Dear Journal,

Sorry about that last entry. I feel like a fool messing up your page with my tears blurring the ink. There are times when I think that I forgot about the events and then I find that some memories you can't just forget so easily. Maybe it's my curse of having such an ability to memorize things and be able to bring them up at a moment's notice that everything I read or see or experience I can return to as fresh as the moment it happened. The only was to suppress the sadness is to think about what happened after that tragedy. You know, some stories do have their moments of triumph, and mine is no exception. So this journal entry I'll title: "The Phoenix of Ponyville".

I slowly recovered from my injuries and began to rebuild what little I had left of my life. Sure the townsfolk were nice enough to get me a temporary place to stay and help me salvage what I could, but some scars couldn't be that healed. In those moments I thought about my friend Twilight Sparkle as she too had her home destroyed in the battle. Sometimes paths cross while other times they parallel each other. But unlike me she gained a crystalline castle. I wondered if the scars in her memory still ran deep as mine.

There was a point when I though about what was next. Could I get enough money to rebuild a bookstore? Should I just move back to Canterlot due to the memories? Where do I go from here? Sometimes waiting and searching the infinite possibilities of the future can be a blessing and a curse.

Then one day, I got a letter from Twilight Sparkle telling my to meet me at her castle. I thought it would be just a friendly meeting, as I was happy even after becoming a Princess that remained. It wasn't that I thought there would be a distancing but strange thing can happen with ponies once they gain power. Well when I got there she seemed to be hiding something. This is pretty obvious to her friends, but Twilight is bad at keeping secrets. Her face gives it away. Anyway, I followed her to two rooms which contained the most beautiful library I had ever seen, with its high crystalline walls and ceiling, rows upon rows of shelves, and space for tens of thousands of books to be placed.

"Do you like it?" she asked me with that funny look like something was about to happen.

"It's wonderful," I said not knowing what else to say as I tried taking it all in.

"It's yours," was all she said with a smile.

"It's...mine?" I said thinking that I didn't hear her right.

"Well it's in my castle but being a Princess I can't help ponies with finding books as I could before. So you can be the Head Librarian if you wish to be."

"I would be honored," I replied not giving it a second thought as I almost cried liquid pride.

"Then by all power vested in me as Princess of Friendship, I appoint you, Lore Weaver, as Head Librarian of the Royal Ponyville Library for as long as you wish to hold such title."

Well Twilight I think couldn't predict what I did next as I gave her a hug. She smiled and hugged me back knowing how much it meant to me. I think about one time seeing Princess Celestia with her phoenix. They are interesting creatures, looking like they die in a pile of ashes but then rise from the ashes. Guess I'm like a phoenix in that way. Even now I awake thinking that being Head Librarian was just some dream that my brain concocted. But then I realize that some dreams are made real and some stories can have their Happy Ending moments.

Well that brings me to the near present Journal. I can only hope that the best is yet to come!

Your Faithful Librarian,

Lore Weaver