The foals in the Everfree Forest

The news of the Stomps family spread, but much of it unknown. The mayor and his family almost completely gone overnight! Except for one, all of his kids vanish, his wife left dead at their house, and Hawthorn Stomps himself ran outta town, leaving Stone Shiner in charge, and a single warning, that the curse of the mark is real!? Many rumors spead about how it happened based off what was heard, many belived that the former Mayor got a cutie mark and it caused him to lose his mind, and somehow murder his family, but regain himself before he could harm the baby, and ran off in shame of his crimes. Some even say he or another family member did it in ther sleep after getting their cutie mark. Silently the parents of sunnytown were in a panic, some of the kids, have also gotten their cutie mark, but nothing seemed odd about them. Late at night a emergancy town meeting was called, by the new mayor, Stone Shiner. Every grown blank was there, causing a riot at the new mayor, asking what should be done. ¨ So now the curse is real!? My colt and filly have a mark, but nothing happen to us! What if its a hoax!?¨ ¨Please! what do we do? I dont want to end up like the Stomps family!¨ ¨Öh Celestia! I dont want to loose my foals!¨ ¨Murder! Why isnt Hawthorn  owning up to his crimes?¨  Stone Shiner calmed the crowd, and spoke. ¨ Calm down now everyone, unless you want to scare the sleeping childern. We have no clue what happen to the Stomps family, All that I know is that I`m given the position of mayor now by Stomps himself, and Stomps ran off into the forest, as we all know, he as good as gone. Now for the matter at hand, the curse is real, and we have little ones with marks, and no idea how the curse works other than those with marks have bad stuff happen to them. So if anyone has any ideas of what to do?¨  Many things were thought up, none could be agreed on. Some though if they got rid of the marked ones, they would be ok. Some though to send them into the forest, others thought of putting them in a isolated place, others thought the parents should do away with the marked ones themselves.

Everypony debated and argued about wht to do, but one light brown Stallion raised his hoof. ¨ Everpony! if I may? The cause of this curse may have a simple answer, one that could be proven scientificly! If those of you parents willing to give your childern to me, I will do WHATEVER it takes to cure your childern!¨ The stallion who proposed such a idea was none other than he town doctor, Dr. Coal Patch. He had light brown fur, alburn mane and tail, blue eyes, and wore a lab coat and glasses all the time. ¨ I can only take ten foals though, the rest of you will have to figure out what to do with your marked ones. However if room opens up in my place, or we can build a place for them, I may take on more childern....¨ It was agreed on popular vote, ten marked foals were going to live with Dr. Coal Patch, the others, the parents would take care of themselves. Many of the blanks left that meeting with hung heads, dreading what needed to be done.

An so the fallowing day, ten marked foals walked to Sunnytown care center, the closest thing to a hospital they had. The doctor set up ten rooms for each marked foal, for them to live in while his study lab was reworked with new stuff he requested. A storage room was empited, and filled with what the doctor needed. As it finishes, the doctor heats up a metal rod witha special head to it, glowing red hot, he pulled it outta the bunson burner, and one by one, he brands the foals with roman numerals, each to go with each room. Many of them scream in pain as their fur and flesh burn, the cooking smell filling their nose and making them dry heave, tearing up from the pain. Some ask why he didnt use numbing medicine, to which he repiled, ¨Numbing medicine  is hard to make, so we are on a shortage of it, just bear the pain please, itll be over. An so the foals waited for how the doctor could cure them. The doctor ran test after test on them when he wasnt busy with his normal job. He quickly grew desperate as his theroies proved wrong row after row. Other then doing test, the marked ones played in their rooms, or talked to each other through the walls, complaining of boredom. Then late one night, number two of the marked ones was brought to a room where the doors were closed, so the others couldnt see. Number two was called CupCakes, a purple unicorn filly with orange and pink mane and tail. She was chipper filly who would give out her cupcakes  to her friends and family, earning her cutie mark of her known treats. The doctor strapped her in to a table and brought her under a bright light. ¨ Hello CupCakes, how do you feel today?¨ The doctor asked, CupCakes replied, ¨Im ok Dr. Coal Patch, whats todays test?¨ The doctor adjusted his glasses and he preps for his task, an array of rather unusual tools nearby. ¨ Well, Im having a block of how to cure you guys, so I needed to look inside you to see if I can find any answers. Now again, I have no numbing medicine, so you`ll have to close your eyes CupCakes....¨ She only closed her eyes and relaxed, ¨ Ok doctor, I trust you.¨

Dr. Coal Patch held her muzzle with one hoof, and grabbed a saw with the other, and quickly worked on sawing her horn off. Cupcakes eyes shot open as she feels the blade ripping at the bone of her horn, the noise echoing loudly in her head, as she screams in agony. Her high pitch scream was deafining, as she struggles to stop him, the restrains keeping her from doing so. As the blood from the marrow spills onto her, she looked with tear filled eyes up at Dr. Coal Patch. ¨Why doctor, why?!¨ She despartely asked as he removed the last bit of bone, and seperates her horn from the rest of her. Working as quick as he could, Dr. Coal Patch grabbed a special iorn plate that was heated up, and pressed it against the remaining base of her horn to stop the bleeding. CupCakes screamed another deafing high ptich scream as the intense pain blared in her head, the burning of the remains of her horn was carterized over. She whimpered in pain. ¨ Why Dr. Coal Patch, why are you doing this!?¨ She pleaded, the doctor begining to get teary eyed himself. ¨Im sorry Cupcakes, I really am, but I gotta cure you marked ones, an Im getting nowhere fast! Im so sorry.¨  He whipped his tears, and kissed her on the forehead. He then got a scapple blade, and cut her torso open. The filly screamed in terror and in pain, until she passed out from the sher intensity of the pain. The doctor spent the entire night cutting her apart, desperately trying to find a way to explain for the cause of the curse, sadly to no avail. He slumped to the floor, grabbing his head with his hooves, his anger and fustration slowly driving him to madness as he racked his brain with the problem. The other marked ones heard CupCakes' screams, echoning in their head as it indicated what lengths the doctor will go through to cure them, but they slept in fear, wondering if they where next. However it could be argued if they were lucky or not, as many of the other marked childern who didnt get picked were either hidden away in basements and other dark places, or secertly killed in various ways, the bodies hidden as best as any Sunny Town resident knew how, tossing the corpse into the Everfree forest.