• 25 of the Best Fanfics to Read for Pinkie Pie Day!

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    It's Pinkie Pie day fanfic time! We've got a bunch of them for you all to explore, different from last year. Be sure to hit up the old post if you need more.  Now go read everything below! And thanks to Whisper Key for digging them up.




     

     

    Slice of Life

     

     

     

    Bright Grey, Dull Pink by Casketbase77 [4k words]

    https://www.fimfiction.net/story/510830/bright-grey-dull-pink

    Maudie Pie can't get over her younger sister's colorless coltfriend. Even more worrisome is this isn't the first divide between herself and stoic little Pinkamena.

    Is Maudie out of touch? Or is her flighty anxiety just acting up again? The best advice would come from a theoretical pony who thinks like Mena but acts like Maudie.

    Good thing some sisterly bonds can hop between realities.

     

    A New Batch by Emotion Nexus [4k words]

    https://www.fimfiction.net/story/508257/a-new-batch

    Sugar Belle is a baker by trade, and she treasures her creations dearly. When she loses her special talent for the second time, she fears she'll never be able to bake again. It takes some reassurance from Pinkie to learn that all she needs to do is bake another batch.

     

    Hay-oh, Welcome to Hayburger by MyHobby [6k words]

    https://www.fimfiction.net/story/177478/hay-oh-welcome-to-hayburger

    Rarity works at Hayburger. Not necessarily by choice, mind you. It's just temporary. Very, very temporary. But not the least bit temporary enough.

    Pinkie Pie is searching for something. She stops at Ponyville on a whim, or maybe that's the tingly feeling in her tail talking. She decides to meet some ponies. What better place to begin her quest than at Hayburger?

     

    Tactical Espionage Fashion by Bookish Delight [3k words]

    https://www.fimfiction.net/story/408425/tactical-espionage-fashion

    In Rarity's line of work, absolutely anything can inspire the next great fashion line, up to and including: corporate warfare, cinnamon buns, fortunate coincidences...

    ...or simply being with your best friend.

     

     

     

     

    Comedy

     

     

     

    Pinkie Pie Drives a Hearse by Winston [3k words]

    https://www.fimfiction.net/story/542923/pinkie-pie-drives-a-hearse

    What it says on the box. Pinkie Pie has a hearse (somehow). She drives it. Hijinks ensue. What kind of hijinks? You'll have to read to find out!

     

    The Waiting Doom II: PinkieCare by Estee [13k words]

    https://www.fimfiction.net/story/455032/the-waiting-doom-ii-pinkiecare

    It was just a bad cold. But the Cakes are first-time parents, they panicked, and... well, the twins fully recovered in the Canterlot hospital. Pinkie just didn’t know about any of it until now, because she was on a mission. So to make up for her absence, she’s sending the Cakes home. Pinkie can bring the foals home after they’re discharged. Which should be any minute now.

    ...or hour...

    Well, it’s a big hospital. Maybe she can find something to do.

     

    Threatenin' Carolin' by Monochromatic [2k words]

    https://www.fimfiction.net/story/530246/threatenin-carolin

    Pinkie needs donations for the local crisis hotline center. Rainbow needs to practice her guitar. With their powers combined, they’re going to make sure the local crisis hotline center has a rocking pastry-filled holiday.

     

    Understudy by DrakeyC [6k words]

    https://www.fimfiction.net/story/509115/understudy

    When the Pie family visits Maud for the holidays, their holiday plans are interrupted by a panicking Starlight Glimmer who finds her friends meant to put on the yearly Heart's Carol performance for the School of Friendship.

    With only Pinkie spared, Starlight needs five new actors. Pinkie happens to have five family members visiting. It's perfect!...hopefully.

     

    Hot Water by Summer Dancer [6k words]

    https://www.fimfiction.net/story/274375/hot-water

    Rarity accidentally flushes Gummy down the toilet, and Pinkie Pie is not happy. Not happy at all.

     

    Pinkie Pie's Voicemails by Silent Whisper [2k words]

    https://www.fimfiction.net/story/501422/pinkie-pies-voicemails

    Please leave a message after the [squee]!

     

    Pinkie Pie's Pineapple Pursuit by Seether00 [6k words]

    https://www.fimfiction.net/story/50761/pinkie-pies-pineapple-pursuit

    Pinkie Pie wants a pineapple.

    No ordinary fruit will do, she needs a Sweet Apple Acres pineapple.

    Pinkie won't let little things like Applejack's logic "A pineapple ain't an apple!"

    or Twilight's loss of sanity "She's right, go to the store!" stand in her way.

    What follows is a tale of romance, science, and pinecones.

    Also, Twilight summons a demonic entity but that happens every month so isn't important.

     

    Waking Up is Hard Sometimes by RB_ [2k words]

    https://www.fimfiction.net/story/541034/waking-up-is-hard-sometimes

    After 10,000 years, one of the Great Old Ones has awoken. Surely this spells doom for Equestria.

    Surely.

