A Fractured Pinkieby RustyNailsChaptersA Big MishapCheering Up PinkieAn Eye on PonyvilleMurder!The HorrorAll Plastered UpA Big MishapIt was a lovely summer day by the lake outside Ponyville. The Mane Six along with Spike were enjoying a picnic and swim. Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie were already in the water. Twilight Sparkle jumped into the air, did a twirl, and dove into the water. "Oh the water feels so good this time of day." Applejack's head popped out of the water. "Boy does it." Said AJ. "Especially on an egg frying on a sidewalk day like today." Fluttershy was floating around on an inner-tube with a pair of sunglasses. "There's nothing like a nice relaxing day on the water. Isn't that right Angel Bunny." Angel was lying on Fluttershy's tummy with is own pair of sunglasses. He nodded in agreement with his owner. On shore, Spike was blowing up his swim aids. "Hey wear's Rarity?" asked the baby dragon. "She said she was gonna come." "Yoohoo girls." Called Rarity, walking up to the edge of the lake. "Sorry I'm late. I had to put the finishing touches on my new swimwear ensemble." She tossed off a tank top revealing a blue sapphire bikini. Spike's eyes lit up at the sight of his crush dressed in the beautiful blue diamonds. "Oh Rarity." Spike slobbered. "You look so amazing in that bikini." "Oh thank-you Spikey-wikey. And you look most becoming in that adorable red bathing suit. Hee." Spike looked down at his little red bathing suit and swim aids, and blushed with a "squee". "Spike, would you be a dear and lotion up my back?" Spike nearly fainted at the idea of spreading sunscreen on Rarity. "Oh of course. Just show me where." He squirted sunblock onto his hands, rubbed them together, and proceeded to rub Rarity's back. "OohHooHoo!" Rarity cooed. "That feels wonderful." The ponies lounged and swam at the lake all day. Suddenly Rainbow Dash had an idea. "Hey girls. How bout a splashing contest? Whoever makes the best splash wins." The ponies and Spike all sat in line at the swing except for Rarity who was sunning herself. Rainbow Dash was first. She used her wings to get the swing going, then spun around the branch faster and faster before launching into the air, and diving head first into the lake. The four other ponies cheered. "That was a great one Rainbow." Said Pinkie Pie. Applejack was up next. She revved up on the swing and did a cannonball into the water. "Geronimooo!" she hit the water with a bigger splash. The splash hit Rarity, and she screamed. Applejack surfaced, and spit water out of her mouth. "Now that's what I call a cannonball." "Can't a mare get proper tan without getting soaked." said Rarity annoyed. "Oh come on Rarity." Said Rainbow. "It's all in good fun. Why don't you make a splash?" Rarity smirked. "Alright, you want a splash. I'll give you one." The white unicorn got to the edge of the lake, and got ready to dive in. "Oh wait. Musn't forget these." She put a pair of noseplugs on. She took a big leap into the air, and dove into the lake, but without making a splash at all. The other ponies looked at her in amazement. "Wait. How'd you do that?" said AJ puzzeled. Rarity surfaced. "Oh I took swimming lessons when I was a filly. One of the first things I learned was how not to splash, and I never forgot it." "My turn." Said Spike. He got on the swing. "I'll show you ponies how a dragon makes a splash." Spike got the swing going and jumped off, but he lost his balance on the jump and made a big belly flop into the water. The ponies all cringed at the painful sight. Rarity swam to Spike's side. "Spikey Wikey. Are you alright." The baby dragon was winded. "I'm fine." he said exasperated. "Dragons have tough belly scales." Pinkie Pie was the next to go. "Okay everypony. I'm gonna show you a splash like you wouldn't believe." Pinkie climbed onto the swing and rocked back and forth making it pick up speed. It was swinging a little too hard. Twilight and Fluttershy watched nervously. "I don't think the rope can take that much force." said Twilight. Pinkie swung faster and faster. "Here I go." but before she could, the rope for the swing snapped and Pinkie plummeted straight down hitting the ground with a crunch. "OUCH!!!!!" the pink mare screamed. "My Leg!!!!!!"The five other ponies were aghast in shock. "Pinkie Pie!" shouted Twilight. "Pinkie!" said Rarity. "Sweet Celestia." said Applejack. They all rushed to Pinkie's aid. Pinkie was curled up clutching her hind right leg in terrible pain. "Pinkie! Are you okay?" "Does the word ouch answer your question?" said Pinkie. "We better get her to the hospital." said Twilight. "I think she might have broken something." Cheering Up PinkieSeveral days had passed since Pinkie Pie's accident. Pinkie was in her bedroom sitting in a reclining chair by the window, her casted leg propped up with a brace. Outside was a beautiful day, with birds chirping, shops bustling, and young ponies playing. Pinkie would love to be outside having fun, but instead here she was confined to her bedroom above SugarCube Corner until her leg healed. Pinkie rolled her eyes and sighed. "Good Morning Pinkie Pie." said a cheerful voice. Mrs. Cake came up the stairs carrying a tray of food on her head. "How's the leg this morning deary?" "Same as yesterday and the day before. Sore, itchy, and weighing a ton. "I made your favorite breakfast to cheer you up." said Mrs. Cake. "Fried daisies with grass, and a glass of Applejuice." "Thanks." Pinkie said solemnly, as she dug into her breakfast. "Mrs. Cake? What would you do if you couldn't move for six weeks?" "Oh I don't know deary, I've never had that happen to me." Pinkie looked at her mundanely. "But I'm sure there's lots of things to do while laid up in your house, like I don't know write a good story, make a new game, tell some funny jokes. Oh here's one. Why couldn't the pony sing in the choir? Give up? She was a little...hoarse." Mrs. Cake had a great chuckle. Pinkie broke the fourth wall with raised eyebrow. "OOOh I get it." she said sarcastically. Mrs. Cake smiled with a blush. "Carrot cake and I have several orders to fill today, but tonight when we're finished we'll all get together and play Canasta. Won't that be fun?" "Sure." said Pinkie. "Have a great day." Mrs. Cake trotted back downstairs. Later, Pinkie was still in the same chair. Gummy her pet alligator was sitting on her leg gnawing at the cast. The door opened, and somepony came in. "Pinkie Pie. Knock Knock." said a familiar voice. "Anypony home?" "I'm up hear Rarity." Rarity trotted up to Pinkie's room. "How's our little patient today?" asked the white unicorn. "Do I really need to answer that?" "Oh I know how you feel darling. Being stuck inside for several weeks would drive almost anypony off the pasture. I know that's what would happen to me. Heehee." Pinkie looked at her not amused. "Well, I woke up this morning with a brilliant idea. What better way to cheer you up than a nice all around makeover." For once Pinkie actually perked up. "That sounds nice." "Oh I knew you'd love it." said Rarity. "But how? I can't move remember." "Oh you don't have to go anywhere. I'm bringing the makeover to you. Spike's right behind me with my equipment. Oh Spike, are you coming." The baby dragon strained up the stairs carrying an arms load of heavy makeover equipment. "Right here Rarity." "Oh thank you so much Spikey Wikey. How can I repay you?" "Let me put this stuff down?" said Spike under enormous strain. "Deal!" Spike collapsed with the equipment falling on top of him. Rarity reached for a pair of hoof shaped gloves that she snapped over her front hooves. "Now let's get started." she said rubbing her hooves together. Rarity put Pinkie's head back into a sink. "Are we ready to be beautified?" "Absotutleyloutly." said Pinkie. "Perfect. Only last thing. Spike? Music please." Spike pulled over Pinkie's record player and slipped a record into it. "Music?" asked Pinkie. "Oh yes." answered Rarity. "I always do makeover to music." Spike put the needle down on the record, which started playing Rossini's Largo Al Factotum. Rarity proceeded to give Pinkie a really aggressive makeover. She blasted Pinkie's head with water in the sink, massaged her scalp, ran combs through her mane, spread pore-refining clay over her face, and stuck two cucumbers in her eyes, all in time with the music. Rarity sung along with the operatic lyrics, albiet very badly. The unicorn then spun Pinkie around in the the chair, laid her face down on a massage