WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:03.240 --> 00:00:06.100 Rainbow Dash Presents: The Star in Yellow! 00:00:12.520 --> 00:00:17.620 Twilight Sparkle is a big fan of reading books. She reads lots of books to get real smart. 00:00:17.620 --> 00:00:20.800 But, lots of times she needs help from Spike, her number one assistant. 00:00:21.040 --> 00:00:25.400 Because it's really hard to read and cook breakfast at the same time without setting your house on fire. 00:00:25.820 --> 00:00:28.140 Especially when you live in a tree! 00:00:28.140 --> 00:00:30.200 Spike also sometimes helps out with research, 00:00:30.600 --> 00:00:34.620 and Twilight needs a special book for super important studies on friendship and magic; 00:00:34.660 --> 00:00:39.360 Spike goes to faraway places, and using his thumbs and his mastery of the Dewey decimal system; 00:00:39.550 --> 00:00:44.309 he checks things out with his library card and only occasionally starts a fire! 00:00:49.780 --> 00:00:52.500 I don't suppose you know where to find the Star Journal? 00:00:54.120 --> 00:00:56.460 Oh, they're just a bunch of grubby arseholes. 00:01:07.440 --> 00:01:09.500 Still looking for the Star Journal. 00:01:10.460 --> 00:01:13.780 [whispers] 00:01:14.020 --> 00:01:14.520 That'll do it. 00:01:17.120 --> 00:01:20.080 [rattles] 00:01:21.200 --> 00:01:22.280 [more rattling] 00:01:22.280 --> 00:01:23.280 [HARD RATTLING] 00:01:24.880 --> 00:01:26.880 [growl] 00:01:27.460 --> 00:01:31.300 It's okay, I got the uh... special library card! 00:01:31.300 --> 00:01:33.300 The door's just a bit stuck here. 00:01:35.040 --> 00:01:37.040 [growl] 00:01:40.440 --> 00:01:44.100 [chain rattling] 00:01:49.980 --> 00:01:51.400 [burp] 00:01:54.340 --> 00:01:59.020 [children laughing] 00:01:59.680 --> 00:02:01.840 [birds chirping] 00:02:01.840 --> 00:02:04.920 [train horn] 00:02:19.560 --> 00:02:23.800 If yer gonna send me on long errands to fetch yer books; 00:02:23.800 --> 00:02:27.840 the least you could do is meet me at the station? 00:02:28.040 --> 00:02:29.540 Ehhh, the walkin's good for you. 00:02:29.660 --> 00:02:32.060 WELL, I went within an inch of hell to get you yer books, 00:02:32.060 --> 00:02:37.190 and I got a lot of awkward stares on the train back, because of the ones with the pony screamin faces 00:02:37.290 --> 00:02:38.740 stretched over the cover! 00:02:38.740 --> 00:02:39.900 What is this? 00:02:39.900 --> 00:02:42.319 That's the Star Journal, last on the list here. 00:02:42.320 --> 00:02:44.160 Or, did you not notice the giant star? 00:02:44.160 --> 00:02:45.000 Hardest one to find. 00:02:45.040 --> 00:02:47.640 It's called the Star Journal because of the authors. 00:02:47.800 --> 00:02:49.460 It shouldn't have a giant star on it! 00:02:50.120 --> 00:02:50.620 Look at this! 00:02:50.620 --> 00:02:52.600 This... does this look like arcane history to you? 00:02:52.600 --> 00:02:56.080 Oh, well sorry I went all the way out to Canterlot and didn't find the book you were looking for! 00:02:56.080 --> 00:02:58.020 Paid for that trip with my own allowance too! 00:02:58.020 --> 00:02:59.820 I guess you're gonna have to dock me dinner. 00:02:59.820 --> 00:03:01.200 What was it that I was gonna eat tonight? 00:03:01.200 --> 00:03:02.780 Oh yeah, a scoop a cat food! 00:03:02.780 --> 00:03:05.020 You know, Fluttershy's pets get to eat whatever they want. 00:03:05.940 --> 00:03:07.420 It looks really old! 00:03:07.420 --> 00:03:08.540 It looks like idiocy! 00:03:08.540 --> 00:03:11.449 Just because it looks really old and it has a star on it 00:03:11.449 --> 00:03:14.460 doesn't mean it's the right book. And I will have you know that 00:03:14.460 --> 00:03:19.500 cat food is full of essential vitamins and minerals, and it's a lot more expensive than you think it is. 00:03:19.960 --> 00:03:21.080 So...suck it up! 00:03:21.080 --> 00:03:22.480 It's good for you. It's like broccoli. 00:03:22.480 --> 00:03:24.540 It's like if broccoli and the devil had a child. 00:03:24.540 --> 00:03:26.540 [sputtering] Hi Twilight, Hi Spike! 00:03:27.540 --> 00:03:31.360 Oh my gosh! That is a lot of books; you'll read a lot of books. 00:03:31.360 --> 00:03:32.540 Oh good. Hello. 