//------------------------------// // Chapter 1 // Story: Pinkie Pie's Return Party // by Surfusa //------------------------------// The dark old mansion overlooked the ravine with a menacing grin formed by its main body and two towers on its side. The unscheduled storm didn't help either. Every so now and then, a bright light would illuminate its wicked smile to all who stood in front of it. The mansion stood along the edge of a cliff side overlooking the bottomless pit below. The only way in and out was a dirt path connected to a decaying,wooden bridge. Due to the current weather, it's too dangerous for any pegasus to fly without a protective flying suit. "Twilight, are you... sure this is the place?" A large boom went off as a beam of bright light struck the tree to the left of them. Fluttershy quickly shut her mouth and skid under Rainbow Dash. "Don't worry Fluttershy! I'm sure this is the place, or that's what the map says." Twilight raised the map up to the lantern with her magic. The black lines almost cover the entire map with the exception of a giant red X at the middle. Even though the map Spike gave her was bad, she could presume that there wasn't another mansion anywhere nearby. When she got back, Spike had a lot of organizing to do starting with fixing this map. "Rainbow Dash, did you have to to make it rain tonight!" Rarity was still annoyed that the rain had ruined her newest creation. She was hoping to impress celestia with her new colorful dress, but now it was reduced to a gray worthless fabric that nopony would wear. "Hey it's not my fault that they scheduled a thunderstorm tonight. Besides, it's way cooler to fly through the clouds at night. You can almost scare anyone..." "Waaaaahhh!" Fluttershy jumps up into the air bringing Rainbow Dash with her. Then she buries her head into the ground as Rainbow Dash crashes on top of her. "Hey, watch it!" "Now Rainbow Dash, you know she can't help it." Applejack trotted over to Fluttershy and gave her a reassuring pat on her back. "Don't worry now. It ain't more than a little rain." Pinkie Pie crouched next to Fluttershy's head in the ground.  "Aw, turn that frowny upsidedowny! It's a party, I'm sure they'll be cake and everything!" "Remind me why we came though. I was working on my double rainbow loop-de-loop when you told me we had to go." Twilight put the map away into her bag and turned to Rainbow Dash. "I told you, Princess Celestia wanted us to come and enjoy a dinner party with her for all our success. And besides..." She leaned inwards as the ponies crowded around Twilight with the exception of Pinkie Pie who was trying to pull Fluttershy out of her hole. "Pinkie needs a break after all those events. Remember the 'cupcake' book and how she began having dreams about it afterwards? This is her first real party since then. We should make sure she has the most fun here." The four of them nodded their head and turned their focus to Pinkie Pie. She had gone through a lot of pain and agony for the past few weeks. First, she found a 'special' book where it depicted a gruesome interaction between Pinkie and Rainbow Dash. When Rainbow Dash spoke to her about it she seemed to more chipper,  but then she began having nightmares. Twilight helped her with her magic, but she discovered that her party loving personality had killed her younger sister. She had only just arrived back to Ponyville and has not had any time to plan a party so Pricess Celestia decided to throw one for her. With one good pull of her tail, Fluttershy came flying out of her hiding spot.  "Come on! Last one there is a rotten egg!" Pinkie Pie galloped ahead of the group as Fluttershy follows to seek for shelter from the storm. "You're on," shouted Rainbow Dash and in a second, she was already made up half the distance Pinkie had traveled. "Let's go then, no point in wasting time," Twilight muttered and the last three made their way up to the mansion. ------------------------------------- Pinkie reached the door first. With a good push from her hoofs, the door creaked open revealing a dark room with no lighting. "Hello? It's me! Pinkie Pie, party extrondinare." No response... It must be a surprise party! Pinkie was overcome with great joy. A surprise party, for her!She walked to the giant staircase which engulfed the far side the room. She could make out a light switch which was on the right post of the staircase. As she walked through the center she stepped into a puddle and felt a drop hit her face. She wiped her nose and continued forward. "Someone should really fix the roofing of this place." She reached the switch and was about to flip it when she heard Twilight's voice echo through the main room. "Hello? Princess Celestia?" Pinkie hit the switch and turned around to face her friends. "Surprise!" The others didn't respond. Rarity and Fluttershy fainted. Applejack  vomited all over the floor. Rainbow Dash landed and reverted to a fetal position. All Twilight could do was turn her head away. "What? Is there something on me?" Pinkie Pie didn't understand what was wrong, until another drop fell onto her nose. It was a deep royal red, not clear rain water. She looked down to see she was standing in a thick puddle of the same substance as of that of the drop. She raised her head up to see a white body tied at the legs to the chandler. It was  a decapitated white horse lain out as if it was an angel. The wings had been torn off with a sharp knife and the thigh had been removed by similar means. Princess Celestia was hanging dead above them and Pinkie was in her blood. Pinkie's eyes shut tight and her body slammed to the ground as her mind went dark.