A Pinkie Promise? It's just an exaggerated version of a promise, or at least, that's what everypony else thinks. They don't think it's that serious, and just something that Pinkie Pie made up to encourage others to never break their promises. Of course, while the townsponies never break a single Pinkie Promise they make, it's still considered a superstition created by a cheerful party mare. But, to Pinkie Pie, a Pinkie Promise is more than that. To her, it's a sacred ritual that everypony should be doing, and to her, breaking one is like a deadly sin. In fact, when ponies do break their Pinkie Promises, Pinkie Pie makes them wish they never did. You know, by annoying the heck out of them until they give her a proper apology. But what happens when the party mare herself breaks said promise?
Twilight's Castle
Ponyville, Equestria
Wednesday, January 30th, 2019
Princess Twilight Sparkle was in her, you guessed it, Library. What was she doing, you ask. She was using her magic to clear all of the books off of their shelves, leaving a pool of books on her soft, carpeted, floor. But, of course, Spike came in just as she was powering her horn, causing her to accidentally drown her number one assistant with said books. She only realized what she did when she saw a small purple claw protrude from the pile of books, reaching out for air.
"Oops, sorry Spike." Twilight said, giggling a little as she lights up her horn and pulls him out from the pile.
"Do you mind telling me what you're doing?" Spike asked as Twilight put him down on the carpeted floor beside her,
"I'm reshelving my entire library."
"Again. Really Twi?" Spike asked, annoyed that Twilight always does this, even though she doesn't need to.
"Well, it is January. And you know that January is the new year." Twilght said, expecting Spike to understand what she means.
"So?" Spike asked, clearly not getting the gist of it.
"So? So! Spike don't you get it? It's the new year! Which means more ponies are moving to Ponyville! And when they do come, some ponies would like to go to a library! And my Castle library is filled to the brim with new and exciting books! So, it's the perfect time to reshelve things so that the newcomers will be able to find books more easily!" Twilight said, holding onto Spike as she did so.
Spike pushed Twilight's hooves off of him and said "Really? That's your reasoning behind it?"
"Yes."
"Well that's a pretty lame excuse." Spike said, causing Twilight to jump in the air with a now, fiery, mane and tail. But, she burnt out after a couple of minutes.
"Look, Spike. It's important to me, so respect that."
"Oh, alright, alright. Did you need any help?" Spike asked, looking at all of the books that surrounded them.
"No, I don't need help. This'll be a cinch. After all, I have magic. What more do I need?" Twilight asked, although she wasn't really interested in an answer.
"Well, look at all of the books. Maybe you should ask somepony for help." Spike suggested. Twilight just gave him a glare that says "No means no."
"Oh, come on Twilight! There are a lot of books here. I'm sure somepony will offer you some help if you want." Spike said.
"Look Spike, maybe you're right. There's like, an ocean of books on my floor, but who would I ask?" Twilight thought about who to ask, putting her hoof up to her chin.
"Well...I guess I could, though I'm not sure if these claws are really...helpful." Spike said, wiggling his two small claws to emphasize his point.
"I guess that makes sense." Twilight said quietly to herself.
"What about Starlight? She has powerful magic, I'm sure she'll be able to help."
"No can do. Starlight's doing a show with Trixie in Manehattan right now. She won't be back until next week." After saying that, both were at a loss. Who would be willing to help her?
Just at the last second, when all hope was lost, Pinkie came bouncing by the Castle.
Twilight and Spike both shouted at once "Pinkie!"
Right after they said that, a pink blur, namely Pinkie Pie, ran into the Castle library, knocking Twilight down in the process.
"You called!" Pinkie exclaimed as she put her face close to Twilight's.
"Pinkie! How did you get here so fast?" Twilight asked, ignoring the fact that Pinkie was still on top of her.
"Well, I was at Sugarcube Corner. But then, all of a sudden, I heard Mrs Cake shout..."
