Who would've thought I'd need to take a month off to recover from losing that first game? But, I think I have recovered enough to play another game. And, this time, I do intend to win.

This time, expect the Book of Mormon to play a far greater role in this playthrough of the game than in the first one. Also, if you'll remember those first three short chapters, I'll just breeze over them in my notes of this playthrough, since it'll all take place on the same day, and will conclude with my character sleeping in his own house. There will be a few things that I do on the first day in this game that I didn't do before, but nothing so different that it'll make that much of a difference in how the first day turns out.

The real change comes in the second day, when I encounter Pinkie Pie for the second time in that basement. I intend to take the advice of both Applejack and Pinkie Pie, and make reference to the Pinkie Pie I know and love. And, trust me, that will make all the difference.

For those of you who decide to read my account of my first play of this game before coming back to this one, I have this question for you: If Pinkie Pie could fall that far, how far can she rise? This is the question I will try to answer in this playthrough. I think anyone who reads this will find that this game will last a lot longer than the previous one did, since Pinkie Pie won't die. She won't become the monster she did in the first game, which required her execution. And, as the story progresses, I think you'll find events transpiring as they did in the animated series My Little Pony Friendship is Magic, with changes based on my influence. But, that doesn't mean that there won't be other events occurring, based on what's unlocked during gameplay.

Also, during the progress of the game, I hope to show you how much I really do care about Pinkie Pie, and what happens to her. Ultimately, I intend that her life as just an earth pony will end, and she'll begin life with the additional characteristics of another pony race. But, I leave that for later.

Finally, you may correctly assume, from the title, that I intend that this be the opposite of the first volume, basically the opposite of the Cupcakes story. Instead of a trail of death and destruction leading to Pinkie Pie's execution, I intend that there be a trail of life and happiness, which will lead to Pinkie Pie's transformation. Will she become an alicorn as she hopes? Probably not in this volume. But, I do intend for it to happen eventually. There are things that need to happen first.

So, without further delays, let's get this game started.

Author's Notes:

As stated in the Introduction, the first three chapters from the first story are combined in this one, with changes that don't make that big of a difference in the progress of the story.

The Book of Mormon reading will be the first chapter of First Nephi.

So, let's proceed with the first chapter, Minor Differences.