00:03:33.100 --> 00:03:34.740 Of course I've got a lot of books. 00:03:34.740 --> 00:03:38.360 I have to read so I'll be prepared in case I ever realize my full potential. 00:03:38.400 --> 00:03:41.960 You know, rising to the top of the food chain and finally ruling over Ponyville. 00:03:42.280 --> 00:03:42.780 Cool! 00:03:42.780 --> 00:03:46.480 Oh, that's gonna super suck though, Ponyville doesn't really need a queen, we're super small. 00:03:46.480 --> 00:03:50.260 Anyway, this is my autobiography! 00:03:50.260 --> 00:03:51.600 I wrote it myself. 00:03:51.800 --> 00:03:54.780 That's. what. autobiography means, Dash. 00:03:54.840 --> 00:03:56.920 Yeah, becuase it's auto, like ah... 00:03:56.920 --> 00:03:59.180 d- a dishwasher or-or something... 00:03:59.180 --> 00:04:03.880 Anyway- You read a lot of books, so I was wondering, would you proofread this please? 00:04:04.620 --> 00:04:05.120 I- 00:04:06.080 --> 00:04:06.580 a- 00:04:07.220 --> 00:04:08.300 Are you dyslexic? 00:04:08.300 --> 00:04:10.140 Oh my gosh. I hope not. 00:04:10.140 --> 00:04:12.740 They cancelled my health insurance, so that would not be good. 00:04:13.180 --> 00:04:14.840 You're- randomly writing words... 00:04:14.840 --> 00:04:17.212 Looks like upside down? and backwards sometimes?- 00:04:17.212 --> 00:04:18.420 This isn't even dyslexia. 00:04:18.420 --> 00:04:19.700 How do you make mistakes like this? 00:04:19.769 --> 00:04:24.259 I'm self-taught, so I might have picked up a few bad habits, but just write all that down in red ink, 00:04:24.260 --> 00:04:26.260 I'm gonna go practice doing flips! 00:04:28.000 --> 00:04:30.320 It's kind of cute. Where'd you find this? 00:04:30.500 --> 00:04:36.320 I found it in the library, for dangerous books. all wrapped up in chains and behind a locked case. 00:04:36.320 --> 00:04:40.740 Had to break the case open, got stuck, but these arms, dragon arms... 00:04:40.740 --> 00:04:41.920 This? 00:04:42.020 --> 00:04:44.000 Uhh, must have been... misfiled. 00:04:44.480 --> 00:04:47.980 Twilight's new book was about a little girl named Yellow Star. 00:04:47.980 --> 00:04:53.040 Yellow Star was a super duper cute little pony who had lots of magical power. 00:04:53.040 --> 00:04:55.580 Since all the pictures were really clumsy, Twilight figured 00:04:55.580 --> 00:04:58.560 they must have been drawn by a real little girl a long time ago. 00:04:58.820 --> 00:05:00.440 There weren't words on every page, 00:05:00.440 --> 00:05:03.280 but lots of times it was easy to tell what was going on. 00:05:03.440 --> 00:05:07.820 Before Yellow Star was born, her mom went up into the sky at night. 00:05:07.820 --> 00:05:10.240 She plucked out the two prettiest stars that she could see 00:05:10.240 --> 00:05:12.080 and she brought them back to her home. 00:05:12.080 --> 00:05:14.460 Those two stars turned into babies! 00:05:14.460 --> 00:05:16.140 The first one was Yellow Star, 00:05:16.140 --> 00:05:19.200 The other one was her little sister named Silver Crescent. 00:05:19.200 --> 00:05:22.200 They were both the prettiest smartest little fillies ever, 00:05:22.200 --> 00:05:24.720 but smartest of all, was Yellow Star! 00:05:26.000 --> 00:05:29.840 Twilight, Twilight, hey Twilight! 00:05:29.840 --> 00:05:30.920 Twiiiilight! 00:05:30.980 --> 00:05:31.580 What? 00:05:31.580 --> 00:05:32.360 I'm reading. 00:05:32.360 --> 00:05:33.080 Aww... 00:05:33.080 --> 00:05:35.400 Did a bunch of tricks and you didn't even see... 00:05:35.500 --> 00:05:37.500 All you did was read that book. 00:05:37.500 --> 00:05:39.080 And it wasn't even my book. 00:05:39.080 --> 00:05:42.340 Your book is the literary equivalent of a flaccid cock. 00:05:43.060 --> 00:05:46.980 Nuh-uh, it's super exciting. It's all about my adventures and stuff. 00:05:46.980 --> 00:05:50.100 Twilight, are you trying to get known as the girl who compares dicks to books? 00:05:50.100 --> 00:05:52.080 All right, let's look, "And then I used... 00:05:52.540 --> 00:05:54.040 "My rainbow eye lasers to..." 00:05:54.880 --> 00:05:57.880 "To k- to kill Billy from gym class..." 00:05:57.880 --> 00:05:59.860 "After that he....he..." 00:06:01.280 --> 00:06:05.120 "Ra- report- he didn't report me, but I left the academy." 