Apprentices

Bunny had just arrived back at her house from another grueling training day. She was pretty exhausted from the entire time of being taught to ignore pain. She had been faking pain, but dropped it when needed. Her friends were having different things going on as soon as training was over. Spike was struggling to keep the gang from falling apart. Scootaloo was looking for information about the Mane Six’s life here, as well as dating a colt named Orion. Sweetie, Babs and Applebloom were trying to keep themselves from going crazy with the Victim’s Blood.

Taking a seat on her chair, Bunny decided to take a breath of relief and relax. As much as she tried to control her natural urge to destroy Apprentices, she had to keep it under control since three of her friends already Turned themselves. Applebloom did when she came out of a fear-induced hallucination, Babs Seed to make her cousin feel needed, and Sweetie Belle because her sister did the same for her. Now, she was worrying about who would be next. For all she knows, it could be her!

“There’s the crazy rabbit!” a voice rang out. Before Bunny could react, she was pinned to the wall. Her attacker held her by the throat, and she faked choking. When she finally got a good look of who it was, her eyes widened in shock. It was a colt who had a brown coat and green mane. He was a Pegasus, but it looked like he just Turned himself. It was Orion, Scootaloo’s new coltfriend.

“Orion? What are you doing?” Bunny pretended to choke.

“Just a little thing to make sure that your friend is all mine, besides, I always wanted a pet”

“Let me go! Nightmare will kill you!”

“We’ll see about that once you’re nothing but a pair of lucky rabbit’s feet”

Bunny felt fear in herself. She could also clearly see that Orion had gone mad, that he was an Apprentice for years. She felt her instincts kick in. The Servant Gene was beginning to take its hold on her. She tried to keep herself controlled, but her instincts were more powerful. She just closed her eyes as she felt it control her.

Orion was about to stab Bunny with a knife, when he was stopped by a paw. He tried to break free from Bunny’s grasp, but she proved to be stronger. When he looked to see her face, he found that her eyes turned into a darker hue. Her teeth were now sharper than normal as she bared them in a growl. Orion tried to stab her, but her claws sank deep into his flesh as he screamed in pain.

“WHAT ARE YOU?!” he screamed.

Bunny just responded by grabbing a knife and stared at Orion coldly. “An Apprentice’s Hunter”

Bunny then relentlessly stabbed Orion in the chest, before she moved on to the wings, yanking them off. Orion fell to the ground with a thud. He was still alive, but barely. He tried to crawl away, but Bunny levitated him in the air. She then, somehow turned him into a cow, must be for her liking. Then, without mercy, she pulled his eyes out with her bare paws. The last thing she did as a finale was slit his throat. She dropped his bloody body with a thud. She breathed heavily as she began to calm down. When she opened her eyes, they were back to normal. She seemed clueless at what happened at first, but when she looked down, she got the shock of her life.

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!”

Bunny screamed at the top of her lungs, loud enough to wake up the whole Neighborhood if it weren’t for the sound-proof force field.

“I killed him…I killed him…I killed Orion!” she freaked out as she rocked herself. “What is wrong with me?!”

It’s alright, dear. It was for the greater good.

A voice rang in her head, it sounded like hers, but a little raspy. “Hello? Who are you?”

Don’t worry, my dear. I’m just you’re little friend.

“Friend?”

The voice of your little head.

“What do you mean I killed him for the greater good?”

He was too far gone, no hope left. What you did was alright. You freed him from the darkness that lurks in this twisted Organization.

“But, what about Scootaloo?”

She should’ve seen it, but you can keep the body at bay. In fact, why not make yourself a little doll to practice on? Why not do the same thing on the other Apprentices and Murderess with no hope?

“But, I don’t want to think of it as killing ponies”

Then don’t kill ponies.

“What?”

Turn them into cows before killing, now you can even eat them. Who knows? Maybe you can even discover from each one where your friend Fluttershy is.

“You think it’s alright?”

Of course, cows are meant for food anyway. Besides, isn’t that your nickname? Kibo Suru? Be a glimmer of hope to stopping the madness, it may be even your cutie mark.

Bunny thought about it for a bit, then sighed. “Okay, I’ll do it”

Good, now, do you see that vial of Victim’s blood on the table?

Bunny picked that vial up. “Yes, why?”

Drink it down. Don’t worry; we made sure it was a formula with a bit of a twist to it.

Bunny finished the vial and asked, “Why?”

This makes you crave Murderers and Apprentices rather than innocents

Bunny then began to show the first sign of the effect, her darker hue pupils and black irises. She felt some sort of new and different craving, Apprentices and Murderesses. And with that, Brazy was born.