It was another beautiful morning in Ponyville. A few days had passed since the new couple revealed the secret to their friends. Although they had decided to keep a low profile and not tell anypony else about themselves. They couldn’t stop from giving some loving looks or sometimes being a little too suggestive about their intentions. This made the other ponies suspicious about them and gossip behind their backs, but never actually saying anything that would be harmful or give the couple a bad reputation.
Today, Pinkie was going around looking for her friend Rainbow Dash. It had been quite sometime since they had just hung out together and she was feeling up for a good prank. As much as she loved her marefriend, Twilight didn’t let Pinkie Pie do pranks on other ponies, or at least not as much as she wanted. The earthpony wandered around Ponyville asking everypony if they had seen Rainbow Dash, but nopony had seen her. “Hmm, maybe she’s still working with Rarity.” She remembered that they had been working together for quite some time. She decided to look over at Carousel Boutique, but not before she got some left overs from Sugarcube Corner to share with her friends. But on the way there she bumped into Spike who seemed a little down. “Hey Spike, you okay?”
Spike didn't look like he wanted to talk, but answered anyway. “Hey, Pinkie Pie. Yeah, I’m fine.”
“Oh come on Spike, you can talk with me. Does it have to do with your 'investigation team'?”
“Yes! I mean, no! I mean, I’m fine. Okay?!” Spike was acting very frustrated.
Pinkie wanted to help him, but she wouldn’t force him to talk. “Okey dokey lokey. But remember Spike, if you need something you can count on me. I mean, what’s better for an investigation team than Madame Pinkie with her Pinkie sense? I’ll just leave this little treat here, see you.” she left a small cupcake and bounced away from there and hid behind a tree to spy on Spike. At first the dragon didn’t care about the dessert, but then he grabbed it and ate it. Pinkie Pie giggled and said “Always works.”
Pinkie arrived at Carousel Boutique where she was greeted by Rarity. “Hello, Pinkie. What brings you here?” She said well hanging her laundry outside to dry.
“Hi Rare. Is Rainbow Dash here?”
“I’m sorry, darling. But she went to Cloudsdale, I think she had something very important to do there. She won’t come back until tomorrow, I’m afraid.” Rarity didn’t turn or look at her friend while answering, for her it wasn’t anything really important.
Pinkie felt a little down as she was very excited to spend the day with her friend. “Okay, well thanks anyway. Bye”
“Wait, Pinkie. Do you mind staying with me for a while?”
“Sure, but why?”
“Well, Sweetie Belle has been going with her friends a lot lately. And to be honest, I have so many questions I really want to ask you.”
The earthpony seemed confused, but she had nothing to do until tonight so she might as well spend a few minutes here. Although she was looking forward to spending time with Dash, she remembered she hasn’t spent much time with Rarity ether. “Okay, Rarity. Shoot.”
“Let’s go inside, darling”
Inside the Carousel Boutique everything was clean and shiny. They sat on some cushions Rarity had for guests. “Now, this might be a little naughty of me to ask, but curiosity is killing me. Have you and Twilight slept together?”
“Yes!” The pink pony answered quick as a whip, causing Rarity to startle.
“Really?! And... how is she in bed?”
“Well, she sleeps like a rock, thankfully she doesn’t snore. She likes to cuddle and sometimes it smothers me, though.”
“No, Pinkie that wasn’t what I meant. What I tried to say is, if you two have had... a private moment.”
“Of course. Sometimes she comes to the Sugarcube Corner and we spend the whole night together in private. It’s because she’s scared Spike may catch us during a kiss or something.”
“Okay... that wasn’t what I had in mind, but it brings me to the next question. How is Spike taking the news?”
“We...” Pinkie Pie stopped for a moment and thought. Even for her something didn’t seem right. “We decided not to tell Spike yet.”
“Oh yeah? May I ask why is that?”
“I don’t know. My Star told me not to tell him yet, I don’t even know if she told him or anything.”
“Interesting... Do you think it’s important for him to know?”
“Of course. I mean he’s our friend, besides he lives there. It would be awkward if he found us kissing or something, wouldn’t it?”
