//------------------------------// // flicker // Story: Light of my life // by Sushi4477 //------------------------------// Note: The killer will be revealed in this chapter, just so you know. Pinkamena took a step forward from the darkness. Light wash't used to seeing her out in the open, she seemed almost like a regular pony. The older mare kept her stare, and Light could see deep within the tense calmness of her eyes, the glint of madness she was well known for. "I don't think it was a smart idea to come to Sun Kiss corner," Pinkamena began. "Specially with me on the lose." "I'm not afraid of you." That was an astronomical lie. "I've never been afraid of you." Pinkamena walked around her, with each movement Light became more nervous. "You have been. Everyone has." The young mare gulped down her fear and looked her straight in the eyes. "What have you done to my friends?" she asked with the last bit of courage in her system. "Me? Now why would you think I had anything to do with that?" She said with a hint of sarcasm. Light narrowed her eyes. "Where are they? You did something to them I know it!" Pinkamena seemed slightly startled by the accusation, but kept her glare. "It isn't nice to make those accusations, Light." Light straightened. "I am not leaving without my friends, Pinkamena." she said, spitting out her mother's name like if it where poison. Pinkamena was about to answer when she suddenly snapped back, her eyes scanning behind her. Light noticed of this behaviour and raised an eyebrow, "What?" she asked her. "What is it?" Pinkamena lowered her head, much like a lion preparing to pounce upon its prey. Light instinctively took a step back, keeping a close eye on the serial killer. The older one stepped quietly behind her, until her back was facing Light. She then suddenly and violently kicked at the wall with both hind legs, causing it to shake for a second. What happened next shocked Light. The figure of a pegasus stallion walked up to the entrance of the alley. He was facing Pinkamena, who glared at it with enraged eyes. Light stood behind her, completely stunned by how she had done it. Pinkamena stepped back, but didn't disconnect her stare. The stallion stepped up to the light, and finally his face was revealed. At this, Pinkamena broke into a twisted smile that made Light take a step back. Pinkamena swished her tail. " its been too long." The stallion smiled at her. "Its great to finally meet the great Pinkamena Diane Pie." Pinkamena chuckled, "Oh no, you don't understand. I am going to kill you." The pegasus placed himself in a position similar to Pinkamena's. He fluttered his wings and gave her the smile of a mad man. The mare raced towards him, her earth pony figure making her faster than most. He bucked her below the chin with his forelegs and as she stumbled from him, he took her head and attempted to slam her away. Instead she evaded his hooves and gave him an expert kick on the side of the face, blood trickling from his mussel. The stallion had madness beaming in his eyes as he took Pinkamena by the throat and tossed her against the wall, making the mare drop unconscious. Light remained watching Pinkamena's body colapse into the ground. She took a step back and turned to Him. The pegasus cleaned the blood from his mouth and turned his rage filled eyes to her. Light looked back, only to see a brick wall behind her. She desperately leaned against the wall as he approached. She had never felt so afraid in her life. He aproached her and with swiftness, pulled out a clothe and wrapped it in her mouth. She struggled uselessly as her attacker pressed the clothe, blocking her airways. "Sweet dreams, daughter of a killer." he said those words as Light's eyes closed and her body collapsed like Pinkamena's. The killer turned to the limp body of the pink mare and then back at the younger one before him. He smiled as he scooped up Light and carried her in his back. "you've gotta love reencounters." He said to no one as he walked into the cheap flickering light of the street. As Andromeda Sparkle stepped into the erie road, a chill ran up her spine. The wind seemed to blow at an unnaturally cold degree, perhaps due to the lack of weather pegasi managing Canterlot. She kept a steady walk ahead, and bolted her head up to a strange sound. Close your eyes and I'll kiss you, tomorrow I'll miss you, remember I'll always be true. And then While I'm away, I'll write home every day, and send all my loving to you. Andromeda blinked, was somepony singing a classic? She used her horn to send a soft light signal before her and was surprised to see what apeared to be three ponies. Andromeda lifted the collar of her coat, and walked forward. She kept a mdest distance from the three strange figures, but made sure to always have their sights on them. Whoever was there seemed to have taken notice of her, for now he or she had disapeared into the mist. The unicorn sighed, defeated. That was until her eyes took notice of something the pony had dropped into the floor after he or she dissapeared. It seemed to be an old binder, like the ones her mother kept old records on. She picked it up and browsed through it, but as she reached the end of it she began to feel worried. Several words and phrases had been scratched out with some kind of red marker. Instead of recipes, some of the ingrdeients had been changed for things like "bones, liver, brains, hooves." She felt a wave of revulsion inside her as a detailed diagram of a dismembered pony was drawn on the backside. "You sick, sick freak. Go to tartarus.." She muttered to herself and stared ahead towards where he had gone. "I swear on Luna's name, I won't let anyone else fall victim of this." With those words, the young, investigator mare trotted securely ahead.