Alone With You

I sling my bag over my shoulder and grab the box by the door before leaving the apartment. I take one last glance inside and sigh. The place was dark, quiet. Nothing much looked different even though I had no belongings in there. I shut the door and lock it. Making my way back towards the center of town I stop by the office. When I enter a little bell rings and the guy behind the counter looks over. He looks at the box in my hands and sighs.

"Moving out?" He asks and pulls a form out from behind the desk. "You have to fill this out and give me two months rent." He slides the form and a pen towards me as I walk up. I set the box down on the desk and pick the pen up. I had a hard time reading the form because the lighting was so bad.

"Mind if I take it over to that chair and fill it out there?" I ask and pick the paper up. He looks at me with tired eyes and nodes. I smile at him. "Thank you." He glances at me and smiles back. His eyes lighten slightly. I walk over to the chair and sit down. The chair was in the sun light so I could read it better. Using one of the few old magazines I fill out the form and bring it back to the guy behind the counter. The entire time I was living here I never bothered to learn his name.

"Hear you go sir." I say and smile at him. "It was a pleasure living here." I say and he lifts an eyebrow at me. I turn and head out of the old building and make my way towards my old new house. I smile and look up at the sky, clear again. The closer I got towards Sugar Cube Corner the more nervous I feel. What if I cant do it? What if its too hard to live there?

"Hey Pinky!" I hear Twilight and look over at her. She run up to me and hold out her hands. "Let me take that for you." She says and I hand her the box. It was not heavy, but I know how much Twilight loves to help. We walk towards Sugar Cube Corner together.

"I see you got your room back! Thats awesome. How are you feeling about all this?" She asks me sweetly and I look at her. Her purple eyes were full of hope. Hope that she would get the old Pinky back. I smile at her.

"Yeah I did, and my job too! I'm excited, I've been wanting to cook for a while now." I say and she bumps into me softly.

"Yay! I'm excited too! You made the best cupcakes ever!" I laugh and we stop at the door. "I cant go in with you, I'm teaching some of the students at the school today. Special guest." Twilight giggles and winks at me. "I will catch you later!" She says and hands me my box back.

"Thank you Twilight for the help. I will see you later." I say and head inside. Today it was not very busy, there was only one couple sitting at a window chair. Sweetie Belle was snoozing behind the counter and I head towards the stairs in the back. I glance back towards the door before heading up. I could go back, give up on this dream, but I cant. I have to do this. For Dashy.

I make my way up the all too familiar stairs and turn down the hallway to my room. Looking back one more time I open my door and head in. Not much had changed from where I left it, even though it had been almost a year after I moved out. My bed was still sitting there under the bed and the little mirror was still sitting on the table next to my bed. I smile. The sweet smell from downstairs reached my room and always made it smell great. I put the box down and grab my stuffed bear out of it. Rainbow gave it to me for my birthday before she died. Almost one year ago, Dashy died. On my birthday. Tears start to sting my eyes and I hold the bear close. I just miss her so much.

A knocking on the door makes me jump and I wipe away the tears quickly. Tuning around I open the door to a smiling Mrs. Cake.

"Hello sweetie. Are you moving in just fine?" She asks and looks at the little box on the ground.

"Yeah I am thanks." I say and pick the box back up, moving it to the desk by my bed. Truthfully I just want to be left alone of a while. Mrs. Cake walks in and self consciously touches the pink railing to my upstairs.

"Um, well, I was wondering if you could manage the shop today? I have not had a day off to spend with Mr. Cake in such a long time and I was thinking about taking one today." I look over at her and she had the biggest smile on her face.

"Yeah i'll watch the shop. Will Sweetie Belle be there?" I ask and smile back at her.

"Oh thank you Pinky! I will pay you more then usual for today." She walks over to me and gives me a hug, surprising me. After a moments hesitation, I hug her back. "Sweetie will be here today yes, so you will mainly have to work the back and do some cooking." She pulls away but keeps her hands on my shoulder. "Thank you again Pinky. This really means a lot to me!" She says and hugs me again before making her way to the door.

"I will see you later Mrs. Cake. Have fun with Mr. Cake." I say and wink at her.

"Oh I will!" Mrs. Cake giggles. "I will see you tomorrow." She says and leaves. I go back to my box of stuff and look into it. Not a lot. Some bathroom stuff, some personal stuff, my picture. I pull the picture out of the box and look at it. All six of us look so happy in the picture. It was the day we all graduated high school, last summer. All of us huddled close, Rarity and Fluttershy hugging, Dashys arms around me, AJ and Twilight both making funny faces on the two sides of us. We were all having so much fun that day.

I put the picture down on the desk next to my mirror. I'll have to get a frame for that later, after work. I take my bag off and throw it onto the bed. I'll put my cloths away after work as well. I look up at my upper room area and smile to myself. This room is so much better then my apartment, and I dont even have to pay rent.

I make my way to the door and back down stairs. The sound of chatter reaches my ear and I pick up the pace. I round the corner and see that most of the tables are taken up and sweetie was talking to Apple Bloom and Scootaloo behind the counter.

"Hey girls. How are you?" I say and walk up to them. Apple Bloom and Scoot look at each other and then to Sweetie Belle.

"Wer' good." Apple Bloom says.

"Uh, i'm ok." Scootaloo replies after her friend.

"I'm great! Are you starting today?" Sweetie Belle says excitedly and her friends look back at her shocked.

"Wait, you mean shes working here again?" Scootaloo says and Apple Blooms jaw drops.

"Yup! As of today!" She says and smiles at me.

"YAY!" The two other fillies reply in unison. I smile at them both as they jump onto me and give me a huge hug. Sweetie Belle pauses for a moment before joining in. I hug them all back and smile.

"Uh, hello?" I look up and see Colgate standing at the counter waiting to order. Sweetie Belle blushes and goes back to work.

"Alright you little fillies, I got to go back to work, so I will see you all later." I say and step back. They both smile at me and then make their way towards on the of open tables and sit down talking to each other. I smile and walk to the back room. There are boxes everywhere still so I start to pick them up and break them down. I make a pile for the old and used ones and the ones that could be used again. I hum to myself as I work, and it brings my mood up from where it was before. I smash all the boxes down and pick up some of the old ones to bring it over to the garbage.

A slight dizzy feeling hits me and I pause for a moment. I drop the boxes and grab hold of the shelves to steady myself. A tingling feeling goes down my entire body and I start to pant. After a few minutes, the feeling passes and I am left dripping in sweat. Catching my breath, I stand up straight and let go of the shelves. The feelings were gone, But I still felt a bit shaky on my feet. I look back at the hallway back towards the shop and bite my lip. I'll just go sit behind the counter for a little, sweetie can take the floor. I take a step and the second my foot hits the floor, I collapse, and everything goes black.