chapter 7: A Surprise party for the Psycho

It was in the late afternoon, and Tavo was trotting down a road outside of town with questions in his head he should have asked Twilight, when he spotted a gazebo. It was different from the ones he'd seen in his world, namely cause it wasn't in piece's. It was held up by trees instead of poles and had a natural sense to it. As he walked towards it, it reminded him of one he had lived in once. As he sat on down, he recalled the time before his revolution, when he was still a mindless, emotionless killer for the Federation and when he had almost died had it not been for someone from a village.

As he remembered that time in his life, he lifted his hoof and felt the scar on his face which was the painful reminder of why he can't ever feel happiness. A heat had grown inside that wasn't the same kind as before. It was a burning feeling that angered him that filled him with an intense rage and hatred. He felt the hate boil inside him. All that hate inside pointed towards one beast that resides in him and the accursed remainder of the demons existence always showing in his reflection. "Damn you Dead!" he grunted grinding his teeth with seething rage. Then he realized that he wasn't in a place of cruelty anymore. He sat in a world without pain, without suffering, and finally with true peace.

This world and its inhabitants have never even seen what true violence is and they probably never will. he thought. It's better that way. They were too innocent and probably wouldn't last even a second in a battle. In his thought he was looking out over the serene pastures of green grass, the tall healthy trees, and the beautiful afternoon sky. He felt the calming air gently blow past him and as he watched the sunset over the horizon, his eyelids felt heavy and he suddenly yawned.

He never noticed it before but when he thought about it, this world made him weaker. The last time he slept was a month and he could have kept going. But now he felt extremely tired and the yawning was proof of it. He didn't question it and for once he let it take over. He leaned back on a boulder which was placed at the edge of the gazebo. He slowly closed his eyes and fell  into a deep asleep.

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When they reached Fluttershy's cottage, Rainbow Dash and Rarity where both contemplating on how they would assess the situation. Fluttershy was a shy, timid, easily frightened equine but she was always open to friends. This was something that hadn't happened before. Whatever was it Tavo did could have provoked the poor girl into fleeing at blinding speed, they couldn't figure it out? They reached the door and before doing anything Rarity spoke "Should we knock?" Rainbow dash shrugged. They didn't know what to expect in there. Fluttershy was never as scared before as she was when she met Tavo and he didn't seem like a bad person aside from all the scars. What was even more strange was that all her animals had not shown themselves at all. They would usually be seen running around here and there but today there wasn't a single sign of them.

"well, no sense in standing around." rarity motioned for Rainbow Dash to knock on the door. "uh, fluttershy, are you home?" she said as she finished knocking on her door. After a few minutes of silence, a reply came back. "come in" there was a long pause before Rainbow Dash opened the door. They imagined the place would be empty and fluttershy would be hiding under something. What they found inside however, completely took them by surprise.

Fluttershy was sitting in her sofa staring out the window, along with most of her little friends. They nervously walked in and looked around the cottage. The room was lit only by the sunlight. They approached her but where cut off by Angel who motioned them to sit. They did as commanded and wondered suspiciously at what happened. Rarity Spoke up "Uh darling, a-are you alright?" she asked nervously. Fluttershy turned to face them. She had a blank expression and a single tear running down her face. Before they could say anything, she spoke "I'm not sure?" said Fluttershy "what do you mean your not sure?" Rainbow Dash asked turning evermore suspicious. "well…i'm…just confused" said Fluttershy "why?" Rarity asked "Well...Its him that confuses me." she said her expression deepening. " who?" asked Rarity " you mean Tavo, I don't see how he can be confusing dear? What makes you say that?" Rarity asked with growing concern for her friend.

Fluttershy cleared her throat and said "Well I don't know what happened but when I used my stare, I looked into his eyes and I started seeing things. Awful horrible things, it felt like a nightmare and I just wanted run away as fast as I could." She said her tone getting louder and more terrified. "I flew as fast as I could to home but they kept appearing in my head! It was painful!" she started sweating and continued " I saw these horrified faces  being murdered in the most sickest ways and I heard these screams that seemed like they came from all directions, It felt like I was being tortured by this unending violent Pain! IT WAS UNBEARABLE!" she grew more terrified like she was staring at death and her heart pulsed faster as she started crying "The worst of it was seeing that horrible horrible beast and its disgusting rotted smile and those terrible glowing Eyes that Pierced my very soul!" she yelled recalling each image in detail  "but then….." she paused. her heart beat slowing to a steady pulse her face turned from fear to grief. And the tears stopped. "…t-t-then...w-what?" asked Rarity. They both looked even more terrified than her. she cleared her throat again and looked out the window. Her grief stricken face had given them the impression that something bad happened.

"Then …I saw a little grayish blue colt with a black mane,…sitting in a cage all alone. his face was buried in his hooves and it sounded like he was crying but I couldn't tell." She said with a heartbroken tone that even made Rainbow Dash and Rarity feel sad. "I called to out him, I wanted to help him…but when he lifted his face, there were tears covering his face and running down his bleeding colorless eyes and he said " you can never help me…" she finished and tears slowly fell from her face along with rarity. "what do you suppose it means" asked Rainbow dash. Fluttershy just looked at them like they already knew  the answer. "…wait…you don't suppose that little colt is….." before Rarity could finish her sentence Fluttershy interrupted "Please don't tell him." She insisted with tears in her eyes. They couldn't say no. Rarity wiped away tears and Rainbow Dash asked "what do you think happened to him?" they shrugged and just as they were about to leave, a knock came on the door.