     

    Sunset's Dead by PresentPerfect [2k words]

    https://www.fimfiction.net/story/404292/sunsets-dead

    When Pinkie Pie finds a smashed cell phone in the CHS cafeteria, it can mean only one thing!

     

     

     

     

    Sad/Dark

     

     

     

    Apples to the Core (Pinkie Pie and Applejack Are in Love) by Mockingbirb [1k words]

    https://www.fimfiction.net/story/517168/apples-to-the-core-pinkie-pie-and-applejack-are-in-love

    Finding out she and Applejack might be related was the worst day of Pinkie Pie's life.

     

    For the Centaur Who Has Everything by Starswirl the Beardless [17k words]

    https://www.fimfiction.net/story/528028/for-the-centaur-who-has-everything

    The holidays are a time for food and fun, a time for joy and merriment, a time to spend together with those you love, and with those who love you. It is a time for strengthening old friendships and for making new ones, either with a hug, a loving word, or a beautifully wrapped present. It is a time for people to put aside their petty differences and appreciate what's really important in life. Pinkie Pie knows this better than anypony.

    There is one person, however, one ancient magical centaur, who has much different opinions on what is truly important in life.

     

    Hall of Mirrors by RB_ [1k words]

    https://www.fimfiction.net/story/536636/hall-of-mirrors

    Sometimes, Pinkie sees things that aren't there.

    Sometimes, those things are there.

    Sometimes, they see her back.

     

    Sisters by Bicyclette [4k words]

    https://www.fimfiction.net/story/493006/sisters

    Was this all there was? For her and Maud to die out here, at the foothills of the Crystal Mountains, never having had a chance to live their lives beyond that little rock farm?

    There was supposed to be something more, wasn't there?

    But what?

     

    Six Stages of Grief by mushroompone [23k words]

    https://www.fimfiction.net/story/515411/six-stages-of-grief

    Pinkie's parents are missing, presumed dead.

    Applejack is there to pick up the pieces.

     

    Where You Can't Follow by AbsoluteAnonymous [1k words]

    https://www.fimfiction.net/story/11794/where-you-cant-follow

    When an earth pony befriends a pegasus, there are some places they can't follow.

     

     

     

     

    Shipping

     

     

     

    A Gentle Nudge by Petrichord [5k words]

    https://www.fimfiction.net/story/509139/a-gentle-nudge

    Twilight and Pinkie Pie don't have much in common. That doesn't mean they can't learn from each other, though.

    Twilight and Pinkie Pie don't necessarily appreciate what the other one's devoted to. That doesn't mean they can't learn to appreciate them, though.

    Twilight and Pinkie Pie don't necessarily have special feelings for each other.

    Give it a year, though, and...

     

    No Day But Today by Harmony Charmer [20k words]

    https://www.fimfiction.net/story/228418/no-day-but-today

    Today is the day. After months of planning, prodding, and picking, the day of the wedding has finally arrived.

    But, as the wedding is about to begin, there are tensions and stories in multiple areas, ranging from planning troubles, wardrobe malfunctions, lost rings, wedding dates, and relationship debacles.

    In this tale, you will hear the tales of the bride, the groom, the wedding planner, the Mare of Honor, the guests, the flower fillies, and the Best Dragon and Best Draconequus, all as they prepare for the day in which a former tyrant and the Element of Laughter will join together in matrimony.

     

    There is Always Some Madness in Love by Dubs Rewatcher [3k words]

    https://www.fimfiction.net/story/294450/there-is-always-some-madness-in-love

    For the past month, Twilight and Pinkie have been holding nightly study sessions, where they have the chance to sit around, eat lemon cake, and ponder the mysteries of the universe. Never before has Twilight had such an attentive student—and never before has she felt this warmth in her chest whenever she looks at Pinkie.

    One night while studying, Pinkie lets slip that she's not just studying for herself, but to impress another mare. When Twilight starts to press her on who that mare is, however... things take a turn for the intimate.

     

     

     

     

    Drama

     

     

     

    Utter Order by Tangerine Blast [6k words]

    https://www.fimfiction.net/story/527175/utter-order

    Discord lives in a world where the Pegasi control the weather, the Earth Ponies make plants grow, and the Unicorns even control the very sun and moon.

    Everything is controlled by ponies. Everything is orderly.

    There is no chaos.

    And that is a problem.

     

    Reunion by The 24th Pegasus [17k words]

    https://www.fimfiction.net/story/405465/reunion

    A lot can change in a thousand years. For a pony out of her time like Somnambula, it can be disorienting and confusing. With her mind full of worries about her home, she decides to take a trip south to see her old hometown. But will she really find peace in a place where so much has changed, or does she perhaps have another reason for making the journey?

     

    Disgraced by HoofBitingActionOverload [8k words]

    https://www.fimfiction.net/story/60012/disgraced

    When Rainbow Dash is accused of having cheated her way into her position in the Wonderbolts, her life is shattered. Rejected and ashamed, she returns home to her friends, where Pinkie Pie is left to pick up the pieces.