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// The final 3 
// Story: The Bakery is Closed... 
// by RarityFigma 
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	Twilight fell to the ground from a stab to the heart through and through. Applebloom stood behind her with a knife in her mouth. Applejack and Rarity looked at her in horror. The black choker around her neck enlarged. The yellow filly started to gasp for breath. “It….it…was….her…or…me.” Applebloom raised the knife again. “Ah….aint….dyin.”

Applejack lowered her head. She bolted over to Applebloom and kicked the filly into the nearest building. Applebloom crashed into a flower shop window with a huge thud. The orange pony turned to Rarity. “It’s all on us now.” Rarity nodded as the pair turned to Pinkamina. 

The pink mare was grabbing at the blood pool around her. “Come back. Please come back!” Pinkamina rubbed her hooves in the blood. “RETURN NOW!” She glared at Applejack and Rarity with hate in her eyes. “IT’S ALL YOUR FAULT! YOU’VE RUINED EVERYTHING!” Pinkamina pulled a knife from her back. “I’ll find a new town. I’ll start a new bakery. And then I’ll make cupcakes again.” She pointed the blade at the pair beginning to tremble. Only a large smile also appeared on her face. “BUT FIRST I’LL TURN ALL OF YOU INTO THE MOST DELICIOUS CUPCAKES EVER!”

Pinkamina took off toward Applejack. The orange mare dodged around the pink pony’s random slashes and stabs. Applejack jumped backward as Rarity levitated 3 doors and threw them at Pinkamina. The pink mare dove under the doors and slid over to Applejack. She pushed up and slashed at the orange pony’s neck, but missed. Rarity magically grabbed Pinkamina’s tail causing her to crash to the ground. Applejack turned around and kicked the pink pony again on this time in the face. 

Pinkamina flew into a nearby building with a huge crash. From the resulting dust cloud came 4 knives that Pinkamina threw at Rarity. The white unicorn ducked under the first 2 knives, but the third and fourth threatened to hit her directly in the eye. Rarity closed her eyes.

She felt no pain. As Rarity opened her eyes she saw that Applejack had jumped in front of the flying blades. The 2 knives were now impaling her side. Rarity ran over and levitated out the blades. “Why did you-”

“Cause yer all I got now,” Applejack said interrupting her. The orange pony grabbed one of the knives in her mouth. Pinkamina had crawled from the house she’d crashed into back onto the street. “Let’s end this,” Applejack mumbled.

Both ponies ran toward Pinkamina. Rarity used her magic to levitate Pinkamina’s body as Applejack tackled her. The pink pony flew back through the broken wall only now with Applejack on top of her. The orange pony stabbed Pinkamina in the chest with the knife. The pink pony screamed before falling to the ground motionless.

Applejack began to pant. Rarity walked over and held her friend’s head. “It’s finally over.”

“Yeah,” Applejack said in between breaths. 

The pair began to walk away. Neither of them heard the sound of a body rising, nor the sound of one last knife being unsheathed. Though within seconds one pony did feel the cold edge of the blade as it flew through her chest.