They opened it and outside was Sweetie Bell holding three invitations in her mouth. "Sweetie Bell, what are you doing with those invitations?" asked Rarity "Pinkie Pie's having a surprise welcome party for the new pony in town" they didn't even have to think who it was, they grew evermore nervous. "The party's gonna be at Sugar Cube Corner it's starting in an hour!" said Sweetie Bell with excitement. They each took a ticket and the four of them headed off to Sugar Cube Corner. Silently though Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity whispered to each other about the party  "He's gonna find out eventually Fluttershy?" said Rainbow Dash. "I know, so....i'll tell him when the time is right." she gulped.

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At a train factory not too far away from Ponyville, group of engineers congratulated themselves at their new accomplishment. the experimental alpha series locomotive that was larger and heavier than regular trains but was faster and magic-powered. It could carry even larger weight than regular locomotives and was virtually indestructible. "this is going to revolutionize transportation for all pony-kind." one of them cheered. One of the engineers than put a wooden block in front of the wheels and the group left the factory. However unaware to them a sudden wisp of air, came in through the window. And pushed the block out of the way. The alpha slowly moved forward.

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"You're a beast!"

"Why would you do this?"

"PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!"

"I have too much to live for!"

"You're a monster!"

"I'm sorry…..Please don't kill them."

"I hate you!"

"STAY AWAY YOU PSYCHO!"

All the voices kept getting louder. They were more than a thousand voices yet each one had the same thing to say. They kept Torturing Tavo, piercing his ears like burning spears. They never ended, they never stopped, they hungered for blood. "Go away…" he said but the voices got louder and more hateful tones picked up. Tavo fell to his knees and cupped his hands over his ears, but still he heard them. He bashed his head repeatedly into the floor, which made his forehead bleed then His eardrums began to bleed and the pain grew even worse. Yet they kept getting louder and louder to the point where he couldn't take it anymore."please...please  for the love of god, SHUT THE FUCK UP!" he yelled slamming his fist on the ground making a large cracked hole where his fist hit. The voices stopped. Silence haunted the dark room where Tavo was on his knees. Then a deep demonic voice broke the silence " Death doesn't change Anything ….Tavo."when the voice stopped a circle of fire ignited around Tavo who was still bleeding. "Remember all the voices of the People who's lives you took…" a dark figure emerged from the fire. His face was hidden by the hood of jacket but his large disgusting smile could be seen. " you are born monster and you lived like one…." Tavo glared at the figure "I'm not the monster here, you are!" he yelled at the man who was now holding a machete. " You're the one who made me kill all those innocent Villagers, you're the one who-" before he could finish his sentence, in a flash the beast had appeared in front, grabbed and picked him up by his shirt with one arm  and brought him close to its face. " Remember, you are the one who had the intent of killing them in the first place! I just decided to give you a little help." without even a moment to react, the blade had pierced Tavo's body and was already bleeding out. He dropped Tavo from his grasp who had fallen to his knees, pulled out a revolver and aimed for Tavo's head. "Consider yourself lucky that i cant do anything here…yet!"

Tavo woke up from the nightmare in a cold sweat. It was night and the last thing he saw was a bright flash. It had already gotten close to night and Tavo was panting fast. "I hate that thing" he said to himself before standing back up on his hooves. As he walked onto the road he heard someone calling his name. He trotted towards the voice only to discover that it was Applejack. "where in Equestria have ya been Tavo? We've been lookin for ya for almost three hours." She said looking tired. "I've been sleeping over there." He answered pointing towards the gazebo. "why have you been looking for me?" he asked curiously. "well I hav somethin ta show ya over at Sugar Cube Corner." She said.

"what is it?" asked Tavo.

"you'll see" she said chuckling a bit. Octavio got nervous, he didn't like surprise's but he assured himself that these ponies couldn't be planning something bad so he agreed and then she yelled out "Applebloom, I found him!" than a filly with a hair bow came running out. Tavo recognized the child as one of those filly's who called themselves Cutie Mark Crusaders. She ran up to him all excited " Howdy, I'm Applebloom Nice ta meet ya." She said "uh, hello I'm Tavo nice to meet you too." He said unsure of what to say considering he's only known one child in his life "gosh mister you sure are big" she happily said "well she sure is excited to meet ya Tavo" said Applejack still smiling. He already figured out that they were sisters.

As they were walking through town, Tavo noticed that a few ponies weren't in their home's. He could tell by how he couldn't hear their breathing. He developed this skill in the wilderness. While he was wondering where they could be, Applebloom Asked him a Peculiar question "Hey Tavo, how'd ya get your Cutie Mark?" she pointed at the mark on his flank. That's what they were called. he thought to himself as he was thinking of an answer. " Is your special talent cuttin tomatoes with big knifes?" she asked curiously. He looked at his mark of Xico, his machete, covered in blood with the blade pointed down. The blood sorta looks like tomato juice? he thought. "something like that" he said finally coming up with an answer. He now knew that the marks had something to do with talent. He then noticed that AppleJack had three apples has her's so it had something to do with apples but AppleBloom had nothing on her's. He wondered why she had nothing on her flank? But then he had a sudden realization that he was looking at their rumps and quickly looked away hoping they didn't notice.

"Sugar Cube corners' right over there." said Applejack

AppleJack pointed towards the bakery where Tavo got his blueberry muffin. As they neared the bakery, Tavo heard a lot of breathing in the bakery than noticed moving silouttes in the windows. He felt nervous, were they planning something for him, an ambush. His muscles tensed and he braced himself for whatever happened. "well why are ya standin out here, come on in" she said. Tavo slowly walked to the door looking for any kind of sign that might point to any kind of danger. As he walked into the bakery, the door behind him suddenly shut. Tavo's sense's went up when the door shut. They were planning something against him. He quickly thought about how he would go about this, he could break through the door, follow the breathing patterns, or face them head on. But before he could decide on what to do, a bright light went up and completely took him off guard and then in a split second…..

"SURPRISE!"