//------------------------------// // Loss of Sibling // Story: Pinkie Pie's Special Friends // by smirker //------------------------------// Pinkie Pie trotted around in Sugarcube Corner and had gifts for Limestone Pie, Maud Pie, and Marble Pie, since it was Sibling Appreciation Day. Pinkie Pie heads out and was about to go give her gifts to her sisters, "Pinkie, there you are." Pinkie Pie heard Toy Maker say, she looks and saw him and Doll Maker run to her, "It's Star Pony, he just suddenly left this morning, we don't know where he's gone." Toy Maker said, Pinkie Pie thought about it and figured out where he went, "It's fine, I know where he went, come with me." Pinkie Pie said, and she was about to lead them, "Pinkie, wait." Twilight Sparkle said, she and Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Applejack ran to her, "We're going, too." Twilight Sparkle replied, "What? Why?" Pinkie Pie asked, "Because I have told them and my brother and Cadence to report to me about Star Pony, so if something bad happens, I'll know immediately." Twilight Sparkle replied, "Don't forget since yer family adopted him, that makes him a part of mah family as well." Applejack said, "We're your friends, Pinkie, anything that happens to your friends is a problem to us as well." Rainbow Dash said, "Yes, you don't have to do everything, Pinkie, we're all here to help." Fluttershy said, "Come on now, darlings, let's go see Star Pony." Rarity said, and they all board the train and leave. Star Pony was at his old home and visiting Ragdoll's grave, he grieved at his younger brother's grave, "Star Pony!" Pinkie Pie said, Star Pony's attention was caught and he turned around, he saw her running to him along with Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Rarity, Applejack, Toy Maker, and Doll Maker, they arrive and stand to his right, "I'd figured you be here." Pinkie Pie said, Star Pony just looked down with sorrow, "Star Pony?" a familiar male voice asked, Pinkie Pie realized it was Ice Blower, the others saw him running to them, Frosty, Snow, Blizzard, Freeze, Igloo, Penguin, and Snowflake coming, they run and arrive at the others, they stood to Star Pony's left, "Ice Blower, Frosty, what are you two doing here?" Pinkie Pie asked, "Your family sent us." Frosty replied, "They saw you running here, but they were busy getting ready for Sibling Appreciation Day, so they sent us." Ice Blower said, "Uh, who are these guys, Pinkie?" Twilight Sparkle asked, "I'm Ice Blower, and this is Frosty, my older sister, Pinkamena's parents and our parents were friends." Ice Blower replied, "Were friends?" Rainbow Dash asked, "Yeah, they passed away several years ago." Frosty replied, surprising Pinkie Pie's other friends, "I'm Snow, I'm Ice Blower's best friend, I'm a friend to the entire family." Snow said, "I'm Snowflake, I'm Ice Blower's wife." Snowflake said, "My name's Penguin, I'm Snowflake's oldest brother." Penguin said, "I'm Igloo, Snowflake's other older brother." Igloo said, "I'm Blizzard, Snowflake's father." Blizzard said, "And I'm Freeze, Snowflake's mother." Freeze said, "Family friends, Pinkie?" Applejack asked, "Yeah, Ice Blower is another one of my special friends, he was scared of girls when I first met him." Pinkie Pie replied, surprising her five mare friends, "How come?" Rainbow Dash asked, "They were always mean to me when I was a colt." Ice Blower replied, "Oh." Rainbow Dash said, "I assume you heard about Star Pony if you all are here." Pinkie Pie said, "Yes, your family told us everything, I'm at a loss for words." Freeze said, "Oh my goodness, everypony, look, we can still see the scars on his body." Snowflake said, they look and see Star Pony had very faint scars on his body from the physical abuse he received from his father, "So, what brings you here, Star Pony?" Pinkie Pie asked, "I was thinking, maybe if you found me a few years ago, you could've saved my younger brother." Star Pony said, everypony present was shocked, "I'm sorry, Star Pony, but you should know my family and I did everything we could to keep you alive." Pinkie Pie replied, "Younger brother?" Toy Maker asked, "Yeah, this is my younger brother, Ragdoll, he received the same abuse I received, and the physical abuse from our father ended up killing him." Star Pony replied, shocking everypony except Pinkie Pie, "Star Pony, darling, Pinkie did everything she could, I'm sure she would've did her best to help if he was still alive." Rarity said, "Yeah, but still." Star Pony replied, Twilight Sparkle looked down with sorrow, "I can't believe something like this happened." Twilight Sparkle said tearfully, "It's not your fault, Twilight, I met Star Pony long before I met any of you." Pinkie Pie replied, "But still, I'm the Princess of Friendship, I feel like I failed Star Pony." Twilight Sparkle said tearfully, Star Pony just looked at Ragdoll's grave with sorrow, Ice Blower and his family went to comfort him, so did Pinkie Pie, her five friends, and his adopted parents, "Would you like some ice cream, Star Pony?" Fluttershy asked, "Sure." Star Pony replied, "Alright, sugar cube, we'll be back." Applejack said, "Wait, I want Pinkie Pie to stay with me, she makes me feel safe." Star Pony replied, "Alright, I'll be waiting for you guys." Pinkie Pie said, and they all left. Pinkie Pie and Star Pony were alone and they looked at Ragdoll's grave with sorrow, "I'm sorry, Star Pony, but he was already dead when I met you, he would've been a special friend to me, too." Pinkie Pie said, "You seem to have a lot of special friends." Star Pony replied, "I do, but you're super special." Pinkie Pie said, "Why?" Star Pony asked, "Because most of my special friends usually only had their educations or careers endangered, and some did not fit well in society, your life was endangered when I met you, that's why you're super special." Pinkie Pie replied, Star Pony was touched, "The abuse I received has messed up my growth, even though I'm a teenager now, I still have the body of a foal, and I don't have a cutie mark, and I can't do heavy physical work." Star Pony said, "There, there, Star Pony, it's not your fault, and believe it or not, you're not my only special friend who has lost a sibling." Pinkie Pie replied, Star Pony's attention was caught, "I'm not?" Star Pony asked, "No, there's another special friend of mine, Obsidian, he lost his sister when I met him." Pinkie Pie replied, Pinkie Pie has memories of the event, that was also when she met Greenie Gaz, one of the three ponies she genuinely hated, the other two were Strong Muscle and Mind Breaker, Star Pony's abusive parents, she also met a filly named Rose, Pinkie Pie also considered her a super special friend, "Can you talk about him?" Star Pony asked, "Okay, but it might be a bit disturbing." Pinkie Pie replied, and she begins to talk about Obsidian. Pinkie Pie was on her way to Ponyville to live there permanently, she was currently wandering through a desert, and it was summer, so it was hot. Pinkie Pie wanders into a town and heard a chime, she tracks it and sees a male earth pony sitting on his own, he had a black coat, short gray mane and tail, light gray eyes, and his cutie mark was a black obsidian rock. Pinkie Pie noticed he was upset, so she trotted to him, he looked to his left, "Oh, hello." the earth pony said, "You okay?" Pinkie Pie asked, "Yeah, just looking at a picture." the earth pony replied, Pinkie Pie looks at it as well, he saw the earth pony with a mare, she had a light purple coat, a long and curly dark purple mane, and light red eyes, "Is that your girlfriend?" Pinkie Pie asked, "No, my sister." the earth pony replied, "Oh, I'm Pinkie Pie, by the way." Pinkie Pie said, "Obsidian." the earth pony replied, "What's your sister's name?" Pinkie Pie asked, "Amethyst." Obsidian replied, Pinkie Pie heard some sorrow in his voice, "Did something happen?" Pinkie Pie asked, "She... lost her life three weeks ago." Obsidian replied, "Oh, I'm sorry to hear that." Pinkie Pie said, "Your sympathy is appreciated." Obsidian replied, Pinkie Pie smiled, "Well, you should get going, I'm about to head home." Obsidian said, "Okay, nice talking to you." Pinkie Pie replied, and Obsidian got up and headed home while Pinkie Pie wandered around the town. Pinkie Pie walks through the desert and arrives at the town, but nopony was around, "Hello, anypony here?" Pinkie Pie asked, she hears walking and saw an earth pony filly, she had on a white dress with black stripes all over it, the long sleeves covered her front legs, the dress had light purple cuffs above the filly's front hoofs, and had many black buttons on it, the filly also wore a white hat with a wide brim and three pink roses on the right side of it, the filly had a light pink coat, a long light gray mane and tail, and turquoise eyes. Pinkie Pie trotted to her, "Excuse me." Pinkie Pie said, the filly looked at her, "Can you show me the way around here?" Pinkie Pie asked, "Sorry, but I'm new here." the filly replied, "Really? Me too!" Pinkie Pie said happily, the filly smiled, "What's your name?" Pinkie Pie asked, "Rose, I'm a transfer student from Manehattan, I'll be staying at the inn." the filly replied, "What about your parents?" Pinkie Pie asked, "They believe I'm old enough to take care of myself, so they sent me here on my own." Rose replied, "What about your inn's fee?" Pinkie Pie asked, "They already paid for it." Rose replied, "Well, since you're new here, I'll give you a welcome gift. Here you go." Pinkie Pie said as she reached into her mane with her front left hoof and gave Rose a purple lollipop, "Really? Thank you." Rose said happily, "Well, hope you have a good time here." Pinkie Pie said, "Okay, see you around." Rose replied, and the two hugged one another and Rose walked to Pinkie Pie's right. Pinkie Pie goes to her left and hears more walking, she saw an elderly earth pony stallion, he had a slightly tan coat, a short black mane and tail, a thick moustache, and brown eyes, he was wearing a black double breasted ulster coat, a black frock coat, a black hat, a brocade vest, a white long-sleeve button-up dress shirt, a black tie, brown pants, which was rare in Equestria, and black mid-calf length boots on his hind legs. Pinkie Pie looks at him and sees he had a lever action rifle on his back, over his left shoulder, he was also wearing a black gun belt with a revolver in a holster above his left hind leg, with bullets on the right side, Pinkie Pie was surprised, because guns were very rare to see in Equestria, even though Igneous Rock Pie had a gun in the house. Pinkie Pie trots to him and he faces her, "Do you know the way around town?" Pinkie Pie asked, "No, I'm new here, I'm a drifter." the stallion replied, "I'm Pinkie Pie." Pinkie Pie said, "Lee." the stallion replied, "Where are you coming from?" Pinkie Pie asked, "The royal guard, I retired recently." Lee replied, "Oh, I'm from Rockville." Pinkie Pie said, Lee chuckled, "Well, I'll be going, I'm kind of in a hurry right now." Lee said, "Okay, see you later." Pinkie Pie replied, and Lee left. Pinkie Pie trots around town to get to know her way around it, but to her surprise, it was barren, nopony was around, she soon sees a male earth pony walking around, he had a sickly dark green coat, long, straight, and dirty bright green mane and tail, dark orange eyes, and his cutie mark was three circular saw blades with rusty barbed wire tied in the center of them and going down, the left and right saw blades were dark orange, while the center saw blade was purple. Pinkie Pie trotted to him, "Excuse me." Pinkie Pie said, the green stallion looked at her, "Are you new here, too?" Pinkie Pie asked, "No, I grew up around here, my house is right there." the stallion replied, Pinkie Pie looks to her left and sees he lived in a mansion, "Wow! You must've worked really hard to get that mansion." Pinkie Pie said, "Actually, no, I inherited it from my parents when they passed away when I was ten, misfortune hit my family a lot when I was younger." the stallion replied, "What happened?" Pinkie Pie asked, "I also had two older brothers, and a younger twin brother, they passed away before my parents, my younger brother passed away first, I was seven at that time, and then my second oldest brother when I was eight, and my oldest brother a week after him." the stallion replied, Pinkie Pie was sympathetic, "I'm Pinkie Pie, by the way." Pinkie Pie said, "Greenie Gaz." the stallion replied, "What do you do around here?" Pinkie Pie asked, "I entertain