Pink is a Nightmarish Color

After a few cups of water, I was feeling better already. Though I might have a problem or two regarding the party pony in the room. "How are you feeling, Cale?" Toby asked as he and Silver Spoon approached me.

"Better" I said. "I think Pinkie Pie spun me way too fast."

"Oh, did you open my present yet?" He asked.

"Not yet" I answered. I unzipped my leather jacket and reached inside. I pulled out the neatly wrapped box he had given me. It was black with pumpkins on it, and the ribbon was a mixture of black and orange.

"Toby picked out the present" Silver Spoon said. "I picked out the ribbon and wrapper."

"Teamwork, huh?" I asked. "I like it." Bracing myself for another prank, I quickly removed the ribbon and opened the box. I looked inside and gasped. "It's not here" I said.

"What?!" Toby asked, shocked. "But I made sure it was..."

"Hold on, hold on" I said quickly. I reached inside the box and felt around. The interior of the box was so dark, I couldn't even tell of there was something inside or not. "Wait, wait" I said. Toby and Silver Spoon tensed up. "Aha!" I cried out. "Got it!" I said with a smile. I pulled out a beige pouch with my first name stitched on it.

"Aww" Fluttershy said. I didn't know Fluttershy was behind me so when she spoke, she startled me a little.

"We asked Rarity to stitch your name" Toby said. "I thought it would be nice to give you something to put all your candies in them."

"That's very thoughtful" I said, tucking the pouch in the interior pocket of my jacket before zipping it back up. I leveled down with the two and gave them both a hug. "Thank you both. I love it." I then remembered there was some barf I had to clean up from the floor. I got back up and rushed to the living room, only to see Pinkie Pie cleaning it up.

"All taken care of, Cale" she said cheerfully.

"But... That was my mess."

Pinkie Pie giggled. "Oh Cale, you're so silly." Her appearing out of nowhere in front me, I can understand that it's part of her randomness. But cleaning up a mess that someone made? Not so much. And fuck no, I'm not going to have Pinkie Pie clean every mess I make whilst I'm here. That's just disrespectful.

The party went on for a few more hours, three to be exact until everypony started feeling tired. They thanked Pinkie Pie for the invite and left. The only ones in Pinkie Pie's house where me, Remy, Fluttershy, Lightning Dust, Toby, and Flutterbat. I had such a great time, though not the part where I threw up. Pinkie Pie then walked over to Fluttershy smiling. "I'm sorry Fluttershy, but I was so busy running the party, I got sidetracked. Now, what was it you wanted to tell me?"

"Well, I've been trying to tell you that your anonymous guest couldn't make it to the party. They said they were sorry." Suddenly, Pinkie Pie's mane and tail deflated and her color became dull. Oh fuck, it's happening again.

"Oh..." She said. "Ok..."

"I'm sorry about this, Pinkie" Fluttershy said apologetically.

"Is there anything we can do?" Remy asked.

"Yeah... Just... Just leave me alone for awhile." Pinkie Pie began to walk up the stairs sadly. "Feel free to take what you want" we heard her say from upstairs before the sound of the door closing softly was heard.

Outside, Remy and I sat on the patio by the house, each of us holding a plastic cup of cider. "Hey uh, Cale?" He asked. "Just a quick thought but... What exactly did you see?"

"Can you be a little more specific?" I asked. I took a sip from my cider.

"What exactly did Pinkie Pie do that frightened you?"

"It happened a month or so before Fluttershy adopted Toby. Pinkie Pie was holding a party for something. She didn't tell me what it was, however. Anyway, before I went to the store to buy a gift for whosever party Pinkie was throwing for, Chase walked up to me and invited me to go to his engagement party."

"You know, I think I was there" Remy said. "Yeah... Chase asked permission to Princess Twilight's parents for her hoof in marriage and they said it was ok. After all, we did save Equestria."

"Ok, we're getting off topic" I said quickly. "Anyway, the party he was holding was in Canterlot."

"Yeah, I remember that. My God, that was a really fun party. And why didn't Pinkie Pie show up again?"

"I went back down to Ponyville and over to Sugarcube Corner to see of Pinkie Pie is all right... That's when I saw it. Her mane and tail were down, her bright pink color dull and grayish, and her eyes and smile had 'insanity' written all over them. Several inanimate objects were placed all over the house and she pretended they were her friends. 'This party is so much fun!' She said. Well she was actually talking in a deep voice. I assumed it was one of the inanimate objects she was using."

"So since no one came to her party, she snapped and pretended that inanimate objects her her friends?" I nodded. "Why didn't you go in and stop her? You're the Horseman of War for God's sake. Us Four Horseman shouldn't be scared."

"Heh, I was there all right. She made a piñata that looked like me."

"So you were scared that she made a piñata out of you, big deal. She beat you and candy fell out."

"Try the piñata being a dartboard and steak knives being the darts."

"She wanted to kill you?"

"You can say that..."

"And she never saw you?"

"For awhile... Then she discovered me because of a fucking sneeze I made. She saw me, she was mad, and she started throwing knives at me, yelling why me and my friends abandoned her. I tried to run, but I wasn't so lucky."

"That's why you never returned to Canterlot?" Remy asked. I nodded. "You were in the hospital!"

"Three knives to the back. She's lucky I survived."

"Was everything explained afterwards?" I finished my cider in one gulp.

"Yeah" I answered. "You should've seen how sorry she was. She was so sorry, she didn't even use knives. Not even the plastic ones."

"Look Cale."

"I know what you're going to say" I said getting up. "Say what you want, but I know what I saw. Don't believe me? Fine... But I'm warning you Remy... It is not going to be pretty when you see the same thug I saw."

"And what if Toby sees her?" He asked.

"I'd rather encounter Pinkie Pie's insane side again than see Toby encounter her. He's a young kid, Remy. The sight will scare him so much, he'll probably start avoiding her even when she's in her happy mood. So if you decide to test if what I'm saying is bullshit, go ahead. But please, don't take Toby with you." I placed the empty plastic cup on the table and walked away.