//------------------------------// // A Wild Pinkie Pie Appeared! // Story: I Am Twilight Sparkle // by Mike the Red //------------------------------// I occasionally called Brenda to check up on her and see how things were doing back home. She had already taken a new man and was in the process of filing divorce papers against me -- and since I was no longer in my human body, my human identity was starting to disappear, which would make finalizing the divorce that much easier. I asked about my car and she told me that it was already paid off and that her new man was driving her around in it, though the voice module seemed to make him angry at times and that he would shout at it to shut the fuck up, the car responding by administering a slight jolt of electricity into him whenever he cursed aloud inside the car. I was also told that a certain large white horse had been asking about me as well and Brenda told her she had no idea where I was, which left the Alicorn rather disappointed. It was during one of my appearances that I discovered another human had been transformed into a pony and had decided to follow my example to become a spokespony for Hasbro. It was another male human who had wanted to become Pinkie Pie. He introduced himself as Jacob Sullivan and that his transformation into Pinkie Pie had occurred about two weeks ago. He didn't act like the pink party pony, even though he had been given pretty much the same treatment I had received. It was unnerving to hear him talk using Pinkie's voice and sharing things caused quite a bit of tension between us. "I thought they were going to have you doing separate appearances from me," I mused. "They told me I was going to be doing joint appearances with you, Twiley," he said. "First things first, Jake. When it's just you and me together, you call me Mike, and I call you by your human name. I just hope we don't get stuck with other former humans who get turned into ponies," I stated with some disgust. "But I thought you liked being called Twilight," he said quizzically. "And I suppose you enjoy being called Pinkie?" I asked. "I've come to accept it," he replied. "Well, Jake, let me put it like this -- I would prefer to be called Mike when it's just you and me, and Twilight when we're doing appearances. Please try to keep that in mind." "Okay, Mike, but I just think it would be easier for me to call you Twilight since you happen to be in her body." "One other thing, Jake -- I have certain things which belong to me -- please don't touch them." "Why do you have to be such a Meanie McGrouchypants? We're supposed to be best friends, not overly possessive of things! Mike, you should loosen up and stop being so uptight!" "I never thought I'd encounter another pony -- I thought I was the only one," I grumbled. "The executive I talked to says there's another pony, one down in Austin that they're talking to. Says it's Rarity and they're trying to work out a compensation deal," Jacob stated matter-of-factly. "Next thing you know, something stupid will happen to the calender, making a week last as long as a year," I muttered. "And I suppose Princess Celestia has been looking for us?" "I haven't heard anything from her," Jacob replied. "My wife told me she was looking for me." "Twilight? You're married?" "I told you, Jake -- my name's Mike! I used to be a MALE human!" "So do you know who she used to be when she was a human?" "No, she's the Princess for real-real, not for play-play," I replied. "She teleported into my bedroom a few months ago and tried to get me to accompany her to Equestria." "Oh, MAN! I would have given ANYTHING to do THAT!!" he shouted. "Hey, Mike, why didn't you go with her?" "Because Earth is my home -- I'm not ready to be trotting around Equestria, at least not yet anyway." "I can't believe you turned her down! Imagine all the parties I could go to, or hold, or throw, or ... something!" he said excitedly, bouncing up and down in the room. "Did you mention something about a calendar? Have you looked at one lately?" "Can't say that I have, no, Jake -- please don't tell me it's changed up on me," I stated with some apprehension. "Wait, let me pull it up on the computer," I said and turned it on, going into the applications and pulling up the calendar. "Hmm. Marsday, Thorsday, Isisday, Zeusday, Bastday, Lokiday, Erosday, Herculesday, Fish Fryday, French Fryday ... there are days named after the 44 presidents of the United States, days named after the 50 states, state capitals, letters of the alphabet? A Day? B Day? C Day? What madness is this?!" I shouted in disbelief. "I can't believe this! I've got to tell the Princess about this right now!" "I was wondering why I woke up as Pinkie Pie," Jake mused. "So does this mean Discord is running loose?" "That's about the only logical explanation," I said as worry started to take hold. "We don't even have all the Elements, and if Discord's running free, we're not gonna be able to stop him!" "Maybe Fluttershy can work her magic on him again," Jake mused. "That only happened in the show! Who knows how he'll act in real life?" I asked in exasperation.