My Final Confession: Relapse

Perfect News’ connection in the Royal Guard was able to proffer Equestria’s finest news source with what is believed to be the actual letter which prompted Pinkamena’s burst of madness. Somehow it survived the raid on Perfect News headquarters due to the uncanny bravery of the staff. Found in the raid of Sugarcube Corner, hidden beneath the pillow Pinkamena would have slept on, it is a true find in this bizarre case. Eloquent and emotional, it is easy to see that the bonds formed by Pinkie Pie’s loved ones still remain despite the horrors she has committed. A testament to ponies everywhere, Mrs. Cake’s letter shows the enduring heart of equinity.

Pinkie,

I’m not sure what to put in this letter that I doubt you will ever see. I guess I should just try to write out my our thoughts. I don’t understand what has happened to you and I really wish I could. How could our fun-loving party pony do the things you’ve done? Never, in my wildest dreams would I have thought you capable of such barbaric, monstrous acts. And not only that, but to do them in the basement of our home. The home we shared. After you disappeared, our business all but ended. Nobody wanted anything to do with Sugarcube Corner after the bodies were found. Only by planning for our foals’ future did we have enough bits to move away from Ponyville, away from our friends, to start a new life somewhere else.

We blame you, Pinkie. Of course, we do. You, who we opened our house to. Who we opened our hearts to when you first appeared in Ponyville alone and without means to take care of yourself. We invited you, not knowing who you were or what you were capable of, into our home and gave you a job. We took care of you, Pinkie, like you were our own. What thanks do we get for these kind deeds? To have our livelihood ruined and our hearts shattered! I don’t think either of us can ever fully recover from the wicked blow you have dealt us.

Carrot and I cannot understand how you could murder anyone. At first we thought it was all some big mistake. Surely our sweet Pinkie Pie was innocent of the charges levied against her. But we were wrong. The authorities scoured the basement and found what little remained of our neighbors and friends. We saw their remains, hacked up and rotten. We saw the cupcakes and pies that you left in the basement oven. It was disgusting. We know you did it but we just can’t understand why. I suppose we never will.

Despite the monster you have become, we recall how you used to be. We never speak of you around the foals and rarely to each other but we both want you to know something. Despite all you have done and how you have hurt us, we cannot find it in our hearts to hate you. We choose to remember you how you were when you were ours. We always thought of you as one of our children, Pinkie. I don’t think that will ever change. That is what cut us so deeply. We loved you. We still love you. We cannot change what you have done or bring back those who are no longer with us due to whatever changed in you but we also do not wish harm upon you. If this is the life you have chosen then it is not in our power to bring you back to what we once had together. We will never see each other again, Pinkie, and that is probably a blessing, but not a day goes by I don’t shed a tear at the demise of our friend, our oldest foal, our Pinkie.

We will always love you,

Mrs. Cake