My Little Horror: Games are Magic

by Ruby Sapphire

Rating: mature
Tags: Fluttershy, Mystery, Suicide / Self Harm, Horror, Shining Armor, Death, Twilight Sparkle, Anthro, Gore, Photo Finish, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Alternate Universe, Nurse Redheart, Thriller
Length: 4350

The neighborhoods of Ponyville are full of ponies who take life for granted. What these ponies don't know is that there is somepony out there who can show the true meaning of being born again.

The neighborhoods of Ponyville are full of ponies who take life for granted. What these ponies don't know is that there is somepony out there who can show the true meaning of being born again.

There are rumors about an infamous killer who takes pieces of skin from each victim and the shape of these pieces are jigsaw pieces.

This pony likes to play games and they will not stop.

Proofreading and co-written by King Shugoki

Published 2018-10-15 23:20:02 UTC
Last updated 2019-01-19 04:06:02 UTC

Chapter 1

It was dark, Photo Finish was barely able to move, when she did she realized she was in a full bath tub, she scrambled out of it, pulling the plug and sending a key down the drain.

"Help me! Somepony please help me!" She shouted, noticing a figure on the floor.

She was holding a gun, and it looked as though she had shot herself with it. This made it easier for Photo Finish to want to leave.

"Screaming won't help, believe me, I've tried" Came a voice from the other side of the room.

"Who are you?" Photo Finish asked, a hint of fear in her voice.

"My name is Redheart." She said, Photo Finish easing up slightly.

"Do you know where we are?" Photo Finish asked, hoping to be able to find a way out of this place.

"No, but I think there's a light switch over here." Redheart said as she started reaching across, her hand hitting a button that turned on the lights.

The lights came on in rows, and nearly blinded the two ponies standing across from each other, the two of them gasped in horror at the sight of a dead body, a pool of blood surrounding the dead mare and Photo Finish started vomiting.

"What the fuck is this?!" She shouted.

"Calm down, and breath!" Redheart shouted, realizing that it had no effect.

Redheart noticed a tape player in the hand of the dead mare, and she realized that there was something in her pocket, and when she pulled it out she realized what she had to do.

"Hey, check your pocket." Redheart called to Photo Finish.

"I found a tape." Photo Finish replied.

Redheart nodded and placed her tape in the player.

Hello Nurse Redheart. I want to play a game. Throughout your career you have claimed to be a great healer but when it came to your own health you simply drank to your heart's content and thought nothing of it, well now you are going to realize that a life taken for granted is the same as death. Live or die, make your choice.

"What the hell does that mean?" Photo Finish asked with a look that simply screamed terrified.

"It means that someone is trying to create a game out of torture, here, take the player put your tape in." Redheart said as she tossed the player over to Photo Finish.

Photo Finish put her tape in and pressed play, but she realized that she had put it in backwards after correcting the mistake she hit play again.

Hello Photo Finish. I want to play a game. Throughout your career in photography you have made fabulous portraits of others, but you have also embarrassed many others by blackmailing them with pictures of them doing things that you shouldn't interfere with, now you will understand how that feels, for the two of you are on camera now and in order to win, the two of you must figure out a way to escape the mirror will reveal your first piece of the puzzle. Live or die, make your choice.

"This is bullshit, sure I was arrested for that but I haven't done that in years, I..."

"Hang on, that was you, do you have any idea how traumatized those ponies were?" Redheart shouted, clearly not caring if she upset the photographer across from her.

Then, Redheart chose to use a piece of tiling to break the mirror, only to find a lockbox with a key. She opened the box and found a camera and a syringe, but also a card that said to give Photo Finish the camera after using the syringe to douse it in a fast acting poison.

"Look, there's no point in arguing, I'm gonna try and trick whoever's watching us, so do what you always do and play the right part." Redheart said hoping to reassure herself.

Redheart picked up the box and found a hidden compartment, inside she found another note. This one instructed her to use other means to escape, and that the key was in her hand.

"Look, you two really don't know just how much is riding on each others choices do you?" Came a voice that made the two mares jump in fright and disbelief.

