Fluttershy followed the nine tailed fox and went far away from Ponyville, she flew up higher to see where Dog Catcher's main mill was, she did not see it, the nine tailed fox went up into the sky and ran, she flew with them and saw a factory in the middle of nowhere, the black dog ran to it and she followed it. The two arrived at the factory and heard puppies bark from inside, the tried to open the locked door but could not, the inugami appeared and tried to help them but they still had trouble, they then heard lightning crackling and they moved back, the raiju shot a bolt of lightning at the door and destroyed, all five of them went inside.
Fluttershy and the four canines entered the factory with her and saw many puppies in cages, they were all dirty and anorexic, some had wounds on them,
"Come on, let's free them." Fluttershy ordered, the nine tailed fox, black dog, inugami, and raiju shook their heads and did a nudge, Fluttershy looked and saw Chain Link patrolling the area, a puppy had its paws on the cage and barked,
"Get your filthy paws off the cage." Chain Link ordered as she kicked the puppy, it yelped and fell, it began to whimper and she left. Fluttershy flew to the mills and the puppies quivered at seeing her,
"It's okay, I'm not with them." Fluttershy spoke, the black dog looked at the puppies and whimpering was heard coming from its body again,
"Hang on a bit, we're going to get you all out." Fluttershy stated, and she left.
Fluttershy went to where she saw Chain Link go to and saw her in an office with Searcher and Tracker, she ducked and watched the three, she saw them conversing but could not hear them. They looked at a map and Fluttershy tried to see what it was but could not, they then heard knocking at the door and the three began to walk forward. They opened the door and Fluttershy and the four canines hid behind it, Chain Link threw the door back and it closed as they walked away, the five then entered the office.
Fluttershy and the four canines looked around the office and found a telegraph there, they also looked at a map and saw red x's the mills Fluttershy and the other animals destroyed. The five kept looking and saw a picture of Dog Catcher's minions, there were red x's on Knock Out, Poison Fist, Lights Out, Bluebird, Cardinal, Orange Tiger, Indigo Dragon, Cat Lover, White Knight, First Aid, Personal Trainer, and Butcher. They looked and saw there were four more minions, they were three stallions and a mare, one stallion had a light purple coat, a long red mane, and blue eyes, another stallion had a yellow coat, a long green mane tied into a braided ponytail, orange eyes, and wore glasses, the third stallion was a unicorn, he had a light tan coat, long dark gray mane, and red eyes, and the mare had a dark purple coat, long blue mane, and turquoise eyes. The five looked and saw the mare was actually stationed nearby while the other three stallions lived a bit far away, they left the room to see what it was.
Fluttershy and the canines went and saw Chain Link, Searcher, and Tracker with the mare from the picture and another Pegasus mare who had a powder blue coat, long light red mane and tail, pink eyes, and her cutie mark was a sewing needle with a black thread through it, the dark purple mare was a Pegasus in a royal guard uniform. The mare looked at the puppies in the cages,
"What do you want?" Tracker asked,
"What the? I was told this is an animal shelter." the mare stated,
"It is, now what do you want?" Chain Link asked,
"I was going to hand over my pet dogs since I didn't want them, but now that I see how filthy this place is, and the injuries on those puppies there, I've changed my mind, I'm handing my dogs over to another shelter." the mare declared,
"Give us your dogs!" Tracker demanded,
"No!" the mare retorted, the Pegasus royal guard held her down and Chain Link, Searcher, and Tracker began beating her up and she screamed. The nine tailed fox, black dog, inugami, and raiju ran to them and attacked them, they grunted loudly and tried to fight them off,
"Lavender, get the dogs!" Chain Link ordered,
"I'm trying." the dark purple mare responded as the inugami held her down, she managed to break free and flew outside,
"Run!" the mare ordered to her dogs, Tracker punched her on the back of her head and she grunted while Searcher covered her mouth. Lavender ran outside and got ready to get the dogs, but the raiju summoned lightning and it struck her. She screamed as the yellow lightning electrocuted her for a few seconds shortly before disappearing and she fell to the ground with black smoke coming out of her body. The ponies looked on in shock and Chain Link, Searcher, and Tracker quickly broke free and ran to her, Tracker checked her pulse,
"Well? How is she?" Chain Link asked,
"She's dead." Tracker responded,
"Come on, let's get the dogs." Chain Link said, and they ran after them. Fluttershy flew to the Pegasus and she was panting,
"Are you okay?" Fluttershy asked, the mare looked up,
"Fluttershy?" the mare asked,
"Yes, it's me." Fluttershy answered,
"You're not with them, are you?" the mare asked,
"No, of course not, I'm here to shut down their operations." Fluttershy replied,
"Oh, well, can you do me a favor and get my dogs for me while I search around this place for the operating area?" the mare requested,
"Of course, I can use some help." Fluttershy answered, the mare smiled and got up, she began walking forward,
"Wait, what's your name?" Fluttershy questioned,
"Sewing Needle." the mare replied,
"Alright, Sewing Needle, I leave finding the machines to you." Fluttershy said, and she headed outside.
