Their Stories

“Fluttershy, remind me again why are running?” Twilight asked as she followed and ran with the yellow mare.

Fluttershy looked behind them before her eyes gaped open as though from fear. “Pick up the pace! She’s gaining on us!” she yelled as she and Twilight ran faster.

“Who is?!” Twilight yelled back as Fluttershy opened the door to the room in the forest.

“Hurry inside, Twilight!” the mare frantically yelled as the Alicorn ran inside. Right there, the Pegasus quickly went in and slammed the door. She then locked it, and began boarding up the door and windows. All the while, Twilight kept wondering what was going on with her friend.

When Fluttershy finally finished, she breathed a sigh of relief. That was when she noticed Twilight approach. “So…WHAT THE HAY IS GOING ON WITH YOU?!”

The Pegasus cringed a bit, before she looked down. She knew that this would soon come to the light, but this was the worse way ever. She hoped she had enough time to get Twilight out of the danger before her “number” came up, but her shyness made it all too late. Now she would have to explain everything that happened all those years ago, how they turned, what they went through, and the beasts that roamed their souls just waiting for the right moment to take over once again. Shy managed to keep herself from going completely nuts by taking in only small amounts at a time and the rest filled with vegetables and fruit. Her friends, on the other hoof, just went haywire.

“Oh, I’m sorry if I scared if I scared you. Just tell me, what’s going on? Twilight said, interrupting her thoughts.

Fluttershy looked down for a bit, before finally talking. “I just hope I don’t scare you”

Twilight was confused. “Why? Fluttershy, if there’s a problem, you can tell me”

Fluttershy shut her eyes tightly. “Just don’t scream” she said before she changed to her form. She concentrated very hard since she hadn’t done this in a while. Before long, she felt herself change to her Murderess form. Her mane was no longer like her long one, instead it was shorter. A scar appeared all across her stomach, neck, and cutie mark. A small necklace with a pendant that resembles a chainsaw revealed itself. Fluttershy’s cutie mark then changed from her normal butterflies to a knife dripping with blood. When she opened her eyes, her irises turned from white to black and her pupils were a darker shade of blue.

Twilight was shocked to see what her friend just turned into. It looked so hard to believe this was the same Fluttershy she met. She was afraid of what just happened that she was backing up slowly. Fluttershy just stared at her. Twilight knew that those were the eyes of a Murderess, but for some strange reason, they didn’t seem like the one to fear. Those eyes were that of fear.

The Alicorn could only say one thing. “You’re a Murderess?”

Fluttershy nodded. “And so are Pinkamena, Rainbow Factory Dash, Crazity, and Murderjack”

“Who?”

“Sorry, those are our codenames. Pinkamena’s Pinkie, Rainbow Factory Dash is Rainbow Dash, Crazity is Rarity, and Murderjack is Applejack”

“All of you are Murderesses”

Fluttershy nodded again.

“So, what’s your codename?”

“Hoovesworth wanted to call me Murdershy, but I chose to be called Butchershy”

“Butchershy, wow. How did you…?”

“Turn? Same as Rainbow and Pinkamena; Hoovesworth used Victim’s Blood. For Pinkamena, it was to save her life. To Rainbow, it was to make a successor for the Rainbow Factory. In my case, it was to replace Pinkamena since she got her cutie mark and became Pinkie. Murderjack and Crazity, on the other hoof, had another way of how. Crazity was foalnapped and when she killed her trainer, she accidently drank a vile that landed in her mouth. Murderjack, same about the vile, except it was to save her mother from getting killed by a Murderer. We were all fillies back then”

“Then, that must be why you were so shy! You were trying to keep yourself from snapping!”

Fluttershy…Butchershy nodded. “But, just recently, all of our counterparts have been able to resurface. Apparently, as we all got angry and upset, they had been able to build up on all that negativity. When we were younger, we were able to suppress them to the point of forgetting they ever existed. But all the while, they were actually just there, waiting for the right moment to take over once again. When they did, we all found out about each other and that kept us from killing each other, as we cannot kill colleagues. Pinkamena and the others went crazy and began to feed off a lot of Victims. I, not wanting to be found out, only took a small amount every now and then to avoid going nuts”

“Well, even as a Murderess, you are noble. But tell me, why didn’t you tell me before?”

