Bloodlust

Chapter 2. The Hidden Layer

The six ponies had finally made it to Sugarcube Corner. Pinkie opened the door and they all filtered in.
"Come with me guys!" Pinkie said excitedly.
A few murmurs were heard as Pinkie opened up a door under the wooden floor. It looked like a long fall if you tripped. They all followed Pinkie down into the basement. Everypony was down except Applejack. She didn't think the ladder was strong enough but then again all the ponies made it down safely. She decided to climb down the ladder but she should of stuck with her gut instinct and stayed upstairs because the ladder collapsed bringing Applejack with it. It seemed like she was falling for ages, fear making her body shake as she fell to her doom. Finally a large thud was heard as Applejack hit the floor. Pinkie walked over to the body. It seemed the impact had killed her.
"Shame," Sighed Pinkie "I was hoping I would get to have some fun with her."
The other four gave each other nervous looks as Pinkie walked over to a red stained oven and removed a tray from within. The tray held six cupcakes, each one a different colour. She handed a yellow one with pink butterflies on it to Fluttershy who took it nervously. Rainbow Dash got a cyan blue cupcake with a multicoloured lightning bolt coming from a cloud on top. Twilight had a lavender one with magenta sparkles on the top of the icing swirl. For Rarity, white icing with three little blue gemstones that looked like diluted sapphires. Applejack's stood alone in the tray while Pinkie took a bite of her own cupcake. Twilight was the first to pass out. Then Rarity, after that it was Rainbow. But Fluttershy pretended to eat hers because of what she saw happen to the others. She was surprisingly, a very good actor as she fell to the floor and pretended to play dead. Then Rainbow Dash eventually woke up. She found that they were chained to slabs of metal. Next to each imprisoned pony was a set of knives. After observing their prison she noticed Pinkie was missing. Suddenly a pony appeared, she was pink like the party pony she thought she knew but this pony had a straight mane and tail. Apart from that she was exactly the same as Pinkie Pie.
"Hiya Rainbow!" The pink pony squealed. She looked thoughtful for a minute then the smile returned to her face. "Its me, Pinkie Pie, but call me Pinkamena."
"What do you want from us?" demanded Rainbow.
"I want to make cupcakes of course!" replied Pinkamena. "You see I ran out of the special ingredient and I need you and the others in order to get some more" She pulled a lever and walls sprang out of the ground dividing the 4 ponies. She then entered Twilight Sparkle's chamber. The lavender mare was starting to wake up however she was still sleepy and unaware of what was happening. She picked up a large saw and walked closer to Twilight. Pinkamena began to saw off Twilight's horn slowly causing Twilight to scream out in agony over and over again. Lavender dust started to cover the floor. Twilight's first instinct was to struggle but it was useless. Her second instinct was to use magic but just as she was about to cast a spell, her horn broke off, blood spilling everywhere, seeping under the door which was used to enter Twilight's chamber and out into the main area. She was losing blood rapidly, excruciating pain ran through her head as Pinkamena laughed wickedly.
"This'll be a nice addition to my necklace!" Said Pinkamena crazed with sadism "Thanks a bunch Twilight!"
"You're... insane... Pinkie P-" She didn't finish her sentance because she had fainted.
"I'll just wait till you wake up then," Said Pinkamena angrily "And my name is Pinkamena not Pinkie, You're such a rude guest."
She moved on to Rarity's chamber. Pinkamena gave off an insane cackle, the kind a witch would make.
"Why are you doing this to us?" asked Rarity dramatically "I thought we were your friends!"
"Its simple really," Pinkamena replied in a bored tone "I use a number system to pick who's next but it broke down so I came to you because you all trust me."
"That's deceitful!" screamed Rarity "I was so generous towards you!"
"I'm not Pinkie anymore," Said Pinkamena still as bored as ever "I couldn't care less what you say, I'm a changed pony."
