//------------------------------// // Party of One // Story: Inside Pinkie Pie's Mind - Pinkie's Secret // by Violet Bloom //------------------------------// Setting: Season 1 Episode 25 “Party of One” Inside Pinkie’s mind, there is a simple cottage that looks exactly like the rock farm Pinkie came from, with half of it being as dull and grey as the real farm, while the other half is very bright just like the houses in Ponyville with streamers and balloons decorated around it. The interior of the house is also split into two, with a long dining table placed in the middle that is being occupied by a thinking Pinkie. “Cupcake for your thoughts?” a voice calls out, getting Pinkie’s attention. Pinkie looks up to come face-to-face with… Herself. Well, this pony appears to look like Pinkie Pie, but really is not. For one thing, the pony standing before Pinkie has a darker pink coat and almost grayish pink mane compared to Pinkie. The other thing is that the mane is straightened out and lay down against one side of her face, whereas Pinkie’s bouncy and curly. Only the three-balloon cutie mark on her flank is what the two of them have in common. “Oh, nothing Pinkamena,” Pinkie said with a smile, ”Just thinking about what to do for Gummy’s After Birthday Party tomorrow, you know a party to celebrate the day after Gummy’s Birthday.” Pinkamena sits down next to Pinkie, placing a cupcake on the table, and said, “I’m sure you can come up with something.” Pinkie takes the cupcake and takes a bite out of it, “Mm, strawberry, my favorite.” “I know,” said Pinkamena with a smile before placing a hoof on Pinkie’s shoulder, “No matter what you come up with, the party will be amazing like how you always made it.” Pinkie swallows the rest of the cupcake before smiling at Pinkamena with her goofy smile, the usual squeak is heard like always in the background. Pinkamena giggle slightly, pointing out how Pinkie has forgotten what tomorrow is like always. / (The next day,) Pinkamena is in what looks like the kitchen of the cottage mixing something in a bowl on the counter. She stops mixing before tasting what she’s making with a hoof. “Hmm, needs more chocolate,” Pinkamena takes out a smaller bowl filled with melted chocolate and pours all of it into the mixed ingredients. After mixing it again, Pinkamena tastes the batter once more and smiles, “Perfect! Now I just need to bake it and-“ “PINKAMENA!” “AAHH!” CRASH! The bowl Pinkamena was holding broke on the floor, spilling the batter everywhere, but that’s the least of her concern. The crying Pinkie hugging her for dear life is what Pinkamena’s more worried about. “Pinkie, what’s the matter?” Pinkamena asks in concern, lifting Pinkie’s head up to make eye contact. Pinkamena gasp upon seeing the eyes that usually gleams with joy has a hint of red from crying, with tears stain visibly seen on Pinkie’s face. That combined with Pinkie’s mane loosing some of its bounce to make it looks semi-deflated indicates Pinkamena that something’s not right. “Pinkie, what happened?” Pinkamena said calmly, wiping away some of the tears with her hoof. Pinkie takes a ‘breath’ before saying, “I invited my friends for Gummy’s After Birthday Party like I said I would but my friends are avoiding me and starts acting suspicious so I decided to find out what’s going on by following them but they noticed me and continues to avoid me even more so I decided to ask Spike what my friends are hiding and he said that they don’t like my parties and they don’t want to be my friends anymore!” It was right at that moment Pinkie takes another ‘breath’ before crying into Pinkamena’s embrace. Pinkamena froze in place from both shock and anger at what Pinkie said. How could her friends treat her like that, and today of all days to boot! Looking at the pony she’s holding, Pinkamena gently runs a hoof over Pinkie’s mane and hugs her a bit closer. “Shhh, it’s alright Pinkie,” coax Pinkamena, “If it makes you feel better, I still love your parties.” “But you have to,” argues Pinkie, “I mean, you ARE me!” “I LIVE inside of you!” clarify Pinkamena, “but that doesn’t mean I AM you.” Seeing as Pinkie’s still not feeling well, Pinkamena decides to try a different approach, “Pinkie, listen, even if somehow, someway, the two of us aren’t sharing the same body, my feelings for you will NEVER change.” Placing a tender kiss on Pinkie’s forehead, Pinkamena said, “I love you just as much as Maud loves us, maybe even more. Never forget that.” Pinkie sniffs a bit before calming down completely. Pinkamena smiles that Pinkie’s going to be fine, but