Blood, the blood was everywhere.
Blossom weakly stumbled around, covered in both her own blood and the blood of the two ponies that she had stabbed. The blood pouring from the five or six lacerations on her face dripped into her eyes, blurring her vision and making it difficult to see where she was going.
"Momma," she whimpered as one of her legs gave out and she nearly tumbled to the ground. "Mommy, I'm sorry!"
Blossom began dragging herself forwards, unsure of exactly where she was headed. All she knew was that she had to get out of Ponyville. With three more deaths, she needed to get out of there.
Blossom groaned as a dark mass appeared in front of her, taking up all of her vision. Something large was in front of her. Maybe it was a good place to hide for a while. She reached up and wiped the blood out of her eyes and realized what it was for the first time: The Everfree Forest. Barring predators smelling the blood, a real possibility, she would be safe there.
Blossom shakily got to her hooves and began stumbling towards the forest. She just had to make it past the tree line, and she would be better off. Just a few yards more. Nothing to it.
She had to wipe more blood out of her eyes, but the cuts seemed to be closing up. She was in too much pain to fully take advantage of some of the more basic healing spells she had been taught by Celestia's tutor while she lived in the palace, but maybe with a little pressure on the wounds and some sleep she would improve to the point where she could heal up a little bit. Still, the large scars she would undoubtedly have would serve as a reminder of what she had done for the rest of her life.
"Gotta go," she mumbled weakly. "Can't go back to Ponyville ever. Hurts."
Blossom leaned against a tree and sat on her haunches. Just a few minutes of rest, then she could figure out what to do. However, before she could truly begin her thought process, what seemed like a door opened up in the tree and something that looked like a pony came out. At least, it looked like a pony. It had some weird stripes, though.
The being gasped when it saw Blossom and reached a hoof out. "How is it that you have come here?" She walked a step forward and Blossom flinched back. "Please, my little pony, have no fear!"
"Hurt real bad," Blossom mumbled. "My face hurts."
The thing took another step forward to examine Blossom's face, and gasped when she saw the cuts that adorned it. "Please, dear friend, let me help you! Please come into my home so I can give you a healing brew."
"Okay." The being, Blossom vaguely recalled that it was a zebra, but she couldn't remember her name, pulled Blossom to her hooves and led her inside. She maneuvered Blossom over to a comfy chair and quickly grabbed a rag. "Place this over the worst spots," she instructed. "I shall begin preparing my pots."
"Stoppit," Blossom grumbled, taking the rag from the zebra. "Why do you have to do that rhyming thing?"
The zebra turned to Blossom and frowned. "Why do you perceive my rhyming as bad? Is there something about it that makes you sad?"
Blossom nodded and moved the rag to put pressure on a different cut. "It makes my head hurt. Sounds weird to me and I don't quite get it." Blossom squinted her eyes and examined the zebra who was putting herbs into a pot of boiling water. "W-Wait, your name is Zecorat or somethin' innit?"
The zebra smiled warmly at Blossom. "Close. My name is Zecora."
"That's right," said Blossom with a nod. "I remember you from when I lived here a while back."
"You are from Ponyville, child? I do not recall who you are."
Blossom chuckled as she scratched the back of her neck. "Doesn't matter who I am really. I'm on the move a lot, more so than I was a while back."
Zecora nodded and brought a bowl over to Blossom and placed it on a stool. "This mixture is just the thing," she explained. "I warn you now, it will sting."
"I'm a big girl, I can handle it."
Zecora shrugged and dipped a small brush into the white mixture. When the brush was covered, she motioned for Blossom to move the rag from her face, and she applied the mixture to the large cut on Blossom's forehead. Blossom inhaled sharply at the pain, but didn't flinch back. She needed this.
When the mixture was applied, Zecora lathered it onto Blossom's other cuts. The smaller the cut the less it hurt, but Blossom noticed that the bleeding stopped whenever it was applied to the cuts.
Finally Zecora was finished and she put the brush back in the bowl. "There, I think that will serve you well." She cocked her head. "But how did you come to be injured? Is that something you can tell?"
Blossom groaned to herself but decided to ignore the rhyming. She took a deep breath. "Penitence."
Zecora frowned and brought frothy cup to Blossom. Blossom took the cup in her magic and nodded to Zecora before taking a few sips. "That drink will replenish your strength," Zecora explained. "But... what do you mean by penitence?"
