Equestria Girls HATRED Special

Twilight Sparkle and the others had followed the road which led them to downtown. However, they were all still edgy after their encounter with a corpse. Sweetie Belle was still clinging tightly to Rarity’s coat. They came across a bakery labeled Donut Joe’s, and decided to pop in to rest and for something to eat. The six teenagers sat down at one table together while the three younger girls sat down at another. They had ordered some pastries but none of them were eating very much. Pretty soon, two other groups of teenagers entered the bakery. Flash Sentry, Trixie, Bulk Biceps Snips, Snails, and Derpy were among them.

“Flash!” Twilight called to him, she was very happy to see him.

“Twilight!” Flash called back and walked over to her table.

“Any luck finding her?”

“Sorry, I’m afraid not.” Flash sadly admitted. Twilight didn’t like this news at all and Flash could see that. “Don’t worry, none of us will give up until we find Sunset.”

“Flash, I’m afraid things are about to take a turn for the worst.”

“What do you mean?”

Twilight knew this wasn’t going to be easy to say. “While we were searching through the woods, we came across a freeway.” She stopped for a moment, starting to feel uneasy about what she was going to say next.

“What happened?”

“We found a- a- a-.” Twilight was struggling to speak.

Finally, Pinkie couldn’t contain herself any longer, and just blurted “We found a body on the side of the road!” Realizing what she had just said, she covered her mouth to prevent herself from saying anything more but it was too late. Everyone had heard what she said and gasped.

“You don’t think Sunset-?” Derpy was about to ask.

“No, it wasn’t Sunset. It was no one we know.” Applejack assured her.

“Hit by a car?” Trixie asked concerned.

“No, throat slashed.” Rainbow Dash corrected her. But that only caused everyone to gasp even more.

“You mean murder?!” an eco-boy named Sandalwood asked nervously.

“On the way here, we stopped by the police station to report it and about our missing friend. They said they would do whatever they could.” Rarity said.

“Hey guys, take a look at this!” a techie boy named Micro Chips called everyone over to his table. He was on his laptop at recent news articles, some dating a day or two back to before the trouble with Anon-a-Miss started. The articles that he had dug up were extremely horrific and disturbing.

“My god, a guy just one day decides to slaughter everyone in his neighborhood?!” Flash was horrified when he read the oldest article.

“And when he escaped through the sewers, several teams of SWAT officers went in after him and none of them came back out!”

“Dudes, he massacred pretty much everyone at a marina!” Sandalwood read another article.

        "This has been going on for about a week. How come we haven't heard or seen any of this on the news?" Flash asked.

        "Because we haven't been paying any attention to the news. We've been so focused on Anon-a-Miss and thinking Sunset was her." Fluttershy answered remorsefully.

“It says here the authorities found a train and all the passengers on it dead!” AJ pointed to one of the recent articles.

“That was tonight!” Rainbow Dash said as she noticed the date on the article.

“It says here that a truck station was completely destroyed and there was a massacre at the train station. Both were near where they found the train!” Micro Chips said pulling up the newest news articles.

“This is unbelievable!” Trixie said aghast.

“What even causes someone to commit such horrible acts?” Fluttershy asked utterly horrified.

“Wait a minute, I know that train station. It’s near the place where we lost Sunset’s trail!” Rainbow Dash pointed out when she saw a picture of the ruined station. Now everyone was truly filled with terror.

“What do you think about this, Twilight?” Spike turned to Twilight hoping she could say something that would help ease this newly found tension.

“I- I don’t know what to say, Spike. I’ve never heard of anything so evil in my life!” Twilight replied with pure horror in her eyes. She was starting to believe Spike was onto something when he smelled something evil. Murders were nothing new back in Equestria, but on such a huge scale, that was unthinkable to her. Flash noticed how terrified she looked and put his arms around her in an attempt to calm her.

“Something must’ve done this. I mean, how can anyone do something so inhuman, and around this time of the year?” Pinkie asked hoping that someone might suggest that whatever was responsible was something not of this world. She was the kind of person that believed there was goodness in everyone and she hated the thought of a fellow human being committing such an unforgivable crime.

“The scoundrel that did this probably is human, Pinkie.” AJ uncomfortably told her. She then turned to Twilight because she also needed to hear what she had to say next. “Twi, you’ve made a lot of friends here in our world. Now ah don’t know a lot about the people of your world, but ah must tell that not everyone in our world is good and friendly. Some humans are capable and willing to commit some of the most unspeakable, and unforgivable acts of wickedness imaginable. Some of us know this because we’ve taken quite a few history classes and you’d be surprised and shocked to learn of the horrors caused by bad people.”

Twilight understood Applejack’s words, but they made her sad. This new world and its inhabitants that she had come to like were capable of providing some of the most interesting friends she could ever meet, but also some of the worst enemies she could ever face. The Crusaders were also affected by AJ’s words, it caused them to remember all the damage their Anon-a-Miss scheme had caused, and they felt like they deserved a spot among the bad people AJ was talking about.

“Well, you kids better find a place to rest for the night.” Joe, the owner of the bakery, had been listening sympathetically to their conversation. He pointed to a clock on the wall that read 8:30 pm. “A curfew is going into effect tonight at 9 o’clock so you all should find a safe place to sleep.”

“But what about Sunset?” Scootaloo didn’t want to give up on looking for their lost friend, especially with a dangerous killer on the loose.

“I’m afraid there’s nothing more we can do tonight.” Twilight felt the same way, but she had to face the facts, it was now too dangerous to keep looking anymore tonight. “Sunset Shimmer is stronger than she seems. This time you have to trust that she’ll do the right thing.”

“I saw a motel a couple blocks back. We can rest there for the night.” Rarity announced. And so everyone left the bakery to find a place to recuperate at the motel. None of them liked the idea of putting their search for Sunset on hold, but it seemed like there was no choice. None of them would be any use in the search if something bad happened to them.