Dexy

LAST CHAPTER

“No More Cupcakes”

2 years later.
A dark room with only a small light

Pinkie Pie finally opens her eyes. The first thing she saw was a cupcake lying on her chest.

• Uh, a cupcake! – She said.

She tried to grab it with a hoof but she realized that she was attached to a metal table with four legs stretched out in shackles.

-Ha! Piece of cake! – She exclaimed.

She tried to release herself but for some reason she can´t take out their hooves from the shackles as she normally would.

• What the hay? Oh well…

She opened her mouth and stretched his tongue like a chameleon and grabs the cupcake with it and just when she was about swallows the cupcake in one gulp….

• I won´t eat that if I were you, the party is about to start and you won´t want to miss it. – A voice said. – It´s one of yours after all. Don´t you recognize it, Pinkie Pie?

The lights came on revealing the rest of the room. The walls were stained in blood, intestines and other organs decorated the place like balloons. Heads of ponies decorated a nearby table like centerpieces. On one wall was a large sign with a message written in blood saying: "Life is a party"

Pinkie Pie realized that she was in the basement of the Sugar Cube Corner. She throws the cupcake away. Her fluffy mane became straight; its color becomes opaque and her childish voice become more mature.

• So, you want to have some fun? – She said with a seductive voice. – Why don´t you come here where I can see you?

I approached her to see us face to face.

• Uh, hello handsome, do you come here often? – She asked

• Miss Pinkie Pie I…

• Please call me Pinkamena.

• Well, Pinkamina, I don´t think you understand the gravity of the situation. – I said with a serious look.

• Oh yes I do, I have been a naughty girl and I need to be punished. - Seductive voice again.

• Indeed you need to be punished but….

I raised a knife with one hoof and stuck it on the table right next to her right cheek, he started to bleed.

• Eh? W-what? Be careful with that. I- I do not like rough play. –She said with a smile of concern.

• What happen, Pinkamena? It's not funny when you are on the other side of the knife? – I took the knife away.

His concern became in angry.

• So, what are you going to do now?! Are you going to kill me?! You will rip my belly and take out my guts?! I dare you! I do it all the time!

• It is tempting, but is not that easy.

I put my face close to hers and stroked her cheek with my left hoof.

• What are you doing? – He asked concerned.

• You really look like her.

• What? Like who? Who are you anyway?

I turned away from her.

• My name is Dexy Morgan an I´m a serial killer, just like you. But unlike you, I follow a code, not a ridiculous lottery.

• Hey! Do not mock the lottery! The lottery is the law! The lottery rules!

• Do you mean this thing?

I showed him a glass bowl filled with small pieces of paper with the names of all the ponies of Ponyville. With a single spark produced by my horn, the whole papers were set on fire until it turns them into ashes. Then I drop the bowl on the floor which broke into pieces

• You bastard! When I release from here you take down your skin and will use your cutie mark as napkin! – She exclaimed. - By the way nice cutie mark, I like it.

• Oh, thanks. Is the first time that…. Do not try to flatter me, will not work with me!

• No, I really like it, anyway, Why I can´t release myself? The shackles or hoofcuffs have never been a problem for me.

• I enchanted them so your ability to break the laws of physics won´t work.

Suddenly, the building shook; the lamp that hung from the ceiling swayed and remains of the ceiling fell to the floor. The light blinked.

• What was that? - She asked.

• Your friend, Twilight Sparkle, she has spent the last couple of hours trying to break the magical barrier that I put on the Sugar Cube Corner. It is quite persistent, that can only mean true friendship.

• Wait a minute. If you are a serial killer you suppose to work from the shadows. How the hell she fid us?

• Perhaps because I drag your flank in broad daylight in front of dozens of witnesses.

• Why would you do that?! – She asked with surprise.

• Because, after today, if I fail, it will make no difference. And the Eclipse is today so I couldn’t wait for the night to conceal me.

• Fail? Fail on what?

• On the ritual.

• What ritual?

• Kill you won´t solve anything, it only make things worse. – I said while I pulled a level that turn the table in vertical position allowing Pinkamena to see a big object covered with a tarp.

• What´s that? – She asked.

• Don´t you recognize her? - I remove the tarp with my magic.
  A mannequin of Rainbow Dash made out with her own body parts was under the tarp. It was all together with needle and thread. Pinkamena smiled.

• Isn´t she beautiful? – She said. – My best work to the date, now she will be with me forever.

• Beautiful indeed, until you betrayed her loyalty, now we are doomed.

• Doomed? What do you mean with that?

• Didn´t you heard the news? After you kill her, the Element of Loyalty it turned into stone. Now it is useless. And you Element became Black, is corrupted and useless too.

