Refuge

by Fuzzee

Rating: teen
Tags: Spike, Comedy, Violence, Pinkie Pie, Twilight Sparkle, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Dark, Alternate Universe, Romance
Length: 1105

Pinkie tries to get away from her dark past.

It'd been a long time since she escaped the farm. But she knew she had to keep going.

I used the prompt of: She has been walking for hours. Her feet are starting to bleed. But she can’t stop moving… she can’t let him find her again.

This also correlates to: The happiest people, are always the saddest.

Published 2024-01-02 00:00:01 UTC
Last updated 2024-01-02 00:00:01 UTC

Chapter 1

"I'm gunna get there first!" A southern voice said.

"No, I am!" A raspy voice followed.

"Honestly darlings, can either of you go five minutes without competing with each other?" A posh voice complained.

Twilight's door flung open, revealing Twilight reading, and a pink mare with baby blue eyes, looking for a book.

"Hey Twilight!" That same raspy voice greeted her. "Uh, who's that?"

"Hi Rainbow Dash, this is Pinkie Pie." Twilight paused. "Pinkie Pie, this is Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack and Fluttershy!"

Pinkie gave an awkward smile and waved.

"So Pinkie Pie, where ya from?" Applejack asked.

Pinkie looked up at Applejack and back at the bookshelf, not wanting to make eye contact. "A farm. Where it is, i don't know, and i have no intention to know."

They all just stared in confusion.

"Have you eaten? Y'know, i love taking care of animals, and i can tell if they're hungry or not." Fluttershy walked up to Pinkie Pie.

"No. I don't really get 'hungry' like i used to." Pinkie Pie replied in monotone.

More confusion.

"So Pinkie, where'd you get those sick scars?" Rainbow Dash didn't know if she was being insensitive or not, unless someone pointed it out.

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She stared at herself in her bathroom mirror, bleeding across her face.

She sighed. She pulled out some gauze, as well as bandages and a hoof cast. While she was being pressured into doing chores faster, he broke her hind hoof. She chuckled to herself, not in a fun giddy way, but in a mentally insane way.

She snapped out of it.

"Girl! what are you doing? You're supposed to be working." He stared at her, angrily.

She sighed once more. "I'll get right on it da-" she stopped herself.

"What did you just call me?" He growled.

"I'm sorry I-" she was cut off.

He hit her side with so much impact that her head hit the mirror beside her, breaking it and causing the shards to fly everywhere. One cut her side, resulting in a 4 inch cut, that wasn't very deep, but hurt just the same. One also cut her neck, making a deep cut, that would probably never heal the whole way.

"I don't care if you can't walk, or breathe, but you are going to work, regardless."

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"Helloo?" Rainbow Dash waved her hoof in Pinkie's face. "Anypony home?"

"Rainbow dash." Applejack looked at Rainbow with a disapproving look.

"Heh, sorry."

Pinkie shook her head. "What was the question?"

"Where'd you get those scars from?" Rainbow reminded Pinkie.

"I.. Don't really wanna talk about it."

"I'll see you later girls, I think she needs a bit of a break." Twilight opened the door, leading them out.

"You didn't have to do that." Pinkie reassured Twilight.

"It's fine, they'll come back soon anyway." Twilight thought for a second.

Think, how can i cheer her up? Twilight ran from the main space, to the kitchen and came back with some coffee. "You said you hadn't eaten, so i assume you haven't drank anything either." Twilight handed Pinkie the coffee.

Pinkie took a sip, and her hair inflated, like multiple pink, fluffy balloons. Pinkie remembered this feeling before. The same thing happened when she got her cutie mark. Pinkie wrapped Twilight in a hug. "Thank you."

"Anytime Pinkie!"

Pinkie thought for a second. "Does.. This mean we're friends now?"

"I guess so!"

"So what're something friends do?"

Twilight giggled. "Just one friend is never enough!" Twilight paused. "How about we go make some more friends? That way you won't have to be stuck with me and my boring books all the time."

Pinkie gasped. "Your books aren't boring! Your books are so fun! Back on the farm, i never got a chance to just sit down and read!"

Twilight rolled her eyes and laughed. "Come on, let's go talk to my friends and see if they're willing to be your friends!"

Author's Note

Okay.. maybe next chapter i'll get to some of Fluttershy's ridiculous therapy sessions.

Haven't been really productive lately, but i'll try and make it to 1,000 words next chapter!

Prologue

It'd been months since she'd escaped the farm. She knew he would come looking for her soon, her hooves bled, colouring the snow a reddish pink. But she had to keep going until she found another safe village.

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"NO." he yelled. She covered her ears and closed her eyes. She reopened them in time to see something, a rock, fly at her face. But she couldn't dodge it in time.

The rock hit her face, creating a scar across her face that was at least two inches.

"I-i thought it would make you happy, i just wanted to make you smile.." Tears welled up in her eyes as her voice quavered.

"HAPPY? SMILE?" He yelled at an even higher volume this time. "THIS, this is why you are a worthless, useless pile of skin and bones."

At this point, she was crying.

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She tried not to think about the reason she fled home in the first place. She looked ahead to see a village, with beautiful decorations that went very well with the snow. She galloped towards the village, but suddenly collapsed.

She woke up in what seemed to be, quite literally, a tree house.

"Are we keeping her?" Said what sounded to be a young boy's voice.

"Spike, she might need our help." Said another voice. It was a girl's voice.

As her eyes fluttered open, she saw a lavender unicorn with an indigo mane, streaks of pink and purple coursing through her hair. She had big, beautiful violet eyes, full of compassion.

Beside her was a baby dragon, with a purple body, green spikes, and green eyes.

"Uh, hi! My name is Twilight Sparkle, this is Spike!"

As she rose up from the bed she was laying in, her eyes were filled with confusion. Twilight and Spike looked at each other and back.

"What's your name?" Twilight asked.

She scratched the back of her neck and thought for a second. "I-i.." She paused. "I dunno."

Twilight thought for a moment, then had an idea. "How about I name you?"

She had no objections, and just shrugged.

"Hm.. How about.." Twilight never took so long to think of something.

She's pink... Twilight thought to herself.

"What's your favorite dessert?" Twilight asked.

"Pies?"

"Perfect! Your new name is Pinkie Pie!. Twilight concluded.

Author's Note

Just the beginning! get ready for bunches of Twipie cuteness, Appledash rivalry, comedic Rarity snootiness, and Fluttershy's comedic therapy sessions!! :pinkiesmile::heart::twilightsmile: