Regrets

By NocturneD

Note: So the start of Act 2 was a minor success.
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"I thought having an eyepatch would be fun." Pinkie Pie tried as she might just can't make the itch inside her bad eye go away. She looked into the mirror that sat crooked on her fine wooden dresser. Inspecting her new look. Pinkie Pie; party animal. Every pony's friend. Can over exaggerate a good occasion by throwing a smashing party. Sometimes even over doing it. Pinkie Pie; a crazy pony. She is often worry free and the one pony that can cheer any pony up. Her tasty treats would turn frowns upside down. Pinkie Pie; the pony can even not think straight as what goes on inside her head is rather not worth discussing unless you really want to learn of dark things. Even Pinkie Pie has her secrets of sometimes not being able to take no for an answer for a reason.

The pink earth pony fiddled with her eyepatch once more. The doctor told her to keep it as she doesn't want to risk it getting infected the first couple of weeks. Stretching the band to make a snapping sound once she let go. She grimaced from the slight pinch then tried to smile. "It's not so bad..." She tilted her head, "Is it?" The question would lead to a lot of attention later on in the day. Pinkie turned her head right, then left still inspecting how the patch still can be noticed. No matter what she did with it it could still be seen easily. She ran through her options. She didn't feel like talking about the incident the other to any pony else but what's the use? Half of the town already knows. Her curly hair she noticed has deflated back to straight. Almost feels appropriate she felt.

Slowly she looked over the gifts her friends got her for the anniversary. She tried on the hat Rarity made for her in front of the mirror. Made her look distinguished. Then tried on the sunglasses Rainbow Dash got her. Now it made her look cooler. Then there was the magnet in the shape of her cutie mark, she giggled at how cute it was. She held the apple shaped ceramic jug wondering what to put in it. All in all, they were excellent presents.

000

She remember coming out of the hospital she was silent the entire time except for one thing once an officer approached her, "Please... I don't want to bother Twilight anymore." She cried slowly, the officer asked her again if she was sure. Pinkie just nodded her head and had Mrs. Cake along with her own mother escort her out of the hospital.

They caught a cab and went straight back to the Sugar Cube corner. First thing Pinkie Pie did was walk up the stairs and went to sleep. Well she was almost a sleep as she heard voices from the floor below. This was something she couldn't let go, she pressed her ear against the exposed hole in the floor to hear.

"This is outrageous!" That voice belonged to her father.

"Mr. Pie I know you're upset but you have to let this go. I insist we all sleep on it." Mr. Cake tried to ease the situation.

"I can't sleep on this! Not with this injustice." Mr. Pie shouted.

"Mr. Pie. I'm sorry but please keep your voice down my babies are trying to sleep." Mrs. Cake sternly asked.

Mr. Pie said nothing. He was still angered by this so he didn't talk to any pony for the rest of the night. Mrs. Pie apologized and went up to the guest room to sleep by his side for the night. Pinkie's sisters quietly bid good night and said thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Cake for their hospitality. Now it was just down to Mr. and Mrs. Cake.

"I just don't know anymore Cup Cake." Mr. Cake occupied himself by wiping down the counter top. "Pinkie should have known better but yet Twilight shouldn't have reacted that way either."

"I know honey but Pinkie doesn't want to press charges. So there's a bit of hope in restoring that relationship." Mrs. Cake breathed through her teeth, "It's just as the years go on friends can change. Relationships can change. Every pony grows older and leaves for other interests. Pinkie Pie for example; you know how lovable she was when she first came?"

"Oh yeah." Mr. Cake chuckled as he kept wiping the counter top. "She was a handful but she just wanted to help. She really helped this place out."

"Now she's going to have her own business." Mrs. Cake smiled then wiped her eyes with a rag. "Soon she's going to move out and make a name for herself." She sniffed, "Now she's not going to need us anymore."

Mr. Cake stopped, "Oh Cup Cake." He walked over to his wife and put an arm around her, "That's part of life. We had the fun of giving her a home, a job, a new life here in Ponyville. Though I don't say this that much but she's like a daughter huh?"

Mrs. Cake nodded and laughed softly, "She inspired us to have Pound and Pumpkin."

Mr. Cake chuckled, "That she did. I mean Pinkie Pie could sometimes need a reality check but that's who she is. Remember when she went over board with ordering things for parties?"

Mrs. Cake laughed, "Oh my. A thousand balloons for your father's sixty third birthday party."

Mr. Cake shook his head, "But you noticed something lately? She was getting more responsible with every party. Just like this one tonight."

