Pinkie Pie awoke in a strange place indeed. She had no recollection of running away, or dying. This confused her, because this wasn't anywhere she had ever seen before. The room looked completely sterile standard clean, every surface, including the ceiling and floor a brilliant white, however, there were a few furnishings that made this out to be a waiting room. The pink mare had no idea how she got there or where she was, yet she struggled to panic, or be afraid. She found it to be quite inviting and comfortable actually. She was sure the mystery would unravel its self.

She was the only pony there, so whatever she was waiting for, she had realized she wouldn't be waiting long. No sooner did this realization come than two brown pegasi wearing some form of silver plate armor entered. They're weren't many distinguishable features as most of there bodies were covered. But the one spoke in a soothing voice "Miss Pinkamena Diane Pie" Pinkie Pie approached.

The second spoke in an equally soothing voice "The time has come." To Pinkie, his words seemed a bit sinister, but for some reason, she still failed to find any fear. She was still mostly confused about the current situation. However, despite the strangeness of the whole affair, Pinkie Pie burst into her energetic rapid fire question and general speaking mode "Time for what? A party? It's always time for a party. What's the party for? Is it your birthday, or your birthday? Or your pet toothless alligators after birthday party? I have a toothless alligator called Gummy, and when I threw him an after birthday party, no pony could come and i got really upset, but it turns out they were planning a surprise party for me and I felt really silly. But really, where are we? I don't think I know you two and I know just about every pony in Ponyville, am I dead? No I'm pretty sure I'm alive....."

The first pegasus looked at the second one, who spoke "all will be explained, follow us". This snapped Pinkie Pie out of her blast of questions and speech. She followed them down the corridor.

***

Pinkie Pie was slightly confused "so I died, and now I've got to choose whether to go to pony heaven, pony hell or live again?"

"The choice is not yours Miss Pie, The choice is the verdict panel"

"so there's ponies that choose what happens after life?"

The one pegasus nodded "or if you carry your life on, they will make judgements on how you spent your life, all your good contributions to life, your bad contributions to life, and whether you are still needed alive or not, and many other things to prove which of the ponies you should go with"

Pinkie Pie was confused, but they had explained it twice, and she sensed they were getting a bit short on patience so she simply agreed using a catch phrase "okie dokie lokie" before proceeding to follow the two pegasi

***

Pinkie Pie entered the small court room where four ponies stood waiting to greet her. She looked around to notice the two pegasi escort ponies had gone. Each of the four ponies were clearly stallions. The first to speak was brown, with a white mane that was set in curls his cutie mark depicting a gavel. He spoke with a neutral expressionless voice "Greetings Miss Pie, and welcome to the throne of judgment. I assume the guards gave you a brief explanation of the procedure you are about to be part of?" to which Pinkie Pie nodded which cued the same stallion continued speaking "I am the judge here, I decide which of these here ponies has the best reason to take you to there dimension. The ponies you see behind me are Hell Spawn, ruler of the Pony Hell dimension" too that, a black unicorn nodded, he appeared to be ethereal, but also noticeably a stallion pony, he was like cloud of black fog, cutie mark showing a pair of yellow flames with a trident. The judge continued "Live on, not a ruler of a dimension, but gives reason for you to continue normal life" to this, a rather charming looking green earth pony stallion with a brown mane and tail nodded, cutie mark depicting what Pinkie Pie assumed to be a soul entering a body. "And finally, Light virtue, ruler of the Pony heaven dimension" a white pegasus stallion with an ethereal golden flowing mane and tail nodded, his cutie mark showing a halo. The barrister pony spoke a bit more "Now Miss Pie, please be aware that we know pretty much every detail in your life, do not let it shock you, and you must remain silent. Are you ready to begin?"

She wasn't. She didn't like the look of the hell pony thing, his appearance made her feel uneasy, and she wanted to live again, but she knew there was only a 33.333333333333333% (yes Twilight had once made her look at math) of her getting it. The fact that it was the same chance as she had of going with 'Mr foggy pants scary pony', this gave her some consolidation, but the fact that she had to be silent was the straw that broke the camels back. she wasn't aware of how she died, the guards had said they were forbidden to mention it. However much she dreaded it though, she knew she had no choice "I'm ready"

The barrister spoke "The throne of judgment calls upon Hell Spawn on why Miss Pie should join him in the hell dimension"

The black unicorn/fog hybrid took up the place to speak. He spoke with a voice that matched his spooky appearance "Miss Pie, though a good pony for the majority of her days had committed some selfish acts towards ponies who cared dearly for her. She had abandoned her five closest companions, her family, the family that took her in, as well as a presence that was missed by the whole of her local town of Ponyville. Her lack of presence had led them to believe she was already dead, then given a support by one of her closest friends, Miss Rainbow Dash to return back to Ponyville, she committed the selfish atrocity of suicide. More should I mention that she harbored a grudge against a fellow pony, one of her closest friends no less, for all the time of her disappearance, for what could be considered a small white lie. For these reasons, I believe my realm should take hold of her soul"

