//------------------------------// // Face-Off // Story: Silence of the Pie // by Jadedragon00 //------------------------------// Twilight was seated a few feet away from a large glass wall staring intently at a smiling pony. After Spike had returned to Canterlot and told Twilight what he had found, the royal guard had begun gathering samples of what they could to bring to Twilight to analyze. After her tests were finished she found the connection between Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash to what Pinky Pie had hinted to. There were traces of cherry frosting mixed in the wounds that were inflicted revealing that both Dash and Fluttershy were tortured in a bake house other than Pinkie's store. Pinkie always made a point to keep her recipes a secret, now everyone knew why. Celestia had personally conducted raids on the bake houses that Pinkie was known to have used, sadly all had no traces of Apple Jack or Rarity. Spike sat beside Twilight in an angry silence. There were two guards inside Pinkies cell, strapping her to a special cart and placing a muzzle with a small barred opening for her to speak. In her cell her poster of the cupcake was missing as well as her hay bed. “……………Why.” “Oh come now Twilight, you should know that I can’t let anyone know what I put in my special sweets, thats way they call it a secret ingredient. Hehe *snort* Heehaahehehhahaha!” “You’re cruel, she was your friend. What about…” Pinkie cut Twilight off, “First, a question if I may.” Spike burst out in anger, ran into the cell and gripped Pinkie's throat. “No, No more of your games. Now tell me where Apple jack and Rarity are…Now!” Twilight rushed in and pulled Spike off of Pinkie but ever so reluctantly. “Oh Spiky Wiky, tell me where did all that rage come from? Did Twilight give you lots of spankings when you did bad things? Perhaps you should have kept a shorter leash huh Twilight?” “Stop it Pinkie, but Spike knows the right questions to ask, we found Rainbow and now we want to know where the others are. Are you going to tell me?” “Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm, how about we play a game! That will make it even more fun-tastic. So here is the first clue: What has four hooves and stinks of apples?” Spike screamed out, “Shut up, we all know its Apple Jack but you don’t need to continue being cruel!” “Oh, you no fun… Very well, yes it’s Apple Jack, but what you fail to realize is that it too late to save her, after all you can’t find what does not exist silly, hehehe.” Twilight gasped, “What do you mean not exist?” “Golly do I have to tell you everything? Well you did guess my riddle from before, ok I will tell you…She does not exist because you already got rid of her.” Both Spike and Twilight gasped. No words had to be spoken to understand what she had meant. Knowing full well how she kept getting rid of her victims it was clear Apple Jack had been done away with and fed to her friends. Spike ran out of the cell and left Twilight with Pinky and the guards. “You’re a cruel pony.” “Cruel is a matter of perspective Twilight, you should know that by now.” “Is it…Guards I am leaving, make sure she is taken care of as per procedure.” “Yes Mam.” As Twilight left the dungeon the guards proceeded to remove Pinkie's restraints and leave her to her cell, but as they removed the mouth muzzle, Pinkie Pie wined in pain. “Guards, I know you have to leave an all, but can you at least give my nose a scratch, considering my position.” The guards looked at each other in a strange fashion. One of them decided to oblige her request but the moment his hoof touched her nose, she bit down hard on his hoof, then with all of her strength burst free of her straight jacket and bucked one of the guards to death. The guard whom she bit was bleeding on the floor; She walked over to him with an eerie smile. “Oki doki loki Mr. Guard, time to help me escape. I just need to borrow something, personal of yours.” Pinkie reached fourth and griped his horn in her mouth and with one strong jerk, ripped his horn off the top of his head. The guard screamed in pain. Pinkie then used the horn like a wand and used its magic to electrocute the guard to his death. “Hhmhmhmhmhm, now then I believe you were going to give me something of yours.” She proceeded use the horn as a knife and started to slice away at the guard’s face. “This will be my best party mask ever. It’s too bad I can’t make more for all my good friends.” Pinkie Pie galloped in merriment out of the dungeon and out of the castle. It did not take long for the Royal Guard to find the mess Pinky had left. Princess Luna deployed her personal force and carriage and searched over the skies of Equestria to intercept Pinky but she was gone. As the Sun rose and Luna retired, Celestia prepared the funerals for the guards. After another day had passed Celestia and Luna addressed the Kingdom announcing the escape of Pinkie Pie. Warning the entire kingdom of how dangerous she was, they asked that if she was seen anywhere to report to the guards and to under no circumstance approach her. The race was on to find Pinkie before anymore innocent ponies were harmed.