The Wheel rolled to the House!

Fluttershy was not a big fan of Nightmare Night; in fact, she kind of hated the holiday. People ran around in scary costumes, and it didn't help that Rainbow Dash loved trying to scare her. Some of the other ponies could be mean and nasty too. It wasn't rare for her to hear rude comments from those that came to her door to satisfy their sugar rush.

Now here she was sitting in the living room of the cabin with Twilight who was trying to figure out what she wanted to wear for the holiday.

"Fluttershy, what do you think would be a good costume for me to wear?" Twilight asked.

"Umm... well, personally I am not a great big fan of Nightmare Night, so I really am not the pony you should be asking. Why don't you ask Rarity or somepony else?" Fluttershy answered.

"Okay. Still I would appreciate your feedback." Twilight said.

Even when the threat of Nightmare Moon hung over everypony's heads they enjoyed the holiday, and that was before her defeat at the elements of harmony. So the threat of an angry Alicorn that would eat you if you didn't offer her candy was a thing of the past.

"Well... umm..." Fluttershy seemed to be sweating as she contemplated how to respond to Twilight.

"Hey, Fluttershy," Applejack stepped into the room, "It'll be gettin' late soon. Would ya mind looking for some firewood. I bet there is probably some out in the woodshed."

"Okay," Fluttershy said, grateful to no longer be talking about Nightmare Night.

Once Fluttershy had left the room Twilight turned to Applejack. "Did you know Fluttershy doesn't like Nightmare Night?"

Applejack nodded, "Sure did."

"Do you have any idea why?" Twilight inquired with bemusement.

"Not exactly sure." Applejack answered, bringing a hoof to her head, "You should ask Rainbow Dash, they've been close friends for a long time."

"Oh, alright." Twilight said.

Watching the Shed

"Looks like it is the shy, yellow pony that will be entering the shed," said Sky Blazer, pointing to the monitor.

"I really do like this section of the wheel," The Smiling Stallion said, watching Fluttershy enter the shed, "There are so many interesting possibilities when the wheel rolls to the House."

"Well, I haven't actually seen the House rolled before, so could you perhaps explain how it is supposed to work?" Sky Blazer requested as she indolently refilled her coffee cup.

The Smiling Stallion wrapped a foreleg around Sky Blazer's shoulder.

"It is very simple, really." The stallion pointed to the screen. "The first pony to enter the shed and find the saw will develop a compulsive defensive complex for a section of the house and will attack anypony that gets too close to it. Out of the seven rounds I have seen with the house, six of those rounds the pony simply protected the shed itself."

"What was the exception?" Sky Blazer asked.

The Smiling Stallion stroked his chin as he thought back to the event. "I believe in that round the pony had become protective of the bathroom. It was both a fast and rather bizarre round. The pony was in the bathroom with the saw and the rest of the ponies had eaten some bad food and, as a result, needed to use the facilities. It was almost comical seeing a line of ponies easily decimated as they heaved the contents of their stomach on the linoleum floor."

"Does the pony have to use the saw to murder her victims?" Sky asked.

"Not really," the Smiling Stallion answered, "The saw merely serves as a catalyst so the pony will desire to murder her victims."

"What happens to the last pony?" Sky Blazer inquired, "Once the pony has killed off the others, then she would be all alone."

"Don't worry about it." The Smiling Stallion grinned widely. "There is always a little helper to clean up these little messes. Most of the time, if the wheel section doesn't already have a method to kill everypony, then the helper will deal with it."

"So who is the helper?" the mare asked.

"Usually it is put to a vote before this event happens. Perhaps you remember that little session?"

"I think so, yeah." Sky said, "Last year, it was the Bugbear that had been voted into the position."

The Smiling Stallion nodded, "Yep. He sure was."

"So, who won the votes this year?"

A grin stretched across the stallion's face. "I guess you're just going to have to wait and find out."

"That isn't fair!" Sky protested, crossing her hooves over her chest.

"Nothing in life is fair," the Smiling Stallion answered, "that is something you should be able to attest to all too well."

The Saw

The shed was a wooden structure that was covered in dark, red paint; paint which had begun to chip away years ago. Despite that however, the shed appeared to be structurally intact.

