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// HYAH! 
// Story: Pinkie Pie Investigations: A Bootleg Fluttershy 
// by Karibela 
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“Top dog! Top dog! GET OUTTA HERE, THE NORMIES ARE FIGHTING BACK!”

Chaoes ensued as soon as Twilight blasted open every other prison door. Cogs and gears went flying in every direction, as Pinkie and her friends fought their way to find an exit.

“Hey, Pinkie!”  Spike yelled. “You know where we’re going, right?”

“Uh… not exactly. I wasn’t awake when I was brought in.”

“Here, I think there’s a door here,” Lyra shouted. The Pinkie and the rest of Ponyville turned. She saw the strong-looking wooden door in the corner, close and presumably locked.

Pinkie looked to Twilight. “Think we can get through that?”

Twilight laughed. “Friend, I can blow up anything.”

The door exploded in a fiery mess as Pinkie and her friends poured through as the front of the group. Inside was a table, some hooded figures, and cards on the table.

One of the hooded figures turned to them. He dropped his hood. He was a diamond dog. “Oh, u-uh… hi thar. W-want to play, yes?”

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The only dog that wasn’t frozen in place was held forcibly levitated to the wall. “P-P-Please don’t hart me! I, I don’ wanna hart nobady. Pleease!”

Twilight grinned. “I won’t hurt you… as long as you tell the truth. Pinkie, you wanna deal with this?”

She nodded, “With pleasure.” She ran up to the diamond dog held suspended without lower-body movement, and eyed him carefully. “What’sa deal, eh? Why’re you replacing all the ponies with your… propost… uh… imposters! Yeah!”

“I danno! I navar knew the plans, honast! I jast did what he say, and he say to me, ah, ‘stall’, yes?”

Pinkie raised her brow. “Stall? Whaddya mean, ‘stall’?”

The diamond dog paused for a moment. “Ah…. ah, for time, yes? Stall, like, ah, keep ponies in waitang for samthing. That’s what he said!”

Pinkie moved back, sitting on the lap of one of the frozen diamond dogs sitting on a stool. “Huh… pretty cold, Twilight! Why don’tcha ever go into the ice-cream business?”

“I’m going through the formalities process as we speak,” Twilight beamed.

Pinkie perked up. “Great!” She darted her focus back on the diamond dog. “So, y’say ‘waiting for something’, huh? What’re you stalling us for?”

The diamond dog was sweating bullets. “All ah know is… thar’s a package that’s being dalivared to Canterlot, today. Very important. T-that’s why I was tald to stall. Bat I don’t know what is in the package! None of as do, top secret!”

There was silent shock throughout the room, as every pony was attempting to process what he had just said.

“A p-package?” Twilight muttered.

“Well, Butterbees,” some orange mare, we’re not entirely sure what her name is, said.

The room turned to stare at her. Rarity started, “Applejack, you’re not a… robot, are y-”

“What?” she said. “C’mon, don’t blame me! They got mah robot real spot on.”

The room collectively sighed in relief. 

“Anywho,” Applejack continued, “Ah think there’s one more thing we can get from this guy, Pinkie Pie. It’s when this here package is meant to be delivered.”

“Ah-anytime now,” the diamond dog stated.

Pinkie nodded. “Applejack is right. We don’t need to care about this guy. We need to care about that package, and right now.”

“On it,” Fluttershy said. “I’ll fly the way there. I just can’t believe anything more horrible could happen, and we need to stop it!”

“And we’ll be right behind you,” said Pinkie. “Let’s go, team Ponyville!”