MLP: A Guest of Honor? Part 2

"Who is it?" Pinkie Pie asked curiously, though still in a rather restrained tone, hoping for some form of answer that unfortunately never came. "Fluttershy, probably" Twilight assumed before meandering towards the door, only to find a complete stranger through the eyepiece. "No, it's not Fluttershy. I've no idea who it is, actually" Twilight explained before twisting the doorknob and pulling the door open for their unexpected guest.

The guest herself remained unrecognized by any of the occupants in the hallway, while Pinkie Pie remained in the living room. The guest's skin was an odd and extremely foreign shade of grey, a majority of it cloaked under a navy blue sweater, while her eyes were a dark green. Her lank, purple hair was a peculiar ponytail style while her fringe was curled inwards above her eyes.

"Who are you?" Twilight asked, while the guest made her way inside and stopped in the center of the hallway. "I'm looking for somepony" the guest stated, "Her name is Pinkamena Diane Pie". As this was said, Pinkie Pie overheard and suddenly became eager to learn of the mysterious pony's identity. "You mean Pinkie Pie? Why?" Rainbow Dash asked suspiciously, clearly lacking trust for this unexpected guest.

"She's my sister. My name is Maud Pie".

Pinkie Pie's eyes shot open as her heart nearly propelled from her chest in surprise. Her sister? Her older sister from the rock farm? What's she doing here? Pinkie Pie soon felt a new fear corrupt her soul, as she shivered nervously whilst the conversation continued. "Well, if you're her sister, then how did you know she was here?" Rainbow Dash asked out of curiosity. "I had spent the past couple of years traveling around Equestria, and I was just coming by Ponyville. Also, from what I've heard, she's pretty well known around here" Maud explained confidently.

"Well… yeah, she is" Twilight admitted. "Well, is she here?" Maud asked before entering the living room, only to find no occupant present within it. The trio entered after her and searched for her, but Pinkie Pie had apparently left by herself while they were occupied. "Well, she was here a second ago..." Applejack reassured, before Twilight asked "Where did she go?"

Pinkie Pie was currently locked inside her bedroom, having escaped from her sudden blast from the past and sat cowering to herself. "That can't be her! She can't be here! How did she…?" Pinkie Pie rambled to herself before tilting her head up from sudden realization. "What if she's…?" Pinkie Pie whispered to herself, before being interrupted by a loud knock on the door. "Pinkie Pie! I know you're in there! Come on out!" Maud Pie called through the wooden obstruction. Rainbow Dash then intervened and stated "Careful, she's… well… not been herself lately".

"Wait a minute… not been herself?" Maud Pie questioned, "Has she been… talking to herself?" The trio looked at eachother in surprise, before Twilight confirmed "Yeah, and some pretty bad nightmares too". Maud Pie rested her head against the door in disappointment, before reluctantly asking "Is this about… Pinkamena?" "What the…? How do you know about that?" Rainbow Dash asked in shock, the others remaining expectant for Maud's answer.

"She's been having these problems as a filly, y'know. Every day, whenever she could, she would just spend the whole day stumbling around, having conversations with herself" Maud Pie explained. She then backed away from the door and continued "At first, I thought it was just her trying to have fun. After all, the rock farm was a pretty uneventful place. But when I last saw her, she seemed like… a completely different pony. She told me that she had two personalities, and that the other one was named… Pinkamena".

Maud sighed deflatedly before turning to face Twilight, asking "How long has she been having these problems?" Twilight thought for a second before answering "Oh… err… ever since April Fool Day. So that's about five months". Applejack almost mentioned the previous, more violent encounters with the malevolent personality, but quickly decided to remain silent, as to not blemish Pinkie Pie's reputation any further. Maud then furrowed her eyebrows in confusion before asking "Wait… since April Fools Day? And she hasn't had them before then?"

Applejack and Twilight looked at eachother indifferently, before refocusing their gazes on Maud and Twilight answering "Well… ever since I've known her, she hasn't had them". Maud simply shrugged and admitted "I actually left the farm before she did, and thought she'd have these problems for the rest of her life. I didn't realize she would get over them eventually, only for them to come back later". "Well, I have to say… I never knew she had a sister" Applejack admitted, followed by Rainbow Dash adding "Well, she actually doesn't like to talk about her family much, so I'm not surprised".

