Colgate's Practice 3: Nipping the Problem in the Bud

The morning of the sixth had arrived and everything in Ponyville was calm. Over at Sweet Apple Acres Applejack and Apple Bloom were getting ready to head off to the Dodge Junction Fruit Festival, which would feature fruity treats made by the best bakers all over Equestria. Applejack and Apple Bloom were going to take some of their best pies, fritters, candy apples and of course, Applejack's famous apple brown betties. Just as they were getting ready to go they realized one thing, they had three carts of stuff but only two ponies to pull them as Big Mac was very sick.

Applejack saw the three carts and sighed, "Apple Bloom, how could we have forgot that we would need three carts to hold all these treats?"

Apple Bloom asked, "Why can't we have Big Mac pull one? He is awfully strong."

Applejack replied, "Apple Bloom, with as sick as he is right now, y'all should know he is in no shape to make that journey." She rolled her eyes and then realized that maybe Fluttershy would be able to help. She continued, "Apple Bloom, you stay here while Ah go see if Fluttershy could help."

Apple Bloom had a feeling that Fluttershy wouldn't help them since she helped Zecora and Discord gather herbs on Thursdays. She said, "But Applejack........"

It did no good as Applejack galloped towards Fluttershy's cottage as fast as she could. She got over to Fluttershy's right as she was walking out the door. Applejack was breathing hard as she approached her friend, which concerned Fluttershy. She asked, "Applejack, are you ok? I've never seen you breathe this hard before."

Applejack replied, "Ah'm doing ok. Ah just needed to ask you of a favor."

Fluttershy asked, "What is that?"

Applejack replied, "Well Apple Bloom and I have agreed to provide some of our famous treats for the Dodge Junction Fruit Festival. Thing is, we made so much stuff that we have three carts full of stuff but only two ponies to pull them. Ah was wondering if you could pull one of those for me?"

Fluttershy asked, "What about Big Mac, can't he pull one?"

Applejack replied, "Well he is staying home because he is sick." She gave Fluttershy puppy dog eyes that she just couldn't say no to. She continued, "Please Fluttershy, it would mean a lot to me."

Fluttershy had planned on spending a peaceful day with Zecora and Discord but knew her friend needed her. She sighed, "Ok Applejack, I'll help you."

Applejack replied, "That's wonderful Fluttershy! Let's get going!"

While the two headed back over towards Sweet Apple Acres they had no clue that they were being watched. Colgate remembered about how Applejack mentioned her catering an event on the seventh. She also knew that rather than going by train, that they deliver their goods using carts that they pulled themselves. While they were sneaking from bush to bush, Amethyst asked, "Honey, do you know what route they are taking?"

Colgate whispered "Shhh.....we can't have them hearing us and yes I know which way they are going. It will make acquiring them much easier."

Applejack thought she heard something. She asked, "Fluttershy, did y'all hear that?"

Fluttershy asked, "Hear what?"

Applejack assumed that she must have been hearing things. She said, "Oh nothing. Ah thought Ah heard something."

Once they got over to Sweet Apple Acres, despite not feeling well Big Mac got them all fastened into their harnesses. Applejack said, "Now y'all get better Big Mac. We should be gone for just a couple of days."

With a raspy voice Big Mac replied, "Eeyep!"

They then headed off south on a path that would lead them directly through the badlands as it was the shortest route to Dodge Junction. Fluttershy seemed a bit nervous and said, "Applejack, I don't know why but I just have a really bad feeling about us going this way, a really bad feeling!"

In a calming voice Applejack replied, "Don't y'all worry Fluttershy. Ah've taken this route plenty of times and nothing has ever happened."

Colgate, Amethyst and Pearly followed them to just where they kept the three in their sights. As they continued their journey, Colgate's smile got bigger and bigger as she knew that their path would take them very close to the bunker she had used to kill Twilight in. With it being late spring temperatures out in the desert had become hot and this was taking quite a toll on both the ponies pulling the carts and their stalkers but they all persevered. Finally late afternoon had arrived and the Apples and Fluttershy were pulling their carts right in front of the entrance to the old bunker when they decided to stop and rest.

