A Life Filled With Pink

by My Only Weakness

Rating: everyone
Tags: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Original Character, Pinkie Pie, Slice of Life, Mr. Cake, Main 6, Mrs. Cake
Length: 21885

[2nd Person] You're a young colt of the age of 6 living by yourself but only to be found by a Pinkie pony

[2nd Person]
You're just a homeless 6 year old who has no family. But all that changes when a pink party mare takes you in to a ginger bread barkery shop.

Proofreader/Editor: Card_Shuffle
Credit to ConnVolpe for making the cover image

Published 2013-05-30 13:50:03 UTC
Last updated 2018-07-12 20:23:22 UTC

Chapter One

Chapter One

You've never knew your family. You've been living in a horrible orphanage your most of your life. They told you that you were a reject and would never be adopted.

At one point your decided that have had enough and you ran away from the orphanage because of the way they were treating you. They treated everypony else like they were there own child but they treated you like a freak of nature.

Surviving has been a big issue for you. You been keeping yourself hydrated by drinking out of a river, or a fountain if needs be, but food was the biggest issue, sometimes ponies would give you food. But if you got desperate you would have to steal some, you have been caught stealing food about three times but sometimes you would get off the hook because you were so young.

You walk through this new town you wondered to. You have know idea what the town is called but you don't care as long you are as far away from the orphanage as you can possibly get.

As you walk past every alleyway to find a place to sleep for the night. No luck yet. You walk through the town with your head low causing your silver mane to fall into your eyes. All you travel with is your saddle bag which has your blanket and some other unimportant stuff.

As you are walking you bump into someponys leg. You look up to see a pink curly hair mare staring down at you.

"I-I'm s-s-sorry m-ma'am" You say to her well avoiding eye contact. You always been a shy pony and always stutter on words.

"It's okay little guy it was an accident" She says with a caring voice and patting you on the head.

As try to walk around her you feel a hoof reach out and stop you.

"Hey I've never seen you around here before and should know because I know never pony in ponyville. My names Pinkie Pie and Did you just move here?" She ask you all with one breath.

"I um y-yes" you say

"I need you throw you and your family a party" Pinkie says excitedly

"N-n-no Th-thanks"

"Why not?" she asks you.

Excuses start to swim through your head and you try a fish out the best excuse

"B-because m-my p-p-parents don't like p-p-parties"

"WHAT, that's crazy how could somepony not like parties?"

You just stand there looking at the floor

"Well could you try ask them with they want a party?" she say getting down to your level

You nod

She pats you on the head and bounces away

You stand in place for a few seconds and then continue your search for a place to sleep

"I just don't get it" Pinkie says walking around Twilight's library "How could somepony not like parties, let alone a Pinkie Pie party" she continues

"Pinkie, You have to understand that moving to a new town can be very stressful on some ponies, maybe they don't want to deal with the stress of a party right now" Twilight says rearranging books

"I guess you're right Twilight" Pinkie Pie says coming to a stop of walking around in circles "I guess I need to wait until they're ready to have a party" Pinkie walks over to her friend "Thanks for the super duper help Twilight" she says hugging her.

"My pleasure Pinkie"

After countless hours of walking around looking for an alleyway to sleep in you finally find one that is dry enough for you to sleep. This alleyway even has a cardboard box that you could just about fit into.

You pull out your blanket from your saddle bag. The blanket is the only thing you have that is important, the blanket was a nice sea blue color just like the color of your coat. Your were told that when your parents dropped you off at the orphanage. The blanket was the only thing That you had with you.

You lay yourself down in the box and pull the blanket over you and slowly close your eyes.

The sun shines on your face wake you up

"Another sleepless night" you mutter to yourself

You crawl out of the box with your blanket and put the blanket in your saddlebag, you strap on your saddle bag and walk out of the alleyway.

As you're walking down Ponyville again trying to pass the time to the next night. You bump into someponys leg again, you look up to the same pink pony from yesterday with a smile on her face

"Hi" she says greeting you "Did you ask your parents?" She asks

"Y-yes" you say

"What did they say?"

"T-t-they said t-that they c-can't h-have a p-party b-because" you stop to think, Pinkie looks at you with worried face

"B-because t-they h-have t-to go to a b-business m-meeting" you say trying to put on a innocent smile

"Are you sure?" she asks

You nod

"Okey dokey lokie" she says with a worried tone and walks away

"dodged the bullet there" you mutter to yourself

Another couple of long hours of doing absolutely nothing you go back to the ally that you slept in on the first night and take your blanket out of your saddle bag and begin to crawl into the same box.

"Hey!" a voice call out from the entrance of the alleyway

You look over to she a dark silhouette on a pony, dropping your blanket you run over and hind behind the nearest trash can

"Hey, It's okay I'm not going to hurt you" the voice says

You peek your head out from behind the trash can to see a the pink mare sitting by your blanket and saddle bag

"Come on out from behind there I don't bite" She says

You come out from behind the trash can and walk over to her

The pink mare picks up your blanket and hand to over to you

You take the blanket and hold it tight in your grasp

"What are you doing out here by yourself?" She ask

You stay silent because you thought that the answer would be obvious

"Do your parents know you're out here?"

You still stay silent

"Hey I can't help you unless you don't tell me"

"Isn't it obvious" you say

"Is what obvious?" She asks

"I don't have any parents" you with tears forming in your eyes

She gasps and hold you tight in a hug

"Why don't you go to an orphanage?" The pink mare asks

"NO! I can't go back to an orphanage, not after the way that the last one treated me" you say with a couple of tears running down your face

“Well then you will have to come with your auntie Pinkie Pie!”

Pinkie Pie lets go of you and picks up your saddle bag with her mouth. She then picks you with her hooves up place you on her back while you still hold your blanket.

She walk out the alleyway with you on her back and walks into a bakery shop and walks upstairs and into a room. She picks you up and places you on the floor

You look up at her while she get down to your level

"How long have you been living on your own?" she ask

You stop and think counting how many birthdays you had

"A-About a year and 6 months" you say

She looks at you with complete shock and brings you in for another hug

"How have you been surviving for that long?" she ask you while you were still in her hug

"I would usually drink from the nearest lake I could find" you say

"And what about eating?"

"Some of the nicer ponies would give me what they had left or I would..." you stop mid sentence

"You would what?"

"I would would steal some" you says say in a barely audible voice

She gasps again and pick you up so your face is level with hers

"You know stealing is wrong right?" she says with a serious face

"I know it is but was the only way I could survive" you say

She brings you in for another hug

"Don't worry. Pinkie Pie will look after you" she whispering in your ear

She place you on the floor and looks at you with her big blue eyes

"Its getting a little late, and little colts shouldn't be up at this hour" she say bopping you on the nose

Pinkie walks over to her bed and lays down and pulls the covers over herself

You lay down on the floor and pull your blanket over you. You hear some hoof steps heading towards you. You feel yourself being lifted up into the air and then put back down again on a soft surface

"You don't need to sleep on the floor silly" she say with a giggle "You can sleep on the bed with me" she pulling her cover over her

"T-thank you" you say

she kisses you on the forehead and the closer her eyes

You smile and place your head on the pillow and by Celestia was it soft.

So this is what a real bed feels like

You close your eyes and slowly drift off to sleep

Chapter Two

Chapter Two

"Please Mr. Cake, please can he stay here" Pinkie begged the skinny yellow stallion.

"I don't know Pinkie, we have our hooves full with Pumpkin Cake and Pound Cake" explained Mr. Cake.

"I can take care of him! I did a super duper job with the twins" Pinkie said jumping up and down.

"Do you even know the colt's name?" said the roundish blue mare with a cupcake like styled mane coming down the stairs

"Mhmm, his name is Silver Wave" Pinkie said turning to the mare.

"I'm still not sure" Mr Cake says, while raising an eyebrow.

"PLEASEEEE" Pinkie said, falling to the floor a grabbing onto the stallion's legs.

"Why don't we just take him to an orphanage?" asks the blue mare.

"Because he got treated horribly at the last one he was in" Pinkie explains, looking sadly to the blue mare

The yellow stallion glances over at his wife, not sure what to make of this situation. The blue mare looks at the yellow stallion with a little smile and nods.

"Okay Pinkie." Mr.Cake sighs. "He can say".

Pinkie's enormous signiture smile plastures onto her face and she leaps in the air and gives a loud "YESSSSS!!!!!" and when she lands on the ground, she covers her mouth realizing that she could've woken up the young colt that was still sleeping upstairs in her bed as well as the two cake twins.

"Why don't you get him up and we'll put some food in his belly" said Mrs Cake, walking into the kitchen.

"Okie Dokie Lokie" said Pinkie then bouncing her way up the stairs.

You're sleeping soundly in the softest bed you have EVER slept in. It feels like a cloud filled with marshmallows and kitten fur wrapped in cashmere fur. Then you start to feel the bed shake and it wakes you up slightly. You lift your head off the pillow to look over to see where the source of the shaking is. Pinkie is the one shaking the bed and she beams at you and smiles.

"Wakey, wakey sleepy head" she says in a gentle and caring voice.

You turn back around and place your head back on the pillow, trying to fall back asleep but the constant shaking of the bed is making it difficult.

"Five more minutes" you say waving your hoof in the air.

You then feel yourself being lifted up from the bed and into the sky. You open your eyes to see what's happening which fully wakes you up. Your hooves are set onto the ground and you drowsily look up at Pinkie.

"Nuh uh, you need to get some food in your belly" she says cheerily while nudging you towards the door.

You let out a sigh as you walk out the door and head downstairs with Pinkie bouncing close behind you.

As you set foot on the final step of the staircase, two older ponies that are in the kitchen look at you. You instantly freeze up. Pinkie walks pass you and walks towards the two ponies.

"Mr. and Mrs. Cake this is Silver Wave" Pinkie says, introducing you to them, she then turns to you and gives you a wave as a signal for you to walk in but you still remain on the step frozen in place.

Pinkie gives a little "Tsk, tsk, tsk" and walks towards you. She gives you a nudge on your side but you still remain in place. The pink pony picks you up again and places you in the kitchen.

"It's nice to meet you Silver Wave" The blue pony says with a soft voice "I'm Cup Cake, but you can call me 'Mrs. Cake' if you like, and this is my husband Carrot Cake, but feel free to call him 'Mr. Cake'" She explains, introducing herself and her husband.

"I-I-Its n-nice to meet y-you t-too" you stutter, staring at the floorboards.

"Darling please don't be intimidated by me and my husband, we're not going to hurt you" Mrs. Cake says sweetly, looking down at you with concern on her face.

"O-Okay" you say, working up the courage to look at the cupcake maned mare and giving her a nervous smile.

Mrs. Cake gives you a heart-warming smile and turns to her husband. Pinkie nudges you and you look up at her. She nods over to the table beside you. You walk over to it and take a seat.

"So... how about we get you some breakfast" Mr. Cake asks "What would you like?"

"Oh, we can make: Waffles, pancakes, porridge, muffins, pancakes... did I already say pancakes? yes I did! but pancakes are SOOO yummy because you can have anything on them... What would you like Wavey?"says Pinkie in a single breath.

"I..um..can I h-have pancakes?" asks with a hint of fear in your voice.

"Of course you can deary" Mrs. Cake says happily then turning towards the fridge and grabbing the pancake mix.

As Mrs. Cake and Mr. Cake started baking the pancakes, Pinkie sits next to you and smiles at you cheerfully.

"So how was your sleep Silver?" Pinkie questions as she looks at you.

"I-I-it was really good" you stammer. "I-I-it was the best sleep I ever had".

"Really?! Well that is super duper great!" Pinkie exclaims happily. "How about your dreams?! Did you have good dreams?!" Pinkie asks excitedly.

"Um... n-not e-exactly" you say while looking down once more.

"What? Why?" Pinkie asks, her cheerful expression slightly dying down. "What did you dream about?"

"Um... c-can I tell you later?" you say while looking up at her with a sad expression.

"Why of course Silver" Pinkie caringly says as she puts a comforting hoof around you. "Whenever you feel like talking, your Auntie Pinkie Pie is here for you."

Pinkie then gets up and gets something from behind Mrs. Cake. A plate with a pancake smothered in syrup is placed in front of you by her. Pinkie then proceeds to bounce out to the next room.
You stare at the pancake for a couple of seconds before taking a bite of it and holy horse shoes! It was the tastiest thing you have ever put into your mouth! It was WAY better than the leftovers that the ponies would give you when you were on the street and it was a hundred times better then the stuff at the orphanage.

"Well you certainly enjoyed that didn't you?" Mrs Cake says with a smile from beside you.

You look down at the plate to see that the pancake was no longer on the plate. You look back up at Mrs. Cake and give a nod.

"Would you like another one?" she questions with a eyebrow raised jokingly.

"I-If it not t-too much t-trouble"

"Not at all, I'll have another done in a jiffy" Mrs. Cake says as she winks at you and trots back to the stove.

"So Silver, why did you leave the orphanage?" Mr Cake asks suddenly from behind you.

