Fluttershy's Legacy

A DARK PAST REVEALED!

Twilight and the others made it to her house safely and quickly began to search her entire home for the portfolio but couldn't find a single scrap of it anywhere.

“Ugh! Where is it?! I know I put it in one of these book shelves!” Twilight exclaimed in frustration as she tossed booked after book out from behind her as she stood on a step ladder.

Pinkie Pie however at this moment was not doing anything but lay on the ground whispering something to herself unknown to anypony until Rainbow Dash glanced in her direction.

“What's wrong Pinkie?” Rainbow Dash asked as she landed next to the pink pony now able to hear what she was muttering to herself.

“I'm good filly, I’m a good filly, I’m a good filly....” Pinkie Pie repeated over and over to herself.

“Pinkie Pie? Come on, snap out of it!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed shaking the pink pony only in a fraction of a second for Pinkie Pie to lunge at her and pin her to a wall.

“That's not how you play the game Rainbow!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed only to go wide-eyed and let go of the blue Pegasus’s throat at which point Rainbow Dash coughed and gasped for air.

“Hold the phone! Pinkie Pie. What did you just say?!” Twilight exclaimed in shock as she hopped down from the step ladder.

“I didn't mean to Twilight! I wasn't myself for a few moments! Don't be mad at me! I'm a good filly! I am!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed in a terrified voice as she slammed her hooves on her head and began to repeat the same thing she was muttering earlier over and over again.

Twilight then slowly trotted over to her friend. Was Pinkie Pie the killer? No it couldn't be. She was in the room with her at the police station. So why was she talking just like Fluttershy and the most recent killer had? “Unless....” Twilight said slowly as she collected her thoughts and knelled down next to Pinkie Pie.

“Pinkie Pie...that filly in the photograph....it was you..wasn't it?” Twilight asked in a soft tone.

Pinkie Pie stopped muttering to herself and looked up at Twilight fearfully as she silently nodded.

“So that's why your so happy all the time. It's how you keep yourself sane.” Twilight said earning another silent nod from Pinkie Pie.

“I didn't want to though...I didn't want to hurt any pony...but my uncle forced his mean stuff-gasp-” Pinkie Pie began to say only to stop mid-sentence growing wide-eyed as she said the word uncle and immediately slammed her hooves over her head.

“Wait, Brandon Hoofsworth was your uncle?!” Richard asked in a shocked tone.

Twilight suddenly found herself very scared of Pinkie Pie but immediately shook the feeling off if only enough so she wouldn't run away. Part of Twilight wanted to keep her distance from Pinkie for fear of her alternate personalty coming out and killing them all but the other part of her, the part of her that cared for Pinkie Pie, the part of her that trusted her with her life kept her from doing so as she attempted to find words.

“Pinkie...I know it's hard...but I need you to help us. What did he do to you?” Twilight asked in a soft tone as she gently ran her hoof along Pinkie Pie's mane which by now had deflated and was flat.

“I guess...i should start from the beginning...” Pinkie Pie said slowly taking her hooves from over her head.

FLASHBACK

“Uncle hoofy?! What are you doing?!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed in a shocked voice as she stood horror struck at the scene that beheld her.

“Pinkie? What are you doing here?! I told you never to come down to uncle hoofy's basement when he's working!” Brandon exclaimed in a very angry voice as he whirled around and looked at the Pink filly.

“That's the pony from my class..and you-you...you killed him!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed as tears flowed from her eyes.

Brandon gave a panicked glance back to the corpse behind him and then back to Pinkie Pie and his face became suddenly very serious. “Pinkie...you can't tell anypony about this. Do you understand?” Brandon said in a very serious tone however Pinkie Pie didn't respond she was still frozen in horror of the scene that beheld her. That is until Brandon lifted her up and slammed her against the wall. “You can't tell anypony about this! Do you understand?!” Brandon exclaimed his face barely three inches from the quivering Pink filly's.

Pinkie Pie's eyes widened in shock as she nodded her head very quickly. “I'm a good filly, I won't tell I promise!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed in a scared tone as tears of fear flooded from her eyes.

Brandon slowly set her down on the floor and continued to stare at her until a sudden grin appeared on his face. “Pinkie Pie, my sweet niece...how would you like to help uncle hoofy with his work?” Brandon asked in a sweet and calm tone.

“But-but...I don't want to kill ponies.” Pinkie Pie replied still scared out of her wits but unable to move the same as her fear was rendering her legs like jello and she could not feel them.

“Let's not think of it as killing ponies...let's call it a game. A game where we find out how long each pony can last. This is a very special game Pinkie Pie. And I’m going to teach you how to play. You will play with me won't you?” Brandon asked in the same sweet and calm voice however after a few moments without a response his express suddenly changed as he looked at her with an angry expression. “You will play with me, won't you?!” Brandon exclaimed at which point Pinkie Pie's snapped wide in fear and she nodded quickly.
“That's my niece. Your a good filly aren't you?” Brandon replied his expression suddenly changing to kind and calm once again as she said this.

“Yes, I'm a good filly...” Pinkie Pie replied fearfully.

END FLASHBACK

Pinkie Pie told them everything that happened when she first found him out, what he did to her, and how she suddenly began to become just as he was.

“But then...how did you escape?” Rainbow Dash asked calmly.

“I-I didn't...he caught him.” Pinkie Pie said pointing a shaking hoof at Richard.

“But then, how did he get Fluttershy as an apprentice?” Twilight asked curiously.

