Blossom Night uses her magic to load the Jars of Jam and Jelly from her stall into the cart that’s attached to her. After a good morning of sales, Blossom smiles with pride as she places the jar filled with bits in her wagon before putting her neutral expression back on and walking away. As she proceeds to her house in a state of near sorrow brought upon by her unfortunate predicaments in life with the act of selling jam no longer able to numb it at the moment, she begins to hear singing from the near distance. “Come on, everypony! Smile, Smile, Smile! Fill my heart up with Sunshine, Sunshine! All I really need’s a Smile, Smile, Smile! From these happy friends of mine!”
Blossom puts on a disappointed look, “Oh no, it’s the eccentric pink pony.”
“Come on, everypony! Smile, Smile, Smile!” The townsponies begin chanting together as they sing the song, “Fill my heart up with Sunshine, Sunshine! All i really need’s a Smile, Smile, Smile! From these happy friends of mine! Come on, everypony! Smile, Smile, Smile! Fill my heart up with Sunshine, Sunshine! All i really need’s a Smile, Smile, Smile! From these happy friends of mine!”
Blossom Night cringes as she looks back to see that she can’t leave the area because of the cart attached to her, so she just has to endure the overly happy mob as they come near. And worse…the Pink Pony.
“Smile! Smile! Smile! Smile! Smiiiile! Come on and Smiiiiiile! Come on and Smile!” The Pink Pony sings as she ends the song right in front of Blossom Night’s face, continuing to put on a smile that can light the darkest of places.
Blossom curves her eyebrows as she darts her eyes around as the pony continues staring at her, “Um…why are you staring at me?”
“I’m just waiting for you to smile!” The pink pony says.
Blossom gives an annoyed smile as she walks around the pony and continues towards her house, “I don’t smile, pinkie pony.”
“Actually, my name is Pinkie Pie!” The pink pony says as she follows next to Blossom, “What do you mean you don’t smile? Everypony needs to smile at some point!”
“I just don’t feel the need to smile right now. There’s nothing to be happy about right now.” Blossom Night says as she continues on.
Pinkie Pie stops and places a hoof on her chin, “So if you’re not happy right now…you need somepony to cheer you up! Well lucky you, I’m your mare!” Pinkie places a hoopf on her chest before bouncing up to Blossom Night with a cannon. Let’s turn this boring wagon into a party wagon!” Pinkie Pie pulls out a large blue cannon and fires it at Blossom Night and her wagon, covering it in confetti.
“Hey! What gives?” Blossom says, giving a light scowl.
Pinkie smiles, “Well your usual wagon is so boring, so I used my party wagon to decorate it.”
Blossom gives a frustrated grunt as she uses her magic to pick up all the pieces of confetti at once and drop them on top of Pinkie Pie. As Pinkie Pie is buried in the pile of confetti, Blossom continues on her journey without a word, hoping to avoid the Pink Pony as much as ponily possible. “Give me a break.”
Pinkie Pie pokes her head out of the pile of confetti. She frowns and lifts an eyebrow, “That was strange. How come she didn’t smile? That always works. Everypony loves confetti.” Pinkie gasps and places her hooves on her cheeks, “DOES SHE NOT LIKE CONFETTI?! WHO DOESN’T LIKE CONFETTI?! I guess if I’m gonna make her smile, I’m gonna have to try something more…FUN!”
Blossom Night opens the door to her small house, having parked the cart in her stable outside. She breathes a sigh of relief as she looks at the portrait of her parents, her big sister, and herself, still a filly, on her nightstand. She gives a small smile, “You’d all be proud that I’m keeping the business going so well. Not…beating Sweet Apple Acres, of course. But good enough.” She reaches her hoof to the picture frame, resting her hoof on the glass, “Miss you 3.” Suddenly, something slams into Blossom’s window, causing her to flinch and her hoof to break the glass. Blossom gasps as she looks at the shattered frame, “Oh son of a Yak!” She turns to the window to see Pinkie Pie pressing her face against the glass.
“Hey! It’s me!” Pinkie Pie says with a huge smile.
Blossom Night’s ears go down as she puts on an annoyed expression and walks over to the door, opening it. Pinkie Pie is immediately at the front of the door, even though she was just at the window the second before. Blossom Night goes wide-eyed in surprise and confusion for a moment before shaking her head back to her serious expression, “What do you want?”
Pinkie looks in the house and sees Blossom’s broken portrait, “Hey, what happened there?”
Blossom rolls her eyes, “A side effect of your visit. Now WHAT do you want?”
“Well I noticed you didn’t like the confetti decoration so I decided to do something different.” Pinkie Pie says.
Blossom facehooves, “Okay, listen. I understand that you mean well. But unlike everypony in Ponyville. I don’t vibe the same way you do. I don’t see the point in unnecessarily looking for fun or enjoyment in parties and singing. I don’t do that stuff. So I would appreciate it if you left me alone.”
“Well, I would. But I kinda tied too many balloons to your wagon and now I can’t get it down.” Pinkie says with a guilty grin.
“WHAT?!” Blossom says, pushing Pinkie out of the way as quickly trotting forward to see her wagon floating up with balloons strapped to it, “WHAT DID YOU DO?!”
