//------------------------------// // Chapter 3: Pink-a-Mania // Story: Azure Island: Eclipse of Destruction // by Chaos Knux //------------------------------// DISCLAIMER I do not own any of the ponies, they are all owned by Hasbro/The Hub/Lauren Faust. But I DO own Shandra. Coat Rack owns Knockout, Dr. Ryan Maxwell, Neo, and Violet. This Disclaimer shall only reflect content in the Chapter it appears atop, when further disclaims are needed, and they will be, they will be added on. No profit is being made from this work. If profit is made from this work, find whomever you paid, punch them out with brass knuckles, and take all their cash. No profit is being made from this work. Ponyville Outskirts, July 12th, 2011 After traveling though the Everfree Forest they reached Fluttershy’s home, the sun was already starting to rise over the mountains as the reached the edges of the forest. Tired the group opened the door and made their way inside... “Here we are everypony, welcome to my home.” Fluttershy said as they walked into the main room. “Please stay here for a while, I have some animals that I need to take care of.” “Will do, and thank you.” Knockout said as he fell back onto a couch and closed his eyes to get some rest, Shandra simply opted to lean against the wall and close her eyes, though. It wasn’t but a few moments when they heard Fluttershy give out a yelp causing them to snap out of their rest. “Oh my... Pinkie, you scared me for a moment, when did you get here?” Fluttershy said as she walked into the room followed by a light pink shaded pony with light blue eyes. “Mmm...I quite like your hair, it looks wonderful when it’s all down. It’s like when you tried straightening it down for the Gala, right? “Yeppers! Oh, and I am sorry I snuck up on you back there. I saw Twilight as she was heading into town and asked her what was up when she told me about what happen when you were in the Everfree Forest. I was going to come over here as soon as I could, but I decided to try out that special mane-styling-spray Rarity gave me at my party.” Pinkie said as she walked into the room, the first person she made eye contact with was Knockout, who stared back at her nervously. “Hey... haven’t I seen you before?” “What do you mean Pinkie?” Fluttershy asked, but was ignored, Pinkie walked closer to Knockout as something in her tail flashed off the light in the room. Each step she took her color became darker and darker, her once light blue eyes now becoming a grey-tinted blue color. Shandra slowly put one of her hands on the gun she had in her holster getting ready for the worst. “Yeah... I think I DO know you...” Pinkie said with a grin growing on her face as she had her nose up against Knockout’s face, staring into his eyes as if she was searching for fear. “Fluttershy, you may need to leave for awhile.” Pinkie turned and gave Fluttershy a pleading stare. “Trust me, this won’t be pretty.” “What do you mean, Pinkie?” Fluttershy’s ears folded back with apprehension. “Just make yourself a daffodil sandwich or something, hush now!” Pinkie insisted while shoving her friend to the door. “O-okay...” Fluttershy slowly back out of the room and shut the door behind her, fear was evident in her eyes “Why yes we- I mean, no, I don’t think we know each other..” Knockout said slowly getting off the couch and walking back towards Shandra, Pinkie following him every step of the way. “Wh-what do you w-want from me, money?” “Oh you silly little echidna, I already TOLD you what I wanted before!” Pinkie giggled as she stood up on her hind legs getting eyeball to eyeball with Knockout. “I want YOU guys to help me make some cupcakes!” She said, and no less then half a second after she said it she flicked her tail causing a knife to stab Knockout in his left leg sending him to the floor while giving a scream of pain as the knife was still in his leg. “Oh come on Knocky, even Gilda did better then you! Toughen up and be a man will you?” “LEAVE HIM ALONE YOU MONSTER!” Shandra yelled while kicking Pinkamina into a bookshelf near by. “Knockout, are you okay?” “Y-yeah, I think the knife only got stuck in the side of my leg...” Knockout said while looking at his left leg seeing the knife on the side and blood dripping out. “Gah, just our luck to be tricked...” While they were distracted by Knockout’s wound, Pinkamina took this as cue for her to strike again. She leaped onto Shandra pinning her onto the ground and gave a slice at her face, leaving a gash above her left eye. “Oh silly, you thought I forgot about you?” Pinkamina said with a evil grin on he face as she got ready for another blow. “Well, guess what, I didn’t. And kicking a chef into a bookshelf isn’t the polite thing to do!” She scolded, but before she could give her next strike she was punched across the face by Knockout, who had managed to turn himself over to give the hard blow. Followed by Shandra giving her a hard kick sending her into a bookshelf again. “Gah, This knife in my leg isn’t helping me...” Knockout groaned