Hollow Mask

Twilight entered the main living room of the Carousel Boutique. Rarity had voluteered to provide shelter until the library was rebuild, which would take atleast 6 months from now. The alicorn looked at the big stash of books resting against the wall. She had gotten the most important ones out atleast. She slowly walked over to the kitchen only to find the cyan pegasus, that called herself Hunter, taking cover behind a large round desk and peeking in the kitchen once in a while.

"What's going on?" asked the lavender princess.

Hunter deviated her gaze from the kitchen and whispered back, "Come here and take cover."

Curious what happened she followed and cowered besides Hunter and peeked over. In the kitchen stood Pinkie Pie with a rather bored smile on her face. Her pupiles where the size of dishes, atleast, and she seemed to slowly vibrate in the air, giving of a low humming sound.

"What's going on with Pinkie?" wondered Twilight.

Hunter looked over to her and answered, "You know, I was wondering if I could make some kind of wake-up-muffin. I took about 1 kilogram of coffee and managed to compress it into a single muffin." She shivered.

Realisation hit Twilight, "You don't say..."

"Yes. The pink monster came and ate it. There is enough coffeine to kill a normal pony. I'm partly curious what will happen," the pegasus explained.

Twilight dived behind her cover again, "What do you think, how much have we left?"

"I'd say about 20 seconds."

A shiver crawled down Twilight's spine, "And I still wanted to hear about human history. I even have sent the letter to Princess Luna. She would have done it tonight."

Hunter looked at her with an understanding smile, "If we survive this I will tell you as much as I can."

A loud pop echoed through the room. A few kilometers away a certain draconequus teleported himself into a parallel dimension and took cover in a nuclear bunker, just to be safe. Law's of physics began running around screaming and the number pi cowered into a corner, crying to itself while it rounded to exactly 3. Suddenly, everything became Pinkie Pie.

Pinkie Pie Pinkie Pie Pinkie Pie Pinkie Pie Pinkie Pie Pinkie. Pinkie Pie Pinkie Pinkie Pie Pinkie! Pinkie Pie Pinkie Pie Frosting. Pinkie Pie Pinkie Pie Pinkie Pie Pinkie Pie Pinkie Pie Pinkie Pie. Pinkie Pie Pinkie Pie Pinkie Pie Pinkie Pie Pinkie. Pinkie Pie laughter Pinkie Pie Pinkie Pie.

Then everything became normal again. Carefully Hunter and Twilight peeked over the table into the kitchen. On the floor laid Pinkie, completely knocked out. Twilight sighed in relief, "Thank Celestia, that went well. Pinkie Promise me that you won't ever do that again, Hunter."

"Cross my heart, Hope to fly, Stick a cupcake to my eye," chanted Hunter while performing the associated motions while staring blankly into the little kitchen, "I will never do that again. Now if you excuse me, I have to try and reclaim the leftovers of my masculinity by blowing stuff up."

Hunter left, leaving behind a horrified and confused alicorn that wasn't quite sure what to do next, especially with the now snoring party mare. After few moments of solitude in the quiet shop, a letter appeared in front of her with a audible poof. It unfurled itself so she could read the words written on it.

My dear Twilight Sparkle,

NEVER. DO. THAT. AGAIN!

Sincerely,

Princess Celestia, Princess Luna and Discord