Temptation in Sorrow

by Belial

Through pain, we smile

"HERE I GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!" Pinkie yelled, running straight at the water slide, before jumping and plunging down it. As she reached the bottom, she hit the pool with a splash, and swam over to wear her five friends were waiting to leave. "Yay! Can I go again, Pleeeeeease?" She said, smiling from ear to ear as she gave a shake, spraying water droplets around herself. "No, Pinkie," said Twilight, glaring at the pink earth pony and shaking water off her ear. "We already let you have three extra slides, and we really need to get home." Pinkie's head drooped, her ears sagging to the sides for just a second, before she sprang back up again. "All right, Lets get home then!" She said, grinning, as cheerful as ever as she started to hop off.

Five heads turned and watched her as she started to bound off. "I wonder how that gal' has so much energy..." Applejack muttered, chuckling slightly. They turned to leave, Rainbow Dash stopping only to give Rarity a push, as she was still trying to shake the bit of water off her hoof, where Pinkie had splashed her.

As the six arrived home, they parted their ways. Rainbow Dash fly's off to her house, Fluttershy rushes home to check on her animals, and Twilight takes Rarity and Applejack to pick up Sweetie Bell and Applebloom from the library, where Spike had been watching them.

Pinkie bounced home, stopping to say hi to every other pony who she passes, She ignored the slight burning in her muscles. Eventually, she got back to sugarcube corner. As she walked in, she yelled a hello to the Cakes, who welcomed her back, before she grabbed a cupcake, eating it a bit too quickly. She then went up to her room. She opened the door, realizing the her hoof shook slightly as she held it out. Scowling slightly, she corrected it, before smiling again.

She closed the door and, still smiling, looked around her room, finding it exactly how she had left it. No one had come in when she was gone. Perfect.

She closed her eyes and let the smile fall from her face. Suddenly, the ache of all her muscles became too much, and, try as she might, she couldn't make it to the bed before she collapsed, hitting her shoulder on the side of her bed. She sniffled, looking at the bruise forming on her shoulder, and then lay her head down on the floor, not even bothering to use a hoof as a pillow. Her shoulder hurt, but not as much as her muscles, burning from a full day of bouncing and jumping around. Celestia, did it hurt. You'd think, after all the years she's been doing this, it would have stopped...But, no. She wasn't that lucky. It still hurt like hell every single time she came home and finally relaxed her muscles.

Looking around her room, she felt tears ready to slide out. It was such a bright room, it nearly hurt her eyes. She felt her hair sag a little as she tried to hold back the tears. She looked from the pink walks to the rainbow confetti, then to the bright yellow part supplies bag. Eventually, she gave up, and let her eyes droop slightly.

Squeezing her eye's closed, she felt a tear come between her eyelids, running down her pink furred face and dripping onto the ground. She opened her mouth just enough to let out a shaky breath, before pressing it closed and almost screaming in pain. It hurt so much...!

This was all her fault, of course. She did this to herself. SHE was the one that smiled all day. SHE was the one that bounced around all day. SHE pretended that everything was all right, when it was all just a lie and she was really dying inside...

But she tried not to think of that. She just opened her eyes, stoned her expression, pulled herself up, and climbed onto her bed, ignoring the screams of agony welling up in her throat. They were unimportant now. She curled up under her blankets, trying to think of all the fun things she would do tomorrow. "Yay..." She murmured under her breath, knowing that everyone else would have fun. She, of course, wouldn't like any of it - but it would be worth it if her friends smiled. That's all that mattered. THEIR smiles. THEIR laughter. THEIR happiness.

Not hers. No, her own happiness was unimportant. Didn't matter at all.

And that was how Pinkie Pie fell asleep that night. How she fell asleep every night. Thinking for everypony else.

The next morning, she would wake up and make tea, just like every morning. She would make breakfast, go out, and go target some unhappy pony to make smile, just like every morning. She would eat lunch with Rarity and go pranking with Rainbow Dash, just like every day. She would see if Twilight wanted cupcakes, just like every day. She would do everything she ordinarily did, and come home and cry some more.

Through the pain, She'd smile. For them. For her friends.

Just like every day.

Comments

[La Barata]

1. dying, not dieing
2. SHe would see if Twilight wanted cupcakes
3. win.

[Unbridled Dolly]

This is really good. It is just really rushed. Try to give more details and make it seem real, so real we can almost see it happening and really believe you.