Pinkie stared out the window at the scenery speeding by. She pulled her mind out of dreamland and looked back at the train car full of ponies. She smiled gently. The time of crazy grins was over now, as was the time of ridiculously loud shenanigans.
Pinkie thought back to her time as night guard of the once exalted but now feared by her pizza place known as Freddy Fazbear's. She thought back to sweet Mangle. Pinkie had only known her true self for a little bit and it was apparent Mangle was loyal to the core.
As she thought, her eyes began to droop. Non-stop craziness for five nights had really worn her down, as did the loss of a friend. A second later and Pinkie was in the dreamscape.
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A bounce in the train ride soon jolted Pinkie awake. She stretched, looking up at the ceiling at the comforting sight of Mangle. "Morning, Mangley."
Mangle waved and crawled down to Pinkie's level, where she got snatched up from something big and purple behind her. Now Pinkie was really awake. Turning she saw Mangle being slowly torn apart by Withered Bonnie, while Withered Chica, Freddy, and Foxy stood in the background.
Pinkie stared in horror as Freddy stepped forward, towering over her, and then he suddenly... collapsed? She laughed weakly. After all, it's not every day you get to see your nightmares trip. Her laughter stopped as suddenly as it had come. Was Freddy changing a different color? She could swear he was brown just a couple moments ago, not gold. She stepped back as the other animatronics crumbled into dust and blew away, leaving her alone with the golden version of Freddy. The Golden Freddy. Goldie.
She began to run. Anywhere. Anywhere but there was needed. Goldie gave her a sense of dread whenever she looked at it.
You think you know fear?
Pinkie gasped as she heard the voice in her head. "GET OUT OF MY HEAD!" She screamed.
Those... trinkets of mine are just little things. I WILL SHOW YOU REAL FEAR!
Her head throbbed with pain as she realized she just ran into the doors.
NO ESCAPE PINKIE PIE!
A blinding flash of light filled the cabin as the Princess of the Night appeared right in front of Pinkie, blocking Goldie's gaze. "THY SHALL BE SILENT, SWINE!" A quick burst of Alicorn Magic, and Goldie disappeared from view. "Are you alright?"
"Y-yeah." Pinkie answered, trying her best not to faint. She suddenly realized how Fluttershy must feel all the time.
"Wake up, Pinkie Pie. I don't know what you have seen to cause you, the element of laughter, this, but your friends are worried." Luna waved her hoof vaguely around the darkened train cars, the monstrosity that was Mangle, and the withered ones seemingly frozen in space. They all disappeared in a blink, being replaced by the train station outside. Pinkie's five friends were standing there, looking nervously from pony to pony as the train slowly emptied. "Go to them." Luna placed a hoof on Pinkie's shoulder.
And then she woke up.
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Pinkie woke to see a cyan hoof meticulously drawing a perfect mustache and glasses on her face with a black marker. "RAINBOW!" Pinkie shot out of her seat and engulfed Rainbow in a hug, effectively choking her at the same time.
"Hey, Pinkie! How was your... Are you okay?" Rainbow Dash's playful tone had turned into one of worry when she realized that Pinkie was crying.
"No! I'm not okay! I need to talk to all of you right now!" Pinkie was sobbing into Rainbow's mane, soaking it with the unreal amount of tears she was producing. It was like a waterfall had suddenly decided to come out of her eyes.
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A thoroughly soaked Rainbow Dash came out of the train, carrying on her back a crying Pinkie. Rainbow hailed over the other Elements of Harmony. "Guys, how do we get Pinkie to stop soaking me? She won't stop crying."
Murmurs of consternation went through the group. They huddled together, talking about how to get their hyper-active friend back. "I got it!" Rarity suddenly yelled. Everypony stared at her. "Yes, well, ahem..." She went on to explain it.
Twilight walked forward. "You know that place you went to in Manehatten, with the magical robot things?"
Pinkie nodded tearfully.
"One of those is coming to Ponyville!"
She was engulfed by darkness.