//------------------------------// // Chapter 6 // Story: Pinkamena Takes Over // by MrE380 //------------------------------// Meanwhile, while Twilight was busy trying to save her life and Pinkamena was busy trying to end her life, Shadow was busy at a cotton candy stand making some delicious cotton candy. "These things had been outdated a while ago." He said kind of disappointed but then cheered up as he remembered something in cooking school. "Sugar last forever right, and if I am not mistaken cotton candy is pure sugar!" Shadow quickly went behind the stand to fix up the machine probably not knowing that Twilight was right behind him the whole time. Twilight was in a daze for a few minutes, soon she regain her senses as her shook her head sideways. She noticed she was in a pile of pillows. Normally she would question why they were there or how they saved her life, but she didn't have time as she knew Pinkamena was still looking for her. She got herself up and dusted herself off as the pillows were dusty; she coughed and sneezed a few times by all the dust. After she dusted herselfcompletely off she went down a door to her right, which took her to a room she should have left right as she entered. She was in a hall of mirrors again, with no way to tell which path or reflections were real. She continued down the only path she knew wasn't a reflection, the one she entered with. Soon she came to a part with what looked like hundreds of mirrors which reflected the same path and reflections. Twilight facehoofed herself wishing she didn't go through that door. "Hehehe...Oh Twilight?~" A voice giggled. Twilight jumped up and looked around as fast as she could, but saw no pony was in the room with her. If they were they would be in the mirrors. Twilight thought she was hearing things; she was still scared that Pinkamena is still following her. She turned around to continue on the path she was on, and jumped backwards hitting a mirror, as she looked at it she jumped backwards again, and again, and again as what she saw appeared in every mirror, it was Pinkamena. She was appearing in every mirror one by one. Twilight was scared, she couldn't tell which one was real because of all of the mirrors, she couldn't even tell where the path she was one was at. She trapped, she wanted to teleport but couldn't. "Hehehahaha.~ Well, well, well...looks like your cornered, huh?" Pinkamena giggled. Twilight was trying to find the real Pinkamena but there were too many mirrors and they all reflected the same things."Agh! Let me go Pinkamena you can't do this!" Twilight yelled in frustration. Pinkamena just giggled, then in all of her reflections she held up a knife. "Hehehe...hehehahahaha! Oh can't I tho? I'm having far too much fun! Oh my dear Twilight you don't even know which of my reflections are real...Your trapped!~" Pinkamena giggled. Twilight was just about to run in a random direction and hoped for the best. She had no other choice but to run, she hoped she'll be able to get away. "You see, I'm really sorry Twi, but there's nothing I can do. You know too much and well, hehehehaha...Now your time with us is through, still we have a little while too...play!" Pinkamena laughed. Soon the mirror behind Twilight broke into thousands of pieces scaring Twilight to death. When she turned to the mirror Pinkamena grabbed her and pushed her down to the floor pinning her. "Heheheahahaha! Oh Twi that was fun! Seeing the fear in your face at that! It's gives me a warm feeling inside...when I see fear like that..." Pinkamena giggled. Twilight struggled to get free but couldn't, Pinkamena was holding her down to tightly. Soon Twilight started to scream as loud as she could for help. "Hehehahaha...Can you scream just a little bit louder..? It chills my blood in the most satisfying of ways..." Pinkamena asked sounding calm. "Let me look into your eyes, let me see your soul...Show what it's like, when a pony betrays...hehehe..." Pinkamena giggled. "W-What do you want from me? Just let me go Pinkamena you're not Pinkie pie!" Twilight yelled. Pinkamena just stared at Twilight with blood piercing eyes, but soon and slowly her eyes got smaller and wider apart, and she smiled like an insane pony. That is if an insane pony has a smile that is. "Oh dearie me, it seems I've been drawing this out a bit too long...Let's go, it's time...DIE!" Pinkamena