Twilight Zone

by CrimsonEquine

Rating: everyone
Tags: Comedy, Discord, Slice of Life, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Main 6
Length: 1494

Pinkie Pie is sick with her friends beside her.

With a few words, Pinkie Pie is put in a hospital and no pony knows what to do. Not even the doctors can answer for this sudden sickness. Though an unwelcome visitor may change things for the better.

Published 2016-01-02 19:10:02 UTC
Last updated 2016-01-02 19:10:02 UTC

Twilight Zone

A shaking Pinkie Pie lay in a hospital bed. The bag of ice on her forehead unable to quell the scathing heat that radiated from her head. In the hospital room was Rarity, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash standing beside the poor broken mare. Watching her unconscious in the bed she was convulsing in. Rarity looked towards Fluttershy in fear at what Pinkie must have been going through.

Rainbow Dash trotted up towards the metal frame of the bed and placed her hoof on to Pinkie’s face, to which she quickly removed from the stove like heat that burned.

“What in Tartarus? Whats wrong with her!?” said Rainbow Dash before blowing down on her wounded hoof.

Rarity stared at Pinkie Pie, studying the fallen pony before them and seeing really nothing odd. It seemed the looks really betrayed whatever what was truly happening.

“I believe it is Pinkie we’re talking about here, Rainbow Dash.” Rarity massaged her head with a hoof. It was indeed stressful to deal with such a predicament. It didn’t help that she told Pinkie before that all those sweets would be her end, but now she felt some-type of blame for all this.

“Oh darling sweet Pinkie Pie! If only you hadn’t listened to my wise words, then this would have never happened…” she said with a dramatic tone.

Rainbow Dash now finished with her hurt hoof, crossed her hooves in annoyance to Rarity’s sentiment while sitting down near. She just couldn’t believe that Rarity told that to her this morning. It obviously was a way to help Pinkie’s future health. In all honesty, it was obvious Pinkie had a schtick with sweets. Though, it kinda is a weird coincidence that she dropped like a stone after Rarity told her this.

“What matters now is that we are here for her. By the way, where is Twilight?” Fluttershy said softly.

Suddenly, the door to the hospital room they were in slammed open to find Twilight emerging forward. She had a dour face and walked toward her concerned friends. It definitely did not forebode well for Pinkie’s condition. She closed her eyes and inhaled a deep breath before explaining the big news.

“They don’t know what is wrong with her guys…” she said solemnly.

Rarity, Fluttershy and even Rainbow Dash gasped at the information that was brought.

“What do you mean they don’t know!? How are we supposed to get Pinkie out of this bed?” Rarity exclaimed.

Twilight sighed and looked at the slightly shaking Pinkie Pie, almost looking like she was vibrating.

“Don’t worry guys, we’ll figure something out. We always do…!”

From out of nowhere, the powerful draconequus Discord appeared to the group and seemed angered. He similarly crossed his arms like Rainbow Dash as if he was waiting for something from them.

“...uh, Discord? We’re kinda in a predicament right now.” said Twilight.

“Yes, what could it be that you need from us?” asked Rarity worryingly.

“Well, for starters, I need an apology from Fluttershy.” he demanded in an perturbed tone while lifting up a single nail from his claw. “We were to have a dinner date together and it seemed she completely forgot.” he scowled.

Fluttershy looked up at Discord at the sound of her name.

“Oh, Discord, I’m so sorry, it’s just I’ve been held up by what's going on at this moment.”

He scratched his chin and went towards the unconscious Pinkie.

“This is what is keeping our cute little lunch from total fruition? That is unacceptable!” him raising his right arm to the air with a valiant point. “Whats wrong with her anyways?”

Twilight shook her head at the annoying Discord. She surged the energy from her horn and lifted him up with her magical power.

“I think it’s time for you to go now, Pinkie needs some peace and quiet.”, pushing him towards the open door.

Discord clawed the wall in attempt to stay in the room. With all his goofy might, Twilight successfully pushed him through anyways and closed the door. It slammed down with a powerful thud. With that out of the way, Twilight went towards her friends.

