Chasing Pinkie

~Chasing Pinkie~

~Neutral Ending~

Twilight closes her eyes, and Pinkie just gets up while trotting off, utterly depressed by your choice. You observe her staring out at the waters and looking at the moonlight dancing with the waves. You figure, you’ve probably broken her spirit, but at the same time, she’s broken you as well. You’ve gone through hell today, facing many difficult challenges which thoroughly burned yourself out. All you wish to do now is return to your home, be in your bed and have something to eat. You’re starving as well. You realize you haven’t had one single morsel of food all day.

“Take me home, Twilight...”

With the Alicorn’s flaring magic swirling around your whole body, you feel yourself fading from the world and materializing in the real one. As you open your eyes, you see yourself naked once again, and in your room. You quickly get comfortable in the regular clothing you generally wear around the house and get into bed. It’s late, and you have a busy day ahead of you tomorrow. You can’t really focus on preparing a meal thanks to the overwhelming exhaustion you feel, so rest will have to suffice. You’ll make yourself a big breakfast in the morning.

Six, the break of dawn, and you awaken. Your dreams were filled with Pinkie Pie and all the other cute and adorable ponies. You can’t shake the memories of yesterday no matter how hard you try, so you deal with it while sliding out of bed. You exit the room and head into the bathroom for a bit. While you’re in there, staring at yourself in the mirror, you suddenly hear a loud but familiar noise from the dining room. Upon entering where you heard the sound, you’re surprised to see a wide assortment of berries, vegetable and fruits in a basket, and big, pink bow tied to the handle. There's also a note sitting on the table. It reads:

I’ve been mean to you. I never meant for things to turn out so badly for either of us in the end. I hope, someday, you can forgive me, and we can be friends again. Twilight says she’s thinking about cloning you so I can still get my birthday present, but I just got finished telling her to forget about it. It’s not right for me to do that. I’ve sent you into a horrible time here in Equestria. It wasn’t supposed to be like that at all.

So, the only thing I can think of to make up for it is by providing you with this breakfast. It’s got all sorts of yummy stuff in it that’s really good for you, too. I kept hearing your tummy rumble while I was crying on it, so I made up my mind to, at the very least try and make up for the wrongs I’ve done. Thanks for playing with me, by the way. You were the best chaser I could’ve ever hoped for. Maybe, someday, you and I could do this again, but next time, it’ll be for fun and not to get you to be everyone’s special gift.

Yours sincerely, Pinkie Pie.

You put the note back on the table, look at the food and grit your teeth in frustration. Grabbing an apple and taking a juicy bite out of it, you think about all that’s happened and ponder on maybe going back, but for now, you just munch on your food and think about the time you just spent in Equestria.

You don’t know if what you did was right or wrong. All that you can contemplate about is how you’re going to forget this. Though, the memory with probably forever taunt you, just as the gift basket does now. You place the fully eaten apple in the trash and walk out of the house after getting dressed for the day, and continue with your life.