The Dark Side
Omake files, part 2
This is not part of the story, these are non-cannon Extras
Warning: this Omake contains copious amounts of SHIPPING as well as TROLLESTIA. Might include some naughty references.
Cupcakes meets Misery
Pinkie: Now…you take a nap!
Rainbow: Actually, I switched the glasses.
Pinkie: ….huh? What are you zzzzzzzzz….. *faints*
Pinkie: *Wakes up in a strange bed, finds legs have been broken, Rainbow grinning over her with adoring eyes*
"Huh."
Rainbow: *blinks* "You're taking this...better than I thought you would."
Pinkie: "Um...eheheh. *grins* I just find it ironic is all."
Rainbow: "How so? Oh...you mean the baking my meat into cupcakes thing?"
Pinkie: *eye dilates in realization* "...what are you going to do to me?"
Rainbow: "..." *steps forward*
Pinkie: *shrinks back, but her broken legs ache as she moves* "Ouch! D-dashie, please...I-I..."
Rainbow: *smooch*
RD and PP: *exchange looks*
Rainbow: "They already know. I'm afraid the very first thing they're going to do when they discover you've gone missing is look under the basement." *smiles* "It's okay, Pinkie. They'll never find you here."
Pinkie: "Where are we, Dashie?"
Rainbow: "Somewhere were we can be together...I've actually been hiding some shameful feelings about you, Pinkie...but now that you need me, they are feelings I'm not ashamed off anymore. Because they are right. I have to protect you-" *eyes get creepy* "For. ev. errrrr..."
Pinkie: "…Why isn't my knee pinchy?"
Rainbow: "Is your back itchy?"
Pinkie: "Um..."
Rainbow: "Because you see...I'm not going to eat you, but that doesn't mean I don't want a taste."
Pinkie: *Blushes, flails her forelegs at Dash, but then, her eyes widen* "ooo..oooh, D-d-dashie...hey, gimme your wing!" *licks thin, sensitive flesh that lies between feathers*
Rainbow: "Eee! S-stoppit Pinkie, that tickles!"
*much later…..*
Rainbow: "Isn't the sunset beautiful, Pinkie?"
Pinkie: "Dashie?"
Rainbow: "Yes?"
Pinkie: "...I want a pony."
Rainbow: "D'awww..." *ruffles Pinkie's mane*
Pinkie: "No, I mean, like, for Cupcakes."
Rainbow: "I heard you the first time."
Pinkie: "Humph!" *crosses forelegs and pouts*
Pinkie reads Cupcakes
(And Trollestia finally gets it!)
Inspired by a certain fancomic:
(.com/?qh=§ion=&global=1&q=Pinkie+reads+cupcakes#/d41bb5n)
It was a Happy, Sunny day in Ponyville.
Pinkie was bouncing along, thinking about what kind of party she was going to throw next. Somepony might wonder how Pinkie keeps finding the energy to celebrate…or even where she keeps finding new things to celebrate. It wasn't everyday that a new pony come to town, after all. After all, Pinkie had a "Hooray! Winter-Wrap up was on time!" party immediately followed by a "Spring has Sprung" party.
One might wonder how she manages to keep coming up with names or occasions for parties, at least.
I've barely scratched the surface, foolish mortals! I, Pinkie Pie, will never let an opportunity for cheer and merriment escape my scrutinizing eyes! I might throw a party just over today being a relentlessly normal day if it comes down to it! Yay, Status Quo Appreciation Day party! Go, SQAD! Hee hee, "Sqad". I made a funny word! See, I made myself laugh just by walking down the street! I'm UNSTOPPABLE, YOU FOALS! UNSTOPPABLE!"
Pinkie let out maniacal laugh as she skipped down the street, startling onlookers around the park before they all rolled their eyes realizing she was just being Pinkie Pie.
(Lyra, however, shot up from her unnatural position on the bench and lost her balance trying to sit straight up, and fell out the bench, somehow landing horn-first on the ground. She was alright, but an upside down and very surprised Bon Bon was going from looking up at her and she couldn't figure out why.
She was somehow being perfectly supported by her tiny horn, having been driven more than ¾ of its length down into the ground. Surprisingly sturdy, those unicorn horns.)
