//------------------------------// // The Pony Facts of Life // Story: Framwinkle's Random Writings // by Framwinkle //------------------------------// It was a pleasant summer day in Ponyville. Twilight and Pinkie Pie were spending some time together in the park. Or rather, Twilight was reading another book, while Pinkie was hovering around her, acting in her usual random fashion, and making it difficult for Twilight to study. In the distance, some foals were playing, and it made Pinkie think of Pound and Pumpkin, the Cake twins. "Twilight?" Pinkie asked. "Where do baby ponies come from?" At first Twilight wasn't sure she'd heard the question. Then she wasn't sure she'd heard the question right. "Where do baby ponies come from?" she repeated, a bit stunned. She'd been trying hard to ignore Pinkie so she could study, but now that was impossible. "Pinkie, do you mean no pony's ever told you?" Twilight couldn't believe that could be true. Pinkie was an adult pony. Surely she must know. But then, this was Pinkie Pie, so maybe she really didn't? If that was the case, then Twilight didn't really want to be the one that had to explain it. "Didn't your parents talk to you about that?" she asked, hopefully. "Well," Pinkie began. "My dad said he found me under a rock, but now I'm not so sure I believe that. I mean, I've looked under a lot of rocks myself, and I never found a baby pony before. So what are the chances that the Cakes would find two baby ponies if they're not even rock farmers? They spend all their time baking!" Pinkie's logic threatened to give Twilight a headache, but she tried her best to be nice. "Maybe they found them in their oven?" she said, grinning nervously and still trying to avoid the topic. "Hmm..." Pinkie thought. "Maybe. Mrs. Cake did say she had a couple in the oven a while back, but I figured she just meant 'cake' cakes, not 'baby' Cakes. You know what I mean?" Twilight was even more astonished. How could Pinkie not have noticed the way Mrs. Cake had been bulging around the middle? Did she actually think Mrs. Cake was just getting fat? She had to admit, with Pinkie it was possible. Twilight simply continued grinning nervously, not really knowing where to go next, and hoping the whole thing would just go away if she waited long enough. After a long, uncomfortable silence, Pinkie's eyes narrowed. She could see Twilight was stalling, but she still wanted an answer. "So...," she repeated sternly. "Where do baby ponies come from?" Twilight gulped. This was it. The moment of truth. She'd simply have to tell her. "Hasbro." she said.