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// The New Awesomeness 
// Story: Appledashery 
// by Just Essay 
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	At last, Rainbow Dash placed the pen down onto the desktop.

She leaned back in her seat, rubbing the crook of her hoof and wincing slightly.  Meanwhile, her ruby eyes traced and re-traced the thick paragraphs of words that had been sprawled over the parchment overnight.  All but one ink well had been dried completely.

A deep sigh rolled through the mare's lungs.

"Finished at last, Sparky?"

Rainbow tilted her head to the right.

Lancie perched nonchalantly on the corner of a kitchen counter.  He perked up at soon as her gaze met his.  "I said your name a few times earlier... but you quite literally heard nothing, did you?"

"I... uh... I guess I was in the zone," she said with a slight chuckle.  "How much time has gone by?"

"All of the sleep time," he said, smirking.  "For all we know, you just dreamt up the entire essay you made."

"Heh... yeah."  Rainbow nodded.  "Maybe then it'd be only fitting?"

"Any second thoughts?"

"Those melted away a few hours ago," Rainbow said.  She stood up, stretching her legs before trotting across the room and grabbing an envelope.  "Luna poop.  I've flown into steep canyons full of quarray eels and still felt less frazzled than I do now."

"It's never too late to change your mind."

"Lancie, don't even friggin' go there," Rainbow grumbled.  "This is do or die time."

"Wowsers."  He blinked, watching as she folded the parchment up and slid the sheets neatly into the envelope.  "You're really going through with it, aren't you?  After long last?"

"That depends..."

"On what, Sparky?"

Rainbow smiled.  "If licking the yucky envelope kills me."  She dragged her tongue across the adhesive as prophesied.  Almost immediately, she shuddered, her face scrunching from the bitter sensation.  "Eyeeughhh..."  She sealed the thing.  "Still alive."

"Now what?"

"What else?"  Rainbow took a deep breath, twirled about, and bravely faced the front door to her house.  "A crazy new brand of awesomeness..."