Pinkie thought she heard girlish giggling coming from somewhere far off, but she was having too much fun bouncing down the street. But she was too busy bouncing down the street and seeing a notepad lying on the ground labeled "Cupcakes" out of the corner of her eye to-hey, wait a sec.
"Whoa!"
Pinkie found herself landing face first in the dirt. She been distracted, and landed wrong. Rising back to her feet, she turned around and examind the notebook.
"Ooooh! 3 Does that say CUPCAKES? I LOVE cupcakes!" Pinkie squealed.
Unaware of the malevolent forces snickering as they left the premises, Pinkie opened the book and began reading. To her astonishment, it was starring Rainbow Dash!
That should've been her first warning sign, but Pinkie simply couldn't help but get excited of the prospect to be reading a story about her friends and it somehow involving Cupcakes too!
This was going to be the best story ever…
…..
…..
*20 minutes later*
"Pinkie Pie, what gives?" Rainbow Dash grunted. "You're freaking me out here! Stop hugging me so tight!"
Pinkie was holding Dash close to her body with her eyes stark and wide and full of tears. She was shivering slightly, and above all else, completely unwilling to let go of Rainbow Dash, like she still wasn't certain.
"Pinkie! Let go! Pinkie! ….Pinkie? Are you crying?"
Pinkie as if breaking out of a trance, took one look at Rainbow….and began blubbering come.
Dash was caught of guard, and her forelegs were pinned to her side, so she just began trying to talk Pinkie down.
"It's okay…it's okay…just breath, Pinkie Pie. What in the world happened to you, anyway? Come on, Pinkie…you never cry! …without immediately following up with a 'hey! You know what this needs? A party!' or something like that. *sniff* Oh, not cool, Pinkie, y-you're making me feel *sniff* sad…"
And both ponies broke down crying.
*later that afternoon*
Twilight Sparkle paced, looking at the open Notebook labeled Cupcakes. It was a
"So, find anything out about the author yet? Are you sure I shouldn't read it? I could help you, you know…" Spike offered
"NO!" Twilight rose her voice at the baby dragon before softening. "eheheh…no. Spike, trust me, you wouldn't like what's in this notebook. Its…boring."
"Uh huh…." Spike crossed his arms, looking skeptical.
"Look…just no peeking in this book or no gems for a week!"
"Hear that, Spike?" Nyx giggled. (Yes, Past Sins is in here now. This is an Omake, ANYTHING can happen! Its all off the books!)
"And that goes for you too, young lady! No reading this book, or you will be so beyond grounded… Now enough of this…I need to…fo…cus…"
Twilight's blood ran cold. She just realized who the author was.
The air around Twilight's mane and air began to ripple, causing Nyx and Spike to look at her in alarm. Then Twilight's eyes started to glow.
"Kids, could you step outside for a moment?" Twilight said very slowly and dangerously.
Spike and Nyx both gulped and ran out of the treehouse.
Twilight inhaled…and 15 seconds later, on the outskirts of Ponyville, Fluttershy had gotten over the shock of the great blast of sound enough to say "Oh….my."
*later that evening…*
Celestia had returned to Canterlot after her brief disappearance. When Luna asked her where in Equestria she had been and why she hadn't told anypony, Celestia just snickered and said it was just a little something she had to take care of. Top Secret. National Security reasons.
She wasn't positive Luna believed her, but she didn't press the issue.
When she retired to her quarters, she allowed a smirk to pass over her face. Confident in her victory over the pink one. She had to be patient and magnanimous with all her subjects regardless of what they did (Case in point: Blueblood was STILL not yet banished to the Moon). Still, that's the last time the Element of Laughter would steal HER cupcake right in front of her. Maybe she'd be sure that at the next gathering the Earth Pony would be served a full tray of Cupcakes while sitting next to Celestia, and then the Princess would ask her "Are you going to eat that?" and watch her reaction.
Oh Celly, you're so naughty! The Princess thought to herself.
She noticed she had a scroll from her faithful student, Twilight Sparkle! She always enjoyed hearing from Twilight and her reports on the magic of friendship, but there was a chance she'd mention news on her success over Pinkie. Without hesitation, the Princess read the letter:
Dear Princess Celestia. It's Luna's Baby pictures!
