Te Amo, Rainbow Dash - Act 5, Scene 1

(The stage is illuminated by a glowing light, revealing the same warehouse from Act 4, Scene 4, just with darker lighting, as if taking place at dusk. Myuuji's 'Bad Encounter' is playing in the background. After a while of silence and emptiness, Scootaloo, Apple Bloom & Sweetie Belle arrive.)

(Sweetie Belle)

"You guys got the money?"

(Scootaloo)

"Uh-huh."

(Scootaloo hands Sweetie Belle a small brown bag.)

(Apple Bloom)

"There's more on the way."

(Sweetie Belle)

"Great. Now Trixie is sure to accept this payment and help us with Diamond Tiara & Silver Spoon in the future."

(Scootaloo)

"At least, until we get our cutie marks."

(Trixie then walks in as the piano fades out.)

(Trixie)

"Ah! My little fillies. Have you brought the Great and Powerful Trixie her payment for last week?"

(Sweetie Belle)

"We most certainly have."

(Sweetie Belle hands Trixie the bag. She proceeds to open it and counts up the bits as she says the next line.)

(Trixie)

"Excellent! The Great and Powerful Trixie shall now help you, all thanks to your generosity and your payment of-."

(Her smile turns into a frown as she looks down at the bits. The music also stops abruptly too.)

"There's only 75 bits in here. I asked for 100 bits."

(Apple Bloom)

"The 25 bits are coming soon."

('Haunted By Screams', once again by Myuuji, begins to play as Trixie speaks.)

(Trixie)

"Soon? Don't you know how tough Equestria's economy is at the moment? There's no time to wait for money! The Great and Powerful Trixie needs that money now."

(Scootaloo)

"What do you need money for anyway?"

(Trixie stops and thinks of a response.)

(Trixie)

"Personal reasons."

(Sweetie Belle)

"Well, you'll get the rest of the bits when they arrive!"

(Trixie)

"Yeah! That's what they all say, isn't it? I don't have the patience to deal with this!"

(Trixie then grabs Sweetie Belle by her mane.)

(Sweetie Belle)

"Trixie! Get off! You're hurting me!"

(Trixie)

"Where are the rest of my bits?!"

(Sweetie Belle)

"I told you, they'll be here soon! I don't know when though! I swear!"

(Scootaloo)

"Leave her alone!"

(Trixie looks back.)

"You know, I've got your idea. You don't really want to help us. You just want to con us out of all our money! No wonder everypony hates you. Not only are you a liar and a showoff, but you're greedy too!"

(Trixie)

"Nopony DARES call The Great and Powerfull Trixie greedy!"

(Trixie releases Sweetie Belle and grabs Scootaloo.)

"Maybe YOU'LL cough up more cash then that peasant you call a friend!"

(Trixie pushes Scootaloo until she's against a wall. Suddenly, Soarin walks in.)

(Soarin)

"Hey. Is everything alright in here? I heard shouting and-."

(He notices what's going on.)

"TRIXIE! Let go of her!"

(He runs up and pulls Trixie off Scootaloo. Scootaloo then runs off to her friends and watches the following ordeal as the music slowly fades into silence.)

"What's going on? I thought Twilight Sparkle ran you out of town!"

(Trixie)

"That was years ago!"

(Trixie throws a hoof at Soarin, who dodges it.)

(Soarin)

"Whoa! Hey! Calm down."

(Trixie)

"Don't tell me to be calm Wonderbolt!"

(She throws another. Again, Soarin dodges it.)

(Soarin)

"I don't want to hurt you Trixie, but I will if I have to defend myself. Why are trying to hurt me all of a sudden anyway?"

(Trixie)

"Because nopony gets in the way of The Great and Powerful Trixie's business!"

(Trixie charges at Soarin, who side-steps out of her way. Unknown to him, he has his hoof out. Trixie trips and struggles to regain balance. She then falls back and hits the back of her head against a pipe. A loud cracking sound is heard and Trixie falls limp.)

(Soarin)

"I didn't want to hurt you, but you left me with no other choice."

(Trixie doesn't move nor respond. 'Soul Rail' begins to play as Soarin slowly walks towards the limp and lifeless Trixie.)

"Trixie?"

(The Cutie Mark Crusaders walk forward.)

(Apple Bloom)

"Uh Soarin? I think ya killed her."

(Scootaloo)

"Don't be silly Apple Bloom! She just banged her head. That's all. She'll wake up in a few minutes or so."

(Soarin reaches down to check Trixie's pulse from her wrist as he says the next line.)

(Soarin)

"Exactly. The blow must've knocked her out. A visit to the Ponyville Hospital and she'll be fi-."

(Soarin's face falls. He looks back at his hoof, checking to see if there's anything on it before putting it back on Trixie's wrist.)

"No, no, no. I couldn't have....."

(Feeling nothing, he quickly checks her neck for a pulse.)

"Oh my goddess. Oh my bucking goddess! I HAVE killed her!"

(Sweetie Belle)

"What do you mean?"

(Soarin)

"I don't feel a pulse! I really don't!"

(Scootaloo walks up.)

(Scootaloo)

"Don't be ridiculious Soarin!"

(She checks her pulse on her wrist too. As she delivers the next line, she checks her neck.)

"I'm sure that you're just not pressing hard enough on her neck. I'm sure there is a pulse-."

(Scootaloo looks shocked.)

"Soarin, I can't find her pulse too."

(She then leans close to Trixie's body and rest her ear against her chest for a heartbeat. Soarin begins to sweat in panic.)

(Soarin)

"Well?"

(Scootaloo slowly stands up.)

(Scootaloo)

"Soarin, I'm sorry. But I'm afraid you HAVE killed Trixie."

