Cupcake inspired Storiesby Lady QuillChaptersPinkieCakesSonnetCakesRamenCakesDusk/EmberCakesPinkieCakesCupCakes: The Pinkie Pie Edition She had received a letter, it had been handed to her by the mail mare Derpy Hooves with a smile and a wave. Pinkie Pie loved getting mail, it was like a little personal surprise party to her, she opened the letter with a rush of excitement, who was it from? Rarity? Twilight? Applejack!? No, this was muzzle writing just as perky and happy as her own. Hey Pinkie! I hate to be a bother but the delivery ponies seemed to have dropped off part of your order at my shop. Twelve bags of Flour, ten bags of sugar, and a whole lot of chocolate, Don’t worry I’ve put them some place safe and you can pick them up at your leisure, No rush dear! Ramen Spice Pinkie Pie chuckled softly, Ramen Spice was one of the newer ponies to ponyville, she and her friends had escaped to her world to get away from a dark and twisted Equestria. Ramen Spice had opened a noodle shop and soon a playful rivalry started up between the pink party pony and the brown earth pony. Pinkie had decided to adopt the other pony as a sister and they became fast friends. So this letter warmed Pinkie’s heart and she set it down on the counter then she paused, her eyes fell upon the calendar, it had been two weeks since she drew her last number, with a short frown she made her way down the stairs to her secret room, she passed through the main room and into another room that had a huge mural on the wall of all the ponies of ponyville, some were “x” out the numbers under them crossed out, others had “?” marks on them and finally there were others who were not blocked out in any way. Sighing she pushed her muzzle into a party hat and she withdrew a number. 32 Pinkie Pie let her gaze sweep the room and she found the one who owned the number. “It looks like I’m going to be making a pie with that apple!” she cooed in happiness, number 32 was Big Mac. Pinkie Pie stopped her skipping in place however, she frowned slightly. “But Big Mac is huge, and I don’t have enough ingredients….I guess I will have to go to Ramen’s after all…” she sighed and she then decided to leave and skipped out of the Bakery. ++++ She arrived at the Lucky Bowl Noodle Shop during the lunch rush, Ponies from far and wide were bustling through the restaurant. Pinkie saw that ponies from as far as Philidelphia to Canterlot were enjoying the noodles. Pinkie smiled at this, Ramen’s noodle bowls were indeed something amazing. She was jarred out of her thoughts by a squee and then a glomp, She didn’t even have to look to know who it was. “Pinkie! It’s so so soooo good to see you!” the brown earth pony said, she blew a stray stand of toxic green hair from her teal eyes. “You want the house special?” she asked, and before Pinkie could answer she was sat down at the bar and a bowl was placed in front of her. The smell from the bowl was intoxicating, buckwheat noodles were in a vegetable broth with sweet potatoes and apples floating in the broth, Pinkie pie smiled and she ate the food with great relish, when she was done she chuckled. Ramen smiled at her. “Anything else?” She asked, Pinkie Pie nodded, “I got your letter…” she said, she thought she saw Ramen’s face fall for a moment, but the brown earth pony caught herself and she nodded. “Okay, well, I guess we should get your things then huh?” she asked and she drew away, “We will cut through the kitchen, it’s shorter…” she mused and Pinkie Followed her into the kitchen. They passed the stove and Pinkie paused, something smelled….sweet. Ramen glanced over her shoulder, “Oh, I’m working on a dessert bowl,” She said then she perked up, “Wanna try the broth? You can give me pointers on how to improve!” she said. Pinkie nodded, “I’d love to!” Ramen ladled some of the broth into a small bowl and offered it to pinkie, who drank it with a big smile, “Mmmm,” She said and chuckled, “That’s really really good! Can I have more!?” Ramen took the bowl back and as she ladled the second helping of broth into the bowl she heard the sound of a body hitting the ground. Slowly she set the bowl down and she sighed, turning and looking over her shoulder. Pinkie lay unconscious on the floor, Ramen shook her head slowly back and fourth. “Tisk. Tisk. Such a weak tolerance.” She mused, then she set to work pulling Pinkie’s unconscious form toward the dumbwaiter and loading her onto it, she then pushed the down button and lowered Pinkie Pie into the darkness, she then decided she would prep her then get back to her customers, and when the restaurant closed…then her real work would begin. +++ When Pinkie Pie woke up she found herself in a predicament that most of her victims found themselves in, She was bound to a large rotating table and confused. She tried to move her arms and legs but found them holding fast to the table and not budging even a little, that fear pushed her out of her confusion and her situation finally dawned on her, she went to scream but the ball gag in her mouth muffled most of her sounds, and looking around she noted the bright spotlight that shone down on her all but destroyed her night vision making it hard to see in the otherwise dark room. Though she did think she saw the outline of a few ponies in the inky blackness, her mind raced. Had she been found out? Was this her punishment for years of doing the Princesses’ dirty work? “Mhhmphg!” she managed, and a few moments later she heard the sound of clopping hooves approaching her, a few moments later into the spot light stepped Ramen Spice, she was holding a rope in her mouth and pulling something behind her with it, Pinkie also noted she was humming a very familiar song as well and when Pinkie’s eyes met Ramen’s she noted the light in them, that same cracked light she saw in her own eyes whenever she looked in the mirror. Pinkie’s eyes went wide as Ramen stopped walking and sat down in front of her, she let the rope fall from her mouth and she stopped humming and began to sing instead, “Giggle at the ghostly, Guffaw at the grossly, Crack up at the creepy, Whoop it up with the weepy ,Chortle at the kooky, Snortle at the spooky….” She smiled at Pinkie Pie and giggled at her, then for a few moments he fell silent, watching the other, her eyes narrowed ever so slightly, she spoke in a dead-pan voice, “I’m going to take the gag off you now, feel free to laugh all you want, maybe you’ll scare me away, but don’t waste your time screaming no pony can hear you, and besides, if you do it, I’ll cut your tongue out…” she chuckled as she said the last part before lifting up onto her rear legs and taking the gag off Pinkie pie. The Pink mare coughed and moved her jaw around, then she looked at Ramen a look of desperation in her eyes, she didn’t feel like laughing, at all. “I…I play the number game too….I didn’t know you had it where you came from…” she said, hoping maybe this would save her. Ramen chuckled again, “Well then you understand just how important this all is…” Pinkie Pie felt her stomach twist, her mind racing, was this really happening? Was this…this outsider….really going to go through with all of this? Ramen continued in a bored manner as she turned to her tool-box and began to look through it, picking up various blades, she knew she had to pick the perfect one to start with, she knew it had to be strong, but thin, so it wouldn’t destroy anything, “At first, I was sad when I drew your number, but then I realized something, this is a great honor, So I wrote you a letter!” she chuckled lightly, “I didn’t expect you to come over so soon, So when I saw you in the Noodle shop I got a little sad, but now…” she held up the scalpel, “Now I’m super honored to be here with you, Like I’m sure you were honored to be with Rainbow Dash, Right?” Pinkie Pie flinched at those words, she could feel the tears lift in her eyes as she remembered drawing Dashie’s number, she remembered the mix of pain and joy to have Dash with her, she felt a tremble run through her and she hung her head. Ramen perked a brow as she approached with the small yet effective blade, “Pinkie, I asked you a question…Were you honored to have pulled Rainbow Dash’s Number?” Pinkie only sniffled softly, Ramen rolled her eyes and shook her head, leaning down she began her work by sinking the blade into the skin a few inches above Pinkie’s Cutie mark, Since Pinkie had her eyes closed for the moment, she didn’t expect the other mare to start right away and the pain caused a scream to escape her, Ramen continued to work, making long circular incisions around the cutie mark, this was…delicate work after all, and she didn’t want to ruin such a nice cutie mark. When Ramen finished cutting the skin she slipped the blade into one of the cuts, working on separating the skin from the muscle, Pinkie could not stop the whine of pain and anguish that escaped her, and soon the small circle of flesh simply fell off. Ramen wordlessly withdrew and set the scalpel down, then she picked up the small circle of flesh and she trotted off back into the darkness. Pinkie was breathing hard, was that it? Was that all this mare wanted? Was it over? She didn’t know what Ramen was doing, and it wasn’t until Ramen spoke up with a soft, “I need more light,” Did Pinkie get the full scope of just how dedicated Ramen was to her own work. The room’s lights burst into illumination and Pinkie saw that she was in what looked to be a hunter’s Trophy room. Heads of various ponies hung on the walls, taxidermy bodies were set up here and there, and a quilt made of patchwork cutiemarks rested on a sewing table. Pinkie looked around the room, her eyes instantly fell upon the Taxidermy bodies of Braeburn, Fancy Pants, and Shining Armor, While Cherrilee, Spitfire, and Uppercrusts’ heads were lined up next to one another on the wall, and each had a errily serene look upon their faces, she also noted Octavia and DJ Pon-3’s cutie marks, along with a lot more, in the quilt, and now….being added to the quilt was her own. Pinkie was stunned, her mouth open in shock, and after a few moments she found herself, “…It…It was you, the other missing ponies! The numbers I had to take out of my drawing! You…you were the one to….who…” Ramen nodded, a gentle smile on her face, “Mm-hmm,” she mused softly, not looking up from her work with the needle and thread, “Unlike you however, focusing on only Ponyville, I scattered my work, taking from all parts of Equestria…this…is the pony room, I’ve two more rooms you know, one for gryphons, the other for…other creatures.” She chuckled, she had finished stitching the cutiemark down, she then sighed, “Aw horseapples, I forgot to take your other one,” she shook her head, and set the quilt down, she began to trot towards the bound pink mare and picked up the scalpel again. Pinkie blinked and she struggled slightly, she knew where this would end up, and she didn’t want to die! She wasn’t done yet! No…not by a long shot! She frowned, “Ramen, Ramen you cant kill me, I drew Big Mac’s number! I drew it before I came over here!” she cried out, hoping that Ramen’s dedication for the rules was as strong as her own, Ramen paused, the blade mere inches from Pinkie’s skin and she slowly lifted her teal eyes to look up at the other pony. There, she had done it! Pinkie was internally proud of herself. Ramen huffed slightly, “Well then I better make this quick then, huh? I’ve never had to do two in one day before…” she mused as she cut into Pinkie’s flesh and within moments she had removed the pink party pony’s other cutie mark. “And it’s Big Mac of all ponies….Whoo….you really can pick ‘em, cant you?” Ramen chuckled softly and she looked up at the other pony with glittering eyes, Ramen’s teal eyes searching the Pinkie Pie’s deep blue ones. She smiled in a short manner, “Hmmm….” She mused softly and she grabbed ahold of the skin she had loosened and she pulled with a flourish. Pinkie Pike screamed again and she shuddered a bit, she could feel her blood, warm and sticky running down the sides of her legs, Ramen trotted back over to the quilt and set to work quickly stitching it in, she hummed as she did so. Pinkie watched her as she worked, wondering, fearing, what the brown earth pony would do next. Once the quilt was done being worked on Ramen looked around slowly, her eyes fell upon what she needed and she trotted over to it. “I think I’m going to want your head on my wall…” she said as she began to push a guillotine towards them, “But that’s the grand finale,” she chuckled, “For now, lets have some fun!” She smiled, she then trotted around the guillotine and over to the small wooden table near the table that Pinkie Pie was anchored to. She picked up a spray bottle with some strangely colored liquid in it. “I’m going to test to see just how much pain you can take, us happy ponies, we can take a lot of pain, we just hide our sadness and anguish behind a smile and no-pony ever knows right?” she skipped over to where Pinkie Pie was and she set the spray bottle down, she then took out a jar of nails and straight pins and she chuckled. She then stepped on a button and the table Pinkie was on slowly lowered down, backwards so that the pink mare was laying down now, the bottoms of her hooves exposed. Pinkie cringed, she could see where this was going, “Oh…Oh Celestia….please Ramen….” She whispered, and Ramen picked up the spray bottle and squirted some of the liquid on Pinkie Pie’s legs, it burned instantly and she howled in pain as the liquid ate through her skin and flesh alike, and the smell was nauseating. “Every time you beg, or plead, or make a sound of protest, I’m going to douse you with some of my acid…” she chuckled, “It’s fast and effective…so….here we go!” she set the bottle down and picked up a straight pin and placed it to the exact center of pinkie’s hoof and she grinned brightly before pushing forward with a sharp and strong motion, Pinkie couldn’t help the scream that escaped her, and it only intensified when Ramen tisked and sprayed more acid onto her, Pinkie realized that Ramen didn’t care what happened to her body, she only wanted her head. The smell of burning hair and skin filled the room and Ramen picked up another pin, she placed it at a diagonal angle from the other pin and she winked at Pinkie before putting all her pressure on this one, it went through the soft part of her hoof and out the other end, again Pinkie let a scream tear through the air, the tears that ran down her cheeks were hot, but the acid that touched her other leg was hotter still, Pinkie sniffled and writhed on the table. Ramen stood slowly and she picked up a nail and a hammer and she placed the nail in the dead center of the top of the hoof and she chuckled as it scraped the hard outer shell of the hoof. With a mighty swing she brought the hammer down and effectively she did two things, cracked the hoof and pinned it to the table even moreso. Pinkie screamed again, this time more throaty than before, back arching, body shaking, she now understood exactly what Dashie had felt…no, what every pony she had done this to felt and her stomach turned. Ramen blinked slowly and then she chuckled. “Wow…what a wuss you are….” her voice was semi cold and she slowly drew away from the other pony. "I mean, Shining Armor didnt even so much as whimper when I doused his.." she paused with a chuckle and grinned at Pinkie, "You know, with Acid....of course by that time he had this far away broken look in his eyes, I think he simply surrendered..." she sighed softly, shaking her head, "For the Captain of the