Maud Pie then raised an eyebrow and wondered "She doesn't? Why not?" before she leaned her ear against the door again. From what she could hear, Pinkie Pie had somehow managed to fall asleep against the door, wedging the door shut and isolating herself within her bedroom. The witnesses could hear her shifting about uncomfortably against the door, but had decided not to pull a mad dog's tail and left her to rest.

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A few hours passed by, and while Pinkie Pie remained in her bedroom, Maud Pie had introduced herself properly to her friends and described her journeys to find her sister. While Rainbow Dash and Applejack were intrigued by Maud's story, Twilight remained skeptical of her intentions. "Hey Twilight, are you just going to sit there in silence?" Rainbow Dash asked, which seemed to pique Maud's interest. Maud then asked "Are you afraid of silence, Miss Dash" causing the latter to nervously mutter "Yes- oh wha- no! Why?"

A smug grin grew across Maud's face as she answered "Well, it's just that you seem to suffer from what we call… pressure of speech". "What's that supposed to mean? Are you a psychiatrist?" Twilight asked with unintended suspicion. "I've been studying biology and psychology for my whole life, ever since Pinkie Pie… piqued my interest, let's say" Maud admitted before smiling with confidence, "But, of course, I don't practice". "Really? I do know a fair bit about psychology myself" Twilight stated.

Maud Pie grinned and replied "I know you do, Twilight. I've read your notes" before pulling a stack of notes from behind her and laying them on the table. Twilight jumped from her seat in surprise and shouted "Where did you get those!?" to which Maud Pie simply replied "I've read them from your library before I came here". Maud then proceeded to take one of the notes and begin examining it, explaining "It's actually quite fascinating… how you can find one's true personality from their handwriting".

She continued "Such as, how you carry a special flourish for specific capital letters, which seem to gravitate toward an intellectual individual". Twilight raised an eyebrow and rubbed the back of her neck, replying "Well, um… thanks… I'm flattered" before blushing nervously. But soon, the flattery became short lived as Maud Pie then continued "However, if one would notice the overall slant and lack of consistency in writing styles, such actions would signify procrastination, a lack of consideration, and-" Twilight soon interrupted "NO!"

"Paranoia".

Twilight's blush was soon replaced by rage as her cheeks flushed a deep shade of red. For the next ten seconds, Rainbow Dash and Applejack watched as Twilight and Maud stared into eachother's eyes. A stare so intense, that one could almost see bolts of electricity sparking from their gazes. Meanwhile, Pinkie Pie had finally woken up and left her bedroom, quietly sneaking through the hallway as to not arouse any attention. As she crept through the kitchen, however, a sudden chill had swept over her as her head suddenly throbbed in pain.

"Hello, cherub" A voice greeted her. Pinkie Pie's heart stopped as she backed into the corner of the kitchen in fright, recognizing the voice immediately. Thankfully, Pinkie Pie's heart continued to beat, despite the sudden surprise. "It's been a long time" the voice continued. "No! Shhh! Don't!" Pinkie Pie whispered nervously, holding the sides of her head in terror, "Please, not now. Anytime but now!" "You know who's talking, don't you? Hmhmhmhmph…" the voice asked malevolently.

"No! NO!" Pinkie Pie screamed to herself, forgetting the volume of her voice as it echoed throughout the house. "Hey Pinkie Pie, are you there?" called Twilight, who had walked into the room to witness this act. Pinkie Pie suddenly sprang to her hooves and dusted herself off of the floor's gathered lint, before replying "Yeah; it's okay. I'm fine, Twilight".

"Ahhh, there you are" Maud Pie called as she entered after Twilight to greet her sister. "What the-? Maud Pie?! What's going on here, Pinkie Pie" the voice rang from within Pinkie Pie's subconscious, only for Pinkie Pie to ignore it. "Pinkie Pie, can we go to your room for a minute, I need to talk to you" Maud requested rather formally. "How did she find us?! What does she want?!" the voice continued, only for Pinkie Pie to reply "Um, yeah… let's go".

However, once in her bedroom, Maud locked the door behind her and sighed in frustration; "You may have fooled those ponies, but you can't fool me". Pinkie Pie stared in confusion before Maud turned to her and continued "I never believed you…" Maud stared intensely as Pinkie Pie backed into the corner of her bedroom nervously. "There was never a Pinkamena…" Maud began, "…Only an excuse".

