The party was fun. Granted, that was expected of a patent Pinkie Pie Party. All of Pinkie’s closest friends had shown up. Twilight was chatting with Rarity over by the punch bowl, while Fluttershy stood next to the record player, happily bobbing her head in time with the dance music. Rainbow Dash and Applejack were playing a board game on the table near the wall. Pinkie had to giggle at their competitive spirit. Right now, Dashie was winning, and Applejack seemed rather smug about it. Can’t have that, Pinkie thought. She hopped on over to the board game table, smiling brightly. “Heya Dashie! Hiya Applejack!”

Dash looked up from her move in the game, smiling brightly. “Oh, hey Pinkie Pie. Did’ya see? I’m so totally beating this game!”

Applejack looked up at Pinkie and rolled her eyes. “Ah almost had ‘er this tahm, Pinkay. Almost.”

“Aww!” Pinkie patted AJ on the back, giggling. “Better luck next time, Applejack! Ooo, How about we open presents for the little birthday boy!?” Pinkie hopped on over to where all of the pet animals sat (Or, in Tanks case, flew), next to where the presents were.

Rainbow Dash grinned. “Awww yeah! Time for my super awesome turtle to get some super awesome presents.”

Fluttershy slowly walked over to the group of animals, looking at Rainbow. “Um,” she said softly, not wanting to sound mad. “A-actually Rainbow, he’s a tortoi-“

“Oh, lighten up, Fluttershy!” Pinkie giggled and hopped up and down. “It’s time for presents!!”

“O-Oh, sorry Pinkie.” Fluttershy gave an apologetic smile and sat next to Angel Bunny. Angel quickly hopped up into her mane, disappearing from the group.

Twilight walked over to Owlicious, letting him rest on her back. “Let’s open Rainbow’s present first. That seems fair.”

Applejack trotted over to Winona, receiving a vicious licking of the face from the over excited pup. “Woah there, Winona!” She laughed and calmed down her pet, wiping her face. “Ah think that’s a wonderful idea, Twilaht.”

Rarity sat next to Applejack, allowing Opalescence to curl up by her hoof. She lightly pet her cat, getting a small hiss of disapproval from the fickle cat. Rarity lowered her hoof with a rueful smile. “Oh yes, mine after Rainbow’s. I’m sure he’ll just adore it~”

Pinkie jumped down next to Gummy, hugging him tightly as though he was more of a stuffed animal than a pet. He didn’t seem to mind. “Let’s get this part-ay start-ed!!”

Dash smiled brightly and sat next to where Tank floated above everyone else with his helmet. Dash lightly grabbed him and slid it off, making him ground locked again. He slowly smiled at his owner, causing everyone to giggle due to how slow turtles – or rather, tortoises – can really be. “Alright, alright!”

The present opening went by rather quickly. Dash had bought Tank some new goggles with the signature Wonderbolt insignia on them. “You’ll be the fastest turtle in the Wonderbolts!”

“A-actually, h-he’s a tort-“

“Open mine next, darling~” Rainbow rolled her eyes as she opened Rarity’s gift to find a… tux. Fit for a turtle. “Oh, don’t you think he’ll look just lovely in it?!” Rarity squealed in happiness, thinking of Tank flying around in her tux.

“Y-yeah, it’s a great gift, Rarity. I guess he can wear it to important… turtle business.” All of the ponies gathered laughed at this, imagining Tank in different circumstanced when he could wear the gift around. The image was funny enough that none of them could resist laughing.

Applejack nudged her gift towards Rainbow. “Al’righ’, mai turn.” Rainbow opened up the gift to find a small bag, sewn together haphazardly. Rainbow guessed Granny Smith had helped Applejack with the homemade gift. “Tank kin either ride ‘round in it, or carry it ‘imself.”

“Thanks for the gift, AJ. Alright, Twilight’s gift next.” Twilight beamed as Rainbow opened her gift. Nopony was surprised by its contents: A Book. Rainbow laughed. “Twilight, I don’t think Tank here knows how to read!”

Twilight’s ears folded back as she blushed lightly. “Well, I just assumed that you could read to him sometimes.” She smiled. “It was one of the few I managed to save from Golden Oaks after it had been destroyed.”

Rainbow smiled brightly. “Great idea, Twilight. Though, with all our training, reading’s gonna be scarce.”

