Ponyville, was quiet. Nopony was outside anymore ever since the disappearances increased dramatically. Even the school was closed down for fear of the little fillies disappearing as well. Sweetie Belle from then on completely ignored Rarity and always left early in the morning with a note that she was going to Pinkie Pie over at sugarcube corner. Rarity felt uneasy every morning that Sweetie Belle would just leave only to see Pinkie, which wouldn't be quite suspicious, knowing that Pinkie Pie is also her friend, but something definitely smells fishy around here. Rarity turns her head and watches Opal eating sardines, "Very fishy indeed" she said.
"But nopony is out Pinkie, how are we gonna bake today?" Sweetie asked Pinkie Pie. "Shes right Pinkie, how will we do it?" Silver Spoon and Applebloom said together practically in harmony. "Welllll" she started. "you girls do have a point, but i'm sure we can do something about it!" Pinkie replied, already brewing a perfect idea. "How about we throw a HUUUUUUGGGEE party, everypony will come, and I'm definitely sure they will come since it will be a large crowd, doubting a killer would even try to attempt an attack right?" Pinkie said all together, catching a large breath.
"That sounds like the most incredible idea yet Pinkie Pie, you have definitely outdone yourself this time" Sweetie Belle chanted, then hugged Silver Spoon, who kissed her on the cheek, they couldn't help but blush. Sweetie Belle and Silver Spoon had been dating for about a week, and they love to be together. Applebloom gagged a little "Lets just work on the invitations, and you two should get a room" she said, and they giggled.
That same afternoon, everypony got the invitation, and decided to come because they actually did believe they would be safe in a crowd of ponies because they thought they weren't going to disappear as long as somepony was in their line of sight. Everyone was having incredible fun, when they arrived, they saw the group of bakers, a billion sets of decorations, loud party music, and sooo many pastries and candies. "LETS GET THIS PAAARTY STARTED!" Pinkie and the bakers cheered, Pinkie firing her party cannon. Everypony was dancing, finally enjoying themselves and taking their minds of the disappearances and terror. They all got to speak with Pinkie Pie and thank her for easing all the worries, Pinkie always smiled back at them. Sweetie Belle and Silver Spoon were dancing on the dance floor, blushing because neither of them had actually danced before. Applebloom was on watch for a good pony for their "fun". Sweetie went to get some punch, when she saw a rather peculiar mare in a corner drinking some punch, but something seemed different about her. She had no cutie marks, and it seemed like she had no pupils either. Sweetie Belle remembered reading one of Twilight Sparkle's books titled "Transformation spells", was this pony under a transformation spell? And what creature is she really? She had to know, and there was only one way.
Sweetie Belle grouped up with Pinkie Pie, Applebloom, and Silver Spoon for a small meeting where nopony could hear them. "I think I found somepony really interesting for our fun girls" Sweetie Belle said, the little white unicorn still thinking about the appearance of that mare. "If you think she's that special Sweetie Belle, then lets meet her!" Pinkie said with her usual cheering voice. The four looked around for the mare, finding her nowhere in ponyville, until Sweetie Belle notices the mare sitting in front of a scarecrow on top of the hill near Sweet Apple Acres. "Hi there!" Pinkie said with a huge smile, she always wants to meet new ponies, though this was obviously not a normal mare. "Oh, uh… hi" she smiled weakly, she had a light orange coat with a yellow and darker orange mane, and she wore a nice light blue shirt, and light blue eyes. She was quite pretty. "Hi there, my name's Sweetie Belle, this is Silver Spoon, Applebloom, and Pinkie Pie" Sweetie said. "Nice to meet you, my name is Jay, Jay Lightwell" she said. Her name was incredibly lovely, Sweetie Belle thought, and knew she was a rather interesting creature. "Say, would you like to hang out with us?" Sweetie said, hoping to see if she can lure her, but have a little fun and show her around at least. "I'd love to!" She said, making a better smile than earlier. "Great!" Pinkie cheered out. "I have an idea! Lets go to the Ponyville carnival!" She added. "Awesome!" The other four cheered, Jay felt content, making new friends, but not sure if she could bear telling them where she came from, afraid that they might think different of her.