It was then that the body in the center of the room got up to reveal that her identity to be the element of kindness herself, Fluttershy.

"The two of you have always hidden the sides of you that make you the exact opposites of yourselves and it is disgusting. Now each of you will have only six hours and if you fail then both of you will be killed, Nurse Redheart, your job is now to kill Photo Finish. Live or die, make your choice

Fluttershy left as the two mares screamed and shouted at her, she even heard one of them call her a bitch, then she heard them scream as they felt sveral volts of electricity going through their bodies.

"You won't really kill me will you?" Photo Finish asked, now terrified of the mare who was once a dear friend to any and all.

"The last thing I want is to die, and that means that you will have no choice but to die." Nurse Redheart said with practiced ease.

"There may be something in the tank of that toilet so check it." Redheart ordered with the voice that only a general could muster.

Photo Finish did as she was told, she found a bag that was used to wrap up two hacksaws, and a key. She tried the key on her shackle but failed.

"Throw it to me." Redheart demanded.

Photo Finish did so, and to her surprise, Redheart caught it and used it, unklocking her shackle. Redheart then moved over to Photo Finish with the syringe.

With a look of utter Rage in her eyes, Redheart injected Photo Finish with the poison, and then using a piece of broken glass, started cutting herself to make it look like she had done battle.

Photo Finish started screaming in agony while trying to claw at the spot where she had been injected, and little did she know, it had no effect on the poison. Just then Redheart looked at her and smiled.

"I remember one thing about you, Private first class Photo Finish, every time you brought in a wounded soldier, they would always recount your cowardice, and your ruthless interrogation methods, now you will know what they felt as they died." Redheart said with malice.

Just then the door opened and Fluttershy knocked her out, she looked at Photo Finish and simply looked disappointed.

"Game Over" That was the last thing Photo Finish heard before she passed out.

Some ponies take life for granted, abusing themselves, or hurting others. They lose what makes them live, the will to survive. Not Anymore!

Author's Note

I am pleased to show a version of saw that meets my liking, there is more to this and I am hoping to get some suggestions for the coming chapters.

Chapter 2

It was late at night, and Equestrian Special Forces Commander Shining Armor was deeply troubled by the fact that an infamous killer, nicknamed 'Jigsaw', had killed again.

He was deep in thought when he heard a knock on the door.

"Enter." He said a little harshly.

Twilight Sparkle opened the door and walked up to her brother, sat down and smiled before showing him the true explanation hidden behind her out-of-place smile.

"I have some theories I'd like to over with you on the connection between every victim to date, and I've also reverse engineered his little 'inventions' to suit our purposes, just like you asked." Twilight said with a forced smile.

This made Shining Armor look at her with a slightly interested look; he nodded indicating for her to continue as he placed the file he was reading back on his desk.

"Well, for starters, each victim is known for either self abuse, or abusing others, however it could be bigger than that..." Twilight said as Shining Armor motioned for her to stop.

"Look, I appreciate the ideas and theories you've come up with, but that doesn't help narrow down the killers list. What we do know is that this bastard is sick and needs to be taken down!" He said slamming his hand against the desk.

"I understand that, but we still don't know where they're being tortured, making the possibility of capturing this damn fucker very low. So Shining, it might be worth it to know that you are becoming obsessed, which is what The Force doesn't need." Twilight said, returning Shining's bout of anger with a raised voice.

Just then there was a knock at the door. Shining Armor stood and went to open the door, and there was a young officer standing there, looking as if he had run all the way here. The officer told Shining Armor about a new victim turning up in the Canterlot Hospital. Both Shining Armor and Twilight readied their side-arms and teleported straight to the hospital.

When they asked about the new victim' they were devastated to here that it was Nurse Redheart; the attendant gave them the room where she was resting and when they found it, they were confused. Sitting next to her was none other than Fluttershy.

"What the hay took you so long? I thought it would be sooner that you got the message." Fluttershy said, genuine anger in her voice.

"Sorry, but we only just got it, now how is she?" Twilight asked, truly wondering why her friend was here.