table, and vigorously massaged her back and shoulders, sometimes picking her up and forcing her down on the table. Rarity straightened Pinkie's mane and tail, giving her several different looks: curly hair with ribbons, corn rows, straight hair with pigtails, pink Marge Simpson hair, Mikey Mouse ears, and many others. All the while, Pinkie was getting discouraged. "Rarity?" but Rarity didn't hear her. She was too wrapped up in her singing. "Rarity?" "Rarity?" "Rarity?" "RARITY!!!!!!!!" At that instant, Rarity stopped singing and the record player died with a scratch. "Yes Pinkie?" blinked Rarity. "This is very nice of you, but I don't think I'm in the mood for a makeover anymore." "Are you sure?" Pinkie looked at the makeover equipment with a sense of dread. She had no idea how aggressive Rarity's makeovers were. "Positive." "Well." Rarity shrugged. "Maybe a makeover's not the best thing for a broken leg. Come along Spike, back to the boutique." Rarity used her magic to pile all of her things back in Spike's arms. She trotted back downstairs. "You coming Spikey Wikey?" Spike strained under the heavy tonnage. "Right...behind...ya..." Pinkie sat in the middle of her bedroom with Fluttershy sitting next to her in a lotus position. Among them were sticks of smoking incense, and a statue of a Buddha pony. Fluttershy's mane was all done up in a turban like style. "The best way to make the best of an unfortunate situation is quiet relaxing meditation." said the yellow Pegasus. "Looking deep into the inner reaches of the mind, and clearing it of all negative thoughts and feelings." "Um Fluttershy?" asked Pinkie slightly confused as to what was going on. "What exactly are we doing?" "Hush Pinkie." said Fluttershy as she closed the curtains. "We're taking a journey deep into a world of unbelievable relaxation. I do this with my critter friends three times a month. When we're finished you'll be so relaxed you'll practically forget about the cast on your leg." "That's good enough for me." said Pinkie. Fluttershy sat back in the lotus position and held up a small gong. "All right. Are we ready?" Pinkie closed her eyes. "Ready." Fluttershy banged the gong with a mallet. "Now take deep breaths in and out." They both inhaled and exhaled. "Breathe in that positive energy, breathe out the negative emotions. Ahhhhhhhhh." Fluttershy opened one eye half way "Are you feeling more relaxed Pinkie?" she asked. "Yes. I am." said Pinkie "Splendid. Now, go deep into your mind." "Deep into my mind?" asked Pinkie "Deep into your mind." "Deep into my mind." "Yes, deep into your mind. Deeper and deeper as if you're walking down a long spiral staircase." "Like the one in the Crystal Palace?" asked Pinkie. Fluttershy paused for a moment with her eyes closed. "...Yes, like that one. You're falling deeper, and deeper, and deeper, until finally...you come to the bottom." "I'm at the bottom." said Pinkie. "We're at the bottom." said Fluttershy. "Now what?" said Pinkie. "You see a door. And behind that door is a very bright light, brighter than you've ever seen." "Oooh pretty." "You open the door and you are engulfed in the bright nourishing light. The light lifts all the negative feelings away. You feel your body rejuvinating, the break in your bone sealing up, and it feels absolutely wonderful, and in a blinding flash...all is now quiet. "That was cool." said Pinkie. "You fall back out of your mind and into your body." Said Fluttershy. "Open your eyes." They both do. "Wow Fluttershy." said Pinkie. "That meditation stuff really worked. I feel one hundred and twenty percent better." "What are friends for." replied Fluttershy with a giggle. "I think I fancy a stroll around Ponyville." but when Pinkie tried to walk, she tripped over her cast. "Ouch! Hey, nothing happened. My leg is still broken." "Well of course its still broken Pinkie." Said Fluttershy. "That can't be helped. The point is that now you feel better about it." Pinkie's ears drooped, and she sunk her head into her front hooves with a sigh. Next it was Rainbow Dash's turn to try to entertain Pinkie. She was reading Pinkie the newest Daring Do book. "And slowly. Very carefully. Daring Do and her accomplice, ShahLaLa hoisted the long lost Golden Ark of Pony's Covenant out of its sarcophagus. Cast in the finest gold seen to Ponykind, the Ark possessed a power beyond all imagination. So powerful was it that one touch by any hoof would curse the pony to a terrible fate." "Um Rainbow, not to disappoint, but I'm not as into Daring Do as you are. Is there anything else we can do, maybe something funny?" "You want funny huh?" said Rainbow. Pinkie nodded. Rainbow set up a curtain in Pinkie's room. "So you want to see funny. I'll show you funny." She ducked behind the curtain. With a drumroll, Rainbow burst out with a pig nose, doing Pinkie's pig dance. "First you wiggle your tail, Oink! Oink! Oink! Then you wiggle your snout, Oink! Oink! Oink! Then you wiggle your rump, Oink! Oink! Oink! And shout it out, Oinki! Oink! Oink! First you wiggle your tail, Oink! Oink! Oink! Then you wiggle your snout, Oink! Oink! Oink! Then you wiggle your rump, Oink! Oink! Oink! And shout it out, Oinki! Oink! Oink! Pinkie just stared at Rainbow. "Wow. That's not funny at all." Rainbow stopped and looked at herself with the pig nose. "What am I doing?" Author's Note Rossini's Largo Al Factotum is a piece of music used in Bugs Bunny cartoons and many others. The Fluttershy meditation scene is my favorite bit of the whole story. Rainbow Dash doing the Pig Dance was one of the first ideas for this story. An Eye on PonyvilleThe next day, Pinkie Pie sat at her window sucking on a milkshake. She was still bored, and hadn't been out of Sugar Cube Corner for a couple days. Twilight came up the stairs with a long case. "Hi Pinkie. I've got something for you." Twilight opened the case. "It's my telescope. Cool huh." "I guess," said Pinkie, but why are you giving it to me?" "Because it helped me out when I had a broken leg." "You broke your leg Twilight?" "Yes. When I was little, and I still remember it." Twilight flashes back to that time period. As a young filly she plays with three other fillies on an ice skating rink. "I was at the Canterlot ice skating rink with some other fillies when it happened." Filly Twilight tries to skate, but she loses her balance and crashes. "Turned me off ice skating for life." "Well that explains a lot." said Pinkie remembering Twilight's skating trouble at Winter Wrap Up day. "I had to be in a cast for a month, and on top of that my birthday was in a few days. You can imagine how that felt." Young Twilight sobs in her mother's embrace. "So for my birthday my parents gave me something I had always wanted. A telescope." Twilight opens the wrapping paper revealing the shiny black telescope. "I set that telescope up right away and started stargazing right from my bedroom window. I saw so many amazing sights through that telescope." Twilight looks at the stars with a dazzle in her eyes. "I almost didn't even notice the days and weeks fly by, and before I knew it. It was time for the cast to come off." Twilight leaves the doctor's office and runs up to her parents giving them a hug. She then flashes back to the present. "Anyway. I thought you might want to have it as a hobby." "Hey," said Pinkie. "After these last couple days, I'll try anything." "Great." said Twilight. "Let me set it up for you." Twilight opened up the case and used her magic to put the telescope together: first the three pieces of the tube, then the eyepieces, the counterweights, and lastly setting it on the stand. "And there we have it." For once since the accident, Pinkie was actually excited. "Cool. When do I get to use it?" "You'll have to wait till after dark." said Twilight. "More waiting?" said Pinkie with a scowl. "More waiting." Twilight giggled. "Hey Twilight, why don't we play a game until then." "Sorry Pinkie. I have some studying to do for the Princess, and a certain baby dragon needs a bath. But sometime later this week I'll get the girls together and we'll all do something fun." At last, night had fallen and the stars were out. Pinkie Pie wasted no time turning the telescope at the night sky. "Oooh. Pretty stars." the Equestria International Space Station floated by. "Wow there's the space station." Pinkie zoomed in on the space station window. She saw astronaut ponies inside playing cards in zero gravity. She then turned the telescope to the moon. "And the moon. So pretty." Several