Pinkie ran and ran.
Where she was going she didn't know.
All she knew was that she needed to get away.
Away from the lies.
The treachery.
Her p... employers.
She just needed to get away.
And somehow that led her to here, Twilight's castle.
If you were a fanciful person, you might think that this was destiny, fate. That in her hour of need, she ran to the one person she felt comfortable with the most.
But we're not fanciful people are we? And that would be ridiculous.
It didn't matter how she got here. All that mattered was resting for a while, until she could figure out her next steps. So she knocked on the door, tentatively. After a while, spike answered.
"Pinkie... What are you doing here so late?" yawned spike.
"It's a long story spike... Can I come in and speak to Twilight?" asked pinkie
"Of course" said Spike, letting her in.
Pinkie made herself comfortable in the sitting room, while spike went to fetch twilight. While pinkie waited, she took a look around at the different books. Some of them she recognized. Like the one that drew them in and they had to fight their way out (Why was it here?). The one that told the legend of the secret siren kingdom (For a future adventure perhaps...). The ones that Twilight had brought to their book club (started by her, of course).
"Enjoying the view?" asked Twilight
Pinkie pie turned around and witnessed the woman, the myth, the legend, princess twilight sparkle.
Even after all this time, seeing her in all her glory took her breath away a little.
She always thought twilight was cute, but after her ascension, it seemed that she had only become more beautiful (to pinkie anyway...).
"Hi Twilight..." said Pinkie.
"What are you doing here so late at night" asked Twilight.
And then it all came rushing out.
How she had been looking after the twins.
How they had messed up the living room (again...).
How she had found the book and the cakes came in and, and,
Pinkie found herself sobbing into twilights chest. Of course Twilight, being the absolutely wonderful pony she was comforted her as she managed to finish her story in tears.
"S-S-So I was wondering... Can I stay her for a while?" asked Pinkie
"Of course, take all the time you need." said Twilight
Classic Twilight, so kind, so helpful, so beautiful. But pinkie pie could never admit just how much she ~~loved~~ admired her so she just thanked her and followed Spike to a vacant guest room.
As she was laying there, trying to get to sleep. She thought about the whole situation. Why did the cakes lie to her? Did her family from the rock farm know as well? Was she related to applejack or not? These Questions and more floated around her skull.
Eventually she dismissed them. She would solve none of these problems without sleep. so with a heavy heart, she drifted off to the dream realm...
It was a dark and stormy night in ponyville. every so often you might hear the thunder and see the lightning. If you were a fanciful person, you might say that nights like this stormy night were made for dramatic reveals, the consequences of which would be felt for ages to come.
But we're not fanciful people are we? and that would be ridiculous. Speaking of ridiculous, pinkie pie was putting the cake twins to bed. Pinkie pie thought she was prepared to deal with their antics, but every time the twins managed to surprise her. Like this evening for instance, pumpkin thought it would be a good idea to turn the floor into a trampoline. or when pound escaped out the window, and pinkie had to chase him through town. Or when they both got frightened by the thunder and lightning and ran away to hide, which meant pinkie had to track them down and make sure they didn't endanger themselves... you get the gist.
But now pinkie had finally managed to put them into bed, after some bath time adventures and an impromptu game of towel tag (like regular tag, but you have to try to dry the pony you're chasing as well as catch them, which makes it a lot harder), she put them in bed and them read them their favourite bedtime story, "the adventures of the mane 6 (featuring pinkie pie!)". Currently they were on volume 7, where the mane 6 were facing off against the storm king, but they had fallen asleep before the big climatic fight. Probably just as well (Pinkie was getting kind of tired of acting it out for them)
Now pinkie pie could engage in her least favourite part of babysitting for the cakes. CLEANING UP. It was a long gruelling process that took pinkie longer than she thought it take, and DEFINATELY longer than it should have been.
As she was mopping, dusting, washing, fixing, air-freshening and vacuuming (All at the same time mind you, just one of her MANY talents, the other being, baking, cooking, drilling, making ponies smile, singing, dancing and saving the world) she bumped into a bookshelf that promptly proceeded to topple over.
pinkie pie sighed and began the ardous process of picking up and putting back the books in the correct order (or so close that nopony would notice, especially the cakes!) As she arranged the books she occasionally flipped through them, to see oif they contained anything interesting. Most didn't.
Many of them were books included in genres that pinkie pie wasn't interested in. Some of them, however, did pique her interest. Like this one novel about a girl living with her employers who eventually (and dramatically) finds out that they are in fact her parents!
If you were a fanciful person, you might say that this way a premonition, a sign of future drama and tragedy. But we are not fanciful people are we? and that would be ridiculous.
others included photo albums containing the cakes memories, like when the twins were born, or their wedding anniversary or that time when they all travelled to the Jurassic period (that was an accident and an absolutely WILD weekend, in more ways than one!) But pinkie pie couldn't spent all day basking in the memories of the past, like when she accidently created that paper monster (but in her defence, she didn't think that the pencil would ACTUALLY bring it to life, though she might have guessed by the way the proprietor said it would make her drawings more "life-like" and cackled maniacally)
Or when she accidently got them lost in the multiverse for two weeks, to be fair, nopony DIED (that didn't have it coming anyway) and doctor whooves did rescue them in the end but... Pinkie pie was getting off track, like the time she was driving a train and... NO, she had to finish organising these books.
It was a good thing she took all those organisation lessons from twilight, which eventually devolved into gossip sessions. (Except that one time when they found a wish granting genie trapped inside one of twilights books and used him to make some wishes come true before releasing him to re-join his genie family, what did they wish for well...) NO pinkie had to finish organising for real this time!
After putting back all the books, pinkie pie, walked away satisfied, until she tripped over one still on the floor (it reminds her of when she tripped and fell down a hole and became friends with members of a race of underground spirits, who taught her some of their tricks, but that's another story for another time.),
As pinkie pie picked up the book, she noticed that it looked unfamiliar, which was strange because she had at least seen every book on that shelf or so she thought (this actually reminded her of another time in twilight's library when she and twilight had discovered another entity trapped within a book, only this one was less than friendly.)
If you were a fanciful person, you might think that pinkie tripping over that book was destiny, as was toppling over the bookshelf in the first place. But we are not fanciful people are we? And that would be ridiculous.
As pinkie pie looked at the books unmarked purple cover, she wondered what knowledge awaited her inside. Anything could be in that book (anything, but she was pretty sure it wouldn't suck her inside and force her to play a deadly game, where either you win or you die in order to escape to the real world.). And so, pinkie pie opened the book.
It was mostly pictures of Mr and Mrs cake in their youth, Mrs cake hanging out with pear butter (AJ's mom), her and Mr going out on dates, the usual stuff. But then she sound them, pictures of Mrs cake holding a positive pregnancy test, pictures of her being pregnant AND a picture of her in hospital, holding a little pink earth pony foal with a caption underneath: "Welcome to the world Pinkamena diane cake.
(no. NO. NONONONONONONONO!)
"Pinkie?" said Mr cake.
Shocked, pinkie dropped the photo album. she hadn't even heard them come in. she couldn't believe what she had just seen. All at once, her world began to spin.
"We've wanted to tell you for so long" Mrs. cake quivered, tears in her eyes,
Then Pinkie pie began to run.
She ran straight out of sugar cube corner.
It didn't matter where she was going, all that mattered was that she was ANYWHERE but there.
Author's Note
When i saw the picture, I knew I HAD to make a story on it. I hope you guys enjoy
