Somethings are best left unknown and hidden away from the world we know. And some things are best left to writihe in the light of sun. Rarity knew that first hoof, as did her friends. Everything that happened as of late felt like a cruel joke played upon her heart. Her sister was still in the hospital, hooked up to all those machines and breathing tubes and left forgotten to the world she once loved to play in with her friends. The other members of the CMC visited her bedside daily. Rarity could feel the pain pour out of AppleBloom and Scootaloo. Scootaloo was still in the hospital for extended observation, but was allowed to leave her hospital room to visit Sweetie Belle. To think somepony could of been capable of an act like that. Rarity, Twilight, and Rainbow Dash decided to ask her what happened while she had been held captive that night.
When Scootaloo had been held against her will , as she had described to both Rainbow Dash and Twilight, she had witnessed some very odd behaviour from her captor. The cream colored mare was constantly talking to herself like there were others in the room, when it was just her and Scootaloo.
"I know that father, But Commander Hurricane doesnt know the north like we do," the mare had spoken aloud, " I dont need an army, jut give me Twenty good stallions,", What was she on about Scootaloo thought.
The mare got a cold look in her eyes as she turned to stare at Scootaloo for a moment. What she said next nearly frightened the poor filly to death.
"If you think this has a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention,", The mare said, a sneer creeping across her muzzle.
"She looked just like Pinkie Pie, only she was cream colored, and a pegasus not to mention," Scootaloo paused so they could let it all sink in. Did Pinkie have a relative that they were not aware of? The only other one that could shed some more light was Applejack, but she was out of town with the rest of the Family delivering their harvest to another town close to Ponyville. Something still didn't sit right, Twilight thought again. And where was Pinkie Pie during all of this? She'd be the first in here to spruce the room up. Not to mention make Scootaloo smile with all the party decorations. It was right then that Twilight felt somepony's presence in the door, and turned to see Princess Celestia. They all turned to wonder why the PRincess came without a royal escort, or even to the Hospital at all.
"I must speak with the three of you about something grave," With those words Twilight and her friends left Scoots Hospital room and into an empty room three doors down to listen to what the Princess needed to tell them. It had been the princess' decision to come and inform Pinkie's friends of what was going on. It would be an act that would not only humble her to her subjects again, but show Twilight once again that she could be a powerful ruler and still be flawed. What she was about to tell them painted a picture of their friend they had never known or wanted to remember at all.
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2 years before Pinkie moved to Ponyville she had lived the life of a Gypsy after leaving the Family Rock Farm. The Pink earth pony got by most of the time when she was on the road. The farther she stepped from the boundaries of her old life, the more pain she felt. But she knew that her life had a purpose now. After seeing that Rainbow shockwave dance through the sky that day, she knew she had to venture into the rest of Equestria to see who else she could bring a smile to. Some ponies were completely open to her unique way of party planning, while others took a bit more effort to convince. When Pinkie was a twelve she came across a town that seemed completely devoid of life. And for good reason. Pinkie walked up to the front of one of the Storehouses only to glimpse something that scarred her for the longest time. There towards the back was another Pink pony, this ones coat and mane were muted and dull, like the life or energy from it had been drained. She just sat there with a crazed look in her near lifeless eyes. And then she cocked her head to one side and stared straight into Pinkie's soul.
Surrounding the mare were at least under a dozen bodies, all with missing organs. Their chests had been cut up and carved out like roast turkeys. It was a sight Pinkie would never forget. She had never seen a living embodiment of death before, and after she did it scared her like nothing else. She could feel the tears welling up inside of her over such a horrible loss of life. It wasn't long though before she came to the cold understanding that crazed mare was inches from her muzzle.
"Who... who are you?", The Pink earth asked her assailant.
"ehehehehe," were the only words this thing muttered before finally answering Pinkie's initial query, " Who am i?, Im Pinkamena dear.... Your past, present, and future incarnations," That made no sense Pinkie thought.
"Or if you must know in a more rational sense, Pinkie dear, I'm one of your Aunts." She said with a wicked smile spreading across her muzzle. Pinkie had heard that madness had a small chance to run in the family, but that was 5 generations ago from what her parents had told her. That and the two mares that had been known for it, had self destructed. But then it struck her, her parents and sisters might of hid that detail from her for a reason. This mare Pinkamena, LOOKED exactly like Pinkie. Her cutie mark was three blackened Balloons.
Something else that no pony knew now, was that some of Pinkamena's victims back then included two unicorns whose daughter would become a wandering vagrant until the filly learned how to perform stage magic. No one , not even Twilight Sparkle had known that Trixie Lulamoons parents had been killed by a psychotic mare. And Trixie herself wasn't aware of her parents passing at first until a mail pony came to the school she had been enrolled in. The Mail pony broken down in front of this azure filly when he had handed her the note with the sad news scrawled across the parchment scroll. Trixie started to cry before stopping herself from showing any signs of weakness right there in front of her class mates. She took the scroll, grabbed her school items and her lunch, and silently trotted of the school building and into the world. She got her first taste for stage magic when watching her idol Hoofdini perform on one of his last tours before retiring from the scene. He happened to take notice of a small Azure coated filly in the crowd, and invited her on stage. Right then and there Trixie Lulumoon earned her cutie mark. A star tipped wand lying over a crescent moon. It was the happiest day of her life. Even the pain she felt from the loss of her parents was washed away that day.
Flashback to the present.
Everypony in the room felt sick to their stomachs now. Even Rainbow Dash, and she had always put a brave face forward when something like that had been mentioned in passing. But it had never involved one of her own friends though.