could throw them out. “I don’t know” Twilight said while constantly getting more stressed out. “What about that poniestale book you showed me a couple of weeks ago” Spike suggested, now having given up on keeping up with Scootaloo. “Good idea Spike!” Twilight said and levitated a thick book from the bookshelf placing it on the table in the middle of the room.
“Girls!” Twilight once again said. “I got a story I want to tell you!” the girls turned towards Twilight and within 10 seconds they were all standing right in front of her. “What kind of story?” They asked. “It is named: The filly who tricked the troll. It is about a filly just around your age and here is how it goes: