--Sugarcube Corner--
Pinkie Pie was now home in Sugarcube corner, wrtiting down things on a piece of paper. She was planning on making Themed Pastries for after the ritual, she thought that if she saw the ritual as some form of event before a party then she wouldn't feel so anxious about it. But calling it a "After Ritual" Party, isn't really helpfull. She sighed. "Maybe words such as 'Party' can't really make things like Rituals sound fun" She said.
She left her party desk and went over to her bed. She jumped on it, laying htere hugging a pillow. She looked over at her 'Party Plans' Calander.
2nd Day. 5 days until the ritual.
Pinkie groaned. "This is like, when you're waiting for the day of a Nightmare Night party, but it's a party you didn't plan yourself, so you have no idea what might happen!" She said to herself. She didn't understand why she was so worried though, she agreed to go through with it along with her friends. Being bonded to Bendy can represent their tight Friendship, and she want to be close friends with the demon. Also she Pinkie Promised she will go through with the ritual and she never breaks a Pinkie Promise.
She bit her lip. "I probably shouldn't have Pimkie Promised it" She said. However she instantly slapped herself. "Snap out of it, Pinkie Pie! Don't be scared" She told her self, sitting up. She took a deep breath and went back to think about pastry ideas. She noted down Cupcakes and cinnamon rolls, since they didn't get to eat those the day they found Bendy in the Everfree Forest.
Pinkie Pie was now on her bed taking a nap. All that thinking about Pastries and the Ritual took it out on her. Her Mane and tail had become Even more poofier than usual. Other than that and that she had spme bags under her eyes, she slept quite peacfully. Though that was disturbed by Mrs. Cake, Her Foster mom. "Pinkie!" She called out. The party pony waas starteld awake, she looked franticly around until she noticed Mrs. Cake. She calmed down. "Oh, I'm sorry, i fell asleep. What is it, Mrs. Cake?" Pinkie asked.
Mrs. Cake sighed. "I've been calling on you the past 5 minutes, i was worried about you. Anyways, Me and Carrot Cake are going out with some delevaries. Can you take over while we're gone?" She asked. Pinkie Nodded. "Of course, i'll be down there in a minute" She informed Mrs. Cake. The baker pony smiled and then left Pinkie's room. The Party pony yawned and stretched out as she left her bed and went to her bathroom to wash up.
She used a brush to fix her Poofy mane a little andstarted to splash some water on her face. She took a towel to dry off, but when she looked in the mirror her heart skipped a beat. Her reflection showed that she was crying, not tears, It was black. She was crying something black. Though she couldn't feel it running down her face. She touched her face where the tears were shown to run. But when she looked down on her hoof, there was nothing. Though it was clear in the mirror she was crying somethig. Unless.
She rubbed her eyes. When she looked back in the mirror. It was her own reflection. No black tears. Now she was quite scared. Was she hallucinating? She shook her head. Once she was done in the bathroom she headed down the stairs.
Working today certainly distracted Pinkie Pie from the whole thing. She has fun when making pastries and sweets to everypony in Ponyville. She had visits from somany ponies. Cheerilie, The CMC, Even from Her sister Maud. Then things then went back to worrisome when Spike came in. "Hey, Pinkie" He said. Pinkie nervously smiled. "Oh Hi, Spike, What are you doing here?" She asked. Spike wasn't bothered by Pinkie's nervousness.
"Well, Twilight sent me here to pick up some pastries. Because she's starting to" Spike sighed. "Stress Eat" He finnished. "Oh" Was Pinkie's response. The baby dragon cleared his throat. "So, She told me she couldn't pick it up herself, because Bendy said something about you not seeing eachother to be sure you won't convince the other to back down from that ritual" He said. Pinkie sighed. It felt wrong to be blocked from her friends, forcefully, But nessascery. Bendy didn't want to go through any risks.
"So, how have you been doing, Pinkie?" Spike asked, catching Pinkie's attention. She looked down. "Not so good, i'm putting all of my strenght into keeping that Bright Behaviour that everypony knows. If i put my guard down and ponies see how i feel, they'll start asking questions and i don't want them to know about the ritual. So in short, I'm exhausted" She said. Spike looked concerned. "Then why don't you take a break?" He asked. Pinkie shook her head. "No, Mr. and Mrs. Cake are out and put me in charge of the bakery, i couldn't say no or else they would start asking questions" She said.
Spike felt sorry for Pinkie. Now he started to wonder how everypony else had it. "Pinkie, This Anxious waiting you're going through, Doesn't seem Healthy. I'm not saying you should back down from the ritual, but maybe you shouldn't have decided to go through with it in the first place" He said. Pinkie started to play with a rolling pin. "It's not healthy, i'm fully aware of that. It's painful too, a little. But i pinkie promised to go through with it, not only that, but i want to go through with it, no matter how scary it may sound" She said.
"I don't understand, why are you willing to suffer just to be bonded to a demon?" Spike asked. Pinkie looked at the baby dragon. "It's difficult to explain, but trust me, Spike, If you figure out how being bonded to Bendy can be importan to you;" She smiled.
"I bet you'll decide to go through with the ritual too"