Bluey Pie

by whimsycreator

Rating: everyone
Tags: Pinkie Pie, Slice of Life, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Sad, Main 6, Original Character, Adventure
Length: 5181

Pinkie Pie is the silliest, goofiest pony in all of Ponyville. Maybe even Equestria. But everypony gets sad sometimes.

This has nothing to do with the cartoon Bluey.

Pinkie Pie is the silliest, goofiest pony in all of Ponyville. Maybe even Equestria. But everypony gets sad sometimes. But Pinkie Pie becomes so sad, her hair deflates. Then she starts turning gray, and when she’s even sadder than that, she starts turning blue.

After Pinkie Pie ends up annoying her friends, she no longer feels appreciated and wanted. So she runs somewhere far, far away. She arrives at Doom-and-Gloomsville, a town without any laughter or joy, where she meets Lavender Snow, a gloomy pony. (She is the pony form of my OC Yuki Aizaki.)

Through cheering up Lavender, will Pinkie realize how wonderful smiles and laughter can be again?

Published 2024-03-23 23:20:00 UTC
Last updated 2024-03-23 23:20:00 UTC

Chapter 1

Pinkie Pie was the silliest, goofiest pony in all of Ponyville, maybe even all of Equestria. Bouncing around with a perpetual smile, she brought laughter and joy wherever she went, along with her own brand of friendly chaos and a big dose of humor and fun.

But what happened when Pinkie Pie got sad? It was hard to believe, but everypony felt down sometimes. Even the silliest, goofiest pony in all of Ponyville…

———

“Hey Twilight!” Pinkie’s merry, bubbly singsong voice greeted calm Twilight Sparkle’s ears one morning in Ponyville.

“Oh, Pinkie Pie!” Twilight answered. She seemed rather frantic. “Am I glad to see you!”

“What could be the matter, Twilight?” Pinkie responded with her usual smile.

“Pinkie Pie, someone vandalized one of my very special books!”

“Vandalized?” Pinkie’s eyes cartoonishly bugged from her head. “Who could’ve done something so… TERRIFIC? Wait… wrong word! You see, I tried combining the words terrible and horrific, and the result was terrific? Isn’t that odd? Anyway, we need to catch the vandal!”

“Maybe you can help identify them!” Twilight showed Pinkie the book, covered in all sorts of drawings and scribbles.

But once she laid her eyes on the terrible, horrific vandalism, Pinkie Pie burst out laughing.

“Hahaha! AHA! Hah… Twilight, these are MY drawings!” Pinkie said.

“…What?” Twilight said.

“The book was so dreary and gloomy, I felt sorry that you had to read books like these! BO-RING, right? So I filled the book with jokes, and comics, and funny drawings so it would make you smile instead!”

But Twilight was turning red.

“Pinkie Pie! That’s how the book was MEANT to be! It’s a very serious spellbook! And you just went and defaced it like that! Pinkie Pie, you are just so…”

“Random?” Pinkie said with a smile.

“No! You’re annoying and you just… don’t think about consequences! I’m sorry, but… I need to be alone for a while.”

“But Twilight…” Pinkie’s lips quivered. She didn’t mean to make Twilight mad.

“Pinkie, please. I want you to leave me alone.”

“Okay…” Pinkie sadly left Twilight’s home.

Once she was outside, the sky appropriately filled with clouds.

“I didn’t mean to make Twilight hate me.” She said to herself. “But… she hates me now!”

Pinkie’s curly hair, usually as big, buoyant, and puffy as her personality, became heavy. It started to straighten and slump over her like limp noodles. When Pinkie was feeling down, her hair became limp to match.

And Pinkie was surely feeling down.

———

“I can’t keep frowning forever!” Pinkie Pie caught herself moping. “Moping is like, so not for me at all. I know! I’ll hang out with Rarity!”

Pinkie Pie galloped to Rarity’s fashion boutique.

“Um, hey Rarity?” Pinkie popped her head through the door.

“Hello, Pinkie. Did you do something to your mane?” Rarity asked. “It… it’s nice to experiment at times, but I’m more used to seeing you with those big poofy curls you used to have.”

“Yeah, um… Wanna hang out?” Pinkie forced a big smile and energetic wag of her tail.

“Just you and me?” Rarity asked. “Simply marvelous! I think I even may shall dress up for the occasion.”

