//------------------------------// // Walking, Pinkie Pie and Thoughts // Story: Equestria meets the Vasto Lorde. // by Phoenix Archangel //------------------------------// After my strange vision faded away, I looked at the group of equines that had huddled back together once more with eyes hidden by hooves, apparently crying. The few eyes I could see reflected terror and horror at what I'd done. However, something was... strange. As I ponder on what that was, I noticed that there was a pink one in a strange grey costume there that, for some reason, had a large smile that seemed to be almost stretching the borders of her face. I put that thought aside for now, and, deciding that talking to them now was out of the question, turned and walked away in the forest. I don't know why but I felt wrong just leaving them there, yet I also feel fine about it; like I don't care whether they live or die. I walked for fifteen minutes or more and finally thought something that I didn't expect to think. ‘I...well I...I hope they make it out safe.’ ‘What are you saying? You shouldn't care about those things. They're pathetic weaklings.’ The sudden ‘voice’ caused me to spin around to look for another, my sword drawn from my sash and held up to cut whoever spoke to pieces. "Who are you?" ‘Who, me? I have no name. But if you want to call me something... call me… Instinct. More precisely, yours.’ 'Whoever this guy is, it’s like I’ve met him before. And something tells me I'm not going to like him very much.' ‘Well that's not very nice; you hurt my feelings.’ This thought carried a severe amount of sarcasm with it. "Show yourself, I’d rather not seem crazy," I called out, looking around to try and spot whoever the mystery person – or creature – was, “And how do you know what I’m thinking?” 'Tch, well, to the second, of course I know. I live in your head, dumbass, so getting out is something I’d like as well. So the first is out too.' While I was having my short talk with my so called Instinct I was so engrossed I barely sensed the presence of something behind me. "SURPRISE!!!" Was all I heard after turning around, sword already mid-swing, before getting a face full of confetti and balloons and freezing in place to avoid killing whatever snuck up on me. ‘WHAT THE FUCK!!!’ "Now watch your language there, mister" said a bubbly, yet somewhat stern, female voice. At least, I was pretty sure it was female. 'I wonder how she could hear that so called "Instinct" guy in my head?' "I read this chapter, silly," The confetti cleared and revealed the pink pony that was missing from earlier looking at the sky, "and by the way, thanks for taking over from Bradledew, Phoenix! It was getting boring in that place!" Now I was confused; she was talking towards the sky and sounded somewhat rather happy. My guess is she's not right in the head. "Why...are you talking to the sky?" "IwastalkingtotheauthorsillyandbythewaymynamesPinkaminaDianePiebutyoucancallmePinkiePie. Ialsowanttoknowwhatyournameis?" She seemed to have said all this in one breath which to me seems… pretty much impossible. But I’d caught the last of it and it caused a question. What is my name? "I don’t know my name...I'm really confused, it almost makes me angry, yet....I also feel somewhat content without knowing my past." Why do I feel these mixed feelings? Why am I unhappy yet content with the loss of my memories? I'm so, so very much confused. I need to take a walk to try and blow off some steam, even. "Well don't worry! I'll give you a name, mister!" The pink equine chirped happily, “And we’re all ponies, not just equines!” I blinked at this, as I’d not asked her anything about either. Though I still filed the term ‘ponies’ away into my mind. "Why would you do that?" "Because I don't want someone to be sad, plus I need to know who I'm throwing a party for." A massive gasp cut the air. “Wait, do you like cupcakes? I mean everypony lovesmycupcakesbutyou’renotaponysoIhopeyoudolikecupcakes-“ "You would really do that?" I interrupted, feeling that, for one, she wouldn’t stop, and two, as she nodded rapidly, I felt somewhat happy that she is doing this for me. Almost makes me feel like a new person, or... whatever I am. "Just don't make it stupid, or I'm leaving." "Okie dokie lokie!" ‘I liked it better when you only tried to kill stuff like you used to do but...this place...it's making you soft. I want you to go destroy stuff, kill, obliterate mountains, I DON'T CARE! Anything but this talking and talking. Just get it over with already, I just can't take it.’ 'Shut it.' 'Tch, fine,' 'Instinct' muttered before disappearing to wherever it was it came from for the moment. "Okay Pinkie, tell me the name." "Let’s call you Big Meanie Skull-face." I was not amused. "That's it. I'm leaving." I said as I walked away from a confused party pony. "Did I say something wrong? I was only kidding, please don't walk away! We could call you Horns maybe? No? Okay, well, I'll let you know when I figure something out,” she called out before turning back the way we came, muttering under her breath all the while. After a few minutes, 'Instinct' returned. ‘It's about time you left, now what should we fight out here besides weak little ponies, wooden wolves, and an over sized bear?’ ‘How am I supposed to know? I don’t even know where here is.’ We walked on for about a few hours and still nothing. *MEANWHILE* ========================= Back at the spot of the Ursa Major’s corpse, the Elements finally recollect themselves and notice they're not dead. Well, except Fluttershy, who sadly is just too scared to even dare move, let alone speak - only small “eeps” were heard - even when they try to calm her. The rest tried to avoid the sight of the Ursa's burnt, bloody corpse. "Now it’s alright now sugarcube, the monster is gone, wherever it went." Said Applejack trying to calm Fluttershy and failing. "Eep!" "Yah she's not gonna to be movin’ from that spot for awhile Twahlight. Ah suggest we stay here or at least try t’ move her somehow." "Well, Applejack, before we could move her we need to find Pinkie - she seems to have gone missing." "Well Ah think that the creature with them horns has gone an’ took her, but that's just what ah'm thinking. Plus the creature’s gone as well, that has to be some proof that it took her." "Applejack, you might be right, yet also wrong since I think Pinkie followed it." "Why's that?" "There's hoof prints leading in the direction of the creature’s magical energy." "So why would she follow that thang?" "My guess it was Pinkie being Pin-” The sound of Pinkie’s infamous Party Cannon sounded out in the forest, “and there's Pinkie." Twilight gave a groan followed by a face-hoof. "Ah'll go wake up Rainbow and get the others on their hooves. Y'all go get Pinkie before she gets hurt." "Okay. I'll bring Pinkie back as soon as I can.” "Ah'll be right behind yah, Sugarcube." As Applejack said this, Twilight galloped off toward the direction of Pinkie Pie and the creature had gone. Applejack watched the librarian disappear into the trees, before turning to the unconscious speedster. With a series of pokes, Rainbow slowly regained consciousness with a groan while holding her head in her hooves. “Seems all them times hittin’ the library shelves paid off, huh?” Applejack chuckled when Rainbow opened her eyes. “Ugh, didja catch the chariot that hit… Wait! Where’s that monster?!” Rainbow exclaimed, looking around and privately thinking to give it a real pounding the next round before staring at one point. “A-Applejack?” “Yeah?” “What happened to the Ursa Major?” This question gave Applejack pause as she thought back to what she'd seen. Deciding to do as she always had, she told the truth. "The monster happened, RD. Knocked 'round like Ah buck apples. Horseapples, that thang went and flipped it," Applejack answered gravely, looking at the destruction caused in the battle. "W-well, at least we can take it now!" Rainbow exclaimed, the confidence in her voice growing, "The Ursa had to had done some serious damage, all we gotta do is- "It walked away, sugahcube," Applejack cut in, Rainbow giving her an irritated stare that melted into disbelief, "without so much as a splinter or a scrape, that thing took down an Ursa Major." Rainbow's mind struggled to comprehend this as she stared at the corpse once more, almost missing what Applejack said next. "Let's just hope tha' the Princesses can handle this thang." ========================= "Hmm, Bones? Maybe. Spike? Wait, no, that names already taken. How about Skullhead? Oh wait, he can talk and isn’t wearing a suit. Hmm this is a tough one,” Pinkie muttered to herself, sitting against a tree when Twilight ran into view. "Pinkie, there you are!" "Oh, hey Twilight, how are you doing?" "I'm fine, but what about you? Did that thing hurt you in any way?" "Don't worry, I'm fine. All we did was talk a bit and then he walked off for no reason." "Okay… but what are you doing exactly?" "I told him I would give him a name since he doesn't have one and then I'm going to throw him a party." Twilight rose an eyebrow at this. "That’s… very nice, Pinkie, but first we need to meet up with the rest of the girls and head back to the library to inform the princesses." "Okie dokie lokie." center]======================== Once Twilight and Pinkie returned to the group, they were met with the sight of Applejack carrying a fainted Rarity and Rainbow guiding Fluttershy, who had her eyes closed tightly. Before Twilight could ask what was going on, Applejack, carefully, set Rarity down before leading her back to the clearing. “Brace yaself, it ain’t pretty,” Applejack warned before directing their gazes to the Ursa. Twilight went silent at the sight, her mind working overtime to comprehend. Deciding to wait until they were out of the Everfree, Twilight turned and picked Rarity up with her magic before using a locater spell to direct them to Ponyville. Twilight and friends made it out of the Everfree within thirty minutes without any problems; most likely because of the new creature scaring the other inhabitants away. When they got to Ponyville, all was as they had left with little fillies and colts going around getting candy. With a silent agreement, they split up, Rainbow taking Fluttershy home, Pinkie racing off to get candy while Applejack shouldered Rarity again and trotted to the fashionista’s home. As Twilight walked to the library, there were many others just playing games or talking to each other to pass the time. Then there was Spike and the CMC holding bags full of candy, mainly just enjoying themselves and having fun. Twilight chose to let Spike have his fun and continued on towards the library to make a note to the Princesses to inform them of the creature she found. "Dear Princess, I must inform you that I have found an unknown creature that seems to have fallen along with Princess Luna's meteor shower. This creature seems to have an unknown type of magic that not only seems dark, but is extremely powerful. This creature seems to be bipedal with what seems to hands or claws like Spike’s, except with five digits. It is rather tall, has tufts of red fur at its wrists and ankles, along with what appears to be a collar, a orange mane, black markings on its body and, perhaps most scarily of all, it has a hole through its chest. I should also point out that this creature appears to wear a skull-like mask over its face, with carnivorous teeth and large horns similar to a Minotaur, that covers its eyes. The creature, for some reason, actually saved me and my friends from an Ursa Major, though killing it in the process, but only I and probably Pinkie saw this, before walking away into the Forest. Everypony else was too scared to look and from what I saw, I wish I hadn't. The creature just released so much energy, its attack could probably match an S-class offensive spell and not even I can do that class yet. I hope this information can help you figure out what this thing is and what we should do. Your Faithful Student, Twilight Sparkle." "Now, I just need to wait for Spike so I can actually send this." Currently it was about 8:36, close to Spike's bedtime of 9:00 so he should be back shortly. *KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK* "I wonder who that could be at this time of night," Twilight mused as she went over to the door to see not only Spike but somepony she didn't expect. "Princess Luna!"