The Problem With Serial Killers

The Problem With Serial Killers

Chapter 3

An Impromptu Meeting

BEEP BEEP BEEP. Rarity’s alarm clock blared.

Rarity poked her head out of her covers, and huffed a sigh of defeat. Using her unicorn magic, she engulfed the sheets in her blue aura and slid them off of her. Getting up she made sure to leave the bed mostly intact so that she could make it much more easily. I must remember to stop by Fluttershy’s today, she seemed like there was something she wanted some help with. Rarity's thought to herself.

After neatly making the bed several times until she got it perfect, Rarity trotted slowly to her large bathroom the confines of sleep still lingering in her mind. Rarity’s bathroom was much like a beauty salon, any and all things that had to with beauty products or personal hygiene she had. Rarity walked over to her large full length mirror, and looked herself over. Rarity liked what she saw, she had a shapely hourglass figure, her body had just the right amount of body fat she wasn’t skinny and she wasn’t fat she was the happy medium. Her mane’s lustrous sheen sparkled in the mid day sun. Rarity was the effigy of beauty, from her head to her hooves she radiated with it. After Rarity finished getting ready she walked down the stairs into her kitchen and made herself breakfast and then walked into her boutique ready for the day.

After a long day of sewing and dressmaking Rarity clamored back to her room and passed out on the bed. Then she remembered that she was going to go see Fluttershy, glancing over at the clock on her wall which said 7:00 p.m. I still have enough time, she thought to herself. Rarity gathered her things, neatly shoved them into her saddlebag and made off in the direction of Fluttershy’s cottage.

Rarity always wondered, being as skittish as she was why Fluttershy had her house on the edge of the Everfree Forest, Fluttershy said it was because she was closer to her animal friends but Rarity knew that wasn’t the whole truth. As she was walking down the dirt road that lead to Fluttershy’s cottage she heard a voice.

“I wouldn’t go in that direction, I heard some god awful screams coming from that direction, sounded as if someone was being murdered.”

Rarity spun around trying to find the source of the mysterious voice and standing right in front of her was a creature unlike any she had ever seen. The creature was tall, taller than the princesses standing about 2 metres tall and it was heavily muscled. It stood on two legs, and had things at the end of its forearms that appeared to be similar to Spike’s claws. She looked it in the face, it had a black mane that had been cropped short, and sea green eyes that seemed to sparkle. It opened it’s mouth and smiled at her, she backed away scared out of her mind.

The creature spoke again it’s voice was filled with charisma, as if each word he spoke was the word of god. “I’m sorry miss, I didn’t mean to frighten you. My name is Barry, May I ask your name miss?

Rarity was stunned, here in front of her was a tall muscular creature that somewhat resembled an ape, and it had just talked to her in a very civilized manner, even going so far as to call her miss. Rarity stuttered for a bit much to Barry’s amusement and finally gathered her bearings enough to say “My name is Rarity.”

Barry seemed amused and gave her a small smirk that vanished as quickly as it appeared. Barry replied to the white unicorn by saying. “Well, it’s nice to meet you Miss Rarity. What pray tell is a gorgeous young mare such as yourself doing by herself in a dangerous place such as this? There are many wild creatures that live here, and I would hate to see you get injured.”

Rarity blushed, this creature, Barry he said his name was, was very polite, treating a lady as a gentleman should. Rarity thought to herself that she might be able to get him to spend a little more time with her. “You’re right, I don’t know what I was thinking, but my dear friend Fluttershy seemed as if she needed help with something when I saw her the other day and I was on my way to her cottage. I was wondering if you could be so kind as to escort me there so I don’t get scared.” Rarity said as she bashed her eyelashes at him.

Barry thought to himself This is great, one of Fluttershy’s friends has just fallen straight into my lap and I didn’t have to go looking for her. If I play my cards right I may actually be able to lure them all in without to much difficulty.

After thinking to himself for a couple seconds Barry said. “Why yes Miss Rarity I would be honoured to escort your friend’s cottage.”

Upon hearing this Rarity almost squealed with glee, she thought to herself. If I play my cards right I actually may be able to get this creature to stay with me permanently. None can withstand my seductive charms, even Twilight Sparkle the princesses prize pupil couldn’t. Rarity took the lead walking back down the path with Barry in tow.

Barry walked closely beside the mare, as they neared Fluttershy’s cottage, Barry started thinking about how he could taunt and play with Rarity before he killed her. Barry decided that it would be best if he played it by ear. As he debated on how to kill her he didn’t notice that they had arrived at the door. Rarity tapped Barry on the elbow drawing him out of his brainstorming and said. “We’re here, but I was wondering if you might be able to come in with me, it looks awful dark in the house and I’m frightened.”

