Opposites Attract remastered (2019)

Chapter 1: friendship is only the start

The original version of this can still be found, but looking back, I wanted to rewrite it. There are a lot of things that have changed from the original. Most of these plot points changed because I wasn't satisfied with said plot points. Also, this happens after a story called When the Feelings Blossomed so I suggest you go and read that. Okay, now with that out of the way, onto the first chapter!

Chapter 1: Friendship is only the start

Pinkie pie's eyes opened slowly. She was awakened by a sliver of light coming through her window. She yawned, and slowly rose up from her bed. She rubbed her eyes as she made her way to the balcony doors. She opened one door and stepped out into the sunlight.

It was a beautiful day in ponyville. The birds were singing, ponies were starting to emerge from their houses, and all was peaceful. pinkie inhaled the sweet spring air. She quickly noticed a certain red and black figure walking down the street.

This was shadow the hedgehog. Ever since she first found him lying on the ground in the everfree forest, she knew he was different. He wasn't like the others from his world. He was quite isolated, and the only place pinkie pie knew he stayed at was zecora's hut. He also never smiled. She had been attracted to him for some time now, and what happened on heart's warming definitely confirmed that she really liked him. Scratch that. It was defiantly love. pinkie pie blushed at the thought, and trotted back into her room, down the stairs, and into the bakery.

Ms. Cake was in the kitchen. And already, a crowd had formed. "pinkie," Ms. cake shouted to her, "can you pass out these muffins and cupcakes to the crowd?" She handed pinkie a couple of pink boxes. "sure thing!" Pinkie beamed and set off outside with the boxes on her back.

Shadow was outside, away from the crowd. what was a quiet stroll through town wasn't so quiet anymore. Then, he saw pinkie pie hopping out of sugarcube corner. The two exchanged glances. She looked at him with a big grin on her face. Shadow grumbled slightly, and started heading towards the everfree forest, hoping pinkie wouldn't catch up with him. Unfortunately, pinkie pie appeared in front of him.

"hi shadow!" She gleamed. Shadow growled. "if you're not going to say hi back, at least take a cupcake!" She held out one for him. "humph. No." Shadow walked past her, annoyed by her persistence. She walked into the front of him. "Well, I'm just going to leave two cupcakes here. Oh! And say hi to zecora for me!" Pinkie pie hopped away, back into the crowd. Shadow groaned slightly. He looked down at the cupcakes. He sighed, and reluctantly picked up the cupcakes.

As he walked through the everfree forest, he began to think about pinkie pie. "Why does she want me to be happy and friendly to others? I mean, I don't normally talk to others, and who I do talk to give up trying to.. And, why can't I stop thinking about her? She is annoying, yet I can't help but think..." Shadow shook off that next thought. "No. Just because of what happened on heart's warming, doesn't mean that i..." He sighed and put a hand on his forehead. "I just need to process All this..." He looked up and realized he was zecora's hut. His face turned Stone neutral and he walked inside.

Zecora looked over to the door. She was stacking potions and ingredients on a shelf. "back so soon? I thought you said you'd be gone till noon?" "I know I did. But pinkie pie was there again! When will I get a break from her?" Shadow sighed annoyingly. He put the cupcakes on a shelf. zecora said nothing. "if only you knew... you love her too." Zecora whispered to herself.

There was a long silence. Shadow broke it. "I'm going to go to twilight's." he turned toward the door and strolled out. "can't you see...? that you and her are meant to be?"

Later...

It was a cool evening in ponyville, and shadow had been unsuccessfully trying to avoid pinkie pie. Meanwhile, pinkie pie had been thinking of a plan to make him smile. she trotted through the center of town. "come on pinkie, think! How am i going to make him smile? Or at least get closer to him?" She started to think about the past heart's warming again. On that day, shadow reviled to her his past with Maria. Somewhat. Pinkie pie started thinking about her home life, and a gasp of realization shivered though her. She had an idea.

Shadow was making his way back from twilight's castle. As he past sugarcube corner, he suddenly herd the voice of pinkie pie. "shadow?" Her tone of voice was secretive, unlike her. He turned to see her standing in the doorway of sugarcube corner. "what do you want?" Shadow asked her in a stern, yet seemingly almost concerned way. pinkie took a deep breath.

"can I show you something? " shadow's brain wanted to say no. But something was pushing him towards the offer, and before he knew it, he was being taken into pinkie's secret underground room. "I'm not like the rest of my family." pinkie began, as she walked through the room. she pointed to a picture of her with her family. Shadow picked it up questionably. He lightly gasped at the picture. Five grey ponies stood with Pinkie pie. "most ponies know that. But, they don't know my Actual dad."

Shadow was dead silent with slight shock and curiosity as pinkie paced around the room. " my mom had an affair with another colt. She was married to my now dad, but I was the child of her and that colt." Shadow put down the picture. " when my step dad found out,well... he wasn't happy. But he still loved my mom very much. So, one night, they..." Pinkie took out another picture, this one in her hair, and handed it to shadow. "they sent him away. Along with me. But, luckily, my step dad and my mom adopted me shortly after my real dad put me up for it. And, it wasn't his fault. He didn't know that my mom was married."

Shadow was speechless. This story was so... sad. He couldn't believe it. She stood in front of him."you're not the only one who was an accident." Shadow tried to speak. "pinkie, I-" "it's ok." Pinkie took shadow's hand by her hoof. "I've gotten over it." shadow wanted to move his hand away, but he couldn't. His own self didn't want to. Shadow started thinking about that word...

He blushed, not knowing that he did. This made pinkie pie surprised, and she began to blush. When shadow saw this, he realized he was blushing. His blush deepened, but then went away. And, without the other part of him giving permission, he said, "would you... like to be... friends?" Both of them here shocked. Shadow couldn't turn back now. Pinkie pie almost fainted in delight. "yes!" She hugged shadow, making his blush return. Pinkie stopped abruptly. She giggled. " thank you for giving me a chance." Pinkie trotted out of the room, leaving a stunned shadow. He shook his head, trying to recover, and quickly dashed out of the store and into the forest.

So, that was the fist chapter! I hope you enjoy the rewrite. Review, favorite, etc. Write you later!