A Bitter Loser

Heads turned as a mare was shoved out of the door of " The Equestrian", kicking, shrieking, and doing everything possible to make it more difficult for the stallions struggling to sustain her. They promptly let go, and the mare tumbled to the ground.

" YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME! HEAR ME? ONE DAY! ONE DAY I WILL SHOW YOU ALL!" Newsworthy yelled, raising the newest issue of The Equestrian in the air. The door slammed, and she inhaled deeply to continue ranting.

" ALL OF YOU LOW LIFE TALENTLESS IDIOTS CAN'T EVEN PUBLISH A DECENT NEWSPAPER! BUT WE CAN!" The mare continued to scream at the top of her lungs.

" SO GO AND RUN AWAY LIKE THE LITTLE FOALS YOU ARE! I CAN WAIT! I'LL WRING YOUR EDITOR IN CHIEF'S FAT OLD NECK!" The furious Ediot in Chief of The Equine Times proceeded to say some more words better left unsaid. Finally,she finished, her face red from either yelling too much or how furious she was.

The earth pony looked at her brand new business suit and sighed. When she had fallen, it had become covered in dirt and dust. Newsworthy had no doubt the rest of her was filthy. This mission had failed miserably. It seemed she had come to Canterlot for nothing, though the part where she got to punch the clown was fun.

"What a beautiful day,
As I walk down this way,
Underneath the bright shining sun..."

Like most ponies, Elegance of the noble Design family had a tendecy to break into random song when she was feeling strong emotion.

"With these steps do I roam,
Cross the streets of my home,
Peace and I are all one..."

Her project was running smoothly, her older brother had awoken from his coma; everything was falling into their perfect places.

"Soft and sweet...
Let me hold it close and-"

"I'LL WRING YOUR EDITOR-IN-CHIEF'S FAT OLD NECK!"

Elegance's serene serenade was suddenly silenced by the inexplicable expletives of some Earth Pony ranting and raving in the middle of the street, making a terrible scene. Greatly vexed by her now shattered solace, Elegance glared at the crazed Earth pony as she screamed her lungs out.

When the cacophonic shouting had finally ceased, Elegance walked up to the Earth mare and said in a disapproving tone. "Is a little decorum a little too much to ask?"

Earth ponies, she thought, you could bring them into civilization, but you couldn't put civilization into them. As evidenced by this disgraceful public display, and it called, nay, begged, for a stern hoof to remind this mare that she was in Canterlot, the greatest of cities, and not some rural backwater.

"Is a little decorum a little too much to ask?" Newsworthy looked up to see a unicorn gazing at her with a face pinched with annoyance.

" D-dec.... decorum?!" the mare hissed, sputtering in rage. She scrambled to her hooves.

" Do you blame me for not having.... didorem? What am I supposed to do when one insults my dignity and my beloved newspaper? Give em daisies?" she growled. However, it may had been possible that she had gone a bit too far- throwing objects at the Editor in Chief and trying to strangle him may have been a bit much. But Newsworthy was infinitly stubborn, not to mention a wee bit too sadisitic. She saw absolutely no wrong in what she had done.

What dignity, Elegance was so very tempted to ask, but she held her tongue and instead remarked, "Acting like a foal that is refused her favourite sweets does naught but confirms your inferiority in their eyes." She sniffed. "The best response to any slight or insult is to be the better pony. Words disappear in the wind, actions are set in stone."

In any case, Elegance had little positive thoughts about newspapers and their ilk. Half-truths and gossip, packaged and sold to the lowest common denominator, only to be discarded the next day, worthless and obsolete.

"I will not presume to know what is proper etiquette in the place where you came from," she continued, starting to turn away, "But this is Canterlot, and it is expected for grown mares to act like ladies, or at least, to act with the wisdom and experience their age calls for. Tantrums in the middle of the street does not fall into this category. Good day."