Chapter Two
"Please Mr. Cake, please can he stay here" Pinkie begged the skinny yellow stallion.
"I don't know Pinkie, we have our hooves full with Pumpkin Cake and Pound Cake" explained Mr. Cake.
"I can take care of him! I did a super duper job with the twins" Pinkie said jumping up and down.
"Do you even know the colt's name?" said the roundish blue mare with a cupcake like styled mane coming down the stairs
"Mhmm, his name is Silver Wave" Pinkie said turning to the mare.
"I'm still not sure" Mr Cake says, while raising an eyebrow.
"PLEASEEEE" Pinkie said, falling to the floor a grabbing onto the stallion's legs.
"Why don't we just take him to an orphanage?" asks the blue mare.
"Because he got treated horribly at the last one he was in" Pinkie explains, looking sadly to the blue mare
The yellow stallion glances over at his wife, not sure what to make of this situation. The blue mare looks at the yellow stallion with a little smile and nods.
"Okay Pinkie." Mr.Cake sighs. "He can say".
Pinkie's enormous signiture smile plastures onto her face and she leaps in the air and gives a loud "YESSSSS!!!!!" and when she lands on the ground, she covers her mouth realizing that she could've woken up the young colt that was still sleeping upstairs in her bed as well as the two cake twins.
"Why don't you get him up and we'll put some food in his belly" said Mrs Cake, walking into the kitchen.
"Okie Dokie Lokie" said Pinkie then bouncing her way up the stairs.
You're sleeping soundly in the softest bed you have EVER slept in. It feels like a cloud filled with marshmallows and kitten fur wrapped in cashmere fur. Then you start to feel the bed shake and it wakes you up slightly. You lift your head off the pillow to look over to see where the source of the shaking is. Pinkie is the one shaking the bed and she beams at you and smiles.
"Wakey, wakey sleepy head" she says in a gentle and caring voice.
You turn back around and place your head back on the pillow, trying to fall back asleep but the constant shaking of the bed is making it difficult.
"Five more minutes" you say waving your hoof in the air.
You then feel yourself being lifted up from the bed and into the sky. You open your eyes to see what's happening which fully wakes you up. Your hooves are set onto the ground and you drowsily look up at Pinkie.
"Nuh uh, you need to get some food in your belly" she says cheerily while nudging you towards the door.
You let out a sigh as you walk out the door and head downstairs with Pinkie bouncing close behind you.
As you set foot on the final step of the staircase, two older ponies that are in the kitchen look at you. You instantly freeze up. Pinkie walks pass you and walks towards the two ponies.
"Mr. and Mrs. Cake this is Silver Wave" Pinkie says, introducing you to them, she then turns to you and gives you a wave as a signal for you to walk in but you still remain on the step frozen in place.
Pinkie gives a little "Tsk, tsk, tsk" and walks towards you. She gives you a nudge on your side but you still remain in place. The pink pony picks you up again and places you in the kitchen.
"It's nice to meet you Silver Wave" The blue pony says with a soft voice "I'm Cup Cake, but you can call me 'Mrs. Cake' if you like, and this is my husband Carrot Cake, but feel free to call him 'Mr. Cake'" She explains, introducing herself and her husband.
"I-I-Its n-nice to meet y-you t-too" you stutter, staring at the floorboards.
"Darling please don't be intimidated by me and my husband, we're not going to hurt you" Mrs. Cake says sweetly, looking down at you with concern on her face.
"O-Okay" you say, working up the courage to look at the cupcake maned mare and giving her a nervous smile.
Mrs. Cake gives you a heart-warming smile and turns to her husband. Pinkie nudges you and you look up at her. She nods over to the table beside you. You walk over to it and take a seat.
"So... how about we get you some breakfast" Mr. Cake asks "What would you like?"
"Oh, we can make: Waffles, pancakes, porridge, muffins, pancakes... did I already say pancakes? yes I did! but pancakes are SOOO yummy because you can have anything on them... What would you like Wavey?"says Pinkie in a single breath.
"I..um..can I h-have pancakes?" asks with a hint of fear in your voice.
"Of course you can deary" Mrs. Cake says happily then turning towards the fridge and grabbing the pancake mix.
As Mrs. Cake and Mr. Cake started baking the pancakes, Pinkie sits next to you and smiles at you cheerfully.
"So how was your sleep Silver?" Pinkie questions as she looks at you.