• So why should I care?

• Well, you should. Thousand years will pass before other ponies with the same qualities appear. Until then we will defenseless. If another powerful enemy like Discord or Nightmare Moon appears, there will be nothing that we can possible do.

• So, if you are not going to kill me, what do you need me for?

• I should kill you, but not if I can save you.

• What?

• You see, in the past years I have learned that I can’t´ kill every guilty pony I found. Some of them deserves a second chance despite of they have done because they mean something for somepony else; Family, friends, or even a very special somepony. - I pulled the lever again and the table turned back to his original position.

• What are you going to do then? – She asked.

The building shook again.

• The magical barrier won´t resist for much longer, The Lunar Eclipse is about to begin, I must start the ritual now.

I used my magic to bring my saddlebag from a corner of the room. I opened it and took out a large black robe and put it on. Then I took out my old Arcane Manual, the one whit Nightmare Moon on the cover, and also an object wrapped in black cloth. I left the book levitating next to me.

I remove the black cloth from the item revealing an ancient dagger with a golden handle and a dark blade decorated with arcane runes.

• Where do you get that? – Her voice started to sound a little nervous. – It gives me chills.

• In the Black Market, I had to kill two Dark Unicorns to get it.

• Dark Unicorns?

• Long Story you don’t need to hear it. Shall we begin?

• What does this Magical Ritual Exactly do?

• According with the book I can alters reality and twist the flow of time. Most of the description is illegible, but if it does what I think it does, it will be worth the risk. As I can read, not even Nightmare Moon dared to use it. Shall we begin?

• DO I have a choice?

• No.

I stood on my hind feet and stretched my front legs sideways. I held the dagger in the air with magic, my aura became dark and I began to sing a magic spell in ancient language. The whole room began to fill with a dark energy.

• And this, Pinkamena, is how your world ends! – I yelled.

All the lights began to fade and just before the last trace of light disappears I threw the dagger straight to her heart but and just before the dagger was about to go thought her chest the time slowed down.

In a splice of second the eyes of Pinkamena became complete red and she made a huge diabolical smile, all her teeth became sharp fangs. Everything went absolutely dark. I could not see anything, I could not hear anything, I could not feel or smell anything and my voice was silenced.

• Do I still alive? – I thought

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Meanwhile outside Sugar Cube Corner

Lots of ponies where gathered around the place.

Twilight Sparkle was stood a few hooves of distance from the Sugar Cub Corner. She was tired and could barely stand. She began to concentrate once more and began creating a big ball of energy in the fucking of her horn and reached its maximum size, shoots it on to the building. It crashes on the magical barrier, the energy ball disappears but the magical wall was diminished a little.

Applejack passed galloping next to her toward the building and when she was about reached it she quickly turns around and hit it with her hinds legs as strong as she could with little effect. She collapses right there due to fatigue.

Rarity brought all his reserves of precious stones and uses them as ammunition to shooting them with his magic like a machine gun. The gemstones crash repeatedly onto the magical barrier causing several small cracks. All the gemstones became dust on impact.

Fluttershy flew to take a great height then she fell taking great speed towards the barrier and when she was about to crash onto the barrier she stops at a few inches closed her eyes in shyness and hits the barrier softly with her right hoof. Nopony notices it, but she actually made a microscopic crack on the barrier.

Suddenly a group of stallions who had improvised a battering ram with a large tree chopped from the Everfree Forest, crashed into the wall without causing any damage. The battering ram disintegrated.

• Boys - Twilight said. – Don´t do that again, as I can see only us can damage the magical barrier.

• Oh man. - Applejack wakes up and stands. – I don´t know for how much longer I can keep doing this.

• Oh, dear! – Rarity said. - And I almost run out of ammunition.

• If Rainbow Dash were here, she surely could destroy the barrier with a Sonic Rainboom. – Fluttershy added. – But nopony have seen her in a couple of days.

• I bet that guy got her too. – Applejack said.

• We have to keep up girls. – Twilight said gasping. – The barrier almost collapses, I can feel it.

• What about Princess Celestia? – Applejack asked. Why she hasn't come yet?

Twilight shoots another energy ball. She almost fainted.

• I don’t know. - She replied. - I send a letter to her hours ago, I don´t…

-Twilight! Twilight! – Spike suddenly appears with a letter on his claw. – The Princess send a replied, you have to read it,

You are not going to believe it!

• Let me see that!

“Dear Twilight

Maybe this would confuse you but you have to trust me. Wherever you, do not, I repeat, do not enter the Sugar Cube Corner. If you or any of your friends interferes now it would be catastrophic. So please, just wait until the end of the eclipse and I promise you that everything will be fine.

