Out of Control

You just hope that it's not going to be as awkward as with Rainbow & Gilda. You wait outside the Day Spa for Rarity, a short time passes and she emerges from the spa again. As soon as the door is closed she starts
”Now, why is a brute like you standing outside a spa?” she examines you in disgust.
“Uh...I...ehrmm...” are you sure you want to tell her?
”I have never seen something THAT sickening!” she tugs at your colorful trusty hospital sheet shorts with a hoof, her disdain more than apparent.
”HOW could you violate fashion with such a horrible thing, how can you even wear it? Let alone walk around in public with it?”
She seems to be oblivious to what happened? “Are you not angry at me?” you ask.
”Why do you ask Anon dear?” she blinks rapidly and somehow you know that she expects exactly what you have in mind “Because I wanted to make it up to you.”
A sly grin forms on her face ”Make up what?”
She wants you to say it, she is teasing you! It can barely get any more uncomfortable.
You hesitate for only a moment “For...what I did...to you...and your friends.”
She throws back her hair in a 'I am fabulous' way and says ”Oh, I still AM angry at you, but it is neither the right time nor the right place to punish you. But if you really want me to forgive you, you should start by your sense of fashion.” she points to your clothing, not even looking at it.
Come on, it doesn't look THAT bad...okay, maybe a little but “That's all I have.”
Her jaw drops, eyes go wide ”Unforgivable!...Why don't you just throw it away and walk around like anypony else that has no sense of style?”

You look at a passerby, no clothes “You mean...naked?”
”Oh my gosh!” her hoof meets her face ”How can you make it sound so...vulgar!? You are unbelievable! You will come by my boutique later today, the Carousel Boutique or else I won't ever give you a chance to earn ANY forgiveness! Am I clear!?” she is dead serious.
If you put up a resistance now-
Don't even think about it! “Okay, I just need to do something, then I'll come right away.”
”Hmpf, what WERE you doing here anyway. You don't look like as if you're here for a hooficure?”
“A what? I was looking for a job.”
Her jaw drops...again.
“They had a job offer in the newspaper, so I want to try at least.”
Rarity holds a forearm in front of her eyes while standing on two legs, she inhales and ”OhwhyhereMypeacfulspadaysareoverIwillneverevereverhavea...”
Better stop listening, it kind of hurts your ears and it doesn't sound like this will lead to any result. Just, oh god, she's posing like someone just shot her!
”Idontevenwanttothinkaboutwhatfluttershywouldhavetosayshewouldexplodeinangerandtheniamhernexttargetandeverythingwill...”
Just sneak into the spa and, What the Sh**, she just dropped herself on a lounger that appeared out of nowhere!
”Andthennoonewilleventhinkaboutbuyingclothesinboutiqueanymoreandtheniamruinedforever...”
Okay, just a few more steps, Open the door, Slip inside, Cautious now, Close the door and-

”Hello and welcome to the Ponyville Day Spa.” you are immediately cornered by two ponies
”I am Aloe.”
”And I am Lotus Blossom.”
They come closer and closer, you feel like a caught burglar, what the fuck?
”How may we be of service?”
They stop barely before bumping into your face. You look at them both, they look...thrilled? Say something you idiot!
“Ahem, eeh”
Their grins penetrate your very soul...more or less. Why do they have those obtrusive grins all over their faces? They look like as if one of them is about to pull out a knife and turn you into a pincushion or they just both start to rape you. Either way something is off, but there is nothing you can do about it now
“I heard you look for a-”
The pink one doesn't let you finish ”YES!”
”Pshhh, let him talk to the end, you'll ruin it!” the other one says.
Okay, your suspicion is 100 percent confirmed.
“Eeerm, I'm looking for a job, but I-”
”HIRED!”
Okay, that was the other one, they are both equally excited it seems.
”BUT I have no experience, and I'm not even sure what you do here.”
They take a quick look at each other, then back to you.
”Of course not.” one of them says.
”But that's not a problem, we'll teach you.”
You wish they'd stop talking like that, it's like they have one mind.
”Follow us.”
”We'll give you a tour.”
You do as they say, they know something you don't, that was more than way too easy. Maybe they have a secret torture room and are looking for exotic prey?
”...and here our guests can enjoy relaxing baths; herbs, mud or just normal water, you name it.”
They go on.
”And over there we give our guests our famous massages.”
You still don't know which one of them is which, the lightly rose colored one whispers in your ear
”And upstairs are the private rooms, for more private massages.”
Oh Shiiiiiiiiiiit! How did you manage to end up here!?

