Based on Sgt. Sprinkles' story "Cupcakes", Pinkie Pie has a dream that really disturbed her. She immediately checks up on her friend Rainbow Dash upon waking up. Despite Rainbow still being in one piece something is still terribly wrong...
Random tag added due to popular request. This is a serious story, but the journey through its chapters has proven....jarring for some readers.
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I read through the chapters on fanfiction.net.
This better have a happy ending, you ass.
Why am I half-expecting Giygas or something to show up right the fuck out of nowhere?
I dunno, I don't think anything will be too shocking for this fic...hell of a cliff hanger to leave off on, though.
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hmm....should I spoil the ending or shouldn't I?
bah. I can't spoil shit, it goes against everything an author is supposed to stand for. I totally shouldn't so much as spoil even the heavily foreshadowed revelation that's going to be in chapter 7-
NO! Don't give me those eyes, Applebloom! I have to be resolute and-
Oh, now you're ganging up on me, are you? Well it won't work! Everything is kept under wraps and besides its hard to imagine a terribly happy ending if Light Pinkie Pie is really dead, although for the immediate future nothing would await her but more pai-
*small voice* ....Pinkie's coming back to life.
Yes, really.
Sigh.....you are not invincible. Its complicated. Just don't make a habit of this.
Yes, yes....By the way, Pinkie?
Run.
Poor Pinkie Pie. Blasted internet.
778 Giygas? I-I don't know what you're talking about.
*Shifts eyes*
(Actually, the answer is: Whatever is deemed suitably awesome enough to shoe horn in without breaking the narrative's internal logic.
Which is to say: "Who the hell knows?")
So "Rocket to Insanity" is in here as well? Hmm...this may have reached rigamarole status.
Anyways, pretty good. I think some of the comedy meshed better than others (the bit with the mask not so much (particularly the end line of the scene), the "Assailant" Rainbow's wanting to curl up a la Sonic Rainboom did) and I do wonder a bit where "Rocket" Rainbow came from since the obvious doesn't quite sound right.
This story is looking towards having an almost insane number of moving parts what with all the doppelgangers and what not. Nice job so far with 'em though.
1046 The "obvious" place for "the assailant" to come from, namely being Dash's "Dark Side", has problems when you take the character as she is from "Rocket to Insanity".
In a word, she's simply not that evil. In fact, her event with Pinkie could've solved all her problems...if Pinkie had played her cards differently. As much as I love that mare, in that story she really won a Darwin award by approaching a screaming, trembling knife-wielding maniac, when said maniac was actually trying to protect Pinkie as well as herself.
Of course...the "Darkest Grove" isn't always a straight up "Nega-Scott" factory.
The "assailant" was originally kind of a strange amalgam of Rocket to Insanity and...well, you'll probably be able to guess the anime.
But. In recent days, I've decided to give "Dark Dash's" character an overhaul. Something's going to start to happen to her. And it will be creepy.
... ffffuuuu- cliffhangers.
1493 Indeed.
I choose to be amused by this in lieu of simply being confused.
2200 Between here and the reviews at Fanfiction.net, a lot of people are reporting confusion with this story, I've noticed. And yet, they've been anything but specific. Except for, well, you, wonder what was Dark Dash's deal.
While I'm not spilling everything about the plot right all in one tension-dispelling info-dump, I do worry if I've overlooked something in my approach.
2208 The fear of looking stupid via the acute admission of one's ignorance. Makes the internet go around.
I think a lot will likely be reading for the individual scenes moreso than an overarching plot. Hence, I'll enjoy the bits of interaction between Rocket Dash and Normy Pie, but skip on through the shadow council bits (I may have honestly tuned out once I saw Cthulhu in bold down the page). Quite frankly I'm not sure if Pinkie and Dash are in the same place or not...how many multiples are running around? I dunno. Feels like it could be more than the initial 2 at least. I've kinda decided to kick up my readerly feet and just enjoy the ride.
The fact you sucessfully used "Taste the rainbow motherfucker" in one of the previous chapters without making it sound forced dispelled any doubt that you were some kinda troll who was only using this story as a way to keep unsuspecting readers off guard. As such, I really appreciate you writing this!
Personally I only got through about several paragraphs of the original cupcakes before I lost my nerves and exited the story, but even that brief glance at that madness of a fanfic (combined with a couple of short yet informative comments on the story) gave me enough of a picture to cause my stomach to churn a little bit. Sure, it came back up with a few more *ahem* enlightening portions of your story, but I'm really glad I stuck through with it!
Giving this sociopathic hedonist Pinkie Pie a sort of reverse Freddy Kruger aspect to her makes it a lot easier to put those feelings behind me.