Sugarcube Corner
Ponyville, Equestria
Wednesday, January 30th, 2019
Inside of the sweet bakery known as Sugarcube Corner were the hustles and bustles of the busy lunch rush. Ponies were taking a break from their work to have a quick treat, chat with their co-workers, and drink some coffee. Since there were so many ponies in Ponyville, the lineup to the cash register was so long that some ponies had to literally wait outside and tell other ponies that wish to enter the bakery that the rest of the line is outside.
As much as the Cakes know that the lunch rush is good business for their bakery, it's still a huge pain to accommodate so many ponies. Even with Pinkie Pie at their disposal, they still dread the moment the clock ticks to 12:00 pm. Good thing they can close up the shop and take a break after the lunch rush.
Anyways, Mrs Cake told Pinkie Pie to stand behind the cash register and play as the cashier while she and Mr Cake speed-baked in the kitchen. After their 30th batch of cupcakes, Mrs Cake went to the cupboard to find more flour, but found none. She searched the pantry, the storage closet, the fridge, inside the oven, and even under the kitchen sink. But alas, Mrs Cake couldn't find the flour, and realized that they were completely out of it.
Mrs Cake was dumbfounded. How could they have possibly run out of flour? They lived in a bakery for ponies sake! They always buy at least a dozen bags of flour when they grocery shop at the market. So there's absolutely, positively, no way they could've ran out.
"PINKIE!" Mrs Cake yelled.
Pinkie Pie, who was still standing behind the cash register, writing down multiple orders at once, heard the distressed mare and instantly ran to the kitchen in a pink blur.
"Mrs Cake? Is everything ok?" Pinkie asked as she entered the, now messy, kitchen.
Pinkie Pie saw the chaotic sight and was shocked! There was empty eggshells, milk, and some wet batter from their mixing, all over the kitchen. All over the checkered white floor, fridge, freezer, tables, and some on the cupboards. And within the chaotic mess was a dishevelled, panicking Mrs Cake. And a frantic, messy Mr Cake, who was doing his best to add the finishing touches to a tray of baked cupcakes while mixing some batter for another batch. Thankfully, he wasn't getting any raw batter on the baked cupcakes.
"What happened in here?" Pinkie suddenly asked.
"T-the lunch rush is too much for us! I wish we had hired more ponies to help us." Mr Cake responded as he frantically poured the, now mixed, batter into a cupcake tray.
"WE RAN OUT OF FLOUR, PINKIE!" Mrs Cake yelled as she shook Pinkie Pie.
Pinkie quickly escaped from her grasp and said "Wait, what!? How could we possibly be out of flour?"
"I don't know, you tell me. We usually buy at least a dozen bags when we go shopping. It usually lasts us a full week!" Mrs Cake shouted.
"W-well...I do pour at least 2 bags of flour on myself to calm the twins down when I foalsit them..." Pinkie trailed off as she looked down at the ground, not feeling safe enough to look Mrs Cake in the eyes.
"Y-you WHAT! Pinkie, that flour has a purpose you know! And that purpose is baking." Mrs Cake shouted, shooting daggers at Pinkie the moment she looked up. Clearly she wasn't very happy.
"I-I know, but how else am I supposed to calm the twins down?" Pinkie asked the angry Mrs Cake.
"Oh I don't know maybe their pacifiers!? Toys? A warm bottle of milk? Anything that doesn't involve our baking products! We have a lot for a reason." Mrs Cake answered angrily.
"Dear, please stop shouting, your scaring Pinkie. And the foals." Mr Cake said, trying to calm his wife down.
Mrs Cake looked at him and then back at Pinkie. Who was backed up, almost out the kitchen door. A scared look was plastered on her pink face. That's when she realized what she had done.
"Oh. I'm so sorry Pinkie. The lunch rush is really getting to me." She apologized sweetly, hoping that Pinkie won't be too mad.
"That's ok Mrs Cake. I understand. I mean, there are quite a lot of ponies out there, waiting to be served some lunch." Pinkie said, coming back into the kitchen.
