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// Chapter 5: Tarantula 
// Story: Corruption 
// by Slingshot619 
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Everypony in the mansion was really starting to get worried, Applejack was gone for almost an hour now. 

"O-oh dear. I hope she's-"

"Don't worry Fluttershy. Applejack can take care of herself."

From the sound of her voice, Twilight seemed to be reassuring herself, there was no denying it. Applejack and Rainbow Dash were dead. But the gang refused to believe that way.

Twilight yawned and told everypony to get some sleep, Applejack would come back by tomorrow. There was no arguing, everypony was tired, they were scared, they needed rest.

Twilight and the others fell asleep almost instantly. However, a certain yellow pegasus stayed up. Fluttershy was starting to get worried, neither Rainbow Dash nor Applejack would be gone for this long, unless something happened.

Fluttershy tried to fall asleep. but she just tossed and tumbled trying to get some rest, eventually Fluttershy gave up and sat upright, watching the ponies sleep. She stared out into the night sky and wondered where her friends could be. Fluttershy took one last glance at her friends before opening a window and leaping out into the smoke filled streets below.

Fluttershy roamed the abandoned roads for awhile, there was absolutely nopony there, but Fluttershy could feel somepony watching her, somepony was stalking her.

Fluttershy turned around and saw nopony, by now her breathing was starting to get heavy. She continued walking down the streets and saw nothing. Suddenly, huge footsteps were heard. Fluttershy's heart pounded as she tried to find the source of the footsteps.

Fluttershy turned once more and found herself right in front of six huge massive insect legs. Fluttershy looked up to see the owner of the enormous limbs, Spiderlock.

"Umm, hi?"

Fluttershy let out a high pitched *eep!* and threw her hooves over her head. She cowered and waited for Spiderlock to bring down on her the cruel fate that had fallen upon her friends. Instead, the mutant pony willed the spider legs to bring her to the ground.

"Don't worry. I'm not going to hurt you."

Fluttershy looked up and stared into the remaining unmorphed eye of Spiderlock. It was filled with true sincerity and kindness. Fluttershy got up and calmed her self down.

"Aren't you going to *gulp* kill me?"

Spiderlock got a look of alarm on her face.

"Oh nonononononononono! Um, unless the parasprite gets hungry of course."

Fluttershy breathed a sigh of relief. She managed to get her heart beating at normal pace again. She was starting to get uncomfortable standing so close to Spiderlock. All she had to do was bring her huge mutant legs down on her and she was doomed.

Fluttershy was about to leave when all of a sudden Spiderlock doubled over. She clutched her stomach and let out a scream of pain. Fluttershy watched in horror as the scene unfolded right in front of her. Spiderlock rolled around clutching her belly while constantly yelling.

Eventually Spiderlock got up. The kindness that occupied her eyes were now gone. Replaced by a kind of cruel fire that blazed. 

"Say, you feeling a bit hungry?"

Spiderlock used her tongue to clean her insect jaws. She slowly approached Fluttershy, an evil grin forming on her face. Fluttershy backed up and raised her hooves in defense. But it was futile.

Spiderlock thrust a huge leg forward, kicking the living daylight out of the little yellow pony. Fluttershy rolled backwards and landed on her belly. She was seeing doubles, Fluttershy got up and tried to run, but two of Spiderlock's legs picked her up. Spiderlock licked her lips and sank her insect mandibles into Fluttershy.

The bug jaws dug through the skin and flesh and injected acid into the body of Fluttershy. The corrosive liquid ran through her veins, turning her guts to mush. Fluttershy was starting to get dizzy, the world was spinning while the acid slowly turned her into a bag of soup.

Fluttershy eventually passed out. Spiderlock seized this opportunity and sucked the melted intestines alongside the corrosive acid. Fluttershy's body was slowly getting thinner and thinner. Her cheeks were getting sunken. Her eyes were starting to fall inside her eye sockets.

Eventually, Spider lock finished her beverage and tossed the empty bag of flesh and skin known as Fluttershy  onto the ground. Spiderlock raised her spider legs and stomped on the carcass of Fluttershy, turning it into a carpet. Spiderlock grinned at her handiwork and left. 

The lifeless body of Fluttershy was motionless. Save for her eye lids closing, and the uttering of one more last whimper as she left the world to join Rainbow Dash and Applejack.