I guess you could say it's a bit easier to "giggle at the ghosty" whenever you know the only thing you need to get rid of them is the metaphorical light of day. Besides, thinking about her as Freddy Kruger is actually something I could laugh at!
I'll get an account soon just so I can review this stories later chapters properly!
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The fact you sucessfully used "Taste the rainbow motherfucker" in one of the previous chapters without making it sound forced dispelled any doubt that you were some kinda troll who was only using this story as a way to keep unsuspecting readers off guard. As such, I really appreciate you writing this!
Thanks? I guess?
In other news....do yourself a favor. Don't read "Derpy's Eye." I HAVE read Cupcakes, and I thought I had seen everything now.
But...well, eye violence really is a repulsive league of its own.
Its enough to make you wonder if you should ever submit any more Dark Pinkie material until you're thoroughly disgusted with it, just to be sure its not getting "Stale."
...however, I'm not sure I'll quite be able to keep pushing the boundaries back further and further.
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The fear of looking stupid via the acute admission of one's ignorance. Makes the internet go around.
And Violet droplet calls me a troll.
Look, I've mostly plotted out the sequence of events ahead of time, with a few revisions that have occurred here and there.
Oh, and the thing about Cthulhu? ...all the names in bold are seriously the same character. Namely the Shadow King.
Its like...all of them at once. You know that comment were I was hesitant to deny Giygas appearing in the story? THIS IS WHY. You hit the nail on the head! If the right name was pulled of the hat, you comment would've been: "Ah! OMG! Giygas! I totally called it!"
Additionally, everything about this scene was originally planned at the end of the story but...and you're going to love this....I moved its appearance up to this chapter....In the hopes of shedding a little more light on a little more of the plot.
The long and short of it: technically there's only one copy. Buuut...the forces of the Grove *might* be playing around with the continuity of the Dark side's "back story" to suit that needs. Meaning the REAL answer is "There are as many Darkie Pies and Dark Dashes and Dark whoevers as are needed to drive the rea- er, I mean the protagonists into the very depths of madness and despair."
The Shadow King in of itself is an incredible metaphyscial creature that may not actually need to exist for the story (or even its high-action potential sequel that I don't actually have any plans to write) to work. And I might retcon It entirely.
At first I thought up the character and was like
But now I'm feeling a little more
I'm also thinking about finding some beta readers and possibly reworking entire sections of the story so far. Such as possibly going more in depth with the "Crash Course" Zecora gave Rainbow Dash.
Hell, Past Sins already major rewrites for its problems, namely with how Celestia wasn't giving Nyx a fair chance.
http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/07/story-past-sins.html
2238 When I (somewhat facetiously) referred to the "fear of looking stupid, etc.," I was actually referring to myself and the other readers for their admission of confusion, but refusing to divulge the details of said confusion.
Oh well, I am the one who just admitted to being a lazy reader looking more for my own enjoyment rather than understanding. (and, wow, am I abusing the comment system now or what?) I should probably reread the last chapter anyways. Reading in the wee hours of the money is not exactly conducive to deep reading.
2247 *morning...not money...jeebus
2223 "Dispelled all doubt" ..."Dispelled all doubted" ...Dispelled...
Oh. Ohhhh! We have a language thing here. (or possibly a writing error without EDIT buttons.)
Anyway, after reading your message, I think what you were trying to say was that it "dispelled all FEARS" of being a troll. Or something.
I deeply appreciate you sharing your thoughts on the story. It feeds the author in me.
>Ch. 10
>S'Mores
>OH SWEET CELESTIA, NO! NOOOOO!!!!
2508 Yeah...I always thought it was funny why poor Pinkie Pie gets picked on for on little fanfic, when in the ACTUAL SHOW, Applejack and the others committed an actual act of pony cannibalism.
Okay... I feel a quote from PurpleEyesWTF is in order here:
"What the fuck just happened?"
So, ignoring the recent joke chapter, there are two Dark-Pinkies, one Dark-Dash (The Assailant), a Light-Pinkie, and a Light-Dash? Or have I just completely lost it? I'm not sure if Dark-Dash knows what's going on or not, what happened to Sweetie Bell, or what is going on with that mask! Blarg!!!!!!!!!
That said, despite all the confusion, I find myself liking your story. You've got a good writing style, and manage to make the situation creepy without getting too terrifying, or ridiculously gory. I guess I'll probably re-read some stuff, and try to figure out what's going on.
2508 Wait, when did this happen?
2794 Oh, the cannibalism from the show?
...first of all, I'm not sure if you are quoting me or Brony Tom, since the new format TAKES AWAY THE COMMENT NUMBERS.
But I'm referring to the SLEEPOVER. The Marshmallows, man! The Marshmallows!
