When Hunter got back, Twilight and some pink pony, probably Pinkie Pie, perhaps per pony pseudonym pertaining to pink being near impossible to come across. He snapped his fingers at her, then jerked his head towards the pink pony. "Yo, Twilight! Wassup?! And who's this?"

Twilight waved back, then wrapped it around the pony's withers (Horse shoulders). "This is pinkie Pie, another of my best friends!"

Hunter nodded his head. 'Wonder how she expresses her psycho bitchiness?' Hunter asked himself. "Well then, hello Pinkie Pie! I am Hunter, a hunter of beasts."

"OOOooohhh!!" Her eyes were incredibly wide. "THIS GIVES ME AN IDEA!!!" She zooms away, and before Hunter can say more then 'Goodbye' she is back with a tray of cupcakes. "Try one!" Hunter shrugs and picks one out. He pulls down his bandanna, revealing a goatee. He takes a bite, and begins to chew. He recognizes a particular smell and taste.

Flesh.

Cooked flesh.

He doesn't show any surprise, because he ain't surprised. It had meat, horse meat to be specific. She was baking ponies into her cupcake. But food was food, and it wasn't raw, so it wasn't dangerous. 'Could she be getting it from the ponies in this town? Eh, probably.' He swallowed it, and gave her a thumbs up, devouring the rest. "That cupcake was pretty sweet...literally. But it had a strange aftertaste." Pinkie flinched, and her smile faded slightly. Hunter pretended to not notice. "But whatever, I've lived around a shithole all my live, my tastebuds are probably down the shitter." Pinkie returned to her former state and zoomed away. "Hey Twilight?"

"Yes?"

"How is Rainbow Dash doing?"

Twilight looked confused. "Why do you want to know?" She gasped. "Have you two become friends!?"

Hunter shrugged. "I don't know if we're friends, but I saw her crash on my way back." Twilight tapped her chin in thought.

"She was...stunned. As if she saw something impossible. Do you have any idea what that could've been?"

Hunter made a quick guilty glance at his pendant. "Nah. She's quite the bragger, so I wouldn't be surprised if she didn't tell anybody." Twilight nodded sadly. "But I'm sure she's fine!"

"Actually, she is!" Speak of the devil, Rainbow Dash landed.

"Hey Twilighhht...." She started off excited, but then she noticed Hunter, and she sunk a bit. She could feel his gaze boring into her soul, and she felt as if he could snap all of her bones with two fingers...wait, why was she wet? Her nethers were soaking. She fought down the blush and stood up normally.

"Hey Rainbow Dash! Are you feeling okay?" Hunter moved out of the way so they could talk to each other.

"Yeah, I'm fine Twilight! No worries!"

Twilight smiled widely, then noticed the time (The sun) and gasped, running off with a 'Gottagobye!'. This left Hunter alone with Rainbow Dash. After checking to see if anybody was nearby, Hunter began to speak. "Hey, don't worry, I haven't told Twilight, and I won't tell anybody. Other then that, could you help me with something?"

"Thanks. What do you need?"

"I think Pinkie's a crazy psycho bitch. I tasted meat her cupcakes."

Rainbow raised an eyebrow. "I never tasted it."

"How often do you taste meat?"

Rainbow brought a hoof up, but paused, and dropped it. "Never....but now that I think about it, her cupcakes do have a strange appetite....but whatever. I told Pinkie I'd visit her today at Sugarcube Corner!"

Hunter's tone turned serious. "How do think she could possibly get meat?"

Rainbow froze. "Animals?"

"Hopefully. You could almost taste the guts of the shredded pegasi in the Factory due to the density of the fumes. Do you recognize that taste from another place?"

"Oh my Celestia....she's killing ponies....could I be next?" Her voice was whisper, and her ears were folder.

"Maybe....go anyways. I'll watch from a distance. I learned a spell that can make me look like an object. You go in, and if you're captured-"

"How do you know she won't just kill me?"

"How retarded would she have to be to kill somebody on wooden floors in broad daylight, in a public location?" Rainbow tried to retort, but realized that he was probably right. "I don't blame you for thinking that though, you're in a literal life-or-death situation. Just...act normal. That is going to be difficult, but just try."

Rainbow was shaking slightly, a few tears running down her face. Hunter walked up to her, and gave her a hug. She simply leaned into the hug, and began openly sobbing. After a few minutes, she pulled back, and Hunter wiped her eyes with his sleeve. "Thanks." She said softly.

