//------------------------------// // ??? // Story: The Pinkie Parable // by TheNarrator //------------------------------// A huge, baptizing light suddenly embraced Pinkie. She slammed her eyes shut and covered her head. As soon as the ringing in her ears stopped, she found herself just outside the Cake's shop in Ponyville. She was never so excited before in her life. She ran inside the shop and saw all her friends sitting at a table. Pinkie lit up with excitement. But something was wrong. They were old and wrinkled. Their brittle bones slowly turned towards Pinkie. "Pinkie? Is that you?" Twilight asked in a horrendously elderly voice. Pinkie could hardly breath. All her friends were like that. "Why don't you come and play bridge with us?" asked Twilight. Pinkie looked at her own hoof and saw it was trembling and wrinkly as well. She fell over and cried. I guess that's what happens when you spend all your time reading letters on a screen. Time just passes by like the wind. THE END 9