Gelatin is made from grinding the bones of large farm mammals, predominantly Equines.
As for your other comment...
The Mask is...okay, there might be a mystery behind why Zecora has it, but its hopping is related to the Darkest Grove, and when a creature is has started their nightmares there. I figured that was spelled out in Chapter 4.
However, ever since Rainbow entered the Grove, it now probably is TWICE as high-strung.
I already made a comment about how many copies there are.
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The long and short of it: technically there's only one copy. Buuut...the forces of the Grove *might* be playing around with the continuity of the Dark side's "back story" to suit that needs. Meaning the REAL answer is "There are as many Darkie Pies and Dark Dashes and Dark whoevers as are needed to drive the reade- er, I mean the protagonists into the very depths of madness and despair."
2806 Gah. You're right, that is creepy. The marshmallows in the show, I mean.
Yeah, I went back and re-read a couple of the more confusing chapters, and I think I'm up to speed on what's going on now. Thanks.
what ho good sir
Is the ending from Portal 2? (Chapter 4)
When Wheatley tries to kill you.
It sounds just like it :3
Well, it looks like things aren't going well with Dashie.
Once again a wonderful chapter! I'm really enjoying the direction things are turning, especially with the real Pinkies introspective reality check. I'm not sure if it's some kind of mind game that's being played by the glade or the fact that she's had too much stimuli but I hope she realizes what's going on soon. Then again, for all intents and purposes she believes she's in an alternate world.
Looking forward to your next chapter!
2894 You know...its funny...
If Rainbow seems a little...passive aggressive...wavering between courage and fear...its because I planned to write a scene where she really was supposed to just shut up and run.
But...the character just won't cooperate! Its like I'm some kind of railroading GM in a Dungeons and Dragons game, and Rainbow Dash is the character of some kind of insane Munchkin player who McGuivers out of every situation:
Or worse...that my writing scenes actually resemble a Pokemon battle.
A wild RAINBOW DASH appeared!
Rainbow Dash through with running!
Dark Pinkie! I choose you!
LX: "THE FIRST RULE OF MISSINGNO...IS YOU DO. NOT. TALK. ABOUT. MISSINGNO. ...WHY AM I TALKING LIKE KARKAT?"
LX: "PINKIE, USE DRAGON ROAR!"
LX: "UMMM.....NO?"
LX: "....ITS NOT VERY EFFECTIVE. WELP, THE PLOT IS JUST SCR-"
LX: "SWEET JEZZUZ!"
LX: .....these ponies are scary, man. They R SRS BZNS
Sorry, bro, still can't seem to get myself to read this story all that closely/seriously (and really, with joking parentheticals and metacommentary in this prose, what am I to do?), but hell, I'm here for a fun ride and, thus far, you've been delivering.
Rainbow's (spoken) sign off line for the chapter was intriguing, Pinkie's minor freak-out was fun...so...yeah...
It's a fun ride.
2907 Eh... not ALL the answers have been revealed yet. So...if nothing else, things will come together near the end.
There's just a lot of build up in this story, is all. If you've ever watched Digimon Tamers, think how long it took us to finally find out what Culumon/Calumon's story was.
I mean, we knew he had something to do with Evolution, stuff was happening involving him, but....it wasn't until very late in the season that we got actual answers.
THIS IS INCREDIBLY SILLY. All the comments, I mean, the story not so much.
While on another forum, somebody else cleared up that marshmallows WERE ORIGINALLY MADE FROM PLANTS
And you know...its more likely that the ponies would take the old school AND vegetarian way out to make Marshmallows for Smores.
twisted-candy.com/marsh-mallow-plant.jpg
Oh no....clearly my JOKE chapter needs a rewrite.
For those who've already read chapter 9, just scroll to the very bottom, right after the "Smores" section.
... If you excuse me, I'm going to go and cry in a corner somewhere.
Really though, that was a rather intense chapter. If the story up until this point hadn't prepared me for it all with a little bit of (incoming cliche) sugar, spice, and everything nice that was in the hope you imbued into the story in the previous chapters I really don't doubt I'd be at least a little bit traumatized. Of course, if there wasn't some attempts at traumatizing this story wouldn't really do its job. You can't make a vaccine without a bit of the virus in it.
Still, where is Pinkie Pie when you need here? I don't know why, but I just get the feeling that after Dash and Pinkie actually reunite there will be a point that the tables will be completely turned on the shadow realm characters. If I'm wrong though, it's still good! A little bit of tension never hurt an experience!
On a final note, I've been looking over all the different names we've given Dark Pinkie but they don't really seem to strike that much fear or awe my way. In the end though, my own idea for her name is a little bit silly as well.
I was thinking... Darth Diane!