Fluttershy entered the shed and felt around for a means to illuminate the interior. The yellow pony's hoof came across a rope, and startled, she inadvertently pulled it. Pulling the string resulting in a light bulb being turned on. Seeing as there were no power lines to the cabin Fluttershy concluded there must have been a generator somewhere.

Now that Fluttershy had recovered from the flash of light, she was able to observe the shed's interior. Like the outside of the shed the interior was made of wood, however it was clear that the original pony had not cared too much about how it looked on the inside as there wasn't any noticeable paint on the wooden surfaces.

Old cobwebs occupied the rooms’ corners, and a thin layer of dark dust clung to every surface. At the back of the room there stood a work table with various items, including a toolbox, a few wrenches, pieces of scrap metal, and a red chainsaw. Next to the work bench lining the wall was a row of firewood. Cardboard boxes were strewn around the interior, some of which were covered in mold. On one side of the room was a rusted old bicycle with blue paint chipping off and a flat tire.

As Fluttershy walked over to the row to pick up some firewood, Fluttershy couldn't help but feel the strange urge, as if something was drawing her over to the work bench. It was like the whisper of a field mouse wanting to show her something special it had found. Feeling that no harm could come from it, Fluttershy walked over and took a closer look. That was when Fluttershy saw the old chainsaw.

There was something about the cherry-red chainsaw that was enticing to her, so with a trembling hoof she reached out and touched it. The saw reminded Fluttershy of the time she had seen rabbit lost in the woods and she just wanted to hold it so she could comfort the poor creature. Because of this Fluttershy felt as if touching it was the kindest thing she could do for it.

Odd. Once her hoof touched the cool, sleek metal, that strange desire simply disappeared. She was dazed for a moment but observed her surroundings again. Why had she come to the work bench, anyway?

Remembering the task she had been given, Fluttershy shook her head and returned to the wood pile and gathered up some firewood, careful not to disturb any of the ones with cobwebs attached to them. Once she had enough, she pleasantly trod back to the main building.

Walking back inside with the firewood, she could hear the Cutie Mark Crusaders laughing as they ran around the house.

"Come on Sweetie Belle let's go outside!" Scootaloo called out.

"Let's try not to get lost shall we? By sister's gonna kill me if we do." Sweetie Belle replied cheerily.

"Hey wait for me!" Apple Bloom yelled.

"Umm... girls," Fluttershy spoke as she walked up to the Cutie Mark Crusaders, "I don't mind all three of you playing outside. It's just that I strongly suggest that you stay out of the shed."

"Why?" Scootaloo asked, intrigued by the odd and unsolicited advice.

"It isn't safe," Fluttershy replied, "there are things in there that are dangerous."

The three fillies exchanged looks wondering about Fluttershy's vague warning. After a moment to clear their confusion they nodded and bounded off.

Having brought the firewood inside, Fluttershy checked on her friends. Rarity was upstairs in the attic working on something.

Should we really be doing this?

The crusaders soon discovered they could only do so much in an empty backyard. That is until they noticed the shed Fluttershy had mentioned before.

"What do ya suppose is inside?" Apple Bloom asked.

"I don't know." Sweetie Bell answered.

"Maybe there is something COOL in there." Scootaloo surmised, "I heard Twilight mention that there might be a treasure somewhere around here."

"Yeah, maybe the treasure is inside or perhaps there is something in there that could give us our Cutie Marks." Apple Bloom said.

"Um... I am not sure that is a good idea." Sweetie Belle said. "Besides, didn't Fluttershy say it was dangerous in there?"

"Yeah," Apple Bloom answered, "but I am certain she won't mind if we are careful."

"I'm still not sure about this." Sweetie Belle spoke, "What could be in there that would help us find our cutie marks."

Apple Bloom thought about this. Aside from finding the treasure there wasn't much she could think of that could be helpful in finding their Cutie Marks. Maybe there was a shovel inside that they could use to dig up the treasure maybe even a map. Or what if the treasure wasn't a treasure at all? Then an idea popped into her head.

"Perhaps there are some antiques in there." Apple Bloom said, "Maybe we could be antique dealers?"

Hearing this Sweetie Belle's face lit up, "Well, I could see myself having a Cutie Mark like that. After all Rarity and I do have a fondness for valuable things."

"Yeah, or maybe there is a secret relic in there that could lead us to an exciting adventure across Equestria!" Scootaloo said.

The other two fillies just stared at her before shaking their heads and simultaneously saying, "NAAHHH!"