Fluttershy and the four canines headed outside and looked for Sewing Needle's dogs, she listened and heard animals running in two different directions, she called the birds and told them to look for two dogs alongside Chain Link, Searcher, and Tracker, and they flew. The birds flew around and looked for dogs while Fluttershy flew with them, they heard hoofs galloping to the east and she looked, she saw Tracker chasing a dog, he jumped on the dog and tackled it onto the ground,
"Searcher! I got it!" Tracker hollered, Searcher flew to help him restrain the puppy and the two began trying to make it unconscious by punching it in its head. Fluttershy did bird calls and they attacked the two stallions, they fought back and the nine tailed fox and black dog attacked them and bit into them, they screamed in agony and Fluttershy turned away when she heard flesh being torn. She turned back and saw Searcher and Tracker have been killed while the nine tailed fox and black dog looked at the dog, she flew down and saw the dog had bruises on its head,
"Take it to Sewing Needle, let's get the other one." Fluttershy ordered, and they left. The five went to the west and saw Chain Link holding an unconscious dog with red hoof marks on its head, the raiju cast lightning and Chain Link quickly flew to the side to dodge it while dropping the dog, Fluttershy flew to the dog while the inugami ran, it fell past her before she could reach it but the inugami caught it, the raiju cast more lightning as Chain Link dodged them and quickly flew away. The five checked the dog and saw it had hoof marks on its head,
"Let's bring them to Sewing Needle, we'll go after Chain Link and find the other three ponies who work for Dog Catcher later." Fluttershy ordered, and they went back.
The five went back to the factory with the two dogs and saw Sewing Needle standing outside,
"Fluttershy! It's horrible!" Sewing Needle exclaimed as she ran to them,
"What is it?" Fluttershy asked,
"The factory, I couldn't believe what I saw in the back." Sewing Needle replied,
"You go on home, Sewing Needle, we got your dogs for you." Fluttershy stated,
"Thank you, I'll keep them with me before I send them to the animal shelter, and the controls to the factory are in the very back." Sewing Needle responded, and she carried the two and flew home while Fluttershy and the four canines entered the factory. She entered and the puppies barked at her while scratching the cages,
"Hold on, I'll get you all out soon, I'm going to shut down this factory first." Fluttershy spoke, the puppies became quiet and she flew to the back. She went past Chain Link's office and arrived at the back of the factory and gasped at what she saw, she saw adult dogs with their legs' amputated and breeding puppies, some of the puppies had scabs and bruises on them. She walked to one of the adult dogs while the puppies ran away from her,
"What's going on here?" Fluttershy questioned, a male adult dog barked and said Dog Catcher and his minions were using him and other adult dogs as breeding slaves to create puppies to be used as torture subjects. Fluttershy gasped while reeling up on her hind legs, she looked and saw some of the puppies were missing legs and parts of their ears', she saw one puppy was missing an eye, and some had broken claws, tears began to fall from her eyes as she saw their injuries. Whimpering was heard from the black dog's body and it echoed, it stood in place while it absorbed the souls of the dead canines in the cages and grew considerably bigger,
"All of you hang tight, I'm going to destroy this factory." Fluttershy said, a female adult dog barked and told her about Dog Catcher sending away some of the puppies to three stallions, she said they were a light purple Pegasus named Bookkeeper, a yellow earth pony named Weapons Enthusiast, and a light tan unicorn named Black Magic,
"I saw their pictures." Fluttershy stated, and she looked at the hall, she put on a brave face and went forward.
