MINIFIC MAYHEM

This fic… isn’t actually a fic at all.

Weird, I know. It might seem like it is, with all the colorful ponies running around, doing various things that are in no way guided by any sort of prompt, but trust me, it isn’t.

Even when Twilight and her friends go on a magical quest to discover the lost City of Fire, guided only by a map she found in a corner of her library, this is by no means a fic.

To prove to you why not, let us go through the basic materials that any fic in its right mind (which this isn’t) would require. The first thing a fic needs is a title, and this work, as it shall now be called, does no… wait… it has a title? “Journey to the City of Fire”? How long has it had that?

Well, that’s just minor a detail. There are plenty more points that prove this isn’t a work of fanfiction. For example, fiction requires a plot, no matter how basic, and I fail to see….

What was that? Paragraph 2? Hold on a… oh, it does have a plot. I even told you the plot myself. That was foolish of me.

Nonetheless, I remain stalwart in my belief. There is no action, a concept that should exist in all…

CRASH!

Oh what is it now? What? That was Rainbow Dash, getting thrown into the building by a fire golem? She just took your shoe to use as a weapon? Well that’s not going to get her very far, now is it?

Where was I? There does appear to be a miniscule amount of action. But, no work of fiction would be at all complete without a theme, and…

Now hold on a minute. What? What do you mean they are all being tempted by their wildest dreams, yet are finding them to not be worth the love of their friends? Are you trying to tell me they already got to the middle of the story? How are they even moving this quickly anyway?

Oh for the love of…! Are there no means by which they will not use to spoil my ranting? But I’m not done yet! There is one thing this work does not have, and it never shall, for it lacks…

They already defeated the king of the golems and rescued the Ether Princess, didn’t they?