//------------------------------// // Hayfries // Story: Fears // by Short Stories //------------------------------// "My worst nightmare..all over again...actually came true!" Pinkie cried as she fell onto the soft grass beneath her. "Just because I didn't pass some dumb...test..?!" Twilight and the others looked at their former friend with sneers of disgust. None of them seemed to be ignoring her anymore. "C'mon, y'all, I think it's best we move to a different spot." Applejack said through her teeth as she picked up her plate holding remaining food. The other four mummered in agreement as the started to pick up their food as well. A light pink aura surrounded Applejack's plate, gently prying it from her teeth. "Let me hold this for you, Applejack." Twilight said in a pleasant manner. Definitely not the same one she used when she was talking to Pinkie. "Thank ya kindly, Twilight." Applejack responded. "Now, would ya be so kind ta teleport us on outta here? Away from..." Applejack turned her head to glance over Pinkie before continuing. "That?" She asked. Twilight simply nodded, and, in a flash of light pink, all five ponies were gone. Picnic basket, too. "Wait a second..." Pinkie thought out loud. "My worst fear has come true..Worst fear...came..true..." She suddenly inhaled an unrealistic amount of breath while somehow hovering in the air until her gasp ended. "Thats it!" She claimed, "That's Nightmare Moon's challenge! To face my worst fear! Isn't that right, narrator?" The narrator--what...what? Uh...I can't give you freebies, I'm sorry. "You can't?" Pinkie frowned at this news. I wish I could, but that would make the story less interesting... "Oh, it's okay." She tried to put on a smile, but there wasn't much happiness behind it. "I think...I hope I understand what this challenge is. Springing back to her normal Pinkie Pie self, she posed herself secret-pony-agent style. "I guess I'll just have to deal with this situation like I do almost everything!" Her eyes narrowed before she continued. "Pinkie Pie style." "Would you be a dear and pass the hayfries, Fluttershy, darling?" Rarity asked in the most lady-like way she could. There was absolutely nothing lady-like about eating hay fries, in her opinion, but it seemed OK that she could do it from time to time, even around her friends. "Oh, certainty." Fluttershy answered, "Do you mind waiting until Twilight is done with them, though?" "Not at all, darling, not at all." Rarity closed her pristine eyelids and let her other sense take control on this gorgeous day. Despite having a run-in with that pesky little Pinkie Pie, things had gone swimmingly and Rarity could hardly wait for their sleepover all fie were having later. Something bumped her in the muzzle. There was some muffled talking, but other than that, things didn't seem to out of the ordinary. The smell of hayfries hit her nostrils like a firecracker and her stomach instantly growled. "Oh, sorry, Rarity. I didn't mean to hit you in the nose." Fluttershy whispered, her voice seeming a little more softer than normal. "It's fine, dear, don't worry about it." Rarity replied. She opened her eyes and gasped. "Pinkie Pie?!" All four seemed to notice her at the same time Rarity did; they must've been closing their eyes as well. The pink party pony was stretched out in a seemingly-uncomfortable position. She had one hoof over Fluttershy's mouth and was stretched across the blanket, still holding out the hayfries to Rarity. Her hindlegs were behind Fluttershy, making her mid-section vulnerable. Fluttershy gently removed Pinkie's hoof from her mouth. "That's what I've been trying to tell you." She stated, "Pinkie covered my mouth and I tried to scream for help, but it didn't work." "Fluttershy! Her stomach is right there!" Rainbow complained, pointing at Pinkie's stomach which was a hoof away from the timid pegasus. "Why didn't you just tickle her and we would hear her laugh?" At hearing this, Pinkie instantly recoiled back into her non-stretched out self and shot a rather mean look at the narrator, for she never exactly liking the idea of being forced to laugh. Fluttershy bowed her head in due respect, staring at a dandelion instead of at her upset friends. "It didn't seem very kind." She whimpered. All four groaned in disgust. "Let's just go somewhere else." Rainbow said, wrinkling her nose. "This area's already been contaminated." Thinking fast, Pinkie flung herself upon Twilight's head, acting like a hat, and covering up Twilight's horn. "Wait!" Pinkie pleaded, "don't go yet! Please! I'll do anything; I just want to be friends with you girls again!" The poor pony started breaking out in sobs. The only thing Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy and Rainbow did was roll their eyes. "How pathetic." Rainbow added, "let's go, guys." "Wait!" Twilight called to the four that had started to leave. She looked up at Pinkie with a maniacal grin upon her face. "Anything...?'