A Life Without Sweets

"Hey girls." Pinkie said. "Hi Pinkie." said Twilight. "Ah brought ya some apples." said Applejack, pulling out a bag of apples from her saddlebag. "And after consulting with Twilight I brought you a box of my sugar free candy." said Rarity, taking it out.

"You can have at most 2 or 3 at a time, and then you'll have to wait a while before you eat any more. Make sure you record it in your log book if you do eat any." said Twilight. "Logbook? Oh you mean this." said Pinkie, taking out a small black booklet from a box.

"The doctor said that I have to write down everything I eat, and how many carbohydrates are in it." said Pinkie. "Yes that. It's very important, so make sure you don't loose it." said Twilight. "I know." said Pinkie.

"I brought you some books on diabetes, but I knew those wouldn't be interesting to you, so I also brought some fiction books." said Twilight, setting a small stack of books on Pinkie's dresser. "And uh, I made you this." said Fluttershy, taking out a small, stuffed teddy bear.

"Oh I love it! I know Gummy does too." Pinkie said, taking it. "See." she said, as Gummy attached himself to it's head. "Thank you all for the gifts." Pinkie said. As Pinkie pulled them into a hug, for the first time in these past two days, they wore genuine smiles.

They stayed like that for a bit, until Pinkie spoke up. "Hey girls." she said. "What?" asked Twilight. "How about when I'm feeling better, we have a party. With sugar free cake." Pinkie said. Twilight smiled. "That sounds wonderful." she said.

They let go of her, and for the next hour or so they all talked. Finally the time came for them to say their goodbyes. "Ah gotta get back to the farm." said Applejack. "And I have a large order to fill." said Rarity. "I have to feed the animals." Fluttershy told her. "And I better go check up on Spike." said Twilight.

"Aren't you going too?" Pinkie asked Rainbow after the others were gone. "Nah. I don't really have anything to do." Rainbow Dash replied. *Up in Cloudsdale* "Where is that pegasus?!" wondered a frustrated Cloudkicker, stomping her hoof onto the cloud. "She was supposed to be organizing a storm."

"If you say so." said Pinkie. "Hey! What's that supposed to mean?" asked Dash playfully. "It means what it means miss lazypants." said Pinkie. "Hey I am not lazy!" objected Dash, "Just because I skipped out on a few jobs don't mean I'm lazy."

"Sure you aren't." said Pinkie, giving a giggle. That one small action caused Dash to freeze up instantly. She didn't know why, but her heart was beating faster. Pinkie took notice of this, and asked, "Are you okay Dashie?"  "Huh? Oh, yeah I'm fine." said Dash, snapping out of her trance.

"Alright then if you're sure." Pinkie said. They talked for a while longer, until it turned 5, and Mrs. Cake came in with some dinner. "Oh, Rainbow Dash. I didn't know you were still here, hold on I'll get you something to eat." she said.

"A dafodil sandwich will be fine." Dash told her. She nodded, and after writing in Pinkie's log book, she went back out, and a minute later came back in with a daffodil sandwich. "Thanks." Dash said. Mrs. Cake made to leave, but Rainbow Dash stopped her.

"Wait." she said. "What is it?" asked Mrs. Cake. "Um, well, do you mind if I stay the night here?" she asked. "Of course not. There's a guest bedroom right next door that you can sleep in." Mrs. Cake told her. "Thanks." she said. "No problem dear." Mrs. Cake told her.

Pinkie was about to dig into her meal, when Rainbow stopped her. "Pinkie wait!" she said. "What?" Pinkie asked. "Don't you remember what the doctor said? You have to take a test before every meal." Rainbow Dash reminded her.

"Oh yeah. Thanks Dashie." she said, taking the stuff out from the box. She pressed one of the machines against her leg, and pressed the button, making a small amount of blood come out. Next she put a drop of blood on the paper, and the paper in the test.

It beeped, and she looked at it. "117. The doctor said that was normal right?" Pinkie asked. "Yeah, he did." said Dash. Pinkie then delve into her food, and Dash ate slower than her, even though she only had a sandwich.

The rest of the day came and went, until it was time for her to get to sleep. "I'll be sleeping right in the other room, so if you need something, just knock." Dash said, before leaving. She went in the guest bedroom, and laid down on the bed.

She was unable to get to sleep, so she started thinking. She thought about how things were going to change now. Pinkie wouldn't be able to do as much any more. She wouldn't be able to enjoy sweets whenever she wanted. She'd have to be careful about what she ate, or she could collapse again.

All of these things made her want to cry, so she tried to think about other things. She thought about her dreams, her ambitions, anything to keep her mind off of the sad present. She didn't know how long she laid there, but she heard a small knocking coming from the other room, meaning Pinkie wanted her.

She hopped out of bed, and quietly exited the guest bedroom at Sugarcube Corner. She walked over to Pinkie's room, and entered it. "Hey Dashie." Pinkie said. "Hey Pinkie." said Dash. "Could you help me walk to the bathroom?" asked Pinkie.

"Of course." he said, helping Pinkie get out of bed, and letting herself be leaned on as she led Pinkie out of her room, and to the hallway. She walked Pinkie to the bathroom, and waited as she went. "Thanks Dashie." Pinkie said, after coming out.

"No problem." she said. She walked Pinkie back to her bedroom, and as she was about to leave Pinkie stopped her. "Wait." Pinkie told her. "What?" Dash asked. "Um, well, could you stay here with me?" she asked. "Uh, sure." Dash said, scooting into Pinkie's bed with her.

She was so distracted by this new development that she didn't notice Gummy clinging to her head, until she was just about asleep. The next morning she woke up, and Pinkie was standing out of the bed, giving herself a test. "124, good." she said.

Rainbow Dash yawned, and got out of the bed. "Come on Pinkie, why don't we get you some breakfast." she said.