Dog Catcher's Mill Company

Fluttershy flew to the west and the birds guided her to Dog Catcher's house, she arrived at a small wooden cabin with a mansion a few yards behind it, she also saw dead dogs around the house. The black dog absorbed the souls of the puppies and it stood still while in pain, it also grew bigger,

"Are you alright?" Fluttershy asked as the black dog just stood still, it shook its head and began moving again,

"Good, let's continue." Fluttershy spoke, and they headed over to Dog Catcher's home. She landed and looked around his yard, she saw the dead dogs were already decaying and was luckily spared from the smell due to the season currently being winter, they found various graves under their bodies and the black dog absorbed the souls, about thirty to fifty souls came out of each grave, it grew much bigger and fell to its knees, it had trouble standing. Fluttershy's jaw dropped for a moment and she quickly flew over to the black dog and tried to hold it up,

"Come on, we're almost done, just a little longer." Fluttershy spoke, and the black dog huffed a little as it tried to stand. The inugami walked to it and made a staff with six rings appear, it hit the ground with the bottom of the staff and the six rings made a noise. Souls flew out of the black dog's body and into the sky, they went in front of the inugami and they whimpered. The inugami made the staff disappear and did a gesture with its front paw to send the souls to the afterlife while the black dog stood up,

"Can you move?" Fluttershy asked, the black dog walked perfectly,

"Good, come on now." Fluttershy spoke, and they went into the cabin.

Fluttershy and the four canines entered the cabin and looked around, everything looked normal at the entrance, they walked forward and found various tools and torture devices in the next room, each one had fur and dried blood on it. Tears began to fall from Fluttershy's eyes as she looked at each one, she was especially disturbed at seeing clipped and broken claws in several pairs of pliers,

"He... ripped the claws off of the puppies with pliers?" Fluttershy asked as she looked on in horror and tears continued to fall from her eyes, the nine tailed fox bumped his head on her leg and she came back to reality,

"Sorry, it was too sad for me to ignore, I'm ready to continue." Fluttershy spoke, and they walked around the cabin. She looked for Dog Catcher and did not find him anywhere, they went into the back room and saw it was the bathroom, they checked it and found nothing, they left and checked the last room to the right and it was Dog Catcher's bedroom. They checked and found several dead dogs under his bed, they were contorted with faces of agony,

"What did he do to them?" Fluttershy asked, she looked on and came out from under his bed. She walked around the house and went back to the main entrance,

"What's this room for?" Fluttershy asked, she looked around some more and saw the door to the attic. She flew up and bit the string and pulled it on it to open the attic, she went up the stairs and saw the attic was a makeshift torture chamber, a tear fell from her eye again and she went back down. She closed the attic and looked around more and found the cellar door, she opened it and went under the house. The four canines followed her down the stairs and Fluttershy exclaimed when she saw dead foals in the attic and she began to cry, she looked and saw one dead foal had a dog's collar in his hoof, another had a photo of her family and pet dog, she cried more while the four canines watched her. She cried a bit and could not get herself together, the four canines dragged her out of the cellar with their mouths and back into the main room, she continued to cry a bit and panted a little as she composed herself,

"I... I never seen anything so sad and so cruel." Fluttershy said, she continued to stand in place while continuing to regain herself. She and the four canines heard stomping outside and it was getting louder, they quickly ran into another room to hide.

The five hid in Dog Catcher's bedroom and watched, the door flew open while it hit the wall and bounced forward, they saw Dog Catcher come in,

"That stupid mare, it's because of her that all of my childhood friends are dead and all of mills are destroyed, my company's done for, I'm going to kill that Fluttershy." Dog Catcher grumbled as he stomped around. He went into the cellar and Fluttershy and the four canines tried to sneak out, she opened the door quietly and it creaked a bit, Dog Catcher cast a spell and teleported into the room,

"Well, well, the timing couldn't be any more perfect. Die, Fluttershy." Dog Catcher said as he began to try to suck her soul out of her body again. The four canines ran to him and Dog Catcher teleported elsewhere as he tried to kill Fluttershy, he cast another spell to revive the dead dogs and foals in his house and they attacked the canines. Fluttershy continued to resist while Dog Catcher scowled and focused, he tried to steal Fluttershy's soul again and the inugami made its staff appear and hit the ground to make its six rings produce a noise. Canine Warrior's ghost appeared and it shot a zap at Dog Catcher, he grunted as he fell onto the ground outside and Fluttershy wheezed. The revived ponies and dogs continued attacking them while Dog Catcher teleported away, Fluttershy stood up and tried to carry the canines away from the revived dogs and ponies under Dog Catcher's control while Canine Warrior's ghost began casting a spell to undo it, Fluttershy and the four canines went outside while the revived dogs and ponies focused on him.

