Sisterly Connection

by Amereep

Rating: everyone
Tags: My Little Pony: A New Generation, Zipp Storm, Slice of Life, Pipp Petals
Length: 2007

A unique story comprised of the text messages shared between Pipp and Zipp.

Being sisters, Pipp and Zipp have a bond with one another that can often be found between siblings, sharing experiences that strengthen their sisterhood. One of those experiences is simply by exchanging text messages, a private way of connecting on a personal level. Someone like Zipp, who's known her younger sister for so long, would likely know her sister through and through.

Using only the text messages to tell this story, we'll see just how well Zipp knows her sister when something appears off with her.

Made for 'The Twilight Files Contest' and the 'Hot Pony Summer Contest'. ...pretty ingenuitive, aren't I? The latter wanted a story about G5 and the prior wanted a story written in a document format (such as a transcript or a letter). Going off of that knowledge...

*READERS MIGHT NEED TO ADJUST THE FORMATTING IN ORDER TO ENJOY THIS STORY!*
You can adjust some of the formatting from within the chapter, found on the top-right, above the chapter's title.

Pony&Wolf Productions also did an audio read of this story on Youtube if you're interested.

Published 2022-07-09 19:20:00 UTC
Last updated 2022-07-09 19:20:00 UTC

[New Text Message]

Pipp 9:35am
Zipp.
Oh Zipp.🐦

Pipp 9:38am
Pipper to Zipp-Zapp!
Answer me!🔔

Zipp 9:39am
💤

Pipp 9:40am
You stayed up late again,
didn't you? 🌕

Pipp 9:41am
Get up Zippyhead. Wake up and
smell the salty, fresh air! 🏖

Pipp 9:42am
ZIPP, GET UP ALREADY! 📣

Zipp 9:42am
What?

Pipp 9:43am
There's a pony here that wants to do an
interview on the Royal Pegasi Sisters! ✨

Pipp 9:43am
You have to come down
to Mane Melody! 🎤

Zipp 9:44am
No.

Pipp 9:44am
Come on, Zipp. You can even wear
your sunglasses if you like. 🕶

Zipp 9:45am
This is just another publicity thing for
you, so handle it yourself.

Pipp 9:45am
But this is about the sisters.
That includes you. 💕

Zipp 9:46am
I don't want any involvement, Pippi.

Pipp 9:46am
Don't call me that! I'm trying to drown
out that 'long stocking' meme! 🌊

Zipp 9:47am
And I'm trying to get some sleep.

Pipp 9:47am
But this'll mean a lot to me. Getting to
spend time with my big sister. 🎀

Pipp 9:49am
Building the special linking bond of love and trust
with somepony who'll always look out for you. 🔗

Pipp 9:52am
I'll tell Mom that you missed this opportunity to connect
with the ponies. Something that a queen would do. 👑

Zipp 9:53am
You're evil.

Pipp 9:53am
I'll be waiting, sis. ⌛

Zipp 10:29am
Alright, I'm here at the salon.
So where are you?

Zipp 10:32am
Pipp?

Pipp 10:33am
Sorry, just left my phone
for a moment.

Zipp 10:33am
Alright, so where
are you?

Zipp 10:34am
What about that interview
you pushed me into?

Pipp 10:35am
They decided to do it another time,
and I had to step out for a moment.

Zipp 10:35am
You can't be serious.

Pipp 10:36am
I'm afraid so.

Zipp 10:37am
I got up for this?

Pipp 10:37am
Let's make the most of it. Maybe using this
time to catch up with each other?

Zipp 10:38am
*sigh* Fine. So where do you
wanna meet up?

Pipp 10:39am
Actually, I was thinking that maybe
we could just spend time like this.

Pipp 10:39am
Sending text messages back
and forth to each other.

Zipp 10:40am
Really?

Pipp 10:40am
Yeah, it'll be like we're having a secret conversation.
Just like when we were foals.

Zipp 10:41am
That's... so unlike you.

Pipp 10:42am
How so?

