Somethings Seems... Off

Twilight hurriedly trotted down the streets of Manehattan, hoping to escape the cold soon. She was headed to a little coffee shop on the corner call Sweets 'n Treats, run by a yellow earth mare who was always happy to see them, she even gave them discounts! It was a favorite

of her and her friends, meeting up their before they all had to start the days work to just relax and talk openly. Soon Twilight spotted the small, but warm, shop with her waiting for her inside. She quickened her pace and burst open the door in her hast, and rushed to sit with her friends.

"Hey girls, how have you two been doing?" Twilight asked, taking her hat off her ruined mane.

"Ive been doing good" Fluttershy said in her quiet voice.

"Ive been doing good too, but their are some worrying rumors going around" Rarity said with a sour tone. Rumors were not uncommon, nour was crime and gangs, making the streets unsafe and spreading fear.

"Worrying?" Fluttershy asked with a hint of fear. She wasn't someone who lived deep in the city, like Rarity, so rumors didn't affect her much but she was still cautious.

"What are the ponies saying now?" Twilight said exasperated but slightly jokey too. Most rumors weren't very serious, just the crazy fears of ponies taken way out of proportion, but at the same time their is something to think about with them- well, some of them.

"Their saying that there's somepony hanging out in the alleyways, selling things like Everfree Root, ambushing ponies at night" Rarity whispered as if she was telling some grave secret. "They say she goes by, Pink Alley"

Twilight shivered at the name, thinking of earlier that morning, could she have been thinking of Pink Alley without even hearing of her before?

But why? Why would that name pop into her head as if she already.. knew them? She's never met a pony that was pink, and someone with the name Pinkie probably is pink. But was her mane pink? She's meet a few ponies with pink manes but none of them had pi-

"Twilight, are you alright?" Twilight blinked "Huh?"

"I asked if you were alright you, looked upset" Rarity said with concerned.

She was getting lost in her thoughts again, that was the second time this morning. Twilight shook her head, should she tell them? She wasn't sure if they would believe her, but she might get some answers if she asks-

"Twilight! What in equestria is taking up so much of your thoughts"

"Were your friends, you can tell us" Fluttershy added with worry, but a certain caring too.

Twilight sighed. "It's just, this morning when I was getting ready and I thought of a name, I did it subconsciously but, the name..." Twilight hesitated as her friends leaned in, waiting to hear what she'll say.

"The name was Pinkie"

They sat in silence for a moment, only the quiet sound of chatter and eating in the background. Twilight was getting more anxious by the second as the silence stretched on.

"Pinkie?" Fluttershy whispered, shocked. Twilight nodded.

"I-I, I used to know somepony by the name Pinkie, I don't know what happened to her though" Fluttershy said, looking down at her tea with a frown.

Twilight was ecstatic, she didn't think anypony would know anything, and why would they? For all she had known was that it was a random jumbled thought with no meaning, but Fluttershy said it, there's a pony named Pinkie out there!

"You said you thought of it without meaning to, right darling?" Rarity finally spoke, looking Twilight in the eye with a serious look.

"Uh, yeah" Twilight stuttered slightly, off put by her friends serious tone.

"About a week ago the same thing happened to me, I didn't think about it at the time but when I heard about Pink Alley-" Rarity was cut off by a loud ringing sound from her pocket. She used her magic to quiet her alarm, looking exasperated. She sighed.

"It's 8, we have to go but , Twilight" Rarity took Twilight's hooves in hers.

"Stay safe" She put something in Twilight's hooves and left with a short goodbye to both Twilight and Fluttershy. Twilight looked in her hooves, seeing a small, purple shuriken made of crystal in the shape of her cutiemark.

"She did the same thing for me" Twilight looked over to Fluttershy who had a knowing look.

"She gave me a dagger, it's plain but it's helped me alot out on the streets" Fluttershy said, giving Twilight a smile, and then left with her tea.

Twilight looked down at her tea, which by this point has gone cold. She sighed, threw it away, and headed out the door, clutching the protective pouch that held a deadly gift.