Pinkamena and Cheese Sandwich

After an extremely long wait, winter had finally come to Equestria. Pinkie Pie and Cheese were huddling in their cave, watching the snow fall to the ground.

“Cheese? What do you think the snow looks like?” Pinkie asked.

“Ummmm… Fluffy?” He said.

Pinkie giggled, “I think it looks like powdered sugar, or flour falling down from the sky.” She stared out at the snow, her eyes sparkling.

Cheese smiled and looked at the falling snow, “You’re right, it does.”

“Achoo!” Pinkie sneezed.

“Pinkie, are you alright?” Cheese asked.

She rubbed her nose with her hoof. “Yeah, I’m sure I’m f-fi…. Achoo! Fine.”

“You’re not fine, you might be getting sick.” Cheese said. “Come on, you need to get warm.” Cheese placed her on the cave floor and covered her with the blanket he had made. He started leaving the cave.

“Cheese, wait. Where are you going?” Pinkie called after him.

“I’m going to get some wood to make a fire to keep you, and myself, warm.” He said. He heard Pinkie sneeze again as he left. Pinkie wrapped herself in the blanket and tried to stay warm. She sneezed again, and again.

When Cheese came back into the cave, Pinkie’s nose was red and she was shaking. Cheese dropped all the wood he got onto the ground near Pinkie. He tried his hardest to make a fire, and eventually he got a spark and lit the wood.

The fire slowly spread over all the wood and twigs he had got and lit up the cave. Pinkie’s body gradually stopped shaking and her sneezing died down. She closed her eyes and huddled up in the blanket. She sneezed one last time, and then Cheese noticed her breathing slow down. She had fallen asleep.

Cheese left to get some more wood so he could put it on the fire when it died out. He came back with another pile of kindling. He went out one more time and added what he got to the pile. He placed a few more twigs on the fire and then laid down next to Pinkie. He soon fell asleep, thanks to the warmth and the steady breathing of his dear Pinkie Pie.

Cheese was woken up in the middle of the night by a chill and soft, painful moaning. He opened his eyes and it was dark in the cave. He realized that the fire had gone out. Pinkie was shaking and moaning in pain. Cheese started up the fire and checked Pinkie’s temperature. He placed his hoof on her forehead and removed it quickly.

“Ouch…” He said to himself, blowing on his hoof. He went outside the cave and picked up a small pile of snow. He walked back inside and gently placed it on Pinkie forehead. Her face was red and twisted in pain.

She opened her eyes and looked at Cheese weakly, “Ch-Cheese…” She whispered softly.

“Yes, Pinkie? What is it? Is it time?” Cheese asked, holding her hoof in his.

“I-it can’t be… I-it’s too early.” Pinkie whispered weakly.

“Are you going to be alright?” Cheese asked, looking into her half closed eyes with concern and worry.

Pinkie closed her eyes, her breathing slowed down. She opened her mouth to say something, but cut herself short and took a shaky, deep breath.

“Pinkie…” Cheese said with tears in his eyes. “Pinkie, please. Please don’t do this to me, I love you. Please.” He was crying now, his tears splattering on the cave floor next to Pinkie. He felt her hoof go limp and fall to her side. “P-Pinkie?” He whispered hoarsely.

He stared at her body, though it was blurry from the tears in his eyes. He sniffed and wiped away his tears. He stared at her a bit longer now that his vision was clear. He saw her chest slowly rise and then fall, and rise, and then fall.

Cheese smiled and started crying again, this time with tears of joy. “Thank Celestia, she’s just sleeping. She’s still alive.” He realized the snow he had put on her forehead had melted and he left to get some more. He came back and her eyes were open again.

“Ch-Cheese… I… I don’t feel good.” She said weakly.

“I know. It’s ok. It’ll be ok, just relax and I’ll take care of you.” Cheese put the snow on her forehead. He added more twigs to the fire and stirred it with a longer, thicker stick he had found earlier. Pinkie had stopped shaking and moaning and her breathing had leveled out.

