A Letter Received

Twilight Sparkle sat at a table in the Canterlot Royal Library, poring over a book. Spike ran back and forth between the bookshelves and the table, adding to the ever-growing pile of books beside Twilight. Suddenly, a letter appeared beside her in a puff of blue smoke.

"That's odd," she murmured, turning away from her book, "I wasn't expecting any correspondence today." Despite its unexpected appearance, she opened the letter and began to read.

As Twilight's eyes moved quickly down the letter, they grew wider and wider. Her face warped into an expression of shock and worry.

"Twilight, what's the matter? Is something wrong?" asked Spike when he saw his friend's reaction. Twilight nodded.

"Spike," she managed, her voice shaking, "take a letter."

Later that day, a letter appeared in Zecora's hut. It arrived in a jet of green fire, igniting a vacant chair. Zecora let out a cry of surprise and began trying to stamp out the fire with her hoof.

"Although I love our Twilight dear, she should know better than to send fire here!" She eventually managed to put the fire out. Rarity levitated the letter towards her with her magic.

"Now, let's see what this letter says, shall we?" She unfurled the letter and began reading.

"My dear friends,

I was quite disturbed to hear of your predicament. This is quite uncharacteristic of Pinkie Pie's usual happy nature. I have been studying magic here in Canterlot, and I think I may have found a spell to revert Pinkie back to her usual state of mind. I will come back to Ponyville as soon as I can. Until then, I believe it would be best to remain in the Everfree Forest. Pinkie's actions you described sound dangerous, and I would not want you to be confronted with that.

Sincerely,

Twilight Sparkle."

Fluttershy sighed with relief, "I'm so glad she'll be home soon!" Rainbow Dash, on the other hand, looked agitated.

"How soon is soon? We can't stay out here much longer- no offense, Zecora- but anyway, we need to get back home!" Applejack's eyes fell towards the ground, and she absentmindedly rubbed her bruise.

"We're all anxious t' get home, Rainbow. But you've seen what Pinkie's doing. We should listen to Twalight this time and stay safe here." Rainbow hated to admit it, but what Applejack said made sense. She sat down on a chair and began a long wait.

Back in Pinkieville, the finishing touches were being put on Her Pink Highness's candy palace.

"Just a few more gumdrops there... NO! There, you idiots!" She was supervising the construction project. One mare tripped and spilled a box of gumdrops on the ground. Her Pink Highness whipped around at the sound of sugared treats hitting the dirt. The mare scrambled to gather up the gumdrops, but the heavy iron collar around her neck restricted her movement somewhat. Her Pink Highness galloped over to her.

"Five second rule! You're too late!" She screeched. The mare ducked her head.

"Please, Your Pink Highness! It was only an accident!" pleaded the mare. Her Pink Highness narrowed her eyes.

"Well, I don't allow accidents around here," She hissed. With all Her might, She brought both of her front hooves down on the mare. The mare screamed in pain while Her Pink Highness looked down on her, eyes dark.

"I suggest you take her away now," She ordered. Two stallions rushed forwards and grabbed the mare by her front legs. As the mare continued to scream, they dragged her off. Her Pink Highness watched until the stallions dragged the mare over the hill and they could be seen no more.

She turned back to the construction of her palace as the last gumdrop was set into place.

"Good!" A smile graced Her face.

"Now, on to our next project."

Not a protest came from the citizens of Pinkieville. They did not want to meet the same fate as the mare from earlier.

Twilight Sparkle was frantically packing her saddlebags, while Spike sat on the bed of her chambers in Canterlot.

"Spike, come on! Help me pack. We need to get back to Ponyville as soon as possible!" she shouted at the baby dragon. Spike rolled his eyes.

"Don't you think you're overreacting, Twilight? It's just Pinkie Pie! She'd never hurt anypony. It's probably just a bit misunderstanding," he protested.

"That's what worries me. It's true that she'd never hurt anypony, but now she has. Something must be seriously wrong. Like," Twilight ranted, paranoia coming into her eyes, "what if she's under mind control? Or something? We have to save her!"

"I still think you're taking this too seriously, Twilight. But if it makes you stop this panicking, I guess I'll help you," agreed Spike.

"Great! Start packing!" panted Twilight. She had exhausted herself with her rant and her darting to and fro. Spike grabbed some books and started shoving them in her saddlebags.

"Don't worry, Ponyville. I'll save you," stated Twilight to herself. She went back to her frantic packing.

Author's Note

Woo! Writer's block gone!
Enjoy your regularly scheduled update. It's a short one, but I think this is a good place to end the chapter.