Glad that Zecora was no longer rhyming, Blossom finished the drink. The effects were immediate, and she felt almost as strong as she had when she had killed Silver Spoon. She looked over at Zecora who was examining her uneasily. Blossom sighed and lowered her gaze to the floor. "Have you ever heard of The Ponyville Butcher?"
Zecora slowly nodded. "I knew her well before she fell."
"She was a serial killer, yeah? Well, I'm her niece. I'm Sweetie Belle's daughter." Blossom weakly chuckled. "Or at least I was. Not too much left of me now."
Zecora took an uneasy step back. "Was?"
Blossom turned her gaze back up to the zebra. "I just killed my mother." Blossom stood up from the bed and advanced towards Zecora. "My Aunt Rarity was a serial killer, and I'm one too." Blossom's gaze fell on a scalpel next to a cutting board and she levitated it over to her. "You wouldn't believe how nuts I am." Blossom continued advancing towards Zecora, who was now whimpering in fear. "Nopony can hear us out in the forest," Blossom mused. "It's just you, me, and this scalpel."
With a snarl, Blossom lunged forward and dug the knife into Zecora's shoulder. The zebra fell with a scream and began thrashing on the floor. "Why?!" she sobbed.
"Because I'm bucking evil!" Blossom growled. "My Aunt Rarity told me to kill ponies, and when I finally gave in I found out that I loved it!"
At her declaration, Blossom's eyes widened and she fell onto her haunches. She leaned her head against a wall and shook it. "No... I don't love it. Not the act of killing itself anyway," she muttered. "I just like the feeling I get from it, I suppose. If I got that from something else then I'd do that something else, but it's the only way." Her eyes flickered up to the dying zebra who was still trying to gingerly pull the knife out of her shoulder. "I don't necessarily like the act of killing itself, but I need to do it. It's like how normal ponies have to eat, or sleep, or breathe. I need to do all of those things too, but I also need to kill."
Zecora pulled herself away from Blossom, but found herself backed against a wall. "Please," she groaned.
Blossom sighed and used her magic to pull the scalpel out of Zecora's body. "I don't suppose that you have a potion that will make that need go away, do you? The mare looked around the hut. "I'm sure that you have something here that would poison me, but I don't really want that."
Blossom scooted forward and began running the flat of the blade against Zecora's leg. "But you and I both know how this ends."
"Please don't bring harm to me!" Zecora pleaded.
Blossom scoffed and stood up. "That's not what I'm talking about!" she snarled. "I'm talking about my life! If you think about it, there's only one logical conclusion, one ending to the path I'm on!" A small smirk appeared on Blossom's face and she resumed stroking Zecora's leg with the knife. "My upcoming death is going to be very violent, wouldn't you agree? Unless I get to Shining Armor first, he's going to live a good, long life and die peacefully of old age." Blossom glared at Zecora and slowly began pushing the blade into the zebra's leg. "Meanwhile I'm going to be lucky if I make it to twenty-one! Even with my powers, I'm going to be cornered somewhere, and they'll have to get a mop to clean me up once the guards are done with me! Don't lie to me, you know I'm right!"
"Stop this!" Zecora cried, pain shooting through her leg. "I don't w-want to be ended here!"
Blossom sighed and pulled the knife out, tapping the blade on her head. "I guess since you did heal me up then I should repay you in kind. I was probably gonna die before I found you and you saved my life. Now, I'll be merciful." Blossom leaned in next to Zecora's ear. "It'll be quick," she whispered.
* * * *
The royal chariot landed in the middle of the town square, both goddesses riding on it. Celestia's sun had not been raised even an hour, and already there was much to do.
It couldn't be true. She had not fallen that far, it was impossible.
The two princesses departed from their chariot and beelined straight for Carousel Boutique. Both hoped that the rumors they had heard were false. Reports could be exaggerated and fabricated. Just because Blossom had killed one of her guards and crippled the other didn't mean...
A crowd had already gathered around the home of Sweetie Belle. Despite the best efforts of her guard and some police officers, the crowd was closer to the building than they would have liked. Even so, they moved to clear a pathway for the princesses.
They were met by Shining Armor, and they exchanged grim looks. It told Celestia everything she needed to know, but she refused to believe it anyway. She scanned the group of guards, and her eyes landed on a unicorn mare about Blossom's size. "Sergeant Quick Charge, may I have a word with you?" she called out.