Rarity went to put on one of her favorite garments, but couldn’t quite find it. In the place of her favorite dress, was a tacky, colorful, garish clown costume.

“Oh the horror! Pinkie Pie, a fashion fiasco must’ve broke into my house and left this… this… color-uncoordinated ABOMINATION!”

Pinkie began to laugh again, and for a moment everything seemed right again. Even her hair began to take back its usual shape…

“Oh, silly Rarity!” Pinkie tried stifling her laughter. “It’s a clown costume! I made it out of that gloomy, stuffy dress-thing I found in your closet!”

“Dress… you mean… you don’t mean… MY FAVORITE FORMAL DRESS?” Rarity dramatically went into her usual dramatics.

“Yeah, silly! I thought it needed soooo much more glitter and colors and jewels and polka dots and stripy stripes and spotty spots! Now it’s a whole new dress, for a whole new you!”

“Pinkie… I can’t believe you just did this without my permission!” Rarity whined.

“Well yeah!” Pinkie smiled. “It’s what surprises are about!”

“Nooooo!” Rarity began crying and flailing dramatically. “Not only is it hideous, but it used to be my favorite dress! Get out! I can’t believe you!”

“Gee, I’m…”

“Leave me alone in my wallowing!” Rarity cried.

Pinkie, whose hair was now more deflated than ever, slumped out of the house with her tail between her legs.

Her usual vibrant pink hue had turned into the gloomy gray of a raincloud.

———

“No, Pinkie! You must be positive and smile! So what if I ruined both Twilight and Rarity’s days? …And their property, and possibly their entire lives? So what? I can always hang out with Fluttershy!”

But when Pinkie got to Fluttershy’s house, she found the timid yellow pegasus curled up into a fluffy little ball, sniffling and sobbing…

“Oh no!” Pinkie felt down as soon as she saw her friend was in distress. “What’s wrong? Does someone need a… PARTY?”

“No… No! That would be so insensitive! How could you!” Fluttershy burst into tears. “Can’t you see that Mr. Guppy is… is… PURPLE?”

Pinkie Pie peered into the fish pond where Fluttershy kept all her pet fish.

Suddenly, she burst out into laughter!

“Oh my, he certainly is purple!” She laughed. “Did it surprise you?”

“I see nothing humorous about this!” The crying, sniveling Fluttershy was suddenly replaced with an enraged, assertive one! “When these kinds of Bubble Fish turn purple, that means they’re gravely ill!”

“…Ohhhh.” Pinkie said. “I see why you’re sad. You must’ve thought Mr. Guppy was ill! Well, he isn’t! It’s just waterproof paint, silly! I just wanted to surprise you with a totally new color change, that’s all!”

“Well it wasn’t funny at all!” Fluttershy’s normally quiet murmurs and mumbles grew to a clear yell. “I was worried sick all because of your foolish antics and insensitivity! Leave me alone! I’m sick of you!”

“Fluttershy?” Pinkie tried saying. She wanted to make up with her friend. To reassure her. But all that came out of Pinkie was a deflated, defeated squeak.

“Flutter… shy? I… I’ll go. I’ll go away now. Sorry.” Pinkie Pie slumped.

She sighed as the rainclouds above got even bigger and looked as they were about to burst.

“I think I need to be alone too…”

Pinkie Pie trudged away, slumping so low that her limp mane and tail dragged the cold hard ground.

Her usual pink color, which had turned into a dull gray, was now changing again into a deep, deep blue. The saddest blue of them all.

Pinkie Pie was no longer pink. She was no longer herself. She was now bluer than she ever had been in her life.

———

Pinkie was now back home in Sugarcube Corner, her home where she kept all her happy little trinkets, wonderful memories, whimsical fancies and joyous little knick-knacks.

Only now, she was throwing them all away.

“Who needs them… who needs these? They’re only reminders of a certain bliss I can never return to…” Pinkie whined. And whined and whined some more.

“Oh, woe is me! Mirror, Mirror, on the wall… who is the worst, most horrible, useless, worthless pony of them all?”

Pinkie Pie peered into the mirror, and saw a blue mare with a pathetic sniveling frown staring back at her.

Large, painful tears pooled in the blue mare’s eyes and quietly ran down her cheeks.

“It’s… me, isn’t it?”

Pinkie began to cry first quietly, then loudly.

