Chapter 3: Doctor's Visit

Pinkie woke up in her bed to the sound of Mr and Mrs Cake arguing with each other downstairs. Looking up at her clock she could tell that it was just after the lunch rush ended, and she also started to wonder why she was in her bed. Last thing she remembered was accidentally walking into Big Mac, and then turning into a fountain of puke. The memory of the brown sludge flying into the sky brought it's horrid taste and smell back to Pinkie's senses, making her want to throw up again, but there was nothing left in her stomach. Getting up out of her bed Pinkie decided to make her way to the bathroom so she could make sure she wasn't a mess before she headed downstairs, and just in time too.

"We can't just force her to go see him!" Mr Cake said, obviously using it as a retort to something Mrs Cake had said to him that Pinkie didn't hear.

"But we have to, it's our duty as her guardians!" Mrs Cake replied, trying to make Mr Cake finally see reason. She was just about done arguing with him. He just wouldn't concede defeat and had kept this argument going for what must have been two hours now. Mrs Cake was a patient mare, but she wasn't a princess, if this kept up any longer Mrs Cake was sure to do something she'd regret. Mr Cake was about to come back with a witty response when he saw Pinkie peeking around the corner at the two of them, causing him to straighten up.

"Oh look, it's Pinkie!" Mr Cake said, his voice sounding completely calm, "How are you feeling dear?" Mrs Cake shot her husband an angry glare before she trotted over to Pinkie, leading her away with a hoof around her neck. Mr Cake was clearly annoyed by this, but a quick look at the cupcake trays ready to be put in the oven snapped his mind set back to one of a baker. While he put them into the oven Mrs Cake was preparing to trick Pinkie into going to the doctor's. Evil, yes, the right thing to do, probably not, but who knows?

"Now Pinkie, me and Mr Cake were talking and I think we should go see a doctor about what happened to you a while ago" Mrs Cake said, trying to hide her true intentions with her voice. What Mrs Cake didn't know was that Pinkie had heard enough of the conversation to know what was really going on right now.

"Well, I guess it wouldn't hurt to see if I'm pregnant, right?" Pinkie replied, making Mrs Cake's jaw hang open in confusion. She wasn't expecting Pinkie to have heard the argument, but now that it was over she realized that nearly everypony in the nearby area probably heard it too. Her face turned a deep red as Pinkie started to bounce out of the bakery, happily oblivious to what was coming her way. While Pinkie hopped along Mrs Cake ran up behind her, wanting to be there in case the news they received wasn't going to be good.

"Doctor, come back to me!" somepony shouted from behind them as a brown stallion went shooting past. Turning around they saw Derpy chasing after him, holding a muffin in her hooves. When she passed them she held the muffin up into the air, being careful to not drop it.

"I made you a muffin!" Derpy shouted, almost dropping the muffin as she did, but she somehow managed to knock it forwards so she could hold it again. Pinkie and Mrs Cake stood still for a moment so they could watch Derpy in confusion, but once she was gone from sight they continued to walk towards the doctor's office. When they got into the office they were sent right in, probably because there was no pony else there.

"Ok Miss Pie, I need you to lay down and get comfortable..." Was the last thing Pinkie heard before her world almost shattered.

*Knock, Knock*

"We're open!" Twilight shouted over her tea cup, the door to the library opening slowly, "Oh, hi Pink... ie..." Everypony else in the library slowly turned to look at the door, all of them gasping dramatically when they saw Pinkie standing in the doorway, her hair as flat as ever. Applejack and Rarity quickly got up and ran to her side, both of them putting a hoof on either shoulder.

"Are you okay sugarcube?" Applejack asked as she tried to look in Pinkie's eyes, but the flat pink mane was blocking her. Rarity did the same, but before she could get a good look Pinkie stepped towards Twilight, looking up with sad eyes.

"I'm pregnant" Pinkie said, giving Twilight the saddest eyes she had ever made. An awkward silence filled the room as the five other mares tried to comprehend what just happened. One moment they were having a small get together after a long day of work, and now they were learning that Pinkie Pie was suddenly pregnant.

"How far along are you sweetie?" Rarity asked worriedly. Pinkie looked back at her and then stared at the ground sadly.

"Four months" Pinkie said quietly, making another round of gasps come from her friends. The five of them moved closer together to discuss what to do now, and after some careful deliberation Applejack decided to throw caution into the wind. Stepping up to Pinkie Applejack prepared to ask the question everyone had.

"Do you know who the father is Pinkie?" Applejack asked, getting an angry look from Rarity.

