> ~Murder is Magic~ Book two: Misery Magic Junction > by XxShyShadowxX > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Misery Magic Junction > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Misery Magic Twilight Sparkle and Pumpkin Cake Centric Creepypasta WARNING The candle light flickered, wax rolled down the candle, the moon loomed high over head Ponyville. Most of the ponies would be sleeping soundly by now, however one pony was sleepless, she stood near her desk, next to her candle light, gazing down at a scroll of parchment, from Princess Celestia. The purple unicorn let her dark purple eyes read over the graceful lettering. Dearest Twilight, my most faithful student, as you know every millennia that passes us by Alicorn and Unicorn Magic severely drain. You must be aware of this, it takes longer for me to rise the sun and takes longer for Luna to paint the night in her image. You must be aware of your own magic draining. The time has come once again to collect the entity that refuels our magical reserves. You know what you must do, I am counting on you once again, Twilight Sparkle. I noticed you have grown somewhat attached to your newest batch of friends, you must let these attachments go if you are to carry out the task. I know you can do it. Forever your instructor, Princess Celestia. Twilight's mouth twisted into a bright smile and she placed the scroll down and trotted over to the stairs that lead up to her room. "SPIKE!" She called out in almost a sing. "IT'S TIME!" She rubbed her front hoofs together smiling almost deviously. "This is a tale of magic, don't mistake it for a fairy-tale for this is quite tragic..." Spike descended the steps, slowly, due to the fact it was almost one in the morning and he was dead tired. "It's that time of the millennia, again?" Spike asked, letting out a yawn stretching his arms upward before letting them flop down at his sides, studying Twilight's excited expression. "Misery Magic Junction time!" Twilight cried in glee clapping her front hoofs together. "Time to get our uniforms! Come on, Spike!" With that the purple unicorn rocketed off toward a beautiful furnished wardrobe, which was locked. However only the magical spell she invented and used could get it to open. With great and painful effort she finally undid the lock, she paused momentarily, panting, to catch her breath before she yanked out a beautiful uniform of white and gold. She pulled it toward her chest and gave a delightful squeal of," Mommy's missed you!" "Gee Twilight." Spike said, perking up instantly as he knew he had to be when it came to this sort of thing, he had followed Twilight effortlessly and plodded over to join her, taking his uniform from the beautiful furnished wardrobe. " You seem to be overly excited about this millennia's Misery Magic Junction." He took that note, fiddling around with the hood on his uniform. "Of course I am!" Twilight let out a joyful sigh, hugging the uniform toward her," All our friends will be there!" She slipped into her uniform, easily fitting into the satin. "This is going to be great, come let us go Spike. We have to meet up with Rarity and Sweetie Belle to hand out invites to the tour of the Canterlot Caverns!" With that Twilight blew out her candle, the two slipped out into the deep and purple night and quietly slipped through the calm and serene ponyville and made it to Rarity's Boutique unseen. Twilight gave the Boutique door a few gentle knocks and waited with excitement jolting up and down her spine. The door slid open slightly and a curious eye poked out to see whom was at their door. "Twilight." Said the voice of Rarity before the door crept fully open, there stood Rarity in all her glory, sporting her uniform along with Sweetie Belle standing next to her. "How you ask, is magic made? On a list through the subjected A Special few are selected" "Oh darling, you know how long Sweetie Belle and I have been awaiting this millennia's Misery Magic Junction!" Rarity's gazed flicked over to Sweetie Belle," Are we all ready to go Sweetie Belle, all packed?" "You bet we are sis!" Sweetie Belle said, hopping in place, feeling relief as she knew soon her magic would gain the boost it desperately needed, even if it meant she had to make a few sacrifices along the way to have her magical reserves refueled. "Well what are we waiting for," Spike remarked, "Let's hand out the invites to the 'tour' and get our tails over to the Misery Magic Junction!" "Yes, lets, but remember not Fluttershy. She is too pure for us." Twilight warned darkly, looking at them all with a serious expression plastered upon her face. "Yeah, we know Twilight, darling." Rarity said in a hushed voice. With that the group of four snuck off into the night, slipping scrolls underneath the few selected ponies' doors, now all that was left to do was wait until the bells tolled at twelve in the middle of the night tomorrow. . . . . . . . The sun peeked over Ponyville, the clop of hoofs on wooden floor could be heard from Sweet Apple Acres..... CRUNCH "What in the hay?" Applejack said, looking down at her hoofs, she stood at the door, she had just stepped on something....a scroll. It lie neatly rolled up, waiting to be read. "Looks like Derpy came a lil' early today." Said Applejack, scooping up the scroll. The orange earth pony trotted over to the kitchen table, and she slapped the scroll down upon the furnished wood and unraveled it to gaze upon the wonders it had to behold. "Well color me as pleased as punch! BIG MAC, APPLEBLOOM! Get all y'all's flanks in here!" "What is it big sis?" Applebloom said, rushing into the kitchen and over to her sister, Big Mac following close behind her. "We've been invited ta Canterlot by tha Princess herself! Y'know the caves the Changeling Queen sent Twilight to? Well they done and made the Canterlot caves a tourist attraction and the grand opening tanight is fer the very first tour ever, Twilight will be our tour guide! And, by apples all our friends and their families have also been invited!" Applejack said, giddy, the thought of getting away from Sweet Apple Acres for even a night sounded like a good idea to her. "We should go!" Applebloom said delightedly, bouncing in place looking up at Big Mac," Can we go Big Mac! Please! Please!" She pleaded. "Pleaseohpleasesay----" "eeyup!" Big Mac said, smiling. "YES!" Applebloom said dashing off to go get packing. "C'mon big Mac, we gotta get our things too." Applejack said, and with that the two siblings followed after their younger sibling to go and pack for the trip. . . . . . . . "OOHHH A TOURIST ATTRACTION!" Pinkie Pie cried in glee," MR. AND MRS. CAKE!" She called out prancing out of the kitchen and into the main lobby of Sugar Cube Corner. Her mane and tail dancing like pink ribbons fluttering in the air behind her as she made her merry way