There she laid, on the cold steely floor just starving away... The pain and agony was becoming to much; Death was at her doorstep and she knew it... Every fiber of her being was screaming to just end it all, to close her eyes...

To die...

Despite the the lack of energy, she got back up. Her legs shook so much, her knees were almost banging against each other...
Ahead of her, was a set of iron bars trapping her in the cell and teasing the thought of a seemingly impossible escape. As she inched closer to the bars, a weight was being dragged with her and they were heavy too...
Turning back she could see what looked like vines attached to her spine, four disfigured and thick vines all of which lengthened to the same size as the room she was in...

"I see you've noticed some changes..." on the other side of the bars was a unicorn dressed in a lab coat with a cold smile on his face. "Rise and shine...~"

She jolted awake, left in a cold sweat from her terrible nightmare...
Putting one hoof on her head as she attempted to recollect her thoughts and just kept telling herself that it wasn't real, blatantly lying.
Because, deep down, she knew it wasn't just any normal dream, it was a reminder... A reminder that, because of that 'doctors' actions, she lost her family, her home but most importantly... She lost herself.

Doctor... The mere mention of that psychopathic and poor excuse of a stallion was like venom to her tongue.

Wanting to take her mind off of her current situation, she got out of the bed she was in and roamed Ace's house a bit. She examined his room and pondered at why he had so many posters of the sports pony.

She had pretty much seen enough as strolled towards the door to exit...
That was, until she opened the door only to find Ace's mom standing right in front of her, shooting daggers...

"Answers..." she whispered coldly as she stomped towards her, only making the Mare step backwards in uncertainty and fear," I want answers... Who are you...? Why are you here? Why are you with my son?! Howlonghaveyoutwobeen together!? Whatwereyoudoinglast night, INTHESAMEBEDASHIM!!? HOWLONGHASTHISBEEN GOINGON?!"

Her aggressive shouting did not give her the answers she wanted, but only caused the Mare to be pinned against the wall and even fearing for her life.
"Well...?"

Still... No response.
Though it should've been very obvious already, she pointed at her jaw, showing her the distinct lack of a mouth.

Ace's mother just sighed and placed a hoof on her temple.
"Well... I guess I should've known..."
Straight after, she made a perplexed gaze at the Mare.
"By the way, what is going on with the whole... Y'know..." She circled her jaw.
"... But still.. You must have one... Right?"

The Mare nodded as she opened up, showing her razor sharp fangs. Due to her bubble gum-like properties, bits of her skin stretched across the opening, partially covered her mouth.

" Dear sweet Celestia!" she exclaimed, taken back by her sights.
"Just...! What... are you?"

The moment that comment reached her, the Mare gave a look of disgust and high offence.
'What am I?' she thought.

'I'll tell you who I am! A pony, for buck sakes! Why should my looks get in the way of who I am?! Besides! I never even chose to be this way! Yet you have the audacity to say what are you!!--'
Tiers began to form in her eyes, clouding her vision, as her anger grew... And it showed!

Ace's mother, upon seeing this, took a second and her eyes widened as realised what she had done.
"Oh... My... Hon, I'm so, so, so sorry about that! Listen, I didn't mean to say it like that, it's just--!"
Before she could finish her sentence, the Mare abruptly barged her out the way, exiting the room before then running out the house, water flowing freely from her eyes...

She didn't stop running either.
In fact, she was sprinting so fast that her tiers were streaking along the side of her face.

Some nearby ponies gave her confused looks as she went by, but she only cared about one thing at that moment in time...
Finding Ace!

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After some time, the Mare started to slow down and stopped in front of the fountain to catch her breath.

'Just! What... Are you?'
Those words echoed in her head...

Finally, she began to let out a few sobs she held in... As the Mare weeped, her reflection stared at her as she questioned:

'Why do I have to suffer because of this...?!'

"How pathetic..." a familiar voice whispered in her ear.

The Mare flinched in shock, turning around to find no pony around her.

"Down here, you dolt!"
Taking a look back in the fountains reflection, lied the stallion that created the Candy Mare...

None other, than the Doctor himself!

In an instant, her features went sour and extreme amounts of hate filled her.
"Yeeew...!" She said, her voice contorted to the point where she was barely understandable.

The Doctor gave a psychopathic smile in return.
"Ah! So you do remember me! Then again... Who could forget the genius the is me...!" He said smugly.

This only caused the Mare to go more red with rage.
"Yew... Did... thissss... To ME! Yew... CURSSSED me!"

The Doctor only shook his head.
"'Cursed'? My, my! You've got it all wrong!"

"Exssplain...!"

He made a grimacing of his own.
"Oh, come on! Can't you see!? I blessed you with power... And plenty of it!
Think about it, all the destruction... All the chaos... No pony could challenge you! I built you as an experimental prototype... Yet I've created potentially the most powerful Mare in all of equestria!
All of this...! Because I fused you with candy..."
He chuckled to himself.
"Who knew something so sweet could be so deadly...!"

She frantically shook her head in dismay.
"No... Don't want thiss!"

"Too bad! I'd say I've given you the trade of a lifetime...
Total power...
In exchange for your looks..."

In that sudden moment, something in the Mare snapped.
A sharp vine violently sprouted out of her spine, she aimed it at the Doctor.

"DIE!!!"

"What in the blazes is going on?!"

Her vine halted right before it could even come into contact with the water.
She turned around to find an orange pony with a stretson hat starting directly at her in absolute shock and stun.
"Are you feelin' alright, ma'am?"

Author's Note

Whew!
Finally, I got back to finishing this chapter!
Sorry for the huge delay...

I decided to take a long summer break from writing fimfiction...
But I'm back at it!

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