00:06:05.120 --> 00:06:06.840 "Anyway because school is for squares." 00:06:07.020 --> 00:06:08.820 This is me flipping to a random page. 00:06:08.840 --> 00:06:12.640 None of this is true, and THIS paragraph is written in what I can only hope is 00:06:12.640 --> 00:06:13.920 chocolate syrup. 00:06:13.920 --> 00:06:15.840 You don't know; you have laser horn. 00:06:16.030 --> 00:06:19.719 Maybe the Elements of Harmony gave me laser eyes- when I was a kid. 00:06:19.750 --> 00:06:22.270 Maybe the Elements of Harmony gave you a brain tumor. 00:06:22.270 --> 00:06:25.700 It's clearly arrogant self-fellatio, and I am not invested. 00:06:25.700 --> 00:06:27.879 See, there you go again; you combine books on the male anatomy. 00:06:27.880 --> 00:06:29.180 It's got to stop Twilight. 00:06:29.180 --> 00:06:31.809 Please Twilight, please just write all that down in red ink 00:06:31.810 --> 00:06:32.820 so I can get better. 00:06:32.820 --> 00:06:33.320 No. 00:06:33.320 --> 00:06:35.320 It's about as appealing as a dick in a wood chipper. 00:06:35.320 --> 00:06:37.040 All right now, yer just doing it on purpose. 00:06:37.040 --> 00:06:38.540 Just proofread please, please? 00:06:38.540 --> 00:06:39.480 Fine. 00:06:39.480 --> 00:06:43.720 I'll get to it when I get to it, but at EARLIEST it's gonna be after I finish THIS book. 00:06:44.440 --> 00:06:48.100 I make dinner, you don't eat it. You do eat it, you're mad because it's not perfect. 00:06:48.220 --> 00:06:51.880 I'd say don't come cryin' to me at midnight when you're hungry, but I know how this works. 00:06:51.900 --> 00:06:54.960 If you need me, I'm gonna be over here with my bowl of dry cat food. 00:06:55.240 --> 00:06:57.720 You know, on second thought, I'm gonna add milk! and marshmallows! 00:06:57.720 --> 00:06:58.560 You can't stop me 00:06:59.080 --> 00:06:59.580 Eh... 00:07:00.040 --> 00:07:02.020 Yellow Star solved a lot of problems, 00:07:02.020 --> 00:07:03.340 and everybody loved her. 00:07:03.340 --> 00:07:06.540 Like one time, a giant snake monster came to town and forced the ponies 00:07:06.550 --> 00:07:10.210 to dance, but Yellow Star did a better dance that turned the monster into stone! 00:07:10.520 --> 00:07:12.180 Silver Crescent wasn't this good. 00:07:12.180 --> 00:07:13.820 Silver Crescent was a dumb color. 00:07:13.820 --> 00:07:17.380 Yellow Star was best pony; she never got into trouble like Silver Crescent. 00:07:17.380 --> 00:07:20.220 Silver Crescent got angry, and she got into fights. 00:07:20.220 --> 00:07:23.199 But, Yellow Star would talk to everyone make everything good again. 00:07:23.200 --> 00:07:26.620 She was always right, and other ponies trusted her. 00:07:26.620 --> 00:07:29.200 Twilight just kept on reading adventure after adventure. 00:07:29.300 --> 00:07:31.580 Yellow Star proved that she was best pony. 00:07:31.580 --> 00:07:32.880 She outsmarted sphinxes, 00:07:32.880 --> 00:07:34.620 she did better magic than a jinn, 00:07:34.760 --> 00:07:36.560 and she was prettier than a siren! 00:07:36.720 --> 00:07:38.520 Silver Crescent was good too, but dumber. 00:07:38.840 --> 00:07:41.320 And she always got messed up because she wasn't the best pony. 00:07:41.380 --> 00:07:44.840 Then one day, Silver Crescent got in a really bad fight with the other ponies. 00:07:44.960 --> 00:07:48.140 Silver Crescent had a bad dream that those ponies were mean to her. 00:07:48.140 --> 00:07:49.180 So she shouted at them, 00:07:49.180 --> 00:07:54.200 and then there was kicking, and pretty soon Silver Crescent got all messy from all the rolling around and fighting. 00:07:54.220 --> 00:07:57.480 When she came home, Mom had to give Silver Crescent a bath. 00:07:57.480 --> 00:07:58.960 She wasn't very careful. 00:07:59.440 --> 00:08:01.880 Ow! What was that for? 00:08:01.880 --> 00:08:04.260 I'm old enough to take my own baths okay? 00:08:04.380 --> 00:08:05.120 Thank you! 00:08:05.680 --> 00:08:06.680 Where's breakfast? 00:08:06.680 --> 00:08:09.160 I'm angry! And yer' oatmeal's on the table. 00:08:09.160 --> 00:08:11.520 I added marshmallows, turns out it's pretty good. 00:08:22.080 --> 00:08:23.360 Oh, it's you. 00:08:23.360 --> 00:08:24.740 I wasn't expecting company. 