toward the Cake couple. "Uh..oh, yes Pinkie?" Asked Mrs. Cake tearing her gaze away from the angle fruit cake she was just frosting. "What's got you all riled up and bouncing like so?" "We've been invited to a tour in Canterlot!" Pinkie Pie said, shoving the scroll into Mrs. Cake's face. She pranced in place, as if she had ants in her coat. "Oh...Pinkie Pie dear, I'm sorry...we can't go. We have the annual Bake Off competition to go to. If we don't go we'll be disqualified and we won't win like we have been for years now. It would RUIN Sugar Cube Corner's reputation!" Mr. Cake said, out of the blue, looking over at his wife and Pinkie Pie. A tour sounded luxurious and wanted, but he and his wife couldn't afford to loose this Bake Off. They had to win, if they did they'd gain enough bits to expand Sugar Cube Corner and be able to hire more employees. That did it, Pinkie Pie's tail and mane seemed to deflate like a popped balloon would and straighten out as she plopped down onto her haunches, looking crestfallenly at the floor. Her party train had just crashed and burned. Mr. and Mrs. Cake looked to each other, then back towards Pinkie Pie feeling pangs of guilt, they hadn't meant to upset the party pony, finally Mrs. Cake's will caved in the look on Pinkie Pie's downcast face tugged deeply at her heart strings, she trusted Pinkie Pie so here was her solution," Fine you can go, but only if you bring Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake! They are slightly older now but they aren't old enough to stay home by themselves. So take them with you, okay?" Pinkie Pie shot up, her mane and tail fluffing back up," OKEY DOKEY LOKEY!" She cheered, hopping off excitedly--- "PINKAMENA DIANE PIE!" Mrs. Cake called out after her. Pinkie Pie halted in seeming mid-air for a few moments before landing on her hoofs, halting, her eye twitched before she threw her head back over her shoulder and blinked," Yes?" "Make SURE they stay in your sight at ALL times! Make SURE they don't go wandering off without you supervising them, understand!' Mrs. Cake warned the pink pony giving her a serious glare, fire of a mother's protection burning in her orbs. "Not to worry, Mrs. Cakey wakey!" Pinkie Pie gushed out, sitting down on her haunches giving Mrs. Cake a salute before bouncing up as if she were jumping in a fun house, and then she whirled away and jumped off like a rabbit. "They won't ever leave Pinkamena Diane Pie's sight! I've practically got eyes on the back of my head!" . .. . . . "Dash...Dash...hey..DASH!" No answer. "RAINBOW DASH!!!!!!" Yelled a purple maned pegasus, this young pegasus was named Scootaloo. "WOAH!" Rainbow Dash jumped up and out of her cloud bed, rocketed into the air, whirled around and landed next to Scootaloo. "Where's the fire kid?" She busted out, looking seriously at Scootaloo. "Look!" Scootaloo said, babbling as she shoved the scroll into Rainbow Dash's hoofs. "We've been invited to Canterlot for a tour!" Rainbow Dash read the scroll lightning quick before getting jittery all over. " Well pack your things, Scootaloo! We're going on this tour! Our friends will be there and uhm...Derpy...Dr. Whooves and Dinky Whooves their daughter will be there and most of all the WONDERBOLTS!" She cheered, " Come on lil sis, let's get going!" Rainbow Dash grabbed Scootaloo by the front hoofs, before the young pegasus filly could say a word Rainbow Dash yanked her along, to get packing. "Underneath royal Canterlot.... Lies a city of ruin and rot" The moon loomed high above Canterlot, it was in the dead of night and it was a bit eerie, besides a mountain face stood a group of ponies, on the face of the mountain a huge crystal could clearly be seen. "Glad you all could make it, friends!" Twilight said, greeting her friends with much enthusiasm, after all this would be the last time they should be together so why not make it the best night ever? Applejack, Applebloom, Babs Seed, who had come to visit Sweet Apple Acres tagged along and Big Mac were the first to arrive. Soon they were followed by Derpy, Dr. Whooves and Dinky. Pinkie arrived with the two young Cake children after that. Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo came second to last and finally the Wonderbolts arrived. Twilight's purple eyes landed greedily upon Pumpkin Cake, that little unicorn filly would be a perfect candidate to join the Misery Magic Junction when she drew of working age. Somehow Twilight had to find a way to smuggle the unicorn filly away from Pinkie Pie whilst she wasn't looking. Lost in her thoughts she didn't realize a minute had ticked by, Rainbow Dash broke the uncomfortable silence. "Where is Fluttershy, Rarity, and Sweetie Belle?" Rainbow Dash asked, tilting her head and looking at Twilight's strange outfit. "Also, Twi, what's with that get up?" "Fluttershy couldn't make it, sadly. One of her animals got sick and she had to stay home to care for it...as for Rarity and Sweetie Belle...They'll meet us inside the Canterlot Caverns. They already got here." Twilight explained to Rainbowdash, leaving no opening for any more questions or so the mare thought. "Oh? This uniform? It is the tourist guide uniform Spike, Rarity, Sweetie Bell and I will all be wearing them." "Wait jus an apple buckin' minute!" Applejack blurted out. "Yah mean ta tell us Sugah Cube, that Spike, Rarity and Sweetie Bell all got ta see these Caverns before us?" "Oh Applejack, of course, only Unicorn, Unicus, and Alicorns are allowed to work here...with a few exceptions of course." Twilight said honestly, which was true at least she was being half honest to her friends. Some Pegasus and Earth Ponies did work here....however they were used for....other purposes...shall we say. "So I take it Spike's one of tha' few exceptions?" Applejack pointed out looking at the small purple dragon with prying eyes. "Let me be honest with you, Applejack. Spike works here to organize the tours, since we Unicorns, Unicus and Alicorns have been far too busy setting up the tourist attraction and now we are tour guides. We haven't the time to organize everything, Spike on the other hand knows how I like to organize such feats as this so he has taken over my job normally. So any more questions?" Twilight pondered out loud. Nopony else said anything so Twilight took that as a signal to begin the tour. "Excellent, now follow me!" The purple Unicorn said turning to face the huge crystal that acted like a door. Her horn sparked feebly with magic, she let out a effort filled grunt and the spark grew with intensity draining Twilight of some of the last of her magical reserves. The crystal slowly melted away revealing the wide opening to the Canterlot Crystal Caverns. "T-There.." Twilight panted, wiping a hoof over her forehead, swiping away beads of accumulated beads of sweat caused by that challenging endeavor. "Come