Pinkie, Twilight, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and Applejack were all together at a picnic, enjoying the wonderful day Dash had created. They were all happy, enjoying the sunshine and food. Pinkie had even brought some popcorn from her popcorn machine.
"Hey Twilight, wanna help me out with something?" Pinkie said suddenly, interrupting the silence. "I'm planning out a surprise birthday party for Candy Sweet, but I need to hang a banner that says 'Happy Birthday!' and I can't reach! Can you use your magic to lift it up to where I want it?"
"Of course Pinkie! Anything to help out a friend!" replied Twilight happily.
"Great! I knew you'd accept! Your magical teamwork and friendship will help me out a ton!" Pinkie giggled.
Twilight also laughed. "Friendship is magic!" she said while giggling herself. Her friends joined in. All except Pinkie were laughing.
"Wait... WHAT?!" Pinkie suddenly yelled. Everypony looked at her, concerned. "If friendship is magic..." Pinkie gasped, and stared hard at a flower.
Everypony was looking at her, confused. "Pinkie? What are you doing?" asked Twilight.
Pinkie was frowning now, seeming more sad than she'd ever been. "We.... aren't friends?" she said sadly.
"Pinkie? What are you talk-" Twilight was interrupted by Pinkie crying.
"IF FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC, I CAN DO MAGIC AND I COULDN'T PICK THE FLOWER!" Pinkie sobbed loudly,"THAT MEANS WE AREN'T FRIENDS!" Pinkie ran away crying.
"Pinkie! Wait! Not literally!" Twilight said, running after her upset friend.
Rarity joined her. "Darling, don't cry! We're the best of friends!"
"Sugarcube, where ya goin'!" said Applejack as she followed the crying pink pony.
"We better go help." said Fluttershy as she grabbed Rainbow's hoof and started to drag her.
"Pinkie, wait!" Rainbow dash yelled after her pink friend, and took off at top speed, now dragging Fluttershy.
They all stopped at Sugarcube Corner. They entered, and asked the Cakes where Pinkie was.
"She just took off crying upstairs!" Mrs. Cake said. "I hope she's alright..."
The five friends walked upstairs to Pinkie's room. The door was closed, but they could somehow still hear her crying inside. Twilight knocked on the door. "Pinkie Pie?" she said,"I... I didn't mean to make you upset. We're still friends. Please stop crying..."
The door opened slowly. The pink pony's eyes were full of tears, her face stained in them. Her normally curly poofy mane was now flat and strait. "P-P-Pinkie Promise?" Pinkie said.
"Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." Twilight promised.
Pinkie sadly smiled. "I believe you, because you pinkie promised, but... You might have lied... I can't do magic and... and friendship is magic and..." Pinkie cried a bit more.
"Oh Pinkie Pie... can I teach you something for a second? It'll be fun, and it will make you happy, I promise." said Twilight.
"Yeah?" said Pinkie.
"It's called Mr. Figuratively and Mrs. Literally." Twilight said as she smiled. She was going to teach Pinkie something in a way that would make her smile. "Mr. Figuratively always thinks that it's opposite day, or he says something in a different way than most ponies do." Twilight thought she was doing well, because Pinkie seemed interested and excited about Twilight's little story. She continued," And Mrs. Literally always says the correct thing, in no silly way at all." Pinkie seemed to be listening very well, compared to Twilight's other attempts at teaching her something like sarcasm,"If it was raining really hard outside, Mrs. Literally would say, 'It's raining very hard outside!' while Mr. Figuratively would say, 'It's raining cats and dogs outside!'"
Pinkie began to laugh. She really seemed to get a lot happier when something silly was happening. "Wow, I like Mr. Fig-ur-it-iv-ly!" She said, trying to pronounce the word 'figuratively'.
"Good! Now, if I say, 'Friendship is Magic', am I being Mr. Figuratively, or Mrs. Literally?" said Twilight. She seemed so happy. She had finally learned how she could teach Pinkie Pie things!
Pinkie giggled. "Mr Figuratively, but you're not a stallion, silly!" She said as her hair poofed back up. "So, it's like nice lying?"
"I guess you could call it that." said Twilight, with a proud smile on her face. She had done the impossible. She had taught Pinkie Pie something that wasn't for a friendship letter like she used to send before she became a princess.
"Yippee! I'm so glad we're friends again!" She hugged Twilight. Then, she let go, gasped, and said "I can do magic now!"
Twilight frowned. "Pinkie, remember about Mr-" Her words were cut off, and replaced with a gasp, as a cupcake pinkie was staring at gained a blue, magical aura that matched the color of the blue balloons on Pinkie's cutie mark. It lifted itself into the air, as if a unicorn was controlling it. Pinkie made a happy little 'yippee' as the cupcake floated with her down the stairs. Pinkie took a bite out of the levitating cupcake happily.
Everypony stared as Pinkie Pie went down the stairs, eating her cupcake along the way.
"How-" Twilight started, and Applejack interrupted her, saying,
"Don't even ask."
Twilight opened her mouth to say something else, but stopped. Pinkie must've had some sort of magic already. She could seem to teleport, and she's seen a clone Pinkie change her entire face shape into some sort of strange box shaped pony. She decided to take Applejack's advice and not ask. She said a very simple word, instead of rambling on and complaining about how Pinkie Pie herself wasn't possible for all the things she's done, all she said was:
"Ok."