The Darkest Kind of Kindness

Ditzy wondered along the streets of Ponyville hoping that nopony noticed the obscene bulge her stomach was making. She hated Aria for killing the therapist, especially on the weak premise that he was “suspicious”. She was still amazed at how Aria was able to cram his entire body into her without breaking something, although she was able to do some pretty freaky things if prompted to.

The very idea that Aria had such control was also troubling, but Derpy didn’t want to find a birth certificate in order to find out the truth. She looked down at her filly who kept looking up at her as if something was amiss. She hated it when Aria was in control around her, but Ditzy wasn’t able to control Aria. She only had the courage to fight Aria when she was in either emotional or physical distress. Although Derpy had a tendency to let Aria take charge when physical protection was needed.

Ditzy knew that Dinky didn’t fully understand her “mood swings” but Ditzy couldn’t stand the fear that her daughter had when Aria was in control. It was almost as if her daughter knew that something was wrong, but if she knew then Aria would end her existence. Ditzy didn’t want her filly to die, but she didn’t want to send her away either.

Ditzy slowly started to cry as she contemplated the thought and had to physically stop in order to wipe away her tears. Dinky didn’t notice but she did look at her mother with a worried expression for a little bit. I hope that she doesn’t find out, if she does then she’s as good as dead, Aria will see to that.

After a rather uneventful lunch Ditzy watched as her filly was let loose to play with some of her friends in the town.

Ditzy smiled as she left her filly to frolic with the other children in the town. When Ditzy finally made it home a wave of relief flooded over her entire being. The building itself was rather luxurious and showed almost no inclination that a disabled, or mentally insane, mare lived there. It was in all accounts a Mansion that Dinky’s father had managed to procure on inheritance rights.

Dinky’s father himself was going to become a doctor before he disappeared but the fortune that was left behind easily paid for the upkeep. Ditzy felt a little guilty about taking the money, but it was hers now and she needed to support her daughter. Ditzy looked up at the fancy door and almost dreaded the fact that her house was so large. A large house meant Aria had a lot of room to play with.

Ditzy made her way into the kitchen and put the clean knife in the sink in order to rid it of any lingering bacteria from when she licked it clean. She still felt rather bloated from the whole incident but she really didn’t mind it too much, Aria had done worse things before. She didn’t want to remember anything else while cleaning the knife but she continually thought about her daughter and the other fillies. After the knife was clean Ditzy slashed it through the air a few times before returning it to its proper resting place.

After the knife was put up Ditzy went upstairs to bathe and let the water wash away her worries. She lounged around in the tub for a little bit taking in the exotic smells of a bubble bath from Prance. The scent wasn’t strong but it had a hint of vanilla and some undiscernible scents that reminded her of the rainforest. She felt at ease and Aria was behaving herself for once, although the menace wasn’t going to let that slide easily.

“So Ditzy, darling, who are we going to lure in here next? Stealing cash from the dead is rewarding but Prench bubble baths aren’t cheap.” Aria asked her other self.

“Just leave me alone right now, we can kill somepony later, I just want to relax. I also saved the doctor’s wallet if you don’t remember that part of the disposal process.” Ditzy sighed.

“Just because he’s a doctor doesn’t mean we have a lot of money. Do you remember the last time we tried to access a victim’s bank account?” Aria stated.

“That only failed because we didn’t know the guy had stolen his marefriend’s credit cards. I’m almost glad he died, the cheap bastard was hated by everypony.” Ditzy countered.

“Ohh…Ditzy, why is it that you were the only good personality. I am still making progress on your full corruption though by the way you are taking the latest kill. Maybe one day you’ll be just as evil as me.” Aria interjected.

“Why is it that you always interrupt my bathing sessions? Also, if I am fully corrupted then how will you be able to hide the fact that we murder somepony almost every week? It makes more sense to keep me good in order to maintain an alibi. Now if you excuse me I don’t think that your presence is required for the rest of my bath.”

“Hmm…maybe your corruption is further along than I thought, or maybe the Prench perfumes in the bubble bath are affecting your brain. Either way you do make a good point and I’ll let you finish up for now.” Aria added.

