//------------------------------// // Chapter 2: A first kill to remember // Story: Cutie Mark crusaders killers YAY...? // by ApplebloomMlp //------------------------------// It was a peaceful, silent morning in ponyville, you could hear the lovely nature from outside, it was a also very sunny, a perfect day to buck apples. "Rise an' shine Apple Bloom it's morning and ya need to get to school we don't want yer late now do we?" Her big sister said while entering the young filly's room "Five more minutes...." Groaned a tired Apple Bloom as she faceplanted into the pillow "Ah guess ya don't want granny's famous apple pancakes for breakfast then? Alright suit yerself ah guess" Applejack said about to leave "Ok okay I'm up!" Apple Bloom replied as she got off her bed and went to the bathroom "See that's the spirit!" Applejack laughed to herself while leaving the room. A slightly tired and annoyed Apple Bloom who was now standing in the bathroom started to ponder about her day, she had nearly forgotten that today was the day she and the crusaders were gonna kill Diamond Tiara, her pegasus friend Scootaloo suggested that she (AB) was going to be the one to get a knife because Rarity has security from being a rich design maker and she can't do it herself cause she can't reach the knife due to her flight disability. Of course Apple Bloom being the friend she is she decided to help them, even if she knew Applejack might ask about why the hay she was carrying a knife in her bag Apple Bloom snapped out of her deep thoughts. As looked at the time and realised she was gonna be late, she quickly splashed her face with water to get her mind off of her thinking, took her bag/saddle and quickly trotted downstairs Once she went downstairs she noticed how Applejack wasn't there, neither was her older brother Big Mac, without thinking she quickly got a stool and started to reach for a knife. She was unsure hat kind of knife so she just took the sharpest one there which was usually used for work labor. "Apple Bloom!" Shouted somepony from the distance, as they went closer she realised it was Applejack "AH" Apple Bloom screamed as she fell on her flank, the seat wobbleing. She looked up to see her sister Applejack "What in tarnatin are ya still doing here?! Ah thought ya already left! Ah've been calling you're name for ages but ya didn't respond where in Celestia's sake were ya" Shouted an angry and confused Applejack "Ah'm real sorry sis! Ah- ah was in mah room! Ah didn't realize that ah took that long" Apple Bloom apologized "It's alright sis just make sure it don't happen again ya hear me?" Applejack answered "Yeah got it!" She replied nervously Apple Bloom didn't bother to eat breakfast, she considered taking it with her but she didn't wanna waste more time she quickly open the door and scrambled herself out She never realised how long she even took in that bathroom and what the reason she even went in there for it must've been long for Applejack to be mad at her and not realise she hadn't gone. "That's filly is really somethin' else ain't she granny?" Said the farmer pony looking to her left "She sure is" The old green earth pony replied ************* Luckily for Apple Bloom she didn't get called late by Cheerilee, while she did get gestured for her to take a seat. But unfortunately for her she arrive at school when Miss Cheerilee was learning about how cutie marks make you special and what's was so bad about that? Well... "Oh Miss Cheerilee" Diamond Tiara asked in a sing-song voice "Yes Diamond Tiara?" Miss Cheerilee replied "What happens if you DON'T have a cutie mark does that make you not special?" Diamond Tiara answered, while glaring at the CMC in particularly knowing they haven't gotten their cutie marks yet. "No of course not! Not having a cutie mark is perfectly fine! anypony else have a question?" Miss Cheerilee smiled as she continued with her lesson. Apple Bloom looked over to her friend Scootaloo she was clearly and visibly annoyed with Diamond Tiara and looked as if she was about to say something but decided against it, to her right was her unicorn best friend Sweetie Belle, who seemed just as annoyed as her and Scootaloo. After what felt like forever even if Apple Bloom had been their for more than 10 minutes the bell finally rang "Finally!" Scootaloo muttered as she got up from her seat "Make sure to read page 113 from today's lesson and research about what's makes a cutie mark special!" Miss Cheerilee shouted