"Fluttershy, you don't look too good." Said Pinkie Pie, sitting at her side of the picnic blanket, sipping a comically large cup of tea. "Ew. I hate tea! Why am I drinking this?!"

Fluttershy sat on her end of the blanket, just staring down at it. Not saying a word. Pinkie raised an eyebrow at her, and then cleared her throat to get her attention. Fluttershy jumped a little, and then looked up at her friend.

"Oh, uh, it's...it's nothing." Fluttershy responded.

After the events that took place the night before, she honestly was struggling to focus on her lunch with her Pinkie Pie, or anything else, for that matter.

"Oh, come on, fluttershy, don't lie to me." Pinkie said, leaning across the table and poking her muzzle with her own. "I know you're upset about something. And I know exactly what it is." she said, glaring directly at her friend.

Fluttershy gulped, and sweat was already beginning to form on her brow. "O-Oh, r-really?"

"Yes, I know what you did!"

Fluttershy began to shake, before slamming her head against the ground, tears pouring down her face. "I'm sorry!" she whaled. "It was an accident, I swear!"

"Calm down, Fluttershy." Pinkie said, rolling her eyes. "I know it was awful, but it's nothing to cry over."

"I just f-feel so bad!" Fluttershy whaled again. Almost as dramatically as Rarity would.

Pinkie Pie stretched her rubber-like hooves over and pulled Fluttershy closer to her. "I'm not mad, Fluttershy. I really don't even like rice crispy treats that much!"

Fluttershy then took a deep breath, and looked around. "W-What?!"

"Okay, that was a lie." Pinkie responded, rubbing the side of her head with a hoof. "I love them. I just didn't want to make you feel worse for eating mine!"

"Wait...rice crispy treat?!"

"Well, DUH!" Pinkie said, rolling her eyes. She pointed at a random spot on the picnic blanket. "I set it right there, and then I get up to go pee behind that tree." She responded, pointing at a random tree.

"Wait, you peed behind a tree-"

Fluttershy was cut off as Pinkie continued her story. "And then I come back, and it was just gone. Rice crispy treats don't just vanish off the face of Equestria, Fluttershy!"

Fluttershy cleared her throat, and then looked up at Pinkie, tears still coming from her eyes. "R-Really? That's it?"

"Come on Fluttershy, just admit it!" Pinkie begged, rubbing Fluttershy's head.

"O-Okay, Pinkie, I ate your treat. I'm sorry." Fluttershy responded, unable to look her friend in the eye.

"Well, I forgive you, Fluttershy." Pinkie said, patting her head gently. "But next time, you might not get so lucky."

Of course, she had no idea what in Equestria happened to Pinkie's treat, but right now, she didn't even care. She was just glad to have gotten Pinkie off her back for now.

Pinkie took another sip from her cup, before randomly pouring the tea out onto the grass. "I'm more of a punch person. Do we have any punch?" She began to look around at the picnic. There were sandwiches, tea, and some soda, but no punch.

"N-No, I didn't bring any. I can go get some!" Fluttershy said, giving Pinkie a weak smile. It was really her first smile since...the incident.

"Nah, I'll make do with this soda." Pinkie said, reaching over and attempting to open a bottle. How the fuck do soda bottles work in Equestria? It's best not to think about it too hard. "Oh, by the way, did you hear about that missing pony?!" Pinkie asked, still attempting to break into her soda.

Fluttershy's eyes shot opened, and again, she was on edge. "M-Missing...?"

"Yeah, his name is Flicky Bulb. Teal coat, red mane. Had a cutie mark of a lightbulb." She said, causally.

Fluttershy gulped, and immediately began to sweat again. Poor mare can't catch a break. "N-No, I haven't heard of him..."

"Yeah, he was a big deal!" Pinkie continued, before finally cracking the seal on her soda and taking a swig from it. "Some brilliant inventor from manehattan. He came here to ponyville to show off his new invention, and then just...disappeared last night, without a trace!" She continued.

"Oh...that's...weird." Fluttershy continued, lying through her teeth.

"Yeah, I know! The last thing anyone saw..." She began to rub her chin as she tried to remember. "That's right! His assistant said he went out to relax or something."

Fluttershy looked at the ground, rubbing her mane. "Does trying to assault helpless mares count as relaxing?" She mumbled.

"I mean, probably!" Pinkie responded, before gulping the rest of her soda down and throwing the can behind herself. "But, he's respected. I don't think he'd do something like that!"

"How...do you know all this?" Fluttershy asked Pinkie. It was very important that she knows the whole situation here, for obvious reasons.

"Oh, Mayor Mare told me!" Pinkie responded. "She's looking for a detective to try and find him, since he's so important and all. Twilight was there, too. For some reason, she was acting all nervous and suspicious over it. Kind of how you're acting right now!"

Fluttershy gulped, and then slunk down even more. "S-Suspicious...?"

"Yeah!" Pinkie said, again, leaning across the blanket and looking Fluttershy dead in the eyes. "You're acting cuh-razy weird right now! Almost..." She rubbed her chin again, before shooting the other mare a suspicious look. "As if you know something about it?"

Fluttershy gulped and began to crawl back a bit. "W-What?! No! I would n-never! I...uh..."

"Nah, nevermind!" Pinkie shouted, reaching over and pulling Fluttershy back close to herself. "You're the most innocent pony I know! You would never, ever have anything to do with a missing pony."

"R-Right..." Fluttershy mumbled.

"Whelp, gotta blast!" Pinkie shouted, before jumping to her hooves and grabbing the cake that was sitting on the blanket and setting it on her head. "Fun picnic, Fluttershy! We need to spend time together more often!" She began to bounce away, humming to herself.

Of course, Fluttershy disagreed. This was just one day. How could she spend the rest of her life living with this guilt and shame? Or fear of getting caught? Her life would never be the same after that night.

And yet, once she had time to calm down, something began to tug at her mind. She could't really help but wonder...

Who the fuck actually ate Pinkie's rice crispy treat?!

Author's Note

This is not a desperate attempt for more views on this story. I swear.

Happy (late) Halloween, everyone!