"Carrot Cake!" The blue earth pony says, snapping at her husband.

"What? I'm just asking" Mr. Cake says defensively.

"It could be a very sensitive subject for him" Cup Cake explains back.

"I-Its okay" you say then getting both of them to look at you with worried expressions "I-I'll tell you."

"Are you sure Silver? You don't have to tell us if you don't want to" says Mrs. Cake.

"N-No it's okay" you say then taking a breath.

"I left about a year ago because of the way I was treated. The single worst thing that happened to me was when everypony else was outside. Inside, one of the caretakers was yelling at me."

"You useless piece of crap, you'll never be adopted! Just look at you! No wonder why your parents abandoned you!" The huge stallion shouts at you as you're backed up into a corner. "You'll probably be here 'till you die!"

You start to shake with fear as the stallion towers over you.

"You might as well give up hope of ever being adopted!"

Tears start to form in your eyes as the stallion continues to verbally abuse you.

"You'll never get anywhere if you keep crying you little punk!"

You close your eyes to try and stop the tears from escaping. You suddenly feel a massive amount of pain in your left cheek that knocks you to the floor. You look up to see the stallion standing over you with his hoof raised high in the air. His hoof comes flying down with full speed then connecting with your nose. Tears start to cascade down your face and starts to mix with the blood coming out of your muzzle. Another hoof comes firing down that locks-on at your eye. Luckily you move out of the way just in time and the caretaker's hoof slams into the wall beside your head. You run down the hall as you hear the stallion let out a painful yell.

As you run down the hallway you can hear some hoof steps gaining from behind you. The next thing you know, you're tackled to the floor with the stallion standing over you again. He then picks you up and throws you against the wall that makes a small dent in the place where your back hit. Another hoof lands on you that makes a thunderous impact to your stomach, knocking all of the wind out of you. He then grabs you by your mane and drags you down the hall. You don't squirm as your scalp is burning with the pain of your mane being pulled so hard. He knocks your head against the door to your room. He stops in front of it and proceeds to open it. He chucks you across the room and you land against your bed.

"Go to bed you little twat!" he shouts, then slams the door.

You press your face into the pillow a sob softly.

You finish telling your tale and you look over to Mr. and Mrs. Cake. Carrot Cake face was mixed with shock and sadness and Mrs. Cake was on the verge of tears. You could hear some sniffles come from the door way. You glance over to the source of the sound to see Pinkie with tears running down her face. She trots over to you and gives you a hug while her tears stream down her face.

"Don't worry. Nothing like that will ever happen again. I Pinkie Promise" she says with empathy through her tears.

You look over to see that Carrot Cake was holding his wife who was now also crying.

You give a small smile for the fact that somepony actually cared about you, and you return the hug that Pinkie Pie is giving you.

Chapter Three

Chapter Three

Pinkie hasn't let go of you ever since you told her your little tale... that was half an hour ago. She placed you on her lap with both hooves wrapped around you and her chin is resting on the top of your head. You didn't mind the soft and cuddly embrace of the pink pony, but there were times when she would squeeze you too tight because she was losing her grip and she didn't want to let go of you.

"Umm... P-Pinkie" you say trying to look up at her but her chin was on your head.

"Yes, my little Silver Wilver?" Pinkie chants happily, rhyming whatever would go with your name.

"C-Can you um.. let go of me p-please?" you ask.

"Awww, but don't you like cuddles from your Auntie Pinkie Pie?"

"N-No, its that y-you're squeezing me too tight" you choke out.

"Oh you mean like this?" Pinkie says with a playful tone.

She starts to squeeze into a tighter hug. When her hug got a little too tight, you let out a little squeak, a squeak that would be heard from a cuddly toy. Heat starts to form in your cheeks as they burn brightly. Pinkie stops squeezing you and looks around the room. She then looks down to you in confusion.

"Was that you?" Pinkie questions. You respond with a nod. "That was SO cute" she continues then squeezing you again so you make another squeak.

Pinkie giggles, ending with a snort. "You are like a little squeaky ducky."

"Pinkie" Mrs. Cake says entering the room. "You don't want to crush the poor colt."

Pinkie lets go of you and you jump out of her lap, landing on the kitchen floor gasping for air.

"Ooh, Ooh, Ooh" Pinkie says catching your attention as she bounces on the chair. "How could I forget? I need to introduce you to my friends!" she continues with her signature smile on her face.

Your eyes widen as she says this.

"D-Do you h-have t-to?" you ask nervously.

"Uh huh, since you're going to be staying with us, you're going to meet them sooner or later" Pinkie exclaims cheerfully then, noticing how uneasy you are, she gets down to your level. "Hey don't worry, my friends are SUPER nice! They wouldn't hurt you."

You take a deep breath and look up at Pinkie with a little smile. "Okay."

She gives another smile and gets back onto her hooves. Pinkie suddenly becomes wide-eyed and starts to fire a barrage of words. "Oh oh oh oh oh! We should throw a PARTY!" As soon as she says that single word, streamers explode behind her. You tilt your head and look at her with bewilderment and she just shrugs and smiles, then continues what she was saying. "That way you could meet all of my friends at once and it will be your 'Welcome to Ponyville' and 'Adopted by the One and Only Pinkie Pie' Party! and EVERYPONY is invited!"

"NO!" you shout then crawl into a ball. "I don't want to meet everypony."

"Oh" Pinkie's expression lowers slightly but she gives another smile. "Okay that's fine. It is YOUR party after all." Pinkie walks out of the kitchen but then turns to you before she walks out.

"Why don't you stay here with Mrs. Cake while I get everything set and then invite my friends, okay?" she asks.

"O-Okay" you reply, still on the floor curled in a little ball.

Pinkie's bright and happy smile slaps onto her face and then she bounces upstairs. You get out of your little ball and stand in the kitchen looking down at the floor once again.

"Silver Wave, dear" Mrs. Cake chimes from behind you. You turn your head towards her and look to see her standing near the oven.

"Could you help me with these please?" she asks in a soft and caring voice. You nod your head slightly and walk towards her. She opens the oven and pulls out a tray with cupcakes on them.

"Now be careful these might be a little hot" she explains and then places the cupcake tray on your head. You balance the tray on your head perfectly and then look at Mrs. Cake who has an impressed look on her face that makes you smile.

"Now take these to the front counter and then come back here."

You turn around and head towards the door of the kitchen while trying to keep the tray on your head. You start to get closer and closer to the door when suddenly you trip over a lonely streamer that was stranded in the middle of the floor. You fall onto the kitchen floor and the tray of cupcakes come crashing down loudly. You turn around to Mrs. Cake and then crawl into a little ball again and give her a very afraid look.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry! Please don't hurt me..." you cry out, trying to hide your face.

"Now why would I hurt you over a little mistake?" Mrs. Cake asks in a motherly voice as she trots over to you.

"Because I did something wrong, and I get hit whenever I do something wrong" you say burying your face in your hooves.

"Silver" begins Mrs. Cake then picking you up onto your hooves. "I'm not going to hurt you."

You wipe the tears away from your face and look up to the blue mare. "Y-You're not?"

"Of course not, I would never lay a hoof on a young pony" Mrs. Cake says then wipes one tear off your face then giving you a sweet smile.

A worried yellow stallion bursts through the door and quickly ask, "What happened? Is everything alright?"

"Yes dear, everything is fine. We just had a little spill that's all" Mrs. Cake explains, looking at her husband.

He looks down to see splattered cupcakes on the floor. He gives out a sigh of relief and then looks at you. "Okay looks like we're going to have to get this cleaned up" he says, walking to a cupboard.

Mr. Cake pulls out a some cleaning materials and walks over to the sugary mess. He hooves over a mop and bucket to you.

"I-I'm sorry" you shyly say, looking up at him with tears in your eyes.

"It's alright Silver, I've spilled cupcakes on the floor as well" he jokes.

"You mean last week?" his wife chimes in with a playful expression on her face.

You give a little chuckle and start to clean up some of the mess. As you clean up, you can hear some hoofsteps and voices going up the stairs. Probably just Pinkie preparing the party, you think to yourself.

Mr. Cake and you finish cleaning up the cupcake mess and place the cleaning objects back into the cupboard.

"I must say Silver you really made that floor shine" Mr. Cake says, smiling down at you.

"T-Thanks."

"I've never seen my face so clear in a floor before. Who taught you how to do that so quick?" he asks

"T-The orphanage would make us clean the floor once every week" you reply while sulking down.

Mr. Cake gave a disgust look. You know it's not towards you, he was disgusted by the idea of the foal labor.

You hear some bouncing coming from down the stairs and then into the kitchen. Pinkie glances over at you and continues to bounce towards you.

"Come on, let's go" she chants.

"W-Where are we going?" you ask.

"To your party silly!" Pinkie replies, complete with a giggle. "Don't just stand there silly filly... er, colt. Come with me!" she continues and grabs you by the hoof, then turns around and you two trot out of the kitchen.

You trot with her up the stairs and she stops in front of her bedroom door. She opens the door and lets you go in first. The room was decorated with balloons, streamers and all sorts of party stuff. You walk into the middle of the room and then suddenly...

"SURPRISE!!!!!!!!!" seven different voices shout from different sides of the room.

You look around the room to see three pegasi, three unicorns and three earth ponies. You didn't notice it before but there was a banner hung in the room which read 'WELCOME TO PONYVILLE SILVER WAVE!'.

You stand in the middle of the room in shock.

"AWW YEAH! We got him good!" a tomboyish cyan pegasus exclaims.

"Silver Wave these are my friends: Twilight, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Fluttershy along with Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom" Pinkie says, pointing to each one as she introduces them.

The next thing you know, there is a yellow blur that tackles you into a hug. You're held in a tight hug in the middle of the room by this pink maned pegasus.

"I'm sorry about the life you've lived. Nopony should've gone through the life that you have" she say as her hug got tighter.

You look over at Pinkie and give her a hurt expression and say "You told them?!" with shock and sadness in your voice.

She nods her head. "Don't worry they're not gonna tell anypony else, right girls?"

Everypony in the room nods there head with a smile including the pony who still has you in a tight squeeze.

"But I didn't-"

You where cut off by you being squeezed so tightly that you make another squeak. The whole room was instantly filled with 'AWWW's.

"I didn't know that could happen" giggles the marshmallow-like unicorn.

"I know, isn't it cute!" exclaims Pinkie with her trademark smile.

"Do it again" the rainbow pony yells out.

Another squeeze and the squeak comes from your throat and the room starts to fill with giggles.

"Anyway..." Pinkie starts while grabbing a cannon from nowhere. Pinkie prepares the cannon and gives an excited expression.

"LETS GET THIS PARTY STARTED!!!"

Chapter Four

Chapter Four

The party has been going on for a couple of hours. While Pinkie and her friends are happily talking and dancing along with the music, you sit near a table sipping a juice box because Pinkie said "little colts aren't aloud to drink punch". You can see from the other side of the room that Pinkie finds it cute when you sip your juice through a straw.

Also those three fillies that came along have been giving you weird smiles ever since the party started. You glance at them for a quick second and then turn your attention to a cyan pegasus pouring some punch into her glass. She looks down at you a give you a sneering smile.

"How are you enjoying the party little dude?" she asks.

"I-It's o-okay", you reply, then taking a slip of your juice while looking down at the floor again.

"Alright that's awesome to hear, and... well... I'm sorry about what happened to you" she says scratching the back of her head.

You give a simple nod while you still had the straw in your mouth. The cyan pegasus nods back and flies toward her friends. You look towards the three fillies who are still smiling at you, but they seem to have gotten closer. You look away again towards the wall and you see a little green alligator with a blank expression waddling towards you. You start to get a little scared because of this creature coming to you as it starts to get closer and closer.

You break into a gallop and run towards Pinkie. You hide behind her leg and you hear a little 'Aww' from the yellow pegasus she was talking to.

"What's wrong Silvey?", Pinkie asks with concern. You point over to the alligator who was standing where you previously sat.

"Oh, that's just Gummy, my pet alligator."

"S-So, h-he's not going to e-eat me?", you ask while still hiding behind Pinkie's leg.

Pinkie fires off a barrage of giggles. "Of course not silly, he has no teeth."

You step out from behind Pinkies legs and trot back to the table. The green alligator walks over to you again and just stares at you with his big purple eyes. You reach out and pat him on the head but he still just stands there.

You hear your stomach start to rumble again. You look up at the table to see a plate of cookies and you trot over to try and reach for them but yet you're too small to reach them. You place your hooves on the edge of the table and stand on your hind legs to where your eyes are just peering over the table edge. You try to reach for them again but they are still too far away.

Suddenly one of cookies becomes surrounded by a purple aura and hovers towards you and lands in front of you. You look over to see a purple unicorn who has a smile on her face.

"T-Thank you", you say before taking the cookie in your mouth and standing yourself back on all four legs.

"It's okay little guy, just trying to help" she says ruffling your mane before she trots off.

You happily take a bite of your cookie while holding it in your hooves.

"Hi!", a squeaky voice shrieks from beside you.