“I’m so awful… I… I’m blue! I’m a worthless friend… The only friend I have is the darkness. I shall let it consume me now… and succumb to the abyss of… of… UGH, I’m not even good at brooding! I can’t make people smile… I can’t brood… I CAN’T DO ANYTHING!”

Pinkie Pie punched the mirror in an outburst, and it shattered. The blue mare staring back at her was now broken into tiny little pieces.

“I… I’m just a broken pony.”

———

“I should leave town.” Pinkie Pie thought.

As Pinkie was about to leave down, she burst out into song.

But unlike the happy, joyous singing she usually did, this song was filled with sorrow and pain.

Pinkie Pie’s goodbye song to Ponyville. A farewell to the friends she once knew, and the memories that now seemed so distant.

“My name is Pinkie Pie…
But now I’m feeling blue.
I may not ever smile again…
Oh, what am I to do?

Nothing matters now…
And I am worthless too.
Ruining ponies’ lives is all that I ever do.

Goodbye now, farwell and bye, bye, bye
Time to go
I don’t mean to make anyone cry,
Yet I do.

Why was I ever born? Oh, why?
What will happen when I die?

…Goodbye.”

And nobody was even there to sing along.

So Pinkie Pie ran far, far away, with only a few plain old muffins on her back, because she was too sad for cupcakes.

She traveled over the hills, across the rivers, through many valleys, until she found a place that was so far and secluded, she decided it was perfect for her.

It was a cold land at high elevation, among jagged cliffs and thunderclouds, in a perpetual winter fog.

The dreary little town was almost monochrome, devoid of any color, aside from the sad blue of Pinkie’s mane and coat once she walked into the town square.

Nopony was playing in the street. Nopony was smiling.

“Wow…” Pinkie said. She was now talking in a robotic tone. “It’s such a gloomy place. I think I shall stay here for a while. I am fitting right in. See?”

Pinkie went in the town’s many emo corners to brood and sigh heavily.

“Um, excuse me…” A quiet voice said, devoid of any emotion and robotic like Pinkie Pie’s. “You’re in… my brooding corner. This is mine. I am sorry, but you need to leave.”

The owner of the voice was a sad smoke-colored unicorn with floppy ears, drooping eyes, disheveled hair and a pathetic demeanor. She looked down to the barren ground as she talked and spoke.

“Oh, woe is us. Why mustn’t we be dramatic together?” Pinkie asked. “I’ll happily… I mean, sadly share this place with you. If you want.”

“We could share, actually.” The sad pony said. “What might your name be, oh blue one?”

“I’m Bluey Pie. I was once somepony else.” Pinkie said. “Before that pony became lost.”

“I am Lavender Snow.” The pony said. “I have always been lost as long as I could remember. This town is called Doom-and-Gloomsville. There are no bright colors. No songs. No games or parties or fun. No friends. And no joy.”

“What a pitiful existence.” Pinkie said. “It’s just like mine… I once had joy, yet I have forgotten what it feels like. I once had friends too. And games and parties and fun…”

“Wow. That sounds amazing.”

This was the first time Pinkie had heard Lavender say something uplifting.

“Parties, games, fun. Friends. Joy. It all sounds amazing. Would you help me experience those?”

“Lavender…” Pinkie’s dead blue eyes filled with sorrow and tears. “I… I can’t. I’m sorry. I can’t be happy again. Being happy only made my friends hate me. Being happy only got in their way. What’s the point of being happy if all it doesn’t do anything but make people sad? Whats the point of a smile if the people around you are crying? What’s the point? What’s the point…”

Pinkie began to sob out all her pain.

“I understand how you feel.” Lavender said, her own red eyes filling with tears. “But without happiness, they’ll be nothing. Just look at this town. We have never known joy. But I think that if you try the way you once did, you could bring joy to everyone here.”

Tears dripped down Lavender’s cheeks.

“You have to try.”

———

“It sure is quiet around here lately.” Rainbow Dash said as she was relaxing on her cloud back in Ponyville. “It feels so dreary today too. Almost as if all the fun and wonder around us just… died!”

Rainbow hopped off her cloud.

“Well, I know exactly who to visit when I want to smile. I’ll go to Pinkie Pie’s!”

Rainbow Dash flew down to Sugarcube Corner, where she saw Applejack also trotting down the road. It seems she was suffering the same dilemma, and had the same idea as Dash.

