Pinkie Pie's Special Friends

by smirker

Single Parent

Pinkie Pie was teaching at the School of Friendship and talking about how to make kids laugh, she was surprisingly very knowledgeable on how to make kids have fun,

"Now, everycreature, children are curious about everything, but it is important to support their interests on what they truly like, and can make them laugh by doing tricks and talking about previous experiences if you've done the same things, yourself." Pinkie Pie said, the students write while Sandbar groans and sways side-to-side,

"You okay, Sandbar?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"Sorry, but playing with my sister until she fell asleep took hours last night." Sandbar replied tiredly,

"Do you need rest, Sandbar?" Ocellus asked,

"I'm fine." Sandbar replied,

"You sure? You don't look or sound good." Ocellus said,

"I can manage." Sandbar replied tiredly, he groans and falls out of his chair, onto his left side,

"Apparently, you can't." Gallus said,

"Wow, his sister must be full of energy." Silverstream said,

"She is, she's only four years old." Sandbar replied tiredly,

"Yona like to meet Sandbar sister." Yona said,

"Maybe another time." Sandbar replied tiredly,

"What's she like when she falls asleep?" Smolder asked,

"She doesn't sleep long, she's back up and already to play, it gets annoying sometimes." Sandbar replied tiredly,

"Come on, Sandbar, get up, there's still some time in class left." Pinkie Pie said, and Sandbar groans as he gets up and was almost falling asleep,

"Do you have any stories to share about your time with kids, Pinkie Pie?" Silverstream asked,

"Why, yes, in fact, I do." Pinkie Pie replied,

"I wanna hear it." Ocellus said,

"Me too." Gallus said,

"Well, here goes." Pinkie Pie replied, and she talks about a time she had to babysit a family.

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Pinkie Pie was carrying her wagon around after leaving Flower Viola's home, she goes forward and was looking for a way to make money since she still could not do her old tricks from being injured, and she was out of treats to sell,

"Ooh, what's this?" Pinkie Pie asked as she looked at a poster,

"Foalsitter Wanted, foalsit three foals until evening, oldest child's name is Pink Diamond, she is a romantic at heart and likes fairy tales, middle child's name is Gilmore, he is a prankster and likes golf, he's the troublemaker of the family, youngest child's name is Purple Grace, she is four years old and a sweetheart, she likes having fun and playing, dog's name is Wilfred, he is Gilmore's dog, and a loving pet, make sure to feed him with Gilmore and he likes to play." the poster said, Pinkie Pie takes the poster with her front right hoof and sees the address at the bottom, she goes to it.

Pinkie Pie trots to the address and saw a male earth pony, he had a yellow coat, he had a short black mane and tail and was bald on the top of his head, Pinkie Pie sees his cutie mark, it was a stack of dollars,

"Excuse me." Pinkie Pie said, the pony turns around and Pinkie Pie sees the stallion had green eyes,

"Are you the pony looking for a foalsitter?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"Yes, I'm Drifter, I've been looking for foalsitters ever since my wife passed." the stallion replied,

"What happened?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"Complications from birthing Purple Grace." Drifter replied, Pinkie Pie felt sad,

"Can I meet them?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"Sure, what's your name?" Drifter asked,

"Pinkie Pie." Pinkie Pie replied,

"Alright, this way, Pinkie Pie." Drifter said, and he leader into his house. Pinkie Pie was led into Drifter's house and it was noisy,

"Pink Diamond, Gilmore, Purple Grace, Wilfred, over here." Drifter said, Pinkie Pie hears trotting and walking, she saw three earth ponies, the tallest one was a female, she had a light pink coat, long white mane and tail, and dark pink eyes, her cutie mark was pink heart shaped diamond, she was a mare, the one in the middle was a male, he had a light grayish green coat, short dark orange mane and tail, and yellow eyes, his cutie mark was a gray golf club, he was a colt, the shortest one was a female, she had a dark purple coat, long dark blue mane and tail with small white stripes in them, and light blue eyes, she did not have a cutie mark, she was a filly, and the dog was a bulldog that was white with brown spots, and a black snout,

"This is Pinkie Pie, your new foalsitter, she's going to watching over you three until I get home, and don't drive this pony away, I don't have the time or energy to look for another one after this, so please don't drive her away, especially you, Gilmore." Drifter said, Pinkie Pie smiles with her eyes closed,

"She'll be watching over you three, taking care of you three, and helping you with your homework, so be nice to her." Drifter said,

"Wait, I also don't have a home." Pinkie Pie replied,

"Okay, you can stay here, then." Drifter said,

"Yay! You three are going to have the bestest time of your lives!" Pinkie Pie replied elatedly, Drifter's children were suspicious of Pinkie Pie,

"Well, I have to go work now, hope you all get along." Drifter said, and he leaves. Pinkie Pie looks at the three foals and the dog, she was excited to be with them,

"Okay, let's start with introductions, I'm Pinkie Pie, what are your names?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"Do we have to tell you?" the pink mare asked,

"Well, I have to know your names to call you, then yes, or I can give you all my own names." Pinkie Pie replied,

"Okay, what names do you have in mind for us?" the colt asked,

"I'll call you Spanky since I might have to spank you since your father said you're the troublemaker. I'll call that pink one Pooh Bear since she looks all sweet and cuddly, and I'll call you Baby Bunga Boo since you're younger than the other two." Pinkie Pie replied, shocking the three ponies,

"On second thought, let's tell you our names." the pink mare said,

"Yeah, it'd be so embarrassing to be called those out in public." the purple filly said,

"Good, so, what are your names?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"I'm Pink Diamond, I'm the pony in charge when daddy's gone, and there are some days I'll be home late." the pink mare said,

"Why?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"I have a boyfriend." Pink Diamond replied,

"Will he be coming here?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"Sometimes." Pink Diamond replied,

"What's his name?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"Gold Digger." Pink Diamond replied,

"Okay, I'll say hi to him when he comes here. How about you, what's your name?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"Gilmore." the colt replied with a mischievous smile on his face,

"Okay, nice to meet you, Gilmore. What's your name?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"Purple Grace." the purple filly replied,

"Ooh, what a pretty name, and that must be Wilfred." Pinkie Pie said, Wilfred barked while panting happily, Pinkie Pie smiled at seeing them,

"Well, *yawn* I'm tired, I haven't slept in a while, I'll see you four in the morning." Pinkie Pie said, and she goes to sleep in the back of the room behind the foals and dog, the three foals smile mischievously while Pinkie Pie slept. Pinkie Pie wakes up the next morning and felt rejuvenated,

"Good morning." Pinkie Pie said, there was no response, she gets up and sees the three foals she had to foalsit with Drifter,

"Okay, I'm off to work now." Drifter said,

"Bye, daddy." Pink Diamond, Gilmore, and Purple Grace said,

"Bye." Drifter said as he waved held his front left hoof up and went out the door and closed it on his way out. Pinkie Pie watched them and they look at her,

"What?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"You're supposed to make us breakfast." Pink Diamond replied,

"Aren't you old enough to do that yourself, Pink Diamond?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"Daddy will pay you more if you do it." Pink Diamond replied, Pinkie Pie thought about it and decided to do it,

"Sure, what do you three want?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"Strawberry and banana pancakes, five, each one stacked, soaked in butter and maple syrup." Pink Diamond replied,

"Peanut butter, grape jelly, banana sandwich." Gilmore said,

"Cinnamon and honey cereal with milk, three teaspoons of sugar, and lots of maple syrup." Purple Grace said,

"Okay, here I go." Pinkie Pie said, and she dashed into the kitchen while the three foals were excited,

"Ooh, I can't wait." Purple Grace said,

"Me neither." Gilmore replied,

"I'm still surprised she just accepted it without complaining, we've got a tasty meal if she gets it right." Pink Diamond said, Gilmore and Purple Grace nod,

"Breakfast's ready!" Pinkie Pie said loudly from the dinner table, surprising the three, they trot there and to their surprise, Pinkie Pie has made all three of their breakfasts in less than a minute. The three foals trot to the table and look at their breakfasts. Pink Diamond looks and sees she had five thick pancakes with strawberries and bananas cooked in them, and they were completely soaked in butter and maple syrup. Gilmore looks and sees his sandwich had a whole jar of peanut butter in it, and a whole jar of grape jelly, along with banana slices, the bread was also thick and coated in powdered sugar, and glazed in caramel, which surprised him, it was almost like Pinkie Pie knew he was going to ask her to put the sugar and caramel on when he looked at it. Purple Grace had a bowl full of cinnamon and honey cereal with milk, she saw the sugar at top of the cereal, and the maple syrup at the top that soaked to the bottom, and to her surprise, Pinkie Pie added even more syrup to the top after pouring the milk, as if she knew that was what she wanted,

"Enjoy." Pinkie Pie said, and they do. Pink Diamond, Gilmore, and Purple Grace eat like pigs while Pinkie Pie looked for dog food and saw it, she dumps it into the tray in front of it,

"Here you go, Wilfred." Pinkie Pie said, and the dog walked to the tray and began eating, she trotted to the kitchen afterwards to make her own breakfast. Pinkie Pie looks around and sees there was more than enough to make cupcakes, so she bakes them quickly and puts chocolate and sprinkles on them,

"Wow, Pinkie Pie, how do you do that?" Purple Grace asked,

"Practice." Pinkie Pie replied while grinning, the three were confused, they all enjoy breakfast and the three foals brush their teeth,

"Ooh, is that candy flavored toothpaste?" Pinkie Pie asked, the three foals nod, she looks and sees the three were brushing with cotton candy flavored toothpaste,

"Ooh, I love cotton candy." Pinkie Pie said, and she begins to eat the toothpaste, the three restrain their laughter, they were enjoying her already,

"Pinkie Pie, we have to rinse our mouths." Pink Diamond said with the toothbrush in her mouth and with her mouth full of toothpaste, Pinkie Pie moves aside and the three spit out their toothpaste and rinse their mouths while Pinkie Pie continued eating the toothpaste,

"Um, Pinkie Pie, you have to walk Purple Grace to school." Pink Diamond said,

"Okay, lead the way, Purple Grace." Pinkie Pie replied, and they leave together. Purple Grace trots to her school while Pinkie Pie followed her,

"Where does Gilmore go for school?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"Same school, but he walks to school on his own, Pink Diamond goes to the high school, it's her first year there." Purple Grace replied,

"What about you?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"I'm in kindergarten, Gilmore's in second grade, and Pink Diamond's in ninth grade." Purple Grace replied,

"How's school for you?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"I like it, Gilmore hates it, and Pink Diamond seems to like it." Purple Grace replied, Pinkie Pie smiled and the two keep trotting,

"How about you, Pinkie Pie, how was school for you?" Purple Grace asked,

"I didn't go to school." Pinkie Pie replied,

"What, no school?" Purple Grace asked,

"I grew up on a rock farm, there's nopony for miles around." Pinkie Pie replied,

"Oh, well, I hope it won't be a problem when you help us with our homework." Purple Grace said,

"I'll see what I can do." Pinkie Pie replied,

"Thank you, we're here." Purple Grace said, and Pinkie Pie saw the school, it was small,

"Alright, off you go." Pinkie Pie said, and Purple Grace trots into the school while smiling, Pinkie Pie smiled when she saw her enter and then headed back to the house.

