• Published 12th May 2013
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Laughter knows no Sorrow - AngelShy24



A powerful earth mare with a dark past seeks out the Element of Laughter to end all joy and happiness. Can one little filly stop her?

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Approaching Foe and a Show

Sitting atop a giant Oak tree on top of a hill, a dark charcoal crow is gazing its surroundings around Ponyville. Its feathers were all ruffled and dingy, and its red eyes glowed with an ominous energy as it was sensing something from within the small town.

It made a dark low caw while flapping its wings in the air; it knew that what it was looking for was here. But just then, the crow heard someone call from below; someone with a soft, sweet and angelic voice.

“Why hello mister crow, are you searching for something?”

A yellow Pegasus mare with a pink flowing mane was looking up at it fascinated with it unusual look, “Do you need any help; I would be happy to…”

Suddenly, the crow looked down and stared intensely at the young mare with its red eyes catching her off-guard and causing her to yelp a bit in slight fear. The crow made a loud, harsh caw at her before spreading its wings and flying away from the vicinity.

“Aw, poor thing,” the mare thought to herself, “Something serious must be bothering him.”

The crow continued to fly off away from Ponyville; catching a drift in the wind to fly as fast as it could. It went so far as to fly at the far opposite edge of the Everfree Forest where a flat, rugged wasteland laid far and wide. Did someplace used to be here; no one could really say. The dark crow descended upon the rugged land and swooped into a dark tunnel inside a gigantic stone mountain that appeared to be just as dry and rugged as the land itself.

The inside appearance of the mountain was obvious; dark, spooky, ominous… and going in there would almost be a death wish. Dark energies engulfed the entire interior of the mountain; but it didn’t bother the crow as it continued to fly deeper and deeper into the mountain interior. The crow eventually descended onto the stone ground and walked the rest of the way until it came upon a warm, dark figure that almost felt alive; in fact, it was. A dark creature in a deep slumber and emanating a dark aura around its surroundings and it was not moving a single movement; that is until the crow came upon it cawed right up beside it.

Caw, caw, caw

A slight movement awoke within the slumbering figure and it looked down at the bird that awoke it. A calm seldom smile came upon its face as it chuckled softly; not out of happiness but out of pure relief.

“Ah, it’s nice to see you again, girl,” it said while lightly patting the crow on the head, “Why have you come back?”

Caw

The crow signified of what it has finally discovered.

“Really, you mean… you’ve found it; its power has finally returned?”

Caw

The creature’s eyes glistened with pure menace and its body vibrating with excitement. It closed its eye and focused its power on its surroundings. She could still sense all of the pure positive energy around it and it was almost enough to make the creature want to puke. But when she felt a certain positive energy in Ponyville, a smile came upon its face. Not a happy smile, but a grim, evil smile.

“It’s been so long since I fed off fear and sorrow energies form others, and this place has shriveled up and died; it’s now nothing but a boring , lifeless wasteland. Good job girl; you’ve done well.”

The ominous creature slowly got up and stood upon its legs and flailed its mane around letting her powerful essence glisten all around it. It signaled the crow to come onto its shoulder and began to trot within the darkness and heads towards the outside. The creature almost winced in pain a little as it came out into the dark, dim light; it was so long that it saw the outside light. Once it regains composure, it raised its head out towards the distance ahead and lightly panted with anticipation.

“Finally… after waiting all these all these years… my destiny can finally go into effect. Happiness, joy… laughter… I can feel it all around me; it’s truly sickening. I have been allowing this to go on for far too long; but now it’s time for it all… to disappear.”

Caw… cooooo…

“Come my pet; let’s go see what were up against.”

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Morning in the following day…

Dinky Hooves was trotting happily through Ponyville feeling excited for a new day at school; but today was a little special day at school. On her back she was carrying a little knapsack that housed a certain special item of hers and it was kept nice and snug. What was it; can’t you even guess?

“I really hope my classmates will like what I have for Show ‘n’ Tell,” she said to herself.

As she got closer to the schoolhouse, Dinky noticed two of her filly classmates up ahead in front of her; Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. She knew that they can be sorta mean sometimes… well, mostly Tiara; but she just kept a pleasant smile on her face as she continued to head towards them.

“Hey Diamond Tiara; hey Silver Spoon!” she called out suddenly.

