Wednesday Blog Post: Twinkies for Harwick · 2:55am Apr 6th, 2017
First! First I got some amazing, wonderful, fantastic fanart from the impeccable, original, irreplaceable Harwick:
This is now my desktop background forever. I mean it. Look at that. Look at that oxygen tank made of plants and earth pony magic.
I've been holding on to this until I could think of something worthwhile to post with it**, but the artist was an outspoken fan of my latest Twinkie, and Aragon just gave me an idea for one, so I thought I'd do a little thank-you snippet story blogpost of cute Twinkie's as a celebration of... holy shit look at it look look at the space suit wrapping around the tail like that.
**It has been weeks I am so sorry I did not forget I am just a useless twat
“And so I said to the janitor, I said-” Pinkie cut herself off, looking around the table, finally at Twilight. “Oh, uh, sorry, am I rambling?”
“No, no, what did you say?” Twilight smiled.
“Right, so, I had my rubber chicken, right?” Pinkie continued as Applejack’s brain exploded.
It was only a little explosion, very local. Thorough, though. Lost the thread of the conversation entirely while she dug through the ashes and checked for the source of the damages.
What had just happened, there?
No one else at their cafe table had noticed anything happened, and Pinkie seemed to be focusing on Rarity and Fluttershy for this part of the story; Twilight had apparently already heard this part. They had been close, lately.
“Ah, Twilight,” Applejack asked, low whisper, watching the others carefully to make sure she wasn’t talking over Pinkie, but under her.
“Hrrm?”
“What in the hay just happened?”
Twilight raised an eyebrow and lowered her voice, “Well, Pinkie just said. If you’d listened-”
AJ shook her head, “Nah, I was listenin’. That’s the problem!” She clapped a hoof over her mouth, checked no one else had noticed her outburst, no one had, good, “Did Pinkie just... apologize.”
“What?”
“Just now,” Applejack continued, watching Pinkie carefully, “I think she just apologized for ramblin’...”
“Well, she was being considerate. I don’t think she was, though.”
“That’s just it!” Rarity’s eyes darted her way at that, and Applejack winced apologetically, but Pinkie was lost in telling her story so that was still fine. “When have you ever known Pinkie to apologize for that, ever.”
“Well, I’m sure...” Twilight trailed off, obviously trying to remember something that never happened.
“Don’t think she’s a changeling. Knows too much, and I don’t think anyone could act like Pinkie but Pinkie.” Applejack rubbed her jaw in thought. “But still. Weird.”
Twilight looked down and away. “It’s not that weird.”
“Twilight, face it, Pinkie even thinking about how much she’s talking is weirder than a southpaw hoofball bat.”
“Well, now you’re just being mean.” Twilight huffed, looking away from the floor up and up at Pinkie, “She can be very considerate, I hope you know.”
“Didn’t say that. When’d I say she wasn’t?” Applejack watched Twilight carefully, ‘cause she was being strange too, now, wasn’t she, “Sweetest mare in Equestria.” There Twilight smiled. “Reckon you could say as much if you licked her, too.” There Twilight blushed and didn’t that beat all?
Twilight just continued to blush, trying to angle her face in a way the others at the table didn’t notice she was trying to look away.
Applejack squinted. “I mean she’s coated in sugar all the damn time.” Twilight nodded. “Swear, the girl’s always sticky for some reason.” And then Twilight blushed again and the hastily reconstructed gears in AJ’s head started turning.
“Now you’re acting all weird. Same thing get into you as it did Pinkie?”
Twilight nodded, caught herself nodding, then blushed like a bushfire and seemed to start sliding underneath the table. “Applejack please stop saying words.”
The other girls were starting to notice, especially as Twilight’s eye level hovered just an inch over the table at this point, and Pinkie seemed to double down on holding their interest. So they were in cahoots about whatever this was.
And it was embarrassing, certainly.
And-
“STARS AND GARTERS!” Applejack stood up from her chair in surprise, staring at Twilight, “You and Pinkie done did the deed, didn’t you?”
Everyone else stopped. The table was silent. Pinkie gave the impression of a delicate waltz having been interrupted by a sledgehammer to the knee.
Twilight disappeared completely under the table, then disappeared completely.
“Ah, Twi-Twi?” Pinkie ducked her head under the table and pleaded, “Can you... uh... are you there? Are you just invisible? ... take me with you?”
Pinkie remained at the table.
Dang, Rainbow Dash was gunna kick herself so hard when she found out she didn’t skip practice for this ripe plum of a happenstance.