You look over to see the three fillies standing beside you. You jump a little to the sudden site of how close they are.

"Err... H-Hi", you say.

"Hi, I'm Apple Bloom", the yellow filly explains, pointing to herself. "This here is Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle", she continues while pointing to the other fillies standing next to her.

"You know, just in case you didn't remember", says the orange pegasus with a chuckle.

"Yeah! We noticed you don't have your cutie mark" says the squeaky white unicorn with a grin.

You back off a little as you try to hide your flank with your ears folded in shyness. "O-Oh... Y-Yeah", you say looking down at the floor.

"And we were talkin' and we decided that we want ya' to join the Cutie Mark Crusaders", says Apple Bloom as she points at you.

"T-The what?"

"THE CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS!!", the three shout at the same time.

"It's a club we made for helping ponies get their cutie marks" explains Sweetie Belle.

"What do ya' say, do ya' want to join?", asks Apple Bloom with an excited expression.

You stop and think for a second. A club for getting cutie marks? That doesn't sound too bad.

"O-Okay", you reply.

"See! I told ya' he'd want to join", exclaims Apple Bloom looking at Scootaloo who responds by sticking her tongue out at her.

"Come to the clubhouse tomorrow and we'll give you a cape and your acceptance ceremony" says Sweetie Belle.

"O-Okay, but w-where is the clubhouse?", you ask.

"OH that's right, you're new here, well I'll come by tomorrow and show you okay?", asks Apple Bloom

You give a slight nod in response.

--

After a couple of hours and as Celestia's glowing sun was going down, the party was coming to an end as everypony was leaving to go home.

"Bye girls!", Pinkie shouts from her window. "Thanks for coming!"

She closes her window and turns looks at the mess on the floor. You sit in the middle of the room and let out a yawn and Pinkie turns to you and smiles.

"Aww, looks like somepony's tired", she says with a soft voice.

You don't respond and you rub your eyes and nearly fall over because of how tired you are.

"I guess it's time for you to head off to beddy-byes", Pinkie says, then picks you up and lies you down on the bed,

You place your head on the pillow and snuggle up as Pinkie tucks you in. She then gives you a gentle kiss on your head as you slowly drift off to sleep.

--

You happily trot down Ponyville, walking past ponies doing their own thing. But your happiness soon falls as your eyes set sight on a huge stallion who you recognize as the caretaker of the orphanage. You instantly freeze as he stares at you.

"There you are!", he shouts before starting to gallop towards you.

You turn around and quickly start to gallop towards Sugar Cube Corner. You run into the shop and see Pinkie standing in the middle of the room. The stallion walks into the room and you run towards Pinkie with tears running down your face. You grab her leg.

"Miss Pinkie I got your call", says the stallion. You look up at Pinkie in shock, "We'll take this colt off your hands."

"Okie dokie loki", replies Pinkie with a smile.

"Pinkie, don't let him take me!" you cry out with tears streaming on your face. Pinkie picks you up and hands you over to the stallion who grabs you tightly so you can't escape.

"PINKIE! PLEASE!", you scream in panic and heartbreak.

You shoot up from the bed with tears still down your face and sob loudly. You look around the room to see that you're still in Pinkie's bed. You suddenly get pulled into a tight hug by the pink mare, and you start to sob in her chest as she strokes your silver mane and quietly says "Shhh" in a motherly tone. You look up at Pinkie and say in an sad tone, "You're not going to send me back to the orphanage are you?", you ask trough your tears

"No, of course not. Never ever ever. I Pinkie Promise", Pinkie replies softly as she holds you tighter as you continue to cry.

--

The next morning, you are sitting down at the kitchen table with a half-eaten hay sandwich in front of you. Pinkie is also sitting with you at the table while spoon feeding the Cake twins.

"Are you sure you're okay Silver?", Mrs. Cake asks standing next to you. "I heard some crying coming from your room last night."

"I-It was j-just a b-bad dream", you reply, still looking at the sandwich.

"What was it about?", Pinkie asks, though she has already guessed, while taking the spoon out of Pound Cake's mouth.

"That you called the orphanage to take me back", you say looking over at Pinkie with a sorrowful expression.

Pinkie wraps you a little hug and whispers, "I would never do that", then gives you a kiss on the forehead.

"It was just a dream dear. Nothing like that will ever happen", Mrs. Cake says sincerely.

Soon the bell to the front door rings and Mrs. Cake goes to see who it is. You can just barely hear out the conversation.

"Well, hello there Apple Bloom."

"Howdy there Mrs. Cake!", a southern accent voice says.

"What can I do for you today?", asks Mrs. Cake.

"Is Silver Wave in? We need to go the clubhouse."

"Yes of course, I'll go get him for you", Mrs Cake says then trots back into the kitchen. "Silver Wave, Apple Bloom is here to see you."

You get out of the chair and trot out of the kitchen to see Apple Bloom smiling in excitement at you.

"Howdy Silver Wave, are you ready to go?", the yellow filly asks.

"Y-Yeah"

"Where are you two going?", asks Pinkie, bouncing out of the kitchen.

"We're going to the Crusader Clubhouse to give Silver a ceremony for joining the Cutie Mark Crusaders". says Apple Bloom happily.

"OH! You're joining the CMC, that sounds like super duper FUN!", shouts Pinkie as she bounces up and down.

"Come Silver, let's get going", says AppleBloom nudging your side.

You nod and walk out with her.

"And make sure to come back here before it gets dark", shouts Pinkie, standing in the door frame.

--

Silence falls as the drum beat begins. In front of your are the three fillies; Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom and Scootaloo, their eyes locked onto you.

"Silver Wave", Sweetie Belle begins looking at a long piece of paper. "Of the colours blue and silver, we the Cutie Mark Crusader here elect you to join us on our quest of earning our cutie marks", she stops looking at the paper and looks at you "Do you accept?"

You stop and ponder for a moment, wondering if this is a good thing to do.

"Y-Yes", you reply.

Applebloom walks over to you and hands you a red cape.

"WELCOME TO THE CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS!!!", they all shout together.

"Now that that's out of the way, what do you guys feel like doing?", asks Scootaloo suddenly.

"OH! How about we try and get out cutie marks in hang gliding", suggests Sweetie Belle.

"We did that three weeks ago", Apple Bloom says while facehoofing.

"Oh, how about zip-lining?", Scootaloo asks with a smile.

"We've done that like five times already", Apple Bloom says with annoyance.

"I know, but it just really fun."

"What do you think we should do Silver?", asks Sweetie Belle.

"U-Um... A-Animal rescuers?", you suggest with no confidence in your voice.

"Nah, we tried that a couple weeks ago", says Scootaloo.

"Oh, what if Silver Wave's special talent is squeaking", Sweetie Belle implis.

They all look at you and then start to laugh, and painful memories start to flood back into your head.

"Just like the orphanage", you say just above a whisper.

They all stop laughing and look at each other and then back at you.

"Ohh, were you teased because of it?", asks Sweetie Belle.

You nod your head.

"What did they say?", Scootaloo questions curiously.

"I don't want to talk about it", you reply softly.

"Did they call you 'The Squeakster'?", Sweetie Belle exclaims.

"I don't want to talk about it."

"squeaks Maggee?"

"I said I don't want to talk about."

"What about the Squeakinator?"

"I SAID I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT!!!", you yell out with tears in your eyes.

You take off the red cape and you turn around to try to trot out the door but Apple Bloom stops you.

"Silver we-"

"LEAVE ME ALONE!!!", you shout again.

Apple Bloom steps out the way and you gallop out of the tree house and run to wherever your little legs will carry you.

You stop at a tree and slump next to it, crying in your hooves.

"There you are!", a ferocious voice says from above you.

You look up and fear comes rushing to you. Standing over you is the caretaker from the orphanage, the being of your nightmares. He grabs you by your mane and smirks at you as you squirm.

"I was sent to find you, but the truth is I don't want you back at the orphanage", he begins, then back hoofs you around the head that makes your eyesight go all blurry.

"I'm going to get rid of you once and for all, you little pest."

Chapter Five

Chapter Five

Pinkie circled around Sugar Cube Corner with a bead of sweat running down her forehead and a worried look plastered on her face.

"Pinkie, please calm down, he'll be here soon," says Mrs. Cake watching Pinkie pace around the shop.

"But I told him to be here before it gets dark, and it's starting to get dark and it's nearly seven-thirty," Pinkie replies while chewing nervously on her hoof.

Little hoofsteps could be heard walking through the doors of the sugar shop. Pinkie stops walking and quickly runs towards the sound and stops a couple of centimeters in front of the origin of the steps.

"THANK GOODNESS YOU'RE BACK I WAS GETTING SO WOR-," Pinkie stops mid-sentence and does a head count. After counting, she realizes that there are only three heads instead of four. "W-Where is Silver Wave?!?!?!"

"Wait, he's not here?", asks Scootaloo.

"No, I thought he was with you girls?!"

"H-He was... 'till he ran off crying," says Sweetie Belle while looking down.

"WHAT?!", shouts Pinkie.

"We thought he was here so we could apologize," adds Apple Bloom.

"What did you girls do?!?!"

All of their ears fold down to their heads as they recoil from the question.

"We.. kinda tried to get information from the orphanage out of him," says Scootaloo, trying to not look at Pinkie directly.

"We kinda pushed it too far and he ran off," Sweetie Belle replies from beneath her hooves.

"Oh no, oh no, oh no," the pink mare chatters in anguish, "We need to put together the only party I don't like organizing, a search party! We have to start searching like, now! There is no time to dilly dally!", Pinkie exclaims, dashing out the shop doors to find others to include in her search party.

--

You open your eyes slowly, your eyesight immediately starting off blurry, making it hard to tell where you are. You try to stand up but your head hits something hard. You look up to check the source of the object to see it's a tree root. You crawl out from under the tree root and look around your surroundings. You conclude that you are somewhere in a deep, dark forest. You tuck your tail between your legs and start to shiver violently from the fear of being in such a frightening and unknown location. "I-It's okay Silver, you've been in a forest before, except this one is a lot darker," you say to yourself, "Pinkie will find you. Everything is going to be fine." You hear a noise from behind you and, without thinking, you bolt off through the forest without looking back to see what the noise was.

--

"WHERE IS HE?! WHERE IS HE?!", Pinkie shouts with a worried tone.

"Don't worry Pinkie we'll find him," says Twilight trying to calm down her friend.

"But we've check everywhere from the alleyways to every nook in the trees," replies Pinkie, grabbing hold of Twilight's shoulders, "And it's getting darker and darker by the second, the only place we haven't checked is.... the Everfree Forest"

--

You slowly walk through the forest, ducking under each branch, looking for a source of light. You suddenly come to a stop when you see a hut smacked on the edge of a clearing. You're not sure if it's worth knocking on the door because it could've been abandonded for years... but why is it in such good condition? You take a couple of steps towards the hut, trying to not make a sound, but your hoof steps on a twig and make a loud snap sound, causing you to freeze in place, not trying to move a muscle. A pair of yellow glowing eyes ominously appear in the window at the sound of the crack of the twig. They turn their gaze directly toward you and you, as instinct, turn the other direction and gallop away as fast as you can.

--

The six Elements of Harmony and Big Mac walk through the forest looking high and low for the missing colt. Pinkie was look under every bush, under every rock, and up through every tree.

"Perhaps we should ask Zecora if she has seen him," suggests Rarity.

"I agree with Rarity, she might have seen him and she can give us the directions to find him," adds Twilight.

"Good idea!", shouts Pinkie and quickly runs off to find Zecora's hut.

"PINKIE!!", shouts Twilight.

"WHAT!?!?"

"Zecora's hut is this way," says Twilight, pointing her hoof in the opposite direction. Pinkie turns around and zooms off at the direction Twilight was pointing.

When Pinkie reaches Zecora's hut, she begins to knock on the door with both hooves, making so much noise it could probably wake up the next town. The door opens revealing the zebra.

"Ah Pinkie Pie, what are you doing nearby?", asks Zecora.

"HAVEYOUSEENALITTLECOLTABOUTTHISBIGBECAUSEIAMSOSOSOSOSOSOWORRIEDTHATWERENEVERGONNASEEHIMAGAINANDIREALLYWANTTOSEEHIMAGAIN-", Pinkie's mouth is immediately covered by a cyan hoof.

"Zecora, what Pinkie is trying to say, is have you seen a little blue and gray colt come by here?", Twilight asks.

"There was a little colt I did see, he toke off toward the trees," explains Zecora, pointing her hoof over at the trees across from her hut. As soon as Zecora told them this, Pinkie pushed the cyan hoof away from her mouth and gallops towards to the trees.

--

You walk down a dirt path covered in leaves and twigs, with your head down low and your ears folded. You sit yourself down on the dirt and give out a big and heavy sigh. "I should've stayed at the hut, at least I would've had a roof over my head. You're such an idiot Silver," you say to yourself. Suddenly you hear some hoofsteps coming from the left of you. You start to think that it's the caretaker coming back to finish the job so you stay perfectly still. The bush starts to shake and a big red stallion's head pops out. He takes one look at you and bellows out, "Ah found him!"