Pinkie Pie entered the house she was staying at and saw Pink Diamond and Gilmore were gone,

"Okay, what am I supposed to do now?" Pinkie Pie asked herself, she hears a bark to her left and looks, she saw Wilfred beside her, he was panting with his tongue hanging out of his mouth,

"Wilfred!" Pinkie Pie said happily, and she begins petting him and rubbing her snout on him, Wilfred rubbed his snout on Pinkie Pie as well, the dog walks away and comes back with a red leash in his mouth,

"Oh, you want to go for a walk? Sure." Pinkie Pie said, and the two go out. Pinkie Pie puts the red leash around her right front hoof and she stood on her hind hoofs while she walked Wilfred,

"Lead the way, Wilfred." Pinkie Pie said, Wilfred barks and he walks. Wilfred walks and leads Pinkie Pie while she memorizes the route Wilfred walked, he begins to walk faster and had his tongue sticking out,

"Whoa!" Pinkie Pie said as she stumbled, she begins to walk faster as well, Wilfred begins speed walking and Pinkie Pie kept up with him, he sped up and Pinkie Pie was almost falling,

"Slow down, Wilfred!" Pinkie Pie said, and he began running, Pinkie Pie screams as she fell and was dragged on the road while Wilfred ran. Wilfred runs and has fun while Pinkie Pie was dragged on the road, he continues running and soon arrives back at the home and stops, Wilfred pants with his tongue sticking out while Pinkie Pie was relieved,

"Phew, I need a break, Wilfred." and she takes the leash off of her hoof and removes it from Wilfred's neck, she goes in while Wilfred follows her. Pinkie Pie lays down on her abdomen while Wilfred walked to her and licked her face, Pinkie Pie smiled and Wilfred then begins to rub his face on hers, which comforted her. Pinkie Pie slept until Wilfred barked, she woke up and looked and saw the foals were still not home, she looks and Wilfred showed her a picture of the family,

"Am I supposed to do something?" Pinkie Pie asked, Wilfred barks once,

"Is school over?" Pinkie Pie asked, Wilfred barks once,

"Both schools?" Pinkie Pie asked, Wilfred barks twice,

"One?" Pinkie Pie asked, Wilfred barks once,

"Oh, and I'm supposed to pick them up." Pinkie Pie said as she stood up, Wilfred barked once,

"Gilmore." Pinkie Pie said, Wilfred barks twice,

"Purple Grace!" Pinkie Pie said as she ran outside, Wilfred barked once after she left.

Purple Grace stood in front of her school and waited for Pinkie Pie,

"Purple Grace!" Pinkie Pie said, and she ran to her, she panted heavily,

"I'm so sorry, I fell asleep!" Pinkie Pie said,

"It's okay, Pinkie Pie, you're not late, school ended a minute ago." Purple Grace replied, Pinkie Pie calmed down,

"Oh." Pinkie Pie said with a little embarrassment,

"Come on, let's go home, I have homework." Purple Grace said,

"Wait, where's Gilmore?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"He walks home on his own, now come on, I'm hungry." Purple Grace replied, and they begin to head home. Pinkie Pie and Purple Grace head home and they saw Drifter walking by,

"Daddy!" Purple Grace said as she ran to him, Pinkie Pie ran after her and Drifter turned to face them,

"Ah, Purple Grace, nice to see you, are you enjoying your new foalsitter?" Drifter asked, Purple Grace nods, Pinkie Pie arrives at them and pants,

"Are you having fun, Pinkie Pie?" Drifter asked,

"So far, I'm still tired from walking Wilfred." Pinkie Pie replied, Drifter laughs,

"Yeah, Wilfred can be a bit wild sometimes, but he's a good dog, and be ready to see him at home, he'll jump on you and lick your face once when you open the door." Drifter said, Purple Grace smiled while Pinkie Pie kept it in mind,

"I have to get back to work now, I'll see you two tonight." Drifter said,

"Okay, bye, Drifter." Pinkie Pie said,

"Bye." Purple Grace said, Drifter kisses her on the forehead and he walks away,

"Come on, let's go home." Purple Grace said, and they do. Pinkie Pie and Purple Grace arrive home and Purple Grace opens the door, Wilfred runs to them and jumps on them, Purple Grace laughs,

"Okay, Wilfred, get off, I have to use the bathroom." Purple Grace said as she patted his head with her front left hoof, he got off of her and went to Pinkie Pie,

"Good boy." Pinkie Pie said as she patted his head with her front left hoof, Wilfred licked her, they went in shortly afterwards. Purple Grace uses the bathroom, has a snack, and sits at the dinner table to do her homework while Pinkie Pie sat with her to help, she watches Purple Grace do her homework and got stuck on fractions, Pinkie Pie leaned over to look at what she was doing, she had to draw a shape and shade in the fraction part,

"Okay, Purple Grace, fractions are not too hard if you know what to do, let's start with the first one." Pinkie Pie said, and she took a chocolate bar out,

"Okay, Purple Grace, this is a while chocolate bar, what would one half of a chocolate bar look like?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"Oh, half of it would be gone." Purple Grace replied,

"Very good, you can take half of the chocolate bar." Pinkie Pie said,

"Yay!" Purple Grace said, and she did, she ate one half while Pinkie Pie ate the other half. Pinkie Pie looks and sees the next question, she got another chocolate bar,

"Alright, now show me one quarter of a chocolate bar." Pinkie Pie said, Purple Grace looks at the chocolate bar carefully,

"Hurry, Purple Grace, before the chocolate bar melts." Pinkie Pie said, Purple Grace thinks and looks at the problem again,

"Oh." Purple Grace said as she realized the answer, she broke three quarters of the chocolate bar and ate it while Pinkie Pie ate the other quarter, Pinkie Pie saw Purple Grace had one more fraction problem and she would done, she got another chocolate bar,

"Alright, Purple Grace, now show me one eighth of a chocolate bar." Pinkie Pie said, Purple Grace thinks for a while and the chocolate bar begins to melt,

"Oh, I got it." Purple Grace said, and she takes seven eighths of the chocolate bar and eats it while Pinkie Pie eats the last part, Purple Grace draws rectangle bars on the paper and shades in the smaller parts of the fractions,

"Good job, Purple Grace." Pinkie Pie said, Purple Grace smiled, but she yawned,

"I'm tired, I'm heading to bed." Purple Grace said,

"No, Purple Grace, the chocolate has to set, you have to wait three hours." Pinkie Pie replied,

"But I wanna go to bed now." Purple Grace said,

"No, not until the chocolate settles." Pinkie Pie replied, and Purple Grace heads to her bedroom, but she shrieks when she saw Pinkie Pie in front of her bedroom's door,

"Not yet, Purple Grace, nappy time will come after three hours." Pinkie Pie said,

"Let me sleep now." Purple Grace said in a stern tone,

"You have to wait." Pinkie Pie replied,

"I won't let you in my room if you don't let me through." Purple Grace said,

"Then I am staying here until three hours pass." Pinkie Pie replied, Purple Grace groans angrily while puffing up her cheeks,

"Don't be like that, there's a lot of things you can do to pass the hours." Pinkie Pie said,

"But I wanna go now!" Purple Grace replied,

"Come on, Purple Grace, you'll tire yourself out if you continue acting like that." Pinkie Pie said,

"Then I'll just sleep here." Purple Grace replied,

"No!" Pinkie Pie said sternly, Purple Grace groans loudly in annoyance while puffing up her cheeks again. The door opens they hear walking,

"I'm home." Gilmore said, Purple Grace runs to him,

"Big brother, Pinkie Pie won't let me into my room." Purple Grace said, the two go back to Pinkie Pie,

"Come on, Pinkie Pie, my sister needs her sleep." Gilmore said,

"No, not until the chocolate she ate settles down." Pinkie Pie replied,

"Chocolate? I want chocolate." Gilmore said, Pinkie Pie takes a chocolate bar out of her mane and gives it to him,

"Here, since I also gave it to your sister." Pinkie Pie said, and Gilmore ate the entire chocolate bar without undoing the wrapper or chewing it, much to Pinkie Pie's bafflement,

"Can I have another?" Gilmore asked,

"Sorry, but I'm only got one left, it's for Pink Diamond." Pinkie Pie replied,

"Can you please let Purple Grace into her room before she gets all cranky and throws a tantrum?" Gilmore asked,

"Purple Grace, you better not, you won't get what you want if you do throw a tantrum." Pinkie Pie said, Purple Grace puts on a sad face,

"No, Purple Grace, that won't work, either." Pinkie Pie said, Purple Grace pretended she was about to cry,

"No fake crying, either, you'll only embarrass yourself." Pinkie Pie said,

"Come on, Pinkie Pie, Purple Grace is tired." Gilmore said,

"No, we've been through this, she has to wait for three hours." Pinkie Pie replied, Gilmore left to go check the time, he came back,

"Actually, Pinkie Pie, it's 5:05 in the afternoon now." Gilmore said,

"Let's see, Purple Grace and I started homework around 1:30, and it took her about fifteen minutes, so it was 1:45. Oh, I'm sorry, Purple Grace, go ahead and enter." Pinkie Pie said,

"Yay!" Purple Grace said as she ran into her room,

"I'll be doing my homework in my room." Gilmore said,

"Okay, call me if you need my help." Pinkie Pie replied, and he went to his room while Pinkie Pie walked back. Pinkie Pie trotted back and Wilfred went to her and licked her, Pinkie Pie smiled and petted his head with her front left hoof, she sees a small clock on the wall and looks, she saw it was actually 2:22 in the afternoon. Pinkie Pie screams with shock at the fact that Gilmore lied to her,

"GILMORE!!" Pinkie Pie yelled angrily as she ran to his bedroom door, she tries to open his bedroom's door and saw it was locked,

"OPEN THE DOOR!!" Pinkie Pie yelled angrily, there was no response, she puts her left eyeball through the keyhole and saw Gilmore was not doing his homework, he was looking at a magazine. Pinkie Pie stretches her right eyeball to the keyhole of the door to her right and saw Purple Grace was sleeping inside her room, Pinkie Pie's eyeballs retract back and she growls. Gilmore was looking at a magazine and admiring the pictures inside,

"GILMORE!!" Pinkie Pie yelled angrily, he jumped up and yelped, he turned around and saw Pinkie Pie was in his room, she was glaring at him, he looks and saw his bedroom's door was still locked, much to his shock,

"How did you get in here?" Gilmore asked,

"Never mind that, you're grounded." Pinkie Pie replied,

"Grounded?" Gilmore asked,

"Yes, grounded, you have lied to Pinkie." Pinkie Pie replied,

"I was just helping my sister." Gilmore said,

"No, lying is bad, whether you're helping somepony or not." Pinkie Pie replied,

"What's my punishment?" Gilmore asked,

"Stay here, in your room." Pinkie Pie replied,

"Does that mean no dinner for me?" Gilmore asked,

"Well..." Pinkie Pie said as she thought about it, she was silent for a minute,

"I need time to think about it, but stay in here for the rest of the day." Pinkie Pie said, and she walked out of Gilmore's vision to his right, he looks and saw she was gone, even though she did not open the door, which confused him, but Gilmore shrugged and continued to look at his magazine.

