//------------------------------// // Trip to an Old Castle // Story: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic: Adventures of the Book of Virtue // by ColossalGX //------------------------------// It didn't take long, about 35-45 minutes. I was so far up and I was scared of heights, but it beats having to deal with other dangerous creatures down there. I was looking across the horizon until I spotted a weird stone structure up ahead. "Is that the place?" "Yeah, man, that's the place." After a few more minutes of flying I was relieved when we landed at the end of a crevice. Up ahead was a series of broken-down ruins, the outside grown with vines and moss. "Well, here it is! Let's go." I followed Mach through a pair of large, rotten, wooden doors into an even larger stone hallway. There I saw some kind of pedestal holding five stone tablets. Mach was flying in the air, looking around. "Well, nothing out of the ordinary." "What about that big pedestal over there?" I asked, pointing at the big pedestal. "What?" Mach flew over to the pedestal, "I don't know, doesn't look like anything interesting." "What do you think New Moon would come here for?" I shrugged, "I mean, what's so important about this place?" "If you're here looking for some kind of tourist attraction, you came to the wrong place," I gasped and looked over my shoulder, where someone was standing in the doorway. They walked in out of shadows and I saw New Moon. But by how he's glaring at me, I could tell he wasn't happy to see us. "What are you doing here?" "So this is where you wandered off to." Mach said, landing next to me. "That's not what I asked you!" New Moon growled as he stopped and kept glared at us, "I said, what are you doing here!" "Uh, I... I was just looking for you! You dropped this..." I reached into my saddlebag and pulled out the book he dropped today. "The Book of Virtues..." New Moon whispered. I saw the book glowing dark-blue as it was yanked out of my mouth, "So that's where it was..." he said to himself, looking at the book and then back at us. "Thank you. But now I need both of you to leave this place, now!" As I stood there confused, Mach hovered in New Moon's face, "C'mon! Why is it that you can't leave too? What are you doing that's so important?" "This isn't something you need to know!" New Moon growled at him, "Just take my advice and leave!" "Well... You did borrow my cart when yours broke..." I spoke up. "Your point...?" "Don't you at least own me as to why you're here?" New Moon stared at me for a moment before sighing like he gave up, "Fine. But as soon as you get your answers you and Faiz get out!" "Okay, fine them." "Alright... If you must know..." "Hello-oooh! Anypony in there?!" I heard someone I recognize yelling. I looked pass New Moon and saw Rainbow Dash flying into the room, with a group of five more walking behind him; most of them I already met today: the purple one, the one with the hat and that pink pony that ran me over. The last two were a white one with purple hair and a yellow one with pink hair. "Hey, Rainbow." Faiz greeted. "Faiz?!" Rainbow exclaimed as she hovered down towards him, "What are you doing here?!" "I oughtta ask you the same thing." "For once I have to agree with Faiz," New Moon said to Rainbow, then towards the others, "What are you doing here?" The purple unicorn, Twilight, stepped into the conversation, "Excuse me, my name is Twilight Sparkle. We came here looking for a group of artifacts known as the Elements of Harmony..." then I saw her eyes move over to my direction, "Wait, I know you..." I stepped back on instinct. I didn't attract any attention from someone before. I usually have to approached someone to want something. "Now that you mention it I did see him earlier today," the pony-in-the-hat Applejack said, "You were at my farm this morning!" "Hey, I saw you today, too!" Rainbow Dash added, "What are you doing in a place like this?" "Uh, I was just here to return that book to him," I spoke up pointing at New Moon. I saw Twilight look closer at the book floating near New Moon, "Wait, is that what I think it is...?" she then gasped, "The Book of Virtue!" "So you know about this book?" New Moon asked. "Um, I don't meant to interrupt..." Applejack spoke and pointed back to that pedestal, "But don't we have get those elements there?" "Oh, right! I almost forgot about them!" Twilight gasped. Rainbow and the yellow pony flew up to the pedestal and picked up the stones one by one, then lowering them to the floor near the others, "Careful...Careful!" "One, two, three, four..." the pink pony counted, "There's only five!" "Are there supposed to be more than five?" I asked, trying to find out what's going on. "There's said to be six Elements of Harmony," Twilight answered, "But we only know of five: Loyalty, Honesty, Kindness, Laughter and Generosity." "What about that one big one over there?" I asked, pointing at that big stone which the two pegasus ponies were carrying off the pedestal, and placing it near the smaller stones. "I guess that would carry the sixth element," Twilight