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The Study Group

Twilight silently crept down the hallway towards the top of the stairs, A play pith helmet on her head and Smartypants on her back. It was Wednesday which meant that Shining Armor was having his weekly school study group and as usual Twilight's mother told her to play upstairs and not disturb them as they studied, but that didn't mean that Twilight couldn't play with her brother in a way he didn't know about.

"After weeks of searching, Daring Do finally stumbled upon the meeting place of the native elders." She whispered to herself. "As much as she wanted to get in close for a better look she knew that so much as giving herself away could prove dangerous as no foreign pony could view the elder's meeting for too long or they would become cursed forever!!"

Twilight had reached the top of the stairs and could hear the voices coming from the living room below.

"OK how about this." Said a voice Twilight recognized as her brother's. "If a pegasus leaves Cloudsdale traveling 100 mph and another pegasus leaves Canterlot traveling 125 mph, how long until they meet in the middle?"

"The elders seem to be plotting against Equestria." Twilight whispered.

"Trick question." Said another voice Twilight recognized as Shining Armor's best buddy(besides her) Crested Plume. "Its impossible to confirm a true distance between Cludsdale and Canterlot because its always moving due to atmospheric winds and air pressure."

Twilight continued her role playing. "Daring knew the dangers of looking upon the elders but the temptation to gaze upon them proved too great. She vowed to allow herself one peek. What harm could one peek do? One peek was all she needed....One peek.

Crested Plume leaned over and whispered into Shining Armor's ear. "Hey Shining. I think you got a stalker after you."

"Huh?"

Crested Plume subtly gestured towards the stairs as a striped purple mane peeked down the stairs.

Shining Armor chuckled to himself and made a "shh" motion with his hoof to his pals. "WELL" He said loudly but not shouting. "IT APPEARS THAT DARING DO HAS FINALLY SPOTTED US! SHE MUST NOT GET AWAY!"

Shining then heard a short "eep!" sound as the purple mane disappeared and the sound of tiny hooves led from the top of the stairs to the nursery.

The group gave a collective laugh before Crested Plume asked."What was that about?"

"Well, mom and dad told her to stay up stairs and not to bother us so she pretends she's Daring Do and we are some mystical group of ponies. last week I was King Archer and you were my knights of the oval table. The trio of friends let out another collective laugh and tried to go back to their homework but the conversation soon drifted away from the work that was in front of them.

"I tell ya Shining." Dream Catcher said. "You are so lucky. My sister is a real pain in the flank. All she does is bug me and get in all my stuff."

"Yah Twilight is really cute." Crested Plume added. "I'll bet she's friends with all the foals in her class."

Shining Armor's face fell. "Actually for some reason she has trouble making friends. Whenever somepony tries to be friends with her she gets scared and retreats behind a book. I think the only friends she has besides me, mom and dad are her doll Smartypants and her foalsitter Princess Cadence."

Everypony stared at Shining Armor with shocked expressions. "Your sister's foalsitter is P-princess Mi Amore C-cadenza!?" Crested Plume asked. "You have to be joking....right?"

"No I'm not." Shining added. "Cadence wanted to take up foalsiting so she could prove that just because she's a princess, she's not a snob like her cousin Prince Blueblood. She came over, played with Twilight and by the time she had to leave they both had a bond. she's less like a foalsitter and more like a sister to her."

"Your sister is the luckiest filly in Equestria." Dream Catcher said.

"Yup. Twilight is the best sister i could ever ask for." Shining said pretending not to notice one of Smartypants's legs hanging over the top stair.

"What the elders didn't know was that Daring Do had returned and heard every word of the meeting." Twilight said to herself . "Maybe the ancient scrolls were wrong and the elders weren't so bad after all."

Once the group had left, Shining went upstairs and found Twilight still asleep at the top of the stairs. Using magic he carefully picked her up, placed her in her bed and tucked her in. Exactly how he does every Wednesday night after study group.

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