Pinkie Pie gets taken by Surprise

Surprise was running, or was she flying? She couldn’t tell. Behind her lay Ponyville, the chaos capital of the world, her five friends shouted after her begging her not to leave, ahead of her lay… nothing. Around her neck she noticed the familiar gold necklace adorned with its blue crystal in the shape of a balloon.

“No,” she whispered breathlessly to herself, “this isn’t right.”

She hadn’t had these dreams for years, not since she’d lost her place among the elements to Pinkie Pie, so why was she here now?

“You forgot about us!” Rainbow Dash shouted after her, her words echoing in Surprise’s skull.

“No!” She screamed, screwing up her eyes trying to block out the voices of the other element bearers. As she kept running she felt her hoof catch on something and her whole body lurched forward. Her eyes opened in time to see herself falling through the ground, the entire world tearing itself up around her.

And as she fell into the endless void she heard the five voices cry out simultaneously, “Pinkie Pie, come back!”

Surprise’s eyes snapped open, she felt the wind rushing around her and saw the earth speeding toward her. Quick as a flash she spread her wings and managed to pull herself out of the dive with seconds to spare before she plummeted into the ground. Gliding along the ground, close enough that she felt the grass brush against her hooves gently curled under her torso, she sped towards Ponyville. Her mind was still foggy from the dream; it was as if she was being guided along by a higher power.

I haven’t had a dream like that in a long time, why now?

As her mind began to clear she could just start to remember the events of the previous night, and her stomach sank as she recalled her visit to Rainbow Dash.

I’ve ruined everything.

Surprise saw the Ponyville library appear before her and knew somehow that was where she had been flying to.

Picking up speed she covered the remaining distance swiftly and landed on the balcony. The window was open and she could hear raised voices coming from within. Silently, she crept through the open window and appeared in what appeared to be Twilight’s bedroom; the voices were coming from down stairs. Slowly, so as not to be heard she moved towards the stairs and began to descend.

“She’s insane!” shouted a voice she recognised as Rainbow Dash, Surprise felt her heart stop inside her chest.

“Rainbow Dash, she’s your friend!” another voice shouted back, Twilight Sparkle she presumed.

“Friend? Friends don’t attack you in your house at ungodly hours of the morning, screaming at you for things you never did,” Dash retorted.

“Never did, sure,” scoffed another voice, Spike?

“And what’s that supposed to mean?” Dash demanded.

“She told me everything about what Pinkie did,” Spike shouted back.

“Pinkie didn’t do anything! We didn’t replace her!” Dash continued to shout, her voice raise to impossible volumes, “I can’t believe you’d trust the word of a complete stranger over your friends.”

“That’s enough!” Twilight cut in, the room fell silent, and Surprise was now standing just out of view around the corner. “Spike, Pinkie is not some master of deceit; she is just Pinkie Pie, random and unpredictable.”

Spike didn’t respond, Surprise wondered what she was thinking, no doubt he’s beginning to figure out I lied.

“And Rainbow Dash, what exactly did happen between you and Surprise?” Twilight asked.

“Nothing happened,” Dash replied, her voice now low but still frustrated, “I don’t understand what she’s thinking. One day she just dropped out of contact without any explanation.”

“Well clearly she thinks something did happen,” Twilight said exasperatedly, “and clearly it has something to do with Pinkie Pie.”

“She can’t genuinely believe we replaced her, can she?” Dash asked, sounding more bewildered than angry now.

“I don’t know, to be honest, it sounds like she knows herself you didn’t.” Surprise raised an eyebrow at this, “last night it didn’t escape my notice, she tried so hard not to get along with Pinkie, maybe she did genuinely believe she had been replaced, but now she can’t accept the truth without also accepting that she is solely the cause for whatever has been troubling her. These extreme measures she’s taking, they’re probably just her attempting to maintain the lie in her own mind, so she doesn’t have to consider the possibility of her being wrong when presented with evidence to suggest that.”

Surprise began stepping backwards, her mind was reeling again, it’s my fault, I drove my friends away, Pinkie didn’t do anything wrong.

She stumbled up the stairs, rushing for the balcony, all these years of loneliness, of bitterness; I’m the only one to blame…

She reached the balcony and took off as quickly as possible; no doubt her inconspicuous escape had alerted the others to her presence in the library.

No! I won’t accept it, not yet.

She began speeding towards the opposite edge of town, in the direction of a house she’s passed on her original reconnaissance of Ponyville.

There’s only one Pony whose word I can’t trust at this point.

Arriving at her destination she galloped up the path, not even stopping to take in her surroundings. She reached the door and without a moments hesitation began to hammer on it with her face.

OW! Why in Tartarus do I keep doing that?

Rubbing her sore face she heard the door open, the faint sound over various animals coming from within. She looked up to see the oh so familiar face staring back at her.

“Surprise?” she asked incredulously, “what are you doing here?”

“Hey Fluttershy,” Surprise responded, forcing a smile, “can I come in?”