Blaire and Bailey stared down at Twilight's dead body. The purple alicorn was stained red with her own blood. The twins would be more surprised, but they did hear about Scootaloo's other crimes.

"Where are we going to hide out?" Blaire asked.

"I know a place..." Scootaloo smirked.

The trio made their way into the forest of apple trees in Sweet Apple Acres. They found the unused CMC clubhouse that overlooked the schoolhouse. They climbed the ladder and entered the small, wooden treehouse.

"What is this?" Bailey inquired as she examined a paper with possible cutie marks on it.

"Nothing very important," Scootaloo shrugged. "We need to change our appearance right now."

"How do we do that?" Blaire asked.

Scootaloo went over to a wooden chest and opened it. She dug through it for a moment before pulling out brushes, dyes, and makeup. "Can you guys do me first?"

"Sure," Blaire grabbed a black dye. "Wait, we need water, don't we?"

"No, that's temporary dye. Just put it in and it dyes my hair." Scootaloo motioned for them to begin.

Blaire squirted some dye into Scootaloo's mane and began rubbing it in. The wet dye made the hair more moldable, so Blaire began shaping her mane. She curled the hair in several places and flattened it more. Her bangs were now curling and spiking randomly while the mane on her neck was flat like Twilight's. Bailey dyed Scootaloo's tail black. She molded it into a spiral shape.

The two fillies dyed Scootaloo's pelt. They rubbed in bright pink dye and scruffed it up. Then Bailey and Scootaloo dyed Blaire. They made her mane and tail lime green with elegant curls and her main fur was dyed lavender. Blaire and Scootaloo dyed Bailey next. Bailey's mane and tail were dyed lavender with spikes while her main fur was dyed lime green.

Once they were finished, the sun was rising on the horizon. Scootaloo explained the visiting schedule at the hospital and they decided to wait a few hours in the CMC clubhouse.

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Cotton sat beside Jay's hospital bed. She smiled warmly, having completely "forgiven" him. She gently stroked his navy blue mane as they talked.

"As soon as I get that prosthetic I can leave," Jay said sarcastically, "woohoo."'

"Do you like sitting around doing nothing for society?" Cotton was half joking.

"Well, kinda..." Jay muttered. "But I still need the bits and-"

"Jay, I need you to be careful right now," Upbeat suddenly appeared in the doorway. "We just got informed that three fillies just escaped from juvie. One of them was Scootaloo. Not careful but... alert..."

Jay's heart skipped a beat when he heard that name. His heartbeat raced and his breaths shortened even though he tried to control it. He wanted to puke at the moment but controlled the urge.

"Upbeat... I don't think I should be on the second floor right now..." he said slowly.

"Oh, th-that whole deal with he-her friends. Don't worry, she won't be able to get inside." Upbeat disappeared into the hallway.

I'm not very good at not WORRYING! Jay tried to take control of his breathing, but it was harder than it looked. When he tried to prolong each breath, it shook like an earthquake and made him sound more unstable.

"Jay-"

"I'm completely, utterly fine, Cotton," Jay sat up straighter and grinned nervously. "Don't worry about me!"

"Are you sure, babe?" Cotton tilted her head thoughtfully as her pink eyes stared at him inquisitively.

"Of course, I am!" Jay paused. "You could go home now... make sure the twins didn't get hungry and eat the colts... I don't think Asher's a very good parent..."

"He isn't," Cotton assured. "See ya."

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As Scootaloo hid in the bushes she saw a stunning pegasus walk out of the hospital. She was sky blue with a long, curly, pink mane and tail. Her cutie mark was a snowman with a pink bow. She is, Scootaloo decided, my next victim. After Jay, that is.

"What are you thinking, Scootaloo?" Blaire asked.

"Go inside, now." Scootaloo motioned for them to walk inside.

They trotted into the hospital and confronted the mare at the desk. "Only one pony can visit at a time. Sorry, but there were some incidents."

"Okay, I'd like to visit Jay... some name... I don't know his last name, but-"

"Second floor, third door to the left of the stairs."

Scootaloo followed the directions and came to Jay's room. She opened the door slowly and walked inside.

"Who are-" he noticed the dead, purple eyes. "Scootaloo... no amount of dye could trick me."

Scootaloo grinned and pulled out a butcher knife. Jay had already calmed himself down, but now he had to try again. At the sight of the shining blade, his eyes widened and his heart skipped a beat, again.

"Yeah, just give me a bucking heart attack, that's fine." He rolled his eyes, trying to act like he wasn't terrified.

"What color is your wife?" Scootaloo asked nonchalantly.

"B-Blue..."

"Was she just in here?" Scootaloo fiddled with the blade in her hooves.

"Y-Yes..."

"If you tell on me," she made frightening eye contact, "I'll cut her into pieces in front of your foals. Then I'll feed her to them."

"How would you be able to do that?" Jay tried to act tougher. "How did you even escape?"

"I tricked an alicorn!" She sang as she skipped over to Jay.

Jay leaped out of the bed, nearly landing face first. He bolted toward the door but paused. Scootaloo had thrown the knife and hit him in the back of the neck. In the moment he had hesitated, Scootaloo jumped onto his back and wrestled him to the ground. She punched and kicked him mercilessly, bruising his already beaten skin.

"STOP! S-STOP!" Jay pleaded. Scootaloo went to stab him in the mouth, but she missed. "SCOOTALOO! I... CAN... HELP... YOU!"

Scootaloo came to a complete halt. "What?"

Author's Note

I was sick today so I had time to work on another chapter. Have fun interpreting this one for a while. Next chapter should take me 2 days.