//------------------------------// // Chapter 5 // Story: The One True Queen // by Queen of Cupcakes //------------------------------// Chapter 5 Lonely Wonely or The Return of Laughter "Are you insane?!" Lyra asked Doohickey quite loudly. "No… well, possibly, my aunt was very eccentric after all…" Doohickey said walking back and forth before the collection of adults. Fluttershy bit her lip and sighed. "I should never have told you about the Elements of Harmony… you're too young to be thinking of fighting like this…" Doohickey's eyes narrowed and her face began to burn red hot. "I agree, you're too young to be even trying to fight with us, just let us grown…" Ditzy began but Doohickey finally snapped. "ENOUGH ALREADY!" She screamed. The adults all looked quite shocked at her out burst. "I AM TIRED OF ALL THE ADULTS IN MY LIFE SAYING I'M TOO LITTLE OR TOO CLUMSY OR TOO YOUNG TO DO ANYTHING TO HELP!" Doohickey stomped right up to the Doctor and snorted angrily "I am offering a solution to end the war…" she glared at him angrily "isn't that what you want to do?" the Doctor looked at the little filly. He was eyeing her with a scrutiny he had not given her before. "What you're saying Doohickey… you have to understand, we don't even know if it's possible…" "It is… it must be…" Doohickey said trying to push down her uncertainty. She shook her head and pushed away her doubts "we won't know if it's impossible if we don't try." The Doctor smiled a little at that. "Well, it's not really up to us, Fluttershy…" Fluttershy looked up quickly "what do you think?" Fluttershy backed up as everyone turned to her. "Um… Well, I… um…" Applebloom walked up to her and looked sad. "If we do this… I'll get Applejack back won't I?" Fluttershy blinked at the little filly "Oh dear… um…" Doohickey looked at the yellow pegasus begging with her eyes. "Oh I can't stand here pretending I don't want to try… I thought about them all night… I miss them very much, and I'd like to try to get them back… oh! Only if it's not too much to ask… of course…" Everypony cheered. Bon Bon threw candies in the air as Lyra created fireworks. Applebloom and Doohickey spun around laughing. Ditzy hugged the Doctor swinging around before kissing him on the cheek. She then blushed like a tomato and flew away in a grey blur, hooves covering her face. The Doctor blinked rapidly in slight shock before we smiled and picked Doohickey and swung her around. Doohickey laughed and hugged him. "I love you papa…" she whispered with closed eyes. The Doctor tightened his arms. Doohickey opened her eyes and blushed a bit, turning away from the Doctor. "ALLLLLLRIGHT! We all got to calm down now! Can't celebrate yet, we've still got to go out and find them all everyone calm down! Alright!" the doctor turned to Doohickey. "You're our mastermind, who do we find first?" Doohickey blinked and smiled widely. "Pinkie Pie." She said seriously. The adults looked at her. "Um, Doohickey… Pinkie Pie hasn't been seen in, well since the start of the war." Lyra said. The other adults cringed. Doohickey smirked. "Zecora… you're being awfully quite." " Zecora…" Lyra and Bon Bon said turning to the Zebra. Zecora chuckled at the little pegasus "The jig is up so it seems, my secrets are unravelling at their seams." "Huh?" the adults all exclaimed. "Every Tuesday just after three, the pink wonder mare visits me." The adults all gaped at her. The doctor finally shook himself out of his stupor. "Wait… you're saying she gets through the locked door, through the control room, finds your door in the sea of doors, visits for an undetermined amount of times and then leaves again?" Zecora nodded "HOW?" Zecora shrugged "NO no no, you can't just shrug! That is a major beech in security! …HOW!" the doctor asked in deep confusion. "It's Pinkie Pie, that's like asking how she fits her party cannon in her pocket…" Lyra said. "Wait… she can fit a cannon in her pocket? …HOW?" Lyra, Bon Bon, and Zecora shrugged. "Argggg!" the Doctor shouted trotting away up to the console. He pushed a few button to display the date on the screen. He blinked at the date. "Today is Tuesday…" "Ack!" Doohickey shouted, "what time is it?" she asked hurriedly in a panic "2:45." The Doctor said turning the console away. Doohickey gasped and began pulling Zecora to the door. "Come on! We have to get ready for Pinkie Pie!" Fluttershy made a move to follow. "No no Fluttershy! I'm going to do it alone, trust me. Come on Zecora!" "Alright little one, it appears your adventure has at last begun." Zecora said winking at Doohickey. Doohickey smiled and flew ahead of Zecora to the jungle room. "just a warning before the pony arrives… she is not quite following the past drives…" Zecora said worriedly. "What do you mean?" Doohickey asked becoming somewhat scared. Zecora's ear flicked "This way she comes, leave no trail of crumbs!" Zecora hurriedly hid her in a cupboard. A knock on the door sounded. Zecora worked to put the finishing touches on tea. "The door you'll find is open, you are welcome in my den." Zecora said Pinkie Pie opened the door and Doohickey was a bit shocked. She had always seen the pink pony depicted with a bouncy cotton candy mane. This pony had flat straight hair