"How is it that you're here, especially since you don't look like you were there with her?" Shining asked, forgetting the gravity of the situation.

"I found her, near the sub tunnel entrance just outside of town." She said, not knowing if they would believe her.

"Shy, I'm sorry but, in order to be sure I would like to perform a memory spell, one that will confirm this." Twilight said, genuine regret in her voice.

"No no, she's telling the truth. I managed to escape, but then I collapsed while trying to get to my clinic." Redheart said with obvious strain in her voice.

"Do you remember the exact route you took to get to the surface?" Twilight asked, hoping to not make things painful for Redheart.

"Yes, I can draw a map for you. I might also have some information that might help you." Redheart said, causing Shining Armor to look at her with intrigue.

Redheart seemed deeply distressed as the broke eye contact."Photo Finish is dead." She force back a few tears, and then continued in a shaking voice.
"W-we were both going to die, there was a needle, and I remember everything she did... I-I was full of rage, a-and it was a fast acting poison that I injected into her blood, b-but only because it was me or her..." She finally broke down as she began recounting those last moments, when she took someones life instead of saving it.

I watched as the venom flowed through Photo Finish's veins. I could only guess that she was trying to call me a bitch, but after a minute she began to convulse, writhing in agony as her mouth foamed, after a few minutes of that she passed out, ceasing all function for the last time. Then her body became a cold, dull, lifeless bag of meat. I felt horrified at what I'd done. So, I ran. Eventually, I escaped and almost as soon as I hit the grass, I had became extremly weak, and I collapsed.

Redheart had begun crying, and the three visitors were ushered from the room. Fluttershy looked over her shoulder to get one last good look at the broken mare. And what she saw was beautiful.

Meanwhile back at headquarters, Twilight and Shining Armor were getting ready for their investigation of the Ponyville Sub-Tunnel Network in an attempt to find find the body of Photo Finish, as Princess Celestia greeted them and asked to speak with them alone.

"What's the problem, Princess?" Twilight asked, already aware of the reason as to why Celestia had come.

"I understand you have a lead on 'Jigsaw'." Celestia said, looking at them with hope.

"No, but we do have a lead on his latest 'game', as he calls these torture sessions." Twilight said with contempt. She had to admit that Jigsaw's methods were efficient, if brutal. His Ideology also seemed to be of a saint; a deranged Saint. And the engineering skills that Jigsaw possessed were on-par with the best blacksmiths in the land; if only he used them for good.

"Well then, please try and be discreet. I don't want anymore panic than there already is." Celestia said with a hopeful determination.

"Don't worry princess, we'll bring Jigsaw down!" Twilight said.

The group then separated and Twilight teleported herself and Shining Armor to the Sub-Tunnel entrance. The pair looked at each other with a look that telepathically wished each other with good luck, and begged that they don't die.

Author's Note

Authors Notes
This is my first attempt at something like this, and I appreciate the time and work that King Shugoki has put into this, I also want to know what you guys think.

Editors notes: This is my first time co-writing/editing a story. I hope that my work pleases you, and that you may point out any flaws that I may have missed.

Chapter 3 Part 1

Twilight and Shining Armor ventured through the tunnels of the Sub Network, eventually happening upon a sliding door.

Twilight signaled for Shining Armor to move into a defensive position, and as soon as as the door was opened, Shining Armor did a sweep of the room, Twilight only paces behind.

Twilight found the light switch and turned it on, revealing an abandoned bathroom and the already rotting corpse of Photo Finish.

"I guess we found her." Twilight said, slightly disgusted by the scene.

"I swear, when we find this son of a bitch, he will pay." Shining Armor practically shouted.

Not long after finding the place, Twilight had telepathically called for a full investigation team, when the team arrived, Shining Armor ordered that the body be examined on the spot.

"Uh... Commander, you might want to look at this." The stallion doing the autopsy said, a hint of fear in his voice.

The stallion was holding a cassette tape that he had removed from the inside of Photo Finish's skull, which was now open and revealing a badly dissolved brain.

Shining Armor walked over and grabbed it, on one side was his name, and on the other, was Twilight's.

Twilight saw the tape and had also stumbled upon a player.