The tour ends a few minutes later, the place isn't that big.
”Come by next monday morning.”
”Your training will start then.”
You thank them and step outside. If it weren't for that one certain comment, maybe she was just joking? The whole thing felt weird but at least you got yourself a job more or less. You only have to go to that Carousel Boutique and meet Rarity. And then you can relax for the day and figure out how to approach the other ponies you mistreated.

Noon barely passed and you are beaten already, maybe you meet Nurse Redheart somewhere, that would be nice.
You think about Redheart as you search for Rarity's boutique. Reeeedheart, ehehhehe...
Eh?
Ponies are staring at you, stop making a stupid face! They must think you are retarded or something!
You don't really care, because your attention is focused on that building that just came in sight. You see a mix of carousel and boutique.
The Carousel Boutique!
Nice work Sherlock! That was easy.
You walk inside, the doorbell announces your trespassing.
Rarity comes around a corner ”Welcome to the...oh, it's you. Come on in.”
“Sooo, can I help you with something, or what do you want?” you ask rudely.
”There really are no manners left in you, but I'll see what I can do about that later, just follow me quickly, that thing hurts to look at.” she makes a grimace and gestures you to follow.
You are led into a messy room full with marequins, cloths and sewing utensils.
More of your detective-side kicks in “I take it you're a Seamstress?”
”And a Shopkeeper and a Fashion Designer, now stand there and get rid of that disgusting...whatever that is please.” she points at your only clothes.
Oh boy, this is going to be SO awkward
“But I have nothing underneath!”
She raises an eyebrow ”Aaaand?”
No one understands you “I don't like being naked!”
She looks annoyed ”Now don't make this any harder than it has to be. I want to make you some decent clothes for free and you are whining about being naked?” she has a point, but doesn't stop there ”Maybe I should whine too, so you-”
“Nononnonono, I oblige!”
If her whining is only half as annoying as what she did in front of the spa, you are going to do something you'll come to regret later.

You still hesitate, Rarity notices that, her horn glows in a light cornflower blue and your sheets are swooped away from your loins. Now you are stark naked.
”Oh my.” she blushes ”Oh my, I'm so sorry.”
What?
”I didn't know I had SUCH a effect on you.” she says that in a sultry tone ”Well, I guess I DO look appealing to anypony.” full with pride she rummages through her stuff.
What does she mean?
What effect?
You look down, everything's normal and in place, no hard-ons or something weird.
You stare at her for a few moments, now that she mentioned it, she does look kinda beautiful, but you're not attracted to her in any way, especially not like Redheart!
”He he, I'll try to make it quick dear.”
She takes a measuring band and measures you from tip to toe, you catch her eyes wandering over your package more than once, but think nothing of it. By the time she is done, she's blushing furiously.