weeks had passed since Pinkie began stargazing every night. Like Twilight said, she almost didn't realize the time flying. But now Pinkie was getting bored looking at the sky every night. "Hmmm. Same old stars and planets." she sighed. "Wish there was something else cool, like a comet, or a UFO. Wait if I discovered a UFO, I'd be famous...or maybe I'd be one of those crazy ponies in the funny papers. Crazy Pink Pony Sees Flying Saucer.No maybe I don't want to see a UFO." Pinkie bent over to scratch herself, and banged her head against the telescope, pointing it down to the town. "Oooh. My head." she looked through the eyepiece "Hey, where'd the stars go?" When she focused the telescope, she found that she was not looking at the stars but on Mayor Mare in the town hall. The Mayor was asleep at her desk in the hall's upper floor, drooling over her papers. "Wow. I always wondered what is was the mayor does." Pinkie became curious of what other residents of Ponyville were up too. It couldn't hurt to find out, and besides nobody would know anyway. She turned the telescope toward Sweet Apple Acres, and onto Big Macintosh in his bedroom. There was the big red Percheron doing what?? He was dressed up in a shiny sequin jacket with a black mullet wig and sunglasses. He made some poses in his mirror. "Thank ya very much." he said in an Elvis Presley like voice. "Wait till Cheerilee gets a look at this." Suddenly Applejack called him. "Big Mac! Could ya'll help me with somethin?" In a startled panic, Big Mac struggled to rid himself of the Elvis clothes and stuffed them back into a trunk in front of his bed. "Eeeeyup." he answered. He tripped over trunk on his way to the door. Pinkie Pie took her eye away from the telescope and scratched her head. "Boy. I'll never look at Big Macintosh the same way again." Pinkie then turned the telescope toward Twilight's library. Twilight was doing what she always does, her purple muzzle deep in a stack of books. "Hmm" Pinkie sighed. "Typical Twilight. Lets see what Spike is doing." She turned the telescope to Spike who was alone in the bathroom with a towel around his waist. He made manly poses in the mirror. "Lookin real good Spike. Man you look good enough to eat." The baby dragon kissed his scaly biceps. "Wow." said Pinkie. "He really does do that when no one's looking." "Spike?" called Twilight from downstairs. "Are you almost finished with your bath? You're not making those poses again are you?" "Not at all!? said Spike in a panic. "I. I was just finishing." He darted out of the bathroom. "This is way more exciting than looking at stars." said Pinkie. "It's cool to see what Ponyville does." Pinkie had found a hobby, spying on Ponyville. What fun this would be. Author's Note Big Macintosh was originally going to be in drag, but I thought being dressed up like Elvis would be funnier. Murder!For several more weeks, Pinkie Pie used the telescope to spy on Ponyville. She had gotten so into it, it was almost becoming an addiction. The ponies had so many interesting things: Big Macintosh as an Elvis impersonator, the Mayor drooled in her sleep, Bon Bon and Lyra were fighting over the same stallion, Derpy Hooves had a terrible allergy to carrots (they made her face swell up beyond recognition) and Daisy, Lily, and Junebug were deathly afraid of mice. One afternoon, Pinkie Pie was busy with the telescope when she heard hoofsteps coming up the stairs. She quickly got away from the telescope, and sheepishly started painting her other hoofs. Twilight, Rarity, Rainbow, and AJ came up. "Hi Pinkie Pie." Said Twilight cheerfully. "How's the leg this afternoon?" said Rainbow. "Oh, It's okay." said Pinkie nervously. "You know, slowly but surely." she patted the cast with her hoof. "I see you really got into my telescope." said Twilight. Pinkie shuddered. "What? Oh yeah." she gulped. "It's great. I look through it every night." "I knew you'd love it." said Twilight "What are you all doing here?" "We're here to have some fun with ya Pinks." said AJ "How bout we play your favorite game. Ponopoly." Twilight set up the board, and the ponies gathered round on the floor to play. Pinkie looked anxiously at the telescope, itching to get back to it. "Pinkie, why don't you roll first." Twilight levitated the dice into Pinkie's hoof. She rolled and moved her piece. "Fillydelphia Water Works. Too expensive. I'll pass." Rarity rolled next. "Ponyville. I'll buy it, and I'll put a hotel on it, the Hotel Rarity." "Sounds lovely." Said Twilight as she rolled. "Las Pegasus. I'll buy it." Applejack rolled. "HooWee, Dodge Junction. I'll take it. That place needs some sprucin up anyway." Twilight levitated the dice to Pinkie. She rolled and landed on Go To Jail "Oh batworms, off to jail." For quite a while the girls played the game, they all bought property and got extra money except for Pinkie Pie. "Pinkie. You hardly played at all tonight." said Twilight. "Is something wrong darling?" asked Rarity "You didn't buy any property, and lost most of your money." Pinkie couldn't tell them that what she really wanted to do was get back to the telescope. She had to think of a good excuse. "You know, I'm not feeling so well tonight. My stomach's been upset all day." "Oh you poor dear." said Rarity. "Lets get you to bed." She levitated Pinkie up, placed her on her bed, and tucked her in. "You know girls, maybe we should call it a night. I have things to do anyway." said Twilight. "Yeah." said Rainbow. "How do you win Ponopoly anyway? It just goes on forever." "Ya know what." said AJ. "I had this game when I was a filly, and even then I didn't get it." Twilight put the game back and all the ponies left Pinkie's room. "Goodnight Pinkie." said Twilight. "We'll see you later." Pinkie watched as the four ponies trotted down the stairs and out of the sweetshop. Once she was sure they were gone, she shut her lights off and hobbled back to the telescope. "Okay Ponyville, show me the good stuff." Pinkie spent several hours looking through the telescope at the village. She was almost unaware that it was now after midnight. After weeks of non-stop action, suddenly there was nothing to see from the local ponies. "Come on Ponyville. Show me some action." She focused the telescope on several hot spots in town, but all was quiet and normal. Even Daisy, Lily, and Junebug were quiet, which was unusual. "Maybe its just a slow night Gummy." She turned the telescope to Fluttershy's cottage. "Wonder what Fluttershy is up to" She focused in on the window of the upstairs room. In it she saw a silhouette, which looked like Rarity. In the next window, she saw Fluttershy sharpening a pair of sheers. "What's Fluttershy doing with those sheers? I've never known her to handle tools." She kept watching. Fluttershy was singing to herself as she approached Rarity. "Just a few more snips and you'll be perfect." said the yellow pegasus. Pinkie watched suspiciously through the telescope. "Snips?" Fluttershy appeared to be trimming Rarity's face with the sheers, but in the next instant she sliced Rarity's head off. "Whoops." said Fluttershy. Pinkie Pie went pale with shock. Her mouth gaped open and her pupils shrunk. She couldn't believe what she just saw. "I'm dreaming." she giggled. "Yes. I'm dreaming. Well we'll solve that problem." she kicked her cast with her other hoof. "Ouch!" She then lightly slapped her cheeks. "There." she laughed. "It's probably my imagination. I mean really. Fluttershy killing Rarity? That's very funny." she chuckled to herself as she looked back through the telescope at Fluttershy's window. "I guess I killed her." said Fluttershy passively. Pinkie went into shock again. The pink melted away from her body, her eyes rolled back, and she fainted. Next morning, Pinkie awoke on the floor of her room. She had fallen backwards out of her chair and only just now came too. Her head was spinning from the impact. She looked around the room. Gummy was right next to her looking oblivious as always. Pinkie got to her feet. "Ooh what a horrible dream Gummy." She rubbed her sore head. "I dreamed that Fluttershy cut Rarity's head off." She hobbled her way over to her vanity to brush her mane. "How silly is that? I mean Fluttershy's so timid and meek, she couldn't possibly have done something like that." Outside her window she saw Fluttershy trotting into town. Rainbow Dash swooped down to meet her. "Good morning Fluttershy." said Rainbow. "Oh, morning Dashie." "Have you seen Rarity at all?" asked Rainbow. "Oh, she's