Rainbow Dash, a blue Pegasus, who've tried to get into the Wonder bolt academy; has a vision of cupcakes before the event takes place; so when things seem to follow up with her dreams; she knows... It's time to get out of the oven.
The sun was as bright as day; the morning having humidity in the air. Seem like a nice day; if you haven't woke up with a future prediction of your best friend torturing you and using your inners for special ingredients to make cupcakes. When the blue Pegasus finds the events that took place in her dreams start to follow up; will she confront her best friend, stop her, or flee?
Rainbow Dash just arrived at Sugar Cube Corner; on the behalf of Pinkie’s invitation to make Cupcakes; even tho her friend knew she was terrible at baking; maybe it was a lesson and production she thought. She placed a hoof on the door, pushing it open; inside was... Empty she thought, again most of her friends are off enjoying their hobbies or relaxing; if that’s their hobby.
“Pinkie Pie!... Are you here!?”
The blue pegasus searched around for her friend, but not finding her; She did, however, find a mess on the counter. did the plans change she thought? It couldn't have because the mixtures are still out, same with the bowls, filled with the mixture. this thought was put to rest when the smell of pastries insert into her muzzle.
“Oh goodie, you’re here! Now we can start baking!”
Rainbow smiled at this comment.
“Pinkie Pie... You know I’m terrible at baking, remember the batch a while back?”
“Don’t worry silly, you won’t be baking.”
“Then... What am I helping with again?”
“You’ll be taste testing. Silly.”
“Taste-testing?”
Yup! What if the cupcake looks sweet to eat, but actually tastes really-really bad?
She pulled out a cupcake; the frosting was shaped like Rainbow Dash’s cutie mark; corresponding to the wrapper; the frosting was blue, the other colors followed the rainbow. She handed the cupcake to Rainbow dash.
“Take it! I made this one special for you!”
“I can tell, thanks Pinkie Pie, but... Don’t you have something in the oven? It smells like it’s burning?”
Oh my gosh!!
The pink mare rushed to the oven; grabbing the tray as fast as she can. Rainbow took a bite of the cupcake, her taste buds feeling tingly from the sugar and frosting. She wondered if this was a new recipe or did pinkie add too much sugar; she devoured the cupcake like a filly. Pinkie sneaked up aside Rainbow Dash startling her.
“Did you like the cupcake!?”
“That cupcake was awesome, did you change the ingredient?”
“Sure did!”
Bouncing up and down; smiling at her blue Pegasus friend.
It’s a special ingredient.
Whatever it is, it was very tasty!
Rainbow Dash flew up In the air with excitement; happily flapping wings. She eased her way down to the ground; feeling fatigued coming as she land; she didn’t know what was causing this fatigue, I mean... She did just eat a cupcake she thought was packed with sugar; how come she was feeling sleepy all of a sudden.
“Have a nice long nap, Dash.
Rainbow leaned her head on Pinkie; before collapsing to the ground. A devious smile formed on the pink mare's face.
Rainbow Dash awoke in a basement, her sight blurry; she had no clue where she was; has she thought where she was; the concepts start to flow back into her hippocampus; the cupcake, the sudden fatigue. She tried to move, but to her surprise, she couldn’t, her body was secured in place with rust-colored straps; they were made of leather and were not pleasant at all; She wanted to move, of course; and it was too snug. She called out to Pinkie Pie.
“Pinkie Pie! Are you down here!?”
Rainbow Dash’s voice echoed off the walls; She assumed she would get an answer from the Pink party pony, but as she expected one, she got one.
“Oh, goodie! You’re awake! Now the fun can begin!”
The voice echoed off the wall; the voice was strident, she looked bug-eyed as she came into Rainbow Dash’s sight.
“Pinkie Pie... Where Are we...?”
Rainbow Dash, once again looked around; feeling unease.
“You’re in the basement, silly! Where do you think we are!?”
Rainbow looked confused; how did she get in the basement of...
“Where?”
Rainbow anticipated the answer; what she really want to know is... Why is she in a very dark basement? It all seems... Odd.
“Sugar Cube Corner! Where else silly!?”
Rainbow Didn’t even know Sugar Cube Corner had a basement; she figured that this is where the pastries were put-in storage. Celestia... She’s wrong.