as she waved goodbye to her class. "That felt like an eternity!" Sweetie Belle squealed in relief, stepping out of the classroom onto the playground. "I know right also why did you take so long Apple Bloom we were meant to plan!" Scootaloo asked "Well uh it's a long story" Laughed Apple Bloom nervously "Well did you at least bring the kni--" Scootaloo said before Apple Bloom put a Hoof over Scootaloo's mouth. "Now hush Scoots ah know yer excited an' all but we gotta keep low about this, we can't let anypony find out ya hear me?" Apple Bloom whispered in a serious tone while giving her a death stare Scootaloo nodded silently, she forgot how scary Apple Bloom could be sometimes. Sweetie Belle quickly decided to change the subject. "So girls are you still going to my place tomorrow, Rarity is allowing you guys to stay as long as we don't destroy her house like last time!" Sweetie Belle asked happily "Of course!" Apple Bloom responded "Wouldn't miss it for the world" laughed Scootaloo They did their iconic hoof five they always do while smiling with joy, they were with joy until somepony just had to ruin their day... Diamond Tiara. "Well well well look who it is? The blank flanks!" She said menacingly "Leave us alone Diamond!" Apple Bloom shouted "Yeah we don't need you to ruin our day again!" Added Scootaloo Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon just stood there, looked at eachother and started to laugh at them "S- Silver Spoon look at them trying to defend themselves" Diamond Tiara laughed "I know right!" Silver Spoon replied "Listen blank flanks you need to stop trying cause you'll never be able to get you're cutie marks so just face it" The pink Earth pony said "Yeah face it!" "Shut up Silver Spoon! I talk you listen got it?!" Diamond Tiara shouted Silver Spoon kept her mouth shut "It's been fun but I don't wanna be seen hanging around you freaks! Toodles" She shouted "BLANK FLANKS!!" She and Silver Spoon said in unison as they walked away laughing. Diamond Tiara left while Silver Spoon following behind shortly. "Ugh I hate them so much!" Shouted Sweetie Belle "Don't worry Sweetie we'll get them for it after school..." Scootaloo muttered Sweetie Belle looked at Scootaloo with a worried expression, she knew Diamond was annoying and rude but was killing her a solution to their problems and to get their cutie marks? "Somethin' wrong Sweetie Belle?" Apple Bloom asked "Huh what no no I'm fine!" Sweetie Belle reassured her best friend "Ok then" Apple Bloom replied The rest of the day went as normal, boring but they were okay with it due to one thing. Now it was the end of the day which meant Their first killing had began they had been practicing and preparing since yesterday heck they even tried using one of the trees in Sweet Apple Acres which was supervised by Big Mac of course, he was unsure why they were bucking trees to get a cutie mark well he understood Apple Bloom but not the other two though since Applejack had to spend time with the mane six, Big Mac had no other choice but too "Remember the plan y'all?" Apple Bloom asked sharing a glance at her two best friends as they started to walk across the pavement "Yeah of course I do I'm so excited!!" Scootaloo squealed happily as if she was talking about her Idol Rainbow Dash. "Yeah I remember..." Sweetie Belle replied quietly "Good so guys ah wasn't sure what kinda knife ya wanted so ah got the sharpest one ah have" Apple Bloom smiled before the trio huddle around as she showed the knife hovering her hoof over the tip of the knife, being carefully not to hit one of her friends. "Woah that's awesome! This is gonna be really messy" Scootaloo laughed while Apple Bloom tucked the knife back into her bag. "Darn right it is!" Apple Bloom answered The trio came to a hult as they noticed Diamond Tiara, Scootaloo smiled and grabbed her and put a hoof of her mouth as she and the others entered the alleyway "Girls quick hold her down!" Scootaloo shouted Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle went by her friends side and holded Diamond Tiara to the ground well mostly Apple Bloom while Sweetie Belle hesitated as Diamond Tiara let out a muffled scream "Ugh l- let me go blank flanks this isn't funny!" Diamond Tiara shouted "Will ya shut the hay up! An' will ya help he Sweetie Belle?!" Apple Bloom shouted as she hit the rich earth pony "Okay sorry!" Sweetie Belle replied having a firm grip on Diamond Tiara's two back hoofs Diamond Tiara tried