Zehntacles

Books.  They were everywhere.  Books on the walls, books on the floor, books on surfaces books had no business being.  It was a library but the little dragon could swear there were more books in the building than could be properly held on the shelves.  There were stacks of books as tall as him and taller still beyond.  If he'd wanted, Spike could have built himself a little fort out of the non-fiction books around him alone and a surrounding fence with the remainder. "Spike, are you still down there?"  The purple princess alicorn called to her assistant, standing atop the stair case leading to their room.  "I think I know which ones I need n

How hard have you ever worked to be noticed by someone?  What have you put on the line and shown to the world in the hopes that the one individual you want to see notices?  Just what limits can an individual have before they're fed up with trying and either decide to invest their time elsewhere or push even harder for what it is they feel has to be theirs?  Obsession and determination can be difficult to tell apart, more so by the person exhibiting these traits in the first place.  Even if you achieve your goal you might find that it wasn't what you really wanted all along.  While this can apply to anything in life it is all the more complica

The afternoon glow of the sun shined down on Glen Park, a large grassy field that was dotted with various amounts of bushes and tress with the occasional playground and sand pit.  It was a popular location for the local children to gather and play when school was out and there was energy yet to be spent before the night took over.  While most of the children found entertainment in running together, playing with balls in games that had little rules or structure or simply making rounds on the swings and slides there was another girl who found fascination in a different activity entirely.  She knelt quietly by a bush as a small white spider with

Have you ever been forced to visit somewhere that's completely new to you?  An area you were only aware of in passing and never gave much thought to in the first place?  Once you arrived you probably felt a little awkward and out of place, even if you tried to make the best of the situation.  The feeling of being an outsider that's just visiting is hard to combat without a solid footing of your own where you stand.  Without any knowledge, history or people to connect you to where you are it can be easy to feel lost and scrambling to understand what's around you.   For Star Butterfly that was a repetitive battle she h