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// Chapter 6 - A New Beginning 
// Story: The End of the Crusade 
// by playnwin 
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Chapter 6 - A New Beginning


        Panting from her flight, Scootaloo landed quietly on the upper floor of the library. A quick glance at the Ponyville Tower showed that she was exactly on time. A few more ticks of the clock, and it would be exactly two.
        “Pause for dramatic effect...” Scootaloo thought to herself as she approached the door.
*Tick*
*Tick*
*Tick*
*Ding!*
        As the first bell rung, Scootaloo swung the door open, and saw...

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        Covered in her cloak, Apple Bloom approached the back of the library. A quick glance at the Ponyville Tower showed that she was exactly on time. A few more ticks of the clock, and it would be exactly two.
        “Good, Ah’m on time. Ah hate being late,” Apple Bloom thought to herself as she approached the door.
*Tick*
*Tick*
*Tick*
*Ding!*
Arriving exactly as the first bell rung, Apple Bloom cracked the door open, slipped inside, and saw...

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Walking through the streets, Sweetie Belle waved to a few ponies that she knew, but gestured that she didn’t have time to stop ad chat. A quick glance at the Ponyville Tower showed that she was exactly on time. A few more ticks of the clock, and it would be exactly two.
        Conflicting advice shot through her head. “A lady is always early,” a phantom voice of Rarity said, as “A politician is always fashionably late,” another voice of her sister responded.
*Tick*
*Tick*
*Tick*
*Ding!*
Deciding just to be on time, Sweetie Belle walked through the door right as the first bell rung, and saw...

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“Sweetie Belle?”
“Apple Bloom?”
“Scootaloo?”