Fluttershy made a worried little squeak. “O-oh, Rainbow Dash, make sure you don’t work him too hard, i-if that’s alright with your schedule…” She lightly nudged her gift towards Rainbow with her wing, smiling softly. “I-If you don’t mind much, m-maybe you could open mine next? T-that is, unless Pinkie wanted to go next…”

Rainbow smiled brightly and tore open the gift, receiving a startled squeak from Fluttershy. Shy moved back to where she had been sitting as Rainbow Dash unwrapped her gift: A box of Tortoise treats. Rainbow smiled brightly. “Hey, Tank, what do you think of these treats?” Tank responded by pushing his neck as far out of the shell as it could go and munching down on the side of the box.

Pinkie giggled brightly at the display. Then, her eyes widened in surprise. “Oh goody, it’s my turn!!” Reaching into her mane, Pinkie pulled a huge present out of her curls. Nopony questioned how on earth she had hidden a present in her mane of that size. She tossed it to Dash happily. “Here it is!”

Dash caught it quickly, careful not to let the gift fall to the floor. She smiled and opened it up to reveal a giant cake, shaped like a pond. Dash laughed. “How’d you throw it without the cake getting messed up at all??”

“It’s a Pinkie Pie trade secret~” Pinkie pulled the large cake out of the box and set it on the counter. “I know how much Winona looooves cake, so I put the cake into one of Tankie’s gifts so everypony got their fair share!” Everyone smiled at Pinkie’s consideration.

The rest of the night seemed to be passing at a slow, easygoing pace. Everything was going fine at the party. The cake was slowly devoured by both guests and pets. Everypony was smiling and happy, which made Pinkie beam with joy. As long as she kept her friends happy, then she would always be happy back. It was a never ending cycle.

Pinkie gasped. “Oh, I know just the right game for a tortoise to play! Hold on, let me grab it!” Pinkie began to hop away when she stopped suddenly, her eyes wide. Her head started pounding suddenly. I-It was happening again.

Twilight looked up from where she sat with Applejack, both mares concerned. They had never seen Pinkie just stop like that before. “Y’alright, Sugarcube?”

Pinkie turned slowly to where the voice had come from… Applejacks face was slowly melting away, everything becoming distorted. She saw the purple form of Twilight stand and walk closer to her. Pinkie instinctually backed away, bumping against the wall as tears formed in her eyes. The wall felt fluffy behind her back, why did it feel fluffy? “N-No, No no no no no,” she heard herself repeating. She ran her hooves over her fur, outlining invisible scars that only she could feel. She started to see them, the pink of her own fur melting away to burning, horrible, blood red scars. It was as though she was bleeding still. Again. W-when had she been bleeding?!?!

Pinkie screamed as the monstrous forms of her friends gathered around her. The cyan and rainbow blob that had been Dash got closer, a grim smile on its face. All of them were smiling, they never stopped smiling, they needed to smile. “Pinkie Pie,” the voice asked. “Are you alright??”

“Nonononononono get away get away!” Pinkie began to breathe frantically, rubbing at her skin with her hooves. Everything was melting together, the walls turning white and her mane messy and unkempt. She heard the voices of her friends, but all of them seemed to blend together. The colors were all fading away, she was losing her friends! She screamed and curled up as tightly as she could, sobbing. W-what was happening?!

“P-PINKIE WAKE UP!” She heard a crystal clear voice, just for an instant, scream her name. It sounded like somepony she knew, maybe Rainbow Dash? S-she couldn’t tell. Each of her friend’s voices shouted her name in unison. Why were they telling her to wake up? Why were they getting so quiet now?...

“Pinkie… Pinkie… Pinkamena…”

Her eyes widened as her full name was used… Nopony in Ponyville called her that… The voices had melded into one, deep voice… who?...

“Pinkamena, please. It’s time to wake up.”

Pinkie realized she had shut her eyes tightly. She hadn’t remembered doing that. She was scared, sobbing. What if she opened her eyes to more horror and pain?... Wait, pain… Her headache seemed to fade slightly… S-she felt scared, but somehow… warm… She softly began to open her eyes, tears rolling down her face.

The room was white. She was curled up in a ball, dressed in a white dress. It looked like a hospital gown. She felt like she was blending in. The pony who had spoken smiled at her. He was a dark – brown coated stallion wearing glasses and dressed in a doctors outfit. He had a nametag, but Pinkie couldn’t read it though her tears. She sniffed and sat up a bit straighter, confused. W-where was she, how had she left the party, w-what had happened?! She opened her mouth to voice all of these questions, but found her voice was raw from lack of use. The doctor pony shook his head. “Best not to speak, Pinkamena. You’ve been here for a very very long time now, and it’s time to wake up. It may take a lot of getting used to, but… I think you can manage it.” He smiled softly at her.

“Welcome to Canterlot Psychiatric Hospital.”

Author's Note

WOW, this one is awesome OwO Can't wait to see if you all like it!~