Ditzy sighed inwardly and was glad that she couldn’t afford any servants other than a groundskeeper. If anypony caught her talking to Aria they would immediately think that she was crazy, and maybe she was. Ditzy didn’t linger on the thought too much and continued her bath in utter silence.

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[5 days after the founding of the Cutie Mark Crusaders]

Dinky was a happy filly except for when she was being harassed by Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara. Mr. Jubilee always made her feel welcomed at school and gave her a desire to learn even if she didn’t understand the concept at first. The first lesson of the day was about how Griffins are the only known intelligent species so far that consumes meat regularly. There was some part about dragons’ possibly eating meat as well but no clear evidence that it was a common practice.

After the lesson Dinky went outside for recess and tried to avoid the two local bullies as much as possible. Although, as always, the two fillies named Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon made their way over to the little filly.

“So, if it isn’t the blank flank that lost her dad?” Diamond Tiara teased.

“I bet she doesn’t even have any parents and that she’s adopted.” Silver Spoon added.

“Please just leave me alone girls, I don’t want any trouble.” Dinky pleaded.

“Isn’t that cute, the orphan wants us to go away.” Silver Spoon stated.

“Why do you want us to go huh? So you can cry about how you don’t have a cutie-mark or parents.” Diamond Tiara added venomously.

“I…I…I want my momma!” Dinky cried running off while leaving a trail of tears.

Dinky spent the next few minutes crying at the far end of the playground where nopony would bother her, at least for a little bit. After about two minutes she sensed some ponies behind her and immediately got up and began backing away in order to avoid any more teasing. After two seconds she realized that the ponies that had walked up to her weren’t Diamond Tiara or Silver Spoon.

The white unicorn in the group was the first to speak out of the four ponies that were present.

“Hi my name is Sweetie Belle and this is Apple Bloom and Skedaddle.” The young filly stated as she introduced herself and her friends.

“uhm...h…hello my name is Dinky. Please don’t make fun of me.!” The little filly cried.

“Make fun of you? We’re not like Diamond Tiara or Silver Spoon. We just want to be friends.” Sweetie Belle stated.

“You do?” Dinky sniffled.

“Of course we do. Another friend means another idea that could get us closer to our cutie-marks.” Skedaddle added.

“Ugh I just wish Diamond Tiara would go away though, she still bullies us but being together means that we can bounce back a lot easier than being alone.” Sweetie Belle added.

“Thank you for coming by the way. It makes me feel better knowing that Diamond Tiara doesn’t own every filly and colt here.” Ditzy added.

“How did we…Ow! Skedaddle yelped as Apple Bloom slammed a hoof into his gut. “Hey what did I say?”

“If she feels comforted by our presence let her.” Sweetie Belle whispered to the angry colt.

“Okay but please don’t hurt me next time.” Skedaddle whispered back.

“Hey if y’all are done talking back there we got a new friend to play with.” Apple Bloom added.

After a fun day on the playground and the continuation of Mr. Jubilee’s lesson Dinky rejoined her new group of friends. They smiled when they noticed her joining them on their way home.

“So what are you doing here? Shouldn’t you get home or something?” Skedaddle asked.

“Nope! My momma lets me run around all day as long as I don’t stay out after dark.” Dinky added.

“Really? Well since we don’t have any homework today then maybe we could hang out for a little bit.” Apple Bloom added.

Sweetie Belle quickly pulled Apple Bloom and Skedaddle into a huddle, “We can’t hang out for too long yet. We need her to be open minded enough for our more ‘gruesome’ activities.”

“Sheesh calm down Sweetie, we don’t have anypony lined up for today and Apple Bloom already agreed to letting Dinky finish of Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. All we have to do is hang out and play for a little bit without causing suspicion to arise.” Skedaddle stated.

“Alright but let’s make sure she’s fully integrated before we pull out the big guns okay?” Sweetie Belle responded.

“Sure” Skedaddle replied.

“If ya say so.” Apple Bloom responded.

“Uhm…what are you talking about?” A curious Dinky asked.