Rarity put her hoof on her mouth and looked down, clearly she was thinking about something. Then she continued with her interrogation. “How far do you want this relationship to go?”
Pinkie looked confused at her friends question “Sorry Rare, but I don’t get what you are saying.”
“You see, Spike is kind of like Twilight’s son, right? Maybe they are not related by blood, but she is the one who takes care of him. He’s just a baby and can’t look out for himself. If you are with Twilight then you might have to take responsibility too, that’s if you take the relationship serious and are planning to... settle down.”
“Oh silly, I’m already settled. I live in the apartment at Sugarcube Corner, remember?...” Pinkie looked away and smiled nervously, obviously she wanted to change the topic. “Take responsibility for Spike? It won't be like babysitting the babycakes. It would be like I was his mother... am I ready for that?” she wondered to herself.
Rarity noticed the awkwardness and tried to change the subject, but then they heard something. It sounded like something heavy hit the floor. “Hey, what was that?” asked Pinkie Pie.
“Huh?... It's … A roll of fabric, it probably fell. Hey, why don’t we go to Sweet Apple Acres? I bet Applejack is doing something fun.”
The earthpony looked curious for the sound, but didn’t find much. “Nah, I’ll pass for now. I gotta... do stuff. See ya.” She said goodbye rather quietly and left the shop, and heard Rarity talking to somepony or maybe herself, but she didn’t care. The things they talked about had given her a lot to think on.
She went to the bench in front of the fountain as she used to do before. It’s funny, she used to love that spot, but ever since she started dating Twilight it didn't feel the same. They saw each other every night so the excitement of being there had almost been extinguished, but she remembered the peace and calm the place provided. She sat alone on the bench to clear her head. “Responsibility... why do things have to be so complicated?" She layed down on the bench and looked up at the sky. "I just want to be with Twilight. All of this stuff makes my head feel like it's about to explode!” she thought to herself. She closed her eyes and tried to keep herself calm. Images of her marefriend came to mind. Twilight’s eyes were hypnotizing for her. Pinkie also loved the way Twilight walked, something in the pace and the mini-jumps whenever she gave a step was something she loved and found extremely cute. The more she imagined her the more the pony felt calm and her thoughts about her problems started to vanish.
Suddenly a familiar voice was heard, it was masculine but still kind. "There you are. Hey are you sleeping?" it was Mr. Cake.
She opened her eyes and remembered she was in a public place. "Sorry Mr. Cake, I have a lot of things going on in my head right now... You were looking for me? What's up?" She said as she sat up.
"Yes, I have to give you a message. Twilight came to the store looking for you a while ago. She said that she wanted you to go by her house this evening. Well I gotta go, I was buying stuff for the babies. Take care." said the stallion as he left.
“That was kind of weird.” she thought to herself. But she didn’t mind much, she had to go back home and get ready for the night.
Pinkie's wardrobe was full of clothes, mostly party dresses and costumes, clothes for any occasion. She loved parties and having fun, so she wanted to be ready for any kind of party. But that only made things worse. She knew that Twilight had invited her to the Library, but she didn't know what the occasion was. "Maybe it's a surprise party!... No, my birthday isn't even close yet." She picked some clothes at random and threw them on the bed. She couldn't decide what to wear. "Maybe it's our anniversary... is it?! Gosh I can't remember!" Pinkie panicked, how could she have forgotten something so important? She went to her party calendar on the wall to check, but she didn't mark down anything about it. Spending so much enjoyable time with Twilight made her completely forget to make a note on something so important. As the time passed Pinkie looked for something to give her marefriend, but couldn't find anything. "What should I do Gummy? She's gonna be so mad!" She had her hooves on the side of her head, but then she gave an evil sly look to the alligator that was bouncing on a ball near the window. "Oh Gummy, how would you like to be an anniversary present?" The pet responded with his usual expressionless face and a blink, he stared at his master's eyes and jumped out the window with the ball. Thankfully the ball cushion the impact of the toothless alligator and he bounced away. "YOU COWARD!" Pinkie stuck her head out of the window and yelled at her pet only to find out that it was already evening. "Uh oh." There wasn't time to pick a dress now. So she decided to go without one, she just put on some of her “Glaçage Essence” (a perfume she bought from a small shop in Canterlot) and went out to her marefriend's house.