Today I learned a very important lesson about when to not take pranks seriously. Its important to stay calm and remember that your friends' little pranks they on you are done to lighten the mood and its just another way they show affection and shouldn't be taken seriously. So you should lighten up, have fun, and remember they are laughing with you.
Celestia was inclined to agree. She knew just how uptight some ponies could be. She kept reading.
But there are times, when it is DECIDELY the time to take it seriously.
"Uh oh." Celestia said, getting an ominous feeling.
Today Pinkie found a strange little notebook that contained a story of her and her friends. In the story she was doing the most …horrible things to Rainbow Dash! Pinkie was treated to a horror story where she murdered her best friend and cooked her flesh in baked goods she then served to the Ponyvillians. It was entitled "Cupcakes"…by an author with the pen name by "Sergeant Sprinkles."
Now, actually, I happen to be a lover of ghost stories, and this actually isn't…THAT much worse from some of the stuff I've told around in. And indeed, if I'm fair, its not really the content of this story that I take issue with. In fact, I'd say that whoever this "Sergeant Sprinkles" is, sounds like a very creative pony and this story would make a wonderful addition to any horror library. Indeed, if the pony in question was misunderstood for their work, I'd come to the good Sergeant's defense…
…In some other universe where the two stars of the story weren't real ponies. Also, as I have it, I believe, after carefully studying the story that has left Pinkie a crying mess and Rainbow locked in her cloud house since this afternoon, I now know who Sgt. Sprinkles is.
Princess! I trusted you to keep everything confidential when I told you about those misgiving I had about Pinkie's mental state! I mean, I saved a copy of those letters! There all right here! Ugh…I can't believe some of the things I said. Oh wow. "I fear that one day her endless sugar high will crash and her depression will kill us all." And then it seemed to have happened on her Birthday party. But…
I've changed since then. Talking about the "Pinkamena" incident with you calmed me down a lot, and I know that I'm not perfect. But I never would've shared it with you, if I knew you were going to be doing something like this! In fact…I can't just write it down anymore. I'm casting a "Howler" spell on this message and I'm going to enchant a glyp-
Celestia peeled her gaze away from the bottom of the letter, she had barely avoided reading the glyph. But she made it.
However, the top of the letter had a message in the upper right hand corner. Celestia had ignored that corner out of force of habit but now she read:
It's Luna's baby pictures!
Curiosity seized Celestia's mind. Far too late, the Princess realized it was a trap. The Glyph was, of course, nothing of the sort. Cameras weren't invented when Luna was an infant.
The letter came to like and began a tirade in Twilight's voice:
"NOW LISTEN UP, TROLLESTIA, I LOOKED UP TO YOU AND YOU HURT MY-"
"Well..." Celestia moaned. "I guess I walked right into that one."
DELETED SCENE FROM CHAPTER 11
(This was set after Rainbow regained consciousness and "Rocket" Rainbow's body had already been removed.)
"Well, just so you know…I had a dream about you, too!"
"Oh, really?" Pinkie asked with mock surprise "I'm so flattered!"
"It was horrible. The worse dream ever. I nearly forgot it. Before I remembered it just now."
"Oh come on…you only had it last night."
"No….no, this one was on the day of Gummy's party. My memories of it almost faded."
"Really? Well, go on then! Tell me what it was about! Because I remember what happened the day after that!" Pinkie sneered and turned her head away.
"IT WAS ABOUT YOU BEING GONE!" Dash yelled at the top of her exhausted voice.
"W-what?" Pinkie seemed genuinely shocked.
"I-it wasn't a normal nightmare about watching you die…t-that had already happened. And you were just…gone. The color went out of the world, the entire dream was all our friends being sad without…without….WITHOUT YOU BEING RANDOM AND STUPIDLY ADORABLE EVERYWHERE WE WENT!"
Pinkie just stared, wide-eyed.
"When I woke up, I ran out the door, desperate to see if you were okay…a-and then *sob* I saw you in that Balloon of yours, giving me a Singing Telegram! I never told you…how happy I was to see…N-no. This. Is. Wrong."
