//------------------------------// // Many Voices, One Traitor Part 3 (Pinkie Pie) // Story: Aftermath of a Fallen Star // by Rated Ponystar //------------------------------// Aftermath of A Fallen Star By Rated Ponystar Edited by The Unnamed Pawn and Commander X5 Pre-Read by: Magic Man Many Voices, One Traitor Part 3 (Pinkie Pie’s POV) *** I hadn’t slept in my old bed for a long time. I can’t even remember when I did. My room was still the same as when I left it. The balloon wallpapers, the funny clown nightlight, the rainbow colored fan on my pink ceiling with a big smiley face on it. I stared at that face, wondering if I was ever gonna have something similar ever again. After what we’ve learned, I don’t think we’ll ever be happy again. Of course we’ll be happy again! We just need to turn our frown upside down, forgive Marble, and we can all have a big party! Forgive that lying and betraying witch? Buck her. I say we throw her down the stairs and break her neck. But what about the baby?! You mean the spawn of the one who orchestrated Twilight’s death? Better to kill it now before it kills somepony else we care about! Hey! That baby may be from a meany pants but that doesn’t mean that we should judge it to be the same as it’s daddy! Besides! I’ve always wanted to be an auntie and spoil my niece or nephew! I took my pillow and covered my head with it in a vain attempt to stop their arguing. They had been going on about the foal for an hour; now even my medication hadn't silenced them for long. I was out of them, and it would take some time before I could get more. The only time I ever had to go through my supply of meds in one go was when Discord returned. The rest of my family wasn’t doing too well either. I could still hear Maud crushing boulders outside in an attempt to sway her anger. I didn’t know who she was angry at. Blueblood, for getting our sister pregnant after using her. Marble, for being so foalish. Or herself, for not being there to protect her little sister. Limestone has been trying to coax Marble to leave her room she locked herself in. She had given up awhile ago. Mother and Father were, naturally, arguing over what was best for Marble and our family. “She has to get rid of that baby,” said my father below the crack of my room. “We have no other alternative. If she does keep it  and word gets out on who the father is, it will not only ruin her but our entire family as well.You saw what happened to most families of the conspirators after their executions. Ruined beyond repair. By Faust’s tail, if they find out she is pregnant they’ll investigate and might even find out that Marble gave them the metal to kill Twilight. They might even have her charged for treason.” Wh-what will they do if she was found as a conspirator?! We don’t want to lose our sister... do we?! YES! NO! “Igneous Jeremiah Rock Pie,” scolded my mother. “I never thought I would hear that you, of all the ponies in the world, demand that your daughter get an abortion. After all the funding you have given to Pro-Life organizations and all the speeches you have given about how babies, even in their wombs, are the most precious things there is, you suddenly want to become a hypocrite. You didn’t even budge when Princess Twilight, Faust rest her soul, revealed herself to be Pro-Choice and was working to legalize it in other cities. You stayed firmed.” “This is different, Cloudy, and you know it,” growled my father. “This is more than just a political or principal difference, this is our daughter’s future we are talking about! Maybe her life! Do you believe the baby would be given a fair shot at life if the truth ever came out?” Daddy really is scary when he’s angry. I hope he didn’t drink too much. Please, if he was really drunk he’d be screaming from here to high heavens. “Principles are how we of the Pie family managed to stay successful for hundreds of years,” pointed out Cloudy. “Have you ever thought what your daughter wants? She is old enough to make her own decisions.” “And look where that got her,” muttered Igneous Rock. “Yes, but is it not similar to how we got Maud? You and I were barely eighteen when we had her and you married me,” pointed out Cloudy. My ears perked up upon hearing this. This was news to me. “Back then, I loved you. And I still do. I just...” I heard Igneous Rock sigh and something slam on the table. “I just want to protect my daughters...” I heard a chair move followed by hoofsteps. “I know, dear. Faust will help us see through this. She always has. She gave us four miracles and another miracle by giving us a chance to help Pinkie deal with her... voices. This foal is also a miracle, despite how it came to be.” There was a brief minute of silence. Hey! She’s talking about us! “But we must not lose faith in her. Nor in each other.” I hugged my pillow closer to my chest and whimpered. What were we gonna do? What should I do? I wanted...  