Some day, this will be a "Last.fm/NetFlix/Amazon for web fiction"
(both original and fanfiction) where you can search
across many different hosting sites or rate what you've read and
get recommendations. However, life keeps throwing more urgent
projects my way, so I don't know when it'll be ready.
She yawned, stretching her wings out. As her left wing brushed against the sheet, she gave a brief yelp. There was an annoyingly loose secondary feather which she’d completely forgotten about.
Luna tilted her head back, until she could spot the offending feather. She carefully grabbed it with her mouth, gently working it back and forth until it pulled lose. It was something that could be done with magic, but it somehow wasn’t as satisfying.
She twisted it back and forth in her magical field, studying it closely. It wasn’t something most pegasi bothered with, but she was always curious when she had a damaged feather.
Close examination revealed no obvious defects. The vane was damaged, no doubt from use. It probably was just the feather’s time to go—they didn’t last forever.
She set it on her dresser. The calamus was undamaged, so t would make a useful quill after she trimmed the end. There was no sense in letting it go to waste. She could even give it to Twilight. Old mare’s tales said that alicorn feathers gave magical properties to writing.
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