“Howdy.” Said Applejack. “Something just don’t feel right today.”

“Yeah, but I hope Pinkie’s smiles will cheer us right up!”

But when they got to Sugarcube Corner, everything that made it fun and colorful was gone.

“What in tarnation?” Applejack said. “No wonder there’s no joy today. What’s going on?”

Rainbow Dash flew up to the door and found a note left by Pinkie Pie.

“Dear ex-friends. I don’t want you to see me like this. I think I’ll spare you from myself and run somewhere far, far away. I know you’re relieved. If for any reason you WANT to see me again, don’t bother to look for me.

-Your biggest annoyance, Bluey Pie.”

“Bluey Pie?” Applejack and Rainbow Dash said together.

“What’s going on? What happened to Sugarcube Corner?” Twilight and Spike were walking by.

“Dear, oh dear…” Applejack said, worried. “Come with us, Twilight! I’ll go gather the others. We have to look for Pinkie Pie and bring her back before there’s no more joy left!”

Author's Note

I’ve been into My Little Pony lately. This is my first proper fanfiction for it.

I also like My Little Pony G3. I used to collect the toys of it, and may introduce some G3 ponies as characters.

I also ship G3 Rainbow Dash with G4 Rainbow Dash, so expect to see that soon.

Lavender Snow is the pony version of my OC, Yuki Aizaki.

Yuki Aizaki was inspired by Yowane Haku.

In my headcanon, Pinkie Pie has Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD) and it really has me connect to her on a deep level. I try to be happy and optimistic all the time, but I get hurt easily. The episode Party of One really shows that side of Pinkie Pie well.

Chapter 2

“So Pinkie Pie tried to surprise all three of you, but you snapped at her for it?” Applejack asked.

“Sadly, yes.” Twilight Sparkle said. “That’s what happened. I was annoyed that Pinkie Pie scribbled in my book, but I didn’t think she’d take it this bad. If I had known, I would’ve been gentler.”

“And I’m sorry for lashing out at her too.” Rarity said. “She was just trying to surprise me in, well, her own silly Pinkie way.”

“Pinkie may be a bit reckless, but she just wanted to make the three of us smile.” Said Fluttershy. “She didn’t know Bubble Fish turn purple when they’re sick. I was too hard on her too.”

“It’s okay. We’ll clear this up after we’re all together again.” Rainbow Dash said. “For now, let’s search for Pinkie.”

“But how?” Fluttershy whimpered. “She said she was going somewhere far, far away! She could be anywhere by now.”

“Um, guys.” Twilight said. “I think this trail of muffin crumbs here looks a little bit suspicious…

———

“Okay. This is it… I know something that can make anypony happy.” Pinkie said, after the two ponies shared a dramatic brooding session. “A parade. We’ll have Doom-and-Gloomsville’s first ever super fun parade.”

“A parade?” Lavender asked. “Those only exist in the legends of long ago…”

“Well, back in Ponyville, we always had parades.” Pinkie Pie said. “They were so vibrant. Everypony dressed up and celebrated in the streets and partied. Everything was filled with color… and music… and dancing…”

With each word Pinkie said, she began to recall a long-forgotten emotion but by bit.

“My five friends and I would laugh and romp around, and eat delicious food and sing and dance, and celebrate together… Yes! My five friends!”

Pinkie Pie suddenly turned from blue, back to gray. She had become a bit happier, but she wasn’t out of the woods yet. After all, her hair was still deflated and she wasn’t quite back to pink yet.

“I want us to feel all the magic my five friends made me feel. Well, too bad I’ll never see them again. But… No! I must stay positive! Me and you, Lavender Snow? We are going to party hard!”

———

Twilight and the four other ponies (and Spike) were closely following the trail of muffin crumbs.

“Man, this trail goes on forever.” Rainbow Dash said. “Pinkie really must’ve been distraught.”

“Ooh, this is all my fault.” Rarity said.

“It’s nobody’s fault.” Twilight said. “We have to find Pinkie and save our friendship with her before it’s too late. We’re currently nearing The Outskirts, and the sun will set in three hours. In The Outskirts, after nightfall, all sorts of monsters come out!”

“MONSTERS?” The other ponies and Spike gasped.

“According to my books, they fly around at night and suck out the joy from unsuspecting ponies. If they attack us, we might not be able to feel joy for the rest of our lives!”

