~Murder is Magic~ Book one: Crimson Bubbles

CRIMSON BUBBLES PART THREE/CH THREE: Crimson bubbles

A brown Earth pony pushed open his office door, he slipped into the dim lit room and closed the door behind him, dismay chasing after him like a disease. Suddenly he noticed his desk chair was turned backwards facing the other wall, he blinked and wondered who in Equestria had been in his office. He could have sworn he had locked his office door before he left. Only he had a key to his office he and...and...

The chair slowly turned, there a gray Pegasus sat with a plastic jar of bubbles, she held a bubble wand in one hoof. Her head was tilted downwards, her blonde hair streaming down over her face, blocking her eyes from view.

"Derpy?" Dr. Whooves said timidly," You are back! Thank Celestia! Do you know where Twilight and the others went?"

Derpy sat there, doing nothing but humming gently to herself, gradually her humming became louder and louder. She slowly dipped the bubble wand into the plastic jar and stirred the contents. A content sigh whistled from her mouth and she raised her head, she then placed the bubble wand in front of her mouth. Using a hoof to swipe the hair of her mane off of her face she then took a deep breath and exhaled into the wand. The bubbles took a circular shape and were blown out into the room, tinted with a red color, the bubbles floated and danced through the air.

"Hello...Doctor...I've been waiting for you!" Derpy's giggle was that of one gone off the deep end, her derped eyes were puffy and red. Two red streaks travelled down each cheek, upon her muzzle, as if she had been crying.

"Derpy? Are you alright what happened to you?" Dr. Whooves whispered, his heart pounding, his instinct was to flee yet he ignored it. His skin was itching over the concern of the events that had flown by so quickly in the past few days. "Why..why are those bubbles red?"

"I'm fine Dr. Whooves and they are crimson red, actually." Derpy said in her normal bubbly voice, yet something was off about it. Something wicked laced the words she spoke. She blew into the bubble wand again, this time closer, she held out a hoof and a bubble landed on it, suspended upon it. "Have you ever eaten a bubble, Doctor?" Asked the gray Pegasus pony, looking up at him in a quizzical way.

"Good Equestria, no. Why would I do that Derpy, Derpy what the hay is going on? I heard from Fluttershy you--"

Derpy held her hoof up as if demanding silence, the bubble still perched upon her hoof. She shook her head and the brought her hoof to her mouth and used her tongue to lift the bubble off of her hoof and onto her mouth. The bubble rolled into her mouth and settled on the back of her tongue where it popped, she slurped down the liquid that it left and squealed in delight as her body shivered with the deliciousness that flooded through the inner core of her stomach. She held the wand up to her mouth and whispered softly, "These are bloody crimson bubbles! Mhnn juicy, they taste just like cheery cherries!"

Dr. Whooves stomach churned and he groaned, his heart raced. He let out a cry as pain punctured his heart, he hunched over in pain and almost grew sick.

That was when Derpy rose from her perch, she stood tall, her two front hoofs on the desk her two back ones on the chair. "My, my, my..." She soothed," You seem ill doctor...let me make you...better.." That was when Derpy lunged.
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"AGHH!" Twilight Sparkle cried, a rattling shock galloped though her insides, she collapsed on to the ground, her breathing shallow.

"Twilight! Stop!" Applejack cried out. " Yer gonna hurt yerself even more then yeh already are!"

"I can't give up, I have to...to try...I'm not about to sit here while Derpy roams free! Somepony has to stop that insane Pegasus!" Twilight struggled to her hoofs, and she teetered. It took all her will power to keep standing.

Suddenly out of no where Derpy appeared, dragging a bag along with her. The bottom of the bag was soaked in blood, the rank stench filled the dungeon. The blood soaked out onto the stone floor and left a trail of crimson behind.

Cheerilee would have jumped up and would have raced away screaming until her voice was lost to the world forever. However she was nailed down and had no choice but to stay put.

