Chapters It was a beautiful, sunny day in Ponyville. The birds were chirping, the children were playing, the breeze was rolling. It was the perfect Saturday afternoon. Some areas could even be described as serene. Twilight Sparkle walked over to a special area in the field next to Ponyville. She found a nice flat area, and began unpacking the items in her knapsack. She laid out her large tablecloth on the ground and secured the edges with stones so it wouldn't blow away. Spike stalked over onto the cloth, completely out of breath, and plopped onto the ground, dropping his large backpack.
"Spike! Come on, what if the food gets damaged!?" Twilight complained, rushing over to pick up the backpack, apparently more worried about the food than Spikes spine.
"Saaawwwrryyyyyyy!" Spike said sarcastically. His stood up and put his hands on his back and bent backward, surprised at the multitude of cracks that rippled out from in between his bones. Twilight began unpacking the food from Spikes backpack, as well as all the dishes and silverware from her own.
"Remind me again why we couldn't just teleport, Twi." Twilight straightened looking straight ahead, and she cocked an eyebrow.
"Good question, Spike," she replied. Spike let out a dissatisfied groan and fell back to the ground. "Well, all the food looks good still."
"I still don't see what the big deal is. I mean, it was only a matter of time before Fluttershy found a boyfriend. Why is everyone making such a big deal about it?" Spike asked.
"BECAUSE! No one ever actually expected Fluttershy to meet someone special, she's too shy! Besides, I want to meet him and find out what he's like. I am still slightly miffed that she kept him a secret for so long, but I can hardly blame her, what with her shyness. Anyway, it's important we make sure that she found someone great!"
"But why is it any of our business, anyway? She should be able to decide for herself who is right for her!"
"You have a point. At this point it doesn't matter, as they're on their way." Twilight was absolutely right. They were on their way over. As a matter of fact, they could see Spike and Twilight. But Twilight had her back turned so she couldn't tell they were approaching.
"Hi Twilight!" Fluttershy called. Twilight turned around, excited to finally see who Fluttershy had found. She looked and saw Fluttershy walking toward her, her pink mane covering the right side of her face like it always does, and her bright yellow body reflecting the sun's light in a beautiful and tasteful way. On her right was a large stallion, about the size of Big Macintosh, with large muscles and a nice trimmed mane. His coat was a nice bright green. It wasn't neon, but it reflected the light in much the same way that Fluttershy's did. His mane was a light shade of blue, perhaps turquoise. Watching them walk together through a field with the bright sunlight surrounding them in a beautiful glow was absolutely astounding. Twilights jaw dropped at the sight; it couldn't be more perfect, as he was a prime example of a strong, handsome stallion and Fluttershy was a perfect example of a beautiful feminine mare. Together they looked perfect. Twilight was now aware of the fact that they had reached the edge of the tablecloth and that Fluttershy was talking to her.
"-ight? Are you ok? Twilight?" Only then did Twilight snap out of it.
"OH! Um, sorry about that, I was just, erm, admiring that part of the field."
"Ok then. This is Muscle Mass."
"Pleasure to meet you Mr. Mass," Twilight said, extending a hoof.
"Oh please, Mr. Mass is my father. Call me Muscle," he said, taking her hoof and shaking it. His shake was tremendously strong. After they stopped shaking hooves, they ate. When they were done, Muscle offered to carry all the picnic items back.
"Oh that's fine, Muscle, you don't have to do that."
"Oh no, it's no trouble at all, dear!"
"Well, if you insist." She and Spike threw their respective bags of containers, cloths, and silverware onto Muscles back, as well as their bag of trash.
"That's my Muscle, always the gentlecolt!" Their eyes met, and both of them smiled. Muscle started to crouch, and Fluttershy drew herself up and tilted her head to meet Muscles face, and they kissed. Fluttershy's mane was no longer covering her face, revealing - Twilight gasped - a huge, hoof-shaped bruise on her right cheek. Twilight ran at them, placing herself between them, and forcing them apart. She all but tackled Fluttershy backwards almost five feet, turning to face Muscle. Her brow was furrowed in a murderous way, her nostrils flaring.
"Back off, Muscle, or else!" Twilight's horn began to glow, and she withdrew all the forks and knives from her bag, pointing them at Muscle threateningly. "If you take even one step closer, I will put more holes in your body than a sponge!"
"Twilight, what are you doing?" said a slightly irked Fluttershy. Twilight turned her head to the right, to address Fluttershy, who was still behind her, while simultaneously keeping her eyes on Muscle.