00:08:24.740 --> 00:08:26.400 Hang on, let me get you breakfast. 00:08:26.400 --> 00:08:27.480 Are you enjoying my book? 00:08:27.740 --> 00:08:29.160 Yeah... it's cute. 00:08:29.600 --> 00:08:30.240 Keep reading! 00:08:30.240 --> 00:08:31.420 Tell me what you think! 00:08:31.420 --> 00:08:34.200 Okay. let me just get some breakfast first. What do you want to eat? 00:08:34.660 --> 00:08:36.360 Well, I mean, or you could you know, 00:08:37.140 --> 00:08:38.520 You could read one more chapter. 00:08:39.080 --> 00:08:39.640 Yeah. 00:08:40.180 --> 00:08:41.560 Sure, okay. 00:08:42.000 --> 00:08:44.960 After her bad dream, Silver Crescent kept getting into fights. 00:08:44.960 --> 00:08:47.500 She had bad dreams about all the ponies. 00:08:47.500 --> 00:08:50.040 The more fights she got into, the more bad dreams she had. 00:08:50.040 --> 00:08:53.340 And whenever Silver Crescent got into a fight, Mom had to punish her. 00:08:53.640 --> 00:08:57.300 She didn't punish Yellow Star, because Yellow Star was the best pony, and she was prettier. 00:08:57.740 --> 00:09:00.700 At first, Mom punished Silver Crescent by not talking to her anymore. 00:09:00.780 --> 00:09:05.560 Then, Mom made Silver Crescent go without breakfast, and without dinner, and even without lunch! 00:09:05.740 --> 00:09:08.340 Finally, Mom made Silver Crescent sleep outside. 00:09:08.340 --> 00:09:11.100 And when Silver Crescent tried to come inside, Mom got angry! 00:09:11.360 --> 00:09:15.160 When Silver Crescent broke the rules, Mom did punishments where Yellow Star couldn't see. 00:09:15.160 --> 00:09:16.740 Probably Silver Crescent deserved it. 00:09:16.960 --> 00:09:19.300 But Yellow Star got real lonely. 00:09:19.300 --> 00:09:20.700 And she had to make new friends. 00:09:20.980 --> 00:09:24.440 Yellow Star liked games, so she made up games that she thought that everyone would like. 00:09:24.440 --> 00:09:26.400 That would make everyone friends forever. 00:09:26.600 --> 00:09:28.640 The best of all is when she did duck-duck-goose; 00:09:28.720 --> 00:09:30.380 she changed the rules to make it better! 00:09:30.520 --> 00:09:36.760 [Whispering chantings] 00:09:36.940 --> 00:09:40.760 You know Thrakazog, ah' think I am starting to see things from your point of view. 00:09:40.780 --> 00:09:42.500 A lot of times, and I know they're adults, 00:09:42.540 --> 00:09:44.480 but it seems like that they hand us a fork and a toaster, 00:09:44.540 --> 00:09:47.420 and then they redirect us to a power outlet and a bathtub, 00:09:47.420 --> 00:09:49.000 and they tell us to learn a life lesson. 00:09:49.200 --> 00:09:53.080 Alright baby! Here we go, here we go! Feel free to goose Scootaloo on by the way! 00:09:53.400 --> 00:09:53.900 Oh! 00:09:53.900 --> 00:09:56.640 I didn't want to admit it, but I am starting to wake up in cold sweats 00:09:56.690 --> 00:09:58.300 thanks to some of these life lessons. 00:09:58.300 --> 00:10:02.289 It don't help that Luna keeps showing up to try to help either. And what is with that? 00:10:02.289 --> 00:10:04.820 I don't notice her doing that to other kids, do y'all? 00:10:04.820 --> 00:10:07.340 I thought it was cuz' maybe because we're kin to the Elements of Harmony, 00:10:07.340 --> 00:10:09.340 but Scootaloo's not really blood related to any of them. 00:10:09.580 --> 00:10:10.180 [deep male voice] Exactly! 00:10:10.560 --> 00:10:15.880 Yes, just for once, let's get up and leave before the inevitable happens. 00:10:15.920 --> 00:10:17.720 Here she comes! Come on baby! 00:10:17.980 --> 00:10:19.480 Oh, she passed me again. 00:10:19.480 --> 00:10:22.220 I love this game! The anticipation gives me goosebumps! 00:10:22.560 --> 00:10:23.080 HOO! 00:10:23.080 --> 00:10:27.900 What if- we stick around and it turns out there's candy at the end? 00:10:27.920 --> 00:10:33.190 You know like that time we helped that strange clown guy who lived all by himself in the woods and didn't know where he belongs 00:10:33.190 --> 00:10:34.780 in life that turned out good. 00:10:34.780 --> 00:10:41.320 Why would that happen? Why would we get candy? Why DO YOU THINK there is a reward? 