A Truth Revealed, A Smiling End

Pinkie arrived at the farm just like her friends, but she wasn’t confused by it.

“You are late. Everyone is already around Holder’s Boulder.”

Pinkie smiled at the deadpan welcome her sister Maud gave her.

“Sorry, I had to get Gummy from the shop,” explained Pinkie, showing the toothless alligator currently biting her mane.
While the sisters walked towards their family, Maud asked.

“So you knew of all of this?”

Pinkie’s hair deflated a little.

“Yeah. I wish I could have helped Twilight with all of this, instead of-”

“Making every creature you have ever met happy? Helping your friends smile at the face of danger? Being the best sister?”

Pinkie looked at Maud with surprise.

“You did all that before Twilight or Nightmare Moon started to alter the dream, and you didn’t have the almighty power of an alicorn or the smart of the most powerful bookworm in existence to do it.”

Maud stopped walking and put her hoof on Pinkie’s chest.

“In the face of a doomed world, you stood your ground and followed your heart to make every creature feel special and loved. You brought happiness to the world in the best way you could, never forget that.”

Pinkies hair puffed up again, and she gave Maud the biggest hug she could.
Once they arrived at the boulder, Li’l Cheese ran at them, followed by Cheese Sandwich.

“I can’t believe you chose me for a family,” Cheese said while Pinkie hugged her colt.

“I had very good reasons.”

With all the family gathered, they all said their goodbyes, and Pinkie took Gummy from her mane.

“You know Gummy, I always wondered,” said Pinkie as her family faded away. “Did you also know about all this?”

The little alligator licked his eye with his tongue.

“I knew it.”

And they both faded away.