"I am protecting you. I saw the mark on your cheek. I won't let him hurt you again." And then something happend which Twilight would never have predicted. Muscle started crying.
"No! It's not like that! I would never hurt Fluttershy! I love her! It was an accident, I swear to Celestia it was! Oh no, now you think I'm a monster! BAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAAAHAAAHAAA!" He was sobbing now. Twilight looked stunned. She lowered the makeshift weapons onto the ground slowly.
"Fluttershy, is this true?" asked Twilight. Fluttershy walked over to Muscle, and kissed him on the cheek.
"It's OK, honey, she didn't know." Fluttershy turned to Twilight, her brow furrowing, her voice stern. "Twilight, it was in fact an accident. He was bringing me breakfast in bed and he dropped a glass on my cheek. He didn't mean it and now you've gone and hurt his feelings." She turned back to Muscle and gave him a hug, which he promptly returned. He had stopped crying by this point, and looked so gentle and kind when he hugged Fluttershy. Twilight felt so guilty about doing what she did. What was I thinking!? How could someone so gentle and kind do something so horrible? What is wrong with you, Twilight....
"I am sorry, Muscle. I am really, truly sorry," Twilight said, head bowed.
"It's fine, I understand how you would make that assumption. I would like it if we could just put this whole situation behind us."
"I would like that." She smiled at him, and Muscle, and he smiled back.
"Thank you for dinner, Twilight," said Fluttershy. "We have to go and feed the animals now. Bye!"
"Bye! And it was very nice to meet you, Muscle."
"Likewise, Twilight." Muscle and Fluttershy turned and started back to Ponyville.
TWELVE HOURS LATER
*knock knock knock knock* Fluttershy awoke to a banging sound. She got up and went to the door. She was halfway there went another series of knocks occurred, more urgently this time. Fluttershy made it to the door, and opened it.
"Who is i - Muscle?" It -was- Muscle. He did not look necessarily in a good mood. He was tired, and his expression gave a slight angry look to him. "W-what are you doing here this late?"
"May I come in?"
"What?"
"MAY I COME IN!?" he repeated, raising his voice. "Come now Fluttershy, we both know your hearing is perfectly fine, how could you not hear me, hmmm?!"
"Y-yes, you can come in." This isn't right, why is he acting like this? Muscle walked in, forcing Fluttershy to the side as he did so. He stopped dead about seven paces inside the door. Fluttershy closed the door, turning to Muscle.
"So, what do you need, Muscle?" Muscle did not turn, he did not move. He stood, still as a statue, staring at the wall.
"I need to know one thing, Fluttershy: why ?" Fluttershy was completely flummoxed by Muscles question.
"Why what ?" she asked.
"YOU KNOW DARN WELL WHAT!" he shouted. This startled Fluttershy. Muscle had only yelled at her once before. She shrank down in fear, closing her eyes. She tried holding back the tears, but they came unrelentingly. He raised her hoof to her right cheek and felt the bruise that happened shortly after Muscles last outburst.
"I am sorry, Muscle, I thought I did a good job." Muscle wheeled around and ran up to her. This caused her to recoil in fear and anticipation.
"Good job? Good job ?! Fluttershy, you're stupid little story made me look like an uncoordinated klutz! On top of that, you didn't say your line that you were supposed to say so then I had to fake the tears. Now Twilight thinks I am a little wuss AND a monster! Is that what you want? YOU WANT TO MAKE ME LOOK BAD?!" Fluttershy could only respond with a quiet whimper. "No matter. If you want to make me look bad, I will make you look bad. Look at me Fluttershy..... LOOK AT ME!" she shouted, practically shaking the whole cottage. Fluttershy just sat there in her little ball of fear, shaking. Her non-compliance only angered Muscle, and he gave a loud growl as he brought his hoof up and down on Fluttershy's back. She uncurled slightly as all the air escaped her lungs. She started to audibly sob once she caught her breath.
"When I tell you to do something, DO IT. Now, I'll tell you ONCE. MORE: LOOK AT ME!" he yelled, raising a hoof. Fluttershy looked up at him, meeting his gaze, trembling, and watched helplessly as Muscle brought his hoof down into her left cheek, sending her a few feet to her right, completely uncoiling. She brought her hooves up to her new wound and began crying even harder, wanting her nightmare to be over. "Shut up." Muscle said, walking over to her. She tried to get quieter, but she couldn't. "I said," Muscle started, raising his forelegs. "STOP IT!" He shouted, bringing both hooves down on the side of Fluttershy's chest. He could hear her ribs break as all the air was once again squeezed from her lungs. She fell on her stomach, wrapping her forelegs around her in self defense. This only pushed the broken ribs into her internal organs. She could feel them getting pierced.
