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/r/ Oneshot "Wonderland"

By: ShinobiPony on Dec 11th, 2012  |  syntax: None  |  size: 7.27 KB  |  hits: 139  |  expires: Never
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  1. >You stare down at the gravestone, face just as unmoving as the engraved rock
  2. >You never thought it would be her to go first…
  3. ~~~~~~
  4. >You’ve been in the peaceful land of Equestria for 4 years now
  5. >After the initial grief of knowing you were trapped had passed you found the pastel wonderland to be more home than earth ever was
  6. >There is on war, no disease, no strife
  7. >In all honesty it’s a dream come true
  8. >But every dream can turn sour…
  9. >You are Anonymous and right now, you are helping Twi sort books
  10. >”Thanks for the help Anon, it’s been awhile since I could give Spike a day off” She says with a beaming smile
  11. >You return the smile
  12. “Think nothing of it, anything for a friend”
  13. >She opens her mouth to reply but is cut off as the tree rumbles
  14. >With a thunderous crash and splintering of wood, a cyan blur breaks down the door
  15. >“Rainbow!” Twilight starts, less then pleased with her now destroyed door “Why in the world woul-”
  16. >”Guys!” Rainbow interrupts, frantic “Come quick! Something’s wrong with Pinkie!”
  17. >Rainbow rushes back out urging you and Twilight to follow
  18. >The door is instantly forgotten as you and the unicorn chase after the prismatic pegasus
  19. “Whats going on Dash?!” you ask as you all set a hellish pace to the hospital
  20. >Dash looks almost ready to cry “T-they don’t know! We were having lunch and the she just collapsed!”
  21. >Shit
  22. >This sounds bad
  23. >Still full sprint, you all barrel into the hospital lobby, out of breath
  24. >Dash flies up to the nurse attending the desk “Pinkie’s room, quick!”
  25. >The nurse looks like she just swallowed a bug at the name, but nods and leads the three of you to room 201, where the others were sitting about gloomily
  26. >”Please be careful with her, we are not sure what’s wrong and whatever it was, it put a huge strain on her heart” the nurse warns as she trots back out
  27. >You gulp and slowly, almost painfully look at Pinkie
  28. >As soon as you do, you wish you hadn’t
  29. >Laying motionless one the white bed, hooked up to IVs and a heart monitor with her eyes closed, is Pinkie
  30. >She…she’s so still…
  31. >You blink and lick the inside of your mouth which had gone dry
  32. “Rainbow? What were you and Pinkie doing before…”
  33. >Dash blinks away tears and looks to you “We were just having lunch at Sugar Cube Corner, I don’t see…”
  34. >You tune out Rainbow as one thought comes to mind
  35. >No…
  36. >No not Pinkie…
  37. >Of all the p0nies…
  38. “Girls…” your voice cuts though all other sounds
  39. >All of them fix their eyes on you
  40. “I think I know what’s wrong with her”
  41. >Everyone of them gasps and starts talking at once, filling the room with a din
  42. “Girls! Enough!”
  43. >All of them fall silent
  44. “This is a bit of a long shot, but I think Pinkie is in a diabetic coma…”
  45. >Silence…
  46. >”Anon…” Fluttershy’s voice echo’s quietly “What’s ‘diabetic’?”
  47. >You feel a pain lance at your heart
  48. >There was no such thing as disease as severe as diabetes here
  49. >How could they understand?
  50. “It means…her body can’t regulate sugars properly anymore”
  51. >Another tense silence
  52. >”Well, how do we fix it?” Applejack asks, her southern twang shaky
  53. >You wince and turn your head
  54. >You could hear a pindrop, then
  55. >”Anon, this….this isn’t funny! Tell us how to fix it!” Rainbow yells, getting right up in your face, her eyes blazing
  56. >You mumble your answer
  57. >”What?”
  58. “We can’t…”
  59. >”You, you can’t be serious, Anon stop it!” Rainbow roars into your face
  60. “I AM SERIOUS!”
