Why can't I hold all these emotions
Behind that smile, the frizzy pinky hair, and those amazingly happy eyes lie the inner machinations of one crazy pony. Although having to put on the air of always being happy and cheery might sound like a fun job, it wasn't. But if anypony saw her when she wasn't being her usual cheerful self they'd worry about what was wrong. And Pinkie Pie didn't want anypony to worry about her. "Another day, lets see what we're doing today!" said a still groggy Pinkie Pie. She had rolled out of bed and trotted over to her calendar and looked at today's plans.
"How could I have forgotten! Its Winter Wrapup today!" shouted Pinkie Pie to nopony in particular. Truth be told her mind had been somewhere else lately. She turned back to her calendar and saw the day she dreaded every year. Applebloom's Birthday. It wasn't that she didn't like that filly, but it was also her sister Inkie's birthday as well. Thinking about her family always made her miss them and when she was sad it was visually noticeable. "I've got work i need to do today! I can't be sad!" muttered Pinkie Pie as she put her vest on as she grabbed her skates while walking out the door.
Pinkie Pie trotted down to the town square to hear the mayor's speech. Pinkie Pie zoned out and missed the majority of the speech and only coming back to her senses when she heard the cheering at the end of the speech. At the conclusion of the mayor's speech, Pinkie Pie trotted towards Ponyville's largest lake with the rest of the ice scorers. When they all got there, they circled around Pinkie Pie. "Alright guys, we have a very important job to do. We have to score the ice quickly so it can be melted evenly. The faster we do this the longer we can celebrate! Lets do it!" shouted Pinkie Pie excitedly to her group of lake scorers. She noticed one orange pegasus in her team again this year. "Hey Scootaloo! Glad to have you back this year. Applebloom and Sweetie Belle with their sisters?" inquired a cheery Pinkie Pie.
"Yea, they don't know what they're missing out on!" shouted an excited Scootaloo.
"Maybe this day won't be so bad. I've got Scootaloo here to keep my spirits up!" Pinkie Pie whispered to herself. Pinkie Pie started her usual Winter Wrapup chore with her usual silliness of drawing odd shapes in the ice before making the standard checkerboard. Pinkie Pie was about to start the checkerboard when she noticed Scootaloo copying her silly shapes in the ice. "Wow Scootaloo, I didn't realize you had such a creative mind." remarked Pinkie Pie.
"Well when you're a pegasus who can't fly you have to fill your time with something. I just happen to have a creative mind and a knack for drawing." replied Scootaloo. "It started as me screwing around trying to get Rainbow Dash's attention with my drawings in the dirt, but it just kinda stuck with me."
"She's just like Inky." Pinkie Pie thought to herself. "Inkie always loved her pens and brushes. I can't remember a time where we had a break and she wasn't drawing."
The sun was setting across Equestria and the Pie family was sitting down to a home cooked meal. The rocks from the southern field had been rotated to the western field just as was planned for the day and the entire family was tired and just wanted to get to bed. Everypony except Pinkie that is. She was bouncing off the walls of the dining room that had become the norm ever since that one day with the gigantic rainbow. Once her mother had gotten pinkamena in her chair and stopped bouncing off the walls for a little bit she put the plates on the table. "Eat up everypony. Tomorrow's a big day, we have a huge shipment of rocks coming in from Ghastly Gorge and they all need to be put in the western field, so we need to rotate the rocks from the western field to the eastern field." Their father told them with a monotone voice. The rest of the Pie family just looked at their plates and started to clean their plates. Everypony except Inkie that is. Inkie cleaned her plate of everything except her potatoes, which were of course mashed. Pinkie looked over to her plate and noticed an intricate drawing of their farm and barn in the potatoes.
"Wow Inky, that's a really good drawing!" Pinkie remarked.
"What!?!! What do you think you're doing Inkie? I thought I told you to knock off that drawing nonsense." Their father screamed at Inkie. "If i ever see you drawing again, so help me!"
After that night, Pinkie remembered that Inkie had stopped drawing all together and focused all her efforts to working around the farm even longer. "I don't remember her being too happy after that night." Pinkie Pie remarked to herself.
"Something wrong Pinkie Pie?" asked Scootaloo "You've been going in a straight line for a few minutes now just staring off into space."
"Its nothing Scootaloo, just lots of work getting this lake done quickly and properly." replied Pinkie Pie. It only took another hour before all the ice on the large lake was good and ready to be melted. Scootaloo looked all around and caught a glimpse of Pinkie Pie as she disappeared in some trees.
"I wonder where shes going?" Scootaloo asked herself. Scootaloo didn't have anything else planned today now that the scoring was done. She followed Pinkie Pie through what she thought must be the Everfree Forest. After walking for what felt like hours, Pinkie Pie stopped and looked around to make sure nopony followed her there, but she didn't see Scootaloo trailing her. However, what Scootaloo didn't realize was Pinkie Pie knew she was there and was waiting just inside the trees. Just as Scootaloo entered the treesshe felt a force knock her to the ground.