Muscle saw this as an act of defiance, so he grabbed her mane in his teeth, and pulled with all of his might. He got her off of the ground and sent her flying through the door. It was ancient frame and the old wood gave way easily. Fluttershy landed in a broken heap, covered in splinters. Little trails of blood began creeping out of the splinters and where her back hit the door. It was raining now, and the cold drops felt like bliss on Fluttershy's broken body. Muscle quickly came to her side. He looked around and he found a nice, large root sticking up out of the ground. He grabber her mane yet again and dragged her over to it. He stopped dragging when her head was right next to the root.
"Bite it," he said. Fluttershy didn't want to know what Muscle would do if she didn't comply. She struggled to left her head up to the root. She pulled herself a few inches closer to it, even though it caused pain to streak up through her body, and she placed her teeth on the root. It was wood, but it felt like it was stone. She clenched her eyes shut and started crying harder than she ever had in her life. Muscle raised his right hoof in preparation. "Say 'good night,'" he said, right before he brought his hoof down on Fluttershy's head, root-stomping her into unconsciousness.
It hurt. Everywhere hurt. Fluttershy had never been in so much pain in her life. Her mouth and jaw ached, her head throbbed, her chest burned, her back stung. It was awful. She immediately began to cry again. She finally managed to open her eyes and look around. She tasted blood. She didn't move her head, but she could look around. She saw the nurses scrambling to stop her bleeding....to no avail. Fluttershy saw her friends looking on in despair. She could feel where her jaw had torn from her skull. It was not pleasant. She could feel her blood rapidly draining. She was cold.
So cold.
*beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.....*
A/N
The Calm Before The Storm
The air was cold. It would be, in the mountains, and so late in the evening as well. The breath could be seen coming out of everypony's mouth. The sight was tasteful, though somber; everypony in their black garments. Rarity had simplified her own wardrobe, and even left her hair undone so as to not draw attention to herself at such an inappropriate time. It was a thoughtful gesture to say the least. They all looked great in their black dresses. Rainbow even died her mane different shades of gray. There were no happy smiling faces. There was no laughter. All of Ponyville was in attendance. There were 60 chairs on either side of the casket. Big Macintosh and Shining Armor carried the casket down the row and lowered it onto the platform. The took their seats right afterward.The five remaining ponies of the Mane Six lowered it into the ground, not a word among them. When the casket had finally hit the ground, the mayor took her cue and approached the podium.
"Fillies and gentlecolts, we are all her today on this most somber of a day to remember and mourn the gentlest, sweetest mares to ever grace the earth of Equestria. Most of us knew Fluttershy on some way or another. I was never that close to Fluttershy, but I can never forget all the things she did for Ponville using her special skills. Like when she put the songbird choir together for Princess Celestia's arrival at the Summer Sun Celebration. I cannot ever say enough to truly honor this amazing mare." She closed and exited the podium. Next up was Twilight Sparkle, then Rarity, then Applejack, then Rainbow Dash. Pinkie Pie got up, but couldn't manage to find words between her sobs.
They all helped cover the casket and fill in the mound, though reluctantly. They all had their tears now, even the sturdy Rainbow Dash couldn't keep herself together through it. They finished filling in the hole, and placed the tombstone, which read:
Here Lies Fluttershy
The best animal caretaker in all of Equestria
They all said their words to Fluttershy's grave, and left their flowers and remembrances. Angel hopped out of his hiding place behind some chairs, crying his little bunny eyes out. he could remember all the times when he had been a douche to Fluttershy, all the times he smacked her, and it seemed like he would never forgive himself. Poor thing. When all was said and done, everypony left and quietly went back to their homes in Ponyville. Twilight Sparkle was the first to leave, out of everypony, not just Fluttershy's friends. This was absolutely horrible to those who watched her go. They all gave her glares that she couldn't see, and silently judged her for not staying longer. After all, it was one of her best friends in the world. Nonetheless, she went.
Rainbow Dash arrived at her cloud home, still crying over her friends life. She found a note on her door which read:
Dear Rainbow Dash,
"Oh I'll be there, Twilight, and I'll give you a piece of my mind," she said bitterly.
Seven o'clock came quickly, and Rainbow Dash headed over to the Library, intent on setting her friend straight. She arrived after a few moments, and saw Applejack walking to the same place. She wondered if Applejack was indeed going to the Library, and decided to ask her.
"Hey, AJ!" she called. Applejack stopped and looked around, then finally up to her left at Rainbow.
