Friendship is Magic

The Other Side of the Wall

Midnight Clearing looked out her window; she really admired that stallion next door. She could see him now through the window in his bookstore. Ahh, Sunset Wonder what would she do? She watched him skimming the shelves of his store. She wished he would get out of those books. It was the only thing keeping her away. She watched a little longer until she saw a flash outside the door. Sunset Wonder didn’t notice it, but she did. Princess Celestia entered the store, catching his attention. They began talking. Midnight Clearing wasn’t very good at reading lips, so she didn’t catch what they were saying, but then she saw a train ticket. She was sending him away! Like a good marefriend, Midnight decided she must pursue.

Midnight dashed out of her second story home, directly next door to Sunset Wonder’s. She ran up to the door but stopped herself; it was rude to interrupt a Princess’ conversation. So she put an ear up against the door. She caught the last word they said. “Ponyville”, No wonder Sunny got a train ticket, Ponyville was to far from Canterlot to walk. She backed away from the door as the princess vanished and Sunset Wonder exited. She followed him after putting a distance between herself and him. He abruptly stopped in front of a mirror store. He looked inside, and then continued walking. Midnight Clearing also stopped in front of the store, she looked at her body. She had a nice figure with a wonderfully plump backside. Her middle was thin, as she liked it. Her mane was a dark blue with light blue streaks. Her coat was stark white, as was Sunset Wonder’s. Her Cutie mark was her most favorite thing about herself, a telescope, with little stars near the end. Ever since she was a filly she loved to examine the stars, she also loved to examine Sunset Wonder. They had gone to Magic School together, and she always sat next to him, now she lived next to him. She looked at Sunset Wonder and saw Moondancer with him. Jealousy overwhelmed Midnight Clearing; they were walking together and chatting away. She knew Moondancer’s ways, she was lusting for Sunset Wonder, Midnight could see it in her eyes. Moondancer stopped walking and started calling to somepony. A muscular pegasus flew over. He towered over Sunset Wonder. Midnight watched as he turned and bucked Sunset in the face! She gasped and turned away. Moondancer was toted away by her muscular friend, leaving Midnight Clearing to follow once again.

Sunset Wonder entered the train as Midnight Clearing hurried to buy a ticket. She galloped over and showed her ticket to the conductor. Six other mares entered the train before her. One called to the others, “I’m going to secure a cabin for myself, I need my beauty sleep!” Two of them entered one compartment, the rainbow one explained to her friend, “I don’t want to leave you by yourself.” The other three entered another compartment. Midnight Clearing jumped as she saw Sunset Wonder heading her direction. She quickly dived into a compartment. She looked out the door to see him entering the compartment next to hers. She breathed a sigh of relief, but was startled as the other three mares greeted her.

“Hiya!”

“Howdy!”

“….umm…..hello…”

Midnight Clearing turned to see the other three ponies. One looked to be a farmer pony. The other one was a yellow pegasus, who quickly looked out the window when Midnight looked her way. Midnight Clearing sat down next to a pink mare who looked at her with a smile. An unnerving smile. Midnight listened to the wall, but only heard faint snoring. They were asleep.

“Umm, what’re y’all doin?”

Midnight looked over at the farmer pony, who eyed her suspiciously. “Oh! Umm…nothing! Nothing at all!”

“Whatever.”

The farmer pony looked out the window and Midnight let out a soft sigh of relief. She leaned back and decided to sleep. She hadn’t slept much in the past few nights. She mostly watched Sunset Wonder work. Occasionally, she herself would…work. She frowned for a moment. It was a little creepy what she did, but as long as he never found out, it was okay. She thought more and more about Sunset Wonder until she fell asleep.

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Midnight Clearing looked around her dark compartment. She knew she was still asleep, she could feel it. For no reason whatsoever, she looked down at her hooves. They were not her own, they were pink. She realized she was the pink pony she saw earlier, but why? Her eyes finally adjusted to the darkness, and saw that her real self was not there. She got up, and at that moment realized that she was not in control, the pink pony was.

