The Ponyville Horror

by Wheller

Chapter 6

Chapter 6

Pinkie Pie had elected to head over to the Library to check up on Twilight. Their friend’s emotional state was clearly worse than they thought. Pinkie Pie gave it about an hour, and headed over to the Library, and knocked on the door, Spike answered and looked up at her.

‘Hey Pinkie’, he said.

‘Hi Spike... is Twilight here?’ Pinkie Pie asked.

‘Yeah... I guess you can go up, I don’t know if she wants to see anyone though, she came in really huffy, and then broke down crying about three seconds after coming through the door and ran upstairs without saying a word to me’, Spike said. He took a step aside and allowed Pinkie Pie entry. Pinkie Pie trotted up the stairs and stiffened her resolve. There was a good chance that she wasn’t going to like what was on the other side if the door. She reached out and knocked on the door.

‘Go away Spike...’ Twilight said from inside.

‘It’s me... Pinkie’, Pinkie Pie replied.

Twilight said nothing in response, and Pinkie Pie pushed open the door, to discover Twilight curled up on her bed, rocking back and forth, clutching that book she’d had with her at Sweet Apple Acres.

‘Twilight?’ Pinkie Pie asked.

‘I don’t know what came over me Pinkie Pie... I just... I just looked at Applejack and then I got really angry. I still can’t believe I said that. I’m so horrible...’ Twilight said, continuing to rock back and forth. ‘What’s wrong with me Pinkie Pie? You’ve all been so good to me... Why did Rainbow Dash cheat on me?’

Pinkie Pie frowned, Twilight was struggling, the look in her eyes just made Pinkie Pie feel as though she needed to dive head first into a pit of sadness.

It was already late in the day, the sun was going down. Pinkie Pie trotted over to Twilight and sat down next to her. ‘I don’t think that there is anything wrong with you Twilight, you’re just hurt, and you want to lash out at the pony that hurt you, except she’s not here’.

Twilight nodded. Rainbow Dash had hurt her so much, she started to cry. Pinkie Pie approached her and wiped the tears from her friend’s eyes, smiling warmly at her.

‘Thank you Pinkie’, Twilight managed a weak smile. ‘You’ve been so good to me...’

‘You’re my friend Twilight, I care about you!’ Pinkie Pie said with a bright smile.

Twilight’s smile grew slightly more. She loosened her grip on the book and allowed it to fall onto the bed. Twilight sat up and gave Pinkie Pie a tight hug. ‘Pinkie Pie, you’re the best friend anypony could ever want. Thank you so much’.

‘Oh... Twilight! I’m not that great’, Pinkie Pie said modestly, rubbing a hoof against the back of her head.

‘Oh, don’t sell yourself short Pinkie!’ Twilight said with a smile. ‘You’re great! I... I wish that I’d seen how you felt about me before... you would have never cheated on me...’

The two of them sat quietly for a moment, Pinkie Pie wasn’t really sure what to say to that, but nevertheless, she tightened her grip on Twilight, giving the unicorn a big hug. ‘I’m always here for you Twilight’, Pinkie Pie said finally.

Twilight smiled, and enveloped the large book in her magic and levitated it into the air, placing it on the shelf. ‘Pinkie Pie... can I ask a favour?’

‘Of course you can Twilight!’ Pinkie Pie said.

‘I didn’t sleep very well last night... I’m... I’m not used to sleeping by myself anymore’, Twilight said. ‘Would... would you like to stay the night?’

Pinkie Pie wasn’t sure what to say about that. ‘Um... Twilight... I don’t know if that would be appropriate...’

Twilight frowned, but then gave Pinkie Pie a weak smile afterwards. ‘You’re always trying to look out for me Pinkie Pie. I appreciate it... I just... I just don’t want to be alone, that’s all’.

Pinkie Pie gave Twilight a small smile. ‘Okay’, she said finally.

Something at the back of Pinkie Pie’s mind was yelling at her, a little voice that was telling her that this wasn’t a good idea. Pinkie Pie ignored it.

Pinkie Pie and Twilight laid themselves down on Twilight’s bed, looking up at the ceiling. Twilight stretched out her right hoof and took Pinkie Pie’s left and gave her a smile. ‘Pinkie Pie? Thank you for being such a good friend to me’, she said, Pinkie Pie watched as a single tear ran down her cheek.

Pinkie Pie smiled back at her, and reached around and wiped the tear away. Twilight Sparkle closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep. Pinkie Pie lay next to Twilight for a moment, looking up at the ceiling thinking about how she had come to be in this situation.

A book fell from its place on the shelf, landing with a hard thud. Pinkie Pie sat up and looked at it, discovering that it was the same book Twilight had been holding before. She looked over at Twilight; she had not even so much as stirred. The unicorn was fast asleep. Pinkie Pie rose from the bed and trotted over to the book to pick it up and place it back on the shelf.

