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I woke up again and DANG CELESTIA! Why is the sun shining so bright in my face?! Ugh. I went out of bed and closed the curtains and put tint on the windows as well. They were really dark black so the room temperature would go down and the sun wouldn't be in my face. I went out of the bedroom into the kitchen to find some breakfast. There was something good in here, so I took it and devoured it. Of course I heard behind me "Devouring food from the fridge again?" I said "Morning Twilight." She came up next to me and said "Morning Zach." What she did next was unexpected. She grabbed my neck and pulled me in for a kiss. I was shocked at this for a second, but I just let it sink in. After we pulled away, I said "That was unexpected." Twilight blushed at that and said in a teasing tone "What? You don't like that?" I said "I never said that. Besides, how could I say that to the most beautiful mare I have ever seen that shines brighter than the sun and all the diamonds and other jewelry in Equestria?"

Twilight blushed even harder and said almost whining "Stop it. You're making me blush." I chuckled at that and said "You know I'm right. I could never think of anypony more beautiful than you." Twilight said "You know. Sometimes your flirting is really corny." I said "I know, but I'm a guy. I don't care really and it's in my nature to be absolutely stupid and not care in the slightest. Anyways, I'm headed out for a walk. Care to join me, my beautiful princess?" Twilight smiled and said "Of course, my handsome prince. Oh, by the way, we need to stop over at Sugarcube Corner because Pinkie needs help with her pie for Rainbow Dash." I said "Noted. Now we shall delay no longer. ONWARDS!" Twilight giggled at that and we headed out. After taking a bit of a walk, we made it to Sugarcube Corner. Pinkie said "Oh, hey Twilight! Hey Zachary! I was about ready to begin this pie." I said "Indeed. Twilight has informed me that you are baking a pie for Rainbow Dash correct?"

Pinkie said "Yes! One of her biggest achievements is about to arrive and I want to do something EXTRA super duper special for it!" I said "Shall we get on with it then?" Pinkie said "Yes. Ok. All we need is a dot of salt, a dab of sugar and a spritz of ginger." Twilight got confused at this and asked "Uh, are those real measurements?" It's not really about science here, but more so math. "How do you keep track without a recipe?" Who knows? Pinkie truly is something else in this dimension. Pinkie replied "Pie baking is more art than science." I can see what you're saying. That makes sense. "And this will be my masterpiece!" I said to Twilight "When it comes to measurements, you use math rather than science. Sure math and science are often used together, but science is not required in this circumstance." Twilight said "I guess that makes sense." Of course it does. I asked Pinkie "What accomplishment exactly did Rainbow achieve?" Pinkie replied "It's to celebrate Rainbow Dash's seventy third Wonderbolt training session!" That's oddly specific.

Twilight said what I thought outloud "Seventy-third? That's specific." I said teasing "Maybe more than you, Twilight." Twilight replied with her own retort "Let's not get carried away here." Ok, fine. Pinkie said "I know! The pie is blueberry because Wonderbolt outfits are blue. The crust is rainbow for obvious reasons." You couldn't say that with the blueberries? I think that was also quite obvious that blueberries would represent the Wonderbolts colors. Whatever. "But the most special part is the seventy-three super-secret sweets and spices that represent each training session!" I said jokingly, "Yeah, I'm sure one of those spices includes a hidden bath bomb waiting to go off and attack like a trojan horse." Both Twilight and Pinkie stared in confusion and Twilight asked "What's a trojan horse?"

Before I could answer, Pinkie said "A trojan horse is something that some ancient humans named the Greeks used to deceive an ancient city called Troy during a war to take over. So they would sneak to the gates very late at night in a wooden horse and the doors would open leading out the soldiers. But it's also a term for something called malware that breaches into a thing called computers which is technology humans use and it basically misled people to fall for things hiding their true intent. Right?" My jaw dropped to the ground. HOW DID SHE KNOW THAT?! Oh wait. She's Pinkie. Don't question it. I said "You are pretty much spot on." Now Twilight's jaw dropped at this. She asked "Pinkie, how would you know something like that? Not me, you, or any of the other girls have been to the human world. So how would you know knowledge like that?" Pinkie said "Just a hunch." Of course she would say that. Typical response from Pinkie when you ask her how she knows about random stuff that she wasn't even there for.

Pinkie then said to Twilight "Could you please pass the brown sugar, pink sugar, sweet-root, apple-jelly, berry mash and a towel?" As Pinkie made all of those requests, Twilight grabbed all of those things with her magic. Pinkie took them and put them into a bowl to mix the ingredients causing a huge mess. I put a shield around myself to get rid of the whatever it was on my fur and Twilight said "You sure are going to a lot of trouble for Rainbow Dash's pie." Twilight then took notice of the shield and rolled her eyes playfully at me. Oh, I see how it is. How amusing. Pinkie said "Phew! That's because I know how much she loves them." Something is telling me otherwise. The scepter of course is doing that, but I'm not believing that right now. If Rainbow didn't like them, I think Pinkie would have found out by now.

"My pies are her favorite." They probably are if Rainbow is being truthful about enjoying them. I'm sure she is, I don't know why she wouldn't. "It's worth all the trouble to see her happy." That's a very nice gesture for you to do Pinkie. "Now I'm going to need some cocoa powder, cocoa flakes." Are you having cereal or something? Because that sounds an awful lot like Cocoa Puffs that you see at like Walmart or something. "Ooh! Cocoa bar!" Why does that look like a Hershey's bar? Oh man, I'm craving some right now. I may have had breakfast already, but I don't care in the slightest. She ate some of it and pointed it towards me and Twilight. She asked "Want some?" I said "I'm good." Twilight asked "Isn't that for the pie?" Pinkie laughed at that like it was the most funniest thing she ever heard.