along." "Harbored secretly within lies a facility that goes by the name of The Misery Magic Junction. It holds just one simple Function..." "Yah all right Sugah Cube?" Applejack asked Twilight as they now trotted along a long winding path, leading in a spiral downwards into the Canterlot Crystal Caverns. "I'm just fine, Applejack, now hurry along. Don't worry about me, the tour hasn't begun yet, I don't want any of you to miss it for Equestria. Also do please watch where you are placing your hoofs.." Twilight warned, her voice dark and serious. She glanced back at the ponies following her then her gaze travelled over to the side of the spiraling path. "It's a long way to fall from here and the drop isn't even the ghastly part...it is the landing portion of it.... that you should be concerned about." She gestured everypony to look over the edge. She pointed toward some jetting crystals that reach upwards, almost as if they were sword points. All too soon they reached level ground within the Cavern, they came to a large open area, off to the side was an under ground water fall pouring out crystal clear water, forming a lake at the base, mist and foam gurgled in the middle of a small lake that had formed. Near the small lake was a long table with foods of all sorts spread out as well as drinks and desserts. "Please, everypony help yourselves to some food and refreshments, we will continue the tour shortly, Spike and I must leave you for a while, we have a surprise for all of you on this tour, seeing as you are the first ponies to tour this wonderful Cavern...so Spike and I must set it up. Make sure to stay here and don't wander off, this is a huge Cavern and it breaks off into a labyrinth across the way, wouldn't want to get lost...you might not make it out.." Her voice was low and filled with ominous warning, she and Spike slipped away, deeper within the Cavern away from the others and out of sight. She took in a deep breath of air, exhaled and then used the last of her magical reserves to teleport her and Spike into the very deep depths of the Cavern. Twilight lie on the ground, panting, her horn faded in color to white, the last of her magic had been used up. "Wow, Twilight." Spike mumbled, helping Twilight back onto her hoofs. "The Alicorns' and Unicorns' magic must be very weakened if your horn is no longer channeling it." "We were short on ponies last millennia....remember Spike? So we don't have much magic left, but there is this one Unicus that has a broken horn and she has so much magic in her because she's hardly wasted it, so she helps out in more than just collecting the things needed for magic. She is our last resort in a matter of speaking, however since she is almost as pure as Fluttershy we have to gather her magical source slowly, it has been just enough to keep us going this millennia alone. Thankfully her magical source has built up over the many years and she has a lot to go around, but since we can only harvest it in minuscule qualities it will keep us going for a while, but not forever." Twilight explained as the trotted along, slowly coming to a welcoming sight. A large room that held the same decor as the Ancient Castle of the Royal Pony Sisters located in the Everfree forest. Rarity and Sweetie Belle stood across the way, next to them stood three other ponies. Two were Unicus and one Pegasus. One Unicus had blonde hair with blue streaks in her hair, the other had blonde hair and a white coat and the Pegasus was a soft yellow color with blonde hair and she wore glasses. "Twilight we have these workers here today," Rarity called over as Twilight and Spike plodded over to them. Rarity signaled to the two Unicus and one Pegasus "Ah, nice to see you this millennia!" Twilight Sparkle shook hoofs with the three pony sisters before continuing forward, signaling them along with her tail. They all approached a giant desk, upon the desk was a huge Crystalline Ball that if one would look deep into they'd be able to see what was going on in every inch of the Caverns. Twilight Sparkle took her place upon the chair that was up next to the desk, she had Spike push the chair in and she gazed into the Crystalline Ball. She smiled in a twisted manner as she watched her unsuspecting friends chow down on the food and drown themselves in their drinks and chat away. This would be the last time she'd ever see her friends, she wanted this to last forever. She gazed over to the two Unicus and Pegasus and gave them a simple nod, the three sisters scampered away knowing what to do without being told. It was time for the Misery Magic Junction to begin.... "To refuel the power of the horn... of the races of the gentle Unicus, the lovely Unicorn and the lustrous Alicorn." "Pumpkin Cake wait!" Pinkie Pie called out frantically as the young unicorn filly jumped from her chair and ran off. Pinkie Pie shot up, she looked toward Pound Cake," STAY HERE!" She commanded, "GOT IT?" Pound Cake gulped and gave a nervous smile and nodded in response. "Good!" Pinkie Pie said before she bolted off in hot pursuit of Pumpkin Cake. She rushed after the unicorn filly, "PUMPKIN CAKE! GET BACK HERE I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR YOU!" Pinkie Pie yelled as she followed the young filly through the twists and turns of the labyrinth. Suddenly Pinkie Pie tripped over a small and dislocated crystal and landed face first, she recovered as quickly as she could, rubbing dust from her eyes. Yet when she blinked them open Pumpkin Cake was no where to be seen. "Pumpkin Cake? Ohhh Pumpkin? Where are you?" Pinkie called out, looking around each bend as she went. Surely Pumpkin, being just a young filly couldn't have gotten far...right? Right! "The Misery Magic Junction will leave you in misery and distraught.... In the Cavern of ruin and rot..." Pumpkin Cake's hooves pounded like steady drums as she ran away, giggling, Pinkie Pie was now far behind her, eating her dust, so to speak. She ran and ran and ran until she came to a large room of crystals, her mouth gaped open and she let out a small," Ohhh!" And slowly padded toward the center, she saw many other crevices peeking out of the crystals yet she was so intrigued in her large reflection she settled down and began to make funny faces. "BLEHHHH!" She spat out, sticking out her tongue. "NEEHHH! She turned around, looking backwards, spanking her flank, giggling as she watched her reflection copy her every movement. Suddenly a shadow shifted in a crystal near her, her gaze flickered toward the shadow that appeared in the mirror. There at the opposite end of the rounded clearing sat a gray pony, about her age, the young pony was crying. "Hello?" She called out to the young pony, she took a few steps toward the sobbing pony. The sobbing pony's ears perked, they let out a whimper and a small growl, the pony's