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// (5) 
// Story: Choose Your Own Adventure: Your Self Insert Asks Pinkie Pie for a Date 
// by Palm Palette 
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You haven't really introduced yourself yet, so it'd be awkward buying an expensive gift, but at the same time, you want to make an impression. Reaching down, you dust the dirt off a stone from the street. This one is gray with a white vein of quartz running through it. The overall shape vaguely resembles a heart. All in all, it's a nice-looking rock.

Holding it in your mouth, you walk over. Pinkie spots you and waves. She blows a bubble that looks like a miniature grand piano. Smiling, you shake your head. Only Pinkie could do something like that.

Spitting out the rock, you present it to her. “For you.”

“What?” Pinkie Pie grabs it and twirls it around on her hoof. “It's a rock.”

“And it's not just any rock; it's a super-special, nice-looking rock.” You flash a grin and wink. 

“Well, that is true. I mean it does look nice, but... why?”

You bow. “You're such a nice pony, I thought I'd get your attention so I could ask you for a date.”

She looks up from the rock and stares. “A date? With me? Uh...” A tumbleweed rolls by, chased by a bunch of children with giant fans.

Uh oh, perhaps you were a bit too forward. You fiddle with your mane and ask, “Pinkie, when was the last time somepony gave you a rock, specifically?”

She taps on her chin. “Well, now that you mention it, I haven't been given an actual rock rock sine I lived at the rock farm. I always used to get rocks on my birthday, but I just get rock candy now. Hmm, I guess that counts as a rock too, since it's made from real rocks, but it tastes so much yummier! That reminds me of when my sister Maud came to visit; so the last rock I got was on second Saddlesday of the fourth moon this year.”

You grin. “It sounds like you just gave me a date.”

She peers at you with narrow eyes. In all fairness, that was a pretty bad joke.

“Seriously, though, I do have something special in mind if you'll give me a chance. You can always back out if the date doesn't go well.”

“Well, I suppose that's true. What do you have in mind?”

[Alicorn] I'm inviting you to visit my Fortress of Solitude.
We should graze at the park.
I'll reserve a booth at Daffodil and Daisy Diner.
Let's go to Sugarcube Corner.