Fluttershy brought her face close to Rainbow Dash's and licked her cheek.
"Hmm, you'll be tasty" Fluttershy said, grinning. Rainbow began to breath more heavily. She had to escape. She glanced to her left. To the side of her, just below her wing, was a shard of glass that had fallen out. She looked up at Fluttershy, right into her dilated, Blue eyes. Fluttershy looked away, almost in embarrassment. This was her chance. Dash grabbed the shard of glass and arced it through the air, impaling it into Fluttershy's shoulder blade. She screamed in pain and Dash pushed her off her. The yellow pegasus stumbled and slouched on the wall. She grabbed the shard of glass and gritted her teeth. Then she yanked it out. Rainbow Dash ran for the alley exit and before turning the corner, quickly glanced back to her former friend. 'This can't be happening' she thought. Then she ran, ran fast. She had to warn the others.

"Come on AJ. We can't stay here forever. I know It hurts but we've got to go home. We'll freeze out here" Twilight said, shivering from the cold. Twilight looked at her friend. Poor Applejack hadn't changed position for a few hours now and the snow had begun to settle on her. Then she lifted her head.
"Ah guess your right" she said. She stood up and turned to Twilight. "Ah just don't get it Twi. How could this happen." She asked.
"It just does Applejack. But we have to stay strong" Twilight said, not actually feeling very strong herself. But she couldn't let her heartbroken friend see that. "Lets just go back to mine. You can stay with me tonight."
"That's mighty kind of you Twilight, but I don't wanna be a burden"
"Don't be silly, we both just lost somepony very dear to us. Lets go" Twilight turned and began to walk towards home. Applejack paused a few and stared at the spot where Pinkie's corpse once was. She removed her hat and laid it on the ground, then turned and caught up with Twilight.

As Rainbow Dash ran through the snow, tears fell from hers eyes.'Fluttershy has murdered Rarity. That means that It was probably her who set fire to the house when Pinkie Pie was in it'. How could she do it'. She was almost to the charred cottage when she saw two ponies walking towards her.
"Twilight! Applejack!" Rainbow shouted, panting form all the running. The two ponies eyes widened when they saw the state of Rainbow. They rushed over the their distressed friend.
"What's happened sugar cube" AJ said, worry easily noticeable in her voice.
"We need to run" Dash blurted out.
"What, why" Twilight asked. Dash glanced over her shoulder."Look, lets get somewhere quieter."
"Sure, we were going to the library now. We can sort your wings out there." Twi said. rainbow Dash nodded and they all walked to the library. Twilight opened the door and Spike waddled down the stairs, yawning and stretching.
"Mornin' Twilight where have you been" Spike asked, yawning again.
"Good morning Spike." Twilight said. "I need to tell you something."
"Sure" Spike said.
"Pinkie Pie has...err... left town for a while, so you won't see her for a bit" Twilight lied.
"Oh,ok. You want breakfast" Spike asked as he walked into the kitchen.
"No, I'm ok. Me and the girls are going upstairs. Could you please not disturb us"
"Sure, I guess" Spike said. The three ponies walked up the stairs and into twilights bedroom. Now out of earshot, Rainbow Dash began to tell her two friends what had happened. How Fluttershy had killed Rarity and how she's pretty sure she started the fire that killed Pinkie. She also told then that she attacked her and that she had to stab Fluttershy to escape. Then she broke down and began to cry. Applejack and Twilight sat there in shock. Dash wiped her eyes and straitened up.
"There was one more thing. When I looked into Fluttershy's eyes she almost seemed-" Suddenly a yellow hoof wrapped around Rainbow Dash's head and pulled it back. Then a sharp knife plunged into her throat. It was dragged across, severing her main arteries and her windpipe. The colour drained from her and then the yellow hoof let go of her. Rainbow Dash dropped to the ground and behind her stood and smiling, blood covered, insane Fluttershy.
"I hope you don't mind me joining you. Spike let me in. He is such a dear." Fluttershy began to laugh. The two remaining ponies sat frozen to the spot. Applejack was mouthing words, trying to say them but unable to. Twilight just stared at Rainbow's exposed throat, all the blood oozing from the grin like cut across her neck. Finally Applejack spoke.
"F-Fluttershy, w-why are y'all doin' this"
"I want to. I need to. You all think I'm soft, that I could be pushed and ordered around. But no more" Fluttershy said. She looked down at Rainbow Dash, the life now ebbed out of her.
"She'll make a nice snack later" Fluttershy said out loud. Twilight looked at her with disgust. By now both Applejack and Twilight had stood up and were inching to the balcony doors.
"I wouldn't do that girls. Remember Spike is still downstairs" Flutts said without looking up, playing with Rainbows spilt blood like foal would do with water. Both ponies stopped dead. Suddenly, without warning Applejack charged at Fluttershy, knocking her back and down the stairs. Applejack held down Fluttershy.
"Quick, Twi. Get Spike and Run. I'll catch up with y'all soon" Applejack shouted. By now Spike had walked out of the kitchen, having heard the noise. then he saw Rainbow dash at the top of the stairs. He stood there in disbelief, even when Twilight had picked him up he was still frozen, his gaze fixed to Rainbow Dash. Twilight bolted out of the door. leaving AJ to deal with Fluttershy.

