Congrats, Flamepony! It'll be fun to wear some cute earrings. The holidays are around the corner. You could ask Santa for some.

My older bully of a sister and I got ours pierced together when we were 10 and 12, or so.
She went first and reacted quite stressfully and and yelled, "oooowww". So when it was my turn, I didn't flinch.
I felt it all right, but I had a smile on my face and kept the same facial expression throughout the pierce. It was my way of showing that I'm tough in my own way, Iguess.