The other End of Balance

by Dostoron

I, um... what?

You lost, plain and simple.
you were never a Speed Flyer but lightning dust had both Speed and endurance, if skill was the Thing the wonderbolts wanted they´d beg her to join.

"Hahah Woo!" Lightning Dust cheered, then her eyes open and shoulders droop.
"Guess the years behind bars weren´t Kind on your flying."

"Hey, we got to Train our wings against athropy, just as much as the common rights dictate, but still." You tried to assure her.
"besides i got plenty of practice in outflying supposedly fast ponies, the Guards aren´t slackers... well, not the ones in that City anyways"
You remembered just in time not to tell too much.

Ahead you spot the rest of your Entourage.
"I´d like to introduce you too some good friends of mine." You said just as you walked up to them.
"These here are Gleaming, Hulk and Blitz."

Lightning takes a look at them.
"that one Looks like you... as a mare."

"Her Name is Blitz, she´s a thunderwing like me too."
Blitz gives a whistle as she extends her hoof to shake Lightning dust´s.
"She´s mute, i tend to Forget that since i learned to understand her."

"Lightning dust, pleasure´s all mine."

"The giant here is Hulk, my former cellmate and a real bro, also he´s Blitz´s coltfriend so don´t get your hopes up."

"all the good ones are taken, huh?" Lightning dust jokes.

"If she wants a ride on that Pony she just has to ask nicely" Blitz gesticulated.

"what´d she say?"

Hulk decided to be direct: "If you wanna ride me just ask her. and as a personal note, please don´t tempt me."
on that, Blitz elbowed him in the ribs.

You decided to speak up again.
"Finally this here is gleaming metal, she´s the mother of the two Colts i sent you."

"Nice to meet you, miss, your Kids are awesome." Lightning Dust shook her hoof as soon as it was offered.

"I hope they weren´t too much of a bother, i really wish i could say we´re here to take them off your hooves." Gleaming stated solemnly.

"Brother, you mind telling me what she means? And don´t worry, miss, as I said, they´re awesome, well behaved too." Your sister reassured her.

"we´re not gonna be able to stay, not yet anyways." You were pretty sure saying that just now actually wounded you, it felt like your heart was bleeding anyways.

Lightning Dust apparently shared that Sentiment.
"But, but we only got you back!" You could see it in her eyes, she knew why you couldn´t.

"And i´m gonna make the most of it while i can, let´s see mum and dad, okay?" you had to get her mind off things, she wasn´t dumb, if she caught on she was liable to put herself in danger.

"Yeah, let´s." the odd look she gave you let you know she was probably already suspecting something.

As you walk up to the front door of your house you felt dread coming on, it was not only worry about how they might react to you, something else seemed off. You stop for a second to look around, sure enough everything was quiet. and that really meant everything.

"Guys, be at the ready, something´s strange here." You instruct your companions, as you steel your nerves and open the door.
Inside everything was dark, it was beginning to creep you out.

"hello?" you carefully asked as the others entered behind you.
In an instant the lights went on and you were greeted by streamers and confetti.

"Surprise!" there were your parents, gleaming´s Colts... your ex inmates? how did they know? and a pink mare you´ve never seen before that was now getting right into your face.

"HiI´mPinkiePieandIwasatManehattanwithmyfriendsbutthenmyPinkiesensewentcrazyandithoughtthatiwantedarideonthistrainandthenifeltitagainthatsomeonewasfinallycominghomeandwasmissedverymuchsoihadtomakehiswelcomebackpartyandgetallhisfriendsandnowwe´rehereandisurprisedyoudoyoulikeit?"

... uh, brain here, i Need a sec to process that.

With your mind leaving your mouth on it´s own it did the first sensible Thing to do in this Situation:
"whuh?"
...Or not.

Author's Note:

In case you want to say that i forgot the spaces at the end, that was on purpose.
Edit: if you carefully read it through, pinkie´s mouthful is indeed all real words, no trickery.

Now what do we do with a Party Pony that may or may not blab about your Family?

Comments

[jolan5]

Bake cake with hear meat, make cutlery with her bones and salad dressing with her blood.
Nah, Just make her take a vow of secrecy.

[forrest yuchnitz]

i can usually understand pinkie but i couldnt even read that so thats a change and for what to do with her im not sure can do anything except like jolan5 said and have her take a vow of secrecy because were talking about a mare who can bend physics and reality theres not much you can do against that/ anyways another great chapter although i dont understand why they dont come out as fast as they used too but i guess that builds the suspense

[Dostoron]

4047759
to answer the second question, my Inspiration is weird like that, it´s lots of ideas for lots of things but never quite wanting to join together and become a chapter. maybe i can get some of the clutter out.

[DarkAscension]

Agreed! Make her do a Pinkie Promise, she'll never break it. I think having the party is a good Idea. Boost Morale and all that. Talk with Pinkie near the end of it, make her swear the promise first. Hell why not tell the whole Family? Unless we're keeping them in the dark...I don't like keeping Secrets from Family...

[Mr Skeleton]

Play along im sure pinkie is here out of the kindness of her heart and not some other, more sinister reason

[MaruTheWonderbolt]

Play along, but make up a reason to have her pinkie promise not to tell anypony.

[Phase Nexus]

Well the first thing you should do is enjoy your party silly! It was thrown for you! After the cake the punch and the cherry chongas are eaten, THEN you can get back to your secret organization secrets. OH! Manet we could even throw a secret party for the occasion! We can have black balloons and invisible snacks and-

PINKIE PIE!

Hi Nate! Guess what! This is now the 68th time I've invaded your comments!

*sigh* I give up.
Anyway. After the party I think we could give Pinkie a 'field trip' to the hideout that I have here. Obviously she won't be shown the more, 'incriminating' aspects of the operation. (It might help to make her pinkie promise not to touch anything). We'll show her some evidence we've dug up against Celestia, and what we're doing to improve it. Specifically the orphanage footage. Pinkie's soft spot for foals will no doubt cause her sadness and make her start questioning things.

To help protect me and my family, I can act as if I'm a simple lieutenant in the resistence and I can have one of my lieutenants act as me.

And to finish it off, a pinkie promise from her to tell no one of what she's seen and heard.

[Cheesy Arachnid]

Everyone is saying that we should make her Pinkie Promise not to tell anyone. But, what would she tell her friends? That she threw a surprise/welcome home party for a random pony? Thats no different from her "Welcome to Ponyville" parties.

IF Pinkie recognizes us, I'm sure we could just play it off. And as far as telling the family, the less they know, the safer everypony will be. This could even be the time that we talk to Pinkie.