She levitates a white piece of cloth in front of your face. No words needed; you grab it and wrap it around your waist.
”Can you wait outside for me please, I made up my mind about what you can do for me.”
Success!
You are thankful that you may escape this oppressing atmosphere, but what did she mean? Effect?
You sit on a chair and wait for her, It takes longer than expected but she finally emerges from her room.
She has simple black shorts and a white shirt with her
”Try them on please.”
As you do so, she tells you what she had in mind ”You said that you want to make it up to me and my friends, is that right?”
Rarity sits on the chair you just sat on and you just nod.
”So I want you to get friends with them, if you do that, I will grant you my forgiveness.”
It feels like she is blackmailing you, but that is probably going to be no different with the others. If you agree, maybe she will help you, or at least give you some tips.
“I wanted to make it up to all of you, but do you think that they will become my friends? What did I even do to them exactly, I can't remember.”
”Anon dear, do you trust me?”
She doesn't appear to be the betraying kind.
“I trust you.”
Then she makes a serious expression ”Believe me, you do not want to know that. And don't ask them. This is important if you want them to forgive you. We all want to forget what happened. If you ask them about it, they may get irrationally angry.”
There is more sense in that than you'd like.
Rarity continues ”While we are at the topic, don't go to Applejack and Fluttershy dear. They are still very angry and may attack you without warning. I will talk to them, but they may just need more time.”
Don't go to Applejack and Fluttershy, noted.

“I already met Rainbow Dash and Gilda this morning, they said that it's alright and that they bear no grudges towards me. I still offered them my help with anything they want.”
The pony in front of you rolls her eyes.
”Those two. But it's a good start I guess, more important is Pinkie Pie.”
“Haven't met her yet.” you say quick.
”Of course not, she barely leaves her house at all, she is also the only one who wouldn't tell the rest of us what you did to her. Whatever you did, she didn't throw a single party since, she changed completely.”
“Parties?”
Rarity stands up and walks to you, inspecting her clothes on your body.
”Yes, she loved parties more than anything and she made everypony happy. But now she doesn't even smile herself anymore. We tried anything, but nothing worked.”
It dawns on you “And you think since it was my fault, I can get her out of her misery?”
Rarity looks out of the window and sighs sadly ”We just don't know what to do anymore, there is nothing left in our repertoire. It makes me sad just thinking about her, she was so full of life. All that is left is a pony that is an empty shell.”
You feel bad “But what makes you think I can do this?”
Rarity turns around, she looks like she will cry at any moment ”Nothing, but there is nothing left WE can do.”
A bad feeling spreads in your belly, it breaks your heart to see her like this
”I just want her to be happy again.” she's about to cry, tears gathering in her eyes already. ”Pinkie made several suicide attempts since she came back from your tower.”
Then she looks down and slumps into an armchair, tears running down her cheeks unhindered. Every other word is interrupted by a sob
”Every time she ended up in hospital.”

It is your fault...you walk to her and kneel down, she avoids eye contact. You give her a tight hug and she breaks completely in your arms, letting her tears loose.
Her chest heaves uncontrollably
”It's...all your fault! ”Why did you do all those things!? ”WHY!?”
You want to, but you suppress your own tears and ignore the stinging in your chest.
You hold her like this until her tears run dry, after she calmed down you release her. Mascara trails down her eyes and her hair is ruffled.
You comfort her cheek “Rarity, I won't disappoint you. I promise.”
A small smile forms on her sad face ”I know dear.”

