The Day My Life Ended (Editing)

Chapter Six: Twilight Sparkle (Revised)

Then

The night of Equestria was generally cold. The warmth of the sun had left, leaving the ponies to make use of their fireplaces and freshly made tea. Some used their cozy blankets and cocoa, bundling up like it was Hearth's Warming Eve.

Your friendly neigh(haha horse pun)borhood librarian used warming spells on her home. She lived in a tree, so it was highly impractical of her to have fires for warmth. Her dragon assistant was taking one of his eight hour bubbles baths. It was a lot harder to clean up under scales than ponies would think.

Since it was the end of the day, lots of ponies heading off to sleep, Twilight was doing some late night reading. Not she knew it was late, she was muzzle deep in a book. Twilight Sparkle was dead to the world.

She was so deep in the book that she didn't notice the sudden arrival of Princess Luna in her front parlor. Not until said Princess used her magic to move the book out of Twilight's reach.

"Ugh Spike!" Twilight cried out. She replaced her angered growl with a panicked squeak at seeing her new guest. "Princess Luna?!"

The Princess of the Night maintained a calm expression. Her sea green eyes were narrowed on Twilight, expectantly. "Twilight Sparkle, I am in need of your aid."

"You need my help?" Twilight asked. Her eyes went buggy. "Really? Of course, Princess Luna! What do you need? The results of my latest experiment? Oh no, did my last friendship report not make it to Canterlot? Oh no oh no oh no!"

"Peace, Prized Student." Princess Luna ordered. Twilight closed her lips, purple eyes shrinking in fear at any number of mistakes. "My reason for being here involves our mutual acquaintance, Raspberry Stardust."

"Raspberry?" Twilight repeated in surprise. "Why? Has something happened?"

"That is why I have come seeking your aid, for I am as of yet unaware of what has occurred." Princess Luna admitted. "Earlier this evening, I was on my way to Raspberry's home to inquire on a mutual arrangement between us. As I flew over the Forest Everfree, I noticed an odd being I had not seen before. It stood tall, taller than other ponies, there was no fur on it except for the black fur on it's head. There were no hooves, only claws. It fled in the direction of Raspberry Stardust's dwelling. When I arrived there was no sign of the creature, or of Raspberry."

Princess Luna paused. She knew that Raspberry had befriended the Princess of the Night some moons ago, near the time of Princess Luna's return. After Luna's banishment, Raspberry's friendship had meant the world to her. It must be horrible to not know what was going on.

Twilight became worried for Raspberry. The librarian may not be that close with Raspberry, but their friendship was slowly growing strong.

"We must ask you, gather the remaining Bearers to find Raspberry Stardust and confront this creature. You must find out about the creature. It must be known if it is a danger to Equestria and her ponies." Princess Luna explained. "We hate to ask this of you. It's easy to face a danger to your world, but it can be challenging to face a friend."

Twilight nodded. She bowed to the Princess. "Right away, Princess."

Luna bowed her head, acknowledging the student before walking out the door.

As soon as the door closed, Twilight put on her most serious face.

"SPIKE!" She shouted. She ran off to her bedroom.

So Twilight ran out from the warmth of her house, dragging Spike behind her. She gathered her friends, telling them of their newest mission straight from Princess Luna.