Chapter Six
The sun shines bright and beams onto Sugar Cube Corner. The rays of light hit Pinkie's face, waking her up. Her eyes open slowly and she gives an over-exaggerated yawn. She glances down to see that her body is still wrapped around the little blue and gray colt. A little smile appears on the pink mare's face as the colt has his face buried in Pinkie's tail.
A knocking came from the door, making Pinkie unwrap herself slowly so she doesn't wake up the sleeping colt. Before she got up, she quickly placed a pillow under the colt's head to replace her tail.
Pinkie trots over to the door and opens it to see Mrs. Cake standing on the other side.
"Hiya Mrs Cake!" Pinkie chirps happily.
"Good morning Pinkie," Mrs. Cake responds. "Twilight is here for you."
"Okie dokie, I just need to grab some stuff then I'll be right out," Pinkie says in a singsong tone.
"Don't be too long, the train will be at the station in an hour," warns Mrs. Cake, turning around to trot back down the hallway.
Pinkie closes her bedroom door and goes over to her closet and pulls out a pink saddlebag with balloon on it. She packs some forms that Twilight said that she needed to bring and some party supplies for who knows what reason. After Pinkie finished packing, she headed over to the door, but stopped before she placed her hoof on the knob and looked over to the sleeping colt. Pinkie smiles and walks over to him and nuzzels his ear. "Be a good boy while I'm away," Pinkie whispered in his ear and trotted back towards the bedroom door and went out of the room, closing the door gently behind her.
Pinkie trotted down the stairs to see a purple unicorn waiting for her.
Pinkie greets the unicorn. "Hiya Twilight."
"Hi Pinkie, you ready to go?" Twilight asks.
"Don't we need to ask Ms. Cheerilee to get Silver into the school?" ask Pinkie.
"I've already asked Cheerilee and she said that she'll be coming over to talk about it with Mrs. Cake," explains Twilight. "Is that alright Mrs. Cake?" Twilight asks turning her head towards the blue mare.
"Yes that's fine," Mrs. Cake replies with a smile.
"Okie dokie," Pinkie says then walks over to the door with Twilight, but stops and turns to Mrs. Cake. "If Silver Wave asks, tell him I'm doing some business with the Princess, I want the adoption to be a a surprise."
"You can count on me," Mrs. Cake says with a wink.
Suddenly a scream and a thud could be heard from upstairs. Pinkie drops her bag without a thought and runs upstairs.
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You slowly start to open your eyes to see purple eyes looking back at you. "GAHHH!," you scream out jumping onto your hoof and falling off the bed making a loud thud, in which you shout "Oww" in pain. You hear some hoofsteps galloping up the stairs and the door flies open.
"Silver Wave?! Are you okay?!", a worried voice exclaims.
"I-I'm fine," you say, walking from behind the bed and sitting in the middle of the room.
"What happened?" Pinkie asks, trotting over to you.
You point over to Gummy who just continues to stand on the bed, looking at the wall. Pinkie gives out a giggle that ends with a snort.
"Pinkie is everything alright?", Mrs. Cake calls out from the bottom of the stairs.
"Everything is fine Mrs. Cake," Pinkie replies.
"Pinkie! We have to hurry!", shouts Twilight from below.
"Okay, I'll be right down," Pinkie says trotting back to the door.
"Hurry? W-Where are you g-going?", you ask with worry.
"Oh... um...," Pinkie starts, shifting her eyes back and forth. "Some business came up with the Princess, and she wants me and Twilight to help her," Pinkie says trying to put on a innocent smile.
"O-Oh o-okay."
You and Pinkie trot out of the bedroom and down the stairs to meet up with other ponies. Pinkie turns to you and smiles.
"Be good while I'm away, okay?", Pinkie tells you. You reply with a simple nod and Pinkie ruffles your mane. Pinkie and Twilight turn around and start to trot out the door of the bakery shop. Before they fully trot out of the shop, you run and grab Pinkie's leg. She looks down at you in confusion.
"You're coming back right?", you ask, still holding onto her leg.
"Of course I am, silly," Pinkie says ending with a giggle and then patting you on your head.
You let go of her leg and watch as they get further and further away from the shop until they're just little figures in the distance. A hoof is placed on your shoulder and you look up to see Mrs. Cake smiling down at you.
"How would you like some pancakes?", she asks sweetly.
You nod and walk with her to the kitchen. You take a seat on the kitchen table and look down.
"Silver Wave, dear," Mrs. Cake calls out, catching your attention. "Is something the matter?"
"I'm f-fine," you reply with a low tone.
"Are you sure?"
"Well... I-It's just...," you say ending in a sigh.
"It's what?", Mrs. Cake asks, sitting down next to you.
"H-He knows I'm here, and he could e-easily come back and find me a-and take me back," you explain, staring at Mrs Cake with scared eyes.
"Who?", Mrs. Cake asks with worry.
"The C-Caretaker," you reply.
"Wait, he's the reason why you were in the Everfree forest?" Mr. Cake asks, as he trots in the kitchen, apparently listening in. You give him a slight nod. "When I get my hoof on him," Mr. Cake mutters to himself.
"Well don't worry," Mrs. Cake says, wrapping her arm around you. "We'll protect you while Pinkie is away," she continues with her familiar smile.
You smile back at her as she unwraps her arm from around you and walks over to a cupboard and pulls out a plant and scoops up a pancake. Mrs. Cake smothers the newly baked pancake in syrup and places it in front of you. You look up at Mrs. Cake and give her a smile and give a grateful "Thank you," and she ruffles your mane and trots back over to the oven and allows you to dig in to your pancake.