Hell Spawn returned to where he had been standing, on the leftmost side of the three ponies before the barrister pony took up his place "A solid reasoning Hell Spawn, next, the throne of judgment calls upon Light Virtue to reason why Miss Pie should join him

The white pegasus took up the spot and spoke in a very regal tone, almost as if Celestia had had Fluttershy's poison joke ailment. "Though Miss Pie did commit some awful acts, Pony heaven has No pony that didn't, at some point in their life, everypony makes a wrong decision, it doesn't make them a bad pony. Pinkie Pie spread happiness and laughter around all of Ponyville, wherever Pinkie Pie was, happy ponies would follow in her wake. She was part of the force that saved Equestria from several dangers, including the evil side of the moon bringer, the spirit of chaos, The changeling Queen, and The King of Darkness in the crystal Empire. Despite her wrong doings Miss Pie more than deserves an eternal rest of happiness, that is why she should accompany me in pony heaven"

The Judge once again made approval, before summoning 'Live on' to speak. Pinkie knew that basically her full hope was laid into this one stallion. It did come as a shock to her learning that she was lied to, then she ran off for several years, then she tried to kill herself. She remembered more or less her whole life before that, but she knew her best policy was to do as she was told and keep silent, she concluded that any actions may affect the judges decision. Well now was the moment

Live on spoke in a normal tone, a tone that would be expected of a normal pony in Ponyville. "I believe you both made good points, but I would argue that some are better reasons for her to continue living. Hell Spawn made the point that many ponies suffered for her actions, what if continuing to live on might prove a chance to rectify her mistakes. Light Virtue, you also made the point that she was part of one of the greatest defense forces in Equestria. What if Equestria was to fall into threat that required the use of such a force again, a spirit of harmony such as Miss Pie here can't easily be replaced here. Also, a general argument I would like to put forth is her friends? her family? But judge, may I ask permission for Miss Pie to be allowed to speak to answer one question?"

The Judge pony considered this "Granted"

"Miss Pie, in the events that led towards your death, you were unhappy, and your death was self inflicted, may I ask if continuing your life is what you want? It would be wrong of me to force an unhappy life on you"

Pinkie Pie noticed that this question genuinely impressed the judge for some reason. However, now wasn't the time for speculation on facial expressions "yep" she replied simply.

"Then living on her life is a valid, and as far as I'm aware, the best option. Remeber judge, not only is this ponies life on the line here, but all of Equestria"

Pinkie Pie knew, regardless of what her fate would be, that the pony who had just spoken genuinely had tried his best for her, she just genuinely hoped it was enough. She watched, eyes never leaving the judge pony, who was clearly making his decision. She swore she almost saw the gears in his head turning.

Agonizing time past. Seconds felt as if they were dragged into minutes, minutes felt like hours until he spoke "Miss Pie, your fate is sealed" Pinkie's face lit up, along with the three ponies stood behind the judge, each hoping for there own different verdict. The Judge continued to speak "You shall be allowed to live again, there are however, conditions, as there are to every pony who gets a second chance"

Pinkie Pie was so happy. She got the second chance she wanted, so she would be happy to follow these conditions to the letter. She noticed Live On approaching to stand next to her. She waited for the judge to continue by giving her the conditions she must abide by. Almost from nowhere, a medium sized, but pretty thin booklet appeared. The judge opened to the first Page "Condition One-The memory of your life will be as normal, this will include, running away, and your suicide attempt. We must reinforce that we had to remove that from your memory for official reason during the hearing only" Pinkie Pie nodded. She didn't want to remember it, being told she had done that had hit her hard enough, but fair was fair "Condition Two-Apart from details included in Condition Three, you will not be allowed to remember any of this hearing. For official reason it is vital no living pony knows about us" Pinkie Pie was a bit dissatisfied what wouldn't they want anypony knowing? She forgot the four ponies could read her every thought, the judge answered her inner query. "Miss Pie, we must stress the fact that no pony must know what is beyond life. Knowing will lead ponies to interfere with nature, either unnaturally attempting to end or prolong there life" This explanation satisfied Pinkie Pie enough, as she sat awaiting the third condition "Condition three-you will be given a further purpose of life. Before being sent back down to re-enter hour body, you will be given two slips of parchment. These will contain two small details about your near future. As soon as they are read, they will disintegrate, but the script shall be burnt into your mind. Your purpose is to figure out what the details they are explaining are. One will give a bit of advice as well, which will also be burnt to your mind" This one made Pinkie Pie a bit nervouscited. She was about to learn a bit about the future, but she had to uncover the meaning herself as a condition to continue living she nodded again "that about sums up the conditions. Case dismissed.

