Fire. Fire was engulfing everything Twilight could see. She was running from room to room trying to find something, anything that would tell her Spike was safe. She kept calling his name over and over but she got no response. She was running out of air, space and time. If she had any chance of getting out alive, she'd have to leave now, and take the risk that Spike was already outside, or keep looking and maybe save them both. The odds for the second option were very low. But she had to take that chance.
She ran downstairs to where the bulk of the flames were. There was little room to maneuver so even if she did find Spike, chances of getting to the baby dragon were lower than winning the lottery. She called out again.
"SPIKE, ARE YOU THERE?!?" she screamed at the top of her lungs.
"...*cough, cough*...h..hello?" said a voice. That wasn't Spike's voice, but it was still someone stuck in the inferno that was her home. She had to try and save whoever that was.
"WHERE ARE YOU...WHO ARE YOU?" she shouted over the crackling wood.
"Ov...ver....here." said the voice. It came from the kitchen. She looked for a way around the blaze but found no easy way. She could run right through the flames and risk burning to death or she could leave through the window and doom whoever was in her kitchen. She thought about it, realizing she wouldn't be able to live with the guilt knowing she could have done something to help this pony on the other side. Then she was struck with an idea. She turned to the right of her and focused on a bookshelf beside the kitchen and pulled it down with her magic. It slammed on the ground, but didn't break. It created a temporary path to the kitchen. She spent no time waiting at galloped into the kitchen.
The flames has not made it to the kitchen yet, giving Twilight about 2 minutes to act to save whoever had answered he previous call. The first thing that came apparent to Twilight was that there was a distinct white, metal object lying on the floor of the kitchen. She looked up and saw the hole in the roof where this object had come from. She looked back at the metal object and saw two decals on the side.
"N...S...A....and the other says K...S...P?" Twilight said analyzing the object.
There was a massive THUD from upstairs. Twilight looked up immediately to see a massive support beam cracking. The last splinters broke and it fell towards Twilight.
"AAAAAGGGGGHHHHHH" Twilight screamed as she shot awake. She looked around frantically, but there was no fire, no smoke or anything. Just a really concerned looking Spike hanging from the ceiling by his claws. After finally coming to her senses, Twilight brought Spike down from the wooden beam he was clutching on. Spike then dusted himself off and began interrogating Twilight.
"Are you alright Twilight?" He asked first. After a solemn nod, he asked more questions about why he got so frightened, he ended up like a cat stuck in a tree, hiding from a dog.
"So let me get this straight. You were surrounded by towers of flames, you kept trying to find me, you ran downstairs to make one last check I wasn't in the building. You then heard a voice from the kitchen, you ran into the kitchen where there was a large piece of metal. At that point, the library collapsed and you woke up screaming." Spike said, summing up the whole story.
"That about covers it Spike." Twilight replied. She purposely left out the part about the strange decal on the side of the metal. She knew some ponyelse to tell that to. "Anyway, I'm gonna head into town just now and pick up some food. We're running low at the moment."
"Ok then Twilight, I'm gonna head over to Rarity's Boutique just now if that's ok." Spike said as he began to exit the bedroom.
"Not until you've done your chores first." Twilight said. That wasn't the response Spike was hoping for. Spike sighed and headed down the corrider and began to get the mop and bucket. Twilight giggled slightly but didn't let Spike hear. She then roses from here bed, brushed her mane until it was nice and straight and headed towards the middle of the market square where she intended to meet somepony that new lots of things about strange objects. She tended to treasure quite a few of them.
Lyra Heartstrings.