Pinkie Pie giggled. She was having so much fun! She and her friends had played Pin-the-Tail-on-the-Pony, they had bobbed for apples, and they had eaten cake to their fill. Now they were going home, all except for Rarity. She had agreed to stay as an apology for missing the first half of the party. They were going to have so much fun!
"Pinkie, darling? Do you happen to have a mane-brush on you?" Rarity asked.
"Yup! It is on me!" Pinkie Pie pulled a mane-brush out of her mane, "Do you want it?"
Rarity grimaced as politely as she could and replied, "Erm, N-no thank you dear."
"Okie-dokie-lokie!" Pinkie smiled.
The she frowned. "You know, you should really be getting home soon. Sweetie Belle's gonna miss you and be sad, and you don't want her to be all frowny-grumpy-ish, do you?"
"Oh my, you're right! Ooh, but it's so dark out!" Rarity replied nervously, "We don't know who's out there..."
Pinkie Pie proudly grinned, and spoke in a perfect Manehatten accent. "Leave it to me, my lady. None shall harm you under Pinkie Pie's watch!"
Rarity's jaw dropped.
Pinkie Pie skipped towards the door.
"Well," she asked, "Are you coming or not?"
Berry Punch slid her hoof into the window, jiggling the lock until it snapped open. Looking carefully around, she saw her.
"Rarity will be mine today... And nopony can stop me!"
Suddenly, she heard... Laughter? Somepony else was there? She twisted her head a bit to the left and saw...
"Pinkie Pie!", she hissed.
No. She would not let that sorry excuse for a pony get her love. Rarity was hers! All hers!
She had to find a way to get rid of that annoying pink menace. That... thing, that horrible thing, didn't deserve Rarity.
Only Berry Punch did. She would make Rarity love her... no matter the cost.
"So, yeah, that's pretty much why I sent you guys out." Rainbow Dash finished explaining the case to her friends.
Applejack frowned. "Sugarcube, wha didn't ya let her tell all o' us? We wouldn't mind."
Rainbow Dash sighed. "I wasn't sure whether she would be comfortable talking about it with more ponies, ya know?"
Twilight smiled. "Oh, its fine Rainbow Dash. Well, I'd better get home. Owlowicious has the feather flu."
Applejack blinked. "Ah thought that only happened ta pegasus ponies?"
"Oh, it happens to all feathered creatures," replied Fluttershy, "You'd best be getting home soon Twilight. I have to go too. I left poor Angel all alone with Discord... Oh, my! I hope he's alright!"
"Angel or Discord?" asked Rainbow Dash.
"Both." replied Fluttershy as she flew off to her cottage. Twilight teleported away.
"Well, it's sure been nice talkin' to ya sugarcube. But ah gotta watch the Cutie Mark Crusaders. They're havin' a big slumber party." said Applejack.
"Later AJ," replied Rainbow Dash, "Try to survive."
Applejack chuckled. "Ah will."
Then, Applejack turned around with a smirk. "By the way, Ah hope you have some luck with Big Macintosh."
Rainbow gazed dreamily towards the farm.
"Yeah... Wait, WHAT?! APPLEJACK, GET BACK HERE!"
She was too late. The cowpony had already reached the farm, and Dash couldn't go in there.
Then she would meet HIM.
"So that's when I was all like, 'Ooh, pie!'" Pinkie Pie and Rarity had just reached Carousel Boutique. The white unicorn turned to her pink friend.
"I can't thank you enough for what you did for me today Pinkie Pie. Would you like to get together again some other time?"
Pinkie's smile literally stretched from ear to ear. "Of course! You're one of my bestest-bestest-bestest friends!"
Rarity smiled. "I'll meet you at Sugarcube Corner tomorrow night then!"
Berry Punch smiled from a high tree branch in Rarity's front yard.
"Sugarcube Corner, huh? I'll be there all right... Yes I will..."
Suddenly, Pinkie Pie popped out of a clump of leaves.
"Ooh! Hi Berry Punch! Why are you in a tree? Ooh, are we playing hide and seek? Sorry, I forgot to count! One! Two! Thr-"
Berry Punch glared at her. "Shut up you featherbrain! You think you're so smart hanging with Rarity, huh? Well I'll show you smart!"
Berry pushed Pinkie out of the tree. Then she climbed down next to her.
"I'll see you at Sugarcube Corner Pinkie. Rarity will see who's better then."
With a flourish of her tail, Berry Punch stalked off to her home.
Drip.
Drip.
Drip.
Tears could sometimes be funny. They were so random at times. They can be from laughter, happiness, and even pain.
But usually sadness.
Sadness was not fun at all. Not for Pinkie Pie.
How was she going to get Rarity now! Berry Punch was so much better than her in every way. She was smarter, prettier, and probably even more fun than she was.
"But... No one's more fun than Pinkie... Right?"
She collapsed back onto her floor, sobbing.
"Maybe she is more fun..."
Rainbow Dash flew around Ponyville, trying to find Pinkie Pie. She hadn't seen the pink party pony in hours.
She decided to check Sugarcube Corner. Pinkie Pie was probably there, right?
When she walked inside, it was oddly silent. Where were the Cakes? And where was Pinkie Pie?
Suddenly, she heard a whimper. It sounded like it came from the bedrooms.
She went upstairs to check. Which door was Pinkie's again?
Oh. Duh. The bright pink one.
She walked in, and gasped at what she saw.
"Pinkie," she whispered, "What have you done?"