head slowly rose, it's body stiffened. Pumpkin Cake halted in her tracks, the gray pony turned around, it's face twisted into a demonic look and it let out a terrible screech. "GIVE ME YOUR SOUL! I WANT IT! IT'S MINE!" Without warning the gray pony jumped up and rushed toward Pumpkin Cake at a frighteningly fast rate. Pumpkin Cake let out a shrill cry and turned tail and ran the way she came, her heart pounding the blood rushing in her veins. She ran as fast as she could but the gray pony was gaining, looking hungrily at her. Pumpkin Cake felt tears form in her beady eyes, she knew she was doomed, unless....her magic sparked on her horn and slowly she floated into the air and floated higher and higher until she was ten feet above the ground, great Celestia was the Cavern vast and huge. She dared to look down and she saw the gray pony vainly jumping at her, screaming and wailing, its eyes dark red, bloody slobber poured from its mouth. "GIVE IT TO ME!" The gray pony yowled up at her, still trying to reach her, making no progress. "PUMPKIN!" Came the voice of Pinkie Pie. Pumpkin Cake lost her concentration and hurtled down to the ground, she landed on top of the gray pony, and then bounced off of it and rolled away. Fear gripped her heart her head shot up and she frantically searched for the gray pony but it was no where to be seen, suddenly something grabbed her. "NO DON'T TAKE MY SOUL!" She wailed, the tears streaming down her cheeks. "Why would I do that?" It was Pinkie Pie...Pumpkin Cake let out a sigh and let herself go limp, her ears pinned to the sides of her skull she turned and buried her muzzle into the nook of Pinkie Pie's neck. Her heart rate calming. "Pinkie I---" "Shhh...it's okay." Pinkie pie said patting the young filly on her back, then rubbing her back. "I'm not mad at you, I was just scared for you, you could have gotten lost!" "No Pinkie Pie really I---" Pumpkin Cake was cut off by distant cries, this time there were two sets of them, coming from down the corridor. Pinkie Pie blinked and looked forward," Huh?" She said slowly, squinting her eyes she saw a small gray pony and a bigger gray pony about her size facing away from her, down the corridor. They were sobbing on the floor. "Hey there are you guys lost do you need help-" Pinkie Pie felt a hoot slap onto her mouth it was Pumpkin Cake's hoof. She glanced down and saw Pumpkin Cake's terrified face, Pumpkin Cake shook her head frantically and mouthed the word, 'run' to Pinkie Pie. Pinkie Pie's gaze flickered back to the two gray ponies just in time to see their disfigured faces flash towards her. Suddenly the two gray ponies let out a shrill call both at the same time in harmony, "GIVE ME YOUR SOUL! I WANT IT! IT'S MINE!" Pinkie Pie felt chills jolt through her and she knew well enough to trust her instincts and run! "TIME TO GO!" She yelped, throwing Pumpkin Cake on her back and bolting off, running as fast as she could. Which was hyperactively fast, yet it still wasn't enough and the two gray ponies were gaining considerably. Pumpkin Cake began to sob loudly on Pinkie's back and buried her face into the pink earth pony's mane, not wanting to see the gray ponies. Suddenly Pinkie Pie skidded to a stop, Pinkie Pie's eyes widened in horror as she realized she had went the wrong way and went left when she should have went right, terror had messed up her sense of direction and now she was staring at a dead end. She dared to look back and saw the two gray ponies standing at the far end of the hall smiling their eyes glowing red, they slowly advanced. Pinkie Pie set Pumpkin Cake down and tucked the filly behind her, she was using her own self as a shield. She was going to protect Pumpkin Cake from these two demonic ponies before them. "GET AWAY!" Pinkie Pie spat out, looking at them dead in the eyes. Their soulless eyes bore back into hers and she felt herself becoming faint. Suddenly out of no where came a whooshing sound and the laughter of Pound Cake. Pinkie Pie regained focus and saw Pound Cake flying around the two gray ponies taunting them. "Pound Cake NO!" She called out in a warning. The two gray ponies stood on their hind hooves and swiped out at Pound Cake, who flew over head zigzagging around them, just barely evading capture each time. "Hah! Can't catch me!" Pound Cake taunted, flying just out of reach, he stuck his tongue out of them. "Nah!" He giggled out, suddenly sobs came from close by and he turned to see another gray pony on the ground that was about his size. He turned pale when he realized this pony had wings like him, oh dear Celestia....the demonic gray pony stood up, growling, it jumped up into the air, beating it's wings and taking flight. The gray pony flew at him. "CAN'T CATCH ME SOB FACE!" Pound Cake yelled out at the demonic gray pony and took off around the corner of the cavern, being chased closely by the demonic pegasus pony. "POUND CAKE!" Pumpkin cried out slipping out from behind Pinkie and jumping in front of her watching her brother being chased away, soon screams of fear and agony could be heard, they belonged to Pound Cake and then all was silent. Tears rolled down Pumpkin Cake's cheeks, she knew her brother had been caught and his soul had been torn from him.....speaking of souls, that's when she realized the other two gray ponies inches away from her, she let out a squeak of panic and jumped back and besides Pinkie Pie. Pinkie Pie hugged Pumpkin Cake next to her, she wasn't going to loose Pumpkin Cake, no, she wouldn't let it happen, she'd die if that was what it took to protect Pumpkin Cake. She had already lost Pound Cake, Pumpkin Cake wouldn't be lost to her too. "TAKE ME!" She screamed out the two gray ponies, halting them in their tracks. "Take me and leave Pumpkin Cake alone!" The two gray ponies stood still, seeming to ponder the request for a bit until the younger of the two gray ponies said," No..." In a haunting voice," None shall remain!" The two gray ponies closed in on Pinkie Pie and Pumpkin Cake , when suddenly Pumpkin Cake let out an almost feral wail, and her horn sparked with a massive amount of magic. The magic zapped in front of the gray ponies, the two gray ponies jumped a foot back their eyes wide with unfathomable terror. "MAGIC ONE!!!!! RUN PINK PONY RUN! MAGIC BRINGS DEATH AND DOOM!" Called the gray demonic ponies before they turned tail and sprinted off vanishing from sight as if they'd never been. Pinkie panted as she grabbed a hold of Pumpkin Cake, and cuddle her into her chest. "Shhh...it's okay Pumpkin! It's okay!" She soothed the crying filly. "We just got to get out of here and find Twilight, she'll know what to do, and plus you saw how frightened the gray ponies were of your magic! I'll bet they'd be TEN TIMES more scared of her magic!" She said, trying to sound hopeful. "First we've got to get back to our