Title:           Lullaby for a Lost Moth Part 5
Author:          SnowAnon
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First Edit:      Wednesday 5th of March 2014 10:38:30 AM CDT
Last Edit:       Wednesday 5th of March 2014 10:38:30 AM CDT

>"Mothpony?"
>You stand in front of a bookcase, quietly skimming the titles for relevant topics.
>'Magic and You.' 'The Art of Flight.' 'Ponynomicon.'
>What?
"That's what I said."
>You continue scanning for books.
>One jumps out at you.
>'Plants, animals, and oddities of the Everfree.'
>"Bullshit."
>Stop.
>Turn.
>Look honestly surprised.
>That's the first bad word you've heard any of these ponies say since you got here.
"What?"
>Twilight blushes.
>"I, uh. Sorry. What I meant to say is that that's impossible."
>You shake your head, pulling the book out of the shelf.
"Not impossible, just unlikely. And it's true."
>Twilight walks over to the shelf across from you and starts looking for a book.
>"It's not that I don't want to believe you Anon, I do, but."
>She pulls a book out with here damned telekinesis.
>"But the implications of something like that would be ridiculous."
>What implications.
>It's a new species of pony, not a world-ending monster.
"Uhh…"
>She flips through the book until she finds the page she's looking for.
>"Besides…"
>She walks back over to you.
>"They're just an old mare's tale."
>She lifts the book for you to see.
>The title on the page reads 'The Glow in the Woods."
>You skim the page.
>It looks like a story about a sailor who's ship wrecks on a beach near a forest, far from his home.
>He has no idea where he is or how to get back to civilization.
>After a few nights of wandering, he sees a glow in the forest.
>Investigating the glow shows that it was a strange creature.
>Like a "mix of a Moth and a beautiful mare…"
>Huh.
>You close the book and look down at Twilight.
"Well she exists, her name is Sen, and she's currently at Sugercube Corner gorging herself on cake.
>You look at the clock on the wall.
>About 12:40
"And she should be along shortly."
>You go back to scanning the books.
"In the mean time, I have another question for you."
>"Shoot."
>"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?"
>She closes her eyes and her mouth works like she's silently reading through a list.
>It's… Kind of fascinating really, how she remembers things like that.
>Her eyes open.
>"No, but Equestria is full of strange, wild, and unexplained magics that could possibly do those things."
>Well. That's not very helpful.
>You were hoping for something more than that.
>Suddenly you hear a knock on the door.
>Twilight walks over and opens it to reveal a very tired looking Sen.
>"Too. Much. Cake."
>She stumbles into the library towards you then redirects to the couch.
>Twilight looks like her brain just broke.
>As Sen crawls onto the couch you wave a hand in front of Twilight.
>She shakes her head and her eyes light up.
"Told you."
>Twilight immediately runs over to the couch, poking and prodding at Sen.
>Sen just groans and rolls over.
"Twilight, stop. There's a very good possibility that she just ate twenty three cakes."
>Twilight stops poking Sen.
>"Anon! Do you realize what this means?"
>You stop for a second and think.
"Yes. Yes I do."
>Her eyes light up again.
>"You do?"
"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."
>She stops, apparently thinking about what you just said.
>She sighs, shaking her head.
>"You're right Anon, She needs help."
>Twilight looks up at you.
>"And I'll do everything I can."
>You smile and pat her on the head.
"Thanks Twilight."
>She smiles back, then turns and rushes off, returning with a pile of books.
>"We need to get some info on the Everfree. Now I don't know much but these books…"