Quick Charge turned to her princess, and a look of fear crossed her face. She did not disobey and she sank to her knees in a bow. "Princess Celestia, I--"
She did not finish her sentence. Celestia engulfed her in a magical glow and levitated her in front of her face. "When you were accepted into the guard, who was your commanding officer for your first mission and what was that mission?"
Quick Charge squealed in fear, but opened her mouth to respond. "M-My c-commanding officer was Gale Shadow and the mission was a border dispute with the griffons!"
Celestia sighed and put Quick Charge down on the ground. "I'm sorry, my little pony," she said gently. "With Blossom's powers, I have to be sure."
Quick Charge shakily nodded, and pushed herself up to her hooves. Celestia turned to Shining Armor. The stallion looked as though the weight of Equestria had been placed on his back, and in a way it was. He was charged with protecting the entire nation from a serial killer who could change her appearance.
Celestia took a step towards him and placed a hoof on her shoulder. "What is the report?" she said quietly.
Shining Armor closed his eyes and bowed his head. "Wind Gust was stabbed through the head. He died instantly. His partner was stabbed through the hoof all the way and through his right knee. It'll be months, maybe years, before he walks again, if he walks at all."
"And what of Sweetie Belle?" Luna questioned.
Before Shining Armor could respond, the three of them heard a commotion in the crowd. They turned to see the source and saw Applejack, Apple Bloom, and Apple Seed pushing through the crowd. "Where is she?" Applejack said wildly. "Where is Sweetie Belle, is she safe?"
"Blossom wouldn'ta killed her ma!" Apple Bloom whimpered. "S-she ain't that far gone, is she?"
As if on cue, the door to Carousel Boutique opened up and two unicorns walked out with a stretcher between them. A large sheet covered a motionless pony, obscuring the victim completely save for one part. A white foreleg dangled limply out from underneath the sheet.
The Apples simply stared in shock as any doubts that Sweetie Belle was dead were forcibly removed from their minds. Indeed, Celestia and Luna weren't breathing as they tried to process what they had just seen. The complete silence was broken when Apple Bloom collapsed onto the ground with a wail of sorrow. She began sobbing loudly, and Apple Seed sat next to her mother, holding her in a comforting embrace, but sobbing herself. Applejack merely stared silently at the ground for a moment before looking up at the royal sisters. "Ah hope you find her first, Princess," the mare growled ominously. "If Ah ever see a hint of that mare anywhere near Ponyville, there won't be enough left to bury."
Celestia didn't respond to Applejack's words. She merely turned back to Shining Armor. "Captain, I want you to send an order out to every single police officer, soldier, and guard throughout Equestria." Celestia paused as her emotions temporarily took control, but she forced them away. "The unicorn mare Joyous Blossom is to be given no quarter. If she is seen, she is to be slain on sight. Show no mercy."
If she is seen, she is to be slain on sight.
Kinda difficult when your quarry can change shape, and apparently gender at will.
A showdown between Shining and Blossom would be epic.
2541173 Well she hasn't changed gender yet, but yeah, she's still dangerous.
2541174 Didn't you say a chapter or two ago that she impersonated Snails?
That's what I was basing it off of
2541181 Nothing says that she impersonated... all of him.
I give it maybe two chapters before Blossom tries faking her death (however temporarily) by changing another unicorn's colours.
2541278 1. Blossom had already tried to kill Silver Spoon thus making her a priority.
2. Based on how they interacted, Celestia had no reason to suspect that Blossom would go kill Sweetie Belle of all ponies.
3. Now that SB is dead, yeah, the rest of them are going away.
4. That's not to say that SB had no protection at all. Who do you think the guards who showed up after the screaming were? They weren't outside SB's door, but they were doing rounds around the general vicinity to make sure that nothing would happen. Again, Celestia didn't up the security around her because she (foolishly) assumed that Blossom wouldn't kill the ponies she is closest to. One of the big themes of the series is that Celestia isn't perfect. She makes mistakes all of the time, especially here where she's dealing with things that she's never had to deal with before. She's as new to this as the rest of them.
I kinda wanna see her go after larger targets like Shining Armor (To watch the Cadence Decent.)
Maybe Luna (To see how Celestia Reacts)
Spike
2540649 No worries, I actually got hungry for them pretty quick and ate them all. So nothing was wasted after all. Well, except for Sweetie Belle's life...
Shoulda gave into her request when you had the chance.
