Along came a spider

Luna's moon shone down on the outskirts of Ponyville. It had been three days since Twilight, Pinkie Pie, Spike and Rainbow Dash disappeared and Applejack and Big Macintosh were killed by the mysterious strangers. This made the Apple family and the other elements very distraught. Rarity was rarely seen outside of the Boutique, and Fluttershy would often visit the graves of her two friends every night, from 7:00pm to 8:30pm.

Cherry Berry and Sweetie Drops walked along the outskirts of Ponyville, unfortunately for them, at night time. They had to drag a carts filled with unwanted valuables to the scrapyard.

"Why do we have to take all this to the scrapyard?" Cherry asked. "All this stuff could get us millions of bits if we sold it".

"Because, Cherry if we did, we could get into trouble with the law, You know what Mayor Mare says about going through someone else's bins", Sweetie Drops explained.

They arrived at the scrapyard, yet, something seemed off, as though everypony disappeared over night. Cherry Berry looked around nothing was stirring. No sound to be heard, not even the sound of scurrying mice. The place frightened Cherry Berry to an extreme. How nobody was there to greet them, how the doors looked like they had been open for a long time and how the entire place looked as though everything had just stopped. Cherry gave her friend a nudge.

"Sweetie, can we go please?" She asked fearfully.

"Cherry, what's gotten into you?" Sweetie Drops asked.

"This place seems off", she answered.

"The workers are probably playing a prank on us" Sweetie explained. "Now let's go dump this metal into one of these piles".

Both of them dumped their metals into the scrap heap, Cherry constantly muttering to herself in fear.

'What a baby, still, I could use this to my advantage', Sweetie thought to herself. "Cherry I'm going to go search for the boss".

"But, you can't go now", Cherry warned.

"Why not?" she asked.

"B-because".

Cherry struggled to find any words for her situation.

"Exactly", Sweetie said, walking off. 'This is going to be great'.

"Wait, please don't go", she whimpered.

*Clank*

Cherry turned around and saw a can falling down the pile. She immediately became very alert, her ears picking up any sound. The sound of hoofsteps came from behind her. She jolted around.

"W-who's t-there?" she whimpered fearfully.

A shadow emerged from behind the one of the scrap hills and darted towards her, not even giving her enough time to scream.

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Sweetie Drops walked down the scrapyard in search of the office, She saw the building, all lights on. She walked forward. She took a deep breath, and prepared to scream to get Cherry's attention.

*Clop*

Sweetie turned her head in the direction of the hoofstep.

*Clop*

She looked closer.

*Clop*

Out from the shadows, came Cherry Berry.

"Gah, Cherry you interrupted my joke", Sweetie growled.

Cherry continued to trot towards her, slowly and zombie-like, eyes barely open with a trail of blood following her.

"Cherry?"

Cherry Berry raised her arm towards her friend before falling to the ground dead.

"What the?"

A hoof burst through Sweetie's chest. She let off one final scream and then fell limp.

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Twilight jolted awake at the sound of the scream. She looked around and saw her other friends tied to what looked like wooden Y's.

"That took quicker then expected".

Twilight looked up and saw the same pony who killed Applejack, sitting down with a book in his hands. She looked at the cover which read "1000 painful ways to torture someone". She began to panic constantly trying to break free of her restraints.

"Hm, It appears someone's awake", he chuckled.

"What do you want from me?" Twilight asked fearfully.

"Information", he answered plainly.

"You aren't getting any information out of me", Twilight spat.

"We'll see", he said coldly.

Feitan drew his sword up and put it to her hoof. He pushed down with the sword. Twilight screamed at the sensation of her hoof being cut from her leg. With one final push her hoof came off, Blood sprayed everywhere. Twilight felt like passing out because of the pain.

"Are you going to talk?" Feitan asked.

"Never", she coughed.

Feitan let off an evil chuckle.

"Oh I have plenty of ways", he said, pulling a pair of tweezers, ignoring the screams let she let off and her constant attepts to get out of her binds.

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Princess Celestia sat alone in her throne room. Her prized student and her friends missing, an unknown group, murdering ponies and an element of harmony is dead.

"Princess Celestia".

Celestia looked up and saw a guard burst though the door.

"What is it?" she asked.

"Ponies have been going missing near the scrapyard", he explained.

"Could be Timberwolves" Celestia responded.

"That's what I though, but when I asked the townsponies they also said that the murderers went that way", he explained.

Celestia gasped.

"Tell Shining Armor to get a group of his best guards and head to the Ponyville scrapyard", she ordered.

"Yes Your highness", the guard said, saluting.

Celestia sat back down in her throne.

'Don't worry Twilight we're coming for you' Celestia thought.

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Chrollo Lucilfer stood up on one of the walls, looking down on a page in the Bandit's secret. The page contained a manipulation ability that allowed the user to put someone in a deep sleep while forcing them in a state of Zetsu.

'I knew that ability would come in handy', he thought.

The shift in cloud's drew Chrollo's attention. He looked up and smiled to himself.

'It appears that a storm rises in the East'.

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Princess Celestia now has information on the Phantom Troupe and now sends out her best guards to rescue her student, can the guards hope to rescue them in time, only time will provide that answer.