//------------------------------// // Recovering and Revenge // Story: The Muffins Family // by PaintedNovel455 //------------------------------// Amy was laid on a hospital bed. Recovering from a wound on her flank and neck, the needle sliced her neck in a horizontal line. Amy woke up with a splitting headache, and pain everywhere. The fall, the cuts, the memory. But she was alive. She moved but a needle sifted in her arm. A jolt of pain shook her awake. Is she safe? Or is the IV giving her poison, is the hospital a ploy set up by her cousins? She ripped the needle out and held back a cry of pain. Amy passing out moments later… A bandage covering her wound now and Dazzy was there. She sat on a wheelchair her flank stitched up and thick bandages wrapped around it. “Amy, you’re awake!” “Where’s my family?” “Visiting hours are up. They came but you were asleep, and you cut yourself. Are… you alright?” “Yeah. I thought the Pie sisters got to me, where are they?” “Their under investigation but otherwise, free.” “FREE! They killed countless ponies, and attempted to kill Clyde and you!” Amy shouted very angry. “I know but, that’s how the system works.” Amy sighed and looked around it was clean white.  “I don’t remember Rock Country Hospital being this clean.” “We’re in Canterlot, Amy you’re a hero! You stop some serial killers!” Dazzy stated. “So Princess Celestia is gonna pay for the bill,” Amy asked. “I’m not sure, I just listen to them talking when they think we’re asleep.” “That’s *yawn* good. I need some rest,” Amy sighed. Dazzy climbed into bed and closed the privacy screen, “bye.” It was late at night and Amy was having a nightmare. She drank a cup of water and exited her room, at the end of the hall were Inkie and Blinkie. They came running down the hall, and Amy found herself tied to a table. She struggled but couldn’t break free. Amy felt the knife prick her stitched flank and red hot pain shot through her like this dream was real. Half of her feared that it was. Inkie and Blinkie were laughing as they sliced off her cutie mark. The pain became overwhelming and she passed out… “AHHHHH!” Amy yelled as she shot upward. Her chest heaved and her heart pumped. She saw a figure in front her bed and her Fight or Flight response kicked in. Fight, she launched at the figure and heard a “oof”  similar to Sweetie’s voice. Sweetie flicked the lights on. “What are you doing here,” Amy asked. “It’s pretty easy to sneak into a hospital,” Sweetie sighed. Amy groaned, “I’m scared. The Pie sisters are free!” “Yeah and we don’t have any REAL proof. But we should get some…” “What do you mean? Going after the killers alone? ARE YOU MAD!?” “Me and Clyde we’re saying, we can capture them and make them THINK that we’ll torture them. We can pump them for information.” “Seems pretty far-fetched.” “It will work.” “I’m don’t wanna be part of your plan,” Amy said. “Fine! Me and Clyde can do it ourselves.” Sweetie said, she climbed onto a bookshelf and into a vent. Amy collapsed to the floor… In bed Amy woke up, “a dream within a dream.” Amy bit her hoof, it didn’t hurt. Was she dreaming? She drew a line on the wall to mark the dreamworld and the real world. She opened the window  and outside was Rock Country which she knew shouldn’t be there. She jumped and before she hit the ground she woke up, the marking was gone and when she bit her hoof it hurt. But it was daytime, Amy got up and her family was there. “Mama, Papa” Amy said hugging her parents. Sweetie winked at her. And Amy’s eye widened, “what’s wrong?” Her Mother asked. Amy shook her head, “nothing.” “You can leave the hospital today, if you feel ready.” “I’m ready,” Amy said. “Can Dazzy come?” “Of course,” Clyde said smiling sweetly. Later that day they hoped on a carriage and headed back to Rock Country. Then they foalnapped Inkie Pie and Blinkie Pie, the pieces were falling in place. It was time to act. Inkie’s violet eyes slowly opened she moved but she was tied down. Blinkie was too, “what’s going on!” “Hi…” Clyde said, slowly. “How does it feel to be on the other end of the stick?” “Don’t worry Blinkie, they don’t have the guts.” Inkie stated. “We don’t have to hurt you, just explain. Why are you murdering ponies, how did you start?” “Really? We heard those tricks before.” “Please, tell us.” Amy said stepping out. “Alright,” Inkie said. “Pinkamena started it, why she started it? I don’t know. And when we found out we jumped