“Ugh my head.” Rainbow uttered as she awoke from her slumber, but she was blocked from standing up by a... Thing lying over her. “What’s this?” She murmured as she opened her eyes and found Twilight lying on top of her, something hit her. Huh? What was that? It feels... Good. She decided to wake Twilight. She shook Twilight who slowly stirred.
The unicorn slowly opened her eyes and stared at Rainbow. “Huh, wha? It’s over?” She jumped up. “IT’S OVER! HAHA! YOUR FINE! YES!” She blurted excitingly as she hugged Rainbow Dash.
“Wowow, hang on a minute, what happened and what are you talking about?” Rainbow asked, Twilight was about to answer but was interrupted by a voice appearing in both their heads.
Simple really, you got knocked out permanently or it seemed like it at the time. And I needed somepony to help me go into your skull and Twilight just so happened to be the perfect help. So it were that we went into your mind and saved you from all the evil traits of yourself and you might find that there is a distinct lack of certain feelings you had before, we banished them so to speak, they are a lot weaker now... Except maybe Anger... I didn’t expect what happened to her and I’m still not sure... So I need to ask you this, are you feeling anger of any kind, whatsoever?
Rainbow thought to herself. Anger? ... Can’t say I do... “No, I don’t feel angry, at all... Which is really weird...? This is new, and why am I not completely freaking out about the fact I killed a pony? I thought I would be going crazy right about now... As for what you just explained... It sounds so weird that it must be true, weird logic, I know, but that’s what it feels like...” She scratched her head with a hoof and blushed slightly. “Ehe...”
You don’t feel anger... Great... This might be bad... But let’s not worry about that right now... As for why you aren’t freaking out... When we defeated your bad traits, who had practically taken your body for their own, the good guys decided to take over and one of the three is Calm... So that’s probably why you are calm... And you aren’t angry at yourself since well... Anger is gone...
“Wait, how am I also hearing you right now?” Twilight asked, still hugging Rainbow.
Simple really, I cast a little spell on you when you didn’t notice, so I can talk to you if you touch Rainbow Dash here, as to why I could talk to you before we went into her mind... Well, let’s just say I used a lot of power managing that... But it had to be done, so congratulations! You can talk to me! Oh look! Luna incoming!
The two mares turned around and found that sure enough, Luna was flying towards them looking afraid... She was being chased by what seemed to be a pegasus with the same manecut as Pinkie Pie except it was yellow and the entire pony was white... Her mouth moved as she flew after Luna who was flying around trying to outrun the blabbermouth that was now following her.
“I mean would you look at you mane? It’s all glowy and stuff and looking super awesomeazing! I would love to have a mane like that, it looks so fun, and if I had a mane like that I would be all ‘Wrooom, Wooosh’ because my mane would be space as literally as you can go when it comes to manes and space.” She saw Twilight and Rainbow looking at her. “OH MY GOSH! It’s Master and Twilight!” She exclaimed charging towards them and locking the two of them in a huge hug. “Twilight, before you two disappeared I decided that it would be fun to join you on the outside and i must say that this place is a lot more colorful that inside Masters head and I am also getting all these weird feelings, but that’s probably due to the transition from being a simple trait in a pony to becoming a fully fledged pony myself and I couldn’t be happier!” She blurted with glee.
“WOWOWOWOW! Calm down a minute, are you saying that you are from Rainbow Dash’s mind? In that case, what trait do you represent? ‘Cause you look nothing like the ones I met walking inside there.” Twilight explained as she backed off from the white pegasus.
“That’s easy; I’m Innocence or rather was Innocence... I’m not sure what to call myself anymore due to me being a real pony and all... What could my name be? Hmm...” She sat down on the ground and started to fumble on what she would name herself.
“Well, this is a surprise.” Rainbow commented, and Innocence gasped. “I mean, you are from inside me? That sounds really creepy.”
“It is! I know! And I got my name! It’s going to be “Surprise”! It fits, right?” Innocence says with happiness.
“I suppose it does, but who are you even supposed to be? And why do you look the way you look?” Rainbow asked.