“Okay, I’ll have to do a total diagnostic on Pinkie, obviously there must be a reasonable and logical solution to this problem...”

And then, Discord appeared once more, this time with a snide grin while levitating in the air.

“Maybe I can be of assistance.”

Twilight groaned at the intrusion he had made. He obviously wasn’t wanted and now things were going to be a whole lot more annoying with him stuck here.

“No Discord!”

The slithery snake circled around Twilight with his snake body. How close he was caused anger in Twilight’s face to worsen.

“Ah, but dearest Sparkle, you could spend weeks trying to work a solution to this little problem, but with my help, things can be done easily…”

He swirled away from Twilight’s self and sat near the poor Pinkie Pie.

“Don’t you want what's best for Ponka Poo?” he said with a sarcastic coo.

Twilight Sparkle lowered her head and pondered a bit.

“Just let him fix Pinkie already.” said Rainbow Dash. Currently getting comfortable in the chair she was in. Bored out of her mind.

“Yes, Twilight, just let Discord do his thing. Who knows how long it would take for you to fix this problem.” Rarity said.

Twilight groaned in defeat and took a deep sigh of stress relief.

“Okay Discord, we’ll do this your way, but don’t do anything funny. This is Pinkie Pie were talking about.”

He gleefully giggled at his little victory and made closed fists of satisfaction.

“Alright then, let me check the poor sap.” Discord removed the bag from her head which had the once solid ice turned into boiling water at this point. He threw it in a small trash bin near and hovered a claw over her face. He closed his eyes and clenched them tightly for a few minutes.

“I’m sensing something, like… another dimension of some sort.”

Twilight looked at Discord questionably, before realizing it was Pinkie Pie after all. Literally anything is possible with her, though she still had her doubts.

“Some pony take my claw.”

The three reached out their hooves to Discord’s palm, before they hesitated. Then, with a burst of courage. Twilight grabbed onto his claw tightly.

In an instant, Twilight was in a different place. The sky was pitch black and there was destroyed debris floating over the sky like flying rocks. Twilight stood on a metal pavilion that was silver like. From afar, Twilight could see a throne lined with silver and gold. A certain Pink pony sat on the seat of power, but had her mane and tail flowing down unlike her usual poofy haired self.

A voice emanated into Twilight’s mind. It was Discord’s voice, though it was low and filled with fear.

Something is not right here Twilight Sparkle, be very careful…

Twilight walked through the pavilion and met with the entity that looked like her friend.

“...Pinkie Pie? Is that you?” she asked.

“Sweets… Sweets… sweets are bad? Correct?”

Twilight looked around at this devastated place, it seemed as she uttered those words the pavilion’s frame disintegrated a bit. Making the area even more smaller. There was only one way to stop this destruction. And she knew just what to do.

“No Pinkie Pie, sweets are okay! They are perfectly fine to consume.”

The pony sitting on the thrones mane turned puffy and full like Pinkie’s own hair. She leaped from the seat and bounced around happily.

“Yay! I was right all along! I knew sweets weren’t that bad.”

The pavilion like kingdom started recomposing from the matter outside of the vicinity. Rocks from high above molded with the pavilion before everything was restored back into what seemed to be a replica of Sugar Cube Corner. Twilight closed her eyes and found herself in the hospital once more.

“Well? Did you fix her?” asked Rarity.

Rainbow snored as Twilight regained her senses.

“I...I Believe so Rarity, she should be fine now. Look, she stopped shaking so much.”

They all looked at Pinkie Pie, she slumbered peacefully. Cradling the pillow she had like it was a teddy bear.

The ponies that were awake gave a breath of relief. Things were going to be totally fine.

“Hey, where did Fluttershy and Discord go?”

Rarity smiled, got up from her chair, and stretched a bit from sitting down for so long.

“They went to have that dinner date. But, anyways, Twilight what did you see or do while in that ghastly trance?”

Twilight turned around to leave and gave a curious smile.

“You don’t want to know, trust me on that. Lets just say Pinkie Pie is more complicated than we think” She motioned Rarity to come follow her, which she easily obliged. “Let’s go eat some hay burgers, my treat and we'll meet up with Applejack too.”