Rays of bright sunlight cascaded through the open window.  In a particular house, a particular pony with a particular indigo coat laid wrapped up like a dog on a couch.  The light reached the indigo ones' eyes, causing her to wake.  Minuette yawned and checked her surroundings.  The first thing she noticed was that there was a foal shaped object missing from the hole that her curled up body made.  After a few seconds, her vision cleared and she noticed that Ditzy was in the kitchen washing dishes.

Ditzy turned her head and smiled at Minuette, "Good morning, Minuette!  I take it you slept well?"

The unicorn yawned and stretched her limbs.  The bones in her joins popped and cracked.  "Yes I did, Mrs. Doo."

The pegasus gestured to a plate on the counter.  Her eyes went in two different directions, but a quick blink fixed them back to normal.  Minuette would ask why her eyes are the way they are, but she figured it would be rude.  "Would you like some breakfast?  I made pancakes!"

Minuette perked up and smiled.  "Would I?!"  She quickly rushed to the plate and immediately poured syrup on the golden delicacies.  Ditzy smiled and returned back to washing dishes from an earlier breakfast.  "Hey, Mrs. Doo,"  Minuette said, "Where did Dinky go?"  Remembering that Dinky was not with her when she woke up.

"Oh she wakes up early.  She's probably up in her room playing on her computer....like always."  Ditzy rolled her eyes and continued to wash some dishes.

"Well you know what?"  Minuette said.  "That's going to change!  We were talking last night, and I agreed to give Dinky magic lessons!"

Ditzy nearly dropped the plate in her hooves and turned to Minuette.  "R-really?  You'd do that for her?"

Minuette smiled and tilted her head.  "Of course!  It'll be fun!"

Ditzy gasped and smiled, almost squealing in delight.  Her and her husband have been discussing when to find a magic tutor for their daughter for some time.  As expected, Ditzy was overjoyed in hearing that Minuette would be that tutor.  And who more would be a better tutor than a student from Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns?

"Thank you so much, Minuette!  I'll pay you for all--"  The unicorn interrupted her with a shake of her hoof.

"No no no no no!  I don't want your bits!  I'm doing this because I want to, and because I want to be Dinky's friend!  In fact..."  The indigo pony turned towards the stairs.  "I think I'll start right now!"

"Minuette wait!"  Ditzy called out.  The blue pony trotted backwards back to the gray mare.  "Thank you.  Thank you for not just teaching my little muffin, but for being her friend."

With that said, Minuette smiled, nodded, then proceeded up to Dinky's room.  Even as it seemed that life took a toll on the indigo unicorn, and even though it seemed that all hope was lost, Minuette still found a way through it.  Yes, she still is grieving over the loss of Twinkleshine to Moondancer, but the feelings of regret and sorrow are fading away to just mere pinpricks.  Life had tried pounding on Minuette, but once again she bested life.  She found Dinky, and she even gets to teach her magic!  The grey filly will be like...Minuette's little sister.

All in all, life is good.

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Life was not, in any way shape or form, good.  In fact, life sucks through and through.  Every aspect of life is just meant to be hated.  Life was a simple game, forged by the gods for their amusement.  They play and watch us as we lay waste to each other in acts of violence, war, famine, disease, hatred, greed, and corruption.  These dark aspects of life haunt us till our dying breaths, looming over us and laying dormant in our souls, waiting to be released and defiling the small minuscule threads of life that are actually remotely worth living.  Only those who are still ignorant to life's treacherous ways do not notice this important fact.  Those who have opened their eyes to the truth of life see life in its true form.  Lemon Hearts has opened her eyes.  She knows the truth of life, and she knows how to counter it.

Life only wants to see you fall.  The gods created life for their amusement, and they are amused by the sufferings of their creations.  Life will do what it does to break you, to best you, and to force you to succumb to its undying will.  The will of fear, hatred, regret, violence, greed, corruption.  Oh yes, Lemon is very aware of these things, but she knows how life works, and she knows how to stop them from ever coming.  

It's simple really; all you have to do is let go of your pitiful emotions.  Emotions are the key that life turns to control you.  Emotions can be the bane of your existence, the rise to your power, or the straw that broke the camels back.  When the ties to your emotions are strong enough, life will take advantage of that and use them to your downfall.  Your mind is naturally weak.  Everyponies mind is.  Your emotions can grasp you and control the easily weak minded pony.  You will become sorrowful, weak, pitiful, not knowing when to choose what is right and wrong, or even knowing what is right or wrong.  You will hesitate, become slow, and worst of all, your descent into insanity will be accelerated.

Insanity.  The worst thing to ever cross Lemon's mind, besides corruption.  Insanity is the checkmate in life's game.  Life's goal is to break you to the point of beyond repair.  To make your emotions become so much of a burden that they will be the ones in control of your mind, not you.  Your emotions will be so racked, so powerful that your mind will be in an endless civil war with itself for dominance.  Once you have fallen into this darkness, there is no more light to save you.