“Well, inside your mind I had the form of your good friend Pinkie Pie, but when I jumped outside with Twilight and ghostie, the universe decided to change my form because it seems that there can’t be two perfectly similar ponies at any given time. The universe also said that it would make the universe implode just because of the fact that there would be two Pinkie’s, why would that be? I have no idea...” Rainbow Dash and Twilight shuddered at the thought of two Pinkie’s running around being, well... Pinkie...
“That much is true, we have heard of an incident like this before, or rather, discovered it firsthoof... We are the object of somepony wanting a copy of my sister but instead the universe decided we should pop in from nowhere, it does not bother us anymore, we were created in a special way and as we have heard from our sister, she was supposedly also created by the universe.” Luna said as she landed beside them, a lot more calm that what she had seemed when she was fleeing from the newly dubbed ‘Surprise’.
“Princess Luna? What are you doing here? That is, if you don’t mind me asking.” Rainbow said, really confused as to why the lunar princess was standing before her.
“Our sister got a message from Twilight Sparkle saying that ‘Pinkie Pie’ had gotten a reaction of something she phrased as Pinkie’s ‘Pinkie sense’ and our sister said that we should probably go and help Twilight Sparkle with whatever problems might come to pass, but alas, there was none. But we thought that since you are having a hard time handling your newfound abilities that we could help you out and train you in the way of vampony powers. We might not have the powers we had as Nightmare Moon but they’re still there and that makes us fully able to help thee.” Luna explained and Rainbow’s jaw fell open slightly.
“You know what’s funny? This!” Surprise exclaimed, showing that she, too, had fangs. Everypony looked at her and gawked. “What? I thought you would have expected it, I mean, I was a part of Rainbow Dash after all, so it’s only natural, right?” Twilight closed her mouth and nodded in agreement.
“That would actually make a lot of sense.” Twilight concluded as she nodded.
“We see… This was unexpected… But we see no danger in training thee as well as Rainbow Dash…” Luna said, still looking at Surprise smiling, with fangs in her mouth.
“I… I want your help on that yes… When I was in the city, things got… Out of control, I had no idea what I was doing, really… It was like getting captured in a cage and you sunk into a pool of blood going up to your mouth… Ok that sounded too weird, but that’s not the point. It felt really, really weird… And therefore, I’m happy to accept training from you Princess.” Rainbow concluded, making Luna nod.
“Sure! Sounds like fun! And besides, I get to hang out with Master more, that will be fun, since I’ve never been able to talk to her face to face, or is it muzzle to muzzle?” She asked as she trailed of from her original point.
“Right, she sure has her influences from Pinkie… I am worried about what will happen when she meets Pinkie…” Twilight shuddered at the though.
“It’s still so weird seeing her, she’s supposed to be a part of me and she’s not in me… It’s weird to look at a part of yourself having a physical form…” Rainbow murmured.
Right, good for you, getting Luna to train you, well played, she’s probably the only pony who COULD help you, oh and congratulations on the fact that tomorrow there will be five vamponies in existence.
What are you— Her thought trailed off as she remembered what she was talking about. “Rarity, Fluttershy, how are they doing? Has something happened yet? Is it still the same day?” She asked worryingly.
“Calm down Rainbow Dash, it’s still the same day. Though, I soon have to raise the moon, but before I do so, would you three like a lift to Ponyville library?” The princess asked.
The three of them nodded and Luna charged her horn, and whoops they disappeared in a cloud of black magic.
“That was… Surprisingly uneventful.” Rainbow commented as the four of them appeared in the library. “In a good way, not a bad way.”
“Teleportation is not hard for somepony with our kind of magic levels; neither would it be hard for Twilight Sparkle, if she tried that is.” Luna explained as she turned towards the three of them. “Before we go, we have to make sure, have you by any chance turned anypony? Because if so, we would be willing to train those too.”
Rainbow turned to Twilight, who shrugged. Sighing, Rainbow spoke. “Well, yes, there are two, but they got turned earlier today, which Clover told me mean that they will be full vampires tomorrow. Yes, yes, she did tell me so, I remember it now…” She looked away.
“Verily… We see, well then, we shall be off, see you all tomorrow, and be prepared to train, we will not be going easy on you.” And so, Luna disappeared in her magic.
