The Fillycaust

Appleboom sat shivering in the cold dark room where the two unicorn guards, Spector and Sandstorm, had dropped her and the two other fillies off.

She was too afraid to cry and could barely even think straight. The horrendous events that had happened so quickly left her in a state of shock.

“H-hi there.” said one of the other two fillies quietly. She was a sandy color with a pale blue mane. “My name’s Sea Breeze.”

Applebloom and the other filly, who was pink with a blue mane, didn’t respond.

“I think we should stick together.” Sea Breeze continued. “I know this place is scary but I know we’ll be all right.”

“All right?” the pink filly repeated angrily. “Did you see what they did to that colt back at the train! That could’ve been us!”

“We just have to do what they say.” Sea Breeze explained. “If he didn’t talk back to them then I’m sure he’d still be okay.”

“But they enjoyed doing it!” the pink filly replied. “Their going to hurt us too! We’re probably going to die!”

Applebloom started to cry. Warm tears ran down her face and fell onto the already damp cold stone floor.

“D-don’t cry. Everything will be alright.” Sea Breeze reassured. She walked over to Applebloom and put her hoof on the crying filly’s shoulder.

“Look what you did.” Sea Breeze snapped looking back up at the pink filly.

“It’s not her.” Applebloom managed to say through the tears. “I-it’s my sister!”

“Did she...” the pink filly said cautiously. “Did she die?”

“No.” Applebloom sobbed. “Sh-She j-just let them take me!” She cried harder. She always thought Applejack was the best sister ever, but how could the best sister ever abandon her in this strange place?

“It’s okay.” Sea Breeze said. “I’m here for you.”

The pink filly walked up to Applebloom. “I’m sorry for what I said, and I’m sorry about you and your sister. If it helps I’m here for you too. My name is Strawberry Quartz.”

Applebloom sniffled, “Th-Thanks guys.” she said wiping the tears off of her face. “My name’s Applebloom.”

Sea Breeze smiled, “It’s nice to mee-” the metal door to the room opened making the three fillies jump.

In walked an orange unicorn with a jet black mane. He studied the fillies with his scarlet red eyes and then smiled.

“Hello kids.” he said in a calm soothing voice. “I’m Doctor D. How is everpony today?”

The three fillies looked at each other unsure of how to react. Why was this unicorn being nice to them?

After a moment Strawberry Quartz spoke up, “Why did we have to come here?” she asked.

“That’s a very good question!” Doctor D laughed. “A question that deserves a very good answer! But first do you young fillies want some candy?” He grabbed a satchel slung across his back and tossed it in front of fillies. It hit the ground and small multicolored hard candies rolled out.

The three fillies stared at the candy none of them making a move.

“What’s wrong kids you don’t like candy?” Doctor D said disappointed.

“It’s not that.” Sea Breeze said. “This just seems... weird.”

Doctor D laughed. “Oh I see! You think there’s something nasty in the candy!”

He walked up to the satchel, lowered his head, and scooped up three of the hard candies into his mouth. They created a loud cracking sound as he bit down on them.

“Mmm I taste strawberry, grape, and orange!” he exclaimed merrily. “It’s okay kids! Really try some!”

The three fillies each slowly began to eat the candy.

“Hey!” Sea Breeze said. “This is good!”

“Are there any apple flavored ones?” Applebloom asked searching through the candies.

“Hmm I don’t know.” Doctor D admitted. “It doesn’t matter though girls take as many as you like, if there is an apple flavored one you’ll be sure to find it!”

“So are you going to answer my question?” Strawberry Quartz asked.

“Oh yes! I almost forgot!” Doctor D exclaimed. “The reason why you are here is because you are going to help make Equestria a better place! You see Princess Celestia realized that there were some ponies who didn’t have the same abilities as other ponies. These ponies were holding the other ponies back! So the great Princess Celestia came up with a solution.”

“She made the Canter Camps?” asked Sea Breeze.

“You’re a smart one aren’t you!” Doctor D complimented with a smile. “Yes Princess Celestia made the Canter Camps, and at the Canter Camps the ponies who were holding everypony else back could be taught how to better themselves.”

“What’s wrong with us the way we are right now?” Applebloom questioned.

“Nothing my dear! Nothing! You just haven’t reached your full potential yet! That’s why you’re here! We’ll teach you how to become better ponies!”

“That doesn’t sound so bad.” Strawberry Quartz pointed out.

“That’s because it isn’t! Now follow me young fillies, and don’t forget to bring the leftover candy! I’m going to show you to where you will be staying!” Doctor D turned and began walking towards the door.

Applebloom grabbed the satchel with her mouth and slung it across her back. She liked the Doctor, he was very outgoing and it was good to have an adult who talked to her in a comforting voice around. But in the back of her mind things still didn’t seem quite right.

