//------------------------------// // Chapter 4 // Story: Pinkie's twisted world // by tyion //------------------------------// Dash's pupils dilated at the sight in front of her: One of her best friends was standing next to her, in her hooves she held a knife, which blade was soaked in blood. The cyan pegasus was wondering where the blood came from, she looked down onto her body and saw a small injury she had on her neck. Tiny amounts of blood were escaping from the wound, dripping down along her chest. She felt a stinging pain; luckily the incision was not deep enough to cause any damage to her throat. Still, the fact that Pinkie was able to harm her confused the pegasus to no end. No words were exchanged between the two ponies for a long time, both just staring into each other’s eyes, trying to assess the situation. Recovering from the initial shock when she woke up, Dash was now finally able to open her mouth to say something. "Pinkie, what did you do?" the cyan pegasus asked with an unsteady voice, not wanting to believe that her friend would be able to do that. Pinkie seemed to be as confused as Dash; she observed the room around her as she slowly acquired awareness of what was happening. She looked at her friend. Upon seeing the incision the pegasus had on her neck, Pinkie immediately inspected her own hooves; The pink pony gasped as she saw the blood tainted blade she wielded. Instantly, she threw it away and stared at her hooves in disgust "What have I done? What have I done? I lost my focus, and now my friend is hurt." Dash spoke up once again "Pinkie, what did you do?" her voice had no hint of anger in it, the opposite was the case, it carried concern. "How could she not be angry with me? It's not the kind of thing that normal ponies do. What do I say? I need to apologize but I don't know what to say. I was trying to kill her..." Pinkie did not understand, but she owed her an answer. "Dashie... I... I," Pinkies voice cracked as she broke down into tears "I'm so sorry... I don't know what came over me. I'm so so so so so so so so so so sorry," she apologized, falling onto her knees and wiping away the tears which streamed down from her face. The pegasus was standing on her hooves again, approaching the crying mare with silent steps. "Pinkie, it's okay, I know that you would never do such a thing intentionally,” Dash said with a calm voice, trying to solace her friend. "But I did... I hurt you...," Pinkie sobbed out Dash was slowly closing the gap between her and the pink pony, once she was directly in front of her Pinkie spoke up again. "Get away Dashie... Please... I don't deserve any sympathy or friends..." "I don't care, I am your friend whether you want it or not," Dash replied with a smile and sat down next to her. "Thanks," Pinkie whispered as she leaned her head onto the cyan pegasus' shoulder They sat there without saying anything for a couple of minutes. Pinkie had stopped crying by now and took a glimpse at the injury Dash had. "You should at least let me bandage that," she stated. Dash simply nodded and trotted behind her as she moved upstairs, picking up a bandage and continuing to walk up into her room. Once she arrived she instructed Dash to sit down and began wrapping the bandage around her neck. The wound was bleeding quite profusely, and Pinkie couldn't help but feel guilty. Realizing that her friend was twitching her eyes slightly every time the bandage touched the wound, she was not able to hold back her tears any longer. Pinkie just felt dreadful about what happened, and how did she let herself in? "Look at the damage you caused you dumb, mean pony" "I'm sorry," she apologized again, knowing that it wouldn't be enough to make up for her deeds, but it was the only thing she could do. "Don't mind it, Pinkie. I know that you’re sorry. I told you its fine, forget about it" "I can't... I feel so horrible about it. I hate myself because of that," Pinkie conceded "That's a pity" Dash replied "Why?" "Because I love you," Dash stated. Immediately upon realizing what she just said, her eyes portrayed shock. What was she thinking when she said that? That was so unfitting. She tried to think of an excuse for why she used those words. "A joke? A pun? Oh my gosh why did I say that" Before Dash was able come up with a cover for why she said that, Pinkie interrupted her thoughts "What?" she asked, her mouth was hanging ajar, and her huge blue eyes were staring directly into Dash's. "Oh the hay with it" Rainbow thought before responding "I said I like you Pinkie... really like you" Pinkie recalled these words dozens of time in her mind until the realization finally hit her. "Dash likes me!" Every single cell in her entire body was full of joy, every single one of her tainted thoughts had instantly vanished, and replaced with giddiness. She felt like her heart was going to break through her chest, and all of her enthusiasm returned. "Oh DASHIE!" She yelled while jumping onto the pegasus. She caught her off-guard and this resulted in both of them lying on the ground, Pinkie tightly hugging her. "Pinkie - too much enthusiasm" Dash said, trying to free from the unexpectedly strong grip of the earth pony. "Oh, sorry" Pinkie giggled, and released Dash from her embrace. Several minutes passed in which no words were spoken, both of the ponies trying to assess the situation, everything had happened so fast that it felt surreal. "Dashie?" Pinkie broke the silence "Yea?" "I dunno how you can love me after the things I've done, but thank you. I'm really lucky to have somepony like you" "No prob, besides this is just a phase you will overcome and everything will go back to normal, and I'll help you on ya way" "Really?" "Promise" "Than-" Pinkie let out a yawn "k you" "Hey enough with the thanking already, that's what I'm here for." Dash said, after a few seconds she added "You should get some sleep, you seem pretty tired" "Nah I'm fine" Pinkie lied "I don't think you are, no excuses go get some sleep." Dash admonished her "But..." "Hey chill out, I'm here, nothing can happen to you." "Okie Dokie, if you say so Dashie" the pink pony agreed and bounced onto her bed, sinking into the soft mattress. Dash made her way onto the guest bed which Pinkie had; they had a lot of sleepovers here. The cyan pegasus couldn't help but smile as she remembered how much fun they had the last time when they snuck into Twilight's house and scared the living daylights out of the purple unicorn. "Pinkie, you asleep yet?" "No, are you?" "Pinkie... How often do I need to tell you that I don't speak while I sleep" Dash sighed out "Oh yea, whatcha want?" "Nothing, just wanted say g'night" "Night, Dashie" With those words being said the room lapsed into silence. Pinkie realized how tired she was and closed her eyes. She had a good feeling about getting some sleep for the first time in weeks, and it didn’t take long for her to do so. Pinkie opened her eyes, and realized that the whole room was shrouded in darkness. "Welcome back to my domain" that particular voice echoed.