“Well, that’s nice, what do we do now…” Twilight glanced at the clock on the wall. “It’s 9pm, so it’s not like we could introduce Surprise to everypony just yet.” And just as she said that, a door was opened, and in, stepped Spike.
“Twilight!” He exclaimed, running over and hugging her. “You were gone for the entire day, I was getting worried over here… And who is… That?” He said, pointing at Surprise who only smiled and waved at him.
“She’s… Think of her as a mix of Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie, but with Pinkie’s personality.” Twilight explained, and she could feel the shivers coming from Spike.
“I see, but what is she doing here?”
“My house got blown up, so these two nice ponies decided I could stay with one of them, isn’t that right you two?” Surprise said, still smiling.
Twilight and Rainbow gave of a nervous laugh. “Heh, yeah… That’s what happened.” They both said in unison.
“But I think I speak for the both of me and Twilight when I say that it would be best if she stayed at my place, don’t you, Twilight?” Rainbow said, looking at Twilight.
“Y-yeah, that would probably be the best bet, being a pegasus and all, he-he-he.” Twilight nervously said.
“Ok? So your house got blown up? How did that happen?” He asked, suspiciously eyeing Surprise as he let go of Twilight. “And what’s your name?” He added.
“Oh, that’s easy, my name is Surprise, and my house got blown up by some bullies and Rainbow Dash defeated them with her coolness.” She explained, making Rainbow nod in agreement.
“I see, and who were these ‘bullies’?” He continued to stare at her with suspicion.
“Spike, stop harassing her, she’s not lying, I was there, ok? Now go to sleep, it’s 9pm and it’s time for you to go to bed.” She commanded, pointing towards the stairs.
He grunted in annoyance and walked up the stairs, but before he got to the top, he used his claw to motion between his eyes and Surprise, meaning that he was watching her. Aaaand then he went to bed.
“Right, that was completely out of nowhere… Should we get back to our respective places and get some sleep then? I mean, we sure could use it… Maybe you too, but that’s still debatable.” Twilight concluded with a yawn. “I sure am tired.”
The door to the library slammed open and Pinkie was standing there. “Twilight, Rainbow! You’re back! YAY! You’re fine! I’m so glad!” She said, pulling both Rainbow and Twilight in a hug. “Oh wait, I was here because my Pinkie sense was feeling something.” She said as she let go. “I got the combo that said there’s another me somewhere, but I don’t remember making another me, so something must be wrong…” She saw Surprise and they both gasped loudly. “OH MY GOSH! You’re me, but you’re not me! You are Rainbow Dash and me! That’s amazing! I have to throw you a party! A new pony is in town!”
“Can I come?” Surprise asked with glee.
Pinkie nodded furiously and both of them disappeared out of the library in a puff of smoke.
“That was... Very Pinkie.” Rainbow finally decided to say.
“Yeah, it was… I hope she can find her way to your place later, or she might have to stay at Pinkie’s place, I just hope they don’t break anything, I have no idea what those two could be capable of…” Twilight said, still staring at the door with a half open mouth.
“Yeah… They hopefully won’t break anything, Pinkie usually doesn’t but with two of them… I am scared what might have happened tomorrow when we wake up…” Rainbow concluded.
“… I wish you a good night then Rainbow.”
“Yeah, goodnight to you too Twilight.” Rainbow said as she shook her head to go out of the confusion from Pinkie and Surprise running off.
Twilight, did the same. “Wait, before you go, I want to give you something.” Twilight said as she trotted towards a nearby cupboard.
“Sure, what is it?” Rainbow asked, raising an eyebrow, quite curious about what it could be.
“Nothing big really, it’s just something my family thinks helps with bad luck and you seem to have a stream of that right now, so I wanted to give it to you, you know, for good luck.” Twilight explained as she looked through the cupboard.
“Uh huh, that seems like a pretty personal gift to me…”
“Well, of course it is, you’re one of my best friends, why wouldn’t I give you a personal gift? And if I give you to this and you take it, well, I would see it as you having a guardian angel… Not really though, you already have two big profiles looking over you…” Twilight said as she stopped. “AHA! Here it is!” She exclaimed.
