paradisa | Scroll Twenty Three

[Today will find Spike in the library, piles and piles of books about dragons in front of him as he tries to find some answers the castle doesn't seem to want to give him. His journal is open beside him as he dictates into it]

Man, there are no books in the library telling you how to be a dragon. It's all about dragons being evil and stealing princesses and stuff. What is with that? I mean, who'd tie some girl to a stake and say 'oh this'll get rid of the dragon, this is what he wants'. That doesn't make any sense. Nothing here paints dragons in a good picture at all, and I know I'm not the only dragon that doesn't want to stomp around eating people. It sucks.

[Siiiiigh] And I'm gonna have nightmares about this George guy for the rest of my life. Thanks for that, Paradisa.

[Page flip. Silence] Wait. Dragons have a year? What's that about? Are dragons supposed to be doing something special this year or something? Because I don't want to miss out on that.

[Princess Luna]
I tried to see if there were any books on the weather in Paradisa, but I couldn't find any in the library at all. [His tone very much suggesting that him not being able to find a book is UNHEARD OF. It's one of those skills he's very proud of] There doesn't seem to be any books on Paradisa itself at all. It's really weird.

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That it is, little one.

Then I look forward to making even more friends here.

And I am sure you shall. You are quite charming, in your own manner.

That's me, I'm a charmer. You should see me with the ladies.

[She's holding back laughter.] Oh? And has particular lady captured your heart?

Yeaaaaaaaaaah. [Dreamy far off look before...oh yeah. Sudden sadness]

Well. There was.

[Rarity why can't you love meeee?]

I apologize if I have intruded. [Poor Rarity. That's an awkward situation.]

It's okay...you didn't know.

[Change of subject before the babby dragon wibbles too much!] Have you many friends here, Spike?

[The subject change is very much welcomed] Oh, I have lots all my friends from Ponyville are here and I made lots of new friends I met here in the castle.

Ponyville? [Are you...serious?]

That's the name of the town I live in. I come from Canterlot, but me and Twilight moved there last year to learn about the magic of friendship.

[This...sounds bizarre.] I see.

What's your home world like? [Yup, assuming she finds nothing weird about a town run by ponies]

[That's fine. She'll just go on pretending that she doesn't find anything weird about it.]

Which part would you have me describe? The ancient mountain halls of the dwarves? The rolling green fields of the Rohirrim or the great walled cities of Gondor? Or mayhaps my own realm, the Golden Woods of Lórien?

Ohhh those Golden Woods! Are the trees made out of gold? [Oh man can he EAT them?]

[You cannot eat her trees, Spike. :|]

Nay, the name comes from their leaves, which do not fall in autumn, but rather change to a golden hue and also from the Elanor which blankets the ground in spring.

[But they'd be so tasty :(]

The leaves don't fall? Is that because there are no ponies to do the Running of the Leaves?

I fear I do not know of what you speak.

It's when the ponies race by the trees to make the leaves fall.

The leaves do not fall of their own accord in your world? [Just where are you from, little guy?]

Nope! The ponies control the weather.

...Well, except in the Everfree forest, the seasons change all by themselves there. It's creepy.

[A MAGICAL LAND OF PONIES AND NO LOGIC THAT'S WHERE]

I have never yet seen a place where the seasons did not change on their own.

I get that a lot, it's pretty weird. I guess you guys don't have Pegasi.

We do not. But I would wager that my world has many things yours does not as well.

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