gone to a better place." Pinkie dropped her brush. "Oh well, I'll catch up with her when she comes back. See ya later." Rainbow took off. Pinkie ducked behind the wall next to her window shaking with dread. "She's not coming back Dashie. Fluttershy killed Rarity." Pinkie Pie paced nervously around her room hobbling on her crutch. Gummy stood in the middle in his usual dazed stupor. "How could Fluttershy have killed Rarity? They're friends, and we're friends. It doesn't make sense, but I saw her cut Rarity's head off last night, and this morning she says Rarity is in a better place?" She thought for a second then went back to the telescope. "Wait, I'm sure there's a logical explanation for everything." she focused the telescope back on Fluttershy's cottage. "Hmm. Fluttershy doesn't appear to be home. Maybe..." she turned the telescope elsewhere to the meadow where Fluttershy lived and saw the yellow pony filling in a large hole in the ground. "Maybe there is no logical explanation. Fluttershy actually killed Rarity, and she's burying the body in the field behind her house so nobody knows." Fluttershy turned and looked directly at Pinkie. Pinkie ducked away from the telescope and hid underneath her window. "I think she saw me. I hope she didn't see me." The HorrorPinkie Pie sat on her bed trembling with terror. She could not believe Fluttershy, the sweet natured, animal loving pony had killed another pony. What could have possessed Fluttershy to commit such an act? Was Fluttershy secretly a crazy serial pony, and her sweet demeanor was all just a carefully crafted charade? And on top of that Pinkie was the only one who saw it took place. Pinkie clutched her teddy bear. "Fluttershy killed Rarity. Fluttershy killed Rarity. Fluttershy killed Rarity." She then heard footsteps coming slowly up the stairs. "Who's there?" she squeaked. The figure didn't answer. A shadow appeared on the wall of a demonic looking pony with a huge knife in its mouth. "Oh Pinkie Pie." it said. "Do you want some brownies?!" Pinkie screamed in horror. "Pinkie?" it was Mr. Cake with a tray of brownies. "It's just me. I've got some brownies. They're fresh out of the oven. Want one?" "Oh." Pinkie panted. "No thanks. I'm not in the mood for brownies right now." "Are you sure?" asked Mr. Cake. "Yes. Very very sure." answered Pinkie still panting. "Al righty then." Mr. Cake turned to leave. "Um Mr. Cake." asked Pinkie "What would you do if thought somepony else did something really terrible?" "Like how terrible?" "Like...I don't know...cut a pony's head off and buried the body in their back yard." "I don't know." said Mr. Cake. "And besides, who would do something like that in this town?" "Yeah." Pinkie giggled nervously. "who would do something like that?" "You look really nervous today Pinkie Pie." said Mr. Cake. "You're sweating profusely. Why don't you take a nice long nap." "Yeah. Sure. Good idea." "I'll check on you later." Mr. Cake went downstairs. Pinkie sat on her bed breathing heavily. Suddenly a large pony burst back into Pinkie's room wearing a welding mask and a huge blow torch. "Pinkie check out my new blow torch and welding mask!!!" Pinkie screamed herself blue. It was Mr. Cake again. He lifted up the mask. "I forgot I wanted to show you my new welding torch and mask. Pretty cool huh." "Yeah." Said Pinkie clutching her chest. "Really cool." "Now I can fix that twisted drain pipe out back." Mr. Cake turned to go back downstairs again. "Oh I also meant to tell you, somepony's here to see you." "Who?" asked Pinkie. Fluttershy hovered up to Pinkie's room. "Hello Pinkie." she said with an innocent grin on her face. A flash of lightning lit up Fluttershy making her look demonic. Pinkie's jaw dropped and she fainted. "Oh my." said Fluttershy. Pinkie came too and saw Fluttershy leaning against the stair banister. "Fluttershy!" she said nervously. "How...nice...too see you. What...brings you here?" "Oh I was in the neighborhood and I haven't seen you in a while, so I thought I'd drop in and say hi." "Well there, you said hi. Heh heh." Fluttershy turned a looked at the telescope. "Ooh. Twilight's telescope. That was nice of her to lend it to you. Have you seen anything interesting through it?" Pinkie shuddered. "Oh you know, stars, planets and what not." "But why isn't it pointed at the sky?" "I point it at the ground during the day." "Makes sense." Fluttershy was puzzled about Pinkie's apparent nervousness. "Wow Pinkie, I've never seen you this nervous before. Is there something you need to tell me?" "Am I nervous? I'm not nervous, it's just..." Pinkie tried to think of a good excuse to throw Fluttershy off. "My leg is really sore today. You know." She rubbed the cast with her other hooves faking discomfort. "Oh dear. Lets get you off your feet." Fluttershy hovers over and carries Pinkie into her reclining chair. "You know what the doctor said Pinkie Pie. You have stay off your leg as much as possible. Is there anything I can get for you Pinkie. I make hot cocoa that is absolutely to die for." Pinkie shook even harder and was sweating profusely. "Look at the time. Time for sleep." She conked out and pretended to sleep. "But Pinkie, it's only 5 o'clock." said Fluttershy. "Early to be, early to rise." She shut her eyes, and faked snorring. Fluttershy looked at Pinkie suspiciously. "Al right then. I'll see you later Pinkie." she finally hovered down the stairs and left. The night was dark and stormy. Lightning flashes lit up the outside of SugarCube Corner. Inside, Pinkie sat on her bed as stiff as a steel beam, clutching herself in terror. Her eyes were wide open and bloodshot. The lightning flashes turned her a white shade of grey. "The horror!" she thought. "The Horror! THE HORROR!!!" Pinkie flashes back to that night. She imagines Rarity's silohette screaming as Fluttershy's silohette slices her head off with the sheers. "She did it! I know she did it." Fluttershy laughs maniacally as lightning strikes behind her. "And she knows I know. She'll be coming for me." A demonic looking Fluttershy breaks the fourth wall with a crazed look in her eyes. "Yes I did it. I'm glad I did it. I know you know it. And I'm coming for you. Yes you!" Pinkie comes back to the present and screams and the top of her lungs. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" All Plastered UpAt Ponyville Hospital, the five ponies were in the waiting room, waiting for Pinkie Pie's diagnosis. Rainbow Dash paced impatiently around the room. "Uggh. What's taking them so long." "Be patient Rainbow." said Twilight. "I'm sure everything's going to be fine." "I know." said the blue pegasus. "I just can't stand waiting." Rarity was reading one of the magazines. "Oh I hope Pinkie's okay." said Fluttershy. "My goodness, do they ever get new magazines in these places. This issue is nearly twenty years old, the fashions are so out of style." Spike sat next to her doing a crossword puzzle. "Anypony know a five letter word for happiest?" They all scratched their heads. Just then the doctor came out. "Is Pinkie Pie alright?" asked Twilight intently. "She's fine." said the doctor. "But she's not quite herself." "What do you mean?" demanded Rainbow Dash. Pinkie Pie was wheeled out of the exam room in a wheelchair, with her hind right leg in a cast. "A cast." said Pinkie. "Can you believe it? I'm in a cast." "Well if you didn't go so hard on that swing you wouldn't be in a cast." "How bad a break is it?" asked Twilight. "The bone is broken in two places, both below the kneecap. She needs to stay off it as much as possible so it can heal properly." "Doctor?" asked Rarity. "How long will she be in the cast?" "Six weeks." Pinkie stuck her hooves in her eyes. "Six whole weeks in a concrete sock. I'm gonna miss the whole summer. There were so many things I had planned to do. Parties, and camping, and other things I can't even think of." "It's not so bad Pinkie Pie." said Fluttershy. "We're here, and will take care of you." "Darn tootin." said Applejack. "Why, with a little smart thinkin, the next six weeks are gonna go by faster than a snail on hot coals." "Really?" Pinkie wiped the tears from her eyes. "Like how?" Applejack scratched her head. "Um....Haven't thought about that just yet." Pinkie stared at AJ with a blank look. "But we'll think of something, won't we girls." they all nodded in agreement. "But let's get Pinkie home first." said Twilight. "She's had a rough day." Twilight pushed Pinkie's wheelchair out of the hospital with the others and Spike following. Pinkie rested her head on her hoof and sighed.
