Shattered Harmony:Twilight Prevents Cupcakes

As the two of them searched everywhere in this forsaken death trap, Twilight noticed something sitting on a small table. Her and Dash had just entered an adjacent room next to where Pinkie conducted her horrific acts. In fact it was Lyra that pointed Twilight towards the door on the far side before being helped out of the basement by the Royal Guard. They had cordoned off Sugar Cube Corner until they and Twilight could investigate what exactly had forced Pinkie to become such a butcher.

That was when Twilight noticed a large Diary sitting on that small table, with a page opened to where Pinkie's next victim had been described. It was her. Pinkie had planned on tricking her into coming, along with Rarity, to Sugar Cube Corner after she had disposed of Rainbow Dash. But the next page she turned to was what chilled her to very soul. It was a peek into the soul of a time bomb that had cracked under pressure.

Dear Diary, I know I told them I forgave them about Gummy's Birthday party, But part of me wants to murder them in their sleep for it. She keeps telling me to kill. Always to kill, until all my problems have melted away. Then her and I can throw a party for ourselves. I.. I just can't find it in myself to kill my friends though. They mean so much to me.

It's all come down to this moment. That's what she says anyway. She's always been there since the beginning, since the Rainboom, like an echo. She calls herself Pinkamena, she says that she's my twin. That mom and dad and our sisters never told me about her, mostly because she died in a tragic accident at Ghastly Gorge, and that my folks couldn't let go. So they cast a spell to bring her back. It didn't work, at least that's what they thought anyway.

Well it did work in a sense, She just inhabits me, and I don't know how much longer I can control these impulses.

Dear Diary...
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HEHEHEHEHE!
AHAHAAHAHAHAHAAAA! SHE"S GOING TO FUCKING SUFFER FOR WHAT SHE DID TO US! THEY ALL WILL!. I'm the only that can love you Pinkie, they lie and scheme and pretend to care about you. But they'll learn. THEY ALL WILL!.

Twilight had to step back for a moment to catch her breath, all that hate towards the end. She knew what part of it was about. It was aimed towards her and Dash apparently. What lead to one disappearance forced them to reconsider the notion that their friend, the Element of Laughter, had gone down her own spiral into Insanity. Another question that plagued Twilight's mind now was how long had she been suffering like this without them knowing. And was it true what she had written about this 'Pinkamena' character.
She forced herself to continue reading the journal, with Dash walking up beside her. She asked Twilight as to what she had found. Twilight looked at her solemnly before levitating the book in between so they could both read it. It stunned Dash to see what was written, and at some points scrawled out in this book.

"I think this all happened because of the surprise party we threw for her, nine months ago,", Twilight could barely find the words to utter, but she found a way to. She put the book down and leaned in to hug Dash. If she hadn't of done this, Rainbow would still be dead, and Twilight's sanity would of been shattered. In a burst of grief, combined with the rage she had been feeling, she nearly destroyed half of Ponyville because of it.

"Come on," she looked over to Dash," we need to get this up to the Guards so they can let Celestia see this. This was the damning evidence they needed. She, Celestia, and Dash would read it and come to understand just what it took to drive a party loving pony and an Element of Harmony into the depths of despair, murderous rage, and Insanity in the over all sense of the word.

The Royal Guard had sent word back to the Princess that Twilight had found vital evidence that might explain why Pinkie had gone 'nuts' as Dash had put it, and tried to kill her friends. Celestia apparently decided that it was best she come to Ponyville at once to over see this situation. She had sent a scroll, through Spike of course, that had instructed Dash and Twiligiht to wait at the Library for her. She would be there with in an hour of being contacted.

As they waited for the arrival of the Princess, Twilight found that was clinging to Dash at times. It was like she didn't want to let her out of her sight. And Dash didn't seem to mind it. Maybe she knew how Twilight had felt about her all these years, coupled with the fact that she had just saved her from being turned into ingredients for a cupcake. There were a dozen thoughts racing through the lavender unicorn's mind as she was permitted to continue reading Pinkie's Journal. How could she of missed the signs that Pinkie was going through something as horrible as Madness, or the Mind Sickness as she was told when she was a filly. As she sat there reading, she didn't noticed that large shadow that engulfed her, before looking up to see the soft smile on Celestia's muzzle.

"Ah Twilight, my star student," Celestia greeted the lavender unicorn at first. Celestia's smile faded when she developed a more stern look.

"Twilight, I can tell when your hiding something," wow, Twilight thought, Celestia could still read her like an open book.

"Dash," Twilight stammered," Can.. you wait in the basement for a moment."

"Sure," was the uneasy response from the Rainbow maned pegasus.

Celestia watched her walk away and turned back to Twilight. She had the most serious look on her face that she's had in the longest time the Twilight had known the Princess, it was that motherly " Your'e in big trouble young lady" kind of look that Twilight's mother would get sometimes.

"You know Time Spells are strictly forbidden from being used," HOW DID SHE KNOW?!!?, Twilight's mind was screaming right now.

"I had to, I couldn't just let her die!", Twilight exclaimed to Celestia.

"Twilight.." the Princess was cut off before she could even utter another word.

"Because of Dash's death I lost control, and I nearly vaporized half of Ponyville because I couldn't contain the rage and grief that I was experiencing. You suspended me from being your private student. I went through a massive bout of depression before I gathered what little remained of my friends and decided that I was going to stop Pinkie from killing Rainbow Dash." She was in tears, and Celestia noticed this, " I can't live without her, I just can't," Twilight paused before continuing," I love her so much, she was the best thing that had ever happened to me, without her I have nothing to live for."

Celestia put a hoof on Twilight's shoulder, " I can't say that I wouldn't do the same if put in your hooves Twilight, I know how much you care for her."

With that they summoned Dash back upstairs, and something seemed out of place to Twilight. Why was Dash.. crying? Did she hear what they were conversing about. It didn't take long for Twilight to get her answer as Rainbow Dash kissed on her muzzle, sobbing into Twilight's lavender fur. She nuzzled Rainbow before returning to the task at hand. Discovering what made Pinkie snap.