--//Chapter 2\\--

“*Sigh* finally, everything is back in order and thanks to you Spike, I will NEVER let Pinkie in here to find another book” Twilight sighed.

Twilight and Spike had been recently cleaning their library for the past 2 days, Pinkie wanted a book about Cupcakes though she never told Twilight why, but she did make Twilight regret even letting Pinkie in, Pinkie bounded around the place, knocking books from their respective shelves, and at the end, she didn’t even find the books she was looking for, so Twilight spent the past 2 days cleaning her tree library.

“I don’t know Twilight, if you are such a tidy pony, why didn’t you stop Pinkie when she moved you're quill?” Spike asked sweeping the floor

“Come on Spike” Chuckled Twilight” If I do that then the result would probably be Pinkamena, AGAIN and you know what happened last time”

Twilight told her companion, straightening her ink wells “So Spike, why don’t you take a break, I’ll take it from here, nothing much to clean up anyways”

Spike had difficulty answering, all he managed to blurt out were “Ahh…gr… *BURP!!*” Spike let out a giant burp and out popped a letter, Twilight stopped straightening her ink wells and immediately turned around to face Spike who picked up the letter, unfolded it, coughed and read in a grand voice;

“Dearest Twilight my faithful student, gather all of you're friends in you're library, I will be meeting the 6 of you at you're library in 10 or so minutes, Princess Celestia”.

Twilight frowned “What does Princess Celestia want from all 6 of us?”

Spike panicked at the thought “I…Is it Discord?! H…Has he come back?!”

Twilight calmed her worried little dragon “Calm down Spike, that isn't possible, and besides, even If it was, we should be seeing chocolate rain and cotton candy clouds in the sky by now, do you not agree with me?” Twilight questioned,

Spike calmed down a bit at those words and said “Well I guess you’re right, so shall we go and round everypony up?” Spike asked

“Ok” Twilight announced “Split up, I’ll go get Rarity and Pinkie Pie, you go and get Fluttershy and Apple Jack, oh and when you reach Fluttershy, ask her to get Rainbow Dash as well to meet at my library”

Spike nodded and darted out the door instantly, Twilight lingered for a few minutes after Spike slammed the door behind her. She WAS worried at Spike’s guesses, it DID seem like Spike may have a point. Maybe Discord broke out of his eternal stone prison…again; Twilight shook her head and thought about other things that may be the cause of the Princess requesting all 6 of them when a sudden door knock scared her

“GAH!!” She yelled

“Huh? Could that be the princess already??” Twilight thought, she looked at the clock, “No, only 2 minutes have passed”, she trotted over to the door and opened it to be greeted with the blank face of Lyra Heartstrings.

“Hi there Lyra!” Twilight exclaimed rather surprised at Lyra showing up “Can I help you with anything?”

Lyra seemed reluctant to talk

“Is there something wrong?” Twilight questioned Lyra turned her back against Twilight and galloped away “What in the name of Celestia…?”

Twilight started but a thought struck her

“Well, since I’m outside, I might as well go get the others” She thought and galloped off in search for Sugar Cube corner.

Along the way Twilight spotted Bon-bon pass her by,

“Bon-bon!” Twilight called Bon-bon turned her head to see Twilight jog towards her

“Oh hi there Twilight! How’s studying?” She asked

“It’s going fine, Bon-bon, I need to ask you something regarding you're sister”.

Twilight saw one of bon-bon’s eyebrows rise “What’s wrong with Lyra?” She questioned

“Well, here is the thing" Twilight began, "Lyra came by my library, she knocked on the door and I answered, she is reluctant to say anything, has anything been happening to her or between the 2 of you that may have upset her?” Twilight asked Bon-bon

Bon-bon's frown turned upside down

"Oh, I know what you are talking about Twilight, I know what she is feeling, she just needs to have a few more lessons with Blues to help her get on her way that’s all, and she really needs a few books on the subject Twilight! I guess she was just a bit shy to ask, but now that I think about it”

Bon-bon’s smile turned back into a frown

“It’s not like her to be shy and all, maybe…oh look!” Bon-bon pointed

Twilight looked to see Lyra in the distance trotting towards the 2 of them

“She’s right there, I’ll leave you to talk to her" Bon-bon said turning to go, "I need to pick up some treats at Sugarcube corner”

“Oh, and while you’re there Bon-bon” Twilight began, Bon-bon turned around “Can you tell Pinkie Pie to meet me at my Library?” Twilight asked

“Sure Twilight!” Bon-bon replied cheerily “See you later!” she waved

“Bye!” Twilight called and waved back.

“Lyra!” Twilight called

“Oh hi there Tw…” Lyra began but Twilight cut her short

“Lyra, are you ok? I didn’t mean to do anything wrong, I mean, you showed up and you didn't say anything, it’s ok, there’s nothing wrong about looking for a book, you don’t have to be shy”

Lyra recoiled at the sudden burst of questions

“Uh…Twilight...I wasn’t at you're Library today…” Lyra said

“What…you’re telling me that you WEREN'T at my Library today?” Twilight exclaimed

“Y…yes, I wasn't I was having one of my daily sessions with Blues, a…and…Oh, speaking of music and libraries, can I swing by, perhaps tomorrow to borrow a book about the history of Blues?” Lyra said, her happy composure returning.

