AU: This chapter, and the one after it, contains dark content that I usually don't write. I am very sorry for this being late! Enjoy!

"Who...Who are you?"

"Who do you think?" Said the girl inside of the dome, talking rudely to him. "You read what it said on the glass, didn't ya?" Crimson looked up at the name that was etched into the glass. It read, "Pinkamena" on it.

"So…" Crimson started, "Pinkamena, hu? I'm gonna take a wild guess here and say that you're Pinkie Pie's third personality?"

"So what if I am?" said Pinkamena, sarcastically. "Have you been looking for me? Well congratulations, you did it! Now get out. No one's allowed in here except me and Little Miss Sunshine over there" On cue, Surprise waved at the two from behind Crimson.

"No"

"Excuse me?" she said, a little surprised by this guy's response. "Mind telling me why? Or how exactly you got in here?" To be honest, even Surprise was curious on how Crimson got into Pinkie Pie's mind.

"I came in here because I want to help her out," said Crimson as he slowly looked up at Pinkamena. His mouth had slowly formed a devilish grin before he spoke again. "As for how I got in here...that's for me to know and you to find out"

"What's with all these secrets?" said a quite annoyed Pinkamena. "Even if I am stuck in this thing, I can still see what Pinkie Pie sees! You've been keeping secrets ever since you came to Ponyville!"

"Everyone has their secrets," said Crimson as his devilish grin turned back into a normal smile. "Secrets that they like to keep from others for a very good reason. Whether it's a crush on your own friend, an ingredient for a mouthwatering dessert, or even…" he slowly looked over at Pinkamena as his mouth formed back into a devilish grin. "…the skeletons hiding in their closet"

"What are you talking about?" said a quite agitated Pinkamena. "Just get out of here already!" Crimson couldn't help but laugh a little as he watched this girl's reaction.

"If you're going to hide something then don't put it in plain sight!" said Crimson to Pinkamena, still having a devilish grin on his face. "But…" he started as his grin disappeared, having an almost expressionless look on his face. "I didn't come here to cause trouble. I came here because I was hoping to find the source to her depression. I can't stand seeing her like this!"

"What are you talking about?" asked Pinkamena, "You've only known her for a day and yet you act like you've seen her walking around all depressed for weeks!"

"Whatever," said Crimson, "Mind telling me what happened all those years ago? It must have been something pretty bad if this area looks like a Friday The 13th movie" After saying this, Crimson took another look at the area where Pinkamena stood in. "Well, sort of like Friday The 13th"

"Why should I tell you?" asked Pinkamena as she turned her head away from him. "What do I get out of it? And besides, what will you do once I tell you? Pop back into reality and talk to her?" Crimson was starting to get annoyed by Pinkamena's attitude. Luckily, he knew what to do.

"How about we make a deal?" he said, "If you tell me what I want to know…I'll help you break free from this place!" That last part seemed to have caught her attention, because after Crimson said it, Pinkamena whipped her head back towards him. Unfortunately, it also caught the attention of somebody else; Surprise.

"That's not possible!" she said, "A personality would need a body to survive outside of the mind and we only have a body inside Pinkie Pie's mi-"

"Shut up!" screamed Pinkamena, angrily towards Suprise. "Last time I checked, I was allowed to make my own decisions!" The two suddenly started arguing back and forth. Crimson every now and then would try to intervene.

"G-Girls…come on…stop…hey now…please don't do this…seriously?" The longer their argument went on for, the more agitated he became. Several attempts of intervening and still nothing. He just couldn't take it anymore. He just…snapped.

"Girls…girls…Clausa est Inferno up!" Suddenly, everything around Crimson slowed down to a complete stop as all the colors were replaced with different shades of gray. For some reason, Crimson was the only one not frozen and untouched by the sudden color change.

'Damn them' he thought to himself, 'I didn't want to do this. I'm already using more magic than I should just to stay inside Pinkie Pie's head' He placed his right hand on the dome that held Pinkamena inside. His hand was suddenly surrounded by an aura that glowed with the color of crimson. His hand began to glow as he focused his magic on the dome. Suddenly, the gray colors inside the dome started changing back to their regular colors and time started moving again. As soon as time started moving again, Pinkamena was unfrozen and had gone back to her ongoing argument.

