The Twinkie Group Collab!

by Drizzle Quill

Sick - Blue Dragon

Author: Blue Dragon

Prompt: Sick

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“Oh, I’m so sorry, Pinkie… I really shouldn’t have made you do that.” Twilight sniffled, trying to keep her tears at bay. Pinkie was resting in bed—Twilight’s bed, to be specific—with a grimace strewn across her muzzle and a blanket up to her chin. Her face was a nasty green, though nowhere near as bad as earlier.

“There’s no need to feel sorry, silly filly.” Pinkie smiled as best she could. “That was the best cupcake I’ve ever eaten!”

Her face seemed to regain more of its color with that comment. A pinkish hue settled over her cheeks, until at last her name made sense once again.

“But that could’ve killed you! What was I thinking, adding so much salt…?” Twilight scuffed her hoof against the ground, her chest heaving with a sigh. Pinkie forced herself up and nuzzled Twilight’s cheek, but she stepped away.

“Twilight…” A hint of a whine resonated from deep within her voice. “A little salt never hurt anypony. I was only sick for, like, thirty seconds.”

“Thirty minutes,” corrected Twilight, her shoulders slumping. Pinkie pushed herself forward even more, this time her muzzle connecting with Twilight’s forehead, just beneath the horn.

“Nuh-uh. I promise it was yummy. I ate all of it, right? Anything you make is super-duper sweet, Twi!” Pinkie was leaning forward, though her flank remained on the edge of the bed. When Twilight attempted to pull away a second time, Pinkie’s forelegs came down on her shoulders.

“You’re lying… And you really shouldn’t be moving around so much. I should be making you feel better, so lay back down.”

Twilight reached her hooves up to meet Pinkie’s, and nudged her back toward the bed.

Pinkie had other plans.

Just as Twilight had gotten Pinkie back onto the bed, she flipped them over so she was straddling Twilight. “I think you have your priorities mixed up, missy!”

“Pinkie,” groaned Twilight, “what in Equestria are you thinking? If you throw up again—“

“This is more important than that!” Pinkie swore up and down. “You’ve really gotta stop being so harsh on yourself, Twily. You’re gonna make yourself sick by thinking so negatively all the time.”

“It’s not called thinking negatively, it’s called thinking realistically. Negative would be saying things like ‘I’m the worst pony in the world. I make too many mistakes, and the pressure is sometimes too much. Sometimes I feel like… like nopony loves—“

“Don’t say it.” Imploring cerulean eyes met Twilight’s. It was then that she realized she’d gotten carried away, and tears of her own were streaming down her face. Pinkie looked like she was just about to cry, too.

She reached a hoof up and wiped Twilight’s tears away. “Don’t ever say that, ‘cause somepony always loves you. ‘In sickness and in health,’ remember? Ya know, that thing we said exactly twelve and a half weeks, five hours and thirty-five minutes ago?”

A small smile graced Twilight’s features. “Yes, I remember our wedding day. How could I forget?”

“You sounded like you were starting to lose sight of it. Anywhoozles… Where were we?” Pinkie’s lips met Twilight’s, and even though it tasted like salt, Twilight returned it.

Comments

[LDSocrates]

At first I was perplexed, because two possibilities crossed my mind: either this was a reference to salt being some sort of drug in Equestria (in which case, this is sort of like a pot brownie? ), or salt could actually kill you and I didn't know. So yeah, I looked it up, and... seriously? Salt can kill you? Jegus. That aside, I really did like this. The pair were in character; Pinkie's eccentric and a bit air-headed, but she knows what's important (like self esteem), and Twi is the sort that would easily spiral into dark depression if something was her fault - hell, especially if it was something almost fatal. The emotional aspects were also tangible, and the writing was solid.

And as you said, yes, this could totally be a sequel to my Disaster entry. Just change it from cupcake to cake, and it'd be perfect continuity. At this rate a whole one-shot could be cobbled together about that anniversary.

[Kagitaar]

3120058

Too much of anything will kill you. Salt overdose will dehydrate you so severely that your nerves will fail to transmit information causing complete organ failure.

[JetstreamGW]

3120058 anything in sufficient quantity will kill you. You can hyper hydrate and die from water.