The Books in the Wild Woods
Oct. 10th, 2015 11:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
twilightponyI am so stuffed. I think I ate way too much pie.
Today was the day to visit the old library in the ruins with Zecora and Moondancer! Moondancer arrived with the morning train from Canterlot, where I found her disembarking with her nose buried in a book (Observer's Guide to Ponyville and Surrounding Area). We nipped off to the Treecastle to collect the picnic baskets and wasted no time heading off to the Everfree forest. A whole library awaited and no time to waste! On the way we dropped off at Zecora's cottage. She was ready to trot so after a quick introduction we were back on track to the ancient castle of the pony sisters.
It's fall in the Everfree too. There isn't nearly as much color in the trees as there is in Ponyville and the forest forbs and bushes have lost a lot of leaves. Fortunately, it was not raining, just gloomy. We chatted as we walked, eventually crossing the suspended plank bridge and climbing the steps to the front door. We had arrived!
I showed Moondancer the throne room and the tapestries that Rarity had mended. We skipped touring the trap doors, hall of hooves and the organ to the outside and instead went straight to the library. I opened the door to the Princess lounge and we got down to the business of combing the stacks for interesting books.
We paused for lunch and I mentioned to Zecora that I had noticed that the leaves in the Everfree don't change color where we had walked by. The weather, the seasons, the creatures and the plants, all are independent of pony control and management in the Everfree. Maybe it's the Tree that runs this wild wood. Moondancer thinks that the dark north where Winter lives is also wild. Home to rocks, ice and stars. But no ponies.
After lunch we were back between the pages, browsing through likely looking volumes. I put aside a few to borrow, as did Moondancer and Zecora. The afternoon fairly flew by, it was evening all too quickly. But we couldn't stay, we were expected for dinner in Ponyville.
I'll write more tomorrow, Moondancer has an early train to catch and it has been a long day.
Today was the day to visit the old library in the ruins with Zecora and Moondancer! Moondancer arrived with the morning train from Canterlot, where I found her disembarking with her nose buried in a book (Observer's Guide to Ponyville and Surrounding Area). We nipped off to the Treecastle to collect the picnic baskets and wasted no time heading off to the Everfree forest. A whole library awaited and no time to waste! On the way we dropped off at Zecora's cottage. She was ready to trot so after a quick introduction we were back on track to the ancient castle of the pony sisters.
It's fall in the Everfree too. There isn't nearly as much color in the trees as there is in Ponyville and the forest forbs and bushes have lost a lot of leaves. Fortunately, it was not raining, just gloomy. We chatted as we walked, eventually crossing the suspended plank bridge and climbing the steps to the front door. We had arrived!
I showed Moondancer the throne room and the tapestries that Rarity had mended. We skipped touring the trap doors, hall of hooves and the organ to the outside and instead went straight to the library. I opened the door to the Princess lounge and we got down to the business of combing the stacks for interesting books.
We paused for lunch and I mentioned to Zecora that I had noticed that the leaves in the Everfree don't change color where we had walked by. The weather, the seasons, the creatures and the plants, all are independent of pony control and management in the Everfree. Maybe it's the Tree that runs this wild wood. Moondancer thinks that the dark north where Winter lives is also wild. Home to rocks, ice and stars. But no ponies.
After lunch we were back between the pages, browsing through likely looking volumes. I put aside a few to borrow, as did Moondancer and Zecora. The afternoon fairly flew by, it was evening all too quickly. But we couldn't stay, we were expected for dinner in Ponyville.
I'll write more tomorrow, Moondancer has an early train to catch and it has been a long day.