knew that Pinkie needs some more coxing to get her back to her usual bubbly self again. “Say Pinkie,” Pinkamena said, getting the pink party pony’s attention, “why don’t you throw the party for Gummy? I’m sure he’ll appreciate it even with the lack of guests.” Pinkie slowly moves away from Pinkamena’s embrace and sighs, “I… I’m not sure if I’m in a mood for a party right now.” Pinkamena gasp at those words. Pinkie not in a mood for partying is VERY serious. “W-Why?” she couldn’t help ask. Pinkie sighs and said, “I just… what’s the word… need some time to myself right now.” Pinkamena sense the hidden sadness in Pinkie, and she hates it. The who purpose of Pinkamena’s existence is to act as a shield, somepony to preserve and protect Pinkie’s sweet innocence that made her the Party Pony Pinkie’s known to be. That’s when an idea struck Pinkamena’s mind. ‘If Pinkie can’t throw a party, then I will!’ / After gathering all of the necessary items, Pinkamena sets everything up in Pinkie’s room to make it look party-ish. She would have just gone with a solo party that only contains her and Gummy, but Pinkamena knows Pinkie will only come out of her shell if there are other guests besides them. So Pinkamena collects three rocks of different sizes and stack them together, some lint from under the bed, a bucket that she fills with turnips, and a sack of flour from the bakery downstairs, placing each items on a stool around a table and place a party hat on each of the items. Pinkamena would have taken other inanimate objects as guests, but she specifically taken these four for a reason. This is because they were hers and Pinkie’s toys when they were living in the Rock Farm since the family don’t have enough cash to buy even one proper toy to play with. Once everything’s in place, Pinkamena decides to get ‘Gummy’s After Birthday and Cheering Pinkie Up Party’ plan going. “Thank you all so very much for coming, it means so much to Gummy,” Pinkamena said, not mentioning it also means a lot to Pinkie since said pony prefer others happiness over her own. “Could I have some more punch?” Pinkamena said in a deep voice while moving the bucket of turnips. “Well of course you could have some more punch Mr. Turnip,” Pinkamena said, placing a cup with some punch in front of the turnips. That’s when her entire face starts to twitch weirdly, which could only mean one thing. ‘Pinkie Sense,’ realizes Pinkamena, only this Pinkie Sense isn’t like any she and Pinkie had experienced before. Nonetheless, Pinkamena continues the party upon realizing Pinkie’s watching from a corner of their shared mind. Moving towards the rocks, Pinkamena said in a tough guy voice, “This is one great party! You’ve really outdone yourself.” “Why thank you Rocky,” said Pinkamena before looking at the lint on the other side of the table. ”I’m having a delightful time as well,” Pinkamena said in an accent similar to Rarity’s. “I’m so glad Sir Lint-a-lot,” said Pinkamena, when another twitch kicks in. ‘What’s up with this Pinkie Sense?’ Pinkamena wonders, but continues anyway. “Might I trouble you for another slice of cake?” Pinkamena said in a very high pitch voice while moving the flour. “Anything for you Madam LeFlour,” Pinkamena said before placing a slice of cake in front of the sack of flour. Pinkie, noticing what Pinkamena’s doing, moves close to Rocky and said, “I’m just glad none of them ponies showed up!” Pinkamena notices this and thinks Pinkie’s still upset about the rest of the Mane 6 abandoning her, so she argues, “Oh, they’re not so bad.” That’s when Pinkie starts getting angry and, still as Rocky said, “Not so bad! Puh-lease! They’re a bunch of losers!” Those words struck Pinkamena hard since she didn’t expect Pinkie to say such things about her friends. Realizing how deeply upset Pinkie is, Pinkamena said, “Oh come on now, losers might be a little strong, don’t you think?” “After the way they treated you?” Pinkie said, this time as Sir Lint-a-lot, “I say ‘losers’ isn’t strong enough!” “Well, it was pretty rude…” Pinkamena admits, remembering how upset Pinkie was when she ran into her embraces not that long ago. “Pretty rude!?” Pinkie, as Madam LeFlour argues, “It was downright DESPICABLE!” “It was wasn’t it!?” Pinkamena said in anger, realizing that Pinkie could be right about her friends. “If I were you, I wouldn’t speak to them ever again,” Pinkie as Mr. Turnip said. “You know what, I’m NOT gonna speak to them ever again!” Pinkie said as herself this time, “And I’m not gonna invite them to another party as long as I live! They don’t deserve to be invited to