“Oh we were just deciding on what to do first. We decided that in order to get our cutie-marks we are going to pois…er I mean try and clean the water supply.” Skedaddle

stated.

“Nice save.” Apple Bloom whispered.

“Yeah! Cutie Mark Crusaders water purifiers.” Sweetie Belle shouted in the air causing several ponies in the vicinity to make a mental note to shut their water off when they get home.

“Ugh…now we are going to have less vic… I mean ponies benefiting from our service.” Skedaddle moaned.

The next few hours that Ditzy spent with her new friends were oddly exhilarating, something that she didn’t expect when mixing up a powdery substance that was going to go into the water supply. She continued her work and prepared the substance, after which they all walked to the nearest water supply source and dumped the powder in. The powder wash washed away and went down to the water supply that existed on the far west of town.

Dinky suddenly felt nervous, almost as if she had done something bad. But she wasn’t bad, all she did was put some chlorine stuff into the water. Dinky repeated that in her mind as she bid her new friends farewell and walked home. The walk itself was quiet and relaxing giving the filly time to think.

When she reached the mansion that was her destination she skipped inside and closed the door behind her. She rushed around the mansion trying to find her other but realized that she wasn’t anywhere nearby. After the last few times Dinky couldn’t find her mother she quickly realized that her mother was doing something while having those, strange, straight eyes.

Dinky knowing that her mother would show up when she was ready to went into the kitchen for a snack and grabbed a few premade cherry sandwiches out of the refrigerator. After her meal the filly ran around the mansion and played a game that consisted of running from an invisible monster while avoiding the carpets that were hot lava. After a while the filly grew tired and lounged on a sofa while regaining her energy.

“To think that Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon live in a house similar to mine. It almost makes me wonder if they actually deserve it though, they are quite mean.” The filly pondered.

“I guess it was the way they were raised though? I turned out nice because my momma always taught me that being nice is the best policy.”

After her brief philosophical moment Dinky ran around the house again this time heading upstairs to her room in order to write an entry into her Diary. The Diary consisted of nothing more than a pink book with a small clasp on it in order to keep it shut. Dinky never understood the purpose of the fake latching mechanism, but she guessed that it had something to do with keeping the things within almost private.

After she wrote down a brief summary of her days activities the filly yawned and went to sleep, making sure that her diary was placed on her nightstand. After the young filly had fallen asleep her mother walked in and kissed her on her horn while tucking her in. Aria grabbed the diary on the nightstand and cracked it open for a read, much to Dinky’s displeasure.

“So our foal has made some new friends. From the looks of it they might be the ones behind the minute poisoning of the ponies in the poor district.” Aria mused.

“She’s our daughter, I don’t see any need in reading her diary. Although the poisoning is a very odd coincidence.” Dinky added.

“Maybe, but our first kill was when we were about eight years old. Always makes me wonder why mother let us cut the carrots at that age.” Aria pondered the question for a moment before dismissing it as trivial.

Dinky placed the diary back where it belonged and looked back at her filly while smiling. After Dinky left Aria took her back down to the secret section of the basement to gaze upon their latest victim. She was a middle aged unicorn that had recently suffered the loss of her family. Aria had decided to relieve her of that pain and her bits. The real thing that set Aria off though was the blatant disrespect that the mare had for her family.

It was bad enough that Dinky was considered a widow but to be openly mocked about her bloodline was another thing. The mare secretly hated Dinky, unfortunately Aria was good at figuring out what was going on inside another pony’s head. In fact Aria was so good that sometimes she could guess what they were thinking without anything to go off of. She told Ditzy once that observation is an art and that if you know what to look for you can read a ponies mind like an open book.

Dinky hated Aria because of her urge to murder but she found that her abilities were far more startling. Whether it was the constant rage or some unknown force, Aria was incredibly hard to figure out. She reminded Dinky of Pinkie almost with what she is capable of. Maybe the Doo’s and the Pie’s were somehow related. Dinky and Aria didn’t really care though the mare was odd and had a doll obsession but their current objective was to kill the mare before them.