You turn around and run as fast as you can once again, too frightened to glance if the stallion was following you or not. The only thought racing through your mind was, "RUN! RUN AND NEVER LOOK BACK!!", but your running come to a stop as you approached a cliff face. You had nowhere else to run, so you laid on the ground and prepared for the inevitable.

Hoofsteps drew closer and closer so you closed your eyes and try to hide your face, wishing to be invisible. But the next thing you know, you feel a soft pair of hooves wrap around you and pull you into a cuddly embrace.

"Thank Celestia we found you!", exclaims a voice you easily recognize.

You open your eyes and look up to see Pinkie hugging you and with tears streaming down her face. She looks down at you and says, "Let's get you out of here." She then places you on her back and you grab onto her neck and close your eyes again, thinking how grateful you are that she found you, as she and her friends trot through the forest.

--

It was finally over... you were finally out of the dark forest that you were sure was to be your grave. Pinkie and the group finally exited the forest and met up with another group of familiar ponies on the edge of the forest. You are immediately greeted by a pair of blue hooves that wrap around you and you get pulled into another hug by Mrs. Cake.

"Oh thank goodness you're okay," Mrs. Cake cheers, hugging you tighter and tighter.

"We thought you were going to be lost in that forest forever," Pinkie says joining into the hug.

The hug got tighter and tighter that you were finding it hard to breath. They finally stop and Mrs. Cake places you onto the ground where you are then tackled into another hug by three fillies.

"We're SOSOSO sorry," says Scootaloo.

"We thought we were gunna loose a crusader forever," adds Apple Bloom.

"And that's a really scary thought," Sweetie Belle exclaims.

"Y-You were worried?", you ask.

"We were all worried little dude," Rainbow Dash replies.

"But not as worried as Pinkie," says Applejack, "She ran around the whole entire town just lookin' for ya'"

You look over at Pinkie. She has a small little smile and some tears in her eyes and comes over to you and gives you another one of her many hugs.

"Let's get you home Silver Wilver," she says sweetly, then places you onto her back again. You instantly close your eyes and snuggle into Pinkie's fur sleepily. Pinkie notices your gesture and smiles as she starts to trot back home.

--

After a couple of minutes of riding back to the bakery shop with Pinkie, Pinkie pokes you and wakes you up.

"Do you wanna go to bed Silver?", asks Pinkie with a smile. You are too tired to reply, so you just nod your head while rubbing your eyes drowsily. She walks you upstairs and into her room and then lays you in her bed.

"You've had a rough day Silver, rest well," Pinkie says softly as she tucks you in. After you're all snuggled into the bed, you quickly drift off to sleep. Pinkie strokes your mane until she notices you are asleep, then she whispers in your ear, "Good night", and gives you a little kiss on your cheek.

--

After Silver Wave was placed into the bed; Pinkie went back downstairs with her friends and the Cakes who were sitting around talking. Mrs. Cake then asked Pinkie to take one of her plants back to the kitchen and place it into the sink, which Pinkie did so. As she came out of the kitchen Mrs. Cake asks, "Pinkie, can you check on the twins for us, please?"

"Okie dokie loki," Pinkie replies cheerfully and bounces upstairs. She then trots through the hallway to the twins room. She opens the door slowly and peeked her head through to see the twins sleeping in there cot. Pinkie gave a little smile and closed the door slowly. She walked back down the hallway only to stop at her bedroom door. Because of what happen today, she decided it was right to check up on the little colt, even though she only put him to sleep a few minutes ago. She opens the door silently to see the small colt laying in the bed. Her heart instantly melted as well as a small "d'aww" escaped her lips when she saw that Silver Wave was sucking on his hoof.

She backed out and looked down the stairs to see Fluttershy walking out of the kitchen.

"Fluttershy," Pinkie called out quietly, but loud enough for Fluttershy to hear. Fluttershy looked up at Pinkie to see that she was waving her hoof for her to come up the stairs. Fluttershy headed upstairs towards Pinkie; and when Fluttershy reached her, Pinkie pointed to the room and Fluttershy peeked through the door and a little squeaky "aww" escaped her mouth from the sight of the little colt.

After giggling about the adorable colt, Pinkie and Fluttershy headed back down stairs to join their friends.

"We just saw the cutest thing," said Pinkie jumping up and down. "Silver was sucking his hoof."

"You really love that kid, don't you Pinks?", Rainbow Dash said with a smirk.

"Yes I do!", Pinkie exclaimed loudly while bouncing.

"So why don't you become his legal guardian?", suggest Mrs. Cake.

"Are you sure that's a good idea?", Mr. Cake asks cautiously.

"Of course I do dear, think about it. She obviously cares about the colt deeply, so why not," Mrs. Cake responds to her husband's question.

"That's a super duper great idea Mrs. Cake!", Pinkie says jumping up and down again. "Pinkie Pie, the guardian of Silver Wave! That has a good ring to it, don't you think?"

"But first things first Pinkie, you need go to the orphanage and fill out the forms," Twilight explains.

"Okie doki, I could do that first thing tomorrow."

"Do ya' know what orphanage he came from?", Applejack questions.

"No," says Pinkie.

"Why don't you ask him?", asks Rarity.

"If I ask him, he might think that I'll send him back."

"Then, I guess we have to go over to Canterlot and speak to the Princess," Twilight decides.

"How long will it take?", asks Pinkie.

"Two to three days at the most," Twilight replies.

"Oh okay."

"Also, if you want to, we could ask Miss Cheerilee to enroll him into the school," suggests Twilight.

"That sounds like a good idea, the kid could use some good education. Who knows if the orphanage actually sent him to a school or not," says Mr. Cake.

"Alright, so we'll leave first thing tomorrow?", asks Twilight.

"Yes!", shouts Pinkie excitedly.

--

After a couple more hours, everypony went home and the Cakes went to bed. After Pinkie finished up cleaning the mess left over, she headed back up to her room and opened the door slowly to see the little colt still sleeping safe and soundly, though Pinkie was little disappointed by the fact he was on longer sucking his hoof. Pinkie trots over to the bed and lays down next to him and starts to stroke his mane. A cute little smile appears on Silver's face which makes Pinkie "D'aww" inside. Pinkie leans down and whispers into his ear, "Don't worry, you'll be safe with me."

Pinkie curls her body around the colt and squeezes a pillow under her head. She then closes her eyes, and smiles as she drifts off to sleep with her little Silver.

Author's Note

I'm still waiting on that cover picture you said you'll try ConnVolpe

Chapter Six

Chapter Six

The sun shines bright and beams onto Sugar Cube Corner. The rays of light hit Pinkie's face, waking her up. Her eyes open slowly and she gives an over-exaggerated yawn. She glances down to see that her body is still wrapped around the little blue and gray colt. A little smile appears on the pink mare's face as the colt has his face buried in Pinkie's tail.

A knocking came from the door, making Pinkie unwrap herself slowly so she doesn't wake up the sleeping colt. Before she got up, she quickly placed a pillow under the colt's head to replace her tail.

Pinkie trots over to the door and opens it to see Mrs. Cake standing on the other side.

"Hiya Mrs Cake!" Pinkie chirps happily.

"Good morning Pinkie," Mrs. Cake responds. "Twilight is here for you."

"Okie dokie, I just need to grab some stuff then I'll be right out," Pinkie says in a singsong tone.

"Don't be too long, the train will be at the station in an hour," warns Mrs. Cake, turning around to trot back down the hallway.

Pinkie closes her bedroom door and goes over to her closet and pulls out a pink saddlebag with balloon on it. She packs some forms that Twilight said that she needed to bring and some party supplies for who knows what reason. After Pinkie finished packing, she headed over to the door, but stopped before she placed her hoof on the knob and looked over to the sleeping colt. Pinkie smiles and walks over to him and nuzzels his ear. "Be a good boy while I'm away," Pinkie whispered in his ear and trotted back towards the bedroom door and went out of the room, closing the door gently behind her.

Pinkie trotted down the stairs to see a purple unicorn waiting for her.

Pinkie greets the unicorn. "Hiya Twilight."

"Hi Pinkie, you ready to go?" Twilight asks.

"Don't we need to ask Ms. Cheerilee to get Silver into the school?" ask Pinkie.

"I've already asked Cheerilee and she said that she'll be coming over to talk about it with Mrs. Cake," explains Twilight. "Is that alright Mrs. Cake?" Twilight asks turning her head towards the blue mare.

"Yes that's fine," Mrs. Cake replies with a smile.

"Okie dokie," Pinkie says then walks over to the door with Twilight, but stops and turns to Mrs. Cake. "If Silver Wave asks, tell him I'm doing some business with the Princess, I want the adoption to be a a surprise."

"You can count on me," Mrs. Cake says with a wink.

Suddenly a scream and a thud could be heard from upstairs. Pinkie drops her bag without a thought and runs upstairs.

--

You slowly start to open your eyes to see purple eyes looking back at you. "GAHHH!," you scream out jumping onto your hoof and falling off the bed making a loud thud, in which you shout "Oww" in pain. You hear some hoofsteps galloping up the stairs and the door flies open.

"Silver Wave?! Are you okay?!", a worried voice exclaims.

"I-I'm fine," you say, walking from behind the bed and sitting in the middle of the room.

"What happened?" Pinkie asks, trotting over to you.

You point over to Gummy who just continues to stand on the bed, looking at the wall. Pinkie gives out a giggle that ends with a snort.

"Pinkie is everything alright?", Mrs. Cake calls out from the bottom of the stairs.

"Everything is fine Mrs. Cake," Pinkie replies.

"Pinkie! We have to hurry!", shouts Twilight from below.

"Okay, I'll be right down," Pinkie says trotting back to the door.

"Hurry? W-Where are you g-going?", you ask with worry.

"Oh... um...," Pinkie starts, shifting her eyes back and forth. "Some business came up with the Princess, and she wants me and Twilight to help her," Pinkie says trying to put on a innocent smile.

"O-Oh o-okay."

You and Pinkie trot out of the bedroom and down the stairs to meet up with other ponies. Pinkie turns to you and smiles.

"Be good while I'm away, okay?", Pinkie tells you. You reply with a simple nod and Pinkie ruffles your mane. Pinkie and Twilight turn around and start to trot out the door of the bakery shop. Before they fully trot out of the shop, you run and grab Pinkie's leg. She looks down at you in confusion.

"You're coming back right?", you ask, still holding onto her leg.

"Of course I am, silly," Pinkie says ending with a giggle and then patting you on your head.

You let go of her leg and watch as they get further and further away from the shop until they're just little figures in the distance. A hoof is placed on your shoulder and you look up to see Mrs. Cake smiling down at you.

"How would you like some pancakes?", she asks sweetly.

You nod and walk with her to the kitchen. You take a seat on the kitchen table and look down.

"Silver Wave, dear," Mrs. Cake calls out, catching your attention. "Is something the matter?"

"I'm f-fine," you reply with a low tone.

"Are you sure?"

"Well... I-It's just...," you say ending in a sigh.

"It's what?", Mrs. Cake asks, sitting down next to you.

"H-He knows I'm here, and he could e-easily come back and find me a-and take me back," you explain, staring at Mrs Cake with scared eyes.

"Who?", Mrs. Cake asks with worry.

"The C-Caretaker," you reply.

"Wait, he's the reason why you were in the Everfree forest?" Mr. Cake asks, as he trots in the kitchen, apparently listening in. You give him a slight nod. "When I get my hoof on him," Mr. Cake mutters to himself.

"Well don't worry," Mrs. Cake says, wrapping her arm around you. "We'll protect you while Pinkie is away," she continues with her familiar smile.

You smile back at her as she unwraps her arm from around you and walks over to a cupboard and pulls out a plant and scoops up a pancake. Mrs. Cake smothers the newly baked pancake in syrup and places it in front of you. You look up at Mrs. Cake and give her a smile and give a grateful "Thank you," and she ruffles your mane and trots back over to the oven and allows you to dig in to your pancake.

After you finished your pancake and the plate was placed in the dishwasher, you jump down the chair of the table and trot into the main area with Mrs. Cake.

The door of Sugar Cube Corner opened, and the bell rang catching Mrs. Cake and your's attention. A magenta mare walks in the a smile on her face.

"Good morning," She sang with a nice soft voice.

"Good morning Ms. Cheerilee," Mrs. Cake greets.

"Hello Mrs. Cake," the mare directs her attention to you and smiles. "And you must be Silver Wave."

You nod in response and try to hide behind Mrs. Cake.

A small giggle comes from the mare. "Well I'm Ms. Cheerilee, the teacher at the Ponyville School. Now Twilight asked me to place you into the school, and since Twilight is a friend of mine, as well as love having the opportunity to teach a new student, I agreed," Ms. Cheerilee explained with a smile all the way through. "School starts at nine o'clock and finishes at three fifteen. All the subjects you will learn are the basics: Math, writing, Ponyville history and so on and so forth," Ms. Cheerliee finishes and then looks down at you. "Is there any questions you would like to ask?" You respond by shaking your head.