The two rich fillies quickly turned around feeling curious to see who was calling them. Silver Spoon smiled a bit and waved.

“Oh; hey Dinky!”

Tiara just glared at Silver Spoon and then stared solemnly at Dinky.

“Yeah, hello Dinky; you seem to be a bit more… cheerful than usual.”

“Is it that noticeable,” said Dinky while wagging her tail and smiling more brightly.

“Hmph; well, seeing that you’re all happy and stuff, you must have a pretty decent something for show and tell today; but, I bet it’s not as good as mine.”

“Oh come on, Tiara,” Silver Spoon chuckled, “I’m sure what she has is something really good.”

“Oh yeah, it’s pretty good alright,” said Dinky with excitement, “Right here in this little bag is something that will knock your socks off!”

Diamond Tiara wasn’t buying it; she just thought that her speech was all for show.

“Oh really;” she said with a smirk, “then why don’t you show us what you have in that bag of yours.”

Dinky suddenly held her bag back away from Tiara hooves that were edging towards it, “No way, it’s for show and tell only. Just trust me okay?”

“Whatever,” said Tiara, “I still think that my presentation will be better.”

“Well I for one suddenly can’t wait to see what Dinky has to show us for today,” said Silver Spoon cheerfully.

“Of course you would, Silver Spoon,” said Tiara, “You’re being too soft; that may not get you too far in life you know.”

“Oh I don’t know about that, Tiara,” said Dinky.

Both rich fillies looked at her curiously, “Huh?”

“Yeah, if you be kind to others and look onward to the future with a positive attitude, you can do anything; at least that’s what my mother says.”

Dinky straightens her bag on her side and then walks on forward still wearing a smile, “See you two in class.”

Tiara felt a little dumbfounded, “Jeez, what a weirdo.”

-----

“Ah… ah… ahhhhhhhh… chooo!”

Pinkie shocked herself at Sugar Cube corner by sneezing so suddenly, and she gave Mrs. Cake quite a surprised shock herself.

“Are you alright Pinkie?” asked Mrs. Cake, “You’re not catching a cold, are you?”

Pinkie just calmly wiped her nose, “I don’t think so; I think somepony is just talking about me… or thinking about me.” She just chuckled a bit and snorted, “But I guess if that’s the case I would be sneezing up a storm in here because I’m sure somepony is always thinking about me.”

“Oh Pinkie, you don’t believe in that superstition, do ya?” questioned Mrs. Cake.

“Well of course I do; for all I know, Twilight could be talking about me, or Fluttershy, or Rainbow Dash; or maybe it could be anypony… like… maybe Dinky.”

“Dinky Hooves?” said Mrs. Cake, “Derpy’s daughter? What makes you think it’s her?”

“Oh, I was telling that cute little filly just yesterday about a certain story I knew; a creepy and Spoooooooooooooooooooky story. Plus, she had the most beautiful little trinket I had ever seen. She even says that it has powers; maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagical powers.”

“Sounds like quite a trinket,” Mrs. Cake responded, “Any idea of what it might do?”

“Hmm… what was it that she said again?” said Pinkie to herself, “Something about repelling energy.” Then she remembered, “Oh yeah, it can repel negative energies… I think. If that were possible, we could end all of the wrong in the world!”

“But then this world would be too perfect,” said Mrs. Cake in a troubling tone, “Even you have to admit to that, Pinkie.”

“You’re right, I would; but it would still be kinda nice, right?”

Suddenly, Pinkie felt her tail make some soft and subtle movements that made her shiver underneath her skin. Mrs. Cake noticed as well as asked, “Are you sure that you’re alright?”

“Yeah I am, but I’ve been getting these similar weird vibes in my tail recently. I’m not sure what it means, but I feel like something about this feeling doesn’t feel quite right.”

Pinkie then started to smile while bouncing up and down, “But I’m sure it’s nothing; if I keep thinking positive, then the negativity will go away.”

“Well, I hope you’re right, Pinkie,” said Mrs. Cake, “That twitchy tail of yours really scares me sometimes.”

Trying to keep a positive attitude on her expression, Pinkie couldn’t help but think to herself, “Hmm, I wonder what Dinky is doing right now?”

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“Ah-chooo!”

“Genstunheight, Dinky,” said Sweetie Belle, “Are you trying to catch a cold?”

