My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Matchmaker

Chapter 6

“wow. Zilver really said that?” Ash asked. The humans gathered at Orion’s engine room when they learned of what had transpired hours earlier to the guys.

“yep. The Scumbag said that he was gonna have nothing to do with Applejack or their foal.” Aura angrily said.

Everyone nodded in agreement.

“yeah, but Spike and Rarity have a big problem.” Ash said. “thanks to Sweetie Belle and her love for Spike, there’s a chance that their relationship is over and done with before it began. And he had such a good plan to win her love.”

“well, you haven’t keep keeping an eye on Shadow.” Satoshi said. “he’s in love with Dash but since she’s going out with Soarin’, he’s keeping his feelings bottled up. Eventually, they’re gonna explode out.”

“well, Twi and Halo are reaching a breaking point. Literally. I think if they don’t talk soon, they won’t have a chance to reconcile this.” Req muttered.

“well, me, Bahamut, and Sora can safely say we don’t have to worry about this.” Jax said as she leaned back.

“aren’t you guys lucky?” the rest sarcastically replied.

“but seriously, we need to do something for them.’ Sora said. “If not, this could cause a lot of damage to them.”

“especially Starlight.” Req added. “If a expectant mother gets under a lot of pressure, it can have very bad consequences on the baby. I‘m glad Jess was strong willed when she was pregnant.”

The gang looked at each other and nodded. “well, I can’t believe I’m saying this, but… Requiem, time to unleash the romance monger.”

Requiem disappeared for a moment and reappeared dressed as Cupid. “I’m ready to go to work.” she jokingly said. A arrow tipped with the heart symbol fell out of the plastic bow she held. Everyone gagged at the outfit and instantaneously came up with the same reaction:

“Lose the outfit!”

Pinkie & Marble
Memories of the Past

Pinkie copied the address from the back of the group-shot photo of Marble, Diamond, and 2 other ponies onto the front of a envelope.

Sora walked in to see her hard at work. “Pinkie? What are you doing?”

Pinkie yelped and tried to hide the photo but noticed it was Sora. “oh. It’s just you. Knock next time.”

She went back to work, leaving a confused Sora in the doorway. “un… okay.” she walked in and looked over Pinkie’s shoulder. “sooooooooo… what are you doing?”

“you know how Marble said that name back at the picnic, Diamond?”

“un… I think so. Why?”

“well, I found a picture of him with that Diamond character and 2 other ponies.” Sora grabbed the picture and looked at it. “Turns out Diamond was a female Pegasus. So I’m writing to her to see if she’s his marefriend or not.”

“why would you care?”

Pinkie stopped writing and sighed. “because I think I’m in love with him.”

“in love!?” Sora exclaimed. Pinkie shushed her. “sorry.” Sora whispered. “why?”

“well… ever since that accidental kiss back at the picnic, my heart’s been beating like crazy, whenever I tried to sleep he always appears in my eyes, my hooves get sweaty…”

“mmm-hmm-hmm-hmm. Sounds like puppy-dog love to me. And what does this have to do with Diamond?”

“well, I think she’s Marble’s marefriend, or Ex, which I’m hoping… ah…I don’t care. I just need to know.”

Pinkie went back to writing as Sora thought. “huh. Usually, you’re just a random-sprouting crazy pony, but now, you’re serious, And that’s only because you’re in love. I’m afraid to see what you’d be like if you got pregnant.” she shivered at the thought. “scary.” Pinkie put the letter in the envelope and closed it. “you know it’s going to take at least a week for one of these 3 to respond, right?”

“I know. Maybe by then, I can get him to open up and tell me himself.”

“Diamond! Run!”

“AAHH!”

“Diamond! DIAMOND!”

Marble gasped as he woke up from that horrific nightmare. “dammit. Why won’t those memories leave me alone?” he grunted in pain and hit his bed. “Why wasn’t I able to save her?”

“thank you for coming to Sugarcube Corner! Please come again!” Pinkie said in her usual over-the-top manner as a customer left. Once he was out of hearing range, Pinkie went back to anxious and sad mode. “why is it taking so lone for them to reply?”

“it’s only been a week, Pinkie. Give them time. They may not even live in Manehatten anymore.” Sora replied.

