//------------------------------// // Revelation // Story: Inside Pinkie Pie's Mind - Pinkie's Secret // by Violet Bloom //------------------------------// Pinkamena is smiling with an eerie grin on her face. Before her is Rainbow Dash strapped to a metal table, struggling to get loose from her bindings. As Pinkamena’s about to place a very sharp scalpel over Rainbow’s Cutie Mark, “STOP!” Pinkamena’s knocked and held to the ground by none other than Pinkie! “Pinkie?!” gasps Rainbow, “Wha-How can there be TWO of you?” “Pinkamena stop it already!” Pinkie said, ignoring Rainbow’s question, “I won’t let you keep killing ponies to make cupcakes, ESPECIALLY when they’re my best friends!” “Well too bad Pinkie,” Pinkamena knocks Pinkie off of her, “because Rainbow’s number’s up and there’s nothing you can do about it!” Both Pinkamena and Pinkie engaged in a fight with one another, but Pinkie had to play defensive since Pinkamena starts playing dirty. As Pinkamena held Pinkie down, Pinkie managed to kick Pinkamena towards the wall, knocking the nearby dead body corps to fall over her. Taking this chance, Pinkie frees Rainbow from her binds and said, “Get out of here Rainbow!” “B-But what about you?” Rainbow asks, still a little shaken from what happened before her. “JUST GO!” Pinkie pushed Rainbow out of the basement and locks the door, preventing the Pegasus from re-entering the place. “YOU FOOL!” Pinkie turns to see Pinkamena rising from the pile, picking up a very sharp knife nearby, “I was THIS close to making Rainbow Cupcakes, AND YOU LET THE IMPORTANT INGREDIENT GO!” Before she could respond, Pinkie’s knocked hard to the ground as Pinkamena’s standing before her with the knife grasps tightly her hooves. “Guess I can’t make those cupcakes taste like Skittles,” Pinkamena said, trapping Pinkie’s hooves so she can’t escape, “I wonder though, will using you make those cupcakes taste like cotton candy or a slice of pie?” Grinning like a maniac, Pinkamena position the knife over where Pinkie’s heart’s located and said, “Guess I’ll find out soon enough.” “AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!” “Hehehehehe…. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!” / Pinkamena gasps as she sits up from where she’s sleeping. Taking a few steady breaths, Pinkamena looks around and notice that she’s NOT on her bed located inside their mind cottage, but on the streamers and confetti pile in Pinkie’s room inside Sugarcube Corner. “Pinkie?” a voice next to her calls out. Turning to the source, Pinkamena’s greeted by the worried looks of Cheese Sandwich, Party Favor and Sugar Belle. “Guys…” Pinkamena whispers, her throat feeling a bit sore for some reason. Sugar Belle levitates a glass of water, which Pinkamena gratefully takes a sip from. Once she’s done, the Unicorn Mare gently puts the glass away and Cheese grabs one of Pinkamena’s hoofs in concern. “What’s the matter Pinkie?” Cheese asks, slowly rubbing the hoof he’s holding. Pinkamena gasps, “Pinkie.” Getting up, Pinkamena looks around frantically, forgetting the three other ponies in the room. “Pinkie… Pinkie where are you?” “I’m here Pinkamena,” Pinkie calls out, pulling Pinkamena in a hug that made her sit back down on the floor, “I’m here…” Pinkamena wraps her hooves around Pinkie, a few tears forming in her eyes as she absorbs the feel of comfort from the other personality. “Um… Pinkie…?” Both Pinkamena and Pinkie look back and now only do they remember they’re not alone. Cheese Sandwich, Party Favor and Sugar Belle are looking at them in a mix of concern and confusion, and Pinkie sighs knowing what needs to be done. “Mind if I take over?” Pinkie asks. Pinkamena close her eyes as a reply, letting Pinkie take over control of the body. “Are you alright?” asks Party Favor, “That was quite a scream you let out in your sleep.” “I’m fine,” Pinkie reassures. “Pinkie,” starts Sugar Belle, “you don’t have to lie” “But Pinkamena’s not,” Pinkie cuts Sugar Belle off. Silence filled the room after Pinkie said that, which got broken when Cheese asks, “Wait, Pinkamena?” “You know that name Cheese?” asks Party Favor. “I’ve only heard of it once, and that was back at the very first party Pinkie and I planned together,” Cheese answered, remember the sight of Pinkie seemingly hugging herself while talking to this ‘Pinkamena’, “And Pinkie told me that’s her birth name.” “Not really mine technically…” Pinkie mumbled, but it’s still loud enough for the other occupants to hear her. “Pinkie, we don’t understand what you mean,” Sugar Belle admits, with the