>Twilight was buried deep in the library
>books, piled nearly to the roof in magnificent towers teetered dangerously around her
>every so often, one would be magically tugged free to be referenced
>each time, one of the towers destabilized even more
>she was furiously scribbling notes while holding several tomes aloft at once
>she drew the last book she needed, sending the nearest tower swaying uncontrollably
>”Yes! It’s finally ready!”
>the spell she was researching was finally complete
>it had been lost over the ages, and Twilight had spent the last few days piecing it back together
>all she had was various references and vague mentions in several ancient texts
>but with some solid research and clever educated guesses, she had managed to rebuild the spell
>very clever, if she did say so herself
>too excited to wait, Twilight began to cast the spell
>in hindsight, it probably would’ve been best to perform some controlled tests first
>she had absolutely no idea what the spell would do beyond some rough ideas
>but who was she to stand in the way of progress?
>she firmly planted all four hooves on the ground
>her horn lit up with a purple glow as the spell was weaved
>at that moment, the massive pile of books finally tipped over
>it came toppling down around her
>a particularly large grimoire struck Twilight’s horn just as the spell was cast
>the magic flew out of control as she was knocked unconscious
***
>some time later
>Twilight’s head emerged from underneath a mountain of books
>”Ugh, what happened?”
>the last thing she remembered was preparing to cast the new spell when everything went black
>the spell!
>she frantically sped back and forth, organizing the fallen books as she went
>she couldn’t see any signs of the spell’s effects
>in fact, she couldn’t see any sign that the spell had gone off at all
>frustrated and with a pounding headache, Twilight stomped off for some comfort food
>as she left her personal study, she noticed movement out of the corner of her eyes
>”Great, just what I needed, an infestation.”
>she regarded the little scurrying dots with disgust
>this was one of the unfortunate side effects of living in a library made out of a living tree
>”SPIKE!”
>she didn’t have time to clean this up, hopefully Spike could handle it
>there was no response
>she planted a hoof to her face and sighed
>”I guess I’ll have to deal with this myself.”
***
>it had been another quiet day at the ponyville library
>well, quiet on ponyville terms
>Spike was busy milling about, cleaning and reshelving books
>Twilight was busy in her study
>she had been working on some project or another
>there were a handful of other ponies browsing the library
>an unicorn or two, a few pegasi and several earth ponies
>he was on a step ladder, trying to place a book on a particularly high shelf
>it was almost there when suddenly a wave of purple washed through the building
>it coursed through all of the inhabitants before dissipating 
>at first, nothing happened
>then suddenly they all felt it
>an intense vertigo gripped them all as the world seemed to grow around them
>some began to panic, others collapsed on the spot
>Spike, unable to keep his balance toppled from the footstool
>the book he was balancing fell after him
>it landed with a thud and narrowly missed crushing him
>all around him, rapidly shrinking ponies were in disarray
>emerging from under the book, he belched a gout of bright green flame into the air to catch their attention
>”Everyone relax! Twilight is right in the other room, she’ll know what to do.”
>that seemed to calm the crowd down
>they fell into step behind the baby dragon as they made the long trek across the floor
>suddenly Twilight burst from her study
>everyone breathed a sigh of relief
>everything was going to be ok
>she looked about and then down and her face contorted in disgust
>”SPIKE!”
>Spike ran forward, arms flailing to get Twilight’s attention
>”Twilight! Down here, we’re all down he-“
>he didn’t get to finish as a great shadow covered him
>Twilight’s hoof hovered over his body
>he was frozen on the stop in terror and confusion
>”I guess I’ll just have to deal with this myself”
>the massive hoof came down with a thunderous crash
***
>Twilight saw one of the offending invaders scurry towards her
>it even tried to climb up her leg!