You give her a peck on the forehead and take your leave. The last thing she said sounded hopeless, she doesn't deserve all this, none of them does.
You will go and meet Pinkie Pie tomorrow!
With this in mind you walk back to the library, it feels like you have been awake for 72 hours straight. The sun isn't even close to the horizon. Probably that drowning incident's fault, and that meeting with Rarity was also pretty exhausting. You make it to Twilight's house just in time, almost fell asleep in he middle of the street. You go inside and see Spike carrying a few books around. He spots you.
”Dude, you look horrible!” he drops the books and hurries over to you.
“I'm just tired a little.”
”Twilight isn't home right now, should I go look for her?”
You walk upstairs towards your bed “No, I'll just need a short nap, but thanks anyway.”
You take your clothes off and bury yourself under a blanket, sleep takes you immediately.
...
...
...
It is all your fault...
...
You wake up from a bad dream and sit up. The morning sun shines right in your face.
”Good morning Anon, awake at last?”
Twilight is in her bed and stares at you.
”You were already asleep yesterday when I came back, is everything okay?”
Yesterday...
”Spike said that you were in a bad shape, what happened?”
She probably isn't going to stop asking questions until you satisfy her curiosity.
I'll tell you over breakfast. What day is it by the way?”
”It's Sunday dummy.” she says playful
You get up and tell Twilight about what happened yesterday while eating breakfast. The part where Rarity has a break down is not mentioned, no need to spread that sadness.
But it turns out that Twilight and Redheart went to the spa yesterday to vouch for your skills, that answers some questions.
”So you want to make them forgive you and make friends with them?” the purple pony asks.
“Yes.”
”Hmm. Rarity's idea might not be that bad after all...”
She trails off
“What about you?” you ask her.
”Huh? What about me?” she points at herself with her spoon in confusion.
“You have taken me in, even tough I didn't ask for this. Yet you also suffered because of me.”
She laughs it off ”Oh Anon, I consider you a friend already. And I will help you with the others as best as I can. And I can give you your first tip already:
Rainbow may act tough, but she is still a mare inside like all of us. She probably has forgiven you on the outside, but you can probably guess what's going on inside her...she has probably conflicting feelings. I would if I were in her situation. But you should talk to her about it.”
“Okay, thanks. I'll keep that in mind. See you later?”
”If Applejack or Fluttershy cause any trouble, come back here. I'll be home all day.”
You give her a nod and take your leave. Wish you had shoes, but ponies probably don't even know what those are.

Anyway, you have a pink pony to find!
While you walk around Ponyville, you see your reflection in a window, you haven't taken a look at your clothes yet, they do look nice. Maybe you should ask Rarity for some underwear, it feels a little rough around your balls.
Then you spot a detail, there is something on your left chest. A symbol or something: Three lozenge diamonds decorate your shirt, maybe a little girlish, but whatever. You loose focus on your reflection and look inside the window, a few cakes and cupcakes are inside, looks like a confectionery. Might be worth a look.
You walk to the far side of the building, the roof looks definitely edible...
You step inside and are greeted by a pony whose hair is twirled into the form of a cup cake frosting, and her cutie mark is...surprise, three cup cakes!
”Welcome to Sugarcube Corner, take a look around, I'm sure you will find something to-”
Her speech is aborted by a deep sigh, this girl looks tired.
“Hello, I'm Anonymous, I'm looking for a mare named Pinkie Pie.”
Sadness is added to her tired look, damn, don't make this even harder.
”I know her, or I did once, she worked and lived here not so long ago. But not anymore, she is now living in a small house on the fringe of Ponyville. I can show you if you want.”
She may know more about Pinkie Pie, so you accept gladly “That would be great.”
She turns around and walks upstairs and quickly comes back with a stallion.
”I'm sorry, I haven't even introduced myself. This is my husband Carrot Cake.” she points to her husband, he also looks tired and depressed ”And I am Cup Cake.”
Mr. Cake takes over the counter and you follow Mrs. Cake outside. She leads, you follow.
”Please tell me you are here to snap Pinkie out of her misery, she is but a shadow of her former self.”
Mrs. Cake sounds gloomy
”Nowadays she only refers to herself by her full name, Pinkamena Diane Pie. She rarely leaves her house and if she does, she avoids everypony or ignores them. We just don't know what to do anymore, we just hope that she doesn't attempts to-”
You grab Mrs. Cake by the shoulder, she doesn't have to spell it
“It's alright, I'll bring her back to her senses.” you assure her
She gives you a warm smile, then she mutters to herself ”I wish you could.”
The rest of the walk is silent, you told them that you will get Pinkie Pie back to how she was but you are ridden by self doubt. You just hope that it's not going to be that bad.

