AN: Thank you to everyone who has made it thus far. I am starting to kind of work up to the big climax I'm not sure how many more chapters there will be. But Read and Review please and thank you.

The Seventh Element: The Element of Hope

Chapter 14

Hopeful Laughter

Lavender walked into the room and saw Pinkie Pie in a disaster of a kitchen with broken party supplies randomly about the room. Pinkie looked as if somepony had told her parties were illegal her hair deflated and her cutie mark seemed to be dull. I wonder if the rooms are designed to show the particular ponies worst fears or insecurities. Lavender thought as she approached her no longer smiling and happy friend. As she got closer she realized Pinkie was talking to somepony.

"I don't know Mr. Turnip what if I was wrong about them and her," Pinkie Pie asked.

"You mustn't think like that Pinkie. After all look what they did to you. Leaving you. No they abandoned you for her," another voice spoke though Lavender could not see the slow speaking voice came from.

"He is right. You should forget them they chose Lavender they don't want you," Yet another odd voice said this one slightly aristocratic agreeing with the Mr. Turnip. Lavender hesitantly approaching Pinkie Pie.

"Pinkie Pie," Lavender asked her as she finally stood next to her. Before Pinkie Pie was a table and chairs. The chair closest to her left was vacant but the others had an odd assortment of objects. The chair next to the vacant one had a bucket of turnips. Next to the bucket was a stack of rocks then a bag of flour. The chair closest to Pinkie's right has a pile of lint.

"Well, you have a lot of nerve. Showing up here." The aristocratic voice said seeming to come from the pile of lint.

"Sir Lintsalot is right. Don't you know you pathetic pony? Sugar Cube Corner is closed," A French accented voice said angrily coming from the bag of flour.

"Obviously the pony is to stupid to be able to read," A Bronx accented voice said coming from the rocks.

"You're inanimate objects! How can you speak," Lavender asked slightly frightened.

"We, you pathetic excuse of a pony, are Pinkie's dearest friends," Mr. Turnip said as Pinkie looked at him.

"Yeah. That's right! You don't want me anymore! They chose you over me," Pinkie Shouted at Lavender suddenly standing and getting in her supposed ex friend's face.

"What? What are you talking about Pinkie? The others would never do that. You are apart of them. No one could ever replace you," Lavender told her.

"Lies. All lies," the rock pile said.

"Yeah. These are my friends now. Who needs you," Pinkie said as she sat back down in her spot. Lavender moved and sat in the empty chair next to her friend.

"I'm sorry Pinkie," Lavender said as she gently placed her left front hoof on Pinkie's right. "I'm sorry for whatever it is that this place has made you believe but it's not true. What happened to the fun party loving girl? You are the best party pony I know. I'd have never even gone to a party, let alone one meant for me had you not shown me the joy of laughter and fun." Pinkie's hair seemed to begin to curl again.

"You don't know anything," Sir Lintsalot said as Pinkie pulled away from her and her hair went straight again. "So what if she threw you a party you think that makes you special?"

"No. But it shows how special Pinkie is. Who else but her could throw that amazing of a party in such a sort time?"

"No Pony obviously but Pinkie doesn't need parties or laughter when she has us," The French flour said.

"She needs parties and she needs laughter. What would have happened to the others had Pinkie not been there to get them through the Everfree Forest of scary trees? The need her laughter just like she does! Just like I do!"

"They abandoned her. We showed her what life was like with laughter and fun. It leads to pain and heart ache, Right Pinkamina." Pinkie looked distraught at what was happening around her. The edges of her tail and mane continued to curl and uncurl as Lavender and her so called friends continued to argue. As the French flour spoke Pinkie saw images of the other elements leaving her for Lavender in her head filling her with despair.

"Madame le Flour is right! You abandoned me! They all abandoned me in the end," Pinkie cried out stopping the argument. Lavender turned her attention fully on her pink colored friend.

"No they didn't! They never did! I never did! If I had would I be here with you right now pinkie?" Pinkie looked to lavender for a long moment and color began to return to her cutie mark and her hair began to curl.

"No. You wouldn't."

"Exactly." Lavender smiled at her friend. "You Pinkie, are so important to the others and me. Without your laughter the world is a dark and terrible place as you've seen." Lavender gestured to the room they were in. "You are the element of laughter never give up hope on that."

"Not so fast pathetic pony," Mr. Turnip said as he and the other objects moved to surround the two ponies.

"Yes. We worked to hard to let you get another element of harmony away from our great ruler Demonica," Sir Lintsalot said advancing on the two trying to get at Lavender.

"What? What do you mean? The elements are in the Tree of Harmony back in the Everfree Forest," Pinkie said as the objects around them laughed coldly.

"Not those you stupid filly. The ones created by the Element of Hope!" The objects continued and backed the two against the table.

"Well, Pinkie any ideas," Lavender asked as they were pushed back.

"Just one." Pinkie smiled brightly and her hair curled back completely. "Let's party!" Pinkie pulled a rope next to her seat and party cannons went off hitting the objects away from them. Once the dust cleared Lavender and Pinkie were alone in the room. The two looked to each other and began laughing while they laughed the girls cutie marks glowed just as with Rarity. Although Pinkie's glow was blue. The laughing ponies were unable to see this as they were crying from laughing so much. Lavender was the first to calm down and see the newly cleaned Sugar Cube Corner transform into another stone room.

"We did it Pinkie," Lavender said hugging the pink party pony happily.

"Yep! Now what?" Lavender pointed at the door.

"I need to test something stay close okay?"

"Okie dokie loki." The two approached the door cautiously and Lavender opened it with her magic she attempted to exit through the door but she could not.

"So that's it then? It really is because of me? Alright." Lavender nodded her head now knowing that she was the one that had to rescue her friends. "Pinkie go through the door you'll meet up with Rarity. Wait there till the others join you guys."

"Right." Pinkie bounced out the door as she did she saw Rarity but that was not all Pinkie saw. She saw the Element of Generosity on her friend's neck.

"Pinkie? Why? What happened to
Lavender? How did you escape," Rarity asked her just before she was about to rush her. Suddenly there was a bright blue glow and the bracelet on Pinkie's leg popped off and before the two was the Element of Laughter once again situated at Pinkie's neck.

"Lavender found me and got me to remember laughter and not to give up hope on my element," Pinkie told her happily as she bounced about.

"She did the same for me. Why do you think it's possible?..."

"No idea Silly Filly."