while looking at his leg, and before he knew what happen, Shandra reached down and yanked the knife out of his leg and threw it out the window. “GAH! Shandra, what are you THINKING?!?” “If you are going to cry about a knife in you’re leg, then pull it out. Duh” Shandra scoffed as she grabbed a curtain off a window near by and wrapped it around Knockout’s leg. “That should hold off the bleeding for awhile. “Thanks but, where did Pinkie go?” Knockout asked looking over to where Shandra kicked her to. “Probably dived out the window to get her knife back.” Shandra said while wrapping another curtain around her head to stop her own bleeding. "But... she already HAD another knife...” Knockout reminded Shandra by pointing to her eye. “It’s called dual-wielding, KO, I do it with my laser pistols all the time.” “I know I know, but she only use ONE on me so that means she could be anywhere...” “Like right behind you two!” Pinkamina yelled while jumping through a window behind the two and took Knockout to the ground causing him to give off another scream of pain as his wounded leg hit the ground. Upon hearing the commotion in the room Fluttershy peaked into the room by opening the door a bit. “Fluttershy, what are you doing! I told you not to look in here, I don’t want lose both my pegasus friends in one day! Only one of their numbers came up today!” Pinkie sculled Fluttershy, causing her to give out a quick squeal and quickly shut the door again. “Numbers...? Is this some sort of GAME to you?!” Knockout asked glaring at Pinkamina in horror while trying to get her off him, but was failing. “Oh silly, of COURSE it’s a game! Although I didn’t make the rules, I just follow them!” She said taking her eyes off the door where Fluttershy was at and staring back at the echidna she was pinning down. “You see, everyone has a number! Well, besides you guys and Gilda. But when Rocky draws it out of his hat... Presto, the next winner is up!” she said waving her arms into the air. “They get to help me make cupcakes!” “That.. is messed up...” Knockout said turning a bit green. “And who is this Rocky, a crazed nut head?” “Oh silly me, you never met him, only Rainbow Dash did!” Pinkamina said with a evil grin on his face. “You’ll have to meet him, he’s a great guy. In fact, he came up with this game when my “friends” tried to trick me into thinking they were throwing me a birthday party!” “Pinkamina, you are SICK!” Knockout yelled in frustration and tried to give a punch to her nose but was blocked with one hoof, and got whack to the side by her other hoof. “Hey! Learn some manners will you?!” She growled, she then rolled across Knockout and flung him into the wall causing him slump down as if he blacked out. “Man, you guys are nowhere good at this game than the others were!” “Last I checked,” Shandra countered, slapping the psychotic pony causing her attention to be taken off of the echidna that was against the wall, “none of us ever CHOSE to play this game except you!” “Oh silly, it’s like life! You don’t CHOOSE to enter in, you just do!” Pinkamina then flicked her tail trying to stab Shandra who grabbed it with her free hand. “Oh phooey, now what am I going to do?” “Now.” Knockout said leaning against the wall next to her, and gives he a hard blow to the head. “You take a nap.” Pinkamina showed a expression of shock while trying to figure out what just happen, but quickly fainted as she slumped to the ground knocked out. “Think you can get her far away from here Shandra?” “Yes, since I still have this.” Shandra said looking her watch that she had on her wrist. golden gemstone, which began to shine. “How is THAT going to help?” Knockout asked puzzled. “Can’t that thing only be used on the person who holds it?” “There are certain... abilities certain individuals can use if they possess one of these. It can also be used to warp others near by, or just those who I wish to be warped. ” Shandra explained. “Like this. one, CHAOS CONTROL!!” A flash of green light erupted from Shandra’s watch hand, and Pinkamina vanished. After the bright flash faded the door Fluttershy left in creaked open as she stuck her head back out. “I-is i-it s-safe?” Fluttershy asked looking around, and was soon relieved to only see Knockout and Shandra in the room with no sign of Pinkamina. “where is Pinkie at...?” “Gone” Shandra answered.. “G-gone?!” Fluttershy squeaked. “Wh-what happened?” “Well, Shandra here warped Pinkie far away I think.” Knockout said, and then got a worried look on his face. “Where did you send her?” “I saw a bakery on the horizon on the way here, I sent her there.” “You mean Sugarcube Corner, that’s Pinkie’s home!” Fluttershy yelped, and was followed by a knocking on the door. Everyone froze stiff. “D-d-do you th-think that’s Pinkie again...?” Knockout whispered to the others. “FLUTTERSHY! IS EVERYTHING OKAY IN THERE?” Came a voice that was clearly not Pinkamina’s. “Don’t worry guys, it’s only Rainbow Dash.” Fluttershy said walking up to the door and opening it, still shaking a