The Spirit Within

"Wake up Spike! We have so much to do!" Screamed Twilight.

"No we don't, it's the weekend. Don't you know that?" Replied Spike, angry about the whole thing.

"Oh yeah, haha. Forgot." She said with an embarrassed look on her face. "Sorry Spike."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah."

"Well I guess I’ll go see what Fluttershy is up to." Twilight said to herself as she walked out of her house.

As Twilight wandered the streets of Ponyville, she asked a couple ponies where Fluttershy was. To no amazement, she was over by the river helping some stranded animals.

"Hey Fluttershy."

"Oh hi Twilight," she said as she set a duck down, "what are you doing here?"

"Well I didn't have any plans for the day, so I decided to come and see what you were up to and check if you needed any help."

"Oh that's nice of you. I'm helping these ducks get across the river. You see, the current is so strong that they can't swim across, so I am flying them over to the other side." Replied the yellow Pegasus in her usual quiet tone.

"Well want me to help you with that?"

"Sure, thanks Twilight. You know, you don't always have to help me with everything all the time, right?" Fluttershy said with a smile.

"Haha, yeah I know, but I don't mind. and plus, it gives me something to d-" Twilight quickly wrapped her hooves around her head as a great pain began emanating from it.

"Twilight, is everything ok?" Asked Fluttershy.

Twilight let go of her head and looked towards Fluttershy. "No, everything is not ok."

"What's wrong then?" Fluttershy asked, now very concerned about her friend.

"You!" Shouted the purple unicorn. "You are what's wrong." Twilight was yelling now, anger flowing within each word.

"Bu- bu-...what did I do?" Fluttershy asked hesitantly.

"You're weak!" Twilight yelled back. Her horn, now glowing, shot a bolt of magic, cutting Fluttershy's left hind leg.

"Oww!" Fluttershy shrieked, "why!?"

"You're powerless!" Another bolt came from the purple unicorns horn, connecting with Fluttershy's right front leg. She fell to the ground and rolled over, tears from her eyes soaked the ground.

"And worst of all, you're worthless." She pushed her hoof onto Fluttershy's chest to pin her down. Lying in a pool of blood and tears, she moved around and flapped her wings, trying to break free. But it was to no avail.

"I'm...I'm sorry Twilight." Fluttershy cried.

"I'm am too." She said, as a final bolt of magic passed through her chest, ending it all. Twilight then used her levitation spell to throw the body into the raging river.

"I am too..."

A little while after the whole fiasco with Fluttershy, Twilight decided to go check on Rarity. She just wanted to forget that it even happened, and she thought to herself, 'hey, if I go talk to Rarity, it might get my mind off of things.'

After about 10 minutes of walking, she had arrived at Rarity's house. She looked through the window to see if she was home. She saw that Rarity was running from one side of the room to the other, grabbing fabric over here and sewing it onto a dress over there. "Wow, that mare is always working on some sort of dress."

"Hey Rarity, what are you do-" Twilight was cut off when Rarity slammed into her.

"Oh I'm terribly sorry, darling. I didn't see you there. Are you alright?"

"Yes I'm fine. The question is, are you ok? You're running around the store like a mad-mare! Why are you rushing around as if your life depends on it?"

"Because not only my life, but my entire career is on the line with this order!" Rarity screamed, rather dramatically. "PhotoFinish asked me, Rarity, to make her a dazzling ensemble for her next photo shoot in the Canterlot fashion show. Can you believe it, darling?"

"Wow Rarity, that's amazing!" Twilight replied, "I hope you get it done on time."

"As do I, Twilight. I am worried that I won't, but if it isn't finished on time, my entire career will be over."

"Would you like me to help you? I don't know much about designing dresses, but I can help get you materials so you don't have to run all around anymore."

"That would be fabulous! I couldn't thank you enough, Twilight."

"Oh, it's not a problem, really." Twilight replied.

Twilight walked over to a bookshelf-looking stand and awaited Rarity's orders.

"Could you get me the cyan fabric right there, dear?"

"Yup." Twilight replied as she used her levitation spell to send the long roll of cyan fabric over to the sewing machine.

This went on for about 2 hours until the dress was nearly complete.

"Wow, thank you for your help Twilight. I don't think I would've gotten this done if it wasn't for you."

"No problem Rarity. I can help whenever you need it."

"Well I think I can stitch the last bit up in a few minutes, but I need you to do my a quick favor for me. That is, if you don't mind."

"Sure, what is it?" Twilight asked.

"I need your opinion on my newest creation." Rarity replied as she walked to the curtain that she put the dress behind. As she pulled down on the rope, the curtains flew to the sides to reveal a beautiful gown comprised of mostly purple with gold and green accents throughout it. There were rubies and emeralds lined all over it.