Pinkie Pie sighed and sat at the table and was bored since Wilfred was asleep at the moment, the door opens a few minutes later and Pinkie Pie looks to her right,

"I'm home." Pink Diamond said, and she walked forward while Pinkie Pie saw a stallion with her, he had a dark orange coat, short blue gelled back mane and tail, and his cutie mark was a gold coin, he wore sunglasses over his eyes and a black long-sleeve leather jacket,

"Is that your new foalsitter?" the stallion asked,

"Yes, that's Pinkie Pie. Pinkie Pie, this is Gold Digger, my boyfriend." Pink Diamond replied,

"Hi." Pinkie Pie said, Gold Digger smiled,

"Where's Gilmore and Purple Grace?" Gold Digger asked,

"Gilmore's grounded, Purple Grace is asleep." Pinkie Pie replied,

"Grounded? For what?" Pink Diamond asked,

"For lying to me." Pinkie Pie replied,

"What happened?" Pink Diamond asked,

"I helped Purple Grace with her homework that involved fractions, and used chocolate bars as examples, then she wanted to go to bed, but I said she'd had to wait three hours, and we argued, then Gilmore came home and sided with her, then he lied to me about the time and Purple Grace is now asleep, so I grounded him." Pinkie Pie replied,

"That's kind of your own fault." Gold Digger said,

"That's not the point, the point is he lied, and lying is wrong." Pinkie Pie replied,

"Not always." Pink Diamond said,

"*sigh* Do you have any homework?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"Yes, but I can do it on my own, come on, Gold Digger." Pink Diamond replied, and they went, Pinkie Pie hears the door open,

"Gilmore?" Gold Digger asked,

"Gold Digger." Gilmore said, Pinkie Pie trots to them and saw Gold Digger hug Gilmore, he picks him up and spins around, the two laugh,

"I'm grounded right now, Gold Digger, so I can't come out of my room." Gilmore said,

"Alright, I'll come check on you later." Gold Digger replied, and Gilmore closed the door. Pink Diamond opens Purple Grace's door and the two enter,

"Purple Grace, looks who's here." Pink Diamond said, Purple Grace yawns and wakes up,

"Gold Digger?" Purple Grace asked,

"Yes, it is." Pink Diamond replied,

"Gold Digger!" Purple Grace said as she ran to him, the two hugged one another and Gold Digger kissed Purple Grace on the forehead,

"You want to spend time with us?" Pink Diamond asked,

"No, I'm still tired." Purple Grace replied,

"Okay, I'll wake up when daddy comes home." Pink Diamond said, Purple Grace smiles and went back to bed. Pink Diamond and Gold Digger walk back and saw Pinkie Pie sitting at the table and drinking hot cocoa, she smiles at them, the two smile back,

"Wilfred." Pink Diamond said as she woke him up,

"Gold Digger's here." Pink Diamond said, Wilfred woofs and walks to him, Gold Digger hugs him and pets him,

"Good boy." Gold Digger said, he lets go and Wilfred pants happily with his tongue hanging out,

"Wait, this is for you, Pink Diamond, I already gave them to Gilmore and Purple Grace." Pinkie Pie said as she held out her last chocolate bar with her front right hoof,

"Oh, thank you." Pink Diamond said, and she takes with her front left hoof and she and Gold Digger then go to her room and the door closes. Pinkie Pie sleeps a little and she hears Wilfred bark, she wakes up and saw he had a white ball with red stitches on it, she realized it was a baseball,

"What is it, Wilfred?" Pinkie Pie asked, Wilfred barks, Gilmore comes out of his room and walks forward,

"This is the time of the day he and I play fetch outside." Gilmore said,

"Fetch? I love fetch, come on, Wilfred." Pinkie Pie said, and she got the ball while Gilmore walked forward,

"No, Gilmore, you're still grounded, go back to your room." Pinkie Pie said, and she and Wilfred went outside while Gilmore glared at her. Pinkie Pie throws the ball while Wilfred ran after it and brought it back,

"Good boy." Pinkie Pie said as she rubbed his head,

"Fetch." Pinkie Pie said as she threw the ball with her front right hoof, Wilfred ran and got the ball, he drops it and pants with his tongue out,

"Go get it." Pinkie Pie said as she threw the ball, Wilfred ran and got the ball, but he walked to the left and Pinkie Pie saw Drifter was home, he got down and patted Wilfred,

"Wilfred, it's unusual to see you out playing fetch this late." Drifter said, and the two walk back to their home and saw Pinkie Pie there,

"How are the kids?" Drifter asked,

"Purple Grace's asleep, Pink Diamond's with her boyfriend, and Gilmore's grounded." Pinkie Pie replied,

"For what?" Drifter asked,

"Lying." Pinkie Pie replied,

"Be careful, Pinkie Pie, Gilmore has driven away more foalsitters than Pink Diamond and Purple Grace combined, and if you anger one of them, all three of them are going to work together to drive you away." Drifter said,

"Ah, don't worry, I'm sure it's nothing bad." Pinkie Pie replied,

"You'll see what I mean, come on, let's go in, the kids are probably hungry." Drifter said, and they enter the house. Pinkie Pie and Drifter enter the house with Wilfred,

"Kids, I'm home." Drifter said,

"Daddy!" Pink Diamond and Purple Grace said,

"Dad!" Gilmore said, and the three run to him, they hug him, Gold Digger walked to them,

"Hello, there, Gold Digger." Drifter said,

"Good evening." Gold Digger replied,

"I brought dinner, pizza." Drifter said,

"Yay!" Pink Diamond, Gilmore, and Purple Grace said together,

"It's going to take time to make, so please wait a bit." Drifter said, and his three children went to their rooms while Gold Digger went to the kitchen with Drifter and Pinkie Pie, and Wilfred slept on the floor. Pinkie Pie and Gold Digger help Drifter make the pizza, who was having trouble,

"Ah, come on." Drifter grumbled as he tried to shape the crust right, Gold Digger and Pinkie Pie tried to help as well, they also had trouble,

"OH, COME ON!!" Pinkie Pie yelled as she could not shape the crust right, they shape it and then pour the tomato sauce in, Gold Digger let out an annoyed grunt as he spilled some of it on the floor, Drifter adds the cheese and then the onions, olives, and tomatoes, they bake it in the oven while Pinkie Pie cleaned the floor, it finishes after forty minutes and the three try to cut it, Pinkie Pie growls since the knife would not cut through the crust, she forces it through and the pizza was cut eighteen slices, they put the pizza on the table,

"Dinner's ready." and Pink Diamond and Purple Grace run out and have pizza, Pinkie Pie noticed Gilmore did not come, so she went to his bedroom door and opened it, she saw him laying down,

"Gilmore, dinner's ready." Pinkie Pie said,

"Wait, I can have dinner?" Gilmore asked,

"Yes, I've decided you can still have supper, even if you're grounded." Pinkie Pie replied,

"Alright!" Gilmore said happily, and he ran to the table and sat with his family. Drifter and his family enjoy dinner with Gold Digger, they hear walking and saw Wilfred come over,

"Here, boy." Drifter said, and he gives him a piece of cheese on a pizza slice, and Wilfred ate it, he panted happily with his tongue out, they all had dinner and each member of the family gave Wilfred a piece of the pizza, Pinkie Pie and Gold Digger did as well,

"How was school?" Drifter asked,

"The usual." Pink Diamond, Gilmore, and Purple Grace replied,

"Do you need our help at work tomorrow, daddy?" Purple Grace asked,

"I don't think so, but I'll let you know." Drifter replied, Purple Grace smiled,

"You should head home, Gold Digger, don't worry your parents." Drifter said,

"Yeah, thanks for the meal, Drifter." Gold Digger replied, and he headed home, they all went to sleep three hours later after playing together and Pinkie Pie slept in the back of the house again.

Pinkie Pie was dreaming about cupcakes, chocolate, cakes, lollipops, and pastries, she was smelling and eating all of them, she sighed happily as she smelled the sweets, she ate them and was having a great dream until she heard what sounded like a raspberry in her dream, she screams as the scent in her dream stank. Pinkie Pie wakes up and it was morning, she screams when she saw Gilmore was in front of her with his flank facing her, and he was farting,

"GILMORE!!" Pinkie Pie yelled angrily, Gilmore runs away while laughing and Pinkie Pie blowing air out of her mouth to get the stench away. Pinkie Pie gets up after a few minutes and saw Drifter has already left for work, she saw Pink Diamond, Gilmore, and Purple Grace were having breakfast, Pink Diamond was having a strawberry and banana sundae, Gilmore was having a cheesecake, and Purple Grace was having chocolate cake,

"Wow, you all made your own breakfasts." Pinkie Pie said,

"Actually, they're leftovers from before you came." Purple Grace replied,

"Yeah, go on and sit, Pinkie Pie, we made you breakfast, too." Pink Diamond said, and Pinkie Pie sat, she gasped happily at her breakfast, it was M&Ms floating in a brown carbonated soft drink, it was a type of cereal, she holds a spoon in her right front hoof and eats it,

"Hmm. Best breakfast ever!" Pinkie Pie said happily with her front legs up, the three children smile and they all have breakfast. Pink Diamond, Gilmore, and Purple Grace were off today, so Pinkie Pie was ready to play with them and Wilfred, she goes into the bathroom that was behind where Pinkie Pie slept,

"Where's Pinkie Pie?" Pinkie Pie asked from behind the bathroom door,

"Here I am!" Pinkie Pie said as she opened the door, she closed it again,

"Where's Pinkie Pie?" Pinkie Pie asked from behind the bathroom door,

"Here I am!" Pinkie Pie said as she opened the door, she closed it again, Purple Grace got an idea, she got a strawberry and held it in her mouth,

"Where's Pinkie Pie?" Pinkie Pie asked from behind the bathroom door,

"Here I am!" Pinkie Pie said as she opened the door, Purple Grace spat the strawberry out and hit Pinkie Pie on the head, she screamed as she fell, Pink Diamond and Gilmore laugh,

"No! Bad! Do not spit your food out, Purple Grace, that's wasting it!" Pinkie Pie said, surprising her and her siblings, she went back into the bathroom and closed the door, Pink Diamond got an idea and she ran to her room, she came back out with two bottles, they were perfume bottles, one was pink, and the other was purple, and both were full. Pink Diamond sprays both bottles on herself until they were empty while Gilmore and Purple Grace stepped back,

"Where's Pinkie Pie?" Pinkie Pie asked from behind the bathroom door,

"Here I *gag*" Pinkie Pie said as she opened the door, she fell and gagged from the stench of Pink Diamond's perfumes, she smelled like a combination of raw sewage, rotten potatoes, rotten eggs, and skunk spray. Pinkie Pie fell onto the floor while Pink Diamond smiled with her teeth exposed, while Gilmore and Purple Grace laughed,