bit. “Hi Rainbow Dash.” “Whoa... what happened in here, and what are those two... things?” Rainbow Dash asked puzzled and somewhat shocked. “O-oh, well uh. we was uh....” Fluttershy just started to mumble after that while kicking the ground. “Nothing really.” Knockout lied while limping over to the door with a half-bandaged leg. “Are you sure.... You don’t LOOK alright.” Rainbow Dash said pointing to his leg. “Oh, that? We uh, just got back from the Everfree Forest and we uh....” Knockout tried to come up with something, but Shandra interrupted him. “Run-in with some lion thing in the forest, got KO’s leg, and one of our friends.” Shandra finished for him. “So, the blue one is called KO? That’s a odd name.” “Short for Knockout. And I’m Shandra” “Okay then.... Well I just came over to make sure everything was okay.” Rainbow Dash paused and flew outside as the others followed. “Well, I am gonna go to Sugarcube Corner. Pinkie wanted me to hang out with her today so I gotta go.” “Rainbow Dash, wait!” Fluttershy called out, but was to late as Rainbow Dash had already left. “Oh no...” “T-this won’t end well...” Knockout said in fear. “Rats, I guess warping her there was so good of a plan after all.” “We better get the others, we have to stop Pinkie from doing this.” Fluttershy said looking over to a farm in the distance. “Applejack is the closest one so let’s go get her first, but wait here while I go get something.” Fluttershy quickly flew into her house, and shortly returned with a golden necklace around her neck, a butterfly like her cutie mark’s emblazoned on its front. “What is that for?” Knockout asked puzzled. “Are you trying to impress someone there?” “No, this is a Element Of Harmony.” Fluttershy said looking at her necklace. “Twilight could explain more, but let’s go get Applejack right now.” “Okay, let’s go and maybe if we are quick enough we can save Rainbow Dash.” Knockout pointed out as Fluttershy started down the path to the farm aways away. “So, what is the place called exactly?” “It’s Sweet Apple Acres, a farm Applejack’s family runs.” Fluttershy said. “They have the best home-baked apple pies ever!” “Well that’s good.” Knockout said while his stomach growled. “Because I’m getting hungry after that fight.” “We’re trying to chase down Fluttershy’s friends, so we can somehow save Rainbow Dash from Pinkie with jewelery, and YOU’RE THINKING OF FOOD?” “Oh shut it, I am already skinny enough as it is!” Knockout barked back, Besides, if we don’t eat we won’t be strong enough TO fight.” “Please stop fighting now.” Fluttershy asked flying up in between the two and pushing them back with her hooves up to the entrance. “We don’t want AJ to think you two are always fighting.” “She started it!” Knockout protested. “That’s enough.” Fluttershy said while giving him a paralyzing stare. He immediately interrupted himself, and sat motionless on the ground. “Well howdy Fluttershy, what brings y’all here to mah- WHAT IN TARNATION ARE THOSE THINGS!?” Applejack said while jumping back at first sight of the two. “Applejack, they are Knockout and Shandra, Shandra and Knockout, meet Applejack.” Fluttershy said while pushing the two forwards. “A pony wearing a cowboy hat. I’ve seen a lot but this is a first.” Shandra deadpanned. “Oh stop it, Shandra.” Knockout said rolling his eyes. “I’m Knockout Steel Coatrack, and I am an echidna.” “An eh-kid-na? What the hay is that?” Applejack asked while tilting her head. “Well, I am a exotic anteater.” Knockout said. “But I HATE eating ants, go figure.” “If you say so, and you must be Shandra?” Applejack asked turning to Shandra. “That’s right, and I am a hedgchidna” “A whatnow?” “Echidna Hedgehog Half-breed” Knockout said bluntly ignoring Shandra’s hatred for the word. Shandra sighs, “Yes... that. Knockout, if you MUST keep listing the individual halves, at least use a different word, like ‘hybrid’, or something.” “Oh would you give it a rest already?” “You two don’t get along well, DO you?” Applejack asked staring at the two of them with a raised eyebrow. “You honestly expect me to get along with someone who popped out of a wormhole?” Knockout asked pointing to Shandra and raising his eyebrow too. “You honestly expect me to get along with this knucklehead?” Shandra asked simultaneously, pointing at Knockout. “STOOOP!” Fluttershy yelled causing everyone to instantly shut up and look at her. “Thank you, now Applejack we have a big problem on our hooves.” Fluttershy said walking up to her friend. “Pinkie Pie may have lost it again, and tried killing these two. And she mentioned that one of her pegasus friends was also going to be killed today.” “--and it’s not her.” Knockout piped up. “So that means it’s.....” Applejack said staring blankly at the others. “Rainbow Dash.” Shandra said blunt enough to knock someone out. Are you all curious what Rainbow and Pinkie Pie are doing while the others are running around? It’s “Cupcakes” Oh, and we don’t own that either. We are just linking up this story with its little sub-universe!