The mare herself was strapped to a metal bench with holes in the back of it for pegasi wings. The straps and the table were adjustable up to the size of a pony the size of an Alicorn, if Aria ever managed to figure out how to kill one. The mare lay incapacitated on the table thanks to Aria’s latest bright idea. The presence of Aria caused the mare to wake up and resume her struggles while trying to scream through the gag that was in her mouth.

The mare struggled against her bindings but was unsuccessful do to the steel chains that reinforced them. The mare had already given up trying magic when she noticed the magic inhibiter placed on her horn. She looked up to see none other than Derpy, the mare that had dragged her there. The mare looked at her captor for a few more minutes before breaking the gaze and looking down at the knife lodged in her vagina.

Aria smiled at the mare and slowly dragged the knife out of the mare’s blood dripping orifice, causing squeals of pain to escape from the gagged mare. The fiend then proceeded to slice into the mare’s clit causing the victim to nearly pass out from the amount of pain that she was feeling. Aria brought the knife up to her mouth and licked the blood off of it before slamming the knife straight into the mare’s bladder causing the mare to wet herself. Aria noticed the fluids leaking out of the mare and dragged the knife up to her throat effectively splitting the mare up the middle.

The mare began to faint but Aria didn’t really care as long as she died, but she still injected an adrenalin shot into the mare in order to keep her awake. The mare convulsed a bit before her vision refocused just in time to see Aria slit her skin so that flaps were formed. Aria proceeded to pull back the flaps of skin that were around the mare’s chest cavity and stomach while proceeding to rip out her digestive tract. The first thing to be removed was the intestines followed by the stomach, liver, kidneys and bladder. Aria looked at her dying victim and smiled maliciously as she put her knife down and slammed a hoof onto the mare’s rib cage.

It only took one thrust on the mare’s rib cage to easily crack it due to Aria’s unnatural strength. Aria leaned in close to the mare and whispered to her. “If it makes you feel better, I always knew that you hated me.” The mare made no response to Aria’s talking but silently acknowledged the fact that Aria wasn’t wrong. The mare had never liked Derpy and now she was paying for it with her life. The mare slowly began to fade as blood flowed freely onto the floor causing the mare to bleed out.

Sensing that the mare was getting close Aria slammed the knife deep into the mare and skewered her heart on it before twisting the blade and ripping the organ out. “I always love this part, it’s always the tastiest piece to devour before I cut up the rest of you and make the cuts into sandwiches.” Aria stated that fact with sardonic glee as she gorged herself on the blood soaked organ. The mare wanted to vomit at the horrific display in front of her, but thankfully her stomach was lying in the nearby bucket. The mare didn’t give the fiend anymore responses as she slowly faded while silently cursing the mare that had just ripped her heart out.

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Dinky spent the next several weeks playing with her new friends and doing minor acts of evil that they kept hidden. Dinky was kept out of the more gruesome acts of slaughter while the Crusaders slowly broke her in. Dinky slowly got accustomed to the ways of the Crusaders and they started thinking about their next plan to get her broken in.

“We should let her help us spray paint the side of the town hall.” Skedaddle threw out.

“Na… ah say that we should let her pint some critters across tha’ river with us.” Apple Bloom suggested.

“Apple Bloom as much as I like bucking Angel bunny across the river I don’t think that Dinky is going to be very happy with that. Skedaddle’s plan makes the most sense but I’m not sure if she’s up for knowingly defacing public property yet.” Sweetie Belle stated, “Although if nothing better comes up for tomorrow then we’ll go with Skedaddle’s plan.”

After the group discussion among the three Crusaders they went their separate ways in order to make it back home before it got dark. The next day was rather uneventful at first. Mr. Jubilee talked about multiplication and simple arithmetic, while the class took notes on how to find variables in equations. When the bell for recess rang all of the young fillies and colts ran out to play on the playground and eat their lunches.

Dinky trotted out onto the playground hoping to find her friends but she managed to find Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon instead. Dinky began to slowly walk away when the two fillies decided that harassing her was now on their daily schedule. She managed to avoid the two temporarily by hiding behind the building but the two bullies quickly figured out where she was at.

“Well if it isn’t the blank flank. I bet you wish you had a cutie-mark like ours, maybe then you wouldn’t look so pathetic.” Silver Spoon said while laughing with her friend.

