Conversion Bureau: Unlucky Day

"Fluttershy!" Rarity shrieked as she watched the monster-shaped Human brutally murder the pegasus.

"She's gone, Rares! We gotta get Twi outta here, now!" Applejack shouted as she pushed a foreleg into the unicorn's barrel.

Fear overrode Rarity's grief as she looked up to see Jason stalking towards them, undeterred by the gore that stained his boots. The fashionista turned and galloped as fast as she could, while Applejack trotted with Twilight in tow.

Jason looked on at the retreating ponies as he scanned the sky. Another airship was closing in on Crystal Lake and unloaded a platoon of pegasi Guards, who were diving towards Jason.

"Human spotted! Prepare the vials!" the one in front shouted.

As the potion clouded the ruins of the camp, Jason faded into the mist.

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"Commander Sentry, sir," a  unicorn said with a salute.

"At ease, Private, report," the orange pegasus said.

"Sir, we've found the Bearers of Harmony."

"Good. How are they?" Sentry asked with a smile.

He knew that they would be alright. Nothing in this world would have been able to stop Twilight and the gals. He only wondered if-

"They're in a terrible condition, sir. Ladies Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy are dead and Lady Pinkie Pie is nowhere to be found."

Flash Sentry felt his face fall into shock as his heart froze.

Around them, there were gasps of shock and looks of pure, unadulterated terror as the Guards processed the information.

"Wha... what?" Commander Sentry tried to process. "No... no, that, that can't be true, we've been separated from the battle-group for all of ten minutes! There aren't any Human vehicles anywhere in sight! No gunshots! How could two of Equestria's greatest heroines be de... no, I won't even acknowledge it until you can prove this horrible lie!"

"S-sir... we found Miss Fluttershy's body, and Miss Rainbow's head."

Flash Sentry took a step back from the Private as though Celestia herself would have set him aflame for the news itself, were she here. Instead, the Private had a grim look of defeat on his face, his eyes staring out into oblivion as he gazed down at nothing.

"Get... g-get the other Bearers aboard, right. Now. We're leaving."

The immediate group of Guards went about their work on the airship's main controls and began to lower the balloon into the small camp.

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Rarity sobbed to herself as she curled up into the blanket in her cabin.

After having been picked up by the Royal Guard, they had escorted her, Applejack and Twilight into the ship's medical wing to be properly treated for their physical wounds.

However, no amount of therapy could help Rarity with the ones that the Human had caused in her very soul.

The once posh and confident unicorn cried and bawled as she reflected on the horrible death of her friends.

Rainbow... always so brash and willing to go straight into action. She had given her the courage to push through the most grim times during the start of the War, and had always been capable of handling everything that was put in front of her. Now, though...

Fluttershy... the sweetest, most innocent one of them. She was dedicated to helping to save any creature, no matter how violent and repulsive, if her care of the Newfoals had was anything to go by. And how was she rewarded? By getting her hoof bitten by the dogs she was trying to feed...

She wept for the death of her friends, not caring for the stains she set in the fine satin sheets nor the mascara ruining her own fur. Her closest family had been cut short by two, maybe even three precious lives.

"F-f-fluttershy-ahahahyyyyy!" she cried out in pain.

She pounded her hoof against the bed...

... just in time to drown out the sound of a thump in the cabin's closet.

"W-why did it have to be them! R-rainbo-oh-oh-ow! AAAAAHHHH!"

The closet door opened without even the slightest creak, the expensive magical oil lubricating the joints enough to silence the friction as a mud-coated boot stained the carpet.

"It should have been me! It should have been somepony else! Anypony else, damn it!" she cursed. "Why couldn't that monster have taken me instead!?"

In that moment, Rarity heard the creak of the floorboards.

As soon as she turned around, she gazed into the abyss, and realized that her wish was about to come true.