Pinkie seemed to be trying regain her composure. "I'll say. You stopped liking my parties after that day! You aban-"
"SHUT UP! YOU'RE NOT THE REAL PINKIE! YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE REAL FEELINGS! YOU'RE JUST A TWISTED SHADOW OF HER LIKE ZECORA WARNED ME ABOUT!" Rainbow bellowed. Her voice raspy, the pegasus continued as tears she didn't know she still had in her streamed down her face.
"How dare you say those things with Pinkie's voice! How dare you grin like that with with Pinkie's face! How. Dare. You. Try. To. Ruin. My. Image. Of. My. Wonderful….Innocent…Irreplacable…. Friend!" Rainbow rasped
The bloodstained Pinkie actually clasped her hooves over her mouth.
"Pinkie Pie would never do what you have done. She would never even think it. I don't believe you. You're a fake. You're not even Pinkie at her worse. What WAS the worse thing she did? Go Emo and party with some turnips? Otherwise just general rough housing? That's it?"
"What…I….I…" the Monster was actually sobbing. Those tears rolling down her cheeks seemed to be defying some kind of Natural Order of Things.
Rainbow wasn't moved. "Stop crying! Just go ahead and k-kill me now!" Rainbow cursed herself for letting that one word almost stick in her throat. "There's nothing else for you TO do to me." Rainbow choked "Because while I hate you with all my heart, I'm still rooting…for the real Pinkie. You'll never convince me you are anything but a *hic* -a TWISTED IMAGE of my best friend."
Dash shut her eyes and looked away from Pinkie. "I can't even look at you anymore! Damn you! I'm letting you in! You can *hic* take my life…but won't replace my true memories of Pinkie Pie!"
The pink mare ran out of the room, sobbing.
Rainbow tried to yell, but her voice was incredibly weak "Come back…come back…if you're really going soft now of all times…let me go…I don't like being stuck here."
What was with the other Pinkie? Was that another trick…or did I actually strike a nerve? Its gotta be a trick…its just gotta be! Where's my Pinkie? Will I ever see her again? Will I ever see any of my friends again?
(Of course, Dark Pinkie would come in later, and still offer Rainbow the cupcake, but she would be acting all strange and quiet as she did it…and then pull a complete 180 when Rainbow finally ate it. AND then Rainbow would pass out, etc. etc…
I couldn't decide if the scene helped or hurt the story….I guess it just struck me as melodramatic. And it was inspired by "Pretty in Pink's" concept….which might be a little confusing.
Also, I think I was going to go for the same effect the Joker in Dark Knight went for with his contradictory backstories concerning his scars. Dark Pinkie giving false accounts of why's she's so evil in her "universe" and stuff like that. But I had nothing to follow up with that little character quirk. And all these facets of the story were starting to look like they were distracting from the plot.)
Rainbow Dash *in unknown other basement, in straightjacket, but facing window*:
Somewhere…out theeeere
Beneath the pale moonlight,
Someone's thinking of me
And loving me tonight
Pinkie Pie:
Somewhere out there
Someone's saying a prayer
That we'll find one another
In that big somewhere out there
And even though I know how very far away we are
It helps to think we might be wishing on the same bright star
Rainbow Dash:
And when the night wind starts to sing
A lonesome lullabye
It helps to think
We're sleeping under the same big skyyyyy
(Rolls her eyes skyward like she did in her portion "At the Gala")
Both: (Start the Duet)
Somewhereeeee, Out th-
Lord Xaos:
STOP! STOP! Stop. Stop, okay? Stop.
Pinkie: Aw…It was just getting good!
Rainbow: Yeah, What's the problem?
Lord Xaos: Rarity has died.
Both: WHAT?
Lord Xaos: Once again, she couldn't handle TEH MOE, she's a sensitive little marshmallow. So, we're cutting this music video short. Sigh… *gets out ventilator* LIVE DAMMIT, LIIIIIIVE!
Rarity: Gurgle…somewhere out there…if love can see us throoough…
PP and RD: *smile*
All three: Then we'll be together…
Lord Xaos: *Shrugs, joins in*
Somewhere out there…out where Dreams come Truuuuue…