Singed: Princess Celestia”

• What?! – Applejack exclaimed – How can she know that everything will be fine! That´s it! I will tear down the barrier myself.

Applejack turned and was preparing to run but Twilight teleported in front of her stopped her.

• No! If Princess Celestia says that everything will be fine then everything will be fine, I trust her judgment! – Twilight said with a serious look.

• But Pinkie Pie…..

• I said no!

Applejack and Twilight began to arguing and Fluttershy tried to calm them down.

• Please, girls. This not the time for... Rarity? What are you doing?

She was sitting on a fancy couch wearing a fancy hat and a pair shades. Don´t ask where she get all that stuff.

• Enjoying the Eclipse of course. – She replied.

• But, why? – Fluttershy asked.

• Well, I trust the Princess judgment as well and if she said that everything is going to be fine the there is no need to worry about it. Oh dear I totally forgot that Princess Luna programmed an Eclipse for today because of all this mess.

Applejack and Twilight where still arguing when suddenly; a strange sound coming out of nowhere it started to be heard. The girls stopped arguing and were perplexed to see a big blue box materializing in front of them.

• What the hay is that thing?! – Applejack exclaimed.

The door of the blue box opens. A brown Earth pony came out of it.

• Ditzy! Quick! We must…. – he suddenly stops.

A grey mare Pegasus with blonde mane came out after him.

• Uh, Doctor – She said. – We are not inside the Sugar Cube Corner.

• DERPY!? – Everypony exclaimed. (Except for Rarity that was focused on the Eclipse)

• This is awkward. – The Doctor said. – I think I made a little miscalculation.

• Hey! I know that guy! – Applejack exclaimed. – It's the same pony that turned the hourglass cider competition.

• I think I have seen him talking to Derpy on one of the bridges near the town center the last Hearts and Hooves day. – Fluttershy added.

• But he just call her Ditzy, isn´t? – Twilight said.

• Uh, girls. – Rarity said – You are missing this lovely Eclipse.

The eclipse was finally completed. The whole sky turned dark and a black light ray from the moon hit directly in the Sugar Cube Corner. The entire building was wrapped in shadows. A sound of alert coming from the blue box began to sound.

• Oh no! – The Doctor Exclaimed.

• What´s wrong. – Derpy asked concerned.

• It´s late! – The doctor answered.

• What we will do now! – Derpy exclaimed.

-There is nothing we can possible do now! – He throws himself to the ground and covered his face in shame. – I fail! For the first time of my entire and long life I fail!

• Oh, in the name of the fashion! – Rarity exclaimed. Chill out, everything is going to be fine.

Suddenly the sky was covered with electrically charged red clouds. An intense bright light began to devour everything. Panic broke out in Ponyville. Everypony were galloping in all directions. Colgate and Cherry Berry chased with each other, again. Twilight tried to calm them down but she couldn’t. When the light became too bright everypony covered their eyes (Except for Rarity, because of the shades)

• Doctor, what´s going on? – Derpy asked.

• A massive space-time disturbance, this world has ceased to exist.

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?????????

When I regained my vision and my other senses I was stood in the middle of a rustic kitchen. In front of me was a wooden table with the ritual dagger stuck on it. They were some dishes with leftovers on it like if some ponies just had a breakfast. I looked around, had one of those old stoves that worked with coal, was on and had a kettle that began to whistle.

-“Where am I?” – I thought.

I tried to grab the dagger with my magic but for some reason didn´t work.

• “After the magical barrier and the ritual my magic must be depleted for now.” – I thought.

So I grab it with my hoof and put it on my pocket. Then I explored the house.

I left the kitchen and I entered the living room. There was a chimney, a wooden sofa in front of it, a window on the left side and the door next to it. On the top of the chimney there was a black and with picture. I got closer to examine it, it was a family picture; A mature couple of Amish farmers with three little fillies with straight hair, one of fillies were…Pink?

-“Hey! This is or not a black and withe picture? Wait a minute. Pinkamena?”

The rest of the family had a serious look on their faces but Pinkamena looked very sad.

I looked out the window, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and there were fields of rocks as far as the eye. I began to hear polka music in the distance, I looked around and at my right I noticed a grain silo with the door open, some balloons came out of there.

I left the house and walked to there. The closer I got, the louder was the music. When I reached the door the music stopped followed by the sound of a scratch.

I opened the door completely and looked in. It's like I was in the basement of the Sugar Cube Corner again. The place was covered in blood, organs and guts decorating the place like balloons and ribbons, a large sign written in blood that said "Life is a Party" And at a table in the center, a large cake decorated with bloody heads of the farmers and two of his daughters.

