//------------------------------// // ...And to Give Them a Piece of My Mind. (Rainbow's Point of View) // Story: The Long Road Home // by yourlocalhetheydisaster //------------------------------// I flew away from the angry Cake's, tears flowing from my eyes. I sped up as thoughts circled around in my mind. Pinkie's dead. And if she isn't, then I'll never be able to see her again. What if she was evaporated in the process? I flew even faster, trying to fly away from my own thoughts. "OOF." I felt somepony run into me, and I went unstable for a second, before righting myself. "Hey watch where you're-" I stopped in the middle of my sentence, noticing who had flown into me. "Sorry Derpy. I've just been... Emotional." "Yeah, I get it. Though, why were you flying so fast?" Derpy asked me. I sighed, letting my ears press against my head. "I-I don't know." I replied. My mind then moved back to Twilight and I felt anger course through my body at the Cakes making her feel like it was her fault. This was also apparantly visible to Derpy, because she flew back a litle bit. "Oh! I'm sorry, did I say something. I'm sorr-" "It's not your fault Derpy. You can actually help me. Have you seen the Cakes or Twilight recently?" I asked, hoping she knew where both were. "I don't know where Twilight is, but, I do know where the Cakes are. I saw them walk into Sugarcube Corner. Mrs. Cake seemed pretty sad, while Mr. Cake seemed very angry. Why did you want to know where they were?" Derpy asked. I angrily growled. "I needed to know if Twilight was emotionally okay, and as for the Cakes, I needed to give them a piece of my mind." I said. Derpy nodded, then flew away, looking back at me as she did. I then began to make my way to Sugarcube corner, preparing myself for what I was about to say. As I entered the building, I saw that the front, shop part of it was dark, and so I began to make my way into the back part. They must have heard my hoof-steps, because Mr. Cake shouted from the back. "We're not open." I felt the anger again, and continued walking. "I'm not here for sweets." I called. I then heard somepony walking towards me, so I decided to save the suspense, and let him come to me. He rounded the corner then saw me, anger burning in his eyes. "So you finally came to apologize? I'm going to tell you that-" "I'm not here to apologize either." I growled. He glared at me, grinding his teeth. "Well, then, if you're not here for sweets, or to apologize," He said, pointing his hoof to the door, "Then leave." I stood in the same spot, and glared right back at him. "No, I don't think I will. Do you want to know why?" I asked. He opened his mouth to say something, but I cut him off. "Because I want you to go and apologize to Twilight, now." I said angrily. "Why do I have to apologize to that murderer?" He growled. The word murderer echoed throughout my head, and I saw red, as I lashed my hoof out, feeling it connect with his face. He stumbled back a bit from the impact, and I began to pant like a mad pony. "Don't. You. DARE call Twilight a murderer EVER. AGAIN!" I screamed. I then saw Mrs. Cake come around the corner, and gasped as she saw who was screaming at him. "Ms. Dash! Why are you-" I whipped my head around to her. "STAY OUT OF THIS!" I screamed. I then turned back to Mr. Cake, my anger still burning in my skin. Mr. Cake then angrily turned towards me. "Don't yell at my wife like that! Say you're sorry, now!" He shouted at me. I then turned around to face him, taking a step towards him. "What? Like how you did to Twilight? You expect me to say sorry to Mrs. Cake, when you won't do the same for Twilight? What makes you think that after you made her feel terrible, that I would want to do anything nice for you? Tell me that!" I yelled. He then walked over to me and put his face close to mine. "Because it's the honest truth that Twilight Sparkle is a murderer. So we didn't do anything wrong, now, say you're sorry!" He yelled again. I punched him again, making him fall to the ground. I loomed just barely over him, looking down angrily. "I said to never say that again. Also, I'm not going to do anything. She needs to stay out of it because, unlike you, she did nothing wrong. She mourned for Pinkie, while you became angry, and made Twilight feel like she was the villian. You lashed out." I said. He looked up at me and frowned. "Just like what you're doing right now?" He asked. I froze, so he continued. "In other words, by our actions, we're the same." I then felt plain and simple anger become replaced with a burning rage. I began punching him again and again. Watching as he recoiled with every other punch I threw at him. I was going to punch him again, when Mrs. Cake restrained me. "Please, stop." She said, tears running down her face. I lowered my hoof, and stepped away from him. I walked out of the door, not saying another word. I felt cold wet drops of water on my coat, and looked at the sky. The pegasi were just putting the final touches on the storm they were creating. Fitting for a sad day like this, I thought, though I'm not sure how much Pinkie would like that everypony was crying over her. I began to walk away from Sugarcube corner, my hooves dragging on the ground as I walked. "Come to think of it, Pinkie probably wouldn't have liked that I did that either." I said, feeling two hot tears roll down my cheek. "Funny, usually rain here is pretty cold." I said, feeling more tears fall out of my eyes. I quickly took to the sky, trying to fly away as fast as I could from the brightly colored building. I flew until I had gotten to my cloud house. Running into my room, I began to sob. "P-Pinkie... I-I'm so sorry!"