When she got to her destination she thought. “Maybe this is what I need. Just a relaxing night spent with my star.” and she knocked on the door.
The door opened and a purple pony jumped and hugged the earthpony. “Welcome, my angel.” Twilight took the chance to blindfold Pinkie.
“Oh no! I’m blind! I can’t be blind! How will I aim my party cannon now?” Pinkie was just playing along.
“I got a surprise for you. I’ll be your guide.” She took one of Pinkie’s hooves and put it on her back.
After a few steps they stopped. “Okay, you ready?... Now, you can take the blindfold off.” said the unicorn very enthusiastically.
The pink pony took the blindfold away and saw a big plate of lasagna, two glasses, a bottle of apple cider and a single candle lit on a table. It was all nicely set, the candle being the only source of light in the dark room giving it a smooth atmosphere. “Hey, what’s this about? Is it our anniversary? Oh no, did I sleep too long and wake up almost a year later? Nooooo! All the fun I’ve been missing.” Pinkie yelled in distress.
The unicorn giggled and explained. “No, my angel. And you better have our anniversary right. I just wanted to do something nice for you, it's nice when you have a surprise for no other reason than just to have a surprise.”
Pinkie’s eyes teared up as she smiled, it was like if Twilight knew everything she needed. But then she wondered. “Hold on, you know how to cook? I’ve never seen you cooking before?”
Twilight blushed and held her right hoof with the left. “Well... No, this is my first time. I got a special book of fancy cooking and followed the recipe step by step, I think it's good. It made me happy that the first time I did it was with you... I mean FOR you.”
They sat at the table and Twilight served some cider for them. Then Pinkie noticed there was only one plate and it was on her side. “Are you forgetting your plate?”
“Oh no. After a few... failed attempts, I only had time left to make one and it was just big enough for a pony. I’ll eat salad, don’t worry about me.” The purple pony seemed to not mind at all as she drink a bit of cider.
Pinkie thought it would be okay if they shared it, but she didn’t want to be rude to Twilight, after all she put a lot of effort into it. Also it looked quite delicious. “Oki doki loki, it’s chow down time!” She gave a big bite and took away a good chunk of the lasagna.
The moment it touched Pinkie’s tongue she knew something was wrong. It tasted very sour and spicy. It was too firm for lasagna, which made it hard to chew and there was still squishy parts in it. She felt that swallowing it might be a bad idea, but Twilight was looking happily at her to see how she would react. “So, how is it? It's really bad, isn’t it?”
“Oh! Dear Celestia, please don’t let me die here, not like this!” She thought as she swallowed the lasagna. “It’s good. Not bad for a beginner.” she lied and pulled a smiled.
“Good, please don’t stop.” after feeling confident that her cooking wasn’t that bad she began eating her salad.
The pink pony stared at the dish. “Come on. Nothing can be that bad, maybe I need another bite. It can only taste better, right?” She thought to herself and gave it another bite. She was wrong, not only was it not better it was even worse. Somehow the squishy things felt slimy as she chewed them, she didn’t taste the pasta at all, she just tasted the sour-spicy sauce. Gathering all her strength she swallowed it. She quickly got the cider and drank the whole glass in one shot. “Could you serve me some more, please?” she asked, and Twilight gladly served her, but the glass didn’t last long as she drank it all again. “I can’t take away the taste from my mouth. I can’t finish it, what am I going to do?”
Suddenly the front door opened and slammed against the wall. It was Spike who had just came home. “Hi mo... Twilight, sorry I’m late. Oh, hi Pinkie Pie.”
“Hi Spike, where were you? Investigating again?” She was very happy that he came by, thankfully she had something that would distract from the dinner.
Twilight looked ashamed at Spike’s arrival. “Sorry Spike, lately you’ve left the house early each morning and went straight to bed when you got home, I didn’t think I would need to make any for you.”