"Of course she knows who the father is!  She may be goofy but she's not stupid.  Uh... right Pinks?" Rainbow said, trying to defend Pinkie's dignity, but when Pinkie looked up at them with tears just barely staying back Rainbow felt her heart drop fast enough to do a rainboom.

"I know who it is," Pinkie said sadly, her hair seemingly getting flatter, if it was at all possible.

"Well, who is it?" Rarity asked, getting some nods from the other girls to show that they wanted to ask the same thing.

"If you don't mind us asking that is..." Fluttershy said quietly, barely above a whisper.

"I'd rather not say... We're not together anymore..." Pinkie said slowly as she looked out the window to try and make it easier for her to tell her friends.

"He abandoned you?!  Who is he, we'll go get him!" Applejack said, her anger seeping through her voice, a quick series of nods from Rainbow to show that she was right along with that idea. The other girls seemed a bit taken aback at the idea at first, but even Fluttershy eventually agreed with it.

"No!  He... he never knew," Pinkie said, giving them a worried look, "We... broke up before I found out..."

"Oh, I'm so sorry Pinkie," Twilight said, sounding genuinely hurt about the situation, "Do you mind, uh, telling us when this happened?"

"I don't know, it was a few months ago now by now, but I'm supposed to just forget about it," Pinkie answered honestly, her voice filled with sadness and regret.

"Forget about it?" Rarity asked, sounding almost appalled that she would even say such a thing "Darling, you shouldn't just forget about the father of your foal!"

"Wait, 'Supposed to'?  What are you... oh..." Twilight said, trailing off as a wall of realization hit her. Her jaw hung open for a moment before Pinkie slowly looked up at her.

"Yeah..." Pinkie said slowly, her voice sounding extremely hurt.

"What?  What are you talking about?  Don't leave us in the dark Twilight!" Rainbow said, getting some intense nods from everypony else, who all wanted to know what was really going on here.

"Um... if Pinkie doesn't want to tell you, I don't think it's my place to-" Twilight started to say, but she was cut off by Pinkie.

"It's fine Twilight.  They should know and you'd say it better than me," Pinkie said, knowing that Twilight's way with words would help to make things easier on her friends.

"If you're sure.  I'm... I'm so sorry that this happened Pinkie," Twilight said, wanting to be anypony, anywhere but here.

"Why should you be sorry sugarcube?  It's not like you did this, right?" Applejack asked, stepping forwards to put a hoof on Twilight's shoulder to show that she had her support. The rest of them did the same thing, all of them wanting Twilight to know they were here for her, no matter what happened.

"What? No! How would I even? Nevermind..." Twilight sighed before composing herself again, "A few months ago was, well, my coronation, as you all should know"

"Ok...?" they all said quietly, still not getting what was going on.

"All of your lives had changed, but only from the points you got your cutie marks," Twilight explained, "Everything before then was the same.  So Applejack was born an Apple but got a fashion cutie mark and went into business for herself.  Everypony with me so far?"

"Yeah"

"Well, Pinkie Pie was born a Pie.  But she was working at Sweet Apple Acres and had an apple cutie mark when we found her. In fact, she was running the place. Applejack, isn't Sweet Apple Acres a family business?" Twilight asked, knowing that this might help them come to a correct conclusion.

"Sure as the moon sugarcube. It's why you five are 'honorary family members', couldn't rightly let any of you help out without it ruffling grannies mane otherwise, but I don't... see... how... Oh, buck me," Applejack said, finally connecting the dots when she realized that in this other timeline they may not , and probably weren't, honorary family members.

"Yeah, Pinkie wasn't an 'honourary' family member. She was an Apple," Twilight said with a deep rooted conviction, but the only mare that got it was Applejack because she knew how the farm worked.

"But darling, I thought you just said she was born a Pie? In order for her to be an Apple she'd have to mar- oh.  Oh my..." Rarity said slowly, soon to be join by Fluttershy in an, "Oh dear..."

"What? What's going on? Why aren't you telling me what's going on here?!" Rainbow asked, now annoyed that she was being pretty much ignored by her friends.

"Rainbow..." Twilight sighed, being embarrassed that she knew somepony that she'd need to explain this to, "Pinkie was married to Big Mac when I changed everypony's cutie marks and lives. When I turned everypony back and removed all the memories of what happened, I ended up destroying any record of it.  Except Pinkie and... well... the foal's"

"Oh..." Rainbow said, sounding as though she understood what she was just told, "Wait, what?!"