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- [zoom]
**Spike**: Whoa!- [thud!]
**Spike**: Twilight, mail's here!- [doors opening]
**Twilight Sparkle**: [gasps]- [squeak]
**Twilight Sparkle**: Are you all right?**Derpy**: We just had a really heavy delivery today.**Spike**: Is it a deluxe set of special edition*Ogres & Oubliettes*figurines that I'm totally surprised by and have been hinting that I need forever?**Derpy**: Well, it's for Twilight.**Spike**: Awww...**Twilight Sparkle**: Thank you.**Derpy**: You're welcome!**Twilight Sparkle**: Huh. It's from Princess Celestia.**Spike**: [belches] So is this. Really? She couldn't have put it into the box?**Twilight Sparkle**: [reading] "My dearest Twilight, I have been conducting a thorough cleaning of the castle, and I came across a few items of yours in your old room. I thought you might want them back." I didn't even know I'd left anything! Awww, look! Remember this? It's the macaroni picture frame Cadance helped me make when I was a filly!**Spike**: [quietly, sarcastic] Who could forget a masterpiece like that?**Twilight Sparkle**: My G1 Star Swirl figure! And some of my favorite school scrolls!*And*here's my extra extra credit report on "The Impediments of Using Magic in Everyday Chores"! Ha! Still so true!**Spike**: Is my*Smash Fortune*comic in there? I've been looking for that for years. Whoa, whoa!- [thud]
**Spike**: [muffled] Or this.**Twilight Sparkle**: Oh, no! Oh, no!*Oh, no!***Spike**: What's wrong? It just looks like an old library book.**Twilight Sparkle**: Exactly! It belongs to the Canterlot Library! That means it's... overdue!

- [theme song]

**Twilight Sparkle**: You don't understand, Spike! I have a perfect library book return record!**Spike**: [clears throat]*Had*a perfect record.**Twilight Sparkle**: [groans] I've never turned in a book even a*minute*late! And*this*one has been overdue since I left for Ponyville!

- [stamping]
**Dusty Pages**: Make sure you bring this one back on time. We've got a long waiting list of ponies who can't wait to read it.**Twilight Sparkle**: I promise I won't let you down!**Dusty Pages**: Oh, of course, you won't, dear. If there's anypony I can trust to take care of a book, it's you, Twilight Sparkle. After all, you still hold the "Best Book Borrower" title.**Twilight Sparkle**: Oooh! I hope I do forever!

**Twilight Sparkle**: Spi-ike! Quick, find me that old copy of*Predictions and Prophecies*. What's that for?**Spike**: Well, it*was*a gift for Moon Dancer, but...**Twilight Sparkle**: Oh, Spike, you know we don't have time for that sort of thing.

**Twilight Sparkle**: And then Celestia sent me to Ponyville, and I forgot all about this! Dusty Pages prided herself that no books were damaged or lost on her watch, and I failed her! I failed myself!**Spike**: I take it we're going to Canterlot?- [zip!]
**Spike**: [groans] The sooner, the better, I guess.

**Twilight Sparkle**: [gasps]- [leaves rustling]
**Spike**: Uh, why are we hiding? Don't you wanna return your book?**Twilight Sparkle**: Yes. But what if somepony sees me in there? I'm the Princess of Friendship. Everywhere I go, ponies recognize me. I'll stick out like a sore hoof.**Spike**: [incredulously] Princess Twilight Sparkle in a library? Stop the presses!**Twilight Sparkle**: A late book is a big deal, Spike. What if Dusty Pages revokes my library card? Or bans me from ever entering the building again?!**Spike**: Don't you already have most of those books in your collection at home?**Twilight Sparkle**: Yes, but the ones in there have a special Canterlot Library-y smell!**Spike**: You sniff books?**Twilight Sparkle**: You*don't?*I used to*live*in a library. If I'm not a good example of proper book borrowing behavior, then what kind of princess*am*I?**Spike**: One that makes mistakes like everypony else. Trust me. Once you return that book, you'll feel way better.**Twilight Sparkle**: Thanks, Spike. Let's go! [screams, giggles nervously]**Spike**: [groans]