"I-I'll go to the market and buy some more flour." Pinkie said, dashing out of the kitchen and into the town square. She put her saddlebags on her back and placed at least 3 pouches that were filled to the brim with bits. After all, flour was pretty expensive.
Once Pinkie was in the market, she immediately ran towards the flour and sugar stand.
She walked up to the stand. Said stand was run by a white earth mare with silver eyes and a smooth, wavy, silver mane. Her cutie mark depicted 3 sugar cubes. Pinkie knew this mare very well, heck, she knew every stand pony there.
Since there was no line, she got out one of the pouches of bits from her saddlebags and placed it on the stand's table. She looked at the mare and greeted her by saying "Hi Sugarcube!" The mare turned around and was surprised to see Pinkie waiting there,
"Oh, hi Pinkie! Needed some more flour?"
'You read my mind." Pinkie joked, making Sugarcube laughed.
"How many?"
"2 dozen bags." Pinkie replied.
Sugarcube looked at her, surprised.
"Pinkie, you know that costs 40 bits, right?"
"Yes, I know. And I'm willing to pay the cost." Pinkie passes the pouch of bits to Sugarcube.
"I hope that's enough." Pinkie added.
"Oh, I'm sure it is." Sugarcube said as she tossed the pouch of bits in a chest on the rocky floor beside her. Then she took 2 dozen bags of flour bags and hoofed them over to pinkie, who steadily placed them all on her back. She made sure the bags were secure before waving to Sugarcube, and bouncing back to Sugarcube corner.
Once at Sugarcube Corner, she somehow managed to slip through the crowded line. Then she went back to the kitchen and placed the 2 dozen bags of flour on the messy floor and called Mrs Cake.
"MRS CAKE! I HAVE THE FLOUR!" Not a second later, Mrs Cake returned and immediately began to make some batter for some cookies. She hugged Pinkie Pie and then ushered her to go back to playing as the cashier.
4 hours later...
"Finally! All of the customers have been served and the lunch rush is over!" Mrs Cake said before looking at her chaotic, batter filled kitchen and sighed before tipping over and fainting. Her plump body falling to the floor.
"Let's get her to the couch. The lunch rush always makes her tired and restless." Mr Cake said.
Pinkie Pie and Mr Cake, together, dragged Mrs Cake to their couch in their living room. Which, of course, is hidden by doors that customers aren't allowed to go through. Once she was laid on the couch, they both hurried back to the kitchen to clean up.
"So...can I go on break?" Pinkie Pie asked, scrubbing the last of the batter off of the, now, pristine marble counter.
"With the lunch rush and all, yeah. You can go have some fun Pinkie." Mr Cake said, which made Pinkie jump up for joy as she bounced out of Sugarcube Corner, and into the town square.
"Thanks Mr Cake!" Pinkie shouted from outside.
"No...problem." Mr Cake said, but he realized that Pinkie Pie was gone.
"Guess I'll..." Then Mr Cake heard the twins' shrieks and sighed.
"...Go check on the twins." Then he walked up the stairs to the nursery.
Meanwhile
Pinkie Pie was on her way to see her friends what they were up to. As she passed Twilight's Castle, she heard both Twilight and Spike shout, in unison, "PINKIE!"
"...And then I came in here and went on top of you, then you asked me how I got here!" Pinkie said, finally finishing her story.
"That's great and all, but. Can. You. Get. Off. Of. Me!" Twilight said, trying to push Pinkie Pie off of her.
Getting the hint, Pinkie climbed off of her and sat beside Spike.
"Sorry Twilight." Pinkie apologized.
"It's ok Pinkie, just, don't do that EVER again." Twilight got up and regained her composure as Pinkie looked around the room.
"Uh, Twilight. Why's there so many books...everywhere?" Pinkie asked.There were enough books to drown somepony.
"Oh, that. I was just about to reshelve my entire library, when Spike suggested that I should ask for help." Twilight explained.
"But, why did you shout my name?" Pinkie asked, not getting the gist.
