Clouds

-=Emeraldwings POV=-

After running into Cloudwing outside of the hospital, Emerald hurried home so she could be prepared for that night: The night that she kills Cloudwing.

"Hi Emerald! What's the hurry?"

She turned to see Twilight walking behind her. She quickly thought of something to say.

"I've got some plans for tonight. I'm going to ask Cloudwing to come over to my place."

"That's nice. Sounds like you've got a thing for him." she teased.

"If only she knew..." Emerald thought to herself as she left Twilight, her smile cruel and twisted.

Once in "her" house, she ran to her kitchen where she had a cupcake that she asked Pinkie to make earlier.

-=Cloudwings POV=-

After Leaving the hospital, Cloudwing went to his house on the outskirts of Poneyville. Once there, he lied down on his chair to take a nap.

DING DONG

With a jolt, he woke up and fell off the chair.

"Ugh! That hurt"

DING DONG

"Coming! One second!" he yelled. He walked over to his door and looked through the eye hole.

He saw a green pegasus standing there. He recognized her but couldn't remember where...

When he opened the door, she looked up.

"Can I help you?" he asked. Normally ponies never came by his house.

"Oh, hi! My name's Emeralc. I was wondering if you wanted to hangout. I saw you leaving the hospital today."

That's right! She was the mare that was in front of the hospital that left when she saw him.

"Ummmm." he said dumbfounded. Not the best reaction.

"Oh, I guess now's not a good time. I mean, you've just met me! I guess I'll be on my way." she giggled.

She turned around and started to leave.

"Wait!" he said without thinking.

She looked back at him. " What is it?" she asked.

"I guess we can talk. I've nothing better to do." he replied. "When's a good time and where?"

"I was thinking maybe here and now." she said seductively.

"OK, one second. Let me go grab something." He ran back into his house to go grab a jar of peanut butter.

He came back outside but didn't see Emerald anywhere.

THUMP!

Cloudwing turned around in time to see a cruel, evil green mare hit him in the face with a frying pan. Then...

...NOTHING

-=Cloudwings POV=-

"W- where am I?" Cloudwing said. His head flared with pain where the frying pan had hit him. He noticed a cart full of sharp objects.

"Cloudwing?" asked a familiar voice to his left. "Is that you?"

"Rainbow? Where are we?" he asked.

"I don't know. I was attacked by a green pegasus with bat wings and snake eyes." she responded.

Cloudwing tries to look over to his left to make sure Rainbow Dash was okay.

He inhaled sharply. Her whole body was covered in cuts and bruises. She looked like she went through an airplanes engine.

He noticed that her hoofs had been shackled to a board and realized so had his.

"Rainbow, do you know where we are?" he asked her.

"No." she said deathly calm.

He took a shaky breath "Did you catch the name of who kidnapped you?"

"Yeah. She said her name was Emeraldwing. She said she was going to set me up on a date with you." she stopped, blushing.

He didn't know what to say. He couldn't believe Rainbow Dash liked him as well. His mind was completely melted.

"Wait, so you like me?" he asked.

"Too late to say that I don't right." she looked ashamed.

"Well, how about that. Turns out, you said the greatest thing to my ears." he said lightly.

She looked at him with confusion and joy in her eyes. "I can't believe it! You share the same feelings as me!" she looked as if she was about to cry with joy.

The her look turned deathly cruel. Her stomach started to bulge as if there was a spike under it.

"Ha ha ha ha haaaaa!" she laughed evilly. "Now you shall die!"

"Rainbow?"

"Foolish Cloudwing! Rainbow Dash has been dead for a long time! You fell in love with a corpse. Do you know who I am?"

He recognized that voice. "Emeraldwing..."

"So you're not as dumb as you seem, eh?"

The only thing that kept him from a panic attack was that she was also bound. His hopes shattered when they opened to release her.

She walked over to him still looking like Rainbow. That was the cruelest thing ever. Seeing the mare he loved looking like she was going to kill him.

"What are you going to do to me?" he asked trying not to sound scared. Unfortunately, his voice wavered.

"I knew you liked my former boss but she'd never love you back. So I came up with the idea to pretend that I was her and get close enough to kill you!" she responded coldly.

"H- how are you able to look so much like her though?" he said.

"I'm half changling." she said bluntly. "Which reminds me."

He skin started to become pale. Other started to crack and peel off. It ripped completely along the spine as if it was a banana. Green liquid started to ooze out slowly. It fell to the floor with a plop that made his stomach feel like revolting everything he ever ate.

