Personies

Twilight walks back into Pinkie´s room.

"Oh you didn´t just scare away Hunk did you?" Applejack questions her.

"No one tells me what to do neither him nor you! You understand me?!" Twilight is breathing heavy.

"My dear it seems you don´t feel so good." Rarity says.

"So you are siding with him? Screw you guys I am out of here!"

Twilight slams the door behind her shut.

Pinkie is puzzled, "Twilight seems a little bit on edge."

Some uneventful days pass and neither Twilight nor Hunk has been seen since that day in the infirmary. Pinkie feels a lot better and is able to leave the hospital.

She decides to go back to Ponyville like the others and doing her routine until she is needed again.

She bounces through the streets of Ponyville greeting and smiling at everypony she meets along the way, but nopony returns the smile, or for that matter, even looks at her.

"Oh no, did the others tell them what I´ve done? No Pinkie silly they wouldn´t do that, or would they? I mean sure Applejack is the most honest pony around but telling secrets is not her way of handling things like this, or is it?"

Pinkie´s mind wanders off to thoughts about betrayal and deceive. She stops her happy bouncing and starts walking as plain as everypony around her, head down and a frown, her hair becomes straight once again. She drags herself to Sugar Cube Corner, upon entering she is greeted with an familiar voice.

"Pinkie there you are!" A white stallion receives her.

"Hunk? What do you want here? Just leave me alone."

"You don´t look so good, dammit what happened?"

Pinkie answers gloomy "If you really wanna know follow me to my room; I feel groggy, I need my bed."

Hunk follows quietly upstairs.

Pinkie opens her room door and slams herself on the bed. Hunk closes the door slowly behind him.

"So what happened to you?" He asks.

She answers loudly, "I tell you! I can´t believe the others told whole Ponyville what I told you guys back in the infirmary. That´s what happened."

Hunk´s eyes become narrow, he raises an eyebrow in disbelief." Are you sure your friends would do something like that?"

"What other explanation is there, if not this one."

"Well, it also could be that it´s time again and the fog comes back and with it the bad feelings for example."

"Oh, right the fog thingy, I forgot," – Hunk is speechless- "are you seri…, how can you of all people forget?!" – He puts his hoof on his face –"

"Now that this is out of the way how about some cupcakes?"

With a poof comes her fluffy, adorable mane and tail back.

"Pinkie by all means, this is hardly the time for baking."

"Come on making cupcakes doesn´t take that long, besides it would make me even happier than I already am, can you imagine that; I bet you also will feel waaaaaaay better," –OK! Hunk clears his throat –"I mean fine, whatever makes you happy."

And so both of them go downstairs into the kitchen.

"Okay Pinkie just to clarify things; I have no idea how to make cupcakes."

"Don´t worry Hunkie I´ll show you. ~ All you have to do is take a cup of flour, add it to the mix~…

Bing "The cupcakes are ready!" It echoes through the empty rooms of Sugar Cube Corner.

"Finally, I hope they turned out fine, at least."

"Here just taste one." She pulls down his face mask and puts a fresh, hot cupcake complete with her hoof in Hunk´s mouth.

"Tastes really good, but now back to business,"-Pinkie looks at him eagerly-"The reason I came to you in the first place; I wanted to talk to you about my theory about personies."

"Personies sounds funny, but you better discuss theories with Twilight, she´s the smart one."

"No, this is something only you can proof, or at least at the moment; I need you to come with me into the other world."

"Okie dokie lokie."

"Wow that was easy." Hunk says impressed about himself.

"But before that let us go and visit Fluttershy; I really want to see her since she hasn´t come to visit me in the infirmary."

"Well, if you insist, lead the way."

Hunk and Pinkie soon arrive at Fluttershy´s cottage. The Everfree Forest looks more threatening today than usual, the fog swells through the tightly packed trees, it feels as if it can swallow you whole. A little bit distressed Hunk knocks at the door.

"Fluttershyyy are you home?" Pinkie shouts exited "I´m coming in!" Pinkie tosses open the door and bounces through.

The ground level is barren and vacant, Animal-food is scattered all over the floor. The bunny Angel comes scampering down the stairs, he looks sickly and desperait.

"Oh hi Angel have you seen Fluttershy?"

Angel points at a calendar.

"What is it? Is Fluttershy on vacation?"

"I don´t think that’s what he wants to tell us Pinkie. Little bunny show me what you want to tell us."

Angel points again eagerly at a certain day on the calendar.

"This date was three days ago. What happened there?"

Angel covers himself with a blanket.

"Oh oh oh, me pick me I know it!"

Pinkie seems as if she is about to explode and a loud outburst fills the room.

"Three days ago Fluttershy went into the Everfree Forest to find Zecora so she can get medicine to make you feel better, but she didn´t return and you searched for her but couldn´t find her and now we came to assume that she was taken into the other world by the fog!"

Angel and Hunk look at her, mouth wide open from astonishment. Pinkie takes deep breaths.

"Ahem is that correct Angel?"

Hunk gazes over to the white bunny, which just nods.

Pinkie still processing what she just said.

"Wait Fluttershy is in the other world?! Hunk hurry we need to go after her!"

"Not so fast Pinkie, we have to get the others, we probably wouldn´t stand a chance against this foe with just the two of us."

Pinkie gallops with a devilish speed to Rarity´s Boutique.

Hunk shouts after her. "Ok I will go and get Applejack then."

Aj, Pinkie, Rarity, Rainbow and Hunk meet up at the train station.

"Where´s Twilight and Spike?" Rainbow asks

"We haven´t seen her since that day in the infirmary." Rarity says impatient.

Aj adds "last I heard she was seen going into the Everfree Forest."

"Then we have to go without them, we don´t have the time for a search mission, we are already late as it is."

The train comes in with a loud squeak. As soon as it comes to a halt, the five ponies get on. To pass the time they chat with one another.

"Hey Dashie how are your wings doing?"

Rainbow answers with pride, "As good as new, the docs really did a great job."

Meanwhile Applejack and Rarity are talking to Hunk.

"I hope Twily doesn´t do something stupid, I´m not somepony who talks about others behind their backs, but if good o´l Twilight behaves like the one time we didn´t took her problems about being tardy serious, I´ fear for her safety."

"Before I forget about it I made you guys something,"-Hunk grabs in his bag and pulls out some gasmasks, each marked with a cutiemark,-" last time we went into the other world I noticed all of you had a hard time seeing where you were going, so I figured I make you some of these. It should diminish the fog, also I´m not sure if Miss Twilight’s behavior might be caused by the exposure to the fog."

"I really don´t think so darling, all of us were exposed to the fog and the rest of us si feeling just fine. Rarity interjects. "But if you insist I will wear mine my cutiemark really looks good on this." She giggles.

"I would really appreciate that, it’s better to be safe than sorry."

The rest of the ride has a pressing atmosphere to it.

The five go straight to Celestia.

"Your Highness Fluttershy has disappeared, there is a good case to believe she has been brought into the other world. I suggest we start immediately."

Celestia is bewildered, "Just you five?" She thinks for a moment. "You probably know what you get yourself into so go ahead. Luna go with them!" Celestia commands in a displeased voice.

"Yes my sister." Luna is obviously frightened by her sister’s voice.

Dash and Aj looking at each other "What was that all about?"

Luna interrupts. "Please don´t hold it against her she is just under a lot of pressure at the moment."

Hunks speaks in a comforting tone. "This time the communication should work just fine, so don´t worry."

Luna gives him a weary smile.

The ponies put on their masks and enter the mirror.