Lake and the smiling of Stony.

"Where are we Lake?" Stony asks as he walks into a dark room

"Do you like puppies?" Lake asks

"What?... Yes, I guess so"

A light turns on, revealing an entire room of puppies, Stonies jaw drops "You're kidding" He says as he picks up a puppy, jaw still dropped, and stares at it

"Nope, this has GOT to make you smile"

"I mean, it's good, but I had a dog when I was a foal, and well, I guess others just aren't aren't the same" Stony says putting down the puppy, and turns back to Lake "Plus that one just pissed"

Lake furrows his brows "Alright, I have a few ideas"

The following was a series of events that took, all day, including: A circus, a comedian, a mariachi band, what's apparently the most beautiful view in existence, A date..., and many over things, however none of them worked, and Lake was forced to give up and take Stony home.

The two ponies enter back into Stonies house, their legs tired from walking, there eyes tired from staring, there minds tired from thinking, they walked through the door, Lake putting on the kettle once again, Stony asking for coffee, and seeing at the door the newspaper was delivered, stony picks it up, and sits down where he was sat that morning, reading the newspaper, as Lake passes him his coffee.

"Nothing worked" Lake says sadly, his own smile now gone

"I'm just not a smiley pony" Stony says still reading the newspaper "I don't have to smile to tell everypony when I'm happy, mainly because I'm happiest, when I'm at home... Reading my newspaper, or a book, or cooking dinner, stuff like that"

"Yeah, I guess so, I"ll never see you smile" Lake says sipping his tea quietly

What follows is 1 minute of silence, as Lake tries and fails to imagine Stony smiling...

"Ha.." Stony says, catching the attention of Lake, who looks up
"Ha..." Stony laughs quietly, with a smile on his face as he does.

Lake, shocked, stares up and says
"You smiled!"

Stony looks up saying "What?... Oh, I s'pose I did"

"Why!?" Lake asks

"This funny joke in the news paper" Stony says back to his normal stone faced self.

Lake doesn't say anything, simply gives a reflective smile, and stands up, finishing his tea

"You off?" Stony asks "I was just getting used to having you around"

Lake stares back and says "Yeah, I've got a job hunting down a lost scientific abomination that's been terrorizing a small village"

"Alright, well, until next time" Stony says as Lake walks out the door, heading off, back onto the road he came from.