“I know. But the wait is killing me. When he gets down here, I‘m gonna ask him just who Diamond is.”

“what? No no no. wait for the reply. Then you’ll find out and go back to being the happy-go-lucky pony we all know and love.”

a very groggy Marble walked down from above. A highly-hyper Pinkie appeared in front of him. “hi, Marble. How ya feeling?”

“like crap.” he groaned. He plopped his head down at the counter and sputtered.

Pinkie looked to Sora and nodded. Sora shook her head and mouthed ‘no’ but Pinkie went with it anyway. “So, Marble… I just have to ask. Who’s Diamond?”

Marble angrily sighed. “why do you care?”

“well, ever since you said her name back at the creek, I--”

“how do you know Diamond’s a girl?” a angry Marble asked.

“let me finish. Ever since the creek, I was wondering who Diamond was so… when you weren’t home, I snuck into your room and took the picture you were looking at, copied it’s address, and sent letters to the other 3 ponies in the picture.”

“you what!?” Marble got even more angry to the point of blowing his gasket.

“I just want to know who Diamond was, if she was your ex-marefriend.”

“Why?”

“because… because I care about you. I want to help. I like you, Marble. I… I’d go as far to say I love you.”

Marble just stood there, taking all that she said in. Sora knew what was gonna happen and backed up. Pinkie watched her back up as Marble gave a slight chuckle.

“hehehehehehehehe…”

“Marble? Are… you okay?”

“yeah. Yeah, I am okay.” Pinkie breathed a sigh of relief. Marble, however, was just getting started. “I’m just a bit peeved that you broke into my room, rifled though all my stuff, and basically put a knife in my back!”

“w-what?”

“First, let’s start with the fact that you broke into my room. You’re lucky that I’m not calling the cops for Breaking and Entering!” Pinkie back up in fear as Marble walked closer to her. “and then there’s the invasion of privacy. You broke into my room and stole my photo and wrote to my friends WITHOUT my consent.”

“I-I was worried about you. I only wanted to help.” a fearful Pinkie said.

Marble scoffed. “worried about me? Only wanted to help? If I want someone to look out for me, I’d ask them, Diamond!”

Pinkie exclaimed when she heard it. “there! You just said her name again!” Marble did hear it and growled.

“listen well, Pinkie. Stay out of my personal life!” Pinkie fell back and crawled into a wall. “no, in fact, stay out of my life! Just stay away from me! Don’t talk to me, don’t look at me, don’t even breath near me!” Marble walked to the door and kicked it open. “As far as I’m concerned, you don’t exist!”

A stunned and shocked Pinkie just sat there, her heart shattered by what he had told her. Her mane deflated as she went back to her depressed mode.

Sora, who just stood at the side-lines now wanting to get a full barrage of Marble‘s artillery, snarled. “why that son of a… I‘ll go talk to him.” she walked out after him, leaving a uber-depressed Pinkie to herself.

Marble walked as fast as he could away from Sugarcube Corner. Sora followed not far behind him, ready to put him in his place. The Pegasus walked into a alley-way, which confused her but not stop her. She increased her speed so she wouldn’t lose him.

Marble turned a corner. Sora hugged the wall as she neared the corner. She rounded it to see Marble leaning against the wall, his sunglasses off and on the ground, and himself softly crying. A stunned Sora stood there. It took Marble a few seconds to notice her.

His voice was quavering when he gathered himself. “un… S-Sora. Un…” he grabbed his glasses and brushed them off.

“were you crying?”

“no. no, I… I…” he put his glasses back on. “I got something in my eye.”

Sora wasn’t buying it. She then returned back to what she came to do. “why did you say all that mean things to Pinkie? All she did was try to help you and there you went, just shooting her in the heart. Why?”

Marble sighed. She wasn’t gonna leave without a explanation. “you want the truth?” Sora nodded. “I did it… to protect her.”

“Protect her?” Sora exclaimed in disbelieve. “I find that hard to believe cause what you said back there really hurt her.”

“I know that! and I feel really terrible for doing it. But I had to do it.”

“Why? What justified you yelling at her?”

Marble paused before replying. “it all leads back to 11 months ago, when I was…”

“the male version of Pinkie?”

Marble chuckled. “yeah. Guess I was. I was busy setting up a party for Diamond‘s birthday but I… I didn’t know there was gonna be a storm.”