Zipp 10:42am
How so? You post about
everything to your fans.

Pipp 10:44am
Well let's just keep this one confidential.
Only between the two of us.

Zipp 10:46am
Alright.

Pipp 10:47am
So, have you talked to Mom recently?

Zipp 10:48am
Are you kidding? She keeps checking
up on me almost everyday.

Zipp 10:48am
Asking things like, what I've learned or witnessed today. It
feels like I'm reporting a lesson or something at this point.

Pipp 10:49am
Such as...

Zipp 10:49am
You know, things from the perspective of a standard
pony. Knowledge needed for being Queen.

Pipp 10:50am
Do you think that she might have an ulterior
reason for wanting these reports regularly?

Zipp 10:52am
No.
I don't think she would.

Zipp 10:52am
Are you okay, Pipp? You
seem kinda off to me.

Pipp 10:54am
Off? What? Are you still half
asleep from staying up late?

Zipp 10:56am
Maybe.

Pipp 10:57am
Perhaps Maretime Bay is messing with us.

Zipp 10:57am
What do you mean by that?

Pipp 10:59am
Well we're used to living in the mountains.
Maybe the salty air is bad for us.

Zipp 11:02am
Are you certain about that, Pippi?

Pipp 11:03am
Yeah, it's nothing like
the air back home.

Zipp 11:03am
Who are you?

Pipp 11:05am
It's Pipp, your sister.

Zipp 11:05am
Liar!

Pipp 11:07am
That's hurtful, Zipp.

Zipp 11:07am
Really? Because my real sister would've
used an emoji to express that!

Zipp 11:08am
She doesn't doubt
our mother!

Zipp 11:08am
She enjoys the
salty air!

Zipp 11:08am
And she hates to
be called 'Pippi'!

Zipp 11:09am
You're nothing like Pipp, so you better
start texting and tell me where she is!

Pipp 11:10am
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Zipp 11:11am
Are you texting or hexing?

Pipp 11:12am
Sorry, Cloudpuff must've sent a message
when he retrieved my phone.💦

Zipp 11:12am
What happened?

Pipp 11:13am
Long story short, when I turned to attend to a customer
back at Mane Melody, my phone was stolen. 💢

Pipp 11:13am
That interviewer took it, but thanks to Cloudpuff,
the best puppy in the world! 🐶

Pipp 11:14am
We were able to track them down
and get my phone back. 🎉

Zipp 11:15am
The interviewer stole it?
...that answers some questions.

Pipp 11:16am
The nerve of them! Just why
would they do that? 💭

Zipp 11:17am
Going off the questions, I take it that they're
against the idea of the two of us living here.

Zipp 11:17am
They were suspicious that we were plotting something
and implied that we didn't fit in with Maretime Bay.

Zipp 11:18am
Old habits die hard, I guess.

Pipp 11:18am
Well we're staying no matter what. Nothing
is going to move us out of our new home. ⚓

Zipp 11:19am
I'm happy everything turned out okay,
but something's bothering me...

Zipp 11:19am
That interviewer, they seem to know me pretty well, but
you're the one who has a social media account between us.

Zipp 11:20am
If there was anypony they would be most
familiar with, I'd assume it would be you.

Pipp 11:20am
Yeah... about that. 💧

Zipp 11:21am
...you were giving them information
centered on me, weren't you?

Pipp 11:22am
They likely decided to focus on you, because as we waited,
I was bragging about just how great of a sister I have. 🌟

Pipp 11:23am
A brilliant investigator, a strong mare, and an understanding
sister that shows mercy towards her younger sibling's actions. 💖

Zipp 11:24am
...

Pipp 11:24am
💬

Zipp 11:25am
Scatteredbrain, naive, habits,
and of course, your phone.

Pipp 11:25am
🌱

Zipp 11:26am
I simply, cannot decided,
which part of you.

Pipp 11:26am
🌼

Zipp 11:27am
Which part, THAT DRIVES
ME CRAZY!!!