“Just leave me alone Diamond Tiara, I’ve got friends that won’t like it if you tease me.” Dinky stated.

“Oh please. The only friends that you could make are the ones that we draw in art class. Speaking of friends, where are they hmm..?” Diamond Tiara threw at her.

“Well…uhm…you see they aren’t here right now but they will be soon so you should probably get going.” Dinky explained.

“I knew it! You don’t have any friends. Just like your mother with the weird eyes. You’ll be all alone like her. I bet that’s why your dad disappeared. He probably couldn’t stand living with her when she always looks so weird.” Diamond Tiara sneered.

The two fillies laughed as if they had just heard the funniest joke on the planet, but Dinky was deeply hurt. The loss of her father was the worst day in her life and her mother had taken it very hard. Tears freely flowed down the fillies face as she felt the pain of their words that insulted her mother and her pride. She loved her mother and she wasn’t going to let these fillies make fun of her.

The rage inside of Dinky at the moment began to cloud her vision and all she could think about was justice. She found a decently sized rock and levitated it with her magic. The three fillies just so happened to be near the back of the building so nopony would see what was about to transpire. Dinky looked at the two blasphemers and smashed Diamond Tiara’s head in with the rock. The filly crumpled into a bloody heap and didn’t move. The blow easily killed her and Dinky felt energized now that she was gone.

The sudden stop of Diamond Tiara’s laughter caused Silver Spoon to notice that Dinky was holding a rather bloody rock in her magic. Silver Spoon looked at the smiling filly that was approaching her and tried screaming but Dinky smashed the rock into her jaw before she could say anything. Dinky leaned up close to the filly and whispered into her ear.

“NO PONY MAKES FUN OF MY MOMMA! Now I’m going to kill you.” Dinky stated coldly.

Silver Spoon wanted to run but she was pinned against a wall and she couldn’t scream because of the pain in her jaw. She only managed to muster up enough strength to whisper a reply, “P…please don’t kill me. I’m sorry. I’ll do anything…I’ll even be your lackey.” Dinky considered the prospect for a few minutes and came to a startling conclusion when she looked back at Diamond Tiara's corpse.

“I-I’ll let you live. But please don’t tell anypony-I-I didn’t mean to kill her she wailed.”

After Silver Spoon had reasoned with the murderous filly Dinky quickly realized that she was in big trouble. Dinky began running around nearly hyperventilating while trying to figure out how to avoid being sent to counselling or jail. While the little filly panicked her friends rushed over to see what was causing her distress when they heard her start crying.

“I don’t want to go to jail, I didn’t mean to kill her. She just…just. Oh who am I fooling it’s all my fault! I killed her and I sorta’ liked it.” Dinky wailed.

The trio of friends slowed down when they heard the confession of the friend that they were currently trying to break in. When they looked into the corner that Dinky was in they noticed that she was crying while covered in blood from head to hoof. The two bodies of the local bullies lay dead at the far end of the building.

“Dinky! Calm down so we can get you out of this mess!” Sweetie Belle screamed.

“Huh? But aren’t you going to hate me for murdering her or tell on me?” Dinky asked while sobbing into her hooves.

“Hell no! That jerk deserved it and we’ve been plotting her death for almost a year now.” Sweetie Belle stated.

“But…you wanted them dead too?” Dinky asked.

“Yes! Every filly and colt here has wanted her dead since day one. Even Silver Spoon hates her for treating her like a doormat all the time. I also guess this means that you’re initiation into the Cutie Mark Crusaders is a success.” Sweetie Belle replied nervously.

“What do you mean by initiation? Wasn’t I already a Cutie Mark Crusader?”

“Sort of. We just didn’t let you in on all of the murder and mass destruction that we usually do. Murdering Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon was going to be your test on whether or not you were ready to be a Crusader.” Sweetie Belle explained.

“Wait so you do this kind of stuff all the time and never get caught?” Dinky asked.

“Yes.”

“Is it bad if I sort of want to kill again? Only if they deserve it of course, I wouldn’t want to kill innocents, momma wouldn’t like it.” Dinky said while scratching the ground.