(The strings in the music get increasingly intense as Soarin's eyes go wide, Sweetie Belle shakes her head in disbelief and Apple Bloom places a hoof to her mouth in shock.)

(Soarin)

"Oh no! Do you know what this means? I'll end up banished to the moon like Princess Luna was nearly a million years ago! Either that, or I'll end up in Canterlot Jail! I'll lose my entire fanbase! I'll have a criminal record!"

(Scootaloo)

"Soarin, calm down will you?! Everything will be fine. Just tell the police it was an accident."

(Soarin)

"Oh you don't understand my little fillies. Just saying it was an accident doesn't make you innocent. You go to jail regardless if the murder was intentional or not."

(Rainbow Dash's Ghost appears as Soarin says this line. Afterwards, he notices her whilst 'Caverns of Winter' plays in the background, only extended and reversed, similar to that of Sonic.exe. He stares at her Ghost, shocked and afraid.)

"Dashie? Why do you arrive here on these darker hours of my life?"

(Scootaloo)

"Um Soarin, who are you talking to?"

(Soarin points at Rainbow Dash's Ghost, but they turn and act like there's nothing there. The 3 fillies shrug to one another as Soarin continues. He falls to his knees and curls up into a ball, not once taking his eyes off the Ghost, beginning to tear up from fear.)

(Soarin)

"Why are you here after this-this ponyslaughter? Please! Don't look at me like that! Unless you want me to break down and cry the same way I did last night when you first saw me?"

(Dashie Ghost)

"It's not too late to change your mind on avenging me Soarin. I've seen what you done to Trixie."

(Dashie Ghost points its hoof at Trixie's body upon saying the latter line.)

(Soarin)

"Please Dashie! You've got to forgive me! I didn't mean to kill Trixie. I was trying to defend Scootaloo, Apple Bloom & Sweetie Belle!"

(Dashie Ghost)

"I understand. Do not look upon me with fear in your eyes. I'm proud of you."

(Soarin)

"Please Dashie! I'll do any - wait, what?"

(Dashie Ghost)

"You killed Trixie, by accident, trying to defend these 3 fillies."

(The Ghost gestures to the Cutie Mark Crusaders, who look on at Soarin with confused looks.)

(Sweetie Belle)

"Dear Celestia, Soarin's gone mad. You need help!"

(Sweetie Belle runs off stage.)

(Dashie Ghost)

"That's exactly what I'd like to see you do when you come across Pinkamena. Instead of just 3 fillies, you'll save the whole of Equestria by killing Pinkamena."

(Soarin)

"But what about Celestia? The rest of the Wonderbolts? My fans?"

(Dashie Ghost)

"Simple: block them out. Push your conscience into the dark. Ignore all sense of guilt and regret and don't stop at nothing until Pinkamina is dead."

(Soarin)

(Calm) "I will."

(The Ghost smiles at Soarin.)

(Dashie Ghost)

"Good. I'll be sure to see you around, coltfriend."

(The Ghost walks off stage.)

(Apple Bloom)

"Where you just talking to Rainbow Dash?"

(Soarin)

"How did you-?"

(Scootaloo)

"Soarin, you weren't talking to Rainbow Dash. Rainbow Dash has been dead for nearly a week now! You were talking to thin air."

(Soarin)

"No! I swear, I saw Rainbow Dash standing right there!"

(He points to where the Ghost was standing.)

(Scootaloo)

"Soarin..."

(Soarin grabs Scootaloo by the shoulders and looks her in the eyes.)

(Soarin)

"Scootaloo, you've got to believe me! Look me in the eyes. Look me in the eyes and tell me you saw Dashie right where I was pointing a few seconds ago!"

(After a pause accompanied with Soarin's heaving breathing, Scootaloo lifts Soarin's forearms off her and backs away as she speaks.)

(Scootaloo)

"I'm being totally honest Soarin. I didn't see hind nor tail of Rainbow Dash. You might be stressing yourself out. If I were you, I'd go back home and relax for a few days or so."

(Soarin)

"Fine. Maybe Dashie will leave me alone if I calm down."

(He goes over and grabs Trixie's body by the shoulders.)

"You won't mention a word of this to anypony, won't you?"

(Scootaloo)

"Nope."

(Apple Bloom)

(Shaking head) "Uh-uh."

(Soarin)

"Good."

(Soarin drags Trixie's body out of the warehouse. After Soarin is gone, 'Never Forgive Me, Never Forget Me' from the Silent Hill 3 soundtrack begins to play as Pinkamena walks on stage.)

(Pinkamena)

"What's been going on my little fillies?"

(Apple Bloom)

"Soarin just ki-!"

(Scootaloo slaps her mouth shut.)

"Ow!"

(Scootaloo)

"Apple Bloom! We told Soarin we wouldn't tell anypony."

(Pinkamena)

"Ooh! Something happen to Soarin? What?"

(Scootaloo)

"I don't think we should tell you."

(Pinkamena)

"Oh come on Scootaloo. We're all friends here, right?"

(Scootaloo)

"No. Don't act like I haven't forgotten you killed Dashie in the first place!"

(Pinkamena)

"Will you just get over it already?! It's been nearly a week! You'll never be able to pass on well in the afterlife if you constantly let your anger out on your friends. Now cough up. What's up with Soarin?"

(Scootaloo sighs before answering.)

(Scootaloo)

"Soarin accidently killed Trixie trying to defend us. After that, he claims he saw Dashie even though we didn't."

(Pinkamena)

"Damn it! That Rainbow-maned pegasus must've found some kind of gateway from the living and the spirit world."

(Scootaloo & Apple Bloom give confused looks.)

"Okay, gather around. This is what we are gonna do."

(The group huddle together as the lights and music fade out.)

(End of Scene 1.)