Everfree Penitentiary

The day's sun is shining bright like always, Pinkie springs out the door of Sugarcube corner and takes a deep whiff of the spring air, the scent of fresh grass and blooming flowers makes the mare beam. It's a perfect day for a party!

"Or to jus' spend time with friends" a pony calls with a chuckle, making Pinkie turn to see the bright orange hue of her farm pony friend AppleJack!

"Oh! Heehee, did I say that outloud?"

"Practically yelled it, reckon half the town musta' heard ya'." The mare smirks, raising a brow before patting Pinkies shoulder, "Hey, we could actually use a pair of hooves on the farm Ta'day iff'n you don't mind?"

"Of course! I heard about the ZapApples coming from a few ponies the other day, need help picking them maaayyybee?" Pinkie leans in practically scrunching her nose into the blonde ponies snout before she gently shoves Pinkie back with a snort.

"naa'h, they still have a day or so ta bloom now, it's a bit of a bakin' issue at the moment, Grannysmith is a bit under the weather and BigMac is preppin for the harvest with Bloom." Oh no not Granny, Pinkie can't help the sad shift in her expression, AppleJack reads in on it quick and gives Pinkie a reassuring pat "Now don't you worry 'bout GrannySmith, she just got a little too excited and shes restin' up that's all. Think you can stop by to help me catch up in our stock? We're a few pie sales away from getting a fancy new wheelbarrow!"

"Sure can do AppleJack! I'll be right over!"

AppleJack was happy to hear and told Pinkie she'd be at the farm and that the door will be open, Pinkie in turn went back inside to finish any tasks necessary before taking her day off to help her friend. And help her friend she VERY much did, Pinkie was on a role with the baking that AppleJack ended up having to hide the flour in order to get the bubbly mare to take a break. They clean and set the pies and pastries out to cool before cracking open some ciders on the porch after a long job well done.

"Criminy Pinkie, didn't expect to get the whole batch of apples done in one day! We certainly will need to spend extra time packaging them, you really have a hop to yur step t'day! Er, well, more than usual that is." Pinkie takes a drink from the cider, it's very crisp, Pinkies body feels warm from the work and close proximity with the oven that it almost stings on its way down her throat.

"Yeah, the day just seemed so much brighter today, and I'm always happy to help my best-est of friends!" AJ gives a drawn out chuckle in response, Pinkie smiles, ignoring the burn in her throat and the odd breathless feeling in her chest. She takes the collar of her shirt and tugs it around a bit to get cool air down in it. Pinkie doesn't remember when she put a shirt on, AppleJack must of been out of aprons.

"The ZapApples should be rollin' in here soon, I reckin' a day or so. BigMac will holler in when it's time." The orange mares voice seems to hold some tension, making Pinkie raise a brow.

"I can help out with the ZapApples if you'd like AJ." Her green eyes snap to look in Pinkies blue misty ones a little too sudden.

"Pinkie ya know you shouldn't, it's a family thing and what would Maud think if'n I got you involved and you ended back in old habits?" AJ seems stern, almost like she caught Pinkie reaching for a cookie jar, the pink mare herself is confused.

"What do you mean AJ? Why would Maud think anything, and what habits? I just wanna help out!" Pinkie stands up, desperate for her friend to stop confusing her. Pinkie finds herself trying to stand up to face planting into a cider covered floor, the wet tile makes it hard to stand.

"Pinkie! Pinkie Pie, are ya okay?" Pinkie feels AppleJack hoist her up and prop her back up against the porch pillar, It's so cold it stings against her back. AJ grabs Pinkies face and pushes their faces up really close, normally Pinkie wouldn't mind but the scrutinizing expression on her friends face makes Pinkie all the more confused and scared. Her chest wont stop hurting, and her eyes burn to shut.

"Oh f'r Celestia's sake, yur already on it ain't ya? Pinkie, how much did ya take?" Pinkie tries to respond but she cant think of one and all that comes out is a jumbled mix of syllables. The world starts to twist, forming blurred colors of green, brown, grays and orange. A fuzzy cotton like sound stuffs Pinkies ears as she feels a cold hard floor gently meet her cheek and AJ calling out something, desperately calling out for someone before Pinkie finally closes her eyes.

Pinkie gasps and lurches up from her bed in a cold sweat, it's dark and loud, sounds causing her pounding head to throb. She can't help the rapid and panicked breaths she takes as she tries to find some familiarity in her surroundings, it's different, its dark and shes terrified. She tries to get up from the strange small bed but finds her hoof is firmly secured to it by a strap. At this point her breathing had become so frantic that shes choking, wheezing and trying to suck in air only for her throat to refuse and close off its access to her lungs. A light suddenly flicks on making Pinkie recoil as it blinds her and a voice pipes up clearly from the loud banging and yells reverberating around her.

