Ink Rose is the daughter of Princess Cadence and Shining Armor, and as she grows up, she finds her talent in drawing and spreading love around the Crystal Empire. Soon she starts a career making sketches that make ponies love each other.
Ink Rose is the daughter of Princess Cadence and Shining Armor. She was named after the rose color of her coat and her talent with drawings. Her talent isn't just drawing though, its spreading love through drawings! Her main goal is to slowly make couples through the Crystal Empire and spread her known talent throughout all of Equestria!
Made by: Duke Melton and Nick Hom
Yay! The third chapter is finally finished! This chapter is a little shorter than the other chapters but I hope is supposedly better written than the other chapters. Hope you enjoy it!
A humongous wave of pure white light struck me, utter delight coursed through my body when it hit me. When the white light slowly faded away, I could see that everypony was crystallized, causing their coats to glisten and sparkle. When I saw Rarity gaze down, she freaked out in complete happiness at her gorgeous shiny mane and silky reflectant coat. While the others giggled at her own vanity, everypony looked at the wide view of rapturous crystal ponies. My sister in law and the rest of the elements of harmony quickly left the building without many words being exchanged, they were to quickly get home to report to Princess Celestia. I looked off into the distance and saw the Crystal ponies celebrating their new found freedom.
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The next day, I woke up and my stomach was growling and I felt a sudden surge of pain coursing through my stomach. I immediately felt noxious and quickly galloped to the nearest bathroom. Next thing I knew my face was a sickening green and I was puking in a metallic trash can. My husband Shining Armor, came and knocked on the door before he heard me in disgust. When I had the strength to talk, I asked him “Can you please leave me alone! I’m not feeling too good!” “Are you sure you don’t need any help? I can cast a spell to help you feel better!” “No thanks!” I could hear him slowly backing away from the door, and I faced downward barfing a few more times before I could come back to my senses again.
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The next day Shining Armor woke me up and told me he was going to take me to the Doctor to see if I was ok. When I sluggishly trotted to the dining room, there were the traditional plates full of pancakes that were made by the guards. Me and Shining Armor had two pancakes each and he said he was going to go ahead and set up an appointment with Nurse Redheart in the Crystal Hospital for her to check if I was sick. When we arrived at the hospital, we were told to sit in a waiting room. I noticed that there were filly and colt squishy toys on some of the seats right next to us. Eventually, a nurse opened a door and yelled “Princess Cadence and Shining Armor!”. We got up and followed her into a small corridor with brightly azure painted walls that had lollipops and rainbows on them, followed by a small room with a bench for a pony to lay on, and a small cushion for a guest. The nurse said that I needed to go through several tests before she could find if anything was wrong with me. A couple minutes after being put through diagnostics the nurse came up to me with hesitation. I could tell by the look on her face that her results must be fateful. “So, what were the results?” “Well…” “Well? What?” "We need to do some more tests." "What for?" "Our results have shown that you may be pregnant." "Does anypony know for sure?" "I'm afraid not, but we'll hopefully find out in a couple weeks."
[10 Months Later...]
I woke up with a start in the night, panicked at the sudden pain I felt in my stomach. At first I couldn’t speak because of the pain, but slowly I managed to crawl out of my lavender crystallized bed. My hooves just barely dragged me across the floor as I reached for the door with a extended hoof. “Guards!, Guard-” I managed to yell for a short while before my muzzle stopped moving and an atramentous inky blackness encompassed my vision. I heard something faint in the distance but the pain was too great, “Cadence” was all I heard before the darkness surrounded my sight and my body collapsed on the floor.
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When I awoke, I was on a cart heading straight through doors that I could barely make out labeled “EMERGENCY ROOM” on them. A blur of ponies and equipment filled my blurred vision of my muzzle and I could slowly start to smell the sterile hospital. It felt like every few seconds the cart would jostle a little while I was being rushed towards an Emergency room, and it seemed like it took hours as the pain made every agonizing second feel like an eon. My limp body was then lifted off of the cart and put onto a silky white bed.
“Calm down princess! Try to take deep breaths through your mouth.” I heard a frantic nurse blurt out, “Every time you exhale try to push as hard as you can.” I tried as hard as I could to take a deep breath and push with all of my strength. Time seemed to come to a stop as I repeated this process over and over, finally I heard a doctor cry “She’s coming out!” I paused for a second and with a deep inhale, and I pushed with all of my strength. The pain stopped as finally my body was finally relieved from the agony of filly birth.