00:10:41.480 --> 00:10:43.780 Here she comes, here she comes! 00:10:43.960 --> 00:10:44.460 Oh... 00:10:44.500 --> 00:10:47.740 There's always a reward baby, you just got to wait it out. 00:10:47.740 --> 00:10:49.980 Like a goose laying on her eggs! 00:10:50.200 --> 00:10:55.240 Please, Applebloom, you have to override Scootaloo. 00:10:55.280 --> 00:10:56.620 All right, le's go. 00:10:56.620 --> 00:11:00.940 We'll probably get roped into Rainbow Dash dealing with her turtle's mortality or something later anyway. 00:11:01.580 --> 00:11:05.000 Yellow Star made lots of friends with her new rules and new games. 00:11:05.000 --> 00:11:06.560 Everybody wasn't sure at first, 00:11:06.560 --> 00:11:11.620 but once they played them, they realized that Yellow Star was the best pony and Silver Crescent was fat. 00:11:11.860 --> 00:11:15.120 Everybody except for Silver Crescent who wouldn't even try the games. 00:11:15.120 --> 00:11:18.240 Silver Crescent was always angry because, she wasn't a good pony. 00:11:18.380 --> 00:11:21.489 She got mad because Yellow Star was never in any of her dreams, 00:11:21.640 --> 00:11:25.020 but that was dumb, because Silver Crescent only had bad dreams. 00:11:25.020 --> 00:11:26.800 Yellow Star wasn't a bad pony. 00:11:26.900 --> 00:11:30.580 Silver Crescent was also angry, because Mom wouldn't let her be in the house anymore. 00:11:30.620 --> 00:11:35.900 Yellow Star said that was because Silver Crescent was a bad pony, who ate all the marshmallow cereal. 00:11:36.080 --> 00:11:40.840 But Silver Crescent said their mom was a bad pony, who didn't buy enough marshmallow cereal. 00:11:41.240 --> 00:11:44.480 Silver Crescent said she can prove that Mom was a bad pony. 00:11:44.480 --> 00:11:46.600 Because she had a dream where she had wings, 00:11:46.600 --> 00:11:48.220 and she went and she saw their Dad. 00:11:48.220 --> 00:11:53.380 And he said that Silver Crescent was a good pony, and that Mom was not being good. 00:11:53.520 --> 00:11:58.260 Yellow Star said that was only a dream and all of Silver Crescent's dreams were bad anyway, 00:11:58.260 --> 00:12:01.220 so if Silver Crescent got more cereal, she was probably just gonna get fatter. 00:12:01.220 --> 00:12:03.560 But Silver Crescent said she could prove it! 00:12:03.560 --> 00:12:07.029 Yellow Star said she'd let Silver Crescent prove it if she agreed to play with Yellow Star 00:12:07.030 --> 00:12:08.440 like the other ponies. 00:12:08.440 --> 00:12:11.980 So Silver Crescent and Yellow Star grew wings and they flew into the sky! 00:12:12.020 --> 00:12:14.280 Yellow Star was the best at flying! 00:12:14.280 --> 00:12:18.060 They flew up past the Moon, and past the Sun, and past all the stars. 00:12:18.220 --> 00:12:22.160 All the way until they got to the place where Silver Crescent dreamed their father was. 00:12:22.520 --> 00:12:26.540 And their dad said they were both good ponies; they were the best ponies. 00:12:26.540 --> 00:12:30.900 Silver Crescent told on Mommy, and said that Mommy thought Silver Crescent was a bad pony. 00:12:30.980 --> 00:12:33.670 Silver crescent complained that Yellow Star said the same thing, 00:12:33.670 --> 00:12:38.440 But Yellow Star said that Silver Crescent had pants on fire and she ate all the cereal. 00:12:38.500 --> 00:12:42.040 Their Dad said they were both good, and they should both have cereal. 00:12:42.230 --> 00:12:44.890 Everyone should think they were good and when the moon was bright 00:12:44.890 --> 00:12:50.860 and shiny and the stars were clear, he would come and show everyone that his little girls were the best ponies. 00:12:52.760 --> 00:12:53.440 What's all this? 00:12:53.860 --> 00:12:56.240 Those things probably didn't happen, so they're crossed out. 00:12:57.280 --> 00:13:00.811 Oh, well one of my idiot friends wanted me to proofread her book. 00:13:00.820 --> 00:13:02.260 I could do that for you. 00:13:02.260 --> 00:13:04.080 I would really rather you didn't do that. 00:13:04.540 --> 00:13:07.640 It's okay, I could just show you the errors and you can fix them. 00:13:07.640 --> 00:13:08.800 Look, it's - it's fine. 00:13:09.200 --> 00:13:10.440 They're scratched out on purpose. 