Broken.

Dead.

Cold.

Are the first few things you think of when somepony says death. To the Elements of Harmony, it had a different meaning. Death took away something important, important to Equestria. Broken, and on the brink of insanity; the elements gather, to remember those who are taken away.

My name is pinkie pie, i live in ponyville with all my best friends. I should be happy right? but i have been keeping a secret for my whole life, all to protect the breaking mind of Dashie.

Fluttershy sat across from me with her concerned azure eyes staring deep into my soul with concern. "Y-you can tell me anything pinkie..." she cooed softly, her voice echoing in my soft pink ears. I had been trying to hold it in, hold in how i fell in love with the cyan Pegasus, how i had killed my father, how i got my cutie mark, how me and the rainbow maned pony met at the asylum. How she forgot.

but secrets were hard to keep for so long, and i knew that if i could tell anypony about what happened, it was Fluttershy.
"o-okay, well i guess it all started on a rock farm" i spoke calmly, as the rest of the story poured out of me.

AMAZING ALTERNATE ENDING/ EPILOGUE HERE: http://www.fimfiction.net/story/190532/pinkie-promise-epilogue
(cover art by me: toxicdemon10 on Deviantart)

NOTICE: Yes this most certainly is tagged ANTHRO and if that bothers you, don't read the story. In all honesty though I bet you are creative enough to ponify it in your mind! ^_^

The way Rainbow Dash felt about her friend AppleJack was something new to her, leaving her feeling pensive, nervous and excited. Will she act on these foreign feelings for her friend? Will her friend reciprocate these feelings? Or will she lose the best friend she has ever had?

Even if she did, things in life are seldom that simple and easy. Rainbow's past "experimental actions" could inadvertently cause her to lose the very mare she fell for head over hooves. So when the past comes knocking at her door again, what will Rainbow Dash do to keep what she fought so hard to get?

That's where Pinkie Pie comes in, ever the defender of her friends possibly budding relationship she goes to great lengths to make sure they get and stay together happily. Though when Pinkie figures out just who she is contending with in trying to protect her friends relationship; she finds herself stretched thin against the vengeful tide that spills forth. How long can she keep them safe from intruding eyes? Read on to find out just what happens...

Note: The artwork displayed is in no way my work, it is just a temporary cover image that I found conveyed the story's inevitable path. All credit for it should go to its author, and if anypony knows whom that is let me know so I can credit him/her for their work.

April 7th, 2014 Featured in Featured Muffins by Pedro Hander of the group Hot Muffins!

A year is made up of four seasons, each with its own identity and experiences. These same four seasons can be said to describe the life of a relationship. The relationship between Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash rises and falls with time, but through sadness, hardship, joy, and laughter, they both love each other with a depth that cannot be fathomed.

This is but a glimpse into the life of that love, told over the course of a year – a year of four very different seasons that span a lifetime.

Winner of the Four Seasons of FlutterDash contest.