“It’s to be expected. Also your mother must never know about this. If it makes you feel better we hand out a black diary with a lock on it for writing down all of the stuff involving our antics.” Sweetie Belle explained while producing the book in question.

“Uhm… is it common for Crusaders to write down what they do every day?” Dinky asked.

“No, but we give out the book in order to keep track of your kills. It can be satisfying sometimes to look back through the book and realize how many kills that you’ve scored.” Sweetie Belle stated.

“Hey! Sweetie, we’re done disposing of the evidence make sure Dinky gets cleaned before her coat stains.” Skedaddle announced.

“So what do you say Dinky? Do you want to join the Cutie Mark Crusader’s in their killing sprees?” Sweetie asked.

“If it means teaching bullies like Diamond Tiara a lesson then the answer is yes!” Dinky said while taking the black book from Sweetie Belle.

“So what should we do with the witness?” Skedaddle asked, “We just can’t let her go.”

Silver Spoon who was still in a state of shock suddenly realized that she was in danger again. She had to act now and if Dinky just found out that she’s a psychopath then there was no telling if Silver Spoon would be defended. Dinky did speak for her however.

“Please, don’t kill her. She promised not to say anything and she even said that she would do whatever we wanted. Can’t she help us or something?”

“I guess we could use her, but only if she agrees to be an accomplice and a fellow Crusader. As long as she knows she has to be a member.”

“I’ll do it! Just please let me live!” The spoiled filly cried.

After Dinky got cleaned up the rest of the school day went on without a hitch, except for the brief questioning about where Diamond Tiara was. When nopony gave an answer he just shrugged and went on with the lesson, it was common for her to skip the last half of class anyways. It wouldn’t be until the next day that anypony would realize that she had went missing. Dinky never told a soul and was starting to help the Cutie Mark Crusader’s formulate the next plan for their new victims.

She felt at ease now that the whole event had blown over. The induction ceremony into the club wasn’t too fancy, all she had to do was pledge that she would kill any target that they set their eyes on and that they would never rat out the rest if caught. The next part involved getting her cape and a knife that was going to be Dinky’s new weapon. Although she still kept the rock hidden in the garden as a reminder of that fateful day, the day that she started to keep secrets from her family.

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[“Oh! Hi! I wasn't expecting company again! Now I can talk all I want to you guys!”] Pinkie said.

“Hey! I thought that I put a ball gag in your mouth! How in the name of the moon are you still talking?”

[“Oooh. So I wasn’t supposed to take it off? Well that’s just boring, how am I supposed to have fun if I can’t move or say anything?”]

“That’s the idea!”

[“Well sorry miss grumpy grumps. Now how about Ditzy’s alternate personality Aria? I bet that you didn’t see that one coming?”]

“Ugh... with us Rainbow Dash and Ditzy there are too many characters with alternate personalities.”

[“Well technically Rainbow Dash didn’t gain an alternate personality all that happened was that mean zebra and Fluttershy put her evil side in control and gave it more power. She is still the Rainbow Dash that this fic started out with, but that part is now buried under anger hatred and a whole mess over other nasty feelings that are just not fun.”]

“I didn’t know that you did exposition Pinkie. Maybe I should let you explain current events more often after all they have gotten a little confusing and the authors terrible writing style doesn’t help either.”

[“He’s not that bad, but maybe a little more explanation into why the characters are the way they are is in order. But that’s all the way in chapter five.”]

“Have you been looking ahead again?”

[“Maybe. But when are we going to get our chapters? The story behind what you do is just as interesting as all this other stuff. It will be so fun!”]

“What about skinning ponies alive is fun?”

[“Well you don’t know what he has planned for you yet but I do! And trust me it will be amazing!”]

“I guess but don’t you have another joke for our uninvited guests?”

[“Oh! How silly of me to forget. What punctuation mark did I find in Rainbow Dash’s body?”]

“What?”

[“I found a colon!”]

“Do you know what these jokes aren’t?”

[“No.”]

“Humerus.”

[“Ha ha ha ha ha. Good one!”]

“That’s only because it’s true.”