Derpy discarded the bag besides the table and walked over to Twilight Sparkle. "Get over here." She wrapped her arms around Twilight Sparkle and yanked her forward. She undid the chains on Twilight Sparkle, yet keeping the shock collar firm upon her neck. She turned with Twilight in her arms and tossed her over to Cheerilee and pranced over to her shock collar remote control. "Twilight, I want you to perform a spell on Cheerilee that will keep her heart strong for a few hours, so I can torture her! I want to hack her into pieces, but I want to hear her suffer while I do so. If you don't do as I ask, then I'll kill your friends right here and right now... then I'll kill your cute little dragon too!"

"You STAY away from Spike, and where are we Derpy?!" Twilight's voice was like a dagger, she narrowed her eyes and gazed into Derpy's deranged orbs.

"You being the smart one I thought you would have figured it out. You've been here plenty of times before, you just haven't been under it.... you came here the first time to find your precious elements of Harmony!" Derpy sneered in disgust.

"T-The ancient ruins of the castle of the royal pony sisters!" Twilight gasped out as she struggled to her hoofs, she suddenly felt weak at the knees her legs felt like jelly. She looked around at Derpy and saw the shock collar remote and knew if she refused a painful shock wave would be sent through her...she would also loose her friends as well. She had no choice, there was nothing that could be done. She turned to face Cheerilee and stared deeply into here eyes, tears brimming to the surface, feeling dirty and guilty, she was helping somepony carry out a heinous and murderous act. How would she ever be able to forgive herself after this? "I'm sorry.." She whispered to Cheerilee and gathered the last bit of strength she had to cast the spell, she felt hot pain rip through her blood vessels as she was shocked. She gasped out in pain, yakking up some blood, yet she kept going until the spell was complete. She stumbled and fell on to her side, and lie deathly still.

"TWILIGHT!" Screamed Twilight's friends along with Cheerilee.

Derpy howled in gleeful laughter, she jumped down from perch and came up to Twilight Sparkle's side. "Aw, don't disappoint me Twilight! I thought you'd have more fight in you!" Derpy bent down to check for a heart beat, she about leaped for joy when she found it. Twilight's heart was fluttering in agony, jumping, sometimes skipping beats. It was trying to keep pumping, trying to keep Twilight alive. Derpy knew however, that it was futile. Twilight would die all the same, her heart would stop beating all the same. Either it gave out or Derpy would be the one to silence it, forever. "So, you do have some fight left in you after all good...good." Derpy smiled as she dragged Twilight back to the chain and hooked her back up to it. "Now where was I...oh yes...." Derpy slowly flew over towards Cheerilee, dancing and gliding through the air that was heavily tainted with the foul scent of blood. She landed next to Cheerilee and picked up the knife she had abandoned earlier and placed it next to Cheerilee's side, lying it down. Then suddenly the clops of hooves could be heard from above, and the voices of Celestia and Luna could be heard themselves, they seemed to be reminiscing about the old day. Derpy tensed up, for the love of buck she had not expected Celestia and Luna to show up, hay! They'd ruin her hard work! Suddenly Cheerilee let out a scream, Derpy reacted with lightening fast reflexes. Taking the sack that was soaked with crimson blood she slammed it over the screaming pony. "SHUT THE BUCK UP!"

Cheerilee was silenced when a bloodied brown hoof slipped out of the sack and landed in her mouth, she was too disgusted to utter a scream.

Before the mane six could utter out a cry for help Derpy turned to them and pressed the button on the shock collar. The pain from the voltage caused the six ponies to collapse, writhing in silent pain upon the floor. "Shhhh my pretties." Derpy soothed, she waited in silence, her own heart pounding praying that Celestia and Luna had not heard the screams from the dungeon.

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"Did you hear that?" Luna said stopping, she could have sworn she heard muffled and distant screams from somewhere nearby.

"I thought I heard something but...." Celestia trailed off letting her gaze sweep the ruins of the run down and dusty castle. "Now I'm not certain I did or not..."

Luna perked her ears, straining to hear any sign of the screams from earlier yet there was no trace of the wails that had once filled the air. "I guess we must have imagined it."

"Yes...let us get home, we have a meeting in Canterlot soon, we are having a vote on whether or not to repave Ponyville's roads with stone." Celestia said, the two took flight in the air and when they should return horror would meet them in this place.

