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// Beginner's Dust 
// Story: Appledashery 
// by Just Essay 
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	"Really, Rainbow Dash.  You don't have to!"  Twilight Sparkle said.  With glowing magic, she easily slid a dresser across the upstairs room of the Golden Oaks library, settling it evenly against the far wall.  "I have advanced levels of magical telekinesis!  I can set up my bedroom on my own!"

"We're... friends now... Twilight!"  Rainbow hissed and grunted, using full physical force to shove the framework of a bed across the room.  "Grfff... mrmmfff... guh..."  At last, after much sweat and toil, she was able to position the furniture in place.  "Friends don't leave each other hanging!"

"It's super sweet of you, but it's not necessary!  Honest!"  Twilight nevertheless giggled, levitating a bag of belongings and placing them on the bedframe.  "I know that you're the Element of Loyalty and all—"

"Screw that."

Twilight did a double-take.  "I beg your pardon?"

"I'm doing it just because it's the right thing to do."  Rainbow swiped her brow and shrugged.  "Magical gemstones and stuff are snazzy and all, but I don't need some Element to be loyal, girl!"

"Heh... well... I guess it's just ironic then," Twilight said, rolling her eyes with a smile.  "I'll return the favor to you somehow.  I promise."

"Hey.  Don't mention it."  Rainbow's muzzle scrunched as she gazed around the dusty confines of the place.  "Almost wish I could talk you out of it."

"Talk me... out of moving to Ponyville?" Twilight looked nervous.  "But Princess Celestia gave me the opportunity—"

"No no no no.  Yeesh, Twilight.  I meant this friggin' dusty-flank library."  Rainbow Dash kicked at a pile of loose wood chippings in the corner.  "Trees are meant for growing fruit and seeds and stuff.  But living in?"

"I find it rather exciting, actually!"  Twilight grinned as she trotted across the room to gather more things.  "Ever since I was a little filly, I wanted a treehouse of my own to live in and... read books to the natural sunlight!  Or with the smell of a fresh rainstorm still tingling in the air... heeee..."

"I bet I could help with the raincloud part."

"I was just being facetious, Rainbow.  In truth, it was always a pie-in-the-sky dream.  Canterlot... isn't known for its rampant forests."

Rainbow shook her head.  "No, I bet not."

"All in all, it's the change that excites me.  But... I'm also nervous."  Twilight Sparkle lingered by a window, gazing out into the sunlit vistas of Ponyville.  "I haven't lived this far from home... ever."

"Eh..."  Rainbow waved a hoof.  "You'll get used to it.  And—if worse comes to worse—you'll have us gals to help you feel at home!"

"Well, that's good to know."  Twilight smiled warmly.  "I think the reason I brought so much stuff with me is because I wanna feel like I've got a tiny bit of Canterlot to come home to."

"I know the feeling."

"You do?"

"Yeah."  Rainbow nodded.  "I moved in from the big city too."

"You came from Canterlot?"

"Pfft!  Do I look like I came from Canterlot?"

"Lemme guess."  Twilight smirked.  "Cloudsdale."

"Born and raised!"  Rainbow Dash stretched her wings proudly.  "I could fly before I knew how to trot.  You kinda have to in a city that awesome."

"It makes sense, now that I think about it."

"Huh?"

"You're not a pony to be constrained by anything, Rainbow Dash," Twilight said.  "Cloudsdale is the only kind of city I can think of that could possibly contain your awesomeness."

"Heh..."  Rainbow Dash rubbed the back of her head.  "That's one way of putting it."

"Almost makes me wonder why you even came to Ponyville," Twilight said, trotting past Rainbow Dash's dead father.

His head turned to face the pegasus.  "Will you bring me where you're going next?" he calmly asked.