Fluttershy and the canines arrived outside and they saw Dog Catcher on the roof of the mansion, he cast a spell and all of the dead dogs around his house rose from their graves and began attacking them. The canines held them off while Fluttershy flew up and tried to go after Dog Catcher, but he shot her down with a spell and she began to fall, the revived dogs stood in place and waited for her to come down so they could eat her. She continued to fall and flapped her wings to gain momentum, she did a flip in the air and flew up. The dogs began jumping and trying to bite her, she looked back and saw Dog Catcher was trying to cast another spell, she flew around quickly and he growled. The raiju howled and summoned a lightning strike, it electrocuted Dog Catcher and he screamed, he growled and teleported away.

Fluttershy and the four canines tried to get the revived dogs off of them and were getting overwhelmed, she did a canine's call for help, she heard canines far away do the same call and she smiled. Canine Warrior flung the revived ponies away with his magic and tried to cast a spell to break Dog Catcher's control, he had trouble and noticed Dog Catcher's hold on them was very strong. He saw the nine tailed fox used his magic to make an illusion and look like they were dead, the mind controlled dogs walked around and smelled each illusion of a dead body. Fluttershy watched the dogs and noticed they could not find them, she also saw the nine tailed fox standing still and holding the illusion as long as he could. Running was heard and many wolves, foxes, coyotes, and jackals came and attacked the revived dogs, Wepwawet and the two cadejos were among them, the dogs were mauled to the point of being immobile and Dog Catcher stopped controlling them.

The other canines ran to Fluttershy and checked her,

"I'm fine, thank you." Fluttershy said, they all looked forward and saw many revived ponies and dogs around the mansion,

"You go on and get Dog Catcher, Fluttershy, we'll deal with them." Canine Warrior spoke as his voice echoed,

"Okay." Fluttershy replied, and they went forward.

Fluttershy and the others headed to the mansion and the other Pegasi tackled her and she grunted as she fell, the female cadejo jumped and tried to bite them but they flew out of range. The raiju howled and summoned lightning and electrocuted the ponies, they were all stunned at the moment and Fluttershy flew to the mansion. The unicorns cast a spell and tried to break free from the paralysis, they heard Dog Catcher growl and his voice echoed from inside the mansion, she flew to the second floor but got pushed back by a force field and fell onto the ground. Canine Warrior began casting a spell to open the force field and the inugami walked around him and was ready to attack whoever approached.

Fluttershy tried to get back up but the earth ponies began kicking her, she covered herself with her legs and screamed, the foxes and wolves ran to her and they jumped and bit into the mind controlled ponies, Wepwawet picked up Fluttershy and carried her away while the nine tailed fox's eyes glowed and the mind controlled ponies were set on fire. Fluttershy coughed and gagged from the smell of burning corpses and Canine Warrior managed to create an opening in the force field,

"Go, Fluttershy, I won't be able to hold it open for long." Canine Warrior ordered, and she flew into the force field and it closed. She tried to fly up to the second floor again but there was not enough space for her to get through, so she landed entered the mansion at its entrance.

Fluttershy entered the mansion and saw big ornate vases to her sides, she walked forward and saw pictures of dead dogs hung on the walls. She walked forward and saw a picture in a glass case, it was a picture of Dog Catcher, Chain Link, Searcher, Tracker, Poison Fist, Knock Out, Lights Out, Cardinal, Bluebird, Orange Tiger, Indigo Dragon, Cat Lover, First Aid, Personal Trainer, White Knight, Butcher, Lavender, Bookkeeper, Weapons Enthusiast, and Black Magic all smiling and each one holding a severed dog's head. Fluttershy looked at the picture for a few seconds before she picked up the glass case and threw it, it shattered on impact when it hit the floor, she then looked to her left and saw the dining room, she looked to her right and saw Dog Catcher's bedroom, she saw a door in the back of the room and opened it, it was the bathroom, she closed the door and flew up the stairs.

Fluttershy saw the stairs divide to two paths, she went to the left first and opened the door, she saw it was a library, she looked and saw books on dog anatomy and torture devices, she also found a book on how to build traps for hunting animals. She left the room and went to the stairs to the right, she came into a lab and gagged when she saw a dead dog with its organ exposed on the table, she looked to her left and saw various fences and cages, she realized she was in the supply room, she quickly flew to the back of the room and saw another door to her left, she opened it and entered. Fluttershy arrived in the back of the mansion and was in another room with Dog Catcher there and guiding the revived ponies with his magic, he looked to his left and saw her,

"So you did make it this far, I lost my company and friends because of you." Dog Catcher spoke,

"What you're doing isn't right!" Fluttershy fumed,

"Why not? Those dogs are parasites." Dog Catcher retorted,

"Have you ever wondered how many families and hearts of animal and pet lovers you have destroyed?!" Fluttershy inquired,

"It's their fault, they shouldn't have been dog sympathizers in the first place." Dog Catcher answered, Fluttershy's anger rose and she tackled him onto the floor,

"Don't you regret what you did?!" Fluttershy asked,

"The only thing I regret is not torturing and killing more dogs than I already did." Dog Catcher responded, Fluttershy looked on horrified and Dog Catcher shot her away with a zap from her horn and he ran away, she ran after him.

