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// Life is Not A Game - It is Foolish To Play 
// Story: Not Everypony's Good at Everything 
// by RainbowDangerDash97 
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"Girls! Girls!" Twilight squealed.

"What in tarnation?" AppleJack asked, in surprise. 

"Twilight, fancy! At this hour, too! What about my beauty sleep?" Rarity asked.

"Rarity, it's morning," Twilight groaned, rolling her eyes.

"Oh yes," Rarity giggled. "Silly me."

"Now about my amazing idea. I just wrote a fanfic - about us! And as the Princess is coming to visit us next week," Twilight explained her brainwave. "We can put on a play for her! I'll be the director - you will be the actresses!"

"Ooh! I love acting! Acting's my favourite!" Pinkie Pie cried out, her eyes sparkling with excitement. "Who am I acting as?" She looked around, curiously, her mouth in a tiny oval.

"Oh my, am I making the dresses?" Rarity asked, hopefully. 

"Ah'm...uh..Ah would like to see your uh...fanfic, Twilight," AppleJack said, not so sure about this fancy acting thingy. 

"Of course, AppleJack," Twilight said, smiling pleasantly. She dug deep into her satchel, and brought out an old wrinkled book. 

"Once upon a time, in the magical land of Equestria, there was a beautiful maiden," AppleJack read aloud. The others craned their necks, as they tried to read Twilight's "masterpiece". 

"So - what do you think?" Twilight asked. "Was it great?"

"Uh..." AppleJack said.

Nopony said anything.

"Don't you like it?" the unicorn repeated herself. There was tint of sorrow in her eyes. 

As to not hurt their friend's feelings, they began talking all at once. "It's fine, Twilight. Ah think it's great."

"Beautiful piece of uh...it's smashing, darling," Rarity said.

"I really like the..um..." Sweetie Belle contributed. "Concept?"

"Yeah, it's great," Scootaloo and Apple Bloom lied, in unison.

"Oh my, it's um...I really like it, Twilight...um...I - I -" Fluttershy whispered, her shy personality getting the better of her. 

"It's amazing!" Pinkie Pie cried out. "There's some funny parts too! I love funny parts! And then there's this sad part, where the stallion dies, and everypony's like 'Oh no! What shall we do!' and then --"

"It's lame," Rainbow Dash said.

The mane six gasped and looked at her. 

"What? It's for eggheads," the pegasus said.

"Take no notice of good ol' Rainbow, Twilight," AppleJack told the slightly offended unicorn. "She's just bein' herself."

"Alright!" Twilight shrieked. "Let's get started!"

"Rarity - you're the beautiful maiden," she said.

"Oh my stars, Twilight! Thank you so much for letting me be the princess," Rarity cried out, her eyes twinkling.  

"Rainbow Dash - you can be the warrior." 

"Warrior? Awesome! Are they a Wonderbolt?" Rainbow Dash asked. 

"And...AppleJack - you can be the rapist," Twilight continued.

AppleJack groaned, and pulled a face.

"Fluttershy - you're the mule. Pinkie Pie - you're the royal Jester --" Twilight carried on.

"Great - because I love royal! And I love Jesters!" Pinkie Pie giggled. "Jester - that sounds silly!"

"I will be the director, of course. And Scootaloo - you can be the stallion."

"Awesome!" Scootaloo shouted.

"Apple Bloom, you can be the knight," Twilight ordered. 

The filly nodded her head in excitement. "Alrighty, Twilight!"

"And Sweetie Belle? You can be the dictionary," the unicorn said.

"OH COME ON!!!" Sweetie Belle cried out. (I absolutely love this phrase of hers in Hearts and Hooves Day XD) 

"So it's settled!" Twilight shrieked. "Let's do our first audition tomorrow!"

She bounced away, her heart leaping as much as her body. 

Meanwhile, the other mane six and the Cutie Mark Crusaders shot terrified looks at each other. A play? On Twilight's horrifically-written fanfic? IN FRONT OF CELESTIA? Oh no...let's just hope Celestia forgives those unfortunate ponies....