then used her hoofs to hold the knife up in the air. "NO! PLEASE DON'T!" Twilight yelled in fear. Pinkamena just laughed like she was insane, then slammed the knife as hard as she could into Twilight's right flank. Twilight Screamed as loud as she could which made Pinkamena laugh. She ripped the knife out causing blood to spill onto the hard cold floor. She held the knife up this time, aiming to stab Twilight's throat. She slammed the knife down again but this time Twilight grabbed her hoofs stopping it right as it was an inch away from touching her skin. Pinkamena laughed, then tried to force the knife down, but Twilight with what energy and strength she had left, forced the knife back up and away from her neck. "Oh Twi I'm glad you're here, this job of mine is oh so dreary. Don't scream, not MUCH to fear!~ I'm glad it's you, this makes me weary.~ I'm sure you'll BRIGTHEN up my day hehahaha!~" Pinkamena laughed. "Before you really start to cry...Oh, just one more thing you should know my dear Twilight...You're gonna die." Pinkamena laughed. Twilight was started to lose her strength and whatever distance she moved the knife away, was slowly but sure going away. "HELP! SOME PONY PLEASE HELP ME!" Twilight screamed. "What is this fear I'm seeing? What happened to the Twi I knew?" Pinkamena giggled. She knew what she said was out of place, but she didn't care. She was having too much fun. Meanwhile Shadow had finally gotten his cotton candy and was walking around the old fair, either not noticing that Twilight was in danger or thought that she could handle herself. Shadow looked over to a water gun shooting game and saw a giant teddy bear that he just had to have, placing his cotton candy on the table Shadow knowing there was no water in the gun started to play the game anyway making water noises, this was the most fun he had in years. "As soon as your life is threatened, you will cower...it's nothing new so let's get down to business!~ Better late than never I say." Pinkamena giggled. "Oh, Twi, do you have any sickness? Wait...once you're cooked, it won't matter anyway! Oh silly me hehehahaha!" Pinkamena laughed. Twilight's eyes widen, Pinkamena was gonna cook her? Twilight screamed at that thought. Soon Pinkamena bit her right hoof so hard it started to bleed within seconds. Twilight let go of the knife and grabbed her hoof in pain. Tears started to roll down her faces. "Oh did that hurt? What happen to the strong Twilight I knew?" Doesn't matter, just like our father, and that pony with a light green mane, you're going to die! RIGHT NOW!" Pinkamena giggled. She then held the knife up ready to kill Twilight. "WAIT WAIT! Can I at least say something?" Twilight yelled. Pinkamena shrug, she was having a lot of fun. What could it hurt to let it go on a little bit longer? "Sure, go ahead Twi...you got five minutes..." Pinkamena giggled. Twilight sighed, her hoof was still in pain and it made her thinking a little hard, but soon she remembered what she wanted. The files of Pinkie as a filly. "Pinkie pie...I don't know if you can hear me but...the death of your father wasn't your fault!" Twilight cried out. Pinkamena had a looked of confusion, she had no idea why Twilight said that. Twilight saw that Pinkamena was confused; she took that chance to continue. "Among the files I read on you as a filly I read the report on your father's death. He fell from the second floor in your family's barn and landed on a rock pile. It was reported he died on contact." Twilight explained. Pinkamena stared at her more confused, soon she felt Pinkie trying to talk. "B-Bu...but I stabbed him with an pitchfork..?" Pinkie barely spoke. Pinkamena was getting worried, she needed to kill Twilight soon or she might get to Pinkie. Twilight stared at her, she shook her head sideways. "No he wasn't, there were no wounds on him that leads to being stabbed, but it might be true he tripped over one that caused him to fall." Twilight explained. Pinkamena could feel Pinkie pie trying to get free, she needed to hurry. "Pinkie looked, you didn't killed any pony. You didn't kill your father it was an accident. And that other pony, Pinkamena told me SHE killed her not you. Pinkie...you're not a killer!" Twilight told her. Pinkamena grabbed Twilight's mane about to stab her but couldn't. She didn't know why but she couldn't get her arm