Ponyville was just starting to wake for the commencement of the Summer Sun Celebration festivities. Ponies of various ages, colors, and species came out to start setting up for it while others were mostly getting ready for the merriment that the festival would bring.
One pony, in particular, came bounding out of a house that looked like it had been made out of the very baked goods the bakery sold, though, a few weeks after it was built, the local dentist had more patients than she ever had before the bakery went up.
This new pony was an earth pony mare and was as pink as you could get. She had a raspberry pink mane and tail with her coat being a lighter color, while her eyes were a cerulean blue. Her cutie mark was a trio of balloons, with the lower two balloons blue while the middle was yellow.
This pony was Pinkamena Diane Pie, or "Pinkie Pie" for short. Every pony in Ponyville who saw her knew that she always had a smile on her face whenever and wherever she could, though, on rare occasions that smile would look strained or altogether missing.
This morning was one of those rare times when Pinkie had to put on a strained smile, knowing that today marked the fifteenth anniversary of the tragedy that had occurred within the town.
That day, fifteen years ago, most of Ponyville had witnessed a tragedy that happened on the eve of the Summer Sun Celebration. It was close to midnight when a scream was heard from the Everfree Forest while Ponyville was getting ready to watch the princess raise the sun using a specially-made crystal.
Trying to figure who was screaming, the ponies started to get worried. The Everfree Forest was no place for any pony at night, so they began to think that whoever was out was trying to trick them.
After about five minutes (none of the ponies could accurately recall how long it was), some ponies were about to head back inside their houses when they heard a new sound, one that stopped their hearts cold.
"Mommy!"A filly's scream erupted from the forest and was quickly followed by the howl of a Timberwolf. Half the ponies of Ponyville immediately rushed to the Everfree forest, afraid of what they would see when they reached the woods, and what they saw indeed horrified them.
There, at the bottom of a cliff, were three ponies, having fallen from the now dangling broken bridge. It was soon apparent who they were when most of the town's ponies had bought apples from two of them just last week. However, no pony knew who the filly was when it became apparent she wasn't the little filly that hung around the stands trying to help sell apples. The foal's coat was a light mulberry, while her mane and tail were a deep Indigo blue with a violet and rose streak going through the middle. Further examination revealed a horn growing from her forehead, indicating that she was a unicorn, and likely only five years old due to the lack of cutie mark.
It was when they were about to bury the three ponies that a sound caught their attention. At first, the ponies thought that the sound was just the wind, but when a second, much deeper sound occurred, the ponies looked around trying to find out what it was. It didn't take long to find it, but when they did, most were shocked to find that the filly was still alive; if only just barely. She had several lacerations running down her forelegs, with two large gashes running parallel to her back. Her back legs were bent in completely wrong directions; her left leg looked like it should be on her right while her right leg looked like it belonged to a world record contortionist.
All those injuries alone would warrant quick and precise action, but what actually horrified the ponies, though, was when they looked at her head; or what was left of it. The fact that this filly was still alive after having half her face missing, along with an ear and a portion of her horn, was a miracle that she was even conscious, let alone alive.
The ponies quickly got to work freeing the trapped filly as fast and carefully as they could while setting up a perimeter around the ravine. It was as they were about to leave that they heard another scream come from the forest.
They were just about to hurry when the pony screaming ran towards them. The ponies quickly identified this one as the young Applejack. Her orange coat was easy to see in the midnight gloom of the forest. When she finally reached the team carefully placing the unicorn filly on a make-shift stretcher, Applejack surprised the ponies when she started apologizing to the young pony.
It turns out the filly had been stealing apples from Applejack's family's orchard, and she got caught. She then explained that she noticed the filly had visible ribs showing through her skin and had tried to get her to follow her to the farmhouse when she bolted into the forest. Applejack was about to chase her into the woods when her parents caught up with her. They told her to head back to the house and that they would bring the filly back with them when all three of them heard a scream.
Without even thinking of the consequences, Applejack bolted into the forest to rescue the filly. When she reached the area the scream had come from, Applejack was shocked to see the filly struggling to hold on from having fallen through one of the loose boards on the rope-bridge.
When her parents caught up with Applejack, even they were shocked to see the filly struggling. As one, both of them leaped into action. Her mother grabbed the lasso she always carried around in her saddlebag and quickly tied one end to herself and the other to her husband. As they slowly reached the young filly, they heard the bridge creaking and groaning. Concerned the bridge could give way at any moment, Applejack's father sped up to reach the filly before the bridge collapsed.
It was at this point in Applejack's explanation the pony listening to her had moved over to where she was sitting and drew her into a hug. Applejack tried to hold in her tears to finish her story, but after seeing the filly in such a critical condition, all she could do was cry. Sadly, even though the ponies had managed to get the filly to the hospital in record time, time was something she didn't have.
That was the day that the town of Ponyville built memorials for those three ponies. The first was a plaque commemorating the opening of the 'Bright Futures Orphanage,' 'Sweet Apple Memorial Hospital,' and the 'Lucky Sparkle Elementary.' The second was a small statue of a young unicorn with a beaming, welcoming smile and a small stone halo next to a small schoolhouse with a plaque reading 'Dedicated to teaching those who have nowhere else to turn. May they find peace and knowledge here.'
