The book was being shut right before her face. Then it was being levitated over to towards a set of saddlebags that hung somewhere in the main hall of the building. Rarity didn't really had the desire to leave her home so soon after having returned to it though. Yet the situation she had entered actually caused it to be that she had to leave her home. Perhaps it was an innocent tome that she had seen, but what if it was something a lot bigger and a lot more dangerous?
The sounds of the tome and that of the music from her foalhood laid dangerously close to one another. Too close for her liking to be exact. Rarity knew that accidents laid in a small corner. The unicorn herself discharged her horn and left the sofa for what it was. Her body hauled itself over to the main hall where she dressed herself for the small little trip.
Even though it was only a couple streets towards the tree library of Twilight, the clouds were dangerous enough to erupt at any given moment. Arriving with a wet coat was about the last thing that Rarity would have needed in the moment of time. So with a raincoat to protect her coat and the saddlebags strapped around her body, the unicorn would have left the comforts of her home and entered the wide outside world.
The silence in the streets was the first thing that she noticed before her eyes turned themselves up towards the threatening clouds. Everything made sense all of the sudden and she wasn't happy with it. “I just hope it remains dry for a little bit longer,” she whispered to herself before starting the gallop towards the tree library.
One way or the other would she discover just what the secrets of the book were. If she would like them was another question. And then the door of the boutique was being closed behind her and the small journey towards perhaps the most impressive building in the whole of Ponyville had begun.
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Luck happened to have been on the side of Rarity. The clouds hadn't broken up while she had knocked upon the door of the library itself. Even though everything could still go wrong in a split second. A fact on which the mare had to remind herself on almost constantly.
The door got opened by the mare of the house. One who then gave her friend a warm and welcoming smile. Without a word spoken from Rarity did the other mare take the word right upon her. “Rarity, please come in further. No need to chat around with the weather about to burst now is there?”
The other unicorn had to confirm that train of thoughts. Rarity simply walked into the impressive hollowed out tree, while Twilight closed the door behind her. “May I ask for the reason of this visit though?” she asked of her friend. Curious as she was, she also held her suspicion.
“I hope you aren't working on something important, I have something that might be of interest for you, as well as needing some information.” The serious tone in which Rarity spoke her words caused the other unicorn to twitch her ears gently. She could almost smell what Rarity needed from her. The scent of despair always seemed to linger around the ivory mare for some reason.
The raincoat got removed from the body and was gently hung up on the wall before both of the mare made their way right into the living room. The saddlebags were kept close to Rarity as they both sat down in chairs as the cup of tea was already set ready.
“Were you, expecting somepony else?” Rarity then asked of Twilight. She felt herself becoming a bit uncomfortable due to the cups and steaming tea inside of them.
Twilight herself released a small giggle in response before she shook her head. “No, I did that in the seconds you took yourself to undress. But please tell me what the matter is.” It wasn't something on which Rarity could and perhaps ever should answer with the truth. While it was more than true that Twilight knew about her trip to the caverns, everything else remained a mystery.
“Well, you see,” began Rarity while she recollected her mind on the events, “a couple of days before, I went on a trip to the old castle of the two sisters. When I was looking through the library I came across a rather interesting book. A book that contains both tomes of the white and black arcane arts.” She lied it all together, Twilight didn’t had to know the origin of the book. Not yet.
Those words alone caused Twilight not only to raise an eyebrow, but also to lean a bit more forth in her chair. The words that Rarity spoke were certainly of interest to her. Yet she never had come across such a book herself. Then again it did happen to be that the library in the castle was enormous. “And you have this book in your possession, right here and now?”
To that question could Rarity only nod, as it was more than true. “I do have it with me, yes, in my saddlebag right now. But before we do anything, there is something else that you must know. Something that is actually the reason I’m here.” Her horn allowed itself to be coated within the blue magical aura. The cup was brought over to her lips and a gentle sip was taken out of it.
“If it has something to do with Spike, I’m afraid I can’t really help you any further. He is living his own life now and you know how puberty has struck him. Left him actually on a trip to the mountains to let him cool off,” replied Twilight to her.
“Became that bad?” Rarity asked. She remembered the last time she had seen the teen-aged dragon. Even though it was a nice meeting, she could feel his urges more than ever.
“I’m afraid so.”
“This hasn't anything to do with Spike luckily, no, it’s something in the book,” continued Rarity. She placed the cup back on the table and revealed the ancient book of spell tomes. The book was slowly levitated over towards Twilight, who caught it within her own magical grasp. “The one part that really worries me is marked with a bookmark.”
“Do you mind if I first read through the book as it is right here and then go that part of yours?” Twilight asked before she placed her own cup back on the table. She looked to Rarity with a seeming neutral expression upon her face. It were words that of course caused the other unicorn to raise an eyebrow at first before she shook her head calmly.
“No, no, not at all. Go right ahead. Best to prepare for anything, now isn't there?” replied Rarity before she released a giggle from her throat. Twilight nodded to the words and opened the book at the first page. The ivory white coated mare could only pray on a good result afterward. Even though that most likely wouldn't have been the case at all.
The silence took over the library as the pages of the book were flipped almost every few seconds. Rarity herself continued to take gentle sips of her tea while she kept her eyes peeled upon her friend. While also listening gently to the tunes of the tomes.