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Field Work
“So, Pinkie. Explain to me again exactly what is wrong, here.” Twilight trotted through the streets of Ponyville with a perky Pinkie Pie pronking beside her.
“It’s Rainbow Dash! She’s been inflicted with a terrible case of the grumps! Nothing I can do is cheering her up!” Pinkie’s voice was possessed by a nervous energy. “It’s like nothing I have ever seen!”
“Hold on, hold on. Start from the beginning,” Twilight admonished. “Tell me exactly what happened.”
“Weeeeeeeeeell…” Pinkie drew the word out as her bouncing slowed. “She usually does her morning exercises around this time, but when I saw her, she was laying on the ground looking grumpy. So I popped up and said ‘Hey Rainbow!’ and she grunted. And that was no good, so I told her a joke, and she laughed, but then she yelled at me!”
Twilight nodded her head, and one of her wings waved itself impatiently. “Yes, yes, go on.”
“So I kept telling jokes, but everytime she laughed, she only got angrier! That made it a Level 2 Cheer Emergency, which meant I started making funny faces too, but that only made it worse! It was ‘Go away, Pinkie!’ and ‘Not right now, Pinkie!’ and ‘PINKIE IF YOU DO NOT GO THE BUCK AWAY RIGHT NOW SO HELP ME - ‘“
Once more, Twilight nodded. “Alright, so she didn’t like your jokes. Or your funny faces. Maybe she was just tired and wanted to nap. You know how it is, Pinkie. Sometimes ponies want to be alone.”
Pinkie shook her head rapidly side to side, “But that’s just it, Twilight! I asked her if she wanted to be alone, and she said that no, she really really wanted somepony with her, like, as soon as possible. And then I said that I was there and she shook her head and ‘Somepony else, Pinkie! ANYPONY else!’” Pinkie turned her head to look at Twilight. “And so I thought, of course! Twilight knows everything! She’ll figure out what’s wrong!”
They were approaching the outskirts of town now, and Twilight listened to Pinkie’s nervous rambling while allowing Pinkie to guide them to their destination. A short trot led them to a wide open field where Rainbow Dash lay sprawled out before the two.
“Hi Dashie!” Pinkie said excitedly, “I’m back! And I brought Twilight!” She turned and beamed at her friend. “You’ll make her better, right?”
Twilight took one look at Rainbow. Her eye twitched.
"Pinkie Pie," Twilight said flatly.
"Yes, Twilight?” Pinkie’s smile only grew as she leaned in closer.
"She has a broken wing. She needs a doctor!"
"But Twilight!" Pinkie said perkily, "I'm just as good as a doctor! After all, laughter is - MMPH! MPPH!"
Twilight pulled her hoof from Pinkie's mouth. “Pinkie Pie? No.”
“It’s Rainbow Dash! She’s been inflicted with a terrible case of the grumps! Nothing I can do is cheering her up!” Pinkie’s voice was possessed by a nervous energy. “It’s like nothing I have ever seen!”
“Hold on, hold on. Start from the beginning,” Twilight admonished. “Tell me exactly what happened.”
“Weeeeeeeeeell…” Pinkie drew the word out as her bouncing slowed. “She usually does her morning exercises around this time, but when I saw her, she was laying on the ground looking grumpy. So I popped up and said ‘Hey Rainbow!’ and she grunted. And that was no good, so I told her a joke, and she laughed, but then she yelled at me!”
Twilight nodded her head, and one of her wings waved itself impatiently. “Yes, yes, go on.”
“So I kept telling jokes, but everytime she laughed, she only got angrier! That made it a Level 2 Cheer Emergency, which meant I started making funny faces too, but that only made it worse! It was ‘Go away, Pinkie!’ and ‘Not right now, Pinkie!’ and ‘PINKIE IF YOU DO NOT GO THE BUCK AWAY RIGHT NOW SO HELP ME - ‘“
Once more, Twilight nodded. “Alright, so she didn’t like your jokes. Or your funny faces. Maybe she was just tired and wanted to nap. You know how it is, Pinkie. Sometimes ponies want to be alone.”
Pinkie shook her head rapidly side to side, “But that’s just it, Twilight! I asked her if she wanted to be alone, and she said that no, she really really wanted somepony with her, like, as soon as possible. And then I said that I was there and she shook her head and ‘Somepony else, Pinkie! ANYPONY else!’” Pinkie turned her head to look at Twilight. “And so I thought, of course! Twilight knows everything! She’ll figure out what’s wrong!”
They were approaching the outskirts of town now, and Twilight listened to Pinkie’s nervous rambling while allowing Pinkie to guide them to their destination. A short trot led them to a wide open field where Rainbow Dash lay sprawled out before the two.
“Hi Dashie!” Pinkie said excitedly, “I’m back! And I brought Twilight!” She turned and beamed at her friend. “You’ll make her better, right?”
Twilight took one look at Rainbow. Her eye twitched.
"Pinkie Pie," Twilight said flatly.
"Yes, Twilight?” Pinkie’s smile only grew as she leaned in closer.
"She has a broken wing. She needs a doctor!"
"But Twilight!" Pinkie said perkily, "I'm just as good as a doctor! After all, laughter is - MMPH! MPPH!"
Twilight pulled her hoof from Pinkie's mouth. “Pinkie Pie? No.”