You could still see the horror on their faces.

I felt nauseated, almost like that time in Mareami in that hotel room covered in blood. I had to sit and cover my face to calm me down. I could not believe she killed all her family, but could not judge her after all I killed my own brother.

• HAHAHAHA! Wonderful! Wonderful! A fabulous masterpiece! – A voice said with a diabolical laughter.

I couldn’t believe it. I did not want to look but I had to. I slowly remove the hoof of my face and looked around. My older brother was stood next to me, Bry Moser better known as “The Ice Truck Killer”. He looks like me but thinner and his mane was black; even his cutie mark was a stain of blood as well but in a different pattern.

• If only I had known her before. –He said. - We probably would have a hell of a party. Don’t you thing little brother?

• You! – I exclaimed. – What do you want? I thought I already had gotten rid of you! – I took a defensive posture.

• Oh, I will always be with you, waiting for you to stop this charade and finally we can have fun together.

• No! Stay away from me! I will not let you tempt me again! – I galloped outside the silo.

• HAHAHAHA! You can´t escape from me forever little bro! I will see you soon. HAHAHAHA!

When I got out of the silo, the door was closed behind me. I kept running without looking back, I had seen the ghost of my brother before on several occasions, but this time I felt that his presence was more real. I felt I should get away from him as much as possible.

I do not know how long I galloped, the rock fields seemed to stretch to infinity. I finally stumble.
While on the ground heard the cry of a young filly; I got up and opened my eyes, she was sitting in front of me. A pink colored filly with straight mane, but she got spooked when she saw me and tried to run, but I stopped her.

• Please wait! Don’t go!

She turned back to me; her eyes were covered in tears.

• Pinkamena, it´s you? – I asked her.

• Pinkie Pie “sniff” - She replied.

• Uh?

• My name is “sniff” Pinkie Pie.

• Hi, Pinkie; I´m Dexy. – Trying to be nice to her.

• I-I know. “sniff”

• So, what’s wrong? Why are you crying?

• Because I “sniff” I did something terrible. I-I, I kill all my family! - She broke into tears and hugged me.

• Calm down, calm down. I think we can… figure it out something… or..
  What was happening? She is not the Pinkamina I met. I don’t sense the monster in her. She was just a little scared filly. I even started to feel sorry for her. I was dreaming again?

• I didn’t want to do it, “sniff” HE forced me!

• What?! – I exclaimed. – Who forced you?

• Please! Don´t let him catch me again!

• Who are you talking about?!

• What’s up handsome? - Said a shrill voice behind me. - Now you have filly complex?

• What the…? – I turned.

I was surprised to see Pinkamena stood there, but her eyes were red and she had a big smile full of fangs. The very same look she had the very moment I tried to stab her in the ritual just before this nightmare started.

• What is the meaning of……. – Is when I realized.

I was inside Pinkie Pie´s head and that thing in front of me was her Dark Passenger.
Sure there was a warning about this in that part of the book of spells that I couldn´t read.

• “What should I do now?” – I thought – “Kill that thing? I suppose I could”

I hide Pinkie Pie behind me.

• She´s mine! – Pinkamena said – Give her to me!

• Over my dead body! I won´t let you to control her again!

• That can be arranged. – Pinkamena started walking towards me.

• Ok, I won´t take any more risks, AVEDA KEDABRA!

From my horn just went out sparks.

• What?! – I exclaimed.

• Fool pony. Pinkamena said. You are in my world now, your stupid magic tricks won´t work!

• I guess it will be the style of the old school. - I took the ritual dagger from my pocket. – Pinkie, go to hide.

• O-ok. – She went to a dead tree and hides behind.

I putted the dagger in my mouth.

• Ok, let’s play. – She or “it” picked up a rock with the mouth and it tuned into a kitchen knife.

• Leftss daffs (Let’s dance)

We both started to gallop, we hit arms halfway and sparks flew from the blades.

After a second clash of the blades, Pinkamena tried to slash me on a leg but I jumped to avoid the hit. Trying to take advantage of my position, I try to stab her in the head as I descend, but she responded with a quick movement of neck, and received the blow with his knife. At that precise moment she twisted her head at an amazing speed and before I noticed she disarmed me and cuts me in the right cheek. The dagger flow away and stuck in the tree where Pinkie Pie was hid.

The hit also throw me away from her. I almost hit the floor, but now Pinkamena was stood between me and the tree.

She turned to the tree; Pinkie Pie was peeking out from behind. Then Pinkamena started to gallop towards her. I made a quick search on my pocket, the only thing I found was my old scalpel so I putted in my mouth and I went to catch her before she reaches the tree.