others, I bring laughter and joy to this town." Greenie Gaz replied, "Really?! I've been doing that all over Equestria." Pinkie Pie said elatedly, "How?" Greenie Gaz asked, "By throwing parties, singing, befriending everypony I meet, and just having fun altogether." Pinkie Pie replied excitedly, but she got the strange feeling that Greenie Gaz did not like her ways of spreading laughter and joy, "I'll let you see the rest of the town, but leave the laughter and joy to me, that's my job here." Greenie Gaz said, and he left. Pinkie Pie walks around and sees nopony around for some reason, she keeps going and sees Rose again, she goes to the school and Pinkie Pie saw many colts and fillies there, they were playing outside, which made Pinkie Pie smile. Pinkie Pie hears laughing and she saw Greenie Gaz with twelve other male earth ponies, the first one had a red coat, short yellow mane and tail, blue eyes, and his cutie mark was a knife and a tongue, the second one had a blue coat, long and messy purple mane and tail, red eyes, and his cutie mark was a dagger with eagle wings on its handles, the third one had a greenish black coat, long black mane and tail, blood red eyes, and his cutie mark was a crocodile's head with its mouth open, the fourth one had a gray coat, short silver mane and tail, light gray eyes, and his cutie mark was a head of a metallic bull, the fifth one had a light brown coat, long brown mane and tail, tan eyes, and his cutie mark a rocking horse, the sixth one had a light green coat, long white mane and tail, green eyes, and his cutie mark was a bamboo stick, the seventh one had a black coat, short silver mane and tail, dark red eyes, and his cutie mark was a coffin with spikes stabbing out of the lid, the eighth one had a yellow coat, short orange mane and tail, light blue eyes, and his cutie mark was a silver spider, the ninth one had a pale yellow coat, long light brown mane and tail, green eyes, and his cutie mark was a long brown table, the tenth one had a light blue coat, long mane and tail, dark green eyes, and his cutie mark was a thumb and a screw, the eleventh one had a dull gray coat, short red mane and tail, orange eyes, and his cutie mark was a brown bench with a tiger's head over it, the twelfth one had a light blue coat, short yellow mane and tail, dark yellow eyes, and his cutie mark was a gray pear. Greenie Gaz and the twelve stallions laugh as they walk together, "I have to go back to school now, class is about to restart." the stallion with the gray pear for his cutie mark said, "Alright, introduce that new girl here our way, show them we don't like her kind here." Greenie Gaz said, and the stallion with the gray pear for his cutie mark heads to the school while Greenie Gaz and the other eleven stallions left. Pinkie Pie was curious and trotted to the school shortly after the foals and stallion went into the school, she watched through a window on the left side of the classroom, and saw Rose sitting in the center seat of the row behind the front row of desks, "Okay, class, we have a new student today, she's from the city, which all you know, is full of a bunch of idiots and losers, so let's have her introduce herself, and just get it over with." the stallion with gray pear for his cutie mark said, Pinkie Pie did not like what he said, and saw Rose's feelings were hurt, but she walked up to in front of the classroom and turned around, "Hi, my name is Rose, nice to meet you all, my mommy and daddy are rich and loving ponies, they bought my favorite dress and hat for me, which I'm wearing now, and if you all want to, I can teach you all how to sew and make them." Rose said, "Okay, now, as part of our town's tradition, we have prepared a welcoming drink, so go on and drink up." the stallion with the gray pear for his cutie mark said, and handed her a potion with a light blue liquid in it, "Oh, thank you. Thank you very much." Rose said, and she drinks the potion, the stallion and foals smile while Rose went back to her seat. The stallion with the gray pear for his cutie mark teaches and every foal sat and listened, Rose focused and was excited to learn, but she soon stopped being excited and felt tingling in her body, she clutches her groin with her front hoofs and begins grunting. The stallion teaching and the foals ignore Rose while she tried to hold her bladder, she lets out loud grunts and her hind hoofs begin moving around a lot, Pinkie Pie watches worriedly and Rose raises her front right hoof while holding her groin with her front left hoof. Rose lets out loud grunts and waves her front right hoof around while the stallion teaching ignores her, Rose continues shaking her hind hoofs and raises her front right hoof higher while the teacher ignores her, Pinkie Pie watched from the window worriedly while the others did not see her. Rose begins to let out exclaims of shock and she begins to wet herself, "Look, everypony, the new student is wetting herself." the stallion with the gray pear for his cutie mark said as he pointed his front right hoof to Rose, the foals look and begin laughing at her, Rose lets out several exclaims of shock while feeling humiliated. Pinkie Pie gasped and ran back, she runs forward and jumps through the window, breaking it in the process, she places Rose onto her back and runs and jumps out of the classroom while the foals and stallion laugh. Pinkie Pie runs across town to look for a bathroom with Rose on her back, who was still trying to hold her bladder and her urine dripped on Pinkie Pie's back. Pinkie Pie runs as fast as she could to look for a bathroom for Rose to use, she does not see one, she keeps running and saw Obsidian in front of her and was walking to her right, "OBSIDIAN!!" Pinkie Pie yelled, Obsidian looked at her and she ran to him, "Quick! Where's the restroom?" Pinkie Pie asked, he looks and saw Rose wetting herself, "Come on, let's take her to my home." Obsidian said, and he ran to lead the way, Pinkie Pie followed him while Rose let out several exclaims while embarrassed. Rose uses the bathroom while Pinkie Pie and Obsidian sat together, she explained what happened, "That potion is given to every new student, it is to humiliate them as a way to welcome them." Obsidian said, "Who came up with that?" Pinkie Pie asked, "Greenie Gaz." Obsidian replied, Pinkie Pie was shocked, "What about that teacher?" Pinkie Pie asked, "He's a member of Greenie Gaz's gang, I have pictures of all of them." Obsidian replied, and he gets them out for Pinkie Pie, she sees a picture of all thirteen of them with Greenie Gaz in the center, she looks and saw their names, the stallion with gray pear for his cutie mark's name was Pear, the stallion whose cutie mark was a tiger's head and a bench was Tiger Bench, the stallion whose cutie mark was a thumb and a screw was Thumbscrew, the stallion whose cutie mark was a long brown table was Rack, the stallion with the silver spider for his cutie mark was Iron Spider, the stallion with the bamboo stick for his cutie mark was Bamboo, the stallion whose cutie mark was the coffin with spikes stabbing out of the lid was Iron Maiden, the stallion with the wooden rocking horse for his cutie mark was Spanish Donkey, the stallion with the metallic bull's head for his cutie mark was Brazen Bull, the stallion with the crocodile's head for his cutie mark was Crocodile Shears, the stallion who had the dagger with eagle wings on its handle for his cutie mark was Blood Eagle, and the stallion who had the knife and the tongue for his cutie mark was Necktie. Pinkie Pie memorized all of them and kept them in her mind, the toilet flushes and Rose walks out with her head down, Pinkie Pie and Obsidian look and see Rose had a big wet and yellow stain around her groin on her dress, "Wetted yourself a little?" Obsidian asked, "Hmm-mm." Rose replied sadly while nodding slowly, "Well, give it here, I'll wash it." Obsidian said, and Rose took her hat off, and then her dress, Pinkie Pie sees Rose did not have a cutie mark, "Is there any specific way to wash this?" Obsidian asked, "No, just soaking it in cold water should clean it. Thank you." Rose replied, and Obsidian left to wash Rose's dress. Pinkie Pie walked to Rose, "You okay?" Pinkie Pie asked, Rose nodded, "You know him?" Rose asked, "That's Obsidian, I met him shortly before I met you, he lost his sister three weeks ago." Pinkie Pie replied, "Oh, I'm sorry to hear that." Rose said, "You want to stay here with me and him?" Pinkie Pie asked, "No, I'm still going to the inn my parents paid for me to stay at, after he finishes washing my clothes." Rose replied, "Oh." Pinkie Pie said, and they hear walking, Obsidian came, "You might have to wait overnight for your dress to be clean." Obsidian said, "That's okay, I'll stay here, then." Rose replied, "You're not going to the inn?" Pinkie Pie asked, "Not until my clothes dry, it's not proper for a lady to go around such a way." Rose replied, "Is it okay if I stay with you, Obsidian? I have nowhere to go." Pinkie Pie said, "Sure, I'll make a place for both of you to sleep." Obsidian replied, "Really? Thank you." Rose said, Pinkie Pie smiled while Obsidian left and made beds for the two, he came back shortly afterwards, "They're ready, and sorry about it being made out of hay, it's the best I can do." Obsidian said, "It's fine, thank you." Rose replied, "Yeah, it's fine, I find hay really comfortable to sleep in." Pinkie Pie said, "Well, it's getting late, so I'll head to bed." Obsidian replied, "Come to think of it, what time is it?" Rose asked, Pinkie Pie looks outside and saw the sun setting, "It's almost dark, we should sleep, too." Pinkie Pie said, and they follow Obsidian to the hay beds, Pinkie Pie lays down to Obsidian's right while Rose slept to his left. Obsidian was still awake at night, so was Pinkie Pie and Rose, since the three were in a desert, it was cool at night, Obsidian was looking at his pocket watch with the picture of him and his sister in it, it played the chime again, Rose looked at the picture as well, "Is she special to you, Obsidian?" Rose asked, "Yeah, that's my little sister, she died three weeks ago." Obsidian replied, "What happened?" Rose asked, "Poisoned." Obsidian replied, Pinkie Pie and Rose become shocked, with Pinkie Pie quickly sitting up, "How?" Pinkie Pie asked, "Greenie Gaz gave her poisoned candy, she didn't know better and ate them, she felt agonizing pain and collapsed in front of me, I tried to find a cure for her, but I didn't, and she passed away three days later." Obsidian replied, horrifying Pinkie Pie and Rose, "How old was she?" Rose asked, "Twelve." Obsidian replied, "How old are you, Obsidian?" Pinkie Pie asked, "Fifteen." Obsidian replied, much to Pinkie Pie's surprise, because he looked like a fully grown stallion, "What was your sister's name?" Rose asked, "Amethyst." Obsidian replied, "She looks friendly." Rose said, "Trust me, she was, she would try to befriend you as soon as she saw you." Obsidian replied, Rose chuckled, "I would've liked that." Rose said, "Well, a lot of people here didn't, and they hated her." Obsidian replied, Rose felt sad, "They shouldn't, I like that kind of pony." Rose said, "It's because of Greenie Gaz's influence, they act the way they do because of him." Obsidian replied, "Oh, well, I'll go to sleep now, goodnight Obsidian." Rose said, "Goodnight, Rose." Obsidian replied, and the two sleep with Pinkie Pie. The next morning comes and Pinkie Pie stayed with Obsidian since she had nowhere to go while Rose was getting dressed, "What do you do for a living, Obsidian?" Pinkie Pie asked, "Gem farming, it's a family business." Obsidian replied, and Pinkie Pie sees Obsidian's yard, there were a lot of rocks filled with gems of many colors inside, "Ooh, so many pretty colors." Pinkie Pie said, Rose and Obsidian chuckle, "What do your parents do for a living, Rose?" Pinkie Pie asked, "They sell flowers, very popular in Canterlot and Manehattan." Rose replied, "What do your parents do, Pinkie Pie?" Obsidian asked, "Rock farming." Pinkie Pie replied, "Ah, this is a bit similar, Pinkie Pie, but you're not moving and breaking rocks, you're looking for gemstones to sell all over Equestria." Obsidian said, "My parents were also friends with a family that cut and harvested ice." Pinkie Pie replied, "I've never heard of ice harvesting." Obsidian said, "Well, I'll be going to the inn now, see you two later." Rose said, and she walked away, "Can I help?" Pinkie Pie asked, "I'll let you know when I need help, I don't