“uh-oh.” Sora muttered. She knew where this story was going. “what happened next?”

“the storm hit and it destroyed the whole thing. Diamond was… was…” Marble stopped right there. He didn’t want to go any farther.

“is she okay?”

“I don’t know. I left and moved in with my uncles on the other side of the city before I could learn what happened. But it didn’t matter. Diamond was killed and it was because of me.”

“oh, brother.” Sora muttered. “I saw this a million times, Marble. Trust me, it wasn‘t your fault.”

“but it was!” Marble exclaimed. “it was all my fault. And that’s why I can’t… I can‘t…” Marble shook his head, trying hard to say it.

“Marble…”

“anyone very close to me always gets injured! The farther away I keep them, the better. That’s why Pinkie can never know I love her!” Marble unfurled his wings and flew into the air.

Sora groaned as she pinched her eyes. “great. Just great. I got 2 ponies who are in love with each other but one’s stubborn personality ain’t gonna let him do anything about it.” she gave a groaning sigh and stopped pinching. “hope one of those ponies replies to Pinkie’s letter soon. These 2 need help bad.”

In the week following that mess, Pinkie and Marble have been distancing from each other more and more to the point that they aren’t even seeing each other all day. It was quite depressing, which was odd considering this was Pinkie, the world’s premiere Party-Pony. And it seemed like it was taking forever for the reply letter to get here. But, eventually, things have to come full circle.

Pinkie Pie, following the yelling Marble gave her, de-evolved back to her depressed mode, and we all know what happened there. This gained a level and is happening outside of town. “More Tea, Madame LeFlour?” The bag of flour just sat there, slumping over to the side. Pinkie just poured tea and talking like she did reply. “why, thank you. I think Caramel is cute as well.”

“This is just TOO scary.” Sora said, watching the insanity unfold. She walked away and sat down beneath a tree not far from Pinkie. She still had to keep an eye on her so she doesn’t do anything crazy. “oh, brother.” she sighed. “how did this happen? I tried to help but that ended up going in the crapper.” she thought back to that botched plan and shivered.

A wheelchair rolled up with a pair of hooves hanging over the front. “excuse me. Do you know where I can find Pinkamena Diane Pie?”

Sora’s head rose in confusion. “she used her whole name?” she asked herself in confusion. She looked and saw the pony in the wheelchair.

Insano Pinkie chatted with a pile of rocks as Sora walked up, pushing the wheelchair. “I should’ve warned you, she’s gone a bit, un… cuckoo.”

“it would’ve helped.” she replied.

Pinkie’s eyes moved to them in a scary fashion. “Hi, Sora.” she said in a creepy tone. Sora and the other Pony gulped in fear. “you want cupcakes?”

“no, no. instead, I have someone to introduce you too. Pinkie, this is Diamond, the Pegasus Marble was going on about.”

Pinkie’s ears twitched. “D-Diamond!?” she dropped what she was doing, walked on over to her, and just broke down. She fell and cried into her lap. Diamond looked up at Sora who was as surprised as she was. “please. Tell me… what’s wrong with Marble?” Pinkie cried.

Diamond, who was initially frightened at first, calmed down and brushed Pinkie’s mane. “It’s okay, Pinkie. It’s okay.”

“please tell her, Diamond. Seeing her like this is just heart-breaking.” Sora said. “I know Marble told me that there was a storm on your birthday that caused him to change. What happened?”

Diamond lifted Pinkie’s head and comforted her. “what’s wrong with Marble?” Pinkie sniffled.

Diamond thought back for a moment. “it happened 11 months ago. My birthday party was going along great. Had my friends, family. It was turning into a great day. Least until the storm hit. It came completely out of nowhere. There were no storms scheduled for that time. Weird thing was… it originated from the nearby mountains.”

“Diamond. Focus.”

“right. Well, the storm just torn though the place and destroyed everything. A nearby scaffold buckled under the pressure and fell right on top of me, knocking me unconscious. When I came too, I found out that Marble left and that I was crippled. My wings and my hind legs were broken beyond repair; hence the wheelchair. I don’t know what happened to him after that.”

“I know what happened to him.” Sora said. “he said that after the incident, he moved in with his relatives across town then, 3 months later, he came here, all depressed and emo.”

