A few details had changed, as plans tended to do. Applejack and Rainbow Dash were still searching for Bloodrayne as planned, but he wasn't turning up. Fluttershy had gotten distracted by a hummingbird with a hurt wing, and so Rarity had not yet been filled in of the situation. Left to themselves, Twilight and Pinkie had met up at last, and all their cards had been laid out on the table. They-
"Cards? What cards? Are we playing Go Fish?!"
What... no... how are... let me finish my story!
"Aww..."
ANYWAY. The two friends had made their way to Rarity's Boutique, where they were intent on putting an end to BloodRayne's nonsense once and for all. Twilight was all ready to plow right through the front door and aggressively start questioning Rarity about her taste in stallions, but Pinkie held her back. Quite literally, at that, and having your tail pulled was not pleasant.
"Pinkie, let go!" Twilight yelped.
"You can't just barge in there! You have to do it in style!" Pinkie said, and proceeded to knock rhythmically upon the front door.
*knock knock knock*
"Rarity?"
*knock knock knock*
"Rarity?"
*knock knock knock*
"Rarity?"
Twilight glared at her.
"What?" Pinkie asked. "We can't just barge in, she might be naked or something."
"We're ponies, Pinkie!"
"That doesn't excuse a lack of proper manners."
"Oh for the love of..." Twilight grabbed a hold of the door with her horn and swung it open, gasping in dismay as her eyes nearly bulged at the scene in front of her.
"I warned you," Pinkie said, noting Twilight's face.
Rarity was not, in fact, naked. She was the opposite of naked. She had her hair pinned up with dozens of decorative pins, a feat that looked as if that alone had taken several hours. A silver pendant hung around her neck, and below her neck was a cascading torrent of white, trailing material.
"Rarity..." Twilight croaked. "You're..."
"Getting married," the unicorn said pleasantly.
"Please tell me it's not to-"
"BloodRayne. He's quite charming."
Twilight did not like this. "You thought differently when last we spoke, as I recall."
"And a girl can't change her mind? Isn't that what girls are known for?"
"She has a point," Pinkie said.
"That's not... no!" Twilight said. "I will not allow this! BloodRayne is a nuisance and he must be dealt with! Everything about him is awful and unnecessary!"
"You're just angry because I'm getting married and Flash Sentret won't return your messages," Rarity said.
"What does... that's not it at all!" Twilight said. "And his name's not Sentret!"
"I should hope not. Sentrets are a Normal type, and you're anything but Normal," Pinkie said cheerfully. "Like me!"
Twilight ignored her. "Rarity, I'm putting a stop to this. Right now. I'm putting an end to this nonsense to protect you. For starters, where did you get that necklace? I've never seen it before."
"BloodRayne gave it to me," Rarity said. "Isn't it darling?"
Twilight grunted. "Classic... Pinkie, I need to deal with this. Get out of here and find Bloodrayne. You remember what we talked about?"
"I remember everything ever," Pinkie said.
"Then go! And I Pinkie Promise I won't bring encyclopedias to your next party as gifts! Again."
"Done!" The party pony announced, and raced out the door. The scene behind her had quickly been spiraling out of control, and she skidded around the corner, her eyes open for an opportunity to help her friends. At that very moment, Derpy was galloping towards her from the direction of the Marketplace, and Pinkie waved.
"Hi!" She called.
"I'm gonna kill Bloodrayne," Derpy said.
"Whoa, now! There's no call for anypony to be killing anypony! That's what meanies do! What'd he do to you?"
"He tricked me!" Derpy said.
"What?! I'll kill him!" Pinkie said. "No.. wait... we just discussed that. I've got a better idea. Do you know where he went?"
"He was in the Market, but he keeps teleporting away as soon as anypony gets close to him," Derpy said.
"Hmmm." Pinkie thought for a moment, before an alarm clock rang out loudly over top of her head with such force that Derpy nearly fell over. "I've got it!" Pinkie announced. "Come on!" She ran towards the town boundary, Derpy following in confusion.
---
"Here we are!" Pinkie announced, standing next to the small lake that bordered Fluttershy's cottage.
"What are we doing here?" Derpy asked.
"Easy, BloodRayne keeps hitting on mares, so all we need to do is lure him. I'll do the rest. Just stand there like that. Good, now lift your nose... good... okay now lie down and cross your front legs just so... perfect! Don't move! Just stay there and stay still."
"I'm helping!" Derpy said.
"Gee, I sure wish I had somepony to race right now," Pinkie said loudly.
Out of nowhere, Rainbow Dash burst through the clouds. "What? Race? Did somepony say race?!"
Pinkie pulled her down, and whispered something in the ear of the pegasus. Rainbow looked confused at first, then burst into a grin. She flew over Derpy's head with a cloud, and stomped upon it several times. A large torrent of rain soaked the pegasus, who gasped and sputtered, sitting as told in quite an attractive position, her wet mane falling into her eyes, the rain trickling slowly down her back towards her-
"Well hello there," BloodRayne said, flashing into existence with such flair that Rainbow couldn't help but gag a bit. "I couldn't help noticing you were all wet... and all alone."
"Now, Pinkie!" Derpy shouted.
"What?" BloodRayne said, whirling around in alarm.
Pinkie already had her enchanted notebook out, and was scribbling away at her drawings. BloodRayne's horn glowed as she scribbled, a glow that was quickly dampened as his horn was quite literally erased from his skull.
"Hah!" Rainbow and Pinkie high-hooved.
"What is this?!" BloodRayne demanded.
"End of the line, alicorn," Rainbow said. "This ends now."
---To Be Concluded---