Twilight stared in horror at the pages before her. “Daring Do and the Lost Treasure of Igrofnkovhghprm” was far from being as good as Rainbow Dash had led her to believe. But how could she politely tell her friend how she felt? She’s seen clopographic movies with a better story.
“Twi, you’ve been really quiet for a few minutes. Is there something wrong?” the cyan pegasus frowned. She’d never written anything before, but she was proud of her work. She was certain that Twilight would find it great too.
“Well, it’s..”
“What are some of the good qualities?”
The unicorn scratched her head for a couple moments. “Well...I think I like the part where..well, you spelled Ahuitzotl correctly.”
“It was just a little odd, I picked up the book to find it the first time! Once you get used to it, it’s pretty easy!”
“Also, was it you that used all my hint coins in my copy of Professor Layhoof and the Unwound Future?”
“Yeah, hope you don’t mind. Some of those puzzles were kinda hard.”
“That was the fourth puzzle!”
“And it was hard! Okay, how about something bad? We can switch between the two if that makes it easier!”
“What I didn’t like...” Think, Twilight! You can’t hurt your friend’s feelings, no matter what you really want to say! “...well, this isn’t related to your plot necessarily, but did you use a typewriter?”
“Yeah, my parents had an old one that they let me borrow! Why do you ask?”
“I think there might be something wrong with it. Your letters are all coming out weird. Maybe I can help you with fixing it up!”
“That would be so awesome of you, Twilight! I’ll go get it right now!” Rainbow Dash darted out of the library.
Twilight sighed. She was about to do something she should never do. Rainbow Dash might not forgive her for it, but even the Elements of Harmony wouldn’t be able to fix up this poor attempt. Twilight knew one thing: Rainbow Dash could never be allowed to write a fanfic again.
“I’m back!” the cyan pegasus flew through the door, holding the typewriter. Twilight levitated it over to her.
“Oh yes, I see the problem! And this is an easy fix!”
“Awesome!" Rainbow Dash started to fly around the room in her excitement. "I’m already itching to write my next story once I get back to Cloudsdale! It’s going to be another one starring me and Dar-” She paused at the loud crunch sounding near her. Under her friend’s hooves lay the shattered remains of her typewriter. It was then levitated up to the shocked pegasus.
“Sorry, Rainbow...I guess it slipped. I am so sorry.” Twilight smiled faintly, which hiding the party her inner emotions were holding.
“Oh...It’s okay...I mean, you have typewriters in the library, right?”
“Oh no, they were much too noisy! I mean, there’s a reason I have Spike write my letters to Celestia!”
“Well, I guess I could probably ask around town. I’m sure somepony has one!”
“Oh, I bet somepony does! Tell you what, I’ll go ask around for you!”
“Thanks Twilight, I have to head to work now anyways. I’ll stop by tomorrow and see if you found one!” Rainbow Dash smiled as she walks out the door.
Rainbow Dash yawned as she walked out of her house the following morning. She picked up the newspaper on her porch, and glanced to see what the headlines were. “That’s odd. It looks like this was hoof-written.”
“All throughout Equestria, typewriters have been destroyed by an unknown vandal. Police are baffled as to how or why the criminal seemed to target the device that is owned by a majority of the population.”
“That’s really odd.” Rainbow Dash sighed. “I guess I won’t be writing anymore...”