The Derpy I Know And Love 3 or How Pinkie Got Her Groove Back

CHAPTER FIVE

Going Ahead

Pinkie felt the voice inside her saying that this was all going to be over soon.  And she would be free to go.

‘Go where?’ thought Pinkie to the voice.

‘Why, to go home, if this works out.’ It said, ‘but if you work against me, then it will be limbo for the both of us.  Me in you forever, making your non-existence an eternal nightmare!  And don’t try to do anything sneaky, I am in your head, I know you, I know your friends.  I know everything you know, they will not let you die, so I will get back and have Bubbles in your body or Twilight’s.  With my knowledge and Twilight’s power, I will rule not only Equestria, but the world as well.’

‘Why do you want to do this,’ thought Pinkie, ‘I know as well as you that you are not really Shooting Star.  You are some kind of incomplete copy..’

“Stop that!’ commanded the voice, ‘I am Shooting Star, I am at least his knowledge, his power, his force of will.  I will continue.  I don’t need any of that compassion or sentiment garbage.

Bubbles will love me, the world will beg me to rule them, and I will comply to all their requests with the authority and cruelty they so desire!’

‘And they think that I am loco!’ thought Pinkie.

There was a severe pain shoot through pinkie.

‘Wrong thinking will be punished, right thinking will be rewarded!’ said the voice.

Pinkie took the pain, but she failed to give the voice the pleasure of crying out.

‘You think you are strong,’ said the voice with a laugh.  ‘I am just toying with you.  I can make you scream for me to toss you through the portal before I would be done!’

‘Dashie will save me!  Twilight will destroy you!’

‘Your Rainbow Dash could never harm me.  She would be swept away like dust before me on a whim!

Although I will try to salvage as much of her as I can.  That sex we had with her was quite satisfying,  Perhaps I, through Twilight’s body, will show her the power of Unicorn Horn Sex.  Yes, she would be a nice addition to my stable.

And your Twilight Sparkle will not sparkle as much as she thinks, she will find her magic does not work here like in the other world.

Why do you think we read all those books in the library?’

‘I thought you were trying to bore me to death!’ thought Pinkie.

‘You still try to be funny, even here where I could dispose of you forever!’

‘No you can’t,’ thought Pinkie, ‘without me you will never see Bubbles again.  I don’t think you have truly thought this out.  I could want to save my friends and just jump through the portal now and save them all.’

‘You wouldn’t!’

Pinkie started to walk in the direction of the portal.  The agonizing pain shot through her again.  She stumbled on, the pain grew until her knees buckled.

‘I know that you can not do worse to me, you feel it too!’ said Pinkie.  Then in a flash of insight, ‘you say that you can dispose of me, I can dispose of you.  You will get tired of the pain as well.  We will see who’s will is stronger.  I have the love of my friends and my wife to defend.  You only have misguided anger.  Who stands to gain more in dying?’

Shooting Star started to worry.  Perhaps he had underestimated this pony.  She was not the idiot he thought that would be easy to control.  She had a brand of deep twisted logic that he could not even begin to understand.  He now, like Pinkie, was hoping that Twilight would get there soon.

Twilight and Rainbow walked on.  Without landmarks, it was difficult to tell if they were truly moving.  The mist would move past them and they would get the feeling of forward movement.  Then it would move with them and give the feeling of standing still.  The mist would shift and would come from behind and past them giving the perception of going backward.

All the time the ghostly ponies were on the edge of vision.

“I guess with these poor souls around us are still going our way, then we must be going in the right direction," said Twilight.

They walked on for a bit.  Still glancing at each other, despite coming to terms with what had happened.  And the glances were not always in the direction of the others eyes.  However, Twilight managed to make sure that she did not get ahead of Rainbow, even though she was pretty sure that Rainbow had not brought any spoons with her.

The floor, if floor it was, was as flat and smooth as polished stone.  It was pitch black, that is why Twilight did not see the gaping chasm in front of her.  Her fore-hooves steeped down on nothing.  She had totally lost her balance, there was no chance of her rearing up on her hind legs.  She felt herself plunging forward and downward.

