Rainbow Dash watched in shock as Applejack's head turned bright green following the inter-dimensional meeting of their auras. Applejack ran over to a nearby wastebasket and threw up.

"Did...did she feel me?" asked Rainbow.

"It looks like you made a connection with her," said Ridley.

"How?"

"As a spirit, you touched her as you passed on," said Gilda.

"I...I remember. I was running and then her hoof brushed against my wing."

"That's pretty nice, Dash. You have a physical connection to the living now as well as a spiritual one."

Rainbow smiled and watched as Applejack left the shop to get some medical help. Rainbow, Gilda, and Ridley then turned their attention to Twilight, Stormflower, and Scootaloo.

"So where is this Pinkie Pie?" Stormflower asked.

"I'm right here!" said Pinkie Pie as she bounded over to Stormflower. Rainbow instantly felt a surge of anger go through her spiritual body. There she was. The pony who was her friend. The pony she thought she knew. The pony who murdered her, turned her corpse into a dummy, and killed 100 others. Rainbow swung her hoof at Pinkie but it simply phased through. "I can see that you've heard of me!"

"Yes. I'm Rainbow Dash's older sister, Stormflower. She's mentioned you a lot in her letters."

"I remember you! Dashie has told me all about you! She even mentioned you the last time we spoke!"

"You call her Dashie too? That's funny."

"Pinkie," said Twilight. "Do you know where Rainbow Dash is?"

"Hmm...not really," Pinkie replied with a smirk. Rainbow scowled. "The last time I saw her was when she helped me make some cupcakes yesterday." Pinkie then produced a large tray of cupcakes. Rainbow felt sick again. The cupcakes were cyan in color, both the cake and the icing, and there was a cutie mark painted on each cupcake. It was her cutie mark. "Do you want to try some? Lots of pony sweat and blood went into the making of these cupcakes."

"Knowing you, Pinkie, I'm sure there was plenty of that," Twilight chuckled. Twilight and Scootaloo each grabbed a cupcake and began to eat the sugary treats. "I'm guessing it was Rainbow's idea to have her cutie mark on the cupcakes."

"Yep!"

"I think it makes them cooler!" Scootaloo exclaimed as she took another bite. Rainbow's eyes began tearing up again. They were eating her. Her friends were eating her. Then Stormflower grabbed a cupcake.

"Don't eat me, sis," breathed Rainbow. Stormflower looked at the cupcake for a few seconds and placed it back on the tray.

"What's wrong?" Pinkie asked. "Do you hate cupcakes?"

"No! It's not that at all!" replied Stormflower. "It's just that...for some reason...I really don't want a cupcake at the moment."

"Okay...I understand."

"More for us!" said Scootaloo as she took a second cupcake.

"Hey, Twilight."

Twilight looked at Pinkie as she took another bite out of her cupcake.

"Yes?" she asked.

"Does your cupcake taste like rainbows?"

"What does that mean?"

"Does you cupcake taste like rainbows? That's what it means."

"Uh...it tastes sugary...and sweet. What is a rainbow supposed to taste like?"

"Exactly like that!"

"Oh...okay...I guess they do taste like rainbows then."

"Yes they do!"

Pinkie then proceeded to laugh and the three confused ponies joined in. Rainbow grew even more angry. She wanted to kill Pinkie. She wanted to kill the murdering pink pony right then and there.

"It makes you mad, doesn't it?" Ridley asked.

"Of course it does! My friends are eating cupcakes made out of me and they're conversing with my killer, completely unaware of the fact that I'm even dead!" Rainbow snapped. Rainbow looked at her happy sister and lowered her head. "She arrived earlier than I expected. Huh...ironic isn't it? I've been waiting to see my sister for so long and vice versa and she arrives in town following the day of my murder."

"Yeah. Life sucks," Gilda awkwardly chuckled.

"Yeah, well, the afterlife isn't looking all that spectacular either."

"You'll get used to it. This town of the dead actually looks and feels pretty nice at some points," said Ridley. Rainbow sighed and the three spirits turned their attention back towards the others.

"Well I guess I better go get settled in," said Stormflower as she nodded at the bag on her back.

"Where are you going to be staying?" Twilight asked.

"Probably with Rainbow Dash. If only I had the key to her house. Then I wouldn't have to wait to find her before being able to get into her house."

"Oh!" said Pinkie. "I think Dashie left it here yesterday." The pink pony quickly ran upstairs and then ran back, a small red key hung from her mouth. "Here you go!"

Pinkie tossed the key at Stormflower and she caught it.

"Why would Rainbow Dash leave her house key here?" asked Stormflower.

"I don't know. She left in quite a hurry."

"Oh well. I'll make sure to give it back to her when I see her later."

"I guess I'll see you later," said Twilight. "Why don't you come to the Ponyville Cafe this afternoon and have lunch with me and some of Rainbow Dash's other friends at around one o'clock? I'm sure the others would like to meet you."

"Sure. In the meantime, I'll try to find Rainbow Dash. I hate it when she does stupid crap like this. Disappearing and not even bothering to tell anypony where she's run off to. I'm going to give her a pretty good scolding."

"That reminds me! An old friend of mine just arrived in Ponyville today!" Pinkie exclaimed.

"Really? I haven't heard you mention an old friend before," said Twilight.

"I forgot all about it. My mind was caught up with other things."

"Like cutting up and killing innocent ponies?!" Rainbow snapped.

"So who is this old friend of yours?" Twilight asked.

"It's a surprise!" Pinkie replied. The pink pony then trotted up the stairs and disappeared.

"That is one strange pony," said Stormflower.

"You'll get used to her," Twilight chuckled.

"Well I better go and get settled in. Nice meeting you, Twilight. Nice meeting you, Scootaloo."

Scootaloo smiled and walked out of the store. Twilight walked over to a nearby table and Stormflower walked out of the store. Rainbow turned away from her leaving sister and looked at Twilight. The unicorn mare looked so innocent and trusting. She had no idea that one of her closest friends was a killer and that another one of her closest friends was now stuffed animal being hidden upstairs in Pinkie's closet. Rainbow shook her head and the vision of the world of life disappeared. The foggy and somewhat dim Sugar Cube Corner returned and Rainbow sighed.

"Do you feel any better?" Gilda asked.

"No," Rainbow replied. "I only feel worse."

"Things will get better. You'll see," said Ridley.

"I highly doubt it. Pinkie's just going to continue killing other ponies. It won't be long before Twilight and the others find themselves stuck here with us."

"Do you want some time alone?" asked Gilda. Rainbow turned back to the griffin and nodded sadly. She then flapped her wings and took off into the sky. "I wish I could do more for her."

"All you can do is be a supportive friend. Come on, Gilda. She hasn't even been dead for 24 hours. You need to give somepony some time to heal and cope," Ridley stated.

"Yeah. I guess you're right."