"What is that horrible smell?!" Pinkie Pie asked, Pink Diamond held up the two empty perfume bottles,

"These, old lady scented perfume, and mothball scented perfume." Pink Diamond said, Pinkie Pie gagged from the smell while Pink Diamond laughed, Pinkie Pie decided to continue playing the game she was playing and closed the bathroom door, Gilmore got a cast iron from the kitchen and stood to the right side of the door while Pink Diamond walked back,

"Where's Pinkie Pie?" Pinkie Pie asked from behind the bathroom door, Gilmore held the cast iron up with his front hoofs,

"Here I am!" Pinkie Pie said as she opened the door, Gilmore swings the cast iron forward and hits Pinkie Pie in her snout, she screams as she fell. Pink Diamond and Purple Grace laugh while Gilmore smiled, Pinkie Pie growled and stood up,

"NO!!" Pinkie Pie yelled as she took the cast iron from Gilmore, she startled the three and Wilfred,

"Go to your rooms! All of three of you are grounded!" Pinkie Pie said angrily, the three just stood there,

"DON'T JUST STAND THERE!! GO TO YOUR ROOMS!!" Pinkie Pie yelled, Purple Grace became scared and ran to her room while Gilmore and Pink Diamond did not move, Pinkie Pie growls and pushes the two across the floor, she puts them in their rooms and slams the doors closed. Pinkie Pie cleans her face with a paper napkin and sits while sighing, Wilfred walks to her and rubs his head against her hind left leg,

"Thanks, Wilfred." Pinkie Pie said and she patted him with her front left hoof, he jumps and lands on her lap,

"Whoa, you need to go on a diet a little, Wilfred." Pinkie Pie said, Wilfred barks and sits on her, he pants with his tongue out,

"Good boy." Pinkie Pie said as she patted him with her front left hoof, Wilfred tried to touch her hoof with his snout and lick it, she has fun and they play until noon,

"You three can come back now." Pinkie Pie said, and they come out, the three smiled,

"Oh, um, Pinkie Pie, it's time to walk Wilfred." Pink Diamond said,

"Oh, okay, let's go together." Pinkie Pie replied,

"Yay!" Gilmore and Purple Grace said as they ran to the door, Pink Diamond got the leash on Wilfred and the five leave the house together. Wilfred runs while Pink Diamond, Gilmore, Purple Grace, and Pinkie Pie run with him, Pinkie Pie had the leash on him and walked him, the four run with him and Pinkie Pie was having trouble,

"Slow down, Wilfred." Pinkie Pie said, Pink Diamond, Gilmore, and Purple Grace keep running with no problem, the three chuckle at seeing the tired Pinkie Pie, but she kept running. Wilfred barks and runs off course and Pinkie Pie screams since she stumbled and almost fell, they look and saw Drifter working. Wilfred barks and Drifter turns around, he saw Wilfred, Pinkie Pie, and his children coming to him,

"Daddy!" Pink Diamond, Gilmore, and Purple Grace said, they arrive and Drifter chuckles as he hugs and pets Wilfred, he smiles as he looks at them,

"Has everything been alright at home?" Drifter asked, they nod,

"Okay, I'll pay you when I can, Pinkie Pie." Drifter said,

"Okay." Pinkie Pie replied,

"Well, I'm about to go back to work, my break's about to end, see you all at home." Drifter said,

"Bye, daddy." Pink Diamond, Gilmore, and Purple Grace said as he walked back to work, Pinkie Pie was curious on what Drifter's job was, but she decided to continue walking Wilfred with Pink Diamond, Gilmore, and Purple Grace. Pinkie Pie and the others walk Wilfred and he runs again, they arrive home and rest for a bit, Gilmore played with Wilfred and had fun, Purple Grace joined shortly afterwards,

"I'm going to do some shopping, I'll be back in a few hours." Pink Diamond said,

"Bye, Pink Diamond." Gilmore and Purple Grace said,

"Bye." Pink Diamond replied, and she left. Wilfred rolls around on the floor while Gilmore and Purple Grace play with him and rub his belly, Pinkie Pie went over and began making an obstacle course for the three, they go through it and have fun while Pinkie Pie added more and more things, they have fun and it was soon noon,

"Lunchtime!" Pinkie Pie said loudly and excitedly, and Gilmore and Purple Grace run to the kitchen to get lunch, Gilmore had a milk chocolate spread and strawberry jelly sandwich with white bread, and Purple Grace had grape flavored lollipops,

"No, you two, eat something healthy." Pinkie Pie said,

"But healthy food tastes bad." Purple Grace replied,

"No, it doesn't." Pinkie Pie said, and she dashed away, she came back with chips and salsa,

"Here, you go, salsa's healthy." Pinkie Pie said, the two look at it and were uneasy,

"Come on, it's delicious." Pinkie Pie said,

"What do you say, Wilfred?" Gilmore asked, he walks over and smells the chips and salsa, he barks once,

"Wilfred said yes." Gilmore said,

"Well, here goes nothing." Purple Grace said, and they try a chip with salsa, Pinkie Pie smiled. Gilmore and Purple Grace chew but soon begin gagging, Pinkie Pie becomes surprised, but she heard their snouts get runny, she realized the salsa she used was too spicy for them, so she helps them chew and swallow and quickly dashed away and came back with glasses of sweet tea, the two drink them and sigh with relief,

"I'm so sorry, I thought the least spicy would be fine for you two, see, look." Pinkie Pie said, and she shows the two three bottles, one was mild salsa, one was medium salsa, and one was hot salsa, the mild one was open while the other two were closed, the two puff their cheeks and groan,

"I didn't know, I swear." Pinkie Pie said, the two did not respond and they just have what they were originally going to have, they just have them and eat in silence while Pinkie Pie watch with worry,

"Can we at least have the chips, Pinkie Pie?" Gilmore asked, Purple Grace nodded while smiling, she put the bag on the table,

"Thank you." Gilmore and Purple Grace said together,

"Don't eat all of it, save some for Pink Diamond, too." Pinkie Pie said, the two nod while Pinkie Pie went to go see Wilfred. Pinkie Pie plays with Wilfred by rubbing his belly with her front left hoof, Wilfred was rolling on the floor and moving his legs around, he was having fun with Pinkie Pie, the two keep playing and Gilmore came over with a golf ball and a golf club,

"It's time for Wilfred to play fetch, Pinkie Pie." Gilmore said,

"Huh? With a golf ball?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"Yeah, Wilfred likes the balls going far, so when I play golf, I have him fetch the golf balls back, he really likes it." Gilmore replied,

"I wanna play!" Pinkie Pie said,

"Sure, the more balls, the more Wilfred has fun." Gilmore replied, and Pinkie Pie reached over to her left side and got a golf club,

"Wanna come, Purple Grace?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"No, it's almost my nap time." Purple Grace replied,

"Okay, see you later." Pinkie Pie said, and she, Gilmore, and Wilfred went out. Pinkie Pie, Gilmore, and Wilfred go to a wide field and Pinkie Pie let Gilmore go first since he was younger, he hits the golf ball with the golf club and it goes forward, Gilmore flexes his front legs while smiling since the ball went farther than he hoped. Pinkie Pie watched Gilmore and did the same movement to hit the golf ball, she hits the golf ball and it lands a few centimeters behind Gilmore's,

"Whoo-hoo!" Pinkie Pie said happily while standing on her hind legs with her front legs up in the air,

"Come on, Pinkie Pie, we have to go to the golf balls." Gilmore said, and Gilmore and Wilfred run there. Gilmore and Wilfred run to the golf balls and stop with surprise when they saw Pinkie Pie was already there,

"I'm ready." Pinkie Pie said, and they continue playing. Gilmore hits the golf ball and it did not go as far as he hoped,

"Darn." Gilmore said, and Pinkie Pie went next, she hits the golf ball and it goes way past Gilmore's golf ball,

"This is fun!" Pinkie Pie said, Gilmore got agitated and went to his golf ball while Pinkie Pie trotted to him to watch. Gilmore hits the golf ball while annoyed, he hits it and the golf ball goes far, Pinkie Pie becomes surprised and she stands up on her hind legs to look, it hits a window and bounces off, Gilmore becomes shocked and watches the ball, it bounces back and hits Pinkie Pie in the groin. A crunching sound was heard and Pinkie Pie screamed as she fell and clutched her groin, Gilmore turned around and restrained his laughter, he restrained it and looked back at Pinkie Pie,

"You alright?" Gilmore asked,

"I think so." Pinkie Pie replied, and she continued to roll on the ground in pain while Gilmore turned around and had to restrain his laughter again, he stops and he went to get the golf ball he hit,

"Get the other ball, Wilfred." Gilmore said, and Wilfred ran to go get it, he comes back with it and Gilmore takes it, he holds onto the golf balls and tries to carry Pinkie Pie home, he managed to after some trouble. Pinkie Pie, Gilmore, and Wilfred arrive home and saw Pink Diamond and Gold Digger,

"Oh, there you two are, I'll get Pinkie Pie." Pink Diamond said as she ran to them, they carry her to the table,

"What happened to her?" Gold Digger asked, Gilmore began to almost laugh,

"My golf ball bounced off of a window and hit her in the crotch." Gilmore replied while smiling, Gold Digger laughed, Pink Diamond was restraining her laughter,

"Stop laughing, I got hurt!" Pinkie Pie said,

"It's not you getting hurt that was funny, it's where the ball hit you." Gilmore replied, shocking Pinkie Pie. A door opens and they hear Purple Grace yawning, she walks to her family,

"Sleep well, Purple Grace?" Gold Digger asked,

"Hmm-mm." Purple Grace replied while nodding and smiling,

"We were just talking me playing golf with Pinkie Pie." Gilmore said,

"I heard from the bedroom." Purple Grace replied, and she walked over to them,

"Daddy's not home, yet?" Purple Grace asked,

"I'm sorry, Purple Grace, but no." Pink Diamond replied,

"But I'm hungry." Purple Grace said,

"I'm sorry, Purple Grace, but daddy isn't home, dinner's going to be late again." Pink Diamond replied, Purple Grace looked down with sorrow, Pinkie Pie felt bad at seeing Purple Grace sad, she decided that she will go see what Drifter does for a living tomorrow. Thirty minutes pass and Drifter comes home, he was huffing, puffing, panting, and covered in black stains,

"Sorry I'm late, I had a busy day today, and I'm sorry, you three, but I didn't have time to get dinner today." Drifter said, Gilmore and Purple Grace groan with disappointment,

"Come on, you two, we have to make our own dinner tonight." Pink Diamond said as she stood up and walked to the kitchen, Pinkie Pie decided to go and help her. Pinkie Pie and Pink Diamond work together to make pasta with tomato sauce while Gold Digger provided the ingredients,

"Thank you, Gold Digger." Pink Diamond said and she and Pinkie Pie bake the pasta while Gilmore and Purple Grace groan from hunger,

