This can’t be real; she’s too young to do something like that. Fluttershout thought as she ran away from the Sprayed Building as fast as she could. As much as she wanted it to go away, the responsibility of a close one’s actions was already getting to her. She just wanted to be alone.
But Applepills standing in her way wasn’t helping.
“Where are ya’ll going?” she asked, anger in her tone.
“I need to be alone, Applepills” Fluttershout said as she tried to pass by the earth pony.
“Ya’ll aint going nowhere”
Fluttershout was already shocked by the pill addict’s new behavior. She knew very well this was because her sister was the first. Unfolding her wings, the Pegasus took off over the earth pony. Applepills tried to pounce on her, but she was too high. Fluttershout tried to make a hasty escape, but she bumped into Rainbine. To make things worse, Karateloo was on her back.
“What do you know about Creepy and Francie?!” the filly yelled as she jumped in an attempt to grab Fluttershout.
“I don’t know anything!” the mare lied as she dodged Karateloo, luckily Applepills caught her.
“GET BACK HERE!” Rainbine yelled as she tried to keep up with her.
Fluttershout tried to flee, but she felt something just hold her in place. It was very tight, and she couldn’t move her hooves or wings. When she looked to see what was going on, it made her feel all the more vulnerable. Rarifruit was infront of her, levitated by her own magic and the Gauntlet of Greed was on her. Fluttershout then realized that the Unicorn was holding her in place using one of her Greedy Grabbers hands. As much as she didn’t want to do what she was gonna do, there was no other choice. Fluttershout took a deep breath of air, ready to launch her Ear Rape Scream anytime, only to be stopped.
“Got anything to scream about now?” Derpigun’s voice rang out.
Fluttershout then realized that Derpigun had strapped a muzzle on her mouth, making her unable to scream. She began to panic as that was the only weapon she had to get them all away. This just made her feel even more vulnerable. She looked around to see that they were all closing in on her, a glare on each face. Fluttershout began to freak out, but a light illuminated on her and she passed out.
“Fluttershout?!” Rarifruit tried to shake the Freak up, but she just swung limply.
Derpigun screamed. “I think I’ve made it too hard so that she can’t breathe! Or worse!”
“Get the muzzle off her” a commanding voice echoed. Everypony turned to see that Brutalight was just there. They then saw something zipped past them, grab the muzzle off Fluttershout, and then came back to Brutalight, revealing herself to be Pinkis Cupcake.
“Thank you, Pinkis” Brutalight said to the cannibal as she gave the muzzle. The cannibal then got a piece of rare meat as a reward. “Eat up”
“Pinkis?” Rarifruit stood in disbelief of her daughter. Her own child just chose Brutalight over her!
“I’m sorry, mom. But you have to let her do this. You did make Shouty cry two nights ago anyway”
“Exactly, I’m glad there are still those like you who have a sense in their mind, Pinkis” the Alicorn then looked over to Rarifruit, who was still holding the limp Fluttershout. “Hand her over”
“But, Brutalight…”
“Now, Rarifruit”
The Greed Queen sighed as she placed Fluttershout infront of Brutalight, gently. The Freak Queen then levitated the Pegasus with magic. “I’ll talk to her, alone. If anypony dares to spy on us, it’s an hour in the Crusher” she said before leaving.
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Mommy!
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Fluttershout woke up with a jolt. It happened again? She could swear that now her child was really calling for her. Opening her eyes, she found that she was no longer in the tight grasp of Rarifruit’s Greedy Grabber, and that the muzzle was now gone. She found herself lying on a couch, in a rather familiar place.
“You’re awake, good” a voice rang out.
Fluttershout looked to see it was Brutalight, sitting down on an office chair from one of the Hunts.
“Brutalight…”
“Fluttershout, what did you see? The others are getting anxious”
Fluttershout bit her lip as she propped herself up. As if her group wasn’t scary enough, now it’s their Leader-slash-Queen?!
“Fluttershout, please”
The mare sighed. “I think I know who did it”
Brutalight was taken back. “What? Who?”
“Just don’t freak out. If I’m correct, don’t hurt her”
“I won’t know if you don’t tell me. Who is it?”
Fluttershout gave up. “It’s my daughter, she’s looking for me”
“Your daughter?!”
Fluttershout nodded.
“How is that even possible? I thought she was only three months old at this time, how could she do that?!”
“I don’t know. But, it seems to be like it. Just this dusk, I heard her calling out for me in a dream”
“She was looking for you?”
“Yes, and I guess that’s why Francie and the others are in that state. I know what that curse is”
“Curse? What curse?”
“It’s called the Alice Curse, a very rare type that contains very difficult things in order to perform. The one for humans is mostly more complex, but our Freak version different”
“How do you know this?”
“Because used it once. I was having a fit before I met Creepigie, and when I learned how to sing, I once came across a song called ‘Alice Human Sacrifice’. There are two versions: English and Japanese, the song’s country origin. I sang the English one, and the next thing I know, those who heard it would do anything I say. They also dressed up in that exact same outfit we found the victims in. They had those marks and wounds, and those same positions. Every time I would sing the Japanese one, they would do the actions from the song. When somepony tried to stop me from finishing it, there would always be a protective barrier that would surround me from beginning to end. I couldn’t even stop singing it until it was over. The only way to break it was to sing both versions at the same time. That was hard, but I got it. The weird thing is that, if another Freak tries to sing it, they lose their voice at the first note”
“Then how is your daughter able to do it?”
“I found out that it is able to be passed on. Only those who are ruling over Ear Rape and Sound could cast it. So, when I had my daughter, she must have found out she could do it and she did”
“But, why Francie, AssSpike, Creepy, Endaria, and Flourice?”
“She must have used it so she can give me a message that she was looking for me, or to use it as a locator to find me faster”
“She can do that?”
Fluttershout nodded. “I have to find her. There’s no more time to waste, I need to bring her home here”
“How will you find her?”
“I can feel her” Fluttershout then placed a hoof over the area in her chest with the scar. “In here”
Brutalight hesitated for a bit, but she knew she had to do something. “I’m going with you”
“What?”
“After I tell the Freaks that you’re innocent and that they should go about on their own businesses, let’s get ready to find your lost child”
“Are you sure you want to?”
“You’ve had a hard time trying to find her all on your own, you’re gonna need extra help”
“Thank you, but don’t let the others…”
“It’s just me and you”
“Okay good” Fluttershout stopped. “Wait, how did you get to where I was?”
“Pinkis has a keen sense of smell and she wanted to make sure that Rarifruit didn’t do any more to make you cry”
“I should thank her later”
“Indeed, now, we best get ready”
Fluttershout nodded. “Let’s go find my daughter”