Love can be Pink

Chapter 2: The Party

Here I was standing outside Sugarcube Corner. It took me some time to find it since I had to walk around a good part of the town to find it and also with some help of the ponies I asked.

I was about to knock on the door when it just swung open and standing inside was Pinkie herself looking at me with a big smile on her face.
“Oh you’re here!” She announced cheerfully. “You’re five minutes late!” She added looking down at her watch.

“You didn’t exactly tell where this place was.” I responded trying to not sound a bit angry. I had left at seven and it took longer than I had expected.

“Oh yeah!” She said as she remembered I was new here and didn’t know many places. “Well either way come inside! The party has just started.” She said pulling me inside. The whole place was decorated with streamers and balloons of all sorts of colors and to my surprise a lot more ponies had attended then what I was expecting.

“Well?” She asked me, I was a bit stunned by everything she had put together for somepony she barely knew.

“I’ve got to hand it to you Pinkie; this is a lot more than what I was expecting.” I said looking at all the ponies which in return were all looking at me. Some with smiles, others with neutral expressions and some were talking to another pony as if silently judging me from my appearance.

“EVERYPONY!” She yelled out to which everypony now turned to face her instead of me. “I’D LIKE ALL OF YOU TO MEET FADING BOLT! HE’S NEW HERE IN PONYVILLE SO BE NICE TO HIM.” Just what I didn’t want at the moment, a lot more of attention.

“Hello!”
“Hi!”
“I really like your mane!”

“Come with me, I want you to meet my friends.” Pinkie told me dragging me to one part of the room where five other mares were talking with each other. Amongst them was Applejack, that kind one from the apple stand.

“Howdy, Bolt” Applejack greeted as she instantly recognized me, the other girls turned around to look at me all with smiles on their faces.

“Nice to meet you darling, my name is Rarity and I’m the town fashionista. If you ever need any attire to be fixed or are simply looking for what the latest in fashion just stop by my boutique and I make sure to find something appropriate just for you.” Said a pristine white unicorn with a deep purple mane as she extended her hoof out to me, I reached out and shook it.

“What brings you to Ponyville, Bolt??” Asked one of the other girls, she too was a unicorn but she was a lavender unicorn with two lighter highlights in her hair and tail.

“Well…” I didn’t really want to tell anypony about why I was really here for so a little lie wouldn’t hurt. “I guess I just wanted a ‘new start’ to say the least.”

“Hmm… Well you came to right place! If you ever need any books stop by the library and I’ll be there to help learn anything you want.” She told me, it would’ve been nice if she would’ve told me her name as well.

“A new Pegasus in town, huh? Well I’m Rainbow Dash, the fastest flier in ALL of Equestria.” She posed as she said proclaimed her ability, I liked the fact that her name suited her mane in the rainbow fashion.

“Umm… Hi…” Said the last one, a yellow Pegasus as well, she was a light yellow; almost tan with light pink hair and by the looks of it very shy as well.

“What’s your name?” I asked her intrigued to know.

“Fluttershy…” I just managed to hear her over all the noise there was at the shop but it seemed to suit her well, at least the shy part.

After all of Pinkies friends had introduced themselves and I had done the same we spent the next hour or so speaking, the main subject being primarily me. I’d had to admit I was actually having a good time but even though I was socializing that didn’t stop me from being my usual cynical self. I don’t know if they noticed and if they did then they were just trying to act nice and not say anything.

“So Bolt, what do you think about this town and the ponies so far?” Rainbow Dash asked at the same time Pinkie Pie turned over to look at me; her eyes told me she was expecting to hear something positive.

“Well to be honest I--“I was cut off by a sound ache coming from my head.

“Is something wrong Darling?” Rarity asked me with genuine worry in her voice. The others just looked at me with worried expressions.

“Yeah don’t worry. I just need some fresh air; I’m going to step outside for a brief minute.” I said turning around and hurrying towards the door.

“Would you like some company?” Rarity asked.

“I’ll be fine, don’t worry.” I said before rushing outside, the headache was becoming more and more painful. I took out one of the pills and was about to chug it down when I remembered I had to take them every five hours.

“Carp…” I said searching around my little satchel I had brought with me to see if I had any aspirins.

“Thank Celestia…” I said as I pulled two out and proceeded to take them. I took about another minute to get some fresh air and was slightly scared when I heard Pinkie’s voice come from behind me.

“Are you okay, Fade?” She asked causing me to let out a yelp.

