You slide your fingers into your front pocket. There is no way Fluttershy is going to let you go outside. Without a second thought, grab your keys out and bolt it to the door.

”Anon, wait!”

You ignore the sound of the chair screeching against the floor and run outside. Flip through your keys when you could have just used the remote on your key to unlock it. Hold down the button to unlock and enter your car. As you start up the engine, the next track on your CD plays.

You look to your left to see Fluttershy running out of the house, wielding a kitchen knife in the air. As you slam down the gas, you forgot that the handbrake is on and you’re still on park. Fluttershy isn’t so far away as you take off the handbrake and set it on drive. As the car takes off, the window behind you breaks open. You look forward and turn left on the next street. No one else is driving on the streets. The light rain is starting to speed up and fuck up your view. You turn on the windshield wipers and look ahead. It seems safe, so you cross the intersection without stopping.

As you look in the rear view mirror, there is a small pink blur rising in the backseat. You swerve to the right to reveal Fluttershy rolling around back there. Slam down on the pedal to get to the police station faster. Look in the rear view mirror once more to see that she doesn’t have the knife. When she gets up, she moves her arms beside the seat and tugs on your left arm. You try to shake her off, but the car swerves off the road. As you are trying to shake her off, you mistakenly push even further on the gas pedal. For some reason, Fluttershy lets go and shrieks in fear as she hides in the back. When you finally gain control of the car, it is too late. The wall of the abandoned apartment complex approaches more than forty miles per hour. So that’s why she—

As the car slams through the stucco wall, it stops halfway. You’re thrown onto the steering wheel, but pushed back by the air bag. Dazed and confused, you open your door and crawl out of your car. You’re not leaving the way you came in, and the staircase leading to the second floor is blocked off by some pipes and disassembled doors. You hear Fluttershy moaning in the car. Turn around and see her rubbing her head with her eyes closed. When they open up, you can notice that their filled with rage. You stumble to get up and walk down the hallway.

”Anon, Anon! Hold on!” She shouts out while climbing over the car seat.

You continue to ignore her appeal and start to make a light jog. As you make a few steps in, a sharp pain runs through your leg. When you fall down, roll around to see that the back of your leg has been punctured by that kitchen knife Fluttershy was holding. She slowly approaches you with a wicked look in her eye.

”You’re going to love me....” Fluttershy grunts out as she stumbles into the hallway.

“Like Hell I will!” You shout out as you’re pulling the knife out of your calf. As it comes out, you make a flimsy throw at her. She casually moves to the side as it bounces off the floor and slides right beside her boot. “Shit.”

You get up and bounce on one leg, while the other acts as support. When you try to stand on that leg, it would feel as if you’re standing on a javelin shot upwards in that leg. The main lobby is blocked off by a huge tarp and a heavy saw table. You remembered that this place was recently bought and is being renovated.

”Don’t run off, Anon. Come back to me.” Her voice echoes through the hallway.

Push away from the wall and continue hopping down the hallway to see an emergency exit. As you slam into the handle, it doesn’t budge. You repeatedly push it down, but pay attention to hear chains rattling in the opposite side.

“Fuck.” You whisper under your breath.

”Anon…” She chimes out. You take the stairs to your left and climb up. ”Come home Anon, I’ll treat your wounds.”

Walk down the corridor on the second floor, but it ends with a dresser in the center of the hallway. There is an open doorway cleared out of any obstruction. Enter it and notice that there is some plywood scattered across the floor. As you walk over one, Fluttershy jumps on your back. The two of you fall through one of the plywood that was covering up a huge hole in the floor. A table down below breaks your fall, but still stings across your left side. You roll off and shuffle on the debris to get back up. Don’t think about Fluttershy and continue on finding an exit. Open the door to stumble into the hallway. You climb up the stairs once more, but continue on to access the roof.

”Don’t run away. If you come back, we can forget that this ever happened.” Fluttershy calmly speaks out.

