Equestria: The Fallen Utopia

After 5 years spent in exile in the Everfree Forest, I decided to go back and fix what had been broken. I had mastered the few spells that were on the mysterious page. I learned how to change my appearance, just as the ability of a Changeling. I learned the abilities of King Sombra and how to summon his dark crystals, or vanish into the shadows. The necromancy spell was by far the most difficult to master, for it was a much higher level than an age spell, a spell allowed for teaching only by the highest class unicorns. To keep a low profile, I disguised myself as a different unicorn pony and prepared to leave. I stood at the entrance to my prison, raised my metal leg, and punched through the door, shattering it. I walked out of the Everfree Forest and let the sunlight hit my face. It felt rather good. I walked to Ponyville slowly, yet with confidence. When I came into town, nopony recognized me. I walked through town and toward Twilight’s Library.

At Twilight’s Library, there was a stone next to the entrance. I read it.

“Here Lies Pinkie Pie. 1982 – 2015. “Losing a friend's trust is the fastest way to lose a friend.””

I sat in front of the gravestone for a time before starting to cry a little. I took an etching tool and made one small adjustment to the quote.

““Losing a friend’s trust is the fastest way to lose a friend. Forever.””

I dried my eyes, calmed down, and walked up to the library door. I knocked quietly. Twilight came to the door.

“Hi there,” she said. “What can I do for you?”

“I just need a book,” I said in a different voice, to make my disguise more convincing.

“Sure thing,” Twilight said. “Come on in.” I followed her inside the library.

“What kind of book were you looking for?” Twilight asked.

“I don’t know,” I said. “I really don’t care.” I looked around. “Is anyone else here with you?”

“No,” Twilight said. “I’m all alone. Spike is away with Applejack helping set something up.”

“Spike?” I asked.

“My pet dragon,” Twilight explained. “He helps me organize, and send letters to the…” Twilight stopped.

“Something wrong?” I asked.

“No,” Twilight said. “Nothing’s wrong.” She walked over to the bookshelves to find me a book. As she did, I silently closed the door and windows and locked them. Twilight didn’t notice. I walked right behind Twilight. She still didn’t notice. I quickly shut the window curtains, darkening the room. Twilight jumped and turned around. I had my eyes glow red, which frightened Twilight. I slowly backed her up and put her against her bookshelf. When Twilight tried to make a run for it, I grabbed her with my magic and put my hoof over her mouth. She tried to scream for help.

“If you don’t shut up, I will personally make you suffer,” I threatened. Twilight stopped. I took my hoof away, put her down, and stepped back.

“Now don’t move,” I ordered. Twilight nodded, terrified. I stood straight and focused my energy. I engulfed myself in green fire, which was how I learned to change my form. Twilight watched in abject horror as I changed back to my normal state. The curtains flew open and the door and windows unlocked. The green fire was replaced with my golden magic before it dissipated. I stood in my normal form in front of Twilight, who was terrified as shit. I held out my hoof to help her up. Twilight slowly calmed down and held out her hoof. I helped her up.

“Sorry if I scared you,” I said. Twilight managed to speak.

“It’s all right,” she stuttered. She then started to mildly scold me.

“Where have you been?” she said. “We’ve been trying to find you for years. Where did you go?”

“The Everfree Forest,” I explained. “I couldn’t live with myself after I did what I did.”

“You were living in the Everfree Forest for five years!?” Twilight cried. “You could’ve come back. It would have been all right.”

“Well, I didn’t believe that,” I confessed. “What I did was too terrible.”

“Well, you can forget about that now,” Twilight said. “You’re back, and that’s what matters.”

“Thanks,” I said. “I actually came back to try and revive Pinkie Pie. I’ve mastered a necromancy spell that can bring her back. The only catch is that I have to remove one memory from her mind.”

“Doesn’t seem too bad,” Twilight said. “Let’s try it.”

“I’d rather wait until dark if it’s all the same to you,” I said.

“OK,” Twilight said. “That’s fine.”

“Thanks,” I said. “I don’t want to draw attention. But I do want the bearers of the elements to see. Send a message to them, but don’t say why.” Twilight ran off to find her friends and tell them the message. I went back outside and took one last look at Pinkie’s gravestone. I was determined to bring my friend back from what I had done. I stayed at the library and waited.
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I heard a knock on the door around midnight. I opened the door. Rarity was there. I looked around and let her in. Before I closed the door, I got tackled. When I regained my senses, Rainbow Dash was on top of me.

“Ohmygosh, ohmygosh, ohmygosh!” Rainbow cried out, in tears. “Thank Celestia you’re alive! I thought I’d never see you again!” Rainbow Dash embraced me for some time. When she stopped, I patted her shoulder as she helped me greet the others. When Fluttershy and Applejack arrived, I shut the door and locked it. Twilight brought a brightly colored coffin from a back room. Everypony went silent as Twilight opened it. Inside were the remains of Pinkie Pie’s body. Nothing but the skeleton. I carefully removed the skeleton from the coffin and left it hovering in the air. Twilight moved the coffin out of the way as I laid the bones on the floor. I saw the bullet holes in the skull, and I looked away for a moment.

“Before I begin, may we all have a moment of silence, as an honor for our friend?” I requested. Everypony hung their head in silence for a time. When about 5 minutes had passed, I raised my head and started to speak.

“I will now begin,” I said as everypony raised their head. “What I am about to do will reveal…secrets, if you will. Some of which you may not want to see. If that is the case, you have full permission to leave the room during the ritual.” Everypony nodded in agreement. I began the ritual with some strange words. I raised Pinkie’s bones into the air and focused the dark magic. Black magic filled the room, flowing into Pinkie’s remains. Slowly, her organs, flesh, fur, and mane began to reform around the bones. In a few minutes, Pinkie Pie had completely reformed, though still dead. The regeneration phase had been completed, and the memory phase had begun. A cloud of green fog filled the room, concealing everypony from sight. I could hear Fluttershy whimpering. The fog revealed memories of Pinkie’s lifetime. I looked through the memories, trying to find one to remove. After some time of looking, I found what I was looking for. Pinkie Pie was starting her ambition to make her sinister cupcakes, the ones that she was going to put me into. I searched for when she got the idea for this diabolical scheme. I finally found it, deep in the fog. I followed the directions from the spell and used a special step to snag the memory. I came out of the fog and back to Pinkie’s body. I sealed the memory away into a glass jar, which apparently was enough to contain it. The rest of Pinkie’s memories streamed like water back into her head. When all the fog of memories had dissipated, Pinkie gasped and woke up. I turned on the lights so she could see.

“Hi everypony!” Pinkie gleefully cried, her mane poofy again. “What’s going on? Last thing I remember was going to bed last night.”

“Oh thank Celestia,” I sighed in relief. “You’re OK.”

“Duh,” Pinkie said. “Why wouldn’t I be?”

“Let’s just say that you took a longer nap than usual,” Applejack said. Everypony laughed while I looked on, content that I had redeemed myself, at least by my standards. I smiled and walked up to Pinkie. I held out a cupcake to her.

“Want one?” I asked.

“You bet!” Pinkie said. She took it from my hoof and wolfed it down in one bite. I shook my head, smiling.