Lauren McNeigh

Soon enough, Luna landed over to Berry Punch’s house. She knew it was the drunken pony’s house. Why did Luna bring her here? Isn’t Pinkamena living in a basement at Sugarcube Corner? Suddenly, a small figure came out from the bushes nearby. She knew her anywhere. Berry Punch, but she was now dressed in make-shift armor made from books. Her weapon was a broken glass.

“Yup, still drunk” Lauren mused while covering her nose from the smell.

“Berry Punch, Mother Lauren, at your service. Call me Berry, or not” the mare greeted once she came to meet them. “Got any brandy?”

“I’ve only my wits” she bit her tongue when she almost spoke about her weapons.

“Then you have nothing!” the half-drunk mare spoke. “Wits are useless in this landscape, as everything went downside-up!”

“I must see Pinkamena”

“Impossible. She only sees those who don’t wish to see her since this began”

“That’s not right”

“On the contrary, it’s perfect. She’s hiding from Queen Faust, who wants her dead”

“Her head?”

“That too. She forced me out of my home because they knew where her lair was. She’s making a major mess in there. She’s mad as the cannibal she’s been Corrupted into. Oh well, we’ll all die soon enough. Are you sure you don’t have any brandy?”

Lauren brushed aside the question for alcohol again. “I’m here to save Gari, Luna’s Child of the Night. I won’t leave without her”

“Mother Lauren, you were always either so tall, or so small. Very well then, I have a vendetta against the cannibal myself. This way, please”

Luna stayed in one of the bushes nearby for her own safety. It was Lauren’s request to keep her safe as well. The Equestria Girl then walked up to the porch, following Berry Punch close by. As they approached the house, the doors began to shake. Berry looked frightened before she ran away screaming. Lauren tried to run as well, but the doors just sucked her inside.

When Lauren regained consciousness, she woke to find herself in the house of Berry Punch. This was the front doorway, and it was already a mess. She found a modified vacuum beside her. It was so strong that if you put your hand infront, it would practically get torn off. She found the plug as she went to the living room and turned the device off. Looking up, she spotted another weapon.

It looked like a Jack-in-the-box object. It highly resembled the old one she once had as a toddler. The doll inside was smiling eerily with a grin that highly resembled Hester’s. She smiled at it before putting it with her other weapons.

“Jack’s a friend, but his personality is explosive. Best you let him play by himself” Hester’s voice rang out.

“Chimney, and watch out” Hazel warned before they were heard disappearing again.

Lauren turned around to see the chimney was starting to shake. Before long, Pinkamena came down from it. Shaking the dust off, she was seen wearing her Cupcakes dress. Her mane was flat like the story. Her eyes had the demented look of the victims of the Corruption. She had several bombs-shaped like cupcakes on her side. It was visible that her knife was in her mane. She held a large Pepper Grinder in hoof.

She let out a sneeze before she grinned at Lauren. “Come here, Mother Lauren” she licked her lips. “Properly seasoned and baked, you’d make a delicious treat!”

Lauren flinched, but stood her ground. “I’m not edible”

“Not a full meal, but you’d make a light snack!

Whimpering was heard as a small lump fell from the chimney. It was Gari, and she was gaged and bound. She was whimpering and scared. Her horn had a Magic Constriction ring.

The look of the frightened mare made her angry. “I’ll have Child of the Night, Gari freed right now, you corrupted cannibal!”

Pinkamena growled. “Over my dead body!”

Lauren crossed her arms. “I’ll try to accommodate you”

It was no easy task trying to defeat Pinkamena. Being an insane cannibalistic serial killer, she was very skillful and would not go down without a fight. She had to be careful with selecting her next weapon as well as dodging the cannibal’s own arsenal.

Lauren dodged the cupcake bomb that was thrown by Pinkamena. It landed and caused a massive explosion. Luckily, she wasn’t in its range. Pinkamena then used her new weapon: The Pepper Grinder. It fired flaming hot pepper pieces at Lauren. Lauren then wound up her Exploding Jack and threw him at Pinkamena, the same time as she used her Pepper Grinder on her. It was a double hit on each of them.

There was a major dust cloud, blocking their ability to see. When it finally settled down, Lauren couldn’t see Pinkamena. It was only when she got a blow from behind did she realize what happened. The pepper didn’t just serve as a weapon, but a teleporter. That cannibal’s a genius.

Lauren had to dodge and regain some Meter Essence before she could attack again. It was no easy task with a cannibal teleporting everywhere. Finally, she gained enough to make her next attack. She had to time it just right. When Pinkamena fired up her Pepper Grinder again, Lauren threw Jack right to the pepper and held her breath as she fell into a fetal position. The cannibal had no time to react as the bomb set her pepper off into a cloud. It went into her eyes and nose.

Pinkamena started to sneeze uncontrollably as tears came out. She tried to get the pepper out before it went off, but it was all in vain as one final sneeze caused her head to explode.