"It'll be done soon, everypony." Pinkie Pie said, and the oven dings after twenty minutes, they go to the table and put it down and they have supper. Pinkie Pie, Pink Diamond, Gilmore, Purple Grace, and Gold Digger have supper while Wilfred laid down,

"You guys aren't going to feed him?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"Wilfred doesn't like pasta." Purple Grace replied,

"Oh." Pinkie Pie said,

"I'll be staying here tonight, Drifter's already asleep." Gold Digger said, and they see Drifter laying on the floor, sleeping and snoring, Pinkie Pie felt something off and finishes supper and she does the dishes with the others, Pink Diamond and Gold Digger carry Drifter to his room and tuck him in while Gilmore and Purple Grace went to bed, Pinkie Pie gives Wilfred dog food and he eats it while Pinkie Pie sleeps on the floor. The next morning comes and Pinkie Pie yawns, she saw Drifter leaving,

"Drifter, wait." Pinkie Pie said as she trotted to him,

"I'm going to work with you." Pinkie Pie said,

"Why?" Drifter asked,

"I need to know why you're home so late." Pinkie Pie replied,

"*sigh* Alright, but my kids won't be happy." Drifter said,

"Yay!" Pinkie Pie said as she jumped up and down, Drifter leaves and Pinkie Pie follows him. Pinkie Pie and Drifter trot around town and they arrive at Drifter's workplace, Pinkie Pie saw Drifter worked at a ranch,

"Ah, good morning, Drifter." a stallion said,

"Morning." Drifter replied,

"Who is this?" the stallion asked,

"Oh, this is Pinkie Pie, my most recent foalsitter." Drifter replied, Pinkie Pie waves at the stallion with her front left hoof,

"Well, hello, come on, Drifter, let's get to work." the stallion said,

"You have to help too, Pinkie Pie." Drifter said,

"Okay." Pinkie Pie replied, and they go to work. Drifter's first job was shoveling animal feces, Pinkie Pie gagged and covered her snout from the stench, Drifter chuckled,

"You'll get used to it after a while, Pinkie Pie." Drifter said, and he shovels the pig manure into a wheelbarrow with a pitchfork, Pinkie Pie tries to help, but was too grossed out to shovel the feces, the stench made her want to vomit,

"Take your time, Pinkie Pie." Drifter said, and he worked, they finish and Pinkie Pie sighed with relief,

"Over here, Pinkie Pie." Drifter said, and they go to the next area, they now had to shovel cow manure. Pinkie Pie coughed and gagged from the smell, Drifter laughed a little bit and shoveled the cow manure into the wheelbarrow, which made it stink even more, Pinkie Pie continued to gag,

"Stinky, stinky, stinky." Pinkie Pie said, the other stallions Drifter worked with overhear her and laugh,

"Come on, Pinkie Pie, the dung heaps aren't going to clean themselves." Drifter said, and he keeps shoveling the cow manure, they finish and Drifter had to go inside his boss' house and clean the litter box, it had the feces of his cats and dogs in it. Pinkie Pie coughs from the stench while Drifter was laughing a little, he cleans it with no problem,

"There, that's all of poop cleaning." Drifter said,

"Whew." Pinkie Pie said with relief while wiping her own forehead with the back of her own front left leg,

"Come on, Pinkie Pie, we have to do yard work next." Drifter said, and they go outside. Pinkie Pie and Drifter grabbed a rake and the two begin raking the leaves, sticks, and pine straws outside, they get the leaves all in one place and they begin using shovels and put them in trash bags, they finish after thirty minutes and Pinkie Pie sighs,

"Alright, next, taxi." Drifter said, and they go. Pinkie Pie and Drifter carry wagons and walk to the places the customers wanted to go,

"So, what do you do here?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"Just go to the destination." her first customer replied, Pinkie Pie did not like his response and went to the destination, she got her second customer after him,

"What's your name?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"It should be on your file." the mare replied, Pinkie Pie looks at her papers and sees the mare's name was Poppins,

"I was a foalsitter for Drifter's children before you." Poppins said,

"Why did you quit for?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"Those three are troublemakers, especially Gilmore." Poppins replied,

"They haven't been that bad." Pinkie Pie said,

"Not yet, but if you get on their bad side, they will misbehave, and it only takes one child to anger, and you will have to deal with three angry children." Poppins replied,

"Which one got mad the easiest?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"Purple Grace, but it is understandable, she is the youngest of the three." Poppins replied,

"I'm really loving them, they're fun to be with." Pinkie Pie said,

"For now, wait until you upset them, my stop is here, good day to you." Poppins replied,

"Bye." Pinkie Pie said as Poppins got off the wagon and walked away. Pinkie Pie gets her next customer and it was a unicorn stallion, he gets on and Pinkie Pie pulls him forward,

"What's your name?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"Head Splitter." the unicorn said in a deep and ghastly voice, Pinkie Pie becomes scared and turns back, she starts walking faster with her eyes wide open, she arrives at her destination and the unicorn gets off,

"Phew, thank goodness that's over." Pinkie Pie said, and she saw it was time to stop working the taxi job, so she went to put the wagon back and saw Drifter there,

"Are we done yet?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"Oh no, Pinkie Pie, we now have to sweep the roads." Drifter replied, Pinkie Pie groaned tiredly while she rolled her eyes. Pinkie Pie and Drifter get sweepers and clean the roads that the ponies walk on, Pinkie Pie was panting while Drifter still had plenty of energy left,

"Oh, my back." Pinkie Pie said as the middle section of her back began to ache,

"Lunch break after this, Pinkie Pie." Drifter said, Pinkie Pie became motivated and began sweeping again. Pinkie Pie and Drifter finish sweeping the roads after two hours and Pinkie Pie was sweating, the two have sub sandwiches for lunch, they had hay, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, and pickles in them,

"Ooh, I love sub sandwiches." Pinkie Pie said as she checked the insides of her sub sandwich,

"Go on and eat up, Pinkie Pie, lunch break is only thirty minutes." Drifter said, and they did,

"This taste, this flavor, I love it!" Pinkie Pie said,

"Go on and finish, Pinkie Pie, you won't be able to eat more until after I finish my work for the day if you don't." Drifter replied, and Pinkie Pie ate faster and finished the sandwich in ten minutes,

"Wow, you're a fast eater." Drifter said,

"Thank you." Pinkie Pie replied,

"That's not good, Pinkie Pie, there is such a thing as eating too fast." Drifter said, Pinkie Pie became surprised, Drifter finished his lunch afterwards,

"Okay, come on, it's time for my next job." Drifter said, and they go. Pinkie Pie follows Drifter to his next job and they were on a road,

"Alright, Pinkie Pie, grab a broom, we have to sealcoat the road." Drifter said,

"Ooh, that sounds fun." Pinkie Pie replied,

"It's hard and dirty, Pinkie Pie, let's get to it." Drifter said, and they begin. Drifter and Pinkie Pie scrubbing the tar based pavement seal onto the road, Pinkie Pie had fun and danced while she scrubbed the sealcoat onto the ground, she and Drifter finished after an hour,

"Alright, Pinkie Pie, time for my next job." Drifter said, and they go together. Drifter's next job was picking up trash off of the roads, Pinkie Pie was a bit uncomfortable but did the job, she held her breath since some of the trash stank, but she managed to finish and it was getting dark,

"How many more jobs?" Pinkie Pie asked tiredly,

"Just two more." Drifter replied, and they went to go do the next one. Drifter's next job was moving farm equipment, since they were broken down, they had to be moved by hoof, and were taken to the scrapyard, Drifter had to pick up and move a gravely, it had wheels designed to dig into soil instead of rubber tires, so it could not be pushed. Pinkie Pie grunts as she tried to hold it up from the back while Drifter held it up from the front, he was holding onto the rotary plow,

"Alright, Pinkie Pie, nice and easy." Drifter said as he saw she was having trouble, she grunted loudly as she moved the gravely, it was heavy, she began to lose her energy,

"Alright, set it down." Drifter said, and they do, Pinkie Pie panted while Drifter waited,

"You ready?" Drifter asked after five minutes, Pinkie Pie nods and they carry the gravely again, they get it to the scrapyard after carrying it for forty five seconds,

"Okay, next, the tractor." Drifter said, and they go, they saw it had rubber tires, so Pinkie Pie just pushed it forward, it was easy, the next thing they moved was another tractor, then another gravely that had to be carried by hoof, and then a broken wagon used by animals to plow a field, and the last one was another tractor, Pinkie Pie panted after they finished,

"Okay, Pinkie Pie, last job, and we're done." Drifter said, and he leads her. Pinkie Pie arrives at a manhole and it was flooding with sewer water, Pinkie Pie exclaimed with disgust,

"Well, stomach it, Pinkie Pie, we have to dive into the sewer water and unclog it." Drifter said, Pinkie Pie was frozen in shock at Drifter's last job,

"Come on, Pinkie Pie, the sewers isn't going to clean itself." Drifter said, and they dived into the gray sewer water and went to go fix it, Pinkie Pie struggled since the stench was almost unbearable, Drifter went through just fine and cleaned out whatever was clogging the sewers, the water begins to drain quickly and Pinkie Pie inhales deeply when the water was gone,

"I got it." Drifter said, and Pinkie Pie saw him holding a big chunk of sludge,

"Ugh!" Pinkie Pie said,

"Today wasn't that bad, come on, Pinkie Pie, let's get cleaned up and get dinner for the kids." Drifter said, and the two exit the sewers, take a shower, and go buy vegetable stew, they head home together. Pinkie Pie was exhausted while she and Drifter entered the house,

"We're back." Drifter said, and they see Pink Diamond, Gilmore, Purple Grace, Gold Digger, and Wilfred at the dinner table, Pink Diamond, Gilmore, and Purple Grace glare at Pinkie Pie,

"What?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"Where were you?" Pink Diamond asked,

"She was helping me with my jobs today." Drifter replied,

"Why?" Purple Grace asked,

"Because your daddy has been late coming home every day, and I needed to see why." Pinkie Pie replied,

"We were wondering where you were all day." Gilmore said,

"What did I miss?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"Gilmore and Purple Grace had homework today, me and Pink Diamond had to help them." Gold Digger replied,

"Is that all?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"No, Wilfred's walks got postponed, and he was upset about that." Gilmore replied,

"Look, I'm sorry, but I had to see Drifter's jobs, I'll make it up to you all tomorrow." Pinkie Pie said,

"Oh, we're ready for you." Purple Grace replied,

"*sigh* Come on, guys, let's have dinner, I'm exhausted." Pinkie Pie said, and they all have the vegetable stew after Drifter heated it up, Pinkie Pie went to bed three hours after dinner. Pinkie Pie wakes up the next morning and yawns while she stretches, she saw Pink Diamond, Gilmore, and Purple Grace looking at her,

"Good morning." Pinkie Pie said, the three laugh at her,

"Ooh, did something funny happen, I wanna laugh." Pinkie Pie said, the three continue laughing at her and they fall over,