“Why?”

“he thought that all that the storm had killed you. It left him with a terrible emotional scar that’s still haunting him.”

“I see.” Diamond hadn’t thought about that. “where is he?”

Marble is back in his room, suffering from the painful memories of that day.

“Diamond! Run!”

“AHH!!!”

“Diamond! DIAMOND!!!”

Marble held his head as the memories flooded back. Someone knocked on his door, causing him to snap back. “Dammit! Leave me alone!” Sora opened the door and walked in anyway. “I told you go guy away!” he shouted.

Sora moved to the side, allowing Marble to get a good view at Diamond. He was shocked to see her, and alive for that matter. “Diamond?” she slowly nodded. Tears formed in his eyes as he broke down and cried up a storm. “I’m so sorry, Diamond! I’m so, so sorry.”

Diamond rolled on over and hugged him. “It’s okay, Marble. It’s okay. Everything’s gonna be okay.” Marble kept on crying and she just let him.

“we should probably leave them alone.” Sora said to the newly-revitalized Pinkie. She nodded. They both stepped out and closed the door.

“glad that we worked out that problem.” Sora said as they walked down to the shop. “seems like just yesterday that you and he were depressed beyond repair.”

“un… Sora. That was yesterday.” Sora nervously chuckled as she scratched the back of her head. “but… I wish I knew what their relation was.”

“AH!” Sora smacked herself in the head. “I knew I forgot to ask something.”

The sound of footsteps followed them. They looked to see Marble coming down to them. He stopped a few steps up and panted. “Pinkie… I just want to say thank you.”

“For what?”

“For helping me. And I’m sorry for yelling at you last week. Will you ever forgive me?”

Pinkie smiled and took his glasses. “of course I will, Marby.” Marble smiled back and hugged her. She hugged back without hesitation.

“yay!” Sora exclaimed like a little girl, clapping her hands together. “everything’s better now. Oh, and I know a good place to celebrate.”

“what?” Diamond asked.

“there’s this new place down the street called ‘Electronic Symphony’. apparently, Vinyl and Octavia opened it up a couple of weeks ago.”

“Vinyl and Octavia are back!?” Pinkie squealed.

“yep. And have been for quite a while now. How about we go. My treat?”

Later that day, at 8 o’clock, the 4 headed on over to the new Nightclub, which is one of the hottest new places in Ponyville right now.

A generic electronic song played on the speakers as they walked in to the crowded place. “whoa! This place is packed!” Pinkie exclaimed.

“busier then I thought.” Sora muttered. She looked around and spotted a open table. “over there.” she said. She wheeled Diamond over as Pinkie and Marble walked on over to it.

As soon as they took a seat, Octavia rolled on over. “Hey guys!”

“Octi!” Pinkie exclaimed. She hugged her, which surprised Octavia a bit. Marble pulled her off.

“Why’d you 2 leave FeatherTop?” Sora asked.

“Ah. Got boring. Even someone as sophisticated as me can get boring. Besides, I don’t think a big cities a great place to raise a child.”

“congratulations!” Diamond said.

Sora tried to connect how a Filly-Fooler can get pregnant if her mate is a girl just like her. Wait, does this world have… “how’d you get pregnant? Artificial insemination?”

“yeah.”

Sora leaned on her right fist as she looked out into space. “They look backwater but are surprisingly advanced.”

“When’s the baby due?” a excited Pinkie asked.

“due? I just had it.”

That got the group, minus Diamond, confused. “but… I don’t… did she have a pregnant belly?” Marble asked.

“I don’t know.” Pinkie tapped the computer screen. “hey, Writer guy? Was she Preggers?”

Un… I don’t think I should get into the story. Let’s just say yes and move on.

“Okay.”

0:00.

Pinkie exclaimed when this song came on. “Oh, this is my jam!” she exclaimed.

On the stage, Vinyl appeared in a torrent of smoke as Neon descended from the ceiling.

Pony Rock! Yeah! Woo! Let's go!

“That’s a bit over the top, right?” Octavia asked.

“yep.” Sora said.

“I told them.

0:29.

