//------------------------------// // Ponyville in Chaos? // Story: What happened to everypony...? // by sunlightcloud715 //------------------------------// Pinkie Pie dropped Diamond Tiara off at her house- Pinkie noticed that it was a regular house, not a mansion, like what she used to have- with a dozen of the yummy cupcakes they made together. Pinkie waved at her excitedly until she saw Diamond Tiara disappear inside the house. Then she slowly walked back to Sugarcube Corner, her mind churning with so many thoughts that she could barely keep track of all at once. Why would all my friends be acting so super strange? There must be a reason behind it! Suddenly Pinkie sat down with a thump in the middle of the road, tapping her hoof against her chin.Think Pinkie. What would a smart pony like Twilight do? She gasped. She would do research! Twilight loves research! Smiling grimly with determination on her face, Pinkie got up and started bouncing all the way to Twilight's castle, hoping that Twilight would be able to help her. *** When she arrived at the castle a minute later, Pinkie started banging her head against the door as loudly as she could, then waited until the door opened. When it did, she cringed with shock, backing up a step. "Twilight?" Twilight walked out with large bags under her eyes, her mane in a tangle on her head, and her mouth contorted into a scowl when she saw who it was outside her door. "What do you want, Pinkie?" She spat out her name. "I'm TRYING to study. But you crazy ponies are always interrupting me!" She waited impatiently, then started to close the door on her when she wouldn't answer. "Wait! I-I was just wondering if I could ask you something! I mean, you were always a super smart smarty smartpants and you would ALWAYS help ponies when they needed help, especially your friends! So I would love love LOVE it if you can help me with this teensy tiny ITTY BITTY little thing," Pinkie was starting to ramble nervously, "PLEASE Twilight?!" She brought her face right in Twilight's, smiling a wide, hopeful smile. But the alicorn frowned even more, if that was even possible. "No." She said coldly and grabbed the door in her magic and shut it loudly in Pinkie's face, trapping her head in the crack between. She pulled back, stretching her head out, and freeing it with a giganticslap! Rubbing her face with her hoof, Pinkie stared at the door for a second longer, then turned and slowly walked away, her hopes crushed as she realized that even Twilight was like her other friends. Now that she thought about it, she realized that nopony in Ponyville were like how they were before. To test her theory, Pinkie Pie decided to pay a visit to Fluttershy. Fluttershy would NEVER be mean to her friends, Pinkie thought as she was racing to her cottage on the other side of town, She's the nicest pony around. Or, she WAS, before all my friends turned loco in the coco. She couldn't be THAT much different, could she? As she was running, she ran into a pony with a white coat and a curly purple mane, levitating bags of materials that tumbled to the ground when Pinkie crashed into her and knocked her down. Rarity looked up annoyingly as her beautiful mane got all messy in the dust. "Pinkie Pie! What did you do?! You messed up an entire week's worth of fabric I WAS going to use for a VERY important customer! Now it's all ruined, thanks to you! When will you grow up out of your childish ways?!" Rarity gently lifted the silk material and examined the wrinkled, torn, and unusable piece of fabric that was once beautiful. She looked at Pinkie angrily for an explanation. She laughed nervously, then lookd at Rarity sheepishly. "I'm so so so so sorry Rarity! I really am! But I'm late, for a very important date!" Pinkie nervously hopped back and forth between her legs, anxious to get going. When she didn't say anything, just stared at her, Pinkie thought she could leave and started zooming onward to Fluttershy's cottage, but was stopped by a strange pulling on her tail that jerked her backwards. Shw looked back and saw a light blue glow around her tail, preventing her from moving. The source of the magic, Rarity, was glaring at her. "You are going to help me clean this mess up, and then YOU are going to make it again." Then she started dragging Pinkie Pie back to her boutique, in the opposite direction that Pinkie was trying to go. She sighed and dragged her hoofs along the ground. Then she heard quiet giggling, and over that, full out laughter. Looking over to her side, she saw Fluttershy giggling at her with a hoof pointed in her direction. Behind her, was Rainbow Dash, hovering above the ground, laughing at Pinkie with a hoof over her eyes and another hoof pointed at her. "Fluttershy?" Pinkie Pie asked quietly. Sure, she'd hhad her suspicions, but she never actually believed Fluttershy would be this mean, even for her. "Oh, sorry, Pinkie Pie! You just looked so FUNNY being dragged along like that! And by RARITY, no less!" With that, Fluttershy started laughing a little harder. Pinkie covered her face with both of her hoofs, hoping that all the laughing would stop, even for just a minute. With all the humiliation and hurt of being laughed at by her friends, her mane deflated a little, as Pinkie's tears started soaking up the ground in front of her as they got closer to the boutique. *** After a full day of "helping" Rarity out, more like doing all the work and Rarity fixing her mistakes, Pinkie trudged along quietly with her head down all the way to Sweet Apple Acres. Not giving up hope, Pinkie thought there was still one more of her friends that could possibly be helpful too her, after all she's been through. Applejack wanted to hang out with me yesterday, even after annoying all my other friends. Maybe she could be different. But the more she thought about it, the more unrealistic it became. Maybe I shouldn't even try... all my other friends have been so mean to me today... No. She put on a brave and determined face. Pinkie Pie NEVER gives up when things get tough. Never. With that thought, she began bouncing halfheartedly the rest of the way to Sweet Apple Acres, her lifeless mane drooping in front of her, trying to brace herself for whatever was going to happen. "Oh, hey, Pinkie Pie. What're you doin' here 'round these parts so late at night? Shouldn't you be gettin' to bed?" Applejack looked at Pinkie confused as she just stared at her in shock. "Uh, Pinkie? Are ya oka-oof!" Her breath got knocked out of her as Pinkie suddenly jumped her and threw her forelegs around her, crying tears of joy. Choking on her tears, Pinkie let go and just smiled widely at Applejack, unable to say anything for fear of crying again. Her mane poofed up again. "Okay, Pinkie Pie. I think it's time for you to tell me exactly what's been goin' on with you." In between crying fits, Pinkie told her everything that's been going on with her that day, ever since waking up hopeful that Rainbow Dash would hang out with her. After she was done, Applejack just let her cry it out for a bit on her shoulder. "Ah'm so sorry ya had to go through all that, Pinkie. Why didn't you come to me in the first place? "Because-" she sniffed wetly, "I was afraid that you would be the same way as all our friends." Afrer a while, Applejack gently pryed Pinkie off her shoulder and started thinking: "If Twilight can't help us, then we have to figure all this out on our own. Hmm, strange occurrences with everypony actin' weird. Nopony actin' their usual selves... Pinkie, ah think I have an idea of what's goin' on." She whispered her thoughts into Pinkie's ear, and she perked up. "Of course! What would I ever do without a super smartypants like you, Applejack! I'm SO glad we're family!" Without waiting for a reply, Pinkie grabbed Applejack with her hoofs and took here with her as they started bouncing towards their destination. After a couple of seconds of dizziness for Applejack, they came to a floating house in a black expanse. Pinkie rang the doorbell, which sounded like a rooster crowing, and the door itself opened a set of jaws in the middle and swallowed them up inside the house. "Now, who is this we have here? Why, it's my dear friends Pinkie Pie and Applejack!" a voice sounded within the house and a pair of eyes appeared out of nowhere and looked at them, and with a poof, Discord appeared.