Memories Long Forgotten

Tiny fractures became cracks across the blue gems surface
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A few more fragments fell collecting in a pile at the base.
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Pinkie Pie opened her eyes and smiled as she saw the cyan unicorn sleeping peacefully, a
content look on his face. Sitting up from her position of sleeping on the chair, forelegs and
head on the side of his bed, Pinkie stretched and looked out the window to see it was early
morning. Resting her legs back on the bed and her head on her hoofs she just sat there
content watching Sonic's peaceful form.

She'd stayed the night despite the protest of the nurses, who eventually had to give in
unable to convince either lover Pinkie should leave. No matter what she didn't want to be
away from him now, memories of last night kept coming back to her and every time she felt
she would drown in her sorrow she would look back at him and feel a warm sensation run
through her body and memories of them together would drive away her sadness.

"Hey there" she saw a pair of caring opal eyes looking over at her, while she had been lost
in thought he had woken up.
"Hey there yourself" she answered with a happy smile.
"How long have you been up?"
"Only a few minutes"
After that they went silent and just stared into each others eyes, expressions of contentment
on their faces.

Every now and then Pinkie's friends would come and see how she was doing, Twilight had gone
and told Rarity and Fluttershy all that had transpired. Except for Rarity, who Pinkie had to
assure over and over that she was all right and that it was not Sonic's fault and if there was
any fault with him he had more than payed for it. Finally mollified Rarity had then left to get
back to her boutique. The others all expressed there concerns and sighed in relief knowing
she was fine and Sonic would have a complete recovery. Through the day Twilight stopped
by and dropped off food for Pinkie and the proper meal times.

Before they went to sleep that evening, Pinkie and Sonic both agreed it had been a satisfying
day.

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The cracks spread and bits of the blue gem fell off.
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A noticeable pile of rocks had now gathered at the base.
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'I could get used to this' Pinkie thought smiling fondly as once again the first thing she saw when
she woke up was him sleeping.

That day he seemed much better, in a conspiratorial whisper he told Pinkie he had used a spell
he had learned from his studies that speeds up healing. He explained it only sped it up though
so he couldn't actually heal somepony with it, but had to wait till they were put together properly
before it could be cast. The side effect was he was hungrier more often as the spell fed off his
energy.

Being healthier he did less dozing today and instead enthralled Pinkie with tales of his journey
around Equestria. A few times they heard the head nurse scolding her staff to get back to work
as she caught them eves dropping at the door listening to the stories. Pinkie and Sonic smiled
in amusement at each other every time this happened before Sonic would continue his story.
Dash and Rarity were both caught eves dropping by the door too when they came to visit, then
when they were caught and came in blushing they muttered something about not wanting to
interrupt as why they hadn't come straight in. Each of them stayed for a couple stories then had
to leave for work and chores needing doing.

That evening Pinkie was lying on the bed with her head on Sonic's left shoulder much to the
nurse's dismay, but he did seem to be better and able to handle it so she just sighed and left
Pinkie alone. Looking up at Sonic she smiled "would we be considered lovers now even though
we haven't yet.......?" she trailed off blushing faintly. "I thought we already did at your house in
front of your friends?" he said teasingly. Her face turned beet red as she imagined how it must
have looked him straddling her and then when they kissed, "You dirty minded stallion!" she
squealed punching him in the shoulder soft enough so she knew it wouldn't really hurt. "Ok
sorry, bad joke, but seriously I do believe we're lovers, it doesn't matter if we ever do that, as long
as you mean it when you say you love me, I believe it's the feelings and not the actions that
define whether two ponies are lovers or just really good friends". "Good answer" she said
snuggling up to him again.

A little later Sonic woke a little after midnight as he had done the previous night, to the sound of
Pinkie crying in her sleep. Like he had done the first time he gently stroked her mane and soon
she quieted down and seemed to be having more peaceful dreams. While he was up comforting
Pinkie every now and then a night shift nurse would come in who had a little free time on her
hands and he'd be more than happy to fulfill their request of telling them one of his stories in
a soft tone as he watched over the pink mare.
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Now hairline cracks went all through the blue gem so it looked like a dense network of webs
inside.
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Rock size pieces were now falling off and scattering around the base.
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There was an air of excitement in the hospital room that morning as the head nurse looked over
Sonic one more time before she'd let him leave, Although impatient Pinkie somehow managed to
survive all this till noon when the nurse finally consented to release Sonic from her care, he first
had to promise though not to do anything strenuous or taxing for the next week and keep his
bandages (she had just replaced) on for another two days. Having assured her he would he
stepped out the hospital doors into the sunny day with Pinkie by his side. A little wobbly at first
from disuse, he got around fine on his feet with Pinkie supporting him, till he felt steady on them
again.

As they walked everypony who passed them would offer congratulations on his recovery and wish
him well.

"Does everypony know about me and what happened?" Sonic asked after the fifth congratulation.
"Probably not exactly what happened, but it's a small town so of course they'd know if one of my
friends wound up in the hospital"
"That makes sense, so where are we going?"
"First I want to stop at Sugarcube corner, then we'll go get your stuff, no arguments your staying at
my place" knowing he'd lose that fight and wanting to do that deep down anyways he just made a
sound of agreement and followed her.

