I rushed through the door, making a slam sound. Both ponies were there, I could just yell "What are you two doing?!"
Well, maybe that's no proper way to start this... I know, maybe if I go a bit in the past, when I first knew about them?
It all started that night, I had left Sweet Apple Acres an hour ago by then, I suppose you already know that place, it's really no big deal if you don't, but I guess it's pretty rare to live in Ponyville and not know that place. I guess I might be going a bit off topic, so I'll just head to the point. I headed back to the farm, since I actually didn't get any job for that night. When I got there, I saw a familiar, yellow body, of which I could only see the flank as it entered the barn, I could recognize that slow, silent way of flying anywhere, I headed towards the door, and decided to look inside, there was something interesting there.
"She had her hair straightened, instead of all fluffy and cotton candy like." That sounded strangely familiar to me. I saw inside of the barn, and I saw the yellow pegasus with pink mane, Fluttershy, talking about something, I should be paying attention to it.
"Get to the point!" A cyan pegasus yelled from the other side of the room. That was Rainbow Dash, she was a very impatient pony, and she sort of believes she's famous and important sometimes, but she's a good pony. Fluttershy could just silently mumble something, everypony in the room, except maybe for Rainbow, could notice she was completely scared or nervous.
"She was with a brown unicorn, she seemed to have fun with him, so I didn't want to bother them..." Hmm, a brown unicorn. Unicorns in Ponyville aren't necessarily rare, but they aren't as common as earth ponies, and in my life I've known a brown unicorn, or maybe I did, but I really didn't remember. A sudden yell, coming from the bottom of the barn, woke me up from my thoughts, what was that?
"Wait, so you mean she didn't want to come? Why didn't you tell us that?" They began arguing, huh. I decided to head home back again. It seemed that fluffy mane didn't come here after all, well, to be fair, fluffy mane looked good on her, yes it could look 'better', maybe if it was a bit brushed from one side, or maybe both, or maybe less swirls, or more? Wasn't Fluttershy talking about a mare with dark pink mane? She also mentioned fluffy, cotton-candy like mane, could be that she brushed her own mane? Why would Pinkie do that? Perhaps it was the brown unicorn she also mentioned?
As I kept thinking about it, my hooves were slightly turning to Ponyville Square, which was near Pinkie's house.
Could it be that Pinkie finnally found a special somepony? It could be, but with somepony we didn't know? Could it be that Pinkie was hiding this from us? Why?
My hooves began to trot faster, to the point where I almost bump into another pony without noticing.
Why would Pinkie hide something like that from us? Is it that her special somepony is somepony mean or something like that? Does he have a horrible secret nopony must know? Is he a sadist? A transgender? Lots of ideas flowed from my mind, and, as the ideas kept multiplying, I was hurrying more and more, subconsciously. What could Pinkie be hiding?
Meanwhile, some time in the past...
We got to Pinkamena's house, it was strangely close to the center of the village, not many ponies seemed to like her. Maybe she had more friends, apart from Madam Le Flour and the rest of the inanimate objects, and of course, her ex-friends, like the rainbow pegasus. I looked at Pinkamena, who didn't open the door that was just in front of her. She just stared at it, slightly twitching. "Is something wrong?" I asked.
Pinkamena didn't answer, and just opened the door. What we saw gave me a weird feeling, I could say it was sadness, but that wasn't right, or at least, not completely, maybe a bit of anger, or even some happiness, since I thought the whole "Crazy pony talking with things" was kind of over. On the floor there was an opened bag of flour; the flour that was inside of it was all around the floor, making a kind of big pile of flour in the center of the room, there were also some turnips on the floor as well, there was also an empty bucket, and a bunch of rocks, scattered around the room. I looked at Pinkamena, she shed a small tear, it was clear she felt something, they gave her some kind of company, some sort of feeling of... friendship, a very weird one, indeed, but it somehow work. To feel completely alone... that is a horrible feeling. Pinkamena was definitely a weird pony, but she was nice, this wasn't her fault. I decided to pat her back, just so she wouldn't feel lonely, our friendship might have been really fast and short, but as a friend, I felt it was my job to at least try to make her feel better, however, she turned and hugged me, still crying for her "dead" friends, I could just nervously put my hooves around her.