two Stallions nodding in agreement. “W-What are you doing?” asks Pinkamena nervously. “T-They needed to know eventually,” Pinkie said, “and I-I’m sure they can be trusted with this secret.” Pinkie then look at the three ponies before her and asks, “C-Can you guys Pinkie Promise me that… you won’t tell anypony about what I’m about to tell you guys? I-It’s very personal and something only my family knew.” The three ponies look at one another before they nod in agreement. “We Pinkie Promise,” Three gestures are done to seal the deal. Pinkie smiles at how determined they are with their Pinkie Promise gestures, and that she can feel Pinkamena relaxing after it was made. “T-Thank you,” Pinkie said before asking, “Do you guys want to hear how I got my Cutie Mark?” “Um sure,” said Party Favor, uncertain about the sudden question, “but what does that have to do with what’s going on with you?” “It has EVERYTHING to do with it,” Pinkie replies as she moves to sit closer to Cheese, Sugar Belle and Party Favor, “Pinkamena and her three sisters were raised on a Rock Farm outside of Ponyville, working the days in the field with two of them while another name Maud Pie would be inside the house studying since she wants to be a rock researcher when growing up.” “Pinkie, why are you telling YOUR Cutie Mark story with Pinkamena’s name?” Cheese Sandwich couldn’t help ask. “You’ll understand when you hear the rest,” answers Pinkie. / (Story Mode, Pinkie’s POV) One day as Pinkamena’s working on the field, she had accidentally knocked the harvested rocks off the wagon they were in, causing the day’s work to go to waste. “Pinkamena Diane Pie!” “Eep.” As punishment, Pinkamena was forced to work back the harvest all on her own and she’s not allowed inside the house until she’s done. But since there were a lot of rocks harvested, Pinkamena eventually had to work overnight. While her family was done for the day, they left Pinkamena all alone in the field. Pinkamena sighs, wishing there was more to her life than rocks, when all of a sudden, BOOOOM! Looking at the sky, Pinkamena felt herself being pushed back slightly from the shockwave of the explosion. When it’s over, the dark and gloomy clouds had been cleared out to give way for an amazing rainbow in the sky. Pinkamena had never felt that immense amount of joy before, not even the joy she felt when her Granny Pie would come and visit before could top that. And that’s saying something! *Giggles* Pinkamena’s surprise to hear that sudden giggle seemingly coming from nowhere. But when Pinkamena looks in front of her, a pink pony with curly mane is smiling at her with glee. “Hi there,” the pony greets before looking at the sky, “Isn’t the rainbow pretty?” Pinkamena looks back at the rainbow and said, “…Yeah, it is…” The pony sensed something’s wrong with Pinkamena, so she moves closer to her and asks, “Hey, what’s the matter?” Pinkamena sighs, “I… I just wish to feel this joy more often, and for my family to feel it too…” The pink pony sympathizes with Pinkamena, looking at the rainbow that’s fading away, and thinks of how to make Pinkamena’s wish come true. After that, the pink pony puts together a party, which the whole family enjoys. During the party, that’s when the pink pony’s Cutie Mark appears, and when Pinkamena gave the pink pony the name ‘Pinkie’, a nickname her Granny Pie gave her. / (Reality) “So,” starts Sugar Belle, “that pink pony…” “Is me,” nods Pinkie. “But, that still doesn’t explain why you were saying Pinkamena’s name earlier,” said Party Favor. “Well, actually,” started Pinkie before she stops herself. “Is… everything alright?” asks Cheese. There’s a moment of silence before Pinkie murmurs, “Are you sure?” under her breath and gone silent again. Pinkie then nods and looks back at the three ponies, “Pinkamena wants to speak to you guys-that okay?” “Uh…” Sugar Belle, Party Favor and Cheese Sandwich, although still very concern, are also having to deal with a rising tide of confusion. Eventually, Cheese said, “Sure… I guess…” Pinkie smiles knowingly, though it’s still rather sad. Sighing, Pinkie removes the rollers in her mane and tail and closes her eyes. After she’d done so, Pinkie’s mane and tail starts to deflate like a balloon until they become completely straight, with the mane drops limp to one side of the face. “Pinkie…?” Party Favor asks nervously. The pink pony shook her head, “Try again Party Favor…” Cheese look at the Mare before he asks, “You’re Pinkamena, right?” Pinkamena opens her eyes and nods, “Yeah, I-I’m Pinkamena.” “So, YOU were the