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// Chapter Six: Waking Up 
// Story: Voices In My Head (Cupcakes Closure) 
// by Perry Pinkie Potter 
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I ran to the hospital as fast as I could, excited but scared. Nervousited, as Pinkie would call it.

"Did you fix it?" I asked nervously once I had arrived.

The doctor nodded, and a breathed a sigh of relief.

"What would you like us to do now?" He asked me.

I thought for a minute. "Wake her up." They looked at me like I was crazy.

"Precautions will have to be made," I said. "Secure her down, just in case. I'm going to try to talk to her on my own, but I'll need ponies outside if it didn't work." 

He was extremely hesitant. "Are you sure?" 

I nodded. "Positive."

"Well," the doctor sighed, "You ponies heard her. Let's go!"

I stood in the room, waiting. Running over what to say and not to say. The door opened, and they rolled in a bed, on which Pinkie Pie was sleeping peacefully. The nurse nodded. "Whenever your ready, Mrs. Light." They shut the door.

I breathed. Here goes nothing. I gently rubbed her on the forehead. "Pinkie? Can you wake up, please?" I whispered. I stood back, prepared to call somepony if I needed to. But she seemed normal.

"Spunk Light? Where am I?" 

"You're in the hospital, Pinkie."

"Why am I strapped down?"

"Sorry. Just a precaution."

"Precaution for what?"

Pinkie Pie opened her eyes.

I thought a moment. How do I remind her carefully? I quietly said, "cupcakes".

This did the trick. Pinkie gasped. "Oh my! RAINBOW DASH? IS SHE ALRIGHT? THE BASEMENT AT SUGAR CUBE CORNER! SHE'S THERE!" She was screaming.

"Rainbow Dash is alive, she's fine. Though the same can't be said for the others…" I tried to keep my voice calm.

Pinkie Pie looked me in the eyes. I closed my eyes, thinking I knew what she was going to say. I was surprised when she said "Kill me."

"What?" I said, opening my eyes. For one of the few times in my life EVER, I had been caught off guard.

Pinkie looked at me. "I can't do this again. But I can't stop. You've got to kill me, Spunk Light!"

I looked at her in alarm. "Calm down, it's gone. You won't do that again. They fixed it."

She looked at me, as though trying to get the words out. "Pinkamena is gone?" 

"Pinkamena is gone." I confirmed.

Then it all came out. All the grief, anger, fear, and regret spilled out of her as she cried like I had never seen anypony cry before. Tears of pain, joy, and confusion.

I walked up close to her. I was not afraid of her anymore. I hugged her. I thought of Cloudy Wish. And I cried too. Tears to show the sorrow that I couldn't save him. Tears that proved the happiness I felt that I had saved Pinkie, when anyone else would have killed her on the spot. And my eyes were stained with liquids as I tried to figure out how I really felt.

We stayed there, crying, for an hour, until we were dry. I went to stand up. But something stopped me. "What?" I heard a laugh. I looked up. Her hair was straight. I acted terrified. She smiled, and I caught her off guard, yanking free.

"NOW!" I shouted. Before I could finish, Pinkie had already been given a shot. She was out cold.

My voice was shaking. "Get me a doctor in here, now." I breathed. The ponies hurried off, and I looked at Pinkie Pie. And my eyes had a new kind of tear. Tears of fear.