friends!" With that she hauled Pumpkin Cake on to her back and trotted off, twisting and turning through the cavern before they came to the food court in the Canterlot Caverns, Pinkie stopped and her mouth gaped open. She noticed her friends were now where to be seen, the chairs and table, including the food were all gone, the only thing that remained was the waterfall but something about it seemed off. "Oh...my....c-c-c-ccupc-c--ccakes!" Pinkie Pie gasped as she saw the crimson flowing down and crashing into the small lake below, suddenly the whole cavern began to shake, Pinkie Pie lost her balance. "AH!" BAM! Pumpkin Cake was thrown off of Pinkie Pie and into the air, the unicorn filly gave a cry of confusion and used her magic to stop herself, she slowly floated to the ground and landed. Pumpkin Cake felt light headed and gasped in a lungful of air, trying to steady herself. Strange, she usually didn't have trouble casting spells before, just what in wild Equestria was going on? Suddenly Pumpkin Cake remembered with a sickening jolt about Pinkie Pie. "Pinkie Pie!" She gasped and dashed over to the pink earth pony all the while the ground around them was heaving, which made it hard for Pumpkin to keep her balance. Pinkie Pie lie on her side, some blood trickled from her head, it wasn't a lot thank Celestia! "P-P-Pinkie?" Pumpkin whimpered, too focused on her injured friend to notice the lake gurgling behind them and forming a small wave. "Pinkie?!" She said softly placing her front hoofs onto Pinkie Pie's shoulders and giving them a gentle shake. Suddenly a noise distracted Pumpkin Cake's efforts to rouse her friend from her unconscious state. Pumpkin Cake threw her head over her shoulder, only to see a massive wave of blood rushing towards her, licking out its gooey substance in search of something to swallow. "AHHHH!" Cried the unicorn filly as she buried her face into Pinkie Pie's mane, throwing her arms over Pinkie Pie and hugging close to her. The waved crashed over them with drastic force, Pumpkin Cake felt the wind knocked out of her and she let out a rattling gasp, suddenly the wave snapped back and started pulling them toward the lake, which was now a black hole of vast darkness. Pumpkin Cake struggled with the current, Pinkie Pie slipping from her grasp, getting sucked down the dark void first. Pumpkin Cake's mouth was open in a scream of silent horror, blood rushing into her, she choked on the blood as she was forced down into the dark depths of the void...then everything for the young filly became dark. Pumpkin Cake felt a hoof come down on her cheek, she felt the sting of the mark left, "WAKE UP!" Said a furious voice, Pumpkin Cake was then lifted into the air and set roughly down on to her hoofs. Pumpkin Cake's eyes snapped open and before her she saw Twilight Sparkle. "T-Twi---?" She said no more for Twilight shoved a hoof in her mouth. "Shut up! Follow me and be quiet!" Twilight commanded, her voice was different some how, more rough than usual. The fact that Twilight sounded insane and the fact that Twilight's horn was a ghostly white color scared Pumpkin Cake into submission and she followed the purple unicorn without question. Suddenly they came to a large room that looks as if it were part of Celestia and Luna's castle, Pumpkin Cake had no time for interrogating Twilight for she was picked up and tossed into a cell. She hit the side of a pink pony. "PUMPKIN!" Pinkie pie said and grabbed a hold of the young unicorn filly and hugged her tightly. "Oh PUMPKIN CAKE!" She sobbed and cradled her. "I THOUGHT I LOST YOU!" "SILENCE!" The booming voice of Twilight cut through the air like a spark of fire and everypony fell into a silent fear. "Now I suppose everypony wonders why they are here? Well the answer is quite simple, Rarity would you like to do the honors of explaining to them why they are here?" Twilight asked of Rarity glancing over to the snow white unicorn. "Oh, but of course Twilight, darling!" Rarity responded before placing a hoof up to her mouth and giving out a few gentle coughs to clear her throat, she then began on her long tale. "You see a long time ago, thousands upon thousands of millennias ago Twilight and I lived a humble life in Canterlot--" "PONY APPLES!" Applejack cried out slamming her hoofs onto the bars in front of her looking out at Twilight and Rarity. "How in the HAY'S APPLES ARE YA STILL ALIVE?!?" "SHUT THE BUCK UP!" Twilight cried out, as Applejack interrupted Rarity. Twilight ran over and slammed her own hoofs on the bars, causing Applejack to slip backward and fall onto the hard ground. "AUGH!" Applejack cried out and lie on her back, eyes closed hard, trying to keep tears from escaping. "Applejack!" Rainbow Dash gasped gently and crawled over to her friend and helped her sit up. "Applejack a-a--a-are you okay?" "M'fine, Rainbow Dash...ah mah head.." Applejack mumbled rubbing it, letting Rainbow Dash lean her against the back of the cell wall. "YOU BITCH!" Rainbow Dash cried out, leaving Applejack leaning on the cell wall, bucking at the bars in front of her," YOU BUCKING BITCH! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU! I TRUSTED YOU!" Rainbow Dash spat out at Twilight. "Rainbow...just SHUT THE BUCK UP AND FACE IT! YOU'LL NEVER GET ON TO THE WONDERBOLTS YOU PATHETIC EXCUSE FOR A PEGASUS!" Twilight yelped right back, smiling deviously her eyes slightly bloodshot. That shut Rainbow Dash up, the blue pegasus pony sat down looking at her hoofs with a horrified expression on her face. "Finished?!" Twilight asked them all looking into their crying faces," Good, now, let Rarity finish!" She looked to Rarity and gave her a nod to continue with her telling of the tale. "As I was saying, do you honestly think Twilight, Sweetie Belle, Spike and I were your friends?! No, we were just using you...you see we need you to make magic, my darlings. Every few millennia or so Celestia sends Twilight, Spike, Sweetie Belle and I to ponyville and there we make a new batch of friends each few millennia to bring back here to extract their magic. Everything you have known is a hoax! We used to use the crystals in this cavern, however darlings if you will look they are all dull and useless to us now, so we had to find a new source of magic! So we did...any way...I was never a friend of any of you ponies. You see Celestia, Luna, Shining Armor and Princess Cadance stage this every millennia. There was never really a Nightmare Moon, that was all done with illusion, all you know is an illusion! Once you help us make magic, Celestia will use her newly gained magic to wipe your memories from your loved ones and it will be as if you had never existed!" A smile of contentment wiped itself across her face," After you are gone...well in a few more millennias this whole process will repeat itself...oh and how are we still alive? Well