"I-I-it was really good" you stammer. "I-I-it was the best sleep I ever had".
"Really?! Well that is super duper great!" Pinkie exclaims happily. "How about your dreams?! Did you have good dreams?!" Pinkie asks excitedly.
"Um... n-not e-exactly" you say while looking down once more.
"What? Why?" Pinkie asks, her cheerful expression slightly dying down. "What did you dream about?"
"Um... c-can I tell you later?" you say while looking up at her with a sad expression.
"Why of course Silver" Pinkie caringly says as she puts a comforting hoof around you. "Whenever you feel like talking, your Auntie Pinkie Pie is here for you."
Pinkie then gets up and gets something from behind Mrs. Cake. A plate with a pancake smothered in syrup is placed in front of you by her. Pinkie then proceeds to bounce out to the next room.
You stare at the pancake for a couple of seconds before taking a bite of it and holy horse shoes! It was the tastiest thing you have ever put into your mouth! It was WAY better than the leftovers that the ponies would give you when you were on the street and it was a hundred times better then the stuff at the orphanage.
"Well you certainly enjoyed that didn't you?" Mrs Cake says with a smile from beside you.
You look down at the plate to see that the pancake was no longer on the plate. You look back up at Mrs. Cake and give a nod.
"Would you like another one?" she questions with a eyebrow raised jokingly.
"I-If it not t-too much t-trouble"
"Not at all, I'll have another done in a jiffy" Mrs. Cake says as she winks at you and trots back to the stove.
"So Silver, why did you leave the orphanage?" Mr Cake asks suddenly from behind you.
"Carrot Cake!" The blue earth pony says, snapping at her husband.
"What? I'm just asking" Mr. Cake says defensively.
"It could be a very sensitive subject for him" Cup Cake explains back.
"I-Its okay" you say then getting both of them to look at you with worried expressions "I-I'll tell you."
"Are you sure Silver? You don't have to tell us if you don't want to" says Mrs. Cake.
"N-No it's okay" you say then taking a breath.
"I left about a year ago because of the way I was treated. The single worst thing that happened to me was when everypony else was outside. Inside, one of the caretakers was yelling at me."
"You useless piece of crap, you'll never be adopted! Just look at you! No wonder why your parents abandoned you!" The huge stallion shouts at you as you're backed up into a corner. "You'll probably be here 'till you die!"
You start to shake with fear as the stallion towers over you.
"You might as well give up hope of ever being adopted!"
Tears start to form in your eyes as the stallion continues to verbally abuse you.
"You'll never get anywhere if you keep crying you little punk!"
You close your eyes to try and stop the tears from escaping. You suddenly feel a massive amount of pain in your left cheek that knocks you to the floor. You look up to see the stallion standing over you with his hoof raised high in the air. His hoof comes flying down with full speed then connecting with your nose. Tears start to cascade down your face and starts to mix with the blood coming out of your muzzle. Another hoof comes firing down that locks-on at your eye. Luckily you move out of the way just in time and the caretaker's hoof slams into the wall beside your head. You run down the hall as you hear the stallion let out a painful yell.
As you run down the hallway you can hear some hoof steps gaining from behind you. The next thing you know, you're tackled to the floor with the stallion standing over you again. He then picks you up and throws you against the wall that makes a small dent in the place where your back hit. Another hoof lands on you that makes a thunderous impact to your stomach, knocking all of the wind out of you. He then grabs you by your mane and drags you down the hall. You don't squirm as your scalp is burning with the pain of your mane being pulled so hard. He knocks your head against the door to your room. He stops in front of it and proceeds to open it. He chucks you across the room and you land against your bed.
"Go to bed you little twat!" he shouts, then slams the door.
You press your face into the pillow a sob softly.
You finish telling your tale and you look over to Mr. and Mrs. Cake. Carrot Cake face was mixed with shock and sadness and Mrs. Cake was on the verge of tears. You could hear some sniffles come from the door way. You glance over to the source of the sound to see Pinkie with tears running down her face. She trots over to you and gives you a hug while her tears stream down her face.
"Don't worry. Nothing like that will ever happen again. I Pinkie Promise" she says with empathy through her tears.
You look over to see that Carrot Cake was holding his wife who was now also crying.
You give a small smile for the fact that somepony actually cared about you, and you return the hug that Pinkie Pie is giving you.