//------------------------------// // Doors // Story: Little Orphan Apple Bloom // by AlleyCat124 //------------------------------// “So ah’m actually gonna meet a real princess?” Apple Bloom asked, trying but failing to keep her excitement under control. After the Discord incident, Apple Bloom was now under the care of Flutershy’s friends. And apparently one of there friends was an actual princess! “You got it, sugarcube.” Applejack answered. “Twilight may be a princess, but she’s just a regular pony just like the rest of us so don’t be act’n nervous.” “Yea, Twilight’s just your run of the mill egg-head in the end.” Rainbow Dash commented as she glided above them. “Where is Twilight anyway? I haven’t seen her since last night.” Rarity questioned. “Ah think she mentioned go’in ta visit Discord’s library.” Applejack answered. “Discord has a library?” Rarity asked with great shock. “I wouldn’t think he would have something as sophisticated and orderly as a library.” Apple Bloom looked up when she heard Rainbow Dash snickering, covering her mouth with her hooves to keep herself from laughing too hard. “Should we tell her?” “Ah reckon she’ll find out sooner or later. Let’s not spoil the surprise.” Applejack replied mischievously. “Tell’er what?” Apple Bloom asked, wanting to be in on the secret. “You’ll see kid. You’ll see.” And with that, Rainbow Dash flew ahead of them leaving the group behind. Apple Bloom’s head kept swinging back and forth as she continued to explore the mansion. Every single piece of furniture was suspended in midair in all kinds of positions. There were even objects that didn’t even make sense to be in a mansion! He had a couple of floating island with waterfalls that disappeared mid-fall, weird yellow sponges with purple polka-dots, there were even a couple of flying fish with sharp teeth trying to take a couple bites out of her tail. But what got her enamored with the place were the doors. There seemed to be endless amounts of doors scattered all over the place; in all shapes and sizes. Plain colored, patterned, large, small, wooden, steel, and so much more. She didn’t know what someone would do with all those rooms. “Ah see you check’n out them doors.” Applejack observed, bringing Apple Bloom out of her thoughts. “Discord hates ta be bored, so he created these here doors ta keep himself occupied.” Applejack frowned with a sudden thought. “Although it doesn’t help since he still out there terrorizing poor ponies with his pranks…” “I’m one to laugh at a good prank every once in a while, but Discord has a horrible habit of taking his too far.” Rarity comment, giving a light ‘hmph’ at the end. “That’s why somepony needs to put him in his place!” Rainbow Dash butted-in, seeming to get bored of waiting for the others to catch up. “Like Apple Bloom already did?” Rarity inquired smugly. “She got lucky! And besides, it was only with a buzzer. When I get him, he’ll be so surprised he won’t prank anypony for weeks!” Rainbow Dash boasted. “Ah’m sure you’ll get’im, Rainbow. Ya know what they say, fifty-ith times the charm.” Applejack chuckled, earning a laugh from the rest of the group. “Just you wait! Discord won’t know what hit him!” and with that, Rainbow Dash once again zoomed on ahead of the group. Apple Bloom continued to laugh at Applejack’s comment when she heard noise’s coming from one of the door’s she just passed. Letting her curiosity get the better of her, Apple Bloom slowly approached the door. She opened the door with a small creak and peaked inside. She was astounded as everything in the room was made out of rubber. Rubber balls of all colors bounced around the room at an alarming rate. As the balls bounced off the walls, she realized that they were also made out of rubber; along with the floor. Wanting to go in and explore, she opens the door wider only to realize that the group was getting farther and farther away. Promising to come back, she quickly closed it and ran to catch up to the others. Of course, that didn’t stop her from taking a peak at the other doors she and the girls pass. As she continued, she found a room completely underwater, a room made completely out of candy, a cave that she thought was empty until she heard the roar of a dragon warning her away, and another one that seemed like she was on top of a skyscraper with these weird, hairless, monkey like creatures in clothes walking below. She didn’t think she could ever get bored in this place! As the group continued to walk down the different corridors, they finally got to the door they were looking for, Rainbow Dash waiting outside tapping her hoof vigorously. “It’s about time!” she bellowed whipping right over to them. “What took you guys so long?” “Oh, Rainbow Dash, we’re not exactly in a hurry.” Rarity scoffed. “Yea. It’s not like ya had ta wait ferr us.” Applejack added, rolling her eyes. “Ya coulda just gone in.” “I could of, but I wanted everypony to be here when it finally happens.” She responded, earning herself a chuckle from herself and Applejack. “Now really, what is this all about?” Rarity questioned, getting irritated from being out of the loop. “You’ll see.” Rainbow Dash gave one last giggle before she opened the door to the library. Walking on in, Apple Bloom couldn’t help but let out one big ‘wow’ as she stared at all the books. It seemed like there were hundreds of bookshelves with thousands of books on them. There didn’t seem to be any stairs or a different level, it just looked like the walls themselves were bookshelves. And in the middle of the room was a lavender alicorn with straight dark purple hair and a single pink strand. Around her surrounded in a purple aura were dozens of books floating about. She seemed to be reading the titles and putting them back on the shelves in different places. Books were flying on and off the shelves at incredible speeds all around her. She even had to duck out of the way with some of them. Of course she couldn’t dodge all of them and ended up pumping into somepony. “Oh! Ah’m sorry ‘bout that.” Apple Bloom apologized. “It’s alright, it’s pretty busy around here.” Said the voice she bumped into. When she looked up, she was surprised who she saw. “Apple Bloom!” “Spike!”