Throughout the whole afternoon at the carnival, they were riding all the roller coasters, the games, even the arcade. After the carnival closed, they were all wearing party shirts, silly hats, crazy face makeup, and holding cotton candy and balloons. "That was soooooooooo fun!" Pinkie Cheered. "Yeah!" The others said in unison, it was the best time ever. Jay was so good at all the games, practically even better than Pinkie Pie, they won so many prizes. Jay couldn't help but blush at the compliments at how good she was. "Well, it was nice meeting you guys, we can hang out again, i'm here in ponyville for two more days" Jay said, and hugged the three ponies tightly, then walked off. "She is a really nice pony, it is too bad were gonna bake her" Applebloom said. "Yeah, but she has two days left, so we can hang out with her tomorrow then do what we do on her third day" Sweetie Belle said. "She isn't a normal pony though girls, didn't you guys notice she has no cutie marks? Or pupils in that matter? She is obviously under a transformation spell" she added. "Woah, really" the other three said in unison. "Yep, she is a different creature, but with the ability to speak and understand equestrian, so I doubt she's an animal like a bunny or bear or anything like that" Sweetie said. "Anyway, lets head off to sleep girls, then they left to their homes.
The next day, Sweetie Belle was about to leave the shop, when Rarity called for her. "Sweetie, you seem to be spending a lot of time with Pinkie lately, are you alright dear?" She asked. "Of course I am, why would you ask?" Sweetie said, starting to feel worried. "It's nothing Sweetie, it's just that I haven't seen you down at all that Scootaloo is gone, and you and Applebloom spend a lot of time together" Rarity said. "Oh its just the baking, we love baking and I know thats just what we can do for mine and Applebloom's cutie marks, I know it!" Sweetie replied.
Later that night, Sweetie Belle was just sitting in her bed, she couldn't sleep. That pony- no… That different species is very incredible, Jay Lightwell was very talented though she was under a transformation spell. Sweetie Belle couldn't wait to "play" with Jay on her final day in ponyville. She cocked up the perfect plan. Just early that morning, Sweetie Belle ate breakfast and placed a plate of pancakes on the counter for rarity, with a note "GONE TO PINKIE'S".
And left the boutique. Sweetie Belle first went to Sugarcube corner for Pinkie, then Silver Spoon's house, then Applebloom's. "Are we ready girls? Today is the day" Sweetie said, motioning to leave to find Jay, more than likely at the same scarecrow where they found her yesterday. To her surprise, Jay actually was at the scarecrow, eating some oats and watching the gorgeous sunrise. "Hey there Jay!" Sweetie called out, and the mare looked back to meet eyes with her. "Oh, hello there girls!" She said, standing up on her hooves and trotting towards them. "You girls ready to go? I found a perfect game today" she giggled. "We sure are!" Pinkie said in her usual cheering tone. "Great to hear! Anyway, I had this great game called Twirl,Drop,Dare, or TDD for short" Jay started. "The rules are simple, you get picked, you twirl for ten seconds, drop, then one of us will take turns giving you a dare" she said. "Would you like to go first Pinkie Pie?" She asked. "Okie Dokie Loki!" Pinkie replied, already starting to twirl at a fast speed. After ten seconds, Pinkie Pie dropped to the ground. "Alright, Applebloom, you can start the dare, then next will be Pinkie Pie, Silver Spoon,then Sweetie Belle, i'll go last" Jay said. "Alrighty then" Applebloom started. "Pinkie, I dare ya to juggle anything you can get your hooves on" she said. Pinkie however, had the perfect funny idea, she lifted Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, and Silver Spoon up, and started juggling them! Jay couldn't help but fall laughing, and the three fillies giggled as they were tossed into the air, being juggled by Pinkie. After a few moments, Pinkie put them down one by one and started giggling herself. "That was sooooo funny! Did you see your faces?" Pinkie finally broke down laughing. Next was Sweetie Belle she twirled as fast as she could for ten seconds, then falling to the ground, Pinkie Pie had a sweet loving dare. "Sweetie Belle I dare you to give Silver Spoon a hug and kiss" Pinkie sneered happily at her little friend. Sweetie Belle blushed, but went to Silver Spoon a big hug, then a small kiss on the lips, she had not much of a problem since Sweetie Belle was after all, in love with Silver Spoon, as she was back at her. Once again, Applebloom make a fake sick face and stuck out her tongue. They giggled.
