Smile For Me Once More
Pinkie Pie was walking around in her room stomping angrily. “She can’t, she just CAN’T!” she shouted. A table came into her way, she kicked it aside. A vase, she smashed it to the wall. Twilight had just visited her ten minutes ago, telling her that Fluttershy only had a few hours left. “Why can’t Twilight do something? She knows everything, she fixes everything! Why can’t she fix Fluttershy?!” With eyes full of tears, she continued taking out her frustration on the room.
Somepony knocked on her door.
“I’M NOT AT HOME!” Pinkie Pie shouted.
A muffled sound came from outside, “Pinkie, please, let me in.”
Pinkie sniffed, pulled her tears away with a fetlock, and opened the door. Outside, Rainbow Dash was standing with unfolded wings, both hanging down at the sides of her body. “What do you want?” Pinkie asked with a frown.
Dash evaded Pinkie’s gaze. “Pinkie, I know you’re upset and stuff, we all are, but please, do not shut us out.” She looked up at Pinkie.
Pinkie didn’t answer.
“Look, she isn’t going to live much longer, and you haven’t visited her for months now. Maybe just—”
“I DON’T WANT TO SEE HER DIE!” Pinkie shouted back. “I…” She collapsed on the floor, the sound of her sobbing filling the room.
Dash flinched at Pinkie’s outburst, but when she saw her crying, she became more confused. She nervously rubbed one of her hooves against another and whispered to herself, “What should I do? Why did they even send me? I’m not good at this stuff.”
“Why…” Pinkie spoke again. “Why can’t the princesses or Twilight do something... Why can’t they just heal her?”
“Pinkie, I… I don’t know anything about the magic stuff. I only know what Twilight said.”
“THAT THEY CAN’T DO ANYTHING!” she screamed to the floor.
Rainbow Dash took a deep breath. “I always thought that the princesses were cool and awesome and have crazy powers, but… no.” She stepped closer to Pinkie, who looked up at her. “Pinkie, please, don’t do it for us, do it for Fluttershy. She needs you. I… I haven’t seen her smile since this whole thing started. Please Pinkie, just for her. Make her smile one last time.”
Pinkie shook her head. “I don’t think I can.”
“At least try. Please, Pinkie. She wants to see you one last time.”
Her eyes snapped wide open and she stared at Rainbow Dash. “She… She wants to see me? She… doesn’t hate me?”
Dash put a hoof on Pinkie’s shoulder. “She's your friend, Pinkie, she would never hate you.”
Pinkie trembled as she took a deep breath. “If she wants to see me then… then I’ll go. I’ll go… for Fluttershy.”
Beeping echoed in the sunlit hospital room. Fluttershy was lying on a white bed, with a white blanket covering most of her body. A small table was standing at the right of her bed, with a vase filled with various meadow flowers that her animals collected for her. On her left, a cardiograph displayed her weak heartbeat. Twilight Sparkle, Applejack and Rarity were standing around her with sad smiles, trying to cheer their friend up. Fluttershy’s lungs hurt, her whole body hurt. Even with her friends so close, it was just too much pain.
The only reason she hadn’t given up yet was because of her friends. She wanted to see her friends once more, and one of her friends especially: Pinkie Pie. Fluttershy felt deep sorrow for her friend. She wanted to comfort her, tell her that everything will be alright. She didn’t want to leave this world, knowing that one of her friends would be in so much pain because of her. She just hoped that Pinkie would come.
Someone knocked on the door.
“Come in,” Twilight said.
The door opened, and Rainbow Dash walked in. Pinkie Pie followed her, not even looking up. When Twilight and Rarity noticed her, their eyes went wide, since they each had tried convincing Pinkie for days to come and visit Fluttershy. Rarity and Twilight looked at each other, and Twilight nodded. Twilight motioned to the others in the room to leave. Applejack, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash left the room.
“Thank you for coming,” Twilight whispered when she passed Pinkie Pie, then she stepped out of the room and closed the door behind her.
Pinkie couldn’t even bring herself to glance up. Fluttershy looked over at her from her bed. “Hello, Pinkie.”
Pinkie clenched her eyes. “I’m sorry I didn’t come earlier. I just...”
“It’s okay, Pinkie, I’m glad you came.” Despite her words, Fluttershy grimaced and coughed occasionally. The constant pain sapped all her will to smile.
Pinkie kept staring at the floor, but stepped closer. Then once more. She kept stepping until she reached Fluttershy. She clenched her bleary eyes again. “Can’t… can’t you just… get better?”
Fluttershy held out her hoof and touched her friend’s shoulder. “I wish I could.” She coughed once. “I wish I could.”
When she looked back from the couch, Pinkie Pie looked up, and their eyes met. What Fluttershy saw broke her heart. Even though she was the one dying, she realized that if she leaves Pinkie like this, Pinkie’s soul would die with her. Her friends maybe could live without her, but Pinkie just couldn’t. She had to do something, something to cheer her up. She had to smile. None of them had smiled for months.
Fluttershy tried, for her friend. She collected all her remaining energy for a single genuine smile. Fluttershy’s mouth twitched, her eyes wavered. I must do it, for Pinkie. And she did it. Pinkie Pie saw as Fluttershy’s mouth curved up and—denying her own pain—she looked up on her with a wide smile.
