Lord Twilight Sparkle and the Forgotten Books of Autumn

—Official warning

**Lord Twilight Sparkle and the Forgotten Books of Autumn** is the ninth and final entry in a nine-episode of Luna the Miracle Boy miniseries about the Canterlot Presidential Tales. In this miniseries story, while attempting to find a way to stop a curse that's affecting many books, Sergey the Twilight Sparkle discovers a lost and forgotten village in Petrovburg.

## Summary

### Once upon a book

The story begins during the fall season in Canterlot City. On his way home to Canterlot Presidential University, Sergey the Twilight Sparkle meets Benedict. When Sergey asks Benedict a book on potion-making that he recently borrowed, Benedict confesses that she accidentally ruined the book during a potion-making attempt. Luckily, Sergey says that he knows of a way to restore it.

At the presidential library, Sergey fetches Ermenistan Protections and Prophecies book and finds a spell called Wisdom Shield of Mikhail Tver, which is "crucial for protecting knowledge one holds in fidelity". Unfortunately, the spell can only be completed on the Autumnal Petersburg before the upcoming Running of the Leaves. Even worse, Sergey discovers that ink has mysteriously begun to appear all over the pages in the Ermenistan Protections and Prophecies book and obscure all the words underneath. Thus, Sergey sets out to find another copy of the book.

### Boundaries around Canterlot City

Accompanied by his friend – Luna, Sergey stays at the presidential library for another copy of Ermenistan Protections and Prophecies. He explains to Luna that if he doesn't complete the Wisdom Shield of Mikhail Tver spells, they will have to wait another moon cycle before attempting it again. Sergey tries to inform Luna's mother – Princess Finlandia but one of the presidential guards tells him that the presidential secretary has been called away to Iceland District for an emergency. Therefore he advises Luna against writing Finlandia a letter so that she is not troubled by another emergency while already taking care of one. Instead, Luna and Sergey head to the Canterlot Presidential Library.

At the presidential library, Luna and Sergey meet Miss Nate. Sergey asks her if another copy of Ermenistan Protections and Prophecies, but she claims to have not any copies since the rule of Princess Aulia. When Luna shows her the inkblot staining the book's pages, Miss Nate tries to magically remove it, but she only causes it to grow larger. Sergey identifies the phenomenon as Inknorance – a magical curse that affects books and erases the knowledge they contain, and he realizes that she unintentionally unleashed the curse by casting the Shield of Wisdom spell only halfway.

Miss Nate and two boys (Luna and Sergey) search for a solution in Miss Nate's cottage, and Luna's conscience weighing heavy for unwittingly unleashing the Inknorance curse on Sergey's books. While looking through Miss Nate notes, Sergey finds an old map of the Republic of Petrovburg that Miss Nate drew when she was little. On the map, he sees a district called Cherokee District, which according to Miss Nate, is a mythical town full of bookstores and libraries. While Miss Nate does not have anything to get rid of Inknorance, she casts a spell to temporarily stop it from spreading to other books. In the meantime, Sergey and Luna set out to find a solution at the Cherokee State University library.

### Buongiorno, Cherokee!

On the way to the Cherokee State University, Luna tells Sergey to send letters to his friends in Vernadia and Principal Tony in Canterlot City to let them know what's going on, but Sergey is too engrossed in a story about Cherokee that he borrowed from Miss Nate. Though the town used to believed to be fictional, Luna suggests they try and find it and its treasure trove of books. Against his better judgment, Sergey changes direction and heads toward Cherokee's presumed location.

Following the notes and drawings in Miss Nate's book, Sergey and Luna pass several landmarks that point the way to Cherokee. However, when they reach the location where Cherokee is supposed to be, they only find a large and empty field. They believe their search has been in vain, but just before losing all hope, Sergey casts a revealing spell that causes the village of Cherokee to appear out of nowhere.

### Ancient wisdom and novel notions

In the district, Sergey and Luna find several book-themed houses and bookstores but seemingly no residents. Inside one of the bookstores, they meet the shy store owner – Vitaliy Colzan, who is considerably surprised to meet two boys from outside the village. According to Vitaliy, no one wants to be friends with the people of Cherokee and have stopped visiting a long time ago. He allows Luna to search for a copy of Ermenistan Protections and Prophecies, but during his search, he discovers that the Inknorance curse has reached Cherokee but having the opposite effect. While the ink is appearing all over book pages in the rest of Petrovburg, ink is disappearing from Cherokee's books.

The next morning, after spending the evening in Vitaliy's cottage, Luna and the Lord Twilight Sparkle meet Cherokee's town librarian and literary expert – Vladimiras Fionas, who believes there may be a copy of Ermenistan Protections and Prophecies somewhere in the village.

When asked why Cherokee has a magic barrier around it that makes it invisible to outsiders, Vitaliy tells the myth of an unfriendly emperor who placed a curse on the village that caused it turns from a book town bustling with activity to a village of isolation. However, Vlad explains that the real reason no one visits is because the citizens of Cherokee are very shy and like to keep to themselves. Thus, no one wants to be friends with them, and none of its villagers want to leave such a tight-knit community.

### The table of contents

With each passing day, the Autumnal Petersburg gets closer, the Inknorance curse spreads to more and more books, and Sergey and Vitaliy are still unable to find a copy of Ermenistan Protections and Prophecies in any of the village shops. Suddenly, Luna appears to inform them that Vlad has had a copy of the book the entire time but is keeping it a secret for some reason. When they go to confront Vlad in the old village library, they find a secret council of the Petrovs called the "Table of Contents" discussing whether or not to give the Ermenistan Protections and Prophecies book to Sergey.