said, "From what I read, when the five elements are present, a spark will cause the sixth to be revealed." "A spark of what? You mean a spark from a match...?" I guessed. "I suppose she means a spark of magic!" New Moon corrected with an annoyed tone. "Perhaps it requires a unicorn's magic to trigger the Element's power. The princess was the last to use them, so she probably sealed the elements into those stone tablets there with her magic." "So it'll take magic to uncover all six elements," Twilight finished, "That might work. How's you know?" New Moon showed Twilight the book. "This book you were interested in. In a way it has a history with the Elements of Harmony you've been seeking. It also contains the most powerful spells known to equine-kind. And something this powerful can only be handled by somepony who would know how to use its power like they should..." suddenly, the gems on the book began to glow brightly, surprising Twilight and even me, but not New Moon, "See? Even the book itself thinks you're worthy to wield its you need is to form a contract with it." Twilight blinked in bewilderment, "A... Contract?" "By forming a contract with the book, you can have access to its spells. Here, let me show you..." the book lowered to Twilight's level just below her head, "Now, place your hoof ontop of the book." "Okay..." Twilight did so. After clearing his throat, New Moon said, "I, New Moon, hear-by terminate my contract and relinquish it to Twilight Sparkle." the book then flashed before it glowed a purple aura as Twilight removed her hoof and held onto the book with her magic, "Now my bond with the book is severed. All you need now is to recite the phrase needed to complete your contract. Unfortunately, the phrase is the same as the sixth mystery element." "So I'll be able to release the Elements of Harmony..." Twilight look down at the book, "And learn a whole new world of magic... Now that I think about it, all that power... Thank you, Now Moon," Twilight smiled and walked to the stones. The book seemed to glow even brighter while near them, "Stand back. I don't know what will happen." Twilight squeezed her eyes shut and her horn began to glow. "Come on now, y'all. She needs to concentrate." Applejack lead the rest of us out the door so we could watch Twilight do her magic thing. I then notice some kind of fog began creeping across the floor. I don't know what else to call it, but it was blue and littered with stars, like some kind of night-fog. It then started to form a whirlwind around the stones, creating a tornado. She must have been so focused on her magic that she didn't notice! I didn't think at that time, I just ran for Twilight. "TWILIGHT!" The purple unicorn must have heard that because she looked back and then noticed the big tornado right in front of her! I already decided what I was gonna do when I finally got to Twilight. All I did was clamped on her tail with my teeth and tossed her to the entrance, or as far as I could get her towards the entrance. "You better get yourself back here, too, right now!" I wasn't able to run back to New Moon and the others when I suddenly found myself pulled into the tornado! My lungs collapsed from the vacuum this tornado made! I felt myself being lifted off the stone floor and carried into the winds. It seemed like moments when the wind stopped and dropped to the floor. After I choked on the dust picked up from where I fell, I looked around. This isn't the same room I was in. Was I carried off somewhere else? "What just happened?!" I then saw the starry mist that carried me off at the other end of the room over a dias and changed shape. I was now looking at a large black pony, the tallest-looking pony I've ever seen; a unicorn with the kind of armor I've seen on royal castle guards, except this one's kind of a light-blue. I knew I wasn't dreaming because I swore his mane was the same starry mist flowing under his helmet. I looked at him curiously, "What is he-?" He suddenly disappeared in a plume of smoke and then reappeared right in front of me! I stumbled back onto my hide! "Did you just address me as a male...?" I just realized that I have a girl in front of me by the way the pony snapped at me, "Are you trying to say you don't know the distinct difference between a stallion and a mere?" I wished I could find a rack to crawl under just to get away from those green snake-like eyes of hers. They're just so creepy! Just what kind of pony is she?! Soon backed up a bit from me, "But I shouldn't be one to talk. When I first spotted you I only saw a pony wearing a skirt. So I assumed it was a girl; an ugly girl." A skirt?! "for your information, this a-" I was suddenly lifted off the ground and close to the woman's face, about a couple inches from each other, "Maybe you didn't hear me. If I say it's a skirt, you better believe it's a skirt. And don't forget who you're talking to..." she then dropped me on my face, "But let's not change the subject. I'd like to thank you for bringing the book here for me. It saves me a lot of trouble of looking for it myself," I looked