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A couple minutes later, the nurse wrapped my screaming little filly in a nice little blanket that she fell asleep in. Nurse RedHeart handed me the little filly and a couple minutes later, I saw Shining Armor walk in through the doorway with a great sign of relief on his face. I looked down at the sleeping filly in my hooves, She was a pegasus with a rose colored coat that reminded me of journals that ponies would write little sketches and drawings in. The first name that came to mind was Rosebush but that name seemed a little too simple and didn’t seem to have anything to do with drawing. “Isn’t she beautiful?” I spoke softly. “Yeah, what should we name her?” Shining questioned I thought for a second, pondering on something that goes good with Rose and has to do with drawing. “How about... Ink Rose?”
My eyes lazily opened to the soft sunlight that stretched over the entire bed. Sitting up and looking out of the window I saw a double rainbow gracefully stream across the sky. Innocently and childlike, I thought of drawing the rainbow. Quickly hopping out of bed, I joyously trotted down the tall crystal hall to my mama's and papa’s bedroom. Running and hopping onto the bed, I looked up to my mom and I said “Mommy! Mommy! Can I have some paper?”. I waited for an answer, “Sure sweety, just give me a quick second”.
She slowly got off her bed and I watched her trot out of the room, and came back with paper hovering in a transparent aurora of blue. Her horn was glowing the same color as the aurora, and she plopped the sheets of paper onto my hoof, and I quickly went back into my room. I went to my window to check if the rainbow was still there, and sure enough, it was. I tried drawing it for what seemed like fifteen minutes, but it slowly faded away as I tried harder and harder.
I never thought drawing a picture of a rainbow would be so hard. After I think my 11th try, my mother said it was time for lunch and put me in a high chair with a special tray on it. She tied what she called a “bib” around my neck and made me eat broccoli with some small apple slices. She also gave me a sippy cup full of milk. I took a sip, and for some odd reason I felt sleepy, and slowly dozed off in a wave of pure warmth.
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On my 5th birthday, my mother took me to school. It was my first day, and I didn’t like the idea of sitting at a desk and watching a pony lazily trot across the room for seven hours. After two hours of her explaining how to add numbers, I found myself lonely at a small table in the back of the classroom. Luckily, I had brought a rose colored journal that my mom gave me for my birthday. I searched around the classroom for something good to draw and found a group of ponies coloring black and white pictures.
Thats when I noticed the teacher writing random symbols on a drawing board. It caught my eye and I began writing. Towards the end of the day, I nervously trotted towards the teacher, and gently plopped it on her desk.
She raised an eyebrow, and looked at the picture.
“What do you think of it?”
“...”
She slowly looked up, and her mouth was twitching. At first I couldn’t tell if she was happy, or mad, but after what seemed like two minutes, her faced popped into a really bright smile. She looked at me and exclaimed,
“Wow! Thats the best drawing i’ve ever seen a filly make! The shading and design looks amazing! You actually made this?!”
Suddenly a whole bunch of fillies were staring at me like I had come from the moon and I couldn’t tell what they were about to do. They all shouted “HOORAY!” and galloped towards me to ask me if they could have a picture. It was probably one of the most exciting moments of my life.
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Over the weekend, my mother said she was going to introduce me to some of her friends in Ponyville, but the only problem was that dad had to remain at the Crystal Empire and host the upcoming yearly Crystal Fair that keeps the Crystal Empire safe from danger. On our way to Ponyville, she said we were going to have to take a “special” train that was supposed to be extra secure from any interruptions. When we entered the train, it only took me a moment to realize the walls and floors were made of pure crystal. I found myself wondering,
“How does this train even move if it weighs so much?!”
“I have no idea.” Cadence responded
A loud painful whistle blew loud violently pulling me out of my slumber. Looking up at my mom, I heard her softly speak into my ear,
“We are arriving at Ponyville.”
The train came to a painfully fast halt. My mother and I stood up and walked across the slick polished crystal floor to the grand lavish door that led outside. Nervous and scared of what lay ahead and holding tight to my mother, we pushed our way out into the glorious sultry sun. Blinded for a few seconds, I waited for my eyes to readjust. When I could see again, I looked out and saw two royal guards and a lavender pony with straight violet and rose colored hair. “That’s Twilight Sparkle” my mother whispered quickly to me “She’s a princess like me.”
The purple pink pony was acting suspicious as she bobbed her head up and down nervously. Every couple of seconds I could see a brief flash of white sticking out of her tail. Her violet eyes darted from me to Mom. Her nervous excitement was palpable as sweat beads streamed down her face, and her legs shaked and buckled. She nervously and shakily said
“ I see you brought your filly with you.”
“Yes, her name is Ink Rose. I just thought I’d show her around Ponyville. Do you think you could let her meet Rainbowdash and the others?”
“Sure! It’d be fun for her to meet my friends. Maybe Applebloom, Sweetiebell, and Scootaloo would like to show her their club!”