Pinkie explained by saying "Oh, Twilight! That's hilarious!" Not really, but whatever. Carry on. "You don't mix chocolate into a blueberry pie!" I said "Now that I'm thinking about it, it would sound pretty disgusting in my opinion." Twilight gave me a slight glare which inclined me to continue. "I mean, I love chocolate, but I would never want to mix it with blueberries. That would be like if I put oreos which is a dessert by the way in a hay burger. It wouldn't taste very good, would it?" Twilight thought for a second and then Pinkie said "Yeah, that doesn't sound that great when you put it like that." Twilight just sighed and said "Yeah, putting dessert into a source of meat would not taste very good." That's what I thought. Twilight gave me another glare while I just rolled my eyes. It wasn't that offensive. Geez, calm down Twilight.

Pinkie said to break the awkward silence "This is my mid-morning, pie-making chocolate fuel that keeps this pie baking train chugging down the tracks." Why do I feel the sudden urge to talk about bathroom humor? I want to, but now's not the appropriate time to be talking about this. One, because there are females present in the room, and there's food everywhere, so somepony's appetite would vanish at an instant if I brought up something disgusting. She then grabbed some sort of drink and chugged it down. No pun intended. Was that chocolate milk? That doesn't make sense. Discord is not even here. Okay then. No further comments. She shook her head vigorously which made me worried for a second as if her head was gonna fall off, but she was fine. She then exclaimed "Break time's over! Now let's finish this pie! Chugga-chugga chugga-chugga CHOO-CHOO!" Are you now Thomas the Tank Engine? Or should I say Thomas the Dank Memes Engine? Haha. Anyone find that funny? Anyone? Just me? Okay.

Twilight giggled at that and I just smiled in amusement. After we finished it all, me and Twilight headed back to the castle. I headed up towards the library when Twilight asked me "Where are you going?" I said "I'm going to the library to reeducate myself on certain parts of Equestrian History. I had received a letter asking about the history of Equestria. So because I'm a dumb idiot and can't remember things, I need to go look at the books that have the parts of Equestrian history I have forgotten. That's not a problem is it?" Twilight said quickly "Oh no of course it's not. That's perfectly fine. Also, don't call yourself an idiot. You're anything but that. You are very smart and a very nice person." *sighs* She always sees beyond my brokenness when I can't. I don't know how she does it, but it's a miracle. She teleported next to me and said looking me in the eyes with reassurance and comfort "You are special in your own ways. I don't care what others say about you. I like you for who you are anyways."

I smiled at that and said "Thanks Twilight. Even when I can't seem to see past my broken self, you always see something completely different." Twilight said "Well, since you claim to have a weak and vulnerable heart, I always give you reassurance that makes the pain go away." I do have a weak and vulnerable heart. I asked "How did you know that?" Twilight said "Remember we can hear and read each other's thoughts." Right. How sly of you, Twilight. She smiled and I said "Well, I shouldn't be delaying this any longer. If you need anything, just come fetch me in the library." Twilight nodded and I headed towards the library. I sat down in the chair and began reading. After getting halfway through the first book, I heard a knock on the window. I looked over and saw Pinkie. I opened the window and asked "Pinkie, what are you doing here?" Pinkie replied "I have suspicions about Rainbow not really eating my pies." I knew something was up. The scepter might actually be right this time.

I grabbed my scepter and headed towards the window. Pinkie asked "Where are you going?" I said "If you are doing an investigation, then allow me to help. I may have some insight for you. What do you say?" Pinkie thought for a second and said "Deal! Now let's go find out!" I said "Great! Let's go!" I teleported us to Sugarcube Corner and we went inside the Party Planning Cave. I said "Okay. So tell me why you think Rainbow isn't eating your pies." Pinkie said, pacing back and forth "That couldn't have been the one I made, I must be seeing things." I said "What did you see?" Pinkie said "Well, after I gave Rainbow that pie, I turned to leave and saw what looked to be the pie I gave her in the trash can. I rushed after the trashman to ask if he saw anything and he said he didn't." I said "Did the pie in the trash can have blueberries?" Pinkie said "Yes."

I asked "Did the pie have rainbow filling above the crust?" Pinkie said "Yes." I asked again "Did the pie have a slice taken out of it?" Pinkie said again "Yes. But I'm still not sure that it could be it. Although, it sounds like that might be it." I said "I believe what you saw was the actual pie, but we need to gather more research first before making a conclusion." I knew it was the same pie all along, but I needed to see the evidence just to confirm my suspicions. Pinkie said "Maybe I had too much chocolate this morning." I said "I don't think that affects decision making, Pinkie. It only affects your mood." Pinkie said "You do have a good point. What if I wasn't seeing things?" You weren't. "What if that was my pie?" It was. "That would be bananas!" No, not really. She started laughing like a maniac and I was getting kinda nervous. But then she spoke up again.

"Unless Rainbow Dash's been replaced by an imposter who throws delicious pies away!" I highly doubt that. Besides, the only creatures that could look like her are Changelings and they are all Equestria's allies now, so that idea is thrown out the window. But, there could still be unreformed Changelings loyal to the queen lurking on the outskirts of Equestria, but that's nonsense. Very much unlikely. "Or has she been brainwashed by a pie-hating evil queen?" I said "The only creature I could think of that could hate pies is Queen Chrysalis, but she's not interested in that right now. Instead, she's out there somewhere in Equestria bent on getting revenge on Starlight, so I think that theory can be thrown out the window. Besides, Rainbow Dash is very stubborn and fight to the very end not to get brainwashed. However, I have seen it done." Pinkie said "You make a good point. Rainbow Dash is too stubborn to be brainwashed."

I said "Not entirely. As far as I know, Discord has been the only one to do it. But that was when he was still evil and turned you and the rest of our friends into their opposite selves." Pinkie said "You make another good point. Plus she hates washing." Wait really? I asked "Really? Then how does she clean dishes and do laundry?" Pinkie said "I don't know." Okay then. Pinkie thought for a second and then headed over to her filing cabinet. She said "Hmm. There's something else going on here." Most definitely. "Let's look up a few of the more recent pies I've made for her." This just might confirm my suspicions right here. "The boysenberry pie I made for her on her birthday… and her three half-birthday lemon meringues… and the It's Not Your Birthday But Here's A Pie Anyway Day custard pie!"

