Apple Family Orchard : Old Barn
2:58 am
Pinkie felt the lantern hit Aj's face hard with a loud reverb through the leg holding it. Pulling away for another blow she caught a glimps of the lanterns glass covering holding a large rigged gash within it. Small shards of glass leaked out clumsily as she began to swing again with more force. The lantern still flickered lively with some flam as it swayed to and fro within pinkie's hoof as it flew through the air. The lantern hit Aj's face once more with a hard impact knocking her off balance and spinning the mare around on her flank. Aj slid on the ground rolling around she recovered quickly from the attack and lunged at pinkie. Pinkie Pie quickly shuffled out of reach as Aj tried to take ahold of her. Aj missed and flew out of sight into the surrounding darkness.
Pinkie looked around frantically trying to not get caught off guard. Being careful to keep the lanterns glass from stabbing her or breaking further she held it out to help in her position. A rustle ushered in an edgy jump to turn to face it's origin. Twisting around the lanterns light flashed in the receding darkness at the general area where Aj stood. Aj raised on her hind legs and had a sadistic look of dominance on her face.
Pinkie stepped backwards not taking her eyes of the farmmare. Aj's smile seemed to grow larger as she looked upon the pink pony. Seeing this pinkie felt something cold slither through her mind as fear tried to take ahold of her. Pinkie tried her best to pushe it away as aj took a few steps closer. With an intent to kill her with no better reason but to devour every bit of her. Aj walked closer to pinkie still holding that smile the courage shattering, mind breaking, heart crushing smile behind it laid sharp teeth and an insatiable hunger for flesh, bone, organs and anything of the like. Pinkie stepped back as best she could to stat out of reach but with each step it seemed aj could take two more. Pinkie stepped back tripping slightly causing her to loose balance.
Pinkie saw the flash come unexpectedly and without reaction she swung hard not caring who or what was in her way. Upon impact she heard a loud roar and the impact of glass on flesh. Pinkie opened her eyes to see the farmmare holding her face from the obviously painful blow. She watched as aj threw herself around in pain roaring and screaming angrily through the dark. Slowly she calmed down as she sat on the floor. Pinkie could her deep strained breaths from the orange mare and couldn't help but feel sympathy for the equine female. Pinkie watched as Aj rose and pulled her hooves from her face roaring in anger. Pinkie stepped back as Aj snapped her attention back to the pink mare in front of her.
Applejack spat a garbled mess of grunts, hisses, and barks as if to insult pinkie. Pinkie tilted her head slightly trying understand what she said. She pushed away the thought to focus on the matter at hand. Pinkie sunk deep to brace herself for anything to come at her.
The orange mare let out a bloodcurdling roar once more before she charged full force at pinkie on her hind legs digging up the dirt and hay behind her as she went, halfway to pinkie she dropped to all fours and galloped at her prey. Pinkie braced herself deeper rooting herself into the ground. Aj was within a few hooves of pinkie and would soon be on top of her. Pinkie closed her eyes and tightened as the two mares collided with a deep reverberating thud. Both mares hit the ground hard sliding backwards lifting up Dust, Hay, and various other things. Pinkie grunted as her back had slammed on the hard dirt floor. Breaking from the mild trance she returned to the realization of the weight on top of her chest and holding down her neck. Pinkie looked on with haze filled eyes as Aj sat on top of her and brought her left hoof down across pinkie's cheek causing the grounded pony to curse in her mind. Pinkie grunted as she frantically tried to push away the pinning hoof that held her down. With no avail she watched as Aj brought another hoof down across her face. Pinkie gritted her teeth to brace for the ensuing impact.
The hoof crashed down across her face leaving a deep bright red spot on the pink fured flesh of the pinned pony. On the impact Pinkie felt like she had just got hit by a train, trying to break through the haze in her eyes and mind. She could taste the sour embrace of her blood as it slowly trickled through her teeth.