“What happened to us baking cupcakes?”
Pinkie Pie giggled with joy; she bounced.
“You see... That’s why you’re down here!? So I could gather special ingredients! In case you were wondering?”
Rainbow Dash’s eyes widened with anxiety.
“What’s the...”
She gulped, her fear didn’t leave.
“Special Ingredient?”
You!.. Silly!
Rainbow looked as she just had a heart attack.
“Hahahahahahahaha!”
“Pinkie looked at her friend confused.”
“Why are you laughing?” I didn’t tell a joke?”
Celestia, you got me good Pinkie Pie! I would’ve never guessed you could be this extreme as a prankster, but Celestia! I was wrong!
The blue Pegasus’s eyes started to tear up.
Rainbow Dash, I’m not joking...
Pinkie Pie walked out of sight, Grabbing a tray of surgical tools and pushing to her recent stopping position. She was in Dash’s sight of view; the blue Pegasus no longer laughed.
“I’ll set these aside for now.”
The words “now” clicked in Rainbow Dash’s head. What did she mean “now!?” Pinkie walked up to Rainbow with a certain cranium in her hand; it had a beak and the size was smaller Than a pony’s skull. She waved it in Rainbow Dash’s face. The blue Pegasus was frightened; she wasn’t going to admit it; the expression on her face already clarified that for Pinkie Pie; There was no admitting needed. Pinkie started to imitate the figure’s voice.
“Hey, Rainbow Dash, let’s ditch these losers.”
Rainbow eyes started to tear up; this time... Not from laughter.
“Awe, don’t cry dash, the fun just barely started.”
The pink mare once again walked out of sight and into the darkness; the place would not remain that way any longer tho; she flipped a switch; the switch sounded as it creaked a little. Rainbow saw the basement with clear sight; her composer, which she was struggling to control already; finally broke down; the situation became too apparent.
Pinkie grabbed a knife from the tray and made her way to Rainbow Dash. Rainbow Didn’t even see the pink mare move. It is Pinkie Pie of course.
“Pinkie! You can’t do this! I’m your friend! Friends don’t do this to each other!”
Rainbow Dash’s voice sounded frantic; she tried struggling against the restraints; not desiring the outcome.
Pinkie Pie stopped herself, forgetting to show her best friend what she made.
“I don’t make the rules Dash; it’s just, your number came up and... I don’t make the rules; and besides, if I don’t gather more extraordinary special Ingredients, I can’t give more extraordinary cupcakes out; more ponies will smile at the taste and have satisfaction on their face. Oh! I got something to show you... But if I do, you can’t judge me... Alright?”
Rainbow didn’t reply to her friend. She thought of ways to shift out of her reserves and escape. She gave up fighting against her binders. The only hope she had was to talk Pinkie Pie out of this. The party pony came back with a dress made out of cutie marks.
“I know it’s not like Rarity’s dresses, but I feel like I did a pretty good job. You Like it?”
“How Could you...”
“Huh?”
The pink mare said with uncertainty.
“HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO YOUR FRIENDS!?”
The azure mare’s voice sounded wobbly; She couldn’t tell if it was anger, being freighting, or both. Pinkie Pie gave off a pale look, before replying.
“I wanted to remember them, so... I took their cutie marks and engraved them into this dress.”
Rainbow felt sick to the stomach, how could Pinkie Pie do this!? Matter of fact... How could anypony do this!?
“I always knew you like to be the best, so... I have a spot for your cutie mark.”
The pink mare pointed a hoof to the middle of her chaotic dress. She walked over to her tray of instruments selected the scalpel and walked over to Rainbow Dash’s cutie mark. Rainbow felt like she was going to have a heart attack: sweat flowing, heart racing. The knife penetrated the flesh.
. . .
Rainbow Dash felt an intense burning sensation as her wings were ripped from their sockets; as the skin attempted to keep the wing on; it was peeled off causing more burning anguish. She retched.
. . .
“You look some much nicer on the inside! I guess the saying: No guts no glory makes sense; that’s why you had enough glory!”
Just before she could start gutting the sky-blue Pegasus who was barely dead; she returned to the real world; which isn’t a dream, or... Should I say nightmare?
