I'll Smile in Your Absence
Chapter 2
-The Next Day...-
Pinkie was bouncing on the dirt road to her school with her sisters, Inkie and Blinkie. They laughed with her, mostly at Pinkie's weird and random out bursts. The school was coming into view, and then Blinkie suddenly announced that there was going to be a race between them.
Quickly getting the lead, the blue furred, silver maned sister stuck her tongue out at her younger sisters. “Hey! That's not fair Blinkie!” The other gray filly said, running after her sister. Pinkie laughed as she ran after them. They neared the school, and Blinkie made it before her sisters due to her head start. She laughed triumphantly.
Panting, Inkie spoke up, “H-hey...You only won because you managed to get a head start before us. Plus you have slightly longer legs then we do.”
“Nope,” Blinkie laughed at them, “I'm just better then you two.” She stuck her tongue out at the two toned fillies. Inkie rolled her eyes, though kept a good-natured smile. Pinkie Pie snorted, trying to keep in her laughter.
“Oh wait,” Blinkie looked to her pink furred sister, “Didn't you say that you wanted us to meet somepony today? Who is it?”
“Oh yeah, Angel Shine! Maybe she's here already. Come on!” Pinkie Pie lead her sisters into the school yard. Once she saw the pale blue filly she squealed and she ran to her. “Angel! Angel! How's it-”
Pinkie stopped when she saw the filly. Her mane covered her left eye and her one shown eye had a small red rim under it, as if she had just been crying. But she smiled none the less once Pinkie had approached her.
“Hey Pinkie! How's it going?” Angel closed her one shown eye and flashed one of the cutest smiles Pinkie had ever seen. Angel Shine got up and tried to trot over to her friend, but she stopped and winced once she put some of her weight onto her right hoof. Still, Angel limped over to Pinkie, looking at her with a bit of concern. “Is something wrong?”
Pinkie didn't say anything, but instead walked a little closer to her. Using her muzzle, she started to move her mane away from her eye. Angel pulled away, and winced harder when she made contact with her hoof to the grass.
“Don't.” Pinkie said as she moved closer again. This time the blue filly did not move. She just whimpered once Pinkie had moved the hair back behind her ear.
Pinkie gasped in shock when she saw the state of the pegasus' eye. It was a dark bluish-purple color, and was also swollen making her eye seem larger, and was mostly closed due to the swelling. Pinkie looked at her, her blue eyes holding disbelief.
“W...what happened to you Angel?” Pinkie asked in a slightly trembling voice. Angel could feel her eyes getting misty, but smiled a goofy smile at her pink companion.
“Just me being clumsy! When I was on my way home I tripped over a rock in the middle of the road and fell on my face. Don't worry. My mommy says that it will only be bruised for a week. Nothing too serious.” Angel said quietly, but still smiled. She covered her eye back up by her hair.
“And your hoof?”
“I twisted it when I fell. It will be fine in a few days.” Angel said, holding her hoof up. It was, indeed only a bit swollen. But...it seemed weird for just a sprain.
“I won't be able to play for a few days. Sorry. I should keep off my hoof for a while.”
“Oh. That's okay! We can do lots of other stuff instead!” Pinkie said, smiling once she heard that Angel was fine. Pinkie pricked her ears. “Oh yeah! I'd like you to meet some very important ponies in my life!” Pinkie bounced over to her sisters, Angel followed behind her slowly.
Pinkie stopped in front of her silver maned sister, “These two are my sisters. This is Blinkie Pie. She's the oldest.” She bounced over to her mono-chromed sister, “And this is Inkie Pie. She's the second oldest. I am the youngest of us three.”
Angel Shine smiled at them, “Nice to meet you two. I am Angel Shine.”
“Come on! Lets go find a game we can all play!” said Pinkie Pie, leading the three fillies into the school yard, “Let's try the swings first!”
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“All right class, settle down and take your seats please.” The teacher had said. She quietly handed out the spelling test papers from last week. She set down Angel Shine's test, “Good job Angel, eighty-nine percent!”
Angel smiled, then looked over her test. Pinkie saw the teacher stop briefly beside Angel. At the corner of her eye, the teacher looked at the blue filly's hoof. She looked forward with half lidded eyes and began her slow walk from row to row.
The golden mare handed out the papers quietly, not speaking until she was back in the front of the class. She soon began to read about something math related on a note she had gotten from her desk. Pinkie Pie listened in carefully.
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It was quiet time in Mrs. Golden Lock's class this afternoon. A time where the foals could do their own thing, as long as they were quiet when they were doing it.
Pinkie Pie was quietly drawing with Angel Shine. Not that Pinkie felt she was doing a very good job. She wasn't as good with her hooves when drawing. She peeked at Angel's drawing, seeing her drawing a white pegasus stallion, with a light tan man. His cutie mark seemed to be a golden ring with a pair of wings.
“Who are you drawing Angel?” Pinkie asked curiously.
“My daddy. His name's Silver Lining. He was the greatest daddy in the world.” Angel had replied, looking fondly at the picture she was drawing. She started to draw herself beside him, “I wish he was still with me. I miss him.”
“He's...gone?”
“Yeah. He's been gone for nearly 3 years now. At least I still have my mom to look after me.” Angel said, a sad smile on her face.
“That's good.” Pinkie said, though she still sensed something was bothering her friend, “By the way Angel, when is you're birthday? I've been meaning to ask.”
“Hmm...In about a week? I haven't really been thinking about it recently. It's in...six days.” Angel said as she still scribbled on the paper.
“Really? My birthdays in four days! Are you going to come to my party?” Pinkie leaned closer to the blue filly.
“Oh, sure Pinkie! I'd love to come!” Angel smiled, her shown silver eyes widening in excitement.
“Great. I'll be inviting a lot of foals to it. I'll be having at my family's farm, in the same silo that I through my first party in. It'll be so much fun! Oh, maybe I can get that white unicorn filly with the purple mane to come! And her friend from Cloudsdale! And maybe that nice orange filly who lives at Sweet Apple Acres, and her brother too! Oh this will be so awesome!” Pinkie rode her mouth off to Angel, who smiled warmly as she found her friend's rambling a bit funny.
“I bet it'll be amazing Pinkie Pie. You do have a talent in parties.” Angel smiled as she looked at her friends flank, before casting a sad look at her own flank.
'I wonder when I will get my cutiemark...' Angel thought before being interrupted by the pink filly running her mouth in her direction. She smiled again, drawing some more on her picture.