After a few minutes of walking, you come to a somewhat shaggy looking house, it's not really big. One window is nailed shut and it looks like it was never cleaned before. A lone spider is building a web under the balcony.
You can't look inside, it's like light itself dreads this abode.
“No wonder if she lives in a house like that.” you say to yourself.
Mrs. Cake catches that ”It's not the house, believe me. It's Pinkamena. Good luck, if we can help you, just come to Sugarcube Corner.”
Then Mrs. Cake turns tail, did the house frighten her?
It sure does NOT look welcoming, rather abandoned or haunted. Let's take a look inside, see if she is really in such a bad condition.
...
You hesitate.
What if you make everything worse? It's not like you did anything good until now. And your intentions can be as noble as they get, if you don't make them happen, they are worth nothing.
You promised Rarity to get this straight, you can't falter now!
Step by step you close in on that house and stop at the door.
It's not even shut.
You think about what Rarity, Twilight and Mrs. Cake said, they probably have tried all conventional means. Risking everything by going at it unconventional seems dangerous.
You open the door with a push, it swings open slowly. It's dark, you step inside and close the door, then wait until you get used to this darkness.

It's still hard to see, and it's messy as hell from what you CAN see. At least it doesn't smell as bad as it looks, he! That would knock you unconscious on your first breath!
Everywhere is random crap, trash litters the floor, you have to be careful where to step. The first floor consists of only one room with a kitchen in the corner.
Since she isn't here, she must be upstairs. You put aside a bucket turnips with a party hat and go there. There are two rooms and a small corridor which connects them, one door leads into a bathroom.
Only one room left.
Focus.
You slowly open the door.
The bedroom.
There is a moving bundle on the bed, through a slit a pair of blue eyes are watching you. A muffled voice squeaks from under the blanket
”Did you finally come to finish the job?”
She sounds very angry.
“I came to end THIS.” you point a finger to the floor.
Pinkie Pie emerges slowly, her expression is a mix of anger and melancholy.
Fuck, what next, this is more than seriously serious!
Why don't you plan something through before you go at it you dumbass?!

You walk to her bed and sit down, it smells like old candy.
”Make it quick then.” she seems to think that you will do something to her.
You try to catch her eye, but she avoids your gaze.
You just say “No.”
She meets your eyes for a split second, that that comment annoyed her a lot.
“I remember you from the tower, just before I lost consciousness. You grabbed me and-”
She buries herself back into her pile of blankets.
”I didn't DO anything, you fainted on your own. Leave me alone.”
It doesn't really can get any worse, you can just as well ask her what you did to her.
“Pinkie, I can't remember what happened, what did I do to you at the tower?”
She suddenly breaks out of her blanket pile and shouts ”I SAID! LEAVE ME ALONE!!!”
Immediately she falls back and wraps a blanket around herself.
“Pinkie-”
She is crying.
”And stop calling me that!”
Every fiber in your body tells you to leave. Her sight is heartbreaking.
Literally!
But you ignore that, there is an important pink pony that needs your consoling, lecturing or berating...you really have no idea how to approach her.
“Okay Pinkie, I'll leave, but I will come back later.”
”Stay away, I hate you, I hope you die horribly!” she says that while that weakly hitting you with an arm that pokes out of her blanket cocoon. You stand up and leave.