have that big an order to fill right now." Obsidian replied, "Okay, see you later." Pinkie Pie said, "Stay safe, Pinkie Pie." Obsidian replied, and Pinkie Pie hopped around. Pinkie Pie hopped around happily with her eyes closed, she hears streamers going off and looks at the house, she goes to the backyard and sees a birthday party happening, she saw a filly enjoying her birthday party, she saw Greenie Gaz there, Necktie, Blood Eagle, Crocodile Shears, and Brazen Bull were with him, "And now, everypony, the cake." Brazen Bull said, and Crocodile Shears presents the cake, "Happy birthday, little girl." Crocodile Shears said, the filly begins to cough and Pinkie Pie sees she had an allergy, she also looks and was shocked to see the cake was made out of mercury. Greenie Gaz and the four members of his gang laugh along with the foals, the filly has trouble breathing and developed red rashes, "Enjoying your cake?" Blood Eagle asked, the filly shook her head, "We brought ice cream, too." Necktie said, and he opened a container filled with ice cream, also had mercury in it, the filly's allergies start to get to her, Pinkie Pie watched with shock. Greenie Gaz walks to her, "Well, as the host of the party, it's fitting that I end it, here, have a party gun." Greenie Gaz said, and he took out a yellow party popper gun, he aims it at the filly's face and fires it, a loud gunshot was heard and a bullet came out, the filly screamed in pain while the foals and five stallions left while laughing. Pinkie Pie had a horrified face and stood there, processing the fact that Greenie Gaz's party popper gun was actually a real gun, she hears the filly scream and Pinkie Pie snapped back to reality, she runs to the hurt filly and sees her crying while holding her face with her front hoofs, Pinkie Pie stretches her left eye out and looks for the bullet in her face, she sees it and uses her eye to pull it out. Pinkie Pie rushes into the house and looks for utensils to cover the wound, she finds bandages and takes them, she goes to the filly and begins applying the bandages to the filly's right cheek, where she was shot, she stops crying and begins panting a little heavily, "You okay?" Pinkie Pie asked, the filly nods, "I'm new around here, I didn't know the ponies could be so mean during birthdays." the filly said, Pinkie Pie was very offended that ponies would hurt the foals on their birthdays, "I'm a party planner and party thrower. Come on, let's throw you a proper birthday party." Pinkie Pie said, "No, it's fine, I'm about to leave, thank you, though." the filly replied, "You sure?" Pinkie Pie asked sadly, "Yeah, I'm leaving town, I'm going back to Canterlot." the filly replied, "Wait, before you go, here." Pinkie Pie said, and gives the filly a piece of cake with purple icing on it, the filly smiled, "Happy birthday." Pinkie Pie said, "Thank you. I'll be going now." the filly replied, and she took the cake and walked out of town. Pinkie Pie walks around and saw the inn since it was labeled, she decided to walk to it and see how Rose was doing, she looks and sees Rose at the receptionist desk, but saw the receptionist was Tiger Bench, "I'd like the key to the room my parents reserved for me, please." Rose said while smiling, "Name, please." Tiger Bench replied, "Rose." Rose said, "Hold on." Tiger Bench replied, and he looks at his list, he sees Rose's name and hands her a key, "Here you go." Tiger Bench said, "Thank you." Rose replied, and she went upstairs. Pinkie Pie trotted and saw a part from outside she can climb on, she climbs on it and sees Rose in the hallway, she enters her room and it was filthy, filled with black spots and had cockroaches, she exclaimed with fear at seeing the bugs, Rose also coughed and gagged since the room stank, Pinkie Pie smelled it as well, she was holding her breath. Rose entered the room and was shocked at how dirty it was, "I'll clean!" Pinkie Pie said happily from inside the room, Rose exclaimed with surprise while holding onto her heart with her front right hoof, "How did you get here?" Rose asked, "Window was open." Pinkie Pie replied, even though she teleported into the room, "Oh." Rose said, believing her immediately, "Well, best happy cleaning room! Starting now!" Pinkie Pie said, and she begins to sweep the area while having fun, "Come on, Rose! Join in!" Pinkie Pie said, and she cleaned with her, Pinkie Pie had fun while Rose did not, "Whee!" Pinkie Pie said happily as she cleaned the room, Rose sighs and cleans, Pinkie Pie was cleaning quickly while Rose cleaned slowly, they were soon done, "See, wasn't that fun?" Pinkie Pie asked, "I'm sorry, Pinkie, but no." Rose replied, Pinkie Pie stopped smiling, "Well, what did you do for fun back at home?" Pinkie Pie asked, "Tried to make pretty dresses, and pick the flowers from outside." Rose replied, "What about parties?" Pinkie Pie asked, "Mostly for adults, they were boring to me." Rose replied, "What did they have?" Pinkie Pie asked, "Ponies talking, food, and wine." Rose replied, Pinkie Pie was surprised, "Sorry, but I don't have wine." Pinkie Pie said, "I don't drink it." Rose replied, "Oh, well, what about food?" Pinkie Pie asked, "Fruits, vegetables, shish kabob, and hay." Rose replied, "Oh, there's nothing sweet." Pinkie Pie said, "Yeah, my parents don't like sweet stuff very much." Rose replied, "Aw." Pinkie Pie said with disappointment, "Pinkie Pie, I'm kind of tired right now, I'd like to get some rest." Rose said, "Okay, see you later." Pinkie Pie replied happily, and hugged Rose, she smiled and hugged her back, Pinkie Pie left while Rose relaxed. Pinkie Pie trots but sees telegraph wires around, she saw them connected to the inn, they were at Tiger Bench's desk, she sees him using a telegraph, so she follows the wire and goes into an old house, she saw Iron Spider, Rack, and Thumbscrew, they snicker and send a telegraph to Tiger Bench, "Wait until that girl falls for this." Iron Spider said, "Yeah, she'll be broke in no time." Rack replied, "We won't let her leave town, either, Greenie Gaz and the rest of us are going to be even richer than now." Thumbscrew said, and they laugh a bit. Pinkie Pie runs back to the inn and sees Tiger Bench receiving a telegraphing message from Iron Spider, Rack, and Thumbscrew, "Hey, Rose, I need you down here." Tiger Bench said, Rose trotted down the stairs, "Yes?" Rose asked, "This inn also requires payment, we aren't providing services for free." Tiger Bench said, "How much do I have to pay?" Rose asked, "Five bits, starting now." Tiger Bench replied, and she did, "Thank you." Tiger Bench said, "You're welcome." Rose replied and she trotted back to her room. Five minutes pass and Pinkie Pie watched carefully, "Rose, it's time for your next payment." Tiger Bench said, Pinkie Pie heard Rose sigh as she trotted down, she paid Tiger Bench five bits, "Oh no, the price goes up every time, it's ten bits now." Tiger Bench said, "Seriously?" Rose asked, "Hey, it's a five star inn, of course it's going to be pricey." Tiger Bench replied, "Fine." Rose said, and she paid him five extra bits, and went back upstairs. Five minutes pass again, "Rose, time for your next payment." Tiger Bench said, Rose let out an annoyed groan and walked down the stairs, "Twenty bits." Tiger Bench said, Rose was shocked but paid him, she went back upstairs. Five minutes pass again, "Rose, payment time." Tiger Bench said, Rose growled as she ran down the stairs, "Forty bits." Tiger Bench said, "What?! That's crazy!" Rose replied, "Pay up or get out." Tiger Bench said, Rose reaches into her saddlebag but sees she was out of bits, Tiger Bench picks her up and throws her out of the inn while she screams, Tiger Bench went back into the inn while snickering. Pinkie Pie looks at Rose, who was laying in the mud in defeat, Pinkie Pie becomes angry and storms into the inn, "Another customer?" Tiger Bench asked, "Return the bits!" Pinkie Pie said angrily, "Why?" Tiger Bench asked, "Give them back!" Pinkie Pie said angrily and she tried to take them back, but Tiger Bench held onto them and would not let go, he grabs the telegraph with his front left hoof and hits Pinkie Pie in the face with it. Pinkie Pie screamed as she fell and was in pain, she holds the area of her face where she was hit with her front left hoof and cried a bit while Tiger Bench took the bits back, "You're mean." Pinkie Pie said tearfully, Tiger Bench smirked at her, he just picked her up and dropped her on the ground, he closed the inn's doors afterwards. Pinkie Pie stood up and saw a crying Rose, she became angry again and picked up Rose, she walks to where Iron Spider, Rack, and Thumbscrew were at, they were laughing at the message they just got, "HEY!!" Pinkie Pie yelled angrily, the three look at her, "Apologize to her!" Pinkie Pie said as she held Rose in front of her, "Why?" Rack asked while smirking, Pinkie Pie growled, "She just lost her bits because you three and Tiger Bench!" Pinkie Pie replied angrily, Iron Spider, Rack, and Thumbscrew laugh, "Look at her in tears, it's funny." Iron Spider said, "Yeah, why aren't you laughing?" Thumbscrew asked, "Because it's NOT funny!" Pinkie Pie replied angrily, the three stallions chuckle, "Complain all you want, all of her bits are going to Greenie Gaz." Rack said, Pinkie Pie growled, "There you are." Pinkie Pie heard Pear say, she looks back and sees him going to Rose, "Come on, you're late for school, we have an assignment that requires you." Pear said, and he picks her up and begins carrying her, "No! Pinkie Pie! Help!" Rose said, "Rose!" Pinkie Pie said worriedly while Iron Spider, Rack, and Thumbscrew held her back, "No! Leave her alone!" Obsidian said, Pinkie Pie saw him across from her to her right, and he was trying to run to her, but Necktie and Blood Eagle held him back, "Don't worry, Greenie Gaz has something special in mind for her." Necktie said, "Unless you wish for her to end up like Amethyst, you best stay out of this." Blood Eagle said, and Obsidian looks at him with disgust, "Help!" Rose said as Pear took her away, Pinkie Pie grunts and breaks free and runs after her. Pinkie Pie runs after Pear while he runs and holds Rose, she sees the foals up ahead and a wooden stand with five ropes, Pinkie Pie keeps running but her hind hoofs are pulled back, she screams as she falls, she looks back and saw Iron Maiden and Bamboo, "Greenie Gaz can't have you interfering." Bamboo said, "We need her for the class's assignment, you shouldn't get in the way." Iron Maiden said, and Pinkie Pie watches, she looks and sees Greenie Gaz, Crocodile Shears, Brazen Bull, and Spanish Donkey up ahead, "Over here, class is waiting." Spanish Donkey said, and Pear brought Rose to them, "Let me go!" Rose said, and Greene Gaz, Crocodile Shears, Brazen Bull, Spanish Donkey, and Pear put the rope around Rose and hang her up. Pinkie Pie grunted and tried to crawl forward while Iron Maiden and Bamboo held her back, but she hears running and saw Iron Spider and Tiger Bench coming, they hold her front hoofs down and restrain her, Pinkie Pie hears grunting and saw Obsidian being carried forward by Necktie, Blood Eagle, Rack, and Thumbscrew, he tried to break free while the four carried him forward, "No! You guys wouldn't!" Obsidian said with shock when he saw Rose being tied by her hoofs and neck by five ropes and hung up, "Okay, class, time for a favorite, we're going to play pinata, I know you all like pinata, you foals are going to get a stick, everyone gets a turn to hit the pinata at least once." Greenie Gaz said, Pinkie Pie gasped, "No!" Pinkie Pie said, and Greenie Gaz gave a wooden stick to a colt, he hits Rose with it in her abdomen, Rose almost grunted loudly from the hit, the next foal went, she hit Rose in her hind right knee, Rose screamed briefly from the pain, "Wait, no, guys, not like that." Greenie Gaz said, and he took the wooden stick, "Like this." Greenie Gaz said, and he hit Rose in her abdomen so hard, the stick broke, Rose coughed a bit from the pain while the foals laugh, "Well, go on, class, hit the pinata just as hard, you'll get extra credit if you hit it on the head." Pear said, Pinkie Pie screamed with horror, "No!" Obsidian said, and he broke free from the four ponies restraining him, he tries to run to free Rose, but the four who were holding him down restrain him again. Greenie Gaz has his gang and the foals hit Rose with wooden sticks as hard as they could, the taller foals hit her on the head, "Are you foals having fun?" Greenie Gaz asked, the foals