"Shining, come here." Twilight said, having put two and two together.

Once Shining Armor got to her, Twilight took the tape and placed it in the player.

Hello Commander Shining Armor, Lieutenant Twilight Sparkle. Both of you are invited to meet with me alone. Right now the two of you are wondering why you have been singled out, Commander, you are becoming obsessed with catching me, and as a result the two of you always fail to save lives as I have. Lieutenant, you are a huge fan of my inventions, and now you must decide if you will use your versions of my work to trap me as you so cleverly trapped your targets. I will be at the abandoned warehouse near the Orange Family home.

The tape ended and the two siblings left, they began walking to the surface in an uncomfortable silence. The moment they got outside, they sat down, looked each other in the eyes and Twilight knew what her brother was thinking.

"We have to go, but first we ask ourselves; how does Jigsaw know us, why does Jigsaw want us, and how does Jigsaw know about our obsessions?" Twilight said, making Shining rethink his resolve to go to the warehouse.

"I think that there is however a chance that we will catch Jigsaw once and for all." Twilight said, hoping to finally end the madness.

Twilight got up and left, leaving Shining Armor to his thoughts, Twilight changed her direction and decided to go to Sweet Apple Acres to visit Applejack. When she got there, she could tell that the news had traveled.

"Hey there AJ." Twilight said, already, knowing that if she acted professional around her friends they would turn her away.

"Hey Twi, ah can't believe Nurse Redheart was a victim, and ah can't believe that somepony like Photo Finish coulda been targeted." Applejack said, trying to use her Apple Family stubbornness to fight back the tears.

"Applejack, do you know about a warehouse near the Orange Family home?" Twilight asked as her friend nodded in a way that revealed her sorrow.

It was just then that Fluttershy had flown on top of a cloud and looked down at her friends; a wicked smile forming on her face.

Twilight and Shining were on the train to the Manehattan branch of The Force. By the time they had arrived, the siblings were greeted by Aunt and Uncle Orange.

"Word travels fast." Shining Armor said.

"We know why you're here, and the warehouse is across the street from our home." Uncle Orange said with fear in his voice.

"You're welcome to stay at our home for the time being if you wish, but otherwise, good luck." Aunt Orange said trying to hide her face.

"We appreciate the offer, but the sooner we bring this bastard down the better." Twilight said, loud enough that she was intentionally heard by all, also sending a warning to any who might be following.

The two motioned for the Oranges to lead them to the warehouse, it had taken three hours to get there. Twilight looked at the entrance and found traces of special acids used to melt through steel.

Twilight opened the door with her magic and sent a ball of light in to the room; once it was determined that there was no threat Twilight and Shining Armor charged in only to hear the door close and see the pipes spew out gas.

Both unicorns went into a coughing fit and after fifteen minutes of agony, they passed out and fell to the ground.

Fluttershy was a nervous stick to yourself and shy away from strangers type of mare, but that is only the front she puts up. She knew that she was truly an inventive pony, but what made things worse is that her best friend had gotten involved, Twilight had been abusing herself by cutting her arms, she had also been making crude copies of the devices that were meant to help redeem the guilty.

"Sorry Twilight but you need to go through with this, because you have been abusing your body and thus throwing away your life" Fluttershy whispered, knowing that she wasn't heard.

"As for you Shining Armor; you have been obsessed with finding me, beating me to a pulp and throwing me in prison, but I assure you that I will not go, because I myself was tested before the games began and now your sister will be reborn and she will join me. When she does, you will be left broken and alone like the pathetic fool you are!" Flutter shy said, quietly shouting at the helpless stallion before her.

Trixie was on her way home from the Manehattan fairgrounds, her bag full of wallets and purses that she claimed to have won at the stands. she was about to turn the corner when a pegasus grabbed her and threw her down a nearby alleyway.

"Who dares to attack the great and powerful Trixie shall fall before my might!" Trixie shouted.

When she got back on her feet, she saw that she was alone and only once she tried to leave was Trixie attacked, she ran into a nearby door and shut it, hoping that it would hold. It was only when she lit up her horn did she see otherwise.