***

Pinkie Pie walked alongside Live On much of the journey towards their destination had been silent, but Pinkie Pie was genuinely touched by what this earth stallion had done for her. She spoke for the first time since answering his question in the court room "genuinely....Thankyou"

"It's not a problem at all, there are five different judges, but the panel is all the same, I have learnt what impresses that judge, so it was fortunate for you that he was in charge of your hearing"

Pinkie Pie distinctly remember the judges clearly impressed expression "So you mean when you asked if I wanted to carry on living, it was in the bag?"

"Yes, you know we can read your mind right? We are aware of your every thought, we all knew what you wanted, I knew you wanted to carry on living, the judge did, Hell did, and Light did, but we can't read each other's minds, the 8 of us including the other four judges"

Pinkie nodded and waited for Live On to continue "But, that particular judge likes to see us get the moral high ground, by asking you if it was what you wanted, that's what I did, I got the moral high ground for thinking to confirm what we all knew"

"Well thank you anyway Sir, or Live, or On, or Sir Live, or sir On...." a hoof to her mouth muffled her

"any will do Miss Pie, remember you won't remember any of us four. Now here are your slips" He handed Pinkie Pie two small Pieces parchments she took the first and read it.

***

Revelation-Some Pony has something that may be life altering that they need to tell you

***

As expected, the piece of parchment just appeared to disappear right before her eyes, she took up the second

***

Decision-You will be faced with a decision on an important matter. Do not allow what first enters your head to be your final decision, give it careful consideration

***

As with the first, the second de-materialized right before her eyes. Live On spoke again "So is there anything you would like to ask before you go back to life"

"Yes, how long have I been here"

"well, in our terms, about an hour and half, but in terms of the real world, about Two minutes. Time is extremely dilated here" Pinkie Pie didn't understand the last part of the sentence, probably some Twilight like nonsense with big words that no pony even knew. Perhaps he made those words up. He let out a small chuckle "No Miss Pie, they are real words." Damn She replied "Goodbye Mister Nice Pony" with that he just disappeared. Pinkie Pie thought this was strange, but she dismissed it, she was still dead for a few seconds more after all. She slowly approached the door and opened it, entering a void before becoming unconscious.

Short "meanwhile in Ponyville part

Satisfied that he had done his best to reassure Twilight Sparkle and her friends that Pinkie Pie was in good hooves, Doctor Stable returned to Pinkie Pie's room, where she was under close monitoring of his companion for the Night, a Female Unicorn by the name of Night Nurse.

He checked the clock and noticed it was 11:15

"about another 15 minutes then we can take a routine vital recording. I trust you've kept track of nutritional flow?" spoke the stallion doctor in charge

"Yes it's been closely monitored Sir"

All of a sudden, The heart monitor started wailing, her pulse had faded away

"Buck no, Night Nurse, Defib stat" The mare nurse immediately took a Defib unit in her magic and handed it to Doctor Stable. He started rubbing the two metal plates together "Clear" she said before sending a jolt of electricity through the lifeless pink mare "Come on Pinkie, stay with us. Clear" Once again, a jolt of electrical energy passed through the body of the mare.

It was approaching two minutes since Pinkie Pie flatlined. Doctor Stable was close to the end, close to having to accept that she was gone, however he gave it one more try "Clear" A final jolt of electrical energy restarted her heart. It was easy to see Stable's relief as he wiped the sweat from his brow "Oh thank Celestia" Was all he could say.

11:30 came, and it was time for Stable to take a routine check up. And he was surprised by the results despite her second brush with death only ending close to ten minutes ago, Pulse, Oxygen and Blood Pressure appeared to be at normal levels. He sat through the night taking readings at hourly intervals. All readings indicated that Pinkie Pie was back to good health. It might seem a bit unrealistic, but Doctor Stable realized it certainly wouldn't be impossible for Pinkie to be fully conscious by her friends visit in the morning. His line of work had taught him that very little was impossible, Pinkie Pie's speed in getting all vitals back to normal further proved that. In fact, he was starting to almost doubt she would be unconscious for much longer. He continued his job watching over Pinkie Pie as he promised, taking only the odd coffee and toilet break. Several hours later saw the rise of Celestia's Sun.

Author's Notes:

I know I know, I said 300 and it's on 297 (well, it was when I started writing this). But it is only 3 views off, so I can't complain. Furthermore its Christmas (well boxing day) after all. Anyway, I know this chapter seems a bit odd and based off religious view, but it's not meant to be, I am an atheist, it's just an idea I came up with, then realized its more of a bonus than a core component. I'm going to take a break till 10 o'clock (UK time, another hour and a quarter for a time reference where you are), then I'll get on with the second part of the double upload. I do hope you enjoy it, but take it with a pinch of salt whether you like it or not because this is a bonus part. Thankyou.