Guards....you think he would have been stronger, but....as you can see..." she lifted a hoof and gestured to the taxidermy body of the unicorn guard, "He made a very lovely room accent." she giggled and then fell rather silent as she looked at Pinkie Pie's tear streaked face, her watery blue eyes waivered every now and then, and Ramen frowned and lifted a hoof and lifted Pinkie's chin to look her directly in the eyes. "And I have no idea how I even admired you, I mean look at you! Whimpering and Whining like a foal....." she started and Pinkie could suddenly hear herself mocking Rainbow Dash; 'Is that how you want me to remember you; as a Baby?!' She cleared her throat and she looked at Ramen, she felt so helpless, so useless, Pinkie couldn’t help but feel guilty at what she had done to her best friend, to her other friends….she shuddered slightly and she couldn’t stop herself, her lips moved, her voice escaped her. "This. Isnt. Fun." she said through clenched teeth, Ramen laughed and pulled her hoof away. "Why? Because it's not you doing these horrible things to somepony else? You can only give but you cant take? Is that it?" she asked in cold manner, "Ooooh Pinkie Pie...." she cooed in a manner that was very much akin to a lover's voice. "We havent even started yet...." she purred and she drew away, trotting around the room she giggled softly as she found what she was looking for, vice clamps, she turned around trotting towards the helpless pink mare. She began to hum again as she fastened the clamps to the other mare’s hooves. “W…what are you doing, Ramen?” Pinkie asked softly. “Oh Celestia what are you doing?” Rame lifted a hoof to her lips, “Shhhh, It’ll only hurt for a moment, then you’ll feel pressure but no pain, yes it’s sensitive down here, but you are going to experience more pain than your body will know what to do with.” Ramen perked a brow slightly and she canted her head to the right. Pinkie was shaking as Ramen spoke, and she heard the clink and felt the cold clamps as they took purchase on her hooves. Ramen then hooked the two chains between the clamps and she then led the chain towards a device on the wall across the room, once the chain had been secured there she walked back over to Pinkie and she looked down at the Pink mare who was now sweating bullets and looking a tad pale. “You see, I find that hooves, when ground up in soup, add a really good flavor, and I’m pretty sure yours would add a sophisticated sweetness….My customers would love it!” she said and she placed a kiss to Pinkie’s forehead before lifting up a ball-gag again and fastening it in Pinkie’s mouth. “I know you are going to scream, and loudly, and I don’t want you giving me a headache sooooo, I’m sorry, but I’m muffling the sound a bit…breathe through your nose.” She stated and she trotted back towards the device on the wall, she then lifted her hoof to the button on the wall, there was a horrible sound. Pinkie wasn’t sure if it was the device kicking in, or the sound of her hooves being torn off her body, but the white hot pain that shot through her body did indeed cause her to pain, she felt the jerk of her hooves being torn off her feet, the feel of ligiment and bone shattering, her eyes rolled back in her head as she screamed into the ball-gag that muffled her noise and once it was all over she lay there, struggling to breathe. Ramen trotted over to her and she undid the ball-gag again so Pinkie could draw in more air, the pink mare was trembling slightly and she looked at Ramen with glassy eyes. Ramen smiled sadly at her. “You know, I wish I didn’t have to do this…I wish that you and I could have joined forces, but this is my duty, I drew your number, and it not only honors me, but it pains me to see you like this….” She paused and lifted a hoof and drew it through Pinkie’s mane. “To see you barely as the pony I knew and loved…” she trailed off slowly and sighed softly. “So, Now I’m going to give you something for the pain, something to make you think all you are doing is dreaming, nothing will hurt, I will harvest you, and then I will cut off your head.” She said gently. Pinkie Pie sniffled softly as tears ran down her cheeks, she looked at Ramen with those glassy eyes of hers. Her lips parted slightly and she whispered gently. “….it…….was…….an……honor……” she trailed off slowly and her eyes closed. Ramen frowned, “No, no, no,” she said and she picked up a syringe and she injected the pink mare’s chest, Pinkie opened her eyes with a sharp gasp and she looked at Ramen and she whined softly. “Why did you wake me up, why couldn’t you just let me die with dignity?!” she trembled slightly. “Because you know the rules….we have to share the last moments……” Ramen stated in a very solemn voice. “So…let’s get this over with shall we?” she asked. “Because you drew another number before you came over and I have to have this place cleaned up and ready for another pony. A massive one! I think I might stuff him and put him next to Shining Armor….what do you think?” she asked. Pinkie just looked at Ramen for a few moments, she sighed softly and she shook her head slowly back and fourth. “I don’t care Ramen.” She moaned, “I don’t care anymore. Just do what you are going to do….and finish it.” She sobbed softly. Ramen nodded. “Fine, suit yourself, I shall.” She stated gently as she walked around the table slowly, she then picked up a syringe and she moved back over to where Pinkie lay, she stabbed the other’s foreleg and smiled lightly to herself. “You know, I respected you so much, you have no idea how badly I wanted this to be a good moment for the both of us! But you….” She trailed off slowly, “You don’t seem as happy about this as I am, I mean…you told me you play the number game too, and I know you know this is a great honor for me, but you, you just gave up…did the ponies you do this to give up? Did none of them fight? What about Rainbow Dash!? Did she fall apart and give up too?” she asked, her voice chiding slightly. Pinkie winced slightly as the needle was withdrawn, she looked at Ramen for a few moments, “Yeah….she did.” She stated softly, “She broke, cried, she begged me to stop, and I didn’t because I knew it was my duty to do as such.” She paused. “Just as I know it’s yours….I’m done fighting. I am going to try and savor this moment too…” she closed her eyes. “Show me how good you are at this.” Ramen nodded and she moved over to a table and she picked up a scalpel, she then began to make incisions in the other’s chest and abdomen. She then opened Pinkie’s chest with little to no effort, her eyes half lidded slightly, she sighed and she began to harvest organs. When she got to Pinkies heart she looked at the pink mare of laughter for a few moments, their eyes met and Ramen saw no hate there, she saw nothing but happiness and honor. Ramen then cleared her throat and she cut the organ free. She placed the heart on the scale and then she began to unclasp the other pony, she dragged the body, now gutted, and placed it on the wooden bed of the guillotine, she then tugged the rope and the blade came down, there was a soft sound and Pinkies head fell into a basket. Ramen then pulled the mare’s body over to another chute and she pushed it into the opening, then turning she trotted over to the head and she picked it up. “Well,” she mused softly. “Let’s finish up shall we, I’ve an apple to core.” She grinned. SonnetCakesSonnet was walking back to her home from visiting Mayor Mare. The sun was setting and it was quickly getting cold and dark. She sighed softly to herself as she began to pick up the pace. She had just recently moved to this town and so far it had been very warm and inviting, she was certain this place would be a nice town to live in. She had met many friendly ponies and was content for now to do her job at town hall as the archiver. She turned the corner and smiled to herself, letting out a soft breath and making a cloud of breath on the chilly air, she giggled to herself, snuggling into her scarf, but something caught her attention. She paused, did she hear hoof-steps? Was there someone behind her? "Hello?" she called as she moved to look over her shoulder, "Is there anypony out there?" she frowned slightly and cuddled into her scarf, it was a creepy over-cast night, there would be rain tomorrow. Sonnet sighed softly as she saw the familiar warm glow of the lanterns outside her archives, she nodded to herself. "See? You were scared for no reason…" she started and then she felt something sharp in her head, and she saw nothing. When she woke up she had the worst head-pain in the world, and she found she couldn't lift her head or her hooves. She had been tied down to a table of some sorts and tightly. To her horror, she found her magic just wasn't working. No matter how hard she tried to call it forth, the fear was rendering it useless. "H…hello?" she asked, "Is…is anypony there?" Silence answered her. Pure and complete silence. Sonnet shook slightly. She could feel fear collecting tears in her eyes, twisting her stomach. "Please! Somepony answer me!" she cried out. Then she heard it, the sound of hooves on the wooden floor above her, the sound of a door opening and closing, and then descending the stairs. The sound of some switch being flipped and the hum of florescent lights turning on, Sonnet's breath caught in her throat. There before her was a pink mare with frizzy pink hair, deep blue eyes, and a demented smile. "Wow, I thought that my basement was sound proof but you actually managed to make some noise down here…and I didn't think you would be waking up for a while…" she said in a cheerful manner, "This is wonderful, I was starting to get bored!" As the pink mare moved away from the landing Sonnet's eyes wandered away from her and to the room she was currently in. A scream died in her throat for she was far too scared to let it escape. The room was set for a party, but no party she would have ever wanted to go to. Organs painted in faded paint and filled with helium were replacement balloons, there was a banner from tanned pony hides with the words "Life is a Party!" painted in a crusty flaking brown color. The tables and chairs were also made from skin and bones, and she noted the various skulls that littered the place were also painted to look almost clownish with party hats made from their own skins. Sonnet slowly looked at the pink mare in confusion. "W…what's going on?" she asked, her voice raw from the fear. The pink mare smiled. "Oh! You don't remember me, that's a shame…" she giggled as she vanished behind a room divider that was pitch black and had balloons painted on it. "What's going on is simple, I drew your number, mind you, I know you are new to PonyVille and all, taking up the job as the keeper of the archives and haven't been here for that long, three weeks right?" she sounded like she was getting dressed in something, Sonnet could have sworn she heard something clattering together, she felt sick. "Anyway, your number came up and I cant really ignore the rules…so…" The pink mare came back out and Sonnet felt her stomach flip when she saw the garb the pink mare had put on. She was wearing one of the most horrifying things in the world. Upon her back were eight Pegasus wings, they were limp and lifeless, yet when the mare moved, they gave the illusion of flight, around her neck were seven unicorn horns, and she wore a patchwork dress made from cutiemarks. Sonnet squeezed her eyes closed and she felt her body shudder slightly. "I figured that we just get this over with, ok?" the pink mare blinked and lifted a hoof and placed it to Sonnet's shoulder. "Hey…open your eyes, it wont be fun if you keep them closed." She said and Sonnet slowly opened her eyes. "Who are you?" she asked. The pink mare giggled. "I'm Pinkie Pie!" she said and she nodded in an enthusiastic manner. "And…what do you plan on doing to me?" Sonnet asked, her voice cracked here and there. Pinkie chuckled. "Well, you see…I ran out of ingredients for my baking…" "No." Sonnet said, her tone slightly shaky, but firm, "No…no…you will not be using me." She said, her eyes betrayed her horror and fear. "I…I am…one of Princess Luna's students….and she…" "Pfffft," Pinkie Pie giggled, "If you think being a student of the princess is going to stop me, you're wrong," she paused then added with a demented smirk, "Dead wrong, Sonnet…" Sonnet glared at Pinkie Pie, the fear was leaving her, replacing it was anger. She could feel something bubbling up inside her and she felt the simple caress of her powers returning, the fear that had been keeping them at bay vanishing, her horn began to glow and Sonnet smiled, "I'm leaving," she said, but before she could say or do anything else a mind-numbing pain washed through her as Pinkie Pie struck her horn from the side with a hammer, the bone splintering off and sending the top half of the horn skittering across the room, it hit the wall with a hollow sound before clattering to the ground. Sonnet could do nothing more than scream in pain as blood ran down her face and her forehead throbbed. "Oooh, I think not." Pinkie Pie said in a dark tone, she then pulled over a cart with sharpened medical tools upon it and she looked up at Sonnet in a dark manner. "Let's get those cutie marks off you, ok?" she asked, Sonnet struggled as best she could, but Pinkie didn't seem to care, in fact she seemed to enjoy the fear that Sonnet was giving off. "You're the element of Laughter!" Sonnet cried, "Please, please, don't do this…" Pinkie Pie lifted her gaze at this and she smirked gently, then lifted the scalpel she had been holding. "When given a job, one does their job, right?" she asked, her eyes were narrowed, and she was frowning sharply. Sonnet blinked back, unsure of what to say, she then spoke up in trembling voice. ".....Who....Who gave you this job?" she asked. Pikie grinned at her, and in answer she sunk the scalpel deep into her left rear flank, just above Sonnet's cutiemark. Sonnet let out a cry of pain and shock and felt tears well in her eyes as she watched Pinkie make a circle around her cutie mark and then pull it away. The very sight and sound of it caused Sonnet's stomach and heart to jump into her throat. She couldnt feel the pain, her mind wasnt focused on it anymore, her mind was too busy trying to make this whole situation make sense. So when Pinkie began to cut away at the other cutie mark she cried out again and this time, her focus shattered and she felt the tears run down her cheeks. Pinkie Pie held up her cutie marks to her and she giggled. "I cant wait to put these on my dress!" she said softly and she giggled spinning around she placed them on the table near her, then she turned back and lifted a scalpel and she grinned. "Oooh Sonnet, you have such lovely tresses!" she said gently. "It's so long and such pretty colors, it would make nice thread...." she said and she began to walk towards the other pony. Sonnet shrank back against the table and shook her head slowly. Her stomach was flipping again, she was keeping back her nausea as best she could but it wasnt an easy task. Pinkie Pie gave her a simple smile and she canted her head to the left. "Now, are we going to do this the hard way, or the easy way?" Sonnet trembled, "What's what?" she asked, she blinked back her tears. "The easy way is you let me do my work...the hard way is you fight back..." Pinkie grinned. Sonnet frowned in a cold manner. "How about you just let me go and we pretend that nothing ever happened?" she asked. Pinkie pie laughed in a cruel manner and