“It’s okay, my star. I can share some of mine.” Pinkie remembered Spike eating the worst cupcakes ever created in Ponyville and he had liked them.
Spike looked sad for a moment, but quickly came back to his usual cocky self. “Wait, you made it?" indicating Twilight with a look. "Thank Celestia I came late. You used to be a nice friend Pinkie, I’m sad it had to end like this." he said jokingly. "I’ll go to bed now, G’night.” The baby dragon went upstairs to his bed
“Sorry about that. He’s been coming back late saying he’s already eaten, So I didn’t consider I would need to make some for him. I should do something to make it up to him.” Twilight looked sad as she took another drink of cider.
“"Hey, don't you think there's something weird with him lately? Have you talked with him about it?” Pinkie was honestly concerned about Spike, but also wanted something to distract her from dinner.
"No, he's been acting weird ever since he started doing that investigation thing, and coming back really late. But I thought that overwhelming him with questions about it wouldn't work. He usually doesn't talk much about the things he does. I'm just going to give him some time, when he feels ready he will talk with me." She was trying to sound confident, but there was some insecurity in her voice.
Pinkie tried to comfort her. “Maybe that’s all he needs. Speaking of which... should we tell him about us?”
It didn’t helped much. Twilight kept thinking about her baby dragon. “I don’t know Pinkie, maybe we should wait until he stops acting weird. If he has something and we throw him another bombshell, things might get out of hoof.” Twilight gave a sigh and looked at Pinkie’s dish. “Oh sorry, your dinner might have gotten cold with all this. Do you want me to warm it up for you with my magic?”
The earthpony had completely forgot about the dinner, and with that reminder the taste came back to her mouth like a ghost. “Oh, you know what, I kinda lost my appetite. I can take it with me and eat it later.” She smiled trying to hide her true thoughts.
“Pinkie, can we go to your place tonight? I don’t want to bother Spike.” Twilight asked kind of embarrassed..
The earthpony accepted and they went to her apartment. They just tied not to talk about the last topic and enjoyed the rest of the night in the moons light.
The next day, Twilight opened her eyes, the bright light of the sun dazzled her as she slowly regain consciousness. She found that she wasn’t alone in the bed, she had someponie’s arms wrapped around her and that pony was Pinkie Pie. Somehow during the night they had fallen asleep in the same bed, this was the first time that somepony had slept with her in the same bed this way. But instead of freaking out, she was just glad that the first thing she saw was her, she cuddled upon her marefriend and enjoyed the great beginning of the day. Twilight’s horn gave Pinkie a tickle and woke her up. The sight of having her marefriend in her arms made her heart pump faster giving a hint to the unicorn that her loved one was awake. “Good morning.” said Twilight in a gentle and soft voice.
“Good morning, my star.” Pinkie answered back and kissed her forehead
The two ponies laid on the bed for some time, hugging and giving soft caress to each others. Time was meaningless, the whole world was gone, there were only the two of them. But just like the sweetest dream, the moment had to be broken, and the moment breaker was the smell of bread and sweets in the air. Pinkie Pie suddenly remembered her job and that she might be late. “Twilight... not that I don’t like this, but excuse me.” She jumped out of bed towards the Take-o-shower 2000 and began her clean up.
Twilight was confused and still a little sleepy. “Hey, what’s the matter?”
“I may be a little late for work. I forgot I had to work today, sorry.” She said well on the second stage.
“Don’t you have a clock or an alarm to tell you when to wake up? Come to think of it, do you even have a clock?”
“Nope, I usually wake up at the time I need to open the store. Like if my pinkie sen- uurrg!” She reached the last stage and forgot that she shouldn’t be talking on the machine.
After the quick process, the pink pony was ready. “I’m sorry the morning had to be so short, my star, but we can go downstairs and have breakfast. What do you say?”
Twilight was angry, but she couldn’t blame Pinkie Pie, she was the one who came up with the surprise after all. She agreed and they went down to start the day. Twilight wanted to clean herself up, but didn’t trust her marefriend’s machine to hop on it, she just fixed her mane a little with her magic and used a little bit of perfume.