"I thought that maybe...you could help?"
"You want my help?" Pinkie asked, astonished. Usually Pinkie was the last pony Twilight asked for help.
"Look, you don't have to if you-" Twilight was about to say, but was cut off by Pinkie Pie.
Pinkie hugged her before saying "Of course I'll help you!"
"Oh...good. Spike, you can leave and do whatever while me and Pinkie reshelve these books." Twilight said.
With that being said, Spike ran out of the library and into his room. Power Ponies and sleep, here he comes.
"Ok, Pinkie Pie. Let's-" Twilight was about to say, but was rudely interrupted.
"Wait! You meant right now?" Pinkie asked.
"Yes. When did you think I meant?"
"I thought you were talking about tomorrow." Pinkie said. She received a glare from Twilight that clearly says "How dumb are you?"
"Why?" Twilight asked. A hint of annoyance in her voice.
"I kinda just came from a super duper busy Sugarcube Corner! And, I'm actually pretty tired." Pinkie explained.
"Well, ok. But! You have to Pinkie Promise me that you WILL come here tomorrow morning and help me reshelve my library, understood?"
Pinkie looked at her before doing her notions for the all too famous Pinkie Promise. "Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye!"
"Good. I-I guess I'll see you tomorrow." Twilight said before waving Pinkie Pie off.
Twilight's Castle
Ponyville, Equestria
Thursday, January 31st, 2019
"Where is she?" Twilight asked the empty room, albeit there being piles upon piles of books.
"She promised, no, she PINKIE Promised that she would come in the morning to help me! But, she's not here, and it's already 10:00 am! If she doesn't show up, then I'll just do it all myself, like I should've done yesterday." Twilight ranted, pacing up and down the room.
Suddenly, a pink blur came running in out of nowhere. Pinkie Pie appeared!
"H-hey Twilight. I-I had to rush over h-here." Pinkie said, totally out of breath.
"Pinkie! I asked you to come over in the morning! It's already 10:30!" Twilight said, semi-upset.
"But, it's still the morning. It's morning until 12:00 pm!" Pinkie argued.
"Yes, to you maybe. But to me, the morning is at least 7:00 am. I assume that you wake up around 6:30 am, so you should've been here at 8:00 am. After all, I've been waiting here since 7:30 am." Twilight explained, now furious with Pinkie and her feeble excuses.
"I-I'm sorry Twilight. I was gonna wake up early, eat a muffin, brush my teeth, and come straight here, but at the last minute, the Cakes asked me to watch the twins while they went out for a bit! They said they'd be back at 8:55 am, but they ended up coming back at 9:23 am! Besides, I can't say no to the Cakes! They're the whole reason I have a job!" Pinkie said, seriously trying to reason with her alicorn friend.
"Yes I understand that. But you PINKIE Promised me that you would help me reshelve my library this morning. What happened to the whole 'never break a Pinkie Promise or else...' thing?!" Twilight asked. She is really peeved.
"But, it's different. I broke the Pinkie Promise, so it's ok. And if you're really mad, then I'll do everything I can to make up for it." Pinkie said, trying to reason with the peeved Princess.
"So it's ok if you break it and not me? That seems really unfair. You make a Pinkie Promise seem like a sacred bond, and if you break it, it's like a sin. Yet, you can break it. You're being such a hypocrite!" Twilight yelled.
Pinkie just looked at her in confusion. "What's a hypocrite?"
"Seriously, that's what your asking!?" Twilight was way more than just peeved at Pinkie's ignorance.
Pinkie just stared at her.
"Look, if you REALLY want to know, you can always go on a...journey." Twilight said, trying to get payback for Pinkie Pie opting out on her promise.
"What journey?" Pinkie Pie's full focus was now on that.
"You know. The journey to the Ancient Infinity Word Definition Scroll. It's located high in the crystalline caves in the mountains of the Crystal Empire. If you want to know what a hypocrite is, then go there." Twilight explained, smirking. She couldn't believe that Pinkie was buying it.
