The Shimmering Truth

Terran lay on his couch, mulling over some paperwork for the hospital. Most of it concerned financing and legal things. Despite the importance that he focus, Terran still couldn't resist letting his mind wander back to that joyous pink mare. She was just so adorable and fun! Pinkie had made him smile, which was rare in the days of this depression.

The senior medics were right. Never get too attached to a patient. They could die, yes, but they would eventually leave no matter what. Terran slammed a hoof down on the table and almost yelled at himself for his stupidity. He looked glumly looked down at his boring, stupid documents. Sighing, he decided to finish them. The hospital would be at his door in no time if he was late to return them.

Somepony must have been at his door though, because Terran heard a light shuffling on the other side. Probably just a salespony. It came to no surprise when they knocked. He sighed, and just ignored it. Too many ponies bothered him about buying this, or giving opinions on that. He was attempting to build a reputation for never being home.

The knock came again, a little louder this time. Terran could care less as he continued with his paperwork. He was almost done with the financing for a specific patient, when the door almost burst. What the hell!? Terran glared at the door that had a pony very frantically knocking.. No... Pounding on the frame. What was so urgent!!? Terran set his papers down on the table next to his couch, and walked through the hallway, to the front door.

Terran pressed his ear against the door, attempting to listen to anything on the other side. He heard a huff, then cringed as a loud chicken sound blasted from the door. Who the absolute hell was this pony?! Terran, frustrated and bewildered, grabbed the handle, and turned it.... He did so at almost the worst moment possible.

As, soon as the doorknob was turned, the pony knocked again. Like I said before, more like attempted to smash instead of knock. The door blew open, sending Terran flying into the back wall. He looked up dizzily, and his view was enveloped in pink.

"SURPRISE!!!"

It was almost as if a Sonic Rainboom went off in his skull! Pinkie must have a really great understanding of telepathy... Either that, or she didn't quite understand the concept of quiet. Or at least normal. Either way, Terran was knocked unconscious.

Back in Ponyville, Twilight was impatiently pacing back and forth, waiting for the hospital staff to unlock their doors. Every few minutes she checked to see if anypony was there. About a half hour after coming here, she peered in again and saw somepony coming towards the door. Finally! She pressed her face against the window and waved at the pony inside. They waved back, and unlocked the door.

Twilight burst in and ran to the front desk where a pony sat. She seemed really tired. "Nurse! What are Pinkie Pie's results?" Twilight said frantically.

The pony at the counter went into a different room, and brought out the doctor that had examined Pinkie. She nodded, and walked over to Twilight. "Pinkie Pie is fine. It is probably just a side effect of the mirror pool incident. Don't worry Twilight."

As soon as she was done explaining, Twilight burst through the doors again, galloping towards Sugarcube Corner. She ran as fast as she could, happily shouting "Pinkie's okay!" To random ponies she saw. Most didn't understand, but they still smiled towards Twilight to be polite.

Once she found Pinkie, she also took the news well... Very well actually. She jumped up and shouted "It worked!"

Twilight took this in stride. Pinkie must be already regaining some of her usual randomness!

Terran Asher watched as colorful fireworks crowded his vision. The static in his head was putting him in a trance. He suddenly felt very dizzy. He giggled, this felt cool.

Aww who turned off the fireworks? The static was starting to go away also. Terran only saw darkness now, and he wasn't sure what he heard. He sat there for a moment, head still spinning. He thought he saw a feint red, and when he focused on it... slowly he regained his vision, and hearing. Terran perked up and glanced over to his left at a very worried Pinkie Pie.

"Oooh are you ok? I didn't mean to make you feint! I was just trying to surprise you and testing out the head-talking-thingy but I must have done it too loud. I'm really reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally sorry Terran! Can you please forgive me?"

Pinkie was pouting now, and looking at Terran with sad, pleading eyes. He smiled at her, and said, "It's alright Pinkie. I was really surprised!" He chucked after the last part. Surprised was an understatement.

Pinkie 'surprised' him once more by giving him an enormous hug. It dragged on for a bit longer than expected, but Pinkie eventually let go. Terran was blushing, and if Pinkie weren't already pink, he guessed she would be too.

Pinkie sighed. "I miss all my other friends. Thank you for being so nice Terran."

Terran thought for a moment. He wouldn't allow his selfishness to get in the way of Pinkie's friends. He really didn't care about keeping his job. In these days, nothing fun ever happened. Work, eat, sleep, repeat. Looking at Pinkie, who was on the verge of tears, he made a decision. Life is meant to be lived, not lived through.

There are some things ponies say, that you can never take back. Sometimes they are in vein, to comfort a foal, but Terran was sure of these words. He took Pinkie's head, and said these life changing words: "I'll help you get back home Pinkie."

Pinkie instantly hugged Terran again, a huge smile on her face.

"Thank you so much! Hey, do you want to come with to Ponyville? It's really cool, and you can meet Twilight, Rarity, Rainbow, Fluttershy, Applejack, Spike, Owloicious, Gummy-"

Pinkie was cut off by Terran putting a hoof over her mouth. He chuckled. "Yes Pinkie, I'll come with."