Chapter Four
The party has been going on for a couple of hours. While Pinkie and her friends are happily talking and dancing along with the music, you sit near a table sipping a juice box because Pinkie said "little colts aren't aloud to drink punch". You can see from the other side of the room that Pinkie finds it cute when you sip your juice through a straw.
Also those three fillies that came along have been giving you weird smiles ever since the party started. You glance at them for a quick second and then turn your attention to a cyan pegasus pouring some punch into her glass. She looks down at you a give you a sneering smile.
"How are you enjoying the party little dude?" she asks.
"I-It's o-okay", you reply, then taking a slip of your juice while looking down at the floor again.
"Alright that's awesome to hear, and... well... I'm sorry about what happened to you" she says scratching the back of her head.
You give a simple nod while you still had the straw in your mouth. The cyan pegasus nods back and flies toward her friends. You look towards the three fillies who are still smiling at you, but they seem to have gotten closer. You look away again towards the wall and you see a little green alligator with a blank expression waddling towards you. You start to get a little scared because of this creature coming to you as it starts to get closer and closer.
You break into a gallop and run towards Pinkie. You hide behind her leg and you hear a little 'Aww' from the yellow pegasus she was talking to.
"What's wrong Silvey?", Pinkie asks with concern. You point over to the alligator who was standing where you previously sat.
"Oh, that's just Gummy, my pet alligator."
"S-So, h-he's not going to e-eat me?", you ask while still hiding behind Pinkie's leg.
Pinkie fires off a barrage of giggles. "Of course not silly, he has no teeth."
You step out from behind Pinkies legs and trot back to the table. The green alligator walks over to you again and just stares at you with his big purple eyes. You reach out and pat him on the head but he still just stands there.
You hear your stomach start to rumble again. You look up at the table to see a plate of cookies and you trot over to try and reach for them but yet you're too small to reach them. You place your hooves on the edge of the table and stand on your hind legs to where your eyes are just peering over the table edge. You try to reach for them again but they are still too far away.
Suddenly one of cookies becomes surrounded by a purple aura and hovers towards you and lands in front of you. You look over to see a purple unicorn who has a smile on her face.
"T-Thank you", you say before taking the cookie in your mouth and standing yourself back on all four legs.
"It's okay little guy, just trying to help" she says ruffling your mane before she trots off.
You happily take a bite of your cookie while holding it in your hooves.
"Hi!", a squeaky voice shrieks from beside you.
You look over to see the three fillies standing beside you. You jump a little to the sudden site of how close they are.
"Err... H-Hi", you say.
"Hi, I'm Apple Bloom", the yellow filly explains, pointing to herself. "This here is Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle", she continues while pointing to the other fillies standing next to her.
"You know, just in case you didn't remember", says the orange pegasus with a chuckle.
"Yeah! We noticed you don't have your cutie mark" says the squeaky white unicorn with a grin.
You back off a little as you try to hide your flank with your ears folded in shyness. "O-Oh... Y-Yeah", you say looking down at the floor.
"And we were talkin' and we decided that we want ya' to join the Cutie Mark Crusaders", says Apple Bloom as she points at you.
"T-The what?"
"THE CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS!!", the three shout at the same time.
"It's a club we made for helping ponies get their cutie marks" explains Sweetie Belle.
"What do ya' say, do ya' want to join?", asks Apple Bloom with an excited expression.
You stop and think for a second. A club for getting cutie marks? That doesn't sound too bad.
"O-Okay", you reply.
"See! I told ya' he'd want to join", exclaims Apple Bloom looking at Scootaloo who responds by sticking her tongue out at her.
"Come to the clubhouse tomorrow and we'll give you a cape and your acceptance ceremony" says Sweetie Belle.
"O-Okay, but w-where is the clubhouse?", you ask.
"OH that's right, you're new here, well I'll come by tomorrow and show you okay?", asks Apple Bloom
You give a slight nod in response.
--
After a couple of hours and as Celestia's glowing sun was going down, the party was coming to an end as everypony was leaving to go home.
"Bye girls!", Pinkie shouts from her window. "Thanks for coming!"
She closes her window and turns looks at the mess on the floor. You sit in the middle of the room and let out a yawn and Pinkie turns to you and smiles.
"Aww, looks like somepony's tired", she says with a soft voice.
You don't respond and you rub your eyes and nearly fall over because of how tired you are.
"I guess it's time for you to head off to beddy-byes", Pinkie says, then picks you up and lies you down on the bed,
You place your head on the pillow and snuggle up as Pinkie tucks you in. She then gives you a gentle kiss on your head as you slowly drift off to sleep.
--
You happily trot down Ponyville, walking past ponies doing their own thing. But your happiness soon falls as your eyes set sight on a huge stallion who you recognize as the caretaker of the orphanage. You instantly freeze as he stares at you.
"There you are!", he shouts before starting to gallop towards you.
You turn around and quickly start to gallop towards Sugar Cube Corner. You run into the shop and see Pinkie standing in the middle of the room. The stallion walks into the room and you run towards Pinkie with tears running down your face. You grab her leg.
"Miss Pinkie I got your call", says the stallion. You look up at Pinkie in shock, "We'll take this colt off your hands."
"Okie dokie loki", replies Pinkie with a smile.