“Nah,” Dinky responded, “I think somepony is just talking about me somewhere.”

Dinky was in the schoolhouse in Cheerliee’s class; they were all in the middle of show ‘n’ tell and many of the fillies and colts had some neat little things that they brought to share with each other. Just now Diamond Tiara was just finished with her show ‘n’ tell presentation and it was interesting to say the least.

“Thank you Diamaond Tiara for your show and tell presentation of some of your family’s ancestral history,” said Cheerliee semi-nervously.

“Why thank you Miss Cheerliee;” Tiara said Proudly, “I would have been glad to share everything about it, but seeing that we have a 5 minute limitation I only pointed out the most important stuff.”

“Those were the important stuff?” whispered Scootaloo to Apple Bloom softly with a little chuckle.

After Tiara took her seat, Cheerliee looked on her sheet to see who was doing their presentation next, “Alright whose next; Dinky Hooves, do you have anything interesting to show us?”

“I sure do, Miss Cheerliee!” Dinky responded loudly as she was carrying her little bag up to the front of the classroom.

“Well… here we go,” said Tiara to Silver Spoon while rolling her eyes slightly.

“Originally, I still didn’t know yesterday of what I was going to do for show and tell today; there were so many possibilities that I could think of.”

“Oh I bet.” Tiara scoffed to herself.

“But just yesterday I went to the antique shop with my allowance and saw the most beautiful thing!”

Dinky laid her bag down on the ground, opened it and used her magic levitate her necklace that she bought the other day. The gold rings shimmered in the light and the reflecting rainbow glass astonished the other students.

“Ooooooooh,” they all said in awe.

“Serriously, a neckalace;” thought Tiara to herself, “That’s what is suppose to knock our socks off?”

“So what’s that neat little trinket, Dinky?” asked Cheerliee with curiosity.

“Well, according to the store owner, it’s not just a necklace; rumor has it that it can repel negative energies of different kinds from the one who wears it. Plus, look at how beautiful the rainbow glass is in it!”

Dinky held the necklace up higher so some others could get a better look at it, and she held it at a certain angle so the light was reflecting right off the rainbow glass on the necklace and caused some shades of colors to go around the room.

“You have to admit it, Tiara,” whispered Silver Spoon to Tiara, “she has a pretty neat necklace.”

Tiara just scoffed not daring to give in, “I don’t have to admit anything.”

“So you bought that with your own money,” asked Cheerliee, “impressive. Does anypony have a question to Dinky’s beautiful necklace?”

“Oh, oh I do!” shouted the red-head filly named Twist who was raising her hoof, “I wath looking at the necklathe’s form and dithinctive thape and I wath wondering; doeth that necklathe thand for anything?”

“Actually yes; according to some magical symbols that I looked up in the library last night, this symbol represents happiness. And you know what; I think I could feel its power coursing through me; like I have no worries left in the world.”

“A feeling with no worries;” said Scootaloo, “is that even possible?”

“Well, I’m sure it’s not perfect in that way, but it definitely has an extraordinary feel to it.”

“I have a question,” Tiara suddenly said with an arrogant smirk, “If that trinket of does what you say it does, then how much does it make you forget about what happened to you and your mother?”

All the classmates there suddenly gasped in succession upon hearing what Tiara said, and Dinky just looked at her with a questionable look.

“Now Tiara,” scowled Cheerliee, “there will be no asking about such…”

“It’s okay, Miss Cheerliee;” said Dinky suddenly “it’s actually a good question. The thing is… I really don’t care anymore, and neither does my Mom. Even if this necklace can repel negative energies and such, it wouldn’t really matter. All that really matters is that we have each other and our true love as Mother and Daughter keeps us strong; nothing can change that.”

The whole room was suddenly silent as they were all just looking at Dinky with amazement. They never knew just how calm she already was about her troubled moment; well, the ones who knew about it anyway.

Diamond Tiara stood there at her seat staring blatantly feeling a bit shocked and embarrassed; not knowing how to react, “Wow, I’m… s-sorry I asked.”

Cheerliee suddenly straightens her throat and thanks Dinky, “Um… thank you for your wonderful presentation… Dinky.”

“You’re welcome.”