Apple Bloom who was exhausted asked, "Applejack, how much further is it to Dodge Junction?"

Applejack replied, "Well it will be another two or three hours, that is why Ah'm having us rest here." She looked off to her left and saw an area where there was some shade. She continued, "Come on everypony, let's get over in the shade and rest for a bit."

The three loosened themselves from the harnesses and got in the shade. Colgate and her company saw this and knew this was their chance. Before charging off to abduct them Amethyst asked, "Colgate, it is an awful long way back to Ponyville. How are we going to get them back home?"

She was looking in her saddlebag making sure that she had enough sedatives to knock the three out. She replied, "Amethyst, they are right by the entrance to the bunker we used a few years back. We will just take them in there and wipe them out."

Amethyst asked, "Do you have the spell with you?"

Colgate pointed to her head and replied, "I still remember it sweetie. Some things you simply don't forget!"

Pearly and Amethyst nodded acknowledging Colgate's knowledge of the spell. Colgate pointed her wing towards the three and whispered, "Let's go get them!"

The three stormed towards the Apples and caught them off guard. Before they knew it they were surrounded by Colgate and her company and were being stomped on. Finally Applejack, Apple Bloom and Fluttershy were stunned. Colgate yelled, "Let's sedate them so we can get them inside!"

Immediately the three captors injected their victims with powerful sedatives. They levitated them over to the entrance to the bunker. Colgate placed her horn in the hole and recited,

"The bunker is locked, from thy enemies it is blocked,
Crimes of the enemy must be paid for, to do this thou must unlock the door,
In we take the enemy, of which there are many
Inside we kill the bright ones, and the days of light shall be done."

The door slid open and the three levitated their prisoners inside. Colgate fired out a powerful bolt of energy lighting every torch in the complex. As they headed in Colgate said, "Now follow us Pearly. Amethyst and I don't want to see you either getting trapped in a secret chamber or cut in half."

Amethyst asked, "So where are we taking them?"

Colgate replied, "We gave them enough sedatives we can take them to the center of the complex without them waking. Now let's get going!"

The journey to the center took them roughly an hour as they had to be careful. It is one thing to simply walk to the center avoiding activating the traps but doing so while levitating ponies is much tougher. Once they got there and Colgate opened the door, everything came rushing back to Colgate and Amethyst. They saw the device they used to torture Twilight, they saw other devices in the room but what really brought back memories was the long rotted corpse of Sea Swirl. After they got their captives secured in the proper devices they walked over to the bony corpse.

Colgate kicked it and asked, "What's that Sea Swirl? Did you miss us?" She began to laugh sadistically and continued, "Well little girl, we haven't missed you!"

While Amethyst was happy when Colgate killed Sea Swirl, she found it rather disturbing that Colgate would disrespect the dead in such a manner. She asked, "Colgate, do you have no respect for the dead?"

Colgate laughed, "Oh come on now Amethyst, you were happy when I murdered that wretch so what's so bad about kicking a skeleton?"

Amethyst rolled her eyes in disgust. While she was happy back when Colgate killed Sea Swirl, she did still remember the good times she had with her dating back to their time at the academy and seeing Colgate kick her remains, for Amethyst, it felt almost like she had been kicked in the gut herself.

A few hours later Applejack was coming to. She was groggy and the first things she noticed were the cool temperature in the room and the dim green lighting. Once she became more aware of her surroundings she discovered they were trapped. Applejack shouted, "What the hay?"

Applejack awoke to discover that she was in something that resembled a dentist's chair with numerous metallic instruments attached to it. She also discovered that her hind legs were locked in place with hoof cuffs and her front legs were also immobilized and held in place with hoof cuffs but these were attached to chains hanging down from the ceiling. She looks around and saw Fluttershy chained to a gurney on her stomach and sees Apple Bloom held in place with hoof cuffs against the wall. Applejack shouted, "Hello, is anypony there?"

General Pearly Whites walked out from the shadows and said, "Yes, there is somepony here."

Applejack shouted, "If y'all did this Ah'm going to the cops once Ah get out of here!"

Another voice echoed from the shadows, "Well then, we'll just have to make sure you don't get out."

