"I want to go home Pinkie." Rainbow Dash's voice was weak due to her blood loss and she could barely get it above a whisper. Her sides ached where two bloody stumps that were once her glorious wings were and her flank burned where Pinkie removed the cutie marks with all the care and delicacy of a pony scraping gum from a sidewalk.
A horrific pain radiated from Rainbow's forelegs, two nails...no it was hardly fair to call them that. Two railroad spikes were driven through the blue mare's legs, driven straight into the table that Dash lay strapped to. Two jumper cables is what Pinkie called them were attached to either spike and connected to a...some sort of device Dash wasn't all that sure was. Whatever it was it sent electricity through the cables when Pinkie turned it on. Thankfully it off. For now at least.
"Yeah, I can see wanting that." Pinkie said "Sometimes, I just wanna give up, just say 'I'm done with this mess' and go to bed. But you know what? You can't shrug off your responsibilities. You got to pull yourself up and meet the challenges head on. That's the only way you're going to get ahead in life."
Dash hung her head and cried, not sure if it was out of fear, pain or confusion to what this crazy mare was talking about. Unsure of what to expect, Dash just readied herself for whatever it was Pinkie had in mind. Minutes passed with no sound in the room other than Rainbow's own continued sobbing. Suddenly she wen numb, the anesthetic Pinkie injected moments ago finally taking effect. Noticing this, Pinkie grabbed the scalpel from the tray of death and bounced towards Rainbow. She'd be lying if she said she didn't hope Pinkie would fall just this once and take herself out. Not that it would solve anything, but it would be satisfying to say the least.
But alas, Pinkie made it safely as she always did and continued her work. Without warning she made a long horizontal cut across Dash's pelvis, just above her crotch. Dash squinted and gritted her teeth awaiting the icy hot pain of the sharp blade cutting into her, but amazingly she didn't feel anything but the pressure of the blade against her which, while it did feel weird, wasn't at all painful. Not that it made her feel any better about having a gash right above her pelvis, but at least it didn't hurt for once.
Pinkie looked up and grinned, moving up Dash's body she made a twin cut just below her ribcage and followed that with a long vertical cut down her stomach to connect the two cuts. Pinkie giggled suddenly as if she just remembered a joke. " Looks like I got my 'eye' on you Dashie" She said putting emphasis on the 'eye.' Dash tried to groan but all that she could let out was a hiss of air which was lost to the fit of giggles Pinkie suddenly lost herself in. If she had to power and ability to facehoof right now, she would.
Pinkie opened the flaps of flesh that used to be Dash's lower trunk with a wet gooey sound. Rainbow stared at her own organs, her breath intensifying and she could feel the acrid taste and burn of bile rising in the back of her throat. She would have puked but held it back out of respect of her own body. Dash did everything. Everything she could to look away from her own open body but try as she might she didn't have the power to look away. Heck, she could hardly move her eyes let alone her whole head.
Pinkie clearly seemed to be enjoying herself, laughing with almost a manic air to her voice as she separated Rainbow's digestive tract. Then she did the most horrific act of the entire ordeal. She started to make body puns. "Look at me, I'm Rarity!" Pulling Dash's colon from the mixed remains of her digestive system she slung the slimy mass of muscle around her neck, flinging blood and...Dash really didn't want to think what else got flung out of there. "Isn't my scarf simply divine darling?" Pinkie impersonated the white unicorn. Dash shuddered, whether from blood loss or that awful impression she wasn't sure.
"Let's what else I can find in my bag of tricks." Pinkie laughed and reached back inside of Dash she cut the small intestine out and started pulling it out of Dash. Much like a magician would pull out his "endless" handkerchiefs. As soon as she got the long tube from the pegasus she squeezed the excrement from the inside and jammed it into her teeth, moving it back and forth. "Dentists say you gotta floss everyday Dash." Pinkie said though it didn't come out so clearly due to her mouth being filled with intestine. How she even managed to get it between her teeth is a mystery.