After reading about the tragedy, many ponies took time off from work to have a 'Memorial Day' of sorts; even Princess Celestia took the time to declare it a national holiday, as well as mourn the loss of her sister. Though most ponies had heard of the Lunar Princess, many were shocked to learn that the tails from their youths were in fact real.
Pinkie shook her head to dispell those thoughts and decided that she would let her tears flow another day. As Pinkie was getting ready to head back to the bakery, she passed by Golden Oaks Library and noticed a couple of new ponies coming out of the building and that one of them was a dragon. The first pony was a white stallion whose mane and tail were a mix of three different blues, each lighter than the last. The second pony was a—"gasp"—very familiar pony; One thought to be long dead.
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8195865 like I said. work, not knowing what I'm doing, and just being lazy make it hard for me to update this. i'll try to update faster when i have free time.
This is how it went:
:New chapter?
: It is!! 'Kaching'
: Not the apples ()
: I'm a sick a*shole for wanting more
: 'Lazy' you say?
(I would have loved to write one of them but only two of the Mane 6 that I can write convincingly is
Twilightand Fluttershy. But I can't write squat using my tablet, so I will actually write Flutter's meeting but it is going to be slow so if someone does write one for you before I finish message me that you at least choose one. )(Addendum: Pinkie was the only one who is so crazy for me to use to make this comment.)
8197696 got it. and if someone does submit a chapter with fluttershy already, I'll let you know
8197812 thanks. Ate you going to go in the order from the show or as they come?
8200054 while I think that having the encounters be in order would be good, I don't mind if they happen in a difference sequence.
The main reason for this idea is I'm not great at the personalities of the main six aside from Twilight. So I don't know how to portray their reactions to seeing Twilight when all of them think she was dead, or in the case of Rarity, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash, talking about the tragedy that happened
8200268 so for Fluttershy it happened before she got there? Also I'm very similar in that I can’t effectively portray any of the Mane 6 though in order of believe ability for me is something like this:
Twilight similar personality when it comes to learning and knowledge. ( Also we both share an ineptitude for social interactions through adolescent but got better closer to adulthood)
Fluttershy I am always apologizing to everyone(everypony) afraid that I offended or hurt them in anyway. But aside from Twilight Flutters is the next closest to relate ability after her it is a big jump to the next pony.
AJ is next for the simple reason that if something is fact I don't hide it. I may omit details to spare feelings, for the same reason that Flutters is so timid.
I believe that only those who can honestly channel Pinkie can write a believe able Pinkie.
Awe come on Chiefie you know you love making everpony Smile!
What! What is!? Oh bloody hell she's broken it again!
Huh? What did I break, Chiefie? And what do you mean it and how can I know what it is?
I'm talking about the Wall!! The Fourth-wall that you keep breaking.
Ya'know why don't you have the repair ponies add a door so I don't have to break The wall every time I come to pay you a visit.
You know I wish you could break it like you do for everybody else and not actually BREAK through my wall! It's costing me lots of money.
Come now. Pinkamena here goes through all the trouble to come say hi and all you do is yell at her, your only friend?
oi get off my head! And keep your snaggle tooth out of my business Dissy this is between me and Pinkie.
You know I hate that name.
Hey that's a good one. So Dissy since your here why don't you bring the rest of our friends, so we can introduce Chiefie here to them. As then have a party!
Confound this Mare! She'll drive me to drink...or cupcakes. Not sure which is worse.
That's a capital idea. Not to mention what it would do to Chief here.
Hey if you're doing this at least please fix my wall, Discord.
Sure I can do that.
Hey tha...Why is there a Door in my wall!?....It doesn't even go anywhere!
Well it's for Pinkie to come visit you more often with the rest of the girls. We both know how much Twilight would love to meet you, and this way she can visit anytime she wants without needing me here.
Sorry everpony but Chiefie isn't able to finish this and Dissy says the girls can't know about the show....Hey I made a rhyme but I don't have the time to work out that quirk
(Addendum: I did a horrible job at Pinkie here.)
((Awe I think you did great. Hey want a cupcake?))
8202375 "" Sompony who can portray me efectivly! YAY!!
for those of you who would like to help speed up the updates for this story, or would like to add your own scenes and/or situations that Twilight and the others encounter. head to my discord chatroom here.
https://discord.gg/nEZdBb8
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I think the most egregious issue is when Twilight out of nowhere says "but it doesn't explain why I'm dying". it's this sudden jump from 1 to 10 with no warning and it's really out of place.
Yup, I'm enjoying this very much.
I hope you update more often, I would love to see where you go with this.
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Thanks. Sorry for the slow updates, having some trouble getting the personalities of the mane six right.
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understandable, there is a reason i don't write too.
Lucky for me, i'm good at waiting. lol
When will the next update be?
It would be a shame for this to end up not being completed, I am enjoying it so far, hope you update the story soon.
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I'm having trouble with certain portions of it. Namely the encounter with Applejack. I just can’t figure out a way to make it seem like she sees Twilight as a ghost.
I love the premise of this story. It's a very good story.
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Thanks. I could use some help with Applejack's scene, but otherwise I can get back to it soon. If I can just get past this writers block, that is.
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You're welcome.
Also, you have my sympathy. Writer's block can be a real beast.
way to go!