"Huh?" Pinkie Pie asked, she looks around for a mirror and does not see one, so she goes into the bathroom and sees her reflection, she screams loudly with shock, her face was all wrinkled and she looked old, her cheeks, snout, and lips were red, and the area around her eyes and mouth were white with black outlines. Pinkie Pie washes her face and the makeup was gone, so were the wrinkles, she looked normal again, she walks out saw they already made breakfast, they were peanut butter and jelly sandwiches,

"Did you three make those?" Pinkie Pie asked, the three kids nod,

"Thank you, that means a lot to me." Pinkie Pie said, and they all sit to have breakfast. Pinkie Pie went to go get a drink in the kitchen while she heard the three eating, she goes back and bites into her sandwich, her eyes widen, Pinkie Pie screams and jumps into the air with fire coming out of her mouth and snout and her head hitting the ceiling, the three laugh while Pinkie Pie landed. Pinkie Pie checks her sandwich and saw the strawberry jam in her sandwich was actually red hot sauce,

"WHO REPLACED MY JELLY WITH HOT SAUCE?!" Pinkie Pie yelled angrily, Pink Diamond, Gilmore, and Purple Grace continue to laugh, she looks and saw Pink Diamond had a hot sauce bottle behind her, she realized it was her who did the prank, Pinkie Pie glares at her while she just ate the sandwich and finished. Pinkie Pie was ready to get on with her day but soon realized she did not use the bathroom yesterday, she fell to the floor and clutched her groin with her front hoofs, she slides her hind hoofs forward to the bathroom and saw Purple Grace in front of the door, holding a board game,

"I wanna play." Purple Grace said,

"Another time." Pinkie Pie replied,

"But I wanna play now." Purple Grace said,

"I can't." Pinkie Pie replied,

"Let's play now." Purple Grace said,

"No, Pinkie has to pee-pee." Pinkie Pie replied,

"I'll let you go if you play with me." Purple Grace said, Pinkie Pie realized she cannot hold it longer and tried to slide around Purple Grace to her left, but she ran to in front of her, holding the board game's box in front of her face, Pinkie Pie tries to slide to her right but Purple Grace ran to in front of her again, she tries to slide to her left again and Purple Grace ran to in front of her again, Pinkie Pie growls and tries to slide to her right again but Purple Grace ran to in front of her again,

"Wilfred's behind you." Pinkie Pie said, Purple Grace looks back and he was not, she turns around and saw Pinkie Pie was gone, much to her confusion, she hears the toilet flush and looks back with shock, realizing Pinkie Pie somehow got in. Pinkie Pie flushes the toilet and washes her front hooves, she looks and saw the bathroom's door was locked anyway, she unlocks it and exits, she saw Purple Grace was gone, she then smells something foul and realized it was herself from cleaning in the sewers yesterday, so she gets a white towel and goes back into the bathroom and closes the door. Pinkie Pie takes a shower and sings while the steam filled the room, she hears a camera take a picture and a flash at the door, she looks and screams with shock when she saw Gilmore run out of the bathroom with black camera around his neck and was laughing,

"GILMORE!!" Pinkie Pie yelled as she ran after him. Gilmore runs across the house and Pinkie Pie chased him, he stops and was shocked when he saw Pinkie Pie in front of him,

"Give me that photo." Pinkie Pie said as she held her right front hoof out, he runs past her and was shocked when Pinkie Pie was in front of him again,

"No, no, hand it over." Pinkie Pie said, Gilmore saw the photo hang out of his camera, he takes it out and gives her the camera, she takes it,

"Can I keep the photo?" Gilmore asked,

"No." Pinkie Pie replied,

"Why not?" Gilmore asked,

"It is very rude to take pictures of mares when they're in the shower, Gilmore, you can go to jail if you do that when you're older." Pinkie Pie replied,

"Really?" Gilmore asked with surprise,

"Yes." Pinkie Pie replied,

"So... I can't keep a piece of the photo?" Gilmore asked,

"No, give me the whole thing." Pinkie Pie replied,

"But it'll make a good memory photo for me." Gilmore said,

"No, Gilmore, not when I'm in the shower, that's embarrassing for me." Pinkie Pie replied,

"Okay, you win." Gilmore said, and he gives her the photo,

"Thank you." Pinkie Pie said, and she tore it apart, she trots back to the shower and saw an undone coat hanger on the floor, she realized Gilmore locked picked the bathroom's door open, she goes back in and continues her shower. Pinkie Pie finishes her shower, she dries herself with the white towel and saw she still had black stains on her front hoofs from working with Drifter yesterday, so she walks to the sink to wash it off, but she stops when she saw jumper cable clamps on the silver metal handles of the sink, the clamp on the left was red, and the clamp on the right was black, Pinkie Pie shrugs and thought nothing of it, and was ready to wash her hoofs. Pinkie Pie touches both faucet handles with her front hoofs and sparks begin to fly out, Pinkie Pie begins to scream while she got electrocuted and could not let go, she begins to scream with her voice reaching higher octaves, the electricity gets stronger and more sparks fly out, Pinkie Pie's coat burns off but her mane and tail remained, she was now a skeleton, she lets out a few high pitched screams, the electricity stops and Pinkie Pie reverted back to normal, she gasps and falls, her vision turns pitch black while she saw Gilmore walking away, and the two jumper cables connected to a red arc welder.

Pinkie Pie groans and wakes up in the bathroom, she saw her front hoofs were black, she saw the clamps on the sink's handles were gone, she walks out of the bathroom and saw Gilmore and Purple Grace, they were playing with Wilfred,

"Where's Pink Diamond?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"She left to go see Gold Digger." Purple Grace replied,

"Come on, let's get you two ready for school." Purple Grace said,

"School already ended." Gilmore replied, Pinkie Pie looks at the clock on the wall and saw she was unconscious for hours, and it was almost evening, and it was time to walk Wilfred,

"Come on, you two, let's take Wilfred outside." Pinkie Pie said, and they do. Pinkie Pie walks Wilfred with Gilmore and Purple Grace, Wilfred was having a fun time, they finish after an hour,

"Okay, Wilfred's tired, I'm going to take him home." Gilmore said, and he does while Purple Grace had money,

"Where are you going, Purple Grace?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"To buy a strawberry sundae." Purple Grace replied,

"Ooh, I love sundaes, take me, take me." Pinkie Pie said while jumping up and down, they go together. Pinkie Pie and Purple Grace go to the pony selling sundaes and Purple Grace buys one and begins eating,

"Purple Grace, remember to share." Pinkie Pie said,

"Okay." Purple Grace replied, and she ate more of it,

"Purple Grace, that's not sharing." Pinkie Pie said,

"Oh, sorry, here you go, one bite for you, choose any part you want." Purple Grace replied as she held the sundae out, Pinkie Pie takes it and looks, she eats the strawberry on the top,

"Ooh, this is yummy." Pinkie Pie said,

"I was gonna eat that strawberry." Purple Grace said,

"You said I could have any part." Pinkie Pie replied, Purple Grace begins to pretend to cry in public and Pinkie Pie becomes nervous,

"Okay, here, you can have the rest." Pinkie Pie said as she gave the sundae back to her,

"Yay." Purple Grace said, and she eats it, and the two head home. Pinkie Pie and Purple Grace arrive home and saw Gilmore sitting at the table while Wilfred laid down, Purple Grace sat to his left and Pinkie Pie stood across the table,

"Did you two do your homework?" Pinkie Pie asked, Gilmore and Purple Grace become nervous, Pinkie Pie screams with shock,

"You three didn't go to school! Come here! You two are grounded!" Pinkie Pie said, but the two quickly run to the front door to go outside, but stop with shock when they saw Pinkie Pie was somehow in front of the door,

"No, no, you two are going to your rooms, Pink Diamond is grounded when she gets home." Pinkie Pie said, and she grabs the two, she puts Gilmore in his room and then put Purple Grace in her room, she closed the doors as well,

"You two are grounded until dinnertime." Pinkie Pie said, she hears Purple Grace begin to pretend to cry again,

"Stop fake crying, Purple Grace, you're embarrassing yourself." Pinkie Pie said, Purple Grace stopped and she began to let out an angry groan, Pinkie Pie sighs and walks back. Pinkie Pie lays down on the floor where she sleeps and Wilfred walked over to her, he begins to lick her left cheek,

"Hi, Wilfred." Pinkie Pie said tiredly, and she petted his head with her front left hoof, he panted happily with his tongue out, she looks and saw his dog food tray and water tray were almost full, he lays down beside her and rubs himself against Pinkie Pie's left cheek, she smiles and they relax together. Pinkie Pie relaxes and she hears Gilmore laughing in his room,

"Being grounded is sweet, I get to look at pictures of my female foalsitters when they're in the shower." Gilmore said, Pinkie Pie screamed with shock as she lifted her head up and looked to her left,

"GILMORE!!" Pinkie Pie yelled as she ran to his bedroom. Pinkie Pie opens the door to Gilmore's bedroom and saw him looking at a homemade book from folded papers and staples, she saw pictures of mares in the shower room on the front and back of the book,

"GILMORE!!" Pinkie Pie yelled as she tried to run to him, but she screamed in pain when she stepped on something and nearly fell,

"Ow, ow, ow." Pinkie Pie said, she looks and becomes shocked when she saw the entire floor of Gilmore's bedroom was covered with Legos, and stepping on them really hurt, Pinkie Pie looked at Gilmore with bafflement while he laughed like a stereotypical villain. Gilmore continues to look at the pictures of his female foalsitters that he took while they were in the shower,

"GILMORE!!" Pinkie Pie yelled from behind him, he jumps forward and turns around, he saw Pinkie Pie was on his bed,

"Hand it over." Pinkie Pie said,

"No way." Gilmore replied,

"Yes way." Pinkie Pie said,

"But this is my memory book of my foalsitters." Gilmore replied, Pinkie Pie leaned forward and glared at him,

"Then why is it only filled with mares that are taking a shower?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"Um..." Gilmore said, Pinkie Pie can clearly tell he had no honest answer,

"Give me that book, Gilmore, you're too young to be looking at stuff like that anyway." Pinkie Pie said, Gilmore throws the book behind him and it lands in the Legos, Pinkie Pie becomes shocked while Gilmore smiles at her, she gets off of his bed and screams in pain when she steps on a Lego, she moves slowly to reduce the pain, she let out several yelps as she walked over the Legos, she gets the book and exits the bedroom. Pinkie Pie keeps the book and looks for bowls, they had four, Pinkie Pie fills them with water, puts ice cubes in them, and places her hoofs in the ice cold water,

"Oh, my hoofs." Pinkie Pie said since they hurt from the Legos, she waits and her hoofs begin to get numb, she gets a towel from the kitchen and dries her hoofs, she dumps the waters in the sink and rinses the bowls and puts them back. Pinkie Pie lays down on the floor again and looks at the clock, it was nine in the evening, and Pink Diamond was still not home,

"Pink Diamond." Pinkie Pie grumbled as she stood up, she walks to the hallway,

"I'll be back, you two, behave while I'm gone." Pinkie Pie said, and she exits the house to go look for Pink Diamond. Pinkie Pie walks around the neighborhood and looks for Pink Diamond,