"She ate all of these, right?" I believe she did not. I saw what happened on each of those days. The first one I was hanging with Twilight, so I could see from afar, the second one I was on top of a roof in one of the houses in Ponyville, and the third one I saw from the balcony back at the castle. Just for some visuals, I'll do the flashbacks. I looked over where Pinkie and Rainbow was, listening to the conversation they were having on Rainbow's birthday, while still being next to Twilight. I heard Rainbow Dash say "Another pie?" I guess. "Thank you so much!" No, not really. You will dispose of it. "Whoa, what's that?" Pinkie looked behind her and Rainbow threw the pie away in the other direction and when Pinkie turned back around, Rainbow pretended to be chewing the pie. I had an annoyed look for lying like that, but I quickly dropped it when Twilight gave me a suspicious look.

"Guess it was nothing." You liar! Now the next one, I was sitting on a roof near the table that Rainbow was sitting at. I heard her say "Awesome! Three lemon meringues?" Yes, it was. "Hey, what's that over there?" Nothing, you liar. I don't know how Pinkie falls for it every time. People generally fall for it once, and then don't believe it after the first time. But apparently not Pinkie. While Pinkie was looking away, Rainbow picked up the table cloth and made all three pies be thrown and sat down on each of the three tables nearby. "Oh, never mind. Guess it was nothing." No, it wasn't. You just created a distraction to get rid of the pies that she made for you. "Great pies!" She put a lot of hard work into that and you completely disposed of them just because you didn't like them. That is very hurtful and selfish on your part.

I grumbled in annoyance and I didn't have Twilight with me this time so I didn't have to drop the look. I will expose you, Rainbow. But only when Pinkie begins to have doubts. Which is this chapter. The final one was the custard pie. This time, I was on the castle balcony looking from afar. Twilight was busy doing something and I had free time. Funny enough, it was the exact same day I could watch another pie made by Pinkie be disposed of from Rainbow. I saw Rainbow walking and Pinkie appeared out of the bushes. She said "Happy It's Not Your Birthday But Here's A Pie Anyway Day!" Rainbow had that nervous smile look and I could tell she was about to get rid of it. She said "Thank you! No way, check that out!" There's nothing there, you idiot! Once again, when Pinkie looked away, Rainbow put the pie on the cart and pushed it upwards onto a window. The resident said "It's not even my birthday!" Well, on the plus side, you got a free pie. But that's still wrong regardless.

I grumbled again in annoyance, but then Twilight had requested my presence because she needed help with something magic related or whatever. You ain't getting away with this, Rainbow. The truth will find you out. I still heard Rainbow say "Oh, sorry, guess it was nothing." Most people wouldn't fall for that by now because you would be an idiot if you did. "But that custard was everything!" You didn't even taste it, you fool. Stop making up lies just to sound convincing. Now we are back in the present in the party planning cave. Pinkie asked "Have I really seen Rainbow Dash eat one of my pies?" I said "No you haven't. I believe I know exactly what she has done and the picture ain't pretty. But, we need to do more research before I confirm it for sure." Pinkie said "I guess you're right. And do I always look when somepony looks behind me?" I said "Unfortunately, yes you do. Most ponies wouldn't fall for that after the first time because it's just pranking. But you know everypony is different."

She looked at Gummy and she said "WHAT'S THERE?!" I said "Nothing Pinkie. You are fine." Pinkie said "Oh. Good one Gummy." I rolled my eyes at that. "But I need answers!" I said "Then let's go. Because there are just a few more things I need to see before I confirm my conclusion." Pinkie grabbed her detective hat and we set off. I teleported us to the Wonderbolt facility and we headed inside for questioning. Of course, with me being a royal, everypony's got to bow. I find it ridiculous like Twilight, but I don't complain either just like Twilight. Spitfire said "Oh, Prince Zachary! What brings you over here?" I said "You don't need to bow. Anyways, we're here for some information. Fire away, Pinkie." Pinkie nodded and asked the first question. She said "I've sent Rainbow Dash a pie every month she's been a Wonderbolt and you're telling me you've never seen her eat one?"

All of the members standing there were like uhhhhh. They were basically unsure about that. Spitfire said "Affirmative…" Pinkie looked closer in suspicion. "Or uh, negative." I could tell she's nervous. Pinkie looked out even further and OH! That's disgusting! Really Hasbro? At least her eyeball didn't pop out. Okay, now this is getting really gross and graphic way too quickly. MOVING ON! "I mean, she wasn't seen eating one." That does give some context, but not enough. This is the weakest source. Pinkie said "Hmm… interesting. Very interesting." She blew into of her whatever that thing was and bubbles came out. Spitfire turned towards me and asked "Are we under investigation?" I said "No. I won't do that because it's really a waste of time and I don't see anything really suspicious. So you're fine." Pinkie said "As chief detective of the pie case, I've labeled you all ponies-of-interest, so it's best you tell me everything you know." She blew into that thing again and bubbles came out.

Spitfire said "Well, we have been getting mysterious monthly pie donations." Okay, that's giving us a lead here. Pinkie gasped at this and asked Spitfire "Would you be able to pick these pies out of a line up?" They all nodded their heads and Pinkie did that part of the investigation. After we did that, we teleported over to the pet clinic and Pinkie asked more questions while I continued to connect the dots. Pinkie said "I hear Rainbow Dash's pet tortoise, Tank, has been having tummy troubles. When did it start?" Dr. Fauna replied "About a week ago." Hmm, seems longer ago than that, but okay. "Poor Tank has all the telltale signs of sugar overload: jittery shell, sleeplessness, reptilian indigestion." This is why you don't give human food to pets. For example, NEVER EVER give chocolate to a dog or parrot. Because they will get poisoned and most likely die. The reason that happens is because their bodies and digestive system aren't built to support human food.