“I’m alright. Just needed some air, that’s all.” I said turning around to head back inside.

“What was that you ate?” She asked me.

“It was um…” I said hesitant for a second.

“Was it candy?” She asked again a smile on her face.

“It was something like that.” I responded.

“Can I have some?” She said cheerfully waiting to taste the delicacy I had ingested myself.

“Sorry, all out.” I said stopping right beside her.

“Bummer… I’ll just have some of the candy inside.” She said as she bounced around, I stopped her right on her tracks before
she could go any further.

“Wait, Pinkie I need to ask you something.” I said making sure she was facing me and that I had her full attention.

“Because you’re my new friend silly!” She said smiling at me; this only managed to confuse me.

“Do you do this kind of thing for everypony you meet? I needed to know so my mind could be at rest and not overthink the
whole situation.

“Well it depends, to someponys I’ll just greet and give them a little ‘Welcome to Ponyville’ cupcake and then to others I’ll throw them a party!” She said which actually surprised me.

“Wait so you have preferences when it comes to meeting somepony new?” I asked her just to see if my suspicions were correct.

“Well I tend to throw parties for ponies I know I’m going be SPBFF’s with!” She answered.

“SPBFF?” I asked unaware of what the initialism stood for.

“Super-Pony-Best-Friend-Forever.” She said finally bouncing away towards her group of friends I had been bonding with.

“Friend…” I said thinking about the simple fact that she considering me one of her friends already, it also brought a small smile to my face.

The rest of the night went off a lot better, I got to know a bit more about each pony, they told jokes, we sang and we even danced.
That night was probably the best night I’ve had in a long time and was a good change from the dull world I came from.

“You want to hang out tomorrow?” Pinkie asked me as I was just leaving towards my house.

“I guess, depends if I finish everything I have to get done tomorrow.” I told her even though I wasn’t certain if I was really going to be able too.

“Do you ‘Pinkie’ promise?” She asked me to which I simply agreed to.

“Okie dokie lokie then! See you tomorrow Fade!” She said before bouncing back into the store.
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My alarm went off at 8 exactly. I groaned a bit wanting to stay in bed for a few more minutes but I knew I had to get things done today.

I got myself out of bed and into the shower. Another hard decision was what I was going to eat. After a few minutes I settled for a simple breakfast of a piece of the pie I had bought and a glass of milk.

As I ate I started to recall al off yesterday’s events.

Even though it was fun and I felt happy because I knew I had some friends I still managed to feel bad and unhappy with myself, like if I just couldn’t let myself enjoy those moments.
I remembered I had to take the pills and after taking them I went out the door with a set route to go to the market and buy some
groceries.
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“Can I get a cucumber and a head of lettuce please?” I said to the pony attending the vegetable stand.

“That’ll be 3 bits.” She said handing me the vegetables in a bag, I gave her the money, thanked her and left.

“Let’s see what am I missing?” I said looking through my list. “Well this seems to have been the last thing; I guess it’s time to head back.” I said putting the list back in my bag and heading towards home.

I passed by Applejack’s stand but she seemed to busy so I simply walked by, she didn’t seem to notice me either so I simply continued my route.

When I returned home I found the mail mare standing in front of my door knocking, I walked up to her and gave her a light pat on the shoulder so she could turn around.

“Hello.” I greeted the mare once she had turned.

“Letter!” She exclaimed handing me the envelope, I took a quick look at it and noticed it was from the clinic

“Well thank you…” I thanked her while I took a look at the letter, it was from the clinic.

“You’re welcome!” She said before leaving.
Now is when fear kicked in, I had in my hand a letter from my doctor that could possibly tell him whether the tumor was dangerous or not. If I could have it removed or not. I rushed inside my house as fast as possible and took a seat on the couch.
My heart was racing as I started to open the letter; I took out the contents and quickly started reading.

Dear Bolt.

I am sending this letter to inform you that the results are ready, much quicker than expected and, that it would be great if you could come in as soon as possible to talk about the necessary precautions.

Doctor Whooves.

I felt terrible after reading it. That last part indicated that they had in fact found something bad and that I was going to need more medications or even surgery.

I didn’t want any of that, I wanted to live normally again. I wanted to do so much more but this illness might prevent me from doing so.

I sank into my little world of sorrow and pity once more, I thought about last night but it didn’t help. I decided to leave for the clinic as soon as I left the groceries at home.
I set them away quickly and as soon as I knew it I was headed towards the clinic to face the news.