Barry nodded as he opened the door and motioned her in with huge grin on his face. As Rarity walked in she stepped in something, something warm and squishy. Fumbling for the light switch on the wall, Rarity flicked it on and beheld the most horrible sight her virgin eyes had ever set eyes on. Lying there in the middle of a puddle of her own blood was Fluttershy, Rarity screamed in horror and rushed over to her friend not caring if the gore ruined her coat.

Tears were streaming down her face as she screamed “Fluttershy!!! Oh my god, Fluttershy!!!, who could have done something so horrible. Barry you’ve got to help me, please get some help. What happened to you Fluttershy?! The emotional strain was too much and she collapsed on Fluttershy’s lifeless corpse and bawled her eyes out. “Why how did this happen, who would do something like this?”

Barry stood there grinning on the side, unnoticed by Rarity who was still cradling the yellow pegasus and he said with a sadistic smile that rivaled the devil himself. “She made the mistake of trusting me,” he paused for emphasis and continued “the same mistake you just made.”

All the colour drained out of Rarity’s face as she realized what Barry had said. “Y-You did this? H-How could you do something so horrible?! Rarity stuttered her muscles locking up from fear.

Barry slowly circled her, a god-awful grin plastered across his face. “Why yes my dear of course I did, this is clearly my handiwork. Do you like it? This is like an art, look at the way the blood has splattered the walls, the look that is still frozen on her now lifeless corpse as I stabbed her to death. The last thing she said was please don’t hurt my friend’s. Barry laughed at Rarity as she stood there frozen with an expression of pure horror on her face.

Barry pulled out a knife, the same knife that he had used to kill Fluttershy, her blood had sinced dried and now caked the knife. Barry pulled out a cloth and started to wipe it off, and as he did he spoke. “Where I come from, I was a wanted criminal. I killed my first person to avenge the death of my family, but after I was finished I loved it too much. I went on killing spree’s using my raw charisma to draw people in where I would then chop them up into itty bitty pieces. But the thing I always found annoying about killing humans is that they always fight back. When I woke up in this world and saw how passive you ponies were, I knew that this would be the most fun I ever had.” As Barry finished cleaning the blood off the knife he said. “The name the public gave me for the way I killed was Barry the Chopper, and now my dear Rarity I will bestow my gift upon you and I won’t stop until you're in a thousand pieces.

With that Barry stepped forward knife raised high, it’s cold steel once again screaming for the blood of the innocent. Seeing Barry raise the knife was the kick Rarity needed to unfreeze her muscles and run. She side-stepped Barry’s first stab and ran for the door but Barry was already there blocking her path. She ran in the opposite direction aiming for the window, Barry was once again there blocking her path, but he managed to time his stab with the knife and nick Rarity’s back leg, Rarity yelped in pain but kept running trying to find an opening where she could escape. Barry kept at this for 20 minutes chasing her around occasionally scoring a hit with his knife.

Eventually Rarity was too exhausted to even move and she sunk down to the ground in defeat, and as she fell to the ground Barry was there towering over her knife raised ready to strike. Barry said “Since I had such a fun time chasing you, I’ll make your death quick and relatively painless.” Barry raised the knife above his head and brought it down into Rarity’s neck.

Rarity recoiled in pain and shock but was to tired to scream and knowing that her time was nigh she whispered in a faint voice. “I’m sorry everypony..I’m so sor…” Those were the last words that Rarity ever spoke. Barry looked at Rarity’s once beautiful body now tainted with the blood that was pouring out of the hole in her neck.

Barry laughed to himself as he mentally crossed another pony off his tally. He wondered where he would start to look for the other people. He pulled out the picture that he got from Fluttershy’s mantle and looked it over. He had killed Fluttershy and Rarity, he still had a purple unicorn, a blue pegasus, an orange pony that was wearing a cowboy hat and a pink pony. He smiled at the thought of all six of them lying on the ground as lifeless corpses. But Barry realized that it didn’t need to stop with Fluttershy and her friend’s, there were many other ponies that were just perfect targets nonetheless. He set out towards the direction that Rarity had come from assuming that it was the direction of the town that Fluttershy had called Ponyville.

He couldn’t wait for the day, that he looked over the town of Ponyville and saw it’s resident’s slaughtered in the streets, but he wouldn’t stop there he would go to many towns and cities and slaughter them all.