Pinkie said "Hmm… and this all happened the day after I made Rainbow Dash a "thanks-for-lending-me-your-jacket" peach pie." That's a mouthful. "It seems the pieces of the puzzle are plopping into place, but the picture isn't pretty." You are definitely right on that. I think she's starting to see what's going on. But we need one more source before we can make a conclusion. "Note to self: P alliteration pie." That's the most random thing I've ever heard. "Is that everything, doctor?" I don't think so. Dr. Fauna said "Well, there's also this." She slid over a picture of an X-ray of Tank. Wait. That is the exact same shape of one of the pies made by Pinkie. This information seems a lot more convincing than the last. Pinkie said "Interesting. Did you have the lab analyze the flavor of that pie?" Um, Pinkie. I don't think that's how X-rays work. They can't detect what flavor it is, only the shape of it.

Dr. Fauna said "No, but you know, Ms. Cheerilee was in here not long ago." Wait, she was? Hmm. "The class hamster was having similar symptoms." That would explain it. That will be our final stop to see if my conclusion is correct. She gasped and said "Perhaps it's a pie pandemic!" That sounds a lot better than the Coronavirus back a couple of years ago. (AN: This world's timeline is set in the future. After Coronavirus had hit the Earth. The year is 2025 in this world, so everything on Earth had returned to normal before the pandemic had started. Just want to clear that up for those that got confused.) I said "Maybe. But only two animals had suffered from those symptoms. If it really was a pandemic, then every animal would suffer from it and it would be a lot more crowded in here." Dar. Fauna said "You would be right. But it's got me thinking." Pinkie said "Perhaps. And I just might know pony patient zero!"

After we visited Dr. Fauna's office, we headed over to the schoolhouse where Ms. Cheerliee was. Pinkie asked her question and Ms. Cheerliee replied "Dr. Fauna's right. I do always have to remind the foals and fillies not to share the pies with the class hamster." That doesn't surprise me. They are young and don't know that pony food is harmful to the animals. "Animals just can't digest pony food." You are definitely right on that account. Pinkie said "Indeed. But where do these pies come from?" Ms. Cheerilee replied "Well, they're from Rainbow Dash! She drops off her "Day-after-Rainbow-Dash's-half-birthday" pie every year." That's actually very nice to give to the children, but that is still wrong to lie about. That pretty much confirms it right there. Rainbow has been lying to Pinkie for years! Pinkie got suspicious of this and asked "Did you say the day after her half birthday?" Yes, she did Pinkie. Weren't you listening?

"Very, very interesting." It most certainly is. "Because I give her a pie on her half birthday every year! And I have a feeling it's the same pie." It is and it always has been. Ms. Cheerliee said "Well, wherever it comes from, the students just love it." Of course they would. What little kid wouldn't like pie? Kids love desserts. If you don't I don't know what's wrong with you. Pinkie said sarcastically "I'm so glad. At least I can be sure somepony is." After we left, I teleported us back to the Party Planning Cave. Before I say my conclusion, I let Pinkie say everything she discovered. She said "She didn't eat the blueberry, she didn't eat the banana, she didn't eat the cream, and she didn't eat the chocolate. SHE DIDN'T EAT ANY OF THEM!" Of course she didn't. That's just sad and completely hurtful to the rest of us. "WHY?!" I can tell you why. "And don't tell me this all just started recently; it's been going on for years!" Oh, I know that.

"Cheerilee said so herself. And if there's one thing I know, you can't escape the truth!" Exactly! Like I said, the truth will ALWAYS find you out. It doesn't matter how long it takes because the truth WILL be exposed one day. I said "There's one more piece to the puzzle in order to find out the truth." I told Pinkie about me witnessing all those pie incidents where Rainbow made her look the other way and completely get rid of them. Her eyes went wide and she came to a nasty conclusion. There was a thunderclap behind her and she declared "Rainbow Dash doesn't like PIE! AND SHE'S BEEN LYING TO ME ABOUT IT THE WHOLE TIME!" She screamed at the top of her lungs and I just plugged my ears so it wouldn't bleed to death. Apparently, Applejack must have heard it and I heard her call out "Pinkie Pie? Pinkie Pie?" I said as loud as I could "Down here!" I opened the cave entrance and brought Applejack down. All of her apples were safe too.

She saw me and said "Thanks Zachary." I said "No problem." She turned over to Pinkie and asked "You ok? Or are you just screaming for fun?" I doubt she's doing it for fun. Pinkie replied "Screaming is fun, but I'm not OK!" I can tell. "I've been making Rainbow Dash pies for years, but she doesn't even like them! She's been lying to me!" Applejack said "But, everypony loves your pies! They're the greatest thing since sliced apples." Pinkie said quickly "Thank you!" Applejack said "And I could swear I've seen her eat one of your pies before." I said "That's funny, because I witnessed Rainbow throw away her pies to somepony else to eat. And no, I'm not lying about that." Pinkie asked Applejack "Have you really?" Applejack said "Um, I thought I had; that's why I said it?" I guess you're right. I don't know anymore.

Pinkie asked Applejack again "Are you sure?" Applejack said "Maybe I haven't?" Pinkie said "Exactly! Because it's all been a sham. Rainbow Dash has been laughing at my pies behind my back and scheming of a way to get rid of them for years!" That part I disagree with. She's been giving them to other ponies which there's nothing wrong with that, but don't do it right when she gives it to you. Pinkie looked towards the ceiling and we were given a visual. Ponyville looked like it had been attacked by King Sombra and ugh. It looked horrible. Then "Evil" Rainbow Dash came forward and thunder and lightning went off in the background. She said "Bring forth the worst tasting food in all of Equestria!" The ponies came with carts full of pies, but had cloaks on. All Pinkie could do was sit and watch. This is all Pinkie's imagination, by the way.

Evil Rainbow said "And now I will destroy Pinkie Pie's horrid abominations, freeing the land of these disgusting pies FOREVER!" Pinkie said loudly "NOOOO!" Rainbow fired lasers from her eyes like she was Superman or something. Oh no you don't. I raised my scepter and began firing red magic at this evil creature. But not before she could destroy some pies. Because this is pure imagination, I have no power over Rainbow. So her laser beams overtook my scepter and sent me flying. So, she continued firing at the pies and destroying them. She said "Good riddance strawberry cream and peaches 'o plenty! Be gone apple crumble and lemon surprise! Gone! Gone! GONE!" Then it turned into an atomic bomb and erupted like a mushroom cloud wiping everything from existence. But we came back to the present safe in the cave. Applejack said "I really don't think that's what's happening."

