Chapter 5: Back Home

Pinkie's month was up. She had served her time in the dungeon as was set to be sent home, but one pony didn't want that, and she knew it. For the last week or so Frosty, or muffin as she called him, had been acting strange, almost avoiding her whenever it was his shift. Pinkie would try to make him come to her cell, but he would just check in to see if she was okay and leave, not giving her a second thought.

"Miss Pie, it's time to go home"

When one of the other guards came to her cell and said those words to Pinkie, she felt sadder than she had even been before. As she exited the dungeon Frosty passed by, giving her a sad look before starting his shift. Pinkie whimpered quietly before looking up, only to find her friends and the Cakes waiting for her.

"Mr and Mrs Cake?!" Pinkie shouted, running over to them to give them a hug, "What are you two doing here?!"

"We came to get you of course" Mr Cake said as he roughed up Pinkie's mane.

"What about Pound and Pumpkin?" Pinkie asked, thinking about the two foals she cared about so much. Mrs Cake shook her head and looked Pinkie in the eyes.

"It's okay cupcake, they're in good hooves" Mrs Cake said as Pinkie let them go. They silently stared at each other, as if that would tell them what each other had done over the past month, but the only thing they got was comfort and happiness from it. After a few long minutes of staring the ponies made their way out of the castle. As they walked towards the Friendship Express the ponies caught up with one another, making up lost time with each other.

"So Pinkie, anything interesting happen while you were in there? Rainbow asked, sitting next to Pinkie when they got onto the train.

"Not really" Pinkie said, thinking about what had happened in the past month. The only thing she could think of was Frosty's face, which made her sad. Rainbow quickly put her hoof on Pinkie's shoulder, looking at her worriedly. Pinkie looked up quickly, giving her a sad smile.

"Did something happen dear?" Rarity asked as she sat down across from Pinkie, looking at her sad smile with worry.

"It's nothing, don't worry about me" Pinkie said sadly, forcing herself to smile as she continued to think about Frosty. She felt something there, but before she left he seemed to turn away from her, leaving her along in her cold, dark cell...

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"WELCOME BACK PINKIE!" the entire town of Ponyville cheered as Pinkie walked off of the train. When she looked around she saw every single pony in town standing on the platform,  the entire town behind them being decorated with pink balloons and everything.

"Is this for me?" Pinkie asked slowly, looking at everypony in the crowd. When they all smiled and nodded Pinkie started to cry. Some of the ponies closest to her moved to see if she was okay, but when she looked up they could see her gigantic smile. As the pony who usually made a party for any and everypony, having any and everypony throw a party for her was the best thing she could hope for.

"Thank you all" Pinkie said through her tears of joy. The whole town erupted into a cheer, picking up Pinkie as they moved towards the middle of Ponyville, where most of the festivities were set up. They had all of her favorite food and drinks, along with every kind of game she had every played at a party.

For the rest of the day everypony in Ponyville partied with Pinkie, laughing at her weird antics and jokes. Every now and then she would sit down and look at Canterlot, but nopony thought anything of it, but by the end of the party she was sitting all along on the top of Town Hall, looking sadly at Canterlot Castle.

"Muffin..." Pinkie said slowly, the image of Frosty appearing in her mind, making her fight back tears. Just as she stood to go back to the party she saw somepony come flying towards her from Canterlot. She watched slowly as the pony came into view, his white coat and light blue hair flowing as he flew towards Pinkie. He landed next to her looking at her with sad eyes.

"Sorry for leaving you Pinkie" Frosty said as he bowed his head to Pinkie, hoping she would forgive him for being such a jerk. When she didn't say anything for a while he looked up, Pinkie no where to be seen. Taking that as a no he sat down and put his head in his hooves and cried. He just, cried. He had finally found a mare that seemed to be interested in him and because he was afraid of her leaving he pushed her away. What he didn't know was that Pinkie had walked away, hiding on the other side of the roof while listening to him.

"I'm sorry..." Pinkie said sadly, walking over to Frosty, but he didn't hear her through his sobs. It wasn't until she hugged him that he realized she was still there. He quickly looked up, seeing her with her face buried in his shoulder, crying herself. She felt bad for running away and making him feel sad. The two of them looked into each other's eyes for a moment before fully embracing each other. The their tears quickly dried up and the two of them spent the rest of the night watching the stars. Eventually they fell asleep, and when everypony noticed there was a loud, "DAWW..."

The town quickly packed up their festivities and helped the two ponies down from the roof, careful not to wake them as they took them to Pinkie's room in Sugar Cube Corner. Until morning the two ponies hugged each other, both of them with smiles on their faces.