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// Pinkie's Confession 
// Story: The Sudden Engagement of Rarity 
// by lunabrony 
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	With Fluttershy having explained to Twilight what the situation was, Twilight had dropped her studies at once. And that was not an easy thing to do. Getting her to put down a book took an act of immense importance from a very good friend, and that was exactly what this situation had turned into.
"I don't understand," Twilight said. "I've never heard of this Bloodrayne character before, and I'm usually very good with names. Especially horrible names like that one."
"None of us know who he is," Fluttershy said, the two of them making their way back to her cottage at a brisk pace. "The only ones we haven't heard from are Applejack and Pinkie, and if Pinkie doesn't know who it is, then he truly must be exceptional."
"No kidding," Twilight said, and stopped short. "Never mind walking, Fluttershy. Rainbow Dash might be in trouble. Should have just done this in the first place."
Fluttershy looked frightened. "Wait, what are you-"
Too late. The two vanished from physical space in a flash of purple light, appearing moments later on Fluttershy's front porch. 
"I could have walked..." the pegasus squeaked. 
"Nonsense, you're perfectly safe," Twilight said reassuringly. Swinging open the door, she was promptly tackled to the ground by a blue blur as quick as lightning.
"Gotcha, scumbag!" Rainbow Dash announced. It took her an embarrassingly long second or two to realize that the pony she had pinned to the ground was purple, and not, in fact, red or black.
"Very impressive, Rainbow Dash," Twilight deadpanned. "Was that the Powerslam Maneuver? I haven't seen that performed since   Cloud Assault versus Armor Tank. 2007, I think?"
Rainbow slowly let her up. She looked stunned. "Wait, YOU know wrestling?"
"Knowledge favors the prepared," Twilight said. "I know lots of things. But that's a matter for another time. Where is Bloodrayne? I  want a word with him."
"He... he was right here..." Dash said. "I had him cornered!"
"Fluttershy said he was an alicorn," Twilight said.
"Well yes, but..."
"Which means he has a horn."
"Well yes, but..."
"So did you consider maybe he teleported?"
Rainbow paled. "But that's cheating!"
"Cheating, no. Cowardly, yes. We need to find him so I can block his magic with a jamming signal. I say we spread out, and find him."
"But he could be anywhere..." Fluttershy said.
"He teleported in a moment of stress, presumably without much of a chance to prepare a proper spell. Chances are he went somewhere closeby that he's familiar with. I suggest we begin at the marketplace," Twilight said.
"Twi!" Applejack came running up over the hill, Pinkie close behind.
"Ah'm so glad we found you, we've been looking everywhere!"
Pinkie looked hesitant. "Do we have to tell her?"
"Yes!"
Twilight frowned. "Tell me what? Is it about Bloodrayne?"
"Yes," Applejack said. "And it's a doozy."
Twilight twitched slightly. "I am not a fan of doozies," she said. "I'll be the judge of that."
"Well, see, it's like this..." Pinkie began.
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In the middle of the marketplace, the sudden appearance of a red and black alicorn caused more than a few surprised looks. His horn ached with it's sudden use regarding lack of preparation, teleportation would be unavailable for a short period. Well at least he was away from that annoying fruity haired loudmouth.
Knocking his way to the front of the line at a nearby muffin stall, he glared at the protesting queue. "Alicorn privilege," he announced. "You don't like it, go somewhere else."
Most of the ponies were too afraid to argue, and said nothing. But the crosseyed pegasus at the front of the line shot him a dirty look. "You can't do that, I've been waiting here!"
"Yeah?" Bloodrayne asked. "Flip you for it." He held out a bit in his hoof. "Heads I win, tails you lose."
The pegasus thought about it for a moment. "That seems fair, I guess..."
The bit flipped into the air and landed on the ground. Bloodrayne smirked. "I win. Sorry." With that, he grabbed two muffins, paid, and whacked the pegasus in the face with his tail as he left.
"Aw, man... I never win coin flips..." Approaching the counter, the latter pony sighed with relief. "Three, please."
The vendor looked ashamed. "I'm sorry, those were actually the last two I had. You'll have to come back tomorrow once I've had a chance to bake more. Sorry, Derpy. You're an excellent customer, I just don't have any left." Understandably, this was met with a chorus of protests from the line behind the pegasus.
Shaking with rage, Derpy watched the alicorn leave, paying no attention to the heartbroken pegasus he'd left behind. He wasn't going to get away with this.
"I will end you..." Derpy muttered.
The muffin vendor looked concerned. "What was that?"
Derpy brightened up again. "I said... um... I like fondue?"
"Oh!" The vendor replied cheerfully. "So do I, miss. So do I."
As the line of muffin hopefuls dispersed, Derpy slowly made her way after the direction that the alicorn had gone in, with the intent to follow him. He'd taken advantage of her, and he was about to have a very unpleasant afternoon. There was all sorts of evil and cruel things she could do to him. She was particularly fond of the thought of finding out where he lived, and switching around the numbers on his house and mailbox so his mail would never make it to the right address. Mass confusion! Misplaced packages! That'd show him!