Of all the places that one expected to find Rainbow Dash, the local library of Canterlot was probably not on that particular list. But, at the very least, she was accompanied by somebody who definitely was expected in such a place; Twilight Sparkle. Together, the two girls walked through the front door of that facility, with the former Crystal Prep girl in particular looking rather enamoured to be there. Rainbow, naturally, was less enthusiastic, but nevertheless followed her friend inside. The two said nothing for a time, but it was clear that they were here looking for something. Row upon row of bookshelves they looked over, particularly in the fiction section, with Twilight doing the bulk of the careful looking. Rainbow, for her part, just seemed embarrassed to be there, but, after a while, she heard Twilight let out a distinct "aha" sound, which prompted the young athlete to turn in her direction.
"Did you find it?"
Smiling, the bespectacled girl nodded to her, pulling out the discovered book from its shelf. The two moved closer to look upon the cover, seeing the faded and slightly torn picture on the front. It was, without question, a Daring Do book, and an old one at that. But even so, the two couldn't help but smile widely to it.
"So...this is it? The very first story?" Rainbow asked.
Again, Twilight nodded.
"This is it. I was worried I wasn't going to be able to find it."
Rainbow struggled hard to contain her excitement, and gave Twilight a happy pat on the shoulder after her find.
"Well, it's here, and I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to reading it!"
Twilight giggled to this, opening her mouth to speak, only to stop and, to Rainbow's surprise, gain a look of confusion.
"What is it?"
Pointing past her, Twilight answered.
"It's Lemon!"
Immediately, Rainbow turned, and saw that her friend had the right of it. Lemon Zest was indeed there in the library, looking over a somewhat secluded spot. The two girls looked to one another, then moved over, making sure to be as quiet as possible, lest they disturb some of the other readers nearby. After getting close enough, however, Twilight spoke up.
"Lemon?"
The green-haired girl turned, and as soon as she saw them, she smiled.
"Hey there, Twi! Rainbow, good to see you."
Rainbow chuckled to this.
"Likewise. What are you here for?"
Lemon gestured to the books beside her.
"I was looking for something. Haven't found it ye..."
But, she stopped in her tracks, looking to the book Twilight still held in her hands.
"There it is!"
Confused, both of the other girls looked to the Daring Do novel, then back to Lemon.
"Wait...you’re a Daring Do fan?" Rainbow asked.
Lemon placed her hands upon her hips, smiling back to her.
"Yep! Loved that character since I was a kid!"
Smiling herself, Twilight looked down to the book in her hand.
"I've always found them to be fascinating reads. The puzzles, the exciting adventures. It's always been quite something."
Lemon nodded in agreement.
"Same here. Plus, it's great fuel for my fics."
Naturally, those words prompted yet further confusion in the two girls, and they looked to one another briefly before turning back to her.
"Um...fics?" Twilight enquired.
Again, Lemon nodded.
"You know, fanfics?"
Understanding dawned for the two girls, and Rainbow, bearing a slightly amused expression, raised an eyebrow to her Crystal Prep colleague.
"I never took you for a writer, Lemon."
Giving a chuckle of her own, Lemon nodded.
"You'd better believe it! I've been writing stuff like that for ages! Daring Do media is my favourite for it! I mean, super-dangerous adventure stories? How could I not write about it?"
Twilight stepped closer, slightly intrigued by this.
"What kinds of stories do you do?"
Lemon considered that, then smiled, reaching into her back pocket and, after a few moments, pulling out her phone. Twilight and Rainbow watched for a bit as the girl pressed on a few buttons. Then, after a short wait, the girl's smile widened, and she handed the phone over to Rainbow.
"Here's my latest one. It's getting a lot of views right now on the fic site I post to."
Rainbow took the offered phone and, with Twilight looking over her shoulder, she began to read out loud.
"...Daring struggled as Ahuizotl drew nearer, her chest heaving as her heartbeat increased. The towering man gazed down at her, his eyes filled with a hungry lust. Did she truly want to escape this time? Her own eyes gazed down at the rippling muscles of the..."
