Secrets in Equestria

Pinkamena prepared herself for the doc. The hard part was looking and acting like her happy side. She had spent hours prepping herself on how to act when the doctors would try and “help” her. She got her hair as poofy as she could and tried to act happy. It was surprisingly hard to do. The five hours of work were about to pay off and then she heard the voice. It was the voice of the pony that called her family and yet worked to change her. Pinkamena rolled her eyes and stared at the door. Once her father looked in, Pinkamena smiled. “Hello father, have you missed me?” She asked with a pouty lip.

“Pinkamena, how dare you return. My daughter-” Igneous Rock started to say how wonderful Pinkie was and how she would beat Pinkamena, but he was cut off.

“Is pathetic and weak. Tell me pops, are my sisters here?” Pinkamena asked as Maud stepped up to the bars with fiery pleading eyes in a way only Maud could give. Maud was both upset and scared for her sister. She would do anything to get her sister back even if it meant meeting with Pinkamena. “Don’t bother Maud, you can’t change me back so easily this time.” Pinkamena closed her eyes and looked down before shooting her head up to look at her family through the bars. “I HAVE WON THIS TIME, YOU CAN’T CHANGE ANYTHING! SOON EVERYPONY WILL FEAR ME AGAIN BECAUSE PINKIE PATHETIC PIE WON’T BE HERE. NOPONY CAN STOP ME!”

A small tear ran down Mauds cheek. “Pinkie, if you’re in there, come back to us.”

Pinkamena smiled and shook her head. “Pinkie isn’t coming back.” Pinkamena sat on her bed and smiled. “How about you go get my doctor, I’d like to talk to her.”

“I’m here Pinkie and I have a name you know.” She said as she sent Pinkie’s family away.

“Yeah, I don’t care doc but I am hungry. How about you get me some food. I mean I would get something myself but I’m being imprisoned right now.” Pinkamena laid back on her bed and waited for her doctor to leave. Once Purpleheart was gone, Pinkamena worked out her plan a bit more. “In a few days’ time, I will kill the doc and everypony else if neccassary, get home and act like Pinkie, kill Sunset while her guard is down and Gilda as well if she is even still there. Now what else was there, right, get my friends back to the way they are meant to be.” After a bit of talking to herself, an orderly came by and dropped off some food. Pinkamena stood up and grabbed the tray. “Thank you, so very much.” Pinkamena smiled and spoke in a way that scared the orderly to death. He ran off as fast as he could. “In time my friends, in time.” She stuck some food in her mouth and wanted to gag on the gray mush she had been given.

Sunset had arrived in Ponyville frightened. When she arrived at her home, Rarity and the others were waiting for her. Sunset ignored them and continued in shaking nervously as she walked. She didn’t get the chance to shut the door before the others followed her in. Normally she would have turned and threw the others out but this time, she felt comfortable and safer with the others around. “Ok what’s up with you Sunset?” Applejack asked.

“Pinkamena, Pinkie, whatever her name is. Sh-she, help me?” Sunset genuinely asked as she curled up on the couch.

“Sunset darling, what’s going on?” Rarity asked. The group knew what was coming and it involved how Pinkamena came about. It wasn’t hard to figure out and now that Sunset knew about Pinkamena, there was no hiding anymore secrets, about Pinkie anyway.

Sunset never looked up from her ball. “How, why, what’s going on” Sunset was cut off by Rarity.

“I think now is a good time to tell you. Sunset, Pinkie, from what we understand, was always sad until a rainbow crossed over her rock farm. She said when the rainbow came about, the darkness surrounding her washed away and she knew that she wanted to see ponies smile. She came to Ponyville where she could spread happiness and cheer.” Rarity finished and Fluttershy took over.

“She was happy for so long and then a stranger to Ponyville made a pony here sad. That’s when Pinkie flipped out.”

“Hey, she did more than just flip out Fluttershy, she made that room beneath Sugarcube corner just so she could kill the offenders in secret.” Rainbow said sadly. “The worst part is that she couldn’t remember she did anything. She was sent away to deal with the issue. Her doctor said that her need to make ponies happy gave a negative side effect to her personality. If there was a sad pony because of somepony else, Pinkie would go nuts and punish them by torturing and killing them. Pinkamena kept the skulls of her victims on the wall as a way to remind her that those ponies deserved what they got.”

Applejack shook her head. “Don’t ask how it makes sense, it doesn’t but that’s the truth. We kept Pinkie’s issue a secret. We didn’t want to scare nopony. Anyway, the only way to keep Pinkie from going Pinkamena, is to keep her calm. If she does, then a few things snap her out of it. One way is seeing the offender hurt by family or in some traumatic way. She would reason that the offender makes others sad because they learned from family that it’s ok to hurt others or the traumatic event did something to them. That’s why when she saw you getting hurt by your parents, she backed off.”

Rarity took over from there. “Pinkie was getting better, even when others were hurt, she was able to control it. She was taking pills every day to help and we were able to help at times too. At least it looked that way.”
Sunset looked up at the others. “I don’t mean to sound cruel here, really I don’t but I didn’t see”

“Any children skulls in that room. To Pinkamena, children don’t know how to behave like they should and so if there were any cruel kids, she chalked it up to kids not knowing better and that they don’t really mean to be mean or they will grow out of it. Sunset, Pinkie really is a good pony, she just has a hard time.”

“I can accept that but I don’t think anything will help me now. Pinkamena said she was coming after me, both me and Gilda. She said we would both die.” Sunset said shaking.

Rainbow Dash seeing the fear on Sunset’s face flew over and hugged her tightly followed by Fluttershy, Rarity, and Applejack. “Don’t worry, she won’t get out without being normal again.”

“Rainbow Dash is right Sunset, Pinkie will return normal and happy.” Rarity said but added a quick note. “If she doesn’t come back happy though, we will protect you until she returns to the doctor.” Despite the comforting words, it wasn’t helping Sunset’s nerves and then she remembered something that brought her convidence back.

Sunset backed away and slapped her forehead. “Oh jeez, what was I thinking. Hello, I’m the most powerful unicorn in the world, I can protect myself. I can’t believe I was actually frightened of her. Thanks for the help and everything but you can go now. I can take care of myself.” With that said, Sunset levitated the others out the door before she shut and locked it.

“Well that was surely a turn around. She went from frightened to uncaring in a second.” AJ thought.

Rainbow was furious. “What is with her, that snobbish little brat.”

“Calm down Rainbow Dash, let’s just get home ok. Is it really that surprising though?” Applejack said as she walked off, followed by the others. Rainbow Dash however, was the only one grumbling obscenities.