A Gift

Pinkie once told me that the best gift in the world is a smile. That´s pretty easy for her, she´s always smiling. But what about a pony who almost never smiles? Wouldn´t in that case a smile be a gift so rare and unique she would only give to someone she holds dear?

I remember seeing her around, back when we lived in Canterlot. She was a musician and she was always playing during formal occasions. She played the double bass or the cello, I can't remember. I never pay attention to that. I only payed attention to her face. She was beautiful but so stiff, so serious; never smiling. At first, I think she was like this only when playing, like she was concentrating really hard; but Twilight became an acquaintance of her and we spoke once or twice and she was always the same. Always with a stoic face.

I watched her from afar, hoping to catch her smile or laugh or maybe even sneeze. I was enthralled by her. I won't say she was my first crush or anything I was just...curious about her. But despite all my efforts, despite trying to be funny, she never smiled at me.

After we moved to Ponyville I kinda forget about her. Set my eyes in another pony and let that feeling, whatever it was, go away. Until one day I had to return to Canterlot for royal business and I ran into her again. She was roaming through the aisles of the palace, like she was searching for something. She look tired and without her bow-tie on, she looked sad and defeated.

I knew what to do, I searched all over the palace and eventually I found the  bowtie. I had to fight with some pompous unicorn who had found it and insisted it looked good on him. What a dead weight! I ran off to the stage and handled the bow tie to her just before the show started. The curtain was going up so she didnt had time to say anything, not even thank you but instead she...smiled.

She smiled at me.

That was the first and only time I saw a smile on her face.

Her one and only gift to me.