for feather sake, Applejack, Celestia used an immortality spell on us, SHE IS the Princess after all!" Nopony spoke they were too shocked to say a word that is until Applebloom let out some sobs. "S-S-Sweetie Belle, I t-t--thought -w-w-w-we was friends!" The earth pony blubbered looking at Sweetie Belle through her water fall of tears. "Why are you doing this!?" Scootaloo shot toward Sweetie Belle her eyes full of rage, tears, and a feeling of being betrayed. "Why Sweetie Belle, why?!?" Babs sniffed, tears forming in her eyes, her ears pinned to the sides of her skull. Sweetie Belle let out a ringing laughter," Well I guess you thought wrong then, didn't you?" She asked of them. "Simple we need you as sources of magic....so cheer up! You are going to help us make magic, isn't it fantastic?!" She let her glance flicker to Rarity and Twilight. "So...who's going first?" "Rainbow Dash." Twilight said in a dark tone," Come on you first, Rarity as you know I've lost my magic so you'll have to drain Rainbow Dash of her soul and give me half of it." Rainbow Dash's eyes snapped open and she gasped," W-What? NO! NO YOU AREN'T GETTING MY BUCKING SOUL! I'LL FIGHT ALL OF YOU TO THE DEATH IF I HAVE TO!" "Really now, come Rainbow Dash surely you wouldn't." Princess Celestia's voice rang out and suddenly the giant room around them lit up fully and there stood Celestia, Luna, Cadance, Shining Armor, and a couple of dozen ponies that Rainbow Dash didn't know. Rainbow Dash fell silent and placed her hoofs over her mouth, she hadn't been expecting this at all. Suddenly the cage door flew open and Celestia yanked Rainbow Dash out of the cell, she quickly locked the cell door and then carried Rainbow Dash over to a table and slapped her down on to it and buckled her down with metal to where she couldn't move. "She's all yours, Twilight." Celestia said, backing away as Twilight and Rarity took the stage. "Rarity.." Twilight Sparkle said, giving the white Unicorn a nod, moving out of the way so Rarity could collect Rainbow Dash's soul. "UNHOOF MY BEST LEAD PONY!" Spitefire spat banging on the bars," LET HER GO OR I'LL....I'LL--" "Looks like I know who pony else is next." Twilight hummed, smiling at Spitfire giggling winking her eye at the Wonderbolt. Spitefire's jaw clenched shut and she glared at Twilight, her eyes like daggers. "NO! STOP!" Soarin cried out," Take me instead!" The Wonderbolt was about in tears as he begged them to stop. "Please! Leave Rainbow Dash be, take me, take me!" "There is no turning back now, I fear. I am sorry my little ponies, your fate has been sealed." Celestia whispered and she turned to watch as Rarity sucked the soul from Rainbow Dash. "In the misery Magic Junction where you loose all grip on reality .......................... In the misery Magic Junction where your own soul is your fatality" Rainbow Dash let out a terrified wail as Rarity's horn stabbed her in the chest, blood spurted out of the wound and now Rarity's horn glowed brightly, burning the insides of Rainbow Dash. The pegasus pony couldn't help but struggle against her bindings, she beat her wings in a futile attempt to pry free of her shackles, yet no fruit was there to bare for her desperate efforts. "RAINBOW!" Cried her friends as Scootaloo used her hind hoofs to beat on the bars of the cell in a frantic way, trying to escape to get to Rainbow Dash, it was pitiful really. Rarity pulled away for a few moments leaving Rainbow Dash to wallow in her agony. Rarity went over to Twilight Sparkle and knocked her horn tip on Twilight's horn. The magic that came from the small sample of Rainbow Dash's soul channeled into Twilight's horn and the color returned. "Ahhh!" Twilight sighed out as her horn sparked back to purple," Finally!" She hummed as magic cackled like embers from a fire. "Sweet magic! I'll take over now Rarity, thank you!" With that Rarity backed away leaving Rainbow Dash to suffer at the hoofs of Twilight Sparkle. "Why...Rainbow Dash...you look pale? Are you feeling okay? Don't worry this will be all over soon, I promise!" Rainbow Dash looked up at Twilight panting, her once blue coat was now a slight bit more pale than before. She blinked away small tears and then whispered," I trusted you! I was loyal to you! Why? Why are you doing this?! Don't you care about us Twilight, please, don't do this!" "Of course I care, Rainbow.." Twilight whispered soothingly stroking Rainbow Dash's cheek with a hoof," However....this has to be done, please understand that Rarity and I have no choice." With that she shoved her horn into the deep wound on Rainbow Dash's chest and began to suck the last of Rainbow Dash's soul that remained. Rainbow Dash let out a silent scream, her body convulsed on the table as the last of her soul was drained away, turning into magic. "Any last words, Rainbow?" Twilight hummed out, hovering over Rainbow Dash, half of Rainbow's soul attached to the tip of her horn, the other half still connected to Rainbow Dash. Rainbow Dash narrowed her eyes and spat on Twilight's face and darkly said," Buck you..." Rainbow Dash looked away from Twilight no longer want to watch as Twilight finished the soul sucking process so instead she glanced over in horror at her friends in the cell, she only wished she could have helped them escape this horrid place. She watched her friends as they spoke to her, yet she could not hear what they said, all she could do was see their lips moving as they talked to her and called her name. Suddenly a voice did get through to her three voices actually the voices of Scootaloo, Spitefire and Soarin. "YOU'LL ALWAYS BE A WONDERBOLT IN MY EYES DASH!" Scootaloo cried out, tears streaming down her face. "YOU WERE MY BEST LEAD PONY AND YOU ARE A WONDERBOLT RAINBOW DASH, YOU ALWAYS HAVE BEEN AND ALWAYS WILL BE!" Spitfire yelled. "I LOVE YOU RAINBOW DASH!" Soarin's voice was the loudest of them all, he was clutching the bars and standing on his hind hoof, looking at Rainbow Dash, tears flowing like a water fall from his eyes. Rainbow Dash smiled, tears now rolling down her face, the color from her eyes slowly faded. She gave out a weak chuckle, " I love you all....." She told them," Especially you, Soarin...my special somepony....I love you..." With that the life faded from Rainbow Dash, her eyes slowly closed.... and now she was gray just like the ponies Pumpkin Cake and Pinkie Pie had encountered in the labyrinth. Twilight Sparkled distributed the magic to the rest of the Misery Magic Junction workers. All of them smiled in a satisfied way, "Well...Spitfire...it is your turn." On and on it went, Spitfire lasted a few seconds shorter than Rainbow Dash had, Soarin lasted for only a few seconds, one by one the slid the bodies off of the table and they landed on top of the pony previous of them that had their soul sucked. After a while the bodies