Pinkie Pie lay alone in her bed. This time, it was her bed. She lay thinking to herself about the events that had transpired over the past few days, and the events that were to come. The main thing she thought about was her recovery, or rather, the speed at which she recovered.

Just several short days ago, she was completely dependant on machines to keep her alive. Reliant on tubes to feed her and get rid of waste products. She was in critical condition, yet here she lay able to do everything herself. Granted, she was still underweight, but she lived at the bakery, and even through the first day of returning home, craved sugary treats as she once had. She was looking forward to return to full health, just as her friends, surrogate family, and, indeed, her real family were.

Another thing she was looking forward to was her upcoming holiday. This offered her a chance to see her family again. Her mother, her father, and her two younger sisters. But another thing she was looking forward to was having a special chance to bond with Rainbow Dash. Though this was causing her to have an internal debate in her mind. Why am I looking forward to bonding with Rainbow Dash? We are already close, one of her internal voices said. Maybe you want to love her, but you don't yet, another voice said. Maybe you do love her, but don't realise it yet, argued another. She soon shoved these thoughts to the back of her mind. She knew of the voices were right. She did want to love Rainbow Dash, but she just didn't. At least, not yet. The idea of falling in love straight after recovering from a traumatic incident that happened because of love was preposterous, Right?

Another thing that crossed her mind several times took her back to what happened when Rainbow Dash confessed her love for her, as well as when she chose to forgive Applejack. The writing that appeared on the wall, before being struck out and then fading completely. She had given up on trying to figure out where she remembered the text from, but another theory she came up with was a deeper connection between the two. Perhaps both of these events were connected. After all, when one door shuts in life, another one opens, things have to fall apart so better things can fall in place, and to get the best in life, one must have felt loss.

Pinkie Pie very much doubted her over-thinking mind would allow her to achieve sleep any time soon.

"Pinkamena Diane Pie," the pink mare heard. She lifted her troubled head from her pillow to see something strange. A stallion stood in her room. Yet, adding to the oddity of the situation, the stallion didn't quite look real he looked more of a...

"When I was a little filly and the Sun was going dooown. The darkness and the shaddows, they would always make me frooown. I'd hide under my pillow, from what I thought I saw, but Granny Pie said that's not the way to deal with fears at all..."

"Pinkie," the stallion said, only to be ignored.

"...She said Pinkie, you've got to stand up tall, learn to face your fears, you'll see that they can't hurt you just laugh to make them disappear. Ha ha ha."

Much to Pinkie Pie's dismay, the stallion did not disappear. Yet, she wasn't actually scared. This ghost stallion didn't look at all threatening. In fact, on closer inspection, Pinkie Pie vaguely remembered him, however, much lime the mysterious text, she couldn't remember where and how. Maybe this stallion also factored in with the text.

"Yes," the stallion said, "if I recall correctly, that was the song you used to aid your friends whilst retrieving the elements of harmony." The stallion slowly approached Pinkie Pie.

"How did you know that. You are totally a psychic aren't you? I'm on to you," Pinkie Pie replied.

"I guess you could say that. You may not fully remember me, but my name is Live On. I have came here to announce that you have gone through both of your hints on the future. I believe you made the right choice in forgiving your friend. You are a good pony, Miss Pie. I believe the best choice was made giving you a second chance."

"What do you mean?" asked Pinkie Pie, who was now confused.

"I'm going to need to wipe this from your memory when this is done. But you may remember me from just before you returned to the mortal realm. You were given two events that would happen in the future. You were given the revelation and the decision. The revelation corresponded to your friend, Rainbow Dash, confessing her love for you. The decision corresponded to your choice of forgiving another friend, Applejack."

"So you mean," said Pinkie Pie, sadness creeping into her voice, "my life is finished. You are taking me with you?"

"Your life is far from finished Pinkie. There is still so much in store for you. I have simply come to ensure that seeing the words never bothers you again. This is normal procedure. I simply remove ever seeing the words from your memory, and I leave behind something in return."

"So, whatcha leave behind I return. A cupcake from your realm that never runs out, when I bite it the cake grows back, and this happens for all of eternity giving me unlimited cupcakes until I die, when I give it to my next of kin who has unlimited cupcakes, and so on and so forth."

Live On simply laughed at Pinkie Pie's sudden enthusiasm. "I'm afraid not, Pinkie. You see, I have seen your troubled mind. I am simply going to put it at ease. Making such a decision on an internal debate can be difficult. I will clear your mind for you."

"You mean you are going to tell me if Dashie and I will ever be an item? If I do, or if I ever will love her?"

"I'm afraid I can't so that. That would over stepping my bounds. But I will instead leave you with something that helps."

"Okie dokie lokie, I'm ready".

Suddenly Live On glowed with a bright white aura. Two brilliant white orbs were pulled out Pinkie Pie's head, as if they were spirits trapped inside her. Truthfully, that is exactly what they were. These two spirits levitated over to the stallion before joining the white aura. After that, a small white orb, similar to the two that floated out of Pinkie Pies head, made it's way in, simply passing through her skull. Suddenly, Live On disappeared suddenly leaving no trace of his presence at all.

***

Another thing she was looking forward to was her upcoming holiday. This offered her a chance to see her family again. Her mother, her father, and her two younger sisters. But another thing she was looking forward to was having a special chance to bond with Rainbow Dash. Though this was causing her to have an internal debate in her mind. Why am I looking forward to bonding with Rainbow Dash, we are already close? One of her internal voices asked. Maybe you want to love her, but you don't yet, another voice said. Maybe you do love her, but don't realise it yet, argued another. She soon shoved these thoughts to the back of her mind. Only time will tell me for sure, thought Pinkie Pie, before falling into a peaceful sleep, blissfully unaware of the visit and the reversal of time.

***

Live On returned to his realm. As he had with every other pony that had been given a second chance with life, he briefly monitored Pinkie Pie's thoughts. Why am I looking forward to bonding with Rainbow Dash? we are already close, Maybe I want to love her, but I don't yet, Maybe I do love her, but don't realise it yet. With his reversal of time, it was natural for some of her thoughts to be repeated. His efforts proved fruitful when her saw her next thought, Only time will tell me for sure. Her mind then became easy and restful.

"Enjoy your life Pinkie Pie," he said to no pony in particular, "I've done all I can to help."

Author's Notes:

So I had written and uploaded this before I left. It's up to my friend to remember to hit publish for me. Enjoy.

Update. I asked Mat about an early upload today, and he's ok with it. So I've published this one early for you. Enjoy