Maybe
So here I am. Stuck here, alone in a town that I used to love. Well, not so much anymore. It might come as a shock to you, what I've become. I never thought this would happen, either. But once your friends leave you, there's not much you can do to stop the pain and loneliness.
Sure, I've tried to find new friends. I've tried to get back into the swing of things. But over time, as more ponies came to town, I lost the will.
You don't get that, do you?
Well, let me explain.
Why don't I start from the beginning? That may make it a little less confusing. Maybe.
It started when our cutie marks got switched up. I don't really remember all that much about it, because it was so long ago, but I do remember that I took Applejack's job on the farm.
Kicking trees and hauling buckets is not fun, let me tell you. I don't know how she does it... Well, did it. I guess I'll get to that later.
Anyway, Twilight figured it out. She finished one of those Star-Beard spells, or whatever his name was.
I don't really care what his name is, because he's dead.
He's been dead for as long as I've been alive.
He's not really a main concern of this story, so I digress.
Once Twilight figured it out, it all happened really fast. She was taken away, brought back with wings, and bam! She's a princess. That's really where the tough stuff started.
Princess Celestia gave her a kingdom of her own, far away from Ponyville. Twilight rules over a land called "The Enchanted Empire." It's a place that's completely full of magic. Unicorns are practically the only residents.
Well, besides Twilight. She's an alicorn.
Oh, and her husband.
I haven't mentioned him, have I?
She became a princess, and after her journey to another world, she fell totally in love with one of Celestia's Royal Guards.
His name is Flash Sentry, and he's a pegasus.
So, most of the citizens of The Enchanted Empire are unicorns.
But there's also Twilight Sparkle and Flash Sentry.
Once again, I'm off topic. I guess I'll get back to the story.
Not long after Twilight left to rule another land, the others started to fade as well.
For example, Rarity moved to Canterlot and opened a boutique. She told us the news one day over lunch, and everyone was excited for her.
Now, don't get me wrong, I was happy for her, too. But I was also very, very worried.
I was worried that all of my friends were going to leave me.
And that's basically what happened.
Rainbow Dash, about a year after Rarity left, which was about six months after Twilight moved, went back to the Wonderbolts Academy. She's one of them now, and I'm not really sure if she remembers us.
What a horrible thing for me to say!
Of course she remembers, she's one of our best friends!
Well, she used to be.
I haven't really seen her in a few years.
Applejack and the rest of her family went to Apploosa, to live with their family there. She owns a successful cider business, selling the delicious cider all over Equestria. I buy it often, though I rarely drink it. I usually buy it to remember her by.
Finally, there was Fluttershy.
Really, she stuck around.
I'm pretty sure she's still in Ponyville to this day.
But nopony mentions her.
I haven't seen her in years.
I think she's locked herself up in her cottage to be with her animals, and only her animals.
I think it's her coping device.
You know, to deal with most of her friends leaving.
She's handling it better than I am, though.
See, after all my friends disappeared from my life, I've been sentenced to staying here in Ponyville forever.
By who?
Well, by me, of course.
You must think I'm crazy by now, and it's quite possible that I am. But I have my reasons.
I've sentenced myself to staying here because I can't leave. All of my memories lie here, all of my childhood, everything.
I think I may also stick around because I think my friends may come back one day.
I know, that's crazy.
But it could happen.
You know, I used to hop around town, making everypony smile. I knew everypony, and everypony knew me.
Everypony was my friend.
But my best friends all left me.
See, when my best friends left, I basically stopped laughing.
I don't like to talk to anypony anymore.
I'm sure nopony likes to talk to me.
More and more ponies come into Ponyville, moving in and finding their happiness.
I don't know any of them anymore.
I've been left to myself, really.
Mr. And Mrs. Cake kicked me out, in the nicest way possible, when they realized how sad I was getting.
I guess they didn't want that kind of negativity around their foals.
Which I understand.
Pound and Pumpkin were growing foals, and didn't need my influence on them.
I think they earned their cutie marks shortly after I left.
Sometimes I wonder if I had anything to do with that, but I convince myself that I didn't. I couldn't have been holding them back from learning their true talents.
That's not the point.
I moved into Rarity's old boutique, since nopony else was using it.
Whenever I left, ponies would see me and I would hear them whispering about what I've become.
I know I'm not the Pinkie Pie I used to be,
nor do I want to be.
Pinkie Pie isn't Pinkie Pie without her best friends.
So like I said, I'm stuck here. Because I've imprisoned myself here.
It's not so bad, once you get past the loneliness, emptiness, and heartbreak.
It's not really my fault I'm like this.
I'm not blaming it on anypony, but this wasn't my doing.
No. I'm wrong.
This is all my fault.
The more I think about it, the more I realize that maybe one day, I'll be the pony I used to be.
Maybe my friends will come back.
Maybe we'll be reunited.
Maybe.
I didn't have this hope when I began this little story.
That's because I didn't see a sonic rainboom when I began this story.
The sonic rainboom was what brought us all together before, so maybe it will bring us all together again.
I just hope they all saw it too.