“Mommy!” a young voice rang out. The image of a small filly was shown. She looked scared and frightened. “Mommy, where are you?”
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Fluttershout shook herself awake at the dream. She panted from fear and what she saw. Was that her child? Her child was looking for her? How come she looked like she grew into a seven year old? The birth was only about three months ago. Fluttershout only wished she could find her child soon; it looked like the filly was calling for her. Getting off her bed, the mare got ready for the night ahead of her.
She then heard somepony knocking on her door. “Fluttershout?”
The Pegasus walked over to the door, opening it to find a certain cannibal pony. “Pinkis, what is it?”
“Are you okay?” Pinkis asked. “I heard whimpering”
“I’m fine, just a bad dream. Why are you here anyway?”
“I just wanted to say I’m sorry about what my mother said to you two nights ago. I hope you’re not mad at me”
“Pinkis, I’m not mad at you. I’m just mad at Rarifruit for what she said. Nonetheless, that doesn’t mean you have to feel at fault. In fact, I’m actually glad for atleast getting her to stop when I was about to cry. Thanks”
“And thank you for not being mad at me”
Fluttershout smiled, then she noticed something on the cannibal’s neck. “What happened to your neck? It’s a bit whiplash”
The mare then rubbed the area of her neck. “Right, Brutalight interrogated my mom to confess about what she did to you by threatening to choke me, even though I’ll heal again later”
“How is it now?”
“Just fine, Brutalight apologized after my mom gave in after”
“Well, that’s good”
Right then, they both heard the sound of somepony running. They looked to see Karateloo running to them from the hallway, stopping when she reached them. The filly panted from exhaustion.
“Karateloo?” Pinkis asked as Fluttershout closed the door when she came out.
The filly panted, “All Freaks…meet at…Sprayed Building…immediately”
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“Why won’t you wake up?” Rarifruit sobbed as she held Creepy Belle, Endaria, and Flourice close. The three fillies just swayed limply. Creepy Belle had cuts on her hooves, while the twins had their throats slit.
“Francie, I’m really sorry!” Applepills cried as she tried to shake her little sister awake. The younger earth pony had scars all over her body. “Just please wake up!” her only response was the filly hanging her head to the side.
Karateloo only looked on.
Pinkis had to ask. “Oh, what happened to them?”
“I don’t know. I just came recently”
Fluttershout then noticed AssSpike, who had what looked like a bullet wound through the head. “Where’s Brutalight?”
“Right here” right then, the Alicorn stood infront of the trio.
“Sorry about what happened to AssSpike” Fluttershout said, looking over to the dragon-pony hybrid.
“No worries. How are you from last night?”
“Just fine. Any idea though what happened to those five?” the Pegasus pointed to the group.
“Don’t really know what happened. They were all in their rooms when we all last saw them. When Fruity, Applepills, Karateloo, and I came to check on them since they weren’t out at dusk, they weren’t there. Rainbine finally found them all lying here, in a particular order. What’s weird is what they’re wearing, and the fact that they won’t heal. Francie’s in a red dress, AssSpike’s in a blue tux, Creepy is in a green dress, Endaria’s in a yellow one, and Flourice is in a yellow tux. We tried everything to wake them up, but they wouldn’t move a muscle. I had to send Karateloo to call everypony else”
Fluttershout looked over to the group. Something about what they were wearing was somehow familiar. “Can you put them in the order they were in?”
Brutalight nodded. “Rarifruit, Applepills, and Karateloo please move away from the ground and victims and put them back in the order they were found in”
“But, Brutalight…” Rarifruit whined.
“Rarifruit, either you cooperate or I put you in the Crusher” the Alicorn ordered.
With reluctance and fear, the trio went away from the victims after putting them back in the order they were found in. They left the floor as soon as they can in fear of Brutalight’s punishment.
Fluttershout then went over to look at the scene. They order was quite normal: Francie Bloom, AssSpike, Creepy Belle, and Endaria and Flourice. Endaria and Flourice were in the same spot. Fluttershout looked over to see their cutie marks have changed. What was peculiar was that they were the symbols of a different card type. Francie’s was a red Spade, AssSpike’s was a blue Diamond, Creepy’s was a green Club, and Endaria and Flourice’s were the same yellow Heart. Fluttershout recognized those symbols, but she felt something else. She felt an eerie yet familiar melody somehow in her head.
“What are you getting at, Fluttershout?” Brutalight asked from afar.
“I’m not sure yet, but I feel something familiar. Can I try something?”
“Go ahead, we need all the clues we can get”
Fluttershout nodded, before beginning to monologue what rang in her head.
Aru tokoro ni, chiisa na yume ga arimashita. Dare ga mita no ka wakaranai,
sore wa chiisa na yume deshita. Chiisa na yume wa omoimashita.
Kono mama kiete iku no wa iya da.
