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Lullaby for a Lost Moth Part 5

Mar 5th, 2014
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  1. >"Mothpony?"
  2. >You stand in front of a bookcase, quietly skimming the titles for relevant topics.
  3. >'Magic and You.' 'The Art of Flight.' 'Ponynomicon.'
  4. >What?
  5. "That's what I said."
  6. >You continue scanning for books.
  7. >One jumps out at you.
  8. >'Plants, animals, and oddities of the Everfree.'
  9. >"Bullshit."
  10. >Stop.
  11. >Turn.
  12. >Look honestly surprised.
  13. >That's the first bad word you've heard any of these ponies say since you got here.
  14. "What?"
  15. >Twilight blushes.
  16. >"I, uh. Sorry. What I meant to say is that that's impossible."
  17. >You shake your head, pulling the book out of the shelf.
  18. "Not impossible, just unlikely. And it's true."
  19. >Twilight walks over to the shelf across from you and starts looking for a book.
  20. >"It's not that I don't want to believe you Anon, I do, but."
  21. >She pulls a book out with here damned telekinesis.
  22. >"But the implications of something like that would be ridiculous."
  23. >What implications.
  24. >It's a new species of pony, not a world-ending monster.
  25. "Uhh…"
  26. >She flips through the book until she finds the page she's looking for.
  27. >"Besides…"
  28. >She walks back over to you.
  29. >"They're just an old mare's tale."
  30. >She lifts the book for you to see.
  31. >The title on the page reads 'The Glow in the Woods."
  32. >You skim the page.
  33. >It looks like a story about a sailor who's ship wrecks on a beach near a forest, far from his home.
  34. >He has no idea where he is or how to get back to civilization.
  35. >After a few nights of wandering, he sees a glow in the forest.
  36. >Investigating the glow shows that it was a strange creature.
  37. >Like a "mix of a Moth and a beautiful mare…"
  38. >Huh.
  39. >You close the book and look down at Twilight.
  40. "Well she exists, her name is Sen, and she's currently at Sugercube Corner gorging herself on cake.
  41. >You look at the clock on the wall.
  42. >About 12:40
  43. "And she should be along shortly."
  44. >You go back to scanning the books.
  45. "In the mean time, I have another question for you."
  46. >"Shoot."
  47. >"Have you ever heard anything about a cave in the Everfree that doesn't look like a cave, emits beautiful music, and has a strange pretty object in it that might draw a pony to it?"
  48. >She closes her eyes and her mouth works like she's silently reading through a list.
  49. >It's… Kind of fascinating really, how she remembers things like that.
  50. >Her eyes open.
  51. >"No, but Equestria is full of strange, wild, and unexplained magics that could possibly do those things."
  52. >Well. That's not very helpful.
  53. >You were hoping for something more than that.
  54. >Suddenly you hear a knock on the door.
  55. >Twilight walks over and opens it to reveal a very tired looking Sen.
  56. >"Too. Much. Cake."
  57. >She stumbles into the library towards you then redirects to the couch.
  58. >Twilight looks like her brain just broke.
  59. >As Sen crawls onto the couch you wave a hand in front of Twilight.
  60. >She shakes her head and her eyes light up.
  61. "Told you."
  62. >Twilight immediately runs over to the couch, poking and prodding at Sen.
  63. >Sen just groans and rolls over.
  64. "Twilight, stop. There's a very good possibility that she just ate twenty three cakes."
  65. >Twilight stops poking Sen.
  66. >"Anon! Do you realize what this means?"
  67. >You stop for a second and think.
  68. "Yes. Yes I do."
  69. >Her eyes light up again.
  70. >"You do?"
  71. "Yes. It means I have a small fluffy pony who needs a friend. Who needs help getting back to her family. And I need your help to do that."
  72. >She stops, apparently thinking about what you just said.
  73. >She sighs, shaking her head.
  74. >"You're right Anon, She needs help."
  75. >Twilight looks up at you.
  76. >"And I'll do everything I can."
  77. >You smile and pat her on the head.
  78. "Thanks Twilight."
  79. >She smiles back, then turns and rushes off, returning with a pile of books.
  80. >"We need to get some info on the Everfree. Now I don't know much but these books…"
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