Applejack recognized the second voice, it was somepony who she liked quite a bit and trusted completely. She asked, "Amethyst, is that you? Are y'all ok?"

A third voice echoed from the shadows, "Yes Applejack, Amethyst is fine."

Applejack knew this voice even better. She shouted, "Colgate, how did we all get in here? Did this stallion do something to us?"

Colgate and Amethyst walked out into the dim light. Colgate replied, "Well, sorta, but it was mostly Amethyst and myself."

Applejack's eyes grew as wide as they possibly could. She shouted, "WHAT? Y'ALL ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS?"

Colgate walked over and smacked Applejack. She shouted, "Well no shit Sherlock, you really think one pony could levitate all three of you in here?"

Applejack began to tear up. She cried, "Why Colgate? Why are y'all doing this to us? We have perfect teeth!"

Colgate smacked her harder and yelled, "That you do but it is what you do to make other ponies not take care of their teeth. I know how much sugar is in your treats."

Applejack shouted, "What does that......."

Colgate interrupted, "It has everything to do with it. You and your little sister are a cancerous tumor to the world of proper oral hygiene that must be removed. You have done nothing but make MY job much harder. You have made the life of EVERY DENTIST in Equestria harder. We don't feel like having to fill cavities in 90% of the nation's population."

Applejack looked around and saw that her sister and Fluttershy still had yet to wake up. She asked, "What'd you do to mah friends? Why aren't they awake? You killed them, didn't you?"

Colgate smacked Applejack so hard it knocked one of her teeth out. She shouted, "No, I did not kill them. They are just more sensitive to my sedatives than you are."

Just as she said this Apple Bloom and Fluttershy began to come to. Colgate laughed, "Finally, you two rats are coming to. I thought you'd never wake up."

Fluttershy was terrified by the situation they were in. She was not quite awake enough to know who was in there with her other than the Apples. She asked, "Applejack, where are we?"

Colgate laughed, "Oh my dear sweet Fluttershy, you are in what shall become your final resting place."

Fluttershy shrieked, "WHAT?"

She began to try to struggle out of the chains and was flapping her wings with great force hoping she could break free. Colgate raced over to Fluttershy and smacked her. She shouted, "Oh so this is how it's going to be huh? You're going to be one of those kinds of rats? Well we'll have to fix this." She looked over at her company and shouted, "Amethyst, Pearly, get me my hammer and nails, she needs to be restrained better."

They did as told and held her down as Colgate began to nail her to the large gurney she had been chained to. Fluttershy continued to struggle, scream, plead and beg but to no avail. Within twenty minutes Colgate had her nailed down. She stared into Fluttershy's eyes and laughed, "Well now, that ought to keep you from going anywhere!"

Colgate was looking around and said, "Hmmm.....now where shall we start?" She headed over to Applejack and said, "I think we shall start with you!"

Applejack started to yell, "Oh no you won't! Just wait, when Ah get outta here, Ah'll go to the authorities!"

Colgate laughed, "My my Applejack, did Discord get to you again? You normally don't lie."

While Applejack continued to scream and yell Colgate decided that she needed to be silenced. She held Applejack's mouth open with her magic to make what her plans were easier. She pulled a butcher knife out of her saddlebag and lowered it into her mouth. She cut her tongue in half and pulled the severed part out triumphantly. She laughed, "Well this should keep you from telling any more lies."

Applejack screamed, "Clgate, y'll nver gt ayay ith is."

Colgate laughed, bit part of her tongue off and ate it. She gagged a bit and said, "Damn Applejack, your tongue tastes horrible. I sure hope the rest of you doesn't taste this bad."

Apple Bloom saw this and started crying. She cried, "Colgate, why are y'all doing this? Mah sister never did nothing to you!"

Colgate smacked Apple Bloom and yelled, "Well you silly little filly, had you woke up earlier, you would have heard what she has done, the same thing you have done. You would have heard about what you two have done to cause so many dentists in this nation grief."

Fluttershy interrupted, "But I don't make any sweets, why are you doing this to me?"

Colgate replied, "Because you were aiding in the delivery of these treats. That makes you just as much to blame as them!"