cheered, much to Pinkie Pie's horror, "Who wants an encore?" Greenie Gaz asked, the foals cheered and Greenie Gaz took out another wooden stick, he hands it to the next foal who was up to hit Rose, the foal hits Rose on the head so hard, the wooden stick snapped on impact, Rose was beginning to have a panic attack, Pinkie Pie noticed and looked at Greenie Gaz, "GREENIE GAAAAAAAZ!!" Pinkie Pie yelled with rage, Greenie Gaz just looked at her and smiled menacingly with his teeth exposed. The foals continue hitting Rose with wooden sticks that Greenie Gaz's gang gave out, but a gunshot was heard and it hits the stick and breaks it, "Withdraw!" Greenie Gaz said, and he, his gang, and the foals run away while another gunshot was heard, it hits the rope on Rose's neck and cuts it. Pinkie Pie and Obsidian got up and ran to Rose, who was crying, the two undo the ropes on her hoofs and she was held up by the two, the two look at her and see Rose was covered with bruises, "You okay, Rose?" Pinkie Pie asked worriedly, who just cried from the pain, "Come on, let's take her to my place." Obsidian said, and he carries her on his back and runs to his home, Pinkie Pie looks at the area with sorrow and felt really bad for Rose, she began to walk to Obsidian's home shortly afterwards. Pinkie Pie walks to Obsidian's home but stops when she saw Greenie Gaz, Necktie, Blood Eagle, Crocodile Shears, Brazen Bull, Spanish Donkey, Iron Maiden, Bamboo, Iron Spider, Rack, Thumbscrew, Tiger Bench, and Pear together, "Alright, next order of business, where do Rose's parents live?" Greenie Gaz asked, "I have their contact info, they live in Manehattan, I have their address, too." Pear replied, "Good, Brazen Bull, Spanish Donkey, Iron Maiden, Bamboo, Iron Spider, and Rack, go take care of them, Necktie, Blood Eagle, Crocodile Shears, Thumbscrew, Tiger Bench, Pear, and I will deal with her." Greenie Gaz said, "Yes, sir." the twelve stallions said, and Brazen Bull, Spanish Donkey, Iron Maiden, Bamboo, Iron Spider, and Rack ran away while Necktie, Blood Eagle, Crocodile Shears, Thumbscrew, Tiger Bench, and Pear went their separate ways, Greenie Gaz also went his separate way, but Pinkie Pie watched him, she saw him take out a black cannon on wheels, "Just wait a little longer, my beauty, you will be used once again soon." Greenie Gaz said, Pinkie Pie became worried and ran to Obsidian's home. Obsidian treats the crying Rose of her wounds, he also offered her candy to make her feel better, "You okay, Rose?" Obsidian asked, "I want my mommy and daddy." Rose replied tearfully, "I'm sorry, Rose, but they're not here, it's only me and Pinkie Pie." Obsidian said, Rose still cried since she was in pain from the beating, Pinkie Pie ran into the home shortly afterwards, "Obsidian, Greenie Meanie is sending his ponies to Manehattan to go after Rose's parents." Pinkie Pie said, "What? That's crazy, there's no train in this town, getting there will take forever." Obsidian replied, "And my parents live in a place full of ponies, there's no way they'd get them." Rose said, "So, they'll be fine?" Pinkie Pie asked, "They should be, mommy and daddy are well known throughout Manehattan, they shouldn't be able to get to them easily." Rose replied, "They should be fine, Pinkie Pie, going there by hoof will take days, I think Rose has nothing to worry about. Come on, Pinkie Pie, I need help treating Rose." Obsidian said, and she goes over to help, Pinkie Pie gave Rose sweets, which made her elated and she ate them, Obsidian finishes treating Rose's wounds and it was dark, so Obsidian decided it was bedtime, he had Rose and Pinkie Pie sleep extremely close to him so he can protect them if Greenie Gaz and his gang attacked them, but they did not, and they slept peacefully for the night. Morning comes and Pinkie Pie woke up early, "Good morning." Pinkie Pie said, "Good morning, Pinkie Pie." Rose replied, "Pinkie Pie, I'll keep Rose at my home today, I think it's for the best." Obsidian said, "Say? What's gotten into you, Obsidian?" Pinkie Pie asked, "Yeah, why are you so protective of us for?" Rose asked, "Because both of you remind me of my sister." Obsidian replied, Pinkie Pie and Rose were surprised, "How?" Pinkie Pie asked, "Both of you have parts of her personality. Pinkie Pie, you're friendly and want to have fun, and Rose, your love for fancy clothes and kindness, as well as you trusting almost everypony you meet, Amethyst had all of those traits." Obsidian replied, Pinkie Pie and Rose began to feel bad for Obsidian, "Well, if it makes you feel better, I'll stay here, too." Pinkie Pie said, "It will, thank you, Pinkie Pie." Obsidian replied while smiling, and the three get on with their days. Pinkie Pie, Obsidian, and Rose stay in Obsidian's home while he examined gems he mined to check their conditions, Pinkie Pie and Rose played board games and had fun, Obsidian joined them after he was done with his work, the three have fun until the door was kicked down and Necktie and Blood Eagle ran in, they pick up Rose and carry her away, Pinkie Pie and Obsidian try to run to help but Crocodile Shears, Thumbscrew, Tiger Bench, and Pear came in and fought them, "Rose! No!" Pinkie Pie said as she saw Rose carried away, she and Obsidian push their fighters away and run after Rose, Crocodile Shears, Thumbscrew, Tiger Bench, and Pear chased after them. Necktie and Blood Eagle carry Rose to the school and Greenie Gaz was waiting for them, the foals were ready to fight Pinkie Pie and Obsidian if they tried to interfere, "Good, tie her now." Greenie Gaz said, and he has Necktie and Blood Eagle tie Rose's front hoofs to a table. Greenie Gaz walks forward and begins punching her, she grunted and exclaimed when she got hit, Greenie Gaz eventually punched her with his front right hoof in the face so hard, Rose flew back, the restraints broke, and blood came out of her mouth, Greenie Gaz then got down and began to press his front hoofs onto Rose's eyes, she screamed while she was in pain. The foals sang a song about welcoming a new pony to their town while they watched Greenie Gaz beat up Rose, Pinkie Pie and Obsidian tried to break free from the group of foals and help Rose, Necktie and Blood Eagle smiled as Greenie Gaz hurt Rose. A telegraph message is received in the room and Necktie checks it, "Greenie Gaz, the court has been set up." Necktie said, "Good, it's time, unicorns, send us to Manehattan." Greenie Gaz said, and the unicorns cast a spell to teleport Greenie Gaz and Rose to Manehattan. Pinkie Pie and Obsidian were still restrained while Necktie and Blood Eagle walk out, "Why?" Pinkie Pie asked, "Why what?" Crocodile Shears asked, "Why are you all like this?" Pinkie Pie asked, "It's what Greenie Gaz taught us." an earth pony colt replied, "What did he teach you guys?" Pinkie Pie asked, "How to have fun, this town was boring until he showed us what we can do for fun." a Pegasus filly replied, "By hurting other ponies?" Pinkie Pie asked, "More, he taught us fighting is fun, bullying feels good, and taking revenge on a bully feels good, Greenie Gaz showed us all how good it feels and how fun it is." a unicorn colt replied, "But it's wrong!" Pinkie Pie said, "That's where you're wrong, Greenie Gaz told us if it makes us feel good, then there's nothing wrong with it." a second earth pony colt replied, "How did you all feel when you hit Rose with the sticks yesterday?" Obsidian asked, "It felt great." a Pegasus colt replied, the foals nod and smile, "But Rose didn't feel good, she was hurt!" Pinkie Pie said, "Greenie Gaz said that means keep doing it because they want to feel it even more, and seeing ponies that way is funny." a unicorn filly replied, Pinkie Pie gasped, "Look at that, everypony, she doesn't agree with us, just like your parents'." Crocodile Shears said, "Where are the parents?" Pinkie Pie asked, "The foals drove them out of town when Greenie Gaz began controlling this place." Obsidian replied, shocking Pinkie Pie, "Parents are such killjoys, don't do this, don't do that, so Greenie Gaz taught us to turn on them and physically attack them, and he and these twelve ran them out of town." a second unicorn filly said, "Don't you guys miss them?" Pinkie Pie asked, "Not at all." a second Pegasus filly replied, "How did it feel when you guys ran your own caretakers out of town?" Obsidian asked, "It felt great, now that they're gone, and Greenie Gaz runs this place, we can do whatever we want." a third earth pony colt replied, "Don't you guys regret your actions?" Pinkie Pie asked, "Nope, Greenie Gaz said there's no need to regret if we find it enjoyable." Pear replied, shocking Pinkie Pie. A telegraph is received and Blood Eagle checks it, "Unicorns, Greenie Gaz is done, time to bring him back." Blood Eagle said, and the unicorns cast their magic to bring back Greenie Gaz, he was holding Rose with his front left hoof by the back of her collar, "NO!!" Rose said, "That's right, from now on, you're going to call me father." Greenie Gaz said while smiling menacingly, Rose screamed as she tried to free herself. Pinkie Pie and Obsidian shake around to make the foals lose their grips and they stand up and run to Greenie Gaz, but the foals pull them back and make them fall, Pinkie Pie screamed while Obsidian grunted, "Keep them down, let's wait for the others to finish their job." Greenie Gaz said, and they do. Twenty minutes pass and the telegraph goes off again, Necktie checks it, "They're done, Greenie Gaz." Necktie said, "Good, bring them back, unicorns." Greenie Gaz said, and the unicorn foals cast magic together, Brazen Bull, Spanish Donkey, Iron Maiden, Bamboo, Iron Spider, and Rack reappear, "There, now we can start the main event for tonight." Greenie Gaz said, and he threw Rose to the foals, "Take care of her." Greenie Gaz said, and the foals beat her until she was unconscious, much to Pinkie Pie's horror, "Knock out Obsidian, too." Greenie Gaz said, and Thumbscrew, Tiger Bench, and Pear beat him up until he was unconscious, "My gang, with me, and bring that pink pony with you." Greenie Gaz said, and Pinkie Pie was carried elsewhere by Necktie, Thumbscrew, Tiger Bench, and Pear. Pinkie Pie was carried to the outskirts of the town and the sun was beginning to set, the sand was now a dark orange, the sky was a dark blue violet with some red at the bottom. Pinkie Pie was dropped and Greenie Gaz, Necktie, Blood Eagle, Crocodile Shears, Brazen Bull, Spanish Donkey, Iron Maiden, Bamboo, Iron Spider, Rack, Thumbscrew, Tiger Bench, and Pear surround her, Pear lifts Pinkie Pie up and Necktie punches her in her face with his front left hoof, Pinkie Pie let out a brief scream when she got hit, the punch made her turn around and go towards Rack, he punched her in the face with his front right hoof, Pinkie Pie let out another scream as she got hit, she went towards Greenie Gaz and he punched her in her lower gums with his front left hoof and Pinkie Pie exclaimed and held her gums with her front hoofs while in pain, Blood Eagle kicks Pinkie Pie in her hind right knee with his front right hoof and she fell on the ground, Iron Maiden and Iron Spider walked forward and stomped on the knees of Pinkie Pie's front legs, she screamed in pain, Bamboo laid on top of Pinkie Pie's back and moved his front hoofs forward, he began touching Pinkie Pie's chest area, she screamed loudly as she struggled to get him off, Crocodile Shears and Tiger Bench grabbed Pinkie Pie's hind legs and pulled them apart while Pinkie Pie screamed, Pear walked to her and kicked her in her groin with his front right hoof, Pinkie Pie screamed loudly in pain. Thumbscrew lays down in front of her and punches Pinkie Pie in her nose with his front left hoof, Pinkie Pie exclaimed from the pain, and Thumbscrew quickly leaned forward and forced her to kiss him, Pinkie Pie lets out several grunts while trying to break free, Thumbscrew's breath stank, Brazen Bull and Spanish Donkey go forward and they go behind her, Brazen Bull pulls on Pinkie Pie's mane while Spanish Donkey pulls on her tail, Pinkie Pie grunted in pain, they were muffled since Thumbscrew continued to force himself and Pinkie Pie to kiss one another, he was starting to put his own spit in her mouth, Pinkie Pie struggled and let out muffled grunts, Pinkie Pie had tears in her eyes and cried with her voice muffled, "Alright, guys, I think that's enough, let's get ready for tonight's event." Greenie Gaz said, and they step back while Pinkie Pie laid on the ground, the thirteen stallions begin stomping on