Hungry that is what most would describe this ungodly fog that has engulfed Ponyville. It has been several days since it had swept across the sky; enshrouding everything in a dark uniform grey. The trees have lost their leaves. The air has grown deathly quiet. Most ponies now hang their head as they try to go about their daily routines. Pegasi who were once in charge of the weather now gingerly float above ground. Unable to cope with their now grey world some have even taken their own life
The ever pressing gloom of the fog has snuffed out every ounce of joy. No pony not even Pinkie Pie could overcome it's oppression. With each passing day the concept of time becomes lost. This takes its toll on all creatures, but for one especially it has taken more.
In a cottage on the outskirts of town lives a solemn yellow Pegasus by the name of Fluttershy. Whos house was once bustling with life, and sounds of her animals now lies unnaturally quiet. Even the silence of a grave would be preferable. They had all left her in search of daylight. Leaving her alone within her grey prison. Within her stupor Fluttershy had forsaken leaving her home. She refused to leave until her animals came back. She stopped eating; she stopped bathing; she had long since stopped everything. She only wept dry tears. If it weren't for her friends bringing her food she would have starved to death days ago.
One such day Rainbow Dash was the one to bring the disheartened Pony her food. She faired no better. Like all of the Pegasi she had lost her vibrancy. Her mane was disheveled, her wings in desperate need of preening. Her eyes dull, and void of life. She barely hovers an inch above ground as she approaches the cottage. As she stops in front of the door she lands on the ground, and calls out to her friend.
" Hey Fluttershy open up its me Rainbow! Come on I brought you food!"
"Go away Rainbow just leave me alone to rot away,"
"Come on Fluttershy its not THAT bad. This fog will leave eventually, and your animals will return,"
"You're just saying that Rainbow! This fog has been here for who knows how long! We can't even tell when it is night anymore! Who knows when IF this fog will leave!"
"Fluttershy come on its just fog from the Everfree it will leave eventually. It always does we just have to be patient,"
"This coming from the most impatient pony alive,"
"Heh, heh I didn't say it would be easy,"
"No, I guess not,"
"So will you let me in? This food is getting cold,"
"Um I guess so,"
Rainbow Dash pushes the door open letting what little light there was into the dark cottage. The inside looked like a disaster area. Wallpaper peeled off of the walls like skin off of a snake. There were gashes in the furniture as if someone had taken a knife to it in search of something. Picture frames, Knick knacks, and other decorations littered the floor in tiny little pieces. The floor itself was in no better condition as several floor boards had been ripped up, and broken. There were even small trace amounts of dried blood, and fur around the darkest corners of the debris. Rainbow hadn't been in the cottage since the fog engulfed Ponyville. As a matter of fact no pony has, but this was unsettling to see her friend's house in such disarray.
"Uh Fluttershy I know you haven't been yourself since the fog, but uh it looks like something serious happened here," Rainbow Dash states as she walks into the living room
"What? Oh the mess well I haven't found the strength to clean it up since my animals left,"
Fluttershy states as she makes some room on her broken table. Rainbow Dash catches a small glint of something red, and white hidden under one of the broken legs. Rainbow Dash sits down opposite of Fluttershy a module of unease begins to knot itself inside of Rainbow's stomach, and throat. They ate in silence the sandwiches which Rainbow had brought were delicious, but in the wake of Fluttershy's expressionless face tasted like ash. As Rainbow finishes the last of her meal she prepares to leave when she is stopped by Fluttershy.
"Hey Rainbow," Fluttershy states with a coldness Dash has never heard before.
"Ye...yeah what's up?"
"Can I ask you something?"
"Of course,"
" Its just I haven't left my cottage for some time now, and I was wondering. what's it like out there?"
"Oh well um its foggy, but you already know that. Ponies kind of just mope around kind of sad like. Its really quiet all the time, and there's virtually no light so yeah its dark. Honestly that's about it really. Quiet, and dark,"
"Oh ok,"
"Anything else you need Fluttershy?" Rainbow Dash asks as she moves towards the door. Normally she wouldn't leave her friend alone like this, but something inside of her was telling her to get out. That something wasn't right with her friend.
"Well actually yes there is," Fluttershy smiles as she looks down at some indiscernible spot on the floor.
