Everyone Needs Pinkie Pie

I am not important...

No pony likes me anymore...

Even all of my friends have left me...

These thoughts are what ran through the saddened, pink party pony's mind that day. Her room was dark and all of the balloons she had set up for a party were popped, the remains spread out on the wooden floor. All of her "extra guests" as she called them were slumped over, some laying on the floor and others toppled, in Rocky's case. The cake hadn't even been touched. That's how sad Pinkie Pie was. She wasn't enjoying a new pony's arrival in town. That new pony had taken all that she had loved and snatched it out of her hooves, taking over as the Official Party Pony of Ponyville! ...It was official. Pinkie Pie was old news.

What happened to the parties that she used to throw? What happened to her? Her mane was straight and her cutie mark even looked as deflated as she did. And what also happened to her friends? They didn't even show up to Gummy's 5th birthday last week. Were they busy like last time or... did they really leave her for good? Ugh, so many questions to be answered and none of them had been answered yet. Why does this keep happening to-

Ding dong!

The doorbell rang and silenced all of her ongoing thoughts. Getting slowly to her hooves, she opened her bedroom door and trotted down the stairs, small tears dripping down her face and onto the cold floor that was once warm with hoof-steps from the bustling ponies that came in every day just to see her and what she could do with her treats and laughter. As she reached the door, she heard a distant voice from the other side.

"Pinkie? Pinkie Pie, are you there? You haven't come out for days and it's starting to worry me! Are you alright?" It was Rainbow Dash.

Pinkie grabbed the doorknob and twisted it sharply, then pulled the door open, the light from the glowing sun brightening up the entrance and part of the parlor. However, it didn't seem to brighten up Pinkie's mood. She just stood there with a stone look on her face, staring directly into Dash's magenta eyes.

"D-Dashie, is that really you?" She asked, seriously curious. Her friend had come back for her...

Rainbow just simply laughed, then replied with a chuckle in her voice. "Yeah, it's me, Pinkie. Are you alright? You look so... sad."

Pinkie replied with a flat tone, which was highly unusual and this surprised the bright blue Pegasus. "Yeah, I'm fine. Why are you here? I thought you were having fun with Cheese Sandwich..."

"Well, I was, but I decided to come and check on you. You don't look so good..."

Pinkie's tone quickly changed into a sharp, angry manner as she shouted in her friend's face. "I'm fine! NOW LEAVE ME ALONE!" Pinkie then grabbed the doorknob, nearly breaking it off the door itself, and started to slam it shut. However, a hoof stopped it in the process and Rainbow Dash let the door slowly swing open again. She stood there with a concerned expression, her ears flattened tightly against her head.

"P-Pinkie, what has gotten into you? You've never been this way before! Please talk to me!" Pleading could be heard in Rainbow's tone and Pinkie could tell that she meant business.

"There is nothing to talk about, Dashie. I am fine here with my friends and I don't need you or any pony else telling me what has gotten in! I am the same party pony that you knew and I have not changed. Now, I suggest you leave before I'm forced to shove you out!" This time, when slamming the door, Rainbow Dash didn't stop it in its place. She just simply let wood hit painted concrete as it closed on her.

And it would stay closed.

Pinkie Pie could hear the trotting of hooves going off into the distance as she cried in the darkness.