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Silence flooded the dungeon, Derpy's heart slowed to a calm. "Hehehehe, even though they heard you, they still won't be here to save you!" With that being said she trotted over to Cheerilee looking white as a ghost. She giggled viciously as she saw why Cheerilee was mortified. "Oh, I see you have met my little friend!" Derpy cooed and yanked the bag away from Cheerilee and dumped out the contents of the blood soaked bag. Out slid Dr. Whooves, his side held a deep cut and sticky blood clung upon his body.

Tears bubbled up in Cheerilee's eyes. "You've KILLED HIM!" She shrieked her voice like claws upon stone. "You've KILLED DR.WHOOVES! NO! NO! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!" Her voice was like high screeching bells, as she thrashed against the nails that bound her to the table. Agony zapped through her arms and legs, yet she continued to yowl in despair.

The Mane Six sat crying, silently, to themselves. They watched this tragic even unfold, the six of them huddled together trying to comfort one another. They watched as Dr. Whooves's bloody body slipped from the bag, the scene played out before them. As if it were a grotesque and twisted horror film that projected its images into their minds and burned it deep.

Cheerilee's words of loss became nothing but shrieks of agony, the pony thrashed upon the table, flailing.

Derpy mocked her with a delightful laughter of sing song bells, the pegasus pony trotted of to Dr.Whooves's body and scooped him up. With a stroke of pure, insane, genius she chucked Dr.Whooves's limp body at Cheerilee. Cheerilee felt Dr.Whooves's body crash into her and now the crimson coated body draped limply over her. Dr.Whooves's head was tilted up at her, the body of Dr.Whooves lie on it's crimson smudged side, the blood of Dr.Whooves trickled down Cheerilee. She shuddered as the sticky substance painted her blood red. Cheerilee's wails of despair subsided into quiet sobs. As gross and morbid as this may sound, if she could have moved her arms she would have wrapped them around Dr.Whooves and hugged him tight. Never to let go, yet seeing as she was nailed to the table all she could do was touch her nose to Dr.Whooves's forehead, that was until Dr.Whooves's corpse was stripped away from her.

Derpy held up Dr. Whooves like a rag doll and moved him like a puppet. "Ohhh look at me! I'm Dr. Whooves! I pretend to care for somepony, pretend to love her...then I up and run away with a SMARTIE TARTIE!! HAHAAHAH!" Derpy mocked Dr. Whooves by mimicking his voice, however the venom of her voice leaked into the last bit and over rode her mock. Suddenly the limp features of Dr.Whooves animated to life, he was moving on his own! Derpy let out a shriek of shock and dropped the brown earth pony.

Dr.Whooves hit the ground with a groan and he lifted his head. "What...where?" He choked out, spitting up some blood before turning to look at Cheerilee nailed to the table, Derpy looking down sinisterly at him. "Derpy? What in the hay is going on?" He demanded, his voice feeble, as he tried to stand, he grunted and tried to use the wall of stone to help pull himself up. Vainly, however, the effort had been. The earth pony's hoofs slipped off of the wall, his head hit the side with a 'cracking' sound and he collapsed into a sit, leaning up against the wall.

"Oh...an operation, Doctor. Operation: Revenge!" Derpy hummed, seeming to get over her initial shock that Dr. Whooves was alive. This however played perfectly, according to her ultimate design. Now Dr. Whooves would suffer even longer, watching her tear Cheerilee piece by piece into a bloody pile of blood and gore! She clapped her front hoofs together, giggling delightfully. "Oh I am so glad you are awake for this, Doctor! I cannot wait to show you how many things I learned from you while watching you perform surgery upon many ponies!" Derpy left Dr. Whooves leaning against the wall and went over to Cheerilee," Now, now, miss Cheerilee! The PARTY can finally begin! What party? Why your farewell party...your...PERMANETE farewell party!" Derpy began to cackle and giggle as she reached for the knife that she placed next to Cheerilee. She dangled the knife above the terrified earth pony, Derpy flicked it back and forth between her hoofs, a few inches away from Cheerilee's round eyes. Derpy relished in the burning terror she saw reflected from Cheerilee's tear filled eyes. "Hush now, nopony say anything! This is delicate work! Hey Dr. Whooves, watch me work, you'll be proud of me!" She said softly her voice echoing through the silent dungeon. Derpy slowly lowered the knife down upon Cheerilee, she placed the blade gingerly on Cheerilee's stomach. "You scream, Cheerilee I only dig deeper, so chin up and steel yourself! Better clench your teeth now!" Derpy plunged the knife an inch deep into Cheerilee's skin, blood splattered up and onto her face, Derpy licked the blood from her muzzle. "Mnnn...tastes divine, maybe I shall use some of your blood for a muffins recipe later!" Derpy said soothingly.

