July 20th, 2015
Dear Journal,
Hey, did you miss me?
Today was quite the eventful day so I'll try to get everything down. I woke up normally like any other….
Emile laid peacefully in his bed alone, again. He had no intention of getting up, not and not anytime soon.
Everyone else could do without him, they all had their own special talents while he… He had nothing. Besides, he wouldn't want them to worry about someone like him.
That's how things stayed, until Emile felt a tug on his arm.
"C'mon, get up!"
It was of course none of than, Alyssa.
What did she want now…? He already told her he was okay she didn't need to-
"It's your birthday, you gotta get up!"
Oh right… It's his birthday… That still shouldn't change anything though. It's just another day like any other. "Oh…. You don't have to do anything for me-"
That wasn't how Alyssa felt though. "We're gonna do something whether you like it or not!"
She wasn't just gonna let him sit here forever, you damn well know she was gonna help him, whether he liked it or not! After all, she's his friend and that's what friends do.
Alyssa yanked Emile out of bed, almost throwing him out of especially with her newfound "normal" pony strength, and dragged him downstairs.
John seemed pretty happy to see Emile. "Hey, Kid!"
Emile probably killed that vibe though when all he did was silently wave with a faint. "Hi..."
Seems like he still wasn't any better…
Minuette however. didn't seem to change her mood at all as she smiled brightly at Emile. "Emile!"
Happy-go-lucky, as always. It made Emile kinda jealous honestly, how could someone be that happy in a situation like this…? Heck, she had it way worse than him, she lost her memories and didn't even know where she was from.
Her aside, Madeline and Blake seemed to be talking about something, Madeline just turned to look at Emile with a soft smile, while Blake just had the same apathetic expression he always has.
After forcing me to go down stairs Alyssa made us go into town, John drove us there while Madeline and Blake stayed home. She fortunately, didn't take Buddy.
Buildings actually look kinda ruined now, I think I actually even saw a couple of plants on some.
I've gotten kinda used to it now, but still doesn't make it any less weird for this place to be completely empty. Aside from the animals or course.
First, Alyssa had us pick up some decorations from a store, she had me pick out the decorations. I still wasn't too enthusiastic about throwing me a party though…
"So, which one do you want?"
Alyssa pointed a hoof over to a balloon shaped like a purple flower, like his cutie mark and to a second one shaped like a star.
"Umm…." Did he really have to pick…?
Emile just reluctantly chose the flower balloon. "That one…?"
After that, Alyssa got some flour and stuff to make a cake. I told her she could just steal one from a bakery. (Would it still even be good?) But she insisted that she'd make one at home.
I feel like these stores are gonna run out of stuff the more we keep taking things from them. Places like home depot are pretty big and have a lot of stuff. I dunno if those little super markets will last any longer though…
Anyways, after all that we went back home.
We all set up the decorations, Alyssa actually dragged me aside and made me help her make this little banner with a bunch of markers and stuff she got at the store.
Even though I still wasn't too thrilled about the idea of throwing me a party, I actually kinda had fun… It looks like a five year old made it.
Next was the cake, I had to help Alyssa since she still isn't good at using her hooves. Hooves really aren't good for holding things…
I knocked over the flour and spilled it on me since I couldn't reach it. (Seriously, who put it up that high?)
And, I laughed. A genuine goddamn laugh. Alyssa thought it was pretty funny too. She seemed happy to see that I was happy…
The cakes nothing special, just vanilla with a bit of frosting. Alyssa wrote "happy bday Emile!" on it.
We made these little cookies with some of leftover cake batter.
Alyssa's still a pretty good cook. I wonder who taught her, her mother? Or maybe her brother? Hmm…
Oh, right! Getting off topic…
Of course, the only thing left to do after that was start the party. Even though I helped her everything and already knew what was gonna happen, Alyssa made me sit outside for a bit and made everyone hide.
Was there really any point to this…? Well, fine. Whatever. If it's what Alyssa wanted, he'll play along for now. She better not expect him to actually be surprised though.
Emile opened the door and….
"Surprise!"
Everyone immediately jumped out of their hiding spots and welcomed him warmly.
"Everyone…"
Just like he expected…
Even though I already knew what was gonna happen…. I… I felt like I wanted to cry. Even now I…
I've never had anyone do something like this for now, aside from my mother and my uncle of course. Especially not like that…
That was the most fun I've had in a while. That was probably the most fun all of us had I a while, actually. At least since that hot springs trip.
John got some alcohol when we went to the store, he got drunk a little bit actually. He tried to hit on Madeline and she just punched him….
Remind me to never mess with her.
After that party we had to clean everything up of course. John volunteered to do most of it since he wasn't exactly the best person pony when he was drunk.
Me and Alyssa helped him out a bit though.
Alyssa's right. I can't keep wallowing in my sadness like this forever. I gotta get up and move forward!
We'll show the HPI, the world, or whatever what we're made of!
If we're together, there's nothing we can accomplish!
Heh, that sounded cheesy… It's true though. That's how we've gotten through everything up to here, together.
And we'll get through this, just like everything before.
If my mom saw me now she would be proud.
It's getting late, so as always this is Emile, goodbye!
I wonder what Alex's doing…
- Emile