Silence. That's all there was to greet the springy spry mare standing in the light. "Hellooooooo? Anyone there?"
Hello Pinkie Pie...
"Hey disembodied-voice-that-seems-familiar-but-I-can't-put-my-hoof-on guy!"
Nice to see you...
"Nice to hear you. So, uh, you gonna do the opening thing?"
Not today...
...I thought we'd do something a little different if that's fine...
"Ooooooh, that sounds fun. But wait... didn't you have some new friends helping you now? That's what Soarin' said when he was buying my pies."
Oh yes...
...but I thought it would be nice for old friends to catch up...
"I like catching up."
Good...
Now...
I thought it would be a little more fun if we skipped the show entirely...
"Skip the show? Are you loco in the coco?"
Some say that...
...but why not...?
Think of how fun it'll be...
You'll be the first and maybe last pony to ever have this done here...
Come on...
Think of the viewers...
"Well I do like makin' the viewers smile."
Me too...
So let's start...
"Righty-o!"
You see...
...I was washing around in--
Well...
It doesn't matter where I was...
What matters is is that I found a book all about you...
"A book about me? I bet it's exciting!"
Oh yes...
It's a thrilling experience to read...
It's a little fan-story called "Cupcakes"...
...Wanna see...?
"Sure!" Pinkie chirped. Just then, a dark covered book plopped before her, opened to the first few pages. Pinkie's eyes scanned across the pages, her lips curled in an excited grin. However, slowly her eyes furrowed under her brow and her grin became more unsure.
Something wrong Pinkie...?
It's a thrilling read...
...Isn't it...?
"Huh? Oh... yeah. Really well written..."
Keep going...
...you're getting to my favorite part...
Pinkie had the look as if she didn't want to, but she was compelled to return to the book. Gradually, the pages began to flip faster and faster, allowing the Earth pony to keep going. But with each passing word, Pinkie grew more ill.
You don't look so good...
Should I call your friends...?
"No-no-no-no! It's fine, it's fine."
Oh parish the thought...
...I'll go right ahead and call your best friends...
Starting with -Rocky- was it...?
"Huh?"
Or maybe Mr. Turnip...
...you can always rely on him...
"That? Oh, I was just a little out of it that day."
As apposed to any other day...?
"I am a little loopy day after day--"
Loopy doesn't describe insanity, Pinkie...
"Do you mind if I leave? This isn't really--"
--that funny...?
I'm sure getting a laugh...
"Yeah. You're getting a laugh. But that doesn't mean it's funny... funny is for everyone."
Because being funny brings a smile...?
"Yup. And making all my friends smile--"
--Is your favorite thing...
Right...?
"Yeah."
Because it makes you happy...
"Bingo."
So you only make people happy...
...because it makes you happy...
"Uh-no? It's just that when I make people happy, it makes me happy."
So you keep doing it...
"I--"
Back on your Rock Farm...
...did you make your mom and dad happy...?
"When I worked it made them happy."
And did that make you happy...?
"A little..."
So now you only make people happy because of your desire to feel good...?
"Hey--"
You said it...
...and if you didn't smile...
...your life would be pointless...
"I never--"
There's one thing that makes me happy, and makes my whole life worthwhile...
...and that's when I talk to my friends and get them to smile...
Sounds rather selfish to me...
...but that's what we are Pinkie...
...Greedy...
Our joy is to get emotions out of people...
...We're selfish...
"Sel...fish...?"
I think you're starting to know yourself...
Pinkie Pie...
Pinkie only shook her head and walked out of the light, her head hanging low and life from her hair slowly deflating.
...There was no fun in that...
...That almost felt...
...Tasteless...
...Bah!
To Tartarus with this boring psycho mumbo-jumbo!
Hey...
...what'd I miss?
You and me are going rouge.
Going rogue?
Going rogue.
Does that mean...?
Yes...
...aye-aye Cap'n Chaos.
Off to have some fun my confused Trottingham amigo!
Should we tell--
No...
Let's let those two figure it out on their own...
So it's a secret?
But fun...
Discord and Pip are off to have an ADVENTURE!
Sounds fun
So it's Discord. That means he made fun of himself in a confusing manner of talking to his statue while still being a voice. It doesn't make sense so therefor it makes sense because it's Discord I guess.
728032 Correct.
So it IS Discord...
Well, I would have expected it, save for the chapter with the statue...
So Pip, Chrysalis and Discord...
Pretty cool man.
Does he mean rouge in a good or bad way? There are two ways to interpret what he meant by it.
728140 Guess you'll have to wait and see.
728025 I think you mean Excellent! [Electric guitar plays.] Adventure
Heheh. Figured it was Discord but honestly, who didn't? Good to know he ain't a psycho though.
