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"Uggh" Twilight groaned as she walked to the door. "Why does everyone always knock on my door right when I start studying?" she asked no one in particular.

*Knock knock knock*

"Alright, I'm coming!" she yelled to the door. Her horn glowed with magenta light as she used it to magically open the door. Standing there before her were three little ponies, an orange pegasus, a white unicorn, and a yellow earth pony. All were showing their most winning smiles.

Twilights ears drooped, and she frowned. They wanted something from her, and it would cut into her carefully scheduled studying time.

"Hi Twilight!" they said in unison, still smiling at her.

As much as Twilight Sparkle loved having friends now, and all the benefits she received from them, she always regretted having to give up her free (and sometimes un-free) time to do something for them without express written notification at least two days in advance of whatever activity they wanted her to do.

She really wished her friends had actually agreed to that idea.

'Oh well,' she thought. 'I'd better find out what they want.'

"What's up girls?" She asked, forcing herself to forget about her schedules for the moment.

"We were just wondering if you had any books about romance?" the small yellow earth pony asked innocently.

"Of course" she answered, going back into the library to find the books they needed. "What kind of romance book?"

"The kind that tells how to make someone fall in love with you" answered the white unicorn pony.

"Okay, well I've got several that can tell you about that." She started magically lifting several books off the shelves, but stopped suddenly when she remembered something. "You three aren't going to try to make a love potion and try to get two ponies to start dating again, are you?" she asked, narrowing her eyes, and glaring at them.

"Of course not Twilight!" the unicorn pony said.

"We Pinkie Pie Promise!" said the pegasus pony. "Cross our heart…" she began.

"Hope to fly…" continued the yellow earth pony

"Stick a cupcake in our eye – Ow!" finished the white unicorn pony, as she mimed sticking a cupcake in her eye, accidently poking her eye in the process.

"Well alright…" Twilight said, still suspicious. "Just make sure you take care of it."

"Don't worry, we will!" promised the unicorn pony, heading out the door with the book. "Oh, and make sure to tell Spike not to worry!"

"Yeah, well take care of everything!" said the pegasus, as she and the earth followed the unicorn out the library.

'Tell Spike not to worry about what?' Twilight thought as she went to continue studying.

As she walked back to her room, she saw Spike coming down the stairs.

"Oh hey Spike" she said. "When did you get home?"

"About fifteen minutes ago" he answered. "I didn't want to interrupt you before my scheduled interruption time."

Twilight smiled at this. Even though her pony friends wouldn't let her schedule their time with her in advance, Spike had agreed, albeit half-heartedly. Although it didn't always work, the little purple and green dragon at least tried to follow the scheduling rules.

"So who was at the door?" he asked.

"Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom and Scootaloo" she answered. "They wanted to borrow a book. Well I better get back to my studying. Magic doesn't learn itself!"

She headed back to her study, when she remembered what Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo had said.

"Oh, Spike." she called to the dragon, who was climbing back up the stairs.

"Yeah?"

"They wanted me to tell you not to worry. They'll take care of everything."

Spike got a confused look on his face. "Not to worry about what?" he asked. "And what are they taking care of?"

"I don't know" she said disappointedly. She had been hoping he could have explained that. "By the way," she asked "where have you been all day?"

To her not at all surprise, he blushed slightly before answering.

"I was just helping Rarity out with one of her dresses" he answered a little sheepishly.

'Here we go again' she thought. 'Poor Spike. It must be awful to love someone who doesn't love you back. And Rarity hasn't been making it any easier lately, what with calling him Spikey-Wikey and fawning all over him all of the time. I'll have to schedule some time to have a talk with her about that sometime soon.'

"Look, Spike…" she began gently. "I know you think-"

"Look, I know what you're going to say Twilight, but it doesn't matter. When you were a filly, did you ever give up hope that someday you would be accepted into Princess Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns?"

"No," she said hesitantly. "But Spike, that's"

"And what happened when you finally applied and took the entrance exam?

"Well…" she began, knowing where this was going. "I passed the test with flying colors, hatched your egg, earned my cutie mark, became the Princess's personal protégé" she was smiling now as she finished "and met my little brother for the first time."

"Exactly!" Spike said triumphantly.

"Alright" Twilight said, conceding his point. "Just be careful. I don't want you getting hurt."

"I will." he said.

"Hey Rarity!"

"Hey Rarity!"

"Hey sis!"

Scootaloo, Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle burst into the Carousel Boutique, and raced upstairs past Rarity, causing her to spill the bottle of glitter that she had just finished cleaning up back all over the floor.

"What have I told you about running through my store?" she shouted after them "It took mee fifteen minutes to clean that up!"

"Sorry sis!" Sweetie Belle called back as she disappeared from sight.

Rarity sighed in exasperation as she heard her sisters door slam – since her shop had two bedrooms upstairs, Rarity let Sweetie Belle keep the second one for whenever their parents let her spend the night with her big sister.

'That's odd' thought Rarity. 'That almost sounded like they went into my room. But that's ridiculous… what on earth would they want to go into my room for?'

She pushed the thought from her mind, sighed, and began cleaning the glitter up… again!

Hey everyone, just a few notes:

First, thanks to everyone who read and reviewed the first chapter (aka the Prologue). Pleas read on and keep reviewing!

Second, after rereading the prologue today, i thought it came out a little choppy, and i wanted to know if you guys would want me to leave it the way it is, or if you want me to rework it to make it flow more smoothly, like i hope this chapter turned out.

So let me know what you think... Keep the prologue the same, streamline it, or even if you think this chapter was just as choppy as the prologue (or worse)

Again, thank you for reading!