Dinky placed her necklace over her neck and happily walked back to her desk. Some of her classmates got a little closer to her as she did to have a closer look at her necklace including Silver Spoon; but not Tiara. She just sat there feeling a somewhat guilt feeling in herself.

“Ahem, well then;” said Cheerliee to signify the students, “shall we continue?”

-----

After school ended that day, all the young foals went their separate ways doing what they usually do after school; and for Dinky… she was headed home to spend time with her Mother who should be off work by now.

On the way there, she just so happened to run into the same two fillies that she ran into before school this morning, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon; they probably left the school building before she did.

“Hey, girls;” she said semi-nervously, “Um… need something?”

Silver Spoon pushed Diamond Tiara a little closer to her, but she was acting all shy and embarrassed, “Well… tell her.”

Diamond Tiara didn’t feel comfortable about doing what she was about to do, but she knew that she had to get this weird feeling off her chest sometime. She took a big sigh and said, “Listen, um… s-sorry for bringing th-that topic of you and your mother in class. The truth is… I-I-I only did that because I was a little… jealous of your show ‘n’ tell topic.”

Dinky was kinda surprised but very impressed that Tiara would come to her… with a little help, and apologize to her like this. It seemed that Tiara really did find her presentation to be great.

“So you really did like it;” Dinky said excitedly, “Is it the best necklace you’ve ever seen?”

“What, no way;” Tiara suddenly scoffed, “I have dozens of necklaces back at home that are 100 times prettier than that thing!” Then she suddenly calmed down again and smirked a little, “But… it’s actually not too bad… I guess.”

“Well… I guess that is pretty nice coming from you,” Dinky responded.

“Yeah, just don’t get used to it, okay; this doesn’t make us best buddies or anything.”

And it didn’t bother Dinky one bit, “I can respect that.”

Diamond Tiara just stood there in front of her for a few seconds during awkward silence, and then she was taking her leave, “Well… we have to go now; come on Silver Spoon.”

As they left Dinky’s presence, Silver Spoon just smiled while patting her friend on the back, “See, that wasn’t so bad, right?”

Tiara just glared at her blushing out of embarrassment, “Oh, be quiet.”

Dinky was watching them walk off feeling a sense of victory like she accomplished something great. She held up her necklace and looked at it with curiosity and couldn’t help but smile and think to herself, “Wow, maybe this necklace doesn’t just repel negative energy; maybe it could change the hearts of others around the wearer too.”

-----

Once Dinky got to her house, she suddenly stretched feeling exhausted of a full hard day of learning. She tried to open the door, but it wouldn’t budge; what did this mean? She took out the spare key that she had already and used it to open the door and walked inside.

“Mom; Mom, are you home yet?! Mommy?!”

Nobody seemed to be home yet as Dinky looked around, but eventually she came upon a slip of paper that was taped to the kitchen counter. Wouldn’t it been easier for the filly if it was taped to the door?

“Huh, what’s this?”

Dear Dinky

So sorry that I’m not at home right now; but the thing is… um, I have to work an extra shift today for… certain reasons, so I won’t be there with you do things with. I’m so sorry my little muffin; but don’t worry, you’re a big pony so I know that you can take care of yourself until then. There are muffins in the kitchen… well, they’re actually leftovers from yesterday, but they’re still tasty. Be good and always be of good cheer.

Your dearest mother

Derpy Hooves

The young filly suddenly felt a little disappointed; she was really looking forward to talk to her mother about her day and how it went. But she realized that maybe she had a really good reason for it.

“Great, now what; I was really excited to tell Mom how show ‘n’ tell went.”

She ate one of the leftover muffins and even made a little daisy sandwich to fill the rest of her appitite, and then she thought to herself of something she could do in her spare time.

“Maybe… I’ll just take a little stroll outside around Ponyvillie; maybe that will take this off my mind.”

After stepping back out and closing and locking the house door, Dinky stetted out for her little trot outside Ponyville. But just then, unknown to Dinky’s eyes the charm around her neck emanated a sudden glow effect for a few seconds. Dinky felt a certain uncomfortable feeling come over her and then it went away as fast as the glow in the charm did.

“Huh, what was that?!”

She looked down at her necklace again for a second wondering if it was the cause of her sudden uncomfortable feeling. Nah, impossible; she knew well that it would be a complete weird coincidence if that was the case.

But if it wasn’t, what was?

“Well that was… weird.”