Amethyst asked, "I'm really hungry Colgate. Do you think we could hurry up with this and go home?"

Colgate glared at her wife and replied, "We have food here." She pointed her wing at Fluttershy and said, "Pegasus wings sound good, let's have some!"

Applejack tried screaming for them to stop but with the state that what was left of her tongue was in, what she said was not understandable. Fluttershy knew what was going to happen. She was struggling, trying to kick herself loose and was screaming. Despite flapping her wings, Colgate and Amethyst pounced on her and began biting at the base of her wings. At first it was tough for them because her wings were hitting them in the face but as time went on, her wings got weaker and weaker. Finally they had ripped her skin off and devoured all the meat covering the bases. At this time Fluttershy was no longer able to flap them which made it easy for the two to just rip them out.

Fluttershy's back was covered in as much blood as Colgate and Amethyst's faces were. Colgate had eaten enough meat from Fluttershy's back that she was full for now. She tossed the wing to Pearly and said, "Here you go General, I don't want you to miss out!"

Applejack was screaming but it wasn't making any sense but Apple Bloom started screaming obscenities at the three. Colgate was getting tired of her screaming. She laughed, "You know what Apple Bloom, a pony of your age should not be saying such things. Filthy mouthed babies like you must be punished!"

Apple Bloom screamed, "Ah'm not a baby!"

Amethyst asked, "What are you going to do?"

Colgate pulled a knife out of her saddlebag and laughed, "Oh you'll see. I think you will find it quite funny."

Colgate approached Apple Bloom who was still screaming and trying to kick herself free but it was all for naught. When Colgate got over to her she smacked her and yelled, "Would you shut the buck up?"

Apple Bloom would not listen which only angered Colgate further. She just decided to let her scream and yell as she got to work. She began to laugh sadistically as she inserted the knife on the sides of her flanks and began to cut her cutie marks, which were of zap apples, off of her. Apple Bloom stopped screaming in rage and began to cry in agony. She cried, "No, please no! Ah'll be good. Ah don't want to be a blank flank again!"

Colgate laughed, "So your special talent was making zap apple jam huh? Well it is too bad you won't make any more. Oh well, the honey you put in it made it bad for your teeth."

Twenty minutes later she had both cutie marks cut off. Amethyst came over to where Colgate was holding Apple Bloom's cutie marks. The two looked at their flanks and then looked at Apple Bloom. Colgate asked, "Hey Amethyst, you know what this makes her don't you?"

The two started pointing at Apple Bloom and began shouting "BLANK FLANK, BLANK FLANK!" Amethyst began to laugh sadistically and said, "Well I guess you'll have to start crusading again won't you?"

Colgate added, "She could but she won't have time to do it!"

Colgate decided that Apple Bloom needed to be punished more and watching her cutie marks disappear for good would be the best way to do it so she took one and stuffed it in Applejack's mouth and took the other to Fluttershy. Colgate held it up to Fluttershy and ordered, "Eat it or die."

Fluttershy cried, "What does it matter, you're going to kill me anyway!"

Colgate calmed her voice down to where it was almost motherly like in nature. She replied, "Fluttershy, I have decided I will let you go since you didn't actually make the desserts. Just eat it and we will let you live."

Fluttershy was unsure as to whether she could believe her captor or not but ate it. Colgate patted her on the back and said, "Good girl."

Applejack was not so cooperative when it came to eating her sister's cutie mark. Amethyst was holding it down in her mouth as Applejack was trying to scream but could only make muffled noises. Eventually Amethyst pulled out a knife and held it to Applejack's throat. She ordered, "Eat it and we might just let you live!"

Reluctantly Applejack chewed the hide to where it was a mush and was able to swallow it. Amethyst smacked her and laughed, "Now that's more like it!"

Apple Bloom was devastated enough having her cutie marks cut off but it was even more devastating to see them disappear entirely. She was crying even more loudly now and yelled, "Fine, you win. Just kill me, please just kill me. Ah don't want to live anymore."

Colgate laughed, "Just a minute kid, you need to see this."

