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// ... I Smile? 
// Story: Why.... 
// by Z 
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Why I Smile?


By Z(Anon_MD)



Hiya! Pinkie here! Well, I'm not actually here, wait, would it be there since you're the one reading this...? Mrs. Cake says I ramble. Does it sound like that to you? Of course it doesn't! Right. The whole reason I'm writing this. That question. I would say the 'best question ever', but a certain Doctor's called that one... Wait, what were we talking about?

Uhm... Oh! Cookie cooking times! See, you have to cook them for juuuuust the right amount of time before taking them out. Too short, and they'll be all raw and nasty, but too long and they get hard as rocks! Wait, are you sure this was what you wanted to hear about? Oh! The other question. Heh. Sorry. I get that question asked about the cookies a whole bunch, too. 

"Pinkie, why are you always so happy?"

"Pinkie, how can you stand to smile all the time?"

"Pinkie, put down the ladle!"

Well, maybe that last one wasn't a question, but Mrs. Cake telling me to do something, but you get the point! The question is: 'Pinkie. Why are you always happy?' Well, a simple answer would be "Because it's the best emotion, duh!" But you really don't want to hear that, huh? Okay, okay. If you want a good answer, we have to go back a little bit. Back when I was just a little filly on a rock farm with Mom and Dad and my sisters.

The rock farm... It wasn't a 'fun' place. Well, I guess that's pretty obvious, we farmed rocks! But really, rocks aren't fun. And there was no color other than myself. And I don't mean to speak badly about my family, so we'll say that they were 'earthy' colors. Ha! Get it? 'Earthy'? Earth Ponies?

Ha! Heh heh... Ah... What? You didn't think that was great? Oh, wait. Sorry. Distracted. The farm wasn't like AJ's. We couldn't... What was the phrase she used? "Sample the fruits of our labor?" Yeah, that's the one! There also weren't any trees. Or grass. Or a barn. Or cows. Really, there was just the house, rocks, and dirt. Like I said, 'earthy'.

I guess I was... Depreciated? Is that the word? No? How about 'Really, reaaaaally sad'? That works? Great! But I thought that nothing would ever happen. That I'd just be stuck there. Fooooreeeeeveeer. I wanted to go somewhere, anywhere, but I couldn't just leave my family. Besides, I was just a filly. Where could've I gone? So I just stayed there and waited. I prayed to Celestia every day, and hoped.Thinking back on it, AJ and I actually have a lot in common. She ran away to where she thought she'd be happy, and I stayed where I thought I'd never be happy, and we both ended up in Ponyville. Our elements, even. When you laugh, it's honest. You can't fake a good laugh! And when you're being honest, you have to be able to make someone else smile and laugh. But back to the story!

Dashie's Rainboom. 

Actual Color.

It had been the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen! The reds, the blues...  It filled me with a feeling that I hadn't felt often. Well, actually it filled me with two, but the one that concerns you is happiness. I was just... Happy. I couldn't explain why I was, even now. I just.... Was. And I loved it. I wanted to always feel like that. And I wanted everyone else to, too.

So I threw my first party for my family. I was terrified the entire time that they wouldn't like it while I was setting up, but I couldn't help but smile! And then, when they saw it... They're faces... It was like seeing the Rainboom all over again. And then my cutie mark... It was the best day ever. 

Ever since then, I've smiled.

I've made others smile.

Y'know, you probably think by the way I'm talking, I hated the farm. Trust me, a lot of ponies do think that. But really... When I went to leave... I was sad. Yes, the place made me sad, but without it, would I be the same party pony I am now? It's like lighting a candle in a dark room. Yes, the room is really dark, but it also lets the candle be brighter than in a well lit room. And the thing is, I wanted that 'room' filled with candles.

I once heard that those that laugh the most, have been through the most pain. Well, I can't say if that's true or not, but I know what it's like to be sad, it's not fun.

So if there's anyway I can keep everyone from feeling sad, I'm going to try my hardest to make them laugh. To make them happy. And if my friends are happy, and when I say friends, I mean everyone! I mean, c'mon! Who wouldn't want to be my friend? But if they're happy, then I am too. And if you ever get sad, or feel like there's nothing, just smile! And sometimes it's hard. Sometimes, you need help. You need friends. Before Dashie even knew me, she helped me.

Just by smiling, just by doing something that easy, entire worlds can open up in front of you. I know mine did.

It's how I finally got to see the real Equestria. It's how I was able to make friends. Go on adventures. Through all of it, rough times or not, I smiled. There were a few times when I thought that things were going back to how they were on the farm, but my friends helped me through it. 

So... The question. That was just my story, silly! It wasn't my answer!

My answer is "The reason I smile is because I want others to do the same. I want to be that candle in the dark, the one that's used to light all the others! I want a room full of laughter, of joy, of smiles! Smile! And the world will smile with you!"

Now, if we're done here, I need to go see a pony about a second party cannon...