Author's Notes:

For those who'd spent the last two months dwelling in and, of course on this story so far, aside from growing word count amongst other errors, I'm already apologetic for not updating as consistently as originally planned before yet have taken the time to remedy the ever present problems long enough to have it finished on a high note and perhaps give this another go so until then, I have one thing to say to y'all: welcome back and thank you.

Anyways, this chapter, like Day Six, will focus on somepony other than the mane protagonist herself, briefly summing up what had been going on the past few days and what will occur afterwards; in summary, just like last time but more differently as well.

For those still wondering what Night Six will be bringing, let's just have it play out as it were: that way, you readers can grasp the clues as they were; in the meantime, good luck…!

There were black skies overhead, filled to the brim with clouds traveling across the log horizons at once. A light drizzle fell onto the solid earth below them, moistening every inch of terrain beneath them all. The environment thereof was remained the same save for an almost complete lacking of illumination all throughout. The dead air currently smelled of smoke on the water as it was being penetrated by the miniscule droplets.

Out of the many surfaces drenched in such an elemental substance, only one stood out and about: a left hand was stretched out towards the sky, belonging to a butterscotch pegasus. The moisture that had been acquired was used to run her hand across the light pink tresses upon the owner’s weary head. The butterscotch pegasus used her teal eyes to take note of what was standing out in front of her: several small fires off into the distance as it overwhelmed the downpour. She observed what was also upon herself: aside from a red collar and some matching sheaths, a blue silk tunic peered into her body along with some green leggings over the owner’s very hooves.

“Hey, Fluttershy…!” a loud voice pierced the butterscotch pegasus’ ears as she jumped up a bit in the process.

She recoiled instantly and turned around to find the speaker’s identity: it was another pegasus with a rainbow mane, fully clad in steel armor over her cyan coat; the former replied, “oh, it’s just you Rainbow…”

“Wow…” the armored individual spoke, “I can’t believe that you’re awake now; you were sleeping like a foal the whole afternoon ago…”

“Please leave me be, Rainbow; I’m trying to staying awake but it hasn’t been easy, not with everyone still mad at us…” Fluttershy yawned as the drizzle gone on.

The cyan pegasus went on over to the butterscotch counterpart and asked, “it’s the haters again, aren’t they…?”

“Worse…” the silk clad wearer answered about, “have you ever seen like a pony on fire…?”

“You mean Benny Blazer: the earth pony stallion who caught on fire one night about several years back when we were close; isn’t he still alive and well…?” Rainbow spoke out slowly all at once.

Fluttershy shook her head and said, “no, not him; I meant Pinkie, our friend…”

“Her…?” the cyan pegasus responded in confusion, “that’s who you mean…?”

“Yeah, I’ve seen her every time I’ve fallen asleep since we had met again; she’s always showing up in my dreams, naked and surrounded by a ring of flames but she’s been keeping me safe…” the butterscotch pegasus spoke.

The armored Rainbow muddled about and said at once, “keeps you safe… you mean that Pinkie…?”

“Yeah…” Fluttershy answered, “from all those monsters that keep popping up in them just like my mother and father did…”

“I’m sorry…” the cyan pegasus said as she watched her peer stare back into the open world all around them.

By then, Rainbow wiped her face clean of rain and left Fluttershy to her devices, staring at the stony surface beneath the hooves. As the cyan pegasus was now walking away, the choice of her attire was reflective of the situation they were both in at that time. Despite keeping a straight face already, she could feel but a small teardrop escaping from underneath her own right eye at once.

Rainbow soon started to abandon loneliness when she managed to catch sight of two mares nearby: a gray one with a darker mane and an orange one with a blond mane. The cyan pegasus was quickly aware of the sudden observation in that they were both lacking a set of wings unlike herself and her little yellow friend from just before. Of the two ponies in question, the orange mare was clad in a blue jacket and a long makeshift skirt with a hat above the blond tresses; in contrast, the young gray mare wore a comforter over her very body, save for the timid face thereof. While the latter was already standing wide awake, the former was locked into a deep sleep.

The orange mare turned to find Rainbow at once and said, “so how’s Fluttershy holding herself…?”

