"Die!"

I slashed the throat of the latest terrified alicorn, then shoved her body down the slope. She bounced ever so slightly and then came to rest against the similarly decapitated nest at the base.

I waited a few to be sure she wasn't going to appear again- annoying how often she seemed to be teleporting lately. But at least now I was getting a steady supply of new materials. I'd lost a lot when I had to collapse my original cave. Spike deserved a proper burial, and I couldn't stand being so close to Princess' corpse. Especially after what she-

I shook my head. No use dwelling on it. Sparkle, Spike; they were both gone. Besides, I didn't want to be in a cave anymore. It was too difficult to climb from the cave to the top of the hill. I moved myself into a little tent closer to the top. I made it out of bones and skin, and it was honestly quite cozy. Close enough that I could rush over and slaughter the incoming me. Yet far enough away that she had no chance of dropping through my roof. I made that mistake the first time I built it- she crashed through and ripped the skin apart. Thankfully, the crash also left her dazed and injured. I was able to finish her off. And I put her to good use- her body formed most of my new living space.

Also thankfully, she didn't destroy my fire. That almost happened twice before; when I was killing Princess, between our struggle and her blood spraying everywhere, the flames were in danger. The second time, well, I had to take the flame from the cave to my tent. Moving fire is not easy. I won't go into detail- because it was super boring- but I got a couple burns and set some bodies on fire that weren't meant to be. Plus side, I had dinner for a couple days.

Overall, things are pretty good. The new supply rate was helping me keep my strength up. And they'd been teleporting in with some interesting stuff. I found lesson plans for Starlight, maps of Equestria's allies. Something about a Griffonstone Summit- that sounded fun, but mostly I was wondering what would happen if she teleported with a griffon. Would I have to kill the griffon? Could I kill a griffon? They're tough. If I did kill a griffon, what would it taste like?

Now I kind of wanted me to teleport with a griffon.

I also put the bone spikes back up. I don't know why I ever took them down- they're quite effective. By carving up femurs, tibias, and the like with notches and hooks, I made even larger and more stable pikes of bone. A number of mes had met their end on the pointed... ends. Wow. That was a bad one. Glad Pinkie wasn't here.

In any case, the mes who didn't die from impalement were either weak enough for me to finish off or they came down elsewhere. And the ones who came down elsewhere I used for practice. Throwing knives, chopping limbs. I'd gotten much better since that mess in the cave. My strength was almost equal to when I first teleported. My skill was far higher.

And I would need every bit of it.

Pop!

My head jerked up; I was perusing the scrolls that the last me had been carrying. Another one already?

I wasted no time and picked up my weapons. I'd fashioned the remains of my old saddlebags into a belt to carry them. By now I had a whole collection of saddlebags, but I liked my original best. Makes no sense? Who cares! I was trapped in a sphere where I ate myself and drank my own urine to stay alive. What is sense?

Huh. Discord might have been right.

Well, I scrambled up over the hill and saw that the latest me had gotten a spike through her chin. Cool. I didn't even need to do anything.

I started pushing her up and- ooof! What had she been eating, rocks? Nah, she wasn't Maud. Probably a Pound Cake brought over by Pinkie. Er, pound cake, not Pound Cake. Carrot Cake and Cupcake would likely not let her eat their baby. Of course, if she'd teleported with the baby...

I didn't have time to complete that line of thinking, as I heard another Pop!

"That was fast," I croaked. I hadn't had much to drink today. Too busy reading.

The second me managed to tumble off to the side, avoiding the spikes. Since I was right there, I just slashed upward with the axe and cleaved her skull open from the bottom. I doubt she had time to register me.

Pop!

"Another one?"

Third me spread her wings and glided a bit further away. I didn't let her reach the ground. I lined up a knife with her throat and tossed. With a gurgle, third me dropped. She flopped for a moment, then stilled. Cool. I hadn't been sure I'd make the shot.

Pop!

"Okay, this is getting ridiculous."

I killed the fourth one. And the fifth. But by the sixth one, I was curious.

Six fell a little bit, glided a little bit, then tumbled into the side of the flesh-hill. Before she could freak out too much, she found my axe at her throat.

"Hi," I told her. "You're going to die now. But before I kill you, do you mind answering a question or two?"

"Um... I guess not?"

"Great!" I pressed the axe-head against Six's throat. "Let's start with an easy one. How was Griffonstone?"

"What?" She looked confused for a moment. "Oh- the summit. It was fine. Gilda is turning into quite the leader. Celestia adored the griffon-scones and wanted to take them all. Luna got a bit testy with this one owl-headed griffon, who wanted to keep the moon up so he could hunt longer-"

"Yeah, yeah, that sounds great. Moving on. How's Sp-" I swallowed. "H-how's Spike?"

"Great, actually. He met this changeling..."

"What! Did it hurt him?"

"No, no," she had the nerve to laugh. "He made friends with it. The changeling's name is Thorax, and he's living-"

"Bored now," I interrupted again. "Tell me what else has been going on."

"Well, we all got together to prank Rainbow Dash by..."

I noticed her hoof moving, and quickly hurled a knife. Six found her leg pinned to another dead me, blood oozing around the bone weapon. She screamed, of course. I slapped her across the face and she shut up. Mostly. There was crying, and sniffling. I ignored it.

"I'm going to kill you," I said slowly and quietly. "There's nothing you can do to stop that. You could run, but there is nowhere for you to go. Nowhere that I cannot follow. So answer my questions. And don't try anything else."

She nodded.

"Continue."

"W-well, Spike m-made friends with Discord. And the CMC, they... they have a new member. A griffon named Gabby. Sh-she's nice." Six swallowed. "Ouch. Erm- the map sent Fluttershy and Applejack to Las Pegasus. That's all, I think. There's been other stuff happening, but nothing too important. I think." Six winced. "Could you, maybe, remove the knife please?"

I shook my head. "Just one more thing. Why all the teleports today?"

"W-we were training. Starlight and me. She's been coming along excellent."

"Oh, good. Well, say hi to the other pieces of our soul."

"Wait, what-"

I took another knife and gutted her, feeling the satisfying splash of blood down my hoof. It had been a while since I had a me at my mercy. Princess, and then a couple of the early ones. But I had gotten a bit more play out of Six than the others. It was nice.

Well, I had other things to do with my day. Whatever Starlight and Twilight Sparkle were up to, their teleporting seemed to be finished. I went to the spikes just to be sure- yes, Six had been the last.

I gathered up the bodies and body parts, and thought about what I'd do with the next visitor I got.

She'd been making Starlight teleport train... Assuming that all teleportation worked the same, for unicorns and alicorns at least, that meant at least six Starlights had been trapped in a sub-dimension today. All because Twilight Sparkle wanted her to know how to use a horrible spell that should have been outlawed.

Yeah, she deserved to die. Preferably slow and painful.

I could arrange that.

Author's Note

I put this in a blog post, but I don't know if everyone has/will read that. So I'm putting it here, too.

I did not expect the last chapter to be so violent and gory. I begin writing these chapters with a vague idea and let it evolve based on the characters. Last chapter, I knew I wanted Princess to stomp Spike's body, which would make Twilight snap completely, and I wanted Twilight to kill Princess. I had no idea how bloody it would get. But honestly, I'm impressed. I really fucked Twilight up here. It's perfect!

I just have to make sure she doesn't become completely unsympathetic.