Day Six Twinkie

"Twilight? Ohh Twilight? Are you okay?"

Twilight opened her eyes. She was lying on the floor of her library. She was also soaking wet. Pinkie Pie was stooping over her and had her face two inches from Twilight's muzzle.

"What happened? Where am I?" Twilight said as she got up.

"Don't you remember? You thought that I was a Vexation Imp and tried to get me to confess. You caught me in a big net and then you tried hitting me with a stick and then you tried to get me to change form and then I got all wet and then I dropped my wig and then you tried testing me and I answered some questions and I dodged a potted plant and then you fainted and then I threw some cold water on you and then you asked where you were and what happened and then I asked you if you remembered and then I told you that you thought I was the Vexation Imp and tried to get me to confess and that you caught me in a big n–"

"PINKIE!" Twilight screamed.

"What?" Asked Pinkie.

"I'm… I'm…sorry. I thought you were a monster. I hope that you could forgive me," said Twilight, hanging her head.

"Oh that's okay. It's not the first time that somepony has thought I was a monster!"

"It's not?" Asked Twilight surprised.

"Well, actually it is but I still forgive you!"

"Thanks Pinkie Pie! You're a great friend." They hugged for a few minutes.

"I can't believe I'm going to say this but Twilight that's enough hugging," said Pinkie Pie.

"Oh sorry," said Twilight apologetically, suddenly looking embarrassed. "It's just that I've had a lot of pressure on me the past couple of days."

"So have I," said Pinkie Pie. Twilight sat down on her floor and started to sob. "What's wrong Twilight?" Asked Pinkie Pie. She walked over to her sobbing friend and put a hoof on her shoulder. "There, there. Tell your old aunt Pinkie Pie what's wrong," said Pinkie as she patted Twilight on the back.

"I'm going to tell you something but you have to promise not to tell anyone!"

"I Pinkie Promise!" Said Pinkie. "Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye!" Twilight took Pinkie Pie upstairs and into a little room just off of the main room. She showed her the book. She explained that she had been hunting the Vexation Imp. She showed her the ways to capture an Imp. She even gave her her own bamboo stick. Pinkie noticed that with every sentence Twilight looked more and more frazzled and more and more agitated. Twilight's mane was a mess. She looked exhausted. Her horn fizzled and would suddenly give off a faint glow or a few sparks whenever she spoke. She, all in all, looked a wreck.

"Twilight are you feeling okay?" Asked Pinkie Pie.

"I feel fine, fine, fine! What would make you ask?" She said as she looked at her friend, her eye twitching.

"It's just that…well…don't you think that if there was a Imp someone would have seen it?"

"Seen it? Of course someone has seen it! Rarity and Spike have seen it! And I saw it too! At the cafe remember?"

"But wasn't that me?" Said Pinkie.

"What!" Shouted Twilight. "Is that a confession? You are the Imp after all?"

"What? I'm not the Imp! You said so! I'm Pinkie Pie!"

"Of course… of course my…my dear friend Pinkie Pie!" Twilight cackled.

"Here Twilight," Said Pinkie Pie. "How about I help you? You said that there are ways to deal with being enchanted by an Imp, right?"

"Yes..." said Twilight.

"So why don't I go upstairs and check to see if Spike is really infected and you go get some sleep okay?"

"But I should help too! He's my dragon!"

"Yes.. but the Imp probably knows that you're on to it. It might have told Spike and Rarity to attack anyone who tries to save them!"

"But the book never said anything about Imps being able to–" said Twilight, searching for the book. Pinkie Pie, spotting it quickly, kicked it under a shelf.

"I'm an expert at these things Twilight. Trust me."

"How are you an expert?"

"I…I…took some lessons from Fluttershy!" Pinkie said quickly.

"But how do you know it will work?" Asked Twilight again, feeling angry. She didn't usually go so far into a conversation without knowing anything.

"Well it's my… my.… my Pinkie Sense!" Said Pinkie, thinking fast. "When my…um…liver jumps and my hooves start dancing then I know that I can save any dragon within 50 miles!"

"But your hooves aren't moving at all. And how can you tell if your liver is jumping? And how do you know it means you can save a dragon?"

"What do you mean that my hooves aren't dancing? Just look!" Said Pinkie Pie, quickly trying to make her hooves dance. "And oh my liver really hurts!" She said clutching her chest.

"But that's not your liver," said Twilight. Pinkie moved her hoof up slightly. "Still not your liver," said Twilight. Pinkie moved her hoof to the left. "Nope," said Twilight. Pinkie started moving her hoof back and forth on her body. "Nope. Wrong. Still wrong. That's your mane. No. Wrong. There's your liver!" Twilight said as she grabbed Pinkie's hoof and dragged it to the correct spot.

"See my liver is acting up! Ow! Ooh! Ouch!" Said Pinkie Pie as she inched towards the door. "So let me go over and check on Spike while you lie down okay?" She said as she opened the door.

"Okay," said Twilight exhaustedly. Just then a loud knock on the door echoed through the library.

"It's the Imp!" Twilight shrieked as she galloped towards the door. Pinkie took the opportunity to bolt upstairs. She found Spike sitting in his bed. He was a sight. He was coated with stickers, frosting, juice, water, and coconut shavings. He looked up as Pinkie Pie came up the stairs.

"Pinkie Pie! Twilight's flipped her lid! She says I'm being controlled by a gnome!" Said Spike.

"Imp," said Pinkie, looking over her shoulder. "Spike you better run! She lifted Spike on her back and boosted him out the window. He fell and hit the ground with a thump. He got up shakily.

"I think I bruised my arm!" He told her. Just then Pinkie Pie heard the sound of galloping hooves up the stairs.

"Get out of here!" Whispered Pinkie Pie. Spike ran around the library.

"Where's Spike?" Asked Twilight suspiciously.

"He had to take a walk," said Pinkie Pie. She looked at Twilight. She was one of Twilight's best friends. She had learned that not taking Twilight seriously often lead to disastrous consequences. She had to make a decision whether or not to play along with Twilight or to calmly tell her that she was working herself over nothing. She didn't like lying to her friends but she also couldn't break a Pinkie Promise. She had promised herself she wouldn't tell anyone but Spike that she was helping him. There was only one answer.

"He definitely showed signs of being enchanted!" Said Pinkie Pie unenthusiastically.

"I knew it!" Said Twilight happily. "Oh I'm so glad you believe me!"

"Yep I totally believe you! Yep!" Pinkie Pie said, smiling nervously. And that is why a short time later, Pinkie found herself setting up traps in the Everfree Forest. She sighed. She wished she could tell Twilight what was really going on.

Oh well.

thought Pinkie Pie.

At least Spike's going on a date with Rarity today.