Cheerilee sucked in a screech, the knife drilling into her innards was like a brand of fire, blood spurted out of the new wound and she clenched her teeth, looking up at Derpy with narrowed eyes.

Derpy continued with her endeavor, the knife following the shallow cut in the shape of a heart. She slowly pushed the knife deeper into Cheerilee with each incision.

Cheerilee couldn't stop herself she began to scream bloody murder, blood pushed itself up her esophagus and she spat the salty crimson substance up and on to her chest.

"Oh dearest me, what did I say about screaming, shame!" Derpy let out a tsk noise and drove the knife even deeper, she heard it hit bone as the knife ripped into the rib cage of Cheerilee. The steel knife scrapping upon bone let out a terrible wail that rebounded through the darkened dungeon. "Soon it will be time to count dead bodies, like sheep! Don't worry my pets, all of this will be over soon and you can sleep at ease forever under the Ancient Castle of the Royal Pony Sisters! This is such a shame you know, this all could have been avoided. Now DR. Whooves tell me is the old me as dead as dead can be? The answer is buck yeah, this is the new me! I'm a monster...the monster you made and now this monster is going to kill the one you left me for and then..the monster will kill you." Soon Derpy had finished cutting out the outline of the heart, she placed her hoofs over the cut and hooked them onto Cheerilee and squeezed in the heart shape, she squeezed even more, hearing the sloshing of blood and the squishing of muscle.

RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIP!!!!!!!!

Derpy pulled the heart shape off of Cheerilee, smiling psychotically.

Cheerilee let out a blood chilling cry of agony, now lying with her innards exposed.

Dr. Whooves placed a hoof over his mouth and went pale, bile rose in his throat and he threw his head to the side and became sick, the smell of blood and puke stank up the dungeon, the resulting smell was unpleasant.

The Mane Six huddled together and looked away from the vile and sickening scene, they shivered as the air filled with a nasty chill.

Derpy placed the knife next to Cheerilee who had her mouth open now in a silent scream. Derpy retrieved the heart shaped cut out and trotted over to Dr. Whooves and stood in front of him with a smile," Ohhh DR!!! Look at what I made you!" Her eyes wide and her voice sounded insane and high pitched, scratchy even.

Dr. Whooves looked at Derpy with sheer terror in his rounded eyes. "MY CELESTIA! " He cried out and tried struggling away from Derpy as the gray pegasus placed the heart shaped cut out in his front hoofs. Dr. Whooves threw the heart shaped cut out away from him flinching, the heart shaped cut out landed in front of The Mane Six with a sloshing sound.

Fluttershy began to cry loudly and she buried her face into Pinkie Pie's frizzled fluffy hair. Pinkie Pie let out a gagging noise and buried her own face into Fluttershy's hair. Twilight buried her face into Apple Jack's hair, Apple Jack buried her face into Rainbow Dash's hair and Rarity buried her face into Rainbow Dash's hair as well. Rainbow Dash covered her eyes with her tail. They couldn't bear to look at the heart shaped cut out piece of Cheerilee that landed before them.

