Pinkie Pie was just a little sick. Then just a little more sick. Then she was in the hospital.

Now? She's healthy again, but changed forever. How will Pinkie Pie manage life this way? It will take the strong determination of one pink party pony, the help of all of her friends, a bit of generosity, and lots of hugs.

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Written one night while I had a cold. Inspired by the true story of performance artist Lisa Bufano, AKA Vera Little. Descriptions by Mr Cerulean. A special thank you to dA's Zacatron94 for the cover art. Any fanart of any quality will get a shout-out, or if high quality enough, will be posted mid-story at the appropriate point; note or comment me with it.

Applejack is wearing a disguise, and looking over her shoulder nervously.

She doesn't want anypony to see her entering Manehattan's Eraser Club. She certainly doesn't want anypony to know she's having a little procedure done to remove some appendages. If word ever got back to her family, there's no way they'd understand.

Written for /mlp/'s limbless pone thread in July 2014. Any decent illustrations of specific scenes or characters will be added to notes at the end of the relevant chapter. Superb illustrations will be included inline and credited at the end of the chapter.