Winter Hack Up

Night had fallen and snow gently blanketed the ground in a cold embrace. All was quiet except the soft sound of hooves clopping through white streets of Ponyville. Once gentle eyes peered through Rarity's window, watching her sew the last of her dresses. Opal was asleep on the one of the backs of the ponnequins. [mannequins] As Rarity turned out the lights, a figure moved in through the back door and silently closed it behind them. The moon shone brightly through the windows of the house, casting long shadows along the walls. The minute her mane touched the pillow, the intruder made their move and quickly covered her mouth and nose with a cloth damp with chloroform. She quickly gasped as the darkness surrounded her completely. The bitter and rancid smell of blood slowly brought Rarity back into reality. There was no other light than the moon coming down through the sky light on the ceiling. As she tried to stretch, Rarity found her limbs were bound to wooden board. Fear began to grip her and sent chills down her spine. Trying to think rationally, she could find no reason as to why anyone would kidnap her. She hadn't hurt a soul in her life. She just kept asking herself why. A lump formed in her throat as she began to sob. Rarity noticed a bit had been placed inside her mouth with her lips sewn shut over it as she tried to scream. A hooded figure stepped into the moon light that shone brightly. A soft voice escaped from under the hood. It began to sing.

"Hush now, quiet now. Its time to lay your sleepy head. Hush now quiet now its time to go to bed...." The figure sang to Rarity.

The figure stepped closer, repeating the lyrics. Rarity writhed in her bonds, trying to wiggle herself free but it was hopeless. The leather bonds dug deeper into her skin the harder she tried. The snipping of scissors could be heard under her muffled screams. Rarity watched as her beautiful mane fell gracefully to the floor. After her tail was cut, the figure began to shave the rest off. She cried in agony as the mysterious pony took some skin with the left over hair. The hair was gathered up and the hooded figured left the room, leaving her alone, crying in vain and bleeding slightly on her neck and rump.

Pinkie Pie was all excited for Winter Wrap Up tomorrow and could barely sleep. Just as she was done getting everything ready, she heard a knock at her door.

"Visitors!!" Pinkie exclaimed as she leaped to the door in a flash.

Pinkie opened the door but no one was there. She giggled at the thought of a late night prank and thought it was probably Rainbow Dash. Before she turned to head inside, she spotted a cupcake just outside the threshold of her home.

"Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh!! I love cupcakes!" Pinkie shouted wildly.

She devoured it right then and there without wondering who it was from or why. The cupcake tasted funny but she didn't give a hoot. Turning to go inside, she left the door wide open. Her eyes felt heavy and the room started to spin. She giggled as she fell over, out cold.

Pinkie Pie woke up in a daze, everything was blurry and she heard an echoed and muffled scream. She tried to talk to herself but she also had a bit in her mouth with her lips sewn shut. She too smelled the bitter scent of blood. When everything finally came into focus, she saw another pony adjacent to her right side. It took a few seconds but she recognized Rarity. Her beautiful mane was gone and only a few cuts out of who knows how many were visible on her head. Deep gashes were littered along her stomach. Her face was streaked with black from her mascara. Tears welded up in Pinkie's eyes out of fear for her own life and her friend's. The hooded figure stepped into the streak of moon light again. This time Rarity's mane and tail were glued to the lining of the hood.

"Shh, its ok." It said to Pinkie.

"Ooh you poor, poor little baby." It said as it turned to face Rarity. "Now this might hurt for just a second.."

The figure pulled out a wooden cylinder that was rounded off at the top and shoved it between Rarity's thighs. Rarity let out a loud but muffled scream and it echoed through the room. The figure turned to face Pinkie as she trembled with fear. The mystery pony began clipping Pinkie's hair, just as it did Rarity's. Tears began to fall as Pinkie wondered if her fate would be the same as Rarity's or worse.

A knife blade glared in the moon light as the dark pony unsheathed it. Walking over to Rarity, the pony carved out the shaped of her cutie marks. Rarity let out another shrill but muffled scream. The merciless pony held each mark in place on Rarity's chest as she sewed them back on in a new location. One on top of the other. The evil pony turned and did the same for Pinkie Pie, making her now scream and writhe to try escaping the pain. Just when Rarity thought she was given a short rest from all the pain and suffering, the figure broke off her horn at its base. Again, leaving Rarity to scream and writhe in pain. After gathering Pinkie's mane and tail, the wicked figure left them to rest and bleed.

Twilight Sparkle had just put Spike to bed and was putting away her books. Before heading to bed, she stepped out on the balcony of her house for a bit of crisp winter's night air. The cloaked pony floated down behind Twilight and quickly stuck her in the jugular with a syringe of with anesthetic while muffling her gasp.

Twilight came out of her daze, her limbs felt numb and everything was blurry. Darkness over came her again as she fell back under the influence of the anesthetic. As she came back into consciousness, her attacker came into view as well as everything else. First she noticed she had so far accepted the same fate as her other two friends. A bit in her mouth and her lips sewn shut around it. She then noticed Pinkie Pie across from here and Rarity to her left. Pinkie now had blood dripping from her eye sockets. Her gleeful baby blues had gone from her skull. Her limbs had nails sticking out from them in a hurried fashion.

"Well hello Twilight, I hope you don't mind me doing a little spring cleaning," The hooded pony said. "I'm doing it because you're all my very best friends."

The dark pony broke off Twilight's horn at its base so she couldn't use her magic to help everyone to safety. Twilight let out a muffled shriek as the tears cascaded down her face. She recognized her hunter's voice she knew who it was but she couldn't figure out why this all as happening. So many events quickly running through her mind, trying to figure out the logical answer for this ponyslaughter. Twilight closed her eyes as her hair fell beneath her like everyone else's. She felt a sharp pain rocket through her nerves as she found a syringe driven into her chest. Her heart raced and she felt awake.

"Now is not the time for sleep my love, more guests have arrived." The pony said, taking off her hood to reveal her face. Her baby pink mane flowed around her yellow face. Her once sweet and kind eyes were heavy with dark circles from sleepless nights. She went around the room and lit candles in various places. Fluttershy climbed a small chair to close the hatch on the skylight above so the soft, wavering glow of candle light wouldn't escape to the outside and attract outside attention. The light bounced off every wall, leaving few dark corners. The walls were painted red with blood. It gleamed and reflected the dancing flames. Light from the candles put Fluttershy's full cloak into view. Everyone's beautiful mane had been crudely weaved together and sewn to the seam of the hood and trailed down to the bottom of her neck. Their gleaming tails were also crudely weaved together and sewn to where Fluttershy's tail would naturally begin under her cloak. It was brilliantly beautiful, in a sickening way. The two horns she'd collected had been broken and pasted back together to make one horn. Rainbow Dash and Applejack were bound to the same wooden boards as every other pony. Fluttershy had shaved them as well. Pinkie Pie was still alive, her eye sockets were sad, dark portals to her dampened soul. The blood that once cascaded down her joyful pink face had crusted. Fluttershy drove adrenaline into everypony's chest except Pinkie Pie's so they could watch everything that was about to unfold. After removing everypony else's cutie marks and sewing them back on their chests, she stood in the midst of them all.

"Don't we all look pretty now?" Fluttershy asked. Her friends just nodded quickly with fear stricken faces.