//------------------------------// // Solutions to the Problem // Story: Friendship Solving Trip with Pinkie. Yay. // by RebelNarrator45 //------------------------------// "I'm blind! I'm blind! They blinded me!!" Blue Moon yelled, flailing his legs. Starlight, after an initial flash of panic, realised what had happened and lit her horn. Or tried to. It refused to work. "Ugh! My magic's no good! I can't use it all covered in...what am I covered in?!" "Cake batter, whipped cream, sprinkles, ice cream, cookie dough, and edible confetti!" came a familiar cheery voice, with a giggle. "Pinkie Pie..." Starlight groaned. "Now just hold still! I'll have you out before you can say hot sticky cinnamon rolls!" "Pinkie, what're you do...? Gah!" Starlight let out a shriek as she was unceremoniously rolled and turned, and something warm touched her. Seconds later, she was standing upright, able to see, completely clean, and Pinkie was grinning as she licked a final sprinkle from her muzzle. Starlight gaped at her. "Did you just...lick me?!" "Like an ice cream cone!" Pinkie giggled. "Cause, you know, you were covered in ice cream, and we had to clean you up somehow!" "Did you stop to consider using a bucket of water?!" Pinkie blinked. "Was I supposed to? I thought I was supposed to help you right away?" Starlight facehoofed. Hard. "Look, Pinkie." She sighed. "Let's just get these two back to the diner and talk to them...seperately. ok?" "Okie dokie lokie!!!" Starlight turned around...and found herself snout to snout with a scowling police pony. "You four come with me!" He snapped. "Great." Starlight muttered. "Just great." *********************************** This time, the fine was significantly higher. So much so that Starlight nearly had a heart attack when she saw the numbers. She didn't have that many bits with her! And even the quarreling siblings' chipping in didn't help much. "Terrific." Starlight moaned. "The only other recourse is to contact Twilight..." "Ooh! Maybe she'll bring our friends and we can celebrate and have that StarlightandPinkiewoundupinjailtwiceinoneday party!!!" Pinkie squealed. "Pinkie Pie! There will be no party for that!" "Awwww. Not even a teensy weensy one?" "No!!!" Pinkie pouted while Starlight wrote a note and handed it off to one of their guards. He in turn would see that it got to the Ponyville Castle in record time. "I'm sorry for all this, Blue Moon." Twinkle Star said with a sad sigh. "Maybe I really should give up all my stuff. Including my cannon." Her head drooped. "Finally!" Blue Moon cheered. "She sees reason!" "Now wait!" Pinkie started, only to be hushed by Starlight. "Look, Blue Moon." Starlight faced the stallion. "I understand your feelings on Twinkle Star's...um...eccentricities...believe me, I do. But you know something? It makes her happy to make others happy. Just like it does Pinkie there. I would never ask Pinkie to give up her party stuff, or her goofiness, because I know it's part of who she is. Her destiny. But there are times when I'll ask her to tone it down a little, and she will. Right, Pinkie?" "Yuppers!" "But...but why?" Twinkle Star asked. "Don't you love partying and being all goofy and making ponies laugh?" "Well, yeah," Pinkie giggled. "That's my destiny, silly! But I also know that my friends and other ponies don't always like the crazy stuff I do. Sometimes I have to make myself not do it, cause it might not be a good time. Or place." "Huh." Twinkle Star pondered that. "So...maybe I should ease up on all the craziness at the store? Save most of it for ponies I know really will like it?" "Yuppers!" Twinkle Star blinked. "That really makes sense!" She suddenly exclaimed. Blue Moon looked at Starlight. "So, when your friend there shoots off party cannons and goes crazy, you just...deal with it? Ignore it?" "Oh, no, I don't ignore it." Starlight said, snorting. "It's impossible to ignore. But I've learned to just bear with it, because it's Pinkie Pie, and she's just that way. I understand that...most of the time. My point is, any relationship, whether it's marriges, friendships, or siblings, they all take alot of care, love, understanding and acceptance of who the other pony is. Pinkie is goofy, silly, funny, throws awesome parties, and just generally turns things upside down with her craziness. But I accept that it's who she is." "Yep! That's me! I'm Pinkie Pie!" Pinkie interjected, bouncing. "So, I should accept that Twinkle needs to be silly and shoot off her cannon sometimes?" Blue Moon asked. "Exactly!" Starlight replied. Blue Moon turned to his sister. "I'm sorry, sis. I haven't been very nice to you. You love your party stuff, and I should respect that. I will respect that. I won't try to make you give up your cannon or your confetti or anything else, because it's who you are. You make ponies smile. Er...well...most, anyway." "I'm sorry, too." Twinkle Star apologised. "I should have realised that doing all that crazy stuff in the shop might not be the best idea." "How about we make a deal?" Blue Moon suggested. "Or a compromise, rather. I'll suppprt your silliness..." "And I'll stop playing so many jokes and stuff in the shop." Twinkle Star said. They shook on it, then hugged each other. The cutie marks on Starlight and Pinkie glowed, and the two of them squealed with joy. Their mission was accomplished! And in a day, too! "Hey, Starlight," Pinkie said. "Do ya think Twilight got our message yet?" Starlight blinked. "Uh oh. I shouldn't have sent that!" "You're probably right." The new voice made Starlight cringe, and she turned to face her mentor. Twilight stared hard at her. "I paid your fine." She said. "But can you tell me how in the wide world of Equestria a friendship problem ended with you two in jail and forced to pay a thousand bits for propery damage?!" Starlight cringed. "Uh, well...we, uh...we at least fixed the problem!" "Good! I'm going home. And I want to see both of you in my castle library tomorrow morning at ten. Sharp!" And Twilight was gone. "Aren't Friendship solving trips fun??" Pinkie squealed in excitement. "I can't wait to do this again sometime!" Starlight facehoofed so hard she was sure she was going to have a black eye. She loved Pinkie, but she was never, ever, ever going on a trip like this with her again!