"She's woken up, get the warden."

Pinkie blinks away the spots from her eyes and slowly and sluggishly turns to where the voice came from, a pegasus mare with a bright orange coat and fiery orange mane. Pinkie swears this mare is familiar yet can't think of a name, let alone identify the unfamiliar uniform she wears, given the drumming in her skull. Pinkie closes her eyes and swallows in an attempt to gather some saliva in her mouth, its dry as paper and her throat feels like she hasn't had a drink in days. After taking a moment, her breathing calming to deep wheezes she opens her eyes and looks down to her hoof. It's her left foreleg that's strapped down and stuck with an IV, Pinkie sighs with a bit of relief and she start to recall a bit of memory. She was helping AppleJack, she must of passed out from heat exhaustion. That makes sense why things got so confusing, it likely was affecting her rather badly and her mind was warping her sense of reality. Pinkie chokes out a laugh and rubs her face, she looks around the room to see shes on a tall medical cot, there's large windows to a hall that have a curtain drawn shut over them and a very heavy duty door to the right. The room has enough space for a desk and a cabinet. Both are locked, some muttering makes Pinkie look back to the door to see the fiery mare speaking to a white mare with a pink mane. A name clicks in Pinkies head and shes quick, not as quick as she usually is, but still quick to lift and raise her right hoof to slightly wave it.

"Redheart! Nurse Redheart!" She squeaks, her voice barely managing to work. Said ponies icy blue gaze shifts to lock on Pinkie so give a hesitant smile and a little wave.

"Quiet, the warden will be her soon to get some answers and decide your fate well enough." The fire colored mare snaps, making both Pinkie and the nurse flinch.

"Okee dokee meanie pants..." Pinkie scowls and turns away before a realization makes her eyes glint and shes snapping back up to speak. "Wait! What do you mean warden? Who's that?" Both mares in the door way furrow their brows and share a look. Nurse Redheart slowly approaches Pinkie while the fiery mare shifts in place and looks down the hall expectantly.

"Pinkamena, do you remember what you're here for?" The soft colored nurse inquires, reaching for a clipboard on the edge of the bed. Pinkie puts a hoof to her head and looks up in thought.

"Well, it was a really REALLY sunny day outside," Redhearts brows furrow as she scribbles down something "and I ran into AppleJack," at this the mare in the doorway perks her ears up to listen. A hoof raising out to seemingly stop someone in the hall while peering at pinkie with a studying squint. "AJ said she could use some help with her baking so I said I could and first I finished helping Cake at the SugarCube corner," Redheart scribbles more down "and I then went to the farm to help out!" more scribbling. Pinkie purses her lips and tries to lean forward to see but Redheart looks up making her freeze.

"Keep going, why are you here, Pinkie, keep focused." She seems really tense now and Pinkie fidgets nervously under her gaze before continuing, the fiery mare seems to be muttering to someone in the hall now. Whoever that is must be just out of sight.

"Ah, well we baked quite a bit, pies, tarts, a whole lot. It got really hot and we went out to cool off but I started to feel really dizzy and tired. I guess it's cause I was around the oven too much, I didn't take a break and got exhausted?" Pinkie finishes the story with a questioning tone, trying to hint that she isn't entirely sure what happened, it's her best guess. Redheart looks up with a grimace before looking back at the pony at the hall who gains a similar expression once seeing hers, the Fiery mare takes a step back as a VERY familiar face steps through the door.

"Starlight!" Pinkie pats her hooves rapidly on the bed, the purple mare, clad in a dressy business like uniform besides some odd shoulder patches, halts with a startled expression. The other two ponies in the room raising a brow and looking generally awkward.

"Yes Pinkamena, my name is Starlight. But I'd rather you say Ms. Glimmer." The mare states with a thin lipped smile, Pinkie tilts her head in confusion.

"What do you mean? We've never called you that" Pinkie states, she certainly doesn't recall that, besides, aren't friends supposed to be on a first name basis?

"I'm not quite sure what you or the other mares may call me, I'm pretty sure I don't want to know." Starlight, er, Ms. Glimmer mutters before approaching the foot of the bed. "Ms. Pie, whats Sugarcube corner?"

Pinkie snorts and waves a hoof dismissively "You silly filly, It's where I work!" She punctuates by lifting her hooves up in the air, or well, a hoof as the other is held in place.

"Uuuuh huh... hmm." Starlights eyes rapidly blink, a strange expression crosses her face. Like one of recognition, before changing to a troubled furrow eyed look, then almost looking a bit hopeful. Her mouth pops open to speak but the nurse chimes in just before she can let out a sound.