I bashfully hid behind my mother, trying to hide behind her tail. Twilight looked over at the place I once was with confusion as Mom turned over and gently said to me,
“Why don’t you go with your aunt-in-law to meet her friends? They’re the hero’s of Equestria!”
“Do I have too?”
“Yes, you have too.”
I nestled up against my mom for a brief moment, not willing to let go of her. Finally she pushed me hard enough that I started slowly walking over to Twilight with my head down. She lifted my head up with a hoof and looked me in the eyes. Her eyes lit up and she warmly smiled down at me. “Don’t worry, I’m sure you’ll love my friends.” She reassuringly said to me. She started walking off with her hoof around my neck as I waved bye to my mom who was slowly fading out of view. I sighed and looked back up at the mare. “So, where are we going?” I asked. “We’re headed towards Sugar Cube Corner.”
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After a few minutes of walking and no talking being done between the two of us, I started taking in the sights around me. This town was quaint, unlike the extravagant polished buildings of the crystal empire. Only but a few ponies were in the streets. The ponies outside moved slowly and beads of sweat streaked their faces. The weather was unbearably hot and my mouth was already dry. One thing that did distract me was the colors every building was, and there was a certain earthly charm to everything. The town was very quiet and I couldn’t hear much, only a few distant voices. The ponies that passed by had coats of all different colors, some brown or purple or blue.
I guess I had always wondered why me, my dad, or my mother wasn’t crystallized. Although, I was told they were crystallized when Spike saved the Empire from King Sombra. I also never understood why my coat was Rose while my mom and dad’s was white and light pink. My dad always said I have a rose coat because his mom’s was white and Cadence's mom’s was red so mine was supposed to be a mixed color between white and red. Suddenly my mind snapped back to reality when I found myself standing in front of Sugar Cube corner.
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Outside the shop there was a huge sign with text reading “Fresh Blueberry Muffins on Sale! 3 Bits apiece!”. There was a huge crowd outside of the door. I watched as a grey mare with blond hair walk out of the establishment with a huge box almost the size of me. She was struggling to pull the box, which I assume must have had muffins in it. I was amused by the mare for a bit until I realized I was staring and quickly turned my head back down towards the ground.
Out of the corner of my eye I saw Twilight gesturing towards the entrance and she explained “This is Sugar Cube Corner. In here we should find Pinkie Pie at the cash register.” We made our way towards the entrance and quickly burst through the door. I gasped as a sea of color and light invaded my eyes. The ponies with their bright shiny coats overflowed the entire place. The crowd was shouting and yelling out for their cupcakes. We pushed, stumbled, and bumped our way through the crowd. Their ear-splitting cries overtook our miserable peeps of “Excuse me” and “Sorry”. Our efforts came to fruition as we ended up coming to the counter which formed a small island. The stallion and mare behind the counter weren’t really selling muffins as they were throwing muffins into the crowd and the crowd threw bits back. We quickly dived behind the counter and started shouting at the cashiers
“Have you two seen Pinkie around here?” Twilight shouted at the top of her lungs.
“Pinkie? We sent her to the back to make more muffins.” the orange stallion yelled back.
“May we go and see her? I wanted to show her somepony.”
They both nodded, and Twilight quickly stuck her head out towards the small wood gate near us as we rushed towards it. I galloped through the small hallway which led to a medium-sized kitchen. In the kitchen a huge assortment of baking equipment lined the walls. Piles upon piles baking ingredients were spread across the room. Flour and other unidentifiable powdery substances coated the walls. Mashed blueberries were scattered all across the floor like a minefield. In the middle of this vortex of chaos and baking was a pink pony with a fuzzy bumpy mane. She was facing away staring intently at the oven. She spun around suddenly and in a split second she was facing us. Slowly her face lit up and a huge smile stretched from one side of her mouth to the other. I noticed that her face was completely blue, which made me chuckle a bit. She quickly galloped up to me and stopped only a couple of a inches from my face
“HI!” She yelled all a bit too loudly.
“AHH- !” was all that escaped from my mouth as tried to backpedal away from my assailant..
“My name is Pinkie Pie! This is Twil-”
“Pinkie, she already knows my name, I just wanted to show her around town and introduce my friends to her.”
“Oh.” her ears drooped down and her head hanged low, as if she was incredibly distraught at the idea of not telling me Twilight's name.
“So, who are you?” she asked
“My name is I-Ink Rose.” I stammered.
I slowly raised a hoof expecting a light hoof shake from the pink mare, and instead I felt a jolt of motion shake through me.
“My name’s Pinkie Pie!” she shouted.
“Uhm… yes… I could tell… since you already told me that.” I wondered if the mare suffered from short term memory loss. She seemed excited and friendly enough, but she seems really unstable. Nor did the mare really care for keeping her voice down at a quiet tone. Quickly, I braced myself for the rest of the conversation.