In that exact moment, I didn't think about Pinkamena as a weird, crazy, and possibly dangerous pony, instead, I thought of her as a solitary, misunderstood pony, maybe even depressed.
However, somewhere not so far from there, in fact, some meters away, a white unicorn galloped towards that exact location.
Ponyville Square, I took my time to catch my breath, all that running isn't good for a lady like me, maybe just to keep my figure, but obviously not to see if Pinkie's relationship changed suddenly and without us knowing... well, maybe it was important and all, but if I had an option, I wouldn't have come. I regained my breath and walked to the entrance of her house, I prepared myself to confront these two ponies, who may or may not be together.
I rushed through the door, making a slam sound. Both ponies were there, I could just yell "What are you two doing?!"
The pony that looked like Pinkie didn't seem to let go of the unicorn, but however, the unicorn turned and looked at me, a gentle blush on his cheeks, perhaps this was the one they were talking about? Pinkie stopped hugging this unicorn, and then stared at me, with deadly, bloodthirsty eyes, okay, she was just really angry, I was just about to talk about it, but she got a bit calmer and talked before I could even mutter a word. "What do you want, Rarity?" Her voice wasn't the cheery one I used to know, but a serious, kind of angry voice. I got a bit scared, to say the truth.
"I just want to know what you're doing with your... coltfriend" I decided to be direct. Pinkie blushed a bit, but then she took a step forward and looked angrier than before. "I'm sorry, is he not your coltfriend yet? And what's with all this mess? Were you baking something for him?" I was expecting a response from her, but she just growled at me. That's when I noticed that something was definitely wrong with her. I got scared, this wasn't "our" Pinkie, this was a different one.
"Rarity, old friend." Her voice lacked any positive emotion, did I hurt her somehow? "Why don't we talk about this outside?" I got nervous, in fact, I think the other unicorn was nervous as well, even he knew Pinkie is not supposed to feel like this, however, even if I was nervous, I had to fix it, so I nodded, and walked outside.
Pinkie came outside just after me, I decided to wait until she said something, she closed the door behind her and calmed down, I guess this was my fault, and I made her angry. "Say, Rarity, how would you feel if your friends, the ones you're so fond of, treated you like trash?" Did I really hurt her that much? I had to answer somehow.
"Pinkie, I'm sorry, really. I didn't mean to." I started crying, I was just joking, gosh!
"I don't care if you think I'm interested in Cobalt in any way." Cobalt? Was he the unicorn that was hugging her just a while ago? "What do I care for is that YOU came all the way here to laugh at me!"
"I didn't want to do it! I... I'm sorry!" I tried doing my best to apologize, however, Pinkie was looking the same, she wasn't the element of Laughter anymore.
"It would be the best if you just left, you know, the last thing I need is somepony like you." I decided to leave, then. However, as soon as I turned, she said something else. "Goodbye forever, please, Rarity." That was the end, I guess, I headed towards my house, with my face still soaked in tears, not even a flash of rainbow in the sky could cheer me up.
And going back to the inside of the pink pony's house.
Pinkamena went outside with her old friend, or so it seemed. I decided to begin cleaning the mess in her house, because, now that the other unicorn mentioned it, it WAS a mess, cleaning the flour would take some time, so I began by, first, getting rid of the rocks, then putting the turnips in the bucket. I suddenly remembered that slow, funny voice that Pinkamena gave to "him". I began imitating it, just for fun. "Oh, Pinkamena, your hair looks really nice today." Okay, that wasn't so Mr. Turnip at all, maybe something that goes with the moment? "I... I only saw a bright, rainbowish glitter light... It happened so fast..." I coughed a bit, that voice was a bit tiring, I was also a bit thirsty, I hadn't drunk anything since the moment I left the train station.
