Ponyville Town Library, Six Hours later...

"So this is where you live?" Daffy said/spat. "You live in a LIBRARY? Pfft, Neeeerrrrrrd."

All six of the Tunes, plus the six mares, had just reached the library, which had been volunteered as the temporary base of operations, at least until they could figure out where everyone would be staying, and until they could figure out Discord's riddle. Wile E. in particular had gotten a particularly alarming smile on his face when he heard that Twilight also used it to create different potions and scientific experiments. Bugs silently promised to keep an eye on him, since he was still cleaning out the results of the coyote's last "Experiment" from his rabbit hole.

"Yes, I live in a library!" Twilight replied, somewhat defensively. "There's nothing wrong with that!"

Bugs munched on his carrot, and clamped his hand over Daffy's mouth when he opened it to spit out a retort. After he gave the duck a look that plainly told him, shaddap, he looked at Twilight and said, "What he meant to say was, 'You have a lovely home,' isn't that right, Daffy?"

Daffy glared at Bugs, but crossed his arms, and nodded reluctantly. As soon as Bugs removed his hand, Daffy opened his mouth to say something, until his beak suddenly snapped backwards, and slapped him in the face.

While the tunes laughed at this, Fluttershy flew over to Daffy, and said, "Oh, you poor, poor, thing! Are you alright?"

Daffy grumbled incoherently, and pushed his beak back down, resetting it onto his face. "Yeah, yeah, I'm fine." He stomped over to the library door, and stopped, his hands on his hips, turning to look at the still laughing tunes. "Are you quite done yet?"

Just as he said that, the door opened suddenly, revealing a surprised and very relieved looking Spike, and slammed Daffy against the side of the library, flattening him in a familiar fashion. The tunes laughed even harder at this, and even the kind-hearted Fluttershy had to suppress a few giggles.

"What's going on?" Spike asked, not knowing he had just made a Daffy-Pancake. He then noticed the tunes for the first time, and his eyes widened. "Who are these guys?"

Foghorn peeled Daffy off of the wall, and gave him a quick set of shakes in order to restore him to his 3D shape. He set Daffy down on the ground, and then turned to the baby dragon.

"Well Howdy there, squirt! Foghorn Leghorn's m'name, and that Duck you just squashed is Daffy," he said, shaking Spike's hand enthusiastically. "Now are you, I say, are you an actual Dragon?" Foghorn asked in slight disbelief.

"Well, yeah!" Spike replied, as is that was obvious. "Are you a giant talking Rooster?"

Foghorn grinned, and let out a deep belly laugh. "The boy's got spunk in him! Now that's what I like to see in a youngin'!"

"Uh, okay then?" Spike looked at the others, and once the introductions were over, he led all twelve of them into the library.

"I stand corrected," Daffy said, as he took in the nearly endless amount of books on the shelves. "You. Are a SUPER nerd."

Wile E. looked at all of the books in awe. In a slightly quiet voice that was normally reserved for Holy ground, he asked, "And you own ALL of these books?"

Twilight blushed, and said, "Well, technically since I live here, I guess you could say that. Although all of these books belong to the library!"

A small smile appeared on Wile E.'s lips, as he picked up a particularly large book titled, Equestria For Beginners. Convenient. He turned to the others, and, clutching the book in his hands, said, "If I could be excused for a moment? I would like to, erm, familiarize myself with the workings of this world."

Twilight shrugged, and led the Genius into the kitchen, where she said, "Feel free to read as much as you like during your stay. But please make sure you put the books back in their proper places, and that you don't damage the books."

"My Dear Sparkle, I would never dream of desecrating such a treasure trove of knowledge!" Wile E. proclaimed, already burying his nose in the book.

"Well, it's nice to meet somepony, er, someone who appreciates knowledge as much as I do," Twilight said, sitting across from Wile E. at the table.

"Oh thank you. As a matter of fact, I'm a bit of a scientist myself," Wile E. said, not even looking up from the book.

"Really?" Twilight said, her interest piqued.

"Yes, as it says on my card, I AM a genius!"

"Would you mind telling me about some of your inventions, or discoveries?"

"It might take a while..."