and she didn't appear to be truly smiling. She had one of those half smiles that Doohickey knew oh so well. Doohickey was a bit shocked… Pinkie Pie looked more like she did when the war was finished then anypony else she's met. "Hey, Zecora…" Luna's moon, she even sounded glum. "Hello my dear friend… goodness you look like the world is at a end." "Maybe it is…" she mumbled quietly. Zecora didn't have a reply to that. She simply watched the pink pony as she sadly nudged and sipped at her tea. After a few awkward minutes Zecora offered Pinkie more tea. "No thanks… I think I'll just go…um… bye." The Pinkie pony walked off before Zecora could begin her reply. The zebra turned to the cupboard that hid Doohickey and tilted her head towards the door. Doohickey burst out of the cupboard and galloped out of the hut. "Wait!" she cried. Pinkie jumped at least three feet. Se turned back to the little pegasus forlornly "Oh… hello." "Why are you leaving?" Doohickey asked. Pinkie looked at her. "I don't belong here…" "But… aren't you the best party pony in Equestria?" "OH yeah!" pinkie said showing a really smile for the first time Doohickey had seen her but then her smile fell. She slumped down to a seating position "at least I used to be…" she then turned to Doohickey and glared "Who are you anyway, why do you care?" "My name is Doohickey Whooves…" Doohickey said. Pinkie Pie blinked "Wait… like Doctor Whooves?" "Uhuh." The pegasus nodded. Pinkie blinked. "Does he know?" she asked "No, It's a secret… can you keep a secret?" "Yep, Pinkie swear." Pinkie said smiling a little and nodding "cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." She flapped her arms and put a hoof in her eye. Doohickey giggled. She then put on a serious look. "Look Pinkie… I have a plan to defeat Celestia and stop the war… But I need the elements of harmony to do it… which means I need your help…" "Wait! Did you say the elements of harmony!?" Pinkie asked getting right in Doohickey's face. She was staring at her with insistent eyes. Doohickey fell over to get away from the intense look. "Yes…" the pegasus said uncertainly. Pinkie Pie smiled widely. "REALLY?" she asked super excited. Doohickey blinked "Um… yes?" She asked a bit confused. Pinkie Pie's hair exploded into pink bouncy cotton candy hair. "WWWWEEEEEEEEE!" she screamed bouncing all around Doohickey. Doohickey got a bit dizzy trying to follow her. "Well come on silly, we've got to get moving. What are you doing on the floor?" the bouncy mare asked the filly. Doohickey was a bit shocked and confused "Huh?" Pinkie Pie giggled "My friends are out there Silly!" She picked Doohickey up and put her on her hooves. She then pulled the filly to her side. Then she stood up on two hooves and pointed to the horizon. "And we're going to recruit them!" she then giggled and began bouncing towards the door "Even if they don't want us to!" Doohickey stared with a confused shocked face. Before she smiled broadly and whooped. Suddenly Pinkie Pie gasped loudly "oh my gosh! I almost forgot I've got to go apologies to Fluttershy for being such a meanie weenie!" she disappeared in pink blur before Doohickey could stop her. She laughed before galloping after the hyper mare. Inside the jungle hut a pink bottle had begun to glow beside the yellow one. Zecora sipped her tea, smiling knowingly. Pinkie Pie ran through the halls as fast as she could se was looking in all of the rooms. "Nope!" another door "Nope!" another "Nope!" and another "Nope!" finally she stopped and rubbed her chin "If I was a yellow pegasus where would be?" Pinkie Pie giggled "Hee hee that is so silly, why would I want to be a pegasus, I'd much rather be a dragon, Oo Oo no a unicorn! No! A griffin! Wait, no… Oo Oo I know, an earth pony! Wait I am a earth pony!" She laughed. Suddenly she saw Fluttershy walking down the hall at the end of the hall she was in "FLUTTERSHY!" she tackled the pegasus in a tight hug. "EEEKKK!" the shy pegasus screamed before realizing that it was just "Pinkie Pie?" "OH my gosh it is so nice to see you, oh my gosh Fluttershy I'm so sorry for being such a meanie weenie and not visiting you… I'm an awful friend…" Pinkie said as tears began well up in her eye. She started crying quite loudly. Tears started pouring out of her eyes in a steady heavy stream. Fluttershy hugged her. "Oh Pinkie Pie, I'm so happy to see you." Pinkie Pie hugged her back. Doohickey and the rest of the core crew watched this, smiling widely. "Welcome to the peace core!" Bon Bon said happily. Pinkie Pie smiled and bounced up and down. "This calls for a PARTY!" Pinkie Pie shouted before dashing off in a pink blur. "Oh dear…" Fluttershy said cringing. The Doctor turned to her "Um… what is wrong with that?" he asked worriedly. "PARTY CANNON!" Pinkie Pie Screamed from some room in the Tardis. "ACK!" the Doctor yelped before galloping in the direction that Pinkie Pie had dashed off to. Applebloom and Doohickey laughed and laughed. Doohickey looked up to Ditzy. "This is going to be really fun!" the little filly said. Ditzy giggled. Suddenly the Doctor shouted. "DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH MY BUTTER FRIDGE!" The core ponies laughed loudly into the afternoon.