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Twilight sat in her room reading James Patterson's 'Maximum Ride'. It was a warm spring day. everything was quite. Too quite. Normally at this time of day Rainbow dash would be screaming, preforming the Sonic Rainboom, maybe even attempting the Double Sonic Rainboom. But instead silence met the ear's of Twilight. Well, now Spike just belched. But it was still silent.

"Twilight! Something has happened to Pinkie and Rainbow! Rainbow is in the hospital, and Pinkie..." The baby dragon jumped up and down, but stopped when he thought of the Asylum. Fear shoot through the lavender unicorn like a bullet. No. She threw the book at a wall and jumped down the stairs. She didn't even touch the step's, she just went right past them. She broke into a full on gallop as she made her way to the train station.

"Spike... take a *pant* letter. *pant* Rainbow Dash is *pant* in the Canterlot Hospital and, *pant* Spike what happened to *pant* Pinkie? Write it *pant* down. Tell them *pant* To meet us there. *pant* Send it. *pant* Repeat twice." The unicorn mare stopped at the booth. The train was pulling in right then thankfully. Spike was now empty handed. The smell of smoke and gem's filled the air.

"i need two tickets for Canterlot, RIGHT NOW!" Unimpressed, her rolled his eye's and handed her the ticket's.

"That'll be..." He stopped when the mare tossed the bits to him before he could state the price. She then galloped off to the train to find it was unloading. She stepped out and panicked. She NEEDED to get to Canterlot Hospital. Getting antsy, the mare dived into the mess.

"Wait, uh, I don't think you should..." But it was to late, the mare was lost in the sea of exiting ponies. Biting his lip's, he looked around. Bead's of sweat began to fall as the time continued on, and more ponies exited the train.

'Oh, the thing's I do for you Twilight...' He then ran in for his Guardian.

Three friends sat listening in on three fillies. Cutie Mark Crusader Cupcake Bakers! YAY! As the cheer finished, three orb's of fire appeared in front of the mares. Each said the same thing. One of there friends was in the hospital, another in the Asylum. Two began to run, but soon more orb's appeared. These were from there friend Twilight. They said the same thing. Though, they would never know, because they were far ahead by then. The other barged into the club house.

"Girl's, sorry fer cutin' yer  'Crusade' short, but I need to talk ta Scootaloo fer a sec, and then she need's tah come with me and the gahls somplace so she can be there fer a friend o' her's." taking the filly outside, she looked at the ground.

"Scootaloo... Ah, do't really wanna be the one ta tell ya this but... Somepony has to. Rainbow is in the Emergency Room o' the Canterlot Hospital. Me, Rarity and Fluttershy are headin' to the Hospital, and ah' think ya'll should come with us." The filly fell in shock.Head hanging low, she picked the filly up, and galloped to the train station, wishing to make it on time.

"Celestia what are you doing here!?!" The lavender unicorn looked at her mentor who had been sitting in the waiting room for hours on end. Her normal color full mane was now a dull, pink - blonde. Bags shown under her dropping eye's. Her coat was stained with tears. Next to her was her sister. Frozen with shock. Her mane was now a solid blue, instead of the magical aura. Her crown, necklace, and shoes sat by her side. She was curled up in a ball. The princess' were train wrecks.

"P- pinkamena had taken over your dear friend pinkie. Sh-she killed m-m-many pony's, like she was playing a game. She turned th-them into cupcakes. A-and she almost k-killed Rainbow Dash." it was the first time in over a millenia that Celestia had stuttered on her words so bad. And that was because her sister was on the moon. But now her protege's friend, element of laughter, was named a serial killer. She just wanted to die right then and there.

"Twilight! What's the meaning of this!  Why did ya'll send us letter's saying RD was in this here hospital and Pinkie was in the madhouse!?! I don't understand why ya want me to buck ya'll in yer muzzle! It doesn't make any sense Sugar Cube!"  Three mare's burst into the waiting room. After a long, shaky, explenation every pony begin's to let out all there emotions. Tear's, cursing, sitting there shocked, and pure hate. Ah, the hate. If they saw Pinkie, they would murder her.

"Why I'm gonna..."  The orange mare sat there planning revenge.

"Now Apple Jack, that is no way to speak of a friend with a double personality." Lie's. Rarity wanted to slaughter the party pony as well, but she had a reputation to keep! If she went around saying she wanted to slaughter Pinkie she would be hated just as much.

"I just want to take away what's precious to her and through it away! If that's okay with you." Twilight looked at her friends, filled with anger, and sorrow. Sighing, she looked at FlutterShy.

"FlutterShy, can you please check on... Pinkamena, for us? I want to find out how she's doing. And AppleJack?" She turned her gaze toward the orange farmpony.

"Can you quickly pick up Scootaloo? She... might want to know." Nodding, the two ponies got up from there seat's and trotted out, one more reluctant than the other. Twilight shifted in her seat, avoiding the gaze of the rest. She had some thinking to do, and she didn't want to show her green face to anypony. After all, she had been eating dead ponies for the past three years. It stung, knowing her friend could die, and her other friend was a psychopath, maniac, serial killer. The smell's of the most clean place in the Universe assaulted her muzzle, and the ticking of the clock scared her. Time was slowing, it was a life or death situation. A bead of seat rolled down her lavender face. Her eye's darted everywhere, as if she was being watched. Goosebumps formed upon the entirety of her body, and her mane slowly broke apart. She unconsciously began to tap her hooves, slowly at first, but as time slowed her pace quickened.

"Twilight? Are you going to be alright dear?" A hoof rested upon her shoulder, causing Twilight to jump out of her seat. When realizing who it was, she was forced back to reality, due to a thing called, 'Gravity'.

"Uh, yeah, sure I'm fine, why wouldn't I be? I mean, it's not like Rainbow is gonna die and Pinkie Pie is a psychotic, maniac, serial killer? Right, Rarity?" Sighing she got up and brushed herself off.

"I-... I'm sorry, I think I need to go to the bathroom. I just, I think I need to be alone right now..." Rarity looked to celestia for reassurance,  but found none in the equally worried expression. She looked to Luna, but to no avail, for the mare hid the majority of her face, the rest looking terrified.

"What are we going to do?" The white mare whispered under her breath. She heard the tell tale sound of the door sliding, and a crying foal. Celestia embraced the filly, hushing for her to be silent.

"Shhh, it's okay, it's all going to be alright." But in reality, she didn't know if it would be alright.