******This fanfic is based on National Geographic’s Seconds from Disaster TV show and contains facts mixed with speculation******
“Pinkie Pie, a resident of Ponyville full of energy and positive attitude. Suddenly, the copies she makes run wild through Ponyville, creating destruction in their wake. Disasters don’t just happen, they’re a chain of critical events. Unlock the clues and countdown those final Seconds from Disaster. Pinkie Pie wanders about Ponyville and discovers each pony except Fluttershy doing an exciting activity.”
“9:10 AM. Pinkie Pie decides to discover the Magic Mirror Portal in an attempt to make a double of herself. 9:21 AM. The portal is found and a duplicate is successfully created and they head back to Ponyville, deciding to head off and have fun. 2:05 PM. Pinkie Pie’s duplicate reports that she didn’t do anything fun so more doubles are created in an attempt to rectify the problem. However, they do not listen when told to stop and make doubles of each other. 2:25 PM. The doubles run rampant throughout Ponyville, disrupting anything in progress.”
“Now, by rewinding the events of that faithful day, we can reveal what went wrong with Pinkie Pie’s plan. The first thing on investigators’ minds is how were the duplicates made?” *Pinkie Pie comes on screen*
“That’s easy. There’s this hole in the ground in The Everfree Forest that leads to the Magic Mirror Portal and from there, when the right sayings are said, and you walk into the lake that’s there, boom, you have a double.”
“With the portal’s mechanics solved, investigators wonder why the duplicates were not noticed sooner. They review the footage and discover that many residents thought it was just Pinkie Pie but why?” *Rainbow Dash comes on screen*
“There was nothing different about any of them. If they didn’t speak, you’d have no way telling them apart from our Pinkie Pie and usually you only saw one at a time, making it nearly impossible to spot the real Pinkie Pie.”
“While investigators understand the reasons behind no actions being taken against the Pinkie Pies, they need to answer one last question. Why was the hole to the Magic Mirror Portal uncovered in the first place?” *Twilight Sparkle comes on screen*
“It’s possible that it wasn’t ever known that such a portal existed or that it would even cause any harm if left open. Of course, I haven’t been here as long as my friends have but only Pinkie Pie seemed to know it existed or something would’ve been done about it,”
“At last, we can now reveal the chain of events that left Pinkie Pie’s self-replication plan seconds from disaster. 45 minutes to disaster. Being the only pony aware of the Magic Mirror Portal, Pinkie Pie heads down to make copies of herself so she can be wherever the fun is with her friends. 5 minutes left. Since the duplicates looked exactly like the original and since only one at a time made itself known, no one noticed any differences between the real Pinkie Pie and the duplicate. Disaster strikes. The Pinkie Pies head back, leaving carnage in their wake. Since the disaster, the portal’s passage has been closed off with a boulder and Pinkie Pie has agreed to simply talk to her friends to see if rescheduling fun is available on a different day when two or more activities occupy the same day. With a better understanding about not trying to be in multiple places at once, the disaster that unfolded will never likely be repeated again.
