Star woke up feeling groggy, vision blurred with a certain pony he didn't recognise at first standing only a breath away. His vision settled as he regained consciousness and he soon realised he was no longer in the hospital, but in a forest with none other than Raspberry Ripple and Blood Lust standing in front of him.

"W-what are we doing out here?" Star shivered under the cool breeze.

"Aww look at him shiver I thought he was frozen." Raspberry smirked and Blood took out a knife and slowly walked towards Star, eyes set on him

"Let's just gut him now." Star stood up and walked backwards then dashed as fast as he could down the trail. The two ponies quickly following him, demonic looks in their eyes he kept running hearing Blood lust shouting. "Star come back we just want your corpse ha ha ha! I won't turn you into my snack!"

Star kept running until he hit a wall. "Don't worry it won't be long till you die just a few hours." Raspberry laughed as she pulled out a taser, readying herself, she lunged at star stunning him. Stars limp body fell backwards through the wall and down a hole for what felt like an eternity until he felt a sharp pain in his leg.

Star tried not to look up but he did anyways to find himself upside down with a spike through his back leg, blood oozing out of both sides. Star kicked his other leg trying to push the spike back through but it just hurt more. He noticed some one in the corner a little filly, the filly stepped forward to reveal herself, Star was shocked at the hideous abomination that it was. The jaw was severed, it had a broken horn and yet it still conjured magic, the wings were no more than bone and in its wake it left a trail of blood and ash.

Star looked up desperate to get the spike off. He tried harder and harder until he dropped to the floor with a loud thud blood spurting out as he tried to run. Star tried to fly away but noticed his wings had disappeared. Star grudges it of and ran quicker until he spotted a door at the end of the hall. Star looked back, the beast, hot on his tail screamed in an ungodly tone. Star just kept running.

Upon reaching the door he burst through it shutting it in the abominations face. Star gave a sigh of relief but stopped dead in his tracks. He was back. Back where he would rather forget.

The basement of none other than Blood Lusts house he came down here before, during their more questionable days that he should have turned down. The door to upstairs opened and two stallions came down, he recognised one but the other was covered in surgeons clothing. The Red stallion spoke. "Okay my little pet, your time has come to join the rest in hell, don't you agree Frozen?"

Star remembered he looked down at himself to realise he was orange with a green and pink mane, he was their victim. The other version of him spoke with a devilish tone.

"Strap him up I want her horn for my collection or I chop her into little pieces." Frozens' laughter sent chills down Stars spine, as he shuddered he spoke up. "Don't do this..." A tear came to Stars eye and frozen noticed this and laughed, grabbing Star by the mane dragging him to a metal bowl on the floor and an assortment of tools laid out on what he recognised as a bone table.

Blood grabbed a piece of rope and tied it to Stars hoof. Star tried to run but felt an almighty pain to the side of his head as Blood struck down with his hoof, battering Star in the head. Star sat dazed on the floor until he felt the whole room turn upside down. "You have been a pain in the neck to our employers so you need to be silenced in the most fitting way I dream of."

Star remembered what he did to the poor mare and screamed but it was no use, the laughter of Frozen and Blood drowned out his voice. Frozen grabbed a knife from the table and walked over to the hanging pony. He raised the knife brandishing the blade to the hanging pony, the pony tried to scream but no words, not even a breath, came out. Frozen started to cut the ponies chest, blood oozing out staining the Orange fur. Star screamed at the agony he felt, Blood laughing then himself starting to join in.

Star remembered fully of what he did. They skinned and dissected the pony alive under their employers orders, Star regretted ever making that decision. Tears dwelt up in Stars eyes and started to fall down his face. Blood stopped a quarter of the way then put the knife down and relaxed as Frozen spoke. Aww tears that's so s-" Frozen stopped and started to sob. Something clicked in Frozen Star that day. "Mother of Celestia what have I done..." Blood stood up in anger and walked over to frost, placing his hoof on his shoulder.

"We got paid now continue." Star shook his head and walked back.

"I can't I just can't my father would be so ashamed..." Frozen sat at the corner of the room, tears cascading down. Blood sat down beside him and wrapped his wing around him.

"Then leave it to me I should never have let you see this."

"I-I'm sorry." Frozen stood up and walked up to the top of the stairs, before looking at the atrocity Blood Lust committed.

"Now where was I ah yes the skinning."

Star screamed and tried to break free as blood delved the knife into his fur slowly pulling down, tearing skin from muscle blood splitting out into the bowl beneath.

"Oh such a messy mare I am I can clean it up." Blood grabbed a bottle from the table and opened it. Blood took a whiff before throwing a cold liquid into the orange mares atrocious patches of blood and muscle. Blood laughed as the Orange mate cried out tears raining down mixing with the warm Blood. "Oh ponies are so delicious maybe I will eat you instead but alas I have job." Blood struck down with the knife cutting more of the skin off then, stabbing the knife into her hind leg cutting around her left cutie mark tearing as the muscle and tissue snapped apart. Blood smiled and licked the knife.

"Oh such tasty blood he ha ha he I must have more." The Orange mare hanged in silence sobbing as Blood drove the knife right into her stomach, twisting the blade around, mashing her insides into nothing blood running out of her like water, raining down into the bowl and floor now stained dark red. "Oh well would you look at the time the time is over so I guess I will leave enjoy your stay but not for too long." Blood hopped away throwing the knife away to the side, laughing in his meniacle state. "Oh Star time to get up." Star

Frozen heard Blood shout but not from down stairs, not in the room, but in his head. The room started to crack as the basement fell apart beams of light shone through blinding Frozen until he jerked then, nothing. Not a word until he felt a shaking slow to start but became more ferocious.

Star. Star. Star. The voice repeated then he woke up. "Star! Star calm down its just a dream, it's only a dream." Star looked around finding himself sat in the hospital room. Same bed same curtains same Blood Lust. Star looked down, same broken wings. Stars heart was racing but he slowly calmed himself and looked over at Blood and gave a small smile but Blood was not buying it. "Dude what happened you where crying and sobbing then your monitor went a tad crazy I told the medic I had it so he left. Which was stupid since I'm a scout not a medic. So mind explaining?" Blood looked at him sternly waiting for a response.

"No?" Star asked questionably, Blood shook his head.

"Explain."

"No."

"Yes or I will beat it outta you." Star gave out a slight sigh.

"Fine I went to sleep and woke up with you and Raspberry in front of me going crazy, I ran you, chased me, I fell in a hole, ran from that abomination, then I get hung up as an orange mare remember that?"

Blood looked around him nervously darting between the door and Star. "Of course we um never mind."

Yes well I just woke up from being skinned alive then you wake me and man I'm glad...."

"Well that's incredibly bizarre but dude that's not a nightmare."

Star looked at Blood puzzled. "Oh and what is?" Blood chuckled and sat back. "Another time Star, Another time." Star leaned back and turned on his side.

Star wiped his eyes as he began to silently cry. He heard a sniff from Blood and turned over to see the red stallion crying as well. Star leaned across and put his hoof on his. "As long as we have each other we will be fine." Blood looked up and smiled as they both went back into the darkness of their dreams. Dreams they hoped would not come back.

Author's Note

Well this is chapter three but did I go a little far with torment and torture? Nah plenty more to come and this was hard to write as this came to me in a... *ahem* my own personal hell of a nightmare