Then, there is the Wall.  The Wall is a metaphorical barrier that traps in every emotion, thought, hope, fear, vision, and feeling.  The Wall is as strong as one makes it.  Some ponies build their Wall up so high and sturdy that they barely have any character to them.  Once every emotion is safely locked and guarded, you can finally be free knowing that life cannot control you.  The Wall will keep your emotions in, and keep life's grasp out.  However, the wall is fragile.  It takes a strong will to even compose a wall, and an even stronger, ever flowing will to keep it standing.

You know what they say, when life gives you lemons, you make lemonade.  However, what Lemon Hearts says is:  When life gives you lemons, you say 'Screw you life, I don't want your damn lemons!  They're probably poisoned!

Lemon Hearts continued to stare into empty space.  The only thing preoccupying her mind was her philosophy.  It kept her strong minded to constantly meditate about life's many twists and turns.  The grandfather clock in her home dinged eleven times, marking it eleven AM.  Time for the meeting at Lyra's place.  Lemon got up from the carpet and prepared herself for departure.  She made sure to grab her leather jacket before locking up and leaving.  Some of the most simple things in life are the things that actually make Lemon happy.  Just because life sucks doesn't mean you don't have to enjoy the little things.

As the yellow unicorn made her way down the giddy streets of Ponyville, she couldn't help but notice all the prancy ponies that passed her by and bid her a good day.  Insolent fools.  They are blind to life's true ways.  They are too attached to their emotions that when disaster strikes they will hesitate to do unheard of things to survive.

It didn't take long for Lemon to get to Lyra's house.  She knocked on the door a few times until Lyra answered it.  "Hey, Hearts!  Come on in."  The mint unicorn led the other to her basement.  Lemon was always the first one there, but this time, Amethyst got there before her.

The two sat adjacent from each other at the table, while Lyra sat next to Amethyst.  The lavender mare noticed Lemon's leather jacket and raised a brow.  "Why are you wearing a leather jacket?  It's summer!"

"Because screw the rules!  Leather jackets are badass."

"Aren't you hot in that?"

"No."  Lemon shrugged.

A few minuets of silence passed.  Never caring for silences, Lemon sat back and stared at the wall.  Amethyst, however, was always talkative.  "So what's been going on new with you?"

Lemon shrugged.  "Nothing much.  Wrote some more philosophy, stared at the wall in contemplation, plotted revolution, and got a new job."

Ignoring the third comment, Amethyst perked up at the last one.  "Really?  A new job?  What do you do?"

"Chef."

Lyra seemed interested.  "Hmm, that's cool!  What restaurant do you work at?"

"Paprika's."

"We should all go there sometime!"

Lemon shrugged.  "Maybe."

Within a few more minutes, Minuette entered the basement.  The four friends chatted among each other until Twinkleshine and Moondancer came along about ten minutes after Minuette.  The two sat next to each other on Lemon's right.  Twinkleshine shot a glare at Lemon that told her she was crazy for wearing a leather jacket.  Moondancer simply bumped hooves with the yellow mare and declared the jacket to badass.

"About time you got here."  Lemon stated once everyone was situated.  "Couldn't wait to rut each other until after the meeting?"

At that, the remaining five mares blushed until all the blood in their bodies occupied their heads.  Twinkleshine ducked below the table and Moondancer crossed her arms and looked down.  Even though Lemon is a downer and a die hard pessimist, it's always nice to make a dark or blunt joke every now and then.

"Hearts!"  Amethyst yelled.

"Yes'm."  Lemon replied.  

"Could you not be so...so blunt with your jokes?!"

Lemon smirked.  "I could...but nah it's funny seeing you all get all worked up over a joke."

"Ok then!"  Lyra said.  "Let's just steer the conversation AWAY from....you know..."

"Sex."  Lemon bluntly stated.

"Moving on!"  Lyra continued, blushing furiously and getting more agitated each second.  "Let's talk about Lemon's new job!"

Soon the basement was filled with the five other ponies all talking at the same time.  Saying things like 'oh that's cool!' and 'what is it?' 'you got a new job?!' etc.

"Yes yes I got a job now quiet down."  Lemon abruptly stated.  "I'm a chef at 'Paprika's' a lil' 'ol place downtown.  They were hiring, I was in the area, badaboom."

"Well, that's wonderful."  Twinkleshine said.  "You know what they say."  She couldn't help but giggle while saying this next statement.  "When life gives you lemons--"

"No.  Just....no.  You know what?  When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade!  Make life take the lemons back!  GET MAD!  I don't want your damn lemons what am I supposed to do with these?!  Demand to see life's manager!  Make life rue the day it thought it could give LEMON HEARTS LEMONS!  Do you know who I am?!  I'm the mare who's gonna burn your house down...with the lemons!  I'm gonna use my magic to make a combustible lemon that burns your house down!"

Amethyst, Lyra, Twinkleshine, Moondancer, and Minuette all exchanged glances before bursting out into laughter.  Lemon stayed neutral the entire time, silently being amused by her friends laughing their flanks off.  Even though she knew that none of her friends opened their eyes to the true meanings of life, she still hoped that these mares will be the salvation to life's corruption in the near future.  That one day these ponies will be the only sane ones left.  For now though, she just enjoys screwing with them.