The Fourth Wall

Zombie Bubbles?

Pinkie awoke to a beautiful morning.

As soon as she opened her eyes, Gummy was staring straight at her, in the eyes.

If it was anyone but Pinkie, they would have at least screamed.

"Hey Gummy, wait, you aren't Gummy are you? Well hello Miss-crocodile-that-looks-exactly-like-Gummy" Pinkie gave her a grin.

Gummy responded with a blink. Solaris's sun shone through the windows with not a cloud in the sky. The room had pink walls that somehow went with the green floor with a small light bulb hanging down from the center of the ceiling.

Pinkie yawned as she got out of bed. A nice smell was coming from downstairs.

"Eggs~ Pastries~ Cupcakes~"

She was practically drooling. She trotted down the corridor and took a quick peek into the baby's room. They weren't there.

"They must be at the kitchen"

And they were. Pinkie walked into the kitchen and saw Bubble Berry was spoon feeding Angel Cake (the pegasus) while Marble Cake (the unicorn) was shouting for more. They didn't seem to look any different, except they seemed to have swapped colours. The kitchen had a lime green, wooden floor. The cupboards were yellow and the edges were outlined with pink. The ceiling was yellow with a single lamp shade hanging from it.

"Choo-choo! here comes the train into the station!" Bubble said with a goofy look on his face.

"He looks so cute when he does that" Pinkie thought with a giggle.

Bubble noticed Pinkie standing in the doorway. Heat rushed to Bubble's face as he didn't know how long she was there.

"Oh, uh... good morning... sleep well?" Bubble asked with a slight touch of anxiety.

"Oh, um, sure" Pinkie replied looking at the floor.

An awkward silence hung between the two ponies.

"Would you like something to eat? I'm cooking some eggs and making some pastries" he muttered, breaking the silence.

"Oh yes, please" Pinkie replied, still refusing to make eye contact.

"Take a seat then" Bubble said with a smile. His heart was beating slightly faster.

"So far so good, Bubble" he thought to himself.

Bubble normally had it sunny-side-up but on occasion, had it scrambled. "Would you like it scrambled or Sunny-side-up?" wondering if he had asked a silly question. They were the same pony, he should know what she wanted.

"Sunny side up please!" Pinkie responded.

~~~

~After breakfast~

"Pinkie, can i ask a favor of you?" Bubble asked in a shy tone of voice, which was unusual.

"Umm... sure Bubble, what is it?" Pinkie responded.

"Can you look after Angel and and Marble for me? I need to do some shopping," Bubble said, a slight blush forming.

"Oh! Sure, sure" Pinkie said, slightly disappointed, although she didn't know why.

"Alright then, bye!" Bubble gave a sheepish wave and slammed the door shut.

Pinkie felt a twinge in her heart when Bubble left. Although she had only known the stallion for a day now, it felt like she had known him for a couple of years. She frowned and felt slightly depressed as she stared at the door.

~~~

Bubble, instead of bouncing around and, overall being joyful and bringing smiles to ponies face, had his head in the clouds. A goofy grin from ear to ear was plastered on his face.

Rainbow Blitz was practicing some maneuvers in mid-air. He was doing loops and flying through clouds. He got himself psyched up for a new move. A sonic rainboom barrel roll. It'd be awesome! He noticed a pink blob on the ground and decided that it would be so much sweeter if somepony was watching.

"Hey! Bubble!" Rainbow Blitz yelled as he flew down towards him.

Rainbow Blitz had spiky rainbow-coloured hair and his tail was jagged and looked like it hadn't been groomed in weeks. Compared to his mare form, he was much more muscular.

When he didn't get a response, Blitz flew down to ground level and looked him in the eye.

"You alright, Bubble? You don't seem yourself today?" Blitz questioned.

"Huh? Oh, sure, sure..." Bubble said, half-listening. His head was full of Pinkie Pie.

Blitz gave Bubble a weird look.

"Well, okay then," Blitz stepped slowly away from Bubble, still giving him a weird look.

He flew off at top speed towards Dusk Shine's house, the library. Something weird was going on.