>she lifted a hoof and stomped on it
>one down, several more to go
>she’d have to call an exterminator one of these days
***
>the gaggle of ponies watched in horror as Twilight lifted one of her legs
>and brought it down on the dragon
>and then Spike was no more
>they stood in shock for a moment
>then scattered when Twilight turned her attention towards them
***
>the mass of bugs scattered to the far reaches of the room
>great, Twilight didn’t have any proper tools to handle an invasion like this
>she couldn’t leave and risk having them nest and multiply as well
>it would have to be the hard way
>she spent the next hour or so hunting down as many as she could find
>some she caught out in the open and were dispatched with a quick hoof
>others required more creative solutions
>she would grip them with magic and drag them to where they could be disposed of easily
>there was even a crowd of at least four or five that she managed to get at once!
>satisfied that she had gotten most of them, Twilight trotted off to the kitchen
>time for that comfort food
***
>not many ponies had survived the onslaught
>of the crowd originally shrunk, only four earth ponies and a pegasus remained
>they had fled towards the kitchen
>behind them, they heard the chilling sounds of stomps
>each one they knew spelt the doom for another pony
>no time to mourn, they worked together to reach the high ground
>the farther they could get from those hooves, the better
>the five survivors managed to climb onto one of the counters and into a cabinet
>perhaps they could reach a window to escape
>they were halfway across the cabinet when they heard noises outside
>bright light blinded the lot of them as the doors opened to reveal Twilight
>she gripped a nearby jar full of bright sprinkles 
>as the jar dragged its way towards the front, it ran at the escaping ponies
>the pegasus was able to fly out of the way but the earth ponies were not so lucky
>they were pushed out of the cabinet into the open air
>screaming, their falls were broken by a landing into soft ice cream
>the pegasus watched as they struggled to pull free
>the cold and the fall had momentarily stunned them
>she was torn between the exit and escape before her and saving the trapped earth ponies
>her head darted back and forth, struggling to come to a decision
>”Sorry guys, you’re on your own”
>she turned to fly towards the window
>she could hear the squeaking protests of the ponies she was abandoning behind her
>or at least she thought they were protests
>what she didn’t know was that even thought they were trapped, they were trying to warn her
>but it was too late, Twilight swung a flyswatter at the pegasus
>it struck her but kept its momentum
>she was carried in a wide arc towards the counter
>the swatter stuck the hard surface with a solid TWHACK
***
>Twilight surveyed the damage underneath
>”Ick, I’ll have Spike clean this up, wherever he is.”
>she took her bowl of ice cream and sprinkles and returned to her study
>she deserved a reward for such hard study and thorough extermination of the unwanted bugs
>Twilight was so pleased with herself that she didn’t realize that her ice cream had a few extra “sprinkles”
>she dug into the ice cream with wild abandon
***
>one by one, each of the four remaining ponies were scooped up
>until there was only one, a lone stallion
>he watched as each of his companions was pulled into their captor’s mouth
>each time, their fate was sealed as he saw the undulation of her throat with each swallow
>then it was just he that remained
>he had managed to survive all this time
>be it through luck or something else, he didn’t know
>but now, his luck had run out
>still stuck in the freezing cold treat, he was unable to free himself
>the spoon that had carried away the other three now ran underneath him
>voice cracking and sore, he tried calling out for mercy
>there was no answer
>everything moved in slow motion as he was brought before Twilight’s muzzle
>it slowly opened to receive him
>the inside of her mouth was dripping with bits of unswallowed and melting ice cream
>her tongue flattened to reveal the dark arch of her throat
>he passed between her lips and teeth
>to add insult to injury, a glob of saliva landed on his head just as her mouth closed aroundhim
>”MMM…”
>he could hear the sounds of her pleasure echoing in the chamber around him
>the spoon withdrew leaving him trapped inside
>he didn’t have to remain long before her tongue pushed him and the ice cream towards the back
>finally melting enough for him to break free, it was too little, too late as he was pushed into Twilight’s esophagus
>GULP
***
>Twilight didn’t know what it was but the last few bites of ice cream were especially good
>sufficiently indulged, she was ready to go back and try that spell again
>maybe it needed more power this time…

Fin