"We're not doing much tonight, remember?" Twilight argued, leaning closer to the coyote. "Princess Celestia told us that until you know more about this world, you can't leave this library!"

Wile E. put down the book, and sighed. It seemed that he wouldn't get much reading done tonight, unless he answered this Unicorn's questions. Besides, he reasoned, perhaps it is best for everyone to simply get to know one another.

"Very well then. What do you want to know?" Wile E. asked.

"What do you think is your most useful invention?"

Wile E. thought for a moment, before he smiled, and said, "Well, there is one particular little device I'm rather fond of...It's my patented Lump Massager..."

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Daffy held his head in his hands, and let out a long sigh. "I. am. sooooooooooooooo bored!" He said, over-dramatically tossing himself on his chair. "We've been here for foreeeeeeeeverrrrrrr!"

Bugs looked up from his card game (he was attempting to teach Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash poker), and said, "Daffy, it's only been fifteen minutes."

"That's like thirty hours in dog years!" Daffy whined, tossing another book over his shoulder.

Rarity cringed, and said to Bugs, "I can't believe you have to put up with his incessant whining all of the time!"

Applejack snickered, her hoof currently locked around Foghorn's arm in an Arm/hoof wrestling match, and said, "Really, Rarity? Yer the firs' one who's gunna say anythin' bout it?"

Rarity grinned sheepishly, and said, "Well, I realize the irony of the situation, but surely you must agree with me!"

"Oh don't worry Senorita Rarity," Speedy said from on top of a bookshelf. "Ees okay!"

"Yeah," Bugs said, laying down four kings. "But don't call me Shoiley."

Rainbow Dash's eyes widened, and she flung her cards on the table, and folded her forelegs. Pinkie simply giggled, and showed her hand, an impressive five of a kind in her hooves. "I win!" She said, giggling.

Bugs smiled, and started laughing. "I thought I was the only one who knew that trick!"

Dash looked at the cards, and said, "Hey, no fair! You cheated!"

Bugs grinned, and said, "No she didn't! In fact, we forgot about Taz's hand!"

All three of them looked expectantly at the Tasmanian Devil, who was still getting his hair gently brushed by Fluttershy. He liked the feeling, and it had caused him to temporarily forget about the card game.

"Taz?" Bugs said, snapping his fingers in front of him. Taz blinked, and looked at Bugs, confused.

"What have you got for your hand?"

Taz grinned, which caused Rainbow to shift a little nervously in her seat, and put down...

"A Royal Flush!?" Bugs said, laughing. "Taz, you Devil! You've done it again!"

"B-but that's impossible!" Rainbow said, looking at the cards. "I thought there were only four of a kind in a deck! What gives?!"

A familiar gleam appeared in the Bunny's eyes, as he winked conspiratorially at Pinkie, and said, "Sometimes, you've gotta be ready with a surprise up your sleeve, you know what I mean?"

"We don't have sleeves, silly!" Pinkie said, waving her hooves in front of Bugs.

"Neither do I! What a co-inky dink!" Bugs said, grabbing another carrot.

"How many of those have you eaten?" Fluttershy asked, concerned. "If you eat too much of those, you might get a really bad tummyache."

Bugs waved her off, and said, "Ah, don't worry. I could eat nothin' but carrots for hours!"

"Ees true!" Speedy said, jumping off the bookshelf and landing on Fluttershy's back. She turned to look at him, and he added, "Just don't get him started on Carrot juice!"

"Hey, it's not my fault!" Bugs said, reshuffling the deck. "How was I supposed to know you spiked it with Tequila?"

Meanwhile, Daffy had finally been pushed to the point of no return. He had been driven...to read. He absently flipped through a book, and stopped when his eyes caught a familiar word...gems.

Reading out loud in an excited voice, he said, "Dragon caves are known to house vast hordes of priceless gems, such as rubies...emeralds...sapphires...and also an immeasurable amount of gold!"

Daffy put the book down, and lost himself in a temporary fantasy of himself jumping into a pool of gold coins, cackling triumphantly as he did so. He then reread the passage, and gulped audibly when he saw the word, "Dragon".