The pink pony opened the window. She stuck her head out and grabbed a knife, which was taped to the side of the train. She closed the window without a sound and turned to the other two ponies. With surgical precision, she slid the knife along the neck of the orange farm pony. A soft gurgle emitted from her as her eyes shot open, but it was too late. The pink pony plunged the knife into her one last time to make sure she was dead. The pegasus stirred, “Wha-what’s going on” a gasp sounded “Pinkie Pie! What have you done?!” The pink pony did not answer; she launched herself onto the pegasus, shoving a hoof into her mouth to keep her from screaming. She then plunged the knife into her breast. A shudder resounded in the pegasus, then she fell limp.

A wicked grin crossed the pink pony’s face. She looked at the door. Obviously she was waiting for Midnight. The door opened slowly, so as not to wake anypony (not that anypony was sleeping). When it fully opened she saw herself, staring wide eyed at the pink pony. Midnight (the real one) was yanked into the compartment. She was thrown against the seat, and opened her mouth to scream. The pink pony reacted quickly, thrusting the knife into Midnight’s mouth, and then using her hoof to shove it further in. Midnight struggled with her unicorn magic to pull it out, but it was too far in. she gave one last meager gurgle, before falling to the floor.

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Midnight awoke with a start. She saw a glow and looked up at her horn. Its blue light comforted her, but she realized she was casting a spell. She ended it, and turned to the brutal murderer in her dreams. The pink pony lay next to her giggling and smiling from ear to pink ear. She occasionally moved in her sleep, her hoof thrusting, her head moving side to side. Nothing abnormal. What was that spell though? She had never used anything like it before. That dream, it frightened her. She wanted nothing more than to curl up in Sunset Wonder’s arms where she could feel safe. She looked out the window and saw a sign pass by. “FIVE MILES TO PONYVILLE” it read. She was too frightened to try to sleep again, so she watched the landscape roll by, thinking all the while of Sunset Wonder.

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The train pulled up to Ponyville Station. Everpony in her compartment was awake, including the pink mare next to her. Midnight Clearing hurried out of her compartment, thankful to get off of that Goddess-forsaken train. She trotted to the Ponyville Visitors Center near the train station. Midnight Clearing picked up a map and looked over it. It highlighted all of the local hotspots of Ponyville. Midnight Clearing found an inn on the map and headed there.

She trotted through the wide streets of Ponyville, taking into account every face. These were the friendliest ponies she had ever seen. She entered the Ponyville Inn, smiling at the stallion at the counter. “Hello! I’d like to book a room please.”

“Very well ma’am, that’ll be eight bits a night. Enjoy your stay at Ponyville.”

“Thank you.”

Midnight Clearing gave him the money and he handed her a key. She neglected to bring saddlebags, so she tucked the key into her mane, making sure it was firmly in place, before setting out.

She needed something sweet and tasty after a nightmare like that, so she looked over the map and found the local bakery, Sugarcube Corner. Midnight Clearing casually trotted in the general direction of the sweets shop. What kind of treat am I going to get? She thought to herself as she arrived at her destination.

She saw a pink mare bounce in through the door. A thought crossed her mind maybe I should go someplace else, but she shook her head distastefully. The fear of this pony was just irrational, besides, she was allowed to eat here too. Midnight Clearing trotted into the bakery, the smell of freshly made cupcakes wafted to her nose. She smiled, glad she had made the right choice.

The pink mare appeared behind the counter, a tray of cupcakes balanced on her head. She addressed Midnight Clearing with a smile. “Hey I remember you! You’re the mare from the train! Wanna help make cupcakes? I’m throwing a party later today and could use the help!”

“Help make cupcakes? Well I’m not very good at baking but I could give it a shot!” The pink mare’s grin widened.

“Great! Here, why don’t you try one? Get a taste for how they’re supposed to come out!”

The pink mare held the tray out in front of her. Midnight levitated one out and took a big bite. They were delicious, by far the best cupcakes she had ever had.