This was one of those moments where Colgate wished she had her drill with her but knew she would have to make due with what she had. She grabbed her hammer and a nail and began to pound a nail into one of Applejack's teeth up into her gums. Once she got the nail pounded all the way through she ripped it out. She looked into her mouth, shook her head and said, "I am very disappointed in you Applejack. All your life you have come to me without any cavities and now all of a sudden you show up with one of the worst cavities I have ever seen." She smacked Applejack and yelled, "AND NOW YOU MUST PAY THE PENALTY!"

Colgate was starting to want to end this. She ordered, "Amethyst dear, you see that ax over there? Bring it to me."

Amethyst replied, "Yes sweetie."

She took the ax to Colgate and she was getting ready to lower it. Apple Bloom yelled, "What are y'all going to do to mah sister?"

Colgate yelled, "Just a minute kid. Don't bother me right now."

She slammed the ax into the middle of Applejack's head, cutting the upper half of it off. Out with it came her brain. Colgate held it up triumphantly and said, "So this is what the brain looks like." She had heard how nasty brains taste so she decided that it would be a good meal for the younger Apple. She grabbed it and asked, "Hey Apple Bloom, would you say your sister was a smart pony?"

Apple Bloom was crying even harder. She cried, "Mah sister was the smartest pony Ah ever knew."

Colgate laughed, "Well then, perhaps you could use some of those smarts you little rat!"

Colgate marched over and rammed the brain into Apple Bloom's mouth. She held a knife to Apple Bloom's throat and ordered, "Eat it or else!"

Apple Bloom spit the brain out and shouted, "Or what? Y'all are gonna kill me anyway!"

Colgate wanted to make this a whole lot more fun. She laughed, "Just a minute Apple Bloom, I have other things that must be done."

She marched over to where Fluttershy was laying levitating her ax. Fluttershy saw her coming and began to cry, "I thought you were going to let me live. Please just let me go."

Colgate began to laugh sadistically, "Now Fluttershy, I will let you go but there is one more thing I must do." She picked up her ax and slammed it down on Fluttershy's hind left leg. This caused her to start screaming and crying in agony. Blood was flooding out of where the leg had been severed. Colgate put her mouth over the wound and began to suck the blood out of it, which only caused Fluttershy more pain. After satisfying her thirst Colgate grabbed the leg and walked back over to Apple Bloom.

Apple Bloom was horrified by what she saw. She asked, "Colgate, how could y'all just do that to Fluttershy? She never did nothing to you."

Colgate laughed, "I had to do this because I needed her leg." She stared down at the leg and continued, "Hey Apple Bloom, what would you think about playing a little game?"

Apple Bloom did not like the sounds of this but figured that perhaps she could win her freedom. She asked, "And what game is that?"

Colgate replied, "It is a game called survivor. I played it with the Princess of Steroids and unfortunately for her she lost. Who knows though, you might win it and win your freedom."

Apple Bloom was mortified when she heard this. She asked, "Wait a minute, are y'all telling me y'all killed Twilight?"

Colgate smacked her and sneered, "Yes little rat, we killed Twilight." She began to laugh and continued, "Ok, where shall we start? First question, where are we?"

Unlike Twilight, Apple Bloom had not been sedated until right before she was taken inside. She replied, "We are in the badlands between Appaloosa and Dodge Junction."

Colgate smiled and replied, "That is correct. One down, nine to go." She smiled and continued, "Ok, do you know what used to happen down here?"

Apple Bloom replied, "Ponies would be brought down here and tortured to death like what y'all are doing to us?"

Colgate smiled and said, "Wow, you're smart Apple Bloom. 2 down, 8 to go. What a shame Twily wasn't as smart as you!"

Apple Bloom asked, "What do y'all mean too bad Twily wasn't as smart as me?"

Colgate replied, "By this point Twilight was already howling in excruciating pain." She sighed and continued, "Well so far you are no fun so now I will ask you something a bit more difficult. How did I learn of this place's existence?"

Apple Bloom had no clue so she decided she would just take a wild guess. She replied, "Uh, did y'all go exploring as a filly and discovered this place?"

Colgate began to savagely club her with Fluttershy's leg. She screamed, "You idiot! That was the same pathetic response the steroid queen gave me!"