"Someday I'll get out of here! I'll get out of here and I-"

"And you'll what?" said Crimson, smiling as he stood in front of Pinkamena; well, he would be if it wasn't for the glass dome keeping Pinkamena contained. Pinkamena jumped back a bit as she suddenly saw Crimson standing, right in front of her dome, smiling. She was even more surprised as she looked around and saw that all but her and Crimson was grayed out and frozen.

"W-What…What's going on?" she asked, "What did you do?" When she looked over at Crimson, she saw that he was still smiling. However, unlike before, he had a few beads of sweat rolling down his forehead. "Hey," she said, "You alright? You're not looking too good"

"Never mind that," Crimson said, "Now back to what I said earlier. Tell me what I want to know and then I get you out of here!" Pinkamena started walking back and forth as she thought about what he said. Stay inside a party-crazed girl forever? Or break free out into the real world!

"Alright!" she said with the same devilish grin Crimson gave her from before. "It's a deal"

"I'm glad to hear you say that!" Crimson said, still smiling. "But, you know what? How about we shake hands to officially make it a deal?" Pinkamena looked at him confused. How can someone shake hands through a glass dome? Unless he can phase through it, they can't shake hands. Suddenly, the area around her turned gray again while she remained untouched by the sudden change. She looked all around her, confused as to why the sudden change. She suddenly felt something tap her left shoulder, making her jump a little in surprise as she screamed.

"AAAAAAHHH!"

"Geez, Pinkamena," said Crimson from behind Pinkamena. "If it was a snake, it woulda bit ya" When Pinkamena turned around and saw him, she immediately punched his shoulder. "Ouch! I'm sorry, okay?"

"What was that for?!" she screamed, "And also, how did you get in here?!" Crimson, keeping his eyes on Pinkamena, took a small step away from her.

"Look I didn't mean to scare you, okay?" said Crimson, "And as for your other question, I snuck in while you weren't watching" Pinkamena, after hearing this, just gave him an 'Are you serious?' look.

"Is that really how you came in here?" said a now agitated Pinkamena. "Or are you lying to me because of how you got in here is just another one of your secrets?"

"I'm afraid you're right," said Crimson, "Just another one of my secrets. I came into this little home of yours so that we can make this deal official!" As he said this, he held his hand out towards her with a smile on his face. "So what do you say?" Crimson said, "Deal?"

"Wait!" said Pinkamena, "How do I know that this isn't some trick? How do I know that you're not lying to me?" During Surprise's outburst, Pinkamena realized that she had a point. Plus this guy still isn't telling her anything! How can she trust him?

"Pinkamena, trust me!" said Crimson, maintaining the smile on his face. "I was able to get into this girl's mind and stop everything you see around you! And you saw all that stuff I did to save Ponyville, right? If I can do stuff like that, then getting you out of here should be easy!" Hearing this, Pinkamena had finally made her decision.

"Oh…alright!" she said before she reached out her hand towards his. The two shook each other's hand. But for some reason when Pinkamena tried pulling her hand away, Crimson still had a hold of it. "Let go of my hand!" said Pinkamena as she tried pulling her hand away again. Suddenly, Crimson's hand was surrounded by a blue flame that slowly spreads towards Pinkamena's hand. She started panicking as the blue flame covered her hand, and yet somehow the flame did not burn her.

"And now…" said Crimson as the blue flame quickly vanished and he pulled his hand away from hers. "It's official!" When he looked at Pinkamena, he saw that she was constantly turning her arm over as she looked for burns. "Oops! Sorry about that!"

"Just…Just don't do that!" said Pinkamena who was still agitated but also now a bit freaked out. After she calmed down a bit, she looked at Crimson with a serious look on her face. "Okay, I'll tell you. Obviously, this was a long time ago. This was before she started living on a rock farm"