Immediately, both girls gained a fierce blush to them, and they looked up to Lemon with wide eyes, Rainbow speaking both of their thoughts.
"It's a sex-fic?!"
As soon as she'd said that, everyone within earshot turned to her simultaneously, letting out loud "shhh" noises. Of course, Rainbow looked rather embarrassed at her outburst now, but not so much so that she couldn't still look to Lemon with a somewhat angry pair of eyes.
"Lemon...what the heck?!" she said, trying to be as quiet as possible under the circumstances.
Lemon, for her part, simply shrugged her shoulders, looking rather amused at the reaction this had caused in her friend.
"What?"
This time, it was Twilight's turn to answer.
"What do you mean what?! You never told us you wrote this kind of stuff!"
Lemon rolled her eyes a little.
"It's not that bad! People do this sort of thing all the time!"
Rainbow frowned.
"You could have at least warned us!"
To that, Lemon laughed a little.
"Yeah...but then I wouldn't have been able to see the looks on your faces."
As one would expect, both Rainbow and Twilight were more than a little miffed at such a statement, but kept their displeasure at the situation under control. But, as time passed, Rainbow looked back down to the phone, regaining her earlier look of confusion.
"I don't even get it...since when was Ahuizotl some human? He's supposed to be this big monster thing, right?"
Lemon shook her head.
"Remember that old Daring Do TV show? You know, from the nineties, I think?"
Twilight and Rainbow looked to one another, hoping the other would be able to know what she was talking about, and when they finally looked back to her, it was Twilight who spoke, albeit with uncertainty in her voice.
"Um...I think I heard of it...but I don't think I ever watched it."
Nodding, Lemon explained.
"Well, it was how I first came across these stories, on that old TV show. It was one of those corny, adventure shows with fake-looking sets and the like. Anyway, on the show, Ahuizotl was this big, muscly guy who went around shirtless a lot of the time."
She looked away, her expression both of nostalgia and slight amorousness.
"My first fictional crush."
Then, she looked back to them soon afterwards.
"And Daring Do herself? Yeah, they cast this real babe to play her back then. And the two of them together? Whoo boy! Now there was a hot-looking couple!"
Rainbow snorted to that.
"Come on, Lemon! Daring would never get together with her greatest enemy!"
Folding her arms, Lemon seemed to take that as a challenge, smirking slightly.
"Maybe not, but that's why I love writing these fics. Anything I want to happen in a story, I can just make happen! And a steamy romance like this? Yeah, I definitely want that to happen!"
Twilight seemed nervous all of a sudden.
"Let's hope Adagio never hears about this. Who knows what she’d encourage you to write!"
Lemon laughed a little.
"Oh, she already knows. In fact, she asked to read some of them a few days back. You know, for those nights when her boyfriend isn't over and she needs something to do, nudge-nudge wink-wink?"
Naturally, both Twilight and Rainbow resumed their bright-red-tomato-shade blushes to that, and after almost a full minute they said nothing, all while Lemon took great delight in those picture-frame-worthy faces they were giving her. After a while though, they finally looked to one another, and after clearing her throat, it was Rainbow who spoke.
"So...Lemon...it's been nice seeing you again, but I think it's time we get that book checked out now."
Twilight, of course, nodded rather enthusiastically to this.
"Yes...right now!"
Handing the phone back to Lemon, the two made their way past her, all while she kept that smirk on her face.
"Enjoy the book!" she called out.
The two girls waved back to that, trying to get away as fast as possible. Lemon, in this new moment of solitude, placed a finger to her chin as she watched them go to check out their book, and after the two were finally out of the library, she returned to her prior smirk, her voice one of deep thought.
"Hmmm...Twilight and Rainbow..."
Looking down to her phone, she started pressing some buttons, speaking out with an eager smile as she wrote her brand-new story.
"One day, Twilight and Rainbow entered the library, their hidden passion never far from their minds..."