Ms. Cheerilee looks over at the clock. "Oh my, just look at the time, I need to get going. It was nice talking to you," she says before trotting out the front door.

"It was nice seeing you Ms. Cheerilee," Mrs. Cake says before the teacher leaves Sugar Cube Corner.

Mrs Cake looks down at you and says, "Aren't you excited?"

"A little," you say staring down once again.

"What's the matter?"

"W-What if I g-get treated badly because I'm n-new?", you say looking up at Mrs. Cake.

"Oh don't worry," Mrs Cake says with a smile. "I'm sure everypony is nice at the school."

You give a sigh and head back to the kitchen with Mrs. Cake.

--

Pinkie and Twilight walk through Canterlot head towards the Princess' castle.As they they near the door, it opens, exposing many guards standing in a formal line on both sides of the room. A more darker coloured guard approaches them.

"Miss Twilight, Miss Pinkie, please follow me," he says, then turns around to escort them to the Princess' throne room. A sizeable door opens to reveal the alicorn mare with the long, beautiful flowing mane and tail.

"My faithful student, Twilight," Princess Celestia greets her. "I'm glad you arrived," she continues before getting off her throne. "You said something about Pinkie wanting to adopt a colt, but you don't know which orphanage he was in?"

Twilight nods. "That's right, Princess Celestia."

Celestia's horn glows and a list appears before her.

"Now what's this colt's name?"

"Silver Wave!", Pinkie exclaims happily, as she bounces up and down with excitement.

Celestia's eyes start to scan the list looking for the name Pinkie mentioned.

"Ah, Silver Wave," Celestia begins. "It says he ran away from the orphanage in Vanhoover."

"Vanhoover?!", says Pinkie, "But that's so far away!"

Celestia makes the list disappear and makes another piece of paper appears in front of her.

"According to his biography, he's a little small for the average colt," Celestia says raising an eyebrow.

"I know, but that's what make him SO cute!", Pinkie exclaims happily.

"He does look a little cute in this picture," says Celestia with a giggle. The bio disappears and Celestia turns her attention to Pinkie. "Are you sure you want to do this? Taking care of a little colt can be hard work."

"Of course I want to do this!", Pinkie says nearly instantly after Celestia finishes her sentence.

Celestia smiles and nods and turns back to her throne. "I'll send a letter to the orphanage and ask for someone to come here with the adoption papers."

"Thank you Princess," Pinkie says, taking a bow.

--

The sun starts to fall and the moon slowly takes its place. The open sign was flipped to closed and the cash resister was locked.

"Come on Silver, bed time. You got school in the morning," Mrs. Cake says while nudging your side. You get onto your hooves and walk up the stairs and head towards the bedroom. Mrs. Cake opens the door for you and you walk in and head towards the bed. You jump onto the bed and quickly lay down.

"Good night Silver, I'll get you up in the morning," Mrs. Cake says, standing by the door. She slowly closes the door and you start to close your eyes.

During the night you keep opening your eyes again expecting to see a pink mare sleeping next to you, but remembered she was still in Canterlot. As you drift off to sleep, all you can think about is how much you miss Pinkie.

--

Pinkie looks out the window on the room she was staying in. She could see Ponyville far off in the distance. She couldn't help but wonder what the little colt had been doing all day.

"Pinkie," a voice calls from the bedroom door.

Pinkie looks over to see her unicorn friend, Twilight standing there.

"Hi Twilight," Pinkie greets her as she stays by the window.

"Are you okay?", Twilight asks, trotting into the room and walking towards Pinkie.

"Yeah... It's just that I hate the thought of Silver Wave all alone at night. What if he had another nightmare and no one is there to comfort him?", Pinkie says, looking through the window as her face gets closer and closer to the glass.

"Pinkie don't worry," Twilight starts, placing a hoof on Pinkie's shoulder, "He'll be fine, he is really brave for a little colt."

"Yeah, he is," Pinkie replies with a smile to her friend.

"You're doing a really good thing Pinkie, you should be proud of yourself," Twilight says as she beams at her friend.

"Thank you Twilight," Pinkie says, then giving her friend a hug.

Pinkie gets into her bed and snuggles up under the covers as she prepares for sleep. but she can't help but turn her head towards the window and think about how lonely Silver must be. She gives a sad sigh along with a soft whimper and drifts off to her melancholy sleep.

Author's Note

Sorry for no cute stuff in the chapter, but don't worry some more cute stuff will come. It hit you in the face like BAM! and you'll be like "whoa... what just happened?" and then I'll be like "You just hit in the face with some cuteness"

... Yeah

Chapter Seven

Chapter Seven

"Wakey, Wakey, Silver," a soft voice says, shaking you slightly.

You open your eyes halfway and look over to the where the voice came from. You spot Mrs. Cake looking down at you with a small smile. "Come on; up, up, up. It's time for your first day of school," she says, still smiling down at you. You let out a little sigh and sit up on the bed and yawn while stretching your forehooves. You jump of the bed and rub your eyes.

"I've got breakfast already made for you, so come down after you're finished brushing your mane okay?", Mrs. Cake says, as she trots out of the bedroom door.

You give a nod and walk over to the mirror in the room. You take a look at yourself and see that your mane was a right mess. You grab a brush and start to run it through your mane. You let your mind drift off imagining of how you imagine your school experience will end up. I am probably going to be bullied... just like usual... After your mane looks neat, you head downstairs and into the kitchen to see a bowl waiting for you on the table. You trot over to the chair and climb onto it. After seeing the oats inside, you happily eat your delicious treat quickly. After you have finished, you find your saddlebag resting on the front counter of the shop. You check inside, out of curiosity and see a lunch box and typical school supplies. Wow, Mrs Cake was really prepared for this, you think to yourself as you grab your bag, and strap it to your back.

"Ready to go?", Mrs. Cake asks cheerfully.

You take in a deep breath and give a nod.

Mrs. Cake and you walk through Ponyville, heading towards the school house. As you reach closer and closer to the school, you walk past happy fillies and colts running toward the school. Three fillies you easily recognize chat away as they head into the red school house. One thing is for certain; you didn't want to talk to them or be anywhere near them.

You finally reach the school and look up at Mrs. Cake.

"Mr. Cake or I will be here to pick you up after school, okay?", she says with her friendly smile on her face. She proceeds to nudge you with her nose. "Now go on Silver, have a nice day!"

You gingerly walk to the front door of the school. A part of you really wanted to just turn around and run, but you know that Pinkie must've tried really hard to get you into this school, and you didn't want to disappoint her.

At the door you were greeted by Ms. Cheerilee.

"Good morning, Silver Wave," she greets you happily.

"M-Morning," you reply shyly.

"Come on in," she says, walking you into the classroom.

You follow in behind her to see a bunch of desks occupied with fillies and colts who were talking to each other.

"Can I have everypony's attention please?", began Ms. Cheerilee, everypony stopped what they were doing and look towards the school teacher. "We have a new student joining us today. His name is Silver Wave," the three Cutie Mark Crusaders' faces light up with smiles and some of the other students start to talk to each other quietly, but stopping once Cheerilee starts to speak again. "Silver Wave, would you like to tell the class a little bit about yourself?"

You freeze up at the sudden spotlight. You look over the expecting crowd of foals and begin to shrink back and shiver in response.

Cheerilee chuckles tenderly at your behavior and begins once more. "He can be a little shy, but be nice to him and treat him the way you would like to be treated." When Ms. Cheerilee finished, she looks down at you. "Now why don't you take a seat."

You walk towards an empty seat in the middle row between a gray pegasus colt with a slicked back mane and a skinny golden-colored colt with an aquamarine mane and tail. You take the seat and try not to look at the other colts sitting next to you.

"Now everypony, I want you to take out your assignments," Cheerilee announces to the class.

You begin to hear papers rustle and then see the entire class place a single piece of paper on each's desk.

"Now, who would like to read out what they did for the weekends?"

"I will Ms. Cheerilee!", a squeaky voice calls out.

You look over to see Sweetie Belle has her hooves in the air. Ms. Cheerilee gives her a nod and Sweetie jumps out of her seat and walks to the front of the class.

The unicorn clears her throat

"'What I Did This Weekend'. My weekend was a mix of happiness and frightfulness. Me and the other Crusaders tried to get our cutie marks in sailing in the river, but it didn't work the way we wanted. Since we got all wet, we were headed back to Apple Bloom's house to dry up, when we overheard Pinkie Pie talking with Applejack. Pinkie said that she was throwing a party for a new colt that moved in by the name of Silver Wave.”

Sweetie Belle stops reading for a second and smiles at you.

She said the he was an orphan and she'll be taking care of him and asked us if we wanted to help. Of course we said yes!, Not only will we be going to a party, but we'll be meeting a new friend. After walking back to Sugar Cube Corner, we headed straight upstairs. We had to really quiet because Pinkie wanted it to be a surprise. As we were walking up the stairs I glanced into the kitchen to see Silver Wave cleaning up and noticed he didn't have a cutie mark. When we got into Pinkie’s bedroom we had to hide.

After everything was in place, Pinkie went downstairs to retrieve him. We tried to stay as quiet as we possibly could, but we couldn’t help but giggle a bit. The door to the bed opened and we watched as Silver Wave walked into the room slowly, looking at the decorations. As soon as he got close enough we all jumped out and shouted "SURPRISE!". After Pinkie introduced us, that's when Fluttershy tackled him into a hug, started to hug him so tight that he squeaked. It had to be one of the cutest things I have ever heard.

She stops reading to smile at you again. You can also hear some giggles come from the fillies behind you, causing you to cower in embarrassment.

“After the party began, we slowly made our way to him to ask him a question. We asked Silver if he wanted to join the Cutie Mark Crusaders, and he said yes. We told him to show up at clubhouse tomorrow.

“That's where the happiness stopped and the scariness started.

“The next day we waited for Silver Wave and Apple Bloom to show at the clubhouse. After we finished the ceremony for Silver’s initiation, we tried thinking of what we could do to gain our cutie marks. I said, "Maybe Silver’s special talent was squeaking", as a joke, but then we found out it was one of the things Silver was bullied for. We tried to get more info from him without realizing how much it would hurt him. When we pushed it too far, he ran off. We tried to go after him, but he was a really fast runner. We stopped as we thought it would be best if we let him cool off and then we would apologize.

After a couple of hours, we went to Sugar Cube Corner to see if he would accept our apology. That's when we found out that Silver hadn't came home yet. Pinkie started a search party and looked everywhere. Eventually, we had to go into the Everfree Forest to look for him.

“We waited for what seemed like days, but after a few more hours, we saw Pinkie and the others come out of the forest with Silver on her back. We were so happy that he wasn't hurt. After a group hug, we all headed home.

"And that Ms. Cheerilee, was my weekend," Sweetie Belle says, finishing off her assignment.

"Well done, Sweetie Belle," Ms Cheerliee says, before Sweetie takes her seat again.

"Now everypony," Ms. Cheerliee begins, taking some paper out of her drawer. "We will be continuing on our lesson about the History of Ponyville"

--

Finally it was lunch time. It felt like the lessons went on forever. You've already eaten your lunch by yourself and are now currently walking around, shifting your eyes, looking about but keeping your head down, as well.

"Hey Silver Wave, wait up!", a voice shouts from behind you.

You look over your shoulder to the three fillies trotting over to you with smiles. You keep walking, but you can hear them trotting faster to you. You start to gallop faster as well to try and get away from them, but you know that they're still following you. You begin to get annoyed. You would think by the fact that you keep walking away from them, that they would figure you don't want to talk to them.

Suddenly the bell rings, and everypony starts to head back to class. You also head towards the door to another couple of hours of learning.

--

The bell rings and everypony darts out of the class to go back home. You head out the front door to see Mrs. Cake waiting for you.

"How was your day, Silver Wave?", Mrs. Cake asks as you get closer to her.

"I-It was okay, I g-guess,” you respond.

"Oh! Mrs. Cake," the school teacher mare shouts from the school entrance.

"Hello, Ms, Cheerilee," Mrs. Cake greets her.

"Can I speak with you for a moment?", Cheerilee asks.

"Of course," Mrs. Cake replies as they walk into the classroom, leaving you outside to wait.

You walk over to the swing set and sit on one of the seats and swing back and forth slowly.

" Hi!", a voice exclaims from beside you.

You look over to see a gray unicorn filly, with two different shades of yellow for a mane.

"H-Hi," you greet back, not looking at her directly.

"I'm Dinky Doo! You're Silver Wave, right?" You respond with a nod. Her face suddenly becomes disappointed. "You don't talk much, do you?" You shake your head in response.

The filly then gets on the swing next to you and joins you in swinging. Some silence falls as you and this filly swing back and forth like a metronome.

"You're friends with Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, and Apple Bloom right?", Dinky asks.

"I-I really wouldn't c-call them my f-friends", you explain.

"Huh? why not?"

