Tuesday, July 8th

Midnight's Room

6:00 a.m

When I don't wake up in the real world, my heartbeat speeds up and I start to panic. Why am I still having dreams? Was I attacked or knocked unconscious? If this was a normal story, I could get help from the ponies and go back home. But because they were searching for humans-turned-ponies, they couldn't help me in this.

Which leads me to my next thought: how will I blend in? I'm a unicorn. They expect me to know magic. If I knew magic, I wouldn't have been trying to carry that umbrella. If I had known magic, I wouldn't have been so surprised at the magic Celestia had been using. I even talked to that other pony-Englager-about what Celestia did. What if my cover is already blown?

That settles it-I need to practice my magic.

In several movies and cartoons-like Peter Pan and almost every Disney movie ever-if you believe you can use magic, just believe hard enough and poof! You can use it. I tried to do that with my magic, too, but after three minutes I decided that it wouldn't work. Maybe I could try thinking of what I wanted to happen and visualize it in my head.

That reminds me of something that happened when I was nine. I had just finished watching a movie and decided that magic was real. So, I spent all day creating a magic wand. I cut out two yellow pieces of fabric, "sprinkled"(more like drowned) them in glitter, and sewed them together. I had found a wooden chopstick and painted in white, then stuck in into the star. I tried all day to get it to perform magic, and it didn't. After all, all it was and ever will be is a chopstick and a fabric star. Without thinking, I broke the wand in half and threw it into the trash can. It would have been a great thing to have, though, because that's the first time I had used a sewing machine. It's when I discovered my talent.

I'm ready to give up when I remember that ponies have spells for things like this at the library. There probably aren't spells for non-magical ponies, but there are plenty of spells for unicorns! All I have to do is find out where the library is, and I can ask somepony about that.

My thoughts are interrupted when a rolled-up scroll appears right in front of me, surrounded by purple magic and floating in midair. I clench it in my mouth and place it down on my lap. It stops glowing and opens up. It reads:

Dear Subjects:

In order to find the humans in Equestria, Luna and I have decided to make all ponies take a test. On the twelfth of July, all ponies shall gather in Canterlot. Those who can not afford transportation must send a letter to the royal guards, because attendance is not optional. Send any questions to the Balitimare mailponies and librarians.

Sincerely, Princess Celestia

It's...over, before it even began. I've always wanted to live in Equestria, but this!

What's going to happen once she finds me? I remember the conversation that happened in my previous dreams. Could that have anything to do with this? If they find out I'm a human, they'll just keep me here until they can wipe my memory. Once they find the humans, the discord in Baltimare(I'm guessing that's where I am, it's what it said on the letter)will be gone. I trot downstairs, trying to brush my worries away as easily as I brush my(human) hair. No worries, today is a new day. Now, I'll go ask somepony for directions to the library.

It turns out I don't need directions.

Everypony was standing in a huge line at the library(I never thought I'd say that sentence). All I had to do was look out my window to see the line. No one wants to look suspicious or miss Celestia's test, and they needed more details. However, because of the line, I would have to wait to look up magic. I go to the end of the line to find Englager in front of me.

"Princess Celestia left a lot of questions unanswered," He tells me. "It's no surprise that everypony would be here." About ten ponies overheard the librarian's answer and dropped out of the line. Now that I think about it, I have a question myself-do I need to wear something fancy when I'm in the castle? Will we even be in the castle? One thing's for sure-I've got to brush my hair. When I designed my OC, I made her hair curly(loose curls, nothing like Rarity's)and in reality, she'd have to brush her strawberry pink and purple hair way too often. I've only been here for a day and now it's a tangled mess.

But I'm smart enough to know that I can't ask the questions I want to ask without looking stupid or suspicious, so I shift my focus back to the spellbooks. When I finally get into the very crowded library, I go to the magic section.

The magic section is in the back of the library. Anypony would know they were there because it glowed with magic. I grabbed the first book I could find on levitation and opened it.

"Levitation:A beginner's guide to magic," I read. Yes! Now I can learn how to use magic! Then I'm going to check out books with teleportation spells and more advanced magic spells and-

"Oh, how sweet! Are you getting that for someone?" A blue stallion with orange eyes and an orange dragon cutie mark asks. "Uh..yeah," I know:not convincing. At. All. I get the levitation book and get out of the beginner's section. I also get a teleportaion book and a book of easy spells. I get a box to carry it in and I'm headed back to my house when I see a familiar face. A golden pony with a pink heart crown. She's an alicorn with blue eyes. She's the same pony I saw before I blacked out, but why? And why is she an alicorn? Is she royalty? Is she supposed to represent someone from the real world?

"Hello! Um, miss.." She doesn't turn around to face me. Instead, she quickens her steps, panting like she's in a hurry. Who is she? Does she know I'm a human? It would make sense, she did see me when I blacked out.

"Hey! Come back here!" I follow her with all of my strength, throwing down the library books and trying to catch up with her. She goes into an alleywad her. It was only when I got a good look at her again and we were both on the ground when I realized that wasn't an alicorn. The pony I saw now was a pegasus with green eyes and scruffy haiy, I follow her. She flew, I chaser.

"Huh? Why are you following me?" She blinks in surprise.

I get out of there.

Tuesday, July 8th

Real Time, 4:00 p.m

Ragan's House

"Hey, has anyone seen or heard from your friend?" Ragan's mom set down the mashed potatoes on the kitchen table. "It seems like a lot of people have gone missing lately. You should check up on her." Ragan walked over to her friend's house, sure than nothing had happened to her. She was very surprised when she looked in the house.

Tuesday, July 11th

Midnight's Room

6:00 a.m

Three days after the misunderstanding, I wake up in a room that very strongly resembles my own. Midnight's room. Again. What if something really did happen to me? Am I in a coma at the hospital? Was I killed? Why am I stuck in this dream?

"It's too real to be a dream," I decide. This is real. And I only have one day until the test. So, I go to the spellbooks that I checked out earlier. Except, they're not there.

I must've dropped them when I saw that alicorn princess pony, I realize. Great. So now I have to find them. They're probably dirty and covered in mud, or hoofprints. And it was so hard to carry those books last time without them falling! Well, I better go now.

I retreive the books and return to my house. But when I open the books, my fears come to life. Some pages are torn and dilapidated, others are soggy with water. Several of them are missing. Only three pages stayed intact, and I'm grateful for them. Because the pages that can still be read are very valuable.

"How to perform a simple levetation spell," I read aloud. And by the end of the morning, I knew how to do it.

The other two pages were about temorarily looking like a different pony and teleportation for begginers, respectively. I tried to learn both but only learned the teleportation spell. But at the end of the day, I felt something I hadn't felt in a long time. I felt prepared.