Inside the Mind

Pinkie ran through the town towing Cinnamon behind her.

“Where are we going?!” Cinnamon asked as they turned down one of the main roads.

“The library!” Pinkie said happily as they continued to run down the street. Wait the library? Who would live at the library?

After around a minute or two, they arrived at what looked like a giant tree that someone had built into a house. “This is the library?” Cinnamon asked.

“Yeah, isn’t it great!” Pinkie said with a smile as the two went up to the front door. Cinnamon looked up at the building, while it did seem a little weird to build a house in a tree, it did look quite nice. Pinkie reached for the doorknob and twisted it. They both stepped inside and Cinnamon looked around. It was really nice in here, not to mention a lot warmer than it was outside.

As Cinnamon was examining the library, he heard tiny footsteps from above. He looked in the direction of the sound to see a kid with green hair and a purple hoodie coming down the stairs.

“Hey Spike!” Pinkie said happily. “This is Cinnamon! He just moved here, and is going to be working in the bakery with me!” Pinkie said with a smile.

The kid walked up to Cinnamon and extended his hand and flashed a toothy grin. “I’m Spike, nice to meet you.”

“I’m Cinnamon Glow.” Cinnamon said as he shook Spike hand and returned the smile.

“Spike, what are you doing? You know we have work to do.” Cinnamon heard from the stairs. He looked up to see a girl emerge from the staircase. She had purple hair which had a single pink highlight, she was carrying a few books and had an annoyed expression on her face, until she saw Pinkie and Cinnamon that is. “Oh Pinkie, why are you here? And I see you brought a friend.” Twilight said as she shifted her gaze toward Cinnamon.

“Oh this is Cinnamon! He just moved here and is going to be working at the bakery with me!” Pinkie said happily.

Twilight’s expression brightened up from this news. “Oh yeah, I wrote that letter for you didn’t I?” Twilight said as she gave an embarrassed smile from her lack of memory.

“Letter?” Cinnamon asked while turning to Pinkie.

“Yeah, Twilight wrote the letter that I sent to you a few days ago.” Pinkie said.

Cinnamon gave a small ‘ah’ as he figured out why the letter seemed so formal when it was coming from a person like Pinkie.

“Well anyway, I have some business to do, so I better get going. It was nice meeting you Cinnamon.” Twilight said with a smile.

“Yeah, you too.” Cinnamon responded with a small grin.

“Okay Twi! We’ll see ya later!” Pinkie said as she grabbed onto my arm and bounced out of the library.

With cinnamon in her grip, Pinkie happily bounced down the opposite road.

“Where are we going now?” Cinnamon asked as Pinkie tugged him along!

“Carrousel Boutique!” Pinkie said with a smile.

“And where exactly is that?” Cinnamon asked while raising an eyebrow.

“Right here!” Pinkie said as she stopped bouncing. Cinnamon looked up to see a blue and pink building that looked quite impressive.

Pinkie raised her hand to knock, but was interrupted by quite a loud crash from one of the rooms above them and the two looked up.

“Sweetie Belle!” They heard being shouted from inside. Pinkie took a step forward a slowly opened the door.

The two entered and Pinkie called out. “Rarity?”

“I swear Sweetie Belle, what am I going to do with you?” They heard from the staircase. They looked over to see a girl around Pinkie’s age with Purple hair and red glasses walk down with a younger girl with light purple and pink hair.

“I’m sorry Rarity, I just-“ But then she stopped when she saw Cinnamon and Pinkie standing at the door.

“Oh, hello Pinkie Pie! Who is that you got with you?” She said as she walked up to us with a smile. Cinnamon could see behind her, the little girl she was scolding quietly escaped back upstairs.

“This is Cinnamon! He’s gonna be working with me in the bakery!” Pinkie said with a smile.

“Well, nice to meet you Cinnamon, I’m Rarity.” She said as she extended her hand, and Cinnamon shook it. Rarity opened her mouth to say something else, but another crash from upstairs caused her to stop.

“SWEETIE BELLE!” Rarity screamed with furry, she then quickly turned back at them. “Well it a pleasure meeting you Cinnamon, but I’m afraid I have some ‘business’ to take care of.” Rarity then spun around and stormed back up the stairs. “Sweetie Belle!” She screamed again.

“I guess we better go.” Pinkie said, and Cinnamon gave a small nod. Pinkie then grabbed onto Cinnamon’s arm again, and ran out the door. This time instead of going down a path that looked to lead further into Ponyville, we went down a path that seemed to leave Ponyville.

“Where are we going this time?” Cinnamon asked as they were heading for the outskirts of town toward what seemed to be a forest.

“You’ll see!” Pinkie said with a smile. Cinnamon felt a tad bit unsettled by that answer, but excited to meet more of Pinkie’s friends none the less.

After a few minutes of going down a path, it eventually led to a small cottage with a wide variety of animals around it. “Wow, lots of animals in Ponyville.” Cinnamon said while looking around.

“Not really, it’s mostly Fluttershy who has the animals, she’s really shy, that’s probably why they like her so much.” Pinkie said, and Cinnamon gave a small nod of understanding.

The two walked up to the door, and Pinkie knocked. After a few moments, the door opened to reveal a girl with long pink hair. She looked pleased when she saw Pinkie, but as soon as she saw Cinnamon, she took a step back and hid behind her hair shyly.

“Hi Fluttershy! This is Cinnamon, he’s going to be working with me in the bakery.” Pinkie said with a smile. Fluttershy only responded with a nervous glance at her feet, which made the few seconds of silence extremly awkward.

After a few seconds, Pinkie spoke up. “Well Fluttershy, we gotta get going, we still haven’t been to Sweet Apple Acres.” Pinkie said while playfully rolling her eyes, and Fluttershy gave a small nod and slowly closed her door.

“Sweet Apple Acres?” Cinnamon asked as they walked away.

“Oh yeah! That’s the best part! Come on!” Pinkie said as she grabbed Cinnamon’s arm and skipped down the path.