"Pink Diamond." Pinkie Pie called out, there was no response, she becomes suspicious, she becomes focused and walks around. Pinkie Pie walks for a bit and hears music, she trots there and saw Pink Diamond was at a party with Gold Digger, they were dancing,

"Pink Diamond." Pinkie Pie said as she trotted to her, Pink Diamond stops and looks at her,

"Come on, Pink Diamond, it's late, let's go home." Pinkie Pie said,

"But I'm having fun." Pink Diamond replied,

"It's nine in the evening, Pink Diamond, your siblings are home by themselves." Pinkie Pie said,

"They can take care of themselves." Pink Diamond replied, Pinkie Pie glares at her,

"You're the oldest child, Pink Diamond." Pinkie Pie said,

"So?" Pink Diamond asked,

"When no one's around, it's your job to look after them." Pinkie Pie replied,

"Do you even have any siblings?" Pink Diamond asked,

"Yes, I have three sisters." Pinkie Pie replied, Pink Diamond becomes surprised,

"I'm still not going home." Pink Diamond said,

"Yes, you are, you have siblings to take care of when I'm away, and you're grounded for skipping school today." Pinkie Pie replied, and she pulls Pink Diamond by her right ear and they arrive home. Pinkie Pie puts Pink Diamond in her room for staying out too long and skipping school, she sighs and lays her head down on the dinner table, Wilfred rubbed his head against her hind left leg and Pinkie Pie smiled, the front door soon opens,

"I'm home." Drifter said in a tired tone, Pinkie Pie smiled and trotted to him, she helps him walk forward,

"What's for dinner?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"I bought hayburgers and horseshoe fries for them." Drifter replied, and Pinkie Pie saw the bag, she places it on the table while Drifter sat on the floor and sighed with relief,

"Dinner's ready." Pinkie Pie said, and the three run out of their rooms and to the tables. Pinkie Pie and the family have dinner while Gilmore poured dog food for Wilfred, he ate it,

"Look at Wilfred, all big and healthy already." Drifter said,

"How did you all get him?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"Gilmore wanted a dog, I was against it, but I caved in and got him one, I wasn't happy about it at first, but now I am, especially after seeing what Wilfred grew up into becoming." Drifter replied, Wilfred barked once,

"That reminds me, Pink Diamond, Gilmore, Purple Grace, work tomorrow is busy, I'm going to need you three to come with me to work to help tomorrow." Drifter said, the three nod,

"What about Wilfred?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"He'll be coming along, too, he's great at helping at some jobs." Drifter replied, Pinkie Pie smiled at seeing how much Wilfred loved his family, the three kids finish dinner and leave the table, they go wash their dishes in the kitchen,

"I had to ground your kids today." Pinkie Pie said,

"For what?" Drifter asked,

"All three of them skipped school today, and Pink Diamond stayed out very late today." Pinkie Pie replied,

"Yeah, those are the reasons why they drive the other foalsitters away, they're going to be like this to you until tomorrow, they'll revert back to normal the next morning." Drifter said,

"What were they like back then?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"Gilmore and Purple Grace have always been like that, but Pink Diamond was once a sweet and caring mare, she was very happy, too, she started acting the way she does now when her mother passed away." Drifter replied, Pinkie Pie felt bad about it,

"Well, *yawn* I'll be going to bed now, I have to start work early tomorrow." Drifter said, and he goes to the kitchen, washes the dish, and went to go sleep. Pink Diamond, Gilmore, and Purple Grace begin to walk to their rooms but stopped when they saw Pinkie Pie there,

"Did you three brush your teeth?" Pinkie Pie asked, the three stand in silence for a brief second before turning around and try to run away,

"NO!! NO!!" Pinkie Pie yelled as she ran after them. Pink Diamond, Gilmore, and Purple Grace run to the front door in an attempt to go outside, but stopped when they saw Pinkie Pie in front of the door,

"No, no, go to the bathroom now." Pinkie Pie said, and they did. Pinkie Pie tried to brush Pink Diamond's teeth, but she moved her mouth away and kept it closed,

"Stop resisting, I wanna see pearly whities!" Pinkie Pie said, the two grunted as they fought, Gilmore and Purple Grace sneak out and try to go their rooms, but stop with surprise when they saw Pinkie Pie was also outside the bathroom,

"No, no, get back in there." Pinkie Pie said, and the two do. Pinkie Pie continues to struggle to brush Pink Diamond's teeth until the three feel Pinkie Pie's hoofs inside their mouths and they brush their teeth, the three were forced to rinse their mouths and they go to their beds while Pinkie Pie smiles, she went to sleep shortly afterwards as well. Pinkie Pie sleeps throughout the night but soon jumps up and screams with shock when she hears loud music in the house, she looks at the clock and saw it was 3:15 AM, she listens and hears the music coming from Pink Diamond's room, she growls and walks to her room. Pinkie Pie opens the door and saw Pink Diamond laying on her bed and moving her head around while she played loud music, she goes to the boombox and turns it off,

"Hey!" Pink Diamond said,

"It's three in the morning, Pink Diamond, ponies are trying to sleep." Pinkie Pie replied,

"It's not that late." Pink Diamond said,

"Yes, it is, it's three in the morning." Pinkie Pie replied,

"You only turned it off because you're jealous of my superior taste in music." Pink Diamond said,

"No, I am not, I'm asking you to go to bed, we have work tomorrow." Pinkie Pie replied,

"What work?" Pink Diamond asked,

"You know what work!" Pinkie Pie replied by raising her voice, she hears Gilmore and Purple Grace laughing in their rooms, she realized those two were awake as well, Pinkie Pie glares while Pink Diamond chuckles,

"Go to bed, all three of you." Pinkie Pie said, and she closed Pink Diamond's bedroom door and went back to sleep. Pinkie Pie wakes up the next morning and saw Pink Diamond, Gilmore, and Purple Grace were already awake, they were having breakfast with Drifter, and Wilfred was eating dog food and drinking water,

"Good morning, Pinkie Pie." Pink Diamond, Gilmore, and Purple Grace said together,

"Morning." Pinkie Pie replied, and she saw her breakfast was already made, she saw it was cereal, she moves the spoon around and saw it was normal,

"It's fine, Pinkie Pie, I watched them as they made it." Drifter said, Pinkie Pie still did not trust it but still ate anyway, she saw it was fine, they all finish together,

"Okay, come on, it's time to work." Drifter said, and Pinkie Pie went to go help Drifter at work along with Pink Diamond, Gilmore, Purple Grace, and Wilfred. Drifter works with Pinkie Pie and his children, they were all shoveling manure, there was a lot today, Pinkie Pie coughed and gagged while Drifter and his family worked, Drifter chuckled,

"Take your time, Pinkie Pie, it's okay to be slow." Drifter said, and they keep working, they finish and do yard work next. Drifter, Pinkie Pie, Pink Diamond, Gilmore, and Purple Grace raked up the leaves and shoveled them into trash bags while Wilfred carried them on a wagon, they work a bit but Drifter suddenly stopped and collapsed,

"Daddy!!" Pink Diamond and Purple Grace said,

"Dad!!" Gilmore said, they, Wilfred, and Pinkie Pie run to him and saw Drifter was unconscious,

"Get the hospital!" a stallion from nearby said, and two mares arrive with a stretcher and carry Drifter away. Pinkie Pie, Pink Diamond, Gilmore, Purple Grace, and Wilfred were in the hospital and waiting for the news, a stallion in a white lab coat walks to them,

"Drifter's still unconscious, he's laying in bed right now." the stallion said,

"Is daddy going to be okay?" Purple Grace asked,

"We can't say, yet, we'll have to wait." the stallion replied,

"What happened?" Pink Diamond asked,

"Drifter overworked himself, he is doing too much physical activity for his body to handle, his heart stopped when he fell earlier." the stallion replied, shocking his three kids and Pinkie Pie,

"How long has he been doing all of these jobs?" the stallion asked,

"Four years." Pink Diamond replied,

"Actually, he said he's been doing all types of physical activity like that ever since he was a colt." Pinkie Pie said,

"Ah, I see what's going on, Drifter's middle aged now, his body can't handle all of that physical activity like how it used to, he's going to have to take it easy if he does reawaken." the stallion replied, Drifter's three kids were sad,

"That's all I can say for now, I'll let you all know on his condition if something changes." the stallion said, and he leaves, Pinkie Pie and Drifter's family head home. Pink Diamond, Gilmore, and Purple Grace sit at the dinner table with their heads down while Wilfred laid on the floor sadly, Pinkie Pie felt bad seeing them. Knocking was heard at the door and Pinkie Pie opens it, she saw it was Gold Digger,

"Is Pink Diamond home?" Gold Digger asked,

"Gold Digger? What are you doing here?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"Before you became the foalsitter, Drifter knew something like this might happen one day, I made a promise to him to look after Pink Diamond and her siblings and pet if this did happen." Gold Digger replied, Pinkie Pie was very touched,

"Please, Pinkie Pie, I'd like to see my girlfriend and her family." Gold Digger said, and Pinkie Pie let him in. Gold Digger sat with Pink Diamond while he held and comforted Gilmore and Purple Grace, they were still looking down silently in sorrow, Pinkie Pie trotted to Wilfred,

"Wilfred?" Pinkie Pie asked, Wilfred whimpered with sorrow,

"Well, let's go to bed, what do you two say?" Pink Diamond asked, Gilmore and Purple Grace nodded,

"You all don't want dinner?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"I'm not hungry." Gilmore replied,

"Me neither." Purple Grace said, Pinkie Pie was shocked and sad by their sudden change in attitude,

"Before we go, can I ask you and Gilmore something, Pink Diamond?" Purple Grace asked,

"Sure." Pink Diamond replied,

"What was mommy like?" Purple Grace asked,

"I don't remember what mom was like." Gilmore replied,

"You were only two years old when mom died, Gilmore, of course you won't remember." Pink Diamond said,

"What was she like, Pink Diamond?" Purple Grace asked,

"Mom was one of the greatest ponies I ever knew, she always played with me, supported me, make time to spend with me, she was like the best friend I ever had, and she had a job as a clerk, and would take me to work, and dad had time to spend with us. All of that changed when mom died, dad was forced to get the jobs he has now, and all of those jobs is still barely enough to pay the bills, my life was turned upside-down, I had to raise you and Gilmore alone, and do school, thing's got better when I met Gold Digger two years ago, and having Wilfred watch over you two helped as well, I do wish mom could be here now, she would've loved you two as much as she loved me, especially you, Purple Grace, mom died as soon as you were born, while mom held Gilmore, she didn't hold you, I think you two would've missed her too if you got to know her." Pink Diamond replied, Pinkie Pie realized Pink Diamond was holding her tears back,

"Well, off to bed now." Pinkie Pie said, and they go to the bathroom to brush their teeth, they go to bed but to Pinkie Pie's surprise, Pink Diamond went to go sleep with Purple Grace while Gold Digger went to go sleep with Gilmore, Pinkie Pie was touched and she decided to sleep as well, Wilfred walked to her and slept with her, she smiled and fell asleep. Pinkie Pie wakes up the next morning and sees Wilfred laying on the floor while whimpering, she makes cereal with milk for the kids,

