"What are you going to do, now?" asked Twilight.
"That." said Pinkie, pointing to the basement door.
Twilight and the others looked. Standing in the doorway was Applebloom.
"Applebloom!" said Rarity. "There you are. Applejack's been..." she stopped. Applebloom had a blank expression on her face, as though she was in a trance. "Applebloom?"
The little filly entered the basement and stood next to Pinkie Pie.
"What's going on here?" asked Twilight.
"This is my little helper." said Pinkie.
"What?" asked Twilight and the others, shocked.
"In fact, she helped me with our first victim."
"Which was?" asked Rarity.
"Gilda." said Pinkie. "That was a fun one."
"Gilda?" asked Rainbow Dash.
"Oh, yeah." said Applebloom. "I remember that one."
"What have you done to her?" asked Twilight.
"Nothing." said Pinkie. "I simply needed a helper so I taught Applebloom. She really took off." Pinkie laughed. "I'm not gonna lie. The first one was messy." She laughed again.
"You're sick." said Trixie."
"Sick?" asked Pinkie.
"Yeah." said Trixie. "She's just a filly. How could you?"
"Oh, it was simple." said Pinkie.
"It was fun, too." said Applebloom. "Gilda was pretty annoying. We did Equestria a favor by getting rid of her."
"Got that right." said Pinkie.
"You're gonna die for this." said Rainbow Dash.
"That's funny, coming from you." said Pinkie. "You're closer to death than all of us combined."
"I've heard just about enough." said Twilight. "This has to end."
"You know, you're right." said Pinkie. "This conversation has been going on far too long."