"B-Because friends are s-suppose to laugh with you, not at you," you utter, staring down at the ground.

--

"What did you want to talk about Ms. Cheerilee?", asked Mrs. Cake as she took a seat in front of the school teacher’s desk.

"Well, Silver seems to be having trouble writing," explains Ms. Cheerilee, taking the seat behind her desk. Mrs. Cake response with a tilt of her head in confusion. "I would like to show you some of Silver Wave’s work he did today," Ms. Cheerilee continues then hoofing over a piece of paper to Mrs. Cake.

Mrs. Cake took the paper and attempted to read what was on it. It was rather difficult to read because some of the words were hard to read and some of the letters didn't even look like letters, they looked like lines.

"I see what you mean." Mrs. Cake places the paper down on the desk.

"But I think I may know of a solution," suggests Cheerilee. "I believe a tutor might help with writing and spelling"

"That sounds like a good idea, but who is this tutor?", Mrs. Cake questions.

"This tutor is a very good friend of mine, in fact I think you know her."

--

"So why are you sitting out here by yourself?", Dinky asks.

"I-I'm waiting for Mrs. Cake," you reply, slightly getting annoyed from Dinky’s constant questioning.

"I thought Pinkie was taking care of you?", she asks in confusion.

"S-She is in Canterlot," you answer with a sad sigh.

"Why?"

"Because she is there on some b-business."

The two of you sit there swinging in silence once more. Suddenly the door to the school opens, and Mrs. Cake walks out Ms. Cheerilee. You jump off the swing and trot over to her.

"See you tomorrow," Ms. Cheerilee calls out, as Mrs Cake and you walk away from the school.

--

Pinkie, Twilight and the Sun Princess wait in the throne room for something, or rather, someone really important to show up, bringing the adoption paper for a certain little colt. The door to the throne room opens up and a big brown coated stallion walks in with a folder in his mouth.

"You must be one of the caretakers from the orphanage of Vanhoover?", asks Princess Celestia

"That's right your highness," the stallion replies, placing the folder on the floor and then taking a bow to show his respect.

"And you have the adoption paper for a colt name Silver Wave, correct?" Celestia asks

The stallion nods his head and picks up the folder of papers and hands it to the Princess. Celestia checks over the files to make sure that everything is in order.

"Can I just ask something?", Twilight asks the stallion.

"Sure," replied the caretaker.

"What exactly was Silver Wave like in the orphanage?", Twilight questions.

"Quiet, he was very quiet," the stallion begins. "The only time we had to discipline him is when he refused to do something that we told him to do."

Pinkie leaned over and started to whisper into Twilight's ear. "Do you have lie detector spell?" Twilight nods to the question.

Twilight horns starts to glow in it’s normal light purple aura.

"And what would you do when Silver didn't do what he was told?", Pinkie questioned while raising an eyebrow.

"We would either send him in time out or send him to his room."

Twilight horn glows green, meaning the stallion was telling the truth.

"Did you happen to ever hit him for disobeying?" Pinkie asks in a serious tone of voice

"No of course not, I would never lay a hoof on such a young colt," the stallion exclaims in defense.

Suddenly, Twilight’s horn glows red, indicating that the stallion was lying. Princess Celestia notices this and shoots a glare at the stallion who proceeds to back off a little. She raises from her chair, setting the adoption papers on her throne.

"You've been hitting this colt?!", Celestia roars in her Royal Canterlot voice.

"No.. er... Ye-.” The stallion gets cut off by Celestia who stamps her hoof which echos throughout the castle. Guards march through the door and halt in front of Celestia, waiting for orders.

"Take this Stallion to the ‘Waiting Room’. I'll figure out what to do with this stallion after we're done," Celestia orders. The guards nod and grab the stallion and drag him out of the room, while he fights to break free. Celestia turns back to Twilight and Pinkie. "I'm sorry you had to see that.” Celestia snaps back to business grabs the adoption paper with her magic and levitates it over to Pinkie.

"Pinkie Pie, once you sign that dotted line it will become official that you'll be the guardian of one lucky colt," says Twilight with a little smile.

Pinkie immediately signs the dotted line with her signature without hesitation. The paper was quickly placed back inside the folder and handed over to Princess Celestia.

"Pinkie Pie" Celestia begins with a smile, catching Pinkie’s attention. "You are now the official guardian of Silver Wave."

Author's Note

That last line sounded EPIC!!!!

Chapter Eight

Chapter 8

It was official. Let the records be shown that school is the most boring thing the whole wide world. You sit at your desk, not even paying attention to what was being said, and simply stare at the clock, waiting for it to ring for lunch. Almost... almost, you say to yourself as you watch impatiently for the minute hand to touch twelve. Almost there... and...

"Silver Wave!" the teacher calls out.

You snap out of your trance and look over to Ms. Cheerilee who has her eyes set on you.

"Are you paying attention?" she asks.

"Y-Yes Ms C-Cheerilee."

"Then can you tell me when Princess Celestia and Princess Luna took over from Discord’s reign of evil?" she questions, testing you.

You look over to the board to see that nothing is written on it. You have no other option than to take a wild guess.

"Umm... 1000 y-years ago?"

Cheerilee raised her eyebrow at you, causing you to slump down a little thinking that you got the answer wrong.

"Very good," she says happily when she turns back to her desk. You sigh with relief and sit back up to the normal sitting position.

The gray colt sitting next to you leans over and asks, "You totally guessed that didn't you?" with a smirk. You simply respond with a nod.

Just as Ms. Cheerilee was about to speak, the bell rings and everypony starts to pack up their things.

"Have a good lunch everypony," she calls out before all the fillies and colts rush out of the room.

Being the last one to leave the classroom, you walk out with your head down low and head over to an empty bench. As you were about to get up from the seat, two fillies walk up to you with smug expressions.

"Look who it is Silver Spoon, the colt with your first name," says the pink filly.

"I know Tiara, he doesn't even deserve to have the word 'Silver' in his name," replies Silver Spoon coldly.

"Y-You could j-just c-call me W-wave," you say, attempting to avoid eye contact.

"What was that?" the pink one remarks, putting her hoof to her ear. "We couldn't hear you over your stuttering."

You fold you ears down and stare down at the ground pitifully.

"I don't even know why Pinkie would ever want to look after you," Silver Spoon mocks.

"Yeah, just look at you, you're a small little blank flank that can't even say a single sentence without stuttering," the pink filly says with a snicker along with the silver one.

Little tears start to form in your eyes because you know they said was the truth.

"Awhh, what's the matter blank flank, did we hurt your feelings?" Silver Spoon says with an evil smile.

"HEY!" three little voices cry out.

You and the two bullies look over to where the voices came from. You see Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo looking at Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon with irritated expressions.

"Leave him alone!" shouts Sweetie Belle as they walk over to the bullies.

"Why don't you pick on somepony else," Apple Bloom.

"You blank flanks here to stick up for your short little blank flank coltfriend?" asks Diamond Tiara mockingly.

"So what if he's shorter than most of us, doesn't mean you have to make fun of him!" Apple Bloom continues.

“And he’s not our coltfriend. He’s our friend who happens to be a colt,” Sweetie Belle says, continuing Appleblooms statement.

"Pfft whatever," the pink filly says turning around. "Let's go Silver Spoon, before our cutie marks disappear."

The two bullies walk away from the three fillies and you, but their hurtful words still circled around your head. As they walk away, Applebloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo turn towards you.

"You okay Silver?" asked Scootaloo.

"I-I'm fine," you reply whilst attempting to avert your gaze away from the filly.

"Just remember if Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara ever sees ya' again, we'll be there," Apple Bloom explains confidently.

The bell rings and everypony heads back to the class room for another couple of hours of learning.

--

The day was done; the bell had rung and every filly and colt rushed out to go home. During the lessons, you couldn’t help but think about what the two bullies said to you at lunch. As you were about to leave, you hear somepony call out your name.

"Oh Silver Wave.” You turn around in response and see your school teacher looking at you. "Your tutor wanted you to do some pre-lesson homework," she continues as she hands you a piece of paper.

You take the paper and put it into your saddle bag and trot out the school house. You scan across the large number of mares and stallions, you locate Mrs. Cake and walk over to her and she greets you with a smile.

"Hello Silver Wave, how was your day?" she asks, still smiling.

"I-It was o-okay… c-can we just g-go," you request in attempts to get as far away from the school as possible.

Mrs. Cake nods her head and starts down the dirt road. You notice that Mrs. Cake is looking at you with a worried face.

"Did you get any homework today?" she asks curiously.

You nod. "S-She called it pre-lesson h-homework that my t-tutor asked me to do," you start while looking up at Mrs. Cake slightly, but one question comes to mind; "W-Who is my t-tutor?"

"You're just going to have to wait and see," Mrs Cake replies with a slight grin.

After a short walk back to Sugar Cube Corner you walk through the door and place your saddle bag in the corner of the shop.

"Why don't you go upstairs and get started on your homework," Mrs. Cake suggests. You respond with a nod and grab the homework and a pencil from your bag and trot upstairs. You place yourself in the middle of the room and start working instantly.

Half way down the homework and you start to have trouble answering some of the questions. You were about to continue writing when...

Giggle

A noise came from behind you. You look over to the door to see nothing there. You stare in confusion before returning to your work

Giggle

There it was again; that noise. You scan the room again; still nothing could be seen. You turn back to the work again before you're lifted in the air, which freaks you out a little before being pulled into a cuddly embrace and hearing something that instantly makes you happy.

"Hi Silver Wilver!" a cheerful voice chants.

"Pinkie!" you shout as you begin hugging her. "I missed you!"

"I missed you too," Pinkie exclaims, hugging you tighter.

After a hug that felt like forever, Pinkie lets go of you and places you down on the floor and says, "Come with me, I have something to show you."

You follow Pinkie out of the bedroom and downstairs, where you are greeted with Pinkie’s friends, Mr. and Mrs. Cake and the Cutie Mark Crusaders. As you step on the final step on the staircase, Pinkie turns to you with a smile.

"You know that I said that I was going to Canterlot to help the princess with some business?" Pinkie asks, which you respond with a nod. "You see, I lied about the business part, I actually went to Canterlot for this," she continues, then pulling out a piece of paper from the desk and placing it in front of you.

You start to read the paper and as you read, you feel shock. You look up at Pinkie who has a loving expression on her face.

"D-does, d-does this mean that y-you're..." you start, finding it hard speak.

“That’s right Silver, I'm now your official guardian!" Pinkie cheers out.

You trot over to her and jump to hug onto her neck in happiness. Pinkie grabs hold of you and from you tight yet again. Pinkies hug gets too tight again and you let out the squeak. The the room fills instantly with giggles.

"I missed that," Pinkie says as she still holds you, but you didn't care that you let that squeak out, as you finally had someone that is now officially taking care of you.

--

Luna's moon is high in the sky and you are in bed with Pinkie sleeping next to you. The words of Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara still float in your head and it makes it hard to fall asleep. You crawl out of bed and jump onto the windowsill looking outside. They're right, you start to think to yourself. I am just a little useless blank flank. You hear Pinkie start to move about in the bed, you look over to see her hooves reach out to grab something. She still thinks that you're in the bed and her forelegs are searching the bed, looking for you while she's still sleeping. You turn back to the window again and let your mind wander yet again, but your thoughts were cut short when:

"Silver," a tired voice says. Looking over to the bed, you see Pinkie staring at you with drowsy eyes. "What are you doing up?"

Now only one question is in your mind. As Pinkie rolls off the bed and trots over to you, you turn to her and say:

"Why me?"

"Huh?"

"Why did you a-adopt me?" you ask again.

"Why wouldn't I?" Pinkie questions back with a happy, confused tone.

"B-because I'm just a little b-blank flank who can't e-even say a sentence without s-stuttering," you reply, getting down from the windowsill and then sitting in front of Pinkie.

"Silver," Pinkie began, pulling you closer to her. "I adopted you for SOOOO many reasons, but I think I'm just going to say the top three," she continues smiling down at you. "Number 3: You do the most cutest things," she continues nuzzling your ear. "Number 2: I want you to be safe, and Number 1: Because I love you."

That last reason caught you by surprise; but you look up at her reply softly, "I love you too."

Pinkie hugs you again, picks you up, and places you on the bed. She lays down next to you and pulls you to her chest. You snuggle up in her fur and fall to sleep in the arms of your new guardian.

Chapter Nine

Chapter Nine

It was just another day in Ponyville, You were walking back to sugarcube corner from getting supplies for Mrs. Cake, which you were caring in a bag. As you happily trot back from the store you couldn't help think that this has been the happiest that you have ever been in your entire life, You had a roof over your head, you had a legal guardian and you were away from the caretaker.

You finally made it back home and took yourself into the kitchen where Mrs. Cake was rolling some dough.

She sees you enter and smiles as you place the bag on the floor.

“Thank you very much, Silver,” Mrs. Cake said warmly as she came over to you took the bag, you smiled as she did so.

You walk back out of the kitchen and headed upstairs to finish off the homework that Miss Cheerilee had set. Once you open the door you see Pinkie sitting in the middle of the room with her back to you.

