//------------------------------// // Chapter 7: Feelings // Story: A Shadow Brought to Light // by k12314 //------------------------------// CHAPTER 7 I'd set up in the attic of Sugarcube Corner, with some help from Pinkie Pie. I was still a little freaked out by what had happened. Her words echoed in his mind. "Because you're nice, you're fun, you're..." I shuddered at the last word she had said. "Cute..." "What does this crazy pink mare see in me? I'm just a lowlife... Well, I can't let this escalate, I CAN'T let this escalate..." "So... Now that you're set up in here... What'dya wanna do now? OH! Maybe we could go on a DATE!" I just glared at her. "NO." She just hopped around me, talking at such a high speed that if anypony were to understand her, they would be deemed crazy. "Ifwegoonadatethenwecanendupbeingcoltfriendandmarefriendandthenwecankiss-" "PINKIE! KNOCK IT OFF!" I shouted at the top of my lungs. She was really starting to get on my nerves. "I will NOT kiss you! Why won't you just listen! We're friends, I'll accept that, but no more, and no less. GOT IT?" Pinkie just stepped back, her lip quivering as if she were about to break down, but then she immediately perked back up. "OK! That's good enough for me!" She began to walk... Er, bounce away, but then turned to face me with that eyes half open, seductive smile face. "But I'll convince you yet, cutie." She giggled and left the room, and I just stood there, mouth agape. "What have I gotten myself into... Wait, why the hay did I even decide to live with her? I'm an idiot..." Well, I'm a sucker for free stuff, especially free room and board. "That mare is nuts..." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Third Person) Pinkie hopped around her room, giggling like a crazy pony... Which she pretty much is. "Ican'tbelieveithe'sstayingherewithmethisisgonnabesomuchfunwe'llhangoutandcookandthen..." She stopped herself. He seemed to be mad at her when she tried to ask him out, but why? She didn't understand. She thought that most stallions would jump at an opportunity to be with her. After all, she is the life of the party. "Maybe Dashie's starting to rub off on me..." She laughed at her joke, at her friend's expense. "I wonder what would make him like me... Maybe I could bake him something super-ultra-extra-mega special!" She almost rushed upstairs to ask him what his favorite junk food was, but caught herself. That would give her away immediately. Instead, she decided to just cook a bunch of stuff for him and let him take whatever he liked. "Yippee!" Celestia help us all... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (First Person) I heard some clanging and banging noises downstairs, but didn't bother to get up to check what it was. "Just Pinkie being Pinkie..." Pinkie. She was stuck in my head. No matter what I did, I couldn't get her out of my head. I didn't understand why at the time, and just kept trying to think of other ponies to keep the pink thoughts at bay. "Er... Fluttershy... I wonder what she's doing tomorrow... Maybe Pinkie and I-" There she was again. No matter what I did, I couldn't get the hyperactive party pony to stay out of my thoughts. I kept trying to think of other mares I could be with, but I kept looping back around to Pinkie. "... A date, huh? That doesn't sound so bad..." I facehoofed at my own thoughts. "UGH! I can't believe I'm even considering this... But... It seems right, for some reason. Like something in the pit of my stomach is telling me it is." I was thinking aloud, but I didn't even notice. "Maybe I could get her something to tell her I'm sorry... Maybe I could try cooking her something, she really likes cupcakes..." I rolled out of bed, and decided to head out and buy some cupcakes from some other shop in the town. Buying them right from Sugarcube Corner would be a really stupid idea. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Third Person) When shadow walked down the stairs, Pinkie at first began acting very defensive of the kitchen, but Shadow told her he was heading out a bit, and she was all too eager to help him out the door. "OK! GoonthenI'llseeyoulaterbyebye!" She pushed him out the door and got ready to close the door. "Alright, but can I at least grab my-" SLAM "... Money... Oh horseapples. Good thing I still have a few bits in my pockets..." He only had about one hundred bits, but that was more than enough for cupcakes. "Man am I lucky I always carry emergency money... Hooray for paranoia." Back in the kitchen, Pinkie was frantically cooking. "OK... So then I mix that, and add just a touch of sugar..." "Touch... A touch would be nice..." "Then I put it in the oven, and wait!" The whole time, she had been fantasizing about him. She absolutely adored everything about him. His jet black coat, his neon white hair, his pale yellow eyes, his shy yet caring personality... She blushed as she continued thinking. "I hope he likes this... I know he will! Who doesn't love cake?" This cake, of course, was in the shape of a heart. Tacky, yet effective. Shadow wasn't having as much luck as she was, though. "Grrrr... HOW COME EVERY PLACE THAT SELLS SWEETS IS CLOSED!?!? Is Sugarcube Corner really the only place that stays open all the time? Ugh... Just my luck..." He kicked the door with his forehoof, and turned to walk away, when the door to the shop opened. It was that mare that had warned him about Pinkie in the first place. "Oh, hello! I think I remember you from somewhere... Oh yeah! I warned you about Pinkie, but you apparently got caught anyways. I was at your welcoming party. Shadow Weaver, was it?" She smiled, but she looked really tired. "Yeah... I need some cupcakes, do you think you could sell me some? I know it's a bit late, but-" "Oh, no worries! I'll have them for you in a second. Be right back!" She turned around and walked to the back of the shop, which really just looked like a house, asides from the sign with the Bon-Bons on it. Shadow let out a sigh of relief. "Thank you, Goddesses..." A moment later, the kind mare returned with a bag. "Here you go! And don't worry about paying for them. Think of them as a late welcoming present. I'm Bon-Bon, by the way. Thank you, and come again!" "Thanks Bon-Bon, I'll see you later." He turned to head back to Sugarcube Corner, where Pinkie was putting the finishing touch on the cake. "Oooooh He'll love it! This is gonna be GREAT!" She heard the bell above the door jingle, signaling his return. She ran at full gallop to the front room, and then they both shouted at each other. "SURPRISE!"