Once again Pinkie tried to remove the leg, almost giving up as fast as she jumped to it she was feeling fatigue take it's toll on her tiring body. In an epiphany Pinkie tried a last ditch effort as she stopped trying to move the hoof and instead hurt the foreleg it was attached to or at least weaken it's grasp.
Quickly Pinkie slid one of her hind legs under the mare for leverage as she brought her right hoof on to Aj's shoulder pulling it downwards. Finishing she struck the inner part of the leg that held her causing the assailant to become off balance. Pinkie then used all her strength as she pushed the mare over her. Applejack sunk slightly into
Pinkie's body as she then flew backwards over pinkie with a thud followed by a small dust cloud. A couple of grunts was heard then, silence returned within.
Pinkie rolled over crawling to her hoofs she eyed the unmoving body for several long minuets. Silently she creeped ever closer to it. As she moved her eyes continued looking over the thing that had once been her friend.
Kneeling closer she checked for any sign of a pulse. She frowned silently as she felt no noticeable heartbeat ,meaning it was dead or dying. She sighed as she felt a tear trickle down her eye.
'Well at least she's in a better place...', Pinkie thought as she sat silently looking deep into the evil darkness that surrounded her.
Fear only allowed her see nothing but sadness and pain around her. No happiness was able to make its way into her heart now and as long as she has to live with this happening she recoiled at the though of never being happy again.
She let out an exhausted sigh as she tried to raise up off the hay covered ground. Her body screamed in anger as she crawled upwards feeling aches in places all around her body. She didn't remember getting hurt this much at all during the fight. As she was halfway up she the world blurred she started crashing back to the cold ground. Her vision hazed once more a bit as she saw applejack crawl on top of her again.
Instinctively Pinkie delivered a hard right hook into Aj's face crunching it, causing the insane pony's nose to start bleeding only adding more crimson coloring to her already slashed face. The mare bounced back slightly but, returned with two hooves dropping painfully on pinkie's chest area knocking the wind from the party mare.
Aj reared and dropped them again knocking the wind once more from the pink mare's lips. Applejack continued this again as pinkie began to cough up a mouthful of red ichor which splattered activly across applejack's orange colored body.
Pinkie tried her best to move away or deflect the assault but her body wouldn't allow it. Her mind screamed to run, to fight, to do something other than sit there but, her body said it was to tired and wanted to rest. Applejack Had another sadistic smile spread across her face as she pulled back letting the moonlight shine across her face. pinkie used whatever strength she could to look at the face that now stared back. All that was visible was angry teeth and 1 pitch black red ringed eye.
Aj landed a hard hoof to pinkie's head snapping the mare back to reality. Following the impact pinkie felt the world spin around in her head disorientating her. Growling Aj lifted pinkie's head by her hair.
Aj leaned back as her jaw began to transform in the moonlit darkness. Pinkie listened as loud disturbing crunches echoed through her ears. Aj's maw opened wide revealing a row of sharp and misaligned angry teeth.
Pinkie's body quaked in the air with an incessant fear as they came closer but, she couldn't move her body or attempt to break free. Fearing the end She closed her eyes as tears slid hastily down her face. Her mind traveled thousands of mile but still she couldn't think of anyway to be free from this situation. She began to feel time slow down to a near halt. When she felt the grip tighten she began to feel the fear and disdain overwhelm her body and take over her mind. she felt terror and disgust as they creeped through every inch of her dialated psyche. Her mind flashed memories of her good times, bad times and the best times she spent with her friends.
Feeling slightly empowered she actually smiled as she came closer to her end feeling no longer sad but welcoming it. She opened her eyes to the mare in front of her.
"I'm sorry" pinkie said as she felt the end come ever closer. She felt the hot breath now on her neck as it if it was right onto of her. She waited for whatever came next be it life or death. She waited for the pain to wash through her in a tidal wave of silence.
"Like A Baws!!" A young voice said. Pinkie snapped beck to reality she knew exactly who's it was and was she happy for it. She attempted a smile which only came out as a weak grin. Pinkie felt her body slump low to the ground. She felt it's cold temperature seep into her body. She welcomed the coolness it gave to her tired body washing over the exhaustion that rammed through her.