In a desperate attempt, I jumped on her and landed with my scalpel pointing to his nape. With surgical precision he stabbed the base of the nape, after stabbing her; I hit the scalpel with my hoof so it passes completely through the neck.
Blood spurts out of his mouth until she finally collapsed to the ground. Then his body turned into a shadow and faded away.

• It´s over, c´mon Pinkie Pie, let´s….

The ground began to tremble and the rocks shook.

• What the ….?

• You fool! Do you forget where you are? Here I´m invincible! – Pinkamina´s voice was coming from nowhere.

All rocks began to gather forming a gigant Pinkamena. She raised his gigantic hoof and hit me sideways. I could not react because of the impression. The blow threw me several hooves away. The force of the blow dragged me a few more feet over the ground. I hit me with several rocks in the road (It had to be a damn rock farm).

She broke my ribs, I could not move, could barely stay conscious.

She approached me slowly, causing a small tremor with each step.

• I will crush you like a bug! – She said with her shrill voice.

She raised his giant claw again preparing to strike the final blow.

So, that’s it, I failed. When Pinkamena take full control of Pinkie Pie she will be unstoppable; I´m sorry Harrison, I´m sorry

Cheryl, I´m sorry everypony.

She was about to crush me with her gigantic hoof when…

• NOOOOOO! – Little Pinkie Pie appears, she was still crying and she was shakily holding the ritual dagger with her right
  hoof pointing at Gigant Pinkamena.

• Awww, that’s cute. - Pinkamena said – What are you going to do with that? Use it like a toothpick to clean to clean my teeth when I finish with this insect?!

• He´s my friend! – She said. – I won´t let you hurt him! Even if I…. Even if I……

• Even if what?!

Pinkie pie puts the blade of the dagger on her own neck.

• PINKIE! NO! – I yelled to her.

I had a sudden flashback in a split second.

“-Victim´s name: - he answered - Grandeur Bangles , aged Earth Pony, owns a shoe factory in downtown . Lives alone, no sons, no wife, no known relatives. Just one friend.”

“-Let me guess, he found the body.”

“-Indeed, he´s being interrogated in the hallway by my partner, I didn’t see any trace of blood on him, but you have to
process him to be sure when you discard him a as suspect we can discard the murder. But, what you see?”

“- No more than you saw, is in fact a suicide, the cut angle is consistent to a self-infringed wound.”

“I was lying.”

“-After I confirm it in the laboratory- I continued- and discard the victim´s friend as a suspect we can leave it as what was.”

• PINKIE! NO! – I yelled to her.

She cuts her own throat; she began to bleed so I drop the dagger to use her hoof to contain the bleeding. You could see in his face how painful it was. Everything went silent.

• Gaah – Pinkamena made a weird noise. The red of her eyes disappeared and her pupils shrank
  I when I realized that Pinkamena turned back to normal size. She was bleeding too! She examined his neck with his hoof, this was covered with blood. She first exanimated the blood on her hoof and…

• That was…strong.

Her eyes were completely white and she collapsed right there, lifeless. Pinkie Pie was still there but she was still bleeding.

• Hold there Pinkie, I will help you! - I drag along the ground trying to reach her.
  I never was good with healing spells, but without Pinkamena´s influence maybe I could cast an easy first aid spell to save her.

She trembled and closed her eyes trying to contain her tears, she bit her lip to bear the pain. A pool of blood formed under his hooves, she was about to faint.

• Pinke, you must resist “cough” – I was coughing up blood. – I- I almost there “cough”
  With much pain and effort I drag along the ground supporting the hard stones that cut me on the way. Pinkie finally opens her eyes and said:

• He´s coming. – She said with a weak voice.

• What? “cough” What do you mean? “cough” I heard you say “He” before, Who is “He”?

I started to heard weird noises behind me, I turned to see. The body of Pinkamena was moving.

• Oh buck, don´t tell me that she´s still alive. “Buck? I think I've been in Ponyville for too long” – I thought.

