Behind Her Smile

I once knew somepony who I thought was normal. I thought she was happy, she sure acted like it. She trotted around Ponyville, laughing and joking and making everypony laugh and smile. She had a pink, curly mane and tail, and her coat was bright pink. Her cutie mark was three balloons. Everything about her seemed completely normal, I never even thought what she might be compensating for.

One day, I was really upset, and she came up and talked to me, “Turn that frown upside down you silly little pony!” She said happily, a huge smile across her face. Seeing her smile caused my lips to turn upwards slightly. She was so ecstatic that she made me smile that she hugged me. I was surprised at first, but hugged her back. “Hoof bump!” She shouted, playfully bumping my hoof with hers before skipping away from me happily.

That was my very first interaction with her. After that, I wanted to get to know her better, to become her close friend. I spent the rest of the day following her around, waiting for her to stop talking to everypony else and waiting until she was alone for a moment so that I could talk to her. And what happened was something I had never expected, especially not from Pinkie Pie.