A Shadow in the Night

A cyan pegasus with a rainbow mane was stumbling over to Sweet Apple Acres. “Man, I am SOOOOO drunk!” she hooted.

The winged mare had a few ciders too many. She was absolutely smashed. Smashed enough…

“This bitch ain’t gonna put up a fight,” Shadow Crystal purred behind a tree, preparing her knife to do its duty.

The purple mare tiptoed behind the blue horse and prepared to jump on her. The silence was deafening… and then… she pounced.

Pinning her down was no challenge at all, considering earth ponies are the strongest race of pony. The drunk flailed around in a vain attempt to ward off her assailant.

A cackle pierced the night as the blade swung down and embedded itself into the blue mare’s neck. Crimson blood sprayed from the rapidly growing gash as the sharp metal slid almost effortlessly across her flesh. The drunk mare let out a hoarse gurgle as warm, red blood overflowed from her open mouth. It almost sounded like she was… trying to curse. Her rose eyes bulged as the green-eyed mare sank her sharp teeth into the blue flesh of her torso and chest. She could hear a sickening crack as her ribcage was pried open by the strong hooves of the madmare. Her gurgling became louder and higher-pitched as she saw her intestines forcefully ripped out of her abdomen. Saw her heart being torn out of her chest cavity in a bloody flourish. As her vision began to darken, the blue mare watched as her still-beating heart slowed down, blood gushing everywhere. The last thing she ever saw was her murderer’s hoof raised above her face.

With a crunch and a splat, Shadow Crystal brought her hoof down onto the blue mare’s head. Blood, brain matter, and skull fragments splattered onto the ground.

The deep purple mare galloped into the night, in search of her next victim. She either didn’t know or didn’t care, but an orange country mare had heard the commotion. The farm pony called out in her Southern drawl, “Rainbow Dash? Rainbow? RD?”

As Shadow Crystal heard the hick from the apple trees, she suppressed a snicker. Too easy, she thought. Then she heard a stentorian scream ring throughout the orchard. She smiled. Creeping up on the orange hillfilly, she brandished her knife and simply nicked her in the shoulder. If the rumors were true, Rainbow Dash would have had Equine Infectious Anemia. And the orange mare would have just been infected. Shadow Crystal would have just used a biological weapon.