“Ladies and gentlecolts! Please show your appreciation for the new Pinkie Pie’s Pizza!” Mayor Mare said over the microphone. The crowd applauded, while the little fillies went crazy.

“In order to show our appreciation to the six ponies that helped us save Equestria, I hereby declare this centre open!” She said.

Fluttershy was really happy, as she stood amongst the crowd. Ponies started to shake her hoof and congratulate her. She told them that it was alright.

“Now, since the REAL ponies cannot be here every day to keep the kids happy, our top engineers have designed animatronic versions of them, so they can sing songs and keep the fillies happy! Unfortunately, we could only make four.”

Fluttershy shuddered. She never liked the idea of robot… creatures. It made her feel uncomfortable. Her little animals were adorable and… real. Not fake robots.

Another pony took over the microphone. He was a light brown stallion wearing a safety jacket.

“We assure all your families that all these animatronics are 3 laws safe, and they know how to party!” He yelled.

Fluttershy tried to smile, it came out more fake, but she still went in with the rest of the ponies.

When she entered, there was a large room with six long tables, with a small stage on one side. All the tables were laid with while tablecloths with party hats on top.

Fluttershy smiled to herself, relieved, but her smile was quickly gone when she saw the robots.

They were moving strangely, not lifelike at all. They had solid bodies with metal joints visible in between their limbs.

On the right, there was a creepy robotic version of her, with a little bib that said “Let’s eat!”

It had large sharp teeth and deep eyes.

On the left there was a robot holding a bass guitar, that beared a resemblance to twilight. Much like her robot counterpart, it looked creepy and had the same features.

In the middle, standing there, with a small microphone, was Pinkie Pie, wearing a little black top hat and red tie.

“Wait. Wasn’t there meant to be four robots?” She thought to herself.

Suddenly, Fluttershy heard a voice.

“Now little Fillies, explore and have fun!” Mayor Mare said.

Fluttershy got her bearings and trotted off.

The place wasn’t too big, you couldn’t possibly get lost in it, but then again, Fluttershy hadn’t seen the whole thing.

She saw a door that said ‘Restroom’. She decided to go the other way. She didn’t need to use it now.

Suddenly, she came across another door. It said ‘Pirate Cove’

She gently pushed it open as she saw a robot version of Rainbow Dash stand up.

She screamed and fell backwards as a staff member came to her.

“You alright?” The yellow mare asked.

“I’m fine, thank you. I just got a little startled” Fluttershy stammered.

The mare made a sound, and then trotted away.

Animatronic Dash came over to her.

“Are you enjoying your time at Pinkie’s?” It asked her in its robotic voice.

“Yes, this is quite nice” She said as politely as possible.

The robot stared at her for a while, and then trotted away.

“Ugh” Fluttershy said to herself then continued.

There was one door close to her, and it seemed to be attracting her.

It said ‘Backstage’, and in small text underneath read, ‘NON EMPLOYEES KEEP OUT’

Since she almost never broke rules, it was hard for her curiosity to take over. After all, it was just going to be a little peek.

She placed a hoof on the door, and gently pushed it open.

What she saw next made her heart sink.

The room was covered in eyeless, soulless empty masks. Masks of her friends. And in the middle, was an animatronic skeleton. It was sitting and facing the opposite way, but then suddenly, its head lifted up.

Its arms pushed the table so it could turn around and look at Fluttershy. It had big red eyes, and a very sharp metallic, toothy mouth.

“Hello?” It said.

Fluttershy was frozen in fear.

She leapt out and slammed the door shut as hard as she could.

Luckily, none of the staff noticed. Everypony was playing happily.

She panted for a while, and then trotted right out of her door, through the moonlight, back to her cottage. She vowed to never come back again.

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