Balloons and Needles

Chapter 7: Talking to Yourself

After Rainbow Dash left Pinkie sighed sadly, having the feeling that one of her friends may think down of her now. Pokey tried to cheer her up, but she wouldn't listen to anything he said, so he gave up and left her alone in his room. He had just come up to check up on her to find her still moping around on the bed.

"Why are you still so down Pinkie?" Pokey asked as he trotted over to the side of the bed. Pinkie didn't answer him back, instead she just groaned and looked at him sadly, which made him start to worry.It was highly unlike her to sit around and mope all day, even if something bad had happened.

"Pinkie, what's bothering you so much?" Pokey asked as he climbed onto the bed so he could be right next to Pinkie.

"Now that Rainbow knows I don't think she wants to be my friend anymore" Pinkie said sadly, her hair visibly deflating as she did. She was obviously very depressed because of Rainbow's less than stellar reaction to the news. Rainbow had just sat there and listened, showing little to no emotion, and when Pinkie was done explaining she flew off, not saying a word. Pokey didn't know Rainbow, and she didn't know him, so he could understand why things would be awkward after Pinkie told her that Pokey got her pregnant somehow, but of course, Pinkie took the awkward situation the wrong way, so now she's spiralling into a pit of depression.

"Pinkie, you know that won't happen" Pokey said as he hugged Pinkie, "From what you've told me you've been friends through thick and thin, this wouldn't break up your friendships"

"But what if they do?" Pinkie asked sadly, which made Pokey feel the need to protect her. He knew that this whole thing was making her feel absolutely horrible, and as his love for her grew, so did the need to protect her from anything that would make her feel bad. Pinkie didn't resist as Pokey pulled her into a cuddle, so that he could attempt to comfort her. In his hooves Pinkie actually felt safe and secure, and in no time at all she was sound asleep, the worries she had when she was awake slowly disappearing...

"Nice to finally meet you"

"What?" Pinkie asked as she opened her eyes, expecting to find herself in Pokey's hooves, but instead she found herself standing on a hill overlooking a small farm, "Who said that, where am I?" Pinkie looked around quickly try and see if she had been to this place before, and when she saw the large windmill just a small ways away she knew where.

"That's right, we're at the farm" somepony said from behind Pinkie, making her turn around. When she saw the pony that was behind her she nearly jumped down the hill. It was her, but something was different, something was off about her...

"Don't remember who I am?" the pony asked, making Pinkie nod slowly, "I'm Pinkamena. I'm you"

"But if you're me then how do I know that I'm me too?!" Pinkie asked quickly, memories of the mirror pool incident coming flooding back as she tried to figure out how there was another Pinkie Pie in front of her. Pinkamena sighed and brought her hoof up to her face, knowing that it was going to be difficult to explain how she existed inside her brain.

"Do you want the long or short version?" Pinkamena asked, causing Pinkie to think for a few moments.

"Short version please" Pinkie asked, her short attention span really shining when she was given the option to learn less.

"Well, basically I'm a split personality, and I live in your brain" Pinkamena explained, "If you go into a really deep sleep I can break out and take over your body for a short amount of time" For a moment it seemed as if Pinkie understoof what she was being told, but her face quickly scrunched up into confusion.

"I don't get it" Pinkie said honestly, making Pinkamena facehoof again.

"I'm all in your head" Pinkamena, her patience wearing thin, "We're inside one of your dreams right now!"

"Oh, really?!" Pinkie asked excitedly, quickly looking around for, something. When her eyes finally settled on a rock she made a face that said she was concentrating really hard, and then the rock turned into a small truffle. She ran over and ate it happily, humming to herself as it went down smoothly.

"This really is one of my dreams!" Pinkie cheered happily as the world quickly turned into candy land, with everything except for her and Pinkamena becoming delicious and edible.

"Okay..." Pinkamena said while giving Pinkie a disgusted look, "Now, how are things going with Pokey, did anything happen after I did the dirty dance with him?"

"The dirty dance..." Pinkie echoed, thinking about what it meant, "Oh, yeah! Well, I'm pregnant and now I'm in a relationship with Pokey. It's so much fun!"

"So you you two got together?" Pinkamena asked, "That's good news, I guess. Do I get a thank you for doing that for you?" Pinkie thought for a short time about it, and then decided to hug Pinkamena, making her gasp. She didn't actually think Pinkie was going to hug her, but then again, it was Pinkie, and she was friends with everypony.

"Thank you so much other me!" Pinkie said as a white light began to appear at the highest point in the sky. Pinkamena knew what this meant, so she enjoyed the hug even more, actually managing to crack a small smile until Pinkie disappeared. The dream was over, somepony had woken her up, and now Pinkamena would return to the dark part of Pinkie's mind, waiting for her next chance to escape.