Equestria, a world unlike ours. Filled with magic and wonder, but also with danger. The residents consist of ponies. Talking magical ponies. There are three tribes: the Earth ponies who take care of the land and some of them are very strong, the Pegasi who control the weather and the Unicorns who can use magic. But there's also one type of pony that has the power of all the tribes. The Alicorns. They are the leaders and there are only three to four who rule all of Equestria.

Today, we go to a very special town in this world. It's called Ponyville.

Most ponies of all tribes live there. Our story, like so many others, are about six very special ponies. One of them is a Unicorn/Alicorn named Twilight Sparkle. Since her library house was sadly destroyed by the centaur Tirek, she and her dragon assistant now live in a castle of their own. Today is a normal day for them, but they planned something for tonight.

"Are you sure everything's ready for tonight, Twilight?" Spike asked.

"One hundred percent sure. And I couldn't have done it without my number one assistant." Twilight said.

"Ah, it was nothing." Spike said while looking around the room.

They were in the library, but they added a few things for tonight. There was a table with snacks and drinks and seven sleeping bags on the ground.

"I'm so excited for tonight's slumber party. We style each other's mane, tell ghost stories, eat s'mores and so on. After my first slumber party with Rarity and Applejack, I'm prepared for everything." Twilight said with excitement and self-assuring.

"Hopefully, there's also something that I can do and not only that girly stuff." Spike said motioning with his fingers.

Twilight giggled a bit. "Don't worry, Spike. It'll be fun for everypony...and dragon."

Spike smiled at this, then he realised something. "Oh, maybe I can go into town to see if I can find some delicious gemstones for tonight." Spike said with excitement.

Twilight couldn't help but roll her eyes with a smile. "Okay, see you later."

Spike opened the door and went into town.

Spike had searched the whole day for gemstones and other things he likes. Till the time he found what he wanted, it was nighttime. He walked happily back to the castle.

"Yum. Finally, after hours of searching, I finally have some." Spike said. Suddenly, he looked at the clocktower. "Uh oh, better hurry or else I'll be late."

But suddenly, something caught his eye. In the star-filled blanket of darkness, a big star shone very brightly. Spike couldn't keep his eyes from it, it was so beautiful to look at. Suddenly, the star began to shine even brighter and then it began to move. It flew very fast above Spike and it began to descend somewhere in the Everfree Forest. The impact caused a huge wave of light that everypony could see, but for the moment only Spike saw it.

"What was that?" He asked himself. "It looked like it went towards the Castle of the Two Sisters. I better check it out."

He ran towards the entrance to the forest and hesitated a little. He knows how dangerous the Everfree Forest is, but he was too curious. So he gathered all his strength and went into the forest. Little did he know that two small yellow eyes were watching him.

While Spike walked in the forest, he looked around nervously. Something could sneak around in the forest, waiting for the perfect moment to pounce. Suddenly, he heard something rustling. He quickly searched for the sound. He heard another, this time a bit closer. And then one more and suddenly it stopped. Spike was very aware of what might happen. He turned around and what he saw in front of him suddenly made him jump into the air with a yell and fall back to the ground. It was an owl. But not just any owl, it was one that he knows all to well.

"Owlowiscious? Don't scare me like that again. I thought you were a Timberwolf or something." Spike said.

"Hoo?" said the owl named Owlowiscious.

"Oh, I'm going to the Castle of the Two Sisters." Spike answered.

"Hoo?" asked the owl.

"A star went that way and impacted there. I'm going there to check it out."

"Hoo-hoo." said Owlowiscious.

"I know it's the girls' slumber party tonight, but I'm so curious about that star." Spike said.

"Hoo?"

"Me. That's who." Spike said and walked past the owl.

The owl shrugged and followed him.

After minutes of walking in the forest, they finally reached the old castle. It was still in the same state. Spike was a little frightened because of the look of the castle at night. But still, with great determination, he went over the bridge to move further.

