Elements of Insanity - Ch. 6 A New Rainbow Dash

Twilight ran to Pinkie Pie's home. Something was going on with her friends, and she refused to believe that Pinkie Pie was acting strange too. When she got there, she roughly knocked on the door and started tapping her hoof impatiently. Beads of sweat trailed down her forehead. Pinkie Pie answered the door and fully opened it, allowing Twilight to see her.

"Hey Twilight!" Pinkie Pie said.

Twilight examined her. Her hair was straight, making Twilight confused.

"Pinkie Pie, are you sad?" Twilight asked.

"No, why?"

"Because your hair is straight, and-"

Twilight gasped after noticing something red and gooey on her hooves.

"P-P-P-Pinkie?!" Twilight asked.

Pinkie Pie glanced at her hooves and then giggled.

"Whoops! I kind of got messy with the food coloring. I was making red velvet cupcakes and I almost added too much food coloring in the batter. Want to try one?" Pinkie Pie asked.

"Uh, sure." Twilight answered.

Pinkie Pie retrieved a red velvet cupcake and allowed Twilight to taste it. Twilight's eyes widened after tasting it.

"Wow, these tastes, amazing!" Twilight said. 

Pinkie Pie's cupcakes never tasted so good before.

"Thank you! I added a secret ingredient." Pinkie Pie said.

"What's the secret ingredient?" Twilight asked.

Pinkie Pie giggled again.

"It wouldn't be a secret if I told you, silly."

***

Rainbow Dash, one of the fastest Pegasus in all of Equestria, was resting on the couch of her home, which was in Cloudsdale. She had just finished clearing up the clouds for the day, and deserved a nap. Suddenly, however, her telephone rang. Rainbow Dash groaned and covered her ears with her pillow, hoping the ringing would stop. But it just kept ringing. 

So he stood up, stretched her legs, and dragged herself towards the telephone. 

"Can't a pony get some rest for once?" Rainbow Dash asked sarcastically. 

Rainbow Dash picked up the phone. 

"Hello?" She asked.

"Rainbow Dash." A deep voice said. 

Rainbow Dash blinked twice in confusion before responding. 

"Excuse me?" She asked.

"Rainbow Dash." The voice said again.

Rainbow Dash was getting angry. She thought it was Pinkie Pie playing a prank on her. She growled and frowned.

"Pinkie Pie, I know it's you! You just woke me up from an awsome nap, just to-"

"When you feel it, you will see it." The deep voice said.

Rainbow Dash didn't respond. 

"Factory. Now."

The voice hung up the phone. Rainbow Dash hesitantly flew towards the abandoned factory not too far away. The factory she flew to was abandoned and her parents used to work there. But for some odd reason, they closed it down. She couldn't remember why; matter of fact, she never knew why. But she shook that thought away and finally reached the abandoned factory. 

Although it was abandoned, the sign on the factory still hung. It said, "Rainbow Factory." Rainbow Dash opened the entrance door and examined her surroundings. It was empty and had empty cardboard boxes with old factory materials. Rainbow Dash didn't see anyone, so she growled and flew towards Ponyville.

"I got a bone to pick with you, Pinkie Pie." Rainbow Dash told herself.

Rainbow Dash soon reached Ponyville and started zooming towards Sugarcube Corner where Pinkie Pie lived. However, she stopped when she saw two ponies arguing. She flew down to them, hoping to end the argument.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. What's going on here?" Rainbow Dash asked.

The first pony pointed at the second pony.

"She lied to me and stole my bits!" The first pony said.

"I did not! I simply borrowed them." The second pony siad with an evil grin.

The first pony sighed.

"I needed those bits to pay for my child's education. I need to enroll her into Magic Kindergarten, and now I can't." The first pony explained.

Rainbow Dash felt bad for her, so she took fifty bits out of her pocket and gave it to the pony. 

"Promise me you'll use this for your child only." Rainbow Dash said.

"I promise." 

Rainbow Dash watched her run off, but then noticed she was headed towards the jewelry store. Rainbow Dash gasped after realizing what just happened. Rainbow Dash growled and continued heading towards Sugarcube Corner.

However, she then saw two different ponies talking together. The first pony dropped a banana on the ground and the second pony swooped it up and ate it. Rainbow Dash gasped and flew to the two talking ponies. 

The first pony was a really old mare and the second one was her young grandson, about the age of thirty something.