Apple Bloom began to cry, "But how was Ah supposed to know? Y'all are probably the only pony that knows."

Colgate smacked her and continued, "Next question little rat. When did I discover of this place's existence?"

Apple Bloom thought for a minute but quickly saw a glare in Colgate's eyes and replied, "Uh, ten years ago?"

Colgate shouted, "Wrong, incorrect little ratl!" She decided that simply clubbing the mare was not enough. She took her knife and began to dissect Apple Bloom the way you would a frog causing her to scream and cry in agony. She pulled the skin back and saw the meat covered ribcage. She began to wonder, "Hmmm.....I wonder what it looks like underneath."

Despite her desire to just start eating the meat and expose the organs underneath, she knew that she had to continue the game with her captive. She asked, "Alright little rat, this place isn't the only one like it to exist in Equestria. How many of these places exist?"

Apple Bloom had a look of pure fear in her eyes as she had no clue about this. She replied, "Uh, six?"

This was also the same answer that Twilight gave. Colgate went into a blind fury and began to repeatedly stab Apple Bloom over and over again, even after she had passed. Finally Amethyst grabbed her and shouted, "Stop it! She's dead."

Colgate finally got back to reality and was breathing heavily. She stomped her front hooves into the ground and screamed, "Damn it! I wanted to see her organs at work."

While Amethyst loved Colgate, she began to wonder if perhaps Colgate had always been like this but it wasn't until just now that she showed it. While she knew that Apple Bloom was a full grown mare, she still couldn't help but remember the adorable filly who would go crusading with her friends trying to earn her cutie mark. She screamed, "Colgate, how could you do this? How could you just kill her so brutally?"

Colgate was not the type of pony who believed in spousal abuse but angry yelling she had no problem with. She got in her face and shouted, "Listen Amethyst, she died a quick death. She probably only knew her death was coming for a second, so get over it!"

The three then headed over to Fluttershy, who had been weakened by her remaining legs being nailed to the gurney and because of blood loss from losing her wings. Colgate ripped the nails out of her legs and threw her to the ground. Fluttershy was barely even able to walk on her remaining three legs and she asked, "Colgate, you're really letting me go?"

Colgate replied, "Yep I am. You can even go visit one of your friends!"

Colgate pointed at a special stone on the floor and ordered, "Pearly, go step on this stone. Our sweet pegasus needs to go see her friend."

He walked over and stepped on the stone, revealing the pool of sulfuric acid that they had lowered Twilight into three years ago. The stench of the acid was much worse than it was in past. Colgate started trying to push Fluttershy towards the pool but she was resisting much more than expected. Colgate sneered, "So Fluttershy, I guess Twilight wasn't that good of a friend to you after all."

Fluttershy began to cry, "You monsters! You drowned her in there didn't you?"

Colgate smacked her and continued, "Wow, you're a smart one Fluttershy! Of course we did. What do you think caused her to disappear? You think she just vanished out of existence?"

Fluttershy was screaming and begging for them to stop while she continued to struggle so Colgate decided that throwing her into the acid alive was not going to be an option. She knew of how tender hearted Fluttershy had always been and then an idea crossed her mind. She looked up and asked, "Hey, have you two ever wondered how tender her heart really is?"

Amethyst also knew of Fluttershy's true nature and asked, "How are you going to figure that out given the situation she is in?"

Colgate laughed, "Oh I think you'll find this hilarious dear."

Fluttershy saw a sadistic look in Colgate's eyes and knew exactly what was about to happen so all she could do was hope that her passing would be immediate. That however was not what Colgate had in store for her. She pounced on the yellow pegasus and began to rip into her chest, ripping the skin off and devouring the meat underneath. Soon she had reached the ribcage and knew that for her to get to what she wanted, it needed to be broken. Fluttershy was screaming so loudly that Amethyst and Pearly had their hooves over their ears. Once Colgate had the front of the ribcage ripped off she saw the interior of her captive working.

She smiled and said, "Now this is truly a great piece of art. I never imagined I would get to see the organs of a pony at work."

Fluttershy wanted to kick Colgate off of her but barely had enough energy to speak. She asked, "Y-you monster. How could you?"