back up and saw the tall mare facing me from the dias, where she was holding the book with her magic, "You might have known by now, but this holds more magical power unlike anything you'll ever get to see. But what you don't know is it's true purpose..." she then tossed the book across the room to me, "Try citing its password and you'll see what I mean." I got more confused. I just wanted to get this back to it's owner. What would I want with a magic book? The doors behind me burst open and the eight other ponies ran inside and crowded around me, "My goodness, are you alright?!" Twilight asked me worriedly, "Where are the elements?" "Looking for these?" everyone spotted the mare, somehow holding five elements in her hair and tail with the last larger one on the floor next to her. "How are we supposed to get the element's now?!" Applejack groaned. "Whaddaya mean? It's just one pony! Let's just take 'em from her!" Faiz decided, and hovered over the rest of us, "Guess I'll have to do it for you!" "No, Faiz! Wait!" But Faiz ignored New Moon as he shot towards her. But the mare only chuckled, "You're kidding... You're kidding, right?" she settled the elements down before she managed to catch Faiz in mid-air, with her hair like she did with me! She then tossed him back across the room over us and crashed right in front of the door. "I guess he forgot that one pony's name is Nightmare Moon!" Rainbow groaned. "Wait, that's Nightmare Moon?!" I exclaimed, "But that's supposed to be a fairy-tale!" suddenly I felt something wrap around me and yank me halfway across the room. Then a metal shoe stepped on my back. I almost got the air knocked out of me. "Oh, I beg to differ. I'm very real!" Nightmare sneered. When Rainbow flew towards me to save me, I yelped when Nightmare's mane started to crush me, she stopped in mid-air in alarm. "I suggest you keep your distance, little pony," slowly rainbow backed away back to the others, "Good. I'm sure you couldn't like with yourself if any of your actions cause the poor stallion to die." "That pony has nothing to do with you! Leave him out of this!" New Moon shouted. "Is that so. Well then I might consider letting him go, on one condition..." Nightmare said, "You, whoever you are, I want you to recite the password please." "Password?" Twilight asked and then gasped, "She must mean that book!" "And that's it right there!" New Moon pointed. The book was tied together with me around Nightmare's mane, "It must have been next to him when Nightmare Moon caught him!" "I'm still waiting for that password!" Nightmare sang. "But why would he know the password to the book?" Twilight asked New Moon. "He doesn't!" he replied, "I do!" "Well then give it to 'im!" Applejack said. "I can't!" "What do you mean you can't!" "I just can't!" "Maybe I should rephrase. I was that password right now!" Nightmare emphasized by squeezing her hair tighter around me. "You heard her! He needs that password now!" Rainbow exclaimed. "Or do you want him to get crushed!" "You don't understand!" New Moon said. "If he says the magic words then it's all over!" I can't believe he's thinking about abandoning me like that. Can't he see I'm about to die?! I can feel Nightmare's hair squeezing me tighter, cutting off my oxygen! If it's a password she wants then fine! I'm an Earth Pony! I can't use magic, so what's the harm! What's this password he's talking about? "ABRACADABRA!" "NO!" New Moon shouted. Just then I could feel the book vibrating on my front. Do all magic books do that? And do they all glow with a strange light like this does? I didn't have anymore time to think when everything went white. I couldn't feel Nightmare's grip on me anymore, just the force of cold stone hitting my side when I fell to the floor. I stood up and held my arm grunting in pain. I found the password on the first try...? "Hey, are you alright?" Twilight ran up towards me. "I'm fine," I winched, "But what about... We looked to find Nightmare lying on the floor, presumably unconscious, "She must have been knocked out by the blast. But who knows when she could wake up..." she ran up to the dis to the elements, "Okay. Just one spark..." she dipped her horn down towards then and then it blazed with magic, "Come on... Come on!" the six stones began to glow the same color as her horn. Suddenly the magic kicked back hard on Twilight and threw her across the floor. I got up and limped towards her to see if was alright. "Are you alright?" I asked her. "Yeah, fine." she said with a smile. She got up and looked at the still sparkling orbs, which then suddenly blown out, "...Nothing happened? I don't understand!" Nightmare is heard giggling as she rose to her feet, "Did you think you could defeat me so easily?" she raised her front legs and brought them down with a crash. The force causing the five smaller orbs to shatter. "You!" New Mood growled as he stomped towards me, "I'd ask how you knew the magic words but that's beside the point! This whole thing is you fault!" "What?" I asked, confused, "How is this my fault?" New Moon turned away with a scowl before