“Oh Rainbow, I am so glad we finally get to see you!” Pinkie had told her friend in excitement.

All Rainbow Dash could think about was her past. The pony that she had killed the night she was intoxicated. The doll’s words had echoed in the back of her mind for hours. She looked over to Twilight, who was trying her best to ignore her.

“Twilight, I-“

“Save it for later, Rainbow. We have to keep moving.”

Ever since she learned what Rainbow did, she had been in a terrible mood.

“Will you just cut it out? We are friends! Friends are supposed to forgive each other. What about everything you've learned from-“

“Friendship has nothing to do with this Rainbow, and you know it! You killed sompony, and you didn't even tell us! You could have told the police that it was an accident, and we could have helped you. I still can’t believe you would cover it up and frame it on another.”

Pinkie was starting to get upset. She hated it when her friends fought.

“He was homeless! It’s not like he had any family that cared about him!”

Rainbow was frustrated that she wouldn't let this go.

“I can’t believe you would say something like that! He could’ve had sompony that cared about him. And even if he didn’t, you can’t just treat him like an outcast. He was a pony, just like everyone else. He had a mind, a body, and a soul. How can you be so inconsiderate to-“

“STOP FIGHTING!” Pinkie screamed at the two.

“Can’t we just forget about what Rainbow did until this is over? We still need to find Rarity, AppleJack, and Fluttershy.”

Pinkie noticed an audiotape lying on the floor in front of her.

“Oh great, what does he have to say now?” Rainbow muttered.

Pinkie played the audio tape.

“You are so concerned with evidence, Twilight, data that you can see. This is why we are so alike. It is only by shedding light on our pain that we can see who we have become. Perhaps your perception will change when you step behind the curtain. To do so, use the lights, and trust your eyes.”

“What the hell does that even mean?” Rainbow asked.

Twilight was starting to feel hot, and she had to move away from the others.

“What’s wrong Twilight? You have something to share with us?” Rainbow asked.

A door had opened, leading to the next room.

“What was that noise?” Pinkie asked.

Twilight was relieved of this distraction.

“I think another door opened. But where is it?” Twilight wondered.

Twilight had noticed a spotlight, facing a stage most likely used for shows.

“What is that?” Rainbow asked.

“These were still in development by the time I first met you girls. They were a more effective way to generate light than candles or magic.” Twilight explained.

“Can we use it?” She asked.

“Yeah, but I am going to need a working bulb. I will take a look around.”

Twilight wandered around the area, searching every cabinet and crevice. She had no clue where it could be.

“I am going to have to walk for a bit. Stay here, and stay on your guard.”

The two nodded, and Twilight checked every room for the bulb. In the distance, she could hear a noise coming from down the hallway. It sounded like screaming.

“Girls! I think you should check this out!” Twilight yelled to her friends.

The two arrived, and Twilight was prepared for anything.

“Listen.” She told her friends.

They kept quiet, hoping to hear the pony’s cries for help.

“No! Not again! You can’t kidnap me again! Haven’t I suffered enough?” It was a mare’s voice.

“You fail to learn the reason for your suffering, Rarity. Life is worth preserving.” Jigsaw told her.

“But I don’t want the pain anymore!”

“The closer you get to losing everything, the more you will understand why life is so precious.”

The talking ended there.

“That was Rarity! We have to go help her!” Pinkie wanted to move on more than anything.

“You two ready?” Twilight asked her friends.

The both nodded.

With a swift push, she and her friends stumbled into a larger room with a surgical table in the middle.

Writing on the floor read “To the left and the right. Down each path is the light.”

“What the?”

Twilight was sure this would end badly.

“Two paths converge on the same objective. The order is irrelevant.” Jigsaw had told them.

“Which way should we go?” Pinkie asked.

Twilight thought about it for a while, but she came down to a decision.

“I think we should take a right.”

They walked through the right doorway, and were greeted by a long hallway. They reached the end of the hallway, and noticed a room with a TV.

“This has got to be the way.”

Rainbow was about to step into the room.

“WAIT!” Twilight yelled after her.

“What the hell are you yelling about?” Rainbow asked.

“Look.”

Twilight pointed to Rainbow’s hooves, and she gulped as she noticed what was wrong. A tripwire had been placed in the doorway. As Rainbow followed the wire, she noticed it was connected to the trigger of a shotgun (Of course they don’t know what that is) hanging overhead. It was aiming right at Rainbow’s face.

“What is that?” She asked.

“I don’t know, but watch your step.”

The three cautiously entered the room, and searched everywhere for some sort of clue. Twilight found a coupler inside a cabinet.