Colgate laughed, "Had you just willingly went to visit the steroid queen I wouldn't have had to do this but you left me no choice." Colgate licked her chops and continued, "Now it is time to see how truly tender your heart is!"

Before Fluttershy could even do anything Colgate lowered her head into her and grabbed her heart with her teeth. She began to laugh sadistically as she bit down and ripped it out of her body, causing one final scream from Fluttershy. Blood was gushing everywhere as Colgate began to devour the heart. Once she was done she licked the blood off of her face and said, "Wow, she really was tender hearted!"

Pearly looked down at the remains and asked, "So are we going to let the rest of the body go to waste or can we eat some too?"

Colgate pointed her wing down at the body and replied, "Help yourself, there is plenty left." She began to cackle manically and continued, "But avoid the stomach. Pinkamena made the mistake of eating Rarity's and it killed her."

Amethyst was stunned when she heard this. She asked "What? Pinkamena ate Rarity's stomach?"

Colgate quickly realized her mistake. She had been wanting to keep her past just that, the past. She replied, "Oh, that just happened in a dream but I would advise avoiding it."

This brought out a lot of suspicions about her wife's past but decided to believe her that it was just a dream. The other two decided to eat the deceased pegasus's lungs to satisfy their appetites. Once everypony had satisfied their appetites Colgate kicked Fluttershy's remains into the acid, into which she quickly sank. She laughed, "Well now Fluttershy, you and your friend can hang out again."

Colgate was getting ready to step on the stone to close the floor over the acid when she suddenly realized something, she realized that she forgot to kick Sea Swirl's remains into the pool. She walked over to the remains and laughed, "What's that dear? You want to go join your beloved princess of steroids too?"

She continued to laugh and said, "Well alright, it's whatever you want to do!" She started kicking the skeleton over towards the acid pool. Once she kicked it in her laughter only intensified. She continued, "Well now, Sea Swirl and the Princess of Steroids can be together for all eternity!"

Amethyst screamed, "Colgate, you are truly sadistic! Killing Sea Swirl was one thing but carrying on a conversation with a skeleton and kicking it is something else! This is not the Colgate I know and love!"

Colgate glared at her and replied, "Give it a rest. Let's get going, it is a long hike home."

Pearly asked, "Colgate, do you think we could hike to a nearby town, such as Appaloosa and take the train home from there. I'm worried about what the hike back in the heat could do to us."

Colgate smiled and replied, "Good suggestion General. There is a lake and orchard just a few miles away from here on that route, we can quench our thirst and eat some tasty apples. Let's get going everypony!"

Getting to the exit was much quicker than getting to the entrance was as they did not have to levitate any ponies. Once they reached the exit Colgate cast the spell to exit the bunker,

"The enemies have paid the price, for in their torture they squealed like mice,
Now the hunt goes on, for more must disappear and be gone,
The princes of light are dying, which is most satisfying
Soon darkness will forever shroud the land and attacking us will not be in the outsiders' plan."

Once they exited the bunker they saw the apple carts that the Apples had abandoned. Pearly asked, "Uh Colgate, shouldn't we do something with those? I don't think having them right here by the bunker would be a good idea."

Despite nopony other than Luna even knowing of its existence Colgate figured it would be best to destroy the carts. She replied, "Good point General. Alright, let's take care of them."

The three fired powerful bolts of energy at the carts and incinerated them. Within fifteen minutes they reached the oasis and were guzzling water. Colgate said, "The blood from Fluttershy was tasty but nothing beats cool, crisp water!"

Pearly asked, "Uh Colgate, how are we going to wash this blood off of ourselves. We can't go in public like this! We'll get arrested."

Colgate replied, "Let's take a bath in this lake. It will remove all the blood from our manes and coats."

After what seemed to be an eternity of drinking water and washing the blood off of themselves, the three continued their hike to Appaloosa where they caught the train home. They remained silent on the journey home as they knew that they could not discuss anything that they did. While Colgate and Pearly had smiles, Amethyst had a somber look on her face. While she did enjoy killing their victims she just couldn't shake how Colgate treated the remains of the long deceased Sea Swirl.