(Not written by me... You'll understand if you read the author's note)
As Twilight entered the library after a day of flying lessons from Rainbow Dash, she breathed a sigh of relief. "Geez, I know I asked Rainbow to put me through my paces, but when it comes to flying, she can be a real slave driver." She shook her head. "After all that, I really need to unwind. Maybe I can find a good book to...read…" Her voice trailed off as her eyes fell on the book sitting out on the table. Her eyebrow twitched slightly. "Why isn't this book shelved? Spike! SPIKE!" she shouted out. When there was no response, she blinked. "Oh yeah, I gave him the day off since I'd be flying with Rainbow all day." She chuckled nervously. "Can't believe I forgot about that." She walked forward, deciding to shelve the book herself. "Let's see, where does this book go-" She froze. "Wait, this isn't one of the library's books!"
She knew every book in the library by heart, and she'd never seen this one before. The whole outside cover was pitch black. On the cover was an etching of a cat, looking somewhere between a housecat and a panther, wearing curious gilded jewelry. In the upper right corner of the front cover was a symbol she didn't recognize, resembling a highly embroidered eye. There were letters under the image of the cat, but Twilight didn't recognize the language they were in, and they were closer to pictures than letters as she was used to.
"I've never seen this book before," Twilight breathed. "Where could it have come from?" She slowly opened the book...and blinked. "Wait…" She flipped back to the cover, then to the inside. "I can't read the cover, but the inside is plain as day. Wait…" She blinked, staring at the first line of the first page. "'To you who seek joy in magic, may my workings be your guide. Follow my footsteps, and find pleasure.' This…" She looked down, examining some of the writing. "This is a spellbook! A spellbook created for those whom learning is more important than power! Amazing! What kind of spells can it teach me?" She turned to the next page. "A table of contents? That's new. I've never seen a spellbook with a Table of Contents. This must be for really advanced magics. Let's see...Summoning?" Twilight blinked, then shook her head. "Don't want to summon something that I've never heard of, I'll look at that section later. Transformations? ...maybe later. Portals?" She thought about that for a time. "I don't know why, but that concept worries me. Scrying? That sounds like it would be safe enough."
She flipped through the pages. "'Mystic Viewer, the most basic of these Scrying Spells, for you who seeks to see more than your life has offered.' This seems like the perfect spell to start with." She traced her hoof down the spell requirements. "Hmm...I'll need to go borrow some components from Zecora, and purchase a few ingredients in town. I've never seen a spell that required raw magic power and foci and ingredients before." She smiled. "I can't wait to try it out. And it looks like there's recommended safety measures for first time casters of this kind of magic. This is so exciting!" Eagerly, Twilight raced out to gather what she would need, the book flipping closed behind her.
On the cover of the book, the etched cat shifted, got up, and stretched, a soft purring filling the air. Blinking open her eyes, the cat turned to stare at where Twilight had been sitting, and smiled. Letting off a soft chuckle, the cat curled back into its original position, awaiting the alicorn's return.
A/N:
Welcome to the story, this is a collection of RPs from the group Lilith911's "Special" House made into genuine stories for your entertainment, this first chapter was not an RP, but actually, an introduction to how we will be presenting the rest, have fun, and new chapters will come out as people RP and decide to spend half an hour to publish it.
I would just like to thank Vic Viper for his help in getting the group running and aiding me in setting the story parameters up, and Tatsurou for all of his help with the story, such as writing the prologue and the descriptions, and showing everyone else that the process of converting an RP to a story is not so hard.