Blossom is truly gone. The madness has completely taken over.
2541336 she died in a place of peace, comforting her daughter
At first I thought she was gonna maim Zecora for rhyming too much.
No!!! It can't be over!!! Get back to that 12 hour night shift (of which I too worked for three years) and write Ponies!
In case you didn't know, this story is very fulfilling. You haven't been anywhere near this serial killery since Rarity. Since this is a non-canon spin-off, you're really going to town and I love it. I can't wait her circuit of Equestria to begin. Part of me is hoping the princesses agitate her, so she goes to five then ten per city.
The citizens of Equestria could be aware of Blossoms threat, and the princesses powerlessness. Each time they fail to catch Blossom, the citizens would get even more angry because Blossom would increase the kills per city.
After a while, ponies would be more scared of Blossom than Celestia, and Blossom could demand they step down from power. I imagine she would be at like twenty per city at that point with a count in the five hundreds.
The story would end with a mob of ponies swarming the castle. The princesses and guards surrender, Celestia unwilling to kill her little ponies. The angry mob brutally murders Shining and Celestia.
Luna goes Nightmare Moon and is like "Foolsh ponies you know not what you do!" And she attacks the angry crowd, making them even more pissed.
During the tussle, Blossom who was there all along slips a knife into Luna's spine, instantly killing her.
The crowd disperses, now with no formal government. The story ends with Blossom on the train to Ponyville. The only challenge left to thrill her once more, is the murder of the elements of harmony.
Fin.
At least, that's how I would end it. Earn that tragedy tag, damn it!
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That made me laugh pretty hard. Celestia needs to start checking to make sure her male guards are as they should be.
THAT IS IT! I thought there was maybe a tiny bit of hope for Blossom, but now that she has killed Sweetie Belle, she has gone to far! *grabs sword* I am going to kill her!
2542464 Get in line.
2542473 fine, but when she is dead, I am going to take turn her into a cupcake! and my friend, Vampirarity, will feast on her blood! won't you?
Oh yes darling. True, she is from a different place, anypony who harms, let alone kills, Sweetie Belle is going to get it!
Right! where do we sign up?
The sad thing about this story is I need to keep reminding myself this is not the cannon ending... I have kind of a love/hate relationship with this story. I sympathize with blossom, I know what it's like to suffer from a large amount of self loathing and I feel her killing of SB proves she's not all gone. Killing sweetie bell was blossom showing mercy to spare her mother from seeing what she's become. It's perverse fucked up sense of mercy, but mercy none the less. The hate part of this story comes from missed oppourtinities for other tales that the cannon ending provides. Am I the only one who's curious about the character of Apple Seed, Blossom's supposed sister who basically drove Blossom to turn herself in? Not only that but Sweetie is livid with her and not likely to simply get over it. There's a huge amount tension there I feel would intersting to break down and explore. Guilt: will Apple Seed forgive herself or be consumed under the wieght of her choices and convictions that led to Blossoms execution... I tear just thinking about what that story could hold.
TL/DR: *Gummy rocks back and forth cradling himself* This is not the cannon ending. THIS is NOT the cannon ending. THIS IS NOT THE CANNON ENDING! *Insane sobbing*
2542741 That kind of stuff is going to be explored here.
Holy sweet Celestia, yet another chapter?
When do you ever sleep?
Muahahahahahahahahaha! Yes! Feel the darkness flow through you!
2542892 Not during ten hour desks shifts, that's for sure.
2542990 Well from Blossom's perspective it was euthanization. She didn't want her mother to see what she had become. If anything it was the last shred of what was once Blossom being merciful in a twisted way.
Things are starting to get messy...
I just realized something:
Blossom showed great sympathy and compassion for her mother. That was the kindest, gentlest mercy killing she could possibly have done. She truly loved her mother and wanted to make sure she never found out she had become just like Rarity.
And that made me want to cry. Not that Sweetie died, but that inside Blossom was still "Blossom", the Joyous filly who wanted nothing more than to love and be loved. Who wanted to make sure her mother didn't suffer for her, and just wanted her to live and die happy.
Very touching.
Now, I also realized: How stupid are AJ, AB, and Apple Seed going to feel when Sweetie comes for them? Sure, they are now her "only" family (save father/step-mom/sister, more in a moment.) They are also 100% responsible for having her spared. In Blossoms now twisted mind, they bear full responsibility for every murder she commits. Moreso than the princesses, since it was the Apples that intervened.
