Royal Pearl: Fear in the Rough

It’s been about 3 days since Royal Pearl arrived to Ponyville and so far, she has been doing a good with trying to understand the area. She has gotten to know different ponies and even started looking around for jewels. She even got to look around the border of the Everfree forest and got to find some beautiful emeralds and pearls that she’ll most likely sell to others. At the house, she already had things basically put away and already bought some small furniture until she gets more bits; she also had enough food to last her some from when Candy bought her food to last her a week. Everything was good for Pearl, but there was one thing about her that no pony would ever guess that she would do; she has an addiction to murder.
She always had this addiction ever since she first saw herself bleed from an accident when trying to levitate a vase. It’s been about 4 days since she killed any pony and she was feeling very antsy, so she tried to decide who she was gonna kill first. As she was starting to make some lunch, she heard the doorbell ring; it was Candy Floss and she had a bag of apples.
“Hi there Pearl, I brought you some apples from Sweet Apple Acres.” Pearl smiles kindly and allows Candy to enter.
“Thank you so much Candy.” After putting the apples away, Pearl makes some mint tea for Candy since she flew in from the other side of Ponyville and it was farther away from the house. After about 10 minutes, Pearl comes out to the living room with the cups and hands one to Candy.
For the next 20 minutes, Candy and Pearl sit down and drank tea while talk of random things that went on in the last few days and even got to learn some of the mane 6 who are away but will return soon. Pearl even told of what it was like in her old town; it was very isolated and only 60+ ponies lived there, including her and her small family. Her father was named Rocky Cliff, her mother was Ruby Red, and her brother was Coal. Pearl left the town to pursue her dreams of searching for jewels since the area was bare of vegetation and jewels.What Candy doesn’t know was that Pearl killed off a bunch of the locals and even her family to feed her addiction; she very much regretted killing Coal, but Rocky and Ruby were destined to be killed off eventually due to incompetence and lack of care for the two.
At some point, Pearl leaves the room to use the bathroom and Candy decided to look around the house. When passing one of the bathrooms, she sees a cracked door and sees that it led to the basement. She decided to walk down and see how it was used; it felt very cold and was very dark. As she walks further into the basement, she felt a sharp jab in her back then a strong pull of sleep hitting her before she fell to the ground. After half an hour, she wakes up and was still in the basement but it was still dark. When she tries to move, she felt her legs being restrained by some kind of rope to where her wings could barely move. After a minute of struggling, the lights come on and nearly blind her. When her eyes adjust, a figure looms over her and it was Pearl.
“Pearl, what’s going on? Why am I tied up?” Candy asked with some panic in her voice; Pearl just smiles kindly and walks to near her head. She then uses her magic and brings over some kind of machine and places near Candy’s hair.
“I have a special addiction Candy and I decided to have you feed it.” Candy gets very terrified but also curious at the machine.
“What is that thing?” Pearl laughs and uses her magic to tie up Candy’s hair.
“It’s a special contraption that will pull your hair from your head and rump till it’s all removed, even if it takes some skin with it.” Candy’s eyes go wide at the thought of the machine pulling out her hair.
“You’re gonna use that to scalp me? What could you do with all that hair? And what kind of addiction is that?” Pearl just smiles and attaches the hair to the clamps before closing the head clamp.
When Pearl flips the switch, the machine groans and powers up, turning the clamps that hold the hair slowly. As it pulls the hair, it grows more and more painful and Candy starts crying from the pain. When it finally starts tearing the skin off her head, she starts screaming; blood starts dripping and pooling around her head and the machine. When the hair and skin finally rip off, she’s left there screaming and bleeding; all sorts of skin and muscle on her head were covered in blood. After removing the hair from the machine, Pearl carries it to the rump and does the same with the tail, tearing off the hairs and skin from her rump and also leaving it bloody. After removing the hairs, she puts the machine away and lays the pretty blue hairs into a metal tub for washing later.
Candy laid there in a pool of blood crying in pain and chunks of skin missing from her head and rump. Pearl still had a calm smile on her face as she put the machine away. After a minute, she uses her magic to grab a knife and walked closer to the broken Pegasus.
“I’ve had the addiction since I was a filly Candy. I was practicing magic by levitating a vase, but it broke and a shard sliced my wrist. The moment I saw the blood dripping, I was so fascinated by how murder worked. I even did it to my family back home.” Candy’s eyes go wide at the fact that Pearl killed her own family.
“Why would you do that? Don’t you love them?” She asked in a hoarse voice and Pearl frowns and sighs.
“My parents always worked so I watched over Coal, but then when they get home, they never were able to be with us. My mother was also very mean, so she would constantly yell at Coal and I; my father didn’t do anything to help so it never stopped. One day, I finally snapped and took action, I killed my father instantly by slitting his throat, and then I gutted my mother and removed everything inside her, then decided to rid Coal of his misery by poisoning him.”
Candy laid there crying as Pearl told her story.
“Didn’t you feel guilty when you killed them?” Pearl shrugged and moved closer to Candy’s legs.
“Only to Coal; he didn’t deserve to die, but I knew that he would’ve suffered if I left him alive.” Pearl lowers the knife to one of Candy’s leg and plunges it into her ankle, making her scream as it dig and cut her tendons.
“I’ve been killing for a long time. My first kill was this earth pony who was stalking me for years. I saved the hair from his mane and tail to be used for doll hair and that doll is in my room. I learned how to make the hair into thread and earn bits by taking it to tailor shops outside of town. Yours look like it would perfect for a very pretty dress once I give it to the owner of the boutique next door.” Candy laid there crying as Pearl cut her tendons in her hooves as she spoke.
“Rarity would never accept it if she knew!” Pearl just laughs quietly as she sets the knife down.
“She’ll never know though.”
After an hour, Pearl was able to remove all the hairs, cut the tendons, and removes her cutie marks and her wings. Candy laid there all bloody and too weak to move; she even looked less pink and was very pale from the amount of blood loss.Pearl was tired of doing her duties and decided to end it. She walks to a small bag that was sitting by the puller and grabs a small bottle with a blue-ish liquid and a syringe.
“I think you’ve suffered enough, so I’ll just poison you so you won’t be in too much pain. I’m not a cruel pony Candy; this is just something I can’t stop. Please understand.” Candy just stirs and groans as Pearl injects the liquid then in about 5 minutes, she starts seizing and shaking while blood pours from her wounds and mouth. After two minutes, Candy lays still and stops breathing; she was dead in a bloody heap. As Pearl starts cleaning up, tears start falling from her eyes; this always happens after each kill since all of her energy and emotions release once she was done. Candy was a good friend to her, but she had a job to do.