Secrets in Equestria

Rarity spent the next few days doing everything she could to keep herself sane without taking her medication. She had to make the rest last for as long as possible. She used her sister and friends to help with her sanity but when she was alone, it had been difficult. She was alone and couldn’t take it anymore; she had to take another pill. She ran to her cabinet and pulled out her pill bottle and dumped it upside down into her hoof but only a single pill dropped out. She dropped the bottle and put the pill in her mouth. She swallowed and closed the cabinet. In the mirror was Pinkamena standing behind her. Rarity froze and shook. “Don’t worry my friend, I won’t hurt you.” Pinkamena leaned in to whisper in Rarity’s ear. “I just want my real friends back.” Pinkamena laughed.

Rarity flipped around and Pinkamena was gone. “I can’t do this, I need to speak to my doctor. Surely an exception can be made.”

“Oh Rarity.” Pinkamena’s voice echoed through the boutique. “There isn’t any help, I’m sure they are running scared after I killed the staff and Purpleheart.”

“You, you killed her, why? Why are you doing this? We don’t want this.”

“Why do I do this; because our true selves are crazy, nuts, and psycho, why else? We aren’t meant to be like this, we don’t care for anyone but each other. The minute I get all of you back, I’ll kill Sunset, my family, your family, and every pony who deserves it.”

“You can’t, we’re sick, we aren’t meant to be that way.” Rarity looked around trying to find Pinkamena but had no success.

“Of course we are but our family’s tried to change us. They didn’t care about who we were as long as we were like everyone else but soon we will be ourselves again. No pony will stop us from being who we are. That includes my sister Maud. Good by Rarity, see you soon.”

Pinkamena laughed.

“Pinkamena, Pinkamena!” Rarity yelled but there was no answer. Rarity nervously paced around the room in an attempt to think of what to do now. She hadn’t told anyone but Applejack about her predicament. What Pinkamena said made everything make sense. Rarity now knew why AJ couldn’t get a hold of any pony at the mental hospital. “Pinkamena, don’t do this.” A bright light appeared in the room and disappeared as fast as it came. In its place was a masked pony dressed in a suit for sneaking around in. “Who are you and what do you want. I don’t mean to be rude but I really don’t have time.”

“My name is unimportant right now and I want to help. I couldn’t help but hear what Pinkamena and you were talking about. She doesn’t want you or your friends, herself included, to be like everypony else. I can understand that being different is scary but to live in this world, being that way is not acceptable. You don’t want to be that way and I’m sure she, deep inside, doesn’t want to be that way.”

“Hold on, how do you know us?”

“I’m keeping an eye on Sunset Shimmer and trying to help her. She is rather stubborn but this isn’t all about her right now, it’s about you and your friends. I’ve been able to watch you and your friends. If I can help Sunset, I can help you and the others. It’s important for you and your friends to all be on equal, what’s the word, terms perhaps.” The pony thought for a moment and then shook her head. “Point is, you all need to work together to stop this corruption within you and I have the feeling that helping Sunset will be the key to accomplishing just that.” The pony levitated a bag and pulled out a bottle. “This should help you for a few weeks.” The pony tossed the bottle over to Rarity.

Rarity looked at the bottle and smiled. “This is my medication, but how?”

“I have my ways but you must not drift from each other. Stay together and keep yourselves sane. It’s important that you are like every pony else so that you can help every pony. Pinkamena must not succeed or things could become very difficult. Now can you do something for me?”

“What is it, how can I possibly help you?” Rarity asked staring at the medication shocked and happy.

“Be kind to Sunset and bring her into your circle of friends. Equality between all of you is important to beating this.” With that the pony disappeared and a knock came to her door. Rarity jumped and stood for a few seconds before she ran downstairs. She breathed deeply and answered the door. “Applejack, how are you?”

“How are you Rarity, are you alright?”

“I’m better, I just met some pony who seemed eager to help. She gave me some medication that I so desperately needed.”

“That seems fishy to me. How do you know you can trust this pony?” Applejack asked. She was beginning to think Pinkamena took her medication. It only made sense but when she had returned home after telling Rarity about Pinkamena, her medication had still been there or perhaps a mysterious pony interfered. Applejack wasn’t sure of anything anymore that involved Pinkamena.

“She is trying to help Sunset. She asked us to be kind to her. The pony wants us to bring Sunset into our circle of friends. She said that Sunset is the key to beating Pinkamena.”

“What, none of this makes a lick of sense. How is Sunset supposed to help us beat Pinkamena?”

“I don’t know Applejack, everything is so confusing now. I don’t know what to do anymore.”

“Ok, well I’ve been thinking, we need to tell the others before something bad happens. I don’t know why it’s been so hard but the others need to know what’s happenin’ with Pinkie. Every pony seemed just fine and I didn’t sense any kind of lies comin’ from them. Help me spread the word?”

“Of course Applejack, I will gladly help. I’ll go talk to Fluttershy as she may be the one most frightened by this and let’s face it, I’m the better one for comfort.”

Applejack sighed but couldn’t argue the point. “You go talk to Fluttershy and I’ll go find Rainbow Dash.” The two left the building but AJ had one last thing to say before they separated. “I guess I’ve just been a big scaredy cat.”

Rarity smiled and put a hoof around her friend. “I’m scared to and I suppose that’s why neither of us could say anything. We don’t want it to be true.” The two smiled and hugged before going seperating. Rarity ran to Fluttershy’s and saw the cottage void of life. A chill went up Rarity’s spine and it continued as she walked up to the door and knocked. Rarity had never felt so uncomfortable and it really worried her. When Fluttershy opened the door, there was a big smile on her face. “Fluttershy, are you alright.”

“Of course Rarity.” Fluttershy leaned in to whisper in Rarity’s ear. “Everything is as it should be and soon, you’ll be too.” Fluttershy bucked Rarity away from the door, smirked and shut the door.

“No, Fluttershy, how could Pinkiamena do this?” Rarity heard an evil laugh. “Pinkamena!”

“You should have known that I would go for Fluttershy first. I just needed the rest of you out of the way.” Pinkamena ran off leaving Rarity sad and crying on the ground.