- [teleportation zaps]
**Twilight Sparkle**: [gasps, clears throat, deep voice] I have a book to return.**Librarian Pony**: Princess Twilight! So good to see you!**Twilight Sparkle**: [groans]**Librarian Pony**: Need some recommendations from the new release section?**Twilight Sparkle**: [gasps] Is that the new edition of Mooncurve's*Seven Theories on Bending Time*? I have been waiting for the release sin— Uh, I mean, uh, no books today! [chuckles] Thanks!- [ponies gasp]
**Twilight Sparkle**: But I do need to speak with Dusty Pages about a... [clears throat] sensitive matter.**Librarian Pony**: Dusty who?**Twilight Sparkle**: [nervous laugh] Dusty Pages? The head librarian? She's worked here forever.**Librarian Pony**: I'm sorry, princess. I don't know her. Now, was there some other way I can help the library's Best Book Borrower?**Twilight Sparkle**: [nervous giggle]**Spike**: [hushed] Just ask where to return an overdue book! It's no big deal! It happens all the time!**Twilight Sparkle**: [hushed] Not to me it doesn't! [sighs] Fine. Fine! Oh, no! I didn't even think about the late fine! A book out this long will probably cost a thousand bits!**Spike**: She— I mean,*we*have an overdue book.**Librarian Pony**: [laughs] Well, that's no problem at all. In fact, it happens all the time.**Spike**: See?**Librarian Pony**: I'll just find it in the card catalog. Uh, number one-eight-nine-oh-five, got it! [laughs] Oh, wow. Yeesh. I haven't seen a book this late in... well, ever. [clears throat] You need to go and see First Folio in the Grossly Overdue Book Return Office for Ponies Who Should Know Better.**Twilight Sparkle**: Don't pull any punches with those names, do you?**Spike**: And that office would be...?**Librarian Pony**: In the basement. [whispering] Because of the*shame*.- [thud]

**Spike**: Whoa. [strains] Looks like nopony ever goes down here.**Twilight Sparkle**: Nopony except undependable rule-breakers who deserve all the horrors this hallway holds!**Spike**:*And*faithful dragon companions. Uh... hey! It looks like First Folio left a note on the door!**Twilight Sparkle**: "Abandon hope, all ye who enter"?**Spike**: [reading] "Out to lunch on Restaurant Row." Guess we'll have to try back later!**Twilight Sparkle**: No! I can't wait another minute to return this book! In the time it took us to get there, I racked up another... seventeen bits in late fees! We're going to lunch!**Spike**: Good, 'cause I'm starving! [licks lips]- [beat]
**Spike**: Oh. You mean to find First Folio. Can we at least get takeout?!

**Twilight Sparkle**: Tell me if you see any librarian-type ponies.**Spike**: Twilight, we tried this at three other restaurants already!**Twilight Sparkle**: And my late fines are already up another twenty-six more bits!**Spike**: [mock-sobbing]**Pretzel**: Waiter, we're ready to order.**Spike**: Oh, uh, I'm not actually—**Pretzel**: Three samosas, two curry specials... Do you think that's enough for the two of us?**Spike**: Hm. Well, I would probably order some naan as well. For the table?**Pretzel**: Sounds great.**Moon Dancer**: Twilight? Is that you?**Twilight Sparkle**: Moon Dancer! How've you been? I'm just visiting. No real reason. Heh.**Moon Dancer**: Well, it's good to see you! I'm just meeting my friend, First Folio, for lunch. Do you want to join us?**Twilight Sparkle**: First Folio?! Yes! I mean, thank you.**First Folio**: Princess Twilight, good to meet you! Did you know your picture is still up in our library as the Best Book Borrower?**Twilight Sparkle**: Yeah... I was hoping I could talk to Dusty Pages about that.**Moon Dancer**: Oh, Dusty Pages left the library moons ago. Didn't you know?**Twilight Sparkle**: Mm-mm.**First Folio**: Oh, I heard she was forced to leave. It's so sad. She loved the library.**Twilight Sparkle**: Wait. Forced to leave?**First Folio**: Yuh-huh, uh-huh, yeah. She had a perfect librarian record. Until one careless pony didn't return a book, ruined it all.**Moon Dancer**: Are you okay, Twilight?**Twilight Sparkle**: [nervously] Uh-huh. Would, uh, you excuse me?- [whoosh]
- [spinning]
**Spike**: That's why you only order spicy if you can take it. Twilight, what's wrong?**Twilight Sparkle**: Dusty Pages isn't working at the library any more because*I*didn't return this book! Spike, I think*I*got her fired!