Something was off about this because her coat and mane looked darker. Once you fully stepped into the room the door slammed shut making you jump. You try to open the door again the but wouldn't budge.

Suddenly the whole room started getting darker like everything was losing its color, the objects sitting on the counters started melting, even the doorknob slowly disappeared. You were starting to get scared to the point where you were shaking..

“SSSssssSSSllllLLLLLiiiiivvvvveEerrrrrRRRR WWWWAAaaaaaaavvvvvveeeEeeeeE” A dark and eerie voice said which chilled you to the bone

You look around the room to see where the voice came from until you realized that the voice came from Pinkie.

“P-P-Pinkie?”

“SSSSSSSsssiiiiIIIllveEEERRRRRR”

You start to walk closer and closer to Pinkie getting more and more sacred as you do so. You stop until you’re close as you want to get.

Pinkie slowly starts to turn around. When she full turns to you a massive chill goes down your spine and you try slowly step back. Seeing Pinkies face you wanted to cry because of how demonic it looks.

Pinkie eyes were black with what looks like tears that have crawled down her face leaving tar-like lines. Her teeth her long and shape, like knives.

You jump back in total fear from the sight so Pinkie demonic face and try to unlock the door and the handle had disappeared.

“CCCccCCCCoooOommmmmEEE andDDDd giiiiVVVEee PinKKKieeeE PiEE a huGGGggg” She said opening up her arms

“N-N-NO!” you scream as you try and get as far away from her as you can, but there was no way to get away from her.

Pinkie then started advancing towards you very slowly as you try to crawl away until you were trapped into a corner. She started getting closer and closer. As your eyes start to fill with tears form terror you close them so I don’t have to look at her.

You open your eyes again to see that you're on a bed. You shot up into a sitting position and breath heavily and tears rolling down your face. Looking around the room you see that everything was normal and that it was all a dream.

“Silver?!” A voice came from beside you, looking over you see Pinkie rubbing her eyes “Are you okay?” she asks with concern, to which you nod while wiping away from tears “Did you have another bad dream?”, you nod again while tears still roll down your face a quick pace.

Pinkie quickly wraps her arms around you and pulls you closer to her so that your face is almost buried in her chest fluff. The hug is starting to get a little tight so you try a wiggle and squirm to try and get Pinkies attention, but it didn’t work so well. You finally stop crying and slowly drift off to sleep again.

Meanwhile, Pinkie was thinking to herself “This is the fifth bad dream this week.” She looks down to see Silver Wave now sound asleep and slowly stroked his mane. I wonder what might be causing them? she slowly laid her head on to her pillow and closed her eyes.

--

“I just don’t know, Mrs. Cake. Every night he seems to have a nightmare.” Pinkie said as she sits at the table with a plate of pancakes and a cup of coffee in front of her.

“It curtained seems odd.” Mrs. Cake says as she takes a seat across from her

“Well he has been through a lot” Mr. Cake adds as he walks into the room, carrying the twins on his back “maybe all that torment he went through that at the orphanage is the reason for all the nightmares.”

“Mmm,” Mrs. Cake says after taking a sip of her coffee “I agree. That could be one reason for why he has a lot of nightmares. He could have Post-traumatic stress disorder”

-

You hop down each of the steps of the staircase heading towards the kitchen. Thankfully today was a Saturday, which means no school!!

As you reach the final step the three adults stop their conversation and look over at you.

“Good morning, sleepy head!” Pinkie Pie, your now legal guardian, greets with her trade make smile

“M-m-morning” you say as you walk into the kitchen

“How did you sleep, sweetheart?” Mrs. Cake asks

Her eyes follow you as you make your way towards the table and jump up onto the seat Pinkie Pie.

“I s-slept well t-thank you” you respond to Mrs. Cakes question

“That’s good,” Cupcake says as the gets up from her chair “now, would you like some breakfast pancakes?

“Y-yes please”

With another one of her smiles, Mrs. Cake gets up from her seat and walks over to the oven and start to make a fresh plate of pancakes.

“So are you excited to meet your tutor today, Silver?” Pinkie Pie asks

Oh yeah… you were meeting your new weekend tutor this afternoon. Let’s just say you weren’t too thrilled to have two hours of extra learning on your weekends.

“I g-guess so,” you say looking up at Pinkie

“It’s okay, Silver. Don’t be nervous” your Guardian said while stroking your mane “I’m sure they’ll be super nice and helpful”

You nod slightly and smile at Pinkie, in which she smiles back. Turning your attention to the blue pony frying off your breakfast “M-Mrs Cake?” You call out

“Yes, darling?”

“W-who is my t-tutor?”

“Like I said before, Silver,” she says while turn toward you, carrying your plate of pancake “you’re just going to have to wait and see” she continues, place the plate in front of you “now eat up”

You thank her once again and start to dig into your breakfast

—

The day went by pretty quickly. You pretty much spent the day helping around the kitchen and playing with Pinkie.

You currently sit at a table with your legal guardian waiting for your tutor to arrive. The tutor said that they would be here by half 2.

As the minute hand is 5 ticks away from the set time you start to get more and more nervous. Pinkie starts to notice this and wraps her arms around you pulls you in close to her warm embrace.

“There’s no need to worry, Silver,” she said in a comforting voice “you’ll do just fine” You smile at her as she gives you a small squeeze.

The bell at the top of the door rings and you both look over. You see a purple unicorn mare with a slightly darker mane. You instantly recognize this pony

“Hiya, Twilight!” Pinkie shouts waving at her friend

“Hello, Pinkie. Hello, Silver Wave” Twilight responds walking over “how are you?”

“We’re okay. We’re just waiting for Silvers tutor” Pinkie replies while squeezing you again

“Well you no longer have to wait,” Twilight said while taking the seat opposite to you

Pinkie tilts her head slightly and asks “Wait… you’re Silver Waves tutor?”

“That’s right” Twilight replies with a smile

“This is great!!” Pinkie shouts, making you jump a little “we don’t have to worry about a complete stranger teaching you” she continues squeezing you once again “you have the smartest pony in Ponyville tutoring you!”

Twilight giggled at the pink pony’s compliment and being to pull out some papers and some pens onto the table “now if you don’t mind excusing us, Pinkie. We need to get this lesson underway”

“Okie Dokie Loki” Pinkie chirped happily, she gives you only final hug and gets up from her seat “Have fun you two,” she says and bounces away to the kitchen

So you’re left alone sitting at a table with a pony that you’ve met by never really spoken too.

“So, Silver Wave” Twilight begins, you turn your head towards her, but trying your best not to make eye contact with her, “have you completed the homework that was set?”

You nod slightly and slide the homework over to her. Twilight picks up the paper with her hooves and her eyes start to scan it. The look on her face starts to worry you as you notice her face starts to turn into a confused stare.

“I’m sorry, Silver Wave” she begins, making you fold your ears “I can’t really read anything you have written down” she continues placing the paper down in front of her “I can’t make out any words or letters you’ve written down since they just look like wiggly lines” she continues on trying to put it as nice as possible

A hot wash of shame and embarrassment flows over you as you sink into your seat and fold your ears down even more.

“But that’s okay, Silver” Twilight says getting up from her seat and sitting on the seat next to you “Now we know where to start”

Using her magic, Twilight picks up a piece of paper and a pen and placed it in front of you. You look at the paper see that it’s an alphabet worksheet.

“Now what I would like you to do is to trace over each letter as neatly as you can” Twilight explains with a smile, trying to give you some confidence

“O-O-Okay” you stutter as you grab a pencil in your hoof and start to trace over the letter A.

After you’ve traced over every letter, uppercase and lowercase, you slide the paper over to Twilight. She takes the paper and smiles at you

“Well done. This is very neat” she said as she looks at your work “Okay now I’m going to get you to do the same thing, but you won’t be tracing them this time” she says while sliding another paper

This paper was another alphabet worksheet. This time under the letter was a blank space.

“You’re going to have to copy the letters onto to the space here” she explains pointing to the blank space, “you think you can do that for me?”

With a small nod, you try your best to complete this sheet

—

Another two hours, what seemed to go by pretty quickly, you finished all the worksheets that Twilight had planned out for this lesson. During that time you did get a little stressed from time to time.

“Well Silver Wave, that is our lesson done for today,” Twilight says as she started packing away her stuff

“The lesson is done already?” a happy voice said from the kitchen doorway “boy that went quick”

“Yes Indeed it did” Your tutor replies as she still continues to pack

“So how did he do?” Pinkie Pie asks as she bounces over

“He did very well” Twilight responds as she ruffles your mane a little “he does find it difficult to write words and sentences, but that something we can work on next week”

“So how much do we owe you, Twilight?” Mr. Cake asks from the counter.

“Oh don’t worry about money, Mr. Cake,” The purple unicorn said putting on her saddlebag “I just want to help little Silver Wave here get the best out of his education,” she said giving you a happy smile, in which you smile back “Well I best be off”

“T-Thank you for t-today” you speak up, working the courage to look at her

“You are very welcome, Silver Wave,” Twilight says giving you another one of her sweet smiles

As Twilight leaves the bakery with everyone saying their goodbyes. Pinkie comes and scoots up next to you and wrapping her arms around you once again. “So how was your first lesson?”

“It w-was o-okay” you answer, looking up at her “I learned h-how to write the a-a-alphabet p-properly”

“That is super duper great!” Pinkie yells fully wrapping both of her arms around you and pulling you into a tight embrace “I’m so proud of you”

You rush of heat goes to your cheeks as Pinkie pulls you in tighter and a proud smile comes to your face

“Yes, well done, Silver” Mrs. Cake says coming over to the table “How about we bake you up some treats huh?”

“O-okay,” you say happily

—

Now that the night has fallen upon Ponyville it was time to get some rest. You currently stand in the bedroom with Pinkie in front of you.

“Okay Silver, time for bed!” Pinkie Pie said while looking down at you “did you brush your teeth?” She asks, in which you respond with a nod “are you sure?” You nod again “Show me your pearly whites!” She said in a happy tone.

You make a big toothy smile at Pinkie to show that you have Indeed brushed your teeth

“Ummmmmmmm…” Pinkie hummed while getting down lower to your height so she can inspect your teeth “let me smell your breath” She said while bringing her nose closer to your mouth

You breathe into the Pinkie's nose in which she replies with a “Mhmm minty!” with a small giggle at the end

Suddenly Pinkie picks you up and throws you onto the bed. You land of the marshmallow-like bed, bouncing as you do with a small giggle escaping your mouth.

With a RAWR!! Pinkie jumps onto the bed, sending shock waves through the mattress making you bounce up and down again, which of course make you giggle once again while your eyes are closed.

You open your eyes to see Pinkie stand over you with a smirk. She suddenly takes a deep breath and falls, but where does land? On your tummy. She then blows a raspberry on your belly.

The ticklish sensation sends through your body and making laugh uncontrollably. You try to push Pinkie away but it’s no use since you’re laughing too hard.

Pinkie stops blowing on your tummy and starts to laugh with you. She then gives you another hug while nuzzling your cheek.

You turn into Pinkie's hug and try to hug her back. But this pink pony is far too big and fluffy for your small size to fully hug.

The pink pony then eases up on the tight hug, but still holding you in her arms. She looks down at you with her big loving blue eyes and leans down to give you another nuzzle on the cheek, along with a small kiss.

With you still in her arms she pulls the covers over the two of you and snuggles you closer to her.

“Goodnight, Silver Wilver” Pinkie said whilst stroking your mane

“G-Goodnight, Pinkie” you reply snuggling yourself deeper into her fur

Pinkie watches as you slowly drift off to sleep while stroking your mane. She then leans down and whispers in your ear.

“I will be here to protect you from anything you dream about. Any monsters that attack you, I will scare them off. Any dark place you find yourself in, I will brighten it up. Any sad moment, I will do anything to put a smile on that face” she places a kiss on your head “I love you so much”

With that, she places her head on her pillow and drifts off to sleep with your in her arms.

Chapter Ten

Running through the hallways of this gingerbread house, that you now call your home, playing pretend was how you kept yourself entertained until Pinkie or The Cakes needed you during the day. You were pretending to be a royal knight for the princess, running through the streets to catch a criminal.

“Stop right there, Criminal Scum! You violated the law!” You shout down the empty hallway. Using your momentum to slide across the floor, you stop in front of the room you’ve been sleeping in. Continuing with your imagination you run around the bedroom, jumping onto the bed and then jumping back off, pretending that it’s many different obstacles that you would find in a busy city street.

Just as you jumped off the bed again, and landing in the middle of the room, you suddenly heard a loud

PSST!

Stopping suddenly you look around the room, looking for where the sauce of the sound came from.

PSSST!

There it was again! Where is it coming from?

PSSSSST!

You realized that the noise wasn’t coming from the bedroom, but outside in the hallway. Slowly walking toward the door that leads to where the noise, you assumed, was coming from you inched closer and closer. You stick your head through the doorway and look from left to right… but there was nothing there.