Twilight, lost in confusion, shook her head and said “Oh…um…Sure! Come by tomorrow, you can see if you have anything that…um…you need”

Twilight lowered her head in thought

“Uh…are you ok Twilight?” Lyra questioned her happy face turning into a facial expression of worry and concern

“Yea!” Twilight said straightening her head and allowed a smile to crack from her mouth “No, I’m just thinking about…uh...Where Rarity is!” Twilight suddenly remembered the reason that she came outside in the first place

“Oh!”Lyra exclaimed her smile returning but for a fraction of a second as she looked up and thought “Uh…I think…I…saw Rarity in her boutique…not too sure, you should go check there” Lyra finished looking back at Twilight with a smile

“Oh, thanks Lyra, well, I’d best be off looking for Rarity!” Twilight responded

“Oh sure Twilight!” Lyra smiled “And I’ll be over, at about noon! See you then!” Lyra waved and trotted on.

Twilight trotted to Rarity’s boutique, she was confused, REALLY confused questions zoomed in her head, bouncing everywhere. There were simply so many questions that she wanted to know but it was hard to focus, all her questions where fighting for the spotlight, she pushed all the thoughts aside and concentrated on finding Carousel Boutique,

“Stay calm Twilight, stay calm” She thought to herself breathing in and out slowly

She saw the Boutique in the distance, she galloped towards it, only to be stopped by a call

“Twilight!” Shrilled a familiar voice

Twilight slowed to a halt and turned to where she heard the voice, she turned her head around to see Rarity galloping towards her.

“Darling, what is the rush for?” Rarity questioned “All of us are at you’re Library dear, but you aren't there, why are you going towards my boutique for?”

Twilight was shocked to see Rarity standing before her

“Rarity! I just asked Lyra if she has seen you and she said that you where at you’re Boutique!” Twilight shouted without knowing it.

Rarity jumped back in shock confusion and whimpered

“D…Darling w…what seems to be the problem…?”

Twilight realized that she was fuming, but she made no attempt to relax, confusion was spinning throughout her head like atoms whizzing around their respective nucleus,

“Why is nothing making sense?! What is wrong with Ponyville?!” She yelled aloud.

The ponies stared at Twilight but her gaze was fixed on Rarity,

“C…calm down Twilight…P…ponies are beginning to stare” Rarity whimpered trying her best to calm the fuming purple unicorn.

Rarity leaned forward and tried to calm Twilight and it worked, Twilight’s snorting subsided along with her angry facial expression, Rarity then tried to move Twilight by carefully nudging her forward

“*sigh* Ok, you can stop pushing me Rarity, I can walk” Twilight let a weak smile rip across her face and the 2 of them trotted back towards Twilight’s library, on their way back, Twilight broke the ice lingering around them, trying to make Rarity settle now that Twilight realized how angry she had been.

“Oh Rarity, I’m so sorry that I raised my voice at you I…” Twilight began

“Oh no, don’t worry about that darling, it’s quite alright” Rarity explained “I know that things surrounding you can get a little out of hoof every now and then but it’s quite alright, one should NEVER bottle up their anger only to release it on somepony but the past is the past by dear. Lyra was correct to an extent; I WAS walking to my Boutique when Pinkie Pie bounded towards me saying she wanted to talk to me about something regarding Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo and Applebloom, so we walked over to Starbits for a nice Dandelion and Chrysanthemum sandwich, and they where AMAZING, oh I urge you to try one Twilight, they are simply MARVELOUS, anyways, we talked for about a minute or 2 before Bon-bon called to Pinkie Pie and informed her that you needed her at you're library, waving a goodbye to Bon-bon, Pinkie Pie bounced towards you library and I followed to see what the fuss is about, we eventually arrived at you're Library seeing everypony there but you, so I set of to see where you went, I met Lyra while searching and she told me that you where heading towards my Boutique, so I galloped there and……here we are!”.

Twilight looked up to, not only see Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Apple Jack, Pinkie Pie and Spike, but to see Princess Celestia as well. A trickle of sweat rolled down her forehead as she realized that she was late, the princess requested that she would see her and the others in 10 minutes, yet she got sidetracked and completely lost control of time and her temper

“Princess Celestia!” Twilight quickly began “I didn’t mean to lose track of time I just…”

The Princess held out a hoof and that shut Twilight up in an instant, looking at Twilight, she calmly said

“Time is at stake here my faithful student, let us place this matter aside, I do however need to speak with all of you here”

Looking around at everypony as Twilight hung her head in shame,

“May we go inside?” The Princess asked.

Twilight’s head immediately jerked up and she hurriedly exclaimed

“Oh! Of course Princess!”

Her horn glistened and the door swung open to allow the Princess to walk in accompanied by Spike and 6 other ponies.