pony Party Favor and I talked to that night?” Sugar Belle asks, remembering how ‘Pinkie’s’ mane and tail were straight that time. Pinkamena nods, before Party favor asks, “Um, why did you decide to switch with Pinkie anyway?” “I… I think it’s fair I also tell our story,” explains Pinkamena, “After all… I don’t want to burden Pinkie with telling it all on her own…” Pinkamena sighs, “I guess I should continue where Pinkie left off.” / (Story Mode, Pinkamena’s POV) The next day after the party, I woke up with a splitting headache. It went away after a while, so I thought it was just the after effects from my first party and got out of bed like usual. But as I passed by the mirror in my room, I was shocked and confused to see Pinkie’s three balloons Cutie Mark on my flank! “H-How did I get this?” I couldn’t help asking myself, rubbing my eyes to make sure I wasn’t hallucinating. “Pinkamena, what’s going on?” I turn around and spotted Pinkie standing before me, and only now I noticed she’s transparent, almost like a spirit. “W-Why am I like this?” I carefully move a hoof towards her, and surprisingly enough, I CAN touch her! And after I thought things through, I realized I could do the same the day before. Both Pinkie and I thought that we were too busy with our thoughts that only after the rush of the party have gone did we realized something’s off. Our family doesn’t’ believe me at first, thinking I was only playing a game and that ‘Pinkie’ is my imaginary friend, which I don’t blame them since I too thought the same thing at first. But the next day, I woke up to find myself transparent and the mirror in our room reflects Pinkie instead of me. In fact, both Pinkie and I found ourselves switching places every time we woke up, depending which of us got up first. But because we have no idea how to switch control besides when we’re asleep at that time, our family finally take action after a few days of one member suddenly switching between being extremely cheerful and more down-to-earth. The doctors had done a scan of my brain and they said something about it having twice as much connection as normal. I was in control at that day, which was a bit easy for the doctors to know what happened to me that made Pinkie existed in my mind. It turns out that the shockwave I got caught into was the cause of my, sort of, mental condition. I was still very young to understand the more technical stuff they’re explaining, but the doctors did manage to dumb it down for me to know why Pinkie and I are like this. Since I had lived all my life pushing away my joy and happiness, thanks to the shockwave those emotions created Pinkie. But that shockwave manages to give Pinkie a proper personality instead of being a mindless being that only feels joy. / (Reality) “…Ever since then, Pinkie and I had been treating each other like sisters and eventually learned how to switch control whenever we want,” finishes Pinkamena. “Well that explains the double personality,” said Party Favor, “But if this is your body, then why is Pinkie mostly in charge?” “Because of her Cutie Mark,” said Pinkamena, looking at her flank, “I mean I enjoy throwing parties, and Pinkie does give me some pointers to take over whenever she’s too tired to do so, but it’s not MY destiny. It’s Pinkie’s. I’m just lending her my body so that she can fulfil it. Plus as long as Pinkie’s Cutie Mark’s on my flank, the two of us will continue to share the same body; living as two ponies in one.” “So when that Cutie Mark was removed back then, Pinkie was removed too?” asks Party Favor, which Pinkamena nods in reply. “T-That was the first time I’ve ever had full control of my body for more than a few hours. B-But…” Pinkamena starts fidgeting from where she’s sitting, “because Pinkie uses it the most, I-I started feeling like my body’s not mine anymore. A-And I’ve been having n-nightmares of… of… I-I CAN’T SAY IT!” Sugar Belle gives Pinkamena a hug as the pink Mare tears up a bit. After she calmed down a bit, Pinkamena moves away a bit and smiles at the Unicorn Mare. “T-Thanks, I needed that,” Pinkamena said. “There’s more where that came from,” smiles Sugar Belle. “It’s alright Pinkamena,” Party Favor reassures, placing a hoof on Pinkamena’s shoulder, “You don’t have to continue if you don’t want to.” “N-No…I-I need to get it off of my chest,” Pinkamena opens her mouth to continue, before closing it and opening it again, trying to find the courage and words to speak. “Take your time, we can wait,” reassures Cheese, with the two Unicorns nodding in agreement. Pinkamena