Bloodied Heart

Huffing and puffing, Vinyl Scratch raced through the Everfree Forest.  She had just woken up here a while ago, and had no clue how she got here.  She did know, however, that the Everfree Forest was home to the most blood thirsty and deadly creatures in Equestria.

All Vinyl was thinking about right now was running at full speed.  It would have been easier if she could teleport, but not every unicorn knew that spell.

There was more than just the fact that the Everfree Forest housed dangerous creatures, though, but also because Vinyl knew somepony was chasing her.  Her worst fear was being chased, especially if that somepony chasing her didn't say anything.  If they didn't say anything, then how would she know if it was somepony she knew by hearing their voice?

Hoof stamping could be heard clearly behind Vinyl Scratch's tail.  Tears were flying from her eyes and slightly messing up her sunglasses' lenses.  She did not care right now, though, all she cared about was fleeing for her life.

Finally, Vinyl's chaser spoke:

"Get back here!  You cannot run away from me!"

"No!  Stay away!" Vinyl cried out.

Vinyl really had not the slightest idea whom was chasing her, but she did not care; all she knew is that this pony could very well kill her, no matter who it was.

No!  Please let me be free!  Please let me go home to Octavia!  She's probably worried sick about me! Vinyl thought.

Still the chaser was following Vinyl, but this time, she was gaining.  Realizing that she needed a boost, she spread open her pegasus wings and flew above a shocked and distraught Vinyl Scratch.  Vinyl ran faster and lost it.

"NO!!  PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!!" she yelled upon seeing her chaser wielding a wickedly sharp knife.

The chaser paid no heed, and landed on top of Vinyl, knocking her to the ground.  The DG mare whimpered and struggled but her chaser was incredibly strong.

"You'll make this much easier for all of us if you just hold still," the chaser growled.

Vinyl thrashed and tried to use her magic to pry the crazed mare off of her back, but this did not work.

"I'll never cooperate!  I won't die!" she insisted.

"Is that so?" the chaser asked.

Before Vinyl knew it, the knife her chaser had was stabbed into her neck.  Blood trickled onto the floor of the Everfree Forest.  Vinyl Scratch choked and sobbed, tears streaming down her face and blurring her glasses' lenses.

Vinyl realized that she could not scream as she slowly felt the life leak out of her neck.  Her chaser stood over top of her and watched.  She then trotted over to the front of Vinyl's face.  Vinyl looked up at her, and the last thing she saw was her now killer's horrible smile that stretched across her entire face.

That was when Vinyl Scratch blacked out forever.

Octavia paced back and forth nervously through the living room of her's and Vinyl Scratch's house that they shared.  Vinyl had promised that she would be home by about 10:00PM, and it was 11:23PM already.  Vinyl would never be late for anything.

"Oh, Octavia, you're worrying yourself too much.  Everypony is late for something at some point in their lives," Tavi told herself in an attempt to clam herself down.

When this didn't work, Octavia decided to get a glass of tea, which always relaxed her nerves after a hard day.  She went into the kitchen of the house and did that.  Though she wished that Vinyl were here; she had never been a pony to like solitude.

When Tavi finished her tea, she felt sleepy.

Maybe I should just go to bed, and I'll wake up to Vinyl's face, and everything will be fine she thought.

So she went upstairs and into the bedroom.  She jumped into bed and fell asleep quickly.

As she fell deeper into sleep, the killer outside was dragging a now dead Vinyl in a burlap sack to Octavia and Vinyl's house, and left the bag right outside the front door.

"I wonder who's next?" the killer said to herself.

She got out a list and smiled evilly upon reading the next name:

Derpy Hooves.

Octavia awoke and blinked her dry eyes.  They popped open in fright when they saw an absent Vinyl.  Tavi leapt out of bed, now in full panic mode.

"Vinyl!  Where are you?!" Octavia called.

Vinyl Scratch did not respond.  Just the sounds of the house were present.  Octavia looked everywhere beginning to become hysterical.  She didn't bother to fix up her bedhead; she just opened her front door to get help, but found a large burlap sack lying in the way.

Curious, Tavi dragged it inside, because what if it somehow had answers?  Nopony would just leave a burlap sack laying around for no reason.  However, Octavia only took one glimpse at what was inside and instantly regretted looking.

The slightly rotted corpse of Vinyl Scratch lay inside the bag.  Her tongue appeared gray in color and hung limply from, her open mouth.  Her used to be bright blue spiked mane was now rough and stiff.  Her glasses had fallen off of her eyes, revealing her eyes to be nothing but lifeless gray irises staring blindly at the top of the bag she was in.

Tears instantly flooded Tavi's eyes, and her stomach churned.  She rushed to the bathroom just in time for the vomit to come out.  She felt sick, heartbroken, and indignant as she retched.  When she finished, she hurried back to the now lifeless Vinyl Scratch.

"V-Vinyl?  Please say s-something," Tavi begged as she felt more tears.

She touched Vinyl's face, and it felt cold, much to her dismay.  She just kept telling herself over and over again that this was just a horrible nightmare, and it would all end; Vinyl would be alive and booming dubstep music throughout the house.

But this was not a nightmare, it was all reality.  Tavi tried telling herself that it wasn't, but it was.

"Vinyl!  Speak to me!  VINYL!!" Octavia shouted.

Octavia had to tell herself the truth: Vinyl was dead.

Then Tavi dropped to the floor and cried, letting lose shouts of pain an anger as well.  She kept sniveling from the lost of her marefriend.  Sure, she could be selfish at times, but all in all, Vinyl was a great mare with great potential.

Even after a couple of hours, Octavia was still weeping.  She could not stop, not unless Vinyl would come back and assure that she was okay.

Meanwhile, the killer was stalking Derpy Hooves as she made a morning newspaper route.