“Well, after realizing you don’t like confetti, I may have tried to use balloons this time. I once tied a bunch of balloons to a cart of Applejack’s Apple Jam the same way I did here. But I ended up using too many balloons. I guess Berry Jam isn’t as heavy as Apple Jam, go figure.” Pinkie says.
“Celestia dangit!” Blossom says as she uses her magic to pop the balloons.
“Wait! I don’t think you should-” Pinkie starts to say as the cart comes crashing down, shattering all the jars in it, splashing berry jam all over Pinkie and Blossom. Pinkie opens her eyes and licks the jam off her face, “Ooooooh, Cranberry. That’s good.”
Blossom stares wide-eyed as all the shattered glasses, her eyes twitching. Her face quickly shifts to an angered expression as she turns to Pinkie Pie.
“I tried to warn you. It’s okay! I can help you clean up!” Pinkie says, smiling.
Blossom grunts in anger, “No…thank you!” Blossom walks behind Pinkie Pie and begins pushing her to the edge of the property, which is a farm growing all sorts of berries.
“So what do you think? I know the balloons didn’t go well. But I can make it up to you. How about a party at Sugarcube Corner?” Pinkie says as Blossom pushes her out of the property.
“NO! GET OUT OF HERE!!!!” Blossom shouts in fury.
Pinkie flinches and looks down, sad, “Oh, okay.” Pinkie slowly walks away, her ears down in guilt.
Blossom slams her front hoof on the ground and walks back to her house, “Now I gotta clean this up. AND buy a new cart. Nice going, pink pony!”
As Pinkie PIe walks down the town, still in sorry, she looks up to a gift shop and her eyes light up as she gasps, “OF COURSE!!!”
Blossom makes her way into town, ready to buy new jars for her Jam. “Can’t believe I lost all that stock. Not to mention the jars. That’ll take weeks to make back.”
Pinkie trots through town with a saddlebag on her back. She turns and notices Blossom Night and waves her hoof, “HEY! BLOSSOM!!!!”
“Oh shoot! Not again!” Blossom says, annoyed as she walks the other direction.
Pinkie Pie hops over to Blossom Night and comes up beside her, “Hey!”
Blossom Night grunts, “Go away.”
“I’m sorry about what happened back at your house.” Pinkie says.
“Go away.” Blossom says, closing her eyes and continuing to walk.
“I felt just awful and thought, HEY! I remember seeing that her portrait was broken.” Pinkie says quickly.
“Go…away!” Blossom says more sternly, opening her eyes and scowling.
“And I thought, maybe I should get her a new one to make it up to her.” Pinkie says.
“Go away! I’m warning you!” Blossom says, stopping in place.
“So I got you a gift!” Pinkie says, trotting and standing in front of Blossom Night.
Blossom grunts angrily, “LEAVE ME ALONE!!!” Blossom swings her hoof, smashing it into Pinkie’s face, causing her to fall to the ground. Everypony around turns their heads to witness this.
Pinkie pushes herself up as a red liquid drips down her muzzle. She places her hoof on it, getting some of the liquid on it. She lifts her hoof up, getting a better look at it. It’s blood. She turns her head to Blossom with a sad expression, “Y-You punched me.”
“And it’ll be a whole lot worse if you don’t leave me alone! I’ve had it with your antics! I’ve asked you time and time again to leave me alone yet you persisted!” Blossom yells.
Tears begin forming in Pinkie’s eyes, “I just wanted to see you smile.”
“Well I don’t feel like smiling! Not every pony feels the need to be happy all the time! You need to wake up, Pinkie Pie! Life isn’t all sunshine and rainbows!” Blossom yells, pressing her hoof against Pinkie’s chest.
Pinkie reaches into her saddle bag, pulling out a small gift box, “I just wanted to give you this gift.” Pinkie reaches out to Blossom, presenting the gift to her.
Blossom smacks the box out of Pinkie’s hand, causing it to fall to the ground. She then proceeds to stomp on it, smashing it with a glassy and wooden sound. Pinkie gasps as she looks with wide-eyes. “Get it through your thick head. I don’t want your gifts. I don’t want anything from you! Leave…Me…Alone! Never speak to me or come near me ever again! GOT IT?!”
Pinkie breaks into tears as she quickly gets up and gallops away.
“Hmph!” Blossom Night scoffs as she turns around to see a scowling crowd.
“BOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!” Shouts the crowd disapprovingly at Blossom.
Blossom scowls, “OH BOO YOURSELVES! I don’t care what you all think.” Blossom walks away.
Blossom sighs in relief as she smiles and lays on her couch. Finally able to rest after replacing all her smashed jars and cart. She closes her eyes, ready to take a small nap. Suddenly, there’s a knock at the door. Blossom’s ear perks up before her eyes open with a scowl, “I swear, I’m gonna kill that stubborn mule!” Blossom gets up, opening the door, “I told you to leave me-”
Star Dream stands at the door with a scowl.
“Oh! Thank Celestia, it’s just you. What’s up, Star Dream?” Blossom says, relieved.