"Hmmm," Bubble thought to himself "Did I do something wrong?" Bubble thought with an eyebrow raised.

~~~

Elusive had made his mane styled just the way he liked it. He parted it in the middle. It had took absolute ages to get the

masterful curls on his mane to match his tail. They seemed to sparkle. He entered Sugarcube Corner to get something sweet for a small party that was going to be held between him and two other suit designers.

"Excuse me Bubble, but I need something sweet made fo-" Elusive had paused when instead of seeing Bubble Berry, the stallion, he saw a mare, with a big, bouncy mane, just like Bubble's. She had a cutie mark of three balloons, just like Bubble's. Her fur coat was pink, just like Bubble's.

"Oh hi! welcome to Sugarcube corner. We've got cakes, cupcakes, muffins, pies, coffee, tea, juice and anything else you can think of!" She said with an ear-to-ear grin.

And an annoying personality, just like Bubble.

"Oh Bubble, what has Dusk done to you? He's turned you into a-a-a... mare!" Elusive cried out.

"What are you talking about? I just came from a different dimension, silly!" Pinkie replied, as if it was nothing.

"Oh! Well. Isn't that just..." Elusive stopped mid-sentence, unsure of what to say next. What she had just said was clearly gibberish. But it proved that she knew Bubble Berry. Perhaps a long lost sister? A cousin? Most likely a cousin. But she creepily looked a lot like Bubble. Elusive was suspicious and kept an eye on her, not looking at where he was going.

"Watch out!" Pinkie yelled as Elusive slipped on one of Marble's toy carts.

He hit his head on the counter and fell on the floor with a thud. He was out almost instantly.

~~~

Rainbow Blitz flew as fast as his wings could carry him, almost performing a sonic rainboom on the way. She slammed the door of the library, making Spines fall off her ladder.

"Oww! You could at least knock first!" The female dragon looked exactly like Spike, except her ears were floppy and the spikes on her back were more curved.

"Why are you in such a rush?" Spines asked.

"Bubble Berry" Rainbow Blitz said. It was all he had to say.

"Dusk! Come down quick! It's important!" Spines yelled.

Dusk Shine's mane was very messy. A purple stripe and a horn sticking out of it. His tail matched his hair in messiness, he had forgot to groom it this morning. Again.

"Whats wrong Rainbow Blitz?" Dusk asked.

"It's Bubble Berry, something happened," Rainbow responded, "He seemed to just daydream endlessly, and it looked like he wasn't listening to me at all!"

"That's odd," Dusk said, pondering reasons why Bubble would act in such a way. He couldn't think of any.

"Exactly! That's why I was wondering if you could help me in finding out what has happened to Bubble!"

Dusk sighed and went upstairs. It seemed he was rummaging through some stuff.

"What's he up to?" Rainbow asked Spines.

She just shrugged and continued dusting the library.

Dusk came back with binoculars hanging from his neck, an explorer's hat, pen and a notepad.

"Time for a good ol' fashioned stake-out!"

~~~

Bubble Berry waltzed down the street, bumping in everypony that walked in front of him. He was deep in his own thoughts that mostly had Pinkie Pie in them. He had tried to drown her out with thoughts of parties and cakes but to no avail. Pinkie always won in the end. Her flank, the way it curved and complimented her mane. Her bouncy tail that seemed to be impossible for brushes and shampoo to tame. Her lips, the way they curved and seemed so soft, he dreamed about their taste, but most of all, her eyes. They were sapphire blue and seemed to go on forever. He tried not to look at them in case he got lost in them. He bumped into another pony.

~sigh~

"It's so hard not to think about her! Why must she be so beautiful? Bubble's internal struggle becoming more and more transparent.

He had to talk to somepony about it, but who? Rainbow Blitz and Applejack were a big no. They had never been in love before. Dusk Shine and and Butterscotch were a maybe. Elusive is a- wait.

"That's it!" Bubble yelled. He had meant to keep it a thought but it had slipped out.

He looked around. Everypony was staring at him. Wide-eyed and eyebrows raised. Applejack, who was standing about ten meters away even jumped a little, although he denied it to Macareina.

"Oopsie!" Sorry everypony, just had a massive brainwave! Gotta go! bye!~" As he bounced happily to Carousel Boutique. Momentarily, turning back to his old self. Then, thoughts of Pinkie had kicked in and he returned to a walking zombie. But, instead of constantly wanting brains, all of his thoughts were on Pinkie Pie.

~~~

The sudden outburst had startled Dusk. Dusk fell on his backside while Rainbow was feeling his ears.

"Yikes, that was loud! My eardrums are ringing," Rainbow said.

"Would ya' mind telling me what in tarnation' you two are doing?" A voice from behind had said.

"Sure, We're tailing Bubble Ber-" Dusk turned around and saw Applejack with a quizzical look etched onto his face. Applejack

had blonde hair that looked like it had never been groomed once. His tail had a single bow on it. He was naturally tall and looked down on the two stallions. Many years of apple bucking had left Applejack very muscular.

