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// Chapter 1 
// Story: The Intervention 
// by EverlastingWishes 
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There was one thing that had always been on every pony's mind that Pinkie Pie had ever spoken to. If not for the  vow of silence Celestia had ordered, Twilight would have been aware of what the real problem with the Pink colored mare was a long time ago.

It was a cool day outside, as the Pegasi had made point to let Ponyville have at least one nice day before the impending summer rain was due to start, Rarity was extremely grateful for this fact. The mare had decided to finally do something that should have happened years ago on this day. The day before Pinkie Pie's twenty-third birthday. 

"I suppose I should go out and start this whole catastrophe, as I am aware that Pinkie will not be too thrilled with my idea." 

Rarity spoke the words dryly, as she ran a hoof through her mane, her eyes darting to the reflection of herself in the vanity in front of her. Pinkie Pie needed to get better and be sane again, Pinkimina Diane Pie was missed, as much as the town of Ponyville had gotten used to the Pinkie they had been given, they knew which one was needed. Getting up and trotting through to her door, she made a sigh, blowing a kiss to her almost finished creation for the Princess that she had scooted to the corner of her room.

"Goodbye my darling home. Wish me good luck"

The door swung behind her and Rarity made point to turn and give her house a small wave. She began her trot through the town to find Rainbow Dash's cloud, looks of curiosity passing her. Rarity lifted up her lip disapprovingly, growling angrily at the reason for these looks. If only Derpy could keep her mouth shut, the fact that she had been at Flutter Shy's when the two had spoken about Rarity's plan made her skin crawl. Luck was not on anyone's side for this.

The biggest hope anypony had was on Rainbow Dash to fulfill what she had promised. Hopefully Pinkie Pie's girl friend would keep up her half of the plan, the other pony's were making due with their own parts, but Rainbow's was the most critical. When the cloud came into view Rarity cleared her throat,

"darling! Is Pinkie Pie where she is supposed to be? Apple Jack has the rope ready."

The cries from the top of the cloud made Rarity shake her head apolegetically, she knew this had to be done. The pony looked down at Rarity sadly, her face pinkened and swollen from the obvious crying. As her voice called down to Rarity, a sense of sadness crept into her body,

"she's there, just make sure she knows I love her and I want her to be better."

Sobs continued after the rainbow maned mare spoke and Rarity nodded agreeingly.

"I will definitely do so, I wish you would come and talk to her as well though."

Before Rainbow Dash could reply, Rarity clomped her hooves in the other direction to Apple Jack's barn, where Pinkie Pie and the rest of her friend's were. This was a huge step for every pony to take, mostly, this was for the sanity of Twilight Sparkle, the youngest and most innocent of them all. None of this would have happened if the three of them had been as kind as Fluttershy to the then very fun orientated pink pony that went by the name Pinkimina. Rarity looked down at the dirt, not mentioning the small amounts that had stuck to her hooves, she didn't care about that right now.

Sweet Apple Acres came into view, making Rarity speed up momentarily, this was really going to happen right now. They were all going to do this. Except for Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash anyway. Silence all, but echoed through the field, making the hair on her back rise up disdainfully. She ran into the barn, the sight that she was beholding made her quiver uneasily, tears welling up in her eyes.

Pinkie was in the middle of the room, ropes binding her to the chair she was placed in, her eyes glazed as she drifted into semi-consciousness. Rarity glanced over at Apple Jack and Flutter Shy, who both had their heads buried in their hooves, the silence  of the room made a chill run through the back of her spine. She crossed over to her friend's, sitting in front of the both of them, her back turned to Pinkie pointedly.

"We all know this is the best thing for her right now."

The words rolled out of Rarity's mouth softly, her gaze on the two pony's in front of her, whom had by now lifted up their heads to look at Rarity. Flutter Shy sniffled, wiping her nose with her hoof, leaning her head onto Apple Jack who was looking at Pinkie.

"I ain't never thought I'd be asking Big Macintosh to help me rope up one of my best friend's, but look at er, sitting there twitchin'."

Apple Jack's tone was soft, yet you could tell she loathed the predicament, for the end of her sentence had turned cold and she had all, but spit them out. Flutter Shy motioned Rarity to look at the corner of the room, a paper bag was the only thing occupying it.

"Look at her things."

Flutter Shy spoke kindly, yet the air of her voice made Rarity uncomfortable. The pony trotted over quietly, digging her hooves to look over the contents.

Needles, wrappers, bags of pills. Why? Why did Pinkie do this to herself? She should have told them that they had really bothered her. This addiction had caused pain in every pony's heart. She had been the one to get Spike so deeply into weed, Twilight  had often inquired to them as to why they had let him swim in the pool so long when he went to visit them.

Rarity pushed the bag away from her, moving back to her spot to her friend's,

"She needs this. Everypony needs this. What she did to Spike..."

Flutter Shy interjected, "is horrible."

By now, after they had all quit the act of whispering, a muffled sound came from where Pinkie Pie was seated. This caused the three of them to turn their attention to where the sound was heard, the pink mane of Pinkie was bobbing to the left and right. She was obviously trying to escape the ropes that were binding her so closely in the chair. 

Rarity trotted to the front of her, giving Apple Jack's rope job a nod. She had tied her enough that if the gag from her mouth was taken from her lips, she was unable to try to bite her way out because of the rope keeping her neck up. Rarity moved the gag so that Pinkie Pie could speak to them. This was so insane.

Author's notes: Just let me know if you guys want more chapters! This is a different spin on what I normally write, but I'm excited and hope you all enjoy this just as much as I enjoyed writing it.[=