“You think anypony as innocent and kind as you would just accept the fact that one of your friends was a Murderess? ‘Hello, Twilight. I just came by to tell you that I’m a Murderess’”

“Meh, good point. Good point”

Butchershy sighed. “Anyway, the moment I found out about Pinkamena’s Number System again, I tried my best to keep yours from coming up, but now it did”

“Is that why you kept asking me to move away all those days ago?”

“Yep. Now that it failed, she was supposed to drug you out with a cupcake, but because I got there first to get you away, she’s furious. That’s why we were running a while ago; she got the others to do her bidding as well. I, of course, was part of her group. Now that I just “defied” her, she’s probably gonna kill me”

“You have a group?”

Butchershy nodded. “We wanted to make you Leader, but since you weren’t like us, we had to do a Competition of Single Combat to choose our Alpha. It all led up in Pinkamena winning”

“I can’t imagine what she must be like as a Leader”

“She’s very cold and gives orders right away. If we don’t obey, she’ll kick our flank. Oh, and one more thing. This room? It’s my private forest room, can you imagine how mad Mena’s gonna be when she finds out I escaped with you in here?”

At that moment, they heard something pounding at the door. “Butchershy!” a voice yelled out. “I know you’re in there with Twilight! Hand her over or else!”

“Not good, she found us” Butchershy whispered to Twilight. Right then, the Alicorn noticed something in Butchershy’s wing. It was a small vile of red.

“What’s that?”

“This? It’s Victim’s Blood. This stuff is what turns foals into Apprentices and grown ponies into Murderesses and Murderers. I was gonna break it so as to fool Mena that I killed you so you can go hide and escape”

Twilight thought for a moment. This task would come a great cost, but the pounding on the door showed there was no option. “Do you have somewhere I can hide?”

Butchershy nodded. “There’s a false wall behind us, big enough to hide even Celestia. Why?”

She didn’t even notice that Twilight already hid herself in the wall.

“Good choice” she whispered, even if that may not be true. Without hesitation, she faced the door that still pounded. She held a hoof up to her neck, and grasped at the pendant. She then pulled it off as it grew and grew into a real chainsaw.

“Come and get me” she said.

She had no idea that the vile was no longer tucked under her wing.

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Twilight panted and calmed her breathing to normal upon entering the closet. She had no idea how long she had until that door would open and her now Murderess friends would kick open the door and, find her, probably torment the only noble friend left, and kill her. She then opened her clamped forehooves to reveal she had hidden a small vial of red. Yes, she took the vile of Victim’s Blood while Butchershy wasn’t looking before hiding.

She lifted the vile up to her face, uncorking it and allowing its scent through her nose. The smell was like that of real blood.

Should I really do this?

She knew that if she took it, there was no turning back. But, if she didn’t she’d be dead when found and Butchershy would be caught rebelling for nothing. She decided upon hearing the sound of a door breaking open, and a familiar voice rang out.

“YOUR LIFE IS MIIIIIIINE!”

Twilight then heard familiar voices, including Butchershy’s own and the sound of a chainsaw and knife. She looked at the vile one last time, before making her decision.

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“You are one heck of a rebel, Butchershy!” Rainbow Factory Dash yelled at the mare. The Pegasus didn’t look like her normal self anymore. Her eyes were black, like Butchershy’s, but her pupils were now blood red. She wore what looked like a black cape all over her body. There were grey marking that revealed the scars she had on her flank, neck, and stomach. Her cutie mark was now a red lightning bolt with a scar mark on each side.

“And proud to be!” Butchershy yelled back, turning on her chainsaw.

Rainbow then began their little fight with two daggers. She and Butchershy were in a battle of single combat, neither one getting the upper hoof. Finally, somepony got them to settle the whole fight.

“Got you!” a marshmallow colored mare said as she pinned Butchershy down from behind. Her mane was purple, but all messy. She had scar marking on her hooves and neck. Her neck had a scarf that hid the mark as it was pink and decorated with unicorn horns. Her cutie mark was a single gemstone with a blood drop inside it. Her eyes were black, and her pupils were deep blue. It was Crazity.

“And the winner is Rainbow Factory Dash!” Murderjack declared. She had a scar mark on her each hoof, chin, and neck. Her cutie mark was now a black apple with blood on it. She wore a red neckerchief that hid her neck scar like Crazity. Her Stetson also now had a symbol that was similar to the one on the neckerchief: a rotten apple with blood. Her eyes were now a darker shade of green.

“Thanks, Crazity. Wouldn’t have got her without you” Rainbow thanked the mare.