"Ugh! You guys have no scope for things like that." Scootaloo said, "Come on let's go see what's inside that shed."

Thus the Cutie Mark Crusaders opened the door to the shed and ventured inside.

A Sickening Feeling

Twilight, Fluttershy and Rarity sat in the living room drinking some tea. They also had biscuits with some strawberry jam.

"This is some really good tea, Fluttershy," Twilight remarked.

"Yes, dear, you did a very nice job brewing this," spoke Rarity.

"Thank you." Fluttershy said, "I am glad you both like it."

Happy that her friends were enjoying the tea, Fluttershy poured some into a cup and took a sip. It was a peppermint tea with some additional ingredients, including sage, clove, and a pinch of lemon zest. Sometimes it was easy to become sick being around all those animals, so it was only natural that Fluttershy would know how to make some tea to combat these ailments.

Putting her nose over her cup Fluttershy let the scent of peppermint and lemon waft into her nostrils. The scent of the tea was very relaxing.

Fluttershy suddenly felt uncomfortable as though there was something terribly amiss.

"What is wrong, Fluttershy?" Twilight asked.

The Shed! It was as if it were calling out for her help, like a little animal trapped in a tree would have been calling out for her help as ravenous timber wolves howled below. Repressed memories resurfaced in Fluttershy's brain and she was suddenly overcome.

Twilight observed her friend's features and noticed that the yellow pegasus's face had turned pale.

"Fluttershy? Are you okay?"

Twilight's questions brought Fluttershy back. "What?"

"Are you all right?" Twilight asked, "You look like you are going to be sick."

"Oh, I just remembered that I needed to go check on something!" Fluttershy said, "I will be right back!"

Twilight watched as her friend rushed outside with frightening speed.

Confrontation and Discipline

"You did WHAT!?" Fluttershy yelled. Her voice reverberated throughout the dinning room.

"We uh... w-we went inside the... shed." Scootaloo answered, taken aback by Fluttershy's uncharacteristic break in temper.

"Even after I told you NOT TO!"

"But we thought it might help us find our Cutie Marks." Sweetie Belle whimpered.

"Fluttershy, just calm down," Applejack spoke, "the girls meant no harm."

The yellow pegasus's face was flushed with fury. Enraged, the pegasus scurried off, leaving her friends confused.

"Just stay out of that shed okay!" Fluttershy yelled before she disappeared.

"What was that about?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"I don't know, but perhaps it would be best if we try to reason with Fluttershy about this," Twilight replied. "It isn't like her to get mad like this."

"Yeah, that would be a good idea," agreed Applejack.

"AJ, perhaps you and I should go talk with her." Rainbow Dash said.

"Alright." Applejack said.

Rarity left the dinning room to take the scared Cutie Mark Crusaders to their room. Pinkie Pie hooped her way into the kitchen to make cupcakes for everypony. Rainbow Dash and Applejack were both about to go after Fluttershy, but Twilight stopped Rainbow Dash to talk with her.

"Hey, Rainbow Dash, could I ask you something?" inquired Twilight.

"Sure. What is it?"

"Did you know that Fluttershy doesn't like Nightmare Night?" Twilight asked, "I mean you and her have been friends longer then the rest of us so I thought you might know."

"Yes, but Fluttershy doesn't merely dislike Nightmare Night, Twilight," Rainbow Dash answered grimly, "Fluttershy hates the holiday entirely."

"Do you know why?" Twilight asked curiously.

Rainbow Dash's ears flopped, "Well, when Fluttershy was a little filly some of the other fillies and colts would try to pull pranks on her. However, some of them took it too far. Fluttershy tried to ignore them but this enraged them more. So they turned their attention to her animals.

"At first, they were just small things like painting polka dots on the animals or swapping their leads. However when that didn't give them the reaction they wanted they resorted to beating her animals. Still Fluttershy continued to care for the animals and ignore the bullies. Then one day, one of the fillies actually dissected one of Fluttershy's rabbits right in front of her. This happened in the afternoon before Nightmare Night."

Twilight gasped and held her hoof to her mouth, "That's... That's just horrible! I... I had no idea."

"Most ponies don't," Rainbow Dash answered. "She prefers not to talk about it and chooses to avoid anything having to do with the holiday. When other ponies see this they usually just assume it's her timid nature and leaves her alone."