shook her head. "Nope, sorry, I cant do that..." she mused and she placed the blade to Sonnet's scalp and pressed down, Sonnet let out a scream of pain and tried to pull away, but her thrashing head only made matters worse for her as she threw off Pinkie's blade strokes and caused more pain for her. Pinkie stopped and frowned. "Now Sonnet!" she said, her tone sharp, her eyes narrowed. "If you dont stop that thrashing this instant I'm going to have to do something I dont like doing!" Sonnet looked at Pinkie in hate, she then spit in the other mare's face and once again tried to pull herself free. Pinkie slowly took a few steps back, set down the blade and she walked over to the table again, when she came back she was holding something large and wooden. She set it up quickly and once it was tightly fastened around Sonnet's head she realized it was a vice, and it held her firmly in place. "No, No, no,no...." Sonnet whispered over and over. It was then she realized she wasnt wearing her scarf and her eyes went wide in fear, she looked at Pinkie, "Where is it!?" she shrieked. "Where's my scarf!?" Pinkie blinked in shock at this sudden outburst and she lifted a hoof and pointed to the unraveled mess on the ground. Sonnet frowned through her tears as if she couldnt understand what it was she was seeing, but after blinking the tears from her eyes she focused on what she was looking at and a pain far worse than anything Pinkie could ever physically put her through hit her. "...Why did you do that?" she whispered, "Why did you ruin the only thing in this world that I hold dear!?" Sonnet was trembling again, Pinkie gave her a serene smile and stated in a matter-of-fact tone, "Well, I'm going to need something to stitch you back up, right?" Sonnet shook her head at that and she hissed. "But you're butchering me, taking me apart....why....would you need to stitch me up?" Pinkie shrugged. "Because, silly-billy, I'm going to stuff you and add you to my collection!" she giggled, "And now that I know you treasured that scarf, I think it makes sense, I mean, your one dear item is keeping you together, kinda poetic isnt it?" Sonnet didnt answer, she found the whole concept ironic, the scarf did keep her together in a sense, and soon it would literally keep her together. She was pulled out of her reminiscing by a sudden cutting pain at the base of her neck and she let a soft whine escape her as she focused on the pink mare before her. She numbly watched as the pink mare cut along her scalp, and she tried to think of something other than the odd feeling of skin separating and pulling free. Before she knew what was what, her scalp lay on the floor in front of her. She could also feel the warm ooze of the blood as it ran down the back of her neck and the sides of her face, she was shivering slightly. "Yes.." Pinkie was saying, "This will do nicely...I think..." she looked the scalp on the ground and she smiled, lifting it off the ground, she inspected it as best she could and nodded again, "Yup, It will be perfect for what I have planned." she then looked down at Sonnet's tail and lifted a hoof to her mouth, "Hmmm," she started and Sonnet shuddered slightly, feeling the blood rolling down her back, it was a surreal feeling. "What's....next...." she found herself asking, ".....do you plan on killing me?" "All in good time dear Sonnet....all in good time!" the pink party mare cheered and she trotted around Sonnet. "What I'm excited about is that you havent passed out yet, normally the pony I'm working on blacks out, so...what's your secret?" "I've got willpower...and I'm fearless...." "Wow, no kidding...." Pinkie pie said and she took out a butcherknife. "Well, we should really get started shouldnt we?" she asked absently. Sonnet chuckled weakly. "Sure, anything that gets me out of this place so I dont have to look at you...." she spat, her eyes half lidded. "Sonnet! That wasnt nice!" Sonnet made a face of mock shock then she began to laugh, it was a wild almost crazy laugh, she would have tossed her head too, but the vice kept it firmly in place. Pinkie pie frowned. "Are you laughing at me?" she growled, stabbing the dark grey unicorn just enough to cut her open, but not enough to damage any of the organs. Sonnet choked back a cry of pain and swallowed it. She locked gazes with Pinkie Pie and she trembled slightly, she wasnt going to let this mare hear her scream, she wasnt going to give her any pleasure. Pinkie worked at cutting her open and exposing her organs. She sighed in admiration and nodded. "I think, because of how strong and bitter, yet sweet you are, I'm going to make you a lemon meringue pie..." Sonnet gave her a hazy look and then bowed her head, closing her eyes she sighed. "...whatever pinkie, just get this over with...." she stated dully. "I'm bored by this now...at first it was really scary, but now that I know you're just going to," she cut off as pinkie stopped what she was doing and she looked up at Sonnet in a sharp manner, that seemed to say that she wasnt just going to kill her now, she was planning on doing a few more horrible things. Pinkie pie got up and came back with a pair of tongs. "Open your mouth." she said darkly, Sonnet shook her head back and fourth, she could see where this was going. "OPEN YOUR MOUTH!" Pinkie shrieked, her eyes narrowed and Sonnet slowly opened her mouth, Pinkie clasped the tongs to Sonnet's tongue and pulled her tongue so it extended out of her mouth. "That oughta shut you up." she said in a sharp manner, she then went back to what she was doing. The silence filled the room and now Sonnet's thoughts were beging to invade her mind. Her eyes were half lidded and she was shaking again, only slightly while the pink mare before her began to take her apart. She watched as Pinkie Pie began to pull her intestines out, she would feel it too, the Pink mare began to talk again. "You know, it's not like I want to even be doing this, it's all complete and total bull to me, but when charged with a duty, you do what must be done, right? and dont take this too personally, but I had to do it, Just because you are the element of Wisdom doesnt make you exempt." she paused, "We could have been friends if I didnt draw your number, and that would have made this so much sweeter!" she grinned. "But as it is, I drew your number before then, and so....here we are." Sonnet began to feel woozy from the blood loss. And when Pinkie Pie removed her heart and the darkness took her she was thankful. Pinkie Pie sat in front of the dissected corpse of what use to be a beautiful mare. She was staring at the body in an absent manner, after a few more long moments, she got up and placed a "X" over Sonnet's picture, she then turned to the bowl of numbers and began to fish around it in, withdrawing another one, she slowly looked over the wall of pony pictures and matched the number with a perky looking pony with toxic green hair and a fun loving smile. "....Damnit." Pinkie muttered. Then she began to clean up. Thinking of just how she was going to get the owner of the Noodle shop. RamenCakesSonnet's disappearance had confused the owner of the noodle shop. Ramen had searched high and low for the other mare only to find nothing, just an empty archive and no trace of her dear friend. This bothered her greatly…Sonnet was never one to just up and leave without telling anypony. The brown earth pony mare with the toxic green hair sighed softly as she leaned on the bartop of her shop. It was a little after noon and it had been a week since she had last seen Sonnet, usually Sonnet came to the shop for a bowl of buckwheat noodles in a vegetable broth for breakfast, but no show. "Where are you Sonnet?" Ramen whispered, it was a slow day, there weren't that many customers and Ramen was thankful for that. At the bar sat Pinkie Pie, she noted the worry in Ramen Spice's eyes and she smiled inwardly, she had just found the way she could get Ramen alone and to her place. "What's wrong, Ramen?" she asked, shocking herself with just how sincere that was. Even if she planned to do what she planned to do, she still thought of the other pony as a comrade in the arts of cooking. And if something was bothering her, Pinkie wanted to know how she could help. "Oh, Pinkie, when did you get here? Sorry, I'm just a little distracted, Sonnet's gone missing and I don't know where she would have gone, or why she would have gone without telling me." the brown earth-pony mare sighed in a heavy manner and shifted so she was looking at the pink mare. "I'm sorry Ramen, hey! You wanna come over to my place while I get some things? I mean, I'm sure I can help you out, I mean, if you want help finding her, that is!" she grinned and Ramen looked around her shop slowly, the last of the customers was trotting out, she nodded slowly. "Sure why not, it's a slow day at any rate…" she said and she trotted around the bar and put up a be back soon <3 sign and when Pinkie exited she locked it and they both began to walk towards the Bakehouse. "It's just weird you know? Sonnet isn't the type of pony to just leave without telling anypony, she's very…kind like that." Ramen stated. "What if something important came up?" Pinkie asked. "She still would have left a note or something, but I've been through the archives so many times, and even Celestia doesn't know where's she's gone to!" Ramen returned. "You asked Celestia?" Pinkie asked. Ramen nodded. "Yeah, they were good friends when Sonnet was a filly, Celestia even taught her magic! So I figured if anyone knew where Sonnet was, it would be Celestia…" They were almost there when Pinkie held a cupcake out to Ramen. "You look sad, here! This will perk you right up!" she said as she grinned at the other mare. Ramen looked at the cupcake, it did look really good. She took it and ate it, when it was gone they began to walk again. "Oh, that was yummy…" she said with a sigh and a smile. "I kinda wanted to ask you if you wanted to try and do a collaboration with me…I was thinking of ideas for a sweet chocolate dessert bowl… and I…." she stumbled, her head feeling heavy, "and I was….oooh, Pinkie?" she asked and as they walked through the door, Ramen Spice fell over. The last thing she remembered seeing was Pinkie Pie smiling down at her in a demented manner and the thought -well this cant be good- passed through her mind. **** When she woke up she was met with darkness. She was also cold. She tried to move and found she had been secured down to something. Her back hurt and jaw hurt, and she thought she could hear hoof-steps in the room she was in. She blinked a few more times, she could make out vauge shapes, one looked like a pony, a pony with a long tri-colored tail. "Smphhfff…" she tried to call out, but noticed she was gagged by a ball-gag. She blinked in shock and then everything came back to her. She had been talking to Pinkie Pie about the absence of Sonnet, they were going to go to Sugarcube corner to get something, Pinkie had given her a cupcake, and she had gotten dizzy and fallen over. -Oh no…- she thought, she got this sick feeling in her stomach and she squirmed in her bonds. A spot-light came on, illuminating the pony before her, sure enough, a long tri-colored tail with the familiar green, white, and purple shades was presented, though the colors had dulled down a bit. The body of the pony before her was also a dark shade of grey, and it too looked dulled. "Mfffhfffm!" Ramen called out, struggling again, and another light flared on, Ramen winced when this happened because this one was far brighter. The pony that stepped forward caused Ramen's heart to pick up its beating. It was Pinkie Pie, but she was dressed in something horrifying. The patchwork dress made from skin patches with cutie-marks on it was one thing, but the severed unicorn horns and the pegasi wings caused tears to lift in her eyes. As she looked the dress over she saw the quill that use to belong to Sonnet and that was when the tears began to fall. Pinkie Pie skipped over to her with a grin on her face and she unfastened the ball gag. "Bonjour Ramen Spice! Did you have a good nap!? I hope you did! Because now you and I are going to have suuuuch fun together, isn't that right Sonnet?" she scooted over to the other pony and turned her to face Ramen, Sonnet's eyes had been gouged out, so blank black holes gazed at her, Pinkie worked Sonnet's mouth. "You Bet'cha! Let's have so much fun Pinkie!" she did in the best 'Sonnet' impersonation she could. Pinkie then giggled and looked at Ramen. "To think I got to spend more time with you! The element of Joy! This is going to be soooo special for the both of us!" Ramen was terrified, she trembled and closed her eyes, gulping hard. "What…what do you plan on doing with me?" she asked, looking for any way out, she had to get out, she had to find somepony, tell somepony that laughter had lost her mind. Pinkie Pie lifted to her hind-legs and she placed her front legs on either of Ramen's shoulders, she pressed her forehead to Ramen's and she smiled weakly. "I plan on getting to know you, inside and out…" she murred and then she pushed away and she moved over to a table and pulled a cloth off it. Ramen saw it was covered in sharp blades and medical tools, Pinkie Pie picked up a scalpel and skipped over to Ramen. The Brown earth-pony was shaking so hard, she swallowed and she looked down at the other. "You don't have to do this, I….I wont tell anypony, in fact, I'll help you! I'll help you get your victims, please, please don't do this!" she cried out, her eyes wide in fear, she couldn't believe the words she spoke, Pinkie pie paused, as if she were considering the offer, she then smirked in a dark manner. "Nah, I don't need any help…" and she sunk the blade into Ramen's left foreleg. The earth pony let out a scream of pain and felt the tears streaming down her cheeks. Pinkie Pie continued to do what she was doing, and in a few moments Ramen felt this hot burning pain as the pink mare tore her cutie marks off her. The Pink mare twirled and giggled as she did this, holding up the two cutie marks and she waved them in front of her. "Yay! I got two new cutie marks!" she cooed and then set them down on the table, she then turned back to Ramen Spice and she moved back towards her. "Now then, you really arent all that important, I mean you dont have any magic, unless you are in element mode, and you dont have wings so you cant fly, so I guess that I'm going to have to just find other ways to amuse myself with you." Ramen shook her head slowly. "What's gotten into you?" she asked, "Are you seriously going to kill me, and did you really just say I wasnt important!?" Pinkie Pie grinned. "Yeah, well,you know, aside from being a really cool cook, And Awesome at parties, there really isnt anything special about you." Ramen Spice blinked and then frowned. "I'm the element of joy!" she growled. "And you really really shouldnt be doing this!" she looked over at Sonnet's form, the way it just stood there,a book open in front of it was unnerving. She then looked back over at Pinkie who was pulling something over to them. It looked like a cart. "You're crazy, how did this happen!?" Ramen asked and Pinkie Pie shook her head. "I'm just following orders...that's all...." "Who's orders?!" Ramen asked and she then blinked as Pinkie held up a cat'o'nine tails and grinned. "That's not for you to worry about!" She spleed and struck out with the weapon. The barbed nine tails of the whip struck out across Ramen's face, cutting holes in her features. She cried out in