"Hi! anyone here?" Pinkie shouted as she walked into the treat shop, Mrs. Cake with a surprised look
on her face stuck her head out the kitchen door.
"Oh, honey! we weren't expecting you!" she hurried over and threw her fore legs around Pinkie's neck,
"I'm sorry dear we never told you, it just never seemed to be the time, I hope you can forgive us for
keeping it from you" a few tears ran down Mrs. Cakes cheeks as she apologized.
"Nothing to forgive, you and Mr. Cake have never been wrong by me. You took me in when I needed
you and helped me become independent, there was never a time to tell me and you knew that and I
thank you for keeping the secret and everything else you two have done for me" both mares hugged
for a bit before they broke apart and rubbed the tears from their eyes, Sonic just waited nearby
patiently.
"Thanks for always being an angel dear, taking care of you has always been a pleasure, now if you
could run along I'm busy now but if you come back tonight, lets say at 7pm, then I'd like to hear all
about your prince charming over there" She said waving a leg over at Sonic who blushed briefly at
the attention.

"She seemed great" Sonic commented as they headed back out.
"She is, I don't think there could have been two better ponies I could've ended up with" she answered
meaningfully.
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"Are you sure about that?" Sonic asked in surprise.
They had reached the hotel he had been staying at and after inquiring how much he owed for the room
he had been informed that he didn't have to pay for the days he was in the hospital, just pay off the
previous days.
"Yeah, you weren't using it and since we're never really full it's not like we lost money cause we needed
it for someone else. Besides your a good friend of Pinkie's and it's always a pleasure doing something
for her, even indirectly."
Still a little stunned at the hotel manager's generosity, Sonic went up stairs and came back down with his
saddlebags and paid the manager the bits he owed. Pinkie couldn't help but think how rugged his
saddlebag made him look, it was quite durable and seemed to be made to hold tools and other heavy
things. Breaking free of her thoughts she followed Sonic out and they both turned towards her house.
"Did you do something for him before?" Sonic asked curiously.
"Specifically? I can't recall but I can't stand to see anypony sad so I think I have helped most ponies in
town, several times even" she stated in a matter-of-fact voice.
Looking at her in wonder he was silent the rest of the way to her place.

Once inside and the door closed Sonic turned to Pinkie, "Glad we finally got here, I have something
for you but I was pretty positive the hotel would be the wrong place to do this."
"Something for me?"
"Yeah, I'm glad I was able to leave the hospital today I was afraid when I was first brought in that I'd be
stuck in there on this important day."
Starting to get very perplexed Pinkie asked, "Today? whats so important about today"
"Today's the anniversary of that day long ago," he said softly, "which if I remember right, it's also your
birthday."
Pinkie was quiet, not sure what to do.
"This might hurt, but I think it will bring more good than bad," he said as he levitated a frame from his
saddlebag over to Pinkie Pie, "I took from your house I thought you might want it"
Pinkie looked down at a frame of a picture, she was in sitting in the middle with a big smile on her face
and on both sides of her sat her sisters, behind them stood her parents looking down at them with love
and caring in their eyes and proud smiles on their face. Gently Pinkie reached out her hooves and took
the picture and sat down, soon a few tears splashed down on the picture and Sonic came around to sit
beside Pinkie and put his right foreleg around her comfortingly. "I'm sorry if I shouldn't have, I didn't
know what was to become of the house and property and wanted to save something special for you, if
I did wro-" he was stopped as Pinkie slowly reached back and silenced him by putting her hoof over his
mouth, "Thank You, this means more than you could ever realize, thank you so much" she laid her
head back onto his shoulder and kept gazing down at the picture.
Hesitantly he spoke up again,"there's one more thing" from his bag levitated a box wrapped in red paper
and held shut with a blue ribbon tied in a bow at the top, it appeared as if someone has sat on it,"I dug
through the remains of the silo, but this was all I could find"
She reached out and took it, at the top there was also a card, she pulled it off and in a quaking voice
read it out loud,"Too our dearest daughter who we thank Celestia everyday for her coming into our
life". Finally Pinkie couldn't take anymore, turning she threw herself into his arms and put her head over
his right shoulder and burying her head into his mane and cried. He levitated the gifts to a safe place on
the floor and gently rocked back and forth as he stroked her mane and alternately rubbed and patted her
back, "It's ok, let it out I'm here take all the time you need".

A little later they were still on the same spot on the floor but she was now leaning her back against him
tears drying on her cheeks, looking down at the gifts she looked back over her shoulder at him with a look
of wonder,"You kept these all those years?"
"Of course, I knew they'd be important to you."
She turned around and pushed her lips up against his and they were soon both lost in the kiss.
Sonic's face went beet red as the kiss was interrupted by a loud growl from his stomach. Pinkie looked
down at it in amusement then blushed also as her stomach growled back.
"Guess we've forgotten to eat today" she said with an embarrassed grin on her face.
"I guess we have" he grinned back.

While she went and made them brunch he put up the picture and present on the mantle over the fire
place. It was a quiet meal as they both contemplated what had happened the past day. By mutual
agreement after they ate they both went and sat down again, he held her while she just enjoyed the
feeling of protectiveness she felt in his embrace while she looked up at her mantle. They stayed that
way content, till, as the hour approached, he reminded her about going to sugarcube corner at seven.