"Where's Twilight?" Rarity asked. "I thought she wanted to join us on our girl's day out."
"Probably locked up in her library, writin' some sort of trashy fanfic," AppleJack groaned. "Besides, Ah didn't come here for this." She looked at the spas in disgust.
"Me neither. It's SO boring," Rainbow joined in. "Hey, don't ya think this is going a little too far? I mean - Twi's gonna embarrass us AND herself. In front of the whole of Equestria!"
"But - she --" Fluttershy stammered.
"But there's no other choice, Fluttershy! We don't want our dear little Twilight Sparkle turning into a professor, do we?" Pinkie Pie argued. "We can't let her carry on! So it's settled! Come on, girls! Somepony, tell her how we feel!"
"She might --" Rainbow Dash protested. Almost as once, she gave in. "Oh, alright. Come on, before she shows off her slash fanfictions to everypony!"
The mane six (the five SANE mane six) rushed off to Twilight's library.
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"Hiii Giirrrlllsss!!!" Twilight cried out. Her mane was all abnormally frizzy and messy, and her pupils and irises shrunk down into tiny balls.
The mane six shrieked at this indifferent welcome.
"Twilight!" Rarity gasped. "Whatever has happened to your mane?"
"Oh, I stayyyeedd up all night working on this baby," Twilight replied. She handed the book to AppleJack (who was standing in the very center of the ponies), and the others crowded on to see it.
"Oh...this?" AppleJack asked. "Uh..."
"Oh, no! Don't need to praise it! I have heard just enough! Goooood of you to come! And just in time!" Twilight cried out. She gave a creepy giggle, rubbing her hooves together, the friction causing sparks to fly everywhere.
Without knowing what she was doing, the mane six followed Rarity, who was grabbed by the hoof, and dragged by Psycho Twilight, wherever the hay she was going.
"Of course, this is the eeeepppiiiilogue!" Twilight cried out.
The ponies gasped. Oh no, not more!
"Lllleeettt'sss begin!" Twilight shouted, unintentionally too loud for the crowd.
She handed the ponies their costumes.
Rainbow Dash dropped hers in haste. "No way! You're NOT getting us to go on another play for your stupid story!"
"No, we're not!" Fluttershy shouted, before gasping in horror. "I - I mean, we'll love to do it for a good friend, Twilight."
AppleJack joined in. "Look, sugarcube. Uh..maybe...maybe.."
"Oh, you girls are so sweet. Come on, now!" Twilight cried out. "The clock is tiiiccckkiiiiing!"
The stage lights went dim.
"Now, each of you must act as stallions and colts --" Twilight ordered. "Also, no fakes! Nothing is good when it is faked! Begin!"
"I - I've always felt.." Fluttershy whimpered, as her part of the scene came up.
"Yeah?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Well...um...I love you?" Fluttershy stammered. She screamed, as she knew what part was coming on next.
AppleJack bit her lip. "No fakes? For land sakes!" she thought. "Poor Fluttershy! We have t' help her!"
But she knew there was no hope. Until --
"My, my! What is going on here?"
Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash turned to look at her. They hadn't even started kissing yet, and they were glad for the sudden appearance of the Princess. Celestia was awesome! She always landed from the sky at the perfect times and places. Like a boss, too.
Twilight suddenly stared at the Princess, and was ashamed immediately. Psycho Twilight left her at once.
"Oh, I'm so sorry! I don't know what came over me," she confessed.
"It's fine, my faithful student," Celestia said, smiling pleasantly.
"But --"
"Look, Twilight Sparkle," Celestia said, beaming at her student. "You may be the best at writing letters and reports, but fanfiction just isn't your type. "
"You mean - I should give up fanfiction?" Twilight asked.
"'Swat we meant to tell ya, Twilight," AppleJack joined in. "Ah'm sorry 'bout that."
"We didn't want to hurt your feelings," Fluttershy muttered.
"Yeah, and we just thought maybe - maybe there was another way to get things done," Rainbow Dash confessed.
"We're sorry," AppleJack, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Pinkie Pie said, ears down and sorrowful.
Celestia just chuckled lightly to herself. "That's not it at all," she explained. "Not everypony is good at everything, my faithful student. Look around at your friends. Rainbow Dash may be good at flying, while Fluttershy has a complete different talent, even though they are both pegasi."
"It's so complicated," Twilight asked. "Why can't I try my best at fanfiction anyway?"
"Take to being yourself, Twilight Sparkle," Celestia answered. "You've got a great knack for magic, and you should carry on your studies, and very soon, you may be as good as I am, myself!"
"Th-thanks, Princess," Twilight whispered. "But - But all the students at the magic school write good fanfictions!"
"You may not be good at fanfiction, Twilight Sparkle. But always keep in mind, you will always be my number one, most faithful student," Celestia replied, as the two nuzzled together, with a mother-daughterly love.
"Aww...it's just like a story!" Pinkie Pie squealed, tears pouring out of her eyes. "Wow! This is great! This calls for --"
"Lemme guess - party?" Rainbow Dash groaned.
"Yeah! A party!" Pinkie Pie cried out.
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"Dear Princess Celestia,
Today, I learnt a very important lesson about friendship.
Everypony back at my old school could write fanfiction, except I. I thought that I could do the same, and I knew that my friends in Canterlot will tease me if I don't.
However, I learnt that no matter what anypony thinks, a pony should always be herself, even through the most severest of trials, of insults and remarks.
Your faithful student,
Twilight Sparkle.