pain, tears falling down her cheeks and mixing with the blood from the wounds, Pinkie continued to whip at Ramen Spice's body. The brown earth pony sobbed as she was whaled upon by this psychotic pink mare. When Pinkie finally stopped her whipping she was panting and sweating a little. "Whoo, hoo, hoo!" She crowed, "Now /that/ was a cardio workout! Fun Fun!" she said and she dropped the whip and smiled lightly to the now panting and sobbing Ramen Spice. "Why did you kill Sonnet!?" Ramen asked. "I drew her number, like I drew yours, these things happen Spicey..." she said softly and she sighed gently. "Well, at least now, on the plus side, you will get to meet up with Sonnet again." Pinkie Pie laughed at this and she turned back to the cart and lifted up a scalpel and a butcher knife. "I think it's time we stared the harvest dont you?" she asked and she set the blades down and plunged a needle into Ramen's neck, the earth mare let out a yelp of pain and looked at Pinkie in a dulled manner. "...What did...." she started, her gaze unfocusing for a moment. Pinkie giggled again, "That'll numb you so you can stay awake for the whole process..." "...Dont kill me....please....please...." Ramen whispered, "Please, I've got....so much....I've....." she choked on her tears and shook her head slowly. "Please dont kill me...." Pinkie Pie smiled weakly and then began to make the incisions, humming happily as she did so. Ramen watched in a dulled manner, as her own skin was pulled back and her organs were exposed. She watched as Pinkie removed one of her kidneys, a gallbladder, and then she stopped and lifted her gaze to look at Ramen Spice, who was trembling while she watched Pinkie Pie do all this. "I really feel as though I didnt have enough fun with you, Spicey....and I cant help but feel that if I had gotten to know you better, this might have been less empty...." she huffed, she then looked up at Ramen. "For the Element of Joy you didnt seem all that happy in your last moments, and I'm sorry, I guess that's my fault, just know, if there had been any other way, I wouldnt have done this to you..." she smiled sadly, Ramen closed her eyes and shook her head. "....Get help Pinkie Pie...." she said, "Before you kill someone really dear to you...." Pinkie Pie frowned and she reached up and placed her hooves on Ramen's heart and pulled it free, she was sprayed with blood and the Brown mare was listless. Pinkie Pie couldnt help but feel a little hollow, this one hadnt been as much fun as she had thought it would be. After Pinkie had cleaned up she went back to the bowl and sighed softly. So many numbers, she reached in and pulled up two, they clung together and Pinkie Pie smirked. "Ooooh a couple! I've never got to do two ponies at once!" she giggled and she looked at the pictures of the pegasus and unicorn that were next. "I'm sure that one will cheer me right up, now then, how do I get 'em?" she murmured, a twisted smile parted her lips and she couldnt help but laugh. Dusk/EmberCakes"Oh come on now Dusk," Ember said as she nuzzled her Stallion friend gently. "I'm sure Pinkie Pie has a very good reason for asking us to come to SugarCube Corner this late at night, maybe she has questions about our wedding…." The couple was trotting at a slow pace towards the shop. Dusk frowned slightly, "I don't see why she couldn't wait til the morning," he stated in a grumpy tone. Ember giggled again, her wings fluttered slightly as she smiled at him. "She said it was important….and she sounded excited….Oh boy, I cant wait to see what it is she wants to show us!" They arrived at the bake-house and Dusk knocked on the door. After a few moments the pink mare answered the door and she beamed at them. "You came! Wonderful! Please, come in! Come in!" she frisked from side to side. "Oooh I'm so happy!" "What is it you wanted Pinkie pie?" Dusk asked as they entered the bake-house, "It's late," Pinkie nodded. "Yeah, I know, I'm sorry…but I've just finished working on the perfect taste for your wedding cake, over here! I have some cupcake samples…please, try some and tell me what you think." Dusk frowned, "Cake!? You called us over here because of cake!?" he asked, Ember on the other hand let out a happy giggle and she flew over to the plate of cupcakes. They were amazingly vibrant, and with frosting a shade of green that seemed familiar to her. She looked at the cupcakes and she picked one up and she nibbled at it with a wide smile on her face. Dusk on the other hand stood by the door frowning to himself. "Is this all Pinkie?" he asked. "Wow, Pinkie these are delicious! Dusk! You have to try this…it tastes amazing!" Ember said, eating another one, she looked over at her Fiancee and she giggled softly, the bright green frosting stained her red muzzle. Dusk sighed and trotted over to Ember and he lifted one of the cupcakes with his magic and he brought it close and he bit it, chewed and swallowed. He blinked in amazement and then eagerly ate the rest of the cupcake, he then levitated another one and he ate that one as well. Pinkie watched them as they laughed and ate the cupcakes, but after a bit they seemed to be getting drowsy. Pinkie took a step forward, then another, and by the time she got to them, they fell over unconscious. "Oh boy," Pinkie giggled, "A two-fer….this is gunna be soooo fun!" *** "Oooh…." Dusk groaned as his eyes slowly opened. He blinked slowly as his sight came back to him, and he gasped when he saw Ember strapped down to an upright table across from him, she was blindfolded and the only part of her that was free were her wings, but it was clear that wasn't going to do her any good. He moved to go over to her and noted that he couldn't, He then realized he was in the same situation and he frowned. His horn glew a soft red in shade and he tried to unfasten the binds holding Ember but a voice spoke up. "Oooh Dusky-wusky, that wont work…so you shouldn't try…." Dusk turned towards the sound of the voice and saw Pinkie Pie trot into the room. She was wearing a costume of sorts, a costume of cutie marks, he recognized at least four of them, one of which was a quill, the other a bowl of ramen. Around her neck was a necklace of unicorn horns, they clattered and clacked together. Upon her back were a collection of severed pegasi wings, they fluttered and flapped in a sad and listless manner with each of her movements. "Pinkie Pie!" Dusk growled, his eyes flickered silver and he was about to throw a blast of energy at Pinkie Pie when Ember woke up and let out a scream of fear, it distracted him and he lost the energies he had been storing in his horn. "Dusk!" Ember cried out, "I cant see! What's going on!?" He was about to answer her when Pinkie Pie spoke up first. "Oooh silly! The reason you cant see is because I blind-folded you," she giggled. "Why can't I move?" "Because you're tied down…" Pinkie giggled. "This is fun! And we are about to have so much more fun! But I gotta do something first!" She then turned and looked at Dusk, she then trotted over to him and she lifted a hoof to his horn and she tapped at it. "I'm just going to get to the point!" She said and she wipped around super fast, there was a horrible cracking sound and Dusk screamed in pain. Ember screamed too, in fear, for she couldn't see what was happening. "What did you do that for!?" Dusk cried in pain and anger. "So you couldn't use your magic to help your mare-friend…" Pinkie giggled and she skipped over to Ember and pulled the blind-fold off her, the Pegasus looked at the Pink Mare and she blinked a few times, she then looked over at Dusk and when she saw what Pinkie had done she looked at the pink mare in shock. "You….you broke his horn…." she whispered, sadness and fear in her voice, "I thought we were friends! Why would you do such a thing!?" she shook her head, her long white hair falling past her pale pink eyes. Pinkie Pie nodded. "You guys *are* my friends, and that is why I'm soooo Happy you both are here, with me, together because I wouldn't want this any other way…" she looked from Ember to Dusk and she smiled with such sincerity. "And besides, if he kept his horn he would have made this whole process so much harder, and I already have the feeling this is going to be a major work out!" she giggled, "So, shall we start? I'm going to have to take your wings first Ember," she said and she trotted over to the table and picked up a bone saw in her mouth before she began to walk over towards Ember who was now panicing, she smiled in a gentle manner and she set the bone saw down. "OOh! I almost forgot!" she looked at Dusk, then at Ember, "If either of you make a sound while I'm working on the other pony, I'll do some thing horrible to them, okay? If you love one another, you'll be quiet and enjoy this amazing moment the three of us are sharing, now then...should I take your wings or your cutie marks first?" she asked. Dusk growled in a disgusted and hateful tone. "Dont you lay one hoof on her you psychopath! Just you wait til I get out of here...you're going to be sorry..." Pinkie Pie sighed and shook her head, "Oooh Dusky-Wusky, that was a mistake," She said and the next thing Dusk knew Ember was screaming as Pinkie pie made three small cuts in her lower flank near her cutie mark and simply tore them off, there was jagged edges of flesh and blood spattered on the floor and pink mare as well. She held up the crudely removed Cutie mark and she smirked. "See what you made me do to your Fiancee Dusky-Wusky?" she cooed, she waved the flap of skin in front of Dusk's face and then turned back to Ember with a grin. "Lets get that other one off you too..." Ember whimpered softly and she shook her head. "Dont...Dont...." she whispered as she writhed there, Pinkie Pie grinned at her and she removed the other one in a more clean and less ragged manner, she chuckled. "I guess I'll only have one Cutie Mark to put on my dress, huh? That's a shame, usually I like to have two...now then," she glanced over at Dusk, and then moved over to the back of Ember and took one of her wings in her mouth and she pulled on it slightly before she nodded, "Okie-dokie-lokie! Let's do this!" she picked up the bone saw and she set to work, sawing at Ember's right wing, the black pegasus let out a wail of pain and Dusk grit his teeth, afraid to say anything for fear of causing his fiancee any more pain. In a matter of moments, Ember had blacked out and her wing fell to the floor with a wet flap sound. Pinkie let out a frustrated growl and jammed a needle into Ember's right forleg. She woke up instantly and blinked. "You fell asleep on me, that's rude." Pinkie snapped, "For that, It's dusks turn to lose his cutie marks!" Ember choked back her sobs and shook her head. "No, no no no," she whispered in a begging manner, "Please dont hurt him...please...." Pinkie Pie ignored Ember and lifted her scalple and began to cut away at Dusk's flesh, he cried out in pain and watched Pinkie with hateful eyes. He wished he could use his magic and he lifted his gaze to the room and he saw two figures standing in the corner, he blinked and Pinkie noticed what he was looking at, she smiled. "Oh! That reminds me!" she tore Dusk's cutie marks away, brining a cry of pain and she scampered over to the corner and pushed both dolls forward. One was Sonnet, her mane had been replaced by her scarf, it had been unwraveled and it looked odd on her, and Ramen's features had been twisted into an eternal and creepy smile. "Your friends are going to watch too!" Pinkie said and she giggled. She then looked at Ember who was shaking and squeezing her eyes closed, Pinkie tisked softly and moved back over to her and pulled on her other wing, bringing not only a burning sensation from her back, but in her legs as well, she let out a cry of pain. Pinkie grinned, then she set to work hacking the other wing off, Ember cried out sadly and tried to twist away from Pinkie ,but the pink mare took the wing in her teeth and jerked her head violently forward, not only ripping the wing off, but a portion of Ember's back as well. Dusk felt sick as he watched this, and he felt anger too. How dare this mare treat them in such a manner! "Pinkie pie!" He growled. "Stop this right now, you wont get away with it, sooner or later, you will be found out!" Pinkie smirked, "Ooooh I doubt that." she said, her tone dark and dripping with venom. She moved over to Dusk and she smiled lightly, she then lifted some barbed-wire and she held it up so that Dusk could see it before she began to wind it around Dusk's mouth and pulling tight, the Unicorn groaned in pain as blood ran from the new holes in his muzzle and he thrashed his head in a vain attempt to get the barbed wire off him. Ember was sobbing hard and trying to heat the binds that held her so she could break them, but she couldnt call forth enough fire and all she was suceeding in doing was burning herself, Pinkie noted the scent of burning fur and turned and saw what Ember was up to and she laughed. "Oh-ho! Ok! Sure....Let's play with fire shall we ember?" she asked and she trotted over to what looked like a fire place, she came back with a branding iron in her mouth and it's end was bright white with heat. Ember whimpered and Dusk tried to speak, but upon attempting to open his mouth the barbs stuck deeper into his muzzle causing him great pain. "Okie-dokoe-lokie! Here we go! This is going to be so much fun!" Pinkie crowed and she brought the branding iron towards Ember's inner thigh slowly, but she paused for a moment and she giggled, "Hey Ember!" she called, and when Ember quieted down and blinked the tears from her eyes, Pinkie jammed the burning hot iron against her thigh, "You just got a new cutie mark!" Ember screamed in pain and once again fell into crying. Dusk's eyes flared white with rage but without a horn to channel his powers through, all he ended up doing was giving himself a head-ache. Pinkie cackled with laughter and she brought the iron against Ember's other inner thigh as well, burning the fur and skin there too. Ember sobbed in pain and exhaustion and she soon just hung there, breathing heavily. Pinkie smiled to herself and she glanced over at Dusk, then slowly she moved over to the table again and picked up a blade and she moved back towards Ember and she slowly trailed the blade down Ember's torso, Ember let out a strangled scream and Pinkie Pie giggled. "Ooops! I forgot to numb you, I'm sorry Ember, but I cant seem to stop now." Ember cried out as she was cut open and each scream caused Dusk to grow sadder and madder at the same time. Pinkie Pie turned and looked at Dusk for a few moments then she began to gut Ember, Ember sobbed softly and whispered. "Dusk my love.......never.....forget.......how much I...." she trailed off and fell silent, her body now an empty shell, Pinkie Pie turned to face Dusk now and she giggled softly. "Well, well, now it's just you and me." she mused, "How nice isnt it? I felt that she needed to go first because she's a lady and ladys always go first, right Dusky-wusky?" she cooed and she lifted the knife again and cackled in a demented manner. The last thing Dusk saw was the sad and lifeless face of the mare he loved and then everything went black. *** "Oooh but that was fun!" Pinkie Pie giggled as she finished stitching Dusk closed, she looked from the Ember doll to the Dusk doll and she pushed them closer togeher. "There we go!" she then yawned and stretched. "Mmmm, I'm tired, guess I'll take bath then go to bed, I can always draw a number tomorrow morning." she said and she skipped up the steps and out of the basement.