"The Ancient Infinity Word Definition Scroll? I never heard of it."
"Well that's because only the Princesses know of it, and can only share this information with ponies whom they deem worthy. Are you worthy?"
"I am! I am!" Pinkie said, going back to her happy demeanour.
"Good. So..."
"So what?"
"So don't you want to start your journey?" Twilight asked, pleased with the results.
"But, I thought you wanted me to help you?"
"Oh, forget that. You need to know what a hypocrite is, since you are one. And until you do I'll...hold off on the reshelving, for now." Twilight said, looking at her empty shelves.
"Well, if you insist!" Pinkie said, bouncing out of the Castle and back to Sugarcube Corner to pack for her 'journey'.
Sugarcube Corner
Ponyville, Equestria
Thursday, January 31st, 2019
Pinkie bounced up the stairs and into her room. She got out her saddlebags and began packing.
"Hmm. Guess I'll need a compass. A map. Binoculars. Extra scarf. Extra hat. Extra boots. Sleeping bag. Grappling hook..." As Pinkie Pie was saying this, she was putting said items in her bag. She also decided to put in some snacks like cupcakes, cookies, macaroons, chocolate bars, and muffins. After that, she put on her coat, hat, scarf, and boots. After all, it is REALLY cold in the Crystal Empire when it's January. Then, she tightly secured her saddlebags on her back and ran out the door, leaving behind a note.
The note read:
"Dear Cakes,
I am going on a journey to find out what the word hypocrite means. Please don't worry about it. I'll be back by tomorrow. Please stay safe and say hi to the foals for me. Be back soon.
From,
Pinkie Pie"
It was now the time for her journey to the Ancient Infinity Definition Scroll to finally begin.
Outskirts of the Crystal Empire
Crystal Empire, Equestria
Thursday, January 31st, 2019
Pinkie Pie was steadily walking through the snowy cold weather on the outskirts of the Crystal Empire.
The wind was blowing so much snow around, that Pinkie Pie had to shield herself with her hoof. When the snow finally died down a little bit, Pinkie took out her compass to see how close she was to the Empire.
"Go...North?" Pinkie guessed. Her compass was covered in snow, so she couldn't tell. Not only that, but her compass was a bit frozen, so it was going from North to South to North again.
"Ugh, stupid thing!" Pinkie cried in frustration, tossing the compass in a big snowbank. Once that was done, and the snow had died down a bit, she could see the Empire.
"Finally!" Pinkie shouted, bouncing happily towards the shielded paradise that was, the Crystal Empire. Even if it was a bit snowy.
Once she entered, she immediately bounced straight to the Crystal Castle in the Crystal Empire, where Princess Cadence and Prince Shining Armor resides, along with their young alicorn daughter, Flurry Heart.
She bounced up to the Castle doors. She was about to let herself in, when an orange pegasus guard stopped her in her tracks.
"Halt!" The stallion commanded, holding out his hoof to stop Pinkie Pie.
"State your business." The stallion said, looking at the pink mare with suspicious eyes.
"I'm Pinkie Pie and I'm a friend of Princess Twilight Sparkle!" Pinkie responded, hoping that the guard got the message.
Unfortunately, he didn't. He demanded that she state her business.
"Look, Flash!" Pinkie said, which caught the pegasus off guard.
"Yeah, that's right! Flash Sentry! I'm here because I've been sent by Princess Twilight Sparkle!" Pinkie explained. The guard wished to know more.
"Why?"
"She sent me on a journey to retrieve an ancient scroll, and my travels led me here. So, since I'm friends with Princess Twilight, I assumed that I was friends with Princess Cadance. I was hoping I could stay in the Castle, you know, as a friend." Pinkie explained, batting her eyelashes and giving the guards a pair of puppy dog eyes.
Flash bit his lip before saying "Alright, you may enter. But please ask Princess Cadance before deciding anything."
"Alrighty! Thank you, Flash." Pinkie said, changing her demeanour almost immediately, bouncing inside of the Crystal Castle.