She reached out with a hoof, mere seconds before touching it, Pinkie Sense went wild. Pinkie Pie pulled back, her instincts were practically screaming at her. ‘Do not touch that book’. Pinkie Pie’s entire body began to shake. This book had a malevolent magical aura around it.

It was starting to make sense to her now; Twilight hadn’t parted with it for much longer than a few minutes at the time during the past day. This book had to be the cause of Twilight’s violent outbursts. Pinkie Pie knew instantly. It had to go.

The problem was getting it out of here without touching it. Twilight was sure to not part with it willingly. Pinkie Pie looked around the room for anything she could use to safely pick up the book, finding nothing, she went into Twilight’s washroom and pulled out as many towels as she could and tossed them over the book, doing her best to wrap it up without actually touching it. She took the bundle in her teeth and walked with it over to the window, pushing the window open with a hoof and dropping the book out into the bushes. It may not have been the most permanent solution to the problem, but it would have to do for now. Pinkie Pie took the towels back into the washroom, folding them up and returning them to the place that she got them; she crawled back onto Twilight’s bed. Now all she had to do was make sure that Twilight kept away from that book.

...

Swan City, Western South Island, Vinyl Scratch couldn’t help but grin madly as she looked out into the ocean, watching the waves roll in and out from her spot on the sandy beach, and watching as Surprise splashed water around just along the shoreline.

‘Can you even swim Surprise?’ Vinyl asked.

‘I dunno’, Surprise said with a shrug. Without warning a giant wave came from nowhere, knocking the Pegasus down and causing her to flop around struggling to get up. Vinyl Scratch couldn’t help but snicker, and trotted over to help her friend to her hooves.

‘You’re the light of my life, Surprise’, Vinyl Scratch said as she pulled the Pegasus mare up. ‘Where were you all my life?’ she asked with a grin.

‘Lying awake on a bed in EPMB for years upon years plotting to murder everypony in Equestria’, Surprise said nonchalantly.

Surprise and Vinyl Scratch looked at each other for a moment, and then began to chuckle.

‘Heh heh... ohh... it’s too bad that statement is true’, Vinyl Scratch said.

‘Yeah, just kind of’, Surprise said with a shrug.

Vinyl grinned at her friend and motioned for her to follow. ‘Come on squirt; let’s get you dried off so we can get some food’.

‘I like food’, Surprise said.

‘I do too!’ Vinyl said brightly. ‘Food is my second favourite thing in the universe!’

Surprise gave Vinyl Scratch a sidelong look, not believing it for a second.

‘All right! All right! Fine, it’s my third favourite thing in the universe, you happy?’ Vinyl asked.

Surprise grinned madly and nodded her head in affirmation. Vinyl Scratch levitated a towel with her magic and dried Surprise off with it, or at least tried to, Vinyl didn’t get very far before Surprise began to shake herself dry like a dog would.

Vinyl couldn’t help but smile. Surprise’s silliness had a way of brightening even the darkest of days. She had never appreciated the Pegasus mare more.

Surprise had gone through many changes lately, her eyes were no longer blood red, but rather purple, which Surprise said had been the colour that they had been when she was born.

Vinyl Scratch looked up as a new comer, a grey Pegasus pony with ruby red eyes walked up to them. ‘Are you having fun, Vinyl Scratch?’ he said to them.

‘I always have fun!’ Vinyl Scratch said. ‘Glad you could join us Whirlwind’.

Comments

[Rahzzy]

aw I would love to get my hooves on a book like that... delicious malice power I WANT IT!

[Wheller]

94269

You can't use the book.
The book uses you!

[ugugg93]

But wait. First Whirlwind was... and then he was... after he was... aw shit...

Oh, and Pinkie Pie: Best friend ever.

[DreadedCandiru2]

Oh, goody. No bleeding wonder Whirlwind is ecstatic.His little present is working as advertised.

[Super]

Book:"Despite your violent behavior, the only thing you've managed to break so far is my heart."

[Wheller]

Little bit of information for all of you.

Vinyl Scratch and Surprise's part in Swan City, South Island takes place at the same time as Twilight and Pinkie Pie's.

And it's been a little over 15 hours since Rainbow Dash cheated.

I'll let you lot all do the math on that one.

[Fulgor Ignis]

Of all her friends, I think Fluttershy should find RD and bring her back to Twilight. She can keep things calm between the two and act as a distraction while Pinkie and Spike send the Tome to Celestia.

[ugugg93]

95157

A raging evil psycopathic Celestia running around? No thanks!

[Fulgor Ignis]

95255
At least Celestia would know it's power.

[Disguised]

Hmm...
Favourite thing in the universe = herself
Second favourite thing = Surprise (used to be food)
Third favourite thing = food (used to be Surprise)