Rainbow Dash is too strong to subdue. Twilight's magic is too powerful and it'd be almost impossible to kill a princess without it being noticed. So that leaves one possible choice... heh... she'll piece of cake.
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Pinkie slowly rose from her bed. For some reason, she was more tired than she usually was this morning. She let out a slow yawn as she got ready for the day.
I just need to go downstairs and start wo- oh yeah... dang.
Pinkie finished getting ready and went out into the hallway and trotted downstairs.
"I'm not sure dear. I mean, I trust Pinkie. Its just, why would her confetti be in there?"
"I don't know, Cup. I know that she wouldn't do something like this, but with that being in there with blood stained on it makes me suspicious."
Pinkie stopped in her tracks and listened to the conversation.
I don't even know how to respond to that... they think I did that? I'd never!
"She said that she didn't do it, but... never mind."
"Go on..."
"But why?! I mean, why would Pinkie have any reason to be there? Let alone that she could've done it."
"Maybe she came in and saw it, panicked, dropped some of her confetti on ground, and ran upstairs?"
"But then why wouldn't she have told us about it? I doubt that she'd actually do it, but- I've already explained this to you..."
I honestly don't know why my confetti's there... it just was. Don't know how it got there and I honestly don't what to know.
"I-I don't know dear. If Pinkie did it, and that's a big if, then why?"
"We'll find out. Maybe it wasn't even Pinkie and was just someone else's confetti or someone tried to frame her..."
THUMP
Pinkie looked back at the source of the sound. Apparently, Gummy had pushed the door open to her bedroom and tripped and fell on the last step. She was about to scold Gummy, but she held her tongue.
"Pinkie, is that you?"
"Um... yes Mr. Cake! I just tripped." Pinkie said as she came out from behind the corner.
"Oh, okay dear. Carrot fixed some muffins for breakfast. We saved some for you." Mrs. Cake said as she motioned Pinkie to come and sit at the dining room table.Pinkie trotted over to the table and sat down beside her. There was a small bowl of muffins in the middle of the table. She grabbed a small muffin from the top of the bowl and sat it down on the table.
"So, how'd you sleep?" Mrs. Cake asked.
"Good. I've been better now that I've accepted that nightmare I had." Pinkie said as she nibbled on her muffin.
"Great." Mrs. Cake said after sipping on her cup of coffee.
"So, what were you two talking about earlier?" Pinkie asked. Mr. Cake seemed to choke on a piece of his muffin.
"Oh, nothing." Mr. Cake said as he coughed.
"We were just talking about a book that I read that I told Carrot about." Mrs. Cake said with a small, nervous smile across her face.
"Oh, ok." Pinkie said as she bit the top of the muffin off.
I'm not that gullible...
Pinkie felt pressure on one of her hind-hooves. She ducked under the table and saw that Gummy was chewing on her.
"Oh, sorry Gummy. I forgot about your breakfast." Pinkie said as she shoved the muffin into her mouth and swallowed it in one big gulp.
"I'm sorry to rush out, but I've got to get my little Gummy some food!" Pinkie said as she went upstairs to grab her saddlebag.
"Its fine, Pinkie." Mr. Cake said as he got up from the table to put up his cup.
Pinkie came back downstairs and rushed outside into the streets.
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Fluttershy sat down on the wooden bench in the small space between her house and the Everfree Forest. She watched on as Big Macintosh performed a strong buck against a log that he'd set up, knocking the log completely off of the stump they had set it up on. Big Macintosh set the log back up on the stump before approaching her.
"Try it." Big Macintosh said as he trotted over to the bench and sat down.
"Okay." Fluttershy said as she got up from it. Angel Bunny watched from the bench beside Big Macintosh. She still felt a bit nervous about doing it in front of them, but she knew they were just trying to help. Fluttershy rallied it up and then bucked towards a small log. She had managed to get it halfway off the stump.
"Aw..." Fluttershy said, slightly embarrassed. Big Macintosh nodded at her. Angel Bunny face-pawed.
"Ya did alright." Big Mac said as he got up from bench and pushed the log back to it's original position.
"Ya just gotta hit it in the right spot..." Big Macintosh said as he bucked at it, hitting it square in the middle. He knocked the log down with much ease. Once again, he sat the log up and motioned for her to try it out as he went back over to the bench.
I'm glad Big Macintosh has been helping with this. I've been wanting to learn this for awhile, but never got the courage to ask him. But after Pinkie bucked me in the snout, I couldn't wait any longer and just asked him.
Fluttershy bucked back a little higher at the object and it tipped over.
"Yay!" Fluttershy whispered as she let out a small victory yell. Angel Bunny clapped as she let the whisper-yell out.
Big Macintosh nodded in approval as he got up. Fluttershy went over to the bench and sat beside him. It seemed like the day was going to be a peaceful one.
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"Fluttershy? I'm here to grab Gummy some food." Pinkie said as she knocked on the door to Fluttershy's cottage.
Maybe she's in the backyard feeding her animals.
Pinkie trotted to the backyard and saw Fluttershy and Big Macintosh sitting on a wooden bench. They just sat there beside each other. She trotted up behind them.
"Hey!" Pinkie said. This seemed to surprise Fluttershy, because she jumped up from the bench. Big Macintosh simply looked back at her.
"Oh, h-hello Pinkie." Fluttershy said, a slight blush crept across her face.
"So, what are you two doing?"
"Oh... um..." Fluttershy said, suddenly at a loss of words.
"Ah was just helpin' her." Big Macintosh said, standing up and trotting to the other side of the bench.
"Oh, right. She asked you to help her since somepony hurt her."
I hope she didn't go into the details with Big Mac. If so, this could get really awkward.
"Eeyup."
"Well, I just wanted to see if Fluttershy has any food for Gummy that I could borrow." Pinkie said as she looked at Fluttershy.
"Of course. It's in the cottage. Let me go get it." Fluttershy said as she stood up and trotted to the cottage.
Pinkie stood patiently as Fluttershy went into her house.
"So, has everything been good at Sweet Apple Acres?"
"Eeyup."
"Good."
After a moment or two of silence, Fluttershy returned with two bags of soft animal food.
"Here you go." Fluttershy said as she gave Pinkie the bags.
"Thanks! How much do you want?"
"What do you mean?"
"How many bits, silly!" Pinkie said in a playful tone.
"O-oh, Pinkie, you don't owe me anything."
"You sure 'Shy? I don't mind." Pinkie said as she put the bags on her back.
"I'm sure. Thank you though."
"Well, thank you!"
They all sat there for in silence for a few moments.
"I hate to rush out as fast as I came in, but I've got to go feed Gummy. I'll see you two later." Pinkie said as she trotted away from Fluttershy and Big Macintosh.
"Ah should probably get goin' too." Big Mac said as he got up from the bench and trotted behind Pinkie.
"Oh, okay... bye you two." Fluttershy said as she walked over to the bench and sat beside Angel.
Pinkie walked down the path back to Ponyville. After a few minutes of walking with the two bags balanced on her back, she stopped for a moment. Not because she had been fatigued, but because she felt very nauseous.
"Jeez... what did Mr. Cake put in those muffins?" Pinkie asked as she sat down, sitting the bags beside her. She began to have a splitting headache as well.
I feel so dizzy... my head feels like its about to explode!
Pinkie's face turned pale green and rested her head on the bag.
Maybe if I rest for a minute or two it'll go away...
Pinkie let herself relax. Her vision dimmed and it seemed like she was asleep. She rose after a moment, but something was different.
Something was... off
I'm back in control. Now, to release...
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