her and kicking her and Pinkie Pie screamed in pain, Pinkie Pie cried since it hurt so much, she was soon unconscious from the pain. Pinkie Pie groaned and woke up, it was dark, she saw she was in Obsidian's home, "Obsidian?" Pinkie Pie asked, there was no answer, she tries to move but sees her hoofs were tied to the floor with ropes, all of them were tied in constrictor knots. Pinkie Pie grunts while trying to break free and looked to her right, she saw an unconscious Rose, she had ropes on her hoofs as well, "Rose!" Pinkie Pie said, Rose did not wake up, "Where are you, Obsidian?" Pinkie Pie asked, Obsidian groans and he wakes up outside in the desert sand, "Where am I?" Obsidian asked, "About time you woke up." Necktie said, Obsidian looks forward and saw him and Blood Eagle together, he got defensive the instant he saw them, "Obsidian!" Pinkie Pie said from inside his house, Obsidian hears them and runs to his home, he tries to open the door but it was locked, "Looking for this?" Greenie Gaz asked, Obsidian turns around and saw him holding the key to his home in his front right hoof, "Give it to me!" Obsidian said angrily, "You'll have to catch me first." Greenie Gaz replied as he turned around and ran away, Obsidian chased him. Crocodile Shears and Spanish Donkey pour gasoline around Obsidian's home and he hears it, Obsidian turns around and sees the two throw a match at his home, the two matches hit the gasoline and it sets his home on fire, Obsidian becomes horrified and looks back, he saw Greenie Gaz with the key to his house, he runs away and Obsidian chases him. Pinkie Pie sees the house set on fire and everything began burning, "Rose! Wake up!" Pinkie Pie said, and Rose groans while she did, she smells the smoke and coughs, she wakes up and sees she was in Obsidian's burning home, she screams and struggles to break free of her restraints, she panicked while Pinkie Pie tried to stay calm and tried to free herself as well, Pinkie Pie was scared as well, the two shake around and try to break free from the ropes. Obsidian runs around the desert and tries to go after Greenie Gaz, but Tiger Bench and Pear appear to his sides and punch him, he grunts and fell, he wrestles them and tries to go past them, but Obsidian sees he has not fully recovered from the beating he received earlier, he pushes Tiger Bench and Pear to the sides and runs past them, he chases after Greenie Gaz but Thumbscrew runs up to Obsidian from behind and knocks him down, he grunted as he fell, Thumbscrew began to strangle him, Obsidian gagged as he got choked, "Listen to yourself, Obsidian, you're making the same noise as your sister when she died." Thumbscrew said, Obsidian growls with anger when he was reminded of his sister's death, he grabs Thumbscrew's front hoofs with his own and moves his hoofs off of his neck, he throws Thumbscrew off of himself, he wanted to beat him up, but decided saving Pinkie Pie and Rose was more important, so he chased after Greenie Gaz. Pinkie Pie and Rose continue struggling to break free from their restraints and they were screaming with fear as the fire and smoke gathered around them, "HELP!!" Pinkie Pie yelled, "OBSIDIAN!!" Rose yelled, there was no response, and the two continue to struggle to break free from their restraints. Obsidian runs and pants as he chases after Greenie Gaz to get the key to his house, Iron Spider and Rack tackle Obsidian from his blind spots and Obsidian fought back, but he had no stamina and received beatings from the two, Obsidian hears foals laughing at him and cheering the two on, Obsidian hits the two to the sides and keeps running after Greenie Gaz, who was watching and waiting for him. Obsidian keeps running and Bamboo ran to him from the front and tried to jump on top of him, Obsidian ran to his left and dodged him, but Bamboo grabs his tail and pulls him back, Obsidian bucks him in the face and he fell, Obsidian keeps running after Greenie Gaz and the foals were up ahead, the Pegasi and earth ponies begin throwing objects at him while the unicorns shot him with their magic, he grunts and fell, he groaned in pain while he laid, the foals laugh at seeing him in pain, he crawls forward and goes past the foals, he gets up and continues chasing after Greenie Gaz. Obsidian sees Greenie Gaz was far ahead, he keeps running but an explosion happens right beside his front right hoof, "Whoa!" Obsidian said as he fell, he looks forward and sees Greenie Gaz was firing a cannon at him, much to his shock, Obsidian quickly gets up and keeps running while Greenie Gaz held the string to pull the cannon's friction primer. Obsidian ran as quickly as he could, but Crocodile Shears, Brazen Bull, Spanish Donkey, and Iron Maiden attacked him from his blind spots and attempted to restrain him by holding his hoofs while Greenie Gaz adjusted the cannon so he can shoot Obsidian with it. Obsidian sees Greenie Gaz adjusting the cannon and tried to move around to break free and have Greenie Gaz shoot his four allies, Greenie Gaz fires and the four run away while Obsidian ducked and just barely dodged the cannon shell, he gets back up and runs to Greenie Gaz while the other four chase him. Obsidian sprints to lose the four chasing him, he was close to Greenie Gaz and Necktie and Blood Eagle tackled him from behind, they push him down and begin kicking him, he grunted from each hit. Pinkie Pie and Rose continue trying to break free but could not, "HELP!!" Rose said, and the roof broke, Rose screamed as it fell and it was on fire, "Keep trying, Rose!" Pinkie Pie said, and the two continue to struggle. Obsidian rolls around and tries to dodge Necktie's and Blood Eagle's hits, he hears running and realizes the other ten members of Greenie Gaz's gang were coming, Obsidian bites Necktie and Blood Eagle on their front left hoofs, they grunt and stumble a little, Obsidian stands up and runs to Greenie Gaz. Greenie Gaz runs away while carrying his cannon, but Obsidian runs to him and knocks him down from behind, he grunted in the process. Obsidian checks Greenie Gaz and sees he did not have the key to his house, "What the? Where's the key? WHERE'S THE KEY?!" Obsidian asked, Greenie Gaz snickered, "Check the craters." Greenie Gaz said, Obsidian realizes Greenie Gaz shot the key in the cannon and destroyed it, "What?! NO!!" Obsidian said, Greenie Gaz, his twelve stallions, and the foals laugh at Obsidian, but he decided it was not over, he stood up and ran to his home, he runs and sees another pony running to his home as well, he did not recognize him, Obsidian stops for a minute and watches the pony, he arrived at Obsidian's home shortly afterwards. Pinkie Pie and Rose continue to struggle to break free, "Help! Obsidian!" Pinkie Pie said, but the door to her and Rose's left got knocked down and it fell onto the floor, the two look and see a pony come in, Pinkie Pie saw it was Lee, to her surprise, he ran in while holding onto his hat with his front left hoof, "Lee!" Pinkie Pie said, and he runs to her, he reaches into his coat with his mouth and takes out a knife, he cuts the ropes on Pinkie Pie's hoofs and frees her, he then went over to free Rose and he did. Lee put Rose on his back and while he helped Pinkie Pie up. The three go outside and Obsidian went to them, "Where's somewhere safe?" Lee asked, "There's a mine just behind here." Obsidian replied, the four hear running and saw Greenie Gaz, Necktie, Blood Eagle, Crocodile Shears, Brazen Bull, Spanish Donkey, Iron Maiden, Bamboo, Iron Spider, Rack, Thumbscrew, Tiger Bench, Pear, and the foals running after them, "Come on, we have to go!" Obsidian said, and he put Pinkie Pie on his back and ran. Obsidian and Lee run to the mine while they carried Pinkie Pie and Rose, they sprint while Greenie Gaz, his gang, and the foals chase them, they run as fast they could, Obsidian was having trouble since he was still tired from earlier, but he pushed himself. The four were soon out of town and in the desert, they keep going and they see unmarked gravestones to their rights, they ignore it and keep going. Lee and Obsidian keep running and lose the ponies pursuing them, they see the underground mine and enter it. Obsidian and Lee put Pinkie Pie and Rose down, Lee went to Rose, "Are you alright?" Lee asked, Rose shook her head, "I remember when I saved you from getting hit by the sticks." Lee said, "Wait, that was you?" Rose asked, Lee nodded, "I thought you were just being bullied for being the newcomer, but after seeing what they did, I realized it's a lot worse than I thought, I'm sorry for not intervening earlier." Lee replied, "Where were you, Lee?" Pinkie Pie asked, "Walking around town, I've been hiding from Greenie Gaz and his gang, I didn't come to the burning house earlier because I was looking for a sharp utensil, I heard you two struggling to break free in there." Lee replied, "What happened in Manehattan, Rose?" Obsidian asked, Rose began to cry a bit, "Greenie Gaz went to the law enforcement and accused my parents of abusing me by showing them the wounds he inflicted on me, we were taken to court, and my parents lost, I got disowned by the judge and Greenie Gaz gained custody of me and became my new guardian!" Rose replied, "What's your name, young one?" Lee asked, "Obsidian, and you?" Obsidian asked, "Lee." Lee replied, "Remember me, Lee?" Pinkie Pie asked, "Yes, Pinkie Pie, I remember you." Lee replied, Pinkie Pie smiled, "Do your parents have a telegraph, Rose?" Obsidian asked, "No, but the law enforcement in Manehattan does." Rose replied, "Let's contact them, then." Lee said, "This way." Obsidian replied, and he took Lee to the telegraph, he contacts Manehattan's law enforcement with it and asks about Rose's parents, he got a message back and he and Obsidian saw it, the two were shocked, but they went back, "Well?" Rose asked, "I'm sorry, Rose, but your parents are dead." Lee replied, Pinkie Pie gasped while Rose began to break and started sobbing loudly, Pinkie Pie realized that Brazen Bull, Spanish Donkey, Iron Maiden, Bamboo, Iron Spider, and Rack have killed them, she looks at the exit and saw Greenie Gaz through a small hole in the wall, she glares extremely sharply and angrily at him while he just smiled widely with his teeth exposed, enjoying hearing Rose's cry, he left afterwards, "It's late, we should sleep." Obsidian said, and they do, Pinkie Pie, Obsidian, and Lee gathered around Rose and comforted her while she cried until she fell asleep. Pinkie Pie and Lee wake up early and Obsidian slept in for a few minutes before getting up, Rose wakes up several minutes later and still cried a little, "Are you alright, Rose?" Obsidian asked, Rose shook her head, she continued to cry as her tears fell on her dress, Obsidian rubbed her forehead with his front left hoof, "Look at yourself, so sad and full of grief, you look exactly how I looked when my sister died." Obsidian said, "You lost your sister, Obsidian?" Lee asked, "Yeah, she died three weeks ago, Greenie Gaz gave her poisoned candy." Obsidian replied, "I see, I'm sorry to hear that, I'm going to go out and explore this place a bit." Lee said, "I'll go, too." Pinkie Pie replied, and she took out her party cannon, Lee went to Obsidian and gave him his revolver, "Do you know how to shoot?" Lee asked, "Yes." Obsidian replied hesitantly, "Okay, you know what to do, if you see Greenie Gaz or any of his gang, shoot." Lee said, Obsidian nodded, and he took the rifle off of his back and held it in his front hoofs, he and Pinkie Pie head outside. Lee and Pinkie Pie head outside and explore the place a bit, "What do you do for a living, Lee?" Pinkie Pie asked, "Bounty hunting, I track down criminals in exchange for money." Lee replied, "Do you like your job?" Pinkie Pie asked, "It's alright. What's your job?" Lee asked, "I'm a party planner and party thrower." Pinkie Pie replied, "It's a bit unusual for you to be defending somepony." Lee said, "I grew up on a rock farm, and I have a baby sister to protect, so this isn't my first time." Pinkie Pie replied, Lee smiled and the two arrive at the six unmarked gravestones they saw last night. Lee digs up one of the graves and sees the skeletons of adult ponies, which made Pinkie Pie uneasy, "They must be the parents of the foals in the town." Lee said, "What? But I heard Greenie Meanie drove them out." Pinkie Pie replied, "He probably had them killed afterwards." Lee said, much to Pinkie Pie's shock, she ran to the town while Lee watched. Pinkie Pie ran to the school to see the foals sitting in