CH.7 The Breaking Point

It has been one just over a week since the last disappearance in Ponyville. Twilight had become very suspicious and was trying to put the pieces together on the mysterious disappearances. She had come to a conclusion that Pinky Pie was never around after they disappeared. “I have to keep an eye out for that pony” she said thinking of the possibility that her friend might have kidnapped all of those ponies. The thought made her shiver. She walked out the door and went down the street. “Maybe I’ll go over to Sugar Cube Corner and look around” she said with determination. She walked up to the door and knocked. Pinky answered the door and smiled when she saw twilight. “Oh, hi Twi, what brings you around here?” Pinky said happily. “I just came by to see what you were up to; mind if I come in?” Twilight said. “Sure, but I have to go out for a few in a little while so I can grab some things; you can stay here while I’m gone if you like” the pink pony said as Twilight walked into the room. “Oh, Pinky what do you think about all the ponies disappearing?” Twilight asked. “I think it’s terrible, nopony should be taken away from the ponies that care about them” Pinky said to Twilight, trying her hardest to hide a smile. “Oops I almost forgot; I’ll be back in a few, ok Twi?” Pinky said as she hurried toward the door. “Ok, take your time” Twilight said as the pink pony left. Twilight made sure that the pink pony had left. “Good, now I can look around and see if pinky might have had anything to do with the disappearances. “Well, I’ll start from the basement up” She said as she walked down the hall toward the basement door. She opened the door and walked down the stairs. She found a pull switch and tugged it. Light flooded the room and the sight almost made twilight vomit. Corpses of dead ponies hanging from chains were strewn about the room. She had to cover her nose from the stench of the rotting flesh. “oh no” Twilight said as she looked across the room and saw the lifeless bodies of Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and Applejack. Rainbow Dash was the only one that was not hanging from chains. Twilight got closer and realized that Pinky Pie sewn up Rainbow Dash after torturing her. She looked at the wall behind the corpses of her dead friends and what she saw terrified her. “Friends forever” was written on the wall in blood. “I need to get to Canterlot and warn Princess Celestia about this” Twilight said as she raced out of the basement. She left Sugar Cube Corner and raced back to her house. She went inside and stood in the center of the room. “I can’t believe Pinky Pie would capture all of those ponies and do that to them” Twilight said almost crying. “I have to tell Celestia, or I risk letting more ponies get captured and tortured by Pinky” Twilight said as she walked up to her bed. “I’ll go to Canterlot tomorrow” she said as she lay down in her bed. She drifted off into an uneasy sleep, thinking about the horrors that her friend did to those innocent ponies.

Twilight woke up feeling like she didn’t sleep at all. Thoughts of Pinky Pie were swimming through her head. “Ok, I’ve got to get ready, this cannot wait any longer” Twilight said as she brushed her mane. She went downstairs and packed a bag with provisions for the trip. “Ok, ready; Spike can you keep everything in order until I get back?” she said to the dragon. “Can do” Spike replied back. “Good” Twilight said to him as she walked out the front door. She walked out of Ponyville and up the road towards Canterlot. She walked for over four hours before she started seeing the city in the distance. “Almost there” she said to herself as she walked towards the city limits. About a half hour later she reached the gate. She caught her breath and then walked through the archway into the royal city. She paid no attention to the other ponies as she walked towards the palace. She walked up to the palace door and the royal guards opened it for her. She nodded thanks and walked into the main hallway. Princess Celestia had been expecting her and was waiting on the large staircase at the end of the hallway. “Ah, Twilight, my faithful student, have you got any leads on who or what is kidnapping ponies?” Celestia asked Twilight. “I know who has been kidnapping them princess; the pony you want is Pinkemina Diane Pie” She said to Celestia almost choking when she had to say Pinky’s name. “Thank you Twilight, I shall have my royal guards go down and arrest her, she has to pay for what she has done” Celestia said Twilight. “Tomorrow I will come down to Ponyville and address the town” Celestia said to her. “Let’s get you home; you have had a rough day and you need the rest, you’ve earned it” Celestia said to the purple pony. Celestia then teleported Twilight back home. Princess Celestia called a group of royal guards together. “We have the information we need, go to Ponyville and arrest Pinkemina Diane Pie and put her in the holding cell there” Celestia said to them. They left the palace to go do their job, leaving Princess Celestia alone on the stairs. “Thank goodness, this madness is finally over” she said looking up to the ceiling.

