Twilight dreamt. First, she dreamt Luna was chastising her for sending Spike to the moon, but it suddenly changed to Ware walking down a path with clothes on. After a moment, it changed once more, this time ponies were eating books that were eating ponies. Finally it showed a ball of fluff jumping on a rainbow.
Blinking, Twilight found herself strapped to a surgery table, in front of her Ware was battling a monster while Luna whispered into her ear, speaking of how this might come to be. For some reason, on the other side Pinkie was breathing down her neck. After a moment longer, all she could see if Pinkie and Discord on twin thrones.
Twilight blinked her eyes open, she was in a clear plastic box being delivered by Derpy. Dash is flying beside, making suggestive winks. It began to rain science equipment and books, before everything suddenly explodes, leaving a wasteland. Stepping out of the box, Twilight found herself running a sushi bar. Her customer was a duck making strange noises.
Tasting her food to make sure it was fine, Twilight ingested a hot pepper and breathed fire on the duck. And then for some reason, her building transformed into black rectangles with dots on them, and began sniffing her. Twilight, for no reason, swallowed a ‘computer’ and flew away into space with Luna while playing with a yoyo.
Twilight was in her bathroom, her horn stuck somehow in a tub of toothpaste. Spike came into the bathroom in a panic, knocking down most of the ceiling and walls as he dragged the moon behind him on his back. For some reason, there was also a guy named Bill Cipher in the room.
Twilight woke up, and knew that she would never be trusting her dreams to the hands of strangers again.
“Here, this is a mare, she is now your friend, you now have a marefriend.” Ware dumped a pony in front of Twilight after coming out of the filly foolers bar. Storming away, Twilight blushes in embarrassment. Why had she thought asking her neighbor to help her find a marefriend had been a good idea? That was something you asked friends for help with. Not strangers.
Twilight smiled as she greeted Gilda and Rainbow Dash. Holding out their gifts, she watched both unwrap them. Confusion on their face, Rainbow Dash was the first to speak up.
“Uh Twilight, what are these thin cases with strange circles inside?” Tilting her head, Rainbow Dash noticed Gilda’s present as the Gryphon opened her mouth.
“Coupons for free pancakes, and they’re lifetime? You do realise I can’t eat pancakes right? I’m half bird you know.” Gilda glared at Twilight, and she gave a sheepish smile. Well, she might have known that, had she studied a bit about Gryphons.
“I’m sorry,” was all she could say in response. Twilight had no idea what those circles were for. And she hadn’t studied enough to know that about Gryphons. In reality, there was only way way to cover her mistake.
“Gilda, please come with me home. I want to make it up to you. Dash do you mind waiting here?” Twilight smiled at them both, and they agreed slowly. Turning, Twilight led Gilda back to her home, and descended down to her basement. Gilda squinted in the darkness. Suddenly, something hit her in the back, and she slumped unconscious. Twilight closed the door, and strapped Gilda down, flicking the light on. After a moment, she used a spell to rouse Gilda.
“W-What the?” Blinking, Gilda noticed the tool coming toward her, and tried to break free. Unable to, she screeched in pain as each individual feather was plucked from her stomach. Frowning, Twilight pulled out a shaver, and just shaved away the feathers. There wasn’t any time to be picky about how they were removed.
Sliding a knife down Gilda’s stomach, Twilight opened it up and pulled out the organs. Gilda’s cries went unanswered under her soundproofing spell. Finding the lung, she poked a hole in it, and proceeded to slice up the intestines as blood slowly filled Gilda’s lung. Gurgling, she died a slow, painful death.
Finished her work, Twilight put the organs back inside, and sewed up her incision. Horn glowing, she concentrated, and Gilda’s body became ash with a soft poof. Sweeping it up, she used it to fertilize the plant that grew in the dark of the basement. It was more a mushroom to be honest.
Wiping off the blood, Twilight considered what she should do tomorrow. Apparently tomorrow was the day a Zebra came into town. Twilight was curious to meet this Zebra, wondering what her culture was like. Ascending the stairs, she closed the door, and headed back toward the party to tell Dash what had happened to Gilda.