Derpy let out a giggle and placed her hoof in Dr. Whooves's mane and stroked it lightly as if soothing him. "Awwww you didn't like my little gift? I'm so sorry I'll try harder next time!" Derpy left Dr. Whooves and went back over to Cheerilee and looked over her, she gazed upon Cheerilee's ravaged body and trotted off from the scene only to come back with a straw and her bubble wand. She dipped the babble wand into Cheerilee's exposed blood. Derpy then blew into the bubble wand and crimson bubbles began to gracefully dance around the dungeon. Derpy took flight and bit down on each bubble letting the warm and salty taste spark on her tongue before swallowing the liquid. She returned to Cheerilee and placed the straw into the crimson substance and began slurping it down. She then blew with the straw into Cheerilee's blood and made the surface bubble, rippling. Derpy then chucked the straw and shoved her head into Cheerilee's open wound and she then thrust her muzzle into the sticky blood and began to suck it down, she pulled away blood dribbling down her chin. She sighed dreamily," Your blood tastes just like heaven, Cheerilee..." Derpy then went to licking Cheerilee's exposed rib cage of the blood and left over muscle that clung to its surface. She licked it clean and then she began to lick at the exposed frantically beating heart of Cheerilee. She then began to nibble at it," Ohhhhhhh...ahh....OH MY BUCK! CHEERILEE YOU ARE DELECIOUS!" With that she bit down hard into Cheerilee's heart and blood flew up everywhere, landing on Derpy, landing on Cheerilee herself, landing on Dr. Whooves, landing on The Mane Six.

Cheerilee let out a feral cry and tears of blood splashed down her cheeks, blood rolled out of her ears and trickled out of mouth. The reek of blood was all that fluttered around the air, one could taste it if they breathed in.

Derpy sucked in a deep breath of the misted blood in the air," MHNNNNNNNNNN" She hummed while patting Cheerilee's head. "Now Cheerilee, my dearest you should be honored I chose you as my first pony to perform surgery on!" Said the gray pegasus, letting out a bout of cackles, with a crooked and insane smile. "You know I love the way you taste, maybe I should keep all your blood for myself!"

"S-s-s-stoopp..." Dr. Whooves let out a painful groan, forcing himself to his hoofs with what little strength that remained inside of his limbs. The blood from his wounds splattering to the floor. He looked into Derpy's eyes, his jaws clenching together. Fire of hate danced in his eyes," You aren't Derpy anymore! The Derpy I knew is just somepony that I used to know, that I used to care about that I used to love like she was my sister! You aren't anything but a psychotic little she-witch. Derpy, the real Derpy, if you are still some where inside, I'm sorry I couldn't love you like I love Cheerilee! I'm sorry if you thought I loved you as something more, now please Derpy...come back to me!" He pleaded, staggering over to Derpy placing a hoof on her cheek," Please hear me Derpy, I'm so sorry, I'm sorry I hurt you! I don't know what I can do to make you feel better, but please...please come back!"

Derpy stood rigid as the tears began to surface in her eyes, the y pilled over and to her cheeks. She placed a hoof on Dr. Whooves's hoof and a small saddened smile stretched itself upon her face. "D-D-Dr.." She let out a choked up sob. "Dr...d-d-do you know what you can do to make it up to me?" She asked of him, looking him directly in the eyes.

"I'll do anything Derpy, just name it, I promise." Dr. Whooves said softly stroking her blonde mane with a hoof.

Derpy's eyes flashed red for a moment, the angelic smile twisted into a demonic one, she pushed Dr. Whooves away from her and giggled. "Sit back and watch me kill Cheerilee! That is what you can do!"

"NO!" With adrenaline pumping through his body he jumped up grabbed the knife up in his hoofs and then stabbed Derpy in the side and then sliced side ways. Blood splattered his coat and Derpy let out a cry of dismay and fell to the cold ground.

"AUGH! YOU BASTARD!" Derpy screamed at him as she leaped up, ignoring the flow of blood and agonizing pain from her wound, and drove Dr. Whooves to the floor. She used her front hoofs and slammed them down onto Dr. Whooves's chest.

Dr. Whooves let out a gasp, the knife fell from his hoofs and he clutched his chest, wheezing as he curled up into a ball.