Rarity decided it was a lost cause and stopped fighting back. She didn't even bother trying to use magic because she knew she would live in a world without her friends. Pinkamena grabbed a knife and walked swiftly over to Rarity again. She cut off Rarity's cutie marks all while the white pony was screaming for her to stop and waved it around her face. As soon as Rarity caught sight of her own blood she started to feel nauseous. Her heart started beating fast, worrying that each breath could be her last.
"No.. More..." Rarity said, hoping that the terrifying monster in front of her would stop, "I.. can't... t-take... it.. anymore..." She could barely speak anymore. A part of Rarity slightly enjoyed the pain and felt some gratitude to the pink mare but the rest hated what she had done and who she had become.
"You ponies are weak," sighed Pinkamena.
By now, Twilight's heart had stopped beating, her last breath was spent and her last drop of blood spilled The lavender mare lay, limp and lifeless still imprisoned in the cellar underneath Sugarcube Corner. Pinkamena grabbed a special knife and dissected Rarity, enjoying every second. When she got to the heart, she stabbed it vigorously killing the now blood stained pony. Rainbow Dash was the next pony. Rainbow was kicking and screaming when Pinkamena walked in.
"You mad mare!" yelled Rainbow furiously "Let me go!"
"Its no use Rainbow," Replied Pinkamena sadly "Its a shame I have to get rid of you, you were the best for helping me pull pranks!"
"I won't stand for this!" Rainbow screamed, now flapping her wings wildly "You hideous beast!"
"You know Rainbow," said Pinkamena "You're the first one to insult my appearance."
"It was aimed at your personality!" spoke a fuming Rainbow Dash "I can't believe I trusted you!"
"Enough!" bellowed Pinkamena, clearly bored of this conversation.
She took some tape off the table.
"I'll tape up your mouth if you keep talking," threatened Pinkamena.
Rainbow Dash laid back. Pinkamena put the tape back on the table, picking up a butcher's knife instead. She started chopping Rainbow's wings repeatedly as she screamed out in terror and pain. Thud thud thud. The dull noise echoed around the room. The wing was coming loose. Rainbow took one look at it and immediately she began to feel weak. Pinkamena hit it one more time and the wing fell to the ground causing blood to seep out the cyan pony's side. She did the same to the other wing grinning each time she swung the knife. Blood was splattered everywhere. Pinkamena cut a sideways H on Rainbow's chest while her screams echoed around the room. She opened up the flaps and began to take out organs. First the liver, then the kidneys, then the lungs and finally with a sloppy sound she removed the heart. The pony was finally deceased. She started to scrape the meat off of the victim's bones. After Pinkamena was finished she went over to Fluttershy's chamber but to her surprise, Fluttershy was nowhere to be seen. She wandered further into the chamber only to be ambushed by Fluttershy! she had broken free from her imprisonment.
"How did you escape?!" asked Pinkamena with a look of horror on her face.
"It's quite simple really," replied Fluttershy in an angry yet still gentle voice, "I reached across to the weaponry table with my wing, took a saw and cut the chains."
"Then why didn't you save the other ponies?" asked Pinkamena, trying to outwit her.
"I got out just as you finished with Rainbow," replied Fluttershy, "I'm surprised you didn't hear the chains fall to the floor." Fluttershy decided to attack, lashing out with her wing. Pinkamena fought back, grabbing a knife for defense. They fought long and hard until Fluttershy overpowered her. She took Pinkamena's knife and stabbed her repeatedly until she gave in and passed away. Fluttershy ran out of her chamber pulling the lever to lower the wall saying goodbye to each of her friends and saying a few words. She gave a last glance to each of the massacred ponies: Rainbow, with her missing wings and insides showing; Rarity, a pile of cubes in a bucket; Twilight who had passed away from blood loss after having her horn sawed off and lastly Applejack, the mangled corpse by the stairs of an orange pony that didn't have to suffer Pinkamena's torture. She glared at the body of the now curly haired pink pony who lay dead and bloodstained.
"I miss who you used to be Pinkie" Fluttershy whispered, a tear rolling down her face.
She flew up the whole which lead to Sugarcube Corner, exited the shop and quickly made it home to her house by the side of the ever free forest.