“She’s still tired, Applejack; not that I can blame her: she’s always been asleep since me and Pinkie found her again a few days back…” the cyan pegasus replied as she looked at the eponymous individual, “any word on Pinkie though…?”

“Barely: she couldn’t even come out of her room; Ah tell ya, she’s been crying ‘bout her mother, Missus Pie almost nonstop…” the orange mare answered as she wiped some sweat from from the younger gray counterpart with a cloth.

Rainbow’s eyes slightly widened at once as she replied, “you mean that she was talking about Sue, right?”

“Huh… that’s actually her name?” Applejack said at once, “Ah can’t believe that this is the poor gal that gave birth to her, let alone Inkie…”

“Inkie; what kind of name is that…?” the cyan pegasus asked as she looked at the aforementioned grey mare before her.

The orange mare sighed and then spoke out, “Ah believe that it was short for Inkerton as in one of her sisters that were up at the theme park yesterday; Big Mac and Ah had to travel all the way up from Appleloosa since those monsters hit us the night before we returned home. Ah can tell you one thing though: at least Sweet Apple Acres went down in peace; no more rape vines here anymore, Ah tell ya what.”

“Same here: I can’t believe that she had to suffer like this; as much as I hate to say this along with these fucking plants, it could’ve been me…” Rainbow said clearly, “it’s all my fault that Sue became a purple collar yesterday; I can still remember that fateful morning: taken before my very eyes in broad daylight and crying for some cock like Miss Harshwhinny. I don’t want to know what would have been worse: snapping like Pinkie, being broken in by these vines, or shot up with that damned serum some nurse made up; then again, the caribou would have cared less about how it would have gone down.”

“At least that bastard king's gone for good; all that’s left now is fixing up the mess they'd left behind…” Applejack sighed, now retracted the small cloth from Inkie’s now dried brow at once.

When the orange mare stood up, the cyan pegasus had now asked, “where are you going now…?”

“To Big Mac: he’s cleaning up Blinkie in the bathtub; we'd just gotten through with their mother earlier that evening…” Applejack said as she walked away slowly at once for the time being, “Pinkie’s room is just about across the hallway if ya want to see her but be careful: there could still be some of Dainn’s traps we've yet to disarm; at least, Princess Luna’s helping us out with the efforts.”

“That I can appreciate; after what happened, there’s no doubt about it: just stop the bad guys, like old times…” Rainbow chuckled lightly.

The orange mare looked back, removing her jacket and handing it over to the cyan pegasus while saying, “give this to Inkie when she wakes up; we haven’t been able to find some clothes for her yet except for some bra and panties.”

“Okay then, but how are you going to go deal with them?” Rainbow asked as she soon looked onward at the titular young gray mare only about slowly, “we’ve still got the others to worry about…”

“Ah ain’t too sure about it, sugarcube, but trust me on this one; Ah have mah wits about how it’s going to go down…” Applejack answered as she walked away, leaving the two alone for the time being.

The cyan pegasus was now aware of the plain tee shirt that was upon her friend as the former stood still. She looked solemnly at Inkie who slightly shivered about within the thick covers drape upon the frail body. Rainbow couldn’t help but think of the situation they were all in together as alongside their fellow peers.

Sighing about with care, the cyan pegasus started to think silently, “I can’t that we were even able to escape the mob’s wrath; I had thought for the most part that we were goners. It’s nice that Luna was able to prevent them from trying to kill Pinkie but how in the fucking world are we going to fix this mess? If what the Mayor was saying is true, then there’s no telling what future Equestria’s going to hold; why did you have to run away from them, Rainbow Dash?! You’re so fucking stupid, just like those bastards that had made Spitfire and Lightning Dust into Wondersluts like you; not even they could've accepted you in there if the caribou hadn’t came along.”

“Mommy…” a voice squeaked out that snapped Rainbow back to reality, belonging to the young gray mare, “don’t leave us with that minotaur…!”

“Poor gal, she reminds me of Pinkie; can’t believe they’re even sisters… not to mention that she reminds me of Fluttershy even more now that I've mentioned them…” the cyan pegasus had whispered about only slowly under breath, gently placing the blue jacket upon Inkie with tender consideration.

At that point, Rainbow started to walk away at once, leaving Inkie to her own devices at once; needless to say, it was, without a doubt, the beginning of the end upon this waking hour for the most part.