Her body began to lift it and stood on their hind feet. He's head and forelegs backwards. Her belly began to swell like a balloon and when he was about to blow a pair of huge metal claws made their way through her belly blood and guts flew everywhere and the figure of a anthropomorphic mechanical fox appeared before us, his eyes were big and red, his furry was orange and white, a big smile full of metallic fangs. A small red crystal was hung from an antenna on his head. He was wearing pointy red shoes and had huge claws instead of hands. He laughed with a shrill voice

-What the hay is that thing? “Eeyuup, too much time in Ponyville”

• When I was a little filly – Pinkie said. – While working on the farm of rocks, I saw an explosion in the sky. When the shock wave hit me my mane fluffed. Then a rainbow formed in the sky, all those colors were so beautiful, I did not see anything and smiled for the first time in my life. Then suddenly, lights emerged from the pile of rocks that I had collected. I started to remove them and beneath them was a strange doll; it had a bizarre appearance and scared me so I thought I'd leave it where it was but suddenly the doll began to speak to me. He said he wanted to be my friend, he said he just wanted to have fun. I told him about my problem with my family and he gave me the idea to do a party for them. But he But he tricked me. When I brought my parents and sisters to the silo he created an illusion to make me believe that they do not they liked the party. I was devastated.

• Is when you “cough” kill them isn´t?

• Yes, he told me that they were ungrateful bastards and they deserve to die. He puts a knife on my hoof and everything went blank. When I regained consciousness the damage was done. I was shocked; I was covered in blood and also the knife. I wanted to mourn but I couldn’t instead I laughed, I laughed with all my strength and that's when I had realized that he had taken control of me.

• You couldn’t “cough” fight back?

• I wanted to but, I was afraid of him; But not anymore.
  That thing wherever it was, was just stood there chuckling like if he were enjoying the story but when Pinkie says that she wasn't afraid anymore he gets mad and decided to attack her. Then he began to run towards Pinkie Pie and when it reached a great speed he floated using his two tails like a propeller.

• Pinkie, run! – I yelled to her as strong I could.

• No, I won´t run anymore. – Her voice regained some strength
  She began to sing a song:

“The darkness and the shadows, they would always make me frown……..”

The creature stopped when he was about to reach her and covered his ears, he threw himself down and began to writhe in pain.

• What the…?

The creature was still writhing in pain, the song somehow affects him although covered his ears and he was not smiling anymore.

At the end of the song a huge explosion was heard in the distance. The rainbow shock wave produced by the explosion began to clean the sky and began to see the sunlight. When the shock wave reached Pinkie her mane fluffed and the creature began to disintegrate into dust. That was the last thing I saw because just before the shock wave reaches me I already fainted because of my wounds.

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Ponyville Hospital

“Pip, pip, pip, pip.pip. pip”

Pinkie began to opens her eyes. His eyesight was blurred.

• Hey guys! Look! She´s waking up!

• Dashi? It – It´s that you? – Pinkie said with a weak voice.

Her sight began to clear. Rainbow Dash was there hovering over the bed, she had small tears coming out of her eyes.

Applejack, Rarity and Twilight were there too, they didn´t contain their tears.

• Oh, hi g-girls. – Pinkie said slightly smiling. – W-what´s up? – Her eyes were half closed.

• Pinkie! We thought you would die! – Twilight said in tears.

• We thought we had lost you already sugar cube! – Applejack was crying too.

• Oh darling, we do not know what to do if something happen to you! – Many tears were given that day.

• Uh? W-what happened? – Pinkie asked.

• Mrs. Cake said that you never came back from your last delivery and the customer never received it. – Twilight said. - We worry about you and we started looking for you.

• I looked from the air until I saw you lying in an alley. – Rainbow Dash said. - When I approached you were in a pool of blood, I feared the worst and I took you to the hospital.

• B-blood? – It's when she noticed the bandages around his neck. She examined them with her left hoof.
  Then she looked around and noticed something else.

• Whe-where´s Fluttershy?

• She´s next to you, silly filly. – Applejack said. – She never left your side.

She had not noticed that she had been holding his left hoof all the time. Fluttershy was sitting on a chair next to the bed while holding Pinkie´s hoof. She was sleeping; his face looked like she had cried a lot and spent long sleepless nights.
Pinkie was surprised and flushed.

• Fluttershy?

Fluttershy started to open her eyes, when she noticed that Pinkie had awakened her eyes filled with happiness.

• Pinkie! – She exclaimed.

Fluttershy lunged at her and hugged her with unusual strength.
The girls began to shed tears of happiness, not even Rainbow Dash she couldn't contain anymore.

• Fluttershy! - Pinkie exclaimed. – What are you doing?

Suddenly she began to have several flashbacks; in her head began to appear memories that she didn´t have before.

She remembers talking to Rainbow Dash behind a bush in Sweet Apple Acres.

“There is a certain pony that I really like and she´s a filly”

“Ok then”

She remembers seeing Fluttershy being hit with a stick right in the eyes.

“That´s not Big Mac”

“You think?!”

She remembers when Rainbow Dash took her to the Hospital.

“Pinkie, tie her on my back, I’ll get her to the hospital!”