00:13:10.620 --> 00:13:11.700 Come on, I just... 00:13:11.900 --> 00:13:13.200 Like, for literary purpose because- 00:13:13.200 --> 00:13:15.700 No, because I mean it's not a big deal Twilight. 00:13:15.700 --> 00:13:17.320 Just just trying to help, okay! 00:13:17.320 --> 00:13:18.900 You don't have to get on my ass! 00:13:19.020 --> 00:13:19.760 *sigh* 00:13:19.980 --> 00:13:22.500 Look alright, If you want to help just keep reading, okay? 00:13:22.500 --> 00:13:23.880 Can you, can you do that? 00:13:24.420 --> 00:13:26.460 Will yo- can you.. think you can manage that alright? 00:13:26.520 --> 00:13:28.560 Alright, If you're touchy, I don't... 00:13:29.600 --> 00:13:30.720 "Mother went to sleep." 00:13:31.340 --> 00:13:34.360 Okay. See, you devoted this entire page to just one thing- 00:13:34.360 --> 00:13:34.860 Twilight... 00:13:34.920 --> 00:13:35.740 Just let me finish! 00:13:35.840 --> 00:13:38.780 See, the trouble is this breaks immersion, you know. 00:13:38.780 --> 00:13:42.340 It's a narrative story, not a poem; so this doesn't really flow very well. 00:13:42.940 --> 00:13:43.860 She died. 00:13:46.960 --> 00:13:47.840 Is that bad though? 00:13:47.980 --> 00:13:49.020 Are you dense? 00:13:49.120 --> 00:13:51.640 Well, you make it sound like your mom... 00:13:52.360 --> 00:13:52.940 I don't know... 00:13:52.940 --> 00:13:55.400 Like she died? Because she died. 00:13:55.400 --> 00:13:57.800 No, I mean I get that part, but now that I'm thinking about it, 00:13:57.800 --> 00:13:59.500 there's a lot of confusing stuff here. 00:13:59.500 --> 00:14:01.120 Like, how did you grow wings? 00:14:01.240 --> 00:14:03.240 You'd need insane amounts of power to do that. 00:14:03.400 --> 00:14:06.640 Like, what do you think, you'd just "poof, there you go" wings? Princess? 00:14:06.640 --> 00:14:08.400 That's totally implausible, I can't even- 00:14:08.400 --> 00:14:12.000 But, we completed an ancient spell and sang a friendship song. 00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:14.260 Twilight? Who are you arguin' with? 00:14:14.260 --> 00:14:15.660 Yellow Star, duh. 00:14:15.700 --> 00:14:18.980 Or did you not notice the prettiest, most intelligent pony standing here? 00:14:18.980 --> 00:14:19.480 Who? 00:14:19.480 --> 00:14:20.420 Hey there Spike! 00:14:20.420 --> 00:14:21.200 Nice to meet ya'! 00:14:23.420 --> 00:14:24.960 Don't ignore her, say hello! 00:14:25.460 --> 00:14:26.120 Do what? 00:14:26.120 --> 00:14:29.220 You know Spike, sometimes you can be an oblivious jackass. 00:14:29.220 --> 00:14:31.240 Try to be nice, her mom just died! 00:14:31.240 --> 00:14:33.280 All right, let me just get my head around this: 00:14:33.340 --> 00:14:36.420 I gave you a magic book and neither of us knew what it was, 00:14:36.700 --> 00:14:40.560 you've been reading that book since yesterday; not stopping for sleep or meals, 00:14:40.560 --> 00:14:43.280 and you can now see a character from that book 00:14:43.280 --> 00:14:44.740 stand-in here in your bedroom. 00:14:45.460 --> 00:14:46.840 And what's the character want you to do? 00:14:48.560 --> 00:14:49.560 Keep reading please! 00:14:50.680 --> 00:14:51.660 She wants me to keep reading. 00:14:52.340 --> 00:14:53.800 Which sounds good, cuz' it's a good book. 00:14:54.080 --> 00:14:54.580 Ok, 00:14:55.300 --> 00:14:56.040 I'm gunna' go, 00:14:56.620 --> 00:14:57.600 run some errands. 00:14:58.320 --> 00:15:00.360 Yellow Star was the smartest pony. 00:15:00.360 --> 00:15:03.680 And she figured out that the monster was only pretending to be her dad. 00:15:03.840 --> 00:15:07.120 Then she made up a special spell that would send the monster away forever. 00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:09.680 But the town had to wanna help Yellow Star. 00:15:09.680 --> 00:15:12.729 If they help because the rule said so, then it didn't count. 00:15:12.880 --> 00:15:15.280 Lots of ponies blame Yellow Star at first, 00:15:15.400 --> 00:15:21.140 but since Yellow Star was best pony, soon everybody realized it was because of Silver Crescent that the monster came to town. 00:15:21.600 --> 00:15:24.080 Silver Crescent sold them out for marshmallow cereal! 