Stepping out slowly into the hallway, whilst still looking around, you walk toward the stairs, thinking that the noise would be coming from the downstairs area.

Walking closer and closer, slowly, of course, to peer down to the staircase thinking that must of been where the noise had come from. Once you get to the steps you look down the stairs only to see that there was nothing there.

Still confused you crouch down a little to see if you can peek into the kitchen slightly. Thankfully due to your small size you manage to see a little bit of the kitchen, but no one was there either.

Standing back up you shrug off the noise thinking that it must have been your mind playing tricks on you. You turn around, to head back to the bedroom to continue your imaginary game, only to be stopped as you bumped into something.

You slowly look up to see something that completely shocks you to the core!

“Did you forget about me already, runt!”

It was the caretaker! The stallion that made your life a living hell every day! How is he here!? Why is he here!?

Stunned in complete fear and shock your legs seem to have a mind of their own and you start to walk backward.

As you’re walking back you completely forgot that you are right in front of the stairs! As your hind hoof slips on the edge of the stair you suddenly start to lose your balance. You were almost about to fall down the flight of stairs, but luckily you managed to think quick and were about to regain your footing… when suddenly.

“Need a hoof?” The caretaker asked with an evil chuckle. You turn your head toward him, only to see his hoof come rocketing toward you.

As the big hoof collided with your chest you lost your balance completely and tumbled down the stairs. Each step that you collided with brings you a great amount of pain. Hitting your shoulder, your hind leg bending in a way it shouldn’t, The side of your head catching the edge of a step, each as painful as the other.

You crash down the bottom of the stairs with the back of your head to smack the floor hard. Your ears start to ring and tears start to fall down your face as you watch the caretaker slowly, and menacingly, trot down the stairs with an evil smirk on his face. Turning on to your tummy you try your best to try and crawl away from him.

Suddenly a great amount of pain comes to one of your hind hoof, which causes you to cry out. Working up the courage to slowly open your eyes you see the caretaker has his hoof firmly pressing down on yours.

“Aww, what's the matter? Did that hurt?” He said evilly “What about this?”

Another immense amount of pain comes to your hoof as he slowly grinds from left to right. You cry and scream as loud as you could, but no one seems to hear you. It seems as no one can save you from the horrible monster as he inflicts more and more damage to your injured hoof. As tears fall down your face the caretaker slowly lifts his hoof off and walks towards your head. He just looks down at you with a sinister smirk on his face, he’s clearly enjoying the pain and agony that he's causing you. Without saying a word he lifts up his hoof once again, hanging it right in front of your face.

“Goodnight, Silver Wave,” His deep dark voice says before he reels back to stomp you.

Closing your eyes and gritting your teeth you waiting for this stallion to end you hear a grunt as you can already feel the might and force he’s putting in towards the final blow…

Suddenly your eyes shoot open and you sit up panting and trying to catch your breath. Looking around you can see that you’re safe and a sound in a nice and cosy bedroom. Sighing with relief you whip away the tears in your eyes and get ready to fall back asleep when some movement came from beside you. You look over to see a silhouette of a big pony sitting up. A sudden rush of fear comes to your mind as you’re taken back to the nightmare you just had had and you start to scream. Scrambling to you’re hooves you jump of the bed and try to run towards the door. Since you were on the far side of the bed had to run all the way around to reach the exit.

“Silver?!?” The silhouette calls out as it also gets out of the bed a rushes towards you.

“S-STAY AWAY FROM ME!!” You scream, stopping in the middle of the room as the dark figure blocks your path and starts slowing walk towards you. You start to backup to maintain the distance between the two of you. Again tears start to drip down your face “STAY A-AWAY F-FROM ME!!” you scream again as the figure gets closer and closer.

“Silver, it’s okay” it seems as the silhouette isn’t listening to you as it advances forward

Still backing away you’re suddenly stopped as your flank comes into contact with the wall. As more tears start to form in your eyes you slump down to the floor and cover your face with your hoof, sobbing and shaking whilst doing so. As the steps get closer you continue to hide your face in your arms and all you wish that you could just disappear. When the hoofsteps reach you they come to a stop, scaring you and making you shake more violently. until you feel a soft pair of hooves pick you up from the floor and into a warm embrace.

Opening your tear-filled eyes you look up to see your guardian, Pinkie Pie, looking down at you with one of her calming smiles. Tears still continued to stream down your face as you bury yourself in her chest and start sobbing loudly.

“Shhhhh,” Pinkie said soothingly while stroking your mane and holding you tighter “It’s okay, Pinkies got you”

Continuing to sob you faintly hear the bedroom door swing open and four sets of hooves come storming in “What going on?! Is everything alright?!” a male voice shouted as he enters the room, this voice clearly belonged to Mr. Cake

“Everything's fine,” Pinkie said quietly as she carries on cuddling you hoping to stop your crying.

“Another nightmare, Silver?” Another soft female voice says, which you recognize as being Mrs. Cake, as she draws closer to you.

Nodding, while you face was completely buried in Pinkies chest, you cry out “I-I-It felt s-s-s-so r-r-real! I-I-It was like th-h-the c-caretaker was g-g-gonna g-g-get me!”

Pinkie continues to hold you tighter and tighter as tears fall down your face “It’s okay, he’s never going to hurt you ever again.” Pinkie said as she continues to stroke your mane.

The calming strokes of your mane slowly, but surely, calms down you down to where you finally pull your face away from the pink pony’s chest and whip the water from your eyes. With a small sniffle, you look up at Pinkie, who’s looking back down at you with a smile that lets you know that you’re safe from any harm.

Looking around you see Mr. and Mrs. Cake looking at you with smiles before saying Cupcake asks “Feeling better?” To which you nod in response and whipping away another tear from your eye. She gives you a sweet smile and ruffles you mane

“We’ll let you get back to bed,” Mr. Cake said before giving you a little pat on the head and trotting back to the door with his wife, leaving you and Pinkie in the room together again.

With you still in her arms Pinkie rested her cheek on top of your head and held you tightly again. Your face is pressed into her warm chest again she being to rock from side to side in a slow and calming motion. As she sways back and forth your eyelids begin to become heavier and heavier before fully closing your eyes a drifting back to sleep.

—

Pinkie continues to rock the young colt in her arms with her head resting on top of his. Lifting her head up she smiles as she noticed that the little one has fallen back asleep. Moving slowly she carries the colt to the bed and settled him down in the soft mattress. Walking over to the other side, she gets into the bed as well and grabs Silver Wave again to pull him closer to her, snuggling him once again. As she was about to grab the covers Silver suddenly starts squirming a bit which makes Pinkie think that maybe he’s having another bad dream.

Watching the colt Pinkie looked down with worried eyes, but her sinking feeling went away as quick as a flash as Silver stretches out his arms and lets out a cute little yawn before grabbing Pinkie with all four of his hooves and snuggled deeper into her fur. Giggling at the cute display Pinkie grabbed the cover and pulled it over the two of them and rested her head down on the pillow. With Silver still cuddling her, she lent down to him and gave him a kiss on the forehead before drifting off the sleep herself.

—

“He’s been having nightmares all week. And it’s really starting to worry me.” Pinkie said as she paced around the kitchen in circles with a concerned look on her face.

“It’s clear that it’s because of all the trauma that he’s been through.” Mrs. Cake added as she watched Pinkie trot around from the table “But the only question is how long will it last for? Week? Months? Years?” She continued while looking her husband who was sitting next to her.

“Hmmm” Mr. Cake hummed while stroking his chin “I might have a theory on something.”

Pinkies ears perked up and she zoomed over to the skinny yellow stallion, almost colliding with him, but she stops herself to where her eyes were close to his “Really? What have you got Mr. Cake?”

Getting really uncomfortable, Carrot Cake lightly pushed Pinkie way from him until she was a reasonable distance before he said “Well… Did he have a bad dream on the day that you became his legal guardian?”, which Pinkie rubbed her chin to remember back to that day and then shook her head no “So maybe he doesn’t have bad dreams when he’s really happy.”

“So if we managed to keep him happy the whole day… then maybe the nightmare might stop?” Mrs. Cake asked, trying to make sense of her husband's theory, to which he simply nods

“You’re a genius, Mr. Cake!” Pinkie beamed “we can stop his bad dreams for good!” She continues and starts bouncing around the kitchen.

“Remember Pinkie, it’s just a theory. It might not be true” Carrot hesitated, trying to calm her down a bit.

“It’s still worth a shot though!” Pinkie sang as she counted bounce.

“So what should we do to make him happy all day?” Asked Cup Cake.

All three of the ponies simultaneously start to think of ways to keep the little colt from having nightmares.

--

Sleeping soundly on the world's softest mattress, you snuggle further into the pillow wishing you could just stay here forever. However, your wish would never come true when you feel a hoof start to rock you to where you open your eyes to see a pink blur in front of you. Blinking a couple of times to get your eyes adjusted to the light, Pinkie was staring down at you with loving eyes to which you smile back at her while your head was still resting on the pillow.

“Morning, Sleepyhead,” She says down to you “Did you sleep well?”, to you respond nodding “It’s time to get up and get some breaky in your tummy!”

Yawning, you turn back around from Pinkie and slowly close your eyes to hopefully get some more sleep. But you feel her hooves grab around your waist and drag you along the bed until you feel your back press up against her chest.

As she nuzzled your ear, she whispers “I know you’re tired, Silver Wilver. But it’s breakfast time.” she then picks you up from the bed and places you on the floor. Rubbing your eyes again, you look up at Pinkie who said: “Come on, downstairs mister” while nudging you closer to the door.

Sighing in defeat you trot towards the bedroom door to head down to the kitchen. Once you reach the stairs you freeze as you’re suddenly taken back to the dream you had last night. As you stand there frozen in place Pinkie looks down at your worried and snaps you out of your trace by asking “Silver? What wrong?”.

Swallowing the lump in your throat you look back up at her and say “I-I fell d-down the stairs in my dream l-last night” you explain, trying to fight back the tears.

“Oh, you poor thing!” Pinkie said as she bent down to reach your level “It was just a dream, nothing is ever going to hurt you whilst I’m here!” She continued, giving you a confident smile and a wink.

Smiling back at her you hop from step to step until you’ve reached the bottom and trot into the kitchen, with Pinkie close behind you. The Cakes see you enter and they both smile at you.

“How are you feeling, Silver?” Mr. Cake asks

“B-better,” you reply, as you jump up onto one of the chairs.

“That’s lovely to hear.” Mrs. Cake adds with a smile “Now it’s time for you to eat.” she continues and slides a plate of pancakes over to you.

Looking down at the plate you get a little confused, due to the fact there was three pancakes than you’re usually two. Plus it seems that it was covered in more syrup and some apple slices cut on it as well.

“What’s wrong, Silver Wilver?” Pinkie asks as she sits in the chair next to you

“N-nothing… a-are you sure this is m-my plate?” You question while looking back at Mrs. Cake

“Of course my dear, what’s wrong with it?”

“I-it just that there’s o-one more p-pancake than usual.” As you said this you realized that it sounded like you were making a fuss and that was the last thing you wanted to do, so you continue by saying “n-n-not that I-I-it’s a p-problem! S-sorry if it’s s-sounds like I’m c-complaining!”

“It’s no problem, Silver” The blue pony smiled at you “we gave you three because Mr. Cake made a little too many this morning,” she said as she nudged her husband.

Chuckling he responded “Well I had to use up all of the leftover batter”, he then turns his head towards you and says “plus you’re a growing colt, you need to eat.”

Smiling at them both you start to dig into your breakfast pancakes, and even though you’ve had them before they always tasted great. As you were eating, Pinkie and The Cakes were talking almost themselves, they whisper quietly about some stuff but you can’t make out what they were saying. Bite after bite you start to get to the end of the last one and you were starting to feel a little full, but you managed to eat all three of the pancakes without a problem. You set the fork by the plate and lean back on your chairs and let out a satisfied sigh.

“Someone was hungry, weren’t they.” Pinkie giggled as she muffled your mane. Blushing you nod at her, which caused her to giggle again.

Taking your plate and putting it in the sink Mrs. Cake said to you “Now Silver we have a little special plan for today”, you tilt your head in confusion “Today is the day we do our shopping for supplies and other bits and bobs. So Pinkie and I are going to take you with us.”

“Plus it’s almost Winter! So which means we’re going to have to get you some nice warm things for you to wear! Like a big puffy jacket! And a warm scarf! And a little
beanie! And some little booties so you can walk in the snow! OHHHH I’m already getting excited by how cute you will look!!” Pinkie finished her rant by grabbing you a pulling you into another hug, but this time she had her cheek pressed up against yours.

Once she let go of you, you fall back into your chair then Mrs. Cake grabs your attention again but saying “So run upstairs and grab your saddle bag.”

Nodding at her you climb down from the chair and start heading towards the staircase. As you hop up a couple of steps you turn back to the three ponies, still sitting at the table and ask “W-Where are we g-going e-exactly?”

They all turn and smile at you as Pinkie says “Canterlot!”