Rainbow Dash was doing some slightly dangerous recreational flying. Don’t worry about the details, they’re not important to the story. Not to imply there’s a story, but you know what I mean. Rainbow almost flew into the side of a brick wall—it wasn’t part of a building or anything, just a random house side-sized brick wall out in some overgrown undeveloped land—which had a plaque reading “Granny Smith Memorial Wall”. Despite the plaque, this wasn’t the wall’s official name; the official name was “7”, with quotes. Rainbow saw a camerapony (not affiliated with us) and a microphonepony on the ground, both standing on a tarp which read “DO NOT LAND HERE”. She decided to touch down on the tarp.

“Told you it work,” said a neon grey stallion with a combover. He was holding a microphone with a big 7 and a smaller “Action Newz” above the 7.

“What’s up?” Rainbow said.

“We’re here to interview you a question,” the microphonepony said.

“‘Kay, I ain’t doin’ anythin’.”

“Good. So, what’s the backstory behind your flying?”

“Backstory? Almost every pegasus flies sometimes.”

“But why do you like it even moar than most pegasi?”

“‘Cause it’s fun.”

“Really? Are you sure there’s not a tragic backstory with a friend you just barely couldn’t save?”

“Yeah. I like it because it’s fun and dangerous and awesome.”

“Are you sure there’s no melodramatic backstory?”

“I’m sure.”

“So you like flying because you like flying and not because of a friend who died?”

“Yeah.”

“But I thought we were in a bad fanfic!”

“We are. Quit denying antecedents.”

“So no tragic backstory?”

Rainbow flew off to Sweet Apple Acres.

“Applejack has a life outside of you,” Big Mac said.

“So she’s apple-bucking?”

“No.”

“Well, what else could she be doing that’s more important than me?”

“If you need sex so badly, then go to Twilight.”

“Fine.”

Rainbow flew off to Twilight’s treehouse.

“Twilight has a life outside of you,” Spike said.

“So she’s studying?”

“No.”

“Well, what else could she be doing that’s more important than me?”

“Reading.”

“But you said—”

“Recreational reading.”

“She’s seriously reading for recreation?”

“She is Twilight, y’know.”

“I’ll just rape her, then.”

Spike closed the door, so Rainbow flew up to the balcony and went inside. Twilight was so engrossed in a book she didn’t hear her.

“Hi, Twilight!”

Twilight turned around. “Rainbow?! How did you get in here?”

“The balcony.”

“Oh. Well, I don’t want anything to do with you right now.”

“I’m raping you.”

“Then I’ll magic you KOed.”

“Fine.”

Twilight magicked Rainbow KOed.

“Power...” Twilight whispered to herself. “I mean, time to go back to my reading.”

Meanwhile, Spike was watching Alpha-X Raiders, a show where a team of five ponies had episodic adventures fighting through unincorporated area to get to the next town, or sometimes the episode would be them staying at a town and solving a problem said town had. Their ultimate goal was, officially, to defeat a villain who doesn’t get any airtime but has vague plans to take over the world, but even though it had been five seasons, there was never any sign of them getting closer to anything. Twilight came into the room.

“Hi, Spike,” Twilight said. “Where’s your telly-watching chips and salsa?”

“Ran out.”

“Oh. I’ll get more next time I’m at Price✓Rong.”

“Cool.”

Twilight levitated a book titled “Why Books are Harmful to the Environment: Volume 7”.

“What’s happening in the show?” Twilight said, giving in to awkwardness.

“The booksmart analytical pony and the streetsmart tough pony are arguing and the blandly heroic and selfless leader is trying to get them to settle their differences.”

“Has the token colt done anything yet besides that one episode that was focussed around him?”

“No.”

Twilight went back to the bedroom.

“Hi, Rainbow,” Twilight said. “Look, I’m sorry, but I still don’t have time for you.”

“Fine. Then I’ll just go to the next pony down the line.”

“What?”

“Yeah, I don’t know.”

“I’m nt goin to cwy,” Fluttershy told herself through a mouthful of popcorn.

“Seriously, leave.”

“Fine. Don’t have to be so pushy about it.”

Rainbow left for something else.

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