Fluttershy flew to the back of the factory and saw dead canines on conveyor belts and being processed into meat to be fed to the other dogs,
"Come on, let's destroy it." Fluttershy declared, and the raiju summoned lightning that made the conveyor belts exploded and a fire started, the dead canines fell onto the floor and the black dog absorbed their souls while the nine tailed fox summoned fire onto the machinery to destroy them, sparks came out and flew everywhere,
"Hold on, let me shut it down first so a fire doesn't start." Fluttershy said, and she looked for the control panel, she found it on the conveyor belt where the meat cuts came out. She went to it and moved the levers with her mouth and turned off everything in the factory, the four canines began destroying everything and ripped the fences off of the cages and freed all the dogs,
"What is going on?" Chain Link asked as she came in, all of the mobile canines run and jumped on her and she screamed as they tore her to pieces. Fluttershy looked away and covered her ears while the canines killed her, they stopped and she headed out while looking away from Chain Link's body and went outside.
Fluttershy flew up and looked for the houses of Bookkeeper, Weapons Enthusiast, and Black Magic, she called for the birds and told them to help her find the three stallions and they flew around while she continued searching. She looked around for where the three could be until several birds came back a few minutes later and chirped,
"Lead the way." Fluttershy commanded, and they did. She flew to the north and heard voices, she realized it was Dog Catcher and a colt, she saw Bookkeeper, Weapons Enthusiast, and Black Magic there as well,
"I want a puppy!" the colt declared,
"Get lost, kid, only certain people are allowed to buy from me." Dog Catcher replied,
"But I want one now!" the colt fumed as he jumped up and down, Dog Catcher glared and held him up with his telekinesis,
"Since you won't leave, you can die!" Dog Catcher declared, and he began to suck the soul out of his body,
"Wait, Dog Catcher." Black Magic spoke as a brown aura appeared on his horn,
"His parents will become suspicious if you kill him." Black Magic said,
"Not my concern, since he likes dogs, I assume his family likes them as well, they can die, too." Dog Catcher retorted, and he sucked the soul out of the colt's body and killed him,
"Come on, you three, take the dogs." Dog Catcher ordered,
"Well, might as well." Weapons Enthusiast replied,
"Yeah, we'll look for his family afterwards." Bookkeeper added,
"It's fine, I'll do it, myself, since Lavender, Searcher, and Tracker have been killed, I haven't heard from Chain Link recently, either." Dog Catcher spoke, and he and Black Magic teleported away while Bookkeeper and Weapons Enthusiast headed home.
Fluttershy followed Bookkeeper to the north to see where he was going and they arrived far away from the factory, she also saw all of Dog Catcher's puppy mills while following him have been destroyed. She arrived at Bookkeeper's home and saw graves in his backyard, he entered his home and she looked through a window. She saw starved puppies in cages and some of them killing other dogs just for food, Bookkeeper watched them and wrote down what he observed in a book. The puppies he brought home began to look for a way out of the house but he flew and caught them and threw them into the cages. Fluttershy screamed when the big dogs in the cage tried to kill and eat the puppies, the four canines rammed the door and broke it down, they jumped on Bookkeeper and he screamed as they tore him apart with their teeth and his blood splattered on a window. The four canines threw his body into the cage and they ate him and calmed down, they went back outside while Fluttershy just looked on disturbed, they bumped their heads on her to bring back to reality,
"Sorry." Fluttershy spoke, and she did a calling sound and the dogs and puppies head outside to her,
"Oh my, he didn't feed you all, let's see if there's any food in his house." Fluttershy spoke, and they entered and looked for food,
"Sorry, but this is the best I can find." Fluttershy stated and she gave them peanuts,
"Sit here, I'll be back." Fluttershy said, and she flew elsewhere.
