//------------------------------// // Pinkie Pie the inquisitor(1) // Story: Ponies Versus the Internet // by KenDoStudios //------------------------------// "Me!" shouted Pinkie Pie. Twilight smiled. "Ok Pinkie, what do you want to know?" Pinkie looked around at everyone else. "How many stars are in the sky tonight?" Twilight keyed the question on the computer. which generated a response "There are more than enough stars to fill the night sky. The Milky Way galaxy contains about 100 billion suns. It's impossible to count them all. Even with the Hubble telescope, we cannot measure how many galaxies exist in the universe." "it's wrong" exclaimed Pinkie. "There are 457 trillion to the tenth power." Twilight looked at her confused. "I don't understand what you mean." "Just trust me Twilight, I know things." said Pinkie, "I know things that others don't know." Twilight dismissed this as another Pinkie Pie thing, but trusted her anyway. "what else would you like to ask the computer?" Twilight asked. "How much is a gallon of water?" asked Pinkie. "specify query" replied the computer. "how much is a gallon of water in metric units?" "A gallon of water weighs exactly 8 pounds." "wow! that's heavy." said Pinkie. "well, that's the way it is." said Twilight. "So, how many gallons are there in the ocean?" asked Pinkie. "there are between 5 and 7 thousand cubic miles of seawater in the oceans." replied the computer. "how big is the earth?" "The earth is approximately 93 million miles in diameter." "Wow that's huge!" said Pinkie. "so, how long is a mile?" asked Pinkie. "a mile is about 6, 280 feet long." "oh my gosh! that's so long!" exclaimed Pinkie. "it sure is," said Twilight. "What is the speed of light?" asked Pinkie. "The speed of light is 186, 000 miles per second." replies the computer. "that's fast!" said Pinkie. Twilight was befuddled "speed of light Pinkie? Light just is! it doesn't have a speed." "it does now! sang Pinkie Pie. "Light has been measured to travel at a constant speed of 186, 000 miles per second. It is the fastest known speed in the universe." "Wow Pinkie, you're amazing." said Twilight. "what else can you tell me about the universe?" asked Pinkie. "in theory, there are a total of 6 dimensions in the universe" replied the computer. "6 dimensions! That sounds crazy!" said Pinkie. "It is not so far-fetched actually," said Twilight. "the universe is comprised of 3 spatial dimensions, time and the fourth dimension which is the dimension of mass. There may be more dimensions, but we have not yet discovered them." "Like what?" asked Pinkie. "let's ask the computer!" said Twilight the computer whirs a bit "the current theoretical dimensions in the universe are Length, Width, Height, Time, Gravity, and Love." "Love?" said Pinkie. "yes, Love is a dimension that has not yet been discovered by science. It is hypothesized that Love is a dimension that exists beyond the other five dimensions." "Oh wow! I didn't know love was a dimension," said Pinkie. "But it is Pinkie." said Twilight. "just think about it. If you love someone, you give them your heart. Your emotions become part of that person. In return, that person gives you theirs. You feel connected to that person. You feel happy when he or she is happy. You feel sad when he or she is sad. This is why people say that love is a wonderful feeling. and when they pass on, we still love them? why would we love some pony when they are dead? Because their spirit lives on in our hearts. And we remember them and hold them close to our hearts. It is because we love them that we want their spirits to live on forever. We want to keep them alive. This is why we believe in an afterlife and heaven and hell. We want to keep those we loved alive forever. so yes, love is a dimension. It is a dimension that exists beyond the other five dimensions." "Really?" asked Pinkie. "Yes," said Twilight. "Wow," said Pinkie. "That's pretty cool!" "Eggheads" commented Rainbow Dash. "Ok, any other questions you wish to ask the computer Pinkie?" asked Twilight. "Yeah, where do babies come from?" asked Pinkie. Twilight blushes as she knew exactly where they came from. The computer thinks and changes the screen to provide the answer "babies are created in a special place called the ut.." Twilight turns off the screen and face hoofs blushing so much you could see her face glowing. "ew," said Applejack who only had a brief glance of what it was. "I don't think I'm ready for whatever that was." "Well, that's all the time we have today Pinkie," said Twilight nervously. "Wait, but I have more questions!" asked Pinkie. "Yes, but we will save that for another day," said Twilight. "Fine" Pinkie says crossing her hooves.