Dog Catcher's Mill Company

Fluttershy flew and followed the blood trail left by Tracker, the drips got smaller as she got farther, she looked to see if there was anything Tracker took anything from the wilderness to cover the wound but found no signs of him doing so, she decided to fly forward and keep following the blood trail. She heard more puppies barking and took a detour, she arrived at another puppy mill, the puppies were scratching on the cages,

"Hang on, I'll get you all out." Fluttershy said as she landed, and she called various animals to come help her and they pulled the fence off. The puppies ran out and she saw several puppies limping and several dead in the mill, she looked down and closed her eyes, the black dog appeared to her left and absorbed the souls of the dead puppies into itself as the puppies' souls whimpered and echoed, it winced in pain again and grew bigger, she noticed the black dog grow even bigger when the puppy souls were louder than usual. She finished grieving and walked to the puppies,

"I'm sorry to say this, but my home is far from here, and the nearest group of animals to take you all in is pretty far from here, too, we're going to have to travel together." Fluttershy explained, the puppies whimpered,

"No, no, don't be like that, we'll be fine if we stick together, come on now." Fluttershy spoke, and they began walking together as a group.

The group traveled together and the puppies had to rest several times due to them being hungry and unfed, Fluttershy saw one puppy farther in the back than the others and having to rest more often,

"Come on, try to keep up." Fluttershy said as she picked up the puppy and put it on her back, she flew to the others and watched them, they all stood up after a while and began walking again. Fluttershy and the puppies walked more but they all smelled something in the air,

"Smells like a goat. Wait, is it...?" Fluttershy asked, and they heard running and a white canine-like creature the size of a cow and with blue eyes ran to them,

"*gasp* It's you." Fluttershy chirped, and she rubbed its snout on it, the puppies moved backed in terror,

"It's alright, she's a friend." Fluttershy assured, the white canine-like creature went to the puppies and licked them clean,

"This is a cadejo, this one helps and protects others from harm, it's her brother that you have to watch out for." Fluttershy explained, the female cadejo began traveling with them and she led the way while Fluttershy and the puppies followed.

The female cadejo ran and the others tried to keep up with her,

"Can you slow down a bit, please?" Fluttershy suggested, and it stopped and waited for them to catch up, they did and it walked forward, they entered another forest and saw puppies walking around while the female cadejo stopped, a creature that looked identical to her but black with red eyes walked to them, the puppies stepped back in fear,

"It's okay, everypuppy, this is her brother, he's also friendly." Fluttershy explained, the puppies looked at him and he went over and examined the puppies, he did a gesture with his head and the puppies walked past him. The puppies rested while the two cadejos got them fish and they ate quickly and sloppily, they fell asleep afterwards and the female cadejo put moss on them to be used as makeshift blankets,

"Where are the other animals?" Fluttershy whispered, the female cadejo walked and she followed her, they saw various other animals watching more dirty and anorexic puppies,

"Are they from mills, too?" Fluttershy asked, the female cadejo shook her head and ran elsewhere and Fluttershy flew after her, she arrived at a royal guard's station and entered.

Fluttershy entered the station and saw a unicorn stallion with a white coat, blue eyes, and his cutie mark was covered by his uniform, she looked and saw posters of missing puppies on the wall, she also looked and saw the unicorn's nameplate on his desk, it was White Knight,

"Hey, you lost or something?" White Knight asked,

"No, I've been looking for puppies that have been kidnapped and taken away by Dog Catcher and his people." Fluttershy responded,

"Oh, good, there's been several missing in the nearby towns, their posters are on the board behind me." White Knight spoke, and she looked,

"How long have they been missing?" Fluttershy asked,

"That one there has been missing longer than the others, about a month now, this one here is the most recent one, reported missing yesterday." White Knight replied,

"Where were they last reported to be seen?" Fluttershy questioned,

"Well, each one's different, but several have been reported to be lost in this woods, and some are said to have suddenly took off overnight and never came back." White Knight responded,

"I'll look for them." Fluttershy declared,

"Thank you, it seems your status as a hero of Equestria isn't for show after all." White Knight stated, Fluttershy blushed and smiled. The door opened after they looked, they saw two mares come in, a Pegasus and a unicorn, the unicorn had a powder blue coat, long dirty white mane and tail, purple eyes, and her cutie mark was a red cross, and the Pegasus had a dark purple coat, long gray mane and tail, blue eyes, and her cutie mark was a black barbell. The two mares walked forward and went to White Knight,

