//------------------------------// // Chapter 1 // Story: Murdering a Caterpillar // by GN-icorn //------------------------------// Pinkie Pie dashed throughout Ponyville and rushed to the bridge to the Everfree Forest. Pinkie Pie hoped for Fluttershy to be able to bake with her. Right when Pinkie Pie arrived, she knocked on Fluttershy's door. But there was no repsonse. Pinkie Pie tried again, but still no response. Pinkie Pie continuously knocked on Fluttershy's door. But she still received no response. Pinkie Pie entered Fluttershy's cottage and saw Fluttershy in plain sight. But only Fluttershy didn't look like herself. Fluttershy, looked rather somber. She was sitting down on the floor staring down at Angel Bunny. "Fluttershy?" Pinkie Pie asked, "Are you feeling alright? What's the matter?" "Nothing," Fluttershy said, "It's noth...ing." "Aw, but can't you trust your Aunt Pinkie Pie?" "Uh, I-I don't know." "Come on, couldn't you?" "Maybe." "Well, remember when I told you and Rarity that nopony cares about your lives?" "Yes?" "Ah-hah-hah-ahahahaha!" cried out Score and Dumbbell. "Hey Cluttershy! Your life is worthless!" cried out Score, "You want to know why? Because you can't fly!" Almost all the other foals replied with snickering. But Fluttershy replied, "Say all you want, but I don't care anymore. I know I can just take care of animals!" She lightly trotted away from the crowd until suddenly, yelled out, "But what's the point in that! There are already Earth Ponies to do that!" cried out Dumbell. Everypony else, including Fluttershy, became shocked at what had just been said. Even Hoops was shocked. Flutteshy stopped and turned around. "EA-Earth PONies!" she cried out. "Yeah! They've done it longer than you have! And I haven't see any pest problems lately! So why should you, a pegasus, have to leave the clouds to take care of animals!" Dumbbell said. " I bet anything that there's an Earth Pony that could do your job better than you!" Score cried out. Both Score and Dumbbell burst out laughing. Fluttershy whimpered and cried as she heard their mocking. "But you might as well make the best of your talent," Score suggested, "by feeding yourself to an Ursa Major!" "Wait, I got a better idea," Dumbbell replied, "Let's turn you into a Earth Pony...BY TEARING YOUR WINGS OFF!" "Wait, what!" Fluttershy cried out. Fluttershy backed away from the two bullies as they slowly hovered towards her. She tried to run away only for Score and Dumbell to crash into her. Score sat on Fluttershy's back and tugged on her wings very hard. She cringed heavily as her wings were going through the stress of getting torn off. Everypony watched in horror as the two bullies were humiliating and physically abusing the poor filly. Now Score was on one side of Fluttershy holding her wing and Dumbbell was on the other, holding her other wing. The two tugged even harder then before. Fluttershy was on the verge of breaking into tears. All seemed lost. Fluttershy would give anything for this intense humiliation and abuse to be over. Just then, Rainbow Dash flew out and darted to Score and Dumbbell. Upon this surprise, they let go of Fluttershy. Fluttershy ran off in tears to the edge of the clouds. Life for her was over. She leaped off, hoping to plummet to her death. But Fluttershy felt something odd. She felt as if she were going up instead of down. Fluttershy looked up and saw Rainbow Dash carrying her. They landed back on the cloud. "Fluttershy!" yelled out Rainbow Dash, "What were you thinking! You have a whole life ahead of you!" "But what they said was true!" Fluttershy replied, "I am worthless! Look at me! I can't fly and my only talent is something that I don't need to do!" "Well get over it!" "But-" "GET OVER IT! I told you to just forget about stuff like that!" "Yeah, if it makes you feel any better, move to Ponyville," replied a young Thunderlane, "which is something you should've done a long time ago!" And everypony snickered once again. Fluttershy concluded, "And I did. After what happened, my parents moved me to Ponyville. But everyday of my life, I thought to myself, why me? Why couldn't it have been an Earth Pony, like Applebloom, taking care of these animals? Why me, a pegasus, who should be up in the Clouds, doing things pegasi should do? Even after I made that tornado for Cloudsdale, even after I became the Element of Kindness, I still feel worthless. And I even began to question other ponies's lives too. That's why I told you no pony gives a "flying feather" about your lives" "Those-those meanies!" Pinkie cried, "They shouldn't have-" But just then, a familiar figure popped into the room. He was 3 times the height of Princess Celestia, had a slim body, a deer antler, a fang, a lion paw, a eagle leg, a dragon tail, a bat wing, a bird wing, and a lizard leg.