Dirty little secrets
Prologue: the chase.
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"NO, PLEASE!!!!!!STOP!!!!!!!AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHhhhhhhh”
"One little two little three little dead ponies, four little five little six little dead ponies, seven little eight little nine little dead ponies and so many more will die!!”
Shut up shut up shutupshutupshutp.....SHUTTHEHELLUP!!! The voices stopped and, with a clearer mind, Clairsentience realized where she was. The distinct wing beats and warm blood trickling down her legs also reminded her why she was running, her loose blind fold bounced on her chest. The wing beats got closer, catching up to her even though she was galloping at full speed. "Crap, this isn't working!" If I try to hide the blood-trail will give me away, I can't out run them for much longer, and if I 'play dead' they'll kill me. Dammit! What do I do? She came across a gorge with a thin rickety bridge spanning the distance. She quickly galloped to the other side a trap already forming in her mind.
The captain of the hunting squad narrowed his eyes as he flew. That damned witch has to be here somewhere. He then located his prey, a small gray-blue Pegasus with a red-violet mane. He landed, thinking to himself just how much fun his job was. The witch, barely able to stand, was on the other side of the bridge glaring defiantly at him, but she had given up already. He could see it in her eyes. He signaled the others to move in for the kill. Two of his four subordinates hovered over the gorge on his left the other two on his right while he walked over the bridge. When he got to the middle though the bridge snapped and he fell. He gracefully opened his wings and flew back up after falling a short distance. “Did you really think you could kill me that easily?” he mocked her. In response she merely took out a needle that was hidden in her mane and threw it directly at him. He dogged it so that it barely scratched his leg enough to make it bleed. He let out a thunderous laugh, taunting her. He didn't see it, but all of his subordinates did. She was calm, smiling even, as she watched his blood drop through the air and into the gorge. He stopped, noticing his squads’ silence. He looked at the witch, and what he saw there terrified him. Or rather what he didn't see, there was no fear in her eyes. She was as good as dead, cornered be Equestrias' finest assassins. Yet she looked as though she had already won.
Then came the roar. It was loud enough to deafen anypony and it was coming from directly below them. Him and the smarter ones in the squad were trying to get to the witch when the massive thing came up and ate them all in one snap of its giant maw. Only he survived it, the thing only took his left wing. He fell to the ground in front of the witch and shakily stood.
Thanks to the immense pain from his missing wing that was all he could do. The witch walked up to him and ever so gently pushed him into the gorge. He tried to fly, but merely ended up spiraling towards the creature at the bottom of the gorge. He looked up and the last thing he saw was the witch’s’ blood red eyes smiling down at his as he fell to his death.
Clairsentience's pursuers were dead. She trembled remembering fragments of their lives. You see, young Clara here has a very odd power. Just by looking at you, she relives all of your past darknesses. Whether it be as small as shoplifting or something more along the lines of murder, she relives it all, through the eyes if the one who did it. The reverse of that is also true. If you have been stolen from or tortured she relives that as well.
Given that she wasn't being chased anymore Clara took a look at her surroundings. It looks to be a forest, old, and probably cursed. She walked away from the gorge and into the thick woods. The leaves canceled out the moon and created horrifying images on the tree trunks. But she had seen too much horror in her life to be scared, so she walked on unaffected, but soon collapsed. Huh the adrenalin must be wearing off. Almost immediately afterwards she fell into unconsciousness within the dangers of Everfree forest.
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