Fluttershy flew around and saw more destroyed puppy mills, she called for the birds and they flew to her and led her to the south. She arrived at Weapons Enthusiast's house and saw puppies in his backyard with scrapes, bruises, broken claws, and knocked out teeth, they all backed away from him,
"Don't be like that, I got a new toy for you all." Weapons Enthusiast said, and he took out a stun rod. He put it on a puppy and it whimpered as it got electrocuted, it died while he chuckled,
"This is pretty effective after all." Weapons Enthusiast stated, and he got ready to electrocute another puppy. The raiju used its magic to make the lightning come out of the stun rod and electrocute him, he screamed and tried to resist, he turned around and tried to throw the stun rod, he did and Fluttershy strafed to dodge it, he then groaned and fell over. Fluttershy flew down to the puppies and they ran to her,
"Shh, it's okay, he won't hurt you all anymore." Fluttershy stated as she comforted them, and they calmed down,
"Wait here, I'll be back for you." Fluttershy promised, and she flew up and called for the birds,
"Lead me to Black Magic's house." Fluttershy commanded, and they did.
Fluttershy flew to the northeast and saw even more destroyed puppy mills, she smiled at seeing the animals have freed the puppies, she arrived at Black Magic's house and saw graves in his backyard, she noticed some of them were too big to be for dogs and deduced they were ponies. She looked around and saw puppies in cages in his backyard and he was sitting in a chair,
"Come on now, you gotta do better than that, don't disappoint your mommy." Black Magic spoke, she looked and gasped when she saw a puppy being forced to hold an adult dog up with its body while the adult dog had a noose around its neck. The puppy fell a second later and the adult dog's neck snapped, the puppy began to whimper while Black Magic smiled and got another adult dog,
"I'll give you another try, let's see if you'll have better luck with your dad." Black Magic said as he put another adult dog on the puppy's body and a noose around its neck with his magic. The puppy fell immediately and the adult dog began to fall,
"No!" Fluttershy hollered as she flew forward and held the adult dog up with her hoofs,
"Begone, dog sympathizer!" Black Magic hollered as he shot a spell from his horn. The black dog appeared between him and the puppy and the zap hit him but did nothing, souls flew out of its body and they took the form of dogs and they jumped on Black Magic, he screamed as they tore him apart with their claws', they did and went back into the black dog's body. The inugami ran to the adult dog and used its teeth to break the noose, the puppy walked forward and Fluttershy put the dog down,
"Are you alright?" Fluttershy asked as she looked at the red mark on the dog's neck, he went over to the puppy and the two howled at the dead dog. She went over to the other dogs and saw burn marks on them from Black Magic's zaps, they ran to her and began licking her, she began to laugh,
"Hey, that tickles." Fluttershy stated as they continued to lick her,
"Okay, that's enough." Fluttershy said after a few minutes and took them off of her,
"I'm going to put an end to their operations today, I'll be back for you all." Fluttershy spoke, and she flew away. She flew up into the sky and looked for Dog Catcher, she flew around Equestria and could not find him anywhere, she only saw destroyed puppy mills and no canines in or around them. She heard a magic spell being cast and she flew to the east, but only saw it was a colt practicing his magic, she flew elsewhere and heard more magic being cast, she ignored them until she heard wheezing in a house. She flew down and looked through a window and saw Dog Catcher in the house, he took the souls of a stallion and a mare and killed them, she looked and saw a picture of the two with the colt Dog Catcher killed earlier, he smiled and teleported away. Fluttershy glared and flew back to the factory.
Fluttershy arrived back at the destroyed factory and took the map on where Dog Catcher, his minions, and where his mills were at, she saw his house was marked on the map. She went outside and called for the birds, she instructed them to find Dog Catcher's house and they flew away. She tended to the puppies and adult dogs in the factory while she waited, she heard chirping about 30 minutes later and went outside, they informed her they found his home,
"Lead the way." Fluttershy commanded, and they flew and she followed them.