he answered, "The Book of Virtues chose Twilight Sparkle to be its wielder. But now that you spoke the password you made not only the book, but the Elements of Harmony useless!" "But what do those elements has to do with the book?" "You think you can destroy The Elements of Harmony just like that?" I heard Twilight called out to Nightmare, "Well, you're wrong, because the spirits of The Elements of Harmony are right here." she became flanked by the other Applejack, Rainbow and the other three ponies who came. The shattered remains of the five smaller tablets began to glow and float off the ground behind them. "What?!" Nightmare gasped. "Applejack, who reassured me when I was in doubt, represents the spirit of... honesty!" Several of the stone shards began to circle around Applejack. "Fluttershy, who tamed the manticore with her compassion, represents the spirit of... kindness!" more shards orbit around the yellow pegasus. "Pinkie Pie, who banished fear by giggling in the face of danger, represents the spirit of... laughter!" more shards gravitate around the pink pony. "Rarity, who calmed a sorrowful serpent with a meaningful gift represents the spirit of... generosity!" more surrounded the white pony. "And Rainbow Dash, who could not abandon her friends for her own heart's desire represents the spirit of... loyalty!" the remaining shards appeared around Rainbow like the others. "The spirits of these five ponies got us through every challenge you threw at us." "You still don't have the sixth Element! The spark didn't work!" "But it did! A different kind of spark," Twilight turned towards the others, "I felt it the very moment I realized how happy I was to hear you, to see you, how much I cared about you. The spark ignited inside me when I realized that you..." she panned her gaze through them towards us, "all of you, are my friends!" the ceiling then lit up. I had to shield my eyes because it was so bright, "You see, Nightmare Moon, when those Elements are ignited by the... the spark, that resides in the heart of us all, it creates the sixth element: the element of... magic!" when I dared to look again I saw the six ponies wore bands of gold; five necklaces and a crown for Twilight. Each of those ponies glowed while Nightmare tried to shield herself from the light. But suddenly the lights died out. That can't be a good sign. "What happened?!" Twilight exclaimed, "I don't understand! We have the six Elements; they were supposed to work!" Nightmare laughed, "Yes; keyword 'supposes to'! I must confess you had me worried for a moment. It's a shame you couldn't contract with the Book of Virtue!" "What?!" "This is exactly what I'm talking about," New Moon muttered, "I told you the book and the elements have a history together. They could've work without the book, but not it and the Elements are useless now." "New Moon, what are you saying...?" Twilight asked desperately. "The book chose you, Twilight, because you hold a pure heart and strength of will that allowed you to revive the Elements of Harmony. So one who holds the book and its contents should be one who holds the power of the elements," he then glared at me again, "But you had to blurt out the password, now you're bound to the book! You just made the six Elements obsolete!" "But that doesn't make any sense!" but then Twilight was being thrown off the floor, her crown falling off. Her and the five other ponies are being held by Nightmare's magic aura. "Allow me to clear things up a bit," Nightmare sneered, "The Book of Virtues is considered to be an additional Element of Harmony, as it could represent one or many virtues, hence its name. But since it's formed a contract with a pony not among the six elements, much less a virtue to call his won, he created a gap among you for a seventh; a seventh Element of Harmony that doesn't even exist!" Nightmare's hair and tail swirled as she laughed full-throttle. I could see I really screwed up. If I had left like New Moon said, none of this would have happened! I had to do something if no one else could. So I just charged in and lunged at her. But before I could reach her a red blur crashed into her. That's right, I said it; a red blur shot through the window and smashed into Nightmare, knocking out her concentration and released her magic on the ponies. "Twilight!" New Moon rushed over to the ponies, "Are you girls alright?" "I think so..." Twilight groaned as she stood back up, "But... what happened?" A red pegasus the crawled out of the large hole he made. Mach Faiz stumbled to his feet with a tired look on his face. He must be the one who flew through the window! "Faiz?! That was you?!" Rainbow exclaimed, surprised. Suddenly Faiz shot into the air cheering and laughing, "WOOHOO! 