  61. >You turn away to compose yourself, trying to make it hurt the least you can
  62. >Finally calmed some, you turn back around
  63. >Looking around the room and feel your heart break with every face you look at
  64. >Applejack just sits there staring at nothing, tears pouring down her face
  65. >Rarity has turned away, her shoulders heaving with barely suppressed sobs
  66. >Fluttershy may as well have collapsed in on herself, a look of pure devastation frozen to her face
  67. >Twilight just shakes her head, denial written on her face as tears leak from the corner of her eyes
  68. >You look for Rainbow, only to see the door open, and hear heart wrenching sobs come from down the hallway
  69. >Finally you can’t hold it anymore
  70. >Putting a hand to your face you stop trying to hold it in
  71. >For the first time in years, you cry
  72. ~~~~~~
  73. >A week later in the hospital, after a message had been sent out for you and the others, you all wait for the doctor in front of you to talk
  74. >He clears his throat “I’m sure the last week has been less than pleasant for you all” he says, glancing around at the haggard p0nies as well as you
  75. >He sighs “I have both good news and bad news”
  76. >You feel yourself lean in, not wanting to miss a word
  77. >”The good news, Pinkie has woken up”
  78. >A round of cheers erupt from the girls
  79. >You just can’t help it, you join in too
  80. >Pinkie’s ok!
  81. >The doctor waits patiently for you and the others to calm down before continuing “The bad news…her heart’s grown weak from the initial episode as well as her coma, she…”
  82. >He sighs and steels himself “She won’t make it through the night…”
  83. >Every bit of elation you feel dies, only to be replaced with the sensation of someone punching you in the stomach
  84. >This…this is a wonderland…
  85. >Things like this don’t happen!
  86. >The doctor looks away “She wants to see you before…” he can’t finish and just starts walking to Pinkies room
  87. >Numb, you follow, hardly even noticing the others
  88. >Every step sounds like thunder on the tile floor
  89. >Pinkie, the ball of sunshine, the happiest p0ny around, the most likeable creature to ever live…
  90. >Is..
  91. >Is..
  92. >NO!
  93. >This will blow over!
  94. >She will get better!
  95. >She is Pinkie Pie!
  96. >You don’t get her down
  97. >And-!
  98. >Those thoughts come to a screeching halt when you finally to the room
  99. >Looking as fragile as glass and pale as porcelain on the bed is Pinkie…
  100. >She turns her head slowly, smiling when she lays her dulling blue eyes on all of you
  101. >”Hey guys…” she says, her voice quiet and subdued, a farcry from her usual loud and bubbly tone
  102. >No one can say anything, too paralyzed from what they see
  103. >She smiles just a little wider “I guess every party has to end sometime. Right?”
  104. >All at once, you and the girls rush up to her, denying what she said with a passion, a ruckus of cracking voices and crying
  105. >She holds up a hoof and you as well as the girls can’t help but fall silent
  106. >”You silly-billys, don’t be upset…I’m not am I?”
  107. >She turns her head to look at the ceiling “It’s just my time I guess…but I’m not sad, you guys have made this the most super fun wild ride I’ve ever had!”
  108. >The heart monitor begins to slow
  109. >”So I want you all to know”
  110. >The monitor slows further
  111. >”That every one of you…”
  112. >You can’t help it, you’re bawling like a baby with the girls
  113. >Pinkie smiles softly “…Are my very best…”
  114. >The monitor slows to a crawl
  115. >She closes her eyes
  116. >”…Friends…”
  117. >Flatline…
  118. ~~~~~~
  119. >You feel streams of tears as the memory fades
  120. >Looking back down at the gravestone, you gulp the lump in your throat away before you speak
  121. “I hope you’re having a sweet party up there Pinks…It’s boring down here without you…”
  122. >You look up into the sky
  123. >They say every cloud has a silver lining
  124. >What a terrible day for the skys to be clear