Fluttershy went up a short flight of stairs and pushed the double doors open as hard as she could,

"Stop where you are!" Fluttershy demanded, Dog Catcher looked back at her with a scowl, he turned around and shot a zap out of his horn. She flew to the side and dodged it easily, she flew to him and tried to tackle him down but he teleported to another part of the room and shot a big blast out of his horn at her, she strafed and dodged the blast, she flew to him and Dog Catcher's eyes widened when he saw Fluttershy flew as fast as Rainbow Dash when she was serious. She flew after him again and Dog Catcher shot several zaps at her and she flew around and dodged all of them, he cast a spell and made an explosion happen all around him, Fluttershy shrieked as the force made her fall out of the air.

Dog Catcher held her up with his telekinesis and flung her around the room and hit her into the walls and ceiling, he soon threw her towards himself and shot a big blast at her, she quickly flew to the side and dodged it, Dog Catcher glared while growling under his breath. Fluttershy flew to him and tackled him onto the floor, she used The Stare on him to try to make him stand down, Dog Catcher looked into her eyes and he began to sweat a bit, she continued to stare at him while his eyes widened a bit, he then shot a zap at her and she shrieked as she fell onto the floor. Dog Catcher teleported to her and stood on top of her, he began jumping up and down on her back, she screamed from the pain and he soon heard running inside his mansion, he looked for a minute and saw the female cadejo come in and she jumped onto him and tackled him down, he grunted as he fell.

Fluttershy stood up while the female cadejo stood in front of her, Dog Catcher huffed and shot a zap at the two, they moved away to dodge it and Fluttershy flew to him again at high speeds, he made the explosion happen again and Fluttershy screamed as she got shot back, she did a flip in the air and was flying stably again. Dog Catcher's eyes widened at seeing her recover, he desperately shot beams at her and she dodged each one, the female cadejo jumped onto him from his blind spot and he grunted as he fell. She got ready to bite into him but he quickly teleported away, Dog Catcher tried to suck the soul out of the female cadejo but she resisted, Fluttershy flew to him and tackled him down and used The Stare on him again. Dog Catcher looked away but Fluttershy grabbed his face with her hoofs and made him look into her eyes, his eyes widened and he looked on in fear at her,

"Alright, I give up." Dog Catcher stated, and he stood down and stopped controlling the ponies. Fluttershy got off of him and she and the female cadejo watched him, his horn lit up and and the aura soon disappeared,

"I just contacted that unicorn, I have a confession to make." Dog Catcher said, and Canine Warrior appeared in the room with Wepwawet, the nine tailed fox, the black dog, the male cadejo, the inugami, and the raiju,

"Good, now that I have you all in one place, I kill you all at once!" Dog Catcher hollered gleefully while he cast a spell and floated into the air,

"Come! All of my dogs!" Dog Catcher stated, and all of the dogs from his puppy mills gathered together around the mansion as they heard whimpering. The mansion began to shake and everybody headed to the roof and looked, they saw Dog Catcher forcibly fuse the canines together into a giant, light blue, transparent dog.

Fluttershy and the others looked on at the giant canine and the puppies and dogs that made up its body struggled to break free,

"Go after Dog Catcher, we'll hold it off." Canine Warrior stated,

"Okay." Fluttershy replied, and she looked for him while the others fought the giant canine. She saw Dog Catcher floating in midair and controlling the creature with his magic, she flew up and tried to reach him but he summoned strong gusts of wind to push her back. She exclaimed as the wind blew her around and made debris fly everywhere, he then shot beams out of his horn at the others and Canine Warrior cast a shield. Fluttershy flew up while Dog Catcher summoned lightning strikes with his magic and a downpour began, the giant canine ducked down and tried to bite the canines and Canine Warrior, they all jumped back while the nine tailed fox tried to shoot fire at Dog Catcher and the raiju tried to make lightning strike him. Dog Catcher floated around while dodging everything, he saw a lightning strike coming down and quickly put up a shield to block it, Fluttershy flew to him while he was distracted and tried to grab and restrain him, he teleported elsewhere and shot beams at her. She flew over all of them and she flew as fast she could and got a hold of him.

