The Nightmare in Ponyville

By Belladonna Dwale

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Chapter Three: Tango and Escape

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Chapter summary: The chapter in which there is plotting and scheming, Duckie drawing a picture, Kimono spazzing, Starr quoting more song, and they encounter two new ponies.

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"Ok, first we need to come up with a plan of when to escape," Bean said. "We also need to decide what to do once we actually have escaped, if that happens."

"LET'S DO IT, MIKEY!" yelled Starr, and everyone gave her a strange look.

"Alright, I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm all for getting a little revenge," said Pwyll.

"Yeah, you know what they say, 'Revenge is sweet,'" said Herbie.

"They also say that 'Happiness is a warm gun,'" Starr added.

"You're going to wake up dead," Herbie told Starr.

Starr giggled, "'Relax and settle down Let your mind go 'round.'"

Herbie rolled her eyes, "It's just a loosing battle with you isn't it."

"You know I do it because I love you," said Starr.

"Right."

Duckie cleared her throat to bring them back to the previous topic. "Ok, all those in favor of revenge raise your hand – er – hoof."

Everyone raised a hoof except for Kimono, who raised two, lost her balance and fell flat on her face.

Gimpy giggled, "Wow, that's hot."

"So what are we going to do for revenge?" Herbie asked.

"Homicidal rampages are always fun," Gimpy said.

"Ok, Charles Manson," replied Starr, dryly.

Gimpy giggled. "I like Lizzie Bordon, she's, like, so fucking cool."

Herbie blinked, "Um, riiiiight..."

"Ok, we really ought to get out of here," said Bean. "But we need something to give us time so they don't realise that we've escaped. Here's what I suggest we do: Duckie will draw a picture of us sitting around in this room. It doesn't have to be very fancy. They're really stupid, so even stick figures would do. We'll tape it to the window on the door so when they look at it, they think that we're still in here. Then we leave and do the challenges. Everyone will do at least one challenge. If there are more, then we'll decide who will do those based on other factors. Who's with me?"

Everyone yelled something in agreement with him. Duckie quickly began drawing a picture of everyone sitting around on a piece of lined notebook paper torn from Starr's fan fiction notebook.

Pwyll watched as Bean taped it up and asked, "Do you really they'll fall for it?"

"They're, like, so fucking stupid I wouldn't be surprised if they did," Gimpy said.

Herbie nodded in agreement, "It makes me sad, yet it amuses me at the same time."

"Alright everyone, gather whatever you'll want so we can go," said Bean.

Everyone grabbed their few belongings and Bean went over to the wall on the opposite of the door Gimpy was thrown into. He hit a few of the bricks that were high up on the wall beyond the average ponies' reach. Part of the wall went back and slid over, revealing a dark, narrow, winding passage behind it.

Gimpy giggled, "Wow, that's hot."

Starr looked on in awe.

Kimono began hyperventilating and screamed, "I'm not going in!" She burst into tears.

Herbie rolled her eyes, "Why not Kimono?"

Kimono whimpered, "I'm afraid of the dark... and I'm claustrophobic..."

"Come on, Ki. It won't be that bad," said Herbie.

"Yeah, Kimono, it'll be fine. We'll be with you," said Starr.

Kimono shook her head, "No it won't."

"Fine, we'll just leave you here," growled Pwyll she began going down the hallway. She muttered "Merciful Isis" under her breath.

"It's ok, Ki. We'll come get you once we escape," Duckie said reassuringly.

The ponies went down the passageway without Kimono. She sat in the room by herself and looked around for a few minutes, sniffling from time to time. Suddenly a rat came out of a small hole in the wall and looked up at her.

Kimono screamed and ran down the passage yelling, "Bean! Save meeee! Aaaaaaaaauuuuuuuugh!"

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As the ponies continued down the long twisting passage, Gimpy entertained them with a story.

