This choice: Nyx goes to the academy, but is turned away • Go Back... "What do you mean, my application was denied?" Nyx asked, pulling a sheet of paper from a satchel she had brought to the police academy. "You ponies sent me an acceptance form just last week!"
"I'm sorry," the unicorn clerk she was talking to replied. He opened up a file drawer and pulled out a thick sheaf of documents, flipping through them one by one. "According to our records, that was supposed to be a rejection form. I'm afraid it happens, sometimes. The system is supposed to catch these things, but every so often a mistake filters through the net. Ah, here we are." He pulled out the letter of application that Nyx had sent a month previously, showing it to her along with the large DENIED stamped across it.
"But... why...?" Nyx asked, her heart sinking like a stone.
Reading a hand-written note attached to the forms out loud, the clerk replied, "'Though the applicant has been legally absolved of the counts of high treason against the crown, we must deny her application. The public outcry over having such a high-profile criminal in our ranks would be a permanent stain on this department's image. Not to mention the effect this would have on the morale of our officers. Don't include this in the rejection letter, though. The last thing we need is a ticked-off... alicorn..."
The clerk trailed off, eventually realizing his mistake as he looked nervously over at Nyx. Instead of getting angry, though, the black mare hung her head lower and lower with every word. "I... I see..." she muttered quietly in a manner more befitting Fluttershy. Slowly turning away, Nyx walked out of the building, her heart crushed.
She had honestly thought this was different. She had sent out applications all over Equestria, and Manehattan had been the only department to accept. She pulled out the letter she had received again and looked it over. The tone of it was so positive. So proud to have her. But it had all just been a mistake.
Making her way into a small alley so no one would see her, Nyx clenched her eyes shut. She then started ripping apart the letter while berating herself for putting all her hopes on this false chance. "I should've figured... everyone else sent a rejection, so I should've known it was a clerical error..."
Suddenly, though, she heard something that broke her from her depressed thoughts.  indicates the next chapter needs to be written. |
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