Cure for Pain

I woke up to the sound of Twilight screaming. Dammit, I thought, what woke her up this time? I walked into my bedroom to find, surprisingly, an empty bed. But where was Twilight? I walked back into the living room to see the familiar glow of the computer screen. Twilight was sitting there, disgusted and speechless, with Coleton attempting to explain something to her.

“What happened?” I asked. Coleton looked back at me. “I was teaching her how to use the internet for her report to Celestia, and I was teaching her about Google Images. After explaining to her how to use it, she tried it out by searching the term ponies.” I was confused. “Why does she look disgusted?” Coleton sighed. “Safesearch was off.”

Oh dear Celestia. I laughed harder than I had laughed since Twilight and Pinkie came here. I thought about what exactly Twilight saw, but my thoughts were cut short when I saw it was only eight in the morning. “Why are you guys up so early?” I asked.

“Today is Sunday. Church, remember?” Coleton said. “Twilight saw me getting ready, and wanted to tag along to see what religion was like here.” I was a Christian, but I never saw the point in church. I prefer to show my dedication to my religion by helping others and being a good person. “Why don’t I hang around here, and help Pinkie when she wakes up?” I said.

Coleton had forgotten about what happened with her the night before and immediately agreed that it would be the best thing to do. When Coleton and Twilight left, I finally relaxed; it was the first time in a long time I had complete silence, and I was going to take advantage of it.

It was around ten in the morning when Pinkie came out of the bedroom. She was a mess. Then again, no one looks good coming off of a hangover, but seeing Pinkie looking so bad was out of character for her. “Hey, Pinkie.” I said when she came to the couch and sat next to me. “You alright?” She looked at me and tried to laugh, but she couldn’t. “Sorry about what happened last night.” was all I could think to say. “I shouldn’t have let you drink like you did.” She looked at me and smiled. “It’s okay, I didn’t know what beer was like, and I shouldn’t have tried it in the first place.”

Knowing Pinkie didn’t hate me for what I did was one of the most relieving feelings in the world. I hugged her. “Lemme make something to eat. We need to get that hangover gone.” She looked at me with a look of confusion on her face. “What’s a hangover?”

“It’s that crappy feeling you have the night after you drank too much.” was all I could say before I went to the kitchen. It was obvious that coffee would help. I made some coffee, some bacon, some eggs, and got some fruit. When I walked into the living room with a tray full of food, I saw Pinkie’s face light up. As soon as I sat it down on the table, she devoured the fruit. She picked up the coffee to take a drink, and a wave of panic went through me. “Pinkie, don’t-!“

Too late. She had already tipped the coffee into her mouth. As soon as the black liquid hit her tongue, her face went white and she spit it out onto the ground, leaving black liquid all over the floor. “Sorry.” She said. I felt extremely bad for her. She started off her visit by making a fool of herself in a packed bar (as a result of me), she had a nasty hangover, and she burnt her mouth on the coffee I should have warned her about. “Don’t worry about it.” I said. “You wanna watch TV?” I asked, picking up the remote control and switching the TV on. I found an old cartoon playing that Pinkie and I watched for the remainder of the hour.

“So, Pinkie.” I said, breaking the silence. “What’s Ponyville like?” She laughed. “Don’t you already know from that show, silly?” She had a point; I had probably seen most of the city on the show. “Well, what’s Equestria like?”

“It’s something I can’t explain. Maybe when you come back with us you can see it.” I spit my coffee out when she said this, and she gave her signature grin. “Looks like you forgot about the coffee too!” After I cleaned up my coffee mess, I asked Pinkie about what she said. “What do you mean ‘coming back with us’?”

“When you guys come with me and Twilight to Ponyville, of course!” said Pinkie. Her hangover was gone, which made me feel better. “Did Twilight tell you this?” I asked. “Twilight talked to me about getting you and Coleton to come back with us! She said that she wanted to thank you for letting us stay here for the weekend. She was planning on leaving tomorrow, and asking you guys to come with us this evening. Do you want to?”

“Well, of course.” I said. I didn’t even need to think about it, and Coleton would most likely feel the same way. “GREAT!” Pinkie yelled at the top of her lungs. Pinkie and I talked about what would happen when we got to Ponyville until Coleton came back with Twilight, laughing his ass off for some reason. “What’s so funny?” I asked, intrigued.

Coleton, through laughter, finally responded. “She asked the priest to explain Christianity, and when he started, she pulled out paper and started taking notes!” He was laughing on the floor now, with both Twilight and I giving him dirty looks. He was laughing because Twilight wanted to know about our religion? Why is that funny?

He finally regained his composure, and sat down by Pinkie, leaving me to stand up with Twilight. “So Twilight,” I finally asked, “What’s this I hear about us coming back to Ponyville with you guys?”

She looked at Pinkie, obviously suspecting her of telling me about it. “Pinkie,” she said disapprovingly, “It was supposed to be a surprise.”  I stood up and explained it to Coleton. “Twilight is planning on leaving tomorrow and letting us come with them to Ponyville for a little while.” As expected, Coleton was pretty excited, and was more than happy to come with us. After it was registered that we were going, Twilight told us about what was going to happen when we got there, which I had already heard from Pinkie. When we got there, we were going to be welcomed by everyone, and we would go to Zecora and get our form changed to fit in in their world. Then we could just hang out around Ponyville. We would be living in the library with Twilight and Spike during our stay. Coleton and I were so excited, we couldn’t sleep that night. Twilight was sleeping on a makeshift bed in the living room, but I eventually let her sleep in my bed (making sure to turn off all music before doing so) and sleeping on the makeshift bed myself. It was the least I could do for them, letting us live in Ponyville for a while.