to kick, scream anything that came to her mind she had no idea what was happening and why the weird blank flanks were doing this to her. Apple Bloom took her knife and threw it over to Scootaloo "Do yer worst scoots" The young farm filly ginned Scootaloo laughed and she lunged at Diamond Tiara stabbing her in the stomach, Sweetie Belle watched in horror as blood splashed on her coat and mane, on the other hand Apple Bloom was smiling like a little kid, Diamond Tiara let out a loud and high pitched scream though Scootaloo ignored her as she continuously started stabbing her more and more each time Diamond crying and screaming for help. "Scoots pass me the knife and hold her!!" Apple Bloom shouted Scootaloo nodded as she threw it at her, luckily Apple Bloom catched the knife, they had to do this fast, quick and get out before anypony notices and Apple Bloom knew this. "AH SAID SHUT THE HAY UP!" Apple Bloom shouted loudly, sure shouting loudly wasn't the best idea for nopony to hear, but she wanted to get her anger out on Diamond before she was dead. Without hesitation she stabbed Diamond Tiara in her head. Diamond's eyes started to loose colour, her coat turning white and pale just as Sweetie Belles coat, her light blue diamond eyes rolled back to her skull while the red blood gushed out, They never knew how a pony could bleed so much. Apple Bloom huffed, Scootaloo stood in shock but smiling but Sweetie Belle had this knot in her stomach she was unsure if it was the blood, the killing, or both, she shook the strange feeling off as she and Apple Bloom stood up. Sweetie Belle remaining quiet as she listened to her friends talk "Wow Bloom..." Scootaloo said surprised. She never knew her best friend could do something like that, even though Apple Bloom lived on a farm she thought Apple Bloom only did the small stuff like carrying apples how the hay did she stab somepony in one shot? Miss Cheerilee told her that the heart is the worst place to go for when hurting a pony when they were learning about body parts "Ah know ah know shocking hm?" Apple Bloom replied while smirking "Well did anythin' happen did ah get my cutie mark?" Apple Bloom asked excitedly spinning around "Nope" Scootaloo sighed "Awh horseapples! neither did you.." Apple Bloom replied "So should we just hide the body in that dumpster?" Scootaloo asked "Yeah we can't leave her they might notice cause it got real bloody" Apple Bloom answered looking down at the now dead body of Diamond Tiara. "Don't worry I got the supplies for that" Scootaloo said "Thank Celestia! Wow that tired me out what about you Sweetie Belle? You've been awfully quiet back there" Apple Bloom wondered The Pegasus and Earth pony looked at their other best friend, Sweetue Belle stared at the dead body in shock "I- uhm.. yeah it did." Sweetie Belle said her voice stone cold "Sweetie y'know you can talk to us if somethin is bothering ya we know this is new but everything is gonna be alright ah promise do ya trust me?" Apple Bloom said "Yeah I know we just killed somepony we hate but it's Diamond Tiara and she deserved it and on the bright side she won't bother us anymore" Scootaloo added "Awh thanks girls!" Sweetie Belle said forcing a fake smile In reality Sweetie was horrified she watched as Apple Bloom and Scootaloo started to clean their mess up and put Diamond in a nearby dumpster, how could they possibly be okay when they literally just killed somepony! And the fact is they look so chilled about it like nothing happened Apple Bloom was expression less while Scootaloo was smiling at the so called "art of blood" they had made. "But Sweetie ah know this is new an' all but ya gotta help me here were in this together remember?" Apple Bloom said her voice now soft and in a calm tone. Sweetie Belle simply nodded smiling at her farm pony friend "You girls ready to go back to the clubhouse now?" Asked Apple Bloom rubbing the last speck of blood on her cheek. "Heck yeah!" Scootaloo said fluttering her wings "Oh I'm so sorry but I can't come, I have to go back to Rarity because she said that I can't go out late because what happened the last time we tried to crusade.." Sweetie Belle lied trying to make it as believeable as possible She hated lying to her friends but felt that it was for the best she needed time alone. To think about what just happened, she has a million thoughts running throughout her head, she was scared she tried to shake of that feeling but it wasn't working no matter how