PinkieCakesCupCakes: The Pinkie Pie Edition She had received a letter, it had been handed to her by the mail mare Derpy Hooves with a smile and a wave. Pinkie Pie loved getting mail, it was like a little personal surprise party to her, she opened the letter with a rush of excitement, who was it from? Rarity? Twilight? Applejack!? No, this was muzzle writing just as perky and happy as her own. Hey Pinkie! I hate to be a bother but the delivery ponies seemed to have dropped off part of your order at my shop. Twelve bags of Flour, ten bags of sugar, and a whole lot of chocolate, Don’t worry I’ve put them some place safe and you can pick them up at your leisure, No rush dear! Ramen Spice Pinkie Pie chuckled softly, Ramen Spice was one of the newer ponies to ponyville, she and her friends had escaped to her world to get away from a dark and twisted Equestria. Ramen Spice had opened a noodle shop and soon a playful rivalry started up between the pink party pony and the brown earth pony. Pinkie had decided to adopt the other pony as a sister and they became fast friends. So this letter warmed Pinkie’s heart and she set it down on the counter then she paused, her eyes fell upon the calendar, it had been two weeks since she drew her last number, with a short frown she made her way down the stairs to her secret room, she passed through the main room and into another room that had a huge mural on the wall of all the ponies of ponyville, some were “x” out the numbers under them crossed out, others had “?” marks on them and finally there were others who were not blocked out in any way. Sighing she pushed her muzzle into a party hat and she withdrew a number. 32 Pinkie Pie let her gaze sweep the room and she found the one who owned the number. “It looks like I’m going to be making a pie with that apple!” she cooed in happiness, number 32 was Big Mac. Pinkie Pie stopped her skipping in place however, she frowned slightly. “But Big Mac is huge, and I don’t have enough ingredients….I guess I will have to go to Ramen’s after all…” she sighed and she then decided to leave and skipped out of the Bakery. ++++ She arrived at the Lucky Bowl Noodle Shop during the lunch rush, Ponies from far and wide were bustling through the restaurant. Pinkie saw that ponies from as far as Philidelphia to Canterlot were enjoying the noodles. Pinkie smiled at this, Ramen’s noodle bowls were indeed something amazing. She was jarred out of her thoughts by a squee and then a glomp, She didn’t even have to look to know who it was. “Pinkie! It’s so so soooo good to see you!” the brown earth pony said, she blew a stray stand of toxic green hair from her teal eyes. “You want the house special?” she asked, and before Pinkie could answer she was sat down at the bar and a bowl was placed in front of her. The smell from the bowl was intoxicating, buckwheat noodles were in a vegetable broth with sweet potatoes and apples floating in the broth, Pinkie pie smiled and she ate the food with great relish, when she was done she chuckled. Ramen smiled at her. “Anything else?” She asked, Pinkie Pie nodded, “I got your letter…” she said, she thought she saw Ramen’s face fall for a moment, but the brown earth pony caught herself and she nodded. “Okay, well, I guess we should get your things then huh?” she asked and she drew away, “We will cut through the kitchen, it’s shorter…” she mused and Pinkie Followed her into the kitchen. They passed the stove and Pinkie paused, something smelled….sweet. Ramen glanced over her shoulder, “Oh, I’m working on a dessert bowl,” She said then she perked up, “Wanna try the broth? You can give me pointers on how to improve!” she said. Pinkie nodded, “I’d love to!” Ramen ladled some of the broth into a small bowl and offered it to pinkie, who drank it with a big smile, “Mmmm,” She said and chuckled, “That’s really really good! Can I have more!?” Ramen took the bowl back and as she ladled the second helping of broth into the bowl she heard the sound of a body hitting the ground. Slowly she set the bowl down and she sighed, turning and looking over her shoulder. Pinkie lay unconscious on the floor, Ramen shook her head slowly back and fourth. “Tisk. Tisk. Such a weak tolerance.” She mused, then she set to work pulling Pinkie’s unconscious form toward the dumbwaiter and loading her onto it, she then pushed the down button and lowered Pinkie Pie into the darkness, she then decided she would prep her then get back to her customers, and when the restaurant closed…then her real work would begin. +++ When Pinkie Pie woke up she found herself in a predicament that most of her victims found themselves in, She was bound to a large rotating table and confused. She tried to move her arms and legs but found them holding fast to the table and not budging even a little, that fear pushed her out of her confusion and her situation finally dawned on her, she went to scream but the ball gag in her mouth muffled most of her sounds, and looking around she noted the bright spotlight that shone down on her all but destroyed her night vision making it hard to see in the otherwise dark room. Though she did think she saw the outline of a few ponies in the inky blackness, her mind raced. Had she been found out? Was this her punishment for years of doing the Princesses’ dirty work? “Mhhmphg!” she managed, and a few moments later she heard the sound of clopping hooves approaching her, a few moments later into the spot light stepped Ramen Spice, she was holding a rope in her mouth and pulling something behind her with it, Pinkie also noted she was humming a very familiar song as well and when Pinkie’s eyes met Ramen’s she noted the light in them, that same cracked light she saw in her own eyes whenever she looked in the mirror. Pinkie’s eyes went wide as Ramen stopped walking and sat down in front of her, she let the rope fall from her mouth and she stopped humming and began to sing instead, “Giggle at the ghostly, Guffaw at the grossly, Crack up at the creepy, Whoop it up with the weepy ,Chortle at the kooky, Snortle at the spooky….” She smiled at Pinkie Pie and giggled at her, then for a few moments he fell silent, watching the other, her eyes narrowed ever so slightly, she spoke in a dead-pan voice, “I’m going to take the gag off you now, feel free to laugh all you want, maybe you’ll scare me away, but don’t waste your time screaming no pony can hear you, and besides, if you do it, I’ll cut your tongue out…” she chuckled as she said the last part before lifting up onto her rear legs and taking the gag off Pinkie pie. The Pink mare coughed and moved her jaw around, then she looked at Ramen a look of desperation in her eyes, she didn’t feel like laughing, at all. “I…I play the number game too….I didn’t know you had it where you came from…” she said, hoping maybe this would save her. Ramen chuckled again, “Well then you understand just how important this all is…” Pinkie Pie felt her stomach twist, her mind racing, was this really happening? Was this…this outsider….really going to go through with all of this? Ramen continued in a bored manner as she turned to her tool-box and began to look through it, picking up various blades, she knew she had to pick the perfect one to start with, she knew it had to be strong, but thin, so it wouldn’t destroy anything, “At first, I was sad when I drew your number, but then I realized something, this is a great honor, So I wrote you a letter!” she chuckled lightly, “I didn’t expect you to come over so soon, So when I saw you in the Noodle shop I got a little sad, but now…” she held up the scalpel, “Now I’m super honored to be here with you, Like I’m sure you were honored to be with Rainbow Dash, Right?” Pinkie Pie flinched at those words, she could feel the tears lift in her eyes as she remembered drawing Dashie’s number, she remembered the mix of pain and joy to have Dash with her, she felt a tremble run through her and she hung her head. Ramen perked a brow as she approached with the small yet effective blade, “Pinkie, I asked you a question…Were you honored to have pulled Rainbow Dash’s Number?” Pinkie only sniffled softly, Ramen rolled her eyes and shook her head, leaning down she began her work by sinking the blade into the skin a few inches above Pinkie’s Cutie mark, Since Pinkie had her eyes closed for the moment, she didn’t expect the other mare to start right away and the pain caused a scream to escape her, Ramen continued to work, making long circular incisions around the cutie mark, this was…delicate work after all, and she didn’t want to ruin such a nice cutie mark. When Ramen finished cutting the skin she slipped the blade into one of the cuts, working on separating the skin from the muscle, Pinkie could not stop the whine of pain and anguish that escaped her, and soon the small circle of flesh simply fell off. Ramen wordlessly withdrew and set the scalpel down, then she picked up the small circle of flesh and she trotted off back into the darkness. Pinkie was breathing hard, was that it? Was that all this mare wanted? Was it over? She didn’t know what Ramen was doing, and it wasn’t until Ramen spoke up with a soft, “I need more light,” Did Pinkie get the full scope of just how dedicated Ramen was to her own work. The room’s lights burst into illumination and Pinkie saw that she was in what looked to be a hunter’s Trophy room. Heads of various ponies hung on the walls, taxidermy bodies were set up here and there, and a quilt made of patchwork cutiemarks rested on a sewing table. Pinkie looked around the room, her eyes instantly fell upon the Taxidermy bodies of Braeburn, Fancy Pants, and Shining Armor, While Cherrilee, Spitfire, and Uppercrusts’ heads were lined up next to one another on the wall, and each had a errily serene look upon their faces, she also noted Octavia and DJ Pon-3’s cutie marks, along with a lot more, in the quilt, and now….being added to the quilt was her own. Pinkie was stunned, her mouth open in shock, and after a few moments she found herself, “…It…It was you, the other missing ponies! The numbers I had to take out of my drawing! You…you were the one to….who…” Ramen nodded, a gentle smile on her face, “Mm-hmm,” she mused softly, not looking up from her work with the needle and thread, “Unlike you however, focusing on only Ponyville, I scattered my work, taking from all parts of Equestria…this…is the pony room, I’ve two more rooms you know, one for gryphons, the other for…other creatures.” She chuckled, she had finished stitching the cutiemark down, she then sighed, “Aw horseapples, I forgot to take your other one,” she shook her head, and set the quilt down, she began to trot towards the bound pink mare and picked up the scalpel again. Pinkie blinked and she struggled slightly, she knew where this would end up, and she didn’t want to die! She wasn’t done yet! No…not by a long shot! She frowned, “Ramen, Ramen you cant kill me, I drew Big Mac’s number! I drew it before I came over here!” she cried out, hoping that Ramen’s dedication for the rules was as strong as her own, Ramen paused, the blade mere inches from Pinkie’s skin and she slowly lifted her teal eyes to look up at the other pony. There, she had done it! Pinkie was internally proud of herself. Ramen huffed slightly, “Well then I better make this quick then, huh? I’ve never had to do two in one day before…” she mused as she cut into Pinkie’s flesh and within moments she had removed the pink party pony’s other cutie mark. “And it’s Big Mac of all ponies….Whoo….you really can pick ‘em, cant you?” Ramen chuckled softly and she looked up at the other pony with glittering eyes, Ramen’s teal eyes searching the Pinkie Pie’s deep blue ones. She smiled in a short manner, “Hmmm….” She mused softly and she grabbed ahold of the skin she had loosened and she pulled with a flourish. Pinkie Pike screamed again and she shuddered a bit, she could feel her blood, warm and sticky running down the sides of her legs, Ramen trotted back over to the quilt and set to work quickly stitching it in, she hummed as she did so. Pinkie watched her as she worked, wondering, fearing, what the brown earth pony would do next. Once the quilt was done being worked on Ramen looked around slowly, her eyes fell upon what she needed and she trotted over to it. “I think I’m going to want your head on my wall…” she said as she began to push a guillotine towards them, “But that’s the grand finale,” she chuckled, “For now, lets have some fun!” She smiled, she then trotted around the guillotine and over to the small wooden table near the table that Pinkie Pie was anchored to. She picked up a spray bottle with some strangely colored liquid in it. “I’m going to test to see just how much pain you can take, us happy ponies, we can take a lot of pain, we just hide our sadness and anguish behind a smile and no-pony ever knows right?” she skipped over to where Pinkie Pie was and she set the spray bottle down, she then took out a jar of nails and straight pins and she chuckled. She then stepped on a button and the table Pinkie was on slowly lowered down, backwards so that the pink mare was laying down now, the bottoms of her hooves exposed. Pinkie cringed, she could see where this was going, “Oh…Oh Celestia….please Ramen….” She whispered, and Ramen picked up the spray bottle and squirted some of the liquid on Pinkie Pie’s legs, it burned instantly and she howled in pain as the liquid ate through her skin and flesh alike, and the smell was nauseating. “Every time you beg, or plead, or make a sound of protest, I’m going to douse you with some of my acid…” she chuckled, “It’s fast and effective…so….here we go!” she set the bottle down and picked up a straight pin and placed it to the exact center of pinkie’s hoof and she grinned brightly before pushing forward with a sharp and strong motion, Pinkie couldn’t help the scream that escaped her, and it only intensified when Ramen tisked and sprayed more acid onto her, Pinkie realized that Ramen didn’t care what happened to her body, she only wanted her head. The smell of burning hair and skin filled the room and Ramen picked up another pin, she placed it at a diagonal angle from the other pin and she winked at Pinkie before putting all her pressure on this one, it went through the soft part of her hoof and out the other end, again Pinkie let a scream tear through the air, the tears that ran down her cheeks were hot, but the acid that touched her other leg was hotter still, Pinkie sniffled and writhed on the table. Ramen stood slowly and she picked up a nail and a hammer and she placed the nail in the dead center of the top of the hoof and she chuckled as it scraped the hard outer shell of the hoof. With a mighty swing she brought the hammer down and effectively she did two things, cracked the hoof and pinned it to the table even moreso. Pinkie screamed again, this time more throaty than before, back arching, body shaking, she now understood exactly what Dashie had felt…no, what every pony she had done this to felt and her stomach turned. Ramen blinked slowly and then she chuckled. “Wow…what a wuss you are….” her voice was semi cold and she slowly drew away from the other pony. "I mean, Shining Armor didnt even so much as whimper when I doused his.." she paused with a chuckle and grinned at Pinkie, "You know, with Acid....of course by that time he had this far away broken look in his eyes, I think he simply surrendered..." she sighed softly, shaking her head, "For the Captain of the Guards....you think he would have been