What she pulled out looked to be a mane-pin, a pin you use to set your mane in a certain way. “A manepin? Really? How come that represents luck or whatever it was?” Rainbow asked skeptically.
“What? This is serious, every member of our family has a special number of these that we give to ponies we think need them… and other things.” She trailed off at the end.
“Uh huh? I guess I could use it, since it seems to mean a lot to you and stuff.” Wait a minute? Did I just accept to using a mane-pin? That’s not something I would do… But I don’t want to make Twilight sad… Wait, did I just think that? Oh Celestia, what is happening? This is new… She scuffled around nervously.
“You will? That’s good, makes me sure you’re safe… And you would probably look kind of good in mane-pin at the same time.” Twilight said with a smile as she attached the pin in Rainbow’s mane. “See? You look wonderful and it gives you luck too, isn’t that great?” Twilight smiled
“Y-yeah… Well, this has been great, but I think you need your sleep and I need to think over a couple of things and such… So see ya tomorrow I guess?” Twilight hummed approvingly and Rainbow was off into the sky, out of the library.
As Rainbow soared through the sky, she got increasingly annoyed, because she couldn’t figure out what was going on. Why am I getting all awkward around Twilight? Nothing changed right? And why in Equestria did I even accept this pin? I mean, that’s so not me, I don’t do this kind of thing… But why can’t I remove it then? It feels wrong even thinking about it… WHY AM I FEELING THIS WAY? I don’t even know what I’m feeling… Does it have something to do with that Twilight saved me from uncertain demise? That maybe has something to do with it… I mean… WHY IS THIS SO WEIRD!?
Don’t you get it? You’re having a crush on Twilight, easy as that, that’s why you don’t want to make her sad, easy as that. It’s getting pretty obvious even if it has only been going on since you woke up from our little escapade in your mind… I think you’re just very happy to have such a nice friend as Twilight Sparkle, I never had any close friends as that… Maybe Starswirl, but he was more of a mentor than a friend… And Princess Platinum, god that irritating bimbo! I despised being around her all the time… Pansy and Smart Cookie were the only ponies I would ever have called friends, and even them… They could only really be called acquaintances… After the unification of the tribes, we got separated to do separate things in the government so we never got together, and when we did, the only thing we could do was share boring stories about our jobs… Oh sorry, I went out on a tangent… As I said before, you have a crush on Twilight Sparkle, but if you want to do anything about it, that’s up to you, I guess…
WHAT!? I have a crush on Twilight? That’s completely… True… Oh Celestia, it’s true, how… Ok, now I am feeling weird… I need to get some sleep… This day has been ridiculous in every way possible… Rainbow finished as she landed on her cloud and walked inside.
She went into the fridge and quickly drank a bottle of milk and placed it on the counter. Wait a minute, I can’t have a crush on Twilight, that’s stupid, and happened WAY too fast, so no, I do not have a crush on the sex... I mean the librarian of Ponyville... Ok, this is screwing with my head, I really need to get to bed... Rainbow opened the door to her room and immediately fell onto her bed and fell asleep.
“Twilight,” Spike said as he walked down the stairs. “Why on Equestria did RD have a mane-pin in her mane? That was kind of... Odd to see... Do you have any idea how that happened?” Twilight blushed slightly and looked away. “So you do have a reason for that?”
The unicorn nodded. “Yeah, I do have a reason for that... She only think it’s a gift... It’s really not though... Well, it is, but the real reason I gave it to her is well... To spy on her, or rather, it’s a detector of sorts. It can detect if she’s in any immediate danger and I can come to her rescue.” She nodded to herself as she finished.
“I see... Good thing she accepted it then... It’s not really something Rainbow would do normally...” He shrugged. “Meh, good night Twi...” He said as he yawned. “I’m going to bed.” He said, walking up the stairs.
“Good... I do hope I won’t have to use it, but looking at the situation, it’s kind of impossible for it NOT to happen...” She said with a huge yawn. “Oh, I really should make for bed.” She mumbled to herself as she dragged herself up the stairs to get a good night’s sleep.