“No! We have to find Pinkie Pie, quick!”

———

“Okay, I think that if we dance in the street, all other ponies around us will discover how wonderful it is to be happy, and join us!” Pinkie Pie said.

“But… we can’t.” Lavender said. “I… I’ve never danced before. It’s illegal.”

“Well, whoever is in charge of this law is bound to change their mind when they see how much joy we’re having.” Pinkie said. “Trust me.”

“…Okay.” Lavender said. A hint of a smile blossomed on her face. “I’ll try. I’ve never danced or had fun before. But I’ll try.”

The sight of Lavender’s small yet hopeful smile was so uplifting, that Pinkie smiled too.

Just like that, Pinkie’s usual rosy pink color filled her body and mane until she was pink again. She was glowing.

“Hey, I think I made you happy.” Lavender said, admiring Pinkie’s color.

“Hey, you did!” Pinkie said. “Now… let’s PAR-TAY!”

Pinkie and Lavender danced down the streets and bounced around and held hooves as they walked through the streets of the gloomy town.

“Hey, youre doing pretty good for someone who’s never danced before.” Pinkie said. “How does it feel?”

“It feels… it feels like my chest is full. And my heart is fluttering. And my hooves are tingling. Is that bad?”

“No, silly! It means you’re having fun!”

“It feels good.” Lavender said. “I want to feel like this forever!”

As Pinkie and Lavender danced down the roads, the joy and feel of dancing with a new friend filled Pinkie’s heart with an emotion she thought she’d forgotten.

Suddenly, Pinkie started shaking and quivering with all sorts of wonderful feelings, and… BOOM! A colorful explosion went off, and Pinkie’s trademark poofy hair was back!

“Yippee!” Pinkie said. “I’m so happy, it makes me wanna burst into a song!”

So, she did.

“My name is Pinkie Pie,
And I am here to say…
I'm gonna make you smile and I will brighten up your day!

It doesn't matter now,
If you are sad or blue.
'Cause cheering up my friends is just what Pinkie's here to do!

'Cause I love to make you smile, smile, smile!
Yes I do!
It fills my heart with sunshine all the while!
Yes it does!

'Cause all I really need's a smile, smile, smile…
From these happy friends of mine!”

“Whee! Come on, Lavender Snow! Smile!” Pinkie made a funny face.

“Haha! That’s so silly…” Lavender laughed. There was a glowing smile on her face. She definitely looked a lot better in it than with a frown.

“Yay!” Pinkie Pie bounced and cheered.

“Um, Pinkie Pie?” Lavender looked into the pink mare’s shining blue eyes. “I just want to say thank you. For making me feel all this joy…”

“You’re welcome! Thank you too, Lavender, for telling me to try.”

The two looked in each other’s eyes and smiled together, sharing a hearty laugh.

“Now let’s continue!” Pinkie and Lavender marched through the street, filling it with laughter.

———

“Man, now we only have TWO hours left until sundown.” Rainbow Dash cried. “We have to find Pinkie FAST.”

“Why? Are you scared?” Applejack said.

“What? This is no time for bantering.” Rainbow Dash said. “And so what if I’m scared! I’m not, though. But even if I was, so what?”

“It’s getting quite dark already too.” Fluttershy said.

“Don’t worry, my horn can light up the darkness.” Twilight said, as she made her horn glow.

“I’ll help too.” Said Rarity, lighting up her horn as well.

Suddenly, the five ponies (and Spike! Remember he exists too!) heard lively music coming from the distance…

“That couldn’t be… could it?” Applejack muttered.

“Music that lively could only mean one thing.” Twilight said.

“Indeed!” Spike said. “Pinkie Pie! I’m glad she’s having fun now.”

“Pinkie is beyond that hill! Follow that music!” Rainbow Dash said.

So the ponies (AND SPIKE!) followed the sound.

———

Pinkie and Lavender romped through the street, and by this time, a large, chattering parade had formed. Pinkie had found an accordion somewhere and was playing a lively tune, introducing everyone to the magic of music.

But all the lively commotion eventually got the attention of the mayor of Doom-and-Gloomsville once they got to the town hall.

The mayor was the one who had put all the no-fun laws in place. She was a dreadful, miserable, yet powerful unicorn who knew no joy. Even the mention of her name made the sound of thunder crash.

