A Selection of Sappy, Sweet, and Sometimes Somber Short Stories and Snapshots

by Baby Seal Burritos


Dialog

“You give me heart palpitations.”

“Oh. Sorry.”

“No no. It’s a good thing.”

“It is?”

“Mhm.”

“I’m glad!”

“…”

“Pinkie, do you think you could stop squirming around like that?”

“Sorry.”

“Don’t apologize. It’s alright.”

“I just get so wiggly and tingly when I’m around you.”

“Is that right?”

“It feels like I’m full of butterflies.”

“…”

“What’re you thinking, Twilight?”

“Hmm?”

“Your eyebrows are all scrunched together.”

“Oh. I was just thinking… That was really beautiful.”

“You think so?”

“I do.”

“Well, I think you’re beautiful!”

“Pinkie.”

“And you’re super cute when you’re all blushy.”

“Pinkie!”

“What? It’s true.”

“You have no idea how amazing you are, do you?”

“…”

“Come here. Come cuddle with me.”

“I love how soft you are, Twilight.”

“You’re softer, Candy Mare.”

“Maybe I should give the cupcakes a break.”

“No. You’re perfect.”

“Eep! You really like doing that, don’t you?”

“I can’t help it. Maybe if you didn’t make such adorable faces then I could leave your ears alone.”

“Meanie.”

“Don’t tempt me with that tongue of yours.”

“Hmhm! I know you like it.”

“You little minx.”

“Little what?”

“Come here.”

“…”

“Hee hee! You always get all melty, Twilight.”

“It’s because you’re just… astounding.”

“You helped. What? What’s the face for?”

“You don’t give yourself enough credit.”

“For what?”

“For anything.”

“I’m just me.”

“Like I’m just me?”

“No! You’re amazing!”

“So are you.”

“Twilight…”

“Just listen, okay? Let me talk for a little bit.”

“Okay.”

“I’m not a poet, Pinkie. I can’t paint beautiful pictures with words like you can.”

“I-”

“Shh. What I can do is speak plainly and let you know how I feel. You are something completely different; you break so many rules and standards that I just don’t know what to do with you sometimes. Don’t make that face. It’s a good thing.”

“Oh.”

“We’re incredibly dissimilar. We have very little in common, and I often wonder just how in the world we ended up together. Don’t cry, Pinkie. Let me finish, silly filly.”

“O-okay.”

“What I’m really trying to say is that I’m glad we did. You’ve been a positive force in my life, and I can’t thank you enough for it.”

“You’re just saying that.”

“No. I’m being honest. I’ve compiled a list of examples if you’d like to hear them. Don’t laugh at me!”

“Sorry. It’s just that… Never mind.”

“Hmph. Okay then. Answer me this: what Element of Harmony are you?”

“Did you forget?”

“Just answer the question.”

“Laughter, silly!”

“Do you think you’re a good Element of Laughter?”

“… I… I think so. I like making ponies laugh.”

“You’re a great Element of Laughter, Pinkie. I’ve got to admit that I didn’t understand why Laughter was an element at all in the beginning. It seemed pretty superfluous… Um… Extraneous? Unnecessary? Please, Pinkie, just sit still and listen. Stop jumping to conclusions and let me finish.”

“You’re really hurting my feelings!”

“Will you let me finish? Please?”

“… Okay.”

“That was my problem, Pinkie.”

“Jumping to conclusions?”

“No! I didn’t see the point of laughter; that was my problem. I was lonely back in Canterlot, you know? But I didn’t realize that it was my fault or that I couldn’t fix it by getting even further into my studies. Guess who had to teach me the importance of laughter, despite my attempts to thwart her?”

“Me?”

“That’s right. Guess who helped this stuck-up unicorn learn to let loose and have fun?”

“Me.”

“Mhm. Now tell me who keeps me from burying myself under a pile of books and becoming a lonely old miser pony.”

“Me.”

“You see, Pinkie, you are so good for me. You balance me.”

“…”

“Are your feelings still hurt? I didn’t mean to…”

“No.”

“Why are you being so quiet? What are you thinking about?”

“I was just thinking about what you said.”

“And?”

“And I guess that means you balance me too.”

“How do you mean?”

“It’s your turn to listen to me.”

“That’s fair.”

“I was a lonely pony too, Twilight.”

“But-”

“Shoosh. Don’t frown like that! Your face will get stuck and we’ll have to change your name to Twilight Grumple.”

“Fine.”

“I like to throw parties! Parties make ponies happy and I love love love to make ponies happy! But sometimes when other ponies are happy they forget.”

“Forget what?”

“They forget Pinkie Pie. She throws great parties, but she’s not the kind of pony you’d go out to lunch with. Nope. Let me finish. I know why, it’s because I’m out of control. I can’t help it, I just get so excited and I try so hard to get a smile that I go too far.”

“Pinkie…”

“It’s okay! You calm me down. I don’t know how, but you make me slow down and think. I don’t understand a lot of things, but that’s okay because you’ll always explain it to me. You never forget Pinkie Pie, and that is why I think you’re the best pony in Equestria.”

“That’s not accurate.”

“It isn't?”

“No. Because you’re the best pony in Equestria.”

“I think we may just have to agree to disagree here, Twilight Sparkle.

“I think you’re right, Pinkamena Diane Pie.”

“Now who’s tempting who with their tongue?”

“Who’s tempting whom is th…”

“…”

“I’m sorry, Twilight. What was that?”

“I forget. Who cares?”

“Something about tempting somepony…?”

“Get back here, you incredible tease!”

“I can’t hear you over your heart palpitations!”

“You don’t even know what that means!”

“Would you like to teach me?”

“Oh, I'm going to! Don't you worry a bit.”




---Author's Note---
"I'll bet you can't write Twinkie using just dialog."
"There is nothing I won't attempt for the mighty name of Twinkie!"
"Prove it."

So, love it or hate it? If you don't mind mentioning whether or not you got lost as to who is speaking as well that would be phenomenal!
I guess it's also Pinkie's birthday? Happy Birthday, Pinkie!