"Pinkie... You don't look so well..." the voice said as it came into sight. Pinkie couldn't move her body as it drooped silently on the ground.
"S..Sp..Sp..Spi...Spike... H...H-...," Pinkie blacked out silently before she could finish her sentence.
Spike quietly stood over her body with caring eyes. He kneeled next to her to check her pulse. Careful not to cut her with his claws he laid two fingers on her neck. Happily he sighed in relief as he felt a faint heart beat. He raised his head as he looked to the unconscious body of applejack.
He sighed as he stood up and limped over to pinkie's saddle bags. He dropped to knees and began to dig through them. After awhile he pulled out some haphazardly coiled dark brown rope. Slowly he crawled back to Applejack. Dropping to his knees her tied her front hooves to her hind hooves behind her back. So she couldn't move. He grunted as he got up dreading what was next.
He strained his arms aching as he tried to drag her slowly out of the barn. Her body dug into the dirt unwanting to move.
'Just as stubborn unconscious as you are awake', Spike thought as he pulled once more making the body bounce out a bit. He pulled more sliding the body again. He made it past the open doorway letting the moonlight wash across his body. The cool night air felt good on his damp scales. He continued to pull till he felt it was far enough. He ran back after pinkie dragging her with less hassle out as well. When he finished moving the two ponies from working the barn he took whatever was left from lantern and poured out it's flammable liquid in various places with the most hay. He then took out a medium sized jar of black liquid and poured it's contents in various locations as well. He threw the glass jar away with a loud break as he shot small green fireballs at the many locations he chose. Immediately small fires began to form around the inside of the old barn. Happy with his work, Spike watched as he backed away from the towering building.
Silently It swayed as it's belly was set alight. Bright red fire erupted from within blowing a hole through old roof. Spike saw the angry flames dance within the inside.
The entrance was soon engulfed in furious flames as they licked for the sky and surrounding grass area. Spike watched as the barn seemed to wail and scream in agony from the burns. It cried as it broke down a large proud standing building to mere smoldering supports and ash piles. Spike sat silently as he watched the entire ordeal. He felt the resonating heat wash across his body. It felt good across his scales he smiled to himself. He looked back at the two unconscious ponies behind him.
He sighed as he sat next to pinkie and closed his eyes laying his head in his knees.
"I hope rarity is having luck with figuring out what is going on here"
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Apple Family orchard: Pathway to orchard.
3:15 Am
"I can still get mine!!" Sweetiebelle screamed as she let her horn lite brightly. Twisting around in place to face AppleBloom. she cast a spell and let a purplish aura grow around the small yellow filly.
"Hey!!! What're Y'a doin ta me... Put me down!!!," AppleBloom Ordered as she floated higher into
The air.
"Down? How about away?", Sweetiebelle said as Applebloom gave a confused look.
"As in away from me!!!", Sweetie said as she jerked her head a bit. In response the aura threw the yellow earth filly aside into the trees. A thump was heard as the filly was thrown into the bushes knocking the small leaves into the air in a puff of dust.
Turning her attention to the orange pegasus that stood behind her. She began to cast the spell again this time only recieving an annoying Pbbbt and a stream of small sparks from the tip of her horn. Scootaloo was just staring in confusion at the white unicorn silently as she tried to cast the spell again.
"Aw Cmon ya stupid spell work!!!" Sweetiebelle said angirly. Snapping away from her trance scootaloo began a charge at the unicorn going full speed using her wings she began to go faster. Noticing just barely Sweetiebelle sidestepped to her right making the pegasus eat a face full of dirt.
The impact created a little mound of dry dust and dirt to form around the pegasus's face. Dust was picked up into the air silently obscuring their surroundings.
Sweetiebelle used her horn to try and cast a spell to blow away the dust but, was tackled from behind by applebloom. She hit the dirt with a thwamp and felt dust bounce onto her face. Applebloom raised a hoof and brought it down violently. Sweetie blocked it just in time and moved it away only to get struck by another hoof.