no, I needed Twilight. She would know what to do. She would tell me what the right thing to do was. You already know what the right thing to do is. My eyes widened and I was sure my breath stopped as well. All was silent, even my voices, upon hearing the voice. I slowly sat up, wondering if I had finally gone crazy or if this was real. “T-T-T-Twilight?” I’m here, Pinkie. I’m here. What the hay are you doin- “Quiet!” I shouted, as tears fell from my eyes. I had heard this voice a few times before, mixed in with the others. The reason I didn’t want to take my medicine for such a long time was her voice alone. My friend’s voice. The voice of Twilight Sparkle, who always lead the way. “I missed you...” I miss you too, Pinkie Pie. But I’m not the one you should be talking too. It’s your sister. Hey that’s what I was think- SILENCE! My voices went quiet. You three and everypony else in her head have caused her nothing but misery! You will stay quiet or, so help me, I will silence you myself! And just like that... it stopped. I felt something in my head. Something I had never felt before in years. It was so strange, so alien to me that I forgot the word for it until I remembered that Twilight already said it. It was silence. Sweet sweet silence. For the first time, since the voices started, I was the master of my own head. No thoughts but my one except for one other. I wish you had told me you had this.... ‘condition’, when I was alive. I could have helped you. “I... I was scared... that none of you would be my friend if you knew,” I whispered. Truth was, I never told any of my friends about my curse. Very few ponies even knew. “I’m so sorry.” Pinkie Pie, don’t apologize. I would still be your friend regardless, and as your friend, I need to help you. I listened closely. Pinkie, you have to forgive Marble and help her take care of the filly. “... I know,” I answered. “I knew that even before. It’s the right thing to do, but... can I do it?” Yes, you can. “How?” Because you’re Pinkie Pie. My eyebrows raised up. You’re the pony whose sole purpose is to make ponies happy. You can turn any frown upside down. You are the Element of Laughter, who spreads hope and joy in even in the deepest darkness. This world is in the darkness, Pinkie. Our friends, family, Princess Celestia, Spike. Everypony is in despair because I died... and there is nopony I trust more in this world to save them and make them laugh again than you. “You... have that much faith in me?” something began to stretch across my muzzle. Something very familiar and very warm. Something was also bubbling in my chest. The fun kind! The kind that makes you... makes you... Pinkie Pie, I never lost faith in you. .... smile. I was smiling. Honest to Faust smiling. My hair was still down, my eyes were still crying. But I was smiling! Smiling! Smiling! Smiling! The bubbling in my chest released itself as I giggled. Giggled! I almost forgot how that feels. “Are... are you the real Twilight? Or just another voice?” I’m your friend, Pinkie Pie. That’s all that matters. Now, I’m afraid I have to go. I gasped. “No! Please! I want you to stay with me! Even if you're not real, please stay with me. I’m always going to be with you, Pinkie. I’ll never leave you or anypony. I’m always in your heart and in the magic of friendship. As long as that magic continues to flourish in Equestria or anywhere in the world, I will be there. I rubbed my misty eyes. “I... I love you...” And I love you. And then she was gone. I didn’t feel her anymore. That one voice, the one voice that ever tried to help me, was gone. The other voices were slowly returning, but I didn’t care about them anymore. I had a duty to do. I got up and ran out my door and into the hall. I passed by Maud and Limestone who were talking. I smiled at them (the looks on their faces! HA!) and waved before entering my other sister’s room where she was laying on her bed. I must have scared her good cause she gave a yip as I dived right in and hugged her without warning. Oh, this is so warm! So nice! When I get home to Ponyville I’m going to hug the first pony I see! And then the second pony. Third pony! Fourth pony! Ah, hay, I’ll hug everypony! “P-P-Pinkie?!” shouted Mable as I looked at her with my smiling face. Plus, I think my hair was getting poofier. I don’t know. “So what’s the name?!” I demanded with anticipation. “N-name?” “Of our newest member of our family, duh! I was thinking Joey Spaloosy if its a boy or Pippy Loopy if it’s a girl!” I cheerfully said. “Of course, if you already have a name, I mean it’s your baby, then I need to know for the shower!” “Shower?” asked my three sisters, the other two entering the room. “Baby shower! We need to have one now that you're pregnant!” I said before pressing my ear against my sister’s tummy. “Oooh, he or she sounds excited for it too.” “Pinkie... I thought... I thought...” muttered Marble. ‘Thought what?” I asked as I looked at my sister, tilting my head. “I thought you hated me?” I blinked only once before I gave a small smile and gently placed my hooves around her. Resting my head on her shoulder, I whispered, “I don’t hate you. I forgive you.” I felt her straighten up upon hearing those words. “You’re my sister. You were just trying to find love and got used. I don’t hate you, I love you and I love your baby. And I’ll do everything I can to make you and your foal happy.” “... why?” I smiled and gave her a wink. “Because I’m Pinkie Pie.” My sister’s lower lip trembled before she gave out a wail and hugged me. And I hugged her back. Maud and Limestone soon joined us. The four of us. Sisters. Hugging each other. My mind thought back to the day I left the farm for the Cakes. How Marble was the one to hug my in my room and later my sister’s joined in to let me know how much they love me. Now I was the one to hug Marble. And I knew that everything was going to be alright. Plus, my hair was puffy again and I like it looking like cotton candy thank you. *** The Pink Balloon returned home in Ponyville The next day the entire town was filled with balloons, streamers, cakes, and more She got up on the town center and shouted for a party And slowly, the smiles returned