class with Pear being nowhere to be found, "Excuse me." Pinkie Pie said as she jumped into the class, the foals look at her, "I have something to show you ponies, it's very important, follow me." Pinkie Pie said, and they did. Pinkie Pie took the foals to the unmarked graves and Lee was nowhere to be found, "Look, everypony." Pinkie Pie said, she dug up the graves to reveal the skeletons in the graves, "Hey, it's our parents." a Pegasus colt said, "See, everypony, Greenie Meanie did this." Pinkie Pie said, the foals cheer, which shocked Pinkie Pie, "That means more freedom for us!" an earth pony filly said, "That's right, kids." Greenie Gaz said from behind them, the foals look at them, "I had your parents killed so you all can continue having fun doing whatever you want without them saying no to you guys." Greenie Gaz said, the foals cheer, "Thank you, Greenie Gaz." the foals said, much to Pinkie Pie's horror, she looks and sees Greenie Gaz had a gold pocket watch which looked just like the one Obsidian had, it dangled from his neck, "Come on, kids, we'll deal with her later, we got class to do." Greenie Gaz said, and they went back, Pinkie Pie followed them while rolling her party cannon. Pinkie Pie peeks into the school and sees an earth pony colt waiting in line to sharpen his pencil, a unicorn filly shoves him and cuts him in line, the colt was angry, "Hey, come here." Greenie Gaz said, the colt rolled his eyes and went to him, "How does that feel she did that to you?" Greenie Gaz asked, "I'm mad." the colt replied, "You know what I do when I'm mad?" Greenie Gaz asked, "What?" the colt asked, "Revenge, beat up the pony who wronged me, go on, give it a try." Greenie Gaz replied, and the colt went to filly who cut him in line, he taps her left shoulder with his front left hoof, she turns around and the colt punches her with his front right hoof, she exclaims and fell, the colt grabs her by the neck with his front right hoof and uses the back of his front left hoof to slap her in the face, she screamed from each slap, the colt then punched her again, the colt stands on her abdomen and begins punching her in the face several times, she screamed and was in pain, the colt rolls her over and stands on his hind legs, he kicks her with his hind right hoof and the filly slid across the floor, she screamed and slid until she hit her face on one of the metallic legs of a desk, she hit it so hard, she was bleeding. Greenie Gaz called the colt back while the filly cried, "How did that feel?" Greenie Gaz asked, "It felt great, you were right, revenge does feel good, thank you, Greenie Gaz." the colt replied, "Good boy, now go on and sharpen your pencil and sit, you get extra credit." Greenie Gaz said, the colt smiled and went to sharpen his pencil while Pinkie Pie stood at the window and watched with horror and with her mouth and eyes wide open. Greenie Gaz opens the pocket watch and it plays the same chime as Obsidian's pocket watch, it had the same picture as well, Greenie Gaz smiles menacingly as he looks at the pocket watch, Pinkie Pie was very shocked and worried about Obsidian and Rose at the same time, so she heads back to the mine. Pinkie Pie goes back to the mine and saw Obsidian comforting Rose, who was still grieving, but stopped crying, "Obsidian, about that pocket watch Greenie Meanie has." Pinkie Pie said, "I know, that's Amethyst's pocket watch, he took it from her after she died." Obsidian replied, "Where is she buried?" Rose asked, "With those ponies in those unmarked graves out there." Obsidian replied, Lee came back afterwards, "There's nothing but desert around here, this is the only safe place." Lee said, "That reminds me, Lee, Greenie Meanie's gang is missing." Pinkie Pie said, Obsidian jumps up with surprise, "That means they're about to attack! Come on, we have to get ready!" Obsidian said, and he and Rose ran to the back of the mine while Lee and Pinkie Pie ran to the exit, Pinkie Pie rolled her party cannon while Lee carried his rifle. Pinkie Pie and Lee stood at the entrance of the mine and were ready, "I know Princess Celestia teaches us to forgive, but I don't think these ponies are going to accept it, it's going to be a fight to the point where one side cannot move anymore." Lee said, Pinkie Pie nodded. Running was heard and the two saw Tiger Bench and Pear coming, the two had revolvers with them, they fire and Pinkie Pie screamed as she ducked, Lee aims his rifle and fires, he shoots Pear and he grunts and falls, he fires another bullet after pulling the lever and shoots Tiger Bench, he fell onto the ground next. Pinkie Pie and Lee see nopony else coming, so they decide to go forward to hunt down the others. Thumbscrew saw them leave, he was hiding to their rights in the sandstorm, he enters the mine and runs to Obsidian and Rose, Rose screams while Obsidian quickly fires a bullet from the revolver with his front right hoof, Thumbscrew exclaims in pain and falls, Obsidian pants while Rose watched with fear. Pinkie Pie and Lee run into the town and they hear gunshots, Pinkie Pie screams while she and Lee saw Brazen Bull, Spanish Donkey, Iron Maiden, Bamboo, Iron Spider, and Rack firing at them with pistols, Pinkie Pie fires her party cannon and the confetti and streamers, she breaks part of a building and Spanish Donkey and Iron Maiden fell through the floor, they land and run towards Pinkie Pie, she fires her party cannon again and the streamers and confetti hit the two with such force, they were knocked back and knocked out. Lee ducks while Brazen Bull and Iron Spider fire their pistols at him, Lee fires a bullet from his rifle and the two duck behind wooden rails, Lee watches carefully for the two to come up, Rack aims a rifle at Lee while he was distracted and Pinkie Pie sees him, she fires her party cannon at him and destroyed the window he was hiding behind, along with blowing him out of the building, he falls on the ground and was knocked out. Lee sees Brazen Bull get up and Lee fires, he hits him and he falls, Iron Spider tried to run away, but Lee fires at him and he gets shot and falls, he and Pinkie Pie look for Bamboo and see he was running around while shooting his pistol, he was missing a lot of shots, Pinkie Pie watches him and shoots her party cannon and hits the barrel he was hiding behind, the wooden barrel gets destroyed and Bamboo was shot back and knocked out, the two ran to look for the rest of Greenie Gaz's gang. Obsidian holds up the revolver while Rose watches with fear, gunshots are heard and Obsidian rolls to his right while Rose screams and falls, the bullets hit the wall that was behind the two. Obsidian looks and saw Crocodile Shears firing at them with a pistol, Obsidian fires the revolver and misses him, he fires and misses again, Crocodile Shears was aiming to shoot Rose, Obsidian ran to her and put her behind himself, he fires again and the bullet hits Crocodile Shears, he grunts and falls, Obsidian and Rose pant with fear as they watch. Pinkie Pie and Lee ran around town and objects were thrown at them, they hear foals laughing as it distracted them, Lee fires a bullet into the air to scare them and the foals run away screaming. A cannon was heard and an explosion appears in front of Pinkie Pie and Lee, the two look and saw Greenie Gaz firing his cannon, Necktie stood to his right while Blood Eagle stood to his left, the two fire rifles at them, Lee fires at Blood Eagle and hits him and knocks him out while Pinkie Pie fired at Necktie with her party cannon and he got shot back and knocked out, Pinkie Pie and Lee look and saw Greenie Gaz go into their left blind spots and was running to the mines, Pinkie Pie and Lee chase him, but the foals run to them and begin holding them back, "Go on without me, Pinkie Pie, I'll deal with the foals." Lee said, "But Lee." Pinkie Pie said, "I'll be fine, I'm going to try to talk some sense into them, now go." Lee replied, "Okay, don't give up on us." Pinkie Pie said, and she chases Greenie Gaz, she sees he has dropped Amethyst's pocket watch, so she picks it up and continues chasing Greenie Gaz. Obsidian and Rose realize it was quiet and no noises were heard, "Rose, I'm going to go out and check, wait here." Obsidian said, "Okay." Rose replied, and Obsidian headed outside. Obsidian looks around and holds the revolver out just in case, he arrives at the area of the unmarked graves and cannon fire was heard, he looks and an explosion appeared in front of him, the explosion makes the revolver fall out of his front right hoof, onto the ground, Greenie Gaz snickers as walks forward and rolls his cannon, "Look at that, Obsidian, you have the same fear in your eyes as your sister did when she died." Greenie Gaz said, Obsidian was scared at the moment, he looks and sees his pocket watch fell off as well, Greenie Gaz takes it, "At the end of the chime, we fire, starting now." Greenie Gaz said, and he opens the pocket watch and plays the chime. Obsidian was about to grab the revolver, but saw Greenie Gaz was going to fire at him early if he tried, he watches with fear while Greenie Gaz smiles and glares at the same time, Obsidian becomes nervous and scared as Greenie Gaz was going to fire at him, he watches nervously and the chime was about to end, but the chime was heard to Obsidian's right and Greenie Gaz's left, the two become surprised and look, they see Pinkie Pie coming with her party cannon in her front right hoof, and the pocket watch Greenie Gaz dropped in her front right hoof. Pinkie Pie walks forward and stands in front of Obsidian with her party cannon ready, the two wait for the chime to end while the two were ready to fire at one another, Pinkie Pie glares angrily at Greenie Gaz while he just smiles, the two wait for the chime to end while they continue aiming their cannons. The chime ends and Greenie Gaz lights the flint while Pinkie Pie pulls the string on her party cannon and fires immediately, the confetti and streamers come out quickly and knock Greenie Gaz back, he grunts and falls. Greenie Gaz pants while Pinkie Pie walks to him, she picks up Obsidian's pocket watch, "I win, Greenie Meanie, I am going to let you go, leave town, and don't come back, if you do, I'll be here, waiting for you." Pinkie Pie said, Greenie Gaz looks at her with surprise, "Before you go, tell me, why are you the way you are?" Pinkie Pie asked, "Cause I was bored with my life, my youngest brother and I got in a fight one day, and I beat him, and I liked it, and everything just took off from there." Greenie Gaz replied, "Why do you hurt children for?" Pinkie Pie asked, "I just find it more enjoyable than hurting adults." Greenie Gaz replied, Pinkie Pie was disgusted, "Leave, and never ever come back here, I'll hunt you down if you do." Pinkie Pie said, Greenie Gaz saw she was serious, so he went to get the twelve stallions of his gang and they all left town, "Thank you, Pinkie." Obsidian said, "You're welcome, come on, get Rose, Lee's dealing with the foals." Pinkie Pie replied, and Obsidian did, Obsidian and Rose walk to town with Pinkie Pie. Lee was hitting the foals and doing the same thing to them that they did to Rose, he hit them on their heads with wooden sticks and they cried, "Doesn't feel very good now, does it?" Lee asked, the foals shook their heads, "This is the feeling that filly felt, I hope you all now understand the pain you all have caused." Lee said, and he let them down while the foals cried, Pinkie Pie, Obsidian, and Rose trot to him, "Greenie Gaz is gone." Obsidian said, "I know, I just disciplined the foals, I say you and I stay here a bit, Pinkie Pie, for Obsidian's and Rose's safeties." Lee replied, Pinkie Pie nodded, "Let's go home." Obsidian said, and he did, he saw his home did not burn down completely, so he, Lee, and Pinkie Pie worked to fix it. A week passes and the damages was done, Rose was no longer being bullied in school, and the oldest foal in class was now the teacher, Obsidian called for Pinkie Pie, Lee, and Rose that afternoon, "Come on, guys, let's take a picture." Obsidian said, "Why?" Rose asked, "Because I consider you three my new family." Obsidian replied, "You mean...?" Rose asked, "Yes, Rose, I'm going to adopt you." Obsidian replied, Rose exclaimed with happiness and hugged Obsidian, "Thank you, Obsidian." Rose said while crying tears of joy, "So, uh, why me and Lee too for?" Pinkie Pie asked, "Because you two remind me of my sister as well, Rose had her kindness and friendliness, you have her love of parties and desire to have