Before him stood an emerald green pegasus but her wings weren't made of feathers. They were leathery like bat wings but she wasn't a bat pony like Fluttershy was when Twilight's spell backfired. Her eyes were like a serpent's. Her pupils were slits of darkness surrounded by disgusting, yellow irises.

He was paralyzed. His mind was still trying to cope with the fact that Rainbow Dash was dead. When Emerald transformed, his mind practically died.

She stepped forward on the still oozing skin-like thing that looked like Rainbow making a squishing sound. It instantly burst into a green flame that consumed it but nothing else. The sound of her hoof on it was still in his mind replating it all again. His stomach finally have up and sent a wave of stomach acid through his throat. Sadly, he was on his back so the majority stayed in his mouth while some leaked out sliding down his face. It tried to go back into his throat but Emerald flipped the platform so that it would leave his mouth.

"Now why do you want to die before the fun can begin?" she said mockingly. She flipped the platform so he was on his back again.

She grasped a sharp knife from the cart and walked over to him.

-=Cloudwings POV=-

Emeraldwing stalked closer gripping the knife. Her eyes filled with evil and malice.

She looked down at him. "Now, what should go first..." her voice trailed off and her eyes wondered down my body.

They stopped below my waist. I gulped. "Please no. Oh Celestia, please no!" I thought but didn't dare say aloud.

"Ha ha ha haaaa! No, I think I'll take your ear instead." she said.

Terror pulsed through me. My mind raced with many questions. "Why did she want to make me suffer? How in the hay is she half changling? Where's Rainbow Dash?"

"Why me? Like why are you doing this to me?" I asked trying to stall.

She stopped. Her expression became gaurded.

"Since you'll die anyways, I'll tell you. Ever heard of the Rainbow Factory? Thats where I worked. Rainbow Dash was my boss." she stated.

I knew about the Rainbow Factory. It was built to grind pagai into rainbows and was shut down for it. I hadn't known Rainbow worked there. Why would she be the boss?

-=FLASHBACK=-

It was a dark, dreary day. Rain was pounding the earth. Rainbow Dash had gone missing a few days ago.

Cloudwing stopped at the Cloudsdale Police Department. He took a deep breath. He walked in.

"Hello," a kindly voice regarded him. "What brings you here?" It was the receptionist behind the counter.

"I've come to report a missing pony. She's been gone for a few days now without letting anyone know anything." he said.

She reached down and pulled out a clipboard with a sheet of paper on it. "Fill out this form, here." she picked up a pen and handed it to him.

He took the form and looked over all the questions.

●○●MISSING PONY FORM●○●

All questions with a *symbol MUST be answered.

*1) Who is missing? ______________

*2) Are you related? ______________

*3)How old were they when they disappeared? ______________

4) Where did they work? ______________

*5) When were they born? ______________

6) What is your relationship with this pony? ______________

*7) When did they go missing? ______________

He filled out the form and handed it back to the receptionist.

"Thank you." she said kindly.

Cloudwing left and went home.

-=END OF FLASHBACK=-

Cloudwing was still puzzled. The Rainbow Factory was shut down a few weeks later when they got a lead on what might have happened to Rainbow.

"So, why are you mad at me?" he asked trying to make it seem like he wasn't the one who got it shut down.

"Because I found out that a gray stallion with a yellow mane sent in a missing pony report saying Rainbow Dash was missing. It was only a matter of time until I found out your name." she said. "Now, where were we..." her smile cold and unforgiving.

She moved closer with knife in hand. Cloudwing struggled again to try and break free but no dice.

She lowered the knife to his ear and slowly pierced it.

He screamed in pain. She slowly sawed halfway through it.

She then removed the knife and picked up a pair of gloves to put on. She grabbed his halfway cut off ear and ripped it off.

He screamed in agony again. His vision blurred.

Emerald set down his now severed ear and took of her gloves replacing them with oven mitts.

She disappeared into the shadows for a few minutes and reappeared with a tray of hot coals.

The heat radiating from them was enough to give you a sun burn. She picked one up and set it on his left wing.

Heat seared his injured wing. He writhed in agony.

She picked up another and placed it on his right wing continuing the process until there weren't any coals left.

By the time she finished, he couldn't feel anything but pain. His whole body was sweating and his wings felt so cold that he thought his senses were going into overload.

His vision started to fade. All his strength had left his body.

The last thing he saw before he lost consciousness was a maniacal grin.