An energetic, kind of happy voice suddenly appeared behind me, as a door opened. "Mr Turnip!" Pinkamena hurried to the bucket and hugged it. "You're alive!" She twitched her left eye, I was starting to miss that twitch, to say the truth, but it was still scary. "Mr... Mr. Turnip?"
Oh right, I guess it was my time to move them now, I moved the bucket with magic as I talked slowly and awkwardly, kind of weak too. "Pinkamena Diane Pie... these might be my last moments, I know I won't make it..."
"N-no, you can't die, Mr. Turnip, you're not supposed to die!" Pinkamena's eyes started to fill with tears. I quickly moved the bucket near her face, in an attempt to clean them. I couldn't help but feel my eyes as if they were just going to drown in tears the moment I say another word, or even opening my mouth, I breathed a bit, to calm the feeling and avoid crying from happening. Pinkamena just stared at the bucket, waiting for an answer.
I finnally moved the bucket again. "I'm sorry Pinkie, but my time, just like the others', is over. I just want you to promise us you won't cry for us, live your life." Kind of hard to find comforting words for someoneyou just met, but it seemed to help a bit, since Pinkamena hugged the bucket, as I let go of it.
"I will never forget you, Mr. Bucket." In a matter of seconds, the weird, sad scene became a tender, happy, yet still weird, moment. Pinkamena closed her eyes, and then cleaned them, putting the bucket on the floor, I got close the her, but she held a hoof in the air, as if stopping me, and opened her eyes, which were still into tears. She looked around at the mess before talking. "I'll clean this place tomorrow morning, I hope you don't mind it very much." She nervously giggled, and headed towards the kitchen.
Pinkamena was really sad, that could be noticed a mile away, but she was doing her best to not break into tears. I decided to start cleaning, I mean, I didn't have anything to do, and besides, what Pinkamena needs less is having to clean in the morning. I noticed a broom in the corner, might as well start by the floor. I began taking out all the flour on the floor, I just hope I clean most of it, though.
However, the flashing light of rainbow saw me, and it got quickly near me, as the flash of rainbow dissappeared, it showed a cyan pegasus, Rainbow Dash. "What's wrong, Rarity?" Dash said. I was looking horrible, I suppose, I would have prefered her not to have noticed me. She was flying behind me.
I decided to just ignore her and enter home, lay on my couch and close my eyes, to relax. I wanted to stand up after a while, since I got thirsty, however, I felt as something heavy kept me from getting off the couch.
"Heh, Opal, you wanted to be petted?" I tried finding her head, but I couldn't find it with my eyes closed, where was her lovely fur? I thought I brushed it this morning, "Aha!" I found a kind of messy hair somewhere, as I began petting it, I noticed it was over me, but I didn't feel her fur over my face.
"Rarity, umm... you know this might not be the time." A familiar voice speaked. I opened my eyes and I saw the rainbow colored mane pegasus, right on top of me, blushing madly, kind of staring at me with anger, but at the same time, with surprise, and of course, my right hoof caressing her mane. I blushed as well, and to say the truth, her mane was pretty soft, even if it was a bit messy, it looked really clean. I got my face close to it, it smelled really nice too, kind of like a mix of nature, some humidity, and... what I think is her shampoo, which smelled like vanilla and strawberries, a weird combination, but on her, it was almost perfect. I couldn't think of a logical way for her to keep that smell all day long, with all the wind, the flying, the exercise she must do, since she looked like she kept her figure... totally charming.
As I snapped out of it, Rainbow Dash backed off as well, if she wasn't really bad a while ago, she definitely was now, and of course. I suppose I was blushing as much as her. "Rarity... what was that?" she asked in a faint voice she has never used before.
"It was... I noticed your hair was a bit messy." That wasn't a lie, it was messy.
"Well d'uh, flying, clouds, crappy weather..." I knew she wasn't buying it, but she wasn't going to get me to say the truth. She decided to just stand there, blushing. "So... why were you running and crying an'... stuff?" Oh right, I had almost forgotten about that.