When they walked down the stairs they were greeted by the awkward stares of a lot of ponies. Sugarcube Corner was packed full of ponies and all of them watch the couple coming down. Some of them had suspected that they had a relationship, but never actually saw them doing something as a couple before. Even Pinkie Pie felt weird with everypony staring at them, and not a single sound being heard until Twilight spoke “I... I’ll see you later. Excuse me.” and she left the place.
Pinkie Pie went to the kitchen and start working as if nothing happened. Everypony continued with their activities, and thankfully no one asked Pinkie about it, because she wasn’t sure if she had done something wrong. But she couldn’t look her mentors in the eye, she didn’t do anything really bad, but for some reason they didn’t say a word except for the orders she had to make. This made her feel like she had misbehaved somehow.
The day had passed and the customers were gone. The Cakes were getting ready to go home, and Pinkie was getting ready to get yelled at, even if she didn’t know what. Instead Mrs. Cake said just two sentences. “Close the place well, Pinkie. Just be on time tomorrow.” and she left. Mr. Cake, who usually gave her some kind words said nothing. He just looked back at her giving a smile, it was quite forced but a well intended smile.
Pinkie locked the door to secure the place, somehow them not telling her something was wrong felt even worse than if they had just gotten mad at her. “Did I do something wrong?” Her head felt heavy, so she went upstairs to clear it.
She laid on her bed with the image of the Ponies eyes in her mind, haunting her, she just didn’t know what went wrong. The more she tried thinking about that beautiful morning, the more the image of the ponies staring at them came to her stronger and scarier. She struggled with these ideas in her head until she fell asleep.
The next day, as an apology for what she might have or haven't done Pinkie Pie opened the store, had all the ingredients set, and the rest of the store ready for the day of work. When Mr. and Mrs. Cake arrived they just looked a little impressed for her having everything ready. But they didn’t say a word besides the usual greeting, Pinkie wanted to talk things over, but she was too afraid of something going wrong. Not many ponies came by the store that day. So the three bakers stared at each other most of the time not saying a word.
Mrs. Cake came close to Pinkie Pie and finally spoke to her. “Pinkie Would you kindly go and deliver this cake to Berry Punch?” Her voice was kind of harsh, but at least she was talking to her.
“Right away!” She took the box and ran off. She didn't really do deliveries, but was going to do whatever they asked of her if that would make things better.
On her way to Berry Punch's house she heard ponies talking and whispering as she passed by. It felt weird "Could they be talking about her?" she thought. "Nah." She just shrugged it off. She dropped off the cake and headed back to the store fast, she usually would take her time to talk to the ponies around her, but now she needed to make things better with the cakes. While she was walking back she bumped into Spike. “Hi Spike, you look a little gloomy. Everything alright?” She could tell that there was something wrong with him.
“Pinkie. I don’t feel like talking.” He said while avoiding Pinkie’s look.
“Then, come with me.” She bit the dragon’s tail and pulled him to Sugarcube Corner with her.
They arrived and she placed Spike right in front of the counter, then she went to the kitchen, took some hot chocolate and a slice of cake, and gave them to Spike. She then took a cloth and cleaned the counter with it while saying “So, what’s wrong in your life, champ?" She said with a deep voice.
Spike smiled a little, she kind of reminded him of pony Joe back in Canterlot. When he lived there he used to talked to him about his problems frequently, something about him just made him feel like he could say anything. He finally gave up and just let everything out. "It's just that the investigation team and I are actually looking for our origins. We found some for Sweetie Belle and Applebloom, but no matter how hard I look for mine I can't find anything. I just want to know who I am, and where I come from. I thought of writing to Princess Celestia, but what if she doesn't know anything either? I just don't know what to do."
Things looked worse than she thought, sadly this wasn’t something a small chat or a party could solve. Suddenly, she remembered what Rarity had said, this was a chance to bring him closer to her. Perhaps she couldn’t help him right now, but at the very least she could give him the feeling that he wasn't alone. “I don’t know Spike. I think you got nothing to lose by asking the Princess. But I want you to know that if you have a problem or if you feel sad or lonely, Pinkie is here and you can always count on her." She said with a calming voice trying to comfort the dragon. "I really hope we can be... closer.” Her voice sounded a little bit shy and sweet.