"So, if she knew we were going to discuss costumes, for Nightmare Night then why did she come along?"

Rainbow Dash shrugged, "Beats me. Maybe she is trying to conquer her fears."

Twilight stared forward pensively for a moment before Rainbow Dash shrugged, turned, and made to join Applejack in the investigation. Twilight vacated to her room to unpack her things.

Pondering the Existence of Three Judases

When Fluttershy was only a few months old she had lost her parents. Her mother, who was an Earth pony had died shortly after giving birth to Fluttershy and not able to take care of the foal on his own Fluttershy's father gave her to some relatives, while he went to work as one of the guards in Canterlot. Apparently her father had died due to unknown circumstances.

While she was a pegasus Fluttershy had the mental traits of an Earth pony, which was mostly responsible for her fear of heights at a young age. As a result Fluttershy had been teased by many of the other fillies and colts.

For the longest time the only friends Fluttershy had was Rainbow Dash and the animals Fluttershy had began to take care of. So whenever an animal was in trouble or in pain Fluttershy always tried to help them.

Fluttershy couldn't explain it, but, when she had realized that those three fillies had intruded into the shed, against her warnings, she felt as if she had been betrayed. Her sense of betrayal was severe, it was like when a pony takes care of a small animal only to come home one day to find out that their best friend had killed their pet, perhaps not intentionally, but trust-rending all the same.

The fillies had opened up the shed and had inspected its innards, and this was unforgivable. They had violated the shed, and for that they would need to be punished.

However, before she did anything Fluttershy needed to make sure that the Shed was safe. Once Fluttershy could ascertain this , she could plot how she would discipline those three stupid fillies.

The Contents of an old box

Twilight released a deep sigh as she stepped into her cabin room and closed the door behind her.

The room Twilight had picked for herself had yellow wall paper with blue strips running vertically up the wall. The furnishing of the room was a desk, a wooden chair and a bed with blue bed sheets.

On the desk was an old music box that had a miniature wooden Alicorn inside that would "dance" when the box was opened and the music played. Twilight recognized the song as the Princess's Lament a song written long ago describing the tragic event when Celestia had to banished her sister to the moon for her jealousy.

Looking around the room Twilight noticed that the bed was a little bit lopsided. Her eyebrow tilted a bit as she went to fix it. So she decided to look underneath the bed to see if maybe there was some way she could fix it.

As she peered underneath the bed, Twilight noticed a cardboard box sitting by one of the bed's wooden legs. Using her magic Twilight pulled the box out from underneath the bed.

Inside the box Twilight found that it held an old notebook. Inspecting the book Twilight noticed that there were pages torn out and that most of the remaining pages appeared to have suffered some water damage. However, there were a few pages still legible.

"Apparently Artemis has locked herself inside the bathroom. I don't know why, though. She didn't eat any of the food the rest of us had. In fact, she has been hanging around the bathroom a lot the last few hours. This is the last time we are going to let Shifting Winds cook dinner. Oh, I do hope Miss Featherclaw gets out of the bathroom soon. My stomach is really killing me..."

At this point there was a break in the page due to some water damage that had smudged away most of the ink.

"Poptart is suggesting we should break down the door. I am not sure that is a good idea, but the pain in my stomach is very persuasive. Silver Screen says he will try to talk to Artemis first and try to convince her to leave."

While the notebook did intrigue Twilight she knew that sooner or later she would have to get her room ready, so she set the book down onto the bed and resumed unpacking. Perhaps she would be able to read more of the notebook later when she was finished.

Cut 'em up! Cut 'em down!

Applejack and Rainbow Dash stood in front of the wooden shed.

"So, why do you think she is so obsessed with this building?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Beats me."

The two ponies opened the door of the shed and started looking around. Rainbow Dash opened a cardboard box and was shocked to find some old mildew covered magazines. She hastily closed the box to avoid the stench of the mold.

Applejack looked at some of the tools on the workbench.

"These tools look to be in pretty good condition considering how long it has been since anyone has used this 'ere shed." Applejack spoke.

The rainbow-maned mare spied some empty gas cans.

"What do you suppose these gas canisters were used for?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"I think there might be a generator in the basement," Applejack answered.

The two ponies continued investigating the shed, looking for clues as to why their friend was so touchy about ponies entering it.

