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// Spikes Initiative 
// Story: Silence of the Pie 
// by Jadedragon00 
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	After another failed interrogation with Pinky, the Princess’s returned to their duties and ordered the royal guard to double their search for the missing ponies. Twilight had buried herself in her review of all the evidence gathered at the scene of Pinkies arrest and Fluttershy’s rescue. 

“Grrr, it just doesn’t make any sense, Pinky has told us the same thing during each interrogation, that the information we need is right in front of us. I must have gone over every hoof-print, every blood sample, but nothing is telling me where the others are.”

“Well you have to try harder Twi, every moment that we don’t figure it out Rainbow, Apple Jack and Rarity might be in more danger!”

“I know Spike but it’s not that simple!” Twilight huffed, “I’m sorry I yelled spike, but I don’t know what to do. I still can scarcely believe that all this is even real.”

“I know, it seems like it was just yesterday we were all having a picnic with her, and now…”

“She’s completely changed. I should have seen the signs, the way she kept acting after we saved Princess Cadence; she had begun to seem distant. I just thought it was Pinky being, well, Pinky.”

Spike got up from his seat, “Twilight, I am going to go and visit Fluttershy in the hospital, see if she is doing any better.”

“Ok Spike, just be careful, you know how much she has been through. I’ll keep on running some tests.”


Fluttershy had not been the same since they had found her outside the border of Ponyville. When she was found she was almost unrecognizable. Her left wing had been completely torn off and she had deep cuts all over her body. Her mane had been cut and stained with blood and her right eye had been removed. Her throat had been sliced but luckily not enough that she couldn’t talk, but the worst thing was that parts of her flanks had been finely cut and according to the report, eaten off. It was thanks to Princess Luna that she was saved. She had been on her nightly flight when she had seen the red blood trail in the moonlight. When she had found her the only words she could distinguish were ‘Pinky Pie’.  It was not long after that Luna’s royal guard had found Pinky in her home covered in blood and yellow tuffs of fur. The strange thing however was how she surrendered almost, politely. She had not resisted and had praised the quote “fine members of the Equestria Royal Police Force.” Soon after, it was discovered that Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Apple Jack had gone missing. Ever since then Spike and Twilight have been searching non-stop for them, sadly in vain.
As spike entered Fluttershy’s room, he could not help but cringe. The bandages she was wrapped in were still staining from all the blood. Her eye was covered in a bandage and she had so many tubes providing water and transfused blood, as well as morphine drips to keep the pain down. As spike approached Fluttershy began to stir.

“Oh, *cough* hello Spike.” Fluttershy croaked.

A tear began to creep from spikes eye. “Oh god Fluttershy, I feel so terrible, I and Twilight have been trying to find the others but we can seem to find anything. Grrr, I promise you Pinky will pay for what she has done.”

“*cough* Spike, I have something to….*cough*”

“Something to, to tell me is that it?”

Fluttershy began to wine but managed to shake her head yes to spikes question. 

“Spike…oww, I *cough*……know where… Rai*cough*…bo…”

Fluttershy began to convulse and cry out in pain. The morphine had started to wear off. Spike rushed for the button to give her another dose.

“Rai..Rainbow Dash, is that what you were about to say?”

Fluttershy was in too much pain to speak but managed to shake her head yes.

“Oh that’s wonderful, please, you have to tell me where, and what about the others?”

Fluttershy began to mouth something, unable to keep on speaking.

“P…I…N…K…I…S… …H…O…U…S…E……Oh Pinkies house? Fluttershy we checked her house there was nothing there, save what she did to you…”

Just then, the tone on Fluttershy’s heart monitor began to speed up. 

“Oh no, Doctor!”

The doctor rushed in and began administering some stronger medication and soon after Fluttershy fell into a deep medically induced sleep. Spike was asked to leave shortly after and began walking towards Twilights house. What could she have meant by ‘Pinkies House’? Spike thought of telling Twilight what he was told, but something kept him from doing so. The rage began flowing through his tiny body. He had to save Rarity and the others, and every second they were missing was one more second they could never be found. Spike immediately turned around and rushed towards Pinkie’s shop, now closed since her arrest. The door was sealed with magic to prevent anyone from entering but Spike was not about to give up. Gathering all his strength, he took the deepest breath he could muster and bellowed a great stream of fire. The barrier was not as strong as he thought and his flame broke through without much effort. As Spike walked in the store, he began to cringe and heaving as if to vomit. The smell of blood was so strong, and the red dried liquid was still splattered all over the floor. As he ventured further and into the kitchen, the smell and sight was horrid. Blood was everywhere, on the walls and floor, on the cabinets and even on some spare utensils that were left lying around. Worst of all some of Fluttershy’s fur was still sprawled in random places. Spike began to feel hot, and his face contorted in anger. How could Pinkie have done such a thing to his friends? Spike continued to walk around, looking for something that could help him understand what Fluttershy had tried to tell him at the hospital. As he moved to leave the kitchen, Spike had to make a small leap to avoid stepping in a dried pool of blood. After landing he heard a strange sound. The floor had…echoed. Spike placed his hand on the floor, and began using his reptilian senses to hear the sound again. He knocked on the floor, there it was again. A secret basement! Spike wondered how the Police had missed it, upon closer inspection it was under a fancy carpet that had very little to almost no blood on it. Spike guessed that because it had no evidence on it, the guards thought there was no reason to move or inspect it. Spike removed the carpet and found the latch to open the door. Spike walked down the staircase, but as he reached the bottom, he immediately began to vomit. The smell of blood was unbearable and the sight he was looking upon was even more so. A metal table and a rack covered in blood and bits of torn flesh. Upon closer inspection Spike began to notice large amount of feathers and fur, scattered about the room. The table had small white chips of what he recognized as bone scattered about it. The rack had a full wing bone hanging from one of its many straps. As Spike moved closer, he found a small candle lying on a shelf. He blew a small stream of fire to light the candles and the room. Once the room was lit, spike turned and began screaming at the top of his lungs and tears streamed down his face. Sitting in the corner was Rainbow Dash, with bits of her skin sewn together like a puzzle, her wings were missing and her stomach had a large slice down the middle and on random parts of her body, bits of fluff and stuffing were jutting out. Pinky Pie had killed and turned Rainbow Dash into a taxidermy doll.