smiles gratefully and takes a few deep breaths before continuing, “W-Well, like I said, I-I’ve had nightmares that’s been keeping me up f-for the past few weeks. P-Pinkie does help me overcome them, b-but…” “It’s not enough,” understands Party Favor, “I know how that feels. I’ve had nightmares of the hardship I’d faced that lead me to accepting Starlight’s offer to have my Cutie Mark removed.” “Same here for me,” admits Cheese, “but it’s about my terrible foalhood in Manehattan as an orphan. In fact, that’s why I never really settled in one place that often until I came to Ponyville.” “We all have nightmares Pinkamena,” reassures Sugar Belle, “It’s normal for us to have them.” Pinkamena looks down slightly, mumbling, “B-But my nightmare’s a lot worse than that…” Pinkamena gasps when she felt someone’s holding her hoof. Looking up, Pinkamena sees the reassuring look on Pinkie’s face. “Pinkie’s comforting you, right?” asks Cheese, understanding Pinkamena’s sudden mood change. Pinkamena nods and eventually starts to admit what her nightmares were that not even Pinkie knows about. Everyone’s shocked to hear the very horrifying nightmares Pinkamena had faced for a few weeks. They were even more surprised to see a common theme going on in each nightmare; Pinkamena is portrayed evil! “A-A-And tonight’s one is w-w-where I… I almost killed Rainbow had Pinkie not stop me,” continues Pinkamena, tears freely flowing down her cheeks, “B-But I instead k-k-killed P-Pinkie… and I LIKED it!” Pinkamena gasps as Sugar Belle pulls her in a hug, with both Cheese and Party Favor joining in. Pinkie too joins in the group hug, though only Pinkamena can feel her hugging from behind. The damps in her eyes broke as more tears freely flow out, Pinkamena crying her hearts out in the comforting embrace of the four ponies around her. None of the four ponies lets go of Pinkamena, only staying where they are to provide more comfort. But then, something magical happened. Pinkamena starts to glow a grey-blue color, with a light blue one glowing behind her. Cheese, Party Favor, and Sugar Belle gasp upon seeing Pinkie within the light blue glow, hugging Pinkamena. Said Mare stops crying a bit, confused at what the others are gasping at. That’s when she notices her glowing form and turns around, seeing Pinkie’s glowing and solid form… wait, solid?! “Pinkie…?” Cheese cautiously moves his hoof towards one of Pinkie’s. To everyone’s surprise, it made contact! But just at that moment, both Pinkie and Pinkamena’s glows die down. While that’s happening, Pinkie’s starting to fade, as Cheese’s hoof passed through Pinkie’s. The pink Mare then disappears from Cheese, Party Favor, and Sugar Belle’s sight. “Wha-what just happened?” Sugar Belle asks after a moment of silence. “I… I think it has something to do with the Elements,” Pinkamena guessed, “I-I can switch with Pinkie if you want to see her.” “Maybe tomorrow,” said Party Favor, “By the way, thanks for trusting us with yours and Pinkie’s secret Pinkamena.” “I’m surprise you didn’t tell your other friends about it,” admits Sugar Belle. “W-Well, they didn’t actually have a nice first experience with me before,” admits Pinkamena, “Plus Sugar Belle, you and Party Favor are the first true friends I’ve ever had without Pinkie’s help on making any friends.” Both Unicorns smile at that revelation, as Pinkamena turns to Cheese, who’s looking at his hoof that touched Pinkie earlier. “Cheese Sandwich,” Pinkamena calls out, getting the Stallion’s attention, “despite that I never get a chance to personally know you myself, I actually have this feeling like I can trust you, just as much as I trusted Pinkie with my life. And after today, I can now see you as my friend, if that’s alright.” Cheese lifts Pinkamena’s head up to make eye contact and smiles. No words need to be said for Pinkamena to know Cheese accepts her friendship as both Party Favor and Sugar Belle comes close for a four-way group hug. Pinkamena closes her eyes, and her straight mane poofs up slowly like a balloon being inflated. The others know instantly Pinkie is the one in control now as the Mare opens her eyes. “Thank you guys,” Pinkie said, “the three of you being here helps Pinkamena a lot.” “Of course Pinkie,” said Sugar Belle, as everyone starts to feel sleepy again. “After all,” said Party Favor. “That’s what friends are for,” finishes Cheese. Pinkie and Pinkamena smiles upon hearing this, as the five of them goes back to sleep, with Pinkamena no longer having nightmares under the comfort of the ponies she trusted the most.