“Cheese…”

“Don’t talk, you need to save your energy for healing yourself.” He said, gently placing his hoof on her mouth.

Pinkie slowly nodded. Her eyes tried to close, but she tried to force them back open. She looked at Cheese with half closed eyes, like she was begging him for something.

“It’s ok, you can go to sleep.” Pinkie’s mouth curved up into a small smile and she let her eyes close. Cheese watched as she drifted off. Her mouth opened up slightly and her breathing evened out, taking a slow and steady pattern.

Cheese smiled and gently let go of her hoof, trying not to wake her. He added more twigs to the fire and stirred it. “We’re almost out of twigs and sticks. I should really go get some more, but I don’t want to leave Pinkie alone like this.” He thought. He argued with himself in thought for a minute and then decided that he needed to get more kindling.

He left the cave and came back with a pile of twigs and sticks. He threw them in a pile on the cave floor next to the fire and then left to get more. He returned and tossed them in the same pile, then he checked on Pinkie. She was just as he left her, all though there was a thin trail of drool running out of her mouth. Cheese wiped it off with his hoof.

He quickly brought more snow for her forehead and then left to get more sticks for the fire. He needed to keep it running all night so she could stay warm. He returned, threw the kindling in the pile and turned to leave again, when he heard a quiet groan.

He walked over to Pinkie to see how she was. She had turned onto her side and her eyebrows had turned inwards slightly. “She must be having a bad dream.” Cheese thought. He gently kissed her nose and left to get more kindling. He came back and saw that the fire had died down slightly. He yawned and dumped more sticks on it.

He sat down next to Pinkie and rubbed his bloodshot eyes. He would need to stay up without sleeping until Pinkie was all better and could take care of herself again. He yawned again and shook his head as though he were trying to shake away the drowsiness.

He left the cave and walked around in the snow for a bit, hoping it would help keep him awake. He walked back into the cave and added more wood to the fire. He checked on Pinkie, her blanket had fallen down and Cheese pulled it up to her chin. He smiled at how adorable she looked when she was sleeping.

He figured he was awake enough to sit down for a little bit, so he sat down next to Pinkie. As soon as he sat down, he yawned again. He sighed and went to walk around in the snow for a bit longer.

As he was walking around outside in the cold, he kept an eye on the fire in the cave. He needed to make sure it didn’t shrink or grow significantly. After a few minutes of walking, he noticed the fire had shrunk and he walked into the cave to add more twigs to it.

He had turned to leave again, but then realized he should check on Pinkie, so he walked over to her. He sat down next to her and watched her. He watched as her chest slowly rose and then fell. He looked at her and how beautiful she was. He smiled and leaned in to kiss her cheek, which was still red from her sickness.

He tried to stand up again, but he wobbled and fell down. He tried to keep his eyes open, but he was unsuccessful. He fell asleep on the cave floor, much too close to the fire.

He was awakened a little while later by the smell of smoke and the sound of coughing. He jumped up and searched for the source of the smoke. He saw the fire was just fine, if a little small, and that nothing else had caught fire. “Ouch!” He jumped as he felt something on his rear. He turned to look and saw that his tail was on fire. He screamed and galloped out the snow and sat down in it.

He let loose a sigh of relief as the fire on his behind was put out by the freezing cold snow. He wandered back into the cave and fanned away the smoke that had accumulated. “Pinkie, I’m sorry.” He said, when he realized that she was the one who was coughing.

She coughed a few more times, “It’s ok…” She whispered weakly and hoarsely. Cheese piled more sticks onto the fire and then walked outside. He cursed at himself and kicked around the snow. He buried his head in the snow as an attempt to keep himself awake.

He walked back into the cave. He saw that Pinkie had fallen asleep again and Cheese sat down next to her, determined not to fall asleep.