When they approached the gate, Spike opened it slowly while it made a creaking noise. Spike took a look inside and opened the gate a little more. He and Owlowiscious went inside and looked around.

Spike began to think. "Hm. I wonder where it is."

"Hoo." Owlowiscious said.

"It's not 'who', it's 'where'." And they began to search through most parts of the castle. After a while, they found nothing. "Did you found anything?"

"Hoo." said Owlowiscious.

Spike sighs. "I swear I didn't see things. I saw a shooting star falling here. Did I let my imagination get the best of me?"

Suddenly, a bright light shone through the window. Owlowiscious saw it.

"Hoo-hoo. Hoo-hoo." said the owl.

"Not know, Owlowiscious. I'm trying to think." Spike said.

But the owl paid no attention to that and instead he used his talons to turn Spike's head to the direction of the light. Spike's eyes widened.

"Wow. It comes from the gardens." Spike said and ran to the entrance of the gardens. When he arrived, he couldn't believe his eyes at what he saw. The glowing light came from something that was at the top of a tower of rocks. Slowly, he approached the rock pile and turned his attention to his owl friend. "Wait here."

Owlowiscious sat on a branch of a tree while he watched how Spike climbed the rock pile. He climbed higher and higher until he was almost at the top. Suddenly, he slipped which almost made him fall. One rock fell to the ground.

"Hoo!" panicked Owlowiscious.

But Spike regained himself and climbed further. He came closer and closer to the source of the light. Owlowiscious watched with big eyes. Spike finally approached the source and gave a little suspicious look. It was revealed to be a golden book with a strange insignia in the center. He picked it up and observed it.

"This...is it? A book?" He asked himself.

"Hoo?" The owl asked.

Spike slid down the pile of rocks and went to his feathered friend.

"It's just a book. I don't get it. This is something that Twilight would like." He looked at the book and saw the strange insignia. "Wait a minute. What's this? I've never seen a symbol like that before."

The symbol looked like one big circle with two smaller circles on the top. The big circle was a blue gemstone.

"Maybe Twilight knows. Let's go." Spike said and together they went back to their friends.

Meanwhile, the girls were already enjoying their slumber party. Rainbow and Applejack were having a pillow fight, Fluttershy, Rarity and Twilight were giving each other make-overs and Pinkie was making a few s'mores.

"Ah, isn't this delightful?" Rarity asked.

"It sure is." Applejack said while still playing with Rainbow.

"Wait till you all taste some of my self-made s'mores. This time, I putted a secret ingredient in it." Pinkie said and came close to Fluttershy. "Do you know what the secret ingredient is?" She asked. Pinkie looked left and right. Fluttershy was about to say something, but Pinkie interrupted by whispering in her ear. "A secret."

"Um, I kinda had that thought you would say that." Fluttershy said.

"Say, Twilight, darling. Where's Spikey-Wikey?" Rarity asked while giving Twilight a mud mask.

"I don't know. He was looking for some gems for the party, but he still hasn't returned yet." Twilight said.

"Oh, I hope nothing happened to him." Fluttershy said.

"I hope so too. I mean, he could be eaten by timberwolves, being clobbered by mean teenage dragons or being killed by something so strange and so mysterious that we can't even explain." Pinkie said making Fluttershy very nervous and making her tremble. It even made Twilight panick.

"Pinkie Pie. Don't say that. It's one of those things that can give us a heart attack." Rarity said.

"Yeah, besides, Spike is a smart guy. I'm sure nothing's going to happen to him." Rainbow said.

Twilight began to think and suddenly, the door opened revealing the tiny dragon and the owl. The girls let out a sigh of relief knowing their friend is okay.

"Spike, where have you been?" Twilight asked.

"Sorry, I'm late. But I just saw the strangest thing" Spike explained.

"What strange thing?" Twilight asked.

"There was a star that shone very brightly and suddenly it fell down. It landed in Celestia and Luna's old castle." Spike said.