3 personal records: for longest distance, top speed, and number of sun-stealin' douche-bags kicked in the frickin' face! Dis you see that?!" no one was able to reply because of that giant black shadow looming out of crater, "C'mon! You gotta admit that was cool!" "Faiz! You better look behind you!" Rainbow exclaimed. Faiz turned around to meet an enraged Nightmare Moon. He only greeting was a furious whinny as he spread out a pair of large bat-like wings. She gave no warning when she swung them forth in front of him. The gale force of how she beat her wings knocked Faiz across the room, "I think playtime is over, little ponies," Nightmare snarled as she landed. Her horn then glowed with magic and electricity. "Any last words?" "Wait!" I ran in front of the ponies, "I have a question!" Nightmare released her magic, "What is it?" she asked impatiently. "Why are you doing this?! I just don't why you'd cause all this trouble!" "You would ask me my intention?" Nightmare asked, "Perhaps if you looked into my so-called legacy..." "Someone told me about it," I said, "They said you went overboard because of your jealousy with-" "JEALOUS?!" Nightmare roared, "I'm not jealous! I'm fed up! Do you even know what it's like to be Mistress of the Night? No one even appreciates the wonders my nights offer! They all waste it under their huts! But now I'll get the recognition I rightfully deserve! And soon everypony will learn to respect the night!" "But how's depriving people of sunlight going to help anyone? Trust me, you need the sun just as much as any one else!" "You talk nonsense! I am the Harbinger of the Night! The Mare of the Moon! I need only the night!" she said. "Just think about it! Without sunlight we can't grow any more fruits and vegetables! We won't be able to grow any more wheat which means we won't be able to make any more flour; which means no more bread, no more porridge, no more crackers or biscuits or pancakes, it could be the end of cakes and cookies and pies!" "Not the pies!" the pink pony squeaked. "What's your point?" Nightmare asked flatly. "If you take away our sun, then you'll be taking away our food! We'll be starved! If you want to rule Equestria you have to take other ponies' well being into consideration! A true leader puts the people ahead of themselves!" "A true leader rules with all her power! She consolidates her dominance to ensure nopony goes against her! Since when do the ponies matter? Their only purpose is to obey and devote themselves to their ruler! Besides, this will serve then right for neglecting my beautiful nighttime!" "You think no one appreciates the night?!" "It's a fact! Just name one thing ponies do during the night?" "You mean besides watching meteor showers, go stargazing, go for nighttime strolls, visit gallop-in theaters, go kayaking under the moonlight, light lanterns for nighttime festival or watch fireworks?!" I think I'm somehow getting to her, because Nightmare's eyes seemed to wander as her scowl faltered, "Yes, maybe no one enjoys the night as much as you, but there's as much we do at night as much as we do in the day. Maybe Celestia banished you to teach you this. For too long it's been about only you. Like I said, you need to put others ahead of yourself. If you manage to change your attitude I'm sure she'll..." I stopped what I was saying due to the bright light shining behind me. I turned back and dropped my jaw when I saw Twilight, Applejack, Rainbow and the three girl ponies flash in a white light. Two multicolored were coming from them in some kind of double helix. I looked up to see then twist together into a giant rainbow and followed it as it crashed down over Nightmare Moon. I could hear her screaming as the rainbow swirled into a tornado. One blinding flash later, everything went silent and dark. After hearing a collection of clamoring a few moments later I turned and saw the six ponies looking over each others' accessories. Now I found out what they actually looked like, each had a gem on the front that looked like either a red lightning bolt, an orange apple, a pink butterfly, a light-blue balloon or a purple diamond. The tiara on Twilight was studded with blue gems with a giant six-pointed star, the same one marked on Twilight. I then realized that those elements really worked, "But that doesn't make sense," I wondered to myself, "I thought those things don't work anymore." "With what you did it shouldn't!" New Moon came marching towards me, "Whatever happened back there, the book suddenly reacted with the six elements. So they took that chance to strike while the even could." "But Nightmare said the elements don't work because of another missing element. But if the book reacted to them..." I then came to a realization, "That must mean the Book of Virtues is the seventh Element of Harmony! Which mean I have the spirit of the elements in me all along!" BONK! "Wrong answer!" New Moon snapped after he whacked me ontop of the head with the book, "I don't know how or why it happened but one thing's for certain: it was all out of dumb luck. In fact, if you had left the castle like I told you in the first place, we wouldn't have gone through so much trouble!" the black pony turned away, "Because of you, we may never be able to use the Elements of Harmony again!" New Moon then walked away. I don't know why he's making a big deal out of this. I mean we save the world...right? It wasn't long until the sun