Violent Night, Oh Bloody Night!

When the two finally got to where they could walk, they began to head in the direction of the talking. It would not be long until they would be frustrated over an obstacle that would make their getting to their destination much harder, stairs. Both threw their arms up in frustration wondering how they would manage to get down them given they were humans. Very slowly though they were able to get down them and then they were just around the corner from the voices. Before making their presence known and seeing what they were there to do, they decided to listen in.

"Kids, you need to eat your supper or we will be late for church."

"Sorry daddy, it is just that I'm so excited for Santa to come!"

"Yeah, I can't wait to see what he brings for us tonight!"

"Well Santa won't come if we don't go to church to celebrate the birth of Jesus."

"Ok daddy, we'll hurry up and finish!"

As the two listened in, they couldn't help but wonder what they were talking about. Neither one had any idea of what Christmas was nor had they ever heard of Jesus. Once they had finished their meal, they got up which immediately prompted Colgate and Amethyst to quietly go into another room, one in which they wouldn't be spotted. They would be delighted though once the family got bundled up and left the house. When they left and the front door closed, the two breathed a sigh of relief.

"What in Equestria are they talking about? What in the name of Celestia is Christmas?" asked Amethyst.

"And that Jesus guy, why would they need to celebrate somepony's, I mean someone's birth?" added Colgate. The two left the room and Colgate continued, "Let's explore this place and see if there is anything that may give us an idea on what we have to do."

The two began to explore the house and would be surprised when they got to the living room. Right in front of them stood a Christmas tree along with numerous decorations that were so familiar to them. "A Hearth's Warming Tree?" gasped Amethyst.

"And look at all these other decorations, they look just like the decorations we have at home!" added Colgate.

The two decided to take a closer look around and take a look at the gifts under the tree. On the tags they saw the words 'Merry Christmas.' This confused the two as everything looked like Hearth's Warming to them but it was worded differently. They then saw other things that were not so familiar, a cross and a manger decoration up on the mantle.

Amethyst approached the mantle, picked up the manger decoration and showed it to Colgate. "Look at this, this thing has a baby, some adults, animals and a bright star on it."

"I see that." Colgate then picked up the cross and added, "A t? I wonder what this is for."

"I don't know." replied Amethyst. She then approached the tree, knelt down and began to look at envelopes that were by the presents. Her curious side took over as she continued, "Hey Colgate, think we should see what is in these envelopes?"

"Sure, there might be money in them!" replied Colgate.

They both sat down and began to open the cards. They would not be thrilled when there was no money in them but as they began to read the cards, they couldn't help but be sickened. Colgate read one out loud

"Mommy and Daddy,

We are so happy that we can share this Christmas together. You two truly are a wonderful gift from God and we are thankful to Him that we have you two in our life.

Love Your Kids,

Sally and Billy"

Colgate gagged, "Ugh, such sentimental nonsense. Disgusting, absolutely disgusting."

"I know." added Amethyst. She then began to read one as well

"Christina sweetie,

Christmas is always a special time of year but having you as part of my life makes it so much better. I thank God everyday that He brought us together and I am so happy to have you as my wife.

Love,

Jeremy"

Amethyst too began to gag, "Colgate, read this. This is one of the sappiest, most disgusting things I've ever read."

Colgate took the card and immediately a scowl developed on her face, "Yuck! The way this card reads you'd think that guy would be lost without her." She then got a smile on her face, "I think I know why we got sent here."

"Really?" asked Amethyst.

"Yes," Colgate began to laugh, "to cleanse this world of four overly sappy, overly sentimental and absolutely disgusting individuals!"

Amethyst too began to smile, "Well shall we find some weapons to take care of them with?"

"Yes, but first let's open some of their presents and see what kind of stuff humans get one another for this holiday." laughed Colgate.

The two began to tear into the gifts the same way a foal would on Hearth's Warming morning and were somewhat surprised when they began tearing into Sally's gifts. Amethyst held one of the gifts up and gasped, "Colgate, look at this! Pony figures, ponies that look somewhat like us."

Colgate grabbed the figures and while they did look somewhat like them, they also looked different. She went as far as to open the packaging and hold the figures. She pointed out, "Ugh, look at these things. Those eyes are so small, they're so fat and look at those cutie marks, you'd think they were just generic things painted on."

Amethyst grabbed the package and said out loud, "Kid Connection, huh?" She then tossed the package to the side and continued, "Let's look at some of the others."

Colgate grabbed another, a much smaller one and opened it. In it she found a gold locket in the shape of a heart. She looked closer and saw the name Christina on it. Along with the locket was another card, "For you Christina. You mean the world to me and I could never imagine life without you. Love Jeremy" Colgate read out loud.

Amethyst too opened one and found a simple gold band with a note and read it out loud, "Jeremy, you truly are the most wonderful man in the world. I cherish every day I have with you and want you to know that I love you more than anything. Love Christina"

Both of them developed deeper scowls on their faces, "Good grief, this sounds sappier than the sappiest garbage ponies share with one another on Hearts' and Hooves Day." sneered Colgate.

"Ugh, we have got to do something here. They are probably ruining these kids!" groaned Amethyst. She got up and continued, "Now to find some things to put these sappy humans in their place."

"Let's do this." Colgate agreed.

The two got up and began to explore the house. The first place they headed to was the kitchen where Amethyst immediately found some sharp knives. She got a smile on her face and laughed, "Colgate, I think these will do the trick!"

"They very well could." Colgate replied. She then saw another door and decided to open it and explore what was on the other side. In the room she went into, there were all sorts of tools, a car and other devices she was unsure as to what it was. She approached one device that looked familiar, a chainsaw. She thought it might help them in achieving their goals. After examining it for a minute, she figured out how to turn it on. When she got it turned on, she lost her grip on it for a moment and it wound up cutting through a wooden work bench. When she saw this, she knew this would be perfect. Once she picked it up and got it turned off, she carried it back into the house to show Amethyst.

When she got back into the kitchen, she held her weapon up and laughed, "Check this out Amethyst, I think this will be perfect!"

"A chainsaw?" asked Amethyst. She then began to laugh, "Oh you're really blood thirsty tonight, aren't you!"

"You bet I am. After reading all that sappy garbage they wrote to one another and seeing the gifts they gave one another, I now know our mission was to come and spill some blood." laughed Colgate.

The two weren't exactly how much time had passed but figured that it wouldn't be too long until the family would wind up getting home. Colgate ordered, "Grab a few butcher knives and let's go lay in wait. That sappy family should be getting home before too long."

The two turned off the light and headed into a more secluded room and laid in wait. The two had huge smiles as they waited for them to get home, waited to take care of a family that they felt would do nothing but cause their world problems. Most of all though, they knew that the map had sent them there to take care of them and knew they couldn't return home failures.