Meanwhile; "How rude! Who does she think she's talking to?!" Twilight staggered around in circles in frustration, "I don't care if she's Pinkie Pie's sister, I can see why she wanted to get away from her!" "Twilight, just keep calm! They're gonna hear ya" Applejack warned her. "And now she's gone off with Pinkie Pie to give her a mouthful!" the unicorn concluded.

Twilight was fuming with pure, concentrated hatred for being humiliated in front of her friends, and soon desired to retaliate. "THAT'S IT! I gonna give her a piece of what's coming!" Twilight shouted furiously before storming up the staircase and trudging her way to the bedroom door. Before entering, however, she had regained enough of her former common sense to at least listen through the door.

"Just come with me, Pinkie Pie. I can take you away from here and find us somewhere else to live".

Twilight's stopped in surprise, just as Rainbow Dash and Applejack caught up with her. "Listen to this" she whispered, motioning for them to listen through the door alongside her as the siblings conversed. "No! Maud, you don't understand! I can't…" Pinkie Pie stuttered nervously, intending to quell the raging storm within her mind while poorly attempting to disguise it.

"Pinkie Pie! Stop it! Your friends have told me everything. I know all about psychology; so I know Delusions, Hysteria and Split Personalities are the three rarest disorders under the sun. So how the heck can you suffer from all of them at once? The chances of it are a million to one". "Well, there's a first time for everything…" the voice sneered maliciously within Pinkie Pie's straining mind. Pinkamena had been hollering within Pinkie Pie subconscious ever since the conversation began, hindering Pinkie Pie's attention greatly, much to Maud's obliviousness.

"You don't need to act like this anymore, it's not like you at all" Maud assured. Maud had believed that Pinkamena was merely an excuse to run away from home, completely unbelieving in the anomaly's existence, nor her sister's constant hallucinations. "Pinkamena's real, I swear she is! And she's more dangerous than you think!" Pinkie Pie confessed desperately, only for Maud to wave it off. "Pinkie Pie, I understand why you ran away from home, and I knew something like that would happen. Something happened with Mom and Dad, didn't it?"

"Ohhh… If only you knew" the voice faintly whispered.

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"You ran away from home just because it was too boring for you; not because of Pinkamena!" Maud accused, before admitting "And I don't blame you! It was rough for us both, so I ended up running away as well!" That's when the sinister mind lurking in Pinkie Pie's subconscious came to a sudden realization; Maud didn't know what happened, what happened the day she ran away. Then again, it couldn't remember if Maud was even there.

"When was the last time… you saw mom and dad?" Pinkie Pie asked, trembling from anxiety. "Me? Well, after you told me about that 'Pinkamena' mumbo-jumbo, I ran away a while afterwards; so I haven't seen them either" Maud confessed. Pinkie Pie then replied "Well… you shouldn't have…" Pinkie Pie exclaimed before a sudden throbbing pain had bloomed within her temple, "She's… gonna… gergh... hurt you too!"

By this time, the change had already begun, beginning with the relentless agony in Pinkie Pie's head, followed by constant, schizophrenic twitching. "And what makes you think that… Pinkamena is so dangerous to me?" Maud questioned, having only now noticed her sister's peculiar behavior. "BECAUSE SHE'S SCREAMING INSIDE MY HEAD RIGHT NOW! GRREAAAAHHAAAAH! SHE WON'T SHUT UP!" she screeched in agony as her head had begun straining from overwhelming pain.

By this time, Maud had finally realized the struggle Pinkie Pie was currently undergoing while she remained oblivious. "Pinkie Pie, what's happening?" Maud Pie asked in horror as Pinkie Pie began shivering and tensing. By this time, Twilight burst through the door and shouted "Maud! What's going on in here!" before halting to witness this terrifying scene. Rainbow Dash ran to Maud and shouted "What did you do to her!?" "Nothing, I swear!" Maud Pie answered before backing into the nearby corner, her lower jaw quivering worriedly.

Pinkie Pie soon fell to the floor and leaned against the bedpost in submission. Twilight then stepped between Maud and her schizophrenic sibling, "Pinkamena is a real thing, you idiot! We've had to deal with it for half a year now!" she exclaimed furiously. "Well then why haven't you done anything about it?!" Maud accused sternly. "US! WHAT COULD WE- AAGH!" Twilight suddenly screamed in pain before falling limply to the floor with a 'Thump!'. All eyes were on the culprit, who twitched and shook unnaturally while breathing heavily through clenched teeth.

