Life of a Pie

A young pink filly by the name of Pinkamena Diane Pie silently pushed the last rock into the pile with her nose. She let out a soft saddened sigh, looking around the rock farm of Rock Country. The Pie Family was in the South Field preparing to move the rocks to the East Field.

There was rarely any talking. There was definitely no smiling or joy. There were only rocks.

Wiping the sweat from her whitish blue forehead, Katrena Kinkie Pie began picking up rocks from her newest pile to put into her little rusty red wagon.

Cloudy Quartz Pie had demanded that her sister Diamond move her family to Rock Country a few months after Glitterstone, their eldest daughter, was born. Cloudy may not've been the eldest of the two sisters, but she terrified Diamond Quartz to no end.

Glitterstone's younger sister Emily, who Diamond always liked to call "Emmynem" behind everypony's backs was currently eight years old.

When the two sisters ever talked to each other, it would usually only be Glitterstone's snarky comments, Emmynem simply ignoring her and maybe even making a saddened expression. Rarely, the sisters would even get into arguments.

They had only gotten into two fights, their mother breaking them up the first time and their father Beryllonite simply yelling at them despite it being something he never wanted to do.

The Pie Sisters, even being closer to each other than anypony in Rock Country, rarely talked to each other, making the farm even more dreary and boring. The few words they ever shared were either secret soothing comments or informing about work or dinner.

Katrena sighed heavily, staring up into the sky at a lone crow flying overhead. She honestly wished something would happen to brighten up the rock farm, at least a little bit for a short time.

Other than Glitterstone, Maud, and the four parents, nopony had their cutie mark in the West Field. Beryllonite's was a blue rock with a four-pointed star in the bottom right corner, Diamond's was...well, three diamonds, Glitterstone's was a flaming purple music note next to a small grey rock, Igneous's was a simple pickaxe, Cloudy's was three simple rocks, and Maud's was a dark grey diamond-shaped rock.

Katrena Pie looked up to see a few colored dots flying around in the clouds. She always wished she were a Pegasus, mostly so she could fly away from Rock Country forever, taking her two sisters with her and leaving their parents behind.

The red-maned filly sighed once more, pulling her ears back. The two sisters heard the sound of the dinner bell and looked up. "There's the dinner bell, I guess..." Katrena muttered, her ears slowly perking up as she lowered her head to the ground. "Come on inside, Pinkamena." She quickly grabbed a rock with her mouth to put in the wagon, clenching it between her teeth.

Pinkamena sighed through her nose, watching as her second oldest sister trudged toward the house. Hearing a large explosion in the sky, the blue foal stopped abruptly and looked up. "Holy Celestia!" Katrena exclaimed, gritting her teeth in annoyance as her short mane blew in her face.

The two fillies could just barely stay on the ground as a large gust of wind blew over Rock Country. They assumed it went to the other three fields as well.

Pretty soon, the wind stopped.

Katrena and Pinkamena looked up to see a large, colorful, circular rainbow explosion began to slowly fade away. Katrena simply stood there, mouth agape. A large open-mouthed grin slowly spread across the youngest Pie's pink face.

Pinkamena let out a loud shriek of delight as she quickly jumped up and down, startling Katrena and snapping her out of her thoughts. "That was a Sonic RAINBOOM!" squealed the pink filly, pausing her jumps. Her voice definitely had more energy and even...

Joy.

"A Who-nic What-boom?" Katrena asked, furrowing her brow in confusion as she pulled back one of her ears. Even her voice seemed to show a bit more happiness, but this shocked her.

Pinkamena hopped once more. "A Sonic Rainboom!" she repeated. "It happened! It happened just now! It happened even though Ma and Pa always said it was just an old Mare's Tale! I wonder who created this one!"

The young pony suddenly ran toward the silo, grinning widely once more. "Pinkamena!" Katrena exclaimed, waving her right front hoof in the air. "Where are you going?!"

"You'll see!" Pinkamena shouted behind her, not looking back as she darted into the silo's large door.

Pinkamena Diane Pie did not return. The sun was setting, and dinner had just ended. Quickly glancing out the window, Igneous Rock let out a soft sigh. "Does anypony know where Pinkamena went?" he asked.

Katrena shrugged, pulling her ears back in slight fear. "She went to the silo earlier just after Ma rung the dinner bell." she said softly. Cloudy Quartz grunted in annoyance. "We shall go there tomorrow morning. I honestly do not care about what she is doing, as long as it isn't...dare I say...ugh, f-fun."

"I doubt she would be," Maud said, walking over to the window to look out. "Pinkamena knows better than that." Cloudy scoffed, rolling her eyes. "I certainly hope so. Anyway, head to bed, you two. We have a long day tomorrow. You've had your dinner, you might as well get your rest as well."

Igneous Rock opened the door and exited the building, his wife and daughters trudging behind him. "After we check on Pinkamena," he muttered. "we better harvest the rocks from the South Field."

Katrena stopped in her tracks. "Pa? Do you hear that?" All four of the ponies stopped and listened. There was a faint noise coming from the silo. It almost sounded like...music.

Cloudy Quartz narrowed her eyes, pulling her ears back. "What the hell is that?" hissed the mare. Katrena blinked curiously, her lips parting. "Should we go check it out?" she asked.

Igneous narrowed his own eyes. "Pinkamena Diane Pie!" Cloudy Quartz exclaimed. "Is that you?" The silo door suddenly opened. Pinkamena's mane was poofed up like the day before. Maud and Katrena noticed small bits of confetti flying out from the doorway, a couple balloons even floating into the air.

"Ma!" Pinkamena squeaked. "I need you and Dad and the sisters to come in here, quick!" The door slammed once more. Maud and Katrena stared at each other, the youngest's expression confused and Maud's simply a bored frown. "The sisters?" Katrena asked hesitantly. "How hard is it to say our names?"

"Shh!" spat Cloudy. The Pie Family then walked toward the silo door, Igneous slowly opening as he and his wife dreaded what was inside.

There were confetti, streamers, and balloons everywhere. There were a few tables, tablecloths with creative designs and colors. There were several empty glasses, and even a couple punch bowls.

It was a party.

Pinkamena suddenly jumped up from the main pink-clothed table consisting of a blue punch bowl, several blue glasses, and a large yellow and white triple-layered cake covered in cherries.

"Surprise!" the young filly exclaimed, grinning wide. "You like it?! It's called...a party!" She loudly blew a party favor as her sisters and parents gasped loudly, Igneous dropping the piece of hay in his mouth.

Pinkamena's grin slowly faded, and she bit her lip. The room was tense and quiet, nopony sure of what to say. The Pies' lips trembled as they looked around the room. This confused Pinkamena a bit.

The pink earth filly sighed sadly. "Oh, you don't like it..." she murmured, turning her body away. She noticed everypony looking toward the three balloons of blue and yellow in the corner.

The Pie Family smiled.

Cloudy Quartz and Maud Pie grinned wide, while Igneous and Katrena simply had open-mouth smiles. Pinkamena gasped excitedly. "You do like it!" she squeaked, and quickly raced over to dance along with her parents and sisters after starting up the music once more. "I'm so happy!"

There was a dim flash next to Pinkamena's flank, and she briefly stopped dancing to see what happened. She had gotten her cutie mark, two blue balloons next to one yellow balloon.

"Now," squeaked the grinning pink filly. "Instead of Pinkamena Diane Pie, you can call me Pinkie Pie! Ha ha ha!"