Rainbow cut in, "We're tailing Bubble Berry 'cause he's been acting really weird since I saw him this morning,"

"Might ah' join you?" Applejack asked "I have seen Bubble actin' real strange and ah' would like ta' find out why,"

Dusk sighed.

"Fine, you can join us, but be quiet!"

"Sure, one second guys," He walked over to his stand and spoke to Macareina.

Macareina held a blank expression throughout the entire conversation with a hint of a frown. Dusk and Rainbow watched as she nodded her head towards Applejack

"Looks like i'm good. Just hope Macareina can hold the stand by herself" Applejack said.

~~~

Elusive slowly opened his eyes. He had a serious headache and it felt like a bump had decided to take a trip on his head.

"What a strange dream," He thought, "It felt so real. And Bubble Berry's double..."

He made a small chuckle.

"Oh, Elusive, what a mind you have," He thought to himself.

And then he noticed his surroundings.

"This is strange,"

The wallpaper was different, the floor a different colour and a small light was hanging from the ceiling. The bed was a single instead of king sized and the room was much smaller. There were no materials everywhere and no drawings on the walls. He wasn't at Carousel Boutique.

"It wasn't a dream!"

Elusive peaked out of the door and looked around. So far, so good.

He crept out, keeping a slow pace. He heard something behind him and turned his head to look.

Gummy was on his back, having a little walk.

It was too much. Elusive screamed an ear-aching scream. Luckily Gummy's hearing wasn't the best in the world or she would be clutching her ears in pain.

~~~

Dusk looked around.

"Did you hear that?" He asked to nopony in particular.

"Hear what, haystack?" Applejack asked.

"Never mind, it was probably nothing," Dusk replied.

And they continued stalking Bubble.

~~~

Pinkie had heard the scream (it was hard not too) and rushed upstairs, too see Elusive panting and Gummy on his back.

Pinkie lifted Gummy off his back and gave her a cross look.

"Silly Gummy! You shouldn't scare ponies like that! No cupcakes for you tonight!"

All Gummy did was blink.

"Awww! how could I do that to something so cute!" Pinkie said with a giggle, her eyes turning to Elusive.

"Are you okay now? I was so worried when you fainted, I almost cried" Pinkie said with genuine concern.

"Oh... well..." Elusive started, he didn't know whether to be thankful for her kindness or scared of the fact that she creepily looked a lot like Bubble.

A scream and a cry came from a different room down the corridor.

"Oh darn. And after they just settled,"

Pinkie galloped into the room at full speed.

"Oh please stop crying!"

She started making funny faces at them but that only made them cry harder.

"How about I sing for you? Will that make you happy?"

What Elusive heard next was a very big shock. He knew Bubble was a very good singer, but she could sing notes that stallions could only dream of. Her voice was harmonious and soft on the ears. He walked to the bedroom and saw her rocking the crib slowly while she sung. It seemed impossible that these sounds could come from a pony like Pinkie, as her double was Berry. It made Elusive wonder if Bubble could sing like her.

He lay down in the doorway and just looked at the beautiful sight that was before him. He yawned and noticed he was becoming a bit drowsy. He shook his head to try and stay awake. He wanted to listen to the entire song~.

As the song finished, the twins were sound asleep. Their snores were the only sound filling the room. Pinkie crept to the doorway where Elusive had been sitting. She sighed.

~Phew!~"Hopefully, they won't be waking up for a while" She whispered to Elusive.

There was no doubt in his mind. Although she was weird, she was a good pony. No bad pony could sing that good.

"That was astounding! Where did you learn to sing like that?" Elusive asked as he was closing the door.

"My mum used to sing it to me all the time when I was a little filly" Pinkie responded with a smile.

"Did she, indeed?" Elusive said with a smirk.

The two ponies crept downstairs, hoping that they wouldn't disturb the sleeping colts.

Although Elusive wouldn't mind hearing that song one more time.

*Author's notes*

Sorry that this chapter took awhile.

School really gave me a beating (not literally)

So this chapter is extra long.

Special thanks to my new, awesome (but strangely scary) editor Cyberpanda2000 ;)

He made it so that your eyes could read this without wincing.

Some of you are probably thinking

"What about Gummy, why hasn't his name changed?"

That's because I personally thought that Gummy was a unisex name like Applejack

~Armarillos */) ' 3 ' (*