It was the start of summer vacation in Canterlot. In the Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns, Twilight walking down the hall. She had a bruise and slight limp on her hind left leg. As she walked outside the school, she saw many unicorns with their parents. "Hey, Twilight!" A voice shouted. The mare quickly found the source of the sound. The sound came from a white stallion, with blue hair.
"Hey, Shining!" she said as she hugged her brother, as a smile grew on her face.
"How, are you doing little sis?"
"I'm doing amazing Shining! Mr.Fire Spit showed us a movie!"
"Nice, what movie?"
"The Adventures of Star Swirl the bearded!" she said with a huge grin on her face. While they were walking home Shining spotted that his sis had a slight limp.
"Are you ok Twili; you have a limp." He asked in a worried voice.
"I'm ok! I got it when I played baseball. Somepony hit the baseball in my leg. Don't worry it was an accident, they didn't mean it." She replied defensively. They walked the rest of the way home in silence.
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The next day in Canterlot Castle.
A purple alicorn, by the name of Spike was sleeping in bed. He had an emerald green mane and eyes. He was less buff than most stallions his age, but he was also taller than them. His cutie mark was a supernova, its outline was in an emerald flame. He was waking up as the sun the striking his face, like an alarm clock. He cursed grumbled under his breath a bit, before climbing out of bed. He walked over to his bathroom, cleaned up for the day, and fed his pet Phoenix. When he finished he walked over to his personal classroom. When he entered he saw a white alicorn with a rainbow mane, where his teacher would be.
"Hey, Mom." He said before looking around the room. "Where is Mr. Storm?"
"Well, now you are old enough I will teach you now." She replied.
"Does that mean that I have summer off?" The stallion asked with a cheerful tone.
His mom chuckled. "No, it's going to be the same schedule." He showed some disappointment as he walked over to his desk.
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5 hours later, at the Sparkle's
Twilight was in the living room playing a board game with her brother. When they finished Shining said that he had to go to work.
After saying their goodbyes Twilight decided to grab the book she was reading. She wrote a letter to her family telling them where she is, before heading out to Canterlot gardens.
When she arrived she only saw a few guards. Most ponies must be on vacation. Good, I won't be disturbed. She found a bench surrounded by a hedge. Sure she could stay at home, read and not be disturbed. However her parents and her brother were pushing her to go outside more, plus the day was beautiful. As she was reading two unicorns were walking up to her. One of them a stallion with gray fur, ruby red mane, and sky blue eyes. His cutie marks a brain with a magical orah surrounding it. The other one was a mare with an onyx black fur, snow white mane, and gray eyes. Her cutie mark was an open book with overflowing.
"Hey, Twilight what are you reading." The mare said.
The stallion walked over to Twilight before she could respond to see what she was reading. "Oh, your reading Daring Do!" He said before taking it with his magic.
"Hey!" Twilight yelled. She got up and tried to take the book back. The stallion levitated the book over to his partner.
"Ah, I see you have one of the newer books." She said while examining the book.
"Please, give it back, Grayscale!" Twilight pleaded. "It was a gift from my brother!" When she said that they both looked at each other with evil grins on their faces.
"Well, if it's so important to you," the onyx mare said while levitating the book to Twilight, "we better give it back to you." When she finished her sentence they set it ablaze.
"NO!!" Twilight screamed, as the book turning into ash.
Then the stallion walked over to her. "Remember, you did it by accident." He whispered venom in Twilight's ear as he cast a spell on her.
The guards came over to investigate the scream. Twilight explained the lie that the stallion told her. The guards told Twilight to watch her magic so she doesn't burn down the garden.
When the guards left, Twilight looked at the stallion with an angry face and tears in her eyes. "Don't you have anything better to do, Ruby?" The only response she got was a punch.
The two just walked away as Twilight was crying over her destroyed book. A minute later, Spike was taking a walk around the garden. As he was walking he heard Twilight faint sobs. So, he went to see the source. When he found the mare crying at the ash that was once her book.
"What's wrong?" The prince asked trying to copy his mom's tone. She looked up from her destroyed book. When she saw Spike, she immediately bowed.
"I accidentally destroyed my book," Twilight responded.
"So, what's your name?"
"Twilight, sir."
"Well Twilight, do you want to head to the royal library to get another copy?"
She sniffles before answering. "Won't you get into trouble?"
"I won't when mom realizes why I did it. Plus, she almost never gets angry. So, you still want another copy?" Twilight nodded. When they arrived at the library Twilight was in complete awe of how many books there were. Spike chuckled "I know it's a lot of books."
"Why are so many books blocked off from public view?" She asked.
"First most books in here you can get at the public library. Second, there are books that mom wants to keep on hand, but not for public access." He explained.
"What kind of books are restricted?" She asked.
"Mostly black magic, but the rest are banned books." When he said banned books Twilights face lit up. "We are only here to replace your book." He said with a stern face. "So, what book is it?"
"The first Daring Do novel."
"Wait here, I'll be right back." He said before flying off to where the adventure books were. Twilight was trying to stand still to not get Spike into trouble. However, she was starting to fail due to how many books there were. Then the young alicorn came with the book in his telekinesis. He handed the book over to Twilight.
"Thank-you!" she said as she hugged the alicorn. When she did Spike's heart skipped a beat. He was a little bit confused by this because he was hugged by girls before. However, as soon the hug started it ended.
Spike wanting to break the silence he asked Twilight about her life. She told him that she goes to Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns and that she lives with her parents and her brother. Then she asked him the same thing. He told her how it was like being homeschooled, and living with his mom, and his two cousins. Their conversations soon went on to what books they liked the most to what kind of spells that they were practicing.
They spent so much time talking to each other they didn't notice Princess Celestia right behind them. "Hey, Spike showing a new friend around?" she asked, scaring the two. Twilight quickly bowed as Spike was trying to convince his mother not to ground him or send Twilight to jail. She only chuckled and told him that since she was with him, it was ok. Realizing, the time Twilight left the two and told Spike, that they can meet again.
When Twilight left Celesta spoke up. "So, Spike why did you bring her here?"
"Well, she accidentally destroyed her book and I wanted to give her our copy."
Celesta smiled warmly. "Sometimes you can be too kind for your own good," she said as she tousled his mane.