"Ma'am, are you aware that your grandson just ate your banana?" Rainbow Dash asked.

The son quickly protested. 

"No I didn't." The colt said.

"Yes you did!" Rainbow Dash said.

"What's going on here?" The old mare asked.

"This stranger thinks I ate your banana. But I would never do that to you. You do believe me right?" The grandson asked his grandmother. 

"Of course I do." She said with a smile. 

They walked away, but the grandson evilly smirked at Rainbow Dash before leaving. Rainbow Dash growled and flew faster to Sugarcube Corner. Just as she was about to reach Sugarcube Corner, she heard someone call out to her. 

"Hey! You!" A colt said.

Rainbow Dash skidded to a stop and landed on the ground, in front of the blue colt. 

"Have you ever thought about being the fastest runner in Equestria?" The colt asked.

"Not really. I'm already the fastest flyer, why would I wanna-"

"Well you're in luck! I can teach you how to run faster than a cheetah in less than twenty-four hours!"

"Really, I don't wanna-"

"Let's get started! All you have to do is pay me ten bits."

Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes and took out ten bits. She handed them to the colt and waited for his instructions. 

"Okay, first step. Plant your feet firmly onto the ground."

Rainbow Dash did as told.

"Now, take a deep breath." 

Rainbow Dash took a deep breath.

"And, run!" 

Rainbow Dash ran through Ponyville as fast as she could. She soon skidded to a stop.

"Now what do I do?" Rainbow Dash asked.

She looked around and couldn't find the blue pony.

"Hey, where did he-"

She turned around and saw the blue colt running away. She gasped and growled before easily chasing him by flying. She ran in front of him, causing him to skid to a stop.

"Why did you do that?! I trusted you!" Rainbow Dash said.

"Rule number one, never trust a stranger, kid." The cold said, laughing.

"Give me my bits back!"

"No can do kid-"

Rainbow Dash lifted him by the collar. The colt gasped. Her skin had turned red with anger and it looked like steam was coming out of her head. She was breathing heavily, and her yes shrank with rage. Everypony turned their attention to Rainbow Dash. 

"Listen you little, punk! I work my flank off almost every day for everypony so that they can have a good day, and I deserve a good day as well. I'm not about to let my day be ruined, because some jerk wants to steal my bits! Get a real job! Or so help me, I will bury you ten feet underneath the ground! Now do you want me to have a good day, or a bad day? Your choice!"

The colt fearfully shook. Rainbow Dash, after noticing what she just did, covering her mouth, dropped the colt and flew back to Cloudsdale. When Rainbow Dash reached Cloudsdale, she slammed her door open and dragged herself in.  

She felt that everypony was turning disloyal and greedy. They cared only for themselves and no one else.  So, to clear her head, Rainbow Dash decided to visit the abandoned rainbow factory. When she got there, she opened the door. 

The boxes were torn and the old machines were rusty and broken. Rainbow Dash gulped and walked inside. Her hooves echoed throughout the empty, abandoned and isolated rainbow factory. It looked even scarier than last time.

She did, however, see what appeared to be a small jar of rainbows in liquid form. She hesitantly walked over to the jar and lifted it off the stool. It looked harmless, but why was it here? Was she supposed to drink it? What was she supposed to do with it?

She opened the jar and accidentally spilled some on the floor.

"Whoops." She said.

The rainbow puddle, for some odd reason, started turning red. And then, Rainbow Dash realized it was blood. She was scared at first, but then a thought entered her mind. She lifted the far over her head and poured the rainbow substance on herself. 

The liquid rainbow substance turned into blood. Rainbow Dash started evilly laughing now that her blue coat was soaked with blood. Her rainbow-colored mane had blood dripping off of it. Rainbow Dash laughed louder and stared at her reflection in a nearby mirror. 

An evil and insane grin covered her face. Suddenly, she began to transform. Her mane and tail started looking crazier, her eyes shrank insanely, her blue coat still had blood soaked init, and she stood on her hind legs. A white lab coat even appeared out of thin air and put itself around Rainbow Dash. 

"Mom, Dad," she said before insanely laughing. "The Rainbow Factory is about to reopen."

Rainbow Dash insanely laughed, and the sound of a young Pegasus filly landed near the entrance. She stopped laughing and turned around. She grinned and walked over to the filly with the broken wing.