It was an accident!

“Dash?”

“Rainbow dash?”

“Dashy?”

Rainbow Dash groaned, suddenly her head and her wing hurt.

“Rainbow Dash!”

“IT WAS AN ACCIDENT I SWEAR!” Dash screamed as she jumped off the ground, she found herself panting in the air as her wings flapped rapidly.

Looking down Rainbow Dash saw Pinkie Pie looking up at her, concerned. Everypony else in the party was giving her the same look, and Dash realized what she’d just done.

“Dashy, are you okay?” Pinkie asked.

Rainbow Dash gulped, she saw Dinky who was looking at her in awe, standing at Pinkie’s side.

“I d-don’t feel so good, Pinks, I’m gonna go home,” Dash zoomed away, heading for the exit.

As she left Sugarcube Corner she heard Pinkie say “Gee, I didn’t think I put that much vodka in the punch.”

Back at her cloud house, Rainbow Dash was curled up on her bed, shivering. Now everypony was surely suspicious of her! And when Derpy turned up missing, they’d all remember how weird Dash had been acting! And then her life was ruined!

Dash screamed into her pillow. She sat up, her mane disheveled and her eyes puffy and red. She wiped a tear away and looked at the blue sky outside her window. Maybe she could take a vacation? Like, set something up so that when the guard questioned her it looked like she couldn’t have been guilty because she’d been out of town?

But that wouldn’t explain why I was acting weird at the party. Dashed rubbed her head with her hoof.

That’s when she remembered what she’d heard as she was rushing out of Sugarcube Corner. “Vodka? Pinkie Pie puts vodka in her punch?”

She sucked in a huge breath of air, held it for a second, then let it out in a refreshing exhale.

Okay, okay, if anypony asks I’ll just say that I had too much spiked punch and that’s why I passed out.

Rainbow Dash walked over to her mirror, and examined herself in the reflection.

But what about Dinky? Did she see me drink anything? What if the guards question her too and she says she didn’t see me even touch the punch?

She tried to straighten her main, brushing some of the loose hairs into place with her hoof.

Come to think of it, why would Pinkie even put alcohol in her punch? There were foals there for Celestia’s sake!

Determining that only a shower could fix her disheveled state, Dash exited her room and headed for the bathroom. She turned the shower on, and gave her mane and tail a quick brushing as she waited for the water to heat up.

A few minutes later Dash stepped out of the bathroom, a smile on her face as she felt like a new mare. She had a plan, a plan that was so thorough that there was no way anypony would question it!

Rainbow Dash plopped herself down at her kitchen table, a notepad and quill in hoof. She scribbled down a quick note about how she was going on vacation and wouldn’t be back for a few days, then she stuck it on her fridge. Smiling Rainbow trotted out of her house, she jumped off of the cloud and took flight, making sure that nopony saw her.

Dash spent the next few hours outside of Ponyville, going over her plan several times and relaxing. She still very much felt bad about what she’d done, but she’d come to accept that it had been an accident and everything she was doing now was to insure that the accident didn’t hurt her future. Everything would be okay, nopony would get hurt, aside from those dead, and soon enough she could go back to her normal life.

As the sun set and everypony settled into their homes, Rainbow Dash snuck through the silent town once more. She stopped near the back of Sugarcube Corner, where she slipped into the building via a window. She found herself in a storage room, which was perfect for her plan!

Dash poked her head into the main area, just as she expected Dinky sat worried at one of the tables, a cup of punch and a slice of cake in front of her.

After confirming that she was alone, Rainbow Dash approached the foal.

“Hey Dinky,” She said.

The little unicorn looked up, her mouth fell agape. “Hya Rainbow Dash, I thought you went home?”

“I did, but I came back to see if Pinkie had any cake left. The party music was hurting my head,” She scratched her head awkwardly.

“Oh, okay.”

“Why are you here all alone?” Dash asked.

“My momma hasn’t come to get me yet, I’m not supposed to be out after dark.”

Rainbow Dash felt a pang of guilt as she saw the fillies downtrot expression. I’ll make things right, I promise!

“I know where she is, actually, come follow me!”

“Really?” Dinky brightened, she hopped up from the table and followed Rainbow Dash.
“Yeah, I met up with her on my way here, and we came together. She wants to tell you that she’s sorry she missed the party, she’s in here,” Rainbow Dash said as she pushed open the door to the storage room.

Dinky bound inside excitedly. “Momma I-” She skidded to a stop, looking left and right, a confused look on her little face. “Momma?” She called out.

Dinky turned to look at Dash, but suddenly she flew back as a blue hoof made contact with her face. Dinky hit the ground with an ‘OOF’, she sniffled and looked up at her attacker.

“Dash?” She squeaked.

“Sorry kiddo, but I can’t let a foal grow up without a mom!” Rainbow Dash punched Dinky again, hard.

She stood over the filly and hit her again, then again, then she pressed her hooves against Dinky’s neck. Dinky struggled and gasped for breath, tears slid down her cheeks as her legs kicked uselessly.

Rainbow Dash applied more pressure, she grit her teeth to try and hold back her nausea as Dinky’s body spasmed beneath her. Finally after a few moments of sickening silence, the light left Dinky’s eyes.

Dash let go and stepped away from the body, she cringed at the bruises and scratches that covered her victim. Sickening purple marks were slowly forming on Dinky’s neck, where Dash’s hooves had been.

“I’m so sorry,” Dash sobbed openly. “It was an accident! It was an accident!”

Cyan ears perked as she heard hoofsteps above her, she turned and silently pushed the door shut. Then she hurried to hide Dinky’s body behind a crate, before she hopped out of the window and flew towards the sunset.