fun, Pinkie, and Lee has her determination to fight injustice, all three of you remind me of her." Obsidian replied, Pinkie Pie and Lee smiled, "Well, isn't that nice." Lee said, and the two stand with them, the camera goes off and the picture was taken. The picture comes out and Obsidian cuts it into an oval shape, it had him, Rose, Pinkie Pie, and Lee in it, he opens his pocket watch and takes out his picture of himself and Amethyst and puts in the new picture, he hangs the old picture on the wall, "That reminds me, here you go, Obsidian." Pinkie Pie said as she tried to hand Amethyst's pocket watch to Obsidian, "It's fine, Pinkie, you can keep it." Obsidian said, "Really?" Pinkie Pie asked, Obsidian nodded, "I'll give you two my telegraph information at my new home, so if trouble comes, you know who to call." Lee said, "Really? Thank you, Lee." Rose replied, Lee smiled, "Well, I guess it's time to hit the road, bye, everypony." Lee said, "Bye." Obsidian, Rose, and Pinkie Pie replied, they hug one another and Pinkie Pie went to Ponyville while Lee went to his destination. Pinkie Pie and Star Pony still stood by Ragdoll's grave, "So, what happened to them?" Star Pony asked, "I don't know, I haven't stayed in touch with them." Pinkie Pie replied, they hear walking and saw Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Rarity, Applejack, Toy Maker, Doll Maker, Ice Blower, Frosty, Snow, Blizzard, Freeze, Igloo, Penguin, and Snowflake coming, they all had ice cream, Twilight Sparkle held two ice cream cones with her telekinesis, they arrive, "Sorry we took so long, we had to wait in a long line." Fluttershy said, "It's fine." Star Pony replied, "We didn't know what you two wanted, so we just chose at random." Twilight Sparkle said, "Ooh, is that strawberry for me?" Pinkie Pie asked, "Yes, yes, it is, Pinkie." Twilight Sparkle replied, "We got you vanilla, Star Pony." Applejack said, "Thanks." Star Pony replied, and Twilight Sparkle gave the ice cream cones to the two. The ponies lick it and Star Pony thought the ice cream was strange, "You don't like it, Star Pony?" Toy Maker asked, "I do, I just find ice cream to be strange." Star Pony said, he looks back at where he used to sleep, the ponies see dirty water there, and the trash Star Pony had to eat to survive before Pinkie Pie found him, his teeth marks were still on them, "Is that what you had to eat?" Snowflake asked, "Yeah, before Pinkie Pie found me." Star Pony replied, "Oh, Celestia, you would've died from malnutrition." Freeze said, Star Pony looked down with sorrow, "Uh, Pinkie Pie, Ah think ya should let Star Pony stay on mah farm one day so he can get to know about our family, and maybe nurse him back to health, Granny Smith can take care of him." Applejack said, "Yeah, he's still coughing and sneezing a bit." Doll Maker replied, "I can see he's still underweight and unhealthy, I think I have potions to help, too." Twilight Sparkle said, "Thank you, all of you." Star Pony replied, "You're welcome, darling." Rarity said, "Well, it's getting late, do you want to stay here, Star Pony?" Toy Maker asked, "Yeah, I'll catch up." Star Pony replied, "I'll stay here, too, I've got things to tell Pinkie Pie." Ice Blower said, "Okay, don't get cold." Frosty replied, and everypony except Pinkie Pie, Star Pony, and Ice Blower left. Ice Blower went to Star Pony and checked on him, "You know, Star Pony, I lost a lot of opportunities in my childhood, too, my fear of girls prevented me from making many friends." Ice Blower said, "Really?" Star Pony asked, "Yeah, Pinkie Pie helped me, too, and remember, her family and my family are friends, that includes you, too." Ice Blower replied, Star Pony smiled, Pinkie Pie smiled at seeing her very first two special friends getting along, "I was your first special friend, right, Pinkie Pie?" Ice Blower asked, "No, second." Pinkie Pie replied, "Second?" Ice Blower asked, "Star Pony was my first special friend." Pinkie Pie replied, Ice Blower smiled and the three hug one another, "It's getting late, we should go." Pinkie Pie said, and they all leave to go home. Three weeks pass and Pinkie Pie was in Sugarcube Corner, Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Applejack sat at a table while Pinkie Pie was behind the counter. Pinkie Pie works while her five friends converse about their day, the door at the bottom opens and Pinkie Pie looks, she sees a dehydrated and hungry Obsidian crawl inside with desert sand on his face. Pinkie Pie sees him and becomes shocked, "Obsidian!" Pinkie Pie said as she ran from behind the counter and to him, her five friends look at her, they stand up and trot to her to see Obsidian, they become shocked when they see him, "Obsidian!" Pinkie Pie said with worry, Obsidian groans and looks up at Pinkie Pie, "Greenie Gaz is back. He's poisoned Rose." Obsidian said weakly before becoming unconscious. Pinkie Pie and her five friends had horrified faces, "Poison?!" Rarity asked, "Obsidian, wake up! Where's Rose?" Pinkie Pie asked, coughing was heard outside and Pinkie Pie realized it was Rose, she and her five friends run out and see her on the ground, Pinkie Pie gasped, "Rose!" Pinkie Pie said, she checks her and saw Rose was unconscious, Rose continued to cough violently, her five friends ran to her, they all look and see a wrapper of candy in one of her pockets, Pinkie Pie realized what happened and gasped with horror, "What is it, Pinkie?" Fluttershy asked, "Greenie Gaz killed Obsidian's sister with poisoned candy many years ago, he used the same thing on Rose." Pinkie Pie replied, shocking her friends, Twilight Sparkle picked up Rose with her telekinesis, "You guys take care of Obsidian, I'll look for a cure for Rose." Twilight Sparkle said, and she teleported to her castle with Rose. Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Applejack took Obsidian into Sugarcube Corner and try to wake him by throwing water onto his face, Fluttershy tried to make him drink the water, he groans after a lot of water was thrown onto him, "You okay, buddy?" Rainbow Dash asked, "Where's Pinkie?" Obsidian asked weakly, Pinkie Pie ran to him, "I'm right here, Obsidian." Pinkie Pie said, Obsidian sees her, "Need telegraph." Obsidian said weakly, and Pinkie Pie dashed away and came back with it, Obsidian begins to look for Lee's telegraph address, he finds it but passed out afterwards, Pinkie Pie looks and saw what Obsidian was doing, so she begins sending the message while the other four looked at her with a confused face. Lee was in his home and his telegraph goes off, he goes to go check it, "Lee, it's Pinkie Pie, Greenie Gaz has come back and hurt Obsidian, Rose is poisoned, too, we're in Ponyville." the message read, Lee runs and gets his revolver, he sheathes it and then puts his duster coat and hat on, he puts his rifle on his back and runs to the train, he boards the train to Ponyville and heads there. Twilight Sparkle runs around in her castle and goes through her books to look for the type of poison the candy had on it, Rose coughed while she was unconscious, "How is she?" Twilight Sparkle asked, "Still the same." Spike replied, "Hang in there, Rose, we're working on it." Starlight Glimmer said, and Twilight Sparkle examines a piece of candy under a microscope to examine the poison, "What the? I don't recognize this type of poison." Twilight Sparkle said, "What does it look like?" Spike asked, "It's all light gray and urchin shaped, I've never seen a poison like this before." Twilight Sparkle replied, and she goes through all of her books to look for the type of poison it is, her books were easy to find since they were sorted in alphabetical order, she realizes the poison was not in her books, "The poison isn't in any of my books!" Twilight Sparkle said, Spike and Starlight Glimmer become shocked, "What do we do?!" Starlight Glimmer asked, "Come on, we have to see Zecora." Twilight Sparkle replied, and she teleported herself and the other three to Zecora's hut. Pinkie Pie loaded her party cannon and got ready for Greenie Gaz and his gang while her friends attended to Obsidian, he began to wake up while Rarity forced water down his throat with telekinesis, "Obsidian, dear?" Rarity asked, he opened his eyes, "Pinkie Pie?" Obsidian asked, "I'm here." Pinkie Pie replied, Obsidian sighs with relief, "Good, I made it on time." Obsidian said, "What happened, Obsidian?" Fluttershy asked, "Shortly after Rose ate the candy and got poisoned, Greenie Gaz and his gang broke into my home and physically attacked me, they forced me to crawl through the desert with Rose on my back for two days with no food or water, I only found Pinkie Pie here since she's famous throughout Equestria for her parties and solving friendship problems." Obsidian said, shocking the five mares, "You didn't check the telegraph address?" Applejack asked, "I was going to, but it was too late, Rose was excited to receive candy and ate it on impulse, it also came with a letter that said it was a gift from Lee, that was when I checked the letter and saw it was from that hotel in our town, that was when Greenie Gaz and his gang broke into my home and attacked me." Obsidian replied, "What did you need that telegraph earlier for?" Rainbow Dash asked, "Contact Lee for help." Obsidian replied, "I already contacted him, Obsidian, he's on his way." Pinkie Pie said, "Good, I now need to find Rose." Obsidian replied, "Relax, Obsidian, Rose is with another friend of ours, she's tryin' to create an antidote to cure Rose's poison." Applejack said, "There's another reason, Greenie Gaz and his gang most likely already know we're here, so they're coming, too." Obsidian replied, "Don't worry, buddy, we're ready to fight them." Rainbow Dash said, "Yes, I won't allow such ruffians to attack a filly trying to grow up to be a lady." Rarity said, "Thanks, all of you." Obsidian replied, and they continue getting ready. Zecora was in her hut and she sees Twilight Sparkle, Spike, Starlight Glimmer, and Rose appear, which surprised her, "I'm sorry, Zecora, but it's an emergency." Twilight Sparkle said, "Instead of you knocking on my door from out there, what is it that brings you to teleport in here?" Zecora asked, "It's this filly, Zecora, she's poisoned, the poison's in the candy, but I don't recognize it." Twilight Sparkle replied, Zecora takes a piece of the candy and examines it with her own supplies, Rose coughs violently while Starlight Glimmer and Spike become worried. Zecora examines the poison and she became extremely horrified, "What is it, Zecora?" Spike asked, "This poison is from a creature called a lavellan, it is not native to this land." Zecora replied, "How does its poison work?" Starlight Glimmer asked, "Its poison clogs up the veins, causing the victim to pass out from excruciating pain." Zecora replied, much to Twilight Sparkle's Spike's, and Starlight Glimmer's horror, Rose coughed violently and blood came out of her mouth, Starlight Glimmer and Spike hold her down, "You should not fear, I have the recipe to create the cure right here." Zecora said, and she turns to the page, "Come on, we have to hurry." Twilight Sparkle said, and she runs to help. Obsidian was being nursed back to health while Pinkie Pie fed him to have Obsidian get his energy back, "Why was Rose outside when ya came here for?" Applejack asked, "Coincidence, she fell off my back when I came here, and I recognized the place, so I went in to get Pinkie Pie for help." Obsidian replied, "How are you feeling?" Fluttershy asked, "Better." Obsidian replied, "Well, nothing yet, but let's stay here just in case." Rainbow Dash said, and they all continue nursing Obsidian back to health. Twilight Sparkle and Zecora run around the hut to create the cure, Rose continued to cough and it was getting worse, "Hold on, Rose, we're almost done." Twilight Sparkle said, and they finish making it, the antidote was a pink liquid, Twilight Sparkle carries it with her telekinesis and runs to Rose, she places the antidote into Rose's mouth and has her swallow it. Twilight Sparkle, Spike, Starlight Glimmer, and Zecora watch worriedly while Rose pants quietly, she opens her eyes and sees them, she quickly stands up, "Obsidian? Where's Obsidian?" Rose asked, "Rose, it's okay, Obsidian is with Pinkie Pie." Twilight Sparkle replied, Rose became relieved, "Who are you guys?" Rose asked, "I'm Twilight Sparkle, this is Spike, that's Starlight Glimmer, and that's Zecora, we're Pinkie Pie's friends." Twilight Sparkle replied, Rose sighed with relief, "I was