Chapter Twelve: Two Pegasuseses with One Stone

Pinkie sat at the counter of Sugar Cube Corner drowning her sorrows in confectionary. Her hair was still flat and deflated, as was her mood. She hunched over the bench and sighed to herself deeply, dissatisfied with the execution of her great plan. The pink pony felt smaller and weaker than ever. She had let herself down. Her troubled mind was desperately searching for a new, better plan. How could she recover from her failure? Just as she was about to give up, there was a flash of magic before her eyes and Twilight Sparkle appeared, as if in answer to her question.

“Hi, Pinkie. Sorry for the intrusion, I just had to get away from Rainbow Dash for a little while,” the unicorn said.

“Oh, no problem, Twi.”

“Where are Mr and Mrs Cake?”

“They’re on an extended vacation. They left me in charge.”

“Is something wrong?”

“Nope. What makes you say that?”

“Pinkie, your hair is flat again.”

The pink pony sighed heavily, feeling very sorry for herself. “Well, remember how I said that I had a plan to be my own pony and all that? It didn’t work. Now I feel worse than ever!”

“Oh, I’m sorry to hear that Pinkie. What was your plan, if you don’t mind me asking?”

“I do mind you asking. Trust me, you don’t want to know.”
“Come on, Pinkie, talk to-”

“This again?” Pinkie’s sorrow turned into anger as she interrupted, glaring at the lavender pony.

“Look, I’m just saying we shouldn’t keep drifting apart like this. I think we all need to get together and-”

Pinkie interrupted by inhaling deeply as her hair suddenly sprung back into its normal state. “We SHOULD all get together! All six of us. Twilight, you need to leave now. I have some plans to put together.”

“What? What do you mean?”

“Oh, I think you’ll find out soon enough.”

Pinkie giggled hysterically until Twilight slowly backed out of the building.

***

Rainbow Dash wept softly as she sat next to Fluttershy’s grave. She was trying to come up with fitting words to say to her deceased lover. The yellow pegasus never got a proper farewell, and the addict thought it was about time someone paid their respects. The words couldn’t arrange themselves in her mind, though. Every time she was about to say something, she would stop. There were simply no words the pony could think of to express the sorrow and guilt which she had been drowning in.

The pegasus sat at the grave for quite some time, and remained there well after Luna raised the moon. She gasped between sobs, knowing that she had to leave her friend again. She felt like she needed to say something before leaving, but nothing meaningful came to mind. Eventually Rainbow resolved to simply vocalise her thoughts.

“Hey Fluttershy,” she blubbered, “I said I’d always stick up for you, didn’t I? Well, I guess I was wrong. I’m sorry I couldn’t protect you, Fluttershy. We’ve all been wallowing in self pity for, oh, about a week now I think. No pony’s really been thinking about anyone but themselves. Meanwhile, you’ve lost more than the rest of us, haven’t you? I can’t believe I haven’t come up here to say goodbye yet. Sure, we gave you a little ceremony, but you deserve more than that, right?”

She gazed around, trying to think of more to say. Spotting some flowers growing nearby, she picked them and placed them on her friend’s grave. “Next time, I’ll get you some real nice ones from the market. You know, the brilliant ones Roseluck grows.” The pegasus sighed heavily, regaining her composure. “It’s always been about you, ya know? I stood up for you in flight school, I followed you down from Cloudsdale, I spent as much time as I could down here. I even went butterfly watching with you that one time. You were my whole life, you know? I’m lost without you. I mocked AJ’s religion just before, but I hope there’s a heaven and hell. Even if the requirements for entry are as homophobic as they said it was in Cloudsdale, noone would have the heart to send a pony as sweet as you to hell. Me? Well, that’s a different story.” Rainbow smiled weakly at her quip.

With a heavy sigh, the cyan pony stood up and said her last farewell. “You said that I’d find you again, Fluttershy. I don’t know exactly what you meant by that, but I hope you’re right.”

“Wow, Dashie. That’s really sweet!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed before hitting the pegasus over the back of her head with a shovel.