Her fall was checked as soon as it started.  But it felt like forever.  Rainbow had caught Twilight’s tail in her mouth.  Twilight had been caught like this before, but then Rainbow had no problem pulling her back, such is the lift strength of pegasus’ wings.   But she could tell that Rainbow was struggling.

“Scramble back!  Help me!” said the pegasus through gritted teeth and Twilight’s tail.

They both went back the little distance to safety and collapsed to the floor.  Twilight heard and felt Rainbow spit her tail out.

“Putttt!  Hey Egg-Head, nice view, got any spoons on you?”

“Right now,” said Twilight, trying to get her breath under control, “if I had one I would give it to you.”

Twilight got to her feet.  Crept forward to the edge.  On closer examination, she could make out the color of the floor and the edge of the abyss.

Then turning back to Rainbow who was still panting on the floor.

“You were struggling, are you not able to fly well in this atmosphere?”

“It felt like that the air could barely support me.  I think it was pure panic that allowed me to pull you back.” Said Rainbow, then with a wicked smile, “I just kept thinking that if I came back without you, Bubbles would send me here for real!

Had I known how strong of will and body she really was when she was on the weather team, I might have been nicer to her.”

Twilight smiled despite the grim situation.  She helped Rainbow back up to her hooves.  Twilight looked around at the ghostly ponies.  They were continuing without the aid of a floor.

“I am worried about something,” said Twilight, “Pinkie was reading a book on the dark magic of spirits.  I had not read that since I lived in Canterlot.  “I think I remember that it told how normal magic would work differently in the spirit realm, which is where we must be.”

Twilight then looked around on the floor, she saw a small blue downy feather that Rainbow must have shed in the exertion.  She closed her eyes, visualizing the feather.  She attempted the first and easiest spell a unicorn learns, levitation.

Rainbow saw the purple aura around the feather, it lifted off the about two feet, then Twilight cried out and it dropped to the floor.

“It felt like when I lifted the Ursa Minor!” said Twilight.

Rainbow walked over to it and blew, it drifted in the air, just like a feather.

“Do you think that you can fly ahead and see how far the chasm stretches?” asked Twilight.

Rainbow beat her wings furiously, she lifted up a couple feet and then went forward.  She had cleared the edge of the pit when her wings simply gave out, with a cry she plummeted down.  It was a cry, but not of terror, but of surprise.

“Twi!” said Rainbow, “the pit is three feet deep.  The worse you might have gotten was a bloody muzzle if you landed on your face!”

“This is getting weirder and weirder!” said Twilight, “pitfalls that are only three feet deep, feathers that weigh tons.  The best flyer in Ponyville....”

“Equestria,” interjected Rainbow.

“Equestria,” said Twilight, “who can’t fly ten yards without giving out.”

“It is like everything is in reverse,” responded Rainbow.

“Everything in reverse?” said Twilight, to nopony in particular.

“Hold still Rainbow,” said Twilight.

A purple aura surrounded Rainbow,  She lifted off the floor, she went away from Twilight then back.  It was a little unnerving flying without being in control.  She settled down just in front of Twilight.

“What was that for?” asked Rainbow.

“You weigh a lot more than a feather, so I was seeing how hard it was to move you.  I would have tried something else, but we seem to be short of objects to try, said Twilight.  “And it was easier to move you than the feather.  Let’s try this, fly ahead about ten yards and back, but barely flap your wings.”

Rainbow nodded and complied, her wings barely moved yet she shot off the floor and ahead overshooting the ten yard mark by a score of yards or more.  She then  turned and with a little more control, landed by Twilight.

“That is freaky!” said Rainbow.

“I think that somepony is counting on us not to know these things,” said Twilight.   When confronted, we will need to feign ignorance until it is absolutely necessary.  Let’s get going, we need to find Pinkie, and I have no idea how long we have been at this or how much longer we can go on."

With that the two ponies trotted off in the direction the ghostly ponies were headed.  It was hard to tell how long they were going.  Time did not appear to matter here, but exertion did take a toll on a pony.