Vinyl and Neon:
♪Scratch and Neon's in the club tonight.
Oh yeah, we're gonna have a good time.
So grab some pony now don't be shy.
It's our job to make you feel alright. (Clap your hooves!)
Let's raise the roof, tonight's the night.
We're gonna' party till the morning light.
The house is hot, the beat is tight.
We just wanna' see you ...shake it!♪

0:59.

Vinyl spun at her Turntable. Neon stood on the stage as a mike rose out of it in front of it.

1:14.

Vinyl and Neon:
♪The name's Neon Lights and I wanna' see you shake it.
I'm the host of this party and I'm glad you could make it.
I've got the music that booms, show me what you've got.
Now do your thing girls and flaunt that plot.
On the dance floor is where we're living.
You keep moving to the beat and the beat I'll keep delivering.
Now that's a promise, we're gonna' commit.♪
Hey, Vinyl Scratch! Spin that.

1:28.

Vinyl:
♪Ayo what's up? I'm the other half of this duo.
Got my bass cannon set to max it's gonna' blow.
It's Pony Rock! (It's Pony Rock!)
Yeah, so get them tails a-bouncing and get them
hooves up in the air 'cause we are announcing it is-!♪

1:44.

Sora danced in her seat, same with Diamond. Marble just sat there with a smile. He looked and saw that Pinkie had disappeared.

“where’d she go?” he muttered.

Vinyl and Scratch:
♪Scratch and Neon's in the club tonight.
Oh yeah, we're gonna have a good time.
So grab some pony don't be shy.
It's our job to make you feel alright.
Let's raise the roof, tonight's the night.
We're gonna' party till the morning light.
The house is hot, the beat is tight.
We just wanna' see you... shake it!♪

2:14.

Pinkie suddenly appeared beside them both.

Pinkie:
Everyday I'm partying!

“Pinkie!?!” Sora, Diamond, and Octavia exclaimed in surprise.

Thought initially surprised by her sudden appearance, Neon and Vinyl kept on rockin’ it in. in fact, they felt it would help this little song.

2:32.

Diamond moved her body to the beat then noticed that Marble had disappeared as well. She smiled, knowing full well where he went.

Pinkie:
♪Put the lights on me. It's time for the only true party pony.
The name's Pinkie Pie and I know you all missed me.
But hey, wait! There's room for three.
Let's get some balloons! (The pretty ones!)
Let's turn up the bass! (Getting louder now!)
Gummy's here with me! (He's rocking out!)
Now it's a party! (With thanks to me!)♪

2:46.

A pair of sunglasses flew though the air and landed on Pinkie’s nose. Surprised with a smile, she looked back to see Marble standing there, glasses off and with a smile on his face.

“What about Diamond? I thought you loved her.”

“of course I do.” Marble slid on over and held Pinkie close. “what kind of brother doesn’t love his sister?”

Pinkie smiled thought she breathed a sigh of relief inside; They were Siblings. Thank Celestia, huh?

“hey, Pinkie. Here’s a silly question.” he said in Pinkie style. He leaned in and kissed her. She went wide-eyed as Marble moved back. “will you be my special somepony?”

Pinkie smiled. She flipped the glasses and put them on. “of course I will.”

Back in the crowd, Diamond smiled. Her brother finally moved on from his past. Sora and Octavia, however, danced together but not in a way that would make them look… together.

Vinyl:
♪Get up. Get down. Put your hooves up to the sound.
Jump up. Stomp down. Every pony hit the ground. (x2)
Every pony hit the ground. (x2)
Get up. Get down. (x2)
Put your hooves up to the sound. (x2)
Put your hooves up. (x4)♪

3:16.

Marble, Pinkie, Vinyl, and Neon:
♪Every pony's in the club tonight.
We're gonna' keep on having a good time.
We got some help from Pinkie Pie.
With Vinyl Scratch and Neon-on-on Lights.♪

3:32.

Marble and Pinkie did a ‘remix’ of ballroom dancing as they sang to the song.

Vinyl and Neon:
♪Woah (x4)♪

3:47.

Marble, Pinkie, Vinyl, and Neon:
♪Everyday we're partying!♪

Everyone partied on and partied hard as the night rolled on.

Outside, a fleet of new stars appeared in the night sky. One of them was a light pink.

4:21. End Song.

Author's Notes:

i'm indifferent about how this turned out. i-i don't know. what do you think? could i have done it better?