There's no more bubbles.

I dip the funny pink thing into the bowl, and pull it out, and shake my head, but the bubbles don't come. I put the thing back into the bowl and see that the stuff inside is all gone. I don't know what to do now. I still can't see Mommy or Miss Sweetie or the cart, and I'm feeling very hungry and sleepy.

I don't like being all by myself. Daddy says I am not old enough to be all by myself, and it is kinda scary. But maybe Mommy will come back and we can all eat together and then we can go to sleep. But I want to sleep now. I want to sleep with Miss Sweetie because she likes to sleep with me. And Miss Sweetie is so soft and warm, and she doesn't like to be alone too.

I try to sleep now, but I am still really hungry and my belly hurts. When Mommy comes back, we can have the purple muffins, because purple muffins are my most favorite. And Daddy can say things to me about flying, and I will learn how to fly, because Daddy says that's what pegusis ponies do. Then we can live in the sky like the other pegusis ponies.

We can also look at the stars too. Daddy said that they come into the sky when the sky is all dark. He said that the stars make lots and lots of pictures. He sometimes sits with me and we look at the stars. I like to find lots of pictures in the sky.

But where are Daddy and Mommy now?

I still can't sleep because I am too scared, and I start crying. I get scared of the dark sometimes, and when I get scared, daddy will hug me and let me sleep with him and Mommy all night, and he tells me that everything will be okay. But Daddy can't hug me and sleep with me, because he is not here. I am still scared and hungry, but Mommy and Daddy will be here soon, so it's okay. I will be not scared soon.

Then I hear a very quiet sound. But I can't see anything in the dark. Then I see something floating towards me. I start to feel happy because a bubble is floating towards me. I love bubbles a whole lot, and this one is glowing. It says, "Follow me." I follow the bubble to where it is going.

The bubble floats to some trees and goes around them. I walk around the trees just like the bubble did. I sometimes can't see where the bubble is because I can't see so good. But when it gets close I can see it better. I like this bubble. It is like my new friend. I like making friends, but lots of little ponies like me get loud sometimes and hit me. But I don't care, because Daddy always makes me feel better.

Then I smell something that smells like muffins. The glowy bubble floats over a muffin that is on the ground. "Have a muffin. You need to eat," the bubble says, and I do. I eat the whole muffin all the way, and it doesn't taste as good as the purple ones, but it still tastes good.

Then the bubble floats somewhere else, and I follow it. The bubble floats all over and I try to go faster, but I fall sometimes. I don't move too good or see too good, so the glowy bubble friend goes slow. Then there a big hole. The hole is very long and has lots and lots of water moving inside it.

I don't like lots of water very much. I like just a little bit, when it is bathtime. But I don't like a lot of water like there is in the hole. The bubble floats over to a lying down tree and goes over it. I walk to the tree and walk on it until there is no more tree.

Then I follow the bubble again. I follow it around until it floats over a muffin. I am still hungry so I can't wait to eat the muffin. But my hoof touches something that looks like thing that the big pony at school pulls to make a loud sound that makes little ponies leave. I try to take it with my hooves, but it flies away. Then a big thing rolls over and goes away. I hear a loud sound, and I go to eat the muffin.

Then the glowy bubble floats around and I go where it goes. It goes over another tree that is lying down on another big hole. I walk on it, and my hoof touches the pully thing again. I walk more and there is no more tree. I keep folowing the glowy bubble.

I don't know where the bubble is going. Maybe it's taking me to see Mommy and Daddy. When I see Mommy and Daddy, maybe they will say I can keep my bubble friend. The bubble can be friends with Miss Sweetie, and Miss Sweetie and the bubble can play together just like Miss Sweetie plays with me. Even Daddy can play too. I love playing with Daddy.

I still feel a bit sleepy, but I can still stay awake and follow the bubble.

Author's Note

I just want to say, when I first read "Bubbles", I cried more than I ever have. Seriously. I have read stuff about child abuse or abandonment before, and I didn't cry even half as much as I did then. I am sure it has to do with what derpy's thoughts were in the last paragraph. That paragraph always gets to me.

Abandoning a child when their mental state makes them unable to understand what is going on. That is just sad.