stronger, but....as you can see..." she lifted a hoof and gestured to the taxidermy body of the unicorn guard, "He made a very lovely room accent." she giggled and then fell rather silent as she looked at Pinkie Pie's tear streaked face, her watery blue eyes waivered every now and then, and Ramen frowned and lifted a hoof and lifted Pinkie's chin to look her directly in the eyes. "And I have no idea how I even admired you, I mean look at you! Whimpering and Whining like a foal....." she started and Pinkie could suddenly hear herself mocking Rainbow Dash; 'Is that how you want me to remember you; as a Baby?!' She cleared her throat and she looked at Ramen, she felt so helpless, so useless, Pinkie couldn’t help but feel guilty at what she had done to her best friend, to her other friends….she shuddered slightly and she couldn’t stop herself, her lips moved, her voice escaped her. "This. Isnt. Fun." she said through clenched teeth, Ramen laughed and pulled her hoof away. "Why? Because it's not you doing these horrible things to somepony else? You can only give but you cant take? Is that it?" she asked in cold manner, "Ooooh Pinkie Pie...." she cooed in a manner that was very much akin to a lover's voice. "We havent even started yet...." she purred and she drew away, trotting around the room she giggled softly as she found what she was looking for, vice clamps, she turned around trotting towards the helpless pink mare. She began to hum again as she fastened the clamps to the other mare’s hooves. “W…what are you doing, Ramen?” Pinkie asked softly. “Oh Celestia what are you doing?” Rame lifted a hoof to her lips, “Shhhh, It’ll only hurt for a moment, then you’ll feel pressure but no pain, yes it’s sensitive down here, but you are going to experience more pain than your body will know what to do with.” Ramen perked a brow slightly and she canted her head to the right. Pinkie was shaking as Ramen spoke, and she heard the clink and felt the cold clamps as they took purchase on her hooves. Ramen then hooked the two chains between the clamps and she then led the chain towards a device on the wall across the room, once the chain had been secured there she walked back over to Pinkie and she looked down at the Pink mare who was now sweating bullets and looking a tad pale. “You see, I find that hooves, when ground up in soup, add a really good flavor, and I’m pretty sure yours would add a sophisticated sweetness….My customers would love it!” she said and she placed a kiss to Pinkie’s forehead before lifting up a ball-gag again and fastening it in Pinkie’s mouth. “I know you are going to scream, and loudly, and I don’t want you giving me a headache sooooo, I’m sorry, but I’m muffling the sound a bit…breathe through your nose.” She stated and she trotted back towards the device on the wall, she then lifted her hoof to the button on the wall, there was a horrible sound. Pinkie wasn’t sure if it was the device kicking in, or the sound of her hooves being torn off her body, but the white hot pain that shot through her body did indeed cause her to pain, she felt the jerk of her hooves being torn off her feet, the feel of ligiment and bone shattering, her eyes rolled back in her head as she screamed into the ball-gag that muffled her noise and once it was all over she lay there, struggling to breathe. Ramen trotted over to her and she undid the ball-gag again so Pinkie could draw in more air, the pink mare was trembling slightly and she looked at Ramen with glassy eyes. Ramen smiled sadly at her. “You know, I wish I didn’t have to do this…I wish that you and I could have joined forces, but this is my duty, I drew your number, and it not only honors me, but it pains me to see you like this….” She paused and lifted a hoof and drew it through Pinkie’s mane. “To see you barely as the pony I knew and loved…” she trailed off slowly and sighed softly. “So, Now I’m going to give you something for the pain, something to make you think all you are doing is dreaming, nothing will hurt, I will harvest you, and then I will cut off your head.” She said gently. Pinkie Pie sniffled softly as tears ran down her cheeks, she looked at Ramen with those glassy eyes of hers. Her lips parted slightly and she whispered gently. “….it…….was…….an……honor……” she trailed off slowly and her eyes closed. Ramen frowned, “No, no, no,” she said and she picked up a syringe and she injected the pink mare’s chest, Pinkie opened her eyes with a sharp gasp and she looked at Ramen and she whined softly. “Why did you wake me up, why couldn’t you just let me die with dignity?!” she trembled slightly. “Because you know the rules….we have to share the last moments……” Ramen stated in a very solemn voice. “So…let’s get this over with shall we?” she asked. “Because you drew another number before you came over and I have to have this place cleaned up and ready for another pony. A massive one! I think I might stuff him and put him next to Shining Armor….what do you think?” she asked. Pinkie just looked at Ramen for a few moments, she sighed softly and she shook her head slowly back and fourth. “I don’t care Ramen.” She moaned, “I don’t care anymore. Just do what you are going to do….and finish it.” She sobbed softly. Ramen nodded. “Fine, suit yourself, I shall.” She stated gently as she walked around the table slowly, she then picked up a syringe and she moved back over to where Pinkie lay, she stabbed the other’s foreleg and smiled lightly to herself. “You know, I respected you so much, you have no idea how badly I wanted this to be a good moment for the both of us! But you….” She trailed off slowly, “You don’t seem as happy about this as I am, I mean…you told me you play the number game too, and I know you know this is a great honor for me, but you, you just gave up…did the ponies you do this to give up? Did none of them fight? What about Rainbow Dash!? Did she fall apart and give up too?” she asked, her voice chiding slightly. Pinkie winced slightly as the needle was withdrawn, she looked at Ramen for a few moments, “Yeah….she did.” She stated softly, “She broke, cried, she begged me to stop, and I didn’t because I knew it was my duty to do as such.” She paused. “Just as I know it’s yours….I’m done fighting. I am going to try and savor this moment too…” she closed her eyes. “Show me how good you are at this.” Ramen nodded and she moved over to a table and she picked up a scalpel, she then began to make incisions in the other’s chest and abdomen. She then opened Pinkie’s chest with little to no effort, her eyes half lidded slightly, she sighed and she began to harvest organs. When she got to Pinkies heart she looked at the pink mare of laughter for a few moments, their eyes met and Ramen saw no hate there, she saw nothing but happiness and honor. Ramen then cleared her throat and she cut the organ free. She placed the heart on the scale and then she began to unclasp the other pony, she dragged the body, now gutted, and placed it on the wooden bed of the guillotine, she then tugged the rope and the blade came down, there was a soft sound and Pinkies head fell into a basket. Ramen then pulled the mare’s body over to another chute and she pushed it into the opening, then turning she trotted over to the head and she picked it up. “Well,” she mused softly. “Let’s finish up shall we, I’ve an apple to core.” She grinned.
SonnetCakesSonnet was walking back to her home from visiting Mayor Mare. The sun was setting and it was quickly getting cold and dark. She sighed softly to herself as she began to pick up the pace. She had just recently moved to this town and so far it had been very warm and inviting, she was certain this place would be a nice town to live in. She had met many friendly ponies and was content for now to do her job at town hall as the archiver. She turned the corner and smiled to herself, letting out a soft breath and making a cloud of breath on the chilly air, she giggled to herself, snuggling into her scarf, but something caught her attention. She paused, did she hear hoof-steps? Was there someone behind her? "Hello?" she called as she moved to look over her shoulder, "Is there anypony out there?" she frowned slightly and cuddled into her scarf, it was a creepy over-cast night, there would be rain tomorrow. Sonnet sighed softly as she saw the familiar warm glow of the lanterns outside her archives, she nodded to herself. "See? You were scared for no reason…" she started and then she felt something sharp in her head, and she saw nothing. When she woke up she had the worst head-pain in the world, and she found she couldn't lift her head or her hooves. She had been tied down to a table of some sorts and tightly. To her horror, she found her magic just wasn't working. No matter how hard she tried to call it forth, the fear was rendering it useless. "H…hello?" she asked, "Is…is anypony there?" Silence answered her. Pure and complete silence. Sonnet shook slightly. She could feel fear collecting tears in her eyes, twisting her stomach. "Please! Somepony answer me!" she cried out. Then she heard it, the sound of hooves on the wooden floor above her, the sound of a door opening and closing, and then descending the stairs. The sound of some switch being flipped and the hum of florescent lights turning on, Sonnet's breath caught in her throat. There before her was a pink mare with frizzy pink hair, deep blue eyes, and a demented smile. "Wow, I thought that my basement was sound proof but you actually managed to make some noise down here…and I didn't think you would be waking up for a while…" she said in a cheerful manner, "This is wonderful, I was starting to get bored!" As the pink mare moved away from the landing Sonnet's eyes wandered away from her and to the room she was currently in. A scream died in her throat for she was far too scared to let it escape. The room was set for a party, but no party she would have ever wanted to go to. Organs painted in faded paint and filled with helium were replacement balloons, there was a banner from tanned pony hides with the words "Life is a Party!" painted in a crusty flaking brown color. The tables and chairs were also made from skin and bones, and she noted the various skulls that littered the place were also painted to look almost clownish with party hats made from their own skins. Sonnet slowly looked at the pink mare in confusion. "W…what's going on?" she asked, her voice raw from the fear. The pink mare smiled. "Oh! You don't remember me, that's a shame…" she giggled as she vanished behind a room divider that was pitch black and had balloons painted on it. "What's going on is simple, I drew your number, mind you, I know you are new to PonyVille and all, taking up the job as the keeper of the archives and haven't been here for that long, three weeks right?" she sounded like she was getting dressed in something, Sonnet could have sworn she heard something clattering together, she felt sick. "Anyway, your number came up and I cant really ignore the rules…so…" The pink mare came back out and Sonnet felt her stomach flip when she saw the garb the pink mare had put on. She was wearing one of the most horrifying things in the world. Upon her back were eight Pegasus wings, they were limp and lifeless, yet when the mare moved, they gave the illusion of flight, around her neck were seven unicorn horns, and she wore a patchwork dress made from cutiemarks. Sonnet squeezed her eyes closed and she felt her body shudder slightly. "I figured that we just get this over with, ok?" the pink mare blinked and lifted a hoof and placed it to Sonnet's shoulder. "Hey…open your eyes, it wont be fun if you keep them closed." She said and Sonnet slowly opened her eyes. "Who are you?" she asked. The pink mare giggled. "I'm Pinkie Pie!" she said and she nodded in an enthusiastic manner. "And…what do you plan on doing to me?" Sonnet asked, her voice cracked here and there. Pinkie chuckled. "Well, you see…I ran out of ingredients for my baking…" "No." Sonnet said, her tone slightly shaky, but firm, "No…no…you will not be using me." She said, her eyes betrayed her horror and fear. "I…I am…one of Princess Luna's students….and she…" "Pfffft," Pinkie Pie giggled, "If you think being a student of the princess is going to stop me, you're wrong," she paused then added with a demented smirk, "Dead wrong, Sonnet…" Sonnet glared at Pinkie Pie, the fear was leaving her, replacing it was anger. She could feel something bubbling up inside her and she felt the simple caress of her powers returning, the fear that had been keeping them at bay vanishing, her horn began to glow and Sonnet smiled, "I'm leaving," she said, but before she could say or do anything else a mind-numbing pain washed through her as Pinkie Pie struck her horn from the side with a hammer, the bone splintering off and sending the top half of the horn skittering across the room, it hit the wall with a hollow sound before clattering to the ground. Sonnet could do nothing more than scream in pain as blood ran down her face and her forehead throbbed. "Oooh, I think not." Pinkie Pie said in a dark tone, she then pulled over a cart with sharpened medical tools upon it and she looked up at Sonnet in a dark manner. "Let's get those cutie marks off you, ok?" she asked, Sonnet struggled as best she could, but Pinkie didn't seem to care, in fact she seemed to enjoy the fear that Sonnet was giving off. "You're the element of Laughter!" Sonnet cried, "Please, please, don't do this…" Pinkie Pie lifted her gaze at this and she smirked gently, then lifted the scalpel she had been holding. "When given a job, one does their job, right?" she asked, her eyes were narrowed, and she was frowning sharply. Sonnet blinked back, unsure of what to say, she then spoke up in trembling voice. ".....Who....Who gave you this job?" she asked. Pikie grinned at her, and in answer she sunk the scalpel deep into her left rear flank, just above Sonnet's cutiemark. Sonnet let out a cry of pain and shock and felt tears well in her eyes as she watched Pinkie make a circle around her cutie mark and then pull it away. The very sight and sound of it caused Sonnet's stomach and heart to jump into her throat. She couldnt feel the pain, her mind wasnt focused on it anymore, her mind was too busy trying to make this whole situation make sense. So when Pinkie began to cut away at the other cutie mark she cried out again and this time, her focus shattered and she felt the tears run down her cheeks. Pinkie Pie held up her cutie marks to her and she giggled. "I cant wait to put these on my dress!" she said softly and she giggled spinning around she placed them on the table near her, then she turned back and lifted a scalpel and she grinned. "Oooh Sonnet, you have such lovely tresses!" she said gently. "It's so long and such pretty colors, it would make nice thread...." she said and she began to walk towards the other pony. Sonnet shrank back against the table and shook her head slowly. Her stomach was flipping again, she was keeping back her nausea as best she could but it wasnt an easy task. Pinkie Pie gave her a simple smile and she canted her head to the left. "Now, are we going to do this the hard way, or the easy way?" Sonnet trembled, "What's what?" she asked, she blinked back her tears. "The easy way is you let me do my work...the hard way is you fight back..." Pinkie grinned. Sonnet frowned in a cold manner. "How about you just let me go and we pretend that nothing ever happened?" she asked. Pinkie pie laughed in a cruel manner and shook her head. "Nope, sorry, I cant do that..." she