The Equestrian Inferno

The pony sensed us watching her. "What?" she asked as if it was no big deal.

I stood dumbfounded. Even Galaxy seemed disturbed by the sight despite all the previous horrors we had bypassed. "Ummm, why are you doing that?" I asked.

"Oh, simple enough" she said. "My name's Ms. Harshwhinny. I'm in this section because I tried to raise an army against Celestia. I found out about a secret mirror portal hidden in Celestia's castle leading to another universe. When I was there visiting in preparation for the Equestrian Games, I found it and slipped through. My plan was to raise an army there and attack Equestria however my plan was foiled and the mirror was moved to the Crystal Empire for safekeeping. I escaped once from prison and attempted to try again however somepony had stolen my original written plans. Anyhow, because I ate a hamburger while I was in your universe, I'm forced to eat the head of Braeburn as well."

"Braeburn?" I asked.

"Yep, he wanted to take over Appleloosa and sabotaged some of it's defenses during the battle between the ponies and the bison. He knew the sheriff was the main target and purposely stole some of his pies to speed his death."

When she had finished speaking, Ms. Harshwhinny returned to chewing on Braeburn's head. The sight sickened me and when I turned away to keep myself from vomiting, I saw that Galaxy had left me already and was travelling ahead. I ran to catch up to her.

After a while, the density of the ponies diminished until we were alone and things took a turn for a strange. All around us, the ice rose up in large carved mounds sporting hideous faces. Although these really were ice sculptures, some sinister vital energy seemed to dwell within them. As cold as the lake already was, it was colder now. Though I shivered violently, I knew not whether this was due to the cold or the unease from the gleering sculptures of ice surrounding me and ever ready to pounce.

This section of the lake was much larger than I had originally thought.

"Wow, this is a really big dividing region" I said to Galaxy, perhaps to break the silence.

"Actually, it's purpose is not merely to divide two other sections at all" said Galaxy, "This itself is Dianea, the third section of the fifth circle of hell. It's reserved for those who dare break a Pinkie Promise."

"Oh, so this is what happens then" I said, suddenly feeling quite enlightened. "Yep" replied Galaxy, "The statues are designed to slowly drive the inhabitants of this zone insane over a period of time."

"It seems pretty uninhabited" I remarked, looking around. "Do you think anypony would be stupid enough to break a Pinkie Promise?" asked Galaxy.

"Touche"