"Your welcome. Just say to her that you read a reallly sad story." Rainbow nodded. Hunter was determined. "Alright, go. I WILL be watching. You will not die today, Rainbow Dash." She flew off. Hunter facepalmed. He forgot to ask her where 'Sugarcube Corner' WAS.

After asking for directions, and then going there, Hunter was disguised as a flower, looking through the back window. Currently they were talking, and Rainbow was doing a good job. Then Pinkie gave her a cupcake. Rainbow didn't react, but her wings twitched. She took a bite, then after a few more words, collapsed onto the floor, passed out. Hunter watched closely. Pinkie grinned evilly, and picked her up, going out the back. She looked around for a few seconds, to see if anybody was watching, then flipped open a tiny door (It had a handle) in the store's wall. She pressed it, and a large hole with stairs opened up in the store wall. It was in front of him, so he could see a door down there. She walked in there, and just before the small door, pushed another button, which closed it. Hunter stayed in his disguise, and waited. He was sure she was going to secure her then leave for a bit to waste time. The leaving to waste time thing made sense for what he's heard of her. The large door opened, and pinkie walked out. She pressed the hidden button to close it, and left. After she was away, Hunter dispelled the disguise, and pressed the button, running down and pressing the other button to close it. He opened the door and shut it quickly but quietly. He saw Rainbow chained to a weird bondage table, her wings stretched out behind her with hooks. Hunter disguised as one of the confetti pieces (tf do you call them?) with his sword drawn and placed himself to the side. After a few minutes, Pinkie came down, wearing a weird ass dress-thing. She began to pull a trolley with surgical tools on it towards the table. Rainbow woke up.

After a while, and after a short talk, the room was revealed to be a murder shack. A giant banner made out of pony hide (It looked horrendous with the horrific colour placements. Also, bones, skulls, and other murdery shit was scattered around the room. Some skull named 'Gilda' was introduced, Rainbow apparently knowing the creature it used to belong to, Pinkie grabbed a scalpel and got to work, slicing her cutie marks off. TONS of screaming and crying, terror as well. Pinkie then walked over to a tool chest. Too far away. (He doesn't attack her because she's a speedy lil' bitch.) She pulled out a bonesaw and cracked a shitty pun. After more terror and laughing, Pinkie began to saw at her wings. After another joke, she turned to the side. Hunter decided that he needed to act, and dispelled the disguise. "YEET!!" Pinkie spun around immediately, a look of absolute surprise on her face. She was booped on the nose by his sword, which then drove through her skull, killing her instantly. Hunter ripped his sword out of her corpse and ran in front of Rainbow, who had pissed herself, and despite tears flowing down her face, was smiling weakly. Hunter quickly ran to a furnace which was hot, and grabbed the steel rod in it, was clearly to cauterize. He ran to RD and cauterized her wounds, the mare screaming weakly. He freed her easily with the keys on Pinkie's corpse, caved her skull in with his hammer, and after all of that, picked up Rainbow. "H....Hunter?"

He smiled at her. "I held my promise you're alive. I'm sorry that I couldn't save you earlier, she would've been too fast to take on." Rainbow nodded weakly.

"I forgive you.....you saved many future lives anyways."

Hunter scoffed as he went up the stairs, and through the open stairway. "I'm gonna yell for help, alright?" Hunter walked out onto the street. "MY FRIEND IS HEAVILY INJURED!!!!! WE NEED HELP NOW!!!!!" After just ten seconds, the place was swarmed with ponies. Everybody was asking questions before an emergency squad of paramedics pushed through the crowd. They saw the damage.

"Tell us what happened." One of the medics said to Hunter.

"You would never believe me if I told you."

"Tell me, I heard some really crazy stuff before."

"Pinkie Pie did this."

"....what?"

"I can show you her murder basement."

The medics looked at each other, then he moved Rainbow to one of the other medics. "Show me then." Hunter brought him, along with a few ponies who wanted to see as well, to the basement. They all threw up, mostly due to the smell and use of hide. Hunter showed them her corpse.

The guards were there in less then 5 minutes.

The place was locked down. Hunter was given the whole 'you've done a great thing' speech and told by the paramedics that his shitty cauterizing job saved her life, as she has lost a lot of blood, and that she would live, but never be able to fly again. She would be in the hospital for months, she could be visited.

Hunter looked at the sky. He was pissed off, and that was directed at the Great Ones.

Author's Note

How was it? My longest chapter yet!

Everybody probably knows what happens in Cupcakes, so I don't need to repeat it here.