"Breakfast's ready." Pinkie Pie said, she got no response, she goes to go check on Purple Grace and saw her and Pink Diamond looking down in sorrow, she then went to go check on Gilmore in his room and saw him looking down in sorrow as well, Gold Digger was comforting him. Pinkie Pie was sad at what she saw and just sat and had cereal, she knew today was a day for school, but she decided to let Drifter's kids stay home today. Pinkie Pie hears laughing outside and wheels rolling, she realized someone was taking her wagon, she runs out and saw two earth pony stallions stealing her wagon and riding off with it,

"COME BACK HERE!!" Pinkie Pie yelled as she ran after them, a pink stream appeared behind her, Pink Diamond, Gilmore, Purple Grace, Gold Digger, and Wilfred heard the commotion and they step outside to see what was going on. Pinkie Pie runs after the thieves stealing her wagon and Drifter's kids and Gold Digger were shocked to see how fast Pinkie Pie was running, it was the fastest running they have ever seen, faster than Wilfred ever ran. Pinkie Pie runs to the left side of her wagon and jumps onto one of the thieves, the force knocks him and the other stallion off, and the wagon over, some of Pinkie Pie's belongings spilled out as well, she had musical instruments and party material with her,

"Apologize!" Pinkie Pie said, the stallions were scared of her,

"We're sorry." one stallion said,

"Yeah, we won't bother you again." the other stallion said, and the two run away in fear. Pinkie Pie repacks her supplies and goes back to the house, she sees Drifter's children and Gold Digger looking at her with shock,

"What?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"How do you run that fast?" Gilmore asked,

"Everypony in my family can do it." Pinkie Pie replied, shocking them even more,

"You all want to try an instrument?" Pinkie Pie asked, they shake their heads,

"Your loss, then." Pinkie Pie said, and they all go back into the house, they did nothing until it was dark and they slept, which made Pinkie Pie worry about Drifter's children. Pinkie Pie wakes up the next day and saw Gold Digger taking care of Drifter's children, who were still sad and not responding, they all looked down with sorrow and ate breakfast, so did Wilfred, Pinkie Pie was sad and looked at them, she comforted them, they just look at her and did not respond. Knocking was heard at the door and Gold Digger got the door, a mare was there,

"Hi, is this Drifter's home?" the mare asked, Pinkie Pie and the others look at her,

"Yes." Gold Digger replied,

"Drifter has regained consciousness, he's laying in the hospital bed, he should be out soon." the mare said,

"Daddy?" Pink Diamond asked,

"Dad?" Gilmore asked,

"I wanna see him." Purple Grace said,

"Of course, this way." the mare replied, and she leads them. Pinkie Pie, Gold Digger, Wilfred, and Drifter's children arrive at the hospital and the mare leads them,

"He's in here." the mare said, and they see Drifter, they run to him,

"Daddy!" Pink Diamond and Purple Grace said together,

"Dad!" Gilmore said,

"Hey, kids." Drifter said, and he hugs them along with Wilfred, Gold Digger, and Pinkie Pie,

"Has everything been alright at home?" Drifter asked,

"No, your kids aren't eating, and Wilfred isn't going on walks." Pinkie Pie replied, Drifter looks and sees his three kids were a little skinnier,

"You doing fine, Gold Digger?" Drifter asked,

"So far." Gold Digger replied,

"When will you be out?" Pink Diamond asked,

"Doctor says about two days from now, I'm going to have to quit several jobs because of my health, you and Gold Digger will have to start working." Drifter replied,

"But I'm still in school." Pink Diamond said,

"As a part-timer, Pink Diamond, you can start full-time when you finish school." Drifter replied, Pink Diamond was still uncomfortable,

"Well, I'm a party planner and thrower as my regular job, but I'm out of candy right now." Pinkie Pie said, Gilmore and Purple Grace groan with sadness,

"Do you have a job, Gold Digger?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"No." Gold Digger replied,

"Well, I should be out two days from now, until then, I want you all to continue your days as if I'm still there." Drifter said,

"Yes, daddy." Pink Diamond, Gilmore, and Purple Grace said with sorrow,

"Well, time's almost up, you three should head home." Drifter said, and they do. Pinkie Pie and Gold Digger take care of Drifter's children and made them dinner while Pinkie Pie fed Wilfred, they all stay quiet and go to sleep at night. Pinkie Pie wakes up the next morning and saw Drifter's children and Wilfred having breakfast, she smiled at seeing things getting better already,

"Good morning, Pinkie Pie." Pink Diamond, Gilmore, and Purple Grace said,

"Good morning." Pinkie Pie replied, and she makes her own breakfast and sits with them,

"Make sure you three go to school today." Pinkie Pie said,

"Do we have to?" Pink Diamond, Gilmore, and Purple Grace asked together,

"Yes, you three have missed too many days, who knows how much work you three have to make up." Pinkie Pie replied, the three look down and finish breakfast, they get their saddlebags and head to school,

"Did you three brush your teeth?" Pinkie Pie asked, the three nod,

"Did you three use the bathroom?" Pinkie Pie asked, they nod,

"Okay, have fun at school." Pinkie Pie said, and they go,

"Come on, Pinkie Pie, we have to walk Wilfred." Gold Digger said, and they do. Pinkie Pie and Gold Digger walk Wilfred and they start running with him, Pinkie Pie had fun while Gold Digger remained stoic, they finish and Pinkie Pie panted while Gold Digger exhaled softly,

"That was fun." Pinkie Pie said, Gold Digger remained silent,

"Didn't you have fun, Gold Digger?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"I did, but we have more things to do, we should clean the house a bit." Gold Digger replied, Pinkie Pie agreed and they enter the house. Pinkie Pie and Gold Digger clean the house, Pinkie Pie was very organized and careful on where she put the things, which surprised Gold Digger, since Pinkie Pie was mostly messy,

"And done, what do you want to do, Gold Digger?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"I'm going to look for a job, Pink Diamond should when she comes home as well." Gold Digger replied, and he looks around,

"I'll go get a newspaper." Gold Digger said, and he left, he came back a few minutes later and saw Pinkie Pie playing with Wilfred, he smiled and began looking for a job, Pinkie Pie saw the time and left to go pick up Gilmore and Purple Grace. Pinkie Pie and Wilfred walk together and see Gilmore and Purple Grace, they were smiling at seeing Pinkie Pie, they trot to her without saying anything,

"Do you two have homework?" Pinkie Pie asked, Gilmore and Purple Grace nod,

"Let's do it, then." Pinkie Pie said, and they head home. Pinkie Pie and Gold Digger help Gilmore and Purple Grace with their homework, they were doing math homework, and Pinkie Pie used more hard candy to demonstrate, they all ate them together until they finished,

"I'll be going now, Pink Diamond's about to finish school." Gold Digger said, and he leaves, he comes back home and saw Pinkie Pie, Gilmore, Purple Grace, and Wilfred running around the house, he and Pink Diamond smile and they arrive home, Pinkie Pie helps Pink Diamond with her homework, they have fun and finish after about an hour, Gilmore then played golf outside with Wilfred running after the golf balls while Pinkie Pie read a storybook to Purple Grace, and Pink Diamond and Gold Digger were talking about their days, the day was peaceful and Pinkie Pie and Gold Digger make dinner for the family, they all had salad for dinner, they played tag until it was bedtime, Pinkie Pie slept and she felt bumps to the sides of her face, she wakes up and saw Gilmore to her right and Purple Grace to her left, she also felt Pink Diamond's front legs on her mane, and Wilfred was in front of her, she smiles and the five sleep together.

Pinkie Pie wakes up the next morning and everything was the same, Pinkie Pie made peanut butter and banana sandwiches for them, they all go to school and Pinkie Pie walks Wilfred again, he began to lick her, she laughs and they all continue walking, they then ran together and arrived home, Pinkie Pie then picked up Gilmore and Purple Grace from school an hour later, she helps them with their homework while Gold Digger left to go pick up Pink Diamond, they arrive home and do homework together with Pinkie Pie helping them. Knocking was heard at the door afterwards and Pinkie Pie trotted to the door and opened it, it was the same mare from before,

"Drifter has recovered, he's leaving the hospital now." the mare said, Drifter's children, Gold Digger, and Wilfred's attentions were caught, they and Pinkie Pie run to the hospital. Pinkie Pie and Drifter's family wait and they see Drifter walk out,

"Daddy!" Pink Diamond, Gilmore, and Purple Grace said as they ran to him and hugged them, he hugged them back, he hugged Wilfred as well, Pinkie Pie and Gold Digger walked to him, they let go,

"I fully recovered, I can go home immediately." Drifter said,

"What happened, daddy?" Purple Grace asked,

"I was exhausted and needed rest." Drifter replied, the others smiled,

"Come on, let's go home." Drifter said, and they do. Pinkie Pie threw a welcome back party for Drifter and they all celebrated until dark, they slept afterwards. Morning comes and Drifter was leaving already,

"Okay, time to quit some jobs." Drifter said, and he left, the day goes on as normal and Gold Digger stayed at the house, Drifter came home close to night time,

"Okay, I only have one job now, taxi." Drifter said, the others smile, he also got bits out,

"That reminds me, this money is from working all of those years, and this is for you, Pinkie Pie." Drifter said,

"Thank you." Pinkie Pie replied as she took the bits,

"She made our meals, too, dad." Pink Diamond said, and Drifter paid her extra, much to her delight,

"Are you going to continue to be our foalsitter?" Purple Grace asked,

"Sorry, but I have to get going." Pinkie Pie replied, Drifter's three children groan with disappointment,

"Who was your favorite one out of us?" Gilmore asked as he, Pink Diamond, and Purple Grace smiled,

"Wilfred." Pinkie Pie replied,

"What?" Pink Diamond, Gilmore, and Purple Grace asked with surprise,

"Why?" Purple Grace asked,

"Because he's the only one who hasn't given me any trouble." Pinkie Pie replied, Wilfred barks happily,

"Well, I should get going, I have others to help." Pinkie Pie said, and they all hug her, she walks away with her wagon while Drifter, his children, and Gold Digger wave bye at her.

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Pinkie Pie was in the School of Friendship and talking about her time with them,

"Shortly after I left, I think Gold Digger and Pink Diamond got jobs, I don't remember what they were, though, well, that's the end of that, class dismissed." Pinkie Pie said, and they all got ready to leave but heard snoring, they look and see Sandbar has fallen asleep in the class, which made them chuckle,

"Um, Yona will stay with Sandbar." Yona said,

"Me too." Ocellus said,

"I'll remain here, too." Silverstream said,

"Okay, class dismissed, everycreature." and everybody except Gallus, Ocellus, Smolder, Yona, and Silverstream leave, the five stayed with the sleeping Sandbar.

Pinkie Pie arrives home at Sugarcube Corner and tucks Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake into bed, she goes to bed a few minutes later and falls asleep instantly, and begun dreaming about how Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Applejack would have handled foalsitting Pink Diamond, Gilmore, Purple Grace, and Wilfred.