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// One Hundred Adventures 
// Story: Canterlot And Beyond 
// by Starlight Shadow 
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Lyra sat snuggled in a warm bird's nest of blankets on her window seat, all various shades of green. She adored the color green. It was the color of forests yet to be explored and freshly-cut emeralds and the sea sparkling with the help of a drop of golden sun. 

She turned the page of her book, hovering in front of her in a gentle amber glow. It was a story about a mare named Liliana who prayed for a hundred adventures. It was a good book, excellent even. 

A hundred adventures. She looked out the window, at Ponyville, where everypony was out and about, busy as bees. Colts and fillies playing games, older ponies sitting around and talking, and the adults selling their wares at market. Easily a thousand little adventures, playing out all at once. Maybe they didn't seem like it to her, but that stallion selling cherries could need the money to buy medicine for his daughter. They could mean everything to those participating in them.

She levitated over an empty notebook; one off the top of her ever-growing pile of them. She opened it, grabbed a pen, and wrote neatly at the top:


Two Kinds Of Adventures


Then she wrote below it:

1. Epic novel length ones, with dragons and damsels and revelations. Fun to read about, but not so fun to experience. 

2. Little, everyday ones, with flowers and cherries and kisses. Occasionally, some sadness. Not terribly interesting to read about, but the best experiences you'll ever have.