A Big MishapIt was a lovely summer day by the lake outside Ponyville. The Mane Six along with Spike were enjoying a picnic and swim. Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie were already in the water. Twilight Sparkle jumped into the air, did a twirl, and dove into the water. "Oh the water feels so good this time of day." Applejack's head popped out of the water. "Boy does it." Said AJ. "Especially on an egg frying on a sidewalk day like today." Fluttershy was floating around on an inner-tube with a pair of sunglasses. "There's nothing like a nice relaxing day on the water. Isn't that right Angel Bunny." Angel was lying on Fluttershy's tummy with is own pair of sunglasses. He nodded in agreement with his owner. On shore, Spike was blowing up his swim aids. "Hey wear's Rarity?" asked the baby dragon. "She said she was gonna come." "Yoohoo girls." Called Rarity, walking up to the edge of the lake. "Sorry I'm late. I had to put the finishing touches on my new swimwear ensemble." She tossed off a tank top revealing a blue sapphire bikini. Spike's eyes lit up at the sight of his crush dressed in the beautiful blue diamonds. "Oh Rarity." Spike slobbered. "You look so amazing in that bikini." "Oh thank-you Spikey-wikey. And you look most becoming in that adorable red bathing suit. Hee." Spike looked down at his little red bathing suit and swim aids, and blushed with a "squee". "Spike, would you be a dear and lotion up my back?" Spike nearly fainted at the idea of spreading sunscreen on Rarity. "Oh of course. Just show me where." He squirted sunblock onto his hands, rubbed them together, and proceeded to rub Rarity's back. "OohHooHoo!" Rarity cooed. "That feels wonderful." The ponies lounged and swam at the lake all day. Suddenly Rainbow Dash had an idea. "Hey girls. How bout a splashing contest? Whoever makes the best splash wins." The ponies and Spike all sat in line at the swing except for Rarity who was sunning herself. Rainbow Dash was first. She used her wings to get the swing going, then spun around the branch faster and faster before launching into the air, and diving head first into the lake. The four other ponies cheered. "That was a great one Rainbow." Said Pinkie Pie. Applejack was up next. She revved up on the swing and did a cannonball into the water. "Geronimooo!" she hit the water with a bigger splash. The splash hit Rarity, and she screamed. Applejack surfaced, and spit water out of her mouth. "Now that's what I call a cannonball." "Can't a mare get proper tan without getting soaked." said Rarity annoyed. "Oh come on Rarity." Said Rainbow. "It's all in good fun. Why don't you make a splash?" Rarity smirked. "Alright, you want a splash. I'll give you one." The white unicorn got to the edge of the lake, and got ready to dive in. "Oh wait. Musn't forget these." She put a pair of noseplugs on. She took a big leap into the air, and dove into the lake, but without making a splash at all. The other ponies looked at her in amazement. "Wait. How'd you do that?" said AJ puzzeled. Rarity surfaced. "Oh I took swimming lessons when I was a filly. One of the first things I learned was how not to splash, and I never forgot it." "My turn." Said Spike. He got on the swing. "I'll show you ponies how a dragon makes a splash." Spike got the swing going and jumped off, but he lost his balance on the jump and made a big belly flop into the water. The ponies all cringed at the painful sight. Rarity swam to Spike's side. "Spikey Wikey. Are you alright." The baby dragon was winded. "I'm fine." he said exasperated. "Dragons have tough belly scales." Pinkie Pie was the next to go. "Okay everypony. I'm gonna show you a splash like you wouldn't believe." Pinkie climbed onto the swing and rocked back and forth making it pick up speed. It was swinging a little too hard. Twilight and Fluttershy watched nervously. "I don't think the rope can take that much force." said Twilight. Pinkie swung faster and faster. "Here I go." but before she could, the rope for the swing snapped and Pinkie plummeted straight down hitting the ground with a crunch. "OUCH!!!!!" the pink mare screamed. "My Leg!!!!!!"The five other ponies were aghast in shock. "Pinkie Pie!" shouted Twilight. "Pinkie!" said Rarity. "Sweet Celestia." said Applejack. They all rushed to Pinkie's aid. Pinkie was curled up clutching her hind right leg in terrible pain. "Pinkie! Are you okay?" "Does the word ouch answer your question?" said Pinkie. "We better get her to the hospital." said Twilight. "I think she might have broken something."
Cheering Up PinkieSeveral days had passed since Pinkie Pie's accident. Pinkie was in her bedroom sitting in a reclining chair by the window, her casted leg propped up with a brace. Outside was a beautiful day, with birds chirping, shops bustling, and young ponies playing. Pinkie would love to be outside having fun, but instead here she was confined to her bedroom above SugarCube Corner until her leg healed. Pinkie rolled her eyes and sighed. "Good Morning Pinkie Pie." said a cheerful voice. Mrs. Cake came up the stairs carrying a tray of food on her head. "How's the leg this morning deary?" "Same as yesterday and the day before. Sore, itchy, and weighing a ton. "I made your favorite breakfast to cheer you up." said Mrs. Cake. "Fried daisies with grass, and a glass of Applejuice." "Thanks." Pinkie said solemnly, as she dug into her breakfast. "Mrs. Cake? What would you do if you couldn't move for six weeks?" "Oh I don't know deary, I've never had that happen to me." Pinkie looked at her mundanely. "But I'm sure there's lots of things to do while laid up in your house, like I don't know write a good story, make a new game, tell some funny jokes. Oh here's one. Why couldn't the pony sing in the choir? Give up? She was a little...hoarse." Mrs. Cake had a great chuckle. Pinkie broke the fourth wall with raised eyebrow. "OOOh I get it." she said sarcastically. Mrs. Cake smiled with a blush. "Carrot cake and I have several orders to fill today, but tonight when we're finished we'll all get together and play Canasta. Won't that be fun?" "Sure." said Pinkie. "Have a great day." Mrs. Cake trotted back downstairs. Later, Pinkie was still in the same chair. Gummy her pet alligator was sitting on her leg gnawing at the cast. The door opened, and somepony came in. "Pinkie Pie. Knock Knock." said a familiar voice. "Anypony home?" "I'm up hear Rarity." Rarity trotted up to Pinkie's room. "How's our little patient today?" asked the white unicorn. "Do I really need to answer that?" "Oh I know how you feel darling. Being stuck inside for several weeks would drive almost anypony off the pasture. I know that's what would happen to me. Heehee." Pinkie looked at her not amused. "Well, I woke up this morning with a brilliant idea. What better way to cheer you up than a nice all around makeover." For once Pinkie actually perked up. "That sounds nice." "Oh I knew you'd love it." said Rarity. "But how? I can't move remember." "Oh you don't have to go anywhere. I'm bringing the makeover to you. Spike's right behind me with my equipment. Oh Spike, are you coming." The baby dragon strained up the stairs carrying an arms load of heavy makeover equipment. "Right here Rarity." "Oh thank you so much Spikey Wikey. How can I repay you?" "Let me put this stuff down?" said Spike under enormous strain. "Deal!" Spike collapsed with the equipment falling on top of him. Rarity reached for a pair of hoof shaped gloves that she snapped over her front hooves. "Now let's get started." she said rubbing her hooves together. Rarity put Pinkie's head back into a sink. "Are we ready to be beautified?" "Absotutleyloutly." said Pinkie. "Perfect. Only last thing. Spike? Music please." Spike pulled over Pinkie's record player and slipped a record into it. "Music?" asked Pinkie. "Oh yes." answered Rarity. "I always do makeover to music." Spike put the needle down on the record, which started playing Rossini's Largo Al Factotum. Rarity proceeded to give Pinkie a really aggressive makeover. She blasted Pinkie's head with water in the sink, massaged her scalp, ran combs through her mane, spread pore-refining clay over her face, and stuck two cucumbers in her eyes, all in time with the music. Rarity sung along with the operatic lyrics, albiet very badly. The unicorn then spun Pinkie around in the the chair, laid her face down on a massage table, and vigorously massaged her back and shoulders, sometimes