Appleworld: A Short Story

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Encompassed by a sea of wildflowers, I inhaled the intoxicating aroma of lavender as the blossoms tickled my ankles, swaying in the delicate breeze. The setting sun painted the sky soft shades of rose and fuschia, and beside me, Rainbow Dash, my majestic cyan-colored pegasus, whinnied. I reached up, to run my fingers through her silky, vibrantly colored mane… “Earth to Kaley.” “Sorry, I was in Appleworld.” I don’t spend much time down on Earth; no, I will not be Tufts’ first extraterrestrial applicant, but perhaps I will be the first who has possessed telekinetic powers, ridden a dragon and journeyed to Mount Olympus. By the age of 6, I abandoned the unbearable constructs of reality and took to the clouds. Since then, I‘ve never stopped dreaming.

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