00:15:24.960 --> 00:15:29.200 So y'all are absolutely sure there's not gonna be a horrible demon waiting for us this time? 00:15:29.260 --> 00:15:31.280 Or some kind of tentacle thing in the toilet? 00:15:31.280 --> 00:15:32.560 Aye, she's not possessed. 00:15:32.560 --> 00:15:36.280 She's just being willed to read some book for an unholy purpose. 00:15:36.280 --> 00:15:36.840 Damnit! 00:15:36.840 --> 00:15:38.300 Spike is such an asshole! 00:15:38.340 --> 00:15:42.160 I find a nice little recreational book to read that comes to life and sucks me into it, 00:15:42.220 --> 00:15:44.440 and he invites my friends over like I'm not gonna be busy. 00:15:44.520 --> 00:15:47.120 You know you'll never get to the end if they take the book away. 00:15:47.120 --> 00:15:48.240 Yeah, thanks Captain Obvious. 00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:52.580 I cannot convey exactly how insipid some of these conversations with these guys will go. 00:15:52.900 --> 00:15:53.980 Rarity will sit there, 00:15:53.980 --> 00:15:58.780 and legitimately tell me for hours about the kind of fabric that she uses in her dresses; 00:15:58.780 --> 00:16:00.099 as if I know anything about that! 00:16:00.580 --> 00:16:04.480 Don't even get me started on Rainbow Dash's sophistry about the meaning of life. 00:16:04.580 --> 00:16:09.640 When she decides that there's some kind of grander meaning to the way that I wear my hair on a daily basis, 00:16:09.640 --> 00:16:10.640 oh my god! 00:16:10.640 --> 00:16:13.840 Well, I know a way we can avoid being separated even if they do take the book. 00:16:14.300 --> 00:16:15.140 Okay? 00:16:15.440 --> 00:16:16.800 Like that! 00:16:16.800 --> 00:16:18.260 So you don't mind if I borrow this, right? 00:16:19.980 --> 00:16:24.160 Uh yeah, I guess that's okay. 00:16:24.160 --> 00:16:26.980 I'm not gonna be able to do magic without it, but yeah. 00:16:29.120 --> 00:16:30.440 Okay, so plan is: 00:16:30.440 --> 00:16:35.980 we act all nice like, we grab the book, destroy it real quick, and then get the hell out of there before she gets revenge! 00:16:36.200 --> 00:16:38.080 Fluttershy, I'm sorry, you're the slowest. 00:16:38.280 --> 00:16:40.160 So you'll probably be the one who gets caught. 00:16:40.160 --> 00:16:43.860 No, it's okay. I'm sorry, it's my fault. 00:16:43.860 --> 00:16:48.440 I should exercise more, but eating and crying makes me feel better. 00:16:49.680 --> 00:16:50.320 Actually, 00:16:51.280 --> 00:16:53.280 I've got a plan that won't need magic. 00:16:57.200 --> 00:17:00.200 Find the book! Find the book before she snaps and kills us! 00:17:00.200 --> 00:17:02.540 If I still had my magic you'd already be dead! 00:17:02.540 --> 00:17:04.800 What do you mean, "If you still had your magic?" 00:17:04.800 --> 00:17:07.360 I'm happier this way! Just leave me alone! 00:17:07.360 --> 00:17:10.100 I found a book! It was just laying there on her bed. 00:17:10.220 --> 00:17:11.480 Everybody, run! 00:17:12.320 --> 00:17:17.800 I'm sorry! I stayed behind to be killed to buy the others time. 00:17:18.360 --> 00:17:20.060 Please do it painlessly! 00:17:20.780 --> 00:17:21.980 Who are you even? 00:17:22.800 --> 00:17:23.540 Go home! 00:17:25.580 --> 00:17:26.740 I cannot believe that work! 00:17:26.740 --> 00:17:29.820 Twilight's magic can out-wrestle a grizzly bear with a bullwhip! 00:17:29.820 --> 00:17:33.380 I thought the only thing we have going for us was the element of surprise. 00:17:33.380 --> 00:17:34.960 Maybe the book drained all her power? 00:17:34.960 --> 00:17:36.960 I guess she's not much without her magic. 00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:39.440 unlike myself who still practices her poise. 00:17:39.600 --> 00:17:40.700 Oh man! 00:17:40.780 --> 00:17:44.380 The book that drove Twilight crazy is my autobiography! 00:17:44.680 --> 00:17:46.720 I must be a worse author than I thought. 00:17:48.080 --> 00:17:50.600 No Dash, this can't be your autobiography. 00:17:50.680 --> 00:17:52.920 It's written in some kind of crazy demon tongue. 