Pinkie Pie's hair was hanging downwards over her shoulders, the left of her fringe covering the left half of her face. Her skin was somewhat paler than it's more natural healthy glow. But her face was the most diverting aspect of her features. Her eyes were wide open and her pupils had shrunken to disturbing measures. Her grin covered a majority of her cheeks, showing a large, white smile.

"YES! YEEASS! I'M BACK AGAIN! YEEAAAAHAAAHHAAAAAA!" Pinkamena cackled wildly before setting her gaze upon the group of prying eyes. "Ohhh… It feels so good to finally do that!" she shouted with delight, before sighing in satisfaction. Maud was frozen with fear, uncomprehending what she had just witnessed; "I… don't believe it! Pinkie Pie would never do that…" Maud exclaimed, "You're… Pinkamena?"

Pinkamena rolled her eyes and mocked sarcastically "Nothing gets past you, does it?" before snickering creepily. Maud held the sides of her head in disbelief, exclaiming "I never believed her… I thought you were just made up! IT WAS ALL TRUE!" Maud always knew that her sister was often insecure and even irrational, but never violent; Maud knew perfectly well that this was no longer her sister, but an entirely different pony. "I'm… so stupid" Maud sobbed before falling to the floor, hanging her head in shame.

"Well, you took your time realizing it" Pinkamena grinned wickedly before concluding "Well, if you'll kindly excuse me, I have some unfinished business to attend to". Applejack and Rainbow Dash both asked "What are you talking about" in unison. Pinkamena then stared down at the sulking sister of her former ego and smiled a sadistic grin.

"I'm quite glad, actually… that you stopped by. Eh Heheheheh… I had plans for you and Pinkie Pie's family back when we were on the rock farm". "What… do you mean? What 'Plans'?" Maud muttered fearfully, worried for the sake of both herself and her sister. Pinkamena then staggered towards her desk and armed herself with a large, metal rod.

"You see, Pinkie Pie's parents and sister seem to have a certain-".

"Oh no ya don't!" Applejack suddenly leapt at Pinkamena and struggled to pry the instrument from the anarchist's grip. However, even though Applejack was known for her athletic demeanor, Pinkamena's almost unnatural strength was beyond comprehension, as well as unconquerable in a competition of this fashion. "Let go, you stupid…!" Pinkamena shouted before prying the rod away from Applejack and swinging the spine of the rod against Applejack's forehead, knocking her back against the desk and leaving her in a state of disorientation.

Pinkamena soon turned to face the remaining duo and staggered towards them with sadistic intentions. As this happened, Twilight had begun recovering from her sudden injury, struggling the sit up from the floor while watching the events occur around her. She watched dizzily as Pinkamena had prepared to strike down the last two observers, as well as Applejack laying incapacitated against the desk.

Twilight could find no way to salvage the oncoming chaos beside a more practical means. No matter how she tried, she found no alternative. "I'm so sorry, Pinkie Pie" was spoken before she prepared to cast her chosen spell. Her horn began glowing brightly as a loud, deafening crackle echoed throughout the house.

"Instantum Illuminarus Abraxas!"

Two hours passed by since this incident occurred; and during the course of it, Pinkamena found herself unconscious by its closure. She had been taken to the hospital by her four friends, where she remained to recover from her injuries. "I'm so sorry, I couldn't think of any other way to stop her" Twilight confessed, her breaths growing increasingly heavy from overwhelming guilt.

Twilight had casted a lightning spell upon Pinkamena before she could attack Maud, shocking her and rendering the sociopath in an instant comatose state. "So she'll be my sister again when she wakes up?" Maud asked for confirmation, to which Rainbow Dash answered "That's how it should work". Maud stared down at her sister as tears streamed down her cheeks, "And I always thought Pinkamena was made up… but it was all true. She really was that lonely and sad; and it never even concerned me! I'm a disgrace!"

"Well, it can only get better from here" Applejack stated in an effort to bring light to this dark situation. "I'd like to know how" Maud Pie sighed before hanging her head in shame of her own negligence. Twilight then added "Well, it definitely couldn't get any worse than this, to be sure". Eventually, the group decided to leave Pinkie Pie to recuperate overnight. After they had left, however, Pinkie Pie subconsciously started unknowingly muttering to herself as she slept.

"Nothing's gonna harm you… not while I'm around~. Hmhmhmhmhnhnehehe!"

The End?