I said "I agree. All Rainbow is doing is giving pies to other ponies for them to enjoy, not completely get rid of them like some sort of evil creature." Pinkie said "I don't think so either. I know so!" I just facepalmed in annoyance since Pinkie did not understand what me and Applejack were saying. Applejack backed up a bit and said "Well, I've got just the thing to get your mind off all this madness." Ooh. Do tell me. "We've had a great apple harvest, so I was hoping you could whip up a few of your delicious pies." Idea! I said "Hey Pinkie. I have an idea." I whispered the entire plan to her and she agreed right away. She said "Yes, I will make pies, lots of pies!" Tell it, Pinkie! "I'm going to make Rainbow Dash so many pies, it'll force her to admit the truth, or I'll catch her in the act of getting rid of them." Yep. That will work. "Operation: Pie of Lies is a go." She was in the bucket of apples for some reason. Okkkk. No comment there.

"Thanks, Applejack. I knew I could count on you to come up with a plan." She buried herself in the apples and Applejack said "I don't think that's what I did. Besides, Zachary gave you the idea. Also, uh… how do you get out of here?" I said "It's kinda complicated. I'll just teleport you up." I teleported Applejack up and said "Did you make it up?" Applejack said "Sure did. Thanks again, Zachary." I said "Anytime." She left and I was stuck with Pinkie. Time to expose the truth.

The next day….

Really? You had to be in Rainbow's bed? Isn't that kinda creepy and inappropriate? Ok. Whatever. I was hiding in the walls and I was starting to record everything that happened. Rainbow was snoring when she turned over and saw Pinkie. Pinkie said loudly "Surprise!" waving a cowbell and causing Rainbow to fall out of bed. Rainbow's mane became disheveled a little bit and she said "Ah! What's happening? Happy unofficial wake-your-friends-up day!" That's quite a mouthful and kinda odd. But whatever. Rainbow groaned and said "I've never heard of wake-your-friends-up day." Nor have I, but Pinkie is doing whatever is necessary to expose the truth. Pinkie said "Well, it's unofficial. But I made you your favorite pie in celebration! Ta-dah!" Is that another lemon meringue pie? I'm gonna take that and put it in the fridge back in the castle. Twilight is going to be so confused.

"Gifts are the second most important part of wake-your-friends-up day!" Rainbow asked "What's the first most important part?" Accept the gift and don't dispose of it. Pinkie said with a somewhat annoyed voice "Accepting the gifts and enjoying them immediately." Rainbow said "Uh… Well, I'm sorry I forgot about wake-your friends-up day." She looked around for a distraction and saw the flowers. Oh no you don't. "Let me make it up to you." DANG IT! She grabbed the flowers before I could cast the spell on them. She said "Here!" Pinkie took them and sneezed. Wait. Look what's happening. She rolled up the poster and threw the pie down the tunnel. This will be interesting. That's the tunnel to Tank's food place. Before it could roll all the way down, I teleported the pie back to the castle and into the fridge. I wasn't gonna let Tank suffer more stomach problems.

Pinkie said "Achoo!" once more and looked around for the pie. Don't worry. It's back at the castle and I have it recorded. She said "The pie… where'd it go?" Rainbow said "What do you mean where did it go?" Don't lie, you fool. I saw everything that happened and I even recorded it as well. "Ha ha. Mm mm." She left her bedroom and Pinkie began asking questions in angered confusion. She said "How? Where? When?" The next stop was the Wonderbolts facility.I saw Rainbow walking and I was hiding in the trees recording some more. I have a plan for all of this when the truth is exposed. Before Rainbow could make it across the runway, Pinkie crashed in front of it and said "Congratulations on your seventy-fourth Wonderbolt training session! Here's a pie. Now eat it!" She's really desperate at this point. Rainbow said "Ok, this is getting a little out of hoof."

How about you just admit the truth and Pinkie will stop lala gagging? "I haven't even trained yet." I guess you have a point, but that's not we are trying to accomplish here. Pinkie said "Well, I wanted to pre-celebrate because I already know how great you're gonna do." That's a good reason. "Eat the pie!" Rainbow took it and said "Pinkie, look out!" Pinkie said "I'm not going to fall for- AH!" Uh, Pinkie. Rainbow was being for real this time. I saw Spitfire coming. Anyways, Pinkie was on Spitfire, and Spitfire noticed that. So, she dumped her and Pinkie fell into a tree. She went through the tree and was hanging upside down. Ouch. Rainbow saw this and threw the pie away. Nope! I'm taking the pie and sticking it in the fridge back at the castle. Twilight is probably scratching her head right now wondering where these pies came from. The medical pony came out and shook Pinkie out of the tree causing her to fall onto the bed. I came out of my shadow form and looked at Pinkie.

Rainbow said "Pinkie! Are you ok?" Pinkie was strapped to the bed and she demanded angrily "Get me down!" The medical pony said "Sorry Ma'am, but we have to make sure you didn't sustain any internal injuries." She looks fine to me, but this is just protocol. Sometimes, internal injuries can't be seen to the visible eye. So I understand. Pinkie asked frantically "But the pie, what happened to the pie?" Rainbow said "The pie was delicious. You just get better!" The medical pony took off and Pinkie said loudly "NOOOO!" I followed after her to see how she would hold up. She turned out fine. Nothing too severe. So, we had to activate the next part of the plan. Pinkie looked around in the corner waiting for Rainbow Dash. I had already hit the record button, so I was ready. Pinkie said faking "Ah! Somepony help me!"

Pinkie backed up and went onto the mountain of pies. This caught Rainbow's attention and she followed after the cry for help. Pinkie said to Rainbow trying to maintain her balance "Rainbow Dash, thank goodness you're here!" Mind you, she was faking to catch Rainbow in the act of lying. "I was trying to fix the top pie on my pie pyramid, but the whole thing became unstable." Not really, but Rainbow doesn't know that. "And there's only one way to save me: you have to eat the pies!" Obviously, Rainbow didn't understand and said "Don't worry, I got ya!" She flew up to the top and brought Pinkie to the ground. Pinkie said "Oh right. Or you could save me that way." I mean, it makes sense, but that's not the point of this operation. Rainbow said "You gotta be more careful, OK?" She flew off and Pinkie was now angry. She stomped her hoofs and the whole pile of pies came down on her.