Against all odds, you did manage to make everything even worse. Damn it.
This is really serious, did you just think that you can simply pet her a little and everything will be fine? That all her afflictions will be healed magically?! Now you can only pray that she isn't going to kill herself until you come back!
You leave her house with compunction.
Damn it Pinkie, don't do anything stupid.
”Depression is a serious illness, not just a mood you snap out of whenever you feel like it.”
NURSE REDHEART!
You spin around, there she is!
“What are YOU doing here?”
She rolls her eyes ”Aren't you happy to see me?”
“I'm just surprised to see you. How did you know I was here?”
She trots over to you.
”I was worried sick about you, you forgot your medication.” she says suspiciously flirty ”You don't want to get a heart attack or something do you?”
“Redheart, why are you-”
She puts a hoof on your mouth.
”Ah, ah, ah! Don't want to die because of a little mistake now, do you?”
She IS right, you really did forgot that shit and ignored a few signs the doctor told you about intentionally.
“Yeah, sorry about that, thank you for reminding me.”
This mare is still super hot...damn. She came here just for you? If it weren't for Pinkie and her unhealthy habits you would probably ask her out, but Pinkie is way too depressing at the moment.
“Listen, if you have any ideas on how I can deal with Pinkie, please don't hold anything back. I have no clue what to do.”
She circles you.
”Ah! I wanted to make you an offer that has something to do with that!”
She seems kind of weird, but she is going to help you, a nurse is just what you need!
“What offer?”
She stops in front of you ”I will aid you in any way I can, and you will spend some time with me once this is all over, when you feel better.”
This is the best offer ever!
“Deal!”
Fuck yes!
She giggles, even she is happy about it! Hell! Yes!
“Okay, what to do? I'm sure I pissed her off pretty much just a minute ago.”
”There is a easy way, or you can try it the hard way. The easy one is simple, make her fall in love with you.”
What!?
”Falling in love is a real shortcut to deal with depressions sometimes. And the hard one is, to show her how important she is for everypony. Make her feel less bad about herself, but that requires much more effort though. Which way you choose is up to you of course. But Pinkamena's depression might has deeper roots, you will find out what I mean. Ah! I need to go now, I'm supposed to be at the hospital. Don't tell anypony I was here, or I'll get in trouble. See you later.”
She gives you a grin and runs off.
That was weird. But she gave you invaluable tips! She has all the rights to be weird in your book now!
So.
For now.
Let's decide which way.
Can't just decide to make a pony you barely know fall in love with you, that would want neither of you.
Time to gather some intel!
You walk around town, getting known to the place, meet a lot of ponies and make new acquaintances. You meet Lyra Heartstrings, the minty colored, music loving earth pony that laughed at you, Big McIntosh the big, strong and red earth stallion, Rose the cute flower loving earthpony, Cranky Doodle Donkey, Minuette, Caramel, Mayor Mare, Berry Icicle, Blue Bonnet, Rivet, Lemon Daze, Twinkle Shine, Sugarberry, Sea Swirl and a drunk pony named Berry Punch.
All of them comply with each other on Pinkie's case:
She was once the happiest pony around, everypony liked her, sometimes she was annoying, but she made up for that more than enough. And she LOVED parties!

Later that Sunday.
This time you have a plan! You march to Pinkie's hovel, this has to work!
If there is even the tiniest bit of old Pinkie Pie left in Pinkamena, this will work for sure.
It has to.
You are full of confidence. For the second time today you enter her house. A little worried that she might not be here.
You walk upstairs straight for the bedroom.
“Pinkie? Are you home?”
She is still in her bed.
”What do you want?” she groans at you.
She is clearly still in a bad mood
“I won't bother you for long.”
She groans even more. You take that as a 'please continue Anon'.
“I was talking with Mayor Mare and she said that since I wanted to visit you anyway, I could also bring you this uuh...letter thing, dunno. It's yours. I'll put it on your drawer here okay? I'll take my leave then, don't want to bother you anymore. See you.”
You don't listen to her protests, but it doesn't matter anyway. You need to interest her in that letter, it's all part of your master plan.
As soon as you get out, you can only pray. Getting her to read this letter on her own is crucial, but for now, you have a shitton of other letters to write, and you are incredibly tired already! Maybe Twilight can help.
No, let's go to Rarity first!
Oh god, so tired.
Right after you're done, you will get that damn medication. You make it to Rarity's with a heavy yawn and barge in. In too much of a good mood than to care for proper manners.
“Rarity?”
You hear rumbling, a moment later she comes down the stairs
”Anon? I hope you have a reason to be such a ruffian, it is very rude to-”
You cut her off “Rarity, listen. I may have a plan that may work.”
She raises an eyebrow ”A plan?”
Come on! “Regarding Pinkie Pie.”
”Oh! Yesyesyesyes? I'm all ears!” she says with enthusiasm.
“Okay, let's sit down, this could take a while.”
And so you tell her your grand plan