"Oh well..." Tears were beggining to reappear in my eyes. "Pinkie was really mad at me, I think I insulted her." I couldn't stop crying.
"Oh, her?" She made a 'yuck' face. "You don't know how MUCH I had to deal with her." She made a pause, but then her eyes brightened, as if she just had and idea or realized something. "Wait, you talked to her?! Where?" The moment she said that, her wings began flapping, and her body started to float in the air, she seemed happy, but angry at the same time. I got out of my couch to get some water.
"Well, she's at her house, I guess... Ah!" She flew through the living room, trying not to break anything, but she ended up breaking a vase. It wasn't really valuable anyways.
"Sorry, Rarity!"
As I began flying through the air, I was thinking.
What was going on with Pinkie? Well, I already know that, kind of. But should I tell everypony about it? I think it would be important, but... I promised not to mention it, and I think it wouldn't matter much. I got to Ponyville Square, and landed, slowly. My pink mane moved as the wind blew, the place looked completely empty. To say the truth, it was scary. I slowly walked towards Pinkie's house, and just stood there, decided to do as Applejack said, and avoid anyone from entering.
Some time passed, it was really dark, I yawned and closed my eyes. How much have I been guarding here? I guess Twilight was already asleep, I wasn't sure about Dashie yet. I opened my eyes and found that I accidentally fell backwards and opened the door. The brown unicorn I saw before, when he was with Pinkie, stared at me, I quickly stood up. "I- I'm sorry. I must've bumped through the door" That wasn't really a good excuse, but the unicorn didn't seem to care.
"Well, it's alright." He had a really low voice, but also pretty quiet and calm. Not as much as mine, of course. It was at least calmer than everything that has been happening around me.
"Is Pinkie home?" I asked, he looked up, then to the door of the kitchen, and then back at me, before answering.
"No, Pinkamena is not here. Who was looking for her?"
"Me, Fluttershy." I decided to leave, however, as soon as I got to the door, I heard a happy voice.
"Dinner is... ready..." The happy voice stopped being happy, and became serious. "Fluttershy?" I knew who's voice was it. I turned and saw Pinkie, but like she was before, her coat and mane were darker in color, her mane was straightened, and her expression wasn't the happy one she normally has when I visit.
"Hello Pinkie." I said, nervously. Pinkie growled at me, what was wrong with her? "I... I was leaving already... e-excuse me..." I turned and headed outside, the door was still open.
"... Wait." I stopped, but I didn't turn to face her. "If you're going with the rest, tell them I said 'I hope you die in a glue factory.'" I nodded, a small tear appearing in my eyes. I heard a sigh. "Well, not you. If you want, I can invite you to next week's party."
"No, thanks. I'm fine." I closed the door, and I stood there, again.
"Don't you think you were a bit harsh?" The unicorn said, from the inside of the house.
"She deserved it. Do you want something to drink?" Her voice was slowly calming down.
"Umm... lemonade would be nice."
"Okey-dokey-lokey!" Her voice was back to normal, her happy voice. I heard a door opening and then some steps, which were... heading towards me?
I heard a knock. "I know you're there, yellow pegasus." I got out of the way, the brown unicorn opened the door and came outside, closing the door behind him. At first, I thought he was going to yell at me, however, his expression was too sad for him to yell. I wanted to say something, but he interrupted me. "I'm sorry for Pinkamena's attitude a while ago, if you want a glass of lemonade or something, just tell me." Well, nothing to fear, it seemed.
"I am okay, don't worry." I let out a sigh of relief. "Well, if it's not much of a bother, and if you have the time, I'd like a glass of lemonade." I decided to not say anything about guarding Pinkie's home. The unicorn nodded, then looked at the sky and stared at it, scared. "What's wrong?"
"I'll tell you what's wrong." A voice behind me said. I got scared and looked behind me, trying to see what it was. I got scared upon noticing what it was, or well, who it was.
As the cyan pegasus descended, I noticed her expression wasn't very friendly-like, my voice couldn't make a sound until she was already on the floor. "R-rainbow!"