//------------------------------// // Quizzes and Questions // Story: I, Little Pony // by Lux //------------------------------// Chapter 8 – Quizzes and Questions “Can we stop for now,” Michelle asked me as the credits rolled on the episode we were watching, “I think I need a break from ponies for a while.” She noticed that I gave her a strange look when she said that. “Oh, no offense to you Julie.” “None taken. Actually we have only one more season to go and it’s half of what the others were. But before we take a break, how about a quiz?” “Come on Julie. I agreed to watch the episodes, but not to make this like a college class with an exam.” “Just humor me, ok? It’s just for fun.” “Fine,” Michelle said accepting her fate. “First question, what was the name of the two ponies that got married in the season finale?” “Shining Armor and Princess Cadence,” she said. “Right, and how are Shining Armor and Princess Cadence related to Twilight Sparkle?” “Shining Armor is Twilight’s brother and Cadence was her foal sitter.” “Great! Now what was the wing power that Rainbow Dash wanted to achieve when sending the water to Cloudsdale?” “A thousand I think?” “Yes! What was the book series that Rainbow Dash likes?” “Daring Do.” “Yep, and what were the names of the two ponies that sold bad cider?” “Flim and Flam.” “Great! Where did Applejack go instead of returning home to Ponyville?” “Dodge Town?” “Close. It’s Dodge City. What are the Cake Twins names?” “Pumpkin and Pound?” “Wow, you really were studying! Alright, what was the name of the event that Luna returned to?” “Nightmare Night?” “Yep. What did Princess Celestia want Twilight and her friends to do?” “She wanted Twilight to not worry about sending a letter to her every time.” “And?” “And she wanted her friends to send letters too?” “One last question, who is the pony that appears in the background of almost every episode?” “Um… Derpy Hooves?” “Wow! I think I can say you’re a brony now.” “Now, don’t expect me to be like you and start buying all these pony things.” “That’s ok, you can play with mine. After all, those are going in your apartment along with other things.” “Oh great, I’ll be inheriting your obsession. I’ll have to tell my friends that I have a fan of the show or else I’ll never live it down. So, since you became a pony Julie does that mean that ponies like Twilight Sparkle and the others are real somewhere?” “I don’t know Michelle. I’d like to think that it wasn’t some freak thing that I’m the only real pony. Granted I don’t think you’ll find Ponyville anywhere on the map here.” “So it’s real, but somewhere else, like another world?” “Maybe. I mean if it’s possible that I could be a pony, then Equestria could be real too. But I wouldn’t even know where to start with trying to even talk to a pony there.” “Ok, if you could meet any pony there, who would it be?” “Definitely Twilight Sparkle, and if I could Princess Luna. But really I’d want to meet as many as possible. It would be a little strange though.” “How?” “Well, if I met them, I’d have to act like I never knew about them before. They’d think I’m crazy if I started talking about them like I was watching them. And I certainly couldn’t tell them that they were from a cartoon.” Funny, looking back as I had this conversation I realize that eventually I told Twilight and her friends the truth. She thought I was weird for a while but things worked out. But that’s for a later part of this story, so let’s get back to my conversation with Michelle. “If you were able, you know, to go to Equestria Julie, would you go live there?” “I don’t really know. I haven’t really considered that.” “Well, I’d miss you if you had to go,” Michelle said. “Yeah, so would I.” “But now that I think about it, you changed because of a wish. You don’t think there are others that became ponies too, do you?” “I never really thought about it, but maybe. I guess I’ll have to explore that later. It’d be nice to have a pony friend, no offense to you.” “None taken, Julie. So what do you want to do now?” “Well first you’ll watch Season 3, then I guess we’ll see about getting lunch and deciding how to move my stuff.” With that Michelle let out a groan upon mentioning more episodes. To tell you the truth though, I think she was starting to like the show.