“Well, it was nice meeting you!”
“You’re leaving already?!”
“I still have to meet Twilight’s other friends.” I mumbled.
“Well, you’re welcome to join me here anytime!” she hollered as I slowly headed towards the exit. Twilight was already waiting for me.
“Are you coming?” She said.
I quickly galloped up to her nodding my head furiously.
As we walked out of Sugar Cube Corner, I saw Pinkie was wearing “see ya later” shirts and balloons. She waved goodbye and so did I.
“So, who are you going to introduce me to next?”
“We’re headed to the Carousel Boutique.” she replied.
“Who am I going to meet there?”
“Somepony generous.”
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We trotted up a long hill to a curvy and lamp-shaped like building. Next to it was some colorful little trade shops for vegetables and fruits. In front of the house I saw some boxes full of multi-colored fabrics and a white pony with a blue mane rummaging through the boxes with a shorter filly sitting right next to her. The filly’s coat was also white and her mane was mulberry and a grayish rose. Me and Twilight slowly trotted towards them and Twilight tried to get their attention by clearing her throat.
”Ahem”
They both immediately spun around looking directly towards us. “Hello! ” Twilight started, “This is my niece in-law, Ink Rose.”
Sweetiebelle and Rarity turned around, it seemed as though we startled them. “Oh! You’re just in time! Pinkie Pie had notified us that you’d be here soon, so we made a party outfit you could try on for the party.” Rarity said. Rarity and Mom quickly launched into a very heated discussion about what was in season in Canterlot at the time. Since it didn’t seem like we were going to leave anytime soon, I decided to see if I could try to amuse myself by passing time.
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“Hi! My name is Sweetiebelle,” the other filly started. My concentration jumped from Rarity to SweetieBelle, “Hello! My name is Ink Rose.” I rose a hoof, hoping to get a hoof shake from her, and she looked at me with joy. She tilted her head down, and eventually rose her hoof too, followed by a clop sound that was made from us shaking hooves. “Nice to meet you,” we both said. “So, what are you doing down here in Ponyville?” She asked. “My mother is visiting her sister in law, and she wanted me to come with her while my dad worked on the Crystal Fair.” “Oh, well, I was going to go join my friends at our clubhouse, wanna come?” “Sure, but I need to check in with my mom first.” I turned over and waited for Cadence and Rarity to stop in mid-conversation. Meanwhile, Sweetiebelle started trotting away while waiting for me to ask. Eventually, my mother turned around and said, “Yes Sweetie?” “Is it okay if I go with Sweetiebelle to her clubhouse?” “Sure!” my mother replied. I then turned around and headed off to follow Sweetiebelle. “So where’s the Clubhouse?” I questioned. “It’s back at the Apple Orchard.” “Apple Orchard?” I thought. “That must be where Ponyville’s main food supply is…” “Huh?” Sweetiebelle squeaked. “Nothing, lead the way!” I shouted.
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It seemed at this point we’d been walking for quite a while, but the scenery hadn’t quite changed since we left. “How much longer?” I sighed. I had never walked this far in my life. The royal life had done little good at toughing up my hooves. “Not much further, my friends are waiting for us.” Sweetiebelle replied. I sighed once again. My hooves ached and the first thing that came to my mind was that once I’d get back to the Crystal Empire, I’m gonna exercise in the gym a lot more often.
We soon found ourselves at the entrance of the Apple Farm, where I stared at an old wrinkly pony taking a nap on a rocking chair. Sweetiebelle noticed and said, “That’s Granny Smith, she’s my friend’s grandmother.” I nodded, and continued to follow Sweetiebelle.
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I again found myself slinking through the forest again, eventually noticing a small house slowly coming into view, followed by some random “toys” scattered around. It looked like they were practicing for something. “Here we are!” Sweetiebelle squawked. “Do you like it?” “Looks pretty cool.” I said. We walked up on a wooden plank that led to a balcony in front of the clubhouse. I could immediately hear little mumbles behind the door. “Allow me,” Sweetiebelle said. She opened the door and held it open for me. I walked in, and two ponies jumped out in front of me with huge grins. “Hi! I’m Scootaloo!” “And I’m Applebloom!” they both said. I hesitated for a little bit, looked at Sweetiebelle, and she made a face saying “introduce yourself” at me. I sighed, and looked back and Applebloom and Scootaloo. “I’m Ink Rose, nice to meet you.” I greeted.
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They all squealed with excitement, stomping their hooves on the floor. "So, Ink, wanna play a game?" Scootaloo asked. I shrugged, what could we possibly play all the way out here? "Sure, what do you have?" I responded. "How about... Hide'n'Seek?" Apple bloom suggested. Every pony instantly agreed, and chose me to be the seeker.