Trixie screamed but the door din't open, she was surrounded by ponies from whom she had stolen, and they wanted revenge, they moved towards her, holding Trixie down one of them had put a breathing apparatus to her mouth and she inhaled enough knockout gas to keep her asleep for hours.

Colgate was a well known dentist, but there were some who never came out of her clinic, those who did were either driven mad by what they had experienced or they would walk out with a decent smile.

Colgate would usually claim that the reason there were deaths in her clinic was solely due to faulty equipment, and then she would tamper with said equipment to try and avoid getting caught.

Today was no different than any other. Colgate left the clinic and started for home, but part way, she was ambushed by a pegasus. Colgate was thrown against the wall and then she noticed that she had been injected with her own anesthetic. Then; Darkness.

Colgate woke up, noticing a belt that looked like a nullifier, she also noticed something attached to it, when she tried to take it off; a tape fell from above her she placed the tape in a nearby player and listened in horror.

Hello Colgate, or as your friends know you; Minuette, I want to play a game. You live a life of lies and murder, day after day you lie and say that the deaths are due to faulty machinery but I know better. You have 3 hours to get out of this room, but only 2 hours before the poison that I injected into your body takes effect. The antidote is somewhere in this room; all you need to do is follow your heart. Live or die, make your choice.

Colgate began scrambling to her hooves and running around trying to find a clue as to where the antidote would be. Eventually she found a door that had heart painted on it. Colgate remembered what it was that the message said about following her heart. She opened the door and took a look around, she spotted a note, she picked it up and read it.

If you're reading this then you have almost found your way to the first task; now you must go through the door in front of you, you must decide the fate of one who is forgotten and alone. Do this and you will be one step closer to the antidote

"I didn't do anything to you! Why are you torturing me?" Colgate shouted, looking around frantically for another door.

She found one, but it led into a room full of dental tools. Colgate found a note and she decided to read it.

So you have found your first task, you must choose to either remove the top row of teeth of the pony before you or you must carve a piece of your own tongue out.

She looked at the stallion lying on the table and realized who he was; Flash Sentry.

'Damn it, if I do this, I get arrested.' Colgate thought to herself.

Colgate sat there, unsure of what to do. After sitting around for a few minutes Colgate decided that she was gonna use the blade tool to carve out her own tongue, or rather just a piece of it. She pulled a mirror over to herself and clamped her tongue outside of her lips.

It was then that she noticed a pattern had already been carved into her tongue in the shape of a tooth, she figured that that was her mark. She began carving and screaming in pain, all she could taste was the copper in her blood, it took her ten minutes to do it. After she was done she moved fast to cover up the wound.

Falling to her knees, Colgate began sobbing as she kept swallowing her own blood, finally realizing what she had put others through.

"This is fucking pathetic, when I get out you will be my next victim!" Colgate shouted as she started looking for her way out.

Colgate eventually found her way to a corridor, at the end of it was an exit, but to her despair, she found the next part of her torture.

There was a not sitting next to a lever. It was something that chilled her down to the bone.

If you're reading this then you have found your second task, before you are two mares that you would entrust many things too, but one of them must die. Your assistant; a young mare with many years to live, the one who kept your secrets and cleaned your messes. Moon Dancer; your friend whom you have known since being a filly, the mare who has concealed your true identity and the one who had nothing to do with your clinic. Make your choice.

When Colgate looked up a light came on, and she saw the most horrifying thing she ever could; Moon Dancer and her assistant chained in the air, a circular saw coming to life.

"Why are you doing this you bastard? They weren't involved in any of it." Colgate shouted.

Colgate looked at the mares on front of her, she could here both of them screaming at her to save them. In the end, she had to choose her friend.

It only took seconds, the saw had reached Colgate's assistant, she could hear the screams and the sickening sounds of bones breaking. Then, nothing, she had lost it.

Colgate tried to remove the bomb despite the warnings, it wasn't long before it exploded and her head landed near a door.

Author's Note

Authors notes: Sorry this took so long, I have had a ton of shit to deal with but I intend to be more consistent with my timing