After you finished your pancake and the plate was placed in the dishwasher, you jump down the chair of the table and trot into the main area with Mrs. Cake.
The door of Sugar Cube Corner opened, and the bell rang catching Mrs. Cake and your's attention. A magenta mare walks in the a smile on her face.
"Good morning," She sang with a nice soft voice.
"Good morning Ms. Cheerilee," Mrs. Cake greets.
"Hello Mrs. Cake," the mare directs her attention to you and smiles. "And you must be Silver Wave."
You nod in response and try to hide behind Mrs. Cake.
A small giggle comes from the mare. "Well I'm Ms. Cheerilee, the teacher at the Ponyville School. Now Twilight asked me to place you into the school, and since Twilight is a friend of mine, as well as love having the opportunity to teach a new student, I agreed," Ms. Cheerilee explained with a smile all the way through. "School starts at nine o'clock and finishes at three fifteen. All the subjects you will learn are the basics: Math, writing, Ponyville history and so on and so forth," Ms. Cheerliee finishes and then looks down at you. "Is there any questions you would like to ask?" You respond by shaking your head.
Ms. Cheerilee looks over at the clock. "Oh my, just look at the time, I need to get going. It was nice talking to you," she says before trotting out the front door.
"It was nice seeing you Ms. Cheerilee," Mrs. Cake says before the teacher leaves Sugar Cube Corner.
Mrs Cake looks down at you and says, "Aren't you excited?"
"A little," you say staring down once again.
"What's the matter?"
"W-What if I g-get treated badly because I'm n-new?", you say looking up at Mrs. Cake.
"Oh don't worry," Mrs Cake says with a smile. "I'm sure everypony is nice at the school."
You give a sigh and head back to the kitchen with Mrs. Cake.
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Pinkie and Twilight walk through Canterlot head towards the Princess' castle.As they they near the door, it opens, exposing many guards standing in a formal line on both sides of the room. A more darker coloured guard approaches them.
"Miss Twilight, Miss Pinkie, please follow me," he says, then turns around to escort them to the Princess' throne room. A sizeable door opens to reveal the alicorn mare with the long, beautiful flowing mane and tail.
"My faithful student, Twilight," Princess Celestia greets her. "I'm glad you arrived," she continues before getting off her throne. "You said something about Pinkie wanting to adopt a colt, but you don't know which orphanage he was in?"
Twilight nods. "That's right, Princess Celestia."
Celestia's horn glows and a list appears before her.
"Now what's this colt's name?"
"Silver Wave!", Pinkie exclaims happily, as she bounces up and down with excitement.
Celestia's eyes start to scan the list looking for the name Pinkie mentioned.
"Ah, Silver Wave," Celestia begins. "It says he ran away from the orphanage in Vanhoover."
"Vanhoover?!", says Pinkie, "But that's so far away!"
Celestia makes the list disappear and makes another piece of paper appears in front of her.
"According to his biography, he's a little small for the average colt," Celestia says raising an eyebrow.
"I know, but that's what make him SO cute!", Pinkie exclaims happily.
"He does look a little cute in this picture," says Celestia with a giggle. The bio disappears and Celestia turns her attention to Pinkie. "Are you sure you want to do this? Taking care of a little colt can be hard work."
"Of course I want to do this!", Pinkie says nearly instantly after Celestia finishes her sentence.
Celestia smiles and nods and turns back to her throne. "I'll send a letter to the orphanage and ask for someone to come here with the adoption papers."
"Thank you Princess," Pinkie says, taking a bow.
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The sun starts to fall and the moon slowly takes its place. The open sign was flipped to closed and the cash resister was locked.
"Come on Silver, bed time. You got school in the morning," Mrs. Cake says while nudging your side. You get onto your hooves and walk up the stairs and head towards the bedroom. Mrs. Cake opens the door for you and you walk in and head towards the bed. You jump onto the bed and quickly lay down.
"Good night Silver, I'll get you up in the morning," Mrs. Cake says, standing by the door. She slowly closes the door and you start to close your eyes.
During the night you keep opening your eyes again expecting to see a pink mare sleeping next to you, but remembered she was still in Canterlot. As you drift off to sleep, all you can think about is how much you miss Pinkie.
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Pinkie looks out the window on the room she was staying in. She could see Ponyville far off in the distance. She couldn't help but wonder what the little colt had been doing all day.
"Pinkie," a voice calls from the bedroom door.
Pinkie looks over to see her unicorn friend, Twilight standing there.
"Hi Twilight," Pinkie greets her as she stays by the window.
"Are you okay?", Twilight asks, trotting into the room and walking towards Pinkie.
"Yeah... It's just that I hate the thought of Silver Wave all alone at night. What if he had another nightmare and no one is there to comfort him?", Pinkie says, looking through the window as her face gets closer and closer to the glass.
"Pinkie don't worry," Twilight starts, placing a hoof on Pinkie's shoulder, "He'll be fine, he is really brave for a little colt."
"Yeah, he is," Pinkie replies with a smile to her friend.
"You're doing a really good thing Pinkie, you should be proud of yourself," Twilight says as she beams at her friend.
"Thank you Twilight," Pinkie says, then giving her friend a hug.
Pinkie gets into her bed and snuggles up under the covers as she prepares for sleep. but she can't help but turn her head towards the window and think about how lonely Silver must be. She gives a sad sigh along with a soft whimper and drifts off to her melancholy sleep.