Characteristically late as always, I return with another prompt for everyone. This one is a tad meta, so do try and have fun with that.

Writing is something that features a fair bit in MLP, from Rarity's detective novels, Rainbow's Daring Do, Spike's comics, and Twilights every book ever written. Lots of fanfiction have picked up on the idea of characters writing things, and one of the more amusing trends I noticed was that Rainbow and Rarity tend to try writing with varying degrees of success.

As always, you can post a link to whatever story you might write with this prompt (or a story that might fit the prompt) below, or write a short bit in the comments section. No linking or writing NSFW content, and other than that, you're good to go.

I'll try and be on time next time around.

Ooh, this looks awesome! Unfortunately it's come right in the middle of a whole lot of work to do. Just the same, I'd love to give this one a shot. See you in (hopefully less than) a week!

I have a story currently being edited which is Twilight's first-person after-the-fact transcription... mostly inspired by her mother's Daring Do novels, but with distinct influence from her beloved scientific papers.

Aww... Just when I finished 4 purely letter fics... Oh well :)

5038722 Well, do feel free to link to it here (assuming it's not M rated) when it's done!

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Well, let's call this a half-baked idea about half-baked stories...

Everypony Writes a Round Robin

The young mare pushed her mane back as she crossed over the river. She felt a kinship with the ponies that had come before her, taking such similar steps across barriers, knowing full well that there might be no retreat. Granted, she was crossing a bridge over a canal instead of forging the waters of a frigid, raging river, but she felt the tension nonetheless. Before her hoof landed on the opposite bank, she paused, hesitating...

She shook her head. No, she told herself. I must go on. It was as the great minotaur philosopher Cao Tzu once said: "When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be." Thus strengthened by that ancient wisdom, she made her way up to the mansion high on the hill overlooking the village. Narrowing her eyes, she stared hard at the towering edifice beyond the imposing gate. She would tell the Lord of the House what was on her mind; she would say to him what needed to be said.

She would tell that dashing stallion that she loved him! And dressed in her finest dress, how could he resist her? It was a stunning red taffeta dress that hugged her just so around her barrel and swayed ever-so-slightly with her hips with each hoofstep. And that was to say nothing of the necklace she wore! It was gold, with a bright emerald at its center - bought just the day before from Poniaget's - and it went perfectly with her earrings which he had given her (a very nice touch indeed, she thought!).

She was greeted at the door by the servants, who then showed her up the stairs to the master's quarters. When she entered she saw him standing there and her breath caught in her throat. He was as handsome and radiant as the day she first met him. His elegantly coiffed golden mane was cut short, but just the slightest adorable cowlick fell over his sapphire blue eyes. And the way he wore that black suit that hugged that muscular body -- oh, if she could only be that suit! She took a deep breath and stepped into his chambers.

She was about to tell the big lug why she was totally the most awesome choice for a marefriend, but then the windows all broke when like a bazillion ninjas all crashed threw them. The guy was all "Oh no!" but she was like "Heh. These guys again? Just chill cuz I got this!"

So she tore off the frilly little red dress to show that she had on this black lether vest with all these pockets and they were filled with smoke bombs and ninja stars. All the ninjas kept pouring into the room and breaking down doors while the stallion was all shaking and scared under the automan, so she just dove at this ninja and bucked him so hard he went flying into this other ninja and then into another ninja and they all fell back like a bunch of dominoes. She laughed her flank off at this and then she just started karate chopping the other bad guys and tossing them back out the window. She'd just go like POW! BAM! HIIIYAAA! and some chump would go flying even though he wasn't a pegasus.

Then suddenly they all cleared the way and this huge ninja, like twice the size of all the others came in. He took off his mask and he had this killer scar across his face and red eyes that looked into her sole. She could tell he was strong and she could see the evil in his eyes, but did she back down?

She swallowed, because deep down she really did want to back down! She took a step backwards and the big mean stallion started to laugh.

"Ha ha ha! You may have bested my ninjas, but your feeble skills cannot defeat me!"

She just wanted to run home and curl up under her bed until her mother called her for dinner. But just then, she heard a voice, saying "Be strong!"

She turned and saw a masked stallion in a tuxedo and a top hat with a cape that was waving in the wind. He turned to smile at her and her cheeks began to burn.

"Grah, who are you?!" the big ninja demanded.

"I am the brave warrior of justice, The Masked Rose!" he declared, and tossed a rose directly at him. It exploded in a beautiful burst of bright red petals! The big mean ninja shouted and backed away in confusion.

"Now, young mare, transform into Bunny Princess Flurun!" he shouted.

She gasped. "What?! B-but how did you know?" He didn't respond, but leapt away through a nearby window.

"You heard him!" said her talking magical bunny pet. "You've got to transform, now!"

She looked to him and nodded, giving a grin. "Tralala, Carrot Salad! Transformation activate!"

In a bright flash of light, she stood there, bunny ears adorning her head and wearing a cool, but adorable sailor suit. "I am Bunny Princess Flurun!" she said. "In the name of all the cute animals of nature, I will stop you!"

"Tee hee! You look so silly in that bunny suit!" the big mean ninja said. He fell down and started laughing so hard that beating him in a fight was pretty easy.