mused and she placed the blade to Sonnet's scalp and pressed down, Sonnet let out a scream of pain and tried to pull away, but her thrashing head only made matters worse for her as she threw off Pinkie's blade strokes and caused more pain for her. Pinkie stopped and frowned. "Now Sonnet!" she said, her tone sharp, her eyes narrowed. "If you dont stop that thrashing this instant I'm going to have to do something I dont like doing!" Sonnet looked at Pinkie in hate, she then spit in the other mare's face and once again tried to pull herself free. Pinkie slowly took a few steps back, set down the blade and she walked over to the table again, when she came back she was holding something large and wooden. She set it up quickly and once it was tightly fastened around Sonnet's head she realized it was a vice, and it held her firmly in place. "No, No, no,no...." Sonnet whispered over and over. It was then she realized she wasnt wearing her scarf and her eyes went wide in fear, she looked at Pinkie, "Where is it!?" she shrieked. "Where's my scarf!?" Pinkie blinked in shock at this sudden outburst and she lifted a hoof and pointed to the unraveled mess on the ground. Sonnet frowned through her tears as if she couldnt understand what it was she was seeing, but after blinking the tears from her eyes she focused on what she was looking at and a pain far worse than anything Pinkie could ever physically put her through hit her. "...Why did you do that?" she whispered, "Why did you ruin the only thing in this world that I hold dear!?" Sonnet was trembling again, Pinkie gave her a serene smile and stated in a matter-of-fact tone, "Well, I'm going to need something to stitch you back up, right?" Sonnet shook her head at that and she hissed. "But you're butchering me, taking me apart....why....would you need to stitch me up?" Pinkie shrugged. "Because, silly-billy, I'm going to stuff you and add you to my collection!" she giggled, "And now that I know you treasured that scarf, I think it makes sense, I mean, your one dear item is keeping you together, kinda poetic isnt it?" Sonnet didnt answer, she found the whole concept ironic, the scarf did keep her together in a sense, and soon it would literally keep her together. She was pulled out of her reminiscing by a sudden cutting pain at the base of her neck and she let a soft whine escape her as she focused on the pink mare before her. She numbly watched as the pink mare cut along her scalp, and she tried to think of something other than the odd feeling of skin separating and pulling free. Before she knew what was what, her scalp lay on the floor in front of her. She could also feel the warm ooze of the blood as it ran down the back of her neck and the sides of her face, she was shivering slightly. "Yes.." Pinkie was saying, "This will do nicely...I think..." she looked the scalp on the ground and she smiled, lifting it off the ground, she inspected it as best she could and nodded again, "Yup, It will be perfect for what I have planned." she then looked down at Sonnet's tail and lifted a hoof to her mouth, "Hmmm," she started and Sonnet shuddered slightly, feeling the blood rolling down her back, it was a surreal feeling. "What's....next...." she found herself asking, ".....do you plan on killing me?" "All in good time dear Sonnet....all in good time!" the pink party mare cheered and she trotted around Sonnet. "What I'm excited about is that you havent passed out yet, normally the pony I'm working on blacks out, so...what's your secret?" "I've got willpower...and I'm fearless...." "Wow, no kidding...." Pinkie pie said and she took out a butcherknife. "Well, we should really get started shouldnt we?" she asked absently. Sonnet chuckled weakly. "Sure, anything that gets me out of this place so I dont have to look at you...." she spat, her eyes half lidded. "Sonnet! That wasnt nice!" Sonnet made a face of mock shock then she began to laugh, it was a wild almost crazy laugh, she would have tossed her head too, but the vice kept it firmly in place. Pinkie pie frowned. "Are you laughing at me?" she growled, stabbing the dark grey unicorn just enough to cut her open, but not enough to damage any of the organs. Sonnet choked back a cry of pain and swallowed it. She locked gazes with Pinkie Pie and she trembled slightly, she wasnt going to let this mare hear her scream, she wasnt going to give her any pleasure. Pinkie worked at cutting her open and exposing her organs. She sighed in admiration and nodded. "I think, because of how strong and bitter, yet sweet you are, I'm going to make you a lemon meringue pie..." Sonnet gave her a hazy look and then bowed her head, closing her eyes she sighed. "...whatever pinkie, just get this over with...." she stated dully. "I'm bored by this now...at first it was really scary, but now that I know you're just going to," she cut off as pinkie stopped what she was doing and she looked up at Sonnet in a sharp manner, that seemed to say that she wasnt just going to kill her now, she was planning on doing a few more horrible things. Pinkie pie got up and came back with a pair of tongs. "Open your mouth." she said darkly, Sonnet shook her head back and fourth, she could see where this was going. "OPEN YOUR MOUTH!" Pinkie shrieked, her eyes narrowed and Sonnet slowly opened her mouth, Pinkie clasped the tongs to Sonnet's tongue and pulled her tongue so it extended out of her mouth. "That oughta shut you up." she said in a sharp manner, she then went back to what she was doing. The silence filled the room and now Sonnet's thoughts were beging to invade her mind. Her eyes were half lidded and she was shaking again, only slightly while the pink mare before her began to take her apart. She watched as Pinkie Pie began to pull her intestines out, she would feel it too, the Pink mare began to talk again. "You know, it's not like I want to even be doing this, it's all complete and total bull to me, but when charged with a duty, you do what must be done, right? and dont take this too personally, but I had to do it, Just because you are the element of Wisdom doesnt make you exempt." she paused, "We could have been friends if I didnt draw your number, and that would have made this so much sweeter!" she grinned. "But as it is, I drew your number before then, and so....here we are." Sonnet began to feel woozy from the blood loss. And when Pinkie Pie removed her heart and the darkness took her she was thankful. Pinkie Pie sat in front of the dissected corpse of what use to be a beautiful mare. She was staring at the body in an absent manner, after a few more long moments, she got up and placed a "X" over Sonnet's picture, she then turned to the bowl of numbers and began to fish around it in, withdrawing another one, she slowly looked over the wall of pony pictures and matched the number with a perky looking pony with toxic green hair and a fun loving smile. "....Damnit." Pinkie muttered. Then she began to clean up. Thinking of just how she was going to get the owner of the Noodle shop.
RamenCakesSonnet's disappearance had confused the owner of the noodle shop. Ramen had searched high and low for the other mare only to find nothing, just an empty archive and no trace of her dear friend. This bothered her greatly…Sonnet was never one to just up and leave without telling anypony. The brown earth pony mare with the toxic green hair sighed softly as she leaned on the bartop of her shop. It was a little after noon and it had been a week since she had last seen Sonnet, usually Sonnet came to the shop for a bowl of buckwheat noodles in a vegetable broth for breakfast, but no show. "Where are you Sonnet?" Ramen whispered, it was a slow day, there weren't that many customers and Ramen was thankful for that. At the bar sat Pinkie Pie, she noted the worry in Ramen Spice's eyes and she smiled inwardly, she had just found the way she could get Ramen alone and to her place. "What's wrong, Ramen?" she asked, shocking herself with just how sincere that was. Even if she planned to do what she planned to do, she still thought of the other pony as a comrade in the arts of cooking. And if something was bothering her, Pinkie wanted to know how she could help. "Oh, Pinkie, when did you get here? Sorry, I'm just a little distracted, Sonnet's gone missing and I don't know where she would have gone, or why she would have gone without telling me." the brown earth-pony mare sighed in a heavy manner and shifted so she was looking at the pink mare. "I'm sorry Ramen, hey! You wanna come over to my place while I get some things? I mean, I'm sure I can help you out, I mean, if you want help finding her, that is!" she grinned and Ramen looked around her shop slowly, the last of the customers was trotting out, she nodded slowly. "Sure why not, it's a slow day at any rate…" she said and she trotted around the bar and put up a be back soon <3 sign and when Pinkie exited she locked it and they both began to walk towards the Bakehouse. "It's just weird you know? Sonnet isn't the type of pony to just leave without telling anypony, she's very…kind like that." Ramen stated. "What if something important came up?" Pinkie asked. "She still would have left a note or something, but I've been through the archives so many times, and even Celestia doesn't know where's she's gone to!" Ramen returned. "You asked Celestia?" Pinkie asked. Ramen nodded. "Yeah, they were good friends when Sonnet was a filly, Celestia even taught her magic! So I figured if anyone knew where Sonnet was, it would be Celestia…" They were almost there when Pinkie held a cupcake out to Ramen. "You look sad, here! This will perk you right up!" she said as she grinned at the other mare. Ramen looked at the cupcake, it did look really good. She took it and ate it, when it was gone they began to walk again. "Oh, that was yummy…" she said with a sigh and a smile. "I kinda wanted to ask you if you wanted to try and do a collaboration with me…I was thinking of ideas for a sweet chocolate dessert bowl… and I…." she stumbled, her head feeling heavy, "and I was….oooh, Pinkie?" she asked and as they walked through the door, Ramen Spice fell over. The last thing she remembered seeing was Pinkie Pie smiling down at her in a demented manner and the thought -well this cant be good- passed through her mind. **** When she woke up she was met with darkness. She was also cold. She tried to move and found she had been secured down to something. Her back hurt and jaw hurt, and she thought she could hear hoof-steps in the room she was in. She blinked a few more times, she could make out vauge shapes, one looked like a pony, a pony with a long tri-colored tail. "Smphhfff…" she tried to call out, but noticed she was gagged by a ball-gag. She blinked in shock and then everything came back to her. She had been talking to Pinkie Pie about the absence of Sonnet, they were going to go to Sugarcube corner to get something, Pinkie had given her a cupcake, and she had gotten dizzy and fallen over. -Oh no…- she thought, she got this sick feeling in her stomach and she squirmed in her bonds. A spot-light came on, illuminating the pony before her, sure enough, a long tri-colored tail with the familiar green, white, and purple shades was presented, though the colors had dulled down a bit. The body of the pony before her was also a dark shade of grey, and it too looked dulled. "Mfffhfffm!" Ramen called out, struggling again, and another light flared on, Ramen winced when this happened because this one was far brighter. The pony that stepped forward caused Ramen's heart to pick up its beating. It was Pinkie Pie, but she was dressed in something horrifying. The patchwork dress made from skin patches with cutie-marks on it was one thing, but the severed unicorn horns and the pegasi wings caused tears to lift in her eyes. As she looked the dress over she saw the quill that use to belong to Sonnet and that was when the tears began to fall. Pinkie Pie skipped over to her with a grin on her face and she unfastened the ball gag. "Bonjour Ramen Spice! Did you have a good nap!? I hope you did! Because now you and I are going to have suuuuch fun together, isn't that right Sonnet?" she scooted over to the other pony and turned her to face Ramen, Sonnet's eyes had been gouged out, so blank black holes gazed at her, Pinkie worked Sonnet's mouth. "You Bet'cha! Let's have so much fun Pinkie!" she did in the best 'Sonnet' impersonation she could. Pinkie then giggled and looked at Ramen. "To think I got to spend more time with you! The element of Joy! This is going to be soooo special for the both of us!" Ramen was terrified, she trembled and closed her eyes, gulping hard. "What…what do you plan on doing with me?" she asked, looking for any way out, she had to get out, she had to find somepony, tell somepony that laughter had lost her mind. Pinkie Pie lifted to her hind-legs and she placed her front legs on either of Ramen's shoulders, she pressed her forehead to Ramen's and she smiled weakly. "I plan on getting to know you, inside and out…" she murred and then she pushed away and she moved over to a table and pulled a cloth off it. Ramen saw it was covered in sharp blades and medical tools, Pinkie Pie picked up a scalpel and skipped over to Ramen. The Brown earth-pony was shaking so hard, she swallowed and she looked down at the other. "You don't have to do this, I….I wont tell anypony, in fact, I'll help you! I'll help you get your victims, please, please don't do this!" she cried out, her eyes wide in fear, she couldn't believe the words she spoke, Pinkie pie paused, as if she were considering the offer, she then smirked in a dark manner. "Nah, I don't need any help…" and she sunk the blade into Ramen's left foreleg. The earth pony let out a scream of pain and felt the tears streaming down her cheeks. Pinkie Pie continued to do what she was doing, and in a few moments Ramen felt this hot burning pain as the pink mare tore her cutie marks off her. The Pink mare twirled and giggled as she did this, holding up the two cutie marks and she waved them in front of her. "Yay! I got two new cutie marks!" she cooed and then set them down on the table, she then turned back to Ramen Spice and she moved back towards her. "Now then, you really arent all that important, I mean you dont have any magic, unless you are in element mode, and you dont have wings so you cant fly, so I guess that I'm going to have to just find other ways to amuse myself with you." Ramen shook her head slowly. "What's gotten into you?" she asked, "Are you seriously going to kill me, and did you really just say I wasnt important!?" Pinkie Pie grinned. "Yeah, well,you know, aside from being a really cool cook, And Awesome at parties, there really isnt anything special about you." Ramen Spice blinked and then frowned. "I'm the element of joy!" she growled. "And you really really shouldnt be doing this!" she looked over at Sonnet's form, the way it just stood there,a book open in front of it was unnerving. She then looked back over at Pinkie who was pulling something over to them. It looked like a cart. "You're crazy, how did this happen!?" Ramen asked and Pinkie Pie shook her head. "I'm just following orders...that's all...." "Who's orders?!" Ramen asked and she then blinked as Pinkie held up a cat'o'nine tails and grinned. "That's not for you to worry about!" She spleed and struck out with the weapon. The barbed nine tails of the whip struck out across Ramen's face, cutting holes in her features. She cried out in pain, tears falling down her cheeks and mixing