The six all come to the edge of the Everfree Forest. Twilight looks at Pinkie, “Mind telling me how exactly you know where she went?”
Pinkie smiles, “Communication, remember?” She bounces forward, “Come on! There’s no time to lose!”
They all rush after Pinkie, yet Pinkie doesn’t slow down.
Until, very suddenly, Pinkie stops. She shouts, “Stop!” The others barely manage to skid to a halt before a drop. Pinkie starts to bounce sideways, “There’s a bridge over here.”
The others all sigh, and follow after until Pinkie stops once more. They all look up to see Pinkie staring down a old pony, “I am the Bridgekeeper! I shall keep this bridge. If you wish to get across this bridge, you must answer three questions.”
Pinkie narrows her eyes, “You aren’t supposed to be here.”
The Bridgekeeper looks on back, “A pony has called me back to life, and I answered. The Moon was threatened, and knew you can’t answer these questions.”
Applejack steps up, and takes Pinkie’s place, “Ask me your questions, then.”
The Bridgekeeper smiles, “What is your favorite color?”
Applejack nods, “Blue.”
The Bridgekeeper nods, “What is your name?”
Applejack smiles, “Steve Rodgers.”
The Bridgekeeper narrows his eyes, “Hmm... technically true. Very well then. What is the average air velocity of a laden Griffin?”
Applejack pauses, and Pinkie interrupts. Her higher rate of speech coming through, “Equestrian or Griffonian?”
The Bridgekeeper pauses, “What?”
With that utterance, he flies away, leaving the bridge open. Applejack slowly follows after, “How did you know that?”
Pinkie smiles, “Powers beyond your comprehension!”
Once again, Pinkie bounces ahead at nearly impossible speeds. It is no wonder, then, that she ended up running into a tree.
The others catch up, only to see a very odd looking creature standing over Pinkie. Twilight takes a step forward, but this created then looks up at them.
It is like a pony, but it’s wings have become those of a bat’s, and it’s horn is pure black. It has fangs coming out of it’s mouth, and it’s eyes are green and reptilian. It’s mane are dark blue and black, and it’s body is covered in holes. It’s horn lights up with green magic, and the five all collapse into sleep. It then turns to Pinkie, and tries to start it’s feeding.
Within Pinkie’s mind is a nightmare. The original Pinkie’s voice has faded away, leaving only Loki to the mind. He finds himself somewhere dark, with fire burning all around him.
He looks around, now in his Frost Giant form, yet still in his green attire. He looks up, and sees Odin standing there, glaring down at Loki. On his fist, is the Infinity Gauntlet, now with the Space Stone within.
Odin looks at the dagger near his throat, held in Loki’s hands. He tilts his head, “You would betray me once more? You think you could kill me? You always were a traitor, and I never should have trusted you.”
His other hand reaches out, and picks up Loki by his throat.
Loki chokes, and Odin smiles, “You always were a failure compared to your brother. Not even a Asgardian, but filth given a royal life. You betrayed us to take over, you betrayed us by invading Earth, and now you’ve betrayed us by giving the Space Stone away so freely. You are a traitor and a failure, Loki. You never should’ve been a god.”
Loki’s hands pry at the hand around his neck, but they cannot pry it free.
Odin tilts his head, “Are you scared, Loki? Now you know how the humans felt. Do you know how many you killed? Do you know how many died in New York!?” Odin shifts into Thor, and his brother continues the shouting, “How many the Grandmaster killed while you were friends with him!? How many Hela killed because you couldn’t stop your tricks?! Half of the universe was killed, all because you couldn’t hold onto the Space Stone!”
It’s then that a high pitched voice starts to speak. It speaks fast, and the Space Stone glows, “But I will hold onto him, meanie!”
Thor drops Loki onto the ground, and looks at the Gauntlet, “What?”
The Space Stone starts to glow again, “Do you know what he went through, huh? Bullied by you, overlooked by his father, cast out by his own race! He saved you, and you say he betrayed you! Well, you are wrong!”
Thor smiles, “Are you going to say Loki was good, Stone?”
The Stone lights up once more, “He wasn’t always good, that is true. He made mistakes when he was emotionally weak. We all do! You wanted to kill an entire race just to send a message! Loki may have been bad in the past, but he learned! By all means, he should be sad and blue! Yet he isn’t.”
Loki smiles, and gets to his feet, laughing, “Oh, I’ve just realized how brilliant this all is!”
Thor shifts into Strange, “Perhaps you would like to share?”
Loki laughs a bit more, “This is a dream, a nightmare! This is supposed to be my greatest fears all mixed together! Oh, I just find it so hilarious that the creature thought this would work. They think I still fear what happened? They are so very wrong. The ghosts of my past are mine to giggle at!”
Pinkie suddenly wakes up, starring right into the eyes of the creature, “And I will never be afraid again! Not when there’s room to laugh!”
The creature backs away, surprised by the awakening of Pinkie. It tries to cast it’s spell once more, only to find a dagger against it’s neck. It stops, and speaks in a hissing voice, “Please, do not harm me!”
Pinkie bounces over to it, and smiles, “Wake them up.”
The creature does so, and the other five all shoot awake from their own nightmares.
Pinkie nods, “See, I’m not going to harm you, but we need to keep you safe for later questioning.” She looks back at Twilight, “Twilight, make them fall.”
Twilight nods, and sets up a dimension for them to infinitely fall in.
Pinkie nods, “Let’s get on with it.”