The Rocking Horses of Ponyville

When Twilight woke up, she found her hooves tied together and that her other friends had suffered the same fate. She looked around and saw that Rainbow Dash and Applejack had been chained rather than tied. "w-what the hell...?" she muttered. Suddenly, the door to the room she was in opened slowly, and Ketamina walked in. "K-Ketamina!! Go get help!! Your friend is insane!!" Ketamina looked down sadly.

"I'm sorry, I promised Mel I wouldn't..."

Twilight's eyes widened in horror. "w-what?! You're part of this too!?" another realization hit Twilight like a freight train. "you! you knew where the missing ponies were, and you never told anyone!!!" Ketamina looked down guiltily.

"I'm sorry, Twinkle, it's just- she's my only friend, and I never want to lose her. If I told on her, we wouldn't be friends, and I would be lonely..." Ketamina whined softly.

"that's no excuse! Ponies are getting mutilated, and you're just standing by and letting it happen!" Twilight shouted at her, the others beginning to stir.

"what's going on...?" Rarity muttered, attempting to sit up. Twilight attempted to use her magic but found it unresponsive. When she looked over at Rarity, she discovered that some kind of magic-restricting device had been tightly secured around her horn. Twilight only assumed she had the same done to her. Rainbow Dash began to wake up, along with Applejack.

"what the- Jesus!! why do my wings hurt so much!?" Rainbow Dash mumbled groggily. Twilight was horrified to find that Dash's wings had been cruelly twisted like a macabre candy cane.

"R-Rainbow!! are you alright!?" twilight said worriedly. "whatever you do, please, for the love of Celestia, don't look at your wings..." Applejack's voice echoed throughout the room.

"what the hay is going on? that bitch, Mel! I'll get us out of here, y'all!!" Applejack thrashed wildly, only managing to bruise herself further as the chains bit into her hide.

"Applejack, stop! You'll only hurt yourself!" Twilight told Applejack. Applejack was about to protest when the door swung open, revealing the sadistic gray mare herself.

"hello. I see you're awake. now we can get started." she left the room again and returned with a wooden dummy with the likeness of a pony.

"let us go, you evil witch!!" Rarity shouted at Mel. Mel walked up to Rarity and got in her face.

"sure, once I'm done. I make pretty rocking horses out of ponies who annoy me, especially the pink one." Mel smiled as if she just told a very amusing joke.

She suddenly pulled out a scalpel and approached Twilight. "I'm going to start with you. Now, don't move, or I'll kill you. it's not a threat; it's a warning." Twilight tried to pull away, but Mel held her head firmly in place. She circled Twilight so that she was behind her and began making an incision around Twilight's neck, carefully cutting the skin away from the muscle. after there was a thin, crimson line around Twilight's neck, Mel began cutting along her scalp until she was at Twilight's restricted horn. "nearly done, Twinkle." Mel said in a sing-song voice.

"leave her alone!!" Rarity screamed, horrified. Mel continued, paying Rarity no heed. She cut past the horn and cut down the middle of Twilight's forehead. She then began cutting the tissue under her hide and began to slowly but surely remove the skin from Twilight's head.