"A falling star? Was there any damage?" Twilight asked.

"Not a crack. It fell in the gardens. It glowed very brigthly. But then came the weird part, instead of a star I found this." Spike showed Twilight the book.

"A book?" Rainbow asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Spike, you didn't take another book from the library without permission like last time, did you?" Twilight asked with a firm look.

"No. I didn't. This was on top of a pile of rocks. I've never seen a book like this before" Spike said.

"Ooooooh. Mysterious." Pinkie said with a smile.

"And look at the insignia." Spike said and showed her the cover of the book.

Twilight looked closely at the symbol of the book. Spike was right, this was an unfamiliar symbol.

"What do you think it could mean?" Spike asked.

"I have no idea." Twilight tried to open the book, but it won't open. There was a lock on the right side. "It's locked. I don't even have a key for it."

"Don't you have a spell to open it?" Rainbow asked.

"I...could try that." Twilight said.

Her horn glowed and aimed it at the lock before it got hit by a laser of magic. Twilight grunted while she did her best to open it, but suddenly the lock began to shake and fired a bolt of electricity towards Twilight which made her fall on the floor. Her spell didn't work.

"That's one strong lock." Applejack said.

"Oh my goodness, Twilight. Are you okay?" Fluttershy asked.

"Uh, I'm fine, Fluttershy. I've never faced a book like that before. And whatever is inside it, it's really powerful magic." Twilight said while rubbing her head.

Spike looked at the insignia on the book and placed his claw on it. Nopony knew that the book felt Spike's claw, some kind of energy began to spark.

"Great, how do we know what's in it if you can't open it?" Rainbow said.

"Hey, I tried my best. We should go to Princess Celestia, maybe she knows something about this book." Twilight said.

Suddenly, the book shot a pillar of energy through the roof. Spike quickly backed away. His friends noticed the pillar of energy.

"Great, now I have to fix that roof." Twilight said.

Pinkie putted on some sunglasses. "Oooooh. Shiny."

"What did you do, Spike?" Twilight asked.

"I just touched it." Spike answered.

"YOU WANT TO KNOW THE KNOWLEDGE FROM THIS BOOK, THAT I KNOW. BUT YOU NEED TO PROVE YOURSELF TO SHOW IF YOU'RE WORTHY!" A loud female voice spoke from the book and suddenly some kind of holographic circle with many kinds of symbols appeared in front of them. "CHOOSE WISE AND DO NOT LINGER! THE CHOICE IS YOURS!"

With that, the ponies and dragon looked at each other in confusion while the holographic circle kept floating horizontal.

"Wha...What do you mean?" Twilight asked.

A burst of magic appeared in the center of the circle showing a symbol. Pinkie looked at it with excitement in her eyes. "Oooh. Is it a guessing game? I like those games. Wait, wait, wait! Don't say it! It's a..., It's a..."

"It looks like an apple." Fluttershy looked at it curiously.

Twilight began to concentrate and kept looking at the circle and the symbol. She also noticed the other symbols on the circle. "I think we need to choose the matching symbol."

"Oh. There it is. I see it." Pinkie said and pointed at the apple symbol on the circle.

Twilight stepped closer and slowly placed her hoof on the circle. When she rotated the circle a bit, her hoof flinched back. But then she placed it back and rotated the circle so the apple symbol was in front of the big apple symbol. The big apple symbol exploded a bit and changed into a new symbol.

"Hey, now it's a sun." Applejack said.

Twilight began to think again. "I think we need speed and teamwork to win this challenge. Help me with this."

"I see the sun symbol." Rarity said.

Twilight rotated the circle until the big symbol exploded again and took a new symbol. This time it was a lamp. This time, Rainbow rotated the circle and the symbol exploded again. The pillar of energy became stronger.

"Hurry, who knows what will happen if that pillar enlarges." Twilight said.