picking her up and forcing her down on the table. Rarity straightened Pinkie's mane and tail, giving her several different looks: curly hair with ribbons, corn rows, straight hair with pigtails, pink Marge Simpson hair, Mikey Mouse ears, and many others. All the while, Pinkie was getting discouraged. "Rarity?" but Rarity didn't hear her. She was too wrapped up in her singing. "Rarity?" "Rarity?" "Rarity?" "RARITY!!!!!!!!" At that instant, Rarity stopped singing and the record player died with a scratch. "Yes Pinkie?" blinked Rarity. "This is very nice of you, but I don't think I'm in the mood for a makeover anymore." "Are you sure?" Pinkie looked at the makeover equipment with a sense of dread. She had no idea how aggressive Rarity's makeovers were. "Positive." "Well." Rarity shrugged. "Maybe a makeover's not the best thing for a broken leg. Come along Spike, back to the boutique." Rarity used her magic to pile all of her things back in Spike's arms. She trotted back downstairs. "You coming Spikey Wikey?" Spike strained under the heavy tonnage. "Right...behind...ya..." Pinkie sat in the middle of her bedroom with Fluttershy sitting next to her in a lotus position. Among them were sticks of smoking incense, and a statue of a Buddha pony. Fluttershy's mane was all done up in a turban like style. "The best way to make the best of an unfortunate situation is quiet relaxing meditation." said the yellow Pegasus. "Looking deep into the inner reaches of the mind, and clearing it of all negative thoughts and feelings." "Um Fluttershy?" asked Pinkie slightly confused as to what was going on. "What exactly are we doing?" "Hush Pinkie." said Fluttershy as she closed the curtains. "We're taking a journey deep into a world of unbelievable relaxation. I do this with my critter friends three times a month. When we're finished you'll be so relaxed you'll practically forget about the cast on your leg." "That's good enough for me." said Pinkie. Fluttershy sat back in the lotus position and held up a small gong. "All right. Are we ready?" Pinkie closed her eyes. "Ready." Fluttershy banged the gong with a mallet. "Now take deep breaths in and out." They both inhaled and exhaled. "Breathe in that positive energy, breathe out the negative emotions. Ahhhhhhhhh." Fluttershy opened one eye half way "Are you feeling more relaxed Pinkie?" she asked. "Yes. I am." said Pinkie "Splendid. Now, go deep into your mind." "Deep into my mind?" asked Pinkie "Deep into your mind." "Deep into my mind." "Yes, deep into your mind. Deeper and deeper as if you're walking down a long spiral staircase." "Like the one in the Crystal Palace?" asked Pinkie. Fluttershy paused for a moment with her eyes closed. "...Yes, like that one. You're falling deeper, and deeper, and deeper, until finally...you come to the bottom." "I'm at the bottom." said Pinkie. "We're at the bottom." said Fluttershy. "Now what?" said Pinkie. "You see a door. And behind that door is a very bright light, brighter than you've ever seen." "Oooh pretty." "You open the door and you are engulfed in the bright nourishing light. The light lifts all the negative feelings away. You feel your body rejuvinating, the break in your bone sealing up, and it feels absolutely wonderful, and in a blinding flash...all is now quiet. "That was cool." said Pinkie. "You fall back out of your mind and into your body." Said Fluttershy. "Open your eyes." They both do. "Wow Fluttershy." said Pinkie. "That meditation stuff really worked. I feel one hundred and twenty percent better." "What are friends for." replied Fluttershy with a giggle. "I think I fancy a stroll around Ponyville." but when Pinkie tried to walk, she tripped over her cast. "Ouch! Hey, nothing happened. My leg is still broken." "Well of course its still broken Pinkie." Said Fluttershy. "That can't be helped. The point is that now you feel better about it." Pinkie's ears drooped, and she sunk her head into her front hooves with a sigh. Next it was Rainbow Dash's turn to try to entertain Pinkie. She was reading Pinkie the newest Daring Do book. "And slowly. Very carefully. Daring Do and her accomplice, ShahLaLa hoisted the long lost Golden Ark of Pony's Covenant out of its sarcophagus. Cast in the finest gold seen to Ponykind, the Ark possessed a power beyond all imagination. So powerful was it that one touch by any hoof would curse the pony to a terrible fate." "Um Rainbow, not to disappoint, but I'm not as into Daring Do as you are. Is there anything else we can do, maybe something funny?" "You want funny huh?" said Rainbow. Pinkie nodded. Rainbow set up a curtain in Pinkie's room. "So you want to see funny. I'll show you funny." She ducked behind the curtain. With a drumroll, Rainbow burst out with a pig nose, doing Pinkie's pig dance. "First you wiggle your tail, Oink! Oink! Oink! Then you wiggle your snout, Oink! Oink! Oink! Then you wiggle your rump, Oink! Oink! Oink! And shout it out, Oinki! Oink! Oink! First you wiggle your tail, Oink! Oink! Oink! Then you wiggle your snout, Oink! Oink! Oink! Then you wiggle your rump, Oink! Oink! Oink! And shout it out, Oinki! Oink! Oink! Pinkie just stared at Rainbow. "Wow. That's not funny at all." Rainbow stopped and looked at herself with the pig nose. "What am I doing?" Author's Note Rossini's Largo Al Factotum is a piece of music used in Bugs Bunny cartoons and many others. The Fluttershy meditation scene is my favorite bit of the whole story. Rainbow Dash doing the Pig Dance was one of the first ideas for this story.
An Eye on PonyvilleThe next day, Pinkie Pie sat at her window sucking on a milkshake. She was still bored, and hadn't been out of Sugar Cube Corner for a couple days. Twilight came up the stairs with a long case. "Hi Pinkie. I've got something for you." Twilight opened the case. "It's my telescope. Cool huh." "I guess," said Pinkie, but why are you giving it to me?" "Because it helped me out when I had a broken leg." "You broke your leg Twilight?" "Yes. When I was little, and I still remember it." Twilight flashes back to that time period. As a young filly she plays with three other fillies on an ice skating rink. "I was at the Canterlot ice skating rink with some other fillies when it happened." Filly Twilight tries to skate, but she loses her balance and crashes. "Turned me off ice skating for life." "Well that explains a lot." said Pinkie remembering Twilight's skating trouble at Winter Wrap Up day. "I had to be in a cast for a month, and on top of that my birthday was in a few days. You can imagine how that felt." Young Twilight sobs in her mother's embrace. "So for my birthday my parents gave me something I had always wanted. A telescope." Twilight opens the wrapping paper revealing the shiny black telescope. "I set that telescope up right away and started stargazing right from my bedroom window. I saw so many amazing sights through that telescope." Twilight looks at the stars with a dazzle in her eyes. "I almost didn't even notice the days and weeks fly by, and before I knew it. It was time for the cast to come off." Twilight leaves the doctor's office and runs up to her parents giving them a hug. She then flashes back to the present. "Anyway. I thought you might want to have it as a hobby." "Hey," said Pinkie. "After these last couple days, I'll try anything." "Great." said Twilight. "Let me set it up for you." Twilight opened up the case and used her magic to put the telescope together: first the three pieces of the tube, then the eyepieces, the counterweights, and lastly setting it on the stand. "And there we have it." For once since the accident, Pinkie was actually excited. "Cool. When do I get to use it?" "You'll have to wait till after dark." said Twilight. "More waiting?" said Pinkie with a scowl. "More waiting." Twilight giggled. "Hey Twilight, why don't we play a game until then." "Sorry Pinkie. I have some studying to do for the Princess, and a certain baby dragon needs a bath. But sometime later this week I'll get the girls together and we'll all do something fun." At last, night had fallen and the stars were out. Pinkie Pie wasted no time turning the telescope at the night sky. "Oooh. Pretty stars." the Equestria International Space Station floated by. "Wow there's the space station." Pinkie zoomed in on the space station window. She saw astronaut ponies inside playing cards in zero gravity. She then turned the telescope to the moon. "And the moon. So pretty." Several weeks had passed since Pinkie began stargazing every night. Like