"Oh my gosh, Rarity. It's beautiful."

"But of course it is, darling. I was the one who designed it!" Rarity replied with a laugh. Not only Twilight, but everypony in Ponyville knew that Rarity's work is the best when it comes to dressmaking. From a simple fix with a stitch or two, all the way to designing a beautiful gown from scratch, she could do it, and better than anypony else, too.

"You know, Rarity, this dress would have been perfect for PhotoFinish. Why did you go and make a brand new design?"

"Oh Twilight, I couldn't give her something like this. She deserves the best, and that's what I will be giving her." Rarity replied.

Rarity turned around to look at Twilight. She noticed that she was in some sort of pain.

"Twilight, are you alright?" Rarity asked.

"You know, Rarity. I think you should worry about yourself, not about me." She replied. This left a surprised look on Rarity's face.

"What are you saying, Twilight?"

"I'm saying that you are a fool to worry about me when you have more issues than I do!" Twilight laughed.

"Oh really, Twilight? Is that what you truly think?"

"Think? Hah! I know it! I know that you are an incompetent dress maker who is too blinded by her dream to realize how bad she is at it. I KNOW that you are just a "little princess" who thinks she is better than everyone. And I KNOW that you are just an ugly mule under that cloak that you call a dress."

"How DARE you come into MY house, disrespect me and MY marvelous work, and believe that you are going to get away without repercussions!"

"Oh Rarity, you MUST learn to listen when people talk to you instead of playing with your mane." Twilight said. "I never said that I thought I'd get away without repercussions. Now the question is, what are you going to do about? Oh I know, you can punish me by making me wear one of your dresses!"

"Oh it, is, on!" Replied Rarity, as angry as she could be.

And with that, Rarity lunged towards Twilight, swinging her hoof at her chest. She didn't want to inflict too much harm on her friend. Twilight, on the other hand, thought otherwise. When Rarity's hoof came within inches of her, she threw a roll of fabric at her head, tossing Rarity to the ground. Twilight wasted no time to make sure Rarity would stay down by throwing a sewing machine at her. Right before she was hit, Rarity shot a bolt of magic at her, cutting her cheek. That didn't stop Twilight though. It just pissed her off. As Rarity was laying on the ground, Twilight put a couple mannequins on top of her, making sure she wouldn't get up.

"Well Rarity, this was fun, but I'm afraid that this is where it ends. For you, at least." Twilight laughed.

"What are you going to do, kill me? I thought we were friends, you and I."

"You know, Rarity, Fluttershy was my friend, too. But when someone gets tired of their incompetent friends, things must end. You know what, though? At least you put up a fight!" Twilight said, laughing as she said it.

"You...you killed Fluttershy? Why? What did she ever do to you?! What did she ever do to anypony!?" The white unicorn screamed out. Shocking that no one heard her.

"Why...? WHY!?! Why do you THINK I killed her!? She was worthless! She couldn't do anything! All she did was complain and never helped with anything!"

"How could you, Twilight...? How could you think that of your friends? I thought I knew you." Rarity replied, now practically gasping for air as the mannequins put pressure on her chest.

"I could say the same to you, Rarity. I thought you were smarter than you are. I never thought that I'd have to do this to you, but I guess life is truly full of surprises, isn't it? Haha! Aren't I just the funniest?" Twilight asked sarcastically. "Well, lets get this done. I have more important things to attend to. And it would be a shame if I were to just leave you like this, now wouldn't it? Oh, no no no, my friend deserves the best!"

"You do realize that someone is going to find out that you killed me, right? If you kill me, someone is going to come looking for me, and when they see my body on the ground in the middle of my store, they'll know it was murder." Rarity said confidently.

"Hah, you must think that I didn't know that. You see, Rarity, I am going to drop this sewing machine right on your head, killing you instantly." She said, picking up the machine with levitation. "It will look like you had tripped over that roll of fabric onto the ground. They will think that you hit the table as you fell, and, once on the ground, the machine fell off the table! Hahaha, you see!? Brilliant aren't I? It will look like an accident! And everypony will believe it because they all know how you've been working so hard and running around in here. It makes sense that something like this could have happened."

"You're....you're a monster! A horrible, horrible monster!" Rarity screamed.

"Oh, no need for insults, Rarity. You might hurt my feelings." She laughed. "Well, this is goodbye." She then dropped the sewing machine, fracturing Rarity's skull in as many places possible.

'Perfect' she thought to herself. 'This went perfectly. Though, I better hide this cut on my cheek. Otherwise someone will suspect something'. She threw a scarf on and leaned her head as close to it as she could as she ran home.

"Time for bed. It's been a long day." Twilight said as she entered her house. Spike was already in his bed. "That little dragon can sleep the day away if you let him." She laughed as she got into her bed.