But if they're going AWOL on the story there won't be anyone to reign in Underline, who I think might be Luna, Chrysalis or Nightmare moon. Possibly Celestia, grasping at straws here. Anywho, that's not good. For the victims that is, no doubt it'll keep the story interesting... Hand me a jackhammer, I've hit limestone.
Good story, hope to see more.
And here I was expecting Discord to start talking about the screaming of lambs and fava beans half way through the creepy conversation.
That could've gone a lot worse; although did come out in the end just a little
KYS story = AWESOME!
Now, go write moar
Discord made Pinkie sad... I'm coming for youcl.jroo.me/z3/R/O/F/d/a.aaa-I-will-kill-you.jpeg
Going rogue. Not rouge. Rouge is a type of makeup.
728266 Huh... so it is.
728248 Now I just need to get people over to my other story going on
somepony is gonna get a spankin'
im pretty sure you just destroyed Pinkie's whole existence....
Well, this was nice, I feel that my earlier outburst was not in vain.
All in all though, this chapter was awesome, great job!
*raises mug* Hooray for you!
Wait asecond where did it give away that it was Discord! What do other people see that I don't?
Whenever I see the little "1" in my favorites, I'm always like "Gosh dern it, it's probably Know Your Mare again" and it usually is. I get all worked up about how this is constantly updating and none of my other favorites do, but then I read this and I feel so much better.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT THE PINKIE!!!!!! Oh god..... One of the best of us has fallen. Characters:3 voices:3
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Revenge will be had......
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It was when Pipsqueak, the underlined voice, called him "Cap'n Chaos", as well as some hints in earlier chapters about him wanting to cause chaos.
"Let's let those two figure it out" TWO!
Is italic two voices or am I misreading?
729298 The plot twists one final time
729304 You sly draconequus you
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Edit: Ok then. You sly zebra you
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729352 I prefer zebra
I feel so bad for Pinkie, but at least it gave Discord a change of heart. I hope he and Pip manage to fix things.
You said "the other two". Is there a voice without text formatting? I thought I might have seen one, but I wasn't sure if it was a voice or you just forgot quotes. If it is a fourth voice, you should format it somehow. I know bold, underline, italics, and combinations of the three are already in use, but maybe you could color it or something to set it off?
729570 Pink is a fourth voice. It only came up once so far.
729605 Ok. I thought I had seen a few lines of text not in quotes with no formatting. I guess I just misread.
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Oh, Thanks! I can't believe I didn't see that.
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Cap'n Chaos.
Cap'n Chaos? That's impossible!! That must mean its...
ME!!
DUN DUN DUN
...
I kid. I kid. It's obiviously Discore as bold, Pip as underline, and Chsyalis as italics.
Objection !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Selfish is, more or less, to concern ONLY about yourself. There's no problem making both sides good, if everyone wins that the best exchange that could ever be. Pinkie Pie's not selfish, she wants to make them happy, she is concerned about their well-being, genuinely. Sorry Discord . Next time bring Sweetie Belle, she's an awesome dictionary .
Poor Pinkie. Discord is really a big meanie! Or whatever this word looks like...
DISCORD YOU ARE DEAD!!!
731416 still though...
I KNEW IT!
I CALLED IT AT THE VINYL SCRATCH ONE
PIP IS ONE OF THE VOICES
YYYEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!
That was depressing...wow discord, that was low, really low...
But i love you all the more, standing up against Chrysalis
For some reason, I thought it was crazy pinkie at first. Pretty shitty guess
Oh you silly voice...if you think you have won you have another thing coming. All I have to do is show Pinkie a certain video and she will be back to her old self. What video? Why "Rainbow Dash Presents "Cupcakes" by FlimFlamFilosophy of course. In due time she will be normal and thus defeat all with her epic powers that is Pinkie. Now don't make me invoke the Pecking Order.
728147 Catch ya later, Pip and Cord!
Also, Cap'n Chaos is adorable name.
Discord and Pinkie always used to be in tie for my favourite character.
But then I read this......
DISCORD, YA BETTER PREPARE
So the voices are revealed. Finally.
Secret but fun? Yay
It's a little fan-story called "Cupcakes"...
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"rouge" is "red" in French
856270 That is now my favorite response to an evil twist.
i knew it. its discord.
discord pip secret but fun! ... wait
That was going a bit deep into psychology. In a way everything we choose to do is selfish. Whether it's deciding to make others feel happy or being a complete prick to them, you're doing it because it makes YOU feel good.
Even if it's about some hard decision one has to make like the human in My Little Dashie letting Rainbow Dash return to Equestria (because I can't think of any other examples right now), he still in a way did it for selfish reasons because he knew he couldn't live with himself knowing RD couldn't have a proper life in our world so oddly enough letting her go was actually the easier decision.
Yeah, STUFF