"Oh, First Aid, Personal Trainer, you two are already back." White Knight spoke,

"Yeah, Personal Trainer and I couldn't find anypony or puppy." the unicorn replied,

"We checked the towns and found nothing." Personal Trainer added,

"That's unfortunate, your volunteering to find missing puppies and their owners is always greatly appreciated." White Knight said,

"We're done searching for the day yet." First Aid responded,

"Oh, alright then, well, this is Fluttershy, she's searching for the missing puppies, too. Fluttershy, this is First Aid and Personal Trainer, First Aid's the unicorn, and Personal Trainer's the Pegasus." White Knight spoke,

"Hello there." Personal Trainer said,

"Hi." Fluttershy mumbled,

"You love dogs, too, Fluttershy?" First Aid asked,

"Hmm-mm." Fluttershy replied while nodding,

"Come on then, let's search together, we'll take you to where the last puppy we looked for was reported to be." Personal Trainer said, and the three left together while Fluttershy kept her guard up.

Fluttershy walked with First Aid and Personal Trainer and watched the two carefully,

"So, um... how long have you two been doing this?" Fluttershy asked,

"Years, puppies and their owners have been going missing for a while now." Personal Trainer responded,

"Yeah, we decided to help once when we moved here." First Aid added,

"That's very kind of you two." Fluttershy stated, the two smiled and they kept walking. The three mares headed north and far away from the station,

"Here we are." First Aid said, Fluttershy looked and saw nothing, a light pink aura appeared on First Aid's horn and she used telekinesis on Fluttershy, she exclaimed as she was moved forward, she gasped when she saw a puppy mill and Dog Catcher there,

"Hey, Dog Catcher, look who we found at the station." First Aid said, and he looked,

"Well, well, so you came as well, you two have my thanks." Dog Catcher said, and he cast a spell on Fluttershy and she felt her soul getting sucked out of her body. She wheezed as Dog Catcher smiled and she saw First Aid and Personal Trainer go to a puppy mill behind him, she watched them and saw First Aid force feeding chocolate to the puppies and Personal Trainer was standing on four puppies with each one under a hoof and making them crawl to carry her forward. Fluttershy grunted as she used her willpower to resist Dog Catcher's soul stealing spell. Dog Catcher focused and tried harder to steal her soul as she resisted, she watched and saw the black cadejo running and arrived, he tackled Personal Trainer onto the ground and bit into her neck, she screamed as he ripped her throat out. First Aid held him up with telekinesis and the white cadejo arrived and knocked Dog Catcher over, he grunted as he fell and Fluttershy took a deep breath while the white cadejo knocked First Aid down and she bit into her neck and ripped her throat out. Fluttershy got up and flew to the Dog Catcher while the two cadejos ran to him, but he quickly cast a teleporting spell and disappeared,

"Come on, let's go inform White Knight." Fluttershy spoke, and they went back.

Fluttershy arrived back at the royal guard station and White Knight was gone, she ran outside and looked around,

"White Knight." Fluttershy called out, she and the two cadejos heard rustling to the west and ran. The three arrived into town and saw a blue aura and foals getting carried away while they exclaimed and called for help, she looked and gasped when she saw White Knight holding them up and Dog Catcher was with him. Dog Catcher took their souls and the foals screamed and died. White Knight used his telekinesis to hide the dead foals in the woods while Dog Catcher used his telekinesis to pick up more puppies and teleported away. White Knight walked forward but stopped when he saw Fluttershy scowling at him,

"Whoa, Fluttershy, I didn't see you there." White Knight stated,

"You work for Dog Catcher?!" Fluttershy inquired, White Knight quickly shot a zap at her and she yelped as she got knocked back, he got ready to fire another beam when the male cadejo jumped onto him from behind and knocked him down while the female cadejo stood in front of Fluttershy and guarded her. White Knight flung the male cadejo away and the female cadejo jumped onto him, she bit into him and he screamed while the male cadejo quickly got back up and the two began biting him apart while Fluttershy looked away. The noises stopped and she heard the two cadejos drag White Knight's body away, they then bumped their snouts on Fluttershy and she looked, they did nudges with their heads,

"Right, the puppies." Fluttershy said, and she ran to them. The puppies were awake and ran to her, they licked her and she petted them,

"Come on, let's keep moving, there's a town nearby." Fluttershy stated, and she led them while the two cadejos watched them leave.