would vanish. Soon only Apple Jack, Pinkie Pie, Big Mac, Applebloom. Babs Seed, Scootaloo, and Pumpkin Cake remained. "Let's see...Sweetie Belle dear would you like to choose whose next?" Twilight asked the young unicorn. Sweetie Belle let out a gleeful cry," Would I?" She asked then she choose the next pony to have their soul sucked with," Earth pony, Pegasus pony, Unicorn, Unicus, Alicorn... my sister asked me which pony else will now power the magic of the horn and you are IT!" she pointed toward Applebloom. Applebloom's face went pale and she shook on her hoofs. "Wait just an apple cider minute! I'll go!" Applejack said, her voice determined, no fear could be traced in the tone. "NOPE!" Big Mac said hugging Applejack toward him then pushing her gently over toward Applebloom. "I go." He said, "Stay with Applebloom as long as yah can, AJ." With that Big Mac was swept out of the cell, however no one expected him to fight back. Big Mac kicked Celestia's legs out from under her. "RUN!" Big Mac wailed. The cell door was open, seeing as Celestia hadn't had time to shut it before Big Mac knocked her off of her hoofs, Pinkie Pie grabbed up Pumpkin Cake and Applejack herded Applebloom, Babs Seed and Scootaloo toward her and then they made a bolt for it. Suddenly a bolt of magic flew toward the air, and hit the ground in front of them and fire lapped at the door they were heading for, their only means of escape, now it was ruined. Pinkie Pie and Applejack halted in their tracks and knew it was over, they had lost. Their one chance of escape had been dashed. Pumpkin Cake felt tears splash down her face, it was over, they were done for, the young filly sobbed into Pinkie Pie's mane as they all were taken back to the cell by Twilight and Shining Armor. Big Mac now lie on the table, bound to it with the metal straps he turned his head toward his sisters and friends. "M'Sorry!" He mumbled and then it too was soon over for him as well. His body was pushed off of the table and onto the ground and he vanished slowly into thin air. Applejack came next. "TYRANT" Applejack screamed and wailed at Twilight, until her voice was hoarse, her soul slowly being sucked out of her. "In the misery Magic Junction where Tyrant Twilight rules .... In the Misery Magic Junction the magic, all these souls fuels" Applebloom was the next to fall victim even after big Mac's and Applejack's desperate attempts to save her from this ghastly fate. "In the Misery Magic Junction .... Tucked underneath Canterlot ... It's such a terror filled facility." Babs Seed's time came to pass, the young earth filly screaming abuse at Twilight for ending the life of Applebloom. Babs Seed never stopped yelling, she never stopped fighting, she thrashed against her shackles screaming and wailing to the great skies above. "Hidden underneath a royal city.... ... Such a shameful secret .... But the ones dressed in the uniforms swore to keep it." Pumpkin Cake cowered burying her face into Pinkie Pie's mane. It seemed that time dragged by forever, finally the time came when Pinkie Pie was whisked away from the cell and strapped to the table, Pumpkin Cake was dragged out of the cell as well but instead she saw next to Twilight, running was out of the question so now Pumpkin Cake slowly started to except the fact that it was ending and there was no escape. "The Misery Magic Junction ...... Full of Magical dysfunction ..... Souls filled with terror .... Nopony can escape the Twilight bearer." Pumpkin Cake looked up at Pinkie Pie, whimpering. "P-P-Pinkie Pie.." She choked out, not wanting to see her cheerful and upbeat friend suffer the same fate as the others had. "In this magical tale not so pure .... Filled with deadly magical allure .... In this grand opening tour .... Full of fearful illusion ... Will leave you in mass hysteria and confusion." Pinkie Pie gave Pumpkin Cake a saddened smile. "Turn that frown upside down, Pumpkin Wumpkin, everything will be okay! I promise! Cross my heart and hope to fly stick a cupcake in my eye!" Said the pink Earth Pony. "A delightful dance of draining facade ... The color of the souls shall fade ... This is The Misery Magic Junction's one simple function ... To give power back to the horn ... In the Misery Magic Junction where all magic is born." "THE DAY OF RECKONING IS HERE!" Suddenly a voice boomed out, through the flames of the door jumped a pegasus pony that looked a lot like Pound Cake yet he looked slightly different and his eyes were not the same color as before. "STAND DOWN!" Pound Cake's doppelganger said, pounding a hoof on the ground. Behind him came an army of the demonic gray ponies, they swarmed into the room. Hope in Pumpkin Cake flared, perhaps not all was lost after all. "POUND CAKE!" She called out to the pegasus pony, jumping up and down. "Look Pinkie it is Pound--" Pumpkin Cake trailed off as she remembered that Pound Cake's soul had been sucked, the realization hit her hard, this couldn't be the same Pound Cake and yet she wanted this pegasus pony so desperately to be her brother. "You'll be spiraling in reverse .... Let's run back to the first verse" Twilight looked towards the pegasus and his army of soulless followers, she saw some of the gray ponies that looked like the soulless shells of her recently soul sucked 'friends' Twilight let out a scoff . "As if you think that this would have worked, Galefreeze." The pegasus pony that looked like Pound Cake scowled and then the looks of Pound Cake melted to reveal that Galefreeze was a black pegasus with an ice blue mane and tail with stunning blue eyes and a cutie mark that looked like wind was blowing with ice flurrying around it. He looked much taller than before and he sneered. "So we meet once again, Tyrant Twilight, my ex-friend!" "This is a tale of magic ... Don't mistake it for a fairy tale ... For this is quite tragic." "I must laugh at your efforts, they are quite pitiful." Twilight cackled and her horn sparked with a large amount of magic, the gray ponies behind Galefreeze let out a cry and fled the scene as the magic came hurtling toward them. Galefreeze leapt out of the way, taking flight he zoomed over head Twilight and dodged the Misery Magic Junction workers, he bucked the shackles off of Pinkie Pie freeing her. "Come! HURRY!" Galefreeze yelled, he grabbed a hold of Pinkie Pie and flew into the air. "WAIT WE CANNOT LEAVE PUMPKIN CAKE!" Pinkie Pie cried pointing down with her hoof at the terrified unicorn filly. Galefreeze let out a grunt of annoyance and swooped down allowing Pinkie Pie to grab Pumpkin Cake in her arms. Galefreeze whirled around and sped past the Misery Magic Junction workers and through the fire that shrouded the door and toward the food court. Behind them, Galefreeze heard Luna's booming Equestrian voice. "DON'T ALLOW THEM TO ESCAPE! WE MUST USE THEIR SOULS FOR OUR