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// Sweetie Belle and Silver Spoon 
// Story: Cutie Mark Cleansers 
// by Duke of Canterlot 
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Apple Bloom hurried to the Ponyville train station to meet one of the most skilled assassins in all of Equestria.
This assassin wasn't a pony, but a griffon by the name of Gilda.
Killing was considered more socially acceptable amongst griffons than ponies. 
Griffons regularly hired assassins to get rid of those they wanted dead. 

Gilda was one of the most skilled. 

Thankfully, Gilda was there when Apple Bloom arrived.

"You got my money", asked Gilda.

"Ah sure do, fifty thousand bits. I'm gonna give you the money now as an incentive. If you don't do what I ask, ah might just have to kill you."

Gilda shuddered. She was aware of all the ponies who had gone missing and were killed recently. The little sociopath standing in front of her would have no qualms about killing her. 

"Who are the targets?"

"Two fillies. Ah have their pictures here."

Gilda saw the pictures of a grey fancy-looking filly with glasses and a white unicorn filly with a bright smile. Gilda didn't always like her job. They were little fillies. Gilda wanted to tell Apple Bloom that she couldn't do it, but the money was awfully tempting, besides if GIlda said no, Apple Bloom would probably kill her. 

"They are against what I stand for", said Apple Bloom coolly, "do you think you are up to the task?"

"Yea", responded Gilda, "I'll rip them to shreds."

"Good", said Apple Bloom, "that's exactly what ah wanted to hear from you. Now, go out there and rip them apart."

Gilda flew away.

Apple Bloom sighed with relief. Once Sweetie Belle and Silver Spoon were killed, she would be okay. Apple Bloom could continue on with her destiny without any problem. Two fillies were no match for a powerful griffon.





Sweetie Belle couldn't stop crying. She was so distraught by everything. She had decided that she hated Apple Bloom and everything that Apple Bloom made her do. Sweetie Belle silently hoped that she saved the lives of Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara. They weren't all bad, especially Silver Spoon. If it wasn't for Silver Spoon, Sweetie Belle would have never gotten her cutie mark.

Sweetie Belle heard a knock on the door. She was scared that it was Apple Bloom. 
But then she heard a, "please let me in, I don't want to hurt you". It was Silver Spoon.

Sweetie Belle opened up the door and Silver Spoon rushed in. She looked incredibly distraught.

"Oh, Sweetie Belle", cried Silver Spoon, "you were right. You were most absolutely right. Diamond Tiara is... she is.... dead... I made it out alive.. but...."

"Oh no."

"I am grateful to you, Sweetie, for saving my life. I would have been dead if I didn't get that advance notice. I tried to warn Diamond Tiara... but she wouldn't listen to me...I am sorry for all the mean things I did.. I was honestly probably too much of a follower."

"It's okay", said Sweetie Belle putting one front hoof around Silver Spoon, "I've been spending too much time following Apple Bloom."

"We need to get Apple Bloom behind bars. Tell the police."

"Easier said than done", said Sweetie Belle, "we need to be real careful. Apple Bloom is a genius. She will figure out how to kill us before we get there, guaranteed."

"Yes, that's probably true", said Silver Spoon, "but we need to fight whatever comes our way. We can't simply sit around and wait for our deaths. The advantage we have over all the others who have been killed is that we're pretty damn sure that Apple Bloom is going to kill us."

"You're right", said Sweetie Belle with a smile, "but... I hope Scootaloo can stay safe. She's still tagging along with Apple Bloom, but she's more like me than Apple Bloom."

"My father is an attorney", responded Silver Spoon, "he'll take care of everything."

"Okay, I'll call the police now." Sweetie Belle went to the house phone and began dialing 911 but suddenly a window broke. 
In flew a griffon who flew straight at Silver Spoon. 

Silver Spoon let out a shriek, but it was too late. The griffon opened Silver Spoon's body with her talons. Silver Spoon was dead.

Sweetie Belle shrieked and jumped out the window of her house. She ran as fast as she could, but the griffon was catching up to her. 