Dog Catcher grunted as he tried to break free from Fluttershy's grip, the giant canine tried to bite her and she flew away from it. Dog Catcher teleported out of her grip and reappeared behind her, he restrained her by wrapping his front legs around her neck and she gagged, he then went down and offered her to the giant canine for it to eat. The two cadejos ran and jumped, they bit Dog Catcher but he ignored them as the giant canine's teeth came closer and was about to eat her. Canine Warrior shot a zap at Dog Catcher and he grunted as Fluttershy fell, she flew again and saw Dog Catcher teleport again. He reappeared and shot a big beam at the canines while Canine Warrior shot a beam from his horn and the two entered a deadlock, the two were equally powered and the inugami shot a beam out of its paw and it blew Dog Catcher a few millimeters back while his spell stopped. Fluttershy flew to Dog Catcher again but the giant canine bit and held onto her tail, she screamed as it pulled her away from him, it began swinging its head around and bashing her into the ground and the walls of the mansion.

The nine tailed fox ran on the air and tried to get Fluttershy while the raiju tried to stun the giant canine with lightning strikes but it did nothing. Wepwawet ran and jumped onto Dog Catcher, he grunted and flew around while Wepwawet stabbed his claws into him. He bit the back of Dog Catcher's neck with his sharp teeth and he screamed, he teleported away and Wepwawet began to fall and Canine Warrior caught him with his telekinesis and brought him back. The nine tailed fox summoned fire onto the giant canine and it winced in pain while the dogs in it yelped, it let go of Fluttershy and she flew again. She flew to Dog Catcher and he shot a giant beam at her and she flew under it, she tackled Dog Catcher and they landed on the mansion's roof. Dog Catcher panted and he was unable to move due to Wepwawet's bite, he quickly cast another spell and transferred Fluttershy into the giant canine's mouth while he teleported and kept himself up in the air with his telekinesis, Fluttershy screamed while the giant canine's teeth sank into her. The wolves, foxes, coyotes, and jackals that were on the ground ran and jumped onto the giant canine, they stabbed their claws and bit it but it did nothing, everybody watched while Dog Catcher smiled. Loud howling and whimpering was heard echoing and everybody looked and saw it coming from the black dog's body, it glared and growled and began growing to a gargantuan size, the mansion's roof broke while Canine Warrior teleported himself and the others away.

The black dog absorbed the souls of every canine killed by Dog Catcher and grew bigger and blocked out the sun, the residents of Equestria saw it and looked on in awe. The black dog walked to the giant canine and slammed its front legs onto its shoulders and knocked it down, it let go of Fluttershy and it began to absorb Dog Catcher's magical energy into itself. Fluttershy flew to the others and watched,

"What's it doing?" Fluttershy asked,

"It's destroying Dog Catcher's magic energy, the souls of their families and fellow dogs from the mills that have died are all working together to save them." Dog Catcher explained, she watched and heard lots of whimpering from inside of the black dog's body, it absorbed all of the magic and destroyed it inside its body. Fluttershy flew to the puppies and dogs while the black dog walked to Dog Catcher, he shot zaps at it and they became smoke upon touching the black dog's body, it bit him and held onto him with its teeth. Dog Catcher screamed loudly as it bit down on all four of his legs, he began to cast a spell and Canine Warrior quickly shot a big beam from his horn and it hit Dog Catcher's horn and broke it, he screamed in agony and the black dog then threw him onto the ground and it changed back to its normal size. Dog Catcher groaned and heard faint walking, he saw wolves, foxes, coyotes, and jackals surround him, they growled as they walked closer to him and Wepwawet stood in front of him,

"Wait, no. No!" Dog Catcher exclaimed as they all jumped on him and he screamed as they mauled him and tore him apart. The black dog stood and looked down while Fluttershy comforted it,

"It's okay, you did great, I'm proud of you for stopping him." Fluttershy said, they and the others walked to the dogs and puppies and saw them get up,

"It's over." Fluttershy spoke,

"No, not yet, we still need to get them to a new home and somewhere safe." Canine Warrior replied,

"Can you teleport them to my sanctuary?" Fluttershy asked, and he tried to cast a spell but could not,

"Nope, my body's too tired, I'm not as young as I used to be, we're going to have to walk." Canine Warrior stated,

"That's okay, come on, everyanimal, let's take them to my sanctuary." Fluttershy instructed, snow began to fall afterwards,

"Oh no, it's going to get cold, we have to get moving now." Fluttershy spoke, and the dogs that could move walked while the ones that could not were carried on the backs of the wolves, foxes, coyotes, and jackals,

"Come on, this way." Fluttershy stated, and she walked while they followed her.