A Novel Rejection

by ChaoticHarmony

Rating: everyone
Tags: Comedy, Slice of Life
Length: 673

Rainbow Dash has finally finished her novel, which she considers to be "a true masterpiece" that is "as awesome as the pegasus who wrote it". The question is, will the Ponyville Publications Office think so too?

Rainbow Dash has finally finished her novel, which she considers to be "a true masterpiece" that is "as awesome as the pegasus who wrote it".

The question is, will the Ponyville Publications Office think so too?

What if they don't? Will Rainbow Dash be able to cope with her literary failure, or will she descend into a pit of despair kept warm by the fires of burning parchment?

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2013-01-02 03:53:45 UTC

A True Masterpiece... Right?

---- A Novel Rejection ----

It all started as a normal day in Ponyville...

"And then, Prismatic Mane swooped down to the applause of all the ponies who had been watching her daring performance."  Rainbow Dash blinked away the sleep in her eyes as she dotted the last sentence's period.  The pegasus mechanically began to stopper her inkwell and clean any of the excess liquid from her quill.  After that was completed, she gently dusted sand over the still-wet ink that glistened in the candlelight.  "I think that's enough..."  Her words were broken by a rather large yawn as she gathered up the sheets of paper that made up her novel.  "...for today.  Stupid yawns."

It was only when she began stowing the tools of her hobby that she noticed something odd about the papers.  "Wait...  Did I just..."  Her question was left hanging as the pegsus focused her sluggish mind on figuring out what was distressing her so much.  After a few moments of rereading the words that she had just written, Rainbow Dash smiled to herself and let out a happy shout that had bubbled up within her.  "Yessss!  I finished it!  Finally!"

Despite her lack of sleep, Rainbow Dash shot upwards on the wings of excitement, punching through her roof of clouds and soaring into the midnight air above.  "You hear that Ponyville?  I finished my book!"  Only her honed senses as a top-flier saved Rainbow from an airborne collision with something that closely resembled an elongated hoof with strings attached to it.

"Be quiet!  Some of us are trying to sleep!"  A bright teal mare glared up at Rainbow Dash from an open window below.  "Don't make me get another shoe!"

"Oops, sorry Lyra."  A red blush, hidden by the night, worked its way up into Rainbow's face as she started to gently float back through the hole she had made in her roof.  "Jeez, some ponies."  Shaking her head, the pegasus began to gather up the scattered pages of her novel that had somehow found their ways into seemingly every hiding spot they could get to in her absence.

"Great, now this is all out of order too.  What am I gonna do?"  After a moment of descending into theatrics one could expect of Rarity, Rainbow Dash was struck with an idea.  "I'll just go to Twilight's house tomorrow... She's like the neatest pony in Equestria!  She'll put this in order in no time!  And then... After she fixes it..."  Rainbow left her statement unsaid as she rubbed her hooves together in anticipation.

Another yawn was released from the pegasus, telling her what she herself already knew.  "Well, time to hit the hay."  A mental image of Pinkie Pie came out of nowhere, startling the cyan pony into a silent shout of terror.

"Don't hit the hay!  Just eat it!"

Shaking her head to clear it, Rainbow Dash crawled into her bed with a wry smile.  "Pinkie Pie... You are so random..."  With those last few words of wisdom from the Element of Loyalty, the pegasus promptly descended into a world filled with dreams, one of which being about her very own creation, Prismatic Mane.

----Dream Scene to be added later

"Oh Celestia, that was a weird dream..."  Rainbow Dash sat up slowly from where she had nestled her head into the cloud that her pillow was made of, rubbing her hooves into her eyes.  "I really need to stop going to sleep after I write stuff..."  Looking around the perpetually messy room that she called her bedroom, Rainbow Dash smiled at the inconspicuous lump of cloud that was shaped into a small table, the place where she tucked away her amazing novel from the eyes of those who wouldn't be able to handle the awesomeness within its unbound pages.

"And I really need to start cleaning up a bit around here."  After a moment of silent contemplation, the pegasus shook her head and shrugged.  "Eh, I'll do it later."  Leaping from her bed in a cyan-colored blur, Rainbow Dash flew into her kitchen and pours herself a bowl of Wonder Oats.  The only reason she even bought the childish cereal was to collect the figurines that came in every box.  Her