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// Tales of Dissimilar Worlds 
// Story: A True True Friend 
// by Darksied 
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	"I win again!" Pinkie shouted from across the coffee table. David stared at the Checker board. That the forth time she had beaten him. He hung his head. "Don't worry, I play this game all the time back home. I'm a pro!" She hopped up on this note. "I love it here in the human world, even though I can't go outside." Pinkie Pie had been spending time with David almost every day for the past month, Just for a little while, as to not waste time. They did different things, sometimes they would share stories, though Pinkie did most of the talking. Other times, they would play games, like Checkers. David mad sure to follow all the rules Celestia gave him. Since David didn't have many games in the first place, there wasn't much to-do. 
Celestia had already told Pinkie plenty about the human world, but hadn't gone into anything specifically, so at first, Pinkie was a little lost when David talked about his world. David took it upon himself to teach Pinkie all he could about his world. That's what they did most of the time. It was fun, but it also scared Pinkie how evil and mean they were to each other. David's story, in full, didn't lighten the mood. But that was mostly behind them, and she had remained in a elated attitude. Sadly, David could not be the same way. Even with Pinkie around, his father was still himself, but she had helped tons. It was harder to get him out of a good mood, his depression had subsided slightly, and he hadn't even thought of suicide since he met Pinkie. 
David had now only one more month until school started again, and the harrowing psychiatric evaluation, the one he was forced to go to every year since his mothers death. The first couple of times, it wasn't that bad, a little invasive and especially inconsiderate, but tolerable. But then, when he turned 13, he got a new Psychiatrist. He prescribed all different kinds of medication, most of which only made things worse. He obviously didn't care what happened to David, he just wanted a test subject. He gave no real advice to help David with his problems. David hated it. 
"Hey, you there?" Pinkie waved a hoof in-front of his face. 
"What? Sorry I dazed off. What's up, Pinkie?" He picked up the Checker board.
"It's almost the end of the month, how much time do we have left?" She followed him down the hall as he put the game board in a cabinet, and the pieces, in a plastic bag, with it. David looked to his watch, which Celestia seemed to done some magic on, so that it reads how much time they had left in the month on the digital display. Of course it still acted as a watch. 
"About 6 hours left for the week. We really did well spending our time evenly. Hoof-bump." This was a gesture that she had taught him a few weeks ago. It was similar to a fist-bump, as indicated by the name. He glanced at the actual time. Three O'clock. Dad would be home soon. David sighed. "Pinkie, you should go home soon, because my dad'll be home soon." He said solemnly. She nodded and hugged him like always. Then she said loudly "I want to go home!" And she simply sparked out of existence, as usual. David read for a while until his father got home, though there was no yelling. He just went into his office  for the night and didn't leave as far as David could tell. When David woke up the next day, his father was gone.