//------------------------------// // Chapter 1 // Story: Thirty Moons Later... // by glidergirl //------------------------------// “Pinkie, is something the matter darling? You haven’t touched your food.” The pink haired teen sighed, poking at her salad with a fork. She glanced up at Rarity with a look of confusion. “Well, of course something’s wrong! We just became super-duper best friends with this super-duper awesome girl, who even was a pony princess from another world and had a talking dog, but then she had to leave and I couldn’t follow her which is really really sad because Twilight was really fun and I wanna see her again and meet her friends too!” She explained, frowning by the end of her ramble “Well o’ course we miss Twilight,” Applejack agreed. “But yah tried goin in that portal thingy, and it was closed. And besides, even if it were open, ya’ll don’t belong in her world. She was only here to get back her crown.” Pinkie sighed. It had been a few weeks since Twilight went home. Sunset Shimmer apologized to everyone for the terrible things she did and apologized to the five girls for ruining their friendships, and even became good friends with the five girls. Sunset Shimmer turned out to be a good person. She had her flaws, but the five girls understood and helped her make friends and learn some great things about friendship. But even with a new friend like Sunset, she missed Twilight very much. “I guess you’re right, Applejack…but what if it reopens soon and I miss my chance to go in and see her again? Oh, I wanna see her again really badly. Plus, what if she forgets about me by the time I do get inside the portal? A-“ Applejack held her hand over Pinkie’s mouth. She heaved a sigh and looked over at her. “We all wanna see Twilight again.” The rest that were sitting there - Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy – nodded in agreement. “But the portal’s closed. And Twilight even said that it wouldn’t open again for a long time. And who knows how long that is. Pinkie Pie sighed. “Yeah…a long time...” --- It was fall of 2015. Two years since Twilight had come to retrieve her crown. Pinkie Pie was out of school by now, working at a bakery down the road. She enjoyed working for Mr. and Mrs. Cake, especially when she got to see their twin babies. Pinkie Pie hopped down the road towards home, after working at the bakery. On the path home was her old school, Canterlot High. She sighed at the memories of going to the school. Her best friends. She wondered what Sunset Shimmer was up to. Her expression quickly changed when she remembered those three days, when Twilight came. How much of a great friend she was, how she reunited Pinkie’s other friends. She sighed at the thought, walking up to the horse statue at the front of the school, where Twilight and Spike disappeared after saving the school from Sunset Shimmer. She frowned, pressing her hand against the marble, watching her hand slowly shimmer through the- Pinkie Pie gasped, jumping away from the statue, clutching her hand in fright. What just happened? She wondered. Slowly and carefully, she touched the statue again. Sure enough, her fingers started going through the marble. She pulled her hand back, staring at the statue in confusion and curiosity. After looking around, checking to see if the coast was clear, Pinkie Pie looked back at the statue. She took in a deep breath, looking into her reflection on the marble with determination. “Let’s do this…ooh! I’m so nervocited!” And with that, she stepped through. --- She squealed with delight as she tumbled and twisted through the portal, giggling at all the colors. Suddenly, she tumbled out, landing with a face plant to the floor. Pinkie Pie grumbled in pain, peeling her face off the floor and surveying her surroundings. The room was very sparkly, which was a plus in her book. Even the floor seemed to be made of crystal. Pinkie stood up, wanting to get a better view but quickly face planted again. “Well that didn’t work. “ She grumbled, peeling her face from the floor once again. “But why couldn’t I-“she gasped when she realized something. “I can’t feel my fingers. I can’t feel them. Where are they?” Pinkie Pie screamed, lifting her hands in front of her face. She screamed again when she realized that she couldn’t just feel her fingers…they weren’t there. Not even her hands were there. They were replaced with bright pink hooves. “Oh my gosh! “ Pinkie Pie stood up, this time on all fours and looked down at her legs. They were bright pink, almost like her skin color. She tried to walk, almost ending up waddling. She wasn’t used to walking on all fours. It certainly didn’t feel right. She looked around the room, seeing if there was anything to see her with. After turning around completely, she saw the mirror behind her. “Wasn’t that where I came out?” she said to herself, walking up to it. She screamed again when she saw a pink colored pony in the mirror. She had a pink poofy mane, a bit darker then her coat color. Her eyes were light blue, much like Pinkie Pie’s eyes. “Wait a sec, that’s me! I’m a pony!” she squealed, turning to the side to get a better look at herself. She got a bit confused to see three balloons, two yellow and one blue, on her flank. It reminded her of her favorite skirt. “So, if I’m a pony, does that mean I’m in Twilight’s world? Oh my gosh, this is the greatest thing ever! I’ve gotta find her!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed, walking towards the door, which proved to be a bit difficult. Once she got to the door, she lifted her right hoof and pushed it open, losing her balance and tumbling into someone. Pinkie yelped, bouncing back and looking up at the person-oh, pony. He – at least she was pretty sure it was a he - was dressed almost like a knight. He had silver armor on over his purple coat. He also seemed to be glistening, like a crystal. He looked down at her with a glare. Pinkie Pie smiled innocently, but that obviously wasn’t going to work. “Your Highness, I found her in the castle hall, sneaking around it seemed.” He said, pushing Pinkie into the throne room. She slowly looked up, gasping at what she saw. A bright pink pony sat on a throne of crystals. Her mane was tricolored yellow, pink, and purple, flowing long and curling at the very ends. But not only that, on her back sat wings and on her head, a horn. Pinkie sat there, with a look of amazement, while the alicorn sat there with a look of confusion. “Pinkie Pie? What are you doing here?” she asked, standing up from her throne and walking towards her. “How do you know my name? I came through the portal because I -“ “You what?!” The alicorn exclaimed. “How did you come through the portal?” “Well, I –“Pinkie Pie stopped abruptly, registering what the pink pony was saying. She knows her name was confused as to how she came through the portal. Maybe there was another version of her in this world, just how there’s a girl like Twilight who lives in the city and has a dog named Spike. “Did I say portal? I meant door.” Pinkie said with a grin. Cadence nodded. “Right…well, thanks for visiting Pinkie Pie. The guard will escort you to a room.” She said. “Oh I didn’t want to spend the night. I gotta see Twilight.” Pinkie said. “Uh huh...well, he’ll escort you to the train station.” Cadence said. The guard nodded, walking out of the throne room with Pinkie at his side. Pinkie Pie was even more amazed when she saw outside. Everything was made from crystal, even the ponies. Everything sparkled and glistened under the light. It was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. It didn’t take too long to get to the train station. The guard bought Pinkie a ticket to ‘Ponyville’. “Ooh, is that where Twilight lives?” she asked with a grin. The guard raised an eyebrow, sighing before holding the ticket out for her. Pinkie tried to grab it with her hoof but it didn’t work very well. She desperately tried to pick it up off the ground where it fell, but not having opposable thumbs turned out to be a problem. She groaned, looking around at another pony who had just bought a ticket. She watched the pony as she bent her head down to the counter, taking the ticket in her mouth and heading towards the train. Pinkie Pie looked down at her ticket, craned her head down to the ground and grabbed it with her mouth. “Hey! It worked!” she said through her clenched teeth, grinning at the guard. He sighed again, trotting back off towards the kingdom. Pinkie Pie got on the train, took a seat and looked out the window. And, she again, was very nervocited about what was to come.