"Its just one small thing really. Could you help me in the kitchen? One of the animals overturned my stove before they all left, and I can't lift it. I can't clean, or cook without it. So would you be willing to help me out? You're much stronger than me, and I really would appreciate it,"
"Oh a sure no thing I can help you with that,"
The two mares walk further into the cottage where laid the kitchen. A shiver of apprehension runs through Rainbow's body as she follows her long time friend. The knot in her gut told her to run to leave now. To wait until the fog lifted to return to Fluttershy. She did not know why she was getting these feelings, but she shrugged them off. After all this was Fluttershy she couldn't harm a fly let alone a mare as awesome as Rainbow Dash. The sensations that course through her body suddenly stop as rainbow Dash crosses the threshold of Fluttershy's kitchen. As she suspected the kitchen was in similar condition as the living room. Broken furniture, doors just barely hanging off of their hinges to the cupboards, scratch marks cover virtually everything as if something was trying to get away from something. As she glanced over the scene her eyes locked onto the stove on its side, but in otherwise perfect condition. Which struck her as odd. It looked as though some pony had just tipped it over, and left it like that.
"So just tip it back over?" Rainbow asks as she glances at her friend as twinge of unease in her voice.
"Oh yes just tip it back over onto its legs. I tried to do it myself, but I can't get it to budge,"
"Alright I should be able to get it back on its feet,"
Rainbow Dash walks over to the stove, and starts to lift it. Now normally this would be more suited for a stallion to do. However Rainbow was stronger than what she looked. The stove though heavy had started to move.
"How is it Flutters? Is it almost there?"
"Oh yes just a little more,"
Fluttershy says as she glares down at Rainbow a vicious smile curls on her face as she grips a razor sharp kitchen knife behind her back. Her eyes begin to glow a crimson red as she slowly approaches Rainbow from behind. As Rainbow gives one last shove to the metal stove she grunts with satisfaction as it crashes back onto its feet. Fluttershy embraces her friend from behind pinning her wings between their bodies.
"Oh thank you Rainbow this means more to me than you know. Here let me show you my appreciation!"
Fluttershy takes the knife, and rips it across Rainbow's belly spilling her intestine onto the floor. Rainbow screams as she feels the excruciating pain radiate throughout her body. Rainbow looks at Fluttershy, and realizes that this wasn't Fluttershy. Her eyes were glowing a brilliant red. Two teeth were now brought to sharp points, and her wings were now leathery instead of feathered.
"Oh no. I thought we got rid of you!"
Dash starts to kick, and scream as she scoots across the floor. Trying to put as much distance between her, and Fluttershy. Fluttershy starts to laugh manically as she places a hoof on Dash's spilled intestine pinning her to the ground.
"Oh no you'll find I'm harder to get rid of than that! I must admit I didn't expect her psyche to break so easily when this fog overtook Ponyville though. She broke almost immediately a couple of days in! At first when I took over I just ate her rations of delicious red apples. However when I ran out something inside me awoke. I needed to eat, and the only thing around me was her little animals. At first I had no interest in them they weren't apples, but then that rabbit came up to me. It started to cuddle with me looking for some comfort or something.
I picked it up in my hooves, and felt its warmth. I felt its blood course through its veins! My hunger broke, and I bit into its neck. The taste of blood overwhelmed me, and I found my TRUE self. The rest of them panicked as I had started to hunt them down one by one. It wasn't long before I had killed the last one. I was about to lose myself to my hunger once more, but then that stupid bitch Twilight Sparkle came by to check on me. I would have killed her, but she is too powerful for me to take on directly. I needed a plan so I played the part of Fluttershy to lure her inside, but she never did. Everyday one of you would show up at my doorstep talk to me through the door, and leave some meager morsel for me to eat! I thought I was going to starve! Then you came along little Dashie, and you just walked right in," Fluttershy starts to laugh as grabs a hoof-full of Rainbow's intestine, and starts to walk over to her.
" you know you might not be the bitch that sent me away, but you are one of the ones that helped,"
Fluttershy throws Dash's intestine around her neck, and starts to squeeze. Her face turns violet as she chokes out coughs.
"It only fitting you share her fate!"
Fluttershy laughs as she watches Dash's eyes bulge. Yellow froth foams out around Dash's mouth, and nose as her choking turns into a gurgle. Her eyes roll to the back of her skull as her hooves slowly fall to the side, and her body goes limp. Fluttershy continues to strangle Dash with her intestine long after her last breath. Once satisfied she releases her hold, and lets out a content sigh.
"you know once I'm don with you I think I will go into town for a little midnight snack,"
Fluttershy curls her lips, and sinks her fangs into the fresh corpse feeding on its vitals. She would enjoy her appetizer before going into town for the main course!