After a while, Rainbow noticed that Twilight was having a little trouble walking, she would falter on some steps.  Her eyes were glazed and drooping.  Rainbow realized that Twilight, being a unicorn, did not have a pegasus’ stamina.  After all it took a lot more out of a pony to fly than to be an ‘Egg-Head’.  But she was putting up a good face, perhaps not wanting to show weakness to her friend.

“Twilight stop,” said Rainbow, “we cannot go on like this if you are dead on your hooves, no pun intended.  I think we can afford a short rest.  It will not do Pinkie any good if we have to fight and we are already worn out.”

Twilight started to argue, but she conceded to the logic.

“You lay down,” said Rainbow, “I will watch for a while.”

Twilight lay down on her side.  As she lay there she started to shiver and toss and turn, obviously the floor was uncomfortable and cold.

“Twi!” said Rainbow, sitting down, her hind legs jutting out on front of her, “lay your head on my lap.  It is softer than the floor and perhaps it will keep you a little warmer.”

Twilight, too tired to argue, did as she was told.  Rainbow could tell her friend was asleep in no time.  With out knowing why Rainbow started to slowly and gently stroke Twilight’s mane.  It was soft and soothing to the touch.

The memories of earlier started to come back to her.  Here was a pony that she was or will be in love with.  Perhaps to a point has been in love with at a certain level since she first met her.  The thoughts of how awesome sex was or will be with this mare was making her wet.  Pinkie was a freak in the sack.  But thoughts of the intense level of love and passion that Twilight delivered was more than anything Rainbow had ever experienced.

And she was right there for the taking.

Twilight had not fought the kiss, perhaps it would be as easy as that.  Perhaps the same argument would work, it was she that initiated it and Twilight was taken unaware.

She looked over at Twilight’s flanks, her tail twitching that way tails twitch when the pony is content.  The sight of those flanks so often denied, were there.  Round and smooth, her cutie mark appeared to be pointing the way.  It was making her own marehood tingle.

‘Go ahead, taker her!” said a voice in her head.  ‘You know that she would not admit it but you know that she wants you as much as you want her.  Maybe she is one of those mares that likes to be taken aggressively.  You know of what I am saying.’

‘I can’t do that,’ thought Rainbow, ‘she is my best friend, she was and is willing to give her life to save me and Pinkie.  How can I represent the element of Loyalty and be unfaithful to Pinkie.  Not to mention my relationship with Twilight, Bubbles and the rest of my friends?

‘You think they would ever know?’ asked the voice. ‘You don’t know that you will ever make it back.  This might be all that is left to you.  You might be gone at any moment now.  To die without ever tasting the forbidden fruit, literally.’

‘I better wake up Twilight before I give into my carnal impulses.’ Thought Rainbow, almost in a panic.

‘Before you do that, let me sweeten the deal,’ there was a pause.

To Rainbow’s surprise, Twilight tuned over, her muzzle was brushing up against Rainbow’s sensitive nipples, they erected instantly.  Twilight lay there just inches from her marehood.  She could feel Twilight’s breath against it and it was about to drive her wild!

‘You will come to the end of the tunnel soon and you will find Pinkie and myself,’ said the voice.

Rainbow almost panicked when she realized that it was a strange pony’s voice she was hearing and not just her inner self.

‘When you do, aid me.  If you deliver Twilight to me, then you can have her anytime you want, along with Pinkie, Bubbles and any other mare or stallion you want!  And at any time.  With my knowledge and Twilight’s power, I will rule the whole world and you will be my queen!  If you don’t or if you tell Twilight what has transpired here, then I will cast Pinkie to limbo, beyond any pony’s ability to retrieve her!’

Rainbow felt the presence leave her but she was not sure that it was gone.  She gently roused Twilight who was a little shocked to have Rainbow’s nipples in front of her.

“How long was I asleep?” asked Twilight.

“Who knows, it this place we may have been here for days or seconds.  The sooner we get out of here the better,” answered Rainbow.

She so much wanted to tell Twilight what had transpired, but she feared the threat of losing Pinkie.

The chanting and drumming had been going nonstop for thirty-six hours.  Bubbles would doze from time to time but she was too worried to sleep.  She could tell that neither Zecora or Apple Bloom could continue much longer.