Vlad reveals that he kept the book a secret from Sergey because the myth about the emperor who liberate Cherokee is real, and he was afraid that something else would befall his village. After Luna assures Vlad that he would never do anything to harm Rock Farm or its residents, the Cherokee councils give Sergey the book, and Luna recognizes some writing inside that was written by the great emperor Frederick Agustiana.

From Emperor Frederick's notes, Luna learns that the Emperor Frederick's cast a spell not to curse Cherokee but to protect its vast collection of books. However, because they cast Wisdom Shield of Mikhail Tver, instead of the Autumnal Petersburg, the spell created an "invisibubble" that turned the whole town invisible. With the council's permission, Luna and Sergey decide to cast the Wisdom Shield spell on the Autumnal Petersburg the next day – the only time that it is intended to be cast – and release Cherokee from the "invisibubble".

### The Autumnal Petersburg

At sunrise the next day, Autumnal Petersburg finally arrives, and citizens gather in Cherokee's town square with books that have been blanked by the Inknorance curse. Using the Ermenistan Protections and Prophecies book, Sergey casts the complete Wisdom Shield spell, causing the ink in the books to be restored and the "invsibubble" to shatter. Several hours later, Miss Nate and the rest of the Petrovburg Heroes arrive to inform Luna and Sergey that the books in Canterlot Presidential Library also affected by the Inknorance have returned to normal as well.

With Cherokee District is no longer invisible, Luna and his friends organize a book festival that draws in childhood from all over Petrovburg. The previously reclusive villagers learn to embrace friendship, and they thank Luna and Sergey for everything they've done. The Table of Contents grants Sergey permission to take any of their books home with him, but Sergey declines. Instead, he decides that any time he wants a new book, he'll come back to Cherokee and visit his new friends.

## Quotes

**Sergey the Twilight Sparkle**: I'm not mad. It's just a book, after all.
**Benedict**: Really?
**Sergey the Twilight Sparkle**: We are friend. That matters much more to us.
**Luna**: There's a library full of books to search for. I hope we didn't make any dinner reservations at the Tasty Treat, this could take all evening!
**Sergey the Twilight Sparkle**: Awww. Me and my Twilight crown! Guess you'll just have to wait till our next trip to try those treats Lady Toby was raving about...
**Luna**: Sorry, Sergey. Next time, we'll come to Canterlot Presidentials for some reason other than a crisis.
**Miss Nate**: A stain? This is the tragedy of all tragedies!
**Sergey the Twilight Sparkle**: Didn't Miss Nate's [*sic*] dad work for the Canterlot Historical Society?
**Luna**: Yes, he did! How did you remember that?
**Sergey the Twilight Sparkle**: Got a mind like a treasure chest with an unbreakable lock. Which reminds me: I seem to recall that you have another packet of emeralds in your backpack...
**Sergey the Twilight Sparkle**: I think we should try to find... The Lost City of Books!
**Luna**: We aren't starring in an Italy Hospodines book right now, Sergey. We could be wasting precious time on a wild-goose chase. The only lady I know who can chase a wild goose is Dennis, and she's already off chasing them at the annual Goose Chase by the Applejack Family right now!
**Mr. Vitaliy**: B-b-boys... Y-y-you're... from outside?
**Sergey the Twilight Sparkle**: Don't worry, sir, we mean no harm. We come as friends... friends from afar!
**Mr. Vitaliy**: Friends from afar? I've read about those, but I didn't think they were real...
**Mr. Vitaliy**: Oh no. It's happening again!
**Sergey the Twilight Sparkle**: What is?
**Mr. Vitaliy**: It-it-it's been so l-l-long since the books have been read that they're giving up. The words have left and they're not coming back.
**Luna**: Empty pages... Sergey! Didn't you say back at Miss Nate's house that the ink from the Inknorance...
**Sergey the Twilight Sparkle**: Had been sucked from another book! Yes, of course! Mr. Vita... your words are being pulled into our books!
**Vladimiras Fionas**: You boys don't understand! What if something terrible happens? The last time an emperor tried to help us, all he did was curse us instead. We've learned to live without any new friends. It's safer this way. We're doing just fine on our own here in Cherokee!
**Sergey the Twilight Sparkle**: Wisdom of the Emperors, knowledge of the herds! We use these forces to shield our words. Restore forgotten, reveal true facts…the Wisdom Shield of Mikhail Tver will now bring it all back!
**Jason**: So, Miss Nate [*sic*] came to see us at the palace with a cart full of books. It was so weird... they'd all turned black or something.
**Miss Nate**: That's right, Jason. I had isolated the Inknorance, but I wanted to see if that adorable girl – Martin Heldayeti could help. You mentioned she was a natural with magic...
**Martin**: Aw, you said that, Luna? So adorable.
**Tobias**: Anyway, out of nowhere, this gorgeous blast of magic came shooting through the windows!
**Dennis**: It cured all of Miss Nate's [*sic*] books. Wiped the gunk clean away.
**Celestia**: So then the map started going all craaaaaazy! It just flickered and then BOOM! A whole town that we never even knew existed was right there! Totally wackadoodle-doo!
## References

1. **Main course**
	* https://mlp.fandom.com/wiki/Princess\_Twilight\_Sparkle\_and\_the\_Forgotten\_Books\_of\_Autumn