“Please be ok”

She remembers when Rainbow Dash gave her the bad news:

“I think we may have blinded her”

“No, not Fluttershy, Why her?”

She remembers crying about that.

“It´s her, isn´t it? Fluttershy is the one you like?

“Now she will hate me forever”

She remembers seeing Fluttershy prostrate in a hospital bed with bandages on their eyes in a dark room.

“H-hello? Who is it?”

“It´s me Fluttershy, Pinkie is here too”

She remembers when Fluttershy hugged her and forgave her.

“It´s ok Pinkie, I know it was an accident, I don´t blame you”

“She was so nice…even after what I have done”

She remembers when Rainbow Das gave her an idea.

“Hey Pinkie guess what, you can take care of her. All you gotta do is clean her eyes every six hours”

“Pinkie, t-taking care of me? I guess that´s ok”

She remembers having carried Fluttershy on his back to take her home.

“I wanted to tell her so much; but I felt it wasn´t the time”

She remembers when she washed her eyes.

“She struggled and winced in pain; I´m glad she didn´t see me crying.”

She remembers sharing the bed with her.

“Good night Fluttershy”

“Oh..um, good night”

She remembers hearing Fluttershy talking to herself.

“Come on Fluttershy, Pinkie is right there and you can´t say four wors! “I love you Pinkie” It´s not hard”

“Did she just…?”

She remembers telling the good news to Rainbow Dash.

“I overheard Fluttershy talking to herself and guess what? SHE LOVES ME TOO!”

“That´s great Pinkie… so I guess you told her then?

She remembers hugging Fluttershy with passionate love.

“It´s funny, the one time I´m happy to write words instead of say them… turned to be the one of best moments ever”

And finally she remembers being seated on a sofa next to Fluttershy, enjoying a fireplace during Hearts and Hooves Day.

She was wearing a golden necklet with a heart shaped locket on it, a gift from Fluttershy.

“Hey, Fluttershy, promise me something”

“What is it?”

“Please don´t cry like that again”

“I promise”

All those memories came to her in a splice second, a second set of memories. It was like waking from a dream. She hugged
Fluttershy as well.

• Fluttershy, you broke your promise.

• Uh?

• But I forgive you.

-DAAAWWN! – All the girls made a group hug.

-Eeee.. Sorry for ruin the moment guys. – Rainbow Dash said. – But I wanted to ask you something Pinkie.

• What is it Dashi – Her voice was still weak.

• Do you know who this guy is? – Rainbow Dash pointed me on the other bed in the room. – I found him next to you in the alley; he was in a pretty bad shape. I came back for him after I bring you to the hospital.
  I had bandages around my rib cage.

• And look that cutie mark. – Applejack added. – Looks like ketchup, he must work on a fast food restaurant.

• He looks familiar to me. – Twilight said.

Pinkie looked at me, she smiled.

• He tried to… pro-protect me. – She said.

-Wow, that’s very brave from his part. – Applejack said. - For how it turned out the attacker must be a monster.

• If I ever found who did this I will kick his ass! – Rainbow Dash exclaimed while punching the air.

• Ju- just forget it Dashi, I’m ok.

• But, who is he darling? – Rarity asked.

• He is…..

• HELLO, EVERYPONY! – A Stallion Unicorn wearing a doctor´s uniform and a stethoscope around his neck suddenly enters the room.

• HELLO DOCTOR STABLE! - All answered the greeting.

• Oh, Pinkie! – The Doctor exclaimed – Is good to see that you finally woke up! That’s mean you will be just fine.

• Thank you doctor. She said.

• You lost a lot of blood, we almost lost you but luckily your good friend Fluttershy has the same type of blood as you have.

• Really, Fluttershy? – Pinkie asked with surprise and emotion.

Fluttershy blushed.

• I-I couldn´t let you die if I could do something about.

• Oh Fluttershy! - They hugged each other again.

• Ok, Pinkie. – The Doctor continued – I want you to stay in the hospital for a couple of days for observation; Fluttershy, go home and rest. Because you have not eaten or slept well in days, you have not fully recovered from the transfusion. Pinkie is fine so chill out.

• Uh, Ok Doctor. – She answered.

• Well girls. - The Doctor said. – Visit time is over. Let’s give Pinkie Pie some rest. – He walked to the door.

• Ok, we will see you tomorrow Pinkie. – Twilight said.

• Good bye Darling.

• See ya, sugar cube.

Fluttershy kisses Pinkie Pie on the cheek. She closes an eye while receiving the kiss and blushes.

• I´ll see you soon. – Fluttershy said to Pinkie.

• Hey Fluttershy! – Rainbow Dash exclaimed. – C´mon, I´ll take you home.