to move. Soon she jumped up dropping the knife and grabbing her head. "I-I...I remember..." Pinkie said barely. Pinkie was fighting back, trying to remember what really happen. "NO PINKIE! She's lying! Don't trust her!" Pinkamena yelled. As Twilight was watching Pinkie she saw her mane and tail going back to normal and flattening again and again like the two of them were at war. Pinkie was starting to remember, she knew that Pinkamena showed her a flashback, but she had no idea if it was real or not. She needed to know the truth. "I-I remember being chased...into the barn...my dad found me and was about to hit me..." Pinkie said. "No Pinkie no! It's a lie!" Pinkamena yelled, trying to stop Pinkie. Twilight stood up staring at Pinkie fighting with her alter ego; she wanted to help but didn't know how. "Pinkie try to listen to me! I know you! You didn't kill your father! Pinkamena lied to you to control you, I don't know what to do but I think thereal memory of what happen to your father is the cause of this! You gotta face it Pinkie! You gotta face what you been running from and hiding for years; it may be the only way to stop her!" Twilight explained. Pinkie started to scream at herself, trying her best to remember but Pinkamena was stopping her from doing so. She was about to lose. Soon she fell to her knees in tears. "Pinkie, your my friend...I never had friends before I came to Ponyville and met you and the others. You helped me to find friendship and I don't want to lose one of my friends that I love so much." Twilight said in a more calming voice. "Hehehahaha...this is useless...Pinkie will be no more after your dead!" Pinkamena giggled about to take over again. "Pinkie...I'm sorry I helped you too..." Just then Twilight had an idea. Her memory spell! If she could use it on Pinkie maybe she can remember! It was worth an shot, Twilight lit her horn up and took aim. She had to do the long range version of it, but since she had so little energy left shehad only shot. "This is for Pinkie pie." Twilight said as she fired her memory spell. It struck Pinkie right in the fore head causing her to step backwards into a mirror. Within seconds a memory appeared in her head. It was what really happens to her father. She remembered being chased into the barn, and then after her father found her he started to beat her. Pinkie was able to push her father backwards a little, enough for her to get free and crawled backwards up to a wall. Her father was very mad and ran towards her. Pinkie screamed closing her eyes and then she heard a scream. She slowly opens her eyes and saw her father was gone. She looked around and didn't see him. Then she saw a pitchfork leaning over the edge of the floor. She crawled over and looked over it and saw her father lying in a pile of rocks. She was shocked as her mane and tail flatted like they were before she got her cutie mark. Pinkie remembered she said "Oh Pinkamena...what did we do..?" As she was staring at her father. Then she remembered she heard voices, it was Pinkamena. She must've been formed while Pinkie was in shock "I...I created Pinkamena...I was so in shocked by my father's death that I asked Pinkamena what did I just do...but I was talking to me but since I was in shocked...guess she was born..." Pinkie explained. "So, do you remember?" Twilight asked, she was hoping her spell work, for the better this time. Pinkie slowly nodded, then grabbed her head in pain. "Well...you know now but...hehehehahaha it's far too late too..." "SHUT UP PINKAMENA! You're not real! You're just an thought that went out of control!" Pinkie interrupt. "H-How dare you! I'm you...the REAL Pinkie!" Pinkiamena yelled. Pinkie shook her head and yelled no. Soon she fell to the ground as she pushed Pinkamena back into her head. Twilight was about to run over to her but Pinkie told her not too. As Pinkie stood up she saw all of her reflections were of Pinkamena, who looked very mad. "AGH! YOU WEAK LITTLE PONY! I won't be shut away like before! Now...KILL HER!" Pinkamena yelled. She moved her hoof which made Pinkie moved hers; Pinkamena was somehow, still controlling Pinkie's actions. She made Pinkie picked up the knife but Pinkie grabbed her hoof yelling no. "You can't fight it Pinkie...you can't escape your past!" Pinkamena yelled. "You're not real...I think you are but you're not...your just