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// Letter 5 
// Story: The Assembled Letters of Twilight Sparkle, Protégé of Emperor Discord 
// by Caligari87 
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Honorable Emperor Discord,

Didn’t get much investigation done this week, unfortunately. The ground around Ponyville turned into a lake for a few days, and then it rained hot coffee! Everyone pretty much had to stay inside to avoid either drowning or getting burnt.

I did get to spend some time with Pinkie Pie. Turns out her particular feelings on Friendship are centered around making ponies smile. She says Friends cheer each other up when they’re feeling down. Again, the principle seems innocuous enough. Chaos can be funny at times too, even if it was less than pleasant this week. We have to take the good with the bad; it’s all about keeping life fresh and exciting.  

Stuck in the library, I got some studying done too. There’s lots of books about Chaos, although a lot of them are laughably out of date, like pony scientists trying to find patterns in random happenstance, or ways to control or harness it. Still, they’re interesting to read and gave me a lot of ideas for things to build into my randomization spells. Not much else to report. I’ll try and get to the castle in the next couple days.

Your faithful student,
Twilight Sparkle