So... Dark Pinkie is now simultaneously channeling GLaDOS and Gamzee Makara?
Right, we're all going to die now. Thank you Xaos, you've doomed us all.
bad things! u make happy now...
3430 Maybe we could just shorten it. How does "Dark Pink" sound?
Sweeny Pie is a popular name for her...but I'm not sure that reference wouldn't cause some damage to immersion.
Shadowena (or Shadomena) are better than "Shaddie Pie," but leave something to be desired. Originally I was working with a nice, functional, to the point "Shadow Pie". But even then, it does seem like the Character from Cupcakes needs a special distinction, not least of which because I'm playing with the idea that Pinkie's shadow might be...complicated beyond just this one personality.
But anyway, I have to say that I wasn't kidding about this chapter being hard to write. In fact, I think I might have messed up my intended plotline. Its nothing major, in fact its completely miniscule. You'll look back on this comment weeks later and it will be bugging you forever trying to figure out "what was it he changed! What was it? Its eating my mind from the inside out!
"
...Which Pinkie are you?
ah. Fuck no, then.
...I wouldn't say I forgot...I just took a jug full of horrible, opened it, and flipped it upside down. Some of the fluid went into the chapter, some of it missed its mark and I had to spend hours scrubbing it out of the floor....
no.
NO!
Okay, okay! ...just put the hacksaw down...please?
3441 um....I could release a short Omake chapter later this week? Possibly?
Uh... was there a Sweet Apple Massacre (something like that) reference in there? I heard that Big Mac was going to have the CMC stay at Sweet Apple Acres and that set off my reference meter.
Oh! Oooh! Back when Rarity was talking about Sweetie Bell in Chapter 3!
I don't know what to say but...I imagine, now that you've brought it up, that Sweetie Bell ends up having a CMC sleepover (with Apple Bloom at least) under Big Mac and Granny's smith's watch everytime Rarity goes off with the rest of the Mane six on some adventure that she doesn't expect to return home from.
I mean, where ARE there Parents? It would make sense if Sweetie was Rarity's daughter, but nope, Sister.
Speaking of Rarity being Sweetie's Mother...anypony know what CR is talking about with this Cellar Business? Is it a fanfic or...:
http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/cr/lp/31725-lets-play-my-little-pony-story-of-the-blanks
its a refrence>>2884
3496 sigh...well, thats why I gave that warning in chapter 1. It might help people who have read Cupcakes, but I can't be sure what is going to happen with people who haven't, because of the references to, and elements of, Cupcakes.
Its based off of Cupcakes....made as a foil to Cupcakes....has the villain from Cupcakes....who, BTW is an evil, gory, witch.
Also, I figured that since Chapter 6 was at least mostly psychological torture for Pinkie Pie....and its sequence was cut short by the real Pinkie's mercifully timed "death"...That I'd give some warning about how bad the chapter was going to be with that intro sequence there....
But then Dark Pinkie rigged the back button to explode, making escape impossible.
Unless of course, that was some kind of complete bluff that nopony was supposed to believe because its impossible...
Oooooooooh...
Seriously?
A Plinkett reference?
glad you made her pay for what she's done
i just hope
PINKIE! You need to place a portal under the conversion gell and another one on the wall. Then place one under you and drop away before she KNIFES YOU!
Y'know there's definitely something to be said for tone. Played straight, I probably would find myself in the retching position, but played for laughs and this is actually fairly readable.
Or I'm a heartless bastard or something. (or now that the substructure has been revealed a lot of the torture aspect loses its shock value)
Tis getting a bit more straight forward. Not a bad thing.
PLEASE MAKE MORE!
Also, will you end up shipping Dash and Pinkie? Cause I was getting a good PinkieDash vibe off this story. :D
3578 Plinkett Pie?
OMG! We found the nickname!
"My first cat won big in Vegas...but then she died mysteriously. What's this? Oh, its one of those magic eye things. Hey, whaddya know, a message...from Dashie!
"I will not rest until you are convicted and executed for my murder."
Huh. That's disquieting. But anyway, let me get that popcorn tub down. Hey, what's in here, anyway? *finds Gilda's skull* Oh.
GET OUT OF MY POPCORN TUB! WHO'S BEEN FUCKING WITH MY MEDICINE?
The best part of waking uuuuup is aaaacid in your cuuuuuuupp..."
Can't wait to see how it all turns out. Don't keep us readers waiting too long.
on you. Or maybe we'll go 
on you. Not that I have any idea what 
means, but I don't think I want to know. Do you?
We might decide to go
3921 Well, I suppose that makes sense then. I still think you're crazy though. No offense intended, I'm insane too.
I loved the omake, as well as the deleted scene!