“Well, as you know I group up on a rock farm and well...after Rainbow Dash's sonic rainboom it changed me. I suddenly was able to fight my meanie side with laughter and fun. And well, when Brandon saw this change in me. He thought it was best to find a new apprentice. I can't tell you how many times I wanted to stop him...hearing Fluttershy's screams of horror and agony...but-but I was too afraid to!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed suddenly embracing Twilight in a tight hug.

“I'm so sorry I was unable to stop him! Please don't be mad it me Twilight!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed as tears flowed from her eyes.

Twilight returned the hug with one of her own running her hoof along Pinkie's back.”It's okay Pinkie Pie, I don't blame you.” Twilight replied in a soft tone.

“Nor do I. I'd probably do the same thing in your hooves Pinkie.” Rainbow Dash replied with a smile.

“I reckon I would too.” Big mac chimed in with a comforting smile of his own.

“So what do we do now?” Pinkie Pie asked in a scared tone.

“I wish I knew...” Twilight replied followed by a sigh.

Without warning the lights in Twilight's home suddenly turned off leaving everypony in the dark.

“She's here...” Richard said in a whisper.

Pinkie Pie without warning yanked out of Twilight's embrace and darted towards her basement.

“Pinkie Pie! Where are you going?! Stick together!” Twilight exclaimed in a panicked tone.

“The game must end Twilight!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed as she yanked the basement door open and closed it behind her.

Twilight rushed to the door and attempted to open it but found it locked from the inside. Upon this realization she began to pound at the basement door. “Pinkie pie!!!” Twilight exclaimed at the top of her lungs.

Pinkie Pie slowly walked down the stairs looking about herself. “The game must end, come out you meanie killer!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed looking about the basement room.

“You have no idea who you are messing with. Pinkamena...have fun.” Pinkie Pie said at which point her stance suddenly changed from scared to confident.

“Oh? Why so glum all the sudden? I thought you wanted the game to end?” The distorted voice spoke out again.

“Oh, the game is just beginning little filly.” Pinkie Pie said in a sweet tone looking about the room for a lamp, found it along with a few matches, and lit it up.

The killer was standing just a crossed the room from her however she didn't move. “What do you mean the game is just beginning?” The killer asked.

Pinkamena didn't reply, but simply gave a slight giggle. “You could have killed me already but you didn't. Oh it's been so long since I’ve had a chance to play.” Pinkamena replied with a smile.

“What the hay are you talkin about? Ah'm in the charge of this game and you play by my rules!” The killer replied and lunged at Pinkie Pie stabbing her squarely in the side.

Pinkamena didn't scream out in pain, instead she giggled. “That tickles! My turn...” Pinkamena replied with her voice sounding sinister with the last two words she spoke, grabbed a hold of the killer's hoof, yanked the knife out of her side, and used her other hoof to slug the filly knocking her to the floor only for Pinkamena to jump on top of her holding the knife coated with her blood at the filly's face.

“You know...I think I know who you are...” Pinkie Pie said as she ran the blood coated knife along the killer's cheek.

“Ah doubt that very much.” The killer replied scrambling to get from under Pinkamena and succeeded giving her a swift hoof to the face stunning the Pink mare.

The killer then pulled out a second knife from her cloak and lunched at Pinkamena again only for Pinkamena to counter with her own causing both knife's to clash with a loud “CLING!” at which point both ponies jumped back and began to pace in a circle around each other.

“You can't beat me. I'm bigger and stronger than you.” Pinkamena said with a grin lunging at the killer again only for their knives to clash once again.

“I don't need to beat you. I just need to wait for your time to run out.” The killer replied with a grin but it could not be seen through her cloaked robes.

Pinkamena gave a slight stumble a few moments later after this was said and gave a panicked glance at her side which was bleeding profusely at the moment then back to the killer. “That's right. I hit a vital organ. You honestly think I would gamble my chances against Brandon's first apprentice? So as Ah said, I don't need to beat you. I just need to wait for your time to run out.” The killer said in a malicious tone.

“So you know...” Pinkamena replied as her vision went in and out of focus.

“You're awfully cocky for a filly who hasn't won yet.” Pinkamena said as she lunged once again at the killer but instead of clashing with her knife she purposely allowed it to stab her and used this opportunity to take a swipe at her foe which didn't cut her but did manage to gasp open her cloaked robes at which point she let go of the knife and yanked at the torn fabric allowing the killer's face to be completely visible now.

“Ah-ha! I knew it was you A-gasp-” Pinkamena exclaimed only to be cut off by a sudden jab to her throat casing her to gag and choke on her own blood as the killer withdrew it.

“You talk too much.” The killer said in her clear tone as her hood had held the voice distorter was now on the floor.

Pinkamena fell to the ground gagging for a few moments longer till her gags and gasps for breath slowed and came to a halt. “The game must continue...” The killer said then gave a panicked glance up as Big Mac kicked down the door, rushed to the basement window, and hopped through it running off into the night.

Twilight and the others rushed down the stairs only to come to a screeching halt at the side of Pinkie Pie in a puddle of her own blood.

“Nooooooooooooooo!” Twilight screamed at the top of her lungs running over to Pinkie Pie and holding her tightly as she sobbed rocking back and forth.

Richard looked at pinkie Pie then to the hood which held the voice distorter then to the open window then to Twilight. “Twilight, we have to hurry! The killer is on the run and she doesn't have her robes to conceal her identity anymore! This may be our chance to find out who the killer is!” Richard exclaimed as he attempted to pull Twilight away from Pinkie Pie's corpse.

Twilight got to all four shaking hooves with a look of determination on her face and charged up the stairs through her front door catching sight of the filly running off down the road and charged after her followed closely by Big Mac and Richard as they followed the filly to the Everfree forest...