Meanwhile, in Ponyville
Twilight's Castle
Ponyville, Equestria
Thursday, January 31st, 2019
Twilight smirked as she happily ate some dinner. She couldn't believe that Pinkie Pie fell for such a story.
"Can you believe that Spike? Pinkie Pie actually believes there's such a thing called 'The Ancient Infinity Word Definition Scroll'. Like come on! Who is that gullible?"
"Pinkie Pie." Spike answered back, which earned a glare from Twilight's stern, purple eyes.
"Are you always this sarcastic?"
"Not always."
"Of course not."
For the rest of the duration, they both just ate their meal in silence. Twilight couldn't help but think about how her plan worked flawlessly. She just couldn't wrap her head around how Pinkie could be so gullible. She actually went off on a journey to the scroll that she made up. Twilight couldn't wait to see Pinkie's reaction when she returned. Oh, how exciting!
Crystal Castle
Crystal Empire, Equestria
January 31st, 2019
"Hi Princess Cadance! Hi Shining Armor!" Pinkie bounced into the royal nursery, bouncing up to Flurry Heart, and started petting her purplish and pinkish mane.
"And hello Flurry Heart!"
Shining Armor and Princess Cadance looked at each other. They were bother weirded out by Pinkie's sudden presence. Why was she here?
"Um...hi...Pinkie. Why are you here...exactly?" Cadance hesitated. She was actually a bit unsettled.
"Oh! Sorry, I forgot to tell you. Twilight sent me here to retrieve an ancient scroll." Pinkie explained. She stopped petting the alicorn foal's name.
"What ancient scroll?" Cadance inquired. Curious as to what Pinkie Pie was referring to.
"The Ancient Infinity Word Definition Scroll. Twilight told me that if I want to know what a hypocrite is, I need to find that ancient scroll." Pinkie answered.
"But, why would Twilight send you on a perilous journey, when she can just tell you herself?" Shining asked quizzically. He knew how smart his sister is, so she should be able to properly explain the definition of a hypocrite to her.
"I don't know. But it sounded like fun, so I decided to go on the journey. She said that the scroll was hidden inside one of the caves inside of the crystalline mountains outside of the Crystal Empire."
"Well, do you know...which crystalline mountain has that scroll?" Cadance asked. She didn't want Pinkie Pie to get lost. Especially since it's snowy, cold, and really dangerous out there.
"No. She didn't tell me a specific one. Why? Do you know?"
"Yes, actually. In fact, I've been to this scroll before."
"Really? What word did you want to know?" Pinkie Pie was really curious!
"I wanted to know the definition of love." Cadance replied. Pinkie's response was to open her mouth and stare in awe.
Once Cadance lifted her jaw back up, Pinkie asked, in utter bewilderment, "But why? Aren't you the Princess of Love?"
"Yes, but I REALLY wanted to know how the Ancients defined the word love." Cadance explained.
Pinkie just looked at her before shrugging. "Well, that makes sense."
"So...can you show me where the scroll is?"
"Tomorrow. I'll take you there tomorrow, okay. I'm sure you're tired from your journey."
"Ok. It's not like there's a time limit!"
"Good. You can sleep in one of the guest rooms down the hall, okay?" Cadance said, pointing down the hallway so that Pinkie knew which hallway to go down.
"Room 319 should be free."
"Okay! Thanks Princess. I'll see you tomorrow." Pinkie waved to her, Shining Armor, and Flurry Heart, before bouncing down the hallway to room 319.
As soon as Pinkie Pie closed the door, she jumped on the soft bed and slept.
Crystalline Mountains
Crystal Empire, Equestria
Friday February 1st, 2019
"Alright Pinkie Pie. Are you ready to walk up the mountain?" Cadance asked. She and Pinkie Pie were on the path towards the mountain.
She only closed her eyes for a second. "ALREADY THERE!!!" Pinkie shouted from the entrance of the mountain.