"Pinkie, don't let him take me!" you cry out with tears streaming on your face. Pinkie picks you up and hands you over to the stallion who grabs you tightly so you can't escape.
"PINKIE! PLEASE!", you scream in panic and heartbreak.
You shoot up from the bed with tears still down your face and sob loudly. You look around the room to see that you're still in Pinkie's bed. You suddenly get pulled into a tight hug by the pink mare, and you start to sob in her chest as she strokes your silver mane and quietly says "Shhh" in a motherly tone. You look up at Pinkie and say in an sad tone, "You're not going to send me back to the orphanage are you?", you ask trough your tears
"No, of course not. Never ever ever. I Pinkie Promise", Pinkie replies softly as she holds you tighter as you continue to cry.
--
The next morning, you are sitting down at the kitchen table with a half-eaten hay sandwich in front of you. Pinkie is also sitting with you at the table while spoon feeding the Cake twins.
"Are you sure you're okay Silver?", Mrs. Cake asks standing next to you. "I heard some crying coming from your room last night."
"I-It was j-just a b-bad dream", you reply, still looking at the sandwich.
"What was it about?", Pinkie asks, though she has already guessed, while taking the spoon out of Pound Cake's mouth.
"That you called the orphanage to take me back", you say looking over at Pinkie with a sorrowful expression.
Pinkie wraps you a little hug and whispers, "I would never do that", then gives you a kiss on the forehead.
"It was just a dream dear. Nothing like that will ever happen", Mrs. Cake says sincerely.
Soon the bell to the front door rings and Mrs. Cake goes to see who it is. You can just barely hear out the conversation.
"Well, hello there Apple Bloom."
"Howdy there Mrs. Cake!", a southern accent voice says.
"What can I do for you today?", asks Mrs. Cake.
"Is Silver Wave in? We need to go the clubhouse."
"Yes of course, I'll go get him for you", Mrs Cake says then trots back into the kitchen. "Silver Wave, Apple Bloom is here to see you."
You get out of the chair and trot out of the kitchen to see Apple Bloom smiling in excitement at you.
"Howdy Silver Wave, are you ready to go?", the yellow filly asks.
"Y-Yeah"
"Where are you two going?", asks Pinkie, bouncing out of the kitchen.
"We're going to the Crusader Clubhouse to give Silver a ceremony for joining the Cutie Mark Crusaders". says Apple Bloom happily.
"OH! You're joining the CMC, that sounds like super duper FUN!", shouts Pinkie as she bounces up and down.
"Come Silver, let's get going", says AppleBloom nudging your side.
You nod and walk out with her.
"And make sure to come back here before it gets dark", shouts Pinkie, standing in the door frame.
--
Silence falls as the drum beat begins. In front of your are the three fillies; Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom and Scootaloo, their eyes locked onto you.
"Silver Wave", Sweetie Belle begins looking at a long piece of paper. "Of the colours blue and silver, we the Cutie Mark Crusader here elect you to join us on our quest of earning our cutie marks", she stops looking at the paper and looks at you "Do you accept?"
You stop and ponder for a moment, wondering if this is a good thing to do.
"Y-Yes", you reply.
Applebloom walks over to you and hands you a red cape.
"WELCOME TO THE CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS!!!", they all shout together.
"Now that that's out of the way, what do you guys feel like doing?", asks Scootaloo suddenly.
"OH! How about we try and get out cutie marks in hang gliding", suggests Sweetie Belle.
"We did that three weeks ago", Apple Bloom says while facehoofing.
"Oh, how about zip-lining?", Scootaloo asks with a smile.
"We've done that like five times already", Apple Bloom says with annoyance.
"I know, but it just really fun."
"What do you think we should do Silver?", asks Sweetie Belle.
"U-Um... A-Animal rescuers?", you suggest with no confidence in your voice.
"Nah, we tried that a couple weeks ago", says Scootaloo.
"Oh, what if Silver Wave's special talent is squeaking", Sweetie Belle implis.
They all look at you and then start to laugh, and painful memories start to flood back into your head.
"Just like the orphanage", you say just above a whisper.
They all stop laughing and look at each other and then back at you.
"Ohh, were you teased because of it?", asks Sweetie Belle.
You nod your head.
"What did they say?", Scootaloo questions curiously.
"I don't want to talk about it", you reply softly.
"Did they call you 'The Squeakster'?", Sweetie Belle exclaims.
"I don't want to talk about it."
"squeaks Maggee?"
"I said I don't want to talk about."
"What about the Squeakinator?"
"I SAID I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT!!!", you yell out with tears in your eyes.
You take off the red cape and you turn around to try to trot out the door but Apple Bloom stops you.
"Silver we-"
"LEAVE ME ALONE!!!", you shout again.
Apple Bloom steps out the way and you gallop out of the tree house and run to wherever your little legs will carry you.
You stop at a tree and slump next to it, crying in your hooves.
"There you are!", a ferocious voice says from above you.
You look up and fear comes rushing to you. Standing over you is the caretaker from the orphanage, the being of your nightmares. He grabs you by your mane and smirks at you as you squirm.
"I was sent to find you, but the truth is I don't want you back at the orphanage", he begins, then back hoofs you around the head that makes your eyesight go all blurry.
"I'm going to get rid of you once and for all, you little pest."