“I guess I can use this.” She said to herself.

They made their way down the hallway once more, and decided to check another room.

“Now carefully open the door, Rainbow.”

Rainbow Dash slowly pushed the door open, but she had heard something.

“Shit…” She cursed at herself.

It was too late.

A large blade had swung out from above.

“GET DOWN!” She yelled to her friends.

She quickly dodged the blade which could have literally sliced her in half.

“He’s got this place locked down pretty tight.” Rainbow said as her friends walked through the door.

“There it is.” Twilight walked over to a fuse box near Rainbow.

“How do you know what these things are?” Rainbow asked.

“I took a couple of classes in Engineering. We had to work on these sorts of things. Apparently Jigsaw had put good use to them.”

“Who’s Jigsaw?” Rainbow was confused.

“The pony that almost killed you.” Twilight replied.

Twilight opened the box, and noticed that the wires have been cut.

“Dammit. I will have to reconnect these wires with this coupler. It might take a while.”

It took Twilight some time, but she finally brought power to the fuse box. A red button had appeared on the wall. Twilight pressed it, and another door had opened, leading to a hallway.

“Let’s hope we don’t have to spend too much time in here. Let’s go.”

The three moved down the next hallway, and stopped at a door with several Televisions beside it.

A few had read “Bear guilt” And another showed Rarity connected to a strange device.

“You were robbed of your first test. You were found and released before you could answer my question. Do you want to die, Rarity?”

She had tried her hardest to release herself from the strange device.

“I…I don’t! I want to live!” She pleaded to the voice.

“And yet even after escaping me once, you tried to kill yourself again. You did not learn your lesson.”

“It wasn't like that! That time was different! This cop, he was harassing me, making me live it over and over again! He wouldn't leave me alone!”

The screen had cut to static, and Twilight had noticed a piece of paper on the floor beneath her. She picked it up, and I had read:

“Find light bulbs within Staff Housing and the Cafeteria. Find a combination to the Cafeteria.”

Twilight had a smug look on her face.

“Well isn't this just my luck.”

Twilight had memorized the location of the Staff Housing, but she needed the combination to the Cafeteria in front of her, which held the second light bulb.

This was starting to get confusing.

“What is it?” The two asked almost simultaneously.

“It’s nothing. Follow me.” She ordered the two.

They tried to backtrack their way to the Staff House, but Twilight noticed three TVs with the numbers 0, 3, and 8.

“That must be the combination to the Cafeteria.” Twilight thought to herself.

They moved back to the Cafeteria door, and she tried the combination.

It worked.

The three moved into the Cafeteria. The room was smaller than the other two expected, and was a total mess. Tables were flipped and there were ashes everywhere.

“What? I didn't say it was a big Cafeteria.” Twilight reminded the two.

They made their way into the freezer, but the door locked behind them.

“The door is locked, Twilight. Find a way out, if you can. Better hurry, before you freeze and join the rest of the meat.”

Another door had opened, revealing several frozen pigs on carts.

“What the hell is this?” Rainbow asked in disgust.

“I forgot to mention, most of our patients preferred meat. Don’t ask me why.”

They hurried into the room and tried to figure out the puzzle.

“Move the carts in the order I tell you to.” Twilight told her friends.

“Why?” Rainbow asked.

“Just do it! It’s the only way we can escape.”

The two complied, and they rearranged the carts as Twilight told them to. Soon enough, the exit was uncovered, and the three quickly moved up the staircase.

“That wasn't so hard.” Rainbow Dash had said in her usual cocky form.

“It seems that Jigsaw is getting sloppy.” Twilight had said to herself.

She walked over and opened a box on a table, revealing the first light bulb.

“Finally…”

Twilight was relieved that she had only one more light bulb to look for.

“You have found a tool in your search for enlightenment. Now find the other in the staff residence halls.” Jigsaw had told them.

They made their way back to the room with the surgical chair, and this time took the left path. They reached the door outside the staff housing, when Twilight noticed another TV screen with Rarity.

“I don’t know his name; I think it was Half Track or something. It was his fault! He saved me from your trap, but then he wouldn't leave me alone! He kept asking about you, over and over, following me, waiting outside my house!”

“He wanted to catch me at all costs.” Jigsaw said.

“But he didn't care about me! He just kept beating me over the head with questions. I… I wanted to escape him, escape it all!” Rarity explained.

“There is no escape. You will soon learn that.” Jigsaw had assured her.

They hurried into the room to try and find the next light bulb. Luckily, this one was easier to find.

“Now we should head back to the theater.” Twilight told her friends.