Suddenly ,the two ponies heard what sounded like a loud motor running and turned to see the shed door bashed open. Fluttershy stood there with the chainsaw attached to her right foreleg by a built-in brace.

Applejack recognized this as the kind of chainsaw used by old Earth pony logging communities as the brace would allow the Earth pony to move with the saw and cut down trees with ease.

"Hey," Fluttershy spoke, "I told you all to stay out of my shed!?"

Seeing the angry yellow pony at the doorway, Applejack threw herself through a window, the wooden panels shattering due to the impact.

"Come on, Rainbow Dash!" Applejack yelled.

Rainbow Dash was frozen stiff. Despite the apparent need to flee from chainsaw-wielding maniac she just couldn't move. All she could do was just fixate toward those blue eyes as death came closer and closer. Was this The Stare?

Despite being frozen stiff by this power Fluttershy had Rainbow Dash tried to stop Fluttershy saying, "Snap out of it Fluttershy! You are better then this!"

However Rainbow Dash's efforts were in vain as Fluttershy continued to advance on her. Rainbow Dash winced as sharp metal teeth sliced through her neck but didn't feel anything once her head toppled from her shoulders. Shortly after the rest of Rainbow Dash's body fell to the floor.

"You invaded my sanctum, my good ol shed... YOU WILL PAY!!!" Fluttershy roared.

The yellow pony slinked out of the shed, searching for the orange farm mare that had escaped moments ago. Fluttershy saw Applejack limping towards the back door.

When Applejack leaped through the window she had sprained her right foreleg on impact.

"THERE YOU ARE!" Fluttershy yelled as she hovered over to the injured farm mare.

Moving as fast as she could, Applejack pushed her way through the door into the south hallway of the house.

"I have to warn them." Applejack said as she crawled into the dining room.

That is where Applejack met her demise as the sharp teeth of the chainsaw bit down into her back. The teeth ate their way further into her flesh until they cut into Applejack's internal organs. Blood splattered everywhere as flesh was torn open. As the saw reached the back of Applejack's head her skull split open spraying shards of bone and gray matter around the room.

"You!"

Fluttershy turned to see Pinkie Pie standing in the doorway to the kitchen, and from the looks of it, she was mad.

"You will PAY for hurting my friends!" Pinkie yelled. She dashed into the dining room with a knife in her mouth and lunged at Fluttershy.

The yellow pegasus leaned low and, once the pink pony was in range, swung her chainsaw. Pinkie Pie was caught by surprise when her forelegs were cut out from under her. Literally.

She slid to the floor, blood leaking out from the stumps of her forelegs. Realizing what had happened, Pinkie Pie's hair flopped and deflated as she started to cry in pain.

Fluttershy looked down at the crying party pony. Why had she attacked her? She hadn't gone into the shed and therefore she wasn't a threat. If Pinkie had minded her own business nothing would have happened to her.

Observing Pinkie Pie she realized that the pink mare reminded her of a fatally injured animal. Fluttershy remembered that sometimes the best way to spare an injured animal from pain was to put it out of its misery.

With this in mind Fluttershy started up the chainsaw again brought it down on the pink pony's head, cutting it in half. Some blood and pink matter splattered across Fluttershy's face as she separated the two hemispheres of her friend's brain. However, due to her residual rage the pegasus didn't seem to notice.

Rarity and Spike were in the hallway when they heard the commotion in the kitchen.

"What do you think is going on?" Spike asked.

"I don't know, dearie," Rarity answered, "but we should be very careful. Power tools can be so dangerous."

They opened the door a crack to look inside and caught the sight of a bloodstained Fluttershy,

"Oh dear!" Rarity said, a little bit too loudly.

Fluttershy turned to look at Rarity and Spike. Her face was streaked with tears.

"She... She attacked me! I... I didn't want to hurt her. I just wanted to protect it. That is all I wanted!"

Rarity and Spike merely gawked at their weeping friend.

"Wha... What is it you are trying to protect, dear?" Rarity, asked while trying to maintain her distance.

Suddenly, an eerily romantic grin grew on Fluttershy's face. Her eyes lit up like stars.

"Why, the Shed, of course... It loves me! It has always LOVED me!" Fluttershy said in a sweet tone, before bursting into laughter.

"Fluttershy, please stop this. It's not like you." Spike said with a distraught look.

Fluttershy's laughter broke suddenly. "Oh, Spike, there is no reason for you to be scared," said Fluttershy affably.