The rest of the girls caught on real quick after that. Twilight panicked, sure, but she wasn’t about to leave Pinkie in the lurch for long. Which meant they had a few seconds at best to interrogate the bejeebus out of the poor girl, or be left wondering about this for who knew how long.
Rarity struck first; “How long?”
Pinkie’s poor befuzzled head rested on the table, like she was using it as a trench. “Ah, not long, a few nights...”
Applejack: “Was she any good?”
“Oh, uh, I don’t really have anyone to compare her to but... really, really amazing and I don’t think she’d like me talking about it okay.”
Rarity waved it off. “Nonsense, kind words, but we shouldn’t be vulgar.” Stuck her tongue out at Applejack, like she hadn’t been thinking the same darn question. “Who approached who?”
“Oh, uh, me. I liked her. She was really nice about it. I was so worried we wouldn’t be friends anymore, and I guess we’re not? But in a good way.”
“Understandable.”
Applejack nodded. “Only noticed because you apologized to her for rambling. Isn’t like you to be so self conscious.”
Rarity made a slow tilt of her head upward, realizing. “Oh, yes, you did do that, didn’t you? I had thought that odd. You weren’t by the way, dear, Twilight wasn’t just being polite.”
“Oh.” Pinkie said, “Good.”
Fluttershy raised her voice, barely above a whisper but every inch of it packed with intent, “Was she gentle?”
Pinkie smiled drunkenly, little wobbles in her smile, “Only until I asked her not to be.”
Then she realized what she said and tried to hide underneath her own mane, squeaked like a bath toy.
Applejack’s eyebrows shot up enough to knock her hat askew. Rarity’s smile turned dangerous. “Oh, dear. Don’t worry, you’re among friends here, no need to be so embarrassed.”
Rarity did not point out that half the cafe was quietly listening in at this point. Wouldn’t help matters.
“I think there are actually several fantastic reasons to be embarrassed,” Pinkie said, beneath her mane beneath the table. “Twilight?!”
Pinkie disappeared in a flash of purple light. The rest of the table -- and some neighbouring tables, and the waiter -- made various sounds of disappointment.
Everyone went back to their business, more or less. The table was left to process what just happened.
“So,” Applejack set the agenda, “Twilight and Pinkie, huh? Anyone see that one?”
Fluttershy shook her head, and Rarity tapped a hoof against her glass thoughtfully.
Flutters smiled. “I think it’s nice.”
“I’m just kicking myself for not seeing it sooner,” Rarity admitted, “I was wondering why Twilight seemed so happy with that atrocious bed mane...”
What good horses!
That was great. You should add a link to this in the author's notes at the end of the story. Or maybe create a fic that is a collection of all your short pieces like this and link to that.
1. That art is totes AMAZING!
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2. Well, that story bit took a turn for the interesting
1. Totally wanna write a fic about Applejack and Luna in space now.
2. Oh, my God, that was so cute!
The laughter really got going right about here and didn't stop until the last second.
By that point, I was mostly dead.
That was the final killer there.
Now, put this into a proper story sequel for Passion and Reason, dangnabit!
... So you're gonna write this out, yeah? :D
Ha! This was delightful! I loved AJ's slow-burn realization and the unfortunate phrasing issues that nearly did poor Twilight in. I am more than thrilled to be linked in any way with this getting posted... So thank you for that, and thanks for the enthusiastic feature of the art!
Adorable, though I misread an early line as "Applejack's barn exploded" and I kept wondering why no one was at least going to look at the wreckage. In my defense, that is a rather common occurrence.
But yeah, delicious Twinkie.
I've seen the Harwick piece before, but I still love it. That photosynthetic oxygen tank is a thing of wonder and beauty, especially since I'm a sucker for practical applications of earth pony magic.
Took you long enough n___n
Incredible.
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By the way, the Derpy Gepetto is one of my all-time favorites.
Pfft, Applejack, as subtle as ever.
Though now you got me wondering how Rainbow will react when she finds out what she missed.
4485763 Thanks! I think that was my first time drawing Luna...
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That piece of artwork significantly influenced my interest in fanfiction. It may be one of the reasons I'm here now. So... thanks! 
Oh Moon, I'd forgotten—the "last parade" one!
Also, Pinkie photobombing in from the past is adorable.
I agree neighbouring tables and the waiter, it was too short :P. Wanted to see just a bit more embarrassment from Twi and Pinkie xD.
Anyway nice Picture and an even better fic