...
”Wait, let me sum this up.” Rarity says ”You want to lure Pinkie under false circumstances to this party.”
You hold up one hand to stop her.
“Not just any party, this event has the sole purpose of showing Pinkie why she loved parties so much!”
Rarity crosses her arms ”But we have thrown parties for her before and it didn't work, I doubt anything will change.”
“The party itself is only important if she starts to enjoy herself on her own, at that point we already have succeeded!”
She is still doubting you, with good reasons ”If it where THAT easy, we would have done that already, your plan doesn't sound very mature.”
You expected that doubt “Of course, this is also where the numerous events you and Pinkie's other close friends will undergo with her, will come to fruition! A series of emotionally upsetting events, I haven't planned that part yet because I need your help with it...aaand because I haven't had a idea yet. But that part will heavily rely on you guys, you know her way better than I do.”
She brings a hoof to her chin and thinks for a few moments “Then we better get to work, right? Anon dear? Anon?!”
You can't hear her, because you fell asleep.
”Anon! You can't sleep here!”
You also don't see her rolling her eyes.
”Well, I'll go to Twilight's and talk to her about it. Your plan better works.”
…

...
...
”Wake up Anon dear.”
You are in a real nice bed, Silky and all. If it weren't for this nightmare, you would just sleep in.
Rarity is standing next to you.
”If you don't stand up in the next five minutes, there will be no breakfast for you.”
Now that she mentions it, there IS a delicious smell in the air.
You are still at Rarity's. As you enter the kitchen you are greeted by a delicious scent. There are pancakes and waffles.
PANCAKES AND WAFFLES!
”Twilight told me that you are starting at the spa today?”
Riiiight, you have a weird feeling regarding that place.
“My training starts today, that's right.” you answer her groggily.
You sit at the table and Rarity fills your plate to the brim, it is even more delicious than you imagined! Rarity gives you a smile, she can probably read it from your expression.
This is food for a princess!
You consider marrying her for a moment.
“This is delicious!”

Rarity clears her throat embarrassed ”I met Twilight yesterday and told her about your plan, she was...positively excited. We will meet her later today, Rainbow and Gilda will also come. We will plan any further steps together, now eat up and don't let the Spa Ponies wait.”
You give her a few more compliments for the food and do as she says.
The Ponyville Day Spa. Aloe and Lotus are happy to see you.
”Ready for your first steps?”
”Follow us.”
What a harsh greeting. They lead you to a comfy room and give you a book, it reads 'Fundamentals of the Sensual Massage Vol. I-III'.
”This will be your first step.”
”Didn't expect that?”
Looks like you have to go to school.
”Just sit anywhere and work through that book.”
”When you're done you'll get your first real lesson.”

You make yourself comfortable and start reading, the book features many illustrations and has a big font, making it is easy to understand and quick to read. By the time you're 2/3 trough with it, the Spa Ponies find you and tell you that you're done for the day.
Tomorrow again. That was barely two hours, looks like ponies go easy at it.
Seems like the easy part of the day is over, now the complicated things will start. You still have no idea how to approach Pinkie, hopefully the others know what to do. You leave the spa and think about what you just read. The book was quite interesting...
You walk around and don't take much notice on your surroundings, wondering if you could somehow get your memory back. Then something hits you in the back! You topple forwards, a Cyan arm covers your eyes, the other one closes around your neck.
You fall on your stomach.
Can't grab your assailant from that angle! But you hear Rainbow's voice
”Give it up, you have no chance against me! Ha!”
She tightens her grip a little for emphasize, but doesn't choke you.
“No way!” you answer.
Then grab her arms and try to pry her off, but she puts up a resistance. Damn, she's strong, but you are as well! You are stronger than her and shake her off, spin around but she isn't there anymore.
“What the-”
Rainbow swoops your legs away from behind while flying past you, making you land on your ass. Now that you can see her...damn she's fast! You just look at her flying a loop, upwards and then dives down right at you!This could hurt a lot but you have no time to react, she is already here!
You expect her to use you as an airbag, but you only feel the ground shake as dust is whirled up everywhere. There are two shattering impacts to the left and right of your thighs, then you see her standing on two feet right in front of you.
She almost pushes her crotch in your face. You look up to her there is a light musk in the air, but with all that dust you can hardly tell. She leans down and grins right into your face, visibly pleased with your expression. Your mouth slightly is agape and you can't really get your eyes off of her.
That was surely impressing, and she likes to impress it seems...you can tell that by her grin.
Then she breaks the silence ”What are you looking at? Come on, there is a meeting we have to attend to.”
She jumps behind you, yanks you to your feet and drags you with her. She is behind you, grabbing your chest with her arms. Her wings are producing enough force to overcome the friction of your feet on the ground. She pushes you forward while you hold your legs in a 45º angle against her.
She sure is kind of pushy. About half way to Twilight's place she starts talking
”This is a nice workout you know? Should tell Gilda about it!”
“She would probably just lift me off and drop me in a lake.” you answer bland.
She is breathing heavily down your neck.
”You know, I really appreciate that you care about Pinkie so much. Some ponies already consider her a lost cause.”
If so, you have to get her out of her depression even more “Pinkie just needs a lot of attention right now.”