Later in the afternoon, the group went all over ponyville, Pinkie threw a couple birthday parties, later they went to the bowling alley, Jay somehow getting a strike every single time, then finally, the group went to the spa. The five were enjoying mud baths while having decent conversations. "So how did you girls think of the day?" Jay said, spreading some mud across her hoof. "I think that was the best time i've ever had in my life!" Pinkie cheered, squirming around in the mud to get it all over her back and her hooves. "Yeah! That was Amazing Jay, how did you get so many strikes in that bowling game?" Sweetie said, staring at the large golden trophy they had won earlier. "Oh its nothing, my father just happened to teach me all about bowling when I was younger" Jay said. "Hey I got an idea, Sweetie Hand me one of those towels, and Pinkie, can you set up those bottles of shampoo into a row of bowling pins?" She asked. "Sure thing!" They both said together. Sweetie handed Jay a towel, which she rolled up into a hard and solid ball so it wouldn't break up, and Pinkie set up the shampoo like a row of bowling pins. Jay rolls the towel, and hits a perfect strike at the shampoo. Everypony started cheering, even the workers who happened to be watching. suddenly, a bright flash came out of nowhere from Jay, after the light went out, she had a cutie mark! "Woah jay! You got your cutie mark!" Pinkie said, waving out pom poms from seemingly out of nowhere. Jay's Cutie mark consisted of 3 bowling pins and a bowling ball, covered with a color a few shades darker than her fur.
Jay hugged her flank like a teddy bear, not wanting to let go now that she found her special talent. After a few hours in the spa, the gang left the spa heading for Sweet Apple Acres, as if they were taking Applebloom home. "That was a great day girls, I hope we can meet again in the future" Jay said. The gang was up to the old orchard where the secret hideout was. "We're sorry that it wont last forever" Sweetie Belle said. "What do you mean Sweetie Bel-" *BAM* Silver Spoon hit a rock she found in the back of Jay's head, a little blood streaming down the back of her neck.
Jay Lightwell awakens in a dark, misty and cold room, the air was wet and freezing, and she found herself lying at an angle. She tried to move, but it was useless as she found her hooves were tied up with hard leather straps. "Where am I, Sweetie Belle are you there?" She said. And just on que, Sweetie Belle Appears with the group that follows her. "Hey there Jay, are you feeling alright?" Sweetie said, with a menacing smile on her face, a smile so scary, it made your blood turn to ice. "Whats going on Sweetie Belle? Why am I tied up on this chair?" You know i'm a baker right Jay? And how I make Pancakes?"Sweetie asked. "Y-yes, why are you asking that?" Jay said, starting uneasy and trembling a little, This was not the Sweetie Belle she knew two days ago, what was going on? "Well, you see, all my pancakes are the best in the world, but I need a special ingredient to do so, and I need you to help make that ingredient" Sweetie said.
"What special ingredient...wait...You dont mean me do you?!" Jay said, this time trembling harder, she knew what was happening, in her world, there was a fanfiction called "Cupcakes" that she read, hearing all this made her realize that she was going to be murdered, and baked into Pancakes. "Well, you sure caught on quickly didn't you? I know you arent from this world Jay, so where are you from?" Sweetie asked. Upon hearing this, Jay was actually afraid now, Sweetie Belle actually figured out she isn't really a pony, and now her cover was blown. "I-i am a human, in my world we arent the same as ponies" she said. "I thought so" Sweetie said, she knew what a human was, but has never seen one, however, that didn't get in the way of what she's doing, she had a job to do. "Too bad you gotta lose your cutie mark already Jay, at least you had the afternoon enjoying your special talent" She said, picking up her scalpel, placing the pointed tip on Jay's flank, where her new cutie mark was. "NO!" She shouted knowing that she was already going to lose her brand new cutie mark, just like Rainbow Dash had at the beginning of the story.