- [brake skids]
**Spike**: Twilight, the library is*that*way!**Twilight Sparkle**: Change of plans. We're going to Dusty's house. She used to invite me over for tea all the time.**Spike**: But what about your late fees?**Twilight Sparkle**: They're not as important as making things right.**Spike**: Wait. So you're*not*going to return the book?**Twilight Sparkle**: No. Dusty Pages is. It's my fault she lost her job. So if I give her the book, she can get her old job back. It'll fix everything! [sighs]- [knocking]
- [door opens]
**Meathead Pony**: Didn't you see the sign? No salesponies!**Twilight Sparkle**: Oh, I'm not selling anything.**Meathead Pony**: No carolers either. No surveys, no petitions, no free literature...- [thud]
**Twilight Sparkle**: No problem. I'm just looking for somepony who used to live here. I'm pretty sure this was her house.**Meathead Pony**: Dusty Pages?**Twilight Sparkle**: Yes!**Meathead Pony**: Hold on. She moved to... Silver somethin'. Shoals, Seas, Surfer, whatever. When you find her, give her this.- [thud]
**Meathead Pony**: It's been stackin' up for years! And tell her to*change her address!*- [door slams]

- [montage music]
- [knocking]

- [squeaking]

**Twilight Sparkle**: [reading] "Silver Stable Community: For the best golden years." This has to be it!**Spike**: I hope so. It's the last "Silver" spot on the map we haven't looked.- [door opens]
**Spike**: [straining] [gasps] Whoa! This place is—**Twilight Sparkle**: Terrible, I know! There's not a single bookshelf in sight!**Sand Trap**: [snoring]**Twilight Sparkle**: Poor Dusty... [to receptionist] Excuse me!**"Teddie Safari"**: Yes, how may I help you?**Twilight Sparkle**: Do you have a resident named Dusty Pages?**"Teddie Safari"**: Oh, yes. Her apartment is in the next complex, ground floor.**Twilight Sparkle**: Thank you!

**Twilight Sparkle**: I can't believe that*my*carelessness sent her*here*, when she could be happily surrounded by millions of wonderful-smelling books!**Spike**: You realize that might just be a you thing, right?**Twilight Sparkle**: [gasps] There she is! Here we go. [exhales]- [knocking]
- [long pause]
- [watch ticking]
**Twilight Sparkle**: [groans]**Spike**: She's bound to be back soon. Maybe we should just wait here.**Twilight Sparkle**: No. We are fixing this*now*. This place isn't that big. We can find her.

**Twilight Sparkle**: Sorry to interrupt your*plein air*painting, but we're looking for Dusty Pages. Have you seen her?**Apple Rose**: Sure have!- [beat]
**Twilight Sparkle**: [sighs] And...?**Apple Rose**: She had to leave early to get to her*fengbi de ti*session.**Old Stallion**: Which is right before she leads the woodworking class with me. Then she's on to windsurfing.**Apple Rose**: Ooh, and don't forget theatre rehearsal! Dusty's playing the lead role. Again.**Old Stallion**: Then there's her band practice later.**Twilight Sparkle**: Thank you!**Spike**: Wow. Dusty sounds like one busy pony.**Twilight Sparkle**: Oh, she's just filling her days with distractions to cover the pain of losing the best job ever! But not for long!

- [montage music]
- [gate swinging]

- [teleportation zap]
- [hammer tapping]
- [door shuts and opens]

- [splash]
- [more splashes]

- [door opens]

- [door opens]
- [band playing music]
**Twilight Sparkle**: Dusty Pages, finally! Come on, Spike!**Spike**: Wait. She looks pretty happy up there.**Twilight Sparkle**: Trust me, it's all an act. She'll be a lot happier when I deliver the news that she can go back to working at the library!- [music abruptly stops]
**Twilight Sparkle**: Care to take five, everypony?**Dusty Pages**: Ah! Twilight Sparkle?! My stars! It's so wonderful to see you! What are you doing here?**Twilight Sparkle**: I've been looking all over Equestria for you!- [thud]
**Twilight Sparkle**: I need to tell you something.**Dusty Pages**: Well, you brought my mail! Oh, thank you! [chuckles]**Twilight Sparkle**: No. I mean, yes, we did, but that's not why we're here. I let you down, and I can't forgive myself until I set things right.**Dusty Pages**: I don't remember you doing anything wrong.**Twilight Sparkle**: You told me to take care of a special book I checked out from the Canterlot Library, and I never brought it back!**Dusty Pages**: [gasps] It was*you*that had that book out? The one that broke my perfect record?**Twilight Sparkle**: But now you can bring it to Canterlot Library and get your job back!**Dusty Pages**: No, thank you! I don't ever need to see that library again! Now, if you'll excuse me, I have somewhere to be.

