Shortly after Rainbow Dash came to the conclusion that she may be in Purgatory, her mind filled with new questions. What had she done to deserve this? Did she do anything at all? Is this a test to see if she deserves a second chance? As these and more questions reeled in her mind, she took a step forward, only for it to land on nothing as she fell off of an invisible cliff. She panicked for only a moment, using her wings to regain balance and fall slowly back to earth. When she landed, she berated herself for not paying attention to where she was walking, only to realize there was no way she could have paid attention. Noticing the pointlessness of her berate, she continued her adventure forward. As she was walking, she began to hear the faint sound of hoof steps behind her. She turned around only to see nopony there. Thinking she was hearing things, she trotted forward again, only to hear the hoof steps, this time much louder.
Rainbow again looked behind her, still seeing nopony there. She started to get nervous. Was somepony following her, using the darkness to its advantage? Using this as an excuse, she took flight and dashed forward in an attempt to flee from the stalker. This only seemed to make it angry as the hoof steps got louder and louder. Rainbow began to panic, But then she realized, She's Rainbow Dash! The real Dash would confront this stalker and, if necessary, beat it into submission. She stopped and landed on the ground, and when she turned to look at the stalker, she couldn't believe what she saw.
She saw her dear friend Pinkie Pie, wearing her trademark smile. Rainbow closed her eyes in relief. Maybe she didn't have to deal with this strange place alone. But when she opened her eyes, her relief changed to horror at what she saw.
Pinkie Pie was mutilated, as if mamed by a manticore. Her left eye was dangling out of it's socket. Her right eye was completely white, save for a tiny black dot. Her jaw was decimated, nearly gone, as blood dripped from the wound. Several scratches surrounded a large gash which exposed her rib cage. Rainbow was filled with terror. She didn't know what to do. She began to feel faint, and then blacked out.