"And then," Gimpy giggled, "she was like, 'Yeah.' And I was like, 'Uh-huh.' And then she left so I, like, went to this place and, like, there was this guy and he was like, 'Hi.' And I was like... you know... So we went to this other place and we, like –"

"Aaaaaaaaaauuuuuugh! Bean! Save me! There was this rat and it... attacked me!" screamed Kimono. She ran into Starr, who flew forward and caused a domino effect on the ponies in front of her.

After a long string of profanity from Gimpy, Herbie and Pwyll yelling at Kimono, Starr quoting random songs, and Herbie and Star arguing over the quotes, they continued on their way.

Finally, after going through the long twisting and turning passage they arrived in a large bright room.

It was a shiny pink kitchen with a table set for two. They heard two voices arguing from the next room, it was drowning out the sound of Elton John singing "Pinball Wizard."

"You dingbat, stop throwing popcorn at me!" yelled one voice.

"But you started it! And you're throwing it at me, too!" protested the second voice.

They followed the noise to the next room. It was also covered pink and there were two ponies sitting on the couch arguing while Tommy was being played on the TV. They were throwing popcorn at each other. There was popcorn all over the room and they still had some in large bowls.

"Starburst! Etcetera!" exclaimed Herbie.

"Hi Etcetera," said Pwyll.

"SISTEEERSSSSSS!" screamed Starr as she ran over. She jumped on Starburst and Etcetera and popcorn flew everywhere.

"Aaaaaaaaaaah! Starr!" screamed the two ponies.

"Starr, get off of me," said the powder blue pony with yellow hair. She had a heart with a tiara on it as her symbol.

"Yes, please," said the emerald green pony with bright red hair. Her symbol was a dragon.

Starr giggled and sat between the two. She stole popcorn from the blue one, who arched an eyebrow at Starr.

The emerald green pony looked at the other ponies who had settled down in the chairs in front of the two desks or on the floors. "Who are these ponies?

Starr quickly introduced everyone to each other. The blue pony was Etcetera and the green pony was Starburst.

"So, what are you doing here?" Etcetera asked.

"Well, we're trying to escape from this prison that we were put in by the 'normal' ponies," said Duckie.

"We've got to do some challenges," said Bean.

"Have you come across any yet?" asked Etcetera.

"Nope, not yet," said Herbie as she joined Starr in eating Etcetera's popcorn.

Etcetera shot a dirty look at both Herbie and Starr. "You two need to get your own," she said. She muttered, "Troublemakers" under her breath.

Starr giggled; Herbie laughed.

"So," Bean said, trying to ignore the antics of the three "troublemakers." "Where's the first challenge?"

"Well," said Starburst. "This is the first challenge, someone must answer six trivia questions before you can continue on your way."

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Meadowbrook walked down the steps into the wine cellar. She went over to the dumb waiter and took a tray of food off of it. She took it to the hidden door that Gimpy had been thrown down earlier. She looked in the window. Good, all of the prisoners were still there. But why were there blue lines everywhere? She shrugged and pushed the tray through the small dog door that was at the bottom for that reason.

"Here's your extra special supper," she said. "We're having an extra special dance tomorrow night. You're all invited to it," she added. She laughed at her little joke as she left.

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Next Chapter: More song quotes, the first few (not sure how many) challenges, more ponies based off of real people (only with nicknames due to the fact I don't want to get sued or anything). Points to whoever can guess their true identities.

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Random quotes:

"You're going to wake up dead" – Etcetera Kit (she's on so go read her stories!)

"Homicidal rampages are always fun." – Gimpy (the real one who I based the character off of)

"Ok, Charles Manson." – Belladonna Dwale, the author in a conversation. (of course, I'm sure other people have made this type of comment before.)

Song Quotes:

"Happiness is a warm gun." – "Happiness is a Warm Gun" by John Lennon and Sir Paul McCartney.

"Relax and settle down Let your mind go 'round" – "Relax" by Pete Townsend