The new symbol is a glass slipper.

"Hey look, Rarity. A glass slipper." Pinkie said.

"Over there!" Applejack said.

Twilight rotated the circle again and the symbol exploded once more. The new symbol is a snow flake. Rarity rotated it and the symbol exploded. During the time, different symbols appeared. A rose, a butterfly, a jack o' lantern, a lion cub, a music note, a sea shell and a chinese dragon. Finally, the last symbol was a medal with a cloud and a lightning bolt. Time was running out. Twilight quickly rotated the circle with the matching symbol in front and all of a sudden the pillar of energy disappeared. The ponies and dragon were covering their eyes from the light.

"You have proven yourself worthy, noble ones. Please, accept your reward." The female voice said and in a flash a key appeared.

The girls looked wide eyed at the key. Twilight took it with her magic and examined it for a while.

"Wow, what was that all about?" Rainbow asked.

Twilight looked at the book again and slowly placed the key in the keyhole. The keyhole accepted the key and the lock opened.

"It's open." Spike said.

Twilight opened the book and she saw a message on the first page of the book. She read it out loud.

Dear readers and adventurers,

You are in possession of the book of Disney. This book is very special in its own way.
It makes the world you are living now change forever. While you read it, it is just like you are experiencing the stories yourself.
Experience these amazing adventures full of wonder and danger. Face the nefarious villains and
bond yourself with the characters that are pure of heart.

Have fun.

Twilight raised an eyebrow and looked through the various pages of the book. Then her eyes widened. "Wait. This is a storybook."

"A storybook?" Rainbow asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Oooh. You mean a book with stories that tells about princes, princesses and dragons and such?" Pinkie asked with excitement.

"When you say it that way, than yes." Twilight said.

"Oh my goodness. Can you read one, Twilight?" Fluttershy asked.

"Well, I don't know..." Twilight said.

"Please, please, please." Pinkie said.

"Pwetty please." Fluttershy said and they both looked at Twilight with puppy dog eyes.

Twilight, of course, couldn't resist. "Well, okay. Who knows. It might be fun."

"I'm pretty excited." Rarity said while she laid on her belly.

All the rest of the girls sat on their haunches or on their bellies. Spike also sat down.

"Alright, let's read the first one." Twilight said and went to the first story of the book.

SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS

Twilight read the title and then the story.

Once upon a time,
there lived a lovely little Princess named Snow White.
Her vain and wicked stepmother, the Queen, feared that some day, Snow White's beauty would surpass her own. So she dressed the little Princess in rags and forced her to work as a Scullery Maid.

"How awful." Fluttershy said.

"My word. I may be fabulous, but I would never do such thing to my family or underlings." Rarity said.

Twilight read further.

Each day, the vain Queen consulted her Magic Mirror,

"Magic Mirror on the Wall,
Who is the fairest one of all?"

..and as long as the mirror answered "You are the fairest one of all",
Snow White was safe from the Queen's cruel jealousy.

"Whoa, that queen has a real problem." Spike said.

"You can say that again." Applejack said.

"Oh. I hope that Snow White likes animals like I do." Fluttershy said with a cute smile.

"I think we're about..." Twilight said. But before she could finish, a large burst of magic, light and energy was released from the book. It began to suck Twilight inside.

"WOW! HEY! AAAAAAAAHHH!" Twilight screamed.

"Twilight!" Spike yelled. He leapt towards Twilight and tried to pull her out. But also he got sucked in.

Rainbow tried to get both Spike and Twilight out of the book and she got sucked in too. Soon, Applejack tried and then both Rarity and Fluttershy. But it didn't help, they all get sucked inside the book. Pinkie skipped merrily towards the book and jumped inside it with one big "Weehee!"

With all of them sucked in, the book quickly began to close. Showing the cover. All the ponies and dragon began to swirl around in some kind of vortex through space. It kept going faster and faster until a bright light shone at the end covering the entire area with light.