So then she looked around to try and find the handsome guy, but he wasn't actually around anymore!

"Darn!" said the fashionista-scholar-superbunny mare. "I wonder where he went? Do you know, Miss Narrator?"

"Yes!" I said. "He's really the Rose Mask guy and I bet if you show up and tell him you like him, he'll think you're super-duper and you can both go out and love each other and eat a bunch of food until you both get really really old and die!"

"Yay!" said the bunny girl. "Oh, wait, where is he?"

"Downstairs, getting a snack in the kitchen. He was hungry. That's probably why he jumped out the window, because he was so hungry."

The young mare shook her head and smiled and ran back down the stairs because she was so excited! Her heart was all ba-bum-ba-bum, but she played it cool and walked slowly into the kitchen, knowing it was the most romantic of rooms.

The kitchen was empty. There was an empty glass of water on the counter, but nopony was there. The back door was still open. She walked out into soft light of the setting sun.

In the spacious yard of the estate, she felt a cold breeze on her face as she looked for her beloved. She saw him standing beneath a tree.

"You know me," she said softly.

"I see you know me as well," he replied.

She looked down, not knowing what to say. Just then, a bird in the tree began to sing and she looked up at it. It was a red cardinal and it caught her eye in an instant.

"Lovely birds, aren't they?" her beau asked.

She blushed. Then she nodded. "Yes," she replied. "I love their song. It fills me with hope, for some reason."

He smiled. "You fill me with hope," he said, looking into her eyes.

Her heart felt full enough to burst. She looked up at him. "This was a crazy day. And I may not be what you expect. But if you'll give me the chance, if you can love me despite all the rough patches, then... then I'll..."

He placed a hoof to her lips. She knew his answer before she even asked the question.

Under the evening shade of the three, she held her breath, her lips parted, as he leaned down to her.

It was the end of one great adventure, but the beginning of another.

The End

Everypony sat in silence as Spike finished reading the tale. He and the others were all seated around the table in the cavernous Throne Room of Twilight's castle. The scroll in his claws was completely unfurled as he reached the end which caught them all unprepared.

"Wow," Spike said quietly, voicing the sentiment that they all shared. Slowly, eyes wide (and in Rarity and Rainbow Dash's cases, mouths agape) they each turned to look at Applejack.

"Aw, c'mon now," she said, chuckling as a blush came to her cheeks. "Y'all don't need to make a big fuss about it. It's just my luck that I got to go last. Had ta come up with a good endin' for this here yarn."

There was a tapping sound and they all turned to see Twilight gently knocking on the table with her hoof. "Well, everypony, I don't know if it was the best story ever, but writing it sure was fun!" she said, flashing a smile at them all. "I hereby declare our group writing project a success! We should try writing a round robin story again sometime!"

"Actually," Rarity said, raising an eyebrow as she not-so-subtly glanced over at Rainbow Dash, "perhaps we should simply write our own separate stories to share."

Rainbow Dash shrugged. "If you say so, Rares. But if you want some feedback, just let me know. I bet I could spice your next story up just like with this one! You're welcome, by the way."

Applejack watched them all gabbing away like that excitedly. She swelled with pride as they all complimented her on her unexpected, simple ending; even Rainbow Dash liked it, and that was perhaps the best part of all. Perhaps her next story, featuring a humble earth pony and a fun, athletic pegasus, would get an even bigger reaction...

The Actual End

Threw in some AppleDash just for you, Hap.

Well, this was fun. I might actually refine it a little and put it up as an official story, but this was still pretty fun to write. Hope you all enjoyed it, and glad I just barely found the time to participate this week. Can't wait for the next one!

5054249 You don't understand. AppleDash isn't just for me, it's for all of us. A great service has been done unto the world.

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AppleDash isn't just for me, it's for all of us.

Well, I do like to support humanitarian causes.

5054383 By the way, I wrote the story with colors just to make it clear which character wrote which part of the story, but I'm not sure if that makes it too hard to read or not. I had some fun writing it, though, so I might edit it and post it as a proper story sometime, but I'd like to know if you or anyone else has an opinion on keeping it colored or just going with simple black and white and letting the characterization speak for itself.

Hope some folks got a laugh out of it!

5056188 I actually had a hard time telling which colours were which. I mean, some were obvious (like Pinkie's Pink and Applejack's orange) but there were others that gave me a bit of a hard time, probably because I was very tired when I read it. Probably just incompetence on my part (after all, I did lose an entire lecture only yesterday) but I found myself relying on their voice more than the colours to tell who was who.

5056514 I took your word for it. And now it's an actual story!

5037884 5037945 5038974 It's a little late, but here's my story, narrated by Twilight Sparkle herself:

The Moon Has a Harsh Mistress: Twilight, the one pony from the lunar settlement to ever graduate from the Divine Princess's School of Gifted Unicorns, sees that the moon's spell nexus is alive... and it calls itself "Luna"... and it wants her to lead a revolution. It's some time before it becomes obvious this Luna has secrets of her own...

I just posted the first chapter tonight; the rest will be following.

5064830 I checked it out and left a review. It's not too bad, if a little hard to follow at first, and I'm not quite sure how it fits into the "WRITE" theme other than it being narrated by Twilight.