Bloodied Heart

Derpy Hooves was flying at top speed, having dropped her bag of letters.  The killer had cornered her at one point and had a knife.  Instinct had kicked into the mailmare, and she flew off.

The sound of flapping wings were heard clearly behind Derpy's tail.  Derpy focused on nothing else but getting to safety.  She flew to her house and burst through her door.  She locked the door without hesitation.

Dinky trotted into the living room to see what all of the ruckus was about.  Derpy was panting heavily from exhaustion and fear.

"Mommy, what happened?" Dinky asked with concern.

"Dinky, whatever you do, do not go near this door!  Just stay put there while I call the cops!" Derpy said.

Dinky's ears fell.

"Mommy, you're really starting to scare me," she said.

"Listen, Muffin, there's...uuhh...a killer pony outside that was just chasing me!  I don't want either of us getting hurt!" Derpy said flustered.

Dinky was now frightened.  Derpy hurried over to her and wrapped a wing around her.

"Don't worry, my little muffin, everything will be just fine," Derpy assured her now shivering foul.

Dinky still wasn't sure, but nodded.

WHAM!!

A loud crash rang out throughout Derpy's house.  Somepony or something had just run into or had been thrown against the front door.  Derpy refused to answer the door, though, because what if that was the pony chasing her before?

Although, whoever was at the door could have been here to help.  Derpy got up and told Dinky to stay put.  When Derpy opened her door, she was knocked off of her hooves and onto her back as somepony flew inside at top speed.

Dazed, Derpy just heard the shriek of Dinky.  Derpy shot off of the ground and looked up at who just flew inside.

A pony wearing an ink black cloak with a hood was standing on top of a struggling Dinky.  With a yelp, Derpy flew forward to rescue her daughter.  The pony, or the killer, simply reared up and bucked Derpy with immense strength.  Derpy sailed into the wall and hit the floor.

Moaning in pain, Derpy woke up just in time to see Dinky get stabbed in the chest.  Dinky wailed in pain and fear.

"So you'll play loudly, huh?" the killer asked with fire in her eyes.

Derpy tried getting up, but her back screamed in agony from hitting the wall.

The killer managed to get a hold of Dinky's tongue and cut it out of her mouth.  Dinky could no longer scream, but gurgle and sputter as blood filled her mouth like a bathtub with its nozzle turned on.

"YOU DON'T LAY ANOTHER HOOF ON DINKY!!  I'LL KILL YOU, YOU MANIAC!!" Derpy shouted at the top of her lungs.

The mailmare spread open her wings and lunged at the killer pony, knocking her to the ground.  The two wrestled on the ground as Derpy punched the killer several times.  Derpy was also quite strong for a pegasus.

However, the war soon ended when the killer shoved Derpy off of her and attempted to stab her in the throat.  The mailmare was not going to die anytime soon, however, so she dodged the killer's aim.  The killer instead shoved the knife into Derpy's back.  Derpy howled in rage and kicked the killer in the head, knocking her unconscious.

After that, the killer lay limp on Derpy's floor.  Derpy panted heavily again.  She carefully pulled the sharp knife out of her back, sending a river of blood to flow out of the wound it made.

Ignoring the blood flow, Derpy slowly advanced towards Dinky still lying on the ground, but now she emitted no sound.

"D-Dinky?" Derpy stammered as her eyes quickly filled with tears.

Dinky did not reply, and instead continued laying completely still and silent.  Blood was leaking out of the wound in her throat and out of her mouth.  Derpy gingerly lay a hoof on Dinky's chest, but froze when she felt no heartbeat.

"Dinky, p-please s-speak to m-me," Derpy begged with her voice cracking.

But it was hopeless; Dinky was dead.  Derpy sniffled and wrapped both arms around her daughter and embraced her tightly.

"Y-you're okay now, m-my little m-muffin.  J-just rest now," the mailmare stuttered with her tears finally flowing freely down her gray cheeks.

As Derpy hugged Dinky and wept, the killer moaned quietly from a headache as she woke up.  She silently drew her knife and jumped on top of Derpy.  Derpy barely had time to react as the killer finally stabbed her in the throat, choking off her air supply and sending blood spraying in all directions.

Derpy desperately tried to catch any breath, but could not as blood continued to waterfall out of her throat and onto her floor.  Finally, she fell down with a THUMP! onto the floor.  A large pool of blood grew bigger around her as time passed.

The killer smiled that same evil-stretched-across-the-face smile.  She tucked her knife away in a pocket of her cloak.  Then she exited Derpy's house and flew away to go find her next victim.