Mrs. Cake sighed, "Yeah, she threw a giant party. Crystal was very happy working along side of Pinkie. She praised her like if she was a genius."

"Pinkie a genius?" Mr. Cake raised an eyebrow. He smirked, "In a way." He rubbed his snout against hers then eased back, "So what happened to this business partner of Pinkie's?"

"She went back to the place she was staying but before leaving she gave me Pinkie's share along with our payment for the night." Mrs. Cake pulled out two envelopes from her apron. "Also said she paid the rental place so there's nothing to worry about."

"I take it the bigger one is ours?" Mr. Cake assumed.

"You'd be surprised. It's Pinkie's." Mrs. Cake chuckled, "This one is ours." She handed over the envelop already opened.

Mr. Cake pulled out a wad of bills, "And this is ours? Because they owe over a couple thousand for our catering." He started counting, "One hundred, two hundred, three hundred..." He kept counting, "Twenty four hundred and seventy seven bits. Plus a couple hundred bit tip."

"My word. Pinkie actually knows what she's doing." Mrs. Cake was impressed. "If this keeps going then Planet Cupcakes will be a success."

"Can I count Pinkie's?" Mr. Cake asked.

Mrs. Cake gasped and hit his shoulder, "That's Pinkie's money, she earned it."

Mr. Cake chuckled, "Alright. Alright." He rubbed his shoulder, "So... What do we do with Twilight if she comes in here?"

Mrs. Cake didn't have an answer for that, "We'll sell her stuff but until she makes up with Pinkie. I just won't be as cheery."

"Honey I think Twilight is going to know you might be mad with her if you do that." Mr. Cake pointed out.

"Who says I'm not mad? I love Twilight too but this is just going to be the push for both of them to make up. Whether Twilight meant to hit Pinkie or not." Mrs. Cake explained. She looked at the envelop and sighed, "I'll just slip this under her door if her door is locked." Mrs. Cake started to ascend the staircase.

"I'll catch up in a minute." Mr. Cake went back to wiping the counter. After he was finished he let out a huge sigh, "I'm going to miss Pinkie too honey... She's grown up."

Pinkie Pie moved her ear away from the hole in the floor. She wiped her face from the tears, "I'm going to miss you two as well."

She wandered back over to her bed and sat there. She heard a knock at the door. It was Mrs. Cake trying to be as quiet as she could without waking the guests or the twins. Pinkie didn't really feel like sleeping anyway, she answered the door and let Mrs. Cake in. Both of them sitting on the bed.

"Now Pinkie. I know you had quite a night but I want to be clear to you." Mrs. Cake explained, "You don't want to press charges against Twilight Sparkle. I can respect that, but what happens from here on out is up to you two."

"I know..." Pinkie wiped her nose clean.

"Now Pinkie." Mrs. Cake asked in a stern quiet voice, "I don't know what lead up to this. But I noticed you can be rather pushy at times."

Pinkie Pie rubbed the bed with her hooves and sighed sadly, "I know..."

"Pinkie you know that friends need personal space once and a while. I'm not calling you a bad friend but there are times when its not okay to wedge yourself into personal matters, that's how you get involved with things you don't want to be involved with." Mrs. Cake put her arm around Pinkie and held her close, "But from what was explained I guess Twilight really wanted to get that report done."

"Yeah but..." Pinkie stopped, "She was getting really stressed out and insulting my intelligence, she called Sweetie Belle stupid and Rarity is mad at her even more." She sighed, wiggled her pink legs, "Rainbow Dash wanted to hit Twilight but Apple Jack stopped her."

"Oh my... Thank goodness for Apple Jack being there." Mrs. Cake gasped followed with a frown, "Maybe you should wait a couple of days until you make up then. Might do you both some good if you two don't see each other for a bit. But if you don't want to be friends still, that's your business." She pulled out an envelope, "Crystal said this is your earnings."

Pinkie took the envelope slowly and put it on her nightstand, "What do you and Mr. Cake think about Planet Cupcakes?"

Mrs. Cake smiled, "We both think its a wonderful idea." Her rubbed her cheek a little, "I just wished things didn't turn out as a bad so your friend Crystal could explain it."

"I named it after you though." Pinkie smiled weakly.

"You saying I'm big as a planet?" Mrs. Cake chuckled with her hooves on her hips.

"Nope..." Pinkie threw her arms around Mrs. Cake, "But your heart is." The two gave each other a warm hug. As if they were really mother and daughter.

