"Aw man! Now I wish I could trade my wings for a horn so I could unlock this hunk of dust!"
Quill groaned, banging her head on the table.
"Hm, maybe there's a key around or something."
Time Turner murmured, looking about. Quill sighed and peeled her face from the table top. They began to search the library for a key. Thirty minutes later, there was nothing, not to mention the extra ten minutes spent putting everything they pulled out back in their proper places again.
"Why couldn't it be a simple book you could just flip open?"
Quill wondered out loud.
"Not everything is that simple."
Turner answered. Frusterated, Quill picked up the book to put it away, when a few loose pages fell out. Turner picked up curiously.
"Now what do we have here?"
After blowing on it to clear the dust, he unfolded it and began to read.
"To whom it may concern..." Turner started out loud.
"You may not know of me, and I may not know you. However, if you've found this book, then our fates have collided. I am called Wisteria the Wise, personal apprentice to the great Clover the Clever. After being trained by Starswirl the Bearded, she took on the responsibility as the castle shaman so he could finish this mysterious spell,and i'm training to follow in her hoofsteps to become just as powerful as she was."
"After creating Equestria, many dangers have met us tribes of three. To deal with them, the six brave ones who founded our land, journeyed deep into the dark wood, to seek the guidence of the tree of harmony. When they returned, they carried with them elements of six, which would be used to defend our borders. Honesty, Kindness, Laughter, Generosity, Loyalty, and Magic were excellent tools and defended our home from then on. That is, until the great trickster came."
"He called himself Discord, and ruled Equestria in a state of disharmony and dipression. When the great six were defeated due to his chaotic magic, I knew I had to do something. Using a map as my guide, I journeyed deep into the dark wood to find the tree of harmony. I discovered it three days later. I used a spell to recieve the visions the great tree had in store. It said that two ponies with power beyond imagination would save us all, but only if they were called."
"It gave my two stones strung on a chain,one to represent harmony and one to represent disharmony. I was then told that light and darkness are both needed in our world, and must be kept safe. I swore I would find a way. I journeyed deep into the woods until I came across a cave to hide them. I casted a protection spell and they glowed a great light when magic touched it. It made a great beam in the sky, and I knew our saviors were coming. A week later, two great ponies (later known as alicorns) conquered Discord and encased him in stone."
"In honor of me leading them to Equestria, I became their shaman when they were crowned two months later. The amulet of balence is still kept safe in the cave to this day."
"The pages of this book are filled with myths and legends of great creatures and curses that would serve you well at this point, because dear reader, you are in great danger for finding this book. Legend says that the pony(s) who discover the guardian's knoledge would have to fight a great evil to save Equestria. Know this, dear reader. The amulet is powerful, and if seperated, or one half is destroyed, the good and bad of the world will be inbalenced, and Equestria, as we know it, will seace to exist."
"I urge you, reader, to use the guidence an knowledge of this book to ensure this horrid prophesy does not come true. The key to open it is a pegasus feather dipped in the dephs of winsim falls, located in the plains outside of the forest. Inside, you'll find a map and instructions to assist you on your quest. I wish you good fortune reader, for the fate of Equestria, is in your hooves."
"Sincerely, Wisteria the Wise"
Turner stopped reading and turned to Quill, who had been listening intently.
"Well, I guess this is why it was shoved to the back of the shelf. It couldn't be discovered by anypony else but us."
Quill said imaginativly.
"I'm not sure if this letter is referring to us, but clearly something is coming. Something terrible, And I suggest we open this book and find out more."
Turner stated, folding the pages and putting them in his saddlebag.
"Well then, c'mon Turner, we have multicolored waterfalls to find!"
Quill shouted excidedly, as they left the library for an unscheduled camping trip.
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