I wouldn’t be told about this until years later, I think after Pinkie Pie returned to Equestria in fact; but, as it turns out, the woman that became my wife was one of the sisters of that man I’d tried to defend in that case where I was one of the jurors. I don’t know if she heard me talk to Pinkie Pie at some point about how I tried to defend him, or if it was something unrelated; I never asked, never found any reason to ask. All I know is not long after that court case she and I met, we dated for a few months, fell in love, and eventually got married.

I seem to remember, the first time I brought her home to meet Pinkie Pie, the little pink earth pony was suspicious of her, and wondered why she was entering my life.

I had felt that Pinkie Pie needed a mother figure in her life, and that the ponies native to Earth would likely be nothing more than friends to her. But, I also figured that a relationship built strictly on building a family around a creature that would return to her home in seven or eight years wasn’t going to last very long afterwards, if even up to that point. So, when this woman entered my life, introducing herself to me as I was doing some shopping, I took it as being polite, and responded as I figured was appropriate, saluting her just as politely. Then, as time passed and she got to know me better, and I got to know her better, I began to see something in the relationship between us beyond that politeness. And, I did begin to appreciate her presence.

When I first brought her home to meet Pinkie Pie, maybe a week after our first meeting, well, like I said, the little pink earth pony was suspicious about her. Like I had been at that first meeting in the grocery store, Pinkie Pie was polite toward her, and asked questions and allowed her to answer. Then, when the lady left, Pinkie Pie brought up her concern about what was to become of her if that lady, who she learned was named Sansana Maria Roberts, and I were to get married. I let her know that nothing was going to change the place she has in the family, and that, if I did end up marrying her, Sansana was going to be her mother. That seemed to answer all of Pinkie’s questions.

Sansana became closer to Pinkie Pie and myself, and we became closer to her. And, even before we were married, Sansana quickly became part of the family. And, when we did marry, Pinkie Pie was the ring bearer.

Another thing I think I can bring up at this point is one discovery I made about the pink earth pony. One day, while I was out harvesting strawberries with my father, Pinkie Pie decided she wanted to join us. So, once she had trotted out among the berry bushes, I proceeded to show her how to find the berries hidden among the plants, and to identify which ones were ripe, when I noticed that Pinkie was starting to wheeze, then she suddenly collapsed.

With my parents’ help, we got her to the veterinary clinic as quickly as possible, to discover that she’d had an allergic reaction to the strawberries. Apparently she’d picked one and tried to eat it, and that’s what triggered the reaction.

Well, with the veterinarians’ help, we got her on her way to recovery. But, when we got her back home, the pink earth pony was sad that she couldn’t help me pick strawberries, and couldn’t enjoy them with me.

It wasn’t long after that when we were watching an episode from the fifth season, the episode called “Canterlot Boutique,” that I got an idea that I hoped would help Pinkie Pie enjoy strawberries with me. In the episode, Pinkie Pie mentions, even shows, cupcakes made with strawberries, cinnamon, and cilantro. I wasn’t sure about the cupcake part, considering that, when Pinkie Pie in the show ate some, it seemed to have an adverse effect on her. But, I thought it was worth the experiment at least to clean off a strawberry, cover it with cinnamon and cilantro, and offer it to Pinkie to see if she could eat it that way.

I don’t know if everyone would like the smell of the berry combined with the two spices, but I found the odor somehow appealing.

I then brought the experimental treat in to Pinkie Pie for her trial and approval; and, sure enough, she was able to eat the spice-covered fruit without any problems. Then, she got the idea to put strawberries, cinnamon, and cilantro into cupcake batter and bake it and see if it’d work that way.

I admit, I was left wondering if Pinkie Pie had been paying attention to the episode. Would the fruit-and-spice combination in a cupcake have the same effect on this Pinkie Pie that it did on the one in the episode we’d just watched? Well, my worries were affirmed when, after Pinkie prepared the treats, she took one bite of one of them and ended up vomiting it back up again just seconds later. A strawberry covered in cinnamon and cilantro was perfectly fine for her to eat, just so long as it wasn’t in cupcake form.

Well, after that, she decided that eating strawberries at all, whether in cupcakes or not, with cinnamon and cilantro or on their own, was a bad idea for her. And, although saddened that she wouldn’t be able to enjoy the red fruit with me, or the pink-colored milkshake made with the fruit, still she wasn’t willing to put herself at risk after the cupcake incident.