After months of depression, sadness and denial of reality, Pinkie Pie saw something she never thought she would. Fluttershy, her dying friend, was smiling. Tears were openly flowing from Pinkie’s eyes as she felt her mouth move. It felt so alien, yet so familiar, but when it happened, Pinkie Pie's heart broke and was mended: she smiled back.
Fluttershy saw her smile, and she knew that her friend would live. “Good bye, Pinkie Pie,” Fluttershy whispered as she closed her eyes.
Pinkie Pie’s eyes began glowing blue. “I’m sorry, Fluttershy,” she whispered, her voice gently echoing. She touched her friend’s chest. “But I can’t let you go.” Pinkie’s hoof radiated a yellow color.
Fluttershy snapped her eyes open and gasped heavily. The pain she was so used to was gone. She jerked her head to her left, where Pinkie was standing.
The door shot open, and Twilight rushed in. Pinkie and Fluttershy looked back at her, Pinkie’s eyes still glowing.
“You… You healed her,” Twilight whispered. Then she took a big breath and a huge grin appeared on her face. “YOU HEALED HER!”
Applejack, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash heard the shout and immediately appeared at the doorway. Pinkie took away her hoof from Fluttershy’s chest, then her eyes went wide and glanced between her hoof and Fluttershy. When they saw that Fluttershy was not just smiling, but was about to sit up; everypony in the room jumped on her and took her into a mix of hugging and sobbing.
“We thought we lost you!”
“Never do this with us EVER again!”
“Ah’m so happy for you, sugarcube!”
They kept Fluttershy in a group hug for minutes. For Fluttershy, it just felt so good to breathe, to breathe in the air of the room, while she was surrounded by her friends’ warm bodies. When they released her, everypony looked at Pinkie Pie. Her eyes lost their blue glow.
“How?” Twilight was the first one to ask.
“I don’t know. It just came.” Pinkie answered quickly. “When Fluttershy smiled at me, and I smiled back, I suddenly felt, that I can heal her.”
The explanation given was enough for everypony, but one. Twilight kept staring at her.
Rarity noticed this. “Twilight, darling.” The mentioned pony looked at her. “I don’t think it matters now. Keep research for later time.”
Twilight’s stare softened, and she nodded.
“Thank you, Pinkie Pie,” Fluttershy said. “Thank you for healing me.”
Pinkie closed her eyes and shook her head. “No, Fluttershy. You healed me first.” She looked back at Fluttershy with a wide smile. “And for that, thank you.”
Although Pinkie Pie planned to throw a 'Thank you for being alive' party for Fluttershy, the doctors insisted on keeping Fluttershy in for the night. When the visiting hours ended, Pinkie Pie left with the others, with a grin that stretched from ear to ear.
THE END
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i like it and please to a longer adventure sequel, centered around Pinkie Pie and her new ability
Very interesting story. It's very hard for me to believe though. Pinkie healing an about to die Fluttershy? When no one else could? Not even Discord? To me, that is highly implausible.
I loved the happy ending!
This was awesome! I like everything in this story.The story,actually,could have been longer tho,but I like it anyway.
+1 from me :>
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I have never seen anypony in the show capable of healing other ponies through magic, not even the princesses. Discord is the master of chaos and disorder. Healing is a process practically the opposite of what he is doing.
Even though, I have to admit that Discord is giving me a huge headache in my planned sequel. I'm really thinking about putting an Alternative Universe tag on the story and saying that "Keep Calm and Flutter On" never happened.
EDIT: the only "magical healing" I can remember is that Rarity's mane got restored after firing the Elements of Harmony first. However, I think we can agree on that a mane restoration is nothing compared to healing a final stage lung cancer.
Hrm. Interesting, interesting. Not worth a fav, but you receive an upvote. Then again, reading Stormsinger makes your standards incredibly high.
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I don't think Healing Smiles is even remotely in the same genre as Stormsinger.
It's a miracle!
make sequel and I fave and upvote
if yu had killed flutters permanently you would have been burnt at the stake
3994981 I know it would have been bad... it just... I don't know, somehow the emotions got me, and I felt this fic could have been a lot stronger if I would have left Fluttershy fall asleep forever.
However, this way I can write a sequel
. (I already laid down the basics for it! )
I really enjoyed reading this! Personally, I think a better title could have been 'Laughter is the best medicine.' A bit cliche lol, but it fits since she's also the element of laughter.
3995041 I'm happy that you liked it!
If you don't mind, I will disagree with you on the title. Fluttershy healed Pinkie Pie's soul through her smile, and Pinkie Pie healed Fluttershy after Pinkie Pie could smile again, despite her situation.
Yeah, I can practically see where your motive on the premise started to fall apart, and you were desperately trying to hurry things along before you lost it completely. Still, good enough one shot. Don't strain yourself.
"I will not cry."
*trys, sniff*
FAIL
My non pegasister sister
This is such a good story!
3991650 The sequel is out
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/179885/healing-smiles
4293599 yay
Why do I feel like crying for two hours?
This was so touching. In my opinion.
4307098 If I remember, writing it wasn't without tears either. I wish I could heal people like Pinkie.
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Yeah......