Oh dear. I came out of my shadow form and quickly got rid of them with a teleportation spell. I put them in the fridge in the castle. Now Twilight is gonna be really confused. Don't worry. She won't get away with this Pinkie. I promise. The next part of the plan is to have Pinkie give Rainbow fifteen pies. I'm sure she can't avoid it this time. I saw Rainbow walking down when Pinkie showed up and said "Rainbow Dash! I wanted to thank you for saving me from the pie pyramid, so have a pie. Have three! Have fifteen! I know how much you love them! Now EAT UP!" Rainbow felt overwhelmed and looked over at the fillies. OH NO YOU'RE NOT! I'm recording this. She said "Uh… Thanks! I can't wait to eat ALL THESE PIES!" She shouted to the fillies and they came running over like a bunch of pigs that got out of their pens. It created a cloud of dust and this completely confused Pinkie. She asked in angered confusion "What? Where did they- How did you-" but Rainbow said "Delicious!" No it wasn't. You had a bunch of kids run like chickens with their heads cut off eat the pies that Pinkie gave YOU, not them.

"You did it again, Pinkie." This almost caused Pinkie to rage, but Rainbow took off again. Hmm, there's something going on later today. Oh, yes. That's where I can expose Rainbow with my video evidence. There's no escaping this time Rainbow. HEHEHAHAHAHA! Anyways, let's get on with it. So I was hanging out with Twilight while she was talking to Applejack. But I could hear the conversation going on. I just need to wait for the right moment to present all the evidence against her. Rainbow was walking where Pinkie came out from under the table, and HOLY SMOKES did she look terrible. Yeesh. She looked like a mentally unstable person about ready to kill someone. She said "Rainbow Dash, there you are! I made a pie for everypony and you're the only one who hasn't eaten hers yet." I did eat my pie already and Twilight was mighty confused how so many pies ended up in the fridge. She asked me, but I said I had no idea.

"So here. Your pie. For you to eat. Now!" I think Pinkie with the appearance is a little creepy, but whatever. Pinkie is really mad at this point, and is about ready to explode. Rainbow took the pie and asked "Are you OK?" I don't think so. She has the appearance of a serial killer and it's making me nervous. "You seem to be staring more than usual." Yes, I think I see that. I was recording this because all of this was key as well. She wants to make sure you eat it, and not try to get rid of it. Pinkie said "I just REALLY like to watch others enjoy my pies." Uh, I understand you want to see for yourself that she doesn't get rid of it, but that's a little creepy if you ask me. Rainbow asked "You sure you don't have to blink?" Pinkie replied "Me? Nope, I'm not much of a blinker." This is making me really uncomfortable. "Now don't mind me, go ahead and take a bite." Even though Rainbow is lying, I can understand if she doesn't want Pinkie staring at her. I definitely wouldn't want people staring at me while I eat, and I'm sure the rest of you would say the same. If you do like it, then you're weird.

Rainbow said "Well, do I want to take a big bite or a small bite?" Bruh, just eat THE DANG PIE! "I just don't know." It doesn't matter. All you have to do is eat the dang pie and be done with it. IT'S THAT SIMPLE! STOP MAKING IT OVERLY COMPLICATED! "Or maybe medium." Really? Oh my flipping goodness. I want to slap this mare so hard right now, but I need to stay low for now. "No, no, no. Definitely NOT medium." Pinkie said trying to keep it together "Just try some." Rainbow looked like she was about to eat it, but then she asked "Do you have any milk?" I facepalmed inside my mind and just growled super loud in annoyance, not out loud though. Suddenly, time seemed to slow down and Pinkie closed her eyes. No. Rainbow took that as an opportunity to get rid of it and put it on a balloon. Then time went back to it's normal pace.

Rainbow said "Ah, never mind. Your pies are just too good to resist." Not any longer! That was the last straw for Pinkie and she said upset "What? No! Nooo! That's it! I can't take it!" Now's my time to expose her. Rainbow asked "Everything OK, Pinkie?" I said from the top of the building "I don't know. You tell me!" Suddenly, I projected the screen showing every single pie that was disposed of and everypony went into shock. Even Rainbow couldn't believe what she was seeing. After I made the screen go away, I said "That's what you have been doing for the last SEVERAL years! AND DON'T TRY TO LIE ABOUT IT! Care to explain? Or shall I expose you further?" The first question Rainbow asked me was "How did you see all of that?" I said "You see this scepter? It can record anything I tell it to. I hope you're happy. Because you have basically crushed your friends feelings."

I flew back down and said to Pinkie "She's all yours." Pinkie knew what that meant and she began demanding answers. The first thing she said was "YOU HATE MY PIES!" Rainbow asked "What are you talking about?" Don't play dumb with me. Did you not just see everything that got recorded? Pinkie said "You know exactly what I'm talking about! I saw what you did." Technically, I was the only one that witnessed those events, but I see what she's saying. "Well, I didn't SEE what you did, but I know you've been fake eating my PIES!" Exactly. I have the evidence right here. "You threw away the pie I made for your seventy-third Wonderbolt training session and I know you SECRETLY somehow got RID OF ALL the other pies I gave YOU! ADMIT IT!" You better not still deny it. I literally showed physical evidence that said she did all those things. Rainbow said "That's crazy!" No it's not. It's crazy that you are still DENYING IT!

"What do you think I did, somehow make them all disappear into thin air?" I saw the pie on the balloon and blasted it away causing the pie to fall on Pinkie's head to prove my point. I said "You tell me, liar." Rainbow laughed nervously and said "Heh heh. OK, so maybe I made one of them disappear into thin air." I said "Try all of them, you fool." Rainbow gave a glare, but I fired back a death glare that caused Rainbow to back off. Yeah, it works every time. Only Twilight can overpower me because she has so many moody female hormones lurking around, so her glares always overpower mine. It's just how it works. Everypony at this point was staring at Rainbow in shock wondering why Rainbow would do something like this. Pinkie said furious "HOW COULD YOU?!" Rainbow said in defiance trying to defend herself "What? I, um, I, I just wanted to share these amazing pies with the folks of Cloudsdale." That's complete blasphemy.