into the fun. “FUN!?” Dazzy asked, gritting her teeth. “Yes. We killed so many ponies! And we love it, we’re coming after you next!” “That’s not something you should be saying to your captors,” Sweetie said. “I was a fool to let your carry on with your ways. I thought you would of stopped but, then this! You're going to hell, I wanna send you there -not before a slow and painful death-. But, honestly, it’s not your time.” “Don’t have the guts,” Blinkie repeated, in a sing-song voice. “Did you and Pinkamena kill other ponies!?” Clyde asked. “Yes,” they said together. “Louder.” “Yes!” “I said, louder!” “YES!” They screamed. “We killed them, we killed them!” Clyde revealed a tape that was recording the conversation, “thanks.” They looked like they seen a ghost, they shared worried looks. “‘Seen those tricks before,’ my hoof” Dazzy exclaimed. She was getting a kick out of this. “Please! Destroy the tape, destroy it!” Inkie begged. “I bet countless times ponies begged you to spare their lives, you have no room to talk” Sweetie said. “Okay but you said to free us, so please do it. We have nothing else to lose,” Blinkie said, but she had a plan. “Alright,” Clyde and the others had a plan to. They just needed to get the tape out of the cave and to Canterlot. Then, they’ll be safe. Clyde handed it to Dazzy who was at the front of the cave. Then Sweetie untied the two fillies, at the same time they ran into Sweetie. She was kicked and punched. But then Dazzy was running down the cave, Amy and Clyde were buying time. “Hey, where’s Dazzy’s?!” Blinkie asked, “GET THE TAPE! GET THE F***ING TAPE!” They all tore down the mountain and pink foal stumbling down ahead of them. Inkie was so close to her but Sweetie rocketed herself and the serial killer. Blinkie passed them and Amy grabbed her tail. Blinkie bucked Amy’s face, pain shooting through her nose. Dazzy could see the Pie’s house. “HEL--” Dazzy was cut off by Blinkie tackling her and ripping the tape from her hoof. Clyde jumped up and grabbed the tape back and ran. Amy jumped on Blinkie’s back and pulled on her ears. Blinkie yelped, tears forming in her eyes. Clyde screamed, “MISS CLOUD AND MISTER ROCK!!!” Which were Inkie and Blinkie’s parents. Cloudy ran out, “dear god!” The foals caught up and Inkie tried to snatch the tape recorder but failed. Cloudy snatched the tape, “how dare you have this. No material possessions, we must--” Amy shoved Cloudy aside and took the recorder back, she took off. It took the others awhile to catch on but, soon they were running. “Limestone and Marblestone get back here!” But they continued to run. Amy made it to her house and locked the door, leaving her sisters outside. But they planned that too, there was a secret entrance from their closet to a tree.   Clyde snuck away to get inside, she managed to get inside and met Amy. “What now! Mama’s gonna open the door!” “Remember the knife Inkie through down here, the first day we found out about their baking?” “Yeah! You kept it, that could help” Clyde said. The bedroom door was locked but they heard the house door open. “We gotta hide the tape, I have a loose floorboard.” Amy stashed the tape under the board and the Pie’s knocked on the door. Amy looked out the window, their parents safely by the river farming gems. She closed the curtain and Clyde held the knife in front of herself. The door unlocked and swung open the Pie’s ran in. “Get out! I don’t want to hurt you, you hurt enough people…” Clyde said. “You must understand--” “No you understand this, you caused great pain to so many people. You pastries were good and we have sinned since we ate your treats. But it is not our fault, it’s yours. You pastries are nasty, and generic. To kill ponies to make them---” Amy began to rant but, was cut off by Inkie punching her across the face. Blinkie taking the knife and pointing it at Amy. “Give us the tape, we tortured before we aren’t afraid to do it again” Blinkie explained. Clyde didn’t have a plan for this, it had spiraled out of control. But Dazzy appeared in the doorway and black eye on her face, and a wide smile on her face. A cop came behind her, a gun pointed at the armed foal. The Pie’s were arrested and the tape severed as enough evidence to bring Pinkamena down with them. But an evil secret brewed in the family. For a little filly was locked in a cellar, when she was found she would have an amazing story to tell and an amazing story to hear.