“My pleasure, darling” the unicorn said.

“Good to see you got the little rebel” Pinkamena’s voice rang out. Her mane was deflated. She had scars on her body’s side, neck, cutie mark, chest, and cheek. She wore a collar made of unicorn horns. Her eyes were now a dark blue.

Butchershy began to fear for her life at the sight of Pinkamena. This was Brandon Hooveworth’s niece. And rebelling her would lead to serious consequences.

“Anything to say for yourself, Butchershy?” the pink mare growled at the yellow one’s face.

She whimpered in response.

“You disobeyed me by helping our victim escape, how about a little lesson in obedience? I bet a week of nightmares should be enough to make you fully obey me”

“I’m sorry” the mare hid her face in her hooves.

“What?”

“I’m sorry”

“Oh?”

“I just wanted to keep her from dying, just this once. I really don’t want to see one of our friends suffer, that’s why I did this. What if she Turned?”

Pinkamena was taken aback by this, but nonetheless still mad. “Well, you’re still like those Normals. You still have your sanity and deny yourself of the best you truly are. If Twilight did Turn, I’d let her be with us and live. But, I mean, who would take in the likes of us?” she then stabbed Butchershy in the front hoof as the mare yelped in pain.

“Now say it!”

Butchershy whimpered. “You’re my Alpha, I’m your slave”

“That’s more like it”

“Do any of ya’ll smell that? Smells like…Normal” Murderjack said.

Pinkamena sniffed the air. “Oh, indeed. Follow the scent, faithful Murderjack”

The earth pony obeyed; she sniffed around until she found the source, a wall. She gave it a tap, before finding it to be a fake and there was breathing inside. She then broke the wall with a buck

“That’s my mare!” Rainbow cheered.

“Mah pleasure”

They finally opened the door to reveal lavender Alicorn inside, with an empty vile in her mouth. They dropped their gaze. Did Twilight just Turn herself into a…? They didn’t even get to react when the transformation took place. Nothing major yet, she just had black eyes now and pupils were now nearing blood red. The Alicorn then took to the air, revealing herself to the rest of the gang. She was horrified to see the state her friends now were. But a small groan got her attention. She looked down to see one of them was pinning Butchershy down, and she had a knife in her hoof!

Without hesitation, Twilight lifted Crazity right off Butchershy and got the others to get away. She then pulled the knife off the yellow mare’s hoof.

“Twilight…did you just…?” she was surprised to see her friend.

“It’s alright, Butchershy. I’m here, just stay with us”

“I’ll be fine”

“Well, you did do a good job” Pinkamena got their attention.

“What’s wrong with you, Pinkie?”

“Pinkie?” the mare sneered. “My name’s Pinkamena. And second, welcome aboard”

“What?!”

“The moment you took the Victim’s Blood” Butchershy said. “Is the moment you submitted yourself to Pinkamena. She now rules over you as Alpha”

“Doesn’t it apply that I’m an Alicorn?”

“Nope. See, Twilight. When you decide an Alpha, it doesn’t matter on your race anymore, as long as you defeated them all in Single Combat. And the Blood Butchershy gave you was hers, which signed you over to me upon intake”

“No, that’s not true”

“Oh, but it is” Pinkamena then turned to Butchershy, who was still trying to get up. “Okay, Butchershy. I’ll let you off this time with only locking you in the room for a week, but only because you gave us a new colleague. Speaking of which, welcome to the group. Girls!”

Upon word, the rest of the gang came to Pinkamena. She then walked, with them following her. The mare said one last thing before leaving, “Oh, and don’t forget to change to normal when leaving. And get a codename. See you at Sugarcube Corner!”

“Are you alright?” Twilight asked as Butchershy got up.

“I’ve been better, just a scar, I’ll be fine”

“Are all those scars from her?”

“Some are, others were Rainbow’s and Crazity’s. But you gotta change back when you leave, just concentrate. Like so”

Butchershy then morphed back to her regular form. Twilight did the same, as her eyes returned to normal.

“Why did you take the Blood?”

“Why did you save me?”

“You’re better off alive than dead in my book”

“I wanted to live, and keep you alive”

Butchershy nodded. “Thanks”

“So, do I pick a codename or?”

“Yeah, you get to pick”

“Okay, how about…Darklight Sparcackle?”

“Not bad”

“Thanks”

“Come on, we better go. Still got plenty to teach you about being a Murderess”