Dash was hardly paying attention at this point, her blood was pouring out and she was fading fast. Pinkie wasn't pleased.
Dash's ears perked at Pinkie's voice however and she started listening again. "Aw don't go yet Dash. Pinkie, clearly not satisfied with the pain she's caused already started to pull out more of Dash's organs and much to Dash's sadness, came up with a pun for each one. "I know I can be a real pancreas, but you know I'm just kidney with you. You really gotta liver it up. Boy these jokes are getting bladder. Guess you gotta develop the stomach to them." Dash wished the sweet embrace of death would take her soon.
Thankfully her wish would be granted, soon after Pinkie finished her puns Dash slipped out of consciousness. And never woke up.
"CAW! CAW!"
Until the morning that is. Rainbow Dash sat up in her bed with a start, her bed stained by a cold sweat. Rainbow sat in bed, catching her breath was seemingly hard to do. She put her hoof to her chest in an attempt to slow her heart then moved it to her stomach. Nothing but her own cyan fur greeted her hoof. "A dream?" She said aloud to no one. "It was all just a dream." She said and slid back into her covers with a relieved sigh. 'No a nightmare. What the buck WAS that?' She wondered. Of course Pinkie wouldn't try to butcher one of her best friends but, it all felt so real to her. She could still feel the pain of it all. The splitting headache she woke up with, the pain of her wings getting cut off, her cuttie marks peeled from her flank, the spikes getting driven into her forelegs, the electricity, the numb surgery. It all felt as though it really happened.
"CAW! CAW!"
Rainbow looked to her windowsill and noticed the crow staring at her with its beady black eyes. She got up to remove it from her house but it suddenly flew off on its own. Unperturbed she made for her kitchen, a desperate need for coffee. Her wings started to flap and rainbow lifted herself off the ground hovering down through her house flying down her stairs she wondered absentmindedly why she even has stairs, its not like she uses them. Rainbow hovered through her halls straight towards her kitchen. Once inside she flew to her sink and filled a container full of water then made her way to some contraption that Twilight came up with called...something long and complicated, Dash wasn't really paying attention when she said its name. But she was paying attention to how it works. Apparently all you have to do is fill the back of the thing with water and turn your stove on. Then you simply put the filter in and fill it with coffee and close the lid. Once the water starts to boil...yadda yadda, something scientific, it makes coffee and that's all Dash cared about.
No matter how convenient it might be it still took forever to work. Dash considered just forgetting the whole thing and making tea instead, but she already started the contraption so buck it, coffee it is. Rainbow timed it, it took a half and hour to finally make enough coffee for a single cup. She could have flown down to Ponyville, bought and drank four cups of coffee in that amount of time. Rainbow took a sip of the coffee, it was outrageously bitter, so much so that she actually needed to put sugar into it. Rainbow NEVER puts sugar in her coffee. She wanted to curse the machine for giving her such sub par coffee but she couldn't really fault it for the type of coffee she pays for. What she could fault it for is how long it takes to make this sub par mud. It might not taste great but at least in Ponyville she didn't have to wait long for her mud.
Oh well. With her body at least somewhat caffeinated and her mind awake she spread her wings and took off through an open window, not feeling like dealing with her door at this moment. As Dash flew over the skys of Ponyville she couldn't help but think about that horrible nightmare. Why in the world would she even have it in the first place? And why Pinkie of all ponies? And most importantly, why did it all feel so real? At that thought the memories came back at full force, the sensations of that horrific day striking her all at once nearly took her out of the sky, but her wings caught her soon enough before she hit the ground.