So, I expect there to be a Sweet Apple Massacre of absolutely legendary brutality.
As to her step-mom, sister, and father. . . of course Mom's going to be first to go. If that family dies at all, it'll be because she has to get revenge for step-mom's mis-treatment of her early on.
The question then becomes her father and sister. Father I guess will die protecting his family, or, she does a simliar but more painful "swift death" on him and assumes his form.
Then, as her Father, she walks right into her step-mom's house and fillets her alive.
Last, she walks into her little sister's room disguised as the step-mom. She hugs her, letting her little sister cry into her shoulder and tells her everything is going to be all right.
Then Blossom snaps her little sisters neck.
After all, Blossom is the greatest serial killer Equestria has ever known. Eventually, she has to kill the step-mom. That puts her little sister exactly in Blossom's horseshoes. her little sister (man do I feel stupid for being too lazy to look her name up.)
Ahem, her little sister will follow in Blossom's hoof steps, just as Blossom followed Sweetie followed Rarity. Therefore, Blossom has to kill her little sister to truly end the line of serial killer.
The more I speculate, the more I realize just how awesome this story can be. Forget morality, forget generosity, forget protecting Fluttershy from bullies.
Blossom is out for blood.
2544448 Just know that I have plans. I hope they're not too outlandish and over the top, but I has them.
BTW, I just started playing Mass Effect and I saw your name in there... reference?
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Yeah, when I was ten and my cousin had me try Everquest (Yeah, I'm ancient.) I rolled a necromancer (which was new at the time) and my random name generated by the game was "Kaidan."
Well, Bioware learned how I got lost in the sewers trying to find the necromancer trainer (so I re-rolled bard, stupid fing necro) and decided to name an NPC after me, to mock me.
Ever since then, that's been my nickname online for everything. Now, people think that imposter Kaidan, who I totally let die in the game, had my name first. It's just not true.
Also, and I'm only going to say this once, so read carefully:
The Mass Effect series is hands-down an amazing experience. But, I swear to Celestia, if you complete the "final mission" of Mass Effect Three, you will regret it for the rest of your life.
Don't google why the ending sucks.
Don't look for confirmation that the ending is god-awful.
Don't let some jerk spoil it.
Just know that the game ends when you land on Earth again. At that point, log off, and live a happily ever after.
Head canon is best canon.
What is seen can not be unseen.
SHIT'S GOING DOWN
I feel like its either going to be a showdown where Celestia or Shining Armor kill Blossom or she's just gonna go out ina blaze of glory, like killing 50 guards in the space of 5 minutes
Following our aunt rarity are we?
hey do u think since ur still writing the story that you could possibly put an ending where the person who catches blossom has to think like a psycho in order to catch the psycho
2542240 That .... is beautiful!!
Also, this story is now my head canon for how it ended.
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If I know Bronywriter, he already has an even better ending in mind.
Hmm , she might be trying to kill more ponies than rarity did.
Oh sweet Jesus, YES! Screw Supernatural, I'm going to read this instead!
I don't think you have any idea how excited I am, it's like a five-year-old on Christmas!
2553494 Glad you liked it. I personally am pleased with it.
Equestria's Corrupt Bourgeoisie Rulers have formally declared war on Comrade Joyous Blossom. The Soviet consulate has expressed their undying solidarity with Joyous Blossom and The Pony's Revolution in Equestria.
"When forces of oppression come to maintain themselves in power against established law, peace is considered already broken." - Che
2541182
In another life, she'd be a great pornstar.
... Hmm.
2545066
I liked ME3's canon ending...
2648901
Wut
If she kills Comet...........I will break you.
Let`s do some fucking thinking shit, okay?
So, Blossom said 3 kills per city.
Canterlot: 15
Ponyville: 3
=18?
So, that means there is also Hoofington, Trottingham, Manehattan and others. So, Her dad and his family aren`t exactly out of the picture. So far? I like the original ending better, but this one is pretty interesting.
Blossom hurt Comet, me hurt you.
It's true, Joyous Blossom can't be saved, not anymore.
Well...that's it...the Blossom that everypony knows and loves is gone...the only thing awaiting her now...is death.
Rest in peace, Sweetie Belle...
You just couldn't do it could you Celestia...you just couldn't face the fact that Blossom could not be saved. I hope your proud of yourself, because you've just let another serial killer loose.