Every year I think..I think of him, my friend. The first friend I ever had before I move to Ponyville.
His name was Tommy, Tommy Grey, But I just called him Smiles mostly because he always smiled when I saw him.
I remember first seeing him after my 10th birthday party.
The Greys had just moved to the house next to mine a few weeks prior to my birthday. The
Cakes were going to invite them but they had to take care of Tommy because he was really sick so they never came over
with him. I remember playing with my balloon and hopping around when I first got a glimpse of him.
Noticing him my first reaction was to hop to the fence and look over, so I did.
"HI!" I yelled, getting his attention:
"Hi." He said quietly but just loud enough for me to hear him:
"I'm Pinkie Pie! What's your name?" I asked hoping to get a response from him, after a second he looked up at me again:
"Oh..My names Tommy." He said while starting to smile.
After that very moment though, I knew we were going to be good friends:
"So what's with the head bandages Tommy?" I asked hoping not to hurt his feelings.
He then stopped playing with his trucks and stared at me again:
"I have these bandages because I have a very bad sickness."
"What's the sickness Tommy?" I asked again hoping not to hurt his feelings:
"I can't pronounce it Pinkie all I know is it's a very bad sickness."
I didn't say anything I just stared at him for a long time.
After a couple minutes I finally broke the conversation:
"So..Would you like to go for a walk or something?" I asked him:
"Sure Pinkie, my Doctor said it was a good idea to get lot's of exercise and I have wanted to go for a walk for a while so..Okay! Let's go."
Tommy then got up, unlocked the gate as did I and both of us walked down the road behind our houses.
We walked for hours and I mean hours around the block until it started to get dark and both of us walked back towards our house.
After a while we finally ended up back home:
"I wish this day never ended." I said to Tommy:
"I wish so to Pinkie. I had a lot of fun today and I hope to tomorrow also."
I didn't say anything I just smiled and gave Tommy a large hug before wishing each other a goodnight.
Morning came so quickly. As soon as my clock went off I jumped out of bed, brushed my teeth and ran out the door.
After getting out side I decided to wake Tommy up with a surprise.
So I walked up to his window in the backyard and pulled myself up from the rather high up window sill:
"GOOD MORNING TOMMY!" I yelled, shocking him out of his blankets and finally turning towards me:
"Pinkie?" He asked:
"What are you doing here?" He asked again, I just giggled:
"I came over to surprise you." I said with a rather large grin on my face. Tommy didn't say anything, he just smiled:
"Well that was very sweet of you Pinkie. I'll be out in a minute okay?" I just nodded and climbed down from the window.
After a couple of minutes Tommy then walked outside to join me:
"So what's on the agenda today Pinkie?" Tommy asked:
"Well I was thinking of going to the park today and play pirates what do you think?" I asked hopping up and down:
"That sounds like fun Pinkie! Let's go!" Tommy said running towards the gate, I followed behind.
Upon getting to the park I had brought some paint with a brush and artist beret.
Before I did anything Tommy stared at me confused:
"What are you doing Pinkie?" Tommy asked:
"Well.." I started:
"I was thinking of giving your bandages a nice colorful makeover. You know to make you stand out more."
Tommy then smiled in excitement:
"I've never had anypony offer to paint my bandages before Pinkie. Thank you." He said.
Of course I never said anything back and just smiled:
"Well then let's get this started shall we Tommy?" I asked. Tommy then nodded in agreement.
After a while I was finished painting. I then took out a mirror and showed him my work.
He then smiled and gave me a rather large hug. I to smiled and returned to hug.
A minute passed and we finally broke the hug. I then broke the silence:
"You know Tommy, You smile a lot for a sick pony. Oh Oh I'll give you a nickname..um.."
I thought to myself for a while:
"What shall I call you? Smiles! What do you think?" Tommy then giggled:
"I love it Pinkie. It's a great nickname."
I then giggle:
"Come on let's go play Pirates, Smiles." Tommy then nodded and the both of us ran towards the large Pond.
After playing for a few hours both of us were getting tired from all the fun we had so we decided to head back home.
Upon returning we decided to finish the day off with some games in my backyard.
We decided to do some racing since Tommy was a huge fan of racing.
So we got a couple of small traffic cones and then we began.
I won a few times as did Tommy.
We then finished up the game and we both went into our separate homes for the night.
5 years then passed and both of us started getting older.
It was Tommy's 16th birthday so I decided to throw him one myself.
After the party we decided to go back to the park and have some fun there; This day forever changed my life.
I didn't know he was even sicker then before.
We decided to have a race up the hill at the park which we had done so many times before,
but after I beat him up the hill he then ran the catch up to me but then collapsed:
"TOMMY!" I screamed before running to his aid.
Without hesitation I picked him up and ran as fast as I could towards the hospital just as it was starting to rain.
After a few minutes (Which felt like hours) I finally made it to the hospital with a very pale looking Tommy on my back.
The Nurse ran up to see what the problem was. I explained what happened while tears started to flow in my eyes.
The Nurse then took Tommy to the intensive care to take care of him; That night I never left the Hospital at all.
The next day one of the Doctors woke me up to tell me good news:
"Your friend is doing okay. In a few days he should be back to normal and you two can hang out again.
He's being taken care of now but if you want to see him you can."
I then thanked the Doctor and ran down to hall towards Tommy's room.
Upon arriving I heard beeping coming from the room,
I then walked in and there he was; reading a book until focusing on me. He smiled, I smiled back:
"Thank you Pinkie." He said quietly:
"No Smiles, Thank you." I said. He then looked at me confused:
"What do you mean Pinkie? I didn't do anything." I then smiled:
"Thank you for still being here. I wouldn't know what I'd be doing if you were gone."
Tommy didn't say anything, he just smiled. I then walked over to him and handed him a large book titled:
"Memories" He then opened the book and saw all the pictures that were taken of us when we hung out together.
Tommy then closed the book and turned his head towards me:
"Thank you Pinkie." He then smiled again.
I then walked closer to him and gave him a kiss on his forehead,
I backed away slowly and saw him blush:
"Thank you for everything Smiles." I said with a rather large grin on my face:
"No Pinkie. Thank you. For everything."
I smiled and was glad to see that my friend was getting better.
After getting out of the hospital we then started hanging out again.
2 years later his sickness finally caught him and he was gone but my memories with him weren't.
At the funeral I got up to say a few words about my best friend:
"Several years I hung out with him. He was the first friend I ever had.
I know that he is still here and that he still want's me to keep on smiling.
All I want to say is that I still love him. Even if he is gone."
Tears then started to form in my eyes as I was walking away from the podium:
"Goodbye Tommy."
...
10 years had passed and The Cakes and I moved to Ponyville to continue the shop there.
During my summer vacation I had gone back to the park where Tommy and I hung out.
I then walked up the hill and looked up at the sky and smiled:
"Thank you Tommy. You were my best friend and I hope to see you again."
I then put the bandages he used to wear down on the ground and looked up at the sky again.
Looking up I closed my eyes and smiled:
"Thank you Tommy. For everything."
The End