Twilight said, she almost didn't realize the time flying. But now Pinkie was getting bored looking at the sky every night. "Hmmm. Same old stars and planets." she sighed. "Wish there was something else cool, like a comet, or a UFO. Wait if I discovered a UFO, I'd be famous...or maybe I'd be one of those crazy ponies in the funny papers. Crazy Pink Pony Sees Flying Saucer.No maybe I don't want to see a UFO." Pinkie bent over to scratch herself, and banged her head against the telescope, pointing it down to the town. "Oooh. My head." she looked through the eyepiece "Hey, where'd the stars go?" When she focused the telescope, she found that she was not looking at the stars but on Mayor Mare in the town hall. The Mayor was asleep at her desk in the hall's upper floor, drooling over her papers. "Wow. I always wondered what is was the mayor does." Pinkie became curious of what other residents of Ponyville were up too. It couldn't hurt to find out, and besides nobody would know anyway. She turned the telescope toward Sweet Apple Acres, and onto Big Macintosh in his bedroom. There was the big red Percheron doing what?? He was dressed up in a shiny sequin jacket with a black mullet wig and sunglasses. He made some poses in his mirror. "Thank ya very much." he said in an Elvis Presley like voice. "Wait till Cheerilee gets a look at this." Suddenly Applejack called him. "Big Mac! Could ya'll help me with somethin?" In a startled panic, Big Mac struggled to rid himself of the Elvis clothes and stuffed them back into a trunk in front of his bed. "Eeeeyup." he answered. He tripped over trunk on his way to the door. Pinkie Pie took her eye away from the telescope and scratched her head. "Boy. I'll never look at Big Macintosh the same way again." Pinkie then turned the telescope toward Twilight's library. Twilight was doing what she always does, her purple muzzle deep in a stack of books. "Hmm" Pinkie sighed. "Typical Twilight. Lets see what Spike is doing." She turned the telescope to Spike who was alone in the bathroom with a towel around his waist. He made manly poses in the mirror. "Lookin real good Spike. Man you look good enough to eat." The baby dragon kissed his scaly biceps. "Wow." said Pinkie. "He really does do that when no one's looking." "Spike?" called Twilight from downstairs. "Are you almost finished with your bath? You're not making those poses again are you?" "Not at all!? said Spike in a panic. "I. I was just finishing." He darted out of the bathroom. "This is way more exciting than looking at stars." said Pinkie. "It's cool to see what Ponyville does." Pinkie had found a hobby, spying on Ponyville. What fun this would be. Author's Note Big Macintosh was originally going to be in drag, but I thought being dressed up like Elvis would be funnier.
Murder!For several more weeks, Pinkie Pie used the telescope to spy on Ponyville. She had gotten so into it, it was almost becoming an addiction. The ponies had so many interesting things: Big Macintosh as an Elvis impersonator, the Mayor drooled in her sleep, Bon Bon and Lyra were fighting over the same stallion, Derpy Hooves had a terrible allergy to carrots (they made her face swell up beyond recognition) and Daisy, Lily, and Junebug were deathly afraid of mice. One afternoon, Pinkie Pie was busy with the telescope when she heard hoofsteps coming up the stairs. She quickly got away from the telescope, and sheepishly started painting her other hoofs. Twilight, Rarity, Rainbow, and AJ came up. "Hi Pinkie Pie." Said Twilight cheerfully. "How's the leg this afternoon?" said Rainbow. "Oh, It's okay." said Pinkie nervously. "You know, slowly but surely." she patted the cast with her hoof. "I see you really got into my telescope." said Twilight. Pinkie shuddered. "What? Oh yeah." she gulped. "It's great. I look through it every night." "I knew you'd love it." said Twilight "What are you all doing here?" "We're here to have some fun with ya Pinks." said AJ "How bout we play your favorite game. Ponopoly." Twilight set up the board, and the ponies gathered round on the floor to play. Pinkie looked anxiously at the telescope, itching to get back to it. "Pinkie, why don't you roll first." Twilight levitated the dice into Pinkie's hoof. She rolled and moved her piece. "Fillydelphia Water Works. Too expensive. I'll pass." Rarity rolled next. "Ponyville. I'll buy it, and I'll put a hotel on it, the Hotel Rarity." "Sounds lovely." Said Twilight as she rolled. "Las Pegasus. I'll buy it." Applejack rolled. "HooWee, Dodge Junction. I'll take it. That place needs some sprucin up anyway." Twilight levitated the dice to Pinkie. She rolled and landed on Go To Jail "Oh batworms, off to jail." For quite a while the girls played the game, they all bought property and got extra money except for Pinkie Pie. "Pinkie. You hardly played at all tonight." said Twilight. "Is something wrong darling?" asked Rarity "You didn't buy any property, and lost most of your money." Pinkie couldn't tell them that what she really wanted to do was get back to the telescope. She had to think of a good excuse. "You know, I'm not feeling so well tonight. My stomach's been upset all day." "Oh you poor dear." said Rarity. "Lets get you to bed." She levitated Pinkie up, placed her on her bed, and tucked her in. "You know girls, maybe we should call it a night. I have things to do anyway." said Twilight. "Yeah." said Rainbow. "How do you win Ponopoly anyway? It just goes on forever." "Ya know what." said AJ. "I had this game when I was a filly, and even then I didn't get it." Twilight put the game back and all the ponies left Pinkie's room. "Goodnight Pinkie." said Twilight. "We'll see you later." Pinkie watched as the four ponies trotted down the stairs and out of the sweetshop. Once she was sure they were gone, she shut her lights off and hobbled back to the telescope. "Okay Ponyville, show me the good stuff." Pinkie spent several hours looking through the telescope at the village. She was almost unaware that it was now after midnight. After weeks of non-stop action, suddenly there was nothing to see from the local ponies. "Come on Ponyville. Show me some action." She focused the telescope on several hot spots in town, but all was quiet and normal. Even Daisy, Lily, and Junebug were quiet, which was unusual. "Maybe its just a slow night Gummy." She turned the telescope to Fluttershy's cottage. "Wonder what Fluttershy is up to" She focused in on the window of the upstairs room. In it she saw a silhouette, which looked like Rarity. In the next window, she saw Fluttershy sharpening a pair of sheers. "What's Fluttershy doing with those sheers? I've never known her to handle tools." She kept watching. Fluttershy was singing to herself as she approached Rarity. "Just a few more snips and you'll be perfect." said the yellow pegasus. Pinkie watched suspiciously through the telescope. "Snips?" Fluttershy appeared to be trimming Rarity's face with the sheers, but in the next instant she sliced Rarity's head off. "Whoops." said Fluttershy. Pinkie Pie went pale with shock. Her mouth gaped open and her pupils shrunk. She couldn't believe what she just saw. "I'm dreaming." she giggled. "Yes. I'm dreaming. Well we'll solve that problem." she kicked her cast with her other hoof. "Ouch!" She then lightly slapped her cheeks. "There." she laughed. "It's probably my imagination. I mean really. Fluttershy killing Rarity? That's very funny." she chuckled to herself as she looked back through the telescope at Fluttershy's window. "I guess I killed her." said Fluttershy passively. Pinkie went into shock again. The pink melted away from her body, her eyes rolled back, and she fainted. Next morning, Pinkie awoke on the floor of her room. She had fallen backwards out of her chair and only just now came too. Her head was spinning from the impact. She looked around the room. Gummy was right next to her looking oblivious as always. Pinkie got to her feet. "Ooh what a horrible dream Gummy." She rubbed her sore head. "I dreamed that Fluttershy cut Rarity's head off." She hobbled her way over to her vanity to brush her mane. "How silly is that? I mean Fluttershy's so timid and meek, she couldn't possibly have done something like that." Outside her window she saw Fluttershy trotting into town. Rainbow Dash swooped down to meet her. "Good morning Fluttershy." said Rainbow. "Oh, morning Dashie." "Have you seen Rarity at all?" asked Rainbow. "Oh, she's gone to a better place." Pinkie dropped her brush. "Oh well, I'll catch up with her when she comes back. See ya later." Rainbow took off. Pinkie ducked behind the wall next to her window shaking with dread. "She's not coming back Dashie. Fluttershy killed Rarity." Pinkie Pie paced nervously around her room hobbling on her crutch. Gummy stood in the middle in his usual dazed stupor. "How could Fluttershy have killed Rarity? They're friends, and we're friends. It doesn't make sense, but I saw her cut Rarity's head off last night, and this morning she says Rarity is in a better place?" She thought for a second then went back to the telescope. "Wait, I'm sure there's a logical explanation for everything." she focused the telescope back on Fluttershy's cottage. "Hmm. Fluttershy doesn't appear to be home. Maybe..." she turned the telescope elsewhere to the meadow where Fluttershy lived and saw the yellow pony filling in a large hole in the ground. "Maybe there is no logical explanation. Fluttershy actually killed Rarity, and she's burying the body in the field behind her house so nobody knows." Fluttershy turned and looked directly at Pinkie. Pinkie ducked away from the telescope and hid underneath her window. "I think she saw me. I hope she didn't see me."