The Golden Oaks Library comes into sight, Rarity just entered. You let Rainbow push you to the door...because you are lazy, that's why.
Inside are Twilight, Rarity and Gilda, a round table is set up in the middle of the room. You all sit down, Twilight is the first to speak
”Alright, now that we are here, it's time to get started. Anon, since this was your idea, do you mind filling us in on the details?”
The griffon leans on her elbow and asks ”What's this all about dweeb? I heard you want to help Pinkie?”
”Yeah, mind telling us what's going on? What's your big plan?” Rainbow and Gilda apparently don't know much about your plan.
You look at Twilight ”I only told them that you had a plan to get Pinkie back to her senses. I would also like to hear it from you. I have the feeling that Rarity missed out some parts.” she looks accusingly at Rarity.
She lifts her nose and crosses her arms ”Did not.”
This is going to take a while...

You explain your plan to them, step by step. They listen intent.
“...and when she sees the mistakes at the grand party, she will HAVE to take action. The main problem is to get her interested enough in this, since she is showing a general apathy towards everything. I need you guys to get her out on a regular basis. We have 4 weeks from now on to do this, any questions?”
You look at their faces, all thinking hard.
”What if we lose?” Gilda asks.
Losing? “This isn't about winning or losing, don't think about it like that! It's about helping her. If we don't succeed at first, we will go at it again. I don't think I have to remind any of you of what might happen if we stop.”
All of them look abashed.
“I would also appreciate it if you could get Fluttershy and Applejack to help, even if they hate me, Pinkie is a friend of theirs, I think they will oblige.”
They all agree on that audibly, after any questions are settled you leave them to their own devices, you want to check up on Pinkie, you will do that everyday from now on. Just as you leave the library, you can hear them talking about ways to get Pinkie into some action. Just as planned.
That part of your plan will be covered it seems.

Now lets get to Pinkamena, hopefully she has calmed down. Her house looks just as awful as yesterday an the door is still open. It would be troublesome if she locked it.
You slalom through her crap and into her bedroom, a part of your mind tells you that you shouldn't just barge into a girls room, but you successfully suppress your good manners.
You go inside, walk to her bed and see her acting asleep. You know because you saw one of her eyes slightly open and spying at you.
Trying to talk to her a little doesn't do anything.
Alright, if she is like that, there is no use, you'll come back tomorrow.
There is stuff to do anyway. As you leave you make a mental 'to do' list
1. Find a location for the Pinkie Party
2. Invite all of Pinkie's friends
3. Talk to Nurse Redheart for further information and flirting
4. Damn, a list that only has 3 points is not impressive at all
5. Okay, stop that shit now, you have stuff to do

You look for Mayor Mare, she will probably have something useful since she is the mayor. Arrangements are quickly made as you mention the Pinkie Plan, the party will take place in the Ponyville Town Hall, Mayor Mare is more than happy to help!
That was surprisingly easy, okay, next step is to figure out all of Pinkie's friends. You already know that this will take some time since Pinkie has a lot of friends. Probably best to consult Twilight about this.