The display didn't go unnoticed however and many ponies had stopped and stared at her, concern etched to their faces. It wasn't everyday that a pegasus nearly falls out of the sky. Well okay for Rainbow Dash it was but not in that way. "Are you okay?" A cream colored mare asked her. She was an Earth pony with a curly blue and pink mane and light blue eyes. She had the tendency to change her voice a lot. Dash let out a short giggle nervously rubbing the back of her rainbow mane. "He he, yeah I'm alright Bon Bon. Just uh, trying out a new trick is all." She quickly covered herself. Bon Bon sighed in relief that Rainbow wasn't hurt though the other ponies didn't really seem to buy it, they moved on none the less.
"Thank goodness you aren't hurt. That was a pretty cool trick too. I'm sure it takes a lot of grace to be able to pull yourself out of free fall safely" She said and Rainbow grinned and gave her a nervous blush "Heh, me graceful?" When Rainbow thought of words that described her "graceful" was about as far down on the list as "Girly." Despite her thoughts Rainbow took the compliment. "So what's in the bag?" Rainbow asked feeling a little snoopy. Bon Bon just smiled and reached inside with her mouth, pulling out of it with a bag of sweets clenched in her teeth. "Ohh, what are they?" This was weird behavior, even for Rainbow but she needed something, anything to keep her mind off of Pinkie. As luck would have it, this was the wrong subject to bring up.
"Oh these are just some candies I picked up for Lyra from Sugar Cube Corner." Rainbow stopped dead and her heart began to race, her eyes widened even further as Bon Bon went on with her story. "Strange though, they closed just as soon as I left. Oh! And Pinkie was looking for you." Rainbow took a step back "Y-you don't don't say?" She said trying to keep herself as cool as possible. Bon Bon was oblivious to the sudden change in the cyan pegasus and simply smiled brighter. "Well I'd best get these to Lyra. She'll be so happy." Rainbow nodded in agreement and Bon Bon bid her goodbye. "Have fun with Pinkie!" She called off before trotting to her home, blissfully unaware of what she just said to Dash.
Rainbow put her hoof to her chest again to slow her heart, the memories of that dream so vivid again she almost lost it on the side of the street but thankfully she pulled together. 'There's nothing to be afraid of' She thought to herself. 'Pinkie isn't some psycho killer, she's weird and random but not a killer.' But despite her thoughts Rainbow decided that a trip to Pinkie's was out of the question and readied herself to take off into the sky, but then she heard it. That tauntingly sweet voice trilling in Rainbow's ears. "There you are Dashie!" 'Horseapples!' She thought. Rainbow considered simply flying away but memories of the time she tried to escape Pinkie during the planing of her surprise party told her it didn't matter where she went.
'Rotten horseapples!' Defeated she turned around to face her nightmare. She wasn't ready. She almost screamed at the sight of the fluffy pink pony, even though her eyes contained no malice, no, they were like that in the dream too. Pinkie Pie bounced right up to Rainbow greeting her with a hug. "I've been looking for you all day! Didn't you remember that you planned on spending the day with me?" She asked looking a bit crest fallen. Dash sighed, killer or no Pinkie was her friend and she couldn't stand to see her look sad. "I'm sorry Pinkie, I must have lost track of time while I was practicing." She lied. The truth is that she was simply avoiding Pinkie. Of course she would run into Pinkie right here. Rainbow had pretty crappy luck sometimes.
Pinkie seemed to consider Dash's words then smiled suddenly. "Well you did say you're sorry so I guess it's all right." Pinkie instantly began bouncing again and Rainbow watched her carefully. "So, what exactly did you have in mind for us to do?" Pinkie began to bounce back in the direction she had come from. "I'll tell you back at Sugar Cube Corner!" She continued but Dash didn't. Confused, Pinkie stopped and looked at her. "What's the matter?" "Tell me now Pinkie!" She nearly screamed.
Pinkie was taken aback at the sudden outburst but still she complied. "Well okay then, but only because you're my Ultra Super Best Friend." Pinkie said and Dash waited in anticipation. She wasn't sure what Pinkie was going to say and yet, she knew exactly what she would say as soon as it came from her mouth. "We're going to be making CUPCAKES!"
Dash swallowed hard.