"So I uh, I was trying to send them up via balloon mail." I said "Now you're making up excuses. You are fooling nopony at this point. You might as well just drop it and admit that you were disposing of pies." Rainbow gave me another glare, but before she could say anything, Pinkie said "But you just said they were delicious." How do you explain that, Rainbow? "Well, obviously that's because… I have amnesia!" You are not making yourself sound any better, just more dumb and stupid. I could tell Pinkie was not buying it in the slightest, and she had every reason to. I wasn't buying it, and no one or nopony should either. "I've been brainwashed!" No, you haven't. "It's opposite day?" No, it's not. Last time I remember, Opposite day was either supposed to be January 25th, not today whenever it is. I said clearly annoyed "OH, FOR THE LOVE OF CELESTIA, JUST DROP IT ALREADY! IT'S NOT THAT HARD! ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ADMIT THE TRUTH, MAKE AMENDS, AND MOVE ON! WHAT'S SO HARD ABOUT THAT?!"

Rainbow was about to say something, but Pinkie interrupted again. She said "Your memory's working fine, you hate washing, and I know today's not Opposite Day because I bake you a pie for it every year. A pie that you probably just throw away. Or give to charity. Or DESTROY with your laser eyes while LAUGHING AT ME!" Rainbow was very confused at this and said in confusion "Laser eyes?" I said "Pinkie, I think the laser eyes part is just your imagination. Nopony has laser eyes." However, Pinkie ignored me and said "Oh, oh! So you admit it!" She turned from Rainbow and headed in the other direction. Rainbow said pleading "What? No! I can explain." It's too late for that Rainbow. Pinkie said loudly "I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT!" The tin thing that you put the pie in came rolling and landed in front of Rainbow. She looked in guilt and when she turned around, I gave her the most fierce looking death glare I could give. Hope you're happy, Rainbow.

I went back to the castle and sat on the couch. Of course Twilight was sitting to my right and Applejack to my left. I wanted a true explanation because I never got one back at the party. I heard Rainbow say "She won't listen to me; she won't let me apologize." Gee, I wonder why. She has every reason in the world too. "I feel terrible." I said "You should. After all you did, she has every reason in the world not to forgive you." Twilight said "He's right. You have been lying to her. To all of us, actually." I said "I knew the whole time that you were lying, but I was waiting for the right time to expose you and well, today was the lucky one." Applejack said "Yeah, is there anything else you're lying about that we should know?" Rainbow said quickly "NO! Well, not that I can think of off the top of my head."

Applejack raised a brow, and I got off the couch. It was time to teach her some wisdom. I said "Pinkie has done a lot of hard work making those pies for you, and all you do to repay her is by disposing of it one way or another. Do you honestly think that you could get away with this? I don't think so. Think of it like this. How would you feel if you gave somepony a gift and all they did was lie to you and say it was great?" Rainbow said "Probably not that great. But how could you see all those things happen anyway?" I said "I can do things you don't know about. But this isn't about me. It's about how you lied to Pinkie's face saying that her pies were delicious when the whole time for years, you either threw it away into the trash can, gave it to somepony else, or completely found other ways to get rid of it. Do you know what happens when you lie more than once? It's called lying betrays trust! Every time you lie to one of your best friends, they slowly lose their trust and can no longer believe you. Then, one day, when you are actually telling the truth, nopony will believe you. You know why?"

"Because you betrayed their trust by lying all the time. It's completely wrong for somepony do a lot of hard work just to be thrown out the window because you simply don't like it." I sat back down on the couch and waited for Rainbow to respond if she had an answer. She said "Is it MY fault that I don't like pies? And not just Pinkie's pies, all pies!" I said "No, it's not your fault that you don't like pie. However, there are other ways to go about it than to throw somepony's hard work out the window just because your taste buds don't like it." Rainbow said "I know how much she loves making pies, and if I told her I didn't like them, it would have crushed her!" I said "Does that really solve anything? You should know that the truth is always better than a well meant lie. Even if you didn't like them, you could just accept the gift and get rid of it later on without making it obvious. Also, no matter how long it takes, the truth will always find you out whether you like it or not."

Applejack said "He's got a point. Besides, uh, you kinda crushed her anyway." Rainbow said "Oh- But I- You're right. I guess I should've eaten the pies in the first place." I said "Are pies really that bad? I mean not everyone likes them, but it's not really that disgusting." Rainbow said sarcastically "Gee, maybe if you had my taste buds, you would understand better." I just stared in blank silence for a second and then I said "It doesn't matter if I have your taste buds or not, it's a matter of knowing when to tell the truth. Besides, I completely understand what it's like on both ends actually. But the outcome is always the same. Also, don't try to argue with me about stuff I have far more experience with, it just makes things worse." Rainbow rolled her eyes and then she said "Wait, that's it!" What is?

"I know how I can make it up to her!" Oh boy, how is this one gonna go? We made it over to Sugarcube Corner and Rainbow activated her plan. EWW! That thing is so disgusting. It's making me sick. Of course my face is completely green right now, so I put a bubble shield around me to at least get rid of the smell. Ahh. Much better. I can breathe now. OF COURSE Twilight had to giggle a bit at that. I stared at her annoyed and she just giggled some more. Oh, whatever. I don't have time for this. The smell traveled into where Pinkie's living quarters is and I could hear Pinkie say "Pee-yew! Gummy, is that you?" I don't think so, Pinkie. Rainbow threw a rock at the window to get Pinkie's attention. Pinkie said "Huh. What is that?" Look outside. Pinkie opened the window some more and saw who it was. She said "Oh, it's you." Rainbow said "Pinkie Pie, wait!" You better start speaking, Rainbow before she shuts the window.