Derpy snatched up the knife and stepped away from Dr. Whooves, she too was panting, she was slowly turning pale, a water fall of blood was seeping out of her wound and splashing upon the floor like rain. "F-Fine..." She panted, gasping, her breath hitching," Y-Y-You want Cheerilee's heart so badly...t-t-then I'll cut it out and g-g-give it t-t-to you!" She turned and staggered over to Cheerilee, she held the knife over Cheerilee.

Cheerilee looked up at the knife looming over her and she knew that she was a goner, she closed her eyes, letting out a small whimper. She waited for the strike it never came..

SCCCCCKGHHHHHHHHH

Cheerilee's eyes fluttered open, blood hit her face, looming above her she saw Dr. Whooves's heart. The Stallion had jumped in front of the blade protecting Cheerilee and now his heart had gone out his back as the knife Derpy held stabbed through it. The blood slithered into her mouth and she gagged, throwing up all over herself, the acid poured into her innards and burned, blood was covering her and snaking inside her. The acid was eating away at her insides, it burned like a thousand suns, GREAT CELESTIA MAKE IT STOP! She began screaming as she had never screamed before, the whole dungeon echoed with her screams creating a chorus. The goriest part of this was that Dr. Whooves's heart was still attached to him.

Derpy had not expected this to happen but it had so she chorused Cheerilee's screams with wicked cackles. She slipped the knife out of Dr. Whooves's heart, pulling it into the hole of his back, through his chest cavity and back out through his chest. She looked into Dr. Whooves's eyes, seeing the endless pools of pain within. She knew he was still alive for his heart thumped feebly upon her hoofs. She shoved Dr. Whooves on to Cheerilee, Dr. Whooves's lie limply on his side, heaving, struggling to breath. Dr. Whooves was half way sunken into Cheerilee's exposed chest cavity and innards. Derpy panted and painfully sang out," I understand that you wanted this Cheerilee!" Derpy waved Dr. Whooves's heart, dangling it over her mouth. "You know. Dr. Whooves will be MINE forever after this, but I suppose you should have him to hold for a bit longer." She then shoved Dr.Whooves's heart into Cheerilee's mouth.

"MHAAAAAAAAAHAHAHA!" Cheerilee's muffled screaming came from deep within her vocal cords. Cheerilee spat Dr. Whooves's heart out and her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she started to convulse. Dr.Whooves's limply bounced upon her, Dr.Whooves stared at her, eyes wide. Cheerilee's organs began to fail, blood splashed upon the table, on the floor on Derpy...then all was still. Cheerilee nor Dr. Whooves moved no more...they were dead.

Derpy panted, heavily, feeling weak at the knees, the mare shook her head to clear the dizziness. She suddenly felt the chains of sorrow start to release her," Now..." She hummed lightly as she stumbled over to Twilight and yanked her by the mane," Heal me...or...or..." She stammered, pointing her hoof to Fluttershy. "Or I kill Fluttershy first!"

Twilight looked towards Derpy, shaking, she knew she had no choice, she used her magic to heal Derpy, getting shocked multiple times in the process, her mane frizzling up even more. Soon Derpy's wound was healed, and Twilight lie on her stomach gasping for air, she curled up into a ball and shivered.

One by one Derpy killed them, starting with Twilight. Twilight lasted only a few minutes due to her weak condition, Pinkie Pie lasted an hour, Derpy enjoyed ripping her to shreds. Derpy shivered with delight at Rarity's dramatic screams and flowing tears, Derpy enjoyed the bucking fight Apple jack put up before she too slipped away. Rainbow Dash lasted the longest, she tasted almost as good as Cheerilee did, almost...

Fluttershy...well.........That was the last time The Mane six, besides Fluttershy, saw daylight again. Now....In the Ancient Castle of The Pony sisters, they shall stay. Twilight and her friends used as paint, Derpy painted their cutie marks on the wall, their bones now each lie under their respective cutie marks. Only Fluttershy made it out with Derpy alive, perhaps Derpy took pity on Fluttershy, yes she did, so she decided to take Fluttershy under her wing and now the two were going around helping other ponies find their revenge..Fluttershy was slowly losing her mind, while she helped Derpy kill off ponies all around Equestria.......today...they were helping a certain young Apple family filly.