She was Nocturne, Hater of All Things Fun!

(Thunder crashes.)

Author's Note

Nocturne is my OC Margot Thorne as a pony.

Chapter 3

The surroundings were now cold and barren, with jagged stone cliffs and bare trees. A light yet chilly flurry of snow had started to fall from the purple sky.

“The music is getting louder here!” Rainbow Dash was flying above the ground and leading the way. Fluttershy flew not too far behind, and the rest of the ponies trailed on their hooves. (And Spike. Except he didn’t have hooves.)

They eventually spotted the small town of Doom-and-Gloomsville in the distance. Although the town seemed devoid of anything fun, there was undoubtedly the sound of fun.

“Pinkie Pie, we’re coming!” Rainbow rushed to the source of the sound.

But…

“What is the meaning of this!” Chimed a loud, brooding voice. It was mayor Nocturne. “This… music… this… dancing! This laughter! Ugh! I can’t take it! It’s too much FUN. That’s it. To the dungeon! Each and every one of you!”

“Aww…” All the ponies in Pinkie Pie’s parade cowered. All of them, except for one.

One brave little pink pony in the crowd refused to back down.

“No.” She said.

“Excuse me? WHAT did you just say?” Nocturne adjusted her monocle. Aggressively.

“I said. NO.” Pinkie Pie said with conviction. “All thanks to your stupid no-fun laws, these ponies have never experienced joy! Joy is the best thing a pony can live for. And my parade is making them happy! So leave us be, you dull, boring, BUFFOON!”

“How dare!” Nocturne said, her eyes brooding and horn glowing. She used her unicorn magic to make it rain on the parade. Literally.

Then Nocturne used her magic to make everyone in Doom-and-Gloomsville to fall asleep.

She made her horn glow even more and used a magic force to lift Pinkie up and toss her far away. She crashed into a brick wall with a loud thud.

“Ouch…” Pinkie groaned.

“Pinkie Pie!” Pinkie heard a familiar voice in the distance. It was Rainbow Dash! And Twilight, and Applejack, and Fluttershy, and Rarity! (…And Spike!)

“My friends! My good old friends!” Pinkie grew emotional and began crying tears of joy. “You found me! I thought… I thought I’d never see you guys again!”

“Guys, I think this is a bad time to have an emotional moment.” Rainbow Dash said.

Nocturne was using her powerful unicorn magic to summon the nearby monsters in The Outskirts to the town!

“SQUAAAAWK!” The shadowy flying creartures made terrible noises as they circled around the town, looking for prey to suck the joy out of.

“Run!” Rainbow Dash took Pinkie Pie and began to run away.

“No! I can’t run away and just leave all the people in Doom-and-Gloomsville to the monsters!” Pinkie Pie said. “The mayor put them to sleep with their magic!”

Well, then we’re going to have to fight these monsters!” Twilight said.

“HECK YEAH.” Rainbow said. “I’m not scared!”

Applejack gave Rainbow Dash a look.

“Okay. Maybe I am a little. But SO WHAT! We all have to work together!”

Nocturne maniacally laughed in the background as the monsters unleashed chaos. (Regular laughter wasn’t allowed, but maniacal laughter was. There’s a difference.)

Rainbow Dash used her super speed to lure the shadowy monsters in the same spot so they bumped into each other, each impact was hard and caused the monster birds to falter.

“Alright, you take over, Fluttershy!”

Fluttershy, who was used to giving bears massages by using martial arts moves, used her unexpected skills to pull at the birds’ muscles to give them cramps and make them unable to fly.

“Woo! Go Fluttershy!” Rainbow cheered.

Once they were on the ground, Applejack used her lasso to tie the birds up in one spot. Pinkie Pie tickled their feet, which made them ticklish and less harmful.

“Here we go!”

Finally, Twilight and Rarity used their unicorn magic to scare the birds and send them flying back to the darkness where they came from.

“Woo! We did it!” The ponies and Spike cheered.

“Man, I didn’t do anything.” Spike said.

“It’s alright, you’re just a baby dragon after all.” Fluttershy said.

The commotion of the battle woke up everyone in Doom-and-Gloomsville. For the first time, they saw the magic of teamwork in action.

“NO, NO, NO!” Nocturne stamped her hooves on the ground angrily.