00:17:52.920 --> 00:17:53.540 No, it is. 00:17:53.760 --> 00:17:56.660 See on this part, you got to read right to left cuz' I forgot for a little bit, 00:17:56.660 --> 00:17:58.240 then you read left to right here. 00:17:58.240 --> 00:17:59.540 And all these t's, 00:17:59.540 --> 00:18:00.940 Those are supposed to be e's. 00:18:00.940 --> 00:18:02.420 Sometimes I get confused. 00:18:02.420 --> 00:18:06.160 Oh, and then this is the part where Spike becomes my slave because of the dragon code; 00:18:06.460 --> 00:18:08.760 It's like a wookie life-debt, but not nearly as cool. 00:18:11.660 --> 00:18:14.700 Oh that's right; not only is she the most powerful 00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:16.300 but she's also the smartest. 00:18:16.300 --> 00:18:19.820 Do any of you feel more and more impotent the more she realizes her potential. 00:18:25.500 --> 00:18:28.500 One day, Pinkie will tame that wild pony, yes! 00:18:35.200 --> 00:18:38.260 All the ponies eventually agreed that Yellow Star was right. 00:18:38.260 --> 00:18:41.340 They had to do the special spell to make the monster go away, 00:18:41.340 --> 00:18:43.160 and then they would punish Silver Crescent. 00:18:43.160 --> 00:18:48.080 Silver Crescent was mad, but Yellow Star came up with a clever trick, and Silver Crescent wasn't mad anymore. 00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:51.460 The ponies of the town agreed to play a special game with special rules. 00:18:51.780 --> 00:18:58.000 Everyone had to do a special dance, and sing a special song, and when the song was done, a large hole opened up. 00:18:59.360 --> 00:18:59.860 Ooh! 00:18:59.860 --> 00:19:01.220 What? What? 00:19:01.220 --> 00:19:02.980 Well Twilight, you failed. 00:19:03.180 --> 00:19:03.820 I what? 00:19:03.820 --> 00:19:07.040 You walked in the barn, dropped the lantern at the door like a stupid pony, 00:19:07.040 --> 00:19:09.740 and then you couldn't finish the book before the fire caught up to you. 00:19:09.740 --> 00:19:13.060 What? No, but I'm so close to the end. I can finish the book! 00:19:13.080 --> 00:19:15.800 No, you- you pretty well fouled this up here. 00:19:15.800 --> 00:19:17.700 No, no, I'm sorry just tell me how it ends! 00:19:17.700 --> 00:19:18.520 It's my fault. 00:19:19.660 --> 00:19:22.580 I got too excited and bet against the fire. 00:19:22.580 --> 00:19:23.880 You're free to go, Twilight. 00:19:34.760 --> 00:19:36.460 It was so beautiful. 00:19:37.120 --> 00:19:40.020 You found Yellow Star's book. 00:19:40.420 --> 00:19:44.300 Tell me, how did Yellow Star appear in your eyes? 00:19:44.500 --> 00:19:48.180 She was an adorable little filly too pure for this world, 00:19:48.180 --> 00:19:50.660 with a blond mane and flowers in her hair. 00:19:50.780 --> 00:19:54.160 An author places some of themselves in a book. 00:19:54.160 --> 00:19:57.160 But the reader withdraws something of their own perception as well. 00:19:57.980 --> 00:20:00.400 I wondered what I might see in the book. 00:20:00.400 --> 00:20:02.980 A child believes a lie because they know no better. 00:20:02.980 --> 00:20:07.000 A grown adult sees the lie because it fails to line up with experience. 00:20:07.520 --> 00:20:11.700 In this way, a child's story could be so many different experiences. 00:20:12.260 --> 00:20:16.760 With enough subtext, a thing made for a child becomes an entirely different world to an adult. 00:20:17.540 --> 00:20:19.540 A shame you didn't finish reading. 00:20:19.800 --> 00:20:23.700 Oh! uhh, A bird in the hoof is always looks twice before crossing the street! 00:20:24.580 --> 00:20:25.080 Quite. 00:20:25.780 --> 00:20:31.720 I'll be borrowing Spike for a better re-education about how he should handle locks he can't access without force. 00:20:32.060 --> 00:20:32.560 Okay. 00:20:33.760 --> 00:20:35.640 Keep an open mind Twilight. 00:20:36.540 --> 00:20:39.780 There's no tellin' when subtext will defeat the facade of a thing. 00:20:45.640 --> 00:20:48.380 Awsh, I guess she got really angry you tried to take that book. 00:20:48.680 --> 00:20:50.800 You know what, I like my boutique, 00:20:50.800 --> 00:20:53.020 I think we'll just let Twilight win this one. 00:20:56.700 --> 00:21:01.480 Hey, everybody! 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