"How the-" Cadance whispered. She only closed her eyes for a second. A SECOND. How the heck did Pinkie Pie get all the way up the snowy path?
Cadance just shook it off and teleported herself to Pinkie Pie.
Crystalline Cave
Crystal Empire, Equestria
Friday, February 1st, 2019
Cadance and Pinkie Pie walked into the not-so-deep crystalline cave. As soon as they stepped hoof in there, they saw it.
A beautiful golden scroll sat on a crystal podium. It was the...
"Oh. My. Celestia. IT'S THE ANCIENT INFINITY WORD DEFINITION SCROLL!" Pinkie screamed, rushing towards the scroll.
"Pinkie! You can't just-" But it was too late, Pinkie Pie already had the scroll in her hooves.
"Hmm...H, H, H." Pinkie whispered to herself, trying to find the word Hypocrite.
Pinkie kept going down the scroll until she found Hypocrite. She decided to say the word aloud.
"Hypocrite. First definition is a pony who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that he or she does not actually possess, especially a pony whose actions belie stated beliefs. Second definition is a pony who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude, especially one whose private life, opinions, or statements belie his or her public statements. Example; A pony says that they care about the environment, but then get's caught littering."
"And Twilight called me a hypocrite because I broke a Pinkie Promise even though I believe that nopony else should break one." Pinkie contemplated out loud.
She placed the ancient scroll back down on the podium and bounced back to Cadance, before realization hit her.
"I WAS being a hypocrite!" Pinkie yelled in realization.
"I think I'll end this word journey here. " Then she ran all the way down the mountain.
Twilight's Castle
Ponyville, Equestria
Friday, February 1st, 2019
"TWILIGHT!!!" Pinkie called.
"Wha- Pinkie?" Twilight asked, half asleep.
Sure enough, when Twilight came out, she saw Pinkie Pie standing there, in her library, near her untouched pool of books.
"Pinkie. Why are you here? It's 11:30 pm...why are you here so late?" Twilight groaned.
"I went to the crystalline caves with Princess Cadance and saw the Ancient Infinity Word Definition Scroll!" Pinkie said.
"Wait-what!?" Twilight was wide awake now.
"I finally understand what a hypocrite means." Pinkie said, completely ignoring Twilight.
"Pinkie how did you-" Twilight was about to ask something but she was interrupted...yet again.
"And after reading the definition I realized that I AM a hypocrite. I believe that a Pinkie Promise should never ever be broken but I broke a Pinkie Promise. And I am so super sorry! I Pinkie Promise that I'll stop being a hypocrite. And I also Pinkie Promise to help you reshelve your library tomorrow morning at 9:30 am. But please, please, please forgive me!"
"Pinkie Pie I-" Twilight wasn't sure if she should tell Pinkie Pie that she actually just made the whole story up. But, she decided not too. At least Pinkie Pie learnt her lesson and now knows what a hypocrite is.
"-I forgive you. And,I hope you learnt a lesson from this."
"I did! I did!" Pinkie chanted, bouncing up and down repeatedly.
"What was the lesson you learnt?"
"I learned that a promise is a promise and you should never break it, no matter what, because breaking a promise is the fastest way to lose a friend and their trust." Pinkie explained. She even stopped bouncing.
"Wow Pinkie, that's great!" Twilight said, obviously she wasn't that impressed.
"Now that that's settled, how about you go back to Sugarcube Corner and get some sleep." Twilight said, going back to her tired state.
"Sure! See you tomorrow Twilight!"
"9:30 am!" Twilight yelled sleepily, walking back up the stairs and to her room. She was pretty sure her mattress was calling her.
Pinkie walked out of the Castle's doors and back to Sugarcube Corner.
Sugarcube Corner
Ponyville, Equestria
Friday, February 1st, 2019
Pinkie Pie laid on her soft, comfy mattress, ready to close her tired eyes. She turned off her blue and yellow striped lamp, and closed her eyes, sleeping peacefully.
In her sleep, she whispered something.
"That was one hypocritical journey."