"I know now that I should've been honest with you from the start because lying to your friends is wrong." Yes, lying to anyone is. Especially your friends and family. "And because getting rid of all those pies was a giant hassle." I said "Gee, it didn't look like it. It looked quite easy from what I've seen." Rainbow rolled her eyes and carried on. "I mean, do you have any idea how many pies you've made for me over the years?" What kind of dumb question is that? Thankfully, Pinkie pointed out the obvious and said "Yes, I know exactly how many. I have a very detailed pie-ling system." Oh, OH! MAN, THAT WAS GOOD! For once, Hasbro made a good joke. Their jokes most of the time suck and are overall very cringey and corny. Rainbow said sarcastically "Of course you do." Gee, why do you sound so harsh about it? "The point is, I thought it was worth it just to spare your feelings, but I was wrong." Finally, you admit it. Took ya long enough. You had to remove that stubborn pride of yours in order to tell the truth.

Pinkie looked over at Rainbow thinking she was genuine, but she wasn't sure. "So to make up for it, I made this pie for you." I doubt that. Finally, Twilight and Applejack shared nervous glances as it was quite DISGUSTING! If you've seen the meme about it, you know what I mean. I know it's a dead meme, but I don't care. Get over it. The world doesn't revolve around you. Anyways, Rainbow said "Well, I guess I made it for me. To eat in front of you. Point is, I'm eating this pie for friendship!" Even if you like pie, I don't think you would want to eat this nasty thing. I could understand if you don't like it. I don't think anyone would. Pinkie said "Wait, that smelly, circular monstrosity is a pie?" Rainbow's best attempt at making a pie. Rainbow said "Yeah! I know I can't go back and eat all the pies you made for me in the past, so instead, I'm going to eat this giant one for you now" Don't you think maybe that's a bit much?

Of course, even Pinkie couldn't bear to watch Rainbow eat this horrible smelling and looking thing. Rarity would throw a temper tantrum if she saw this. "So, here I go!" She dove into the pie and began trying to eat it. However, Pinkie spoke up. She said "Wait! I can't watch you do this." I couldn't either. You know if you actually ate that, you might get sick could actually I don't know puke or something. Trying not to be too graphic here. She went away from her window and came down to the front door and stood in front of it. "I mean, is that crust or some kind of concrete?" Who knows what's in that thing? Rainbow said "Yeah, honestly, I have no idea." Who would anyways? I sure wouldn't, and I doubt anyone else would either.

Pinkie said "Oh, I can't believe you're willing to eat this terrible pie for me." Well, sometimes in life, you gotta make sacrifices in order to gain your friends back. "It's ridiculous and this whole thing is overly complicated and I think I finally understand why you lied." I'm sure Rainbow had the best intentions, but lying is still wrong regardless of your motives behind it. Wait. All the flashbacks of this chapter, I missed something. I saw Pinkie happy. How? Oh, because of Rainbow's lying. That's very nice for Rainbow to make Pinkie happy, but it was still a lie regardless. Like I said, it doesn't matter what your intentions behind it are, the truth is ALWAYS better than a well intentioned lie. "You did a lot of ridiculous and overly complex things to get rid of my pies because it made you happy to see me happy." Was it really worth it though? To have all your hard work going to waste? Doesn't seem like it.

"Just like I went to a lot of effort to make you the pies because it made me happy to see you happy." Rainbow said "Yes!" I don't care what the intentions were. The point still stands. I do understand what Pinkie is saying though. Pinkie said "And if you're willing to go through all of that, it really shows how much you're willing to do for your friends." That is very much true. Sometimes, if you want to make something up for someone else, you take sacrifices in order to gain their friendship back. Rainbow said "Aw shucks, it was nothing." Sure it wasn't. Pinkie said "Now get out of that thing and give me a hug!" Rainbow flew out of the thing and gave Pinkie a hug. That's nice they are reconciling. Always the last part of forgiveness and part of friendship is to forgive and forget.

"Just remember, in the future, you can always be honest with me." Applejack said "I could've told her that." I said "It probably wouldn't have made any difference. The outcome would still be the same." Pinkie was kinda strangling Rainbow to death, but it wasn't that bad. Rainbow said after grunting "Cool. How about this: Your hugs are too tight." Pinkie simply laughed at that and said "Ha ha ha ha! No they're not." Rainbow just sighed and smiled anyways. After all of that, I returned to the castle to finish my letter. I went through all of the history books for the next couple of hours and wrote my letter. Basically, I had received a letter from Celestia saying that some of her students asked the history of Equestria, and she didn't know certain parts. But because Twilight had told her that I know a lot about Equestrian history, she had sent me a letter to explain all the history of Equestria so she could explain to her class about it.

I was kinda reluctant at first, but I figured Twilight would be mad at me for ignoring one of Celestia's letters. So I went through the history books and wrote the letter. After like 5 hours, I had finished the letter and sent it off. I was so exhausted. Before I could get out of the chair, I saw Twilight come in and sit next to me. She said "Finished doing work?" I said "Yeah. Celestia had asked me to provide the entire history of Equestria because some of her students asked her questions and she didn't know certain parts. So that's why I was reading through history books. I'm so exhausted at this point." I went off the couch, but Twilight's magic dragged me back to her. Oh dear. She wants me to stay with her. She smiled and pulled me in for a kiss. I wanted to go to bed, but I don't care right now. So I returned it, because I can. Get over it. I sighed and smiled. Twilight will never get enough of me.

AN: So sorry this is later than expected. I'm very busy this week and I've suffered from laziness as well. Pretty soon, I'll only be able to post once a week because of school. Anyways, we're getting to the end of the season and I'm quite excited to write these last three chapters of the season. Hope you guys enjoyed the chapter.

Next Chapter: Rekindling friendships! When Sunburst comes to Ponyville, Starlight does everything she can to relive her childhood with her best friend. However, it appears that Sunburst has more in common with Starlight's friends than herself. Zachary tries to help, but he doesn't know how to help. But that doesn't stop him from providing encouragement. Will Starlight listen to his advice, or has Starlight and Sunburst's friendship completely grown apart?

Until then, my fellow readers