an bad memory!" Pinkie yelled back. Pinkamena giggled, she moved her hoof upwards which made Pinkie moved hers upwards. "Some pony is gonna die here...and if it's not gonna be Twi..then it'll be you!" Pinkamena laughed. Pinkie's arm moved backwards ready to stab herself in the gut. "Pinkie..? What are you doing?" Twilight asked in fear and confusion as what is happening. Pinkie just lowered her head, with a small tear falling to the floor. "...I'm sorry Twilight." Pinkie told her. Then Pinkie looked straight up about to throw the knife towards her. Twilight yelled no and closed her eyes as Pinkie threw the knife, but what she heard wasn't the knife stabbing her, it didn't even though her. Twilight slowly open her eyes and faced the mirror behind her. There she saw the knife, stabbed into the mirror shattering it. She was in shock for a few seconds the turned to Pinkie; she was back to normal but was on her knees, facing the floor. Twilight quickly ran over to her asking if she was OK. Pinkie didn't answer for a few seconds; she just hugged Twilight crying in full tears. She was saying she was sorry she let her memories get so out of control. Twilight hugged back and said it was OK, it was over now. All Pinkie wanted to do was to get home. After Twilight whipped her tears off she gave her a soft kiss on her forehead, then helped her up. Pinkie was still saying she was sorry and Twilight told her to forget about it, it was all in the past. Pinkie smiled, she hugged Twilight once more. Then the two walked out of the room, and outside of the house. When they went outside they stop, eyes wide open and in shock as they saw Shadow standing there holding a giant teddy bear in his mouth that was holding half eaten piece of cotton candy. "This place is great they got everything here, you know I bet if we put just a little bit of our time into this place we could bring it back to life!" He smiled and gave Pinkie the bear that was holding the cotton candy. "So, did you girls have fun?" Both Twilight and Pinkie look at each other and started to burst out in laughter. Shadow smiled a bit as he look behind him, there was nothing there but Shadow couldn't help but to feel some sort of presences in the area, was it Pinkiamena? Was it a ghost? He didn't know nor did he care, as he continues to follow his friends. In the distance if you listen real carefully there was some pony still there, it was very faint but it said. "Pinkie...why did you leave me?" The voice trailed away. The next day every pony was at Pinkie Pie's house finally having that party that she promised. "Great party Pinkie." Said Twilight drinking some punch, none of them said a word about yesterday to their friends, they figure that it was something that is best left to be unsaid. "Thank you Twilight, had any pony seen Shadow today? I wanted to tell him something." Pinkie look around but Shadow was nowhere to be found. Rainbow Dash who over heard what Pinkie said came over to her and said. "Sorry pink but I haven't seen Shadow since he left yesterday to go see you; he is not much of a party Pegasus anyway, what you wanted to tell him maybe I could make a letter to him." "Oh no it's ok." Pinkie blush as she knocks over a card on a piece of table into the fire place. "Just wanted to tell him what a great time I had with him yesterday." Over at the abandon carnival Shadow was inside the hall of mirrors taking a look at what happen making everything run through his mind, as he walks over to a broken mirror that still had the knife with blood on it. "So...this is where it all came to an end." He told himself. Shadow couldn't hear any pony talk beside himself but being in the army, he feels the dead presences sometimes. "You tricked me." Said Pinkamena in a ghost voice, as a little piece of light floated behind Shadow. "I tricked you, I tricked Pinkie, and I even tricked Twilight, everything ran according to plan Pinkamena and you were just so easy." "Kill...Shadow." "Now, now Pinkamena, I can feel a change in the aura in this place but you can't hurt me so get over it, you see the truth is." Shadow walk over to a broken piece of the mirror, looking at himself imaging that Pinkamena was watching him. "When we can't face our fears we usually cover them up with fairy tales, and that is all that you are Pinkamena, a fairy tale." He said shattering the glass.