I finished packing what I thought would come in handy. It was a shame that rubber chicken turned into a key, it would've been really useful. I descended the stairs and bounced over to Mister and Misses Cake. "Hey, I'm going to be gone awhile, you know, bringing good cheer, like we talked about."

Mister Cake looked not entirely certain. "Are you sure you want to do this? It's a very big job, even for you, from the sound of it."

I threw a leg around the both of them and drew them in tight. "Aw, don't worry about me! I'll be fine. Adventure is my middle name. Pinkamena Adventure Pie!"

Misses Cake smiled, but it wasn't a real smile, I could tell. "I thought your middle name was Diane?"

I waved dismissively as I fell back to fours. "I'm just joking. It's going to take a lot of jokes to turn a whole world of sad ponies happy again. It's the least I can do, seeing as my friend kinda accidentally made the whole mess."

Mister Cake gestured towards the door as he nodded. "We'll take care of things, don't worry about us, just be careful, alright?"

Bouncing towards the door, I waved at the two of them. "Oh, don't worry. I have a plan, a really great plan!" I ducked out of the door, but not before seeing their amazed faces. Why was everypony always so surprised when I got big ideas? No matter! I was going to fix this problem, Pinkie Pie style.

I stopped by a few places to finish rounding out my supply, and arrived at the castle with bulging saddlebags and my usual smile. Everything I'd need to put the plan into operation. The cool ponies from the other world were there, talking with each other and being friendly. They were pretty diverse as families went, but they were a happy herd. Their attention slid towards me as they noticed me and I waved at them. "Ready to go!"

Rainbow dropped in from above, coming in for a smooth landing. "About that. We had a bit of a talk. You see, you have a new part of your mission, Pinkie."

I tilted my head with surprise. "Huh? You're not coming?"

Rainbow put a hoof to her chest. "My part of the mission's changed, but yours just got even more important." That sounded important! "Your job, if you choose to accep--"

I interrupted her with a blurted out, "I do!"

Rainbow chuckled softly. "I knew I could count on you. Tell the ponies where you're going that they can get weather and flying tips from me, and magic lessons from Twilight. That's education from the two best examples in Ponyville. Will can bring them back and we'll show them how to get things done."

I nodded quickly at her, though if my plan worked, I wouldn't need to send a single pony to her, but it was good to know she and Twilight were ready to lend a helping hoof to ponies in need. Maybe it'd be better if I wasn't going with Rainbow Dash. It'll be easier on my own. Yes! I had this under control. "Don't worry, RD. I have this totally under control. I'll have this fixed before you know it!"

RD nodded once before she fluttered off. She looked nervous, or was that excited? Of course she was excited. I remember her talking about giving flying lessons once to a bunch of adorable little foals and she had a lot of fun with that. If everything went just right, she wouldn't need to do that, but maybe... Backup plans never hurt anypony.

The two tallest of the herd nodded together. They were kinda of creepy and kinda amazing, especially when they moved in perfect harmony, not to mention being twins and all. My sisters and I were never that close. The strangest part was that they weren't actual twins. They were married. What are the odds of finding somepony that close to yourself to fall in love with? It blew my mind just thinking about it. "You two are super amazing! So when are we going?"

One of them pet over my curly mane and I giggled. Their fingers tickled, especially when they went after an ear. They gave the best pets, which wasn't something I had a lot of experience with, but still, definitely top ten material. "Everyone's here. Twilight, do you need anything else before we go?"

All eyes turned towards our favorite lavender alicorn. She shook her head slowly as she stood in that official princessy way that she did when she wanted to look super official and important. "Everything's in order. Goodbye, and good luck. We'll take care of anypony you send our way." She hesitated a moment. "And... sorry. For everything. I know it doesn't undo what's been done, but I truly am sorry."

I rubbed my hooves together, thinking about my plan. It would be hard! It would be tricky! I might get hurled into a whole other dimension where there wasn't anything that resembled a cupcake! But if it worked, oh yes... if it worked...

"What are you doing?" Neon was looking at me oddly.

I fell back to all fours and waved at her. "Oh nothing. Just strategizing."

A field of magic wrapped around us in a big bubble. I'd seen Twilight do that kind of thing plenty of times to protect us from something, or to float us around. With the feeling of falling sideways, we were somewhere else. Was this the void they mentioned? The others were frozen, except the twins who were looking around. I waved a hoof in front of Crystal's stuck snout. "Heloooo?"

The twins looked at me with surprise. "You shouldn't be able to move." I wasn't sure which of them it was. I really should have memorized which one was which.

"Amazing. Stay still though. We don't want you to get lost," said the other with a gentle smile. "We'll take care of getting us there."

"About that." I grinned, the plan seemed even easier, now that I saw what the void was like. "So, this place, the void, right? It touches everywhere, right?" They nodded. "Does it touch everywhen?" They looked confused. "I have a feeling it does."

One shook their head. "We can experiment with that another time, Pinkie. Holding us here takes a good bit of energy. We should get moving."

The bubble began rushing through the void at a speed that felt both immense and tiny. It was really hard to measure space or time in that place, and that was exactly what I was counting on. When I had a good idea of where they were aimed, I sank down and gave my fanny a little shake. I'd have to get it juuuuust right.

"Pinkie? Whatever you're planning, please don't do it."

"Oh, don't worry. I'll have this all fixed in two shakes of a pink tail." With two shakes, I jumped. I hurtled through that space as strange energy bombarded me from every direction. It burned and tingled and felt freezing all the same time, but I was on target. I was going to do it!

Author's Notes:

P-pinkie... What are you doing, Pinkie?

I get the feeling the plot of this story hit the ultimate typo, and her name is Pinkie. May god have mercy on us all.