"What are you doing here? Why did you follow me? Who sent you? What are you doing following me?" inquired a noticeably angry Pinkie Pie.
"I didn't know where you were going so i decided to follow you since our work was done. Nopony sent me." replied Scootaloo, visibly shaken by Pinkie Pie's sudden change in demeanor. "I didn't mean to hurt nopony, I just didn't wanna be alone for the rest of today." Something within her statement hit a nerve with Pinkie Pie and she reverted to her normal cheery self.
"Oh Scootaloo I'm sorry I yelled at you, it's just that i always come here after doing the big lake in order to get away from it all." said Pinkie Pie. This was not entirely true. She had only found the spot four years ago, two years after the accident. "I come here and play in the snow before i hop on my canvas." explained Pinkie Pie as she trotted away. Scootaloo bounded after her.
"Canvas? What Canvas? I didn't take you for a painter Pinkie." inquired a confused Scootaloo.
"No silly. THIS is my canvas." and as Pinkie Pie said this, Scootaloo laid her eyes on the most pristine lake she had ever seen. Not even comparable to the size of the one in Ponyville, it was twice as beautiful and still frozen over.
"How did you find this place Pinkie Pie?" asked Scootaloo.
"Applejack showed me this place after one of her parties. Although I found it much like you did." remarked Pinkie Pie. She remembered how Applejack had done something similar to what she had done to Scootaloo, although with more questions and not allowing her to go for a little longer. "I come here mainly to remember my sister, Inkie. She loved to draw so I play in the snow like we used to and then score some shapes in the lake before actually scoring the lake. You actually remind me of her."
"Well Pinkie Pie, do you think I can play and draw with you? I'd rather not go home so early." asked an excited Scootaloo.
"Sure! It'll be fun to have somepony to play with out here. I always hate hogging all this beauty to myself." answered Pinkie Pie. At that Scootaloo finally got the chance to look all around her. The entire clearing was almost completely enclosed by trees. These trees, much like all of the ground, were topped with snow. The sun was hidden just behind the tops of the tallest trees, and the little light that was seeping through the cracks in the trees reflected amazingly off the ice of the lake.
"Its beautiful Pinkie Pie. I can't wait t-" *PMPFH* a snowball smacked her face before she could finish her sentence. "Oh I'll get you for that one Pinkie Pie." Scootaloo shouted. Both had set up makeshift forts for the ensuing battle.
"Only rule! No Rocks! Ok go!" Pinkie Pie yelled back. And so they began the battle of the spot. The fight came to a close as the sun began waning behind the trees. "Alright Scootaloo get those skates on. Its time to get creative." Pinkie Pie shouted as she trotted over to her skates. Scootaloo came over as well and both ponies put their skates on and began to score their images into the ice. As they finished their pictures they decided to admire their work. Scootaloo saw Pinkie Pie's picture.
"Hey that looks a lot like Sweet Apple Acres. Is that what your picture is of?" Scootaloo quickly asked.
"Not quite. Its the rock farm i grew up on. It held a lot of memories." Replied Pinkie Pie.
"What happened to it?" Inquired Scootaloo.
"Maybe another time Scootaloo I wanna see what you did!" answere an excited Pinkie Pie. As they walked over Pinkie Pie noticed Scootaloo's picture and she couldn't believe what she was seeing. Scootaloo's picture looked almost exactly like Inkie, but this pony had wings! "Scootaloo, who is that?" Pinkie Pie stammered, trying to hold back tears.
"It's what my mom looked like. It's the best I can do without the picture of her and my dad. Why Pinkie Pie?" answered an inquisitive Scootaloo looked worried.
"That looks just like my Inkie!" Pinkie Pie shouted. "Oh Scootaloo thank you! You didn't even think of it like this when you were scoring her. It was five years ago. I went back home to celebrate her birthday. I arrived early to setup because she was travelling through Ghastly Gorge to get some exotic rocks. My father, who she was travelling with, told me the bad news. There had been a rockslide in the gorge and she couldn't get away fast enough." Pinkie Pie finished now with tears streaming from her eyes. She felt a weight around her and noticed Scootaloo was doing her best to hug her.
"Don't cry Pinkie Pie. It'll be ok. Just think, one day you guys will be able to see each other again. Shoot I bet she's drawing right now!" Scootaloo replied trying to comfort her friend.
"You're right Scootaloo! She's doing something she loves right now. Lets score this Ice and get going!" replied Pinkie Pie as she started on the checkerboard pattern. When they were finished they trotted towards Ponyville. About halfway back Pinkie Pie turned to Scootaloo. "Hey Scootaloo, why don't you stay with me tonight. We could both use the company and we can plan Applebloom's party!" exclaimed an excited Pinkie Pie.
"Sure Pinkie Pie, sounds like a great time!" replied an excited Scootaloo as they entered Sugarcube Corner. They trotted up to Pinkie Pie's room and both fell asleep after a long and tiring day. Both excited for what would come tomorrow.