"Yeh, what's goin' on, Rainbow?" she replied.
"Oh, I'm headed to the Library."
"Really? I'm'a doin' th' same. You gedda note from Twilight, too?"
"Yep," she replied.
"Well shoot, what could Twilight want with all of us?"
"Let's find out."
They covered to distance to Twilight's front door, and knocked. Spike opened the door and let them in, not saying a word. They came in and saw Rarity and Pinkie Pie already there. They looked over and saw were not surprised to see their friends come in, and resumed looking forward. As they rounded the corner, and could see the rest of the living room, they saw Twilight at the end, facing a wall, looking away from them.
"Take a seat, you two," she said, without looking. Rainbow and Applejack complied, and sat next to Rarity and Pinkie Pie. Twilight turned around and addressed them all. "As cliche as it sounds, I am sure you're all wondering why I've gathered you here. Well, as you know, one of our friends has passed away. But that's not entirely true. She was, in fact, murdered." There were four simultaneous gasps. The tears came back now, and Pinkie started sobbing again.
"Weh-now hold on there, sugarcube, how d'you know that?" Applejack asked.
"Because, I saw the mark on her cheek. The right one. It came from her ex boyfriend, Muscle Mass. I saw it the day before she....well, you know," Twilight said, trying to suppress the memory of Fluttershy dying in the hospital.
"Oh no, that's awful. Twilight, dear, why didn't you say anything!?" Rarity exclaimed.
"She convinced me it wasn't him, and I believed Muscles fake tears. But now I know it was him. He tricked me, he tricked everyone, and he hurt and killed Fluttershy. This is inexcusable. Which is why I called you all here: we're going to get him back."
There was a dead silence in the room. No one spoke for what seemed like an eternity. Pinkie spoke for the first time in three days.
"I'm in." Everypony looked at her in surprise. Even Twilight wasn't expecting it. Though honestly, Twilight wasn't expecting any of them to come with her.
"Me too," said Rainbow. "I'm gonna show him what happens when you pick on ponies that are smaller and weaker than you are," she said, ramming her hoofs together in a punch.
"Ah'm gonna help too, ah guess."
"And I will help, too. I cannot let that brutish thug get away with mistreating a lady such as Fluttershy, it's not right," Rarity proclaimed.
"Alright, then here's the plan..." began Twilight.
He honestly didn't mean for her to die. But he also didn't care, either. It was truly unfortunate, but then again it didn't affect him, either. He just waltzed along, enjoying the nice day. Fluttershy passed a week ago that day. Muscle was on his way home from his job at the lumber yard. It was a pleasant walk to his house. At least, for most of the way. He had to walk past this abandoned area filled with warehouses and old lumbering equipment. It hadn't had a purpose in a little over a decade. He was walking past one of the aforementioned warehouses, when he happened upon an odd sight - a poor mare was crying. He rushed to her side. She was a white unicorn, and dear Celestia, she was gorgeous! She had beautifully full blue eyes, and a perfectly maintained violet mane. It was curled to perfection! She was easily the hottest pony Muscle had ever seen.
"What seems to be the problem, miss?" She looked up in surprise at his presence. She smiled weakly at him.
"Oh, you must help me! My cat Opal and I were just walking along, and then he ran off and I can't find him anywhere !" Rarity continued her sobbing.
Muscle looked around and saw the cat in the warehouse to his left. "There he is!" he said, pointing with his hoof. The warehouse was littered with dirt, grime, broken glass, and rusted everything.
"Oh, but it looks so dangerous! I can't possibly go in there, for I am just a fragile damsel!"
"Aw, schucks, I'll get'im for you." She perked right up at this.
"Oh, would you! I would be SO thankful!"
"No problem, miss!" Muscle turned and walked into the pediatric death field that was the warehouse and retrieved the cat. or at least, he was about to; everything went dark.
When he came to, Muscle realized quickly that he was restrained. His face stung, probably from the face full of glass he received after he had been hit. And what hit him, exactly? He heard whispers. They were hushed, and became frantic after he started fidgeting. As he became fully conscience, he started getting frantic.
"What the hey! Let me outta here! Help! Someone's got me tied up! HEEEEEEEEE-" He was cut off by a sharp blow to the stomach, losing all the air he had in his lungs.
"Shut up, loser," came a disgusted sounding, very feminine voice. He couldn't breathe or see. She removed his blindfold, and he saw not one, but five ponies. One of them was that purple unicorn friend of Fluttershy's, and the white unicorn who had been crying earlier. The pony who had his blindfold was a blue pegasus with a rainbow colored mane. "We don't give a crap about what you have to say. I don't wanna wait, Twilight, I want to fuck this guy up RIGHT NOW!" she shouted, punching him across the face.
