My Little Creeper

by benger

Chapter 1: The Funeral

This was supposed to be a one shot, but then I got a great idea, what if it wasn’t? This fic is essentially a dark comedy, but this chapter is to a certain extent an exception. The events are necessary for the overall plot, but I could not find a way to make them humorous. How can the reality of a dead Fluttershy be funny? Also, please comment, I would like to improve my writing, and comments are very useful

Dear Princess Celestia
Yesterday a terrible sadness befell all of Ponyville. One of the Creepers that you warned me about came out of the Everfree Forest. Fluttershy, believing in the kindness of everything tried to befriend the horrible beast. It promptly exploded. Angel came running into town, dragging what was left of Fluttershy’s mane. He was covered in blood, it was horrific. First we thought he did it, Applejack actually tied him up. It took a really long time to figure out that he was trying to tell us, bunnies can’t really pantomime with their arms strapped to their sides.
I just can’t believe that she’s gone. How can Fluttershy be gone? They kept expecting me to know what to do, Sweetie Belle actually asked me to bring her back! I CAN’T DO THAT! How can I know what to do? How can anypony know what to do what to do! How could this happen to Fluttershy?

Tears were streaming down Twilight Sparkle’s face. “I guess the one advantage I had in Canterlot was that I didn’t have to watch my friends die” she muttered, then burst into another fit of sobbing. Twilight wanted to write this must be the downside of friendship, but she knew she shouldn’t. Twilight couldn't continue writing, at least not like this.
Twilight downed the last of her whisky then looked up at the clock and realized the funeral started in 10 minutes. Twilight hastily finished and signed the letter. “Spike, we need to leave now” she yelled “the funeral’s in 10 minutes!” The baby dragon came running down the stairs and went straight for the door, trying to hide his face. “Wait, can you send this first?” Twilight said. The letter disappeared in a cloud of green smoke as the two ran out the door.

The Ponyville Cemetery was packed. The sounds of crying permeated the air. Just about everypony who lived in Ponyville was in attendance. As Twilight and Spike approached the cemetery and passed through the gate, the crowds made a path for them. After walking though the unfamiliar cemetery and seeing the pain that Ponyville was in, Twilight arrived at the place that would soon be Fluttershy’s grave. Twilight’s four remaining friends were there, all obviously in states of shock. Pinkie, who would not let go of Dash, had reverted back to Pinkamina, while Dash’s mane seemed to have dulled; Applejack as trying to console Apple Bloom, while most surprisingly of all, Rarity looked like she needed a bath. Twilight couldn’t stand the sight.
Soon a large group of animals could be seen over the hill. The group was led by Angel bunny, and while mostly woodland animals such as bunnies and birds, the group also consisted of some more dangerous beasts. Fluttershy’s coffin, which was quite small because she was mostly vaporized in the blast, was carried by a pair of manticores. A dragon was flying overhead; at the rear of the procession was an Ursa Minor. Normally the presence of dangerous animals such as full grown dragons would not be tolerated with Ponyville, but this was a special occasion.
The path that had been created for Twilight grew as Fluttersy’s critter friends brought her casket to the hole that had been dug. As the manticores lowered the remains, Angel got up on a podium and began pantomiming. After a few seconds everypony realized that they had no clue what Angel bunny was trying to say. Seeing this, the bunny stomped off in anger.
Nopony had really planned the funeral; they were all in shock. After a few minutes of nothing, Mayor Mare took to podium. She droned on about sacrifice, perseverance and other gibberish, but nopony really paid attention. Afterwards many different ponies spoke, each one ending by bursting into tears. Rainbow Dash described their time in flight school; Rarity sobbed over their spa days. Applejack simply burst out crying. Pinkie just mumbled over and over again “it’s worse than cupcakes”. Finally it was Twilight's turn. As she approached the podium she had no clue what to say, but suddenly she saw something weird on the horizon. After staring off in the distance for a few second she finally knew what it was. Hundreds or maybe thousands of the green monstrosities were amassing just at the peak of the ridge just outside of the cemetery. As she looked around, Twilight realized that they had surrounded the whole cemetery. Fluttershy’s death wasn’t a freak accident; it was the first in a pony genocide. The gravity of the situation finally hit Twilight. And then they charged.

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