“Not so great and powerful now, Nocturne!” Pinkie began to laugh at her.

“NO MORE LAUGHTER… it hurts… it hurts!” Nocturne suddenly started sobbing pathetically. “If I can’t be happy, nobody can!”

Suddenly, Pinkie Pie realized she could give Nocturne some perspective.

“Hey, Nocturne?” She said. “You know, if you just tried to laugh, and smile, and be friendly to others, I think you CAN be happy. Why do you hate fun?”

“Because…” Nocturne unexpectedly showed a vulnerable side. “When I was just a little filly… I didn’t have my cutie mark. And I still don’t! So everyone used to laugh at me. They left me out of all their games! I hated the sound of laughter so much since then. And since they left me out of their games, I made it so nopony was allowed to have fun.”

“Nocturne.” Twilight Sparkle chimed in. “I understand how you feel, I promise. But that isn’t a reason to make it so nobody can have fun! Maybe you should join Pinkie’s parade, and have a party with all of us too! I’m sure once you try, you’ll finally see the wonder of joy.”

“Really?” Nocturne said. “I think I’ll try.”

———

So Nocturne joined the parade, and Pinkie Pie began to sing.

“You put your right hoof in, and take your right hoof out.
You stick your right hoof in, and you shake it all about! You do the pony pokey and you shake it all about! That’s what I’m talking about!”

Nocturne held hooves with everyone as they did the pony pokey one by one.

When it was her turn to do the pony pokey, she suddenly was overcame with a wonderful, tingly feeling… Until she was singing along too!

“You do the pony pokey and you shake it all about! That’s what I’m talking about!”

It was amazing. She had a smile on her face, and was glowing. Nocturne, who was usually a gray pony, was so happy, that she suddenly turned a beautiful lilac hue, which was her true color.

“Nocturne, I am so happy for you!” Pinkie Pie hugged the mayor. Then something magical happened… and Nocturne got her cutie mark.

Her cutie mark was a picture of a smiling face.

“Oh, oh my!” Nocturne said. “All along… my cutie mark… my purpose in life… was to smile and make people happy… I can’t believe this! This has been a wonderful day, the best one of my life!”

All the other ponies (and Spike) smiled.

The next morning, Nocturne gave a speech.

“Because I discovered the joy and magic of a smile, I have decided to walk a new path in life.” Nocturne said. “I am a changed mare, and I feel it is appropriate to change this town as well. From here on, Doom-and-Gloomsville will be called Smilesville! And we’ll have wonderful parades all the time. This is all thanks to Pinkie Pie, who gave us all joy.”

Nocturne gave Pinkie Pie the key to the town, and a hug.

“You are welcome to come back anytime, Pinkie Pie, for the party of your life.” Nocturne said. “We’d love to have you!”

Everyone gave Pinkie Pie a warm, cheerful group hug.

“Do you really have to go now, Pinkie?” Lavender said, sadly.

“Aww.” Pinkie said. “But you’ll be okay now! Your town is filed with joy! And Lavender, you can always come to Ponyville, where I live, anytime too!”

“Um, Pinkie Pie?” Lavender said one more time. She looked deeply into the pink mare’s intense blue eyes, and planted a soft kiss on her cheek.

“Thank you for all you’ve done.” Lavender smiled sweetly.

“Uh-oh! Now Pinkie is turning even pinker!” Rainbow Dash teased, smiling.

“Yep! That kiss filled me with so much joy, I’m pinker than I’ve ever been!”

Pinkie Pie hugged and kissed Lavender back, before smiling coyly at her as they parted.

“Bye, everyone!” The group said as they left back to Ponyville.

“Goodbye, Pinkie!” Lavender said joyfully. “Thank you for everything! I love you!”

———

“Dear Princess Celestia.” Twilight Sparkle wrote when they were back home. “Today I learned all sorts of things. My friend Pinkie Pie learned that just because someone may be a bit mad or annoyed at you, it doesn’t make them hate you, nor does it make you a bad pony. We all should have more patience with one another. People make mistakes, and there’s no use fighting over them. Today, a new friend named Nocturne learned that just because you aren’t happy, doesn’t mean you have to drag everyone else down too. Also, happiness is everywhere if you just look! It’s always better to face the world with a smile. You might just make someone else’s day brighter, or even change their life.

-Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle. Pinkie sure is great, isn’t she?