"Fluttershy dear," Rarity spoke, "maybe you should show us the inside of the shed and explain why it is so..."

Before Rarity could finished, an enraged Fluttershy leaped at her. Brandishing her chainsaw, Fluttershy sliced through Rarity's body, cutting a large gash into her belly.

"NOOOOO!!!" Spike screamed.

Spike fell to his knees feeling a hollow place where his heart should be. Blood covered his claws as Spike tried to shake Rarity's body, desperately wanting this all to be some sort of delusion. It wasn't... Rarity really was dead. The little dragon had always enjoyed Rarity's company but it wasn't until now that he realized how much he appreciated her. How he had enjoyed her presence and now... that presence was gone.

Now pony he loved was gone, cut down in cold blood. Spike, overcome with grief, didn't feel like he had much to live for now.

"Just do it..." Spike said, tears falling from his eyes.

"What?"

"Just kill me already..." Spike answered.

Fluttershy was confused. While it had clear the Spike had a crush on Rarity, Fluttershy had never realized how much he loved her. Up to this point all the ponies she had offed had begged for their lives or had tried to defend themselves. Now here Spike... wanted to die.

A wound caused by love could be rather painful. Perhaps it would be best to put the little dragon out of his suffering. But why? He wasn't really a threat. He didn't have any ill intentions, and while the lose of a loved one is painful, the little dragon would eventually recover.

Fluttershy thus rationalized that it would be best if she just left the dragon be. Besides, there were still three little fillies that needed to be punished.

A few minutes later, a pony came running down the stairs. This whole time Spike had just sat there frozen still by his grief.

"Spike, what is going on? What..." Twilight went silent upon spotting Spike and the body of her friend on the ground, surrounded in a pool of her own blood.

After a moment of shocked silence Twilight began to examine Rarity's body. By the way the blood was pooling Twilight could guess that the blood was coming from an injury on Rarity's ventral side in the abdominal region. Possibly caused by a sharp weapon with a jagged blade. By the smell produced from the body Twilight could also deduce that Rarity's intestines had been damaged by the assault.

Twilight turned her attention to Spike. "Who did this, Spike?"

The dragon looked up at Twilight with tears streaming down his purple cheeks.

"Flut... Fluttershy. She... I... I don't know why she... she did this." Spike continued to sob.

Twilight resolved to find Fluttershy, to figure out why her friend had done this terrible thing.

Tragic Memories

"What are you doing! STOP!"

Fluttershy was being held against a tree by two other ponies. One was a little earth pony filly with a pale yellow coat and a blue mane with pink strips. She was also wearing blue glasses. The other pony was a colt with a light brown coat and a dark gray mane.

In front of Fluttershy stood a unicorn filly with green coat with an aquamarine mane. She looked up at Fluttershy with menacing yellow eyes.

At the green filly's hooves was a white rabbit Fluttershy had been taking care of. Sharp sticks were impaling the rabbit's limbs stretching her out spread eagle. The rabbit's chest was heaving due to the pain it was going through, and its eyes were panicked.

"STOP! What are you doing to Angelica!?"

The green filly cruelly grinned at Fluttershy before she pulled out a blade with her magic and started cutting a line down the rabbit's belly. A small scream left Angelica's mouth as the blade cut her flesh. Once the ribs were exposed the filly used two sticks to pry the rabbit's diaphragm wide open.

"Now how did dad do this again?" The green filly said.

"NO! STOP! You're hurting her!"

Fluttershy watched in horror as the filly began to slowly and carefully pull Angelica's organs out into the open. At this point the little rabbit's eyes closed shut.

Once the green filly was done she motioned for the friends to let go of Fluttershy.

"Maybe you should pay attention to us next time, okay." The green unicorn filly said evilly as she and her friends left the area.

Fluttershy was crying as she lay down to look at Angelica's body. Despite what had happened, the little rabbit was still alive, however, with these injuries she would die a painful death. Fluttershy lamented, but she knew what she needed to do.

It was only a week ago that Angelica had given birth to a litter of baby rabbits. Even with the blood, it had been a beautiful thing... compared to this.

Slowly Fluttershy placed a hoof over the rabbit's head.

"I am... so sorry I wasn't able to save you..." Fluttershy sobbed as she pushed her hoof down ending Angelica's suffering.