Pipp 11:27am
Love you too, sis! :heart:

Author's Note

Amereep 7:00pm
This 5th Generation is really starting to rub off on me, but it's not coming here fast enough for me to truly enjoy it. Bridlewood, for example, is a place I wish the show could spend more time in as that place looks like it would have interesting designs, unique elements, and mystical atmospheres. Having more content would've also helped me get a better grasp on these characters for the story. I may have gotten lucky with ponies having Luminescence/Sparkle (a Flux Light in my case), but it doesn't mean that it'll always work.

Amereep 7:03pm
Pipp is such a character that I lack a hold on. She's the kind of character that many teenage girls tend to act like at that age, the ones that casually follow a trend to appear popular and often view themselves as the idol of their story. I'm an old fashioned guy (I still use a flip phone from the start of 2010), so these kinds of characters tend to clash with me in multiple ways, but Pipp keeps finding ways to get me to like her. If it's with her instinctive actions of pulling out her phone to take a picture or her choice of words when giving out nicknames (such as Pippsqueaks and Zippsters), she keeps finding ways to get a smile out of me. She appears to be 'the chaos' of Zipp's life due to her mishaps, but I think Pipp can take it a step further as she has ways to bend her sister into doing something for her. I'm sure that she's more than what's on the surface of that celebrity image, so I'm interested and hopeful that we'll see her in a more mature light at some point in the series.

Amereep 7:07pm
It goes without saying that Pipp is a very social character, but Zipp is the exact opposite as she's camera-shy, prefers solitude, and tends to hold her thoughts instead of sharing them with anyone. She was easier for me to grasp as I've been thinking about a character similar to her (a character that Tempest performs as in a play), but she could still use some more screen time to really dive into the internal conflict of being a princess vs being herself. In the story, I stated that Zipp was up late the night before, but never gave a clear answer as to why. The reason is because of something I call 'Moonlight Flight', where Zipp enjoys some time alone to practice on her flying skills. Call it what you will, but I just love the idea of Zipp flying around on the clear nights of a full moon (it just seems like it would blend perfectly with her character of stealth, wisdom, and discovery).

Amereep 7:11pm
This isn't the first time I've written a story in this kind of format, but it's the first that reaches the thousand word requirement. I tried to make it as believable as possible with the added icons and appropriate timing. For example, did you notice that the time jumps over a minute or two between posts? That's because it was intended to imply that the character was thinking (after noticing and before making a lie). Those icons were a pain as they don't quite work the way I want them to and will likely cause problems if the reader were to view them in a certain way, but I felt that it would be easier on the reader's eyes to allow them to keep track of which text they're on.

Amereep 7:14pm
I didn't have a clear idea of what I wanted when I was going into this, but it started with the idea that Sprout was impersonating Pipp in order to ask Zipp about what 'misdeeds' they were planning, only to be found out through his view of pegasi stereotypes. Sprout was quickly thrown out because he was more of a bigot towards unicorns, and the idea of him asking questions like "Wanna make fun of the Earth ponies because we can fly?" or "Remember what we did to that Earth pony the other day?" seemed too pathetic if I was trying to surprise the reader with this imposter (though I really wish that I could've kept that line about pegasi laying eggs). Eventually, I decided on the idea that the story should be focused on the sisterly bond between Pipp and Zipp while this imposter leaves subtle hints and red herrings for Zipp to see past.

Amereep 7:18pm
As I type this, I feel like I'm pushing the freedom I have on this site with a selcouth story, but that's why my bio says that I'm here to show real creativity. I prefer to give readers a new perspective on things and to amuse them through non-traditional methods, because if I'm being honest, I don't see myself as a writer. I don't tend to find enjoyment from reading and I hardly view the many works around here, leading me to envision my own ways of storytelling with hope that it'll be compelling enough to leave a positive impression on others into wanting more. This format of writing will likely be looked down upon, but I think that as long as it's captivating, innovating, and carries a plot, then it deserves the right to entertain readers like any other story around here.