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// Use The Stare (Chaos) 
// Story: Best of the Pest 
// by SmilesPerHour 
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You look around you, at the once-beautiful city littered with orange peels, grease stains and candy wrappers. This kind of behavior can’t continue.

You and Caramel run after Hitch and Fluttershy, and call for them to stop.

“Fluttershy, I know you mean well,” You say. “But Hitch is right. If this keeps up, ponies might get hurt or sick with all this garbage in the streets. We need to send the racconicorns away.” Fluttershy frowns at you, then at Caramel, and knows that she’s been outvoted.

“O-okay.” She sighs. “I’ll go and deal with them. Ahem, excuse me?” The racconicorns look at her curiously. “Could you all gather around? I need to… show you something.” The racconicorns eagerly surround her, and with a reluctant sigh, Fluttershy unleashes her Stare.

You feel a chill down your spine as the racconicorns shriek and cower in Fluttershy’s presence.

“Wow… that’s amazing!” Hitch chuckles as the frightened racconicorns turn and run to the edge of town. “They won’t be coming back for a long time!”

“No… they won’t.” Fluttershy sighs, wiping a tear away.

“Well, a deal’s a deal.” Hitch trots over to the station and pulls the poster off the wall. “Here’s your poster. Thanks for your help!”

“Our pleasure, Sheriff.” Caramel says. “Good luck with the cleanup effort.”

“It’s fine, I have friends who can help.”

As he passes the poster to Caramel, the text evaporates from the Page, and the familiar ‘morphing scenery’ sensation overtakes you. In an instant, you, Caramel and Fluttershy are back at the sanctuary with the Page in hoof.

“Well, I’m glad that’s over.” Caramel sighs, and smiles at you. “Thanks for helping to settle that argument, and getting the Page back. And Fluttershy…” She turns to Fluttershy, who looks crushed.

“Those poor little animals…” She sighs.

“But Fluttershy, they were destroying the city-!”

“I… I need a little time alone, please.” Fluttershy turns and steps into her office, closing the door.

“I’m sure she’ll be okay.” Caramel says with a frown. “Sometimes doing the right thing means making tough choices.”