Rainbow awoke in a cold sweat; was the dream real? She sounded so stupid. She got up on two hoofs and patted herself from the chest-abdomen.
(”What was... That dream!?”)
Both hoofs descended to the ground. She paced around the white, fluffy cloud; recollecting herself. She recalls Pinkie Pie requesting if she could come over and make...!
Rainbow began to pant intensely. It must have been the thoughts before bed; the excitement she felt, helping her friend make cupcakes. She began to fly; heading to Sugar Cube Corner.
(”Should I invite somepony to join me to assist with the cupcakes?”)
Her thoughts were brooding; she couldn’t get that nightmare out of her head. She also had thought it could be a foresight; this concept only increases the tension. The breeze soaring beneath her wings helped ease the tension, only a little. She decided not to invite anypony, because if the events would take place like her nightmare, then she would confront her. She felt a little scared to even set foot in the shop, but she not going to let a fiction nightmare stop her; she was stubborn.
She arrived at the bakery, looking at the door with hesitation to open it. She pushed the door open; heart racing while pushing the door. She walked inside, the door closing behind her.
“Pinkie Pie... Are... You...”
She gulped; shaking a little.
“Here!?”
She expected a response from the party pony; she again, got one.
“Oh, goodie, you’re here, now we can begin!”
Rainbow blood ran cold. It was the exact words she spoke from the nightmare.
“You know I’m... A disastrous baker right, remember the...”
She was lost in words; mind fogged by anxiety. Her voice was tight.
“Cake!”
“Cake?”
“Yeah...”
“O... Kay?”
Don’t worry Rainbow Dash, you won’t be baking.
“Then...”
Sweat started to emit from Rainbow Dash’s face; her tone wobbly.
“What do I helping with?”
“Taste-testing!”
She pulled out a familiar cupcake.
“I made this one especially for you, let me know what you think?”
Rainbow’s heart was racing; it felt like it was beating out of her chest. She thought of ways to avoid eating the cupcake.
(”I’m not eating that cupcake!”)
“Pinkie, I attended a restaurant with Twilight; the soup was extremely hot when I took a sip and... Well...?”
“You don’t want to try my cupcake? I made it just for you...
Pinkie’s ears slumped back; the sad look pricked at Rainbow Dash; if this was the nightmare she dreamed about, then it was nothing to the torture she was going to exhibit.
“I’ll help you bake, Will you give me lessons?”
Rainbow smiled at the pink mare; fear was behind the smile. The Pegasus’s tone seemed honeyed.
“But you’re a Wonder Bolt, not a baker silly.”
Giggles escaped Pinkie pie’s mouth. Rainbow remained calm; aware if she doesn’t eat that cupcake, she would live with all her appendages unimpaired.
“I never said it was my passion Pinkie, just want to ampler my baking skill.”
Rainbow walked over to the oven and grabbed the cupcake trays; it a good thing she picked up mittens before grasping the tray. Pinkie really wanted her friend to eat that cupcake she worked so hard on; something fishy’s going on. Rainbow put the next batch in the oven; she started cleaning the baking counter; there was chocolate everywhere; it was about to leak into the oven.
“Would a little taste hurt?”
Rainbow turned to Pinkie Pie; hatching an idea. She smiled generously at her friend.
“I might be able to ease through the pain? If we consume it together?”
“Um... It’s just for you, not me...”
But, why not?
“Um... Fine, I’ll take a portion.”
Pinkie was annoyed, Rainbow Dash could tell by her tone. The party pony put the cupcake on the counter where Rainbow Dash was present. She began cutting the cupcake in half.
“Actually, I want a smaller piece; sorry about that.”9
“It’s fine.”
Pinkie wanted to rip that blasted tongue out. If she gets the chance, she will. She cut the half into a smaller serving. Talk about fractions: 1/4. She handed it to Rainbow Dash.
“You first.”
She must’ve forgotten what Rainbow Dash said.
“I thought we were going to eat it at the same time?”
She gave her friend a confused look.
“Oopsie, I forgot. Tehe!”
She grabbed her portion along with Rainbow Dash; they both stared at each other before munching the cupcake down. They both felt sleepy; Pinkie collapsed to the ground. Rainbow felt the fatigue approaching; she plans against this.