000

Pinkie Pie sorted through her money raking in over ten thousand bits. With this much money in her possession if she were younger she would of spent it entirely on candy and toys. This was the new Pinkie Pie, she took out three hundred bits for herself as an allowance then put the rest in her savings account. So the rest of the day she decided to take the day off and deliver her own gifts. Six pink picture frames detailed with balloons and hearts all the way around and more importantly; a picture of all of them together looking happy. But that wasn't all, press a couple of buttons on the side it plays songs. And to Pinkie, she recorded their special songs and placed them in a flash drive then put them into the frames memory. Absolutely genius she thought.

She gathered the gang at a table at a fancy restaurant as she felt like treating, well the ones that were willing to come. Apple Jack, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash came and sat down. Rarity was still upset about the previous night as well as Twilight laying low. The three friends said hello to Pinkie and asked how she was doing. Pinkie answered that she was doing alright, her eye still was in a bit of pain and she might have to go back in to get it rechecked. Pinkie let the girls order what they wanted, even encouraged them to order the most expensive meal off the menu. The three figured, what they hey. Why not. They placed their order and Pinkie handed over her gifts to her friends. The three thanked the pink pony and fiddled with the buttons. All of them laughed.

"So Pinkie how's Planet Cupcakes coming along?" Dash asked.

Pinkie couldn't help but smile, "Oh pretty good. It will be finished probably in a month or two." Giddy as she was, "Oh you girls are going to love it!

"Yeah about that." Apple Jack brought up, "I thought Planet Cupcakes was a night club?"

"Oh it is." Pinkie nodded, "Just has stores on the side to help each other out."

"It is big enough." Fluttershy said meekly.

"Guess you're right. But it's quite a big gamble you took on Pinkie." Apple Jack placed her water glass down after sipping it.

"Yeah I always thought you would make your own small bakery." Dash followed up.

"That's what I thought too but I liked to dance too." Pinkie nodded.

"Oh mm...my." Fluttershy chimed in, "You must have asked for a... big loan huh?"

"Yes... and no..." Pinkie smiled.

"I don't follow." Apple Jack raised an eyebrow.

"Well... when my grandma died she me some money." Pinkie explained.

"Ah. What she leave you? Ten thousand bits? Twenty thousand?" Dash asked then sipped her water.

"Nope... Ten point eight million." Pinkie smiled.

The three ponies spit out their drinks all over each other.

"YOU WERE RICH THIS ENTIRE TIME?" Dash's eyes widened with her arms shaking.

"Well not the entire time. I had to be a certain age to get the money silly." Pinkie smiled.

"Wha? How? What did your family even do?" Apple Jack shivered in disbelief.

"I thought I told you we were rock farmers. But my grand parents were in charge of a really great bakery." Pinkie brought up.

"Must have been some bakery then." Dash was trying her best not to ask Pinky for a loan.

"Oh it was. My mom and dad would take the three of us to see grandpa and grandma work their business." Pinkie smiled, "My grandpa Moon Pie invented some pretty tasty treats back then like the Moon Pie, the strawberry shortcake, twinky cakes, sugar cookies and all that good stuff. Actually that is where Mr. and Mrs. Cake met for the first time and worked there."

"Oh my how romantic." Fluttershy giggled.

"I was sitting next to a millionaire this entire time." Apple Jack shook her head and laughed.

"Hey uh. Pinkie. Just want to tell you it's probably not best to mention your inheritance around the mayor." Dash smirked.

"Oh my Celestia she went on and on about the prize money I promised I was going to win like it was a sure thing." Apple Jack waved her hoof in the air.

"Probably... Probably shouldn't mention this to Rarity either." Fluttershy brought up quietly.

"Oh right. Right." Apple Jack chuckled. "It be best if you kept your money just a secret Pinkie. That way you avoid any unwanted attention."

"Pinkie?" Fluttershy asked, "Are... you and Twilight still friends?"

The pink pony looked down sadly at her gift for Twilight. Was hoping she would come but it just didn't feel right, every time she thought of Twilight it kept tracing back to the incident. The hurtful comments, the pain, the blood, the tears. Everything... Maybe it was best to leave Twilight alone, "Um..."

"Pinkie can you buy me a giant gold clock so I can hang it around my neck?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Rainbow Dash!" Apple Jack scolded.

to be continued... please review.

note: I took it light with this chapter because the last few were getting depressing. I also wanted to go further into Pinkie's side and to start some sort of a transformation if possible. Though I'm not really sure of it, I do want her to mature more. So yeah, Pinkie apparently inherited money because of her grandparent's success of the Moon Pie. Look it up. Also don't take it as, "Oh Pinkie should just give Twilight the money". We're not there yet I want to build something up first and I'm not even sure the money idea is going to last unless you think its okay.