The Element of Corruption

Applejack woke up and looked around. She was in her bed, with her friends standing around her.

"Oh, mah head..." she moaned. "What happened?"

"You don't remember? You were insane! You wouldn't take off that stupid necklace!" Rarity said.

Applejack thought for a moment. "That wasn't a dream?"

"I'm afraid not."

She looked down at her hooves, which had regained their colour.

"Is Fluttershy okay?" she asked.

"Err... She's more or less okay." Twilight said.

"Then where is she?"

"I'll go get her." Rarity said.

She left the room, and returned a few moments later with Fluttershy. She had a blood-stained bandage wrapped around her head where Applejack had hit her.

"Hello Applejack." Fluttershy said quietly.

"Oh Fluttershy," she said sadly. "Ah'm so sorry."

"That's alright. You didn't know what you where doing."

"Ah know, but you were just trying to help me." She turned to Pinkie Pie. "Thanks for helping me."

"No problem." she said with a smile.

Twilight smiled. She was happy that her friend was okay. She was glad she didn't have to go to 'more desperate' measures to save Applejack.

"Where's the necklace now?"

"Pinkie destroyed it." Rainbow Dash said with a laugh.

Applejack buried her head into her hooves. "Ah'm sorry. Ah didn't mean to hurt anypony. You were all trying to help me."

"It's fine. Don't worry about it." Twilight said. "It was the Pegasus Pendant."

"Pegasus Pendant? What's that?"

Twilight passed her the book.

"Oh, wow." Applejack said as she looked at the next page. "That was close. A few more hours and Ah would have gone completely insane."

"Yeah, more insane than you already were." Rarity joked, who still had some dried-up blood under her nose.

"Thanks for helping me. Ah was being really stubborn." Applejack said.

"No problem. We're your friends, we would have done anything to help you." Twilight said, thinking about what she would of had to do if Pinkie's plan had failed.

"Pinkie Pie? How'd ya know Ah was allergic to tomato?"

"You told me." Pinkie said. "Remember the other day when I offered you a sandwich?"

Applejack got out of bed and gave her friends a group hug. "Thanks."