"SOMEPONY HELP ME!! PLEASE SOMEPONY HELP ME!!!", yelled Sweetie Belle. She ran through the town square.
It was the middle of the night, but some lights were turning on in buildings. The griffon was getting closer and closer. 

Sweetie Belle cowered into a ball, expecting death. But suddenly, she heard a bird-like shriek. The griffon fell down to the ground and was killed upon impact. 

Sweetie Belle looked up and saw a gray, expressionless mare holding a rock gun. It was Maud Pie, Pinkie Pie's sister.

Sweetie Belle was so grateful. She ran to Maud and jumped on her with an embrace. 
While Maud was uncomfortable with the sudden touch, she reciprocated by joining Sweetie Belle in the embrace.

"Thank you, Maud, how can I repay you", cheered Sweetie Belle.

"No need", said Maud, "please stay with me and Pinkie. We'll keep you safe."

Sweetie Belle went to Sugarcube Corner with Maud. She hoped that they would be safe from Apple Bloom.





Apple Bloom was in her room. She hoped that Gilda did what she asked. Silver Spoon was one of the enemies. Poor Sweetie Belle.. she was never supposed to be on the list, but Sweetie Belle stopped a killing from happening. That was disgraceful and showed that Sweetie Belle could not be trusted. 

Apple Bloom turned on the television and saw, "BREAKING NEWS".

A pegasus stallion, named Meteor Maverick, was standing outside of Sweetie Belle's house.

"Meteor Maverick here, and we have another unfortunate story to tell."

Apple Bloom giggled with glee.

"We found the dead body of Silver Spoon, a filly in the fourth grade, which adds to the far-too-long list of victims in this house. Her body was ripped open by a griffon, presumably Gilda the Griffon. Gilda was killed after chasing Sweetie Belle, another filly, around Ponyville. The hero of the day is Maud Pie, sister of Pinkie Pie, who happened to have a rock gun which she used to shoot down Gilda. Sweetie Belle is still alive, but, for confidentiality reasons, we will not disclose where Sweetie Belle is hiding."

Apple Bloom growled at the TV. How the hell could Gilda have failed like that? She was happy that Silver Spoon was dead, but Sweetie Belle was somewhere probably spilling the beans on everything. Apple Bloom needed to go into hiding. Run out of Ponyville. 
When the world sees that Equestria is a better place after the murders, Apple Bloom would become a hero for what she had done. 

A lot of dead bodies because of Apple Bloom. Snails, Angel, Opalesence, Snips, Jet Set, Upper Crust, Blueblood, Flam, Flim, Diamond Tiara, Silver Spoon, Gilda. Apple Bloom saw the following. She got rid of a mentally deficient colt, a mean and spoiled bunny, a grumpy cat, another mentally deficient colt, two blowhard snobs who even their circle of peers despised, an arrogant prince, two con artists, a sociopathic brat, a follower of a sociopathic brat, and a griffon assassin. 

It wasn't like that she was killing good ponies.. well.. there was her attempt at killing Sweetie Belle. That would be the thing which could destroy Apple Bloom's legacy, but Sweetie Belle was still alive and Sweetie was trying to sabotage the mission.

Apple Bloom was getting ready to pack up and sneak out of town, but she saw something else on the television.

"TOWN HALL ROOF SEVERLY DAMAGED"

"Hello all, Meteor Maverick speaking, town hall has been damaged again. A pegasus mare kept bumping into the roof of town hall while delivering mail and caused some horrendous damage. The roof is largely open and Town Hall has been deemed unusable until repairs by the Mayor. This appears to be accidental and no charges will be pursued. However, Derpy Hooves... you're so damn clumsy. Your stupidity knows no bounds, does it?"

Ah, Derpy: the dim-witted wall-eyed mare who delivered the mail. 
She was certainly too stupid to live. It wouldn't be too hard to kill Derpy. 

Apple Bloom had decided. Once Derpy was killed, Apple Bloom was going to leave Ponyville.
Apple Bloom was going to Sugarcube Corner to buy some muffins.