- - -
Rainbow Dash was making her way to the bakery; thinking about how she could eat the cupcake and not fall unconscious.
(”It’s very rude to fall asleep on the host when the invite you!...”)
The slap in the face halted the fatigue. This gave Rainbow an idea to try.
- - -
She ran over to the sink in turned on the hot water, letting it reach its maximum temperature. She put a hoof under it; feeling the hoof be scorch, the skin blistered a bit; she placed the hoof on her face; the water wasn’t scolding, but it was still sufficient enough to cause the mind to feel less fatigue and more focus on the pain; It had served its purpose.
(”Good thing I ditched out a less portion... Otherwise, I didn’t think it would work.”)
One question remained for Rainbow Dash; what to do with Pinkie Pie? Tell the others maybe? Alert Celestia for the transgressions Pinkie had perpetrated? She was lost; she knew she can’t let her walk off free and inflict pain on the other ponies. She searched for the basement; She checked by the front door, left and right; moving the pastries on their selves and not finding what she wanted; she paced around the bakery; searching and moving items from their places; she started to doubt her nightmare; all this lead up just like the nightmare; how could it be wrong? I mean... If she hadn’t tricked Pinkie in such a way and let her eat half of the cupcake, why, she be down in the basement getting her appendages tortuously tore off; She decided to alert Twilight first; once she finds the...
(”Found it”)
Rainbow had lifted the rug; revealing the Basement doors; she opened them and stepped down in the basement stairwell; she felt shivers go down her spine; she continued to make her way to the basement; her hoofs touched the hard ground.
(”Just has dark as my nightmare.”)
Rainbow seemed brave; anypony who was able to sense emotion, or particularly fear, knew she wanted to run and hide from this place. She can’t report it to anypony without evidence. She felt around for the lights; feeling a switch and flickering it; the lights came on and...
(”I Can’t believe this!?”)
If her expression wasn’t the definition of fear and anxiety, then what was?
She flicked the light switch off and Blasted her way upstairs as fast as possible; she shut the basement hatches, put the rug back on the hatch, and left the bakery.
Rainbow Dash reported the horrific cellar to Twilight Sparkle, who was busy recording her knowledge on pony phycology From the book she was reading; She would know what to do, she thought?
Twilight, being both Rainbow Dash and Pinkie’s friend, didn’t want to believe this. Pinkie denied entree to the basement; explaining that’s been off-limits since she moved there and she didn’t know what’s down there herself; with approval from the Cake’s; who caught on to Pinkie falsification; They walked in a moment ago; listening in on the conversation.
Twilight still doubted Rainbow Dash. Rainbow Dash didn’t want to see that... Discussing despicable basement; the basement sent shivers down her spine; she doesn’t want to be down here again.
Pinkie Pie followed behind them, knowing this is going to end badly. She can’t knock out 4 ponies swiftly, even if she tried, she would need her gigantic hammer to do so.
When the lights flickered on; Twilight’s mandible dropped; Rainbow put a hoof over her own eyes; not wanting to see the... Basement. The Cakes reached; explaining that they had nothing to do with this; the entry granting supported this; so did Rainbow’s explanation; the nightmare she had.
Pinkie was reported to Celestia and put in a mental ward; serving 100 to 200yrs after in the cell at the castle. Twilight wanted her just to be in therapy, Celestia explain that’s not a punishment. She was stripped of her element and locked away until the sentence was finished.
Rainbow still couldn’t help but feel responsible for Pinkie’s freedom revoked; the thought of saving, not just herself, but dozens of ponies from torturous demise... She was glad she had that nightmare now; maybe faith changed? What if faith intended for this change to take place?
When the others were notified by Twilight and Rainbow Dash; they didn’t want to believe it; if they saw the basement, Rainbow thought, they will have to believe it. A memorial was held for the corpses they could identify; some families wanted her to be put to death, not serve 100 to 200yrs. At the end of the day, Rainbow Dash, no... The Mane 6 just lost a friend; they are now the Mane 5. The element of laughter ceased to function, waiting for a new host to emerge. If The mane 5 ever wanted to see Pinkie Pie again, it will be behind solid iron bars.