Pinky Pie was at home baking a pie when she heard a knock on the door. “Pinkemina Diane Pie, you are under arrest on behalf of Princess Celestia” a voice said from outside the door. Pinky smiled; so everyone has finally caught on, huh she thought to herself. Oh well, I guess I’ll have a little fun before I go then she thought to herself walking over to the door. She opened the door and backed up. Three Canterlot royal guards entered the room. “You have been charged with the kidnapping of twelve ponies, and are under arrest” the first guard said. “Okie, dokie, lokie, before I go with you let me grab one thing” Pinky said as she bounced over to where she was baking. She grabbed a metal saucer and brought it halfway back to them. She stopped and then whipped the saucer at the first guard’s legs. The saucer hit the guards legs with such force that both of his shinbones snapped. He fell to the ground and before the other guards could get to him Pinky was next to him. She grabbed the royal guard’s head and in one swift motion snapped his neck. The snap echoed throughout the room. “Oops” Pinky said smiling. The two other guards rushed at her but she was too quick for them. She ran back to the counter and grabbed a carving knife. She turned around and held the knife out in front of her. She decided to go after the pony coming from the left. She ducked under his massive hoof as it tried to connect with her cheekbone. She jumped onto the guard’s back. She reached the knife up around the guard’s neck and made a deep cut along the length of his jugular vein. She jumped off the royal guard and watched the blood pour out of his neck. As she watched the final guard came up behind her and grabbed her head. He wrapped his leg over her airway in hopes that she would pass out. Pinky gave up; she had her fun, and now it was time to go. She passed out and lay limp on the floor. The royal guard hefted the pink pony over his back and went outside where more guards were waiting. “Go inside and get the other two guards and take them back to Canterlot” he said to the other guards. The royal guard then walked to the holding cell in the town hall and put the unconscious Pinky Pie inside it. He left the town hall and went back to help the other guards at Sugar Cube Corner.

Nightwalker didn’t get home until late. He walked through the door and went to his room. The house was oddly quiet, he thought to himself. He shrugged and went to his bed. He got under the bed sheets and drifted off to sleep, completely unaware of the events that happened earlier. Nightwalker was woken up to the sound of the siren on the town hall. “Oh what now?” he said as he got up and lazily got ready to go see what it was all about. He walked down the hall and didn’t see Pinky Pie anywhere. “Must already be there” he said aloud to himself. He walked outside and down to the town hall. A large crowd was already gathering there. He looked up at the stage that was built in the center of the street. Princess Celestia was standing on the stage looking over the crowd. She got ready and started addressing the crowd of ponies gathered around the stage. “Citizens of Ponyville, for too long now your once peaceful town has been plagued with mysterious disappearances of ponies” she began. “I am here to tell you that that is no more” she said scanning the crowd again. “We have caught the pony responsible for all of these kidnappings” she said. “No” Nightwalker said aloud to himself. “Miss Pinkemina Diane Pie” Princess Celestia said to the crowd. Nightwalker watched as two royal guards brought Pinky Pie out onto the center of the stage. “No, no, no, this can’t be happening” Nightwalker said hardly believing what he’s seeing with his own eyes. “Pinky Pie you have been charged with the kidnapping and murder of twelve ponies; we have found enough evidence on your charge and hereby find you guilty of all charges” Pinky stood there still as a statue, listening to every word that came out of the princess’s mouth. “Pinkemina Diane Pie, you are hereby sentenced to death” Princess Celestia said to the pink pony. The two guards walked Pinky over to a set of gallows at the other end of the stage. They pulled the noose down over her head and tightened it around her neck. Pinky Pie looked over the crowd and saw Nightwalker. She gave a hint of a smile to him. “No, no, no, no, no, why is this happening now?” Nightwalker said to himself fighting back tears. Pinky turned her head so she could see the crowd entirely. She let out one last smile and then the guard pulled the rope releasing the trap door. “NO!!!!!” Nightwalker screamed to Pinky as he watched her fall. The rope grew taught as it hit its length, snapping Pinky’s neck instantly. The crowd was as silent as a graveyard. “Let this be a warning to all others like her if you’re out there; this will be your fate as well” Princess Celestia concluded. The crowd dispersed, the ponies going back to their daily routine. Nightwalker was the only one that remained there. He hung his head, tears falling off his face and hitting the ground. She was the closest thing to a mother that he had. She loved him and he loved her back. And she was taken away from him, just like everything else. “I make a solemn vow that I will avenge you and keep your memory alive or I will die trying” he said gritting his teeth. He looked up at her limp body hanging from the rope. “I will make them pay for what they did to you” he said in a snarl. He walked over to her and loosened the rope and put her body on his back. “You never deserved to die like this” he said as he walked out of town. He found a big sycamore tree outside the town limits and set her body down. He started digging the ground with his hooves. He didn’t have a shovel, but it didn’t matter. He was going to give her a proper burial. He spent three hours digging a grave for his old master. He eased her body into the hole and stood there. Dried tears still on his face. He started putting the dirt back into the grave. When the grave was filled he stood on the side of it. “I promise that you won’t have died in vain” Nightwalker said to pinky’s grave. He turned and walked away saying goodbye to his partner and master for the last time.

THE END

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