with the blood from the wounds, Pinkie continued to whip at Ramen Spice's body. The brown earth pony sobbed as she was whaled upon by this psychotic pink mare. When Pinkie finally stopped her whipping she was panting and sweating a little. "Whoo, hoo, hoo!" She crowed, "Now /that/ was a cardio workout! Fun Fun!" she said and she dropped the whip and smiled lightly to the now panting and sobbing Ramen Spice. "Why did you kill Sonnet!?" Ramen asked. "I drew her number, like I drew yours, these things happen Spicey..." she said softly and she sighed gently. "Well, at least now, on the plus side, you will get to meet up with Sonnet again." Pinkie Pie laughed at this and she turned back to the cart and lifted up a scalpel and a butcher knife. "I think it's time we stared the harvest dont you?" she asked and she set the blades down and plunged a needle into Ramen's neck, the earth mare let out a yelp of pain and looked at Pinkie in a dulled manner. "...What did...." she started, her gaze unfocusing for a moment. Pinkie giggled again, "That'll numb you so you can stay awake for the whole process..." "...Dont kill me....please....please...." Ramen whispered, "Please, I've got....so much....I've....." she choked on her tears and shook her head slowly. "Please dont kill me...." Pinkie Pie smiled weakly and then began to make the incisions, humming happily as she did so. Ramen watched in a dulled manner, as her own skin was pulled back and her organs were exposed. She watched as Pinkie removed one of her kidneys, a gallbladder, and then she stopped and lifted her gaze to look at Ramen Spice, who was trembling while she watched Pinkie Pie do all this. "I really feel as though I didnt have enough fun with you, Spicey....and I cant help but feel that if I had gotten to know you better, this might have been less empty...." she huffed, she then looked up at Ramen. "For the Element of Joy you didnt seem all that happy in your last moments, and I'm sorry, I guess that's my fault, just know, if there had been any other way, I wouldnt have done this to you..." she smiled sadly, Ramen closed her eyes and shook her head. "....Get help Pinkie Pie...." she said, "Before you kill someone really dear to you...." Pinkie Pie frowned and she reached up and placed her hooves on Ramen's heart and pulled it free, she was sprayed with blood and the Brown mare was listless. Pinkie Pie couldnt help but feel a little hollow, this one hadnt been as much fun as she had thought it would be. After Pinkie had cleaned up she went back to the bowl and sighed softly. So many numbers, she reached in and pulled up two, they clung together and Pinkie Pie smirked. "Ooooh a couple! I've never got to do two ponies at once!" she giggled and she looked at the pictures of the pegasus and unicorn that were next. "I'm sure that one will cheer me right up, now then, how do I get 'em?" she murmured, a twisted smile parted her lips and she couldnt help but laugh.
Dusk/EmberCakes"Oh come on now Dusk," Ember said as she nuzzled her Stallion friend gently. "I'm sure Pinkie Pie has a very good reason for asking us to come to SugarCube Corner this late at night, maybe she has questions about our wedding…." The couple was trotting at a slow pace towards the shop. Dusk frowned slightly, "I don't see why she couldn't wait til the morning," he stated in a grumpy tone. Ember giggled again, her wings fluttered slightly as she smiled at him. "She said it was important….and she sounded excited….Oh boy, I cant wait to see what it is she wants to show us!" They arrived at the bake-house and Dusk knocked on the door. After a few moments the pink mare answered the door and she beamed at them. "You came! Wonderful! Please, come in! Come in!" she frisked from side to side. "Oooh I'm so happy!" "What is it you wanted Pinkie pie?" Dusk asked as they entered the bake-house, "It's late," Pinkie nodded. "Yeah, I know, I'm sorry…but I've just finished working on the perfect taste for your wedding cake, over here! I have some cupcake samples…please, try some and tell me what you think." Dusk frowned, "Cake!? You called us over here because of cake!?" he asked, Ember on the other hand let out a happy giggle and she flew over to the plate of cupcakes. They were amazingly vibrant, and with frosting a shade of green that seemed familiar to her. She looked at the cupcakes and she picked one up and she nibbled at it with a wide smile on her face. Dusk on the other hand stood by the door frowning to himself. "Is this all Pinkie?" he asked. "Wow, Pinkie these are delicious! Dusk! You have to try this…it tastes amazing!" Ember said, eating another one, she looked over at her Fiancee and she giggled softly, the bright green frosting stained her red muzzle. Dusk sighed and trotted over to Ember and he lifted one of the cupcakes with his magic and he brought it close and he bit it, chewed and swallowed. He blinked in amazement and then eagerly ate the rest of the cupcake, he then levitated another one and he ate that one as well. Pinkie watched them as they laughed and ate the cupcakes, but after a bit they seemed to be getting drowsy. Pinkie took a step forward, then another, and by the time she got to them, they fell over unconscious. "Oh boy," Pinkie giggled, "A two-fer….this is gunna be soooo fun!" *** "Oooh…." Dusk groaned as his eyes slowly opened. He blinked slowly as his sight came back to him, and he gasped when he saw Ember strapped down to an upright table across from him, she was blindfolded and the only part of her that was free were her wings, but it was clear that wasn't going to do her any good. He moved to go over to her and noted that he couldn't, He then realized he was in the same situation and he frowned. His horn glew a soft red in shade and he tried to unfasten the binds holding Ember but a voice spoke up. "Oooh Dusky-wusky, that wont work…so you shouldn't try…." Dusk turned towards the sound of the voice and saw Pinkie Pie trot into the room. She was wearing a costume of sorts, a costume of cutie marks, he recognized at least four of them, one of which was a quill, the other a bowl of ramen. Around her neck was a necklace of unicorn horns, they clattered and clacked together. Upon her back were a collection of severed pegasi wings, they fluttered and flapped in a sad and listless manner with each of her movements. "Pinkie Pie!" Dusk growled, his eyes flickered silver and he was about to throw a blast of energy at Pinkie Pie when Ember woke up and let out a scream of fear, it distracted him and he lost the energies he had been storing in his horn. "Dusk!" Ember cried out, "I cant see! What's going on!?" He was about to answer her when Pinkie Pie spoke up first. "Oooh silly! The reason you cant see is because I blind-folded you," she giggled. "Why can't I move?" "Because you're tied down…" Pinkie giggled. "This is fun! And we are about to have so much more fun! But I gotta do something first!" She then turned and looked at Dusk, she then trotted over to him and she lifted a hoof to his horn and she tapped at it. "I'm just going to get to the point!" She said and she wipped around super fast, there was a horrible cracking sound and Dusk screamed in pain. Ember screamed too, in fear, for she couldn't see what was happening. "What did you do that for!?" Dusk cried in pain and anger. "So you couldn't use your magic to help your mare-friend…" Pinkie giggled and she skipped over to Ember and pulled the blind-fold off her, the Pegasus looked at the Pink Mare and she blinked a few times, she then looked over at Dusk and when she saw what Pinkie had done she looked at the pink mare in shock. "You….you broke his horn…." she whispered, sadness and fear in her voice, "I thought we were friends! Why would you do such a thing!?" she shook her head, her long white hair falling past her pale pink eyes. Pinkie Pie nodded. "You guys *are* my friends, and that is why I'm soooo Happy you both are here, with me, together because I wouldn't want this any other way…" she looked from Ember to Dusk and she smiled with such sincerity. "And besides, if he kept his horn he would have made this whole process so much harder, and I already have the feeling this is going to be a major work out!" she giggled, "So, shall we start? I'm going to have to take your wings first Ember," she said and she trotted over to the table and picked up a bone saw in her mouth before she began to walk over towards Ember who was now panicing, she smiled in a gentle manner and she set the bone saw down. "OOh! I almost forgot!" she looked at Dusk, then at Ember, "If either of you make a sound while I'm working on the other pony, I'll do some thing horrible to them, okay? If you love one another, you'll be quiet and enjoy this amazing moment the three of us are sharing, now then...should I take your wings or your cutie marks first?" she asked. Dusk growled in a disgusted and hateful tone. "Dont you lay one hoof on her you psychopath! Just you wait til I get out of here...you're going to be sorry..." Pinkie Pie sighed and shook her head, "Oooh Dusky-Wusky, that was a mistake," She said and the next thing Dusk knew Ember was screaming as Pinkie pie made three small cuts in her lower flank near her cutie mark and simply tore them off, there was jagged edges of flesh and blood spattered on the floor and pink mare as well. She held up the crudely removed Cutie mark and she smirked. "See what you made me do to your Fiancee Dusky-Wusky?" she cooed, she waved the flap of skin in front of Dusk's face and then turned back to Ember with a grin. "Lets get that other one off you too..." Ember whimpered softly and she shook her head. "Dont...Dont...." she whispered as she writhed there, Pinkie Pie grinned at her and she removed the other one in a more clean and less ragged manner, she chuckled. "I guess I'll only have one Cutie Mark to put on my dress, huh? That's a shame, usually I like to have two...now then," she glanced over at Dusk, and then moved over to the back of Ember and took one of her wings in her mouth and she pulled on it slightly before she nodded, "Okie-dokie-lokie! Let's do this!" she picked up the bone saw and she set to work, sawing at Ember's right wing, the black pegasus let out a wail of pain and Dusk grit his teeth, afraid to say anything for fear of causing his fiancee any more pain. In a matter of moments, Ember had blacked out and her wing fell to the floor with a wet flap sound. Pinkie let out a frustrated growl and jammed a needle into Ember's right forleg. She woke up instantly and blinked. "You fell asleep on me, that's rude." Pinkie snapped, "For that, It's dusks turn to lose his cutie marks!" Ember choked back her sobs and shook her head. "No, no no no," she whispered in a begging manner, "Please dont hurt him...please...." Pinkie Pie ignored Ember and lifted her scalple and began to cut away at Dusk's flesh, he cried out in pain and watched Pinkie with hateful eyes. He wished he could use his magic and he lifted his gaze to the room and he saw two figures standing in the corner, he blinked and Pinkie noticed what he was looking at, she smiled. "Oh! That reminds me!" she tore Dusk's cutie marks away, brining a cry of pain and she scampered over to the corner and pushed both dolls forward. One was Sonnet, her mane had been replaced by her scarf, it had been unwraveled and it looked odd on her, and Ramen's features had been twisted into an eternal and creepy smile. "Your friends are going to watch too!" Pinkie said and she giggled. She then looked at Ember who was shaking and squeezing her eyes closed, Pinkie tisked softly and moved back over to her and pulled on her other wing, bringing not only a burning sensation from her back, but in her legs as well, she let out a cry of pain. Pinkie grinned, then she set to work hacking the other wing off, Ember cried out sadly and tried to twist away from Pinkie ,but the pink mare took the wing in her teeth and jerked her head violently forward, not only ripping the wing off, but a portion of Ember's back as well. Dusk felt sick as he watched this, and he felt anger too. How dare this mare treat them in such a manner! "Pinkie pie!" He growled. "Stop this right now, you wont get away with it, sooner or later, you will be found out!" Pinkie smirked, "Ooooh I doubt that." she said, her tone dark and dripping with venom. She moved over to Dusk and she smiled lightly, she then lifted some barbed-wire and she held it up so that Dusk could see it before she began to wind it around Dusk's mouth and pulling tight, the Unicorn groaned in pain as blood ran from the new holes in his muzzle and he thrashed his head in a vain attempt to get the barbed wire off him. Ember was sobbing hard and trying to heat the binds that held her so she could break them, but she couldnt call forth enough fire and all she was suceeding in doing was burning herself, Pinkie noted the scent of burning fur and turned and saw what Ember was up to and she laughed. "Oh-ho! Ok! Sure....Let's play with fire shall we ember?" she asked and she trotted over to what looked like a fire place, she came back with a branding iron in her mouth and it's end was bright white with heat. Ember whimpered and Dusk tried to speak, but upon attempting to open his mouth the barbs stuck deeper into his muzzle causing him great pain. "Okie-dokoe-lokie! Here we go! This is going to be so much fun!" Pinkie crowed and she brought the branding iron towards Ember's inner thigh slowly, but she paused for a moment and she giggled, "Hey Ember!" she called, and when Ember quieted down and blinked the tears from her eyes, Pinkie jammed the burning hot iron against her thigh, "You just got a new cutie mark!" Ember screamed in pain and once again fell into crying. Dusk's eyes flared white with rage but without a horn to channel his powers through, all he ended up doing was giving himself a head-ache. Pinkie cackled with laughter and she brought the iron against Ember's other inner thigh as well, burning the fur and skin there too. Ember sobbed in pain and exhaustion and she soon just hung there, breathing heavily. Pinkie smiled to herself and she glanced over at Dusk, then slowly she moved over to the table again and picked up a blade and she moved back towards Ember and she slowly trailed the blade down Ember's torso, Ember let out a strangled scream and Pinkie Pie giggled. "Ooops! I forgot to numb you, I'm sorry Ember, but I cant seem to stop now." Ember cried out as she was cut open and each scream caused Dusk to grow sadder and madder at the same time. Pinkie Pie turned and looked at Dusk for a few moments then she began to gut Ember, Ember sobbed softly and whispered. "Dusk my love.......never.....forget.......how much I...." she trailed off and fell silent, her body now an empty shell, Pinkie Pie turned to face Dusk now and she giggled softly. "Well, well, now it's just you and me." she mused, "How nice isnt it? I felt that she needed to go first because she's a lady and ladys always go first, right Dusky-wusky?" she cooed and she lifted the knife again and cackled in a demented manner. The last thing Dusk saw was the sad and lifeless face of the mare he loved and then everything went black. *** "Oooh but that was fun!" Pinkie Pie giggled as she finished stitching Dusk closed, she looked from the Ember doll to the Dusk doll and she pushed them closer togeher. "There we go!" she then yawned and stretched. "Mmmm, I'm tired, guess I'll take bath then go to bed, I can always draw a number tomorrow morning." she said and she skipped up the steps and out of the basement.