my parties!” Another twitch strike, and it’s really starting to worry Pinkamena about what the buck this Pinkie Sense mean!? “Not after the way they’ve been acting!” Pinkie continues her rage as if not paying mind to the strange Pinkie Sense she felt. At that point, Pinkie acts as all four guests to agree with her decision. Pinkamena’s still worried that Pinkie’s gone too deep into her sadness and tries to find a way to break through to Pinkie, just as a knock is heard from the balcony door. “Who could that be?” Pinkamena wonders, just as the door opens to reveal Rainbow Dash. “Hey there Pinkie Pie,” greets Rainbow. “Oh no, Rainbow!” Pinkie whimpers before stop what she’s doing and hides behind Pinkamena, trembling in fear. ‘So THIS must be what the Pinkie Sense is trying to tell us,’ Pinkamena thought, seeing this before glaring at Rainbow for ruining what seems like the only chance to break through to Pinkie. “Sorry I was in such a rush earlier,” said Rainbow, “Had some place to be and couldn’t slow down and say hello. You know how it goes.” “I know how it goes alright,” glares Pinkamena, carefully moving Pinkie from behind her. “Yeah…” Rainbow said clearly uncomfortable with the situation before her, “So, why don’t you come with me over to Sweet Apple Acres?” “For me to join their Farewell to Pinkie Pie Party no doubt,” Pinkie said, huddling away even more. Noticing this, Pinkamena takes charge and said, “No thanks, I’m spending time with my ‘real’ friends! Isn’t that right Madam LeFlour?” “Oui! That is correct Madam,” Pinkamena said as the flour, getting an appreciated look from Pinkie. Rainbow tries to get the Pink Pony’s attention, but Pinkamena continues with the party as if she’s not there. So Rainbow decides to head closer to her after Gummy passes by bouncing on a balloon, “Alright, why don’t you say we get on out of Creepy Town and head over to Applejack’s-” “She’s not going anywhere!” Pinkamena blocks Rainbow’s path with Mr. Turnip, seeing as Pinkie’s getting worse the closer Rainbow gets. “I’m most certainly not!” said Pinkamena, “I’m having a wonderful time right here!” ‘And it’s better than seeing Pinkie even more miserable later on at the party,’ thought Pinkamena, hugging Pinkie closer to her. “You should really just come with me,” argues Rainbow. Pinkamena just about had it and pulls out Rocky, “You heard the lady! She ain’t going nowhere, chump!” “Whom you calling a ‘chump’, chump?” argues Rainbow, knocking the rock stack down before sighing, “That’s it, party’s over!” After that, Pinkamena keeps fighting against Rainbow over going to the farm, but in the end the Pegasus won by dragging her there. “I’m sorry Pinkie, I tried my best to make sure we didn’t come here,” apologizes Pinkamena. “I-It’s fine Pinkamena,” reassures Pinkie, “I have to face them sooner or later. A-At least I’ll have you there with me when they kick me out.” Pinkamena is glad to hear Pinkie slowly coming back out, but is still angry with the friends that made Pinkie sad in the first place. “Were… here,” Rainbow announces, knocking Pinkamena and Pinkie back into reality as the Pegasus opens the barn door. “SURPRISE!” Inside the barn, there stood Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Twilight with big smiles on their face. Pinkamena just look at the four ponies before her in shock as Rainbow pushes her in. That shock turns into rage as soon as Pinkamena hears Pinkie saying, “They couldn’t wait to tell me later, so they decided to dump me properly before starting the party!” “I really thought she’d be more excited,” admits Fluttershy. Pinkie hears this and decides it’s time to take over and tell her so call ‘friends’ how she feels. “Excited? EXCITED!? WHY would I be excited to attend my own Farewell Party?” “Farewell Party?” Twilight asks in confusion. “YES!” Pinkie said as if it’s the most obvious thing to say, “You don’t like me anymore so you decide to kick me out of the group and throw a great big party to celebrate! A ‘Farewell to Pinkie Pie Party’!” At that point, Pinkie starts to cry and Pinkamena took over to not let the tears be seen on the outside. Applejack walks up to the pink pony and asks, “”Why in da’ world would you think we didn’t like you anymore, sugarcube?” “Why?” Pinkie glares at Applejack, “Why!?” glares at Rarity, “WHY!?” glares at Fluttershy, making the Pegasus fall to the ground, before finally jumping up and stating, “Because you’ve been LYING to me and avoiding me all day! THAT’S WHY!” After a moment of silence, Rainbow said, “Uh, yeah, because we wanted your party to be a ‘surprise’!” “We’ve