scared you all were working for Greenie Gaz." Rose said, "Of course not, come on, let's take you to Sugarcube Corner." Starlight Glimmer replied, and she teleported herself, Twilight Sparkle, Spike, and Rose to Sugarcube Corner. Pinkie Pie waited for Lee and everypony saw Twilight Sparkle, Spike, Starlight Glimmer, and Rose appear, "Obsidian!" Rose said happily, she ran to him and the two hugged one another, they all hear the train arrive, "Pinkie Pie?" the ponies and Spike hear Lee ask, Pinkie Pie trotted outside, "Lee, over here." Pinkie Pie said, and he runs to her, the two enter Sugarcube Corner and Lee sees Obsidian and Rose, he runs to them and hugs them, he lets go, "I heard Greenie Gaz was back, so I hurried." Lee said, "He's back in our town, he's took control of it again, he sent us candy under the guise of it being a gift from you, Rose ate it and got poisoned." Obsidian replied, "How did it say it was from me?" Lee asked, "A telegraphed letter came with it." Rose replied, "Did you find out where it came from?" Lee asked, "That hotel Tiger Bench ran, he's back, too." Obsidian replied, "What?! He's back, too?!" Pinkie Pie asked, Obsidian nodded, "Necktie, Blood Eagle, Spanish Donkey, Rack, Pear, all twelve members of Greenie Gaz's gang came back." Obsidian replied, "Wait, so in total, there's thirteen of them?!" Rainbow Dash asked with shock, "Yes, I have their bounty posters right here." Lee replied, and he takes them out of his coat, Pinkie Pie's friends looks at them and memorizes their faces carefully, Pinkie Pie looks at Greenie Gaz's bounty picture, he was smiling menacingly with his teeth exposed, Pinkie Pie glares extremely sharply at it, "You alright, Pinkie?" Rainbow Dash asked, they see her glaring at Greenie Gaz's portrait, "I told the law enforcement at the area I live at about them, I also gave details on how they look, I did it as soon as I went there." Lee said, "Wait, I'm losing track, what happened?" Twilight Sparkle asked, "Shortly before Lee and Pinkie left, Pinkie Pie told Greenie Gaz and his gang to leave our town, they were traveling around Equestria at that time." Obsidian replied, "Ah, so that's what happened." Twilight Sparkle said, "Um, I wanna go home now." Rose said, "Alright, let's go, then." Obsidian replied, "I'll go with you guys." Pinkie Pie said, "I'm coming, too." Lee said, and the four exit, Pinkie Pie's friends left shortly after they did. Pinkie Pie, Obsidian, Rose, and Lee head south and were going back to Obsidian's hometown, Pinkie Pie had her party cannon with her just in case, they were on the border of Ponyville and gunshots were heard, Rose screams and hides while Pinkie Pie got her party cannon ready while Lee aimed his rifle, the four look and see Necktie, Blood Eagle, Crocodile Shears, Brazen Bull, Spanish Donkey, Iron Maiden, Bamboo, Iron Spider, Rack, Thumbscrew, Tiger Bench, and Pear shooting at them, "It's them! They must've been waiting for us!" Obsidian said, cannon fire was heard and an explosion appears in front of them, Pinkie Pie screams as she fell, they look and saw Greenie Gaz all the way in the back with his cannon. The four run back to Ponyville and Greenie Gaz and his gang chase them, they run back and everypony was looking at them, cannon fire was heard and the four jump forward with Rose's hat falling off, the ground exploded, the four get up and look back, they see the twelve members of Greenie Gaz arrive from behind the debris, they had knives and pistols with them, Pinkie Pie's friends recognize them and run over to help. Pinkie Pie and Lee get up and they fire their weapons, Pinkie Pie fires her party cannon and hits Rack, Thumbscrew, Tiger Bench, and Pear, but they got back up and continued running forward, Lee fires his rifle and hits Spanish Donkey, he fell to the ground, he fires again and hits Thumbscrew, he grunted and fell onto the ground. Lee was about to fire again but purple and light blue zaps hit Crocodile Shears and Iron Spider, the four look back and see Twilight Sparkle and Starlight Glimmer firing magic from their horns. Bamboo sneaks up on Pinkie Pie and jumps onto her from behind, she screams and he begins touching her chest, she screams with shock and Thumbscrew ran to in front of her and forced her to kiss him once again, Pinkie Pie let out muffled screams as she tried to get them off. A light blue zap explodes on them and sends them flying away, "You disgusting ruffians! How dare you force yourselves onto a lady!" Rarity said angrily, she ran to Pinkie Pie while she coughed, Rarity checked to make sure Pinkie Pie was alright and patted her back with her front right hoof. Rainbow Dash flew down and fought Necktie and Blood Eagle, she was able to hold them off with some ease, Fluttershy commands her birds and they begin pecking Greenie Gaz's gang, a cannon was fired and the explosion scared them away. A rock is thrown and it explodes when it hit the ground, it sent all twelve members of Greenie Gaz's gang flying away, they look back and saw Maud Pie has come to help, "Maud!" Pinkie Pie said happily, "Nopony hurts my sister." Maud Pie said, they look and see all twelve members of Greenie Gaz's gang get up, they split up and go to attack them from elsewhere. The members of Geenie Gaz's gang begin firing at them with their guns, Twilight Sparkle just uses her telekinesis to bring all twelve of them together, a loud cannon was heard from behind Pinkie Pie and her friends, they look and to Pinkie Pie's surprise, Cheese Sandwich has arrived to help, "Alright, we're here, gather 'em up." Applejack said as she ran to them, they saw her and Big Macintosh arrive with lassos. Applejack and Big Macintosh tie up the ponies while the others except for Rose gathers them up, Obsidian was attacked from behind while everypony was distracted and Greenie Gaz began to drag him away, Pinkie Pie sees them and runs after them. The ponies finish tying up the others, "How many are there?" Cheese Sandwich asked, "Thirteen." Rose replied, "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve." Lee said, "What?!" Rose asked, the others count, "There's only twelve, one's missing." Starlight Glimmer said, they look to see who was present, "Greenie Gaz himself is missing." Lee said, Rose looks around, "Obsidian?" Rose asked, the others look around and saw he and Pinkie Pie were gone, "I'll go look for Pinkie Pie." Maud Pie said, "Alright, we'll look for Obsidian." Twilight Sparkle replied, and they split up to look for them. Pinkie Pie runs while rolling her party cannon and saw a battered and bruised Obsidian on the ground, "Obsidian!" Pinkie Pie said as she went to him, she checked him and heard him panting, Greenie Gaz chuckles, "It's been a long time, Pinkie Pie." Greenie Gaz said, "Greenie Meanie." Pinkie Pie said while snarling her teeth, "I really hate the name." Greenie Gaz said, "You did it, you poisoned Rose." Obsidian said, "Yes, she was going to die just like your sister, you should've seen her, Pinkie Pie, making faces of agony and writhing in pain, while Obsidian cried like a baby, it was beautiful." Greenie Gaz said, Pinkie Pie was angry, "You and I are actually similar, Pinkie Pie, I make ponies smile and laugh, too, just like you, I could've been the bearer of the Element of Laughter." Greenie Gaz said, the very thought made Pinkie Pie very uncomfortable, "A pony who makes other ponies smile and laugh through hurting other ponies is not what I do, you and I are not similar at all! I can make you smile and laugh, too, Greenie Gaz." Pinkie Pie said, "I'll be smiling and laughing when you die a slow and painful death, words cannot describe how much I hate you." Greenie Gaz replied, Pinkie Pie realized he cannot be reasoned with, Greenie Gaz aims his cannon at her, "I never got over you shooting me, it's payback time." Greenie Gaz said, and the two focus. Pinkie Pie glares sharply at Greenie Gaz while he just watches, Pinkie Pie was angry while Greenie Gaz was confident and smiling at her, Obsidian was on the ground and watching, currently too weak to get up from still being exhausted from crawling to Ponyville and the beating he just received from Greenie Gaz. Pinkie Pie grabs the string of her party cannon with her front left hoof while Greenie Gaz grabs his cannon's primer with his front right hoof, the two focus on one another and were about to fire, Pinkie Pie continues glaring while Greenie Gaz continues smiling, Obsidian watches nervously and was scared that Greenie Gaz was going to fire at him instead, he watches the two and noticed Pinkie Pie having flashbacks of what Greenie Gaz did to her, himself, and Rose, it made Pinkie Pie angry, Greenie Gaz noticed it and smiled wider. Pinkie Pie and Greenie Gaz get ready to fire at one another and focus, Greenie Gaz presses the primer down while Pinkie Pie pulls her party cannon's string. A big explosion happens and streamers and confetti flew out everywhere, Greenie Gaz's cannon got destroyed into many pieces and Greenie Gaz grunts while he was shot into the air and falls onto the ground, rolling back. The other ponies hear the cannon and see the confetti and streamers, Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Rarity, Applejack, Big Macintosh, Starlight Glimmer, Spike, Rose, and Lee run, they arrive and see Pinkie Pie and Obsidian, "Obsidian!" Rose said as she ran to him and checked on him, she saw he was wounded, they hear Greenie Gaz groan and see him and the remains of his cannon, "There he is." Applejack said as she and Big Macintosh ran to him, they use their lassos and tie him up, Big Macintosh carries him to where his gang was at and saw they had all of them. Twilight Sparkle contacts Canterlot with her magic and the royal guards arrive, they put Greenie Gaz and his gang in a carriage and fly away, "What's going to happen to them?" Rose asked, "They're going to stand trial in Canterlot, Princess Celestia will decide their sentences, but no matter what their sentence is, they will never be coming after you or Obsidian ever again." Twilight Sparkle replied, "Greenie Gaz is the reason why I don't use a party gun, he used one himself, and it turned out to be a real gun, and he would shoot foals with it." Pinkie Pie said, "How have those foals been, Obsidian?" Lee asked, "Better, they don't bully others anymore because of you." Obsidian replied, the others smile, "Well, I can't move, we're going to be here for a few days, Rose." Obsidian said, "That's okay, we can stay with Pinkie Pie." Rose replied, "Ooh, I'd love that, come on, let's go!" Pinkie Pie said, and she hopped to Sugarcube Corner while Obsidian crawled there and Rose helped him move. Pinkie Pie had Obsidian and Rose stay in Sugarcube Corner for the time, Lee stayed with them as well, Pinkie Pie gave Obsidian and Rose baked goods, Rose ate them all and loved them, "Careful, Rose, you'll ruin your health if you eat too much." Obsidian said, "That reminds me, Obsidian, I have something to show you." Pinkie Pie said, and she goes into her party planning cave and comes out with Amethyst's pocket watch, much to Obsidian's surprise, "This whole time, you kept it?" Obsidian asked, "Yup." Pinkie Pie replied, Obsidian smiled, "I guess it meant a lot to her, Obsidian." Lee said, "It does, trinkets from my friends are always special." Pinkie Pie replied, Obsidian, Rose, and Lee smiled. Maud Pie entered Sugarcube Corner a few minutes later, "Excuse me, Pinkie, I'd like to know your history with them." Maud Pie said, "Who is this, Pinkie?" Rose asked, "This is Maud, my big sister." Pinkie Pie replied, and the four explain their experiences to her, "I see, I was in college at that time, I would've came to help if I knew about it." Maud Pie said, "It's alright, we still managed to hold them off." Lee replied, "I'm proud of you, Pinkie." Maud Pie said, Pinkie Pie hugged her, "Pinkie, you have to let go, I have to go now." Maud Pie said, and they have fun for the rest of the day. Four days pass and Pinkie Pie's friends came to check on Obsidian when she had to work, Rarity came with new outfits for Rose to try out, Obsidian recovered and he, Rose, and Lee were leaving, they all hug Pinkie Pie, "Well, it's time for me to board the train." Lee said, "Thank you, Lee, you too, Pinkie Pie." Rose said, "You're welcome, and remember, I'm always here." Pinkie Pie replied, "Come on, Rose, let's go." Obsidian said, and Rose gets on his back, Obsidian walks home while Lee boards the train and Pinkie Pie watched and smiled as they went their separate ways to live in peace.