Applebloom dropped a few hooves to Sweetiebelle's face. The unicorn felt each dose
of keratin dig into her. Applebloom raised herself as she came read to bare down on sweetie. She came down only behind held back by a hoof Applebloom snapped violently like an animal.
Sweetie slipped her right hoof away far enough to get a shot in on Applebloom. The Earth filly flew to the left sliding into the dirt adding more dust to the air. Sweetie rolled over looking into the direction where Applebloom landed. She saw a silhouette crawl through the dust. Sweetie saw it stop for a split second then jumping towards her. Sweetie rolled away as Applebloom crashed into the soil with a crack. Sweetie inched her way from the filly as it dug it's head out of the ground. Applebloom threw an angered look towards Sweetiebelle.
"Naw... I'm threw playin' games Y'a hear?..." Applebloom said as she lundged at sweetie again. This time as sweetie sidestepped Applebloom latched a hoof onto the white filly's horn. With the stern grip of the farmfilly and the force of her direction. Sweetie flew backwards into the ground. Sweetie felt the pain as it began to bleed into her mind as she shuffled to get her barring again.
"Applebucking season produces enough apple to feed 6 ponyville's a year" Applebloom said as she charged at Sweetie once more. Sweetie gave a confused glance as the yellow pony came closer. Sweetie didn't have enough time time to move away so she timed it and launched herself over the charging filly. Applebloom rammed into the tree directly behind the unicorn shaking it violently. As the tree shook several apples and branches dropped to the ground with small unorchestral thuds. Sweetie backed away as Applebloom turned away from the tree. Applebloom looked down as a small trail of blood dripped off her forehead. She picked up a branch almost twice her size. Raising to her hind legs she cracked her neck and rotated her head a bit and snapped up to Sweetiebelle showing a sadistic smile that sent shivers down sweeties bruised spine. The yellow filly raised the log onto her shoulder.
"only 25% of ponies ever get their cutiemarks by age 3!!!" Sweetiebelle said as she took a step forward. Sweetiebelle raised to her hind legs.
"Applebloom... If your still in there... I'm sorry I never thought I'd have to use what Mrs. Dash taught us against you" Applebloom said as the earth filly just continued to move forward. Sweetiebelle dug into the heaping as she charged towards the stick welding filly. Applebloom swung downwards as the unicorn as she dodged and rolled away. She came around behind Aplebloom and tried to deliver a Buck kick to her back. Applebloom swung around bringing the log down onto the unicorn. Sweetie felt the wood as it tore into her. It didn't leave a cut but the pain was still there. Applebloom came down for another strike as Sweetie rolled away.
Sweetie hopped to her hindlegs and watched as Applebloom encroached on her. Sweetie concentrated as she tried to give power to her horn. The light it gave off was bright as she launched the energy into the Earth filly. Applebloom was knocked backwards by the blast skidding and leaving a crater in the dirt. Sweetiebelle stood panting but dropped to the ground as her legs began to spasm uncontrollably.
'Stupid... Stupid... Stupid remember what twilight told you about the Bi-Pedal theory...' Sweetie thought as she began to move the pain away from her mind. Sweetie crawled onto her four hooves and looked back at the now rising Applebloom.
"Why... Dont you stay down?" Sweetie said as she charged at Applebloom With her horn raised to Puncture. As Sweetie had come into range she felt her body get impacted by something else. All she could feel was the ground scraping across her then the felling of hundreds of hammers coming down on her side. She got a look at scootaloo who was wailing on her side. She felt as each hoof dug into her ribs like a shovel in dirt. Sweetie mustered enough energy to move away as she felt a rib break. She screamed as the pain set in. As sweetie began to turn away she felt a hoof grab onto her horn and bring her back down. The world was in a blur as color began to mix together.
