Epilogue
Pinkie was alone again, but she was not crying. What Twilight said really made her feel better, the uneasy, lonely feeling she had was still there in the pit of her stomach, but she could handle it. She closed her eyes and thought about her friends and ignored the still darkness around her. For the first time in a while, Pinkie drifted off to sleep dry-eyed.
Twilight walked up to the entrance of Sugar Cube Corner, there was a 'closed' sign on the door, Twilight knocked anyways. She knocked until someone answered, finally after several minutes Mr. and Mrs. Cake answered the front door. "Oh Twilight, what are you doing here at this hour?" Mrs. Cake asked wearily.
"Hi Mr. and Mrs. Cake, I'm sorry to wake you up so late but I really need to talk to you, it's about Pinkie."
"Oh my." Mrs. Cake said.
"What happened?" Mr. Cake asked at the same time.
"Well, I'll start from the beginning." Then Twilight went on telling Mr. and Mrs. Cake about the events of what happened since the previous night, minus what exactly happened in Pinkie's dream. "So you see Pinkie has been constantly fighting insanity for a while." The Cakes looked concerned but not shocked, this made Twilight slightly angered. "And well, a part of that reason is because you don't show enough faith in Pinkie, she's held up the shop many times. The least you could do is be confident in her ability to do so."
Mr. Cake sighed, "You're right Twilight, we should stop underestimating her. I guess it's pretty obvious that we do." He said with lingering guilt. Mrs. Cake nodded in agreement.
"Thank you." Twilight said, "And do you think it would be alright if I went up to see her?"
"Why, of course dear." Mrs. Cake said letting her in and going off to bed.
Pinkie heard a light knock up the door, she could have sworn she was only out for a few minutes but when she looked at the clock it had been an hour and a half. She heard the knock again. "Come in." A pony with thirty shades of purple walked into the room. "Twilight?" Pinkie questioned.
"Hey Pinkie, how are you?" Twilight asked concerned, but trying not to sound like it.
"What are you doing here?" Pinkie asked genuinely confused.
Twilight walked up to Pinkie's bed, "I didn't want to leave you in this state." Pinkie didn't say anything she just stared up at Twilight, "Do you want me to sleep here tonight?" She asked trying not sound like a mother to her children. Pinkie didn't care; she just smiled and nodded welcoming her friend into her bed.
Twilight jumped into the empty side of the double bed and wrapped her arm around Pinkie; Pinkie paused for a moment before snuggling closer to Twilight's chest. For the first time since she was separated from her siblings, Pinkie Pie did not have to fall asleep alone. The lonely feeling in the pit of her stomach was gone and Pinkie smiled.
"Twilight?"
"Hm?"
"Thank you."