"Oh, you're sorry! Well, then, everything is fine!"
Pinkie cringed back. "... It is?"
"No!" Cranky bore down on her. "It isn't! Listen to me, kid, I will never be your friend!"
"Never, or never-ever?" Pinkie could barely hold herself together. It was the most horrible thing she'd ever heard. She backed out through the door.
"Never, ever, ever, ever, ever!" Cranky slammed the door in her face.
"That's four 'evers'." Pinkie sat down, the dread growing in her. "That's like... forever!" She tapped a hoof to her head. "Think, Pinkie! What are we going to do about this?" She gasped. "I know!"
* * *
Pinkie and her six friends stood in front of Cranky's door. Pinkie knocked.
"Get lost, kid. I don't want any more..." Cranky's eye showed through the peephole. "What are all these ponies doing here?"
"We're here to show you the magic of friendship!" Twilight stepped forward, her tiara glittering.
The door opened. Cranky stepped out. "Now look here, I don't want any more distractions. I came here for some peace and quiet and–" He cringed when he saw the magic building up. "What are you..."
All six of them began to glow, and multicolored beams of light swirled out of their necklaces.
"Really?"
The beams merged into one huge rainbow and crashed into the donkey, swirling around him in a blinding flash.
A moment later, six mares and one donkey picked themselves up off the ground, most of them rubbing their heads.
Cranky shook on his hooves. He touched his newly restored head of hair. "Wow... I feel... wonderful!"
Sidling up to him, Pinkie leaned in close. "Wanna be best pals?"
He paused for a long moment, his eye twitching as if some buried thought was bothering him, but then he shrugged it off. "Sure."
Pinkie pumped her hoof in the air. "Elements of Harmony. Sixty percent of the time, it works every time."