They backtracked their way to the theater, and Twilight inserted the bulbs into the spotlight. There was already one light inside, so the two lights had completed the puzzle. The lights shone upon three boards. As Twilight was testing the lights, she found that she could change each of them into a different color, which revealed its own number for the code to a door. The colors were Red, Blue, and Green.

Twilight had an idea.

“Rainbow Dash, in what order are these colors on the rainbow?”

Rainbow Dash was confused.

“Well, it is pretty easy. Red comes first, Green second, and Blue last.”

Twilight changed the lights to the order in which Rainbow described, and sure enough, Jigsaw’s voice came in over a speaker.

“You have the solution to open the lock. Now hurry to the stage and step behind the curtain.”

The three ran downstairs to input the combination, and it worked. They did as Jigsaw commanded, and arrived at the stage.

“You sure we should do this? It sounds a lot like a trap.” Pinkie asked.

“What other choice do we have?” Twilight reminded Pinkie.

The three stepped behind the curtain, and found Rarity strapped to a table upright. She had her eyes closed from the hours of struggling. When she noticed her friends beside her, a thought of hope flickered in her mind.

“Hello Rarity. Day after day you live alone, isolating yourself to avoid the stress of reality. You have tried to take your own life on multiple occasions because you cannot endure the mental pain of everyday life.”

Rarity lifted her head to see the doll staring back at her. She understood his words.

“Now you will have to endure real pain. The game is simple. Twilight must match all the corresponding symbols, and you will be released. Match the wrong symbols, and a metal spike will pierce your body. Match too many wrong symbols, and your suffering will end.”

There was a mass of TVs, all of them static but one. It was a jigsaw piece.

Twilight decided to turn on the one next to it, and it matched with another jigsaw piece. It became clear what Jigsaw wanted Twilight to do.

“Twilight, what are you supposed to do?”

Twilight looked down at the ground. She knew she was in entire control of Rarity’s life.

“I have to guess.”

Rarity did not seem fazed by any of this at all. She had gone through so much, and there was nothing to be afraid of now.

“What?! That is insane! How can you just guess which ones match?” Rainbow asked.

“He had faith in me before. I think he wants me to prove myself.” Twilight replied.

Twilight took a deep breath, and turned on another TV. A saw had appeared.

“Okay Twilight. Everything is alright. All you have to do is get another saw.”

Twilight closed her eyes, and turned on another one. She opened her eyes.

It was wrong.

A five foot pole had impaled Rarity’s right hoof, and she screamed in agony.

Twilight cringed. She tried to calm herself down and try another one. She turned on a TV, and a nail had appeared. She took in a deep breath, and turned on another Television.

They matched.

Twilight sighed with relief, and she continued this pattern. For a while, she got a lot of them right. She was confident that she would get these next two right. She chose two at random, and prayed for them to be correct.

They weren't.

Another pole had gone through Rarity’s other hoof.

Twilight was starting to get nervous. She tried another pair. The first had depicted a shotgun. Twilight wished that Princess Celestia was there to guide her. To help her with this twisted game.

She was wrong again.

A pole had impaled Rarity’s chest, and her eyes were starting to lose life.

Twilight broke down in tears.

“I… I’m so sorry Rarity. I can’t do this…”

Twilight couldn't bear to see her friend in pain like this.

With all her strength, Rarity glanced over to Twilight.

“Don’t worry, darling. You did your best. Try again now. I believe you can do this.” Rarity assured her friend.

Twilight nodded with tearful eyes, and turned to the last two pairs of TVs. With a shaking hoof, she turned on the first one. A nail had appeared.

Twilight couldn't cope with the pressure anymore. She looked back at Rarity, and she gave Twilight a nod. She also had tears in her eyes.

Twilight chose another TV.

For a moment the room went silent, and all four of them had stood there, anxiously waiting for the next symbol.

A skull had appeared.

Twilight screamed at the Television.

Quickly, one last rusty pole had pierced Rarity’s throat, killing her instantly.

Twilight, Pinkie Pie, and Rainbow Dash all cried for Rarity. They held each other for that moment. Not even Jigsaw chose to greet them.

Author's Note

Guess what? I'M BACK! Apparently I am a dumbass and misread my flight information. Apparently my plane leaves next week. so MORE STORIES!! Anyways, I had this huge long puzzle with throwing bricks at pig carcasses to weight down a scale to retrieve a key to a door, which leads to a fuse for a fuse box, which opens the freezer door. I decided to scrap all that. I was also planning on extending the freezer scene, but I chose against that. How is moving carts of pigs exciting?