MAGIC! CATCH GALEFREEZE, PINKIE PIE AND PUMPKIN CAKE! WE MUST NOT ALLOW THEM TO REVEAL OUR SECRET!" Galefreeze, Pinkie Pie and Pumpkin Cake came to the larger crystal room, that was when Galefreeze felt magic slice at the tip of his right wing. " AAGGGHHH!" He and the pink earth pony and the young unicorn filly came crashing down into the room and were promptly surrounded by Misery Magic Junction workers. They blocked every exit, they were trapped. Nopony would be getting out of this, it was over. Galefreeze buried his face into his hoofs, he should have just left Pinkie Pie and Pumpkin Cake to die, he should have gotten out while he still had a chance, now his new soul was going to be sucked and he'd go back to that life of misery and woe. Dear stars he must sound selfish but when you've had your soul sucked and go through hell like he had then you too would want to do anything to get a new soul and finally LIVE once more. "Galefreeze!" Pinkie Pie cried as she and Pumpkin crawled over to the black pegasus pony. "Galefeeze, get up, please!" "Galefreeze they are getting closer come on!" Pumpkin Cake urged shaking him gently by the shoulder. "I...I..I can't fly...my wing..." Galefreeze mumbled looking up at them tears swimming in his blue eyes. He turned slightly to show them his bloodied wing," I..I...It's broken....we...we.....it's over...I'm sorry I failed." He buried his face into his hoofs again, sobbing. He had failed again just like he had five millennias ago. He had been so close to escaping with the love of his life from this place. His love yes....but he had failed...he had failed his friends then too, he had failed Crystal Bells and he had failed himself. Now he had failed Pinkie Pie and Pumpkin Cake. Suddenly he heard screaming, his head shot up as he saw Pinkie Pie pinned on the ground as Twilight Sparkle sucked parts of her soul. "NO!" Galefreeze wailed, he pulled himself up and barreled into Twilight Sparkle, knocking her off of Pinkie Pie. Pinkie Pie gasped and hugged herself, shivering on the ground, her chest hurt and she felt cold...so cold...the coldest she had ever felt in her life. She only grew colder and the pain intensified, she let out a sob and closed her eyes tightly. Pumpkin Cake rushed over to Pinkie Pie, listening to Galefreeze and Twilight Sparkle fight with each other. "PINKIE!" Pumpkin Cake choked out as she stood over her friend. "Pinkie?! Are you okay?! Pinkie Pie's dull blue eyes fluttered open. "Pumpkin C-c-c-c-Cakkee.......r-r---r-r-run...f-f--forget about me...save yourself. Galefreeze is distracting them by fighting Twilight..s-s-s-s-soo....you are small enough...you can probably g-g-g--get away unnoticed.." "No! Pinkie Pie I can't leave you I..you...YOU ARE MY FRIEND!" Pumpkin Cake said, suddenly the breaking of bones were heard and Galefreeze smashed into Pumpkin Cake, Pumpkin Cake let out a grunt as she was buried underneath Galefreeze. "ENOUGH!" Twilight Sparkle seemed to hiss like a snake, suddenly like a tigress she leapt onto Pinkie Pie once more and completed the soul sucking process. "PINKIE!" Pumpkin Cake called out, struggling out from under Galefreeze. The young unicorn filly watched as the last of Pinkie Pie's soul was drained from the pink pony. Tears streamed down her face, although this was the end Pumpkin Cake would always remember the last words Pinkie Pie spoke. "It looks like... my party.....is over..." Pinkie Pie had said, turning to look at Pumpkin Cake, with a heart warming smile on her face, tears streaming down her cheeks as she gave her last gentle giggles and then she faded away. "Terror filled tour . Of deadly magical allure . This is the Misery Magic Junction's . One simple function . To give back power to the horn . The place where all magic is born" Pumpkin Cake watched as Twilight Sparkle trotted over toward her. Pumpkin Cake's eyes narrowed and she stood up in defiance scraping her hoof on the ground. "Join us Pumpkin Cake." Twilight said nonchalantly as if nothing had happened, as if she had not drained the souls of Pumpkin Cake's friends in front of her. Pumpkin Cake stood silent and glared at Twilight Sparkle her gaze seemed to convey that she thought Twilight Sparkle stupid if she think she would join her after all that had happened. "No.....mhnn...you might change your mind if I tell you I can help get your brother Pound Cake back." Twilight Sparkle whispered gently in Pumpkin Cake's ear. Pumpkin Cake grew ridged and her scowl melted into an expression of shock. "W-What?" She whispered, her mouth dry and her voice cracking. "I can return your brother to you...all you need to do..." Twilight Sparkle said slowly a smile of deviousness slapping itself across her face, she turned her gaze to Galefreeze who was lying defeated on the floor. "Is suck his soul..." "In this Magical hive ... Not a single soul shall survive" " Galefreeze weakly lifted his head and looked on in utter fear at Pumpkin Cake, he shook his head, whimpering, silently begging Pumpkin Cake not to suck away his new soul. He shook where he lie, beaten and both wings broken, he looked pitiful. Pumpkin Cake's heart pounded, if she sucked Pound Cake's soul out of Galefreeze would she really have her brother back? She slowly walked over to Galefreeze and turned him over onto his back and pinned him down, she placed her horn on his chest and gazed deeply into his eyes. She took a deep breath and prepared herself. "P-P-Pumpkin please...d-d--d-don't..." Galefreeze sobbed closing his eyes then slowly he opened them and they were the color of Pound Cake's eyes. Pumpkin Cake's heart about stopped and she clenched her teeth together finally understanding that sucking Pound Cake's soul from Galefreeze wouldn't bring Pound Cake back. Sucking Pound Cake's soul would just make more magic, and then Pound Cake would be lost to her forever. She jumped away from Galefreeze whirled around to face Twilight Sparkle and yelled. "YOU LIE!" Everything happened so suddenly, there was no warning. Twilight Sparkle had dashed over and knocked her onto the ground before grabbing Galefreeze away and sucking Pound Cake's soul from him. Pumpkin Cake watched on in shock. Galefreeze sobbed out. "I'm sorry I failed you Pumpkin Cake, I'm so...so...sorry..." It was like loosing Pound cake all over again, Pumpkin Cake's hope left her when Galefreeze finally faded away, now she was alone in her sufferings...in her nightmare. No one was there to help her, she was on her own. "A delightful dance of draining facade " Twilight Sparkle loomed over Pumpkin Cake now she looked down into the unicorn's eyes and spat with venom in her voice. "Any last words you worthless bitch?" Pumpkin Cake looked up at her, her eyes slits of hatred, she gathered the last of her strength and defiance, smiling she let out a soft coo. "Do your worst." This is how magic is made."