"Wait a second!" He turned to Spike, who had by now joined the four in their card game, and held up his hand, measuring him. "THAT'S how big the dragons are here? I could take one on easily!" He grinned, and sneaked off, saying over his shoulder, "Hey, uh, I'll be right back, I just need to use the little Duck's room!"

He climbed out of a nearby window, and put his hands to his eyes, forming a set of makeshift binoculars. Looking around, he spotted a nearby cave that was in a forest, and smiled.

"Oh, I'm going to be RICH!" He said, already running full speed towards it, laughing his trademark, "hoo-hoo!" laugh.

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Daffy wandered through the forest, not noticing in his haste for treasure that he had nearly been mauled at least seventeen times, and had only avoided the monsters with sheer dumb luck.

Example: Bending over to pick up a shiny rock, and causing a Manticore to leap into an Ursa's cave. Needless to say, the Ursa was pissed off at being woken up.

The Manticore will be missed.

As Daffy went deeper, and deeper into the forest, he started shivering. He glanced at the trees, and said, "Now who would make a tree with polka-dots on it? Oh no, Bugs better not be messing with the Drawing board again!"

He then waved a fist at the sky, and yelled, "YOU HEAR THAT BUNNY?! I'M ONTO YOU!"

Still grumbling, his face lit up with a large smile when he stumbled upon the cave he had spotted. He tip-toed into the cave, and stopped when he saw the massive pile of treasure that lay before him.

"What'cha doin?" Pinkie suddenly asked, bouncing next to Daffy.

He yelped, and then placed a hand over Pinkie's mouth, telling her, "SHUSH!" He glanced around, making sure that nothing was about to attack them, and whispered, "How did you get here so fast?"

Pinkie shrugged, and said, "I skipped here! Why are you being all sneaky?"

Daffy opened his bill to let out a witty retort, when he snapped it shut suddenly. Why was he being sneaky? If dragons were really that tiny, he shouldn't have to worry about anything!

"You're right!" He shouted, standing up straight. "Why should I have to worry about anything?" He proudly walked over, and scooped up a huge armload of gems. "I'd like to see some wimpy dragon try and stop me from taking these babies!"

He walked around, picking up random trinkets that caught his eye, and he stopped when he came upon a necklace with a balloon-shaped blue crystal in it. It was set into an intricate gold band, and Daffy's eyes widened at the sight of it.

"Pinkie, would you get a load of this!" He shouted, reaching out to grab the necklace. Right before he did so, a gleaming golden eye opened unexpectedly, and glared at the greedy duck.

Daffy met the gaze evenly, and said, "Pinkie?"

"Yes Laffy-Daffy-Waffy?"

"I thought Spike was a dragon." He continued talking in a calm, monotone voice.

"He is!"

"...So why is THIS dragon so huge?"

"Spike's a baby dragon, silly!"

The Golden Dragon, whose scales were the same color as the massive pile of treasure it was sleeping on, slowly got up, glaring at the duck. It opened its jaws, and let out a torrent of blue fire that melted the stalactites above him.

Daffy gulped, and said in a small voice, "............mother."

He then screamed, and snatched the necklace from the pile, running as fast as his duck legs could carry him. He jumped on top of Pinkie Pie, and clicked his heels into her, saying, "Yah, Mule! Ride! Amscray! Flee!"

Pinkie looked at him quizzically, and said, "I'm not a mule. Hey, is that my Element?"

Daffy looked at the necklace he was holding, and said, "I don't know, and I don't care! THERE'S A DRAGON THAT'S TRYING TO EAT ME!!!"

"It's not trying to eat you, it's just trying to roast you!" Pinkie said, giggling. "Can I please have that necklace back now?"

The panicked duck turned his head, and when he saw that the Dragon was getting dangerously closer, he finally shouted, "FINE, HERE TAKE IT!" He clasped the necklace around Pinkie Pie, and then shouted, "NOW GET US OUT OF HERE!"

"Okie-dokie-lokie!" Pinkie said, as her necklace started to glow. "Huh? This is new!"

With a bright flash of blue light, Pinkie and Daffy vanished, leaving a very confused and angry Dragon behind them.