Dousureba, hito ni boku o mite moraeru darou.
chiisa na yume wa kangaete kangaete, soshite tsui ni omoitsukimashita.
Ningen o jibun no naka ni mayoikomasete, sekai o tsukurasereba ii to
As Fluttershout monologue the first verse of the melody, an eerie instrumental began to fill the room. Everypony got goosebumps both from Fluttershout and the tune. Right then, something even more peculiar was happening: Francie Bloom, AssSpike, Creepy Belle, Endaria and Flourice began to stand up. But when they opened their eyes, they had no pupils, they were just pure white. Their wounds were gone. Right then, the others tried to get their attention by calling out, but they couldn’t speak. Why couldn’t they speak? The five on the floor huddled up together, before AssSpike, Creepy, Endaria and Flourice backed away from the area, leaving Francie center-staged. All throughout the entire time, Fluttershout began to sing the melody, eyes closed.
Ichibanme ARISU wa isamashiku ken o katate ni, fushigi no kuni.
Ironna mono o kirisutete, makka na michi o shiite itta.
sonna ARISU wa, mori no oku.
tsumibito no you ni tojikomerarete.
Mori ni dekita michi igai ni, kanojo no sei o shiru sube wa nashi.
What was surprising to everypony was what occurred when Fluttershout sang that verse. Francie Bloom began to move, but in some weird way. In the first line, she began to act like she had a sword in her hooves and was slaying something with it. During the second and third line, she was just trotting. At the fourth, she stopped and began to act like somepony was strangling her. At the last line, she collapsed in the spot she was before, the scars back on her body. AssSpike then went to his spot, ready for the next verse. The others could only look on as the second verse began.
Nibanme ARISU wa otonashiku uta o utatte, fushigi no kuni.
Ironna oto o afuresasete, kurutta sekai o umidashita.
Sonna ARISU wa, bara no hana.
Ikareta otoko ni uchikorosarete.
Makka na hana o ichirin sakase minna ni mederare karete yuku.
AssSpike moved like Francie, but in a different manner. During the first line, he looked like he was singing. At the second and third, he looked like he was in an opera. At the fourth, he looked as though he was shot. At the last one, he collapsed on his spot with the gunshot wound in his head. A rose grew out of his head as he grinned. Then Creepy entered the stage, and her sister, despite trying to save her, could only watch as the third verse began.
Sanbanme ARISU wa osanai ko. Kirei na sugata de, fushigi no kuni.
Ironna hito o madowasete, okashi na kuni o tsukuriageta.
Sonna ARISU wa, kuni no joou.
Ibitsu na yume ni toritsukarete.
Kuchiyuku karada ni obienagara, kuni no chouten ni kunrin suru.
Creepy Belle shared the same as Francie and AssSpike. At the first line, she looked like she was posing for a camera. At the second, she trotted happily. At the third, she was suddenly afraid. At the fourth, she looked like something was chasing her before she finally stopped. At the last, she collapsed like the others as the cuts on her hooves reappeared. Lastly, the twins Endaria and Flourice went to their spot. Rarifruit had enough of this as she tried to save her children by running to Fluttershout. She was gonna close the mare’s mouth in an attempt to make her stop, but she couldn’t. Somehow, a protective barrier surrounded Fluttershout, keeping her away from stopping the tune. Rarifruit cried as she looked on, and could only do that as the fourth verse began.
mori no komichi o tadottari bara no ki no shita de ochakai
o-shiro kara no shoutaijou wa HAATO no TORANPU
At the first verse, the twins looked like they were having tea. At the second, they got up from their sitting position and looked like they were holding something. The fifth verse was the one that showed what happened to them.
Yonbanme ARISU wa futago no ko. Koukishin kara fushigi no kuni.
Ironna tobira o kugurinukete, tsuisakki yatte kita bakari.
ki no tsuyoi ane to, kashikoi otouto.
Ichiban ARISU ni chikatta kedo,
futari no yume wa, samenai mama. Fushigi no kuni o samayotta.
At the first verse, they were trotting. At the second, they looked like they were opening doors. At the third, Endaria showed a smug face while Flourice did a smirk. At the fourth, the duo stopped moving. And at the last, they collapsed together as their slit throats came back. As the instrumental ended, Fluttershout took a deep breath as she returned to normal. Everypony was able to talk again as Applepills, Rarifruit, and Karateloo broke down in crying again.
Brutalight looked over to Fluttershout in utter shock. She was gonna ask the mare something, when she noticed the Pegasus’ expression.
It can’t be, Fluttershout thought. She knew those clues anywhere. The outfits, the cutie marks, the wounds, the tune…it was all too familiar. She knew only one other creature could do something like that. She was gonna doubt about the dream involving her child, but the clues were all too assuring.
“I gotta go” she said.
“Fluttershout, what is it?” Pinkis asked as the mare turned the other way.
“I just gotta go” Fluttershout said again as she ran and left the building.