Letters from an Irritated Princess

by Tired Old Man


Bonus: The Cult of Smiles and Sunshine

The happiest journal entry ever! Especially more than last week’s entry, which was still totally happy!

Today was incredible! Princess Pinkie finally taught me to smile through every word I speak until I learn how to smile naturally forever! No more sad faces for this princess, because frowns mean the fungeon. It’s not as fun as it sounds, but still sort of fun depending on how much one enjoys restraints. And being tickled with your own wing feathers. So many ticklish feathers, hahaha!

It still hurts to laugh, unfortunately. I’ve tried to laugh like she does, but it’s so hard to keep it going as long as her, and I get so winded keeping up with her. But Pinkie is persistent. She’ll come again tonight from the closet--or did she say the bathroom drain this time? Doesn’t matter; she’ll come and teach me how she breathes. There’s so much I still have to learn from her on how to be the second-happiest princess in the world! Can’t be the first, though; that’s her title, our Princess of Happiness.

Oh, and today I got a new best friend! She looks exactly like me, walks and talks like me, and even shares all of my hobbies and snacking habits. I don’t even remember when she got here, but I’m quite happy she’s here anyway! She’s like an awesome sister I never had! She even watches over me while I sleep in case somepony wants to snatch me away at night, like a guardian angel!

I’ve been having some funny dreams, though. Dreams of me, back when I wasn’t smiling so much. But when I did, it felt… warm and pleasant. Not that smiling isn’t nice now, but it’s not… not the same. And there’s this dark mare there too, but she doesn’t smile like me. She actually looks kind of sad, and she tells me things that make my head hurt. And my chest. I haven’t told Pinkie yet, and I don’t know why, but I don’t think she should know.

I wonder if I can find her out there somewhere. She wants me to leave this place too, even though it’s very nice here. Pinkie said the outside is fun too, but only when you’re with someone you know… but I feel like I know that dark mare, so that’s okay, right? It has to be! Maybe she’ll be fun to hang around!

That settles it! Tomorrow, I’m going to look for her, and ask her why she keeps making sad faces in my dreams. Oh, but Pinkie will be mad if she doesn’t know where I am… Aha! I’ll just leave a note for her saying I’m fine and looking for a new friend! That should be okay.

Signed with Love and Happiness,

Princess Celestia

Oh, hi twin sis! What’cha doing?

Watching me again? But you do that every night! Can’t we do something different?

I was thinking we could get out of this stuffy room, visit the gardens or the town of Grin-A-Lot. Get some fresh air, you know? Can we do that? Please? Pleeeeease?

Yes, I’ll stay away from the train station. I won’t wander that far. I promise!