“These are really good!” Midnight exclaimed.

“Thanks! They’re my knockout cupcakes! Not because they’re really good though, because you’ll be unconscious. Maybe I should change the name to something more specific?”

“Unconcious! What?!” Midnight Clearing suddenly became very alarmed.

“Oh yeah, but it’s too late now!” Midnight began to feel very drowsy. Then she fell over to her side, unconscious.

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Midnight Clearing awoke in what she assumed to be the cellar at Sugarcube Corner. Standing over her was the pink mare. She held a key in her hoof.

“Look at this! You had a key in your mane! Silly filly! Why would you put a key in your mane? You could lose it like that!”

Midnight tried to move, but found herself tightly bound. “Oh no, you don’t! Not after what you did!”

“What? What are you talking about?”

“Oh hey! You can still talk! Most ponies suffer brain damage from my knockout cupcakes!”

“What are you doing? Let me go!”

“No can do Midnight Clearing! You probed my mind, I didn’t like that at all. And if anypony found out what I was thinking, it wouldn’t be very fun for me.”

Probed her mind? Was that the spell? She was reading this mare’s thoughts? Midnight Clearing suddenly realized “Hey! How did you know my name?”

“You were in my head silly filly! I could hear you! You entered the compartment in my dream and named yourself!”

“How could you-“

“Enough talk, it’s time to get to work.”

“What work? What are you going to do with me?”

“So many questions…. Oh yeah! We’re making cupcakes remember!? And you are going to be the mane ingredient.”

Midnight panicked once again, struggling to break free, but she was tightly bound. The pink mare darted away and wheeled over a cart of medical instruments.

“I’m going to teach you how to prepare pony!” she drew an oval on Midnight’s stomach with a marker. She then pulled out a scalpel and began to cut along the line.

“Midnight, are you a pony who likes to color inside or outside the lines? I personally don’t color, I paint.”

She took her scalpel and cut around inside Midnight. Midnight could not help but cry and scream, she wasn’t a tough pony, and had never endured so much pain.

“First you want to remove the stomach so you don’t spoil the meat.” The pink mare then ripped out her stomach, getting blood all over her hooves.

She trotted over to the wall and began to draw a pony shape on the wall. “See, Midnight!? I told you I was a good painter! Oh yeah! Back to the lesson!”

The mare trotted back over to Midnight Clearing “Next we want to remove the intestines! Look at how long they are!” she exclaimed as she pulled more and more intestine out onto the floor, spilling Midnight’s precious lifeblood away.

“I wonder if Fluttershy needs a new garden hose. I’ll ask her sometime, she needs a long one to reach all her plants. Okay now, on with the lesson! Next we remove…..ummm…..EVERYTHING ELSE!”

She began to gut the rest of Midnight Clearing, holding out each organ so she could see.

“And now, to finish you off! The final thing we need to remove is either the heart or the lungs. I think I’ll take out the lungs!”

The pink mare began cutting everything that attached to the lungs, then she yanked them out. Midnight Clearing began gasping for breath, but to no avail. The pink mare threw one last joke at her

“What’s that? You can’t breathe? Hang on! I know CPR! Oh wait, you don’t have any lungs!”

Midnight closed her eyes, never again would they be open. The pink mare removed the heart and proceeded to cut meat and sinews away from bone. She then started to feed the deboned corpse into a large grinder. She ground Midnight’s corpse until it was in fine pieces. She went upstairs and came back down with a bowl full of cupcake batter.

“Don’t worry Midnight, you’ll get to see Sunset Wonder at the party! You’ll be the tastiest dish there!”

She returned to the surface mixing her batter. She poured the pony-cupcake combination into her cupcake pan and stuck it in the oven. “Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got some invitations to deliver!” and with that, she galloped out the door.

The End

This story coincides with my other one Friendship is Magic, I might do some more gore as well, it all depends on how popular it ends up. All characters except for the mane character belong to their respective companies.

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