The scalpel traced a neat circle around her marks, the burning sensation already taking place, and with a skinning knife, her cutie marks were removed. At that instant, Jay was already sobbing, she was going to live through everything she read in that story. Applebloom was in the corning putting something together, after a few minutes, Applebloom walked up to jay, holding a few shuriken, but this was made entirely out of razor blades, she backed up, took her aim, and started throwing them. Seven of the ten shurikens hit Jay, the first three piercing into her gut, and three of her hooves were hit. Blood was dripping off Jay's body, and she started fading. "You aint going out on us yet" Applebloom said, already popping an adrenaline shot into her hoof. Jay's eye's blasted open, she knows this part gets worse. Pinkie came over next holding a pair of scissors. "Hey Jay, you can hear me right?" She asked, with a sarcastic loving smile. Jay only stared at Pinkie, she did not want to answer that question, because this time, she had no idea what was going to happen. Pinkie didn't get a response, so she went ahead and placed the scissors on Jay's left ear, and slowly started cutting away at it. Jay winced as the searing pain in her ear as it slowly tore away from her head. Pinkie Pie was three quarters through cutting the ear off, when she said "Hey Jay, Think fast!" She said, and pulled the ear right off, tearing half of the flesh from Jay's face, leaving a hole in her left cheek, being able to see the teeth and part of her skull. Jay screamed in pure pain, her shrieks could have been heard for miles if it weren't for the sound proof material in the entire cave. Jay could feel the burning sensation in her face, and her ear, the cold air smacked against it only worsening the pain. "MAKE IT STOP! MAKE IT STOP!" She started shrieking again. "She's so loud!" Silver Spoon said over the screaming Jay. "I'll deal with that" Sweetie Belle said, and grabbed her sewing kit. Sweetie Belle pushed the sewing needle through jay's lips, the thread going through the holes created. After a short minute, Jay's mouth was sewn shut with the exception of a few large holes so she didn't choke if she happened to vomit. Jay came down to silent crying.
Jay finally started to fade again, but Sweetie Belle was prepared with a final adrenaline shot. "Theres one more thing i'm gonna do before we end this" Sweetie said, grabbing her scalpel. Sweetie Belle walks over to Jay, and carefully places the tip of the scalpel on her right eye, she cut off the optical nerve and quickly grabbed a jar with a special preserving liquid that she found, and placed the eyeball inside and sealed the jar. "You are still a different creature and i want to study your eye here, dont worry, they're in good hooves" She said with a wink. Finally, Sweetie uses the scalpel again, cutting the traditional surgical cutting of one vertical line and two horizontal lines on her chest, and open the flaps of flesh. To her surprise, there was an odd glowing sac just below Jay's left Kidney, she decided to cut it out and place it in one of the other preserving jars. "You are quite the unusual visitor if I say so myself" Sweetie teased, though she still liked Jay, she was definitely going to be a very delicious pancake. Sweetie Belle started pulling out organs, one by one, leaving the heart for last. "You know Jay, I always seemed to like you as a friend, you may be a different species under a transformation spell, but you are pretty awesome, I think i'll make a doll out of you to keep your memory" Sweetie said. "Also, how did you know what was going to happen in the first place? It's like you knew what's happened here from the beginning" she asked. Jay looked wearily at Sweetie Belle, and brought all of her energy to say "In..my world…. You are not real like you are here..you were a made-up cartoon..and stories were written, starting with Pinkies "cupcakes"" She said weakly. That explanation took all of her energy, she wanted Sweetie to just end it. Sweetie Belle was amazed at this information, a whole different world where they existed in something that was meant to be made-up with stories that actually exist in her own word as well. "Well then, that's a lot to hear, but I think it's time we end this" Sweetie said, placing her hoof gently on Jay's heart. Pinkie Pie, Applebloom, and Silver Spoon together put their hooves on the heart with Sweetie Belle. "Together as friends" they said all together. Sweetie Smiled, and gently, pulled the heart out from Jay's Chest cavity. Jay's vision swam at its maximum capacity. Her vision lasted just long enough to see the group hugging, then she was gone.
After all the blood had been cleaned up, Sweetie Belle Skinned Jay's body, and cutting off her hair. Most of the meat already went to Pinkie Pie for her baking, and she kept the rest for later, right now, she had a friend to make. After hours of sewing all of the skinned hide from Jay's corpse, she had successfully made a doll that merely looked exactly like Jay herself, she gave it a huge hug, and then sewn in the eyeball she kept, along with the glowing sac, and heart of jay. Now the doll would always be "alive" when sweetie was working without the team. She went home later that night, Rarity was waiting at the door for Sweetie Belle. "There you are Sweetie Belle, where have you been?" She said. "I was with Pinkie and my friends at the bowling place near town square" Sweetie said, turning her head down hoping not to worry Rarity. She stared blankly at Sweetie Belle. "Well, anyway, come follow me, there's someone I want you to see" Rarity said. Sweetie Belle nodded and followed Rarity into the kitchen, There was a royal guard sitting at the table.