Flora sat at a table in Sugar Cube Corner working on her latest coloring page. While the first ones Twilight had given her only consisted of one large shape taking up most of the page, these had three or four.
“Hey Spec, you haven’t even touched your cupcake.” Flora looked over at the cupcake that the pink mare had given her earlier. No doubt it would be delicious as it had pretty white icing and rainbow sprinkles, but she was too focused on her page. “Is there something wrong with it? Does it need more icing? More sprinkles?”
“The cupcake is fine Pinkie, I’ve just been focusing on my homework.”
“That looks like coloring,” she said with a smile as she sat down in front of her. “Coloring is supposed to be fun, but you don’t look like you’re having any fun.”
“It’s homework Pinkie Pie; homework isn’t very fun.”
“If you have to do something, make it fun!”
“What do you mean?” Flora asked. When the pink mare spoke, Flora was surprised at the wisdom and maturity coming from the party pony.
“Well,” Pinkie paused slightly before continuing. “Fluttershy has to take care of all her animals, but she loves animals, and it’s part of her talent, so it’s fun for her. Rainbow Dash has to train all the time if she wants to be a wonderbolt, but she loves flying, which is part of her talent, so it’s fun for her. You have to color, but your talent seems to be with colors, so this should be fun for you.”
Flora paused to think about what she had said before replying, “You’re right Pinkie Pie! I have to do this to get better at my magic, but I love colors and my talent is colors it seems, so this should be fun for me! Now that I think about it, this is rather fun!” Flora giggled before continuing, “I feel so silly for not realizing this sooner! Thanks Pinkie.”
“No problem silly filly!” She said with a grin as she stood up and bounced off. Before entering the kitchen, she called over her shoulder, “Don’t forget to eat that cupcake!”