Appledashery

by Just Essay

Lazyville

Rainbow Dash glided over the golden-thatched rooftops of Ponyville. She glanced lazily to the left and the right. Her wings flapped twice as much in order to pull the load of a cart full of lumber directly behind her. Throughout the exercise, she reveled in the sweat running down her brow, evaporating into the cool winds of the breezy day.

Upon hearing giggling voices, she glanced to her lower left. Three fillies chased each other before rolling down a green hillside.

Rainbow's nostrils tickled to the smell of baked pastries. She tilted her head right, spotting the fuchsia roof and balconies of Sugarcube Corner. A solid stream of smoke billowed out from a single chimney, and the air was pungent with baked bread.

Ponies trotted leisurely across the street below her, minding their business, stopping every now and then to engage in casual conversation.

Rainbow was in a hurry, and yet she wasn't. With a calm breath, she flapped her wings harder and ascended just in time to clear a row of trees.

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The blades of a windmill swung leisurely through the air.

A stallion scribbled his name onto the work order and hoofed the clipboard back to Rainbow Dash, smiling.

Rainbow took the board and slid it into a pocket of her yellow apron.

The stallion made a move towards the wagon.

Rainbow raised her hoof and shook her head. With a sweet smile, she unhitched from her riggings and trotted around to the rear of the wagon. Carefully, she unloaded the lumber, two planks at a time, balancing them over her bear flank. Her knees buckled slightly, but the latest dosage of medicine was doing the trick. She was quite capable of delivering the materials to the client's shed. The stallion exhaled with relief and kindly thanked the mare as she finalized the dropoff.

Between each load, Rainbow took her sweet time trotting back and forth from the windmill to the wagon. She glanced at the local brook—at the rippling water that collected into a tiny pond lined with cattails and high grass. Dragonflies flitted about while frogs loitered on lily pads. The air settled on her shoulders with a cool kiss, and then she was back to lifting lumber.

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Rainbow Dash sat on the edge of a hill just as the sun was setting. Her wagon remained parked beside her, and the mare squatted backon her haunches, hugging her lower legs with her front hooves.

Her ears twitched in the breeze. A butterfly or two wandered by, adding a patch of pastel color to the bleeding sky. In the distance, the clock tower situated in Ponyville's park district tolled six times.

Rainbow gazed across the rooftops, her eyes tracing the streets where ponies gradually trotted home after a long day's work. Eventually, her gaze found its way towards the furthest horizon. There, she detected a hint of green fields, complete with the red stardust of glistening apples.

A shudder ran through the mare's body. She held one hoof out, flexing it. A slight tingling sensation graced her senses, but was gone again. She figured she had enough juice to go on for another day.

Sighing, the mare eventually stood up. She yanked her apron off, folded it half-heartedly, and tossed it into the back of the wagon. Stretching her fetlocks—with a crackle or two of weary joints—Rainbow then rigged herself to the cart, flapped her wings, and carried the item back to the warehouse where it belonged.

Comments

[FloydienSlip]

Serene.

[Lightning Bearer]

A very meditative chapter. Reflecting a reorientation of Rainbow's perspective, perhaps? Cuddling will only sustain you for so long unless you learn to appreciate the simple things in life, after all.

[zaponator]

This is pleasant. It's weird. I've forgotten how to handle pleasant.

[Sam the Anti-Ninja]

Stretching her knuckles

Her what?

[Elsaack]

Wait, that last paragraph.

Stretching her knuckles—with a crackle or two of weary joints—Rainbow then rigged herself to the cart, flapped her wings, and carried the item back to the warehouse where it belonged.

Knuckles?

[viofriedsevey]

I forgot that she had a normal life. Also is lazy town a reference to rainbow? Or how you feel right about now? Haha.

[HopelessRomanetic]

Calm before the storm i guess. I loved this chapter! Is it mean for me to wish that Dashies legs would just give up under her in front of her friends especially AJ? I mean i want them to know the honest truth.

[Fishberry]

YOU ARE CURRENTLY MY FAVOURITE AUTHOR!!
(I have many favourite authors)

Triple chappies make me happy.

Phew! That's one big arc over with. Time to take a break, right?

Aww, yeah. That stuff was tough to write! The author is entitled to a little respite after such an ordeal. It's perfectly understandable if they want to take it easy for a while to work out the next arc. Just upload one short chapter a day for a while, maybe. Really light stuff.

But is that what Just Essay does, does n' bucks?

Heeeeeeeell NAW!

They upload three!

Three, coral-huffers!

THREEEEEEEE!

You are the Iron Pony, Essay! The title of this chapter may be 'Lazyville', but you're anything but!

[Teraphim]

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Horses walk on the tips of their toes, so eyup knuckles.

[Sam the Anti-Ninja]

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[BabySkittleMonster]

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Don't worry, I feel the exact same way - and have for close to 500 chapters now. So many times JE's teased us by having her stumble or fail a hoof-wrestling match or not able to break free from Fluttershy's hug, and yet none (barring FS, who doesn't know the extent) have figured it out. Shame on them, and shame on you, Dashie.

[DrEggnog]

Gotta love a story with variety. Like ten or fifteen chapters ago we were in the craziest battle ever, and now look at how damn peaceful it is. Appledashery has a formula, but it's such a large scope one that formula almost seems the wrong word because it brings to mind something like Phineas and Ferb.

[arancaytar]

I can't read your Ponyville scenic descriptions without immediately wanting to live there.