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// Sad 
// Story: What's In The Box? 
// by naturalbornderpy 
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SAD


 

Random couldn’t quite grasp what she was seeing. All... one, two, three, four, five! Pinkie Pies lying on the ground, whimpering while they leaked from the eyes.
                
“What in Tartarus is wrong with you girls?” she asked incredulously. “We’re almost out of here!”
                
Dark Pinkie looked up at her miserably. “Don’t you feel it? That overwhelming sadness in the air?”
                
“And look!” Romance Pinkie added, holding up the empty box they’d found on the floor. “Sad Pinkie didn’t get anything in her box! Nothing at all!” She wrapped a hoof around Sad Pinkie—the one with the deflated mane and tail—to pull her in closer.
                
“And what about Discord’s toxins?” Dark asked with a sniff.
                
“And my parent’s farm?” Drama then added.
                
“And my love life?” Romance added last.
                
Random could only stomp a hoof. “We’re not in those stories anymore! And with any luck, we won’t have to go back there ever again!” She exhaled. “Please, just… stop crying and—”
                
A haunting voice called out to them.
                
“Pinkies… come out to play!”
                
Horror Pinkie—from somewhere down the hall. She must’ve followed them there using the extra closet.
                
Random stuck her head out the doorway. Leisurely, Horror Pinkie strolled toward her with a smile much too wide.
                
Random slammed the door on her. “We need to move! Horror Pinkie’s—”
                
“Great! Just great!” Sad Pinkie interrupted, more tears staining her face. “First, I don’t even get a proper story chapter and now I’m going to be killed by some maniac version of myself? Why does it suck being me so much?”
                
“We’re running out of words here, so I’ll keep this short!” Random growled. “Pony! Up! Now!” Then, “Please?”
                
Finally, the waterworks ceased.