You push through the handle, fortunate enough that it wasn’t barricaded by anything. Skip a bit to jump over some supplies lay over the floor. Floor boards, tarps, steel pipes, and other equipment. Unfortunately, none of them are a preferred weapon. No hammers, handsaws, or screwdrivers. Look at the opposite side of the roof to see a ladder. Keep on jumping only to be tackled down. You kick her off and think that you will have to make a stand. The knife isn’t in her hands. Did she leave it?

”I love you!” She sobs.

“I hate you!” You scream with rage.

”Don’t say things that you don’t mean, darling.”

“No! Fuck this; You’re the reason why my life is a misery! I’m done going along with you!”

”But… I did this, for us!”

“You didn’t. This was all a big fuck up since the first day. Why won’t you leave me alone?”

You’re not sure that she is crying since this rain obstructing your vision. What was clear was that cry of anger coming from Fluttershy’s scream.

You raise your fists up and hold your spot. Instead of throwing punches, she takes you down and pins you on the ground. You squirm around to free one of your arms. She reaches back to pull out the knife strapped to her skirt. You get your arm free and stop her by flicking it out of her hands. She watches it go by as it stops by the side of the roof. As you are looking away, she slams your head to the ground with her elbow. Fluttershy gets up and leaves you stunned by her strike.

”I understand that you’re refusing my offer, but that’s okay.” She narrates while sluggishly moving closer to the knife.

You roll to the side and force yourself up. You're still not going down without a fight...

”In the end, we will be untouchable.” She crouches down and picks up the knife. You stumble as you are walking to get closer to her.

”Because where we’re going, we will finally be together.” She concludes her speech by standing up and looking at her reflection on the knife.

“Fat chance psycho.”

When she spots you on the knife, she turns around. You jump her and seize the knife away from her hands. She anticipates your move and sends a punch to your face.

A blinding light surrounds you. It dims down, but you’re not where you were. As you look around, everything changed. It’s a sunny day and you are in front of your house, looking at a grey sedan with a little girl in the front seat. She has a familiar pink color for her hair, but the eyes match your own.

”We could have had this, Anon.” Fluttershy moves in from beside you. She cups your cheeks and brings you in to what it seems like a kiss.

You receive a headbutt and stumble back. After rubbing your sore forehead, you look around to see that you are back on the rooftop.

”You refused and would try to get away from me?!” She brings out the knife. ”I won't let you do that. Not now or ever.” She takes a swing, but you avoid it by shifting your body weight to the side.

On the second swing, it cuts past the first later on your sweater. With each swing, the blade cuts deeper though your sweater and gets closer to your skin. On the fifth swing, she cuts the left side of your cheek. You notice that she is aiming higher, so you grab her arm before she could get another chance. This needs to end before you get hurt. You duck and move to the side and direct the knife into her stomach. After realizing on what you just did, you release her blood-soaked hands and back away.

“Flutters—“ Just as you were about to apologize, she yanks the kitchenware out and jabs it into your abdomen. When you look at your injury, she tightly grasps your shoulders and pushes you back. You stumble on the small concrete wall and fall back as Fluttershy keeps her grip on you. She appears to be half awake with what seems to be a slight smile creeping along.

As the two of you twirl around and descend to the ground, it slows down as your life flash before your eyes. What appears the most are the more recent events. The murders, your family and friends, Rainbow Dash. This wasn’t meant to happen... was it?

When you realize that the ground closes in front of you, the back of Fluttershy’s slams into the rough dirt on the ground. You landed on her body, but the force drives the kitchen knife deeper into you abdomen. You roll to the side and lay beside her, listening to the distant sirens. It slowly fades away as the sound of your blood rushing through your body grows louder and starts to drown away the rain. You start to feel numb from the chest and down, but you sense the grip of Fluttershy's hand on your own. Fluttershy still has that faint smile while looking directly into your eyes.

”Together, forever…”

In the background is a helicopter with its searchlight on, scanning the road beside you. As it dawns on you, the blinding white light surrounds you one more, and stays there.

Author's Note

And here it is. Was it worth it?