The HorrorPinkie Pie sat on her bed trembling with terror. She could not believe Fluttershy, the sweet natured, animal loving pony had killed another pony. What could have possessed Fluttershy to commit such an act? Was Fluttershy secretly a crazy serial pony, and her sweet demeanor was all just a carefully crafted charade? And on top of that Pinkie was the only one who saw it took place. Pinkie clutched her teddy bear. "Fluttershy killed Rarity. Fluttershy killed Rarity. Fluttershy killed Rarity." She then heard footsteps coming slowly up the stairs. "Who's there?" she squeaked. The figure didn't answer. A shadow appeared on the wall of a demonic looking pony with a huge knife in its mouth. "Oh Pinkie Pie." it said. "Do you want some brownies?!" Pinkie screamed in horror. "Pinkie?" it was Mr. Cake with a tray of brownies. "It's just me. I've got some brownies. They're fresh out of the oven. Want one?" "Oh." Pinkie panted. "No thanks. I'm not in the mood for brownies right now." "Are you sure?" asked Mr. Cake. "Yes. Very very sure." answered Pinkie still panting. "Al righty then." Mr. Cake turned to leave. "Um Mr. Cake." asked Pinkie "What would you do if thought somepony else did something really terrible?" "Like how terrible?" "Like...I don't know...cut a pony's head off and buried the body in their back yard." "I don't know." said Mr. Cake. "And besides, who would do something like that in this town?" "Yeah." Pinkie giggled nervously. "who would do something like that?" "You look really nervous today Pinkie Pie." said Mr. Cake. "You're sweating profusely. Why don't you take a nice long nap." "Yeah. Sure. Good idea." "I'll check on you later." Mr. Cake went downstairs. Pinkie sat on her bed breathing heavily. Suddenly a large pony burst back into Pinkie's room wearing a welding mask and a huge blow torch. "Pinkie check out my new blow torch and welding mask!!!" Pinkie screamed herself blue. It was Mr. Cake again. He lifted up the mask. "I forgot I wanted to show you my new welding torch and mask. Pretty cool huh." "Yeah." Said Pinkie clutching her chest. "Really cool." "Now I can fix that twisted drain pipe out back." Mr. Cake turned to go back downstairs again. "Oh I also meant to tell you, somepony's here to see you." "Who?" asked Pinkie. Fluttershy hovered up to Pinkie's room. "Hello Pinkie." she said with an innocent grin on her face. A flash of lightning lit up Fluttershy making her look demonic. Pinkie's jaw dropped and she fainted. "Oh my." said Fluttershy. Pinkie came too and saw Fluttershy leaning against the stair banister. "Fluttershy!" she said nervously. "How...nice...too see you. What...brings you here?" "Oh I was in the neighborhood and I haven't seen you in a while, so I thought I'd drop in and say hi." "Well there, you said hi. Heh heh." Fluttershy turned a looked at the telescope. "Ooh. Twilight's telescope. That was nice of her to lend it to you. Have you seen anything interesting through it?" Pinkie shuddered. "Oh you know, stars, planets and what not." "But why isn't it pointed at the sky?" "I point it at the ground during the day." "Makes sense." Fluttershy was puzzled about Pinkie's apparent nervousness. "Wow Pinkie, I've never seen you this nervous before. Is there something you need to tell me?" "Am I nervous? I'm not nervous, it's just..." Pinkie tried to think of a good excuse to throw Fluttershy off. "My leg is really sore today. You know." She rubbed the cast with her other hooves faking discomfort. "Oh dear. Lets get you off your feet." Fluttershy hovers over and carries Pinkie into her reclining chair. "You know what the doctor said Pinkie Pie. You have stay off your leg as much as possible. Is there anything I can get for you Pinkie. I make hot cocoa that is absolutely to die for." Pinkie shook even harder and was sweating profusely. "Look at the time. Time for sleep." She conked out and pretended to sleep. "But Pinkie, it's only 5 o'clock." said Fluttershy. "Early to be, early to rise." She shut her eyes, and faked snorring. Fluttershy looked at Pinkie suspiciously. "Al right then. I'll see you later Pinkie." she finally hovered down the stairs and left. The night was dark and stormy. Lightning flashes lit up the outside of SugarCube Corner. Inside, Pinkie sat on her bed as stiff as a steel beam, clutching herself in terror. Her eyes were wide open and bloodshot. The lightning flashes turned her a white shade of grey. "The horror!" she thought. "The Horror! THE HORROR!!!" Pinkie flashes back to that night. She imagines Rarity's silohette screaming as Fluttershy's silohette slices her head off with the sheers. "She did it! I know she did it." Fluttershy laughs maniacally as lightning strikes behind her. "And she knows I know. She'll be coming for me." A demonic looking Fluttershy breaks the fourth wall with a crazed look in her eyes. "Yes I did it. I'm glad I did it. I know you know it. And I'm coming for you. Yes you!" Pinkie comes back to the present and screams and the top of her lungs. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
All Plastered UpAt Ponyville Hospital, the five ponies were in the waiting room, waiting for Pinkie Pie's diagnosis. Rainbow Dash paced impatiently around the room. "Uggh. What's taking them so long." "Be patient Rainbow." said Twilight. "I'm sure everything's going to be fine." "I know." said the blue pegasus. "I just can't stand waiting." Rarity was reading one of the magazines. "Oh I hope Pinkie's okay." said Fluttershy. "My goodness, do they ever get new magazines in these places. This issue is nearly twenty years old, the fashions are so out of style." Spike sat next to her doing a crossword puzzle. "Anypony know a five letter word for happiest?" They all scratched their heads. Just then the doctor came out. "Is Pinkie Pie alright?" asked Twilight intently. "She's fine." said the doctor. "But she's not quite herself." "What do you mean?" demanded Rainbow Dash. Pinkie Pie was wheeled out of the exam room in a wheelchair, with her hind right leg in a cast. "A cast." said Pinkie. "Can you believe it? I'm in a cast." "Well if you didn't go so hard on that swing you wouldn't be in a cast." "How bad a break is it?" asked Twilight. "The bone is broken in two places, both below the kneecap. She needs to stay off it as much as possible so it can heal properly." "Doctor?" asked Rarity. "How long will she be in the cast?" "Six weeks." Pinkie stuck her hooves in her eyes. "Six whole weeks in a concrete sock. I'm gonna miss the whole summer. There were so many things I had planned to do. Parties, and camping, and other things I can't even think of." "It's not so bad Pinkie Pie." said Fluttershy. "We're here, and will take care of you." "Darn tootin." said Applejack. "Why, with a little smart thinkin, the next six weeks are gonna go by faster than a snail on hot coals." "Really?" Pinkie wiped the tears from her eyes. "Like how?" Applejack scratched her head. "Um....Haven't thought about that just yet." Pinkie stared at AJ with a blank look. "But we'll think of something, won't we girls." they all nodded in agreement. "But let's get Pinkie home first." said Twilight. "She's had a rough day." Twilight pushed Pinkie's wheelchair out of the hospital with the others and Spike following. Pinkie rested her head on her hoof and sighed.