"No, Rainbow! Wait! We have to take it slowly to get revenge," Twilight said, stepping forward. Rainbow stepped back with the other ponies. Muscle had finally gotten his breath back.
"Twilight, what the hell is this? Who are these people?"
"Girls, introduce yourselves."
"Mah name's Applejack. Pleasure to meetcha, pardner," said the orange pony.
"I'm Rainbow Dash, and I'm gonna make sure you're hurting bad ," said the blue pony who struck him earlier.
"We've already met, darling. I'm Rarity," said the white unicorn stepping forward.
"I'm Pinkie Pie, and I threw this party just for you!" said the pink one, hopping around with glee.
"So, now you know who we are. Any other questions before we get started?"
"Yeah, what the hell am I doing here?"
"We're here to show you what happens when you mess with our friends." A look of horror spread over muscles face as he realized that they all knew it was he who killed Fluttershy. He opened his mouth to explain himself, but he didn't have time before Rainbow Dash struck him across the face again.
"SHUT UP!" she shouted. She then proceeded to pummel his face. By the time she was done, most of his teeth were missing or broken, and he had bruises everywhere. Rainbow was completely out of breath. "You're turn, AJ."
"With pleasure," she said, stepping forward. She dragged his chair and placed it's back against a wall. She then turned around, and bucked him in the chest as hard as she could. Mascle saw this coming and flexed every one of his large muscles he had on the front of his body. Applejack felt this after the first buck, and went into automatic mode. She repeatedly bucked him in random places all across his front. Eventually, Muscle tired and couldn't flex. The first second after he stopped, he got 3 ribs broken. Applejack continued, breaking many more ribs. She wore herself out after that. "Ah'm done. Pinkie, it's yer turn." With glee, she pulled a cart with her next to Muscle. He eyed the cart nervously, as it was covered by a sheet. She quickly removed said sheet, revealing seven knives, each exactly like the last, as well as a piece of square glass. She picked up the glass. She motioned to Twilight, and her horn began glowing. Using raw force, she opened Muscles mouth. Pinkie then broke the glass into very very tiny pieces using the handle of one of the knives. She placed each one into the back of Muscles mouth, while holding his tongue out using forceps. Pinkie placed them in the back of his throat, every one, and then put her hoof into his large mouth, pushing the pieces into his esophagus. He howled in pain as the tore down his throat. Pinkie then took each knife, one by one, and shoving them into his body at specific points, namely, the elbow and shoulder joints, as well as the area behind the kneecaps. He would not stop screaming.
"Well, I'm done now!" she said, hopping away. Rarity stepped forward.
"Girls, I'd like a little privacy please." The other complied, though they didn't understand. When Rarity was sure that they had gone, Rarity gagged him and she took her hoof and gently caressed his crotch. After a few moments, he had an erection. Rarity then straddled him, right there.
"You're probably a little confused as to why I'm having sex with you," she said, looking into his eyes lustfully. "In truth, I haven't had legitimate sex in a while and I'm going to use you for an orgasm. Besides, taking your mind off of the pain let's you live a little longer for us to extract revenge." She then began to move back and forth, stimulating herself and Muscle. Before too long, she had her wish, and climaxed powerfully. "Tell me when you cum, dear," she whispered into his ear, before resuming her thrusting. After a few minutes, he began to make noise, ecstatic in nature. Rarity quickly pulled one of the knives out of his shoulder and dismounted, then jammed it into his testicles. He screamed bloody murder as he ejaculated blood. "Ok, I'm finiiiiished!" Rarity called. They came back in, marveling at the sight before them. No one question what Rarity did, thankfully, and Twilight approached Muscle.
"And now for the best one of all." Her horn started to glow, surrounding Muscle and his chair. He was lifter about 10 feet up onto a platform suspended by chains attached to the four corners of the plywood. "You swallowed a mouthful of glass. In a few hours, it will makes it's way through your entire digestive tract. Now you can either let that happen, or-" Her horn began to glow as she fashioned a noose out of rope. She tied it to the ceiling and put the loop over Muscles neck, and pulled it tight. Not so much that he couldn't breathe, but he wouldn't be able to get out of it. "You can end it quickly. Your choice. Bye, Muscle. Have a nice trip, and see you next fall," she said, turning. They all left with Twilight, howling with laughter. They closed the door, leaving Muscle in pitch black nothingness, deciding whether to end it all then and there or let the internal bleeding take him.