hard she tried, so in result she had to lie. "Awh why does Rarity have to be so over protective you didn't even get hurt that bad it was just rollerskating!" Scootaloo cried in annoyance "Scoots ya know why! She just wants Sweetie to be safe an' all" Apple Bloom replied "I know but still it's getting annoying" Scootaloo said while rolling her eyes Apple Bloom ignored her friends comments and turned her attention to Sweetie Belle "It's alright Sweetie we understand! Ya think you could be able to meet at the clubhouse before school though?" "I'll try!" Sweetie Belle said trying to remain happy in front of her beloved best friends "Perfect cya Sweetie Belle!" Apple Bloom shouted "Bye!" ********** Scootaloo and Apple Bloom arrived at the clubhouse the always go to together minus Sweetie Belle of course since she wasn't here "So who are we killing next?" Scootaloo asked in joy flapping her wings remembering the excitement she felt when killing Diamond tiara "Ah'm not sure but we haveta try harder if we need our cutie marks cause ah guess Diamond Tiara wasn't enough since it's our first" Apple Bloom responded "Yeah definitely but who our she was our main target unless we get Silver Spoon--" Scootaloo said before getting interrupted "Hay no! Haven't ya seen Silver Spoon?! she follows Diamond Tiara like a dog so she'll be a main suspect if they think it's her then we're all good they might come to us cause we're her classmates but if we stick to our story we'll be fine!" "And without Diamond around Silver Spoon will be so sad that she could move school!" Scootaloo added "Exactly! we can figure out who next tomorrow when Sweetie Belle is here it'll be better that way" "Wow you've thought this through more than I have Apple Bloom" Laughed Scootaloo "Trust me ah learned from Applejack and from reading those Daring do books you and Rainbow Dash love, to be honest it's not that bad than ah thought it would've been" Apple Bloom replied "See I knew you liked it!" Shouted Scootaloo jokingly "Oh shut up ah said it's not THAT bad" Apple Bloom rolled her eyes "Same thing!" Shouted Scootaloo Meanwhile with Sweetie Belle: Sweetie Belle opened the front door and closed it shut, she noticed how Rarity was sitting down making dress designs as she looked up from her seat "Hi Sweetie Belle! How was crusading?" Rarity asked giving her little sister a small smile "It was fine." Sweetie Belle replied "Well what did you guys do this time? Did you tried bungee jumping?" Rarity asked noticing Sweetie's unusual non happy tone Normally Sweetie Belle would be eccentric and eager to tell Rarity about everything she'd done with the crusaders, in Rarity's free time of course, she always wondered if sometime Sweetie Belle felt left out or sad that Rarity is sometimes to busy to listen. In truth Rarity loved hearing about Sweetie's young crazy adventures and found it amusing even though it can get annoying sometimes, while feeling if what they do is a bit to dangerous for Rarity's liking, she didn't care as long as it made Sweetie Belle happy. "We already tried that" Sweetie Belle said not bothering to hide the fact that she wasn't happy Rarity's got up from her seat and went over to a sad and gloomy looking Sweetie Belle "Sweetie darling I know I'm not one of the persay..." Rarity paused for a moment before continuing. "-best siblings in the whole of Equestria, but I can easily tell when you're upset. What's bothering you is there something on your mind that you would like to tell me?" Rarity asked not wanting to put any pressure on the young filly even though it worried her and she couldn't help herself "Nothing's wrong Rarity I'm fine..." Sweetie Belle replied "Are you sure Sweetie you don't look fine.." Rarity asked again "Did you and one of you're friends get into a fight? If they did I will have a chat with Rainbow Dash and Applejack for them hurting you like this I--" "RARITY I SAID IM FINE WHY CAN'T YOU LEAVE ME THE BUCK ALONE!" Sweetie Belle screamed before she covered her mouth in shock at what she just said She had never screamed at her own sister like that before, let alone sweared at her, tears filled the little filly's eyes as she ran upstairs, shutting her bedroom door loudly behind her. "Oh Sweetie Belle..." Rarity managed to say trying her best not to cry as it was "unlady like" of her to do so, she looked back to her work space then to the stairs Sweetie had stormed her way up on, Rarity sighed heavily as she walked to her bedroom