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How to be Happy

by Leafdoggy
A mixup at the mirror pool separates Pinkie Pie from her alter ego, who then has to learn how to live in a world where she can't count on Pinkie's cheeriness to take over again.

Pinkie Pie gets sad sometimes. It's just a fact of life, and it's one Fluttershy had to get used to when they got together. Sometimes Pinkie gets sad, and all Fluttershy can do is be there for her.

Pinkie is brash during these episodes, though, and that can cause problems. Such is the case when she's spending time alone at her "thinking spot," the mirror pool in the Everfree Forest, and an accident leads to her falling straight into it.

The magic of the pool splits her in two, and suddenly there's a new Pinkie in town. She isn't there to party, though, and her sour expression and flat mane don't seem like they're going to disappear anytime soon.

She'll just have to learn to live with it.


This story is set in the same universe as most of my other stories, and as such the setting and characters may be a little different than they appear in the show. None of my other stories are required reading for this one, but they do have context for why characters may look slightly different or live in a different town.

Going the other way, this story does have slight spoilers for other stories in the chronology, notably for my last story.

If you'd like to read the other works in this universe, you can do so here!

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Drama
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
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39996 words: Estimated about 3 hours to read

20 Chapters:

  1. Prologue 2020-02-11 19:01:52 UTC
    2877
  2. Chapter 1: Meet and Greet 2020-02-11 19:01:47 UTC
    2319
  3. Chapter 2: Dinner and a Show 2020-02-12 18:55:04 UTC
    1856
  4. Chapter 3: Thunder and Lightning 2020-02-13 19:33:57 UTC
    2199
  5. Chapter 4: Silence and Uproar 2020-02-14 18:37:47 UTC
    2184
  6. Chapter 5: Bed and Breakfast 2020-02-15 22:57:12 UTC
    1800
  7. Chapter 6: Out and About 2020-02-16 19:30:18 UTC
    1930
  8. Chapter 7: Sweet and Kind 2020-02-17 17:50:23 UTC
    1485
  9. Chapter 8: Pigs and Pinkies 2020-02-18 18:50:58 UTC
    1891
  10. Chapter 9: Old Ideas and New Decisions 2020-02-19 19:12:24 UTC
    1862
  11. Chapter 10: Denial and Bargaining 2020-02-20 19:44:13 UTC
    2610
  12. Chapter 11: Recovery and Renewal 2020-02-21 18:22:21 UTC
    1595
  13. Chapter 12: Known and Discovered 2020-02-22 23:51:30 UTC
    1600
  14. Chapter 13: Friends and Enemies 2020-02-23 18:00:35 UTC
    1972
  15. Chapter 14: Risk and Reward 2020-02-24 19:57:50 UTC
    2668
  16. Chapter 15: Day and Night 2020-02-25 18:29:27 UTC
    1416
  17. Chapter 16: Food and Famine 2020-02-26 20:07:11 UTC
    2252
  18. Chapter 17: Smiles and Crowns 2020-02-27 19:15:05 UTC
    1863
  19. Chapter 18: The Beginning and The End 2020-02-28 19:50:55 UTC
    2722
  20. Epilogue: Pinkie and Pinkamena 2020-02-29 17:03:29 UTC
    895