The three fillies followed Doctor D out of the room and down a dark and dreary hallway. The only sound was the four ponies hooves clopping upon the stone floor and an occasional drip from a leak in the ceiling.

When they reached the end of the hall they went through a door and entered much nicer room. The floor was white carpet and the walls were painted sky blue. There were tables spread throughout room with various toys stacked on top and a small refrigerator next to a set of cabinets sat in the corner. There were also two other doors at the end of the room.

Doctor D turned around to face the three fillies. “This is where you will stay.” he told them. “I’m sure you will find it to your liking. This is the common room. That door over there is to the bed room and that door over there is to the bathroom. I have other matters to attend to now, so you three girls just get comfortable and make yourselves at home!” With that he turned around and walked out the door closing it shut. Applebloom could also hear Doctor D locking it from the outside.

“Hey this place is kind of nice!” Sea Breeze said looking around.

“Yeah this is really cool!” Strawberry Quartz exclaimed running up to one of the tables. “Look at all these toys!”

“I don’t know guys.” Applebloom said looking around the room cautiously. “There’s something fishy about this...”

“Relax Applebloom!” Strawberry Quartz laughed. “Maybe the Canter Camp isn’t so bad after all!”

“Hey!” Sea Breeze shouted. “Let’s go check out the bedroom!”

“Yeah!” agreed Strawberry Quartz.

The two ponies rushed toward the door where Doctor D had said the bedroom was. Applebloom quickly joined them.

Strawberry Quartz stood up on her two hind legs, turned the doorknob with her mouth, and opened the door.

The three fillies walked inside. The room was the same color as the common area and had six beds inside. At the end of each bed was a chest for belongings.

“Wow this is cool!” Strawberry Quartz shouted looking around the room excitedly.

“Yeah it’s really nice!” Sea Breeze exclaimed.

Applebloom looked down at the carpet beneath her hooves, she noticed a streak of what appeared to be blood on it.

“Hey guys.” she said quietly.

“I want this bed!” Strawberry Quartz laughed jumping on the bed nearest the door.

“Hey guys.” Applebloom repeated.

“Oh yeah? Well I want this one!” Sea Breeze giggled as she jumped on the bed next to Strawberry Quartz’s.

“Guys!” Applebloom shouted.

“What?” Sea Breeze asked as she stopped jumping and looked over to Applebloom.

“What’s this on the ground?” Applebloom questioned pointing at the red streak.

Strawberry Quartz jumped on her bed and examined the spot. “I-It looks like blood.” she stated.

Sea Breeze jumped off her bed and looked at the red stain as well. “It does look like blood.” she agreed.

Then a muffled moan came from behind them.

Sea Breeze squeaked and the three fillies turned around startled. The sound had come from the door that Doctor D had said was the bathroom.

“Wh-What was th-that?” Strawberry Quartz stammered.

“Let’s go see.” Applebloom said.

“Are you.. Are you crazy?” Sea Breeze whispered. “It could be something bad!”

Applebloom ignored Sea Breeze and walked out of the room. The two other fillies followed closely behind.

The quiet moan sounded again.

“I’m scared.” Sea Breeze cried.

“I-I’m a little spooked too.” Strawberry Quartz added.

Applebloom walked up to the door and opened it. There lying in the corner of the bathroom in a pool of blood was a purple pegasus filly with a red mane. Her back was covered in blood and her wings were bent and misshapen.

Sea Breeze and Strawberry Quartz screamed but Applebloom was quiet for some reason. The pegasus looked up at them.

“It... Hurts...” she said softly.

“What happened to you?” asked Applebloom.

“They said... They said they’d make me better....” The filly whispered with tears in her eyes.

“What is she talking about?” Sea Breeze said shaking in fear.

The bloodstained filly let out a bone shilling scream, “My back!” she cried. “It feels like I have swords sticking out of it! What did they do to me?”

Applebloom looked closer at her back and noticed cuts around her wings and down her spine. “Do your wings hurt too?” she asked.

“W-wings?” the filly said confused. She clenched her jaw and winced at the pain. “I-I don’t have wings.”

Applebloom noticed a mirror resting on the sink in the bathroom. She picked it up with her teeth and positioned it so the filly could see her wings.

“What!” the filly cried in horror. “I-I... But... I’m an Earth Pony!” she screamed again in pain and then passed out.

Applebloom lowered the mirror and turned to Sea Breeze and Strawberry Quartz who were holding each other and shaking with fear.

“What is going on?” Sea Breeze screamed. “What happened to her?”

“It’s just like Doctor D said.” Applebloom explained. “This is Princess Celestia’s solution to make us better.”