She felt her head get pulled back and then smashed back into the ground. The first time sweetie felt her nose crack and began to bleed. Silently she had her face smashed into the ground having blood and dirt splattered across her body. The face pounding stopped suddenly as she saw a shadow of another hoof grab onto her horn. She tried to mutter something but couldn't because of the pain in her face. Then she felt it the pain to end all pain. The snap made her heart sink into a deep hole she never though existed. Her horn had been ripped off and thrown aside. Sweetie felt the pain begin to dig into her body as she squirmed on the ground. The breaking of her horn severed her use of magic and caused every possible pain to crawl into her nerves. Her head felt like it was about to explode. Her bones wanted to grow and shrink at the same time. All she felt was like dying on the very spot but the pain wouldn't cease. She screamed in agony as her body tried to alleviate her anguish.
Through the writhing she could see scootaloo moving closer to her. The Pegasi had the same smile on her face as applebloom. Sweetiebelle tried to scoot away but as she crawled electric shots zoomed through her body forcing her to be more like a retarded betel trying to walk laying on it's side. Scootaloo stood on top of her looking down as drool began to seep through her teeth.
Sweetie looked into her eyes hoping to find some shred of sanity se way to help her clear this situation but, all she found was pitch black, soulless eyes. Using whatever strength she could she swung a hoof into scootaloo's face. The impact never came as the hoof was caught mid-air. Sweetie looked in terror as the leg the hoof was attached to was now being held. Scootaloo raised to her hind legs as she took the leg and stapes hers around it. Sweetie tried to resist but, was giving a kick to the face for the effort. Scootaloo twisted the leg in her body creating a loud disgusting cruntch. Sweetie screamed as the pain surged through the broken leg. Scootaloo dropped it as the bone tore through the flesh even more. Blood began to pour out in a small geyser creating a pool of blood around the filly's body. She saw as scootaloo droop down and begin to lap the blood with her tongue. She raised her head and smiled showing large teeth and pitched black eyes surrounded by black rings. The black rings looked like hastily applied mascara or somepony took a paint brush and sloppily painted around her eyes.
"Get away..." Sweetie said as she tried to crawl away.
"Stay away from me... You... Monster" Sweetie threatened as she launched a nearby rock at the filly. It bounced off not fazing the pony.
"I Said get back!!" Sweetie said as she tried to scoot faster leaving the trail of blood behind her. Scootaloo still followed her keeping the same pace.
"Stay away... Please!" Sweetie said as she felt a tree hit her. She looked back at it in fear.
"No... Oh no... No... No... No" She said as she saw Applebloom pop out from behind the tree. She saw the filly kneel down next to her and grab her shoulder and sink closer to her. Applebloom let her mouth enlarge. Sweetiebelle tried to move but the pressure the earth filly kept her stationary to where all she could do was look into the massive hole that was about to engulf her body.
"Please... Girls I just want you to GET AWAY!!!" Sweetie screamed as a bright white light engulfed them. All she could remember was Light and a voice telling her to stay calm.
Unknown location
4:00 Am
Sweetiebelle Snapped to Conciousness frantically. Her mind trying to process what she was doing. Her eyes bouncing around in the bright clear thing she laid in. She screamed as she tried to push away but, she immediately greeted with the memory of her broken foreleg. She tried to push away still screaming in fear of where she was. She saw a dark figure crawl into sight it looked down with a bright light. It grabbed at the top of the thing and pulled down bring clarity to the world. She saw the ceiling was grey with a bright white light above her. The figure returned with another light where it's head should be beaming straight onto her.
She could see the figure wore a black uniform thing andwasn't exactly sure what it was made of or where it came from. The figure slowly tilted forward sternly. His hoofs hit the ground with dull thuds. He came close to her face. She could see he was wearing some sort of black mask and a pair of black goggles that were much like the ones dash would wear when she intends to go extremely fast on a stunt. She looked onto the black coated figure in silence and in fear. Every fiber in her body wanted to run or crawl away or to hide in a bush or behind a tree to find safety or shelter. Yet she didn't move because her mind felt that she was better off staying here. The figure moved his head back clicking off the light. He raised a hoof making the filly flinch and look away. Way happened next filled her with a bit of happiness mixed with confusion.
"Hey, Names oddball what's yours?"