“What did you do to Pinkie Pie?” Star Dream asks, sternly.
Blossom is taken aback by this, “Huh? What do you mean?”
Star Dream leans closer to Blossom, “Don’t play dumb with me, Blossom Night! What did you do to Pinkie Pie?”
Blossom grunts and rolls her eyes, “She wouldn’t leave me alone. So I hit her. I tried to tell her multiple times to leave me alone. But she wouldn’t.”
“And so you hit her?” Star Dream asks, scowling more.
Blossom scowls back, “Hey, don’t make me look like the bad mare, I warned her!”
“That doesn’t give you a right to hit her!” Star Dream shouts.
“Well I’m sorry. But she deserved it!” Blossom says.
Star Dream goes wide eyed before becoming infuriated. She then calms herself with a breathing technique before looking at Blossom Night with a serious expression, “Now, let me give you a lesson on how the world works, Blossom Night. I know you like to act like you’re superior and that you know better. But you don’t! All you do is frolic in your self loathing. Unable to see past the cruelty of the world.”
Blossom Night scowls, “You think I frolic in self loathing? You have NO idea what I’ve been through, Star! You have no right to talk to me about seeing past the cruelty of the world!”
“I DO know what you’ve been through, Blossom. I’ve read your records. I work at Town Hall. I’m sorry about your family, I know what you’ve gone through. I-” Star Dream says before being cut off.
“You have no idea what I’ve gone through!” Blossom says.
Star Dream simply stares at Blossom with a blank expression before lifting one of her front legs and presenting the large scar on her chest, “Trust me, when I got this…I wasn’t the only pony who got hurt that day.”
Blossom Night goes wide-eyed.
Star Dream places her hoof back onto the ground and curves her eyebrows, “Pinkie Pie saw that you were in pain. It’s not just that she wanted to see you smile. She meant that she wanted to see you happy. Pinkie is able to see when someone has gone through something terrible like that.”
“And how do you know that?” Blossom asks.
Star Dream closes her eyes, “Because she pulled ME out of it.”
Blossom’s eyes go wide in shock.
“I was once like you, Blossom. But unlike you, I grew up and decided to see the light of the world. Pinkie just wanted the same from you.” Star Dream says as she pulls out a shattered photo frame and hands it to Blossom Night, “That’s the gift she was gonna give you.”
Blossom Night stares at the shattered photo frame in guilt.
“If you’re truly as mature as you like others to believe, you’ll go and apologize to Pinkie Pie.” Star Dream says as she turns around and walks away.
Blossom Night stares at the photo frame for a while before she walks into her house and places it on her table. At that moment, she realizes she did wrong.
Dedicated to making things right, Blossom Night makes her way to Sugarcube Corner and enters, seeing Mrs Cake at the front desk. Mrs Cake notices Blossom Night and smiles, “Good Day, Blossom Night. What can I get for you? Wait…lemme guess, Dough.”
“Actually, I need to speak with Pinkie Pie. Is she here?” Blossom asks.
Mrs Cake looks at Blossom, confused, “Pinkie Pie? Yeah, she’s in her room. She seemed really upset when she went in there.”
“You don’t mind if I go up to see her, do you?” Blossom asks.
Mrs Cake shakes her head, “Of course not. Go right ahead. First door on the left.”
Blossom nods, “Thanks, Mrs Cake.” Blossom walks up the stairs and approaches the door. She lifts her hoof in preparation to knock on it. After a bit of hesitation, she finally knocks. Prompting a small shuffling noise.
“Who is it?” Pinkie asks from the other side.
“It’s me, Pinkie. It’s Blossom Night.” Blossom says.
Silence follows this before Pinkie finally speaks up, “What do you want?”
“I just wanted to say…I’m sorry. It wasn’t right to hit you. I shouldn’t have been so angry. I know you were just trying to help me feel better. You must have noticed I wasn’t doing very well. Instead, I looked past that and just saw you as a pest. And for that…I’m really sorry.” Blossom says sincerely.
Pinkie Pie remains silent again for a moment before the door cracks open and Pinkie peeks out, “Really?”
Blossom nods with a small smile, “Yes.”
Pinkie Pie gasps as her eyes light up. She quickly opens the door and rushes up close to Blossom Night, “YOU SMILED!!!”
Blossom chuckles, “I smile all the time. I just don’t show it very often.”
“But you finally have a real smile! And I’ve seen it! That checks all. I’ve now seen everypony in Ponyville smile!” Pinkie Pie says, jumping up and down in excitement.
Blossom places her hoof on her mouth as she begins to laugh, “You keep track?”
Pinkie Pie stops, “Of course I keep track. It’s my job to make sure everypony in Ponyville is happy and smiling!”
“Well then, you’re quite good at your job. Say…you offered a party before, right? Is that offer still on the table?” Blossom says.
Pinkie Pie gasps, “YES!!!” Pinkie Pie rushes downstairs, “I MUST GET AN INVITE OUT TO EVERYPONY! THIS IS GONNA BE SO FUN!!!”
Blossom gives a passionate smile as she looks to the ground, “Thanks, Star Dream. And…thank you, Pinkie Pie.”