Knowing that she could not talk to Zecora, Bubbles asked Apple Bloom;

“Is there nothing I can do to help?”

“Do you think you could repeat Zecora’s chant accurately?” asked the little filly.

“I think after all this time, I am going to hear it in my sleep, why?”

“You need to go find Scootaloo, bring her back here.  I know you don’t want to leave them, but if you don’t we may loose them all,” warned Apple Bloom.

Bubbles nodded, went to the door, looked back at her friends and her love.  Then she took to the sky.

Bubbles was not sure exactly what time it was so she climbed high to get a better view of Ponyville.  As it happened, school was letting out.  She saw Diamond Tiara, Dinky Star, Sweetie Belle and Silver Spoon walking together being that they lived in the same direction, Scootaloo looked as if she was saying good-buy to them.  Bubbles then went into a dive that would have impressed Rainbow Dash.

“I don’t know,” said Sweetie Belle.  “Applejack said that she had not heard from her, but if Rainbow Dash needed her, then she was sure that she was safe and that they would hear from her soon.”

“Plus my moms haven’t been seen either.” Said Dinky.

“I do hope they are all alright,” said Diamond, looking into Sweetie’s eyes. “I would hate it if something happened to them.”

Sweetie could feel comfort and concern in Diamond’s eyes.

“Like what?” asked Scootaloo, “it isn’t like somepony just swooped down out of the sky and carried them off!”

They all laughed.  That is until a blue-gray and blonde blur arced past and Scootaloo was gone!

“Scootaloo!” cried Dinky, Diamond, Silver and Sweetie at the same time.

They saw the form of a pegasus with Scootaloo hanging beneath them.  They were headed in the direction of the Everfree Forest.

“I think that was my mommy!” said Dinky running in the direction where the pony was headed.

The rest of the friends took off after Dinky.

Scootaloo almost passed out from the sudden g-forces.  She saw that she was already quite high off the ground, it was kind of exhilarating, she then looked up to see that it was Bubbles Sparkle that had picked her up.

“Wow! Mrs. Sparkle,” said Scootaloo in awe, “I did not know that a pegasus could pick up a load at that speed!”

“We normally can’t,” said Bubbles, “I have pulled every muscle in my shoulders and forelegs in doing this.  The only thing that keeps me from dropping you is concern for your safety.  If I were you, I would grip one of my forelegs, just in case.”

Scootaloo complied with Bubbles advice.  Along the way, Bubbles related what was going on and that Apple Bloom had asked for her help.

It did not take long to get back to Zecora’s, any faster then they might have experienced  a sonic rainboom!

Inside, nothing had changed, Bubbles cold tell the fatigue on Zecora and Apple Bloom.  Apple Bloom looked up and smiled.

“Scoot, I am glad to see you, we need your help.  Mrs. Sparkle if you could, sit by Zecora, and start chanting with her.  She will stop when she is sure that you have it right.  After that, you must not stop for nothing until Zecora relieves you.  Scoot, you need to match my drumming.  Don’t stop for anything or we could lose them all.  Just pay attention to the chant and keep rhythm.

The two complied to Apple Bloom’s instructions.  After a few moments, Zecora just laid down right there and was asleep in no time, as was Apple Bloom.

The chant became mind numbing, the pain in her shoulders and forelegs was pounding.  The only thing that kept her going was the thought that she could be the cause of her darling Twilight and her friends not coming back kept her going.  Scootaloo took what she was doing more seriously than she ever had anything in her life.  Rainbow was her hero, Twilight was one of her best friend’s mother and who did not love Pinkie?

Rainbow and Twilight trudged on, when something odd happened.

“Did that chanting change?”  Asked Rainbow.

Twilight cocked her head and listened.

“I would swear that is Bubbles voice!” said Twilight.  “I hope that is not a bad thing.  Perhaps we have been at this a while, for back there and Zecora needed a break.”

“We had better hurry up, I don’t like this even more.” Said Rainbow.

The two sped up to a trot, afraid to run into another pitfall that might be more than three feet deep, but just as afraid to get to Pinkie too late.