"I believe she may have had a frequent access to zap given her confusion and might need a few days to adjust, if not then it's possible we need to consider the case of brain damage from the overdose." Pinkies jaw drops, she didn't expect any such words to come into context in ANY scenario let alone involving her! What do they mean overdose, OR BRAIN DAMAGE? Pinkie is stunned silent, trying to process the sudden dark themes thrown out into the open. Starlights expression turns to an unreadable deadpan look before her horn lights up and the clipboard levitates from nurse Readheart for her to read. Perplexed, Pinkie's mouth keeps clamped shut. The fiery mare approaches and leans in to mutter something to Starlight who gives a closed eyed sigh in response before hooking the clipboard to the bed.

"Pinkamena, I need you to think really hard for me. What is your life right now," she raises a hoof to quiet Pinkies attempt to question her question "what do you do for a living, where do you live, who do you know?"

Pinkies lip quivers as she glances around the brightly lit room, all eyes are boring into her and making her skin crawl given the strange situation. The sounds from elsewhere are clearer, banging, yells. The clops of hooves in the hallway of busy ponies. Pinkie swallows the lump in her throat before speaking.

"I work at Sugarcube corner, making cupcakes and other pastries. I'm an element of harmony, meant to protect the harmony of the land with the others, my friends." The nurse and the fiery pegasus look at one another with there snouts wrinkled, Starlight stares intently. "M-my friends are Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Rarity, Rainbowdash, Applejack and Spike." Recognition flashes in Starlights eyes again and she nods once for Pinkie to continue. "We live in Ponyville and-"

Loud yelling from the hall and the rushed figures of ponies passing the door interrupt Pinkie from speaking more, she starts to quiver a bit as the situation doesn't seem to be turning for the better. The fiery mare shouts something and exits the room swiftly and the nurse warily follows. Pinkie stares at the door, expecting something to come crashing through but the loud shouts and sounds start to peter out just as Pinkie sees a hoof wave in front of her face. Her eyes lock on Starlight, she had rounded the bed to get Pinkies attention. The unicorn looks over Pinkies face a second before her horn lights and the door slowly swings shut and a chair pulls up and she sits.

"Ms. Pie-"

"PinkiePie! Why are you calling me Pinkamena, or Ms. Pie, you've always called me Pinkie!" At this moment PinkiePie is currently shivering violently, with eyes brimming with tears. Starlight looks absolutely pained before closing her eyes and breathing just as the door opens and the Fiery mare reenters, closing it once again.

"Pinkie."

"Yea?" Pinkie sniffles. Starlights eyes open and lock on her, Pinkie, in response freezes completely. Starlights eyes are void, detached, absolutely blank and unfeeling. Sitting up straighter Starlight speaks again.

"That's all a nice little story but you need to snap back to reality" She stately coldy "I have no time for games, and I need to know who supplied you with the Zap, Pinkie." The pink mare huffs in disbelief before shaking her head.

"I don't know what you're talking about! I don't know what zap is and It's not a story!"

"For Bucks sake Pinkamena, do you really expect us to believe some stupid story like that?!" The fiery pegasis snaps but Starlight raises a hoof and she silences and adjusts to a soldier stiff stance.

"Pinkie, listen, carefully." Starlight lowers her hoof into the bed and leans in with a slight raise of her brows. "You are Pinkamena Diane Pie, you've been arrested for being an accomplice to multiple accounts of gang related activity and the possession and use of illegal substances. You've been housed, here, in Everfree Penitentiary." Pinkie can't believe what she's hearing, this can't true, this cant be happening.

"No, stop, that's not right, this isn't funny- NO, no it's not funny stop!" Starlight tries to speak more but Pinkie just shakes her head and refuses to listen, a slam of a hoof on the metal of her bed makes her tense just as a sudden force slams her back onto her pillow. Starlights horn is glowing and Pinkie feels completely restrained.

"You were doing so well, great behavior, and clean for so long! Or so we thought." Starlight practically seethes. "Pinkie, tell me who gave you the zap or I'll be forced to send you to solitary." She growls the last word like it's threat on her life. Pinkies eyes sting as tears start to stream down her cheeks to soak into the pillow, she blubbers a for a second before inhaling sharply.

"I d-don't know! I don't know what that is, I didn't do anything!" Pinkie is downright sobbing at this point, snot bubbling from her snout and breaths choppy as she wails softly. Starlights eyes roll back as she sighs and releases Pinkie, she turns and starts to head out to the hall.

"Then you'll stay in solitary till you either fess up, or Redheart confirms you indeed have some case of brain damage." She states coldly and opens the door.

"S-Startlight, wait, WAIT Starlight don't go, please! Starlight!" Pinkie stretches out a hoof but its tugged to the side to meet another restraint by the pegasus, Starlight glances back for a moment with a blank gaze.

"It's Ms. Glimmer."