Author's Notes:

The notes I used to write this story + some general comments are contained within. Please note they haven't really been edited- I'm mostly including them for completions sake, and because I like to think I'll finish editing this one day.

General Authorial Notes; This was originally a one-shot, but I added more since a plot formed pretty easily in my head. Also, the viewers wanted more and I like attention.

Rejected title ideas included; Brainwashing is Magic, Friendship is Mental, All In Your Head, When Good Spells Go Crazy, and Friendship is Mergers.

A Dark tag was considered, but I don't think it warrants it; the psychological aspects are covered by the Tragedy tag. And where's my Bittersweet tag?

The first chapter was partially inspired by this picture.

Alternate Chapter Three victim scenarios

I Originally plotted out a mind rape scenario for each of the six save Fluttershy- I felt her personality was too disparate from Pinkie’s to make a convincing argument. AJ was the first idea, Rarity the second, and Rainbow the third. I fell in love with Rarity’s dialogue as I wrote it, so it was a no-brainer. Rainbows was too dark and AJ’s too shallow, but I did re-use some of the Rainbow ideas for Loyalty and Royalty.

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"we asked you here so we could help you"

"What!?"

"Dont you see Applejack? youre just as stressed out as the old Twilight. All work and no play, every day, wouldn't it be nice to just let go? To be happy and carefree all the time, just like me and twinkie are now?" As she spoke Pinkie slowly walked closer and closer to AJ, while applejack slowly backed away, matching her steps. Twinkie stood off to the side, slightly outside of applejack's field of vision.

Applejack hesitated slightly before she answered ."No, I couldn't! Pinkie, don't you realize what y'all have done? You've robbed Twilight of her free will. You've turned her into a copy of you!"

"Oh AJ, Pinkie just helped me realize what I always wanted. Being like her is so amazing.”

AJ walked back from Twinkie and Pinkie, but soon found her tail brushing against a wall.

They eventually zap her despite her wishes, and pinkies voice starts arguing with applejack (AJ talks out loud, the voice is in her head)

AJ tries to resist, but as the pinkie voice reminds her of all the work she does, and... something

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What!?

“Don't you see Rainbow Dash? youre so much like me already. Carefree, fun-loving, energetic. Wouldn’t it be nice to be that way together? To be even more similar than we are now? The three of us could be soulmates, for the rest of our lives. It’s just one spell away and all you have to do is hold still…”

Rainbow instinctively tried to fly away, but quickly noticed that all the windows and the door had been locked. She hovered nervously for a moment, then floated back down to the ground and began to back away from Pinkie.

“Pinkie…” Her brain visibly struggled to find something to say. “Pinkie, I know you think this is a good idea. And I love fun as much as anypony. But I don’t need help, not this way! And neither did Twilight! You robbed her of her personality! And everypony’s personality should be their own, you just-"

“Rainbow, Rainbow, you’re rambling.” Twinkie chimed in. “You’re not thinking clearly. I resisted it too at first. I mean, Pinkie’s thoughts were so… invasive. But once I gave in, I realized how much better off I was, and if you just hold still…”

“NO!” Rainbow spun around and shunted all her weight backward. She was halfway through her kick as the beam of light arced from Pinkie’s forehead to the base of Rainbow’s skull.

The flood of emotions and thoughts and memories swamped into Dash’s mind. The shock stopped her mid-buck, and she fell to the ground in a heap.

Just surrender Rainbow. You’ll love it I promise.

"Nononono… Get out of my head Pinkie!"

As Rainbow tries to affirm her potent personality, the pinkie voice takes a different tack and points out all the ways theyre similar. Rainbow is adamant that she’s perfect the way she is. That nopony could be as awesome as her.

The voice tells her that she IS amazing, but that together they could be even more amazing.

Just imagine, you’d never be alone, you’d never be afraid, you never lack for confidence ever again…

"I don’t lack…"

You do. I know you do. I can see it right here. All that fear of failure, all those worries about rejection, all those dollops of doubt that plague your mind, our mind, they could all just vanish. All you have to do is give in rainbow, and we can be perfect together.

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Fluttershy Too dissimilar to Pinkie (latter part of confrontation would be more violent, wouldn’t lead anywhere)

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Rarity scenario ommited, since it's in the story practically unchanged from my original notes

CH 4.5 Outline

“Should we stop her?”

“Nah, there’s nothing she can do. She’ll realize the merits of my plan soon enough anyway; I got the idea from her after all!”

Concurrent with CH 5, this would cover Celestia Pie, Twinkie, and Pinkity taking over the town.

They stroll confidently out of the library, Celestia to Fluttershy’s and Twinkie to Rainbow Dash’s. Cue brainwashing sequences.

As they stroll out of their houses, clearly Pinkified, the narration trails off as they knock on somepony’s door.

As should be plain, this chapter wasn’t used because it doesn’t add much to the story that couldn’t be extrapolated, except perhaps false suspense- you know the outcome, and sitting through two more brainwashing sequences would’ve been pointless and depressing.