Is me writing stuff like this considered 'Child Abuse'?

"So girls!" Fluttershy greeted as she stalked towards the three little fillies huddled in the corner of the shed. "You disobeyed my instructions. What should I do about that?"

"We're sorry, Fluttershy," Applebloom said between sobbing gasps, "We won't do it again. We promise."

The other two fillies nodded their heads in agreement, but the angry Fluttershy was still holding her chainsaw out, prepared to attack.

"Oh I think it's too late for apologies don't you think? It's time... for your punishment!" Fluttershy whispered with an evil gleam in her eyes.

"FLUTTERSHY!!!"

The yellow pony turned around to see a lavender unicorn standing with her head inside the shed.

"YOU! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE IN MY SHED!!!"

"Girls, get out of here!" Twilight ordered. In response the three fillies scurried past the yellow pegasus and out of the shed, leaving the two mares alone.

"YOU FOOL!" Fluttershy roared, "YOU SHOULD HAVE JUST LET ME KILL THEM! BUT, NO, YOU HAD TO COME IN HERE! NOW YOU MUST DIE AS WELL!!!"

As the yellow pegasus threw herself with her chainsaw at Twilight, the lavender unicorn erected a shield spell around herself. The spell didn't offer much resistance against the chainsaw's teeth, but it gave the mare enough time to avoid any personal harm. She had a plan.

Unable to take any more of the brute force from the deadly weapon the Twilight's shield shattered; however, Twilight was ready and as the shield spell failed she blasted Fluttershy against the wall.

Hitting the wall hard, Fluttershy fell to the floor, seemingly unconscious.

Twilight walked up to the unconscious mare. She knew it was probably a bad idea, but Fluttershy was her friend and it wouldn't be right to just leave her there.

Using her magic Twilight threw away the chainsaw before she pushed Fluttershy over onto her side with a hoof.

Suddenly Fluttershy's eyes popped open and she lunged at Twilight, knocking her to the ground. With her hooves around Twilght's throat, Fluttershy began to strangle her friend.

"Flut...ter...shy..." Twilight tried to speak as her friend crushed her windpipe.

When Twilight's body had stopped twitching, Fluttershy retrieved her chainsaw and grimaced before going outside to the three fillies running back into the house.

"COME BACK HERE!!!" Fluttershy called as she ran into the house.

Fluttershy chased the three fillies with haste. They had been the first ones who had intruded into her shed, and now there was nothing stopping her from punishing them.

As Fluttershy turned a corner, a sound caught her attention. It was a loud, familiar buzzing noise.

She was then caught by surprise as something large rammed into her. Pain shot through her as a series of metal fangs tore at her flesh.

As the Cutie Mark Crusaders ran they all thought they heard the sound of another saw nearby. They heard Fluttershy scream, and the sound of the second saw became louder while the sound of Fluttershy's chainsaw died away.

The three fillies didn't look back, not wanting to met what had ended the life of their pursuer.

Watching the Perimeter

"Should we be worried about fillies reaching the perimeter?" The Smiling Stallion asked.

"As long as the Breach Protocol works, we should be fine," Sky Blazer replied. "Once those three fillies reach the boundary line, the protocol will activate and they will all suffer a spontaneous heart attack, and the round shall end."

"Very good." The Smiling Stallion spoke, "Now that just leaves the dragon and I am certain that once our little helper is done with the pegasus he will resolve that issue."

Tears don't last forever

Spike continued to lie on the ground next to the body of his dear friend Rarity. He had loved her from the moment he laid eyes on her, and now she was gone forever.

As he lay there something with heavy hooves walked into the hallway. Spike looked up to see if Twilight had returned. However spike couldn't fully see what it was that stood before him as it features were covered in shadow, due to the light of the moon being directly behind it. The only thing he could make out was the circular saw blade that emerged from it's head. The blood stained saw glistened in the moonlight that came in through the window.

While Spike didn't know exactly what it was, he knew that its intentions were to end his life, and Spike really didn't care. He had nothing to live for now, so to him it was fine if this creature killed him.

The little dragon relented as the song of the saw blade returned to his ears. Spike didn't even flinch as large, metal teeth cut through scales and flesh, spilling his life onto the floor.

Author's Note

When I was writing this chapter I was wanting to make a few references to Shed.mov as well as Murdershy as they were some of the things that drew me into the fandom.