The Enemy of Harmony

All six of the ponies were huddling a few minutes later, either shocked, scared, or enraged.

Fluttershy sobbed. "I'm scared, I'm so scared!"

Pinkie began to sing a little tune to cheer everyone up, but with every note, her hair grew flatter and flatter, a sign she was becoming sad.

Twilight wasn't paying attention to the others, however. She was looking out the only glass wall that stood between them and the metal room.

Inside were corpses of ponies of all kinds, pegasi and unicorns. It was reported that there were ponies going missing almost every day. Now she knew where they were going. Bloodied horns and wings of all colours lined the far wall, and in the center of it all, was a metal table, with dried blood stains littering its glistening luster.

Rarity bawled, and Applejack tried her best to calm her, while Rainbow Dash was ramming against the glass wall trying to escape. No one, however, was going to escape their impending doom.

Rainbow Dash suddenly stopped ramming the wall, and a black magic aura surrounded her figure. Her eyes widened as she teleported on top of the table in the next room. Fluttershy screamed in terror as she watched her friend's wings get plucked off, feather by feather. "St-stay strong, Fluttershy! D-do it for me!" Rainbow screamed in agony as her eyes were violently ripped from their sockets.

"No! Rainbow!" Fluttershy screamed. She sank into a deep depression that not even the now saddened Pinkie Pie could pull her out of. She slammed her head against the white wall behind her over and over, bawling, "Why her!? Why did they take her!?" Fluttershy's screams ended abruptly and she began to whimper. She had cracked her skull open.

She turned to Twilight. Tears and blood mixed and streamed out of her eyes. She took a few small steps, and whimpered, "I'm so so sorry, Twilight..." Her face grew pale, and her eyes became lifeless. She fell to the floor with a wet thud, her blood spattering on the remaining ponies.

3 days later...

It had been several days since Applejack had eaten, a result of working the farm double time to make up for the lost time when she was sick with Pony Pox. "Pinkie?" she asked.

"Yes, AJ?" Pinkie sat down from her forehoofstand.

"Do you happen to have any food?" Pinkie's mane fluffed up. "My goodness, I forgot to get food for your Congratulatory Party! No, I'm sorry, AJ, I don't have any food for you. Now, if we were in Ponyville, I have food stashed everywhere!"

Applejack turned to Twilight. "I'm sorry, Applejack, but my magic doesn't work when I'm stressed."

"Well, could you at least try?" Applejack groaned weakly. Twilight nodded her head reluctantly, and tried to summon some food... but to no avail. Sparks flew from the tip of her horn, but there was no summoning. Twilight shook her head slowly and sadly, and Rarity began to go slowly insane.

Applejack sank to the floor as she felt her stomach burst, her gastric juices splashing her insides. Her world began to go black, and she said her final words: "I'm going to see my parents. I won't... be... coming... back..." And with that, she coughed up some blood and laid still.

Rarity was next to go, because she hadn't slept or eaten while working on Celestia's dress, trying to make it perfect. "I'm so hungry..." she groaned, licking her lips while staring at Applejack's corpse. Twilight saw this and shouted, "Rarity! No! You must get a hold on yourself!"

But it was too late. Rarity was ravenously feeding on Applejack. Then, she began to suffocate. She was choking on a bone chip that came loose from Applejack's ribcage. "No, no, no!" Twilight screeched. She tried to do the Heimlich on her, but it was too late. The bone had sliced open her lungs and was bleeding internally. Rarity coughed up blood as she slowly and painfully died in Twilight's hooves.

Pinkie and Twilight were the only two left. They had seen all their friends die so far, and couldn't afford to lose each other. "Twilight?" Pinkie asked, groaning. Twilight whipped around to see a knife embedded in Pinkie's neon coat. "No, no, no, no! Not you too!" Twilight cried. Pinkie shushed her sobbing friend, and demanded she do something for her: "When I'm gone, keep smiling. I don't want you to be sad. Ever! Never stop smiling." Pinkie's lungs failed, and Twilight was now covered in Pinkie's, Rarity's, Applejack's, and Fluttershy's blood and guts. "Don't worry, Pinkie..." Twilight sobbed, "I will never... stop... smiling."