"Pinkie, you can't be serious," Twilight said. Pinkie Pie just nodded.
"Cupcakes are the only way to bring a smile," Pinkie replied with a mile-wide smile. She looked at Shadow Bolt expectantly. Shadow stared back, unblinking. Pinkie frowned. She put her hooves on top of Shadow's head. "Smile," she whispered. "Smile." Suddenly, a purple glow erupted round the pink mare and levitated her away from the filly.
"You have to give her a chance to talk. She still hasn't told us her name," Twilight looked back at Shadow. "What is your name?" Pinkie Pie zoomed up next to Twilight and smiled even bigger than before. Both of the mares were staring straight at the young pony.
"My name is Shadow Bolt," Shadow said. Pinkie Pie's head cocked to the side in confusion before she zoomed off. Twilight looked at Pinkie with a confused expression before tuning her head and smiling at Shadow.
"Shadow Bolt is a lovely name, and fitting too," Twilight said while gesturing at the filly's dark grey coat. Pinkie Pie zoomed back in holding a light grey unicorn with a short cut electric blue mane. She dropped the unicorn on the floor and grinned.
"When you said Bolt, I remembered another pony with a name ending in Bolt. Here he is," Pinkie said quickly. The young stallion shook his head and brushed a hoof over his mane. He looked up and at Pinkie.
"What was the purpose of that?" He asked the giddy mare. Pinkie inhaled loudly.
"I was walking through town when I met this young filly who was walking alone. I looked at her and thought, she must be sad about something. I went and introduced myself and got a better look at her. Turns out she was sad so I dragged her here to SugerCube Corner where I then went to get her cupcake. Next thing I know, Twilight comes in and starts talking to her. I feed her the cupcake and Twilight gets mad. Then the filly says her name. Turns out her name was Shadow Bolt. I then remembered two other ponies in town who have a Bolt in their name and you're one of them," Pinkie said so fast that the others had to stand and process the information. The stallion' eyes brightened.
"Shadow?" He says. Pinkie nodded. "I have a cousin named Shadow who lives in Cloudsdale!" Shadow's ear twitches slightly when she hears the remark. He picked up the small filly in his light blue magic. He gives her a quick look over. "Shadow! How nice to meet you again. Do you remember me?" Shadow shook her head. "It's me! Electric Bolt! Your cousin." Shadow's eyes widened. Pinkie started to smile, hoping that Shadow would too. The corners of Shadow's mouth started to turn upwards. She wriggled around in Electric's magic until he let go. He set her on the floor carefully. She rammed Electric and gave him a hug. "Slow down there, tiger. Where's your mom and dad?"He asked questioningly. She motioned for him to be closer. He put his ear but her mouth.
"I'll tell you later," Shadow said. Electric rolled his eyes and picked up her again and placed her on his back. She wrapped her hooves around his neck and closed her eyes.
"Let's go find my dad," He said before adding, "Your uncle." He trotted out the door leaving a smiling Pinkie and a shocked Twilight.
"How did you know?" Twilight quietly asked Pinkie.
"Well, I put names and looks together and it added up to Electric," Pinkie said smiling. Twilight just shook her head to clear her thoughts before walking out the front door.