//------------------------------// // The Creepy Tunnel // Story: Pinkie & the Candy Factory // by Zenitram Nadroj //------------------------------// Cadance shakes her head and turns to the stallion. “Mr. Blonka, I warned you if there were any casualties, I would report this to the princesses.”, Cadance says. “I’m sorry, Your Majesty, but that won’t be necessary.”, Blonka says. “And why not?” “Because your stallion companion along with the others signed the contract. Which means my factory is officially immune to lawsuits.” “What?! Are you serious?!”, Jack Pot asks. “It was in the fine print.” “Gee, Cadance, I thought you of all ponies would’ve understood the circumstances of signing a contract.”, Stygievee comments. “I’m gonna need a vacation after this fiasco.”, Cadance sighs. “Hey, Blonka, what kind of twisted factory are you running, anyhow?”, Wind asks. “Damas y caballeros.”, he says. “Ahora vamos a hacer un pequeno gran viaje en barco.” “Does anypony know what this guy is saying?”, Jack Pot asks. “Te gustaria subir a bordo del Blonkatania?” A boat with a Para-Barasprite at the steering wheel and two operating the motor, then enters the room and stops at the runway. “Ooohhh. I’ve never seen a boat that can travel on melted chocolate.”, Pinkie says. “Then again there’s no logic in the context of this whole story, but still.” “I wonder if we can eat it.”, Nana says. “Nice touch, Mr. Blonka.”, Wind says. “You certainly are full of surprises.” “There’s no need for compliments. All I ask is for all of you to climb aboard.” The ponies all get on the boat and Blonka heads to the front of it. “Gee, I’m sure glad Applejack isn’t on this thing. She wouldn’t go two seconds without getting sea sick. Or chocolate sick in this case.” “Alright, everypony. Prepare to be dazzled by this boat ride.” “What could be more dazzling than this whole room. I mean look at it, everything is edible. I’m not sure exactly what could be more exotic than this. Unless there’s some sort of other edible room, but that would be pointless if there were two edible rooms. Wait now that I think about it, what if every room in this factory is edible? How would the entire factory run if every room was edible? And is it possible that some of those Para-Barasprites have already eaten some of those rooms? Somepony should check on them to see if they haven’t gotten into anymore misch-” Nana suddenly puts her hoof on Pinkie’s mouth. “Pinkie, don’t you think the readers are staring to get tired of your rambling?”, she asks. “Sorry, Nana.”, Pinkie says through her grandmother’s hoof. The Para-Barasprite rings the bell signaling the two in the back to start pedaling the motor. The boat then starts to move down the river. “I wish my travel cart could be a boat. That way I can perform at sea.”, Trixie says. “If you ask me, what that mare needs is a good kick in her flanks.”, Nana says. Pinkie giggles. “Good one, Nana.” “I can hear you, you know. Don’t make me take your mouth again, because I’m not afraid to do it again.” “So glad my husband isn’t here. He’s not good with boats.”, Cadance says. “Cadance, are you saying Shining gets sea sick as well?”, Pinkie asks. “Well, actually he gets air sick. He almost lost his lunch fifteen times when we went on that zeppelin. It’s the motion of this boat that’s the same as the zeppelin.” “Well it looks like there’s one thing Shining and Applejack have in common.” They both laugh. They then see a tunnel up ahead. “Wait a second? Why is there a tunnel? And what’s inside that thing?”, Wind Rider asks. “I don’t know. But I’ve got a bad feeling about this.”, Jack Pot says. “Blonka, you better get us off this thing.” “Welcome to the tunnel of the unexpected. All sorts of wonders await you here.”, Blonka says. “Now let’s go faster.” As they enter the tunnel, the Para-Barasprites in the back start pedaling faster, causing the boat to go faster. All of the ponies on board start exclaiming in concern. Strange lights then start flashing around the boat. They then see Blonka smiling as if he is oblivious to what’s happening right now. “Hey, Blonka, what are you smiling about?”, Jack asks. “You’re not even seeing what’s happening right now.”, Wind asks. “You’re right. I’m not seeing, because I know exactly what’s going to happen right now.”, he says with a straight face. “Uh, Nana. Even I think what Mr. Blonka just said is starting to make me nervous.”, Pinkie says. “Nervous, but excited?”, Nana asks. “You know me so well.”, she giggles. “This is starting to get creepy.”, Trixie says. As she says that, an image of a manticore appears. They suddenly scream at it. “That’s it! I want off this thing right now!”, her father shouts. They then see cockatrice hatchlings emerging from their eggs. Looking deformed and slimey. “Ugh. Now I’m about to lose my lunch.”, Cadance says. “What is going on here?”, Stygivee asks. A chimera glaring appears next. “Look, buster, are you playing any games right now? Because I’m not having fun!”, Wind shouts. “Dad, you probably shouldn’t shout at him.”, Lightning says with worry. They then see a cragadile crushing a pony shaped skull with its jaws. They then scream at it. Suddenly an image of Chaosworth appears for a brief second. Pinkie turns to her grandmother. “Nana.” “No. It couldn’t be.” They then start getting more and more frightened the further they go. A hydra then starts eating its food in a disgusting manner. Blonka then starts giving a melody as they keep going in. (Song for This Scene Here) Just when the ponies couldn’t see anymore terror, a bug bear appears with its stinger ready to strike. “Make him stop this thing!”, Trixie begs. “Blonka, this trip is over!”, her father shouts. “Indeed it is. Stop the boat!”, he says. The Para-Barasprites finally stop the boat. “Here we are. Hope you all enjoyed your boat ride.” The ponies are shaking in fear as they leave the boat. “Did that really just happen?”, Pinkie says. “That was more insane than us going against the Tantabus.” “Well, I’ll never look at fear the same way again.”, Stygivee says. They then approach a door that has ‘Invention Room’ above it. Pinkie and Nana see a storage room next to it with its contents displayed in front of the door. “What’s this?”, Pinkie asks. “Dairy cream?” “Whipped cream?”, Nana says. “Coffee cream?” “Vanilla cream?” “Mane cream?”, they both ask. “Watashinotomodachi, watashi no chui o kudasai.”, Blonka says. “Great, now he’s speaking more languages.”, Cadance says. “Anata wa ima mottomo kyomibukaku, soshite dojini watashi no kojo no mottomo himitsu no heya ni yattekimashita.” “You think we should’ve brought a linguist with us?”, Wind asks. “Minasan, inbentorirumu.” He then unlocks the lock and opens the doors. “Alright. Just remember. No messing around in this room. No touching , no tasting, no telling. Understood?” “No telling? What for?”, Jack asks. “Inside are my most top secret inventions. Every single invention that’s being planned, built and tested are all in here.”, he explains. “Old Chaosworth will stop at nothing to get his paw and claw on one of them. He’d even resort to manipulating an innocent foal to try and take one of my inventions. So do not touch a thing. Got it? Good, let’s go.” They then enter the room closing the door behind them.