Moonlit Sonata
The moon shone brightly above Luna as she stood upon her balcony, underneath the twinkling stars as she gazed forlorn over the city of canterlot. Normally, the princess of the night enjoyed these quiet times, but this time it was different. A small, silverish tear ran down her muzzle and fell towards the ground far below, as she lamented over her predicament. "All these possessions, all this power, and yet I am denied my one desire. All because of foolish, rigid traditions." Another lonely tear fell as Luna stared off towards ponyville, wondering what her beloved was doing at that moment.
The walls of Sugar Cube Corner shook that night, but not from a joyous occasion. Stray cupcake batter adorned the walls, as glass-breaking shrieks from Mrs. Cake and Pinkie Pie split the once peaceful night. "What is WRONG with YOU?!", Mrs. Cake bellowed, hurling a cake pan at Pinkie. " We took you in, gave you work, treated you like our daughter, and THIS is how you repay us?! You are a freak, and no longer are welcome here in our store!". Pinkie was nearly vibrating across the bakery floor with rage, her normally bouncy mane straight down over one eye, as the exposed eye burned with the anger of a thousand rabid squirrels. "I'm the freak?! At least i'm not the one cheating on the stallion i've been married to for 10 years!", she screamed, hurling a flower pot from the sill, and nearly missing Mrs. Cake's eye by a few meters. "Just because I prefer feminine company, instead of getting plowed by a stallion and popping out a small family circus, does not make me a FREAK!", another flower pot shattered against the oven, breaking the tempered glass as rage-fueled tears cascaded down pinkie's cheeks. As she trotted stiffly out the swinging doors of the shop, she cast one last glare at Mrs. Cake. "I hope soon that you suffer, as I have suffered this night". Without another word, Pinkie trotted silently out towards the only place she had left to call home.
Twilight Sparkle stirred in her slumber as a soft Tap-Tap-Tap resounded through the door to her home. "Spike, could you get that?", she mumbled, still half-asleep before realizing that spike was still away on business. Grumbling lightly about the hour, Twi opened the door, yawning as she peered out, her eyes then going wide as she saw Pinkie, her head drooped low and all her possessions in hastily gathered bags next to her hooves. "What on earth is going on here Pinkie?", she asked, as the pink mare's erupted into tear fountains and she started sobbing. "Mrs. cake threw me out! I have no job, and no home! Please let me stay here, PLEEASE!", she cried. Twilight gently picked pinkie up, helping the distraught pony inside, before teleporting all her possessions into the library.
Twilight set about making some tea for them both, as pinkie slowly calmed down, her sobbing now down to a low sniffle. "Now...", Twi said softly as she gave pinkie her tea, " calmly tell me what happened". Pinkie sniffled again and whispered softly, "Mrs. Cake heard that I like mares and blew a gasket, and threw me out after nearly assaulting me with a cake pan". She sipped her tea, as twi listened attentively. "I just don't understand what the big deal is", Pinkie continued, "Everyone has a celebrity crush, why is mine such a big deal?". Twilight looked at the pink mare inquisitively. "May I ask who this "Crush" is?", taking another sip from her tea. Pinkie blushed deeply and looked away as she whispered, "Luna...".