Spike blushed a little and smiled. “Thanks Pink. I'll keep that in mind.” He said after he finished his cake. He then got up waved goodbye and left.
Pinkie Pie felt a warm feeling in her chest, something different, something she hadn’t felt before. But the feeling was quickly interrupted by Mr. Cake. “The sales were really slow today. Do you mind if we leave early? I don’t think many more customers will come by today. The sun is setting anyway.”
“Sure, no problem Mr. Cake.” said Pinkie.
“Thanks, and Pinkie Pie... Don’t worry. We were just a little surprised yesterday, but it’s alright. Why don’t you take a free day tomorrow?” Said the stallion before following his wife who had just left the shop.
The earthpony felt like a heavy weight had been lifted off of her shoulders. At least she knew she wasn’t in trouble anymore, but what would they be surprised about? Maybe she’ll find out later. She stayed at the store for a while, just like normal for this time no one stop by, sweets and bread aren’t needed every day. So sometimes the bakery was like a ghost town. It did feel deserted until one pony came by. “Hello, my angel. How have you been?” Twilight entered the shop and went straight towards her giving her a small kiss.
“Great, are you staying here?” the pink pony asked excited.
“Sorry, but I can’t. I wanted to get some sweets for Spike, I feel like I should spend some time with him.” The unicorn said sorely.
“Hey, tomorrow I’ll have a free day. We can have a nice day together.” Pinkie Pie suggested with a smile on her face while she put some sweets and cupcakes in a box. This made Twilight happy, but a little curious.
“Pinkie, you’ve been asking a lot about Spike and trying to spend more time with him (not that it’s bad or anything), but why is that?” The unicorn asked.
The pink pony was caught on the spot, even if she knew what to do she was nervous of what her marefriend would say. “I just thought that... if we are going to be together. I thought, I should get a closer relationship with Spike too. You know because he’s your so...” She stopped herself before finishing that statement and tried to rephrase it. “He’s your... Ward and well we will be spending more time together, right?”
Twilight was moved by what her marefriend had said, she hugged and gave her another kiss. “That would be perfect. Please come to my house at noon.” She took the box and said goodbye.
Pinkie finally felt relieved, relationships were way more complicated than she’d ever imagined, but when she spent time with her loved one it was all worth it. Pinkie went upstairs and got out a ruby she had hidden beneath her bed. “I’ve been saving this for some time. So sad that he will eat it, but I’m sure he’ll love it”. She now had something to look forward to.
The next day Pinkie got out a picnic box to get ready with balloons, streamers, and a big cake with a string beneath it that will launch everything when the box is opened. She left her apartment to head to the library, but not before she was stopped by Mrs. Cake. “Hey, Pinkie, I wanted to apologize for my behavior the other day. I think we need to talk about it later with you.” Mrs. Cake looked worried about something.
Pinkie’s curiosity shown, but she didn't want to be late for her appointment with Twilight. “Okey Dokey Lokey Mrs. Cake. Take care, will talk later.” she then continued on to Twilights.
When she arrived at the library she found Spike and Twilight hugging, and she wanted to join in. Without even greeting her marefriend she just jumped in and made the small hug a group hug. “Awww, thats so sweet. I think I got here just in time.” she said.
“Hi Pinkie, mom and I are heading for a picnic. I’ll go and tell everypony else, see you there.” Spike was really excited and ran off.
“Mom?... Is it me or is this the first time he's called you that?” Pinkie Pie was really surprised. Since she's met them, not once has Spike called her “Mom” or anything close to it.
Twilight giggled and blush because of Pinkie’s question. “It’s nothing, he just found out who his real family is.”
“His real family? But Twilight is his family, aren’t they?” Pinkie wondered, but her thoughts were interrupted by Twilight again. “So, why don’t we head to the picnic spot, my angel?”
As they walked to the picnic spot Pinkie Pie wondered something. “Hey, if you are his mom... what am I?”
A mischievous look and grin appeared on the unicorn’s face. “Why don’t we find that out later?”