That was actually after my jury duty experience and before my first meeting with Sansana. It was actually a few weeks after I married Sansana that, having learned to work side-by-side with a human female to prepare, throw, and clean up after a party, Pinkie Pie grew a pair of wings as the three of us were eating dinner after the party.

The party hadn’t been without the usual problems, but it had still been a success. And, the three of us were in the midst of discussing it being successful when it happened.

I don’t remember it being painful for Pinkie Pie; watching her, it seemed like just a strange, unexpected event. All my wife and I could do was watch as two pink, skin-covered twigs grew out from Pinkie’s back, broke into three joints, then sprouted feathers that grew at a right angle to the twigs.

In the mean time, Pinkie Pie just sat there with a surprised look on her face. And, who could blame her? It’s not everyday that someone, some pony in this case, sprouts wings, especially in front of an audience. And, when she was done and folded her new wings at her side, she looked to each side of her and asked what had just happened.

I was the one that explained to her that she’d just sprouted a pair of wings.

At first she was puzzled, looking to each side of her to see the new appendages.

I think Sansana and I were just as puzzled as Pinkie was at this new development. No pony, no creature, in the “My Little Pony Friendship is Magic” series, had been shown getting the avian-type wings that Pinkie now had, except for Twilight Sparkle in the episode “Magical Mystery Cure.” And, even then, it showed Twilight being consumed in a sphere of energy, spending time with Princess Celestia in what looked to me anyway like a hall of suspended moving pictures, then appearing in front of her friends with the new set of wings. I still wonder if it's just a normal part of an Equestrian pony’s growth process.

Yes, in the video game, I have Pinkie Pie getting Pinkamena’s horn if she doesn't learn to buck apples, and Diane’s wings if she does. And, yes, I did teach the video game Pinkie Pie to buck apples. And, now you know why I taught her that skill. Because, those were the first things I saw her get, after her cutie mark. I’m also convinced that an Equestrian earth pony needs his or her cutie mark before he or she can earn his or her wings and/or horn. And, while I’m still open to the possibility, I’m still not entirely convinced that a unicorn just needs to earn wings, and a pegasus a horn, to become an alicorn, based on what I’ve observed watching the show. If all an Equestrian pony needs to become an alicorn is a pair of wings and a horn, and if the earth pony is furthest away from that, wouldn't that mean that the earth pony has the greatest potential to become an alicorn? And, wouldn't an alicorn that started out as an earth pony be more powerful after having achieved that status?

At any rate, Pinkie did prove to me that the wings belonged to Diane and not to Pinkamena. And, Diane did learn to fly with her new wings. And, she got really good at it, too. While she never flew fast enough to make sonic booms, especially sonic rainbooms, like Rainbow Dash could in the show, she still did very well with her wings.

One thing I might as well mention here is that Pinkie and I learned to appreciate each other's sense of humor.

For instance, there was a certain time when I was occupying the master bathroom, and Pinkie either wanted or needed to get in for some reason.

After hearing her knock a couple times, I decided to have some fun; and I called out, "Who's there?"

The pink pony answered, "Pinkie!"

I called out, "PInkie, who?"

Pinkie knocked a bit more as she whined, "Please, Daddy, I need to get in there!"

I paused for a few seconds before saying, "You know, you really need to work on your knock-knock jokes. That one was terrible."

Now, the little pink pony tapped on the door again as she whined, "Please, Daddy, just open the door and let me in!"

This reminded me of a certain fairy tale. So, I answered, "Not by the hair of my chinny-chin-chin."

I think I heard Pinkie giggle a bit from the other side of the door before she said, "No, just use one or both of your hands. Besides, we both know you're not fat."

I was pretty much finished in the bathroom by then anyway. I laughed at Pinkie's first statement; then, after the second one, I said, "Well, thanks, PInkie." When I'm finished using the bathroom, I turn off the light, which I did this time.

And, as I was in the process of doing this, PInkie asked me, "Oh, and could you ... leave ... the ... light ...?"

As I opened the door and walked out, Pinkie took a step back to let me pass. I asked, "What was that?"

Irritated, the pink pony answered, "Never mind." And, she entered as soon as I gave her enough room to get past me.

She reciprocated a few days later when she was using the toilet in the master bathroom, I think, and I needed to get in there to take a shower. I forget the knock-knock joke I used, but the Three Little Pigs theme repeated itself, with me as the big bad wolf this time. And, because I remembered having started it, I laughed about it with Pinkie.