- [band playing music]
**Spike**: [snapping fingers]**Twilight Sparkle**: Do you mind?- [music pauses, continues softly]
**Spike**: [slurping]**Twilight Sparkle**: I don't understand. If Dusty Pages won't go back to Canterlot Library and explain everything, then she won't be able to get her job back. Even worse, her record will remain imperfect!**Spike**: And yours will, too?**Twilight Sparkle**: Well, yeah! But that doesn't matter any more!**Spike**: [dryly] Really?**Twilight Sparkle**: Well, maybe a little bit. Oh, no, bits! The late fines! How much do I owe now?!- [abacus clicking]
**Spike**: Uhhh... you don't wanna know.**Twilight Sparkle**: [groans] It would've been worth all the bits in Equestria if I had made things right with Dusty! I wish I knew why she won't go back!**Spike**: Why don't you ask her?**Twilight Sparkle**: She didn't seem to want to talk.**Spike**: You surprised her, and she probably had something else on her schedule. That thing is packed! Come on. What have you got to lose?**Twilight Sparkle**: Now that I've messed up this much? Nothing. You're right, Spike. It's worth a try. Where do you think she went? Crochet? Bingo?

- [splat]
**Twilight Sparkle**: A squishy fruit food-fight tournament?!- [splats]
**Spike**: Hey, everypony! We come in—- [splat]
**Spike**: Eh, pieces.- [splats]
- [teleportation zap]
- [splats]
**Twilight Sparkle**: Stop! We just want to talk to Dusty Pages for a moment! Please?**Dusty Pages**:*Time out!*[to Twilight] Next time, you should rent gear.**Spike**: We're not actually here for the game.**Twilight Sparkle**: I was hoping you'd give me another chance to talk to you about the library book.**Dusty Pages**: [sighs] This really means a lot to you, doesn't it?**Twilight Sparkle**: Mm-hmm. I know I ruined your life by not returning my book on time, and I will do anything I can to make it up to you. Even promise to never take a book out of a library again, if that's what it takes.- [ponies gasp]
**Dusty Pages**: [laughs]**Spike**: That is not the reaction we expected.**Dusty Pages**: Twilight, dear, you've got it all backwards! I'm not upset with you!**Twilight Sparkle**: You're not?**Dusty Pages**: No! If I'm mad at anypony, it's me.- [tapping]
**Dusty Pages**: All those years I spent hiding away in that library, trying to be perfect. When your book never came in, I felt something exhilarating!**Twilight Sparkle**: What was it?**Dusty Pages**: Freedom.**Spike**: From books?**Dusty Pages**: From perfection! I was too stubborn to know when to call it quits! It took your mistake to make me realize that I wasn't living the life I wanted!**Twilight Sparkle**: You mean you weren't fired? You left the library because you*wanted*to?**Dusty Pages**: Twilight, your late book was the best thing that ever happened to me. Now I'm not afraid to try things I might fail at. In fact, sometimes messing up teaches me more than getting it right!**Twilight Sparkle**: You're sure you don't want to return it and get that perfect record back?- [splat]
**Twilight Sparkle**: [strangled scream]**Dusty Pages**: Ah, good. It was a yellow one. You can still see the words.**Twilight Sparkle**: But it'll have a stain!**Dusty Pages**: That doesn't change the truth inside it. Wait. Did you even read that thing?**Twilight Sparkle**: Actually, uh, no, I guess I didn't.- [splat]
**Twilight Sparkle**: [reading] "Perfection".**Dusty Pages**: And the next part?**Twilight Sparkle**: [reading] "The Impossible Pursuit".**Spike**and**Dusty Pages**: [laughing]**Twilight Sparkle**: Oh. That might've been useful to look at earlier.

**First Folio**: Uh-huh... Your total late fees come to...**Twilight Sparkle**: However much it is, I'll cover it. Uh, do you have a monthly payment plan?**First Folio**: Twenty-eight bits.**Twilight Sparkle**and**Spike**: [gasps]**Spike**: That's*it*?!**First Folio**: Yah-huh. Most ponies don't know that it caps at a month. Probably 'cause we don't tell them. [snorts]- [bits clinking]
**First Folio**: Thank you. Your account is back to normal. Although we will be taking down your Best Book Borrower picture.**Twilight Sparkle**: Um, is that*really*necessary? Heh. It just seems so permanent. Heh. I mean, I did return the book, after all.**Spike**: [clears throat]**Twilight Sparkle**: Okay. Letting the perfection go. [sighs] You want me to reshelve this for you?**First Folio**: No, it's an old edition. We've already replaced it with a new copy.**Spike**: In that case, can we keep it? It might be a good reminder to have around.**First Folio**: You sure? It's got a stain.**Twilight Sparkle**: That's what makes it perfect.

- [credits]