rose through the shattered window over the dias. But another surprise came when a blaze of light separated and floated right into the room, where it settled on the dias with one final flash! In its place stood another tall, winged unicorn with a white coat. She was wearing a gold tiara with gold shoes and a gold necklace with a another purple diamond gem on it. What really caught my eye was that long hair and tail stripped with different colors. They were flowing like the wind would! "What are you doing gawking?!" New Moon hissed behind me, where I found him bowing, "Do you have any idea who that is?! That's-" "Princess Celestia!" Twilight cheered as she ran to the flying unicorn; the two nuzzled each other in affection. So that's the famous Princess Celestia? I always hear of her, but I never seen her myself, "But... you told me it was all an old pony tale." "I told you that you needed to make some friends, nothing more," Celestia replied, "I saw the signs of Nightmare Moon's return and I knew it was you who had the magic inside to defeat her, but you could not unleash it until you let true friendship into your heart." "But what about the Book of Virtues? I was supposed to be it's master, but..." "I know. I didn't think the book would fall into another's hooves. For one saving grave he was able to reignite the Elements of Harmony before it was too late. And I'm grateful for that." "With all due respect, your Highness..." New Moon interrupted, "We were only able to defeat Nightmare Moon because of sheer dumb luck. He did nothing to help them obtain the Elements. All he did was distract her by talking nonsense!" "He tried to reach out to Nightmare Moon through pure reason," Celestia protested, "I'm sure he knew he had no special magic of his own, so he used that voice of reason hoping to convince Nightmare to stop her chaotic ways. I think that counts as anything." "Hey! Where d'you think you're $^#damn going!?" "No! Let go of me!" I found Mach Faiz at the far end of the room dragging a different pony by the tail. "Faiz, no! You don't know who that is!" New Moon cried. "Can't you tell?! It's Nightmare!" Faiz said before he was pulled off of the pony by New Moon's magic. "That's Princess Luna!" New Moon said, "Which happens to be Princess Celestia's younger sister!" "Sister?!" everyone else exclaimed. Luna looked a lot different, and smaller that the Nightmare Moon I saw. Her coat was violet-blue with light-blue hair and tail. She wore a small blue crown and necklace. Celestia approached the other princess and laid down in front of her, "It has been a thousand years since I have seen you like this. Time to put our differences behind us. We were meant to rule together, little sister," Celestia rose, "Will you accept my friendship?" Everything went silent as Luna turned away. One thud later she stood upright and nuzzled Celestia against her chest, "I'm so sorry! I missed you so much, big sister!" "I've missed you, too." Both princesses were in tears. The one who took it harder than anyone was that pink pony. After blowing on her handkerchief she continued weeping. But she didn't stay that way for long... "Hey, you know what this calls for?" "A PARTY!" she squealed as we made it back through the forest and into Ponyville's meadow fields where the locals were waiting with a festival underway. "She spent two hours during the trip back to town just to say that?" Faiz muttered. After everything I went through, I guess this is a good time to say this was one hell of an adventure. I came here to Ponyville to find myself. And overnight I helped saved the world! That reminds me, I'm going to be living here! And I still haven't gotten a place to live, yet! I'm sure if I could make it to town hall... It's gone! When I finally reached town hall, all the stuff I left is gone! Everything I came here with, all gone! I plopped onto the ground, hopeless. I had money in that. What am I supposed to do for a house now?! "Hello?" I jumped up and found Twilight walking to me, "I was looking for you at the party but you weren't there. I wanted to talk to you." "Well... Um, I'm surprise you wanted to find me," I slumped over against the hall wall, "So what do you want to talk about?" Twilight sat down beside him, "Well, back where I came from, I was usually on my own. I thought I didn't need any friends. But after what we just went through, I kinda realized how important friends are to somepony... That's why I'm moving here to Ponyville." "Well, that's nice. I came here yesterday and was about to move here," I told her, "But everyone was too busy to help me find a home... But why are telling me this?" "The Book of Virtues. Now that you're it's master, there's a lot you'll have to learn from it." "What are you talking about?" I asked, confused. Twilight stood up, "I'll be staying here to learn as much as there is on friendship. And since you have the book, you'll be helping me. It'll be our mission appointed by Princess Celestia." I don't know what I gotten myself into, but a mission from royalty seems like a good idea. "So what do we do first...?"