Memories Long Forgotten

Pinkie Pie woke up feeling excited as usual, also as usual she smiled down at her drenched pillow imaging
how active she must have been in her sleep to cause that. She got out of bed and headed to the bathroom
passing Gummy still sleeping in his basket, soon she was all refreshed and hair perky ready to go out and
start her day.

To begin with she did her regular routine of checking on her friends, mostly in ways that they didn't see her
and if they did would greatly increase their curiosity on how she even managed to be in those places. All
her friends seemed to be doing great today so she headed on over to Sugarcube Corner to start her shift.

"Hiya all!" she greeted the Cakes happily as she hopped in the front door Pepe Le Pew style.
"Good morning" Mrs Cake answered smiling at the overactive pony, Mr Cake repeating his wife's greeting
"It is a good morning all sunny and clear and oh so cheery, what do you need me to do today?" she asked
happily bouncing around them
"Well we could use more muffins" Mrs Cake replied
"Oki Dokili Loki" Pinkie said happily hopping into the kitchen and started on the baking.

Later Pinkie headed out to find some lunch, pausing for a second, she sighed in contentment at the great
day she was having. A glimpse of cyan to her right caused her to turn, "hey Rainbow Daaaaa....." her
greeting trailed off as her eyes latched onto a picture of an explosion on the cyan's flank, something
momentarily tugged at her mind then disappeared. Pulling her eyes away from the cutie mark she saw it
wasn't her friend but a cyan colored unicorn stallion with a orange mane and tail.

"huh not Dash" she thought, "Wait! that's a new pony!" excitedly Pinkie went after him. Popping up in
front of him she saw the customary look of surprise and panic on his face at her sudden appearance,
oddly he seemed to also have a brief flash of recognition on his face but it was gone so fast she wasn't sure
it was ever there.

"Hi welcome to town! I'm Sweetie Pie what's your name!?" she asked excitedly hopping up and down in his
path forcing him to a stop
"S-s-sonic Boom" he got out
Awesomenamejustlikerainbowdash'swhichyoulooklikebuttotallyarentasshehaswingsandyouhaveahornand
youhaveawelllotsnotgetintothatanddefinitelynotgetintowhatshehasthatyoudont Huuuuh! Your new we need
to have a party i'll go set it up!" and with that she took off leaving a dumbfounded unicorn in her wake.

All over town a pink blur was seen but as it was not too unusual most ponies just smiled to themselves.
In only a few hours sugarcube corner was filled with ponies and Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Fluttershy
and Twilight Sparkle were heading over to Pinkie Pie to see what this party was all about.

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"Hey Pinkie great party! what are we celebrating this time?" Dash asked as they walked up to Pinkie
"Hey girls! yeah this party is great we're all welcoming my new friend Sonic Boom!" she giggled happily
"Who?" Twlight asked looking around.
"Huuuuh!!! I forgot to tell him where it was, I'll be right back!" In a pink blur Pinkie was gone, her friends all
looked at each other with knowing grins on their faces.

Looking all over Pinkie was surprised to find the stallion outside of her house.
"Hey silly the party is at sugar cube corner not here we need to hurry lets go!"
"Pinkie we need to taaaaaah!" Sonic's response was lost as the pink pony grabbed him and took off back
to the party.

"Thesearemyfriends Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Twilight Sparkle, Applejack and Rarity, allofyouthisismy
friend Sonic Boom now lets have fun!" energy and excitement poured from Pinkie's very being.

"Well hello there welcome to pony ville" Rarity said bringing her right foreleg up to her chest.
"Thanks" sonic muttered
"How long have ya known Pinkie?" Applejack asked kindly
Oddly a look of panic came over him for a moment before he muttered something non committal, Applejack
narrowed her eyes at him but let it pass
"Haven't seen you around before did you just get in to town?" Twilight inquired
"Just got here this morning on the train" definitely starting to look nervous at all the questioning.
"Where you from?" Dash asked
"Fillydelphia" he muttered
"............."
"What was that? Sonic asked confused
"............"
"I can't hear you"
"I think what Fluttershy is trying to say is are you staying long?" Dash giggled
"Just here to finish somethings then I'll be moving on" he replied, "if you'll please excuse me that punch looks
good" stammered Sonic as he made a quick getaway to the snack table

"isn't he great!" Pinkie exclaimed, "well gotta greet everyone else be back soon"
Watching their Pink friend trot off Twilight waited till she was out of earshot and turned to her friends, "What
do you think of Sonic?" she asked her friends with a worried look on her face, "to me he seems nervous, at
least more nervous than most ponies pulled into Pinkie's orbit"
"I agree sugar cube, he didn't even answer my question directly and it still came out like a lie" Applejack said
nodding her head in agreement with Twilight.
"Don't look now you all but i've been watching him since he went off and in all that time he hasn't taken
his eyes off of Pinkie, except to watch where hes going." Rarity said voice full of disapproval.
"You're right Rarity! and whats that expression he has if I had to guess I'd say he looks guilty" Twilight
said in concern
"He is oggling Pinkie, should I go over there and put him straight" Dash said getting hyped up
"Hold on there sugar cube don't get hasty, I don't think he means any harm y'all I don't get a malicious
vibe from him, it's more like, I don't know, he kinda lets off a kinda sadness feeling" Applejack commented
as she moved herself between Dash and Sonic's location.
"Your right AJ now that you mention it I kinda feel it too, but how could anybody involving Pinkie also include
sadness?" Rarity wondered.
"Pinkie is a grown pony, stop laughing Dash!, and can take care of herself, so I guess we should probably
just leave Sonic alone respecting his privacy, unless later it seems he does have some ill intent towards Pinkie"
Twilight surmised.
They all reluctantly agreed.

Sonic Boom nearly choked on his punch as Pinkie suddenly popped up in front of him, "great party huh,
having lots of fun right?" she asked excitedly
"Yeah great, Pinkie I have to ask why did you throw this party for me? Heck why did you even speak to me?
I'd understand if you hadn't wanted to" Sonic asked gloomily
Pinkie cocked her head at him inquisitively "What are you talking about? All ponies deserve parties and to be
happy and why wouldn't I want to talk to you, you so interesting, if a bit odd"
"I just came to town to say I'm sorry, I know its not enough and I'm not looking for forgiveness, I just want you
to know I am and I would do anything to make things right." he said hanging his head in shame.
"What are talking about silly, apologize for what, WAIT! did you backwash in the punch!? don't worry about
it Gummy does that all the time" she giggled.
"Wha......?" realization came to his eyes, "you don't remember do you?"
"Remember what silly, you really need to start including more clues if we're going to keep playing guessing
games"
"Don't worry Pinkie I'll make it up to you, I gotta go now, think some things over, but I promise that from this
point on I'm going to make you the happiest pony ever no matter what it takes, once again sorry, see you
later" A look of great sadness came over him then he turned and walked out of the party leaving a completely
confused and flabbergasted pink pony by the table with her mouth hung open.

Pinkie's friends hurried over
"what happened?"
"are you all right?"
"did he hurt you?"
"what's wrong?"
"I think he escaped from a mental institution he makes no sense! but did you see that frown, that just won't do
don't worry I'll make that frown turn upside down! I pinkie promise!" Pinkie exclaimed with absolute certainty.