Rainbow Dash lives an exciting life and is swiftly becoming the most daring, awesome pegasus in all of Equestria. She would gladly give it all up, though, just to confess her love to Applejack.
"Hmmmmmmmmmm..." Twilight Sparkle levitated several tomes across the air of Golden Oaks Library. "What aboutttttt..." She licked her lips, then opened one floating book in particular. "Ah! Here's one you're bound to like!" She turned around and held the thing out to Rainbow Dash. "Check this out!"
Rainbow Dash lethargically rummaged through a tower of books. She turned to squint at Twilight's offering. "Uhhhh..." Petite blue hooves reached out and grasped the tome. "What's this?"
"A heroic epic!" Twilight proudly squee'd. "The Oatessy by the legendary Homare! It's about a pony that goes on a longggggggg and exciting quest that takes her all the way around the world—"
"Meh." Rainbow Dash made a gagging sound and slapped the book down onto the top of the tower. "Sounds like a big waste of my time."
"Oh." Twilight blinked. "Well... uhm..." She hoofed through a few more floating books. "How about this one?"
"Mmmmm...?"
"It's an intricate, introspective character sketch of two genius musicians emotionally bound by their own individual frailties. One of them's mute and is madly in love with the other—"
"Ew! No." Rainbow Dash winced. Hard. "No love. No love whatsoever."
"Mmmmm... no love, huh?" Twilight Sparkle stared at the floating array. "Then... I guess that just leaves us with Stirrop Tzu's Art of Whinny or Marechiavelli's The Princess." She waggled her eyebrows. "Trixie's a big fan of the latter."
"What's with all the funny author names."
"Heehee... genius comes with an ounce of eccentricity, don't you think?"
"Meh."
Twilight raised an eyebrow. "Well... you came here asking for a way to 'get distracted.' What better way to get distracted than with a good book?"
"Eeeeugh..." Rainbow Dash slumped to the floor, sighing. "I... I'm sorry, Twi..." She pushed at a few of the books with a lazy hoof. "I know I'm being—like—super difficult."
"Nothing to apologize for!" Twilight sing-songed as she slid several tomes back onto their shelves. "I'm tickled pink that you'd even entertain the idea of getting into reading!"
"I'm not even sure what I want to get into anymore," Rainbow grumbled. "I just feel... frustrated at every turn."
"Well, if reading isn't the sort of thing to relax you, then don't force it." Twilight shuffled across the library. "If you want my advice, I'd say do something that you feel most comfortable doing."
"Like what?"
"Something... that inspires confidence in yourself." Twilight smiled. "And with others."
"Like...?"
"Well..." Twilight tapped her chin as her eyes searched the ceiling. "...when you first dropped Trixie on my doorstep, I thought I was going to go out of my mind with anger and annoyance."
"Uh huh..."
"Instead!" Twilight grinned. "Turns out that having her around is must refreshing!"
"Uh huh... ... ..."
"I mean it!" Twilight gestured. "With Spike, I've always had the privilege of fostering a young mind. But he's still just a lab assistant, if you think about it. I seriously doubt that Spike is always going to be obsessed with magic as I am. But with Trixie... I know that her career aligns with mine! Each moment I spend with her... improving her magical pursuits... I know that I am helping her reach a goal that has always confounded her!"
"So..." Rainbow stood up, eyes narrow. "...what are you saying?"
"Heehee... sometimes true contentment comes from bestowing upon others our greatest talents. Think about it, Rainbow Dash." Twilight smiled. "Isn't there anypony in your life whom you could foster with your awesomeness?"
Rainbow's ears twitched. She glanced aside. "Come to think of it..." A devilish smirk.
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I see what you did there.
I didn't even READ this one and I still see what you did here.
And an incoming Scootaloo
And with this, something just tells me that Scootaloo has a rainbow-maned pegasus headed her way.
Everyone get your "D'aaaaw"s ready cause we're about to get a nice dose of Scootaloving.
...I wonder what this Dash would think of reading Daring Do's books? Especially after Dredgemane.
Edit:
Dash didn't jump at the chance to read Equestria's expy of Art of War? Seems like something that might appeal to her.
Actually, it probably would have helped her more when she was still in the dragon lands.
Scootoloo or Gilda... Probably Scootaloo, but I'm really hoping Gilda because if anyone is gonna point out the petite cyan elephant in the room it's her. It would just be so satisfying for her to show up, see what's happening, and turn the tables by brutally pointing out to the Mane 6 how oblivious all the others are being about Dash. Even Fluttershy only kinda gets it... I mean, we've seen how assertive Fluttershy can be this fic. The fact that she hasn't tried getting Applejack to talk to Rainbow since Rainbow's having so much trouble herself is kind of astounding. It doesn't even have to be Applejack, just one of the other Mane 6.
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You are my new hero. Please allow me to worship the very ground you tread on.
Yay Scoots-Dash sister time!
Did she happen to be traveling eastward?
HAH
She's gonna spend time with Apple Bloom?
No story about a pony that goes on adventures and brings fortune to an unrequited love? Or a story about a pony that travels back into the past to prevent an apocalypse? Or what about where a forgotten pony plays abyssal music with forgotten gods?
Scootaloo!
Wuh-oh. I smell Scootalove on the wind.
Also, I think I could see what you did there even if I gouged out both my eyes. And Trixie would like Machiavelli, wouldn't she?
Scootadashery continues! More omniscient pov for us to all enjoy.
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...Huh. That reminds me. RD still needs to write a letter to Gilda, or visit her, and tell her that she's okay. RD did promise her. :/
Damn spoiler. I think. LucyHorseThing does not compute with this reference.
. . . By any chance, does she have a rainbow mane?
reader.exe exploded from blatant references. if you have experienced this before, please keep reader.exe away from blatant references in the future, as they will combust. again.
SCOOTAMOMENT INBOUND!!!!