The Princess and her Flying Axe

"Are you insane?!" Luna barked at Krieg.

Do I really have to answer that?

"What were you even thinking?!"

"I MADE BE A BED OF ROSES!" Krieg laughed as he shifted through the broken remains of the table, "AND IT WAS FILLED WITH BACON!"

"Would you stop touching those already!" Luna nearly hurled as she watched him poke the snail gunk with delight.

But it's insurance fraud!

"EVERYBODY WINS A PRIZE!" Krieg picked up the unconscious Rarity and whirled her through the air, "BUTT STALLION TO THE RESCUE!"

"Put her down this instant!" Luna used her magic to collect Rarity from Krieg's arms and gave him an angered gaze, "You, I can understand more or less doing something like this... But you, I can not."

Me?

"Yes, you! Why didn't you do something to stop him?!"

Uuhhh... because... I...

"Yes?!"

I really, really like playing insurance fraud?

Luna buried her face in her hooves with a sob, "I don't believe it! I finally get my minion back and now they are both crazy! If at least Krieg would have gotten a bit more sane in exchange then I could have..." she looked up again, "Have..."

Krieg was gone.

"No... oh, no..." Luna started to panic, "Why is this happening?!"

She was about to shoot into the air and search for him when she noticed to her further dismay that Rarity was still unconscious. This day was quickly turning into a disaster... Luna could only hope that once she had dropped Rarity off at her home and seen to her well being she would find Krieg... preferably before he could play any more of his games.

Luna gave a final shout of frustration, "I'll get you for this, Krieg!"

Somewhere in the distance, hidden behind roof tops and trees, a voice answered her with a taunting tone, "THE ANGEL OF DEATH SINGS ME HER SONG! FEEL FREE TO CHOKE UP YOUR LUNGS DURING THIS SHORT MESSAGE!"

I don't know Krieg... maybe we should go back. She really did sound angry...

"I BEAR GIFTS OF CRIMSON JOY FOR THE CHILDREN!" Krieg twitched violently and tumbled to the left.

Okay... that's a new one...

"I'LL BUILD A SHRINE OF LOVE, ROSES AND FACES!" Krieg did a little side sweep with his feet as he danced down the road, his arms waving around erratically.

"Mommy, what's that funny monkey doing?" a little foal asked its mother with wonder.

"Hush now. It's not polite to stare." she quickly ushered her foal along while Krieg continued to dance to a song only he could hear.

And a left, and a right... So you want to get her a present?

"I'LL TIE HER TO HER BED AND RATTLE HER FEATHERS AS SHE CRIES ME HER SONG OF DISCONTENT!"

I don't think she'd like that...

Krieg let out an insane laugh as he whirled around in circles, "MAKE HER SCREAM WITH SWEET AGONY! THERE ARE NO BRAKES ON..." he came to a sudden halt, his blood-shot eye staring at the sky in wonder, "PRETTY..."

Is that a rainbow-colored pony?

"OH, THE COLORS OF JOY!" Krieg launched himself into a full sprint, shooting after the object of his intent with frenzied speed. Unknown to the ponies and the alicorn sisters, he was heading straight for Ponyville.

"Hey, Fluttershy! Up here!"

Fluttershy watched Rainbow Dash descend from the sky with a small smile, "Hello, Rainbow Dash. Are you practicing your stunts again?"

"You bet!" Rainbow Dash replied with a proud smirk as she landed in front of the timid pegasus, "Wait till you get a load of my awesome new moves!"

"That's nice." Fluttershy gave a happy nod, "Rarity and I are going to the spa this afternoon. Would you like to join us?"

Rainbow Dash grimaced slightly, "Nah... you two go and have a good time. I wanted to check on Twilight once she gets back from Canterlot and..." she stopped and a strange expression found its way onto her features, "Uhm... Fluttershy?"

"Yes?" Fluttershy tilted her head in wonder at Dash's sudden change of tone, "Is something the matter?"

Rainbow Dash slightly leaned to the side to observe something behind her, "Did you get a new pet?"

Fluttershy shook her head in confusion, "Oh, no. I didn't... Why do you ask?"

Rainbow Dash pointed behind her, "Because that, is the weirdest critter I have ever seen."

Fluttershy turned around to follow Rainbow Dash's gaze... and immediately found herself staring upwards and into the blood-shot eye of something the likes of which she had never seen before, "Oh, dear..." was all that escaped her in her surprise.

"What is it?" Rainbow Dash asked while keeping a careful eye on the strange creature. It stood perfectly still, but for some reason it was breathing heavily as it stared down at her friend. Something about the way it was staring greatly unnerved her... "Is it some kind of monkey?"

"I don't know..." Fluttershy replied with a timid voice and took a step backwards, "I've never seen a creature like that before..." she gave him an encouraging smile, "Are you lost?"

The creature did not reply, but instead started to tremble ever so slightly, veins starting to show themselves under its skin as it clenched its muscles...

A second later, it threw a fit.

"OH! SUCH SWEET INNOCENCE! SUCH DEFILABLE GROUNDS!" the creature started to jump from side to side in front of the two shocked ponies, "I CAN'T DEAL WITH ALL OF THIS SUGAR! SOMEBODY GIVE ME A RAZOR TO DRAW FORTH THE THIN LINE OF LOVE AND HATE!"

"Let's... give it some space..." Fluttershy whispered to her friend, "I think it's confused..." She took a step backwards, the creature took a step forward as it continued its ranting. "Oh, dear."

"AH, THE THINGS THAT MAKE ME SCREAM! LET ME SHARE WITH YOU THE SOUNDS OF A FLYING ROAD HOUSE SLAUGHTER! MY VEINS ARE OVERFLOWING WITH DELIGHT AND CRIMSON JOY!"

"It can talk?" Rainbow Dash gave the creature an incredulous look, "Don't worry, Fluttershy, I'll take care of this."

Fluttershy watched her approach the creature with a rising feeling of worry, "I don't think that's a good idea, Dash..." it was almost a whisper as she continued to squirm under the creature's gaze.

"Hey!" Rainbow Dash stood before the creature, "Hey, you!"

Ever so slowly, it turned its head away from the yellow pegasus to stare at Rainbow Dash instead, "NNNNGH?"

"Come on. Go back home, you're scaring Fluttershy!" she made an agitated motion towards the forest in the distance, "Go. Home!"

The creature observed her in silence for another moment. Then it patted her on the head, "PRETTY!" and returned to staring at Fluttershy.

"Hey!" Rainbow Dash gave an agitated shout, "You leave Fluttershy alone, you hear me? Get lost or I'll..." she took a step towards him.

Too close! Too close!

Fluttershy tilted her head in surprise, it was almost as if something was trying to warn them just out off her hearing...

Rainbow Dash used one of her hooves to poke at the creature, trying to make it return its attention to her and get it to leave. The moment her hoof made contact though, Fluttershy could feel a shiver run down her back... and then all of tartarus broke loose upon them.

"STRANGER DANGER!"