• Oh, please just give me a moment. – She asked kindly.

Fluttershy approaches to me and said:

• Whoever you are, thank you for protect her. I'll be forever indebted.

She walked to the door, Rainbow Dash allow her to pass first. When she was about to left the room as well Pinkie calls her.

• Dashi.

• Oh, yes Pinkie?

• I´m glad you are ok.

• Uh? Thanks for your worry Pinkie but, why I shouldn’t be ok? – Rainbow was wondering.

• I just… - She closes her eyes. – Wanted to say it.

• Ooook, see you tomorrow.
  Rainbow Dash left the room. When she closed the door behind her I opened my eyes; I wasn´t sleeping, I heard everything.
  I got up with difficulty, I was still sore, I was not sure how much time had passed but, if what I hear is true, should be days.

• “Damn it!” – I thought – “Cheryl is going to kill me”

I remove the bandages and put them on the bed. I approached to Pinkie´s bed to check on her. She was sleeping peacefully with a smile on his face; when I saw the bandages on his neck made me remember me when she tried to kill herself to save me. For a moment I felt the cut in my own throat and I put my hoof in my throat. It´s funny, I never had much empathy.
I walked to a nearby window, opened it and looked around looking for a good place to teleport without being noticed. I started to concentrate when suddenly I heard a sweet voice.

• Thank you.

I looked behind me. Pinkie was looking at me with a smile on her face. I smiled too.

• No need to thank me, it was you who beat the creature with your courage and sweetness. – I said to her while approaches her bed.

• But you gave me the courage to confront him.

• Ok, let´s say it was a team work.

We both laughed.

• Are you leaving now? – She asked me.

• Yes, I must go home.

• I will see you again?

• I don´t know, maybe; It´s a small world after all. Before I go promise you will take care of yourself from now.

• “Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye”

We both laughed again.

• Good Bye Pinkie.

• Good Bye Dexy.

My horn began to glow and I disappeared in a flash.

In that very precise moment a nurse enters the room pushing a cart with a tray of water and a sponge on it.

• All right handsome, time for your sponge ba…. Eh? – She looked with surprise at the empty bed with bandages on it. –

Where he went?

• He left. – Pinkie said while returning to sleep.

• Oh bucks!, he did it again!

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On the way to the train station

I'm not sure what happened, but it seems that the ritual worked better than I expected. Everypony in tow was acting normal as if nothing had happened. It seems that only Pinkie and I have memory of what happened.

Before I leave I wanted to visit somepony so went to the local cemetery. It wasn’t as big as the cemetery of Manehattan but it was nicer.

“GALLANT THORN”

“Good Friend”

“Good Lover”

• Well my friend, I guess this will be the last time we meet.

I looked into my pockets and took out a blank glass plate and I put it on the top of the grave. Then i left and headed to the station.

When I reached the train station I check the billboard all the “Missing” posters disappeared, just a couple of missing pets posters where there. I went to the ticket booth next to it. An old stallion was working there. It´s funny He looks like Grandeur Bangle, but those things doesn’t surprise me anymore.

• One ticket to Manehattan please.

• It will be four bits sir.

-Here you are.

• Thank you sir.

-Uh, excusme.

• Anything else sir?

• Do you know the name of a young red pony that work here?

• Red Pony?

• Yes, is an Earth pony that wears eyeglasses.

• Sorry sir, you may be mistaken; there is no pony with that description working here.

• My bad, thank you anyway.

• No problem sir.

-“This is odd” – I thought. – “Who was he?”

The train was about to leave so I so I aboard it. As usual a train leaving Ponyville never is too crowded. So I go an entire wagon from myself.

I sat by the window, my ribs hurt a little, I had not recovered. I did my pressure with my hoof to ease the pain. I when I realized something. I didn’t have my saddlebag!

• Oh Bucks! – I exclaimed.

All my stuff was there. My “working tools” and the black tunic are replaceable; but the Arcane Manual and the ritual dagger, where they go?

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Meanwhile

The basement of the Sugar Cube Corner looks like the basement of any normal bakery. Flour and sugar bags piled against the wall, jam jars all the flavors perfectly arranged on the shelves, many pounds of various fresh fruits stored in barrels and things like that.

But there was something that doesn´t supposed to be there. Lying on the floor was a black book with the image of a crescent moon and the head of a unicorn on the cover. The book began to shake on its own, then opened and a bright light emerged from. Something tried to come out of the book. A pair of metal claws emerged from it, but when the head was about emerge a hoof step on it with strength, put it back and closes the book immediately. He put his hoof on the book holding it tightly.

• No, you don´t. – A mysterious Red Pony said.