been planning this party for such a long time,” admits Rarity, “we had to make excuses for why we couldn’t attend Gummy’s party so that we could get everything ready for yours.” “If this is a Farewell Party, why does the cake I picked up from Sugarcube Corner say, “Happy Birthday Pinkie Pie”?” asks Twilight. THAT got both Pinkie and Pinkamena’s attention and only now did both of them look around to find the pile of presents at one corner, along with a banner that has a cake on it hanging above, before noticing the cake on the table DOES have “Happy birthday Pinkie Pie” written on it along with a picture of Pinkie’s smiling head in the middle. Feeling the familiar sense of Happiness, Pinkie takes complete control of hers and Pinkamena’s shared body with a poof of the mane and said, “Because it’s my Birthday!” Grabbing the other five ponies in the room into a hug, Pinkie asks, “Oh, how could I have forgotten my own Birthday?” The five ponies sigh in relief, glad to have Pinkie back to her usual bubbly self again. Pinkie bounces around the place; super happy that her friends would throw a surprise party just for her. “Um, Pinkie,” Pinkamena calls out, and instantly Pinkie knows what needs to be said. “How could I have ever doubted you?” Pinkie asks in shame. “It’s okay Pinkie Pie,” reassures Twilight, “It could happened to any of us.” The others agree before Rainbow said, “I’m just glad I haven’t been replaced by a bucket of turnips.” “…Huh?” asks Twilight Both Pinkie and Pinkamena tense up at those words, scared on what the others might think about their ‘party’ earlier. “You don’t wanna know,” said Rainbow, Pinkie puts on her best fake smile as a reassurance, and Pinkamena looks at Rainbow gratefully. As Pinkie’s enjoying the party, Pinkamena watches from the corner before returning back into hers and Pinkie’s shared mind. / Pinkamena wipes away the sweat on her forehead before looking at the floor before her. She had just finished cleaning up the mess made when Pinkie came rushing earlier today. Once the broken bowl is thrown into the trashcan, Pinkamena sighs, “So much for that plan.” “What plan?” Pinkamena turn around and sees Pinkie standing before her. Signaling Pinkie towards the dining table, the two ponies sit down at opposite ends and Pinkamena asks, “Do you know why you didn’t remember your Birthday was today Pinkie?” Pinkie thinks the question carefully before answering, “Is it because I was too focused on Gummy’s After Birthday Party?” “No,” said Pinkamena, “It’s because you cared too little about yourself. You always remember everything everypony you’ve met told you about them, especially their Birthday. But because you feel like your purpose is to make others happy, you tend to forget to make yourself happy.” “I guess when you put it that way,” admits Pinkie. “In fact, if it wasn’t for the fact that you were crying in my hooves, I would have reminded you that today’s your Birthday. After all, somepony have to make sure you’re happy if you yourself couldn’t,” admits Pinkamena before ducking her head slightly, “In fact, I was going to bake you a chocolate Birthday cake earlier but then you came rushing in that I accidentally drop the bowl with the cake batter and ruined it.” “Oh, that’s alright. In fact,” Pinkie got up and leaves the room before returning with a cake in her hooves, “SURPRISE!” Pinkamena gasps as Pinkie place the cake before her. The cake is a chocolate cake since it’s brown in color with cherries and frosting decorated around it. Right in the middle, there is pink icing on it that reads “Happy Birthday Pinkamena” with small candles placed around it. “Pinkie,” gasps Pinkamena, looking at said pony before her. “I may not remember MY Birthday, but I DO remember yours,” admits Pinkie, “it’s just that sometimes I forgot my Birthday is on the same day as yours. I baked this cake before inviting my friends to Gummy’s party today, so it’s a good thing the cake you were going to bake failed or we might end up with TWO Birthday cakes in here.” Pinkamena looks at the cake before getting up and heading into the kitchen. Pinkie thought Pinkamena’s not happy her Birthday Cake Surprise was ruined, until Pinkamena returns with an icing bag filled with pink icing and writes “& Pinkie” next to “Pinkamena”. “There, NOW the cake’s perfectly decorated,” said Pinkamena, placing the icing bag down. Pinkie smiles as she lit the candles, saying, “Happy Birthday Pinkamena.” Pinkamena matches Pinkie’s smile and said, “Happy Birthday to you too Pinkie.” The two pink ponies then simultaneously blow out the candles.