Applejack punched Fluttershy around her face, first with her left hoof, then her right. By now Fluttershy's nose and lip had busted open, blood ran down her face. She tried in vain to raise her hooves, to defend against Applejack's blows. The Something happened. To Applejack's surprise, Fluttershy began to cry in pain. Applejack stopped, instantly feeling bad about what she had just done. Fluttershy was her friend, or at least she thought, how could she just lay into her without thought. Suddenly Fluttershy grabbed her by the shoulders and pushed Applejack off her. They both stood up and looked at each other.
"Oh AJ, your too soft. You could have stopped me there and then. Snapped my neck. It would all have been over." Fluttershy said. She now had one eye closed as it had swelled from the beating.
"Ah'm thinkin' you've lost your marbles then" Applejack said.
"Oh no, silly Applejack. In fact, I've never felt so sane in my life" Fluttershy began to laugh hysterically. Then, without warning she lunged at AJ. She took her off guard and knocked her to the ground. Now she was on top of Applejack.
"Now your going to suffer" Fluttershy spat. She brought a hoof up and punched Applejack straight in the face, knocking her unconscious. Fluttershy stepped off Applejack and went downstairs to the kitchen. She rooted through the drawers and collected some knives. She then went back upstairs and approached AJ. She spread her arms out across the floor, so she had space. She then pushed one knife into her left hoof, one in her right hoof and two in her back hooves. She was pinned to the ground. The she pulled up a chair. 'She'll be awake when I devour her'.

Twilight felt an immense pain in her chest as she run. Was she tired, did she feel guilty for leaving Applejack alone with Fluttershy, or was it sadness from loosing all her friends. She didn't know. All she did know was that getting Spike to safety was her only objective. Spike was now clung to her, holding on to her neck. She could feel his haggard breaths and his hot tears flowing freely down her neck. She didn't know where she was running to, just as long as it was away from Fluttershy. She eventually stopped at the outskirts of the Everfree forest. One because she felt like her heart was about to rip out of her chest, and second because Spike had stopped making noises. She trotted slowly into the tree line and up ahead could see a small clearing with a small rocky pond in the centre. She levitated Spike from her back, after a few seconds of him clinging to her, and placed him on the ground in front of her. Spike looked away from Twilight. She put a hoof on his chin and turned him in face her.
"Spike, are you ok" She asked, worry in her voice.
"W-what....what happened t-to Rainbow D-Dash" Spike snivelled.
"I should of told you" Twilight mumbled. She sighed. "Something wrong with Fluttershy. She's dangerous, so we need to stay away from her. OK." Spike didn't answer. "OK" she asked again. Finally Spike nodded.
"OK then...Wait!" Spike suddenly jumped up."We left her with Applejack! We gotta save her!" Spike shouted. He began to run across the clearing back towards Ponyville but was suddenly levitated up by magic." No! What are you doin'" Spike shouted in outrage."We can't just leave her"
"She stayed so we could get away. I don't like this any more than you do but if we go back...Its just not safe for you to go Spike" Twilight said.
"Fine" Spike said quietly. Twilight let go of him and he crawled away behind a tree. Twilight could hear him crying, and it broke her heart more. There was nothing she could do though. She curled up on the grass and closed her eyes.

When Twilight woke up It was midday. She looked around to find Spike nowhere. 'Of course' she thought,quickly dispelling the worry from her mind. 'He's been crying behind that tree'. She walked over to the tree.
"Spike, how you feel-" Twilight stopped dead in her tracks. Spike was not there. 'Oh no'. Horrible thoughts began to flood into the unicorn's mind. 'what if he went back for Applejack. I got to go back'. Twilight swiftly turned and ran back to Ponyville. She had to save Spike.

Applejack opened her eyes slowly to see Fluttershy sat on a chair in front of her. She tried to move, but felt pain in her hooves. she looked to her left and right to see that knives had been stuck into them. She looked back to Fluttershy, who had now noticed Applejack was awake and had stood up.
"Ah, Applejack. Your awake" Flutts said.
"Yeah, ah'm awake." AJ said sharply.
"Some pony must have woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning" Fluttershy said.
"Screw y'all. Just do what y'all gonna do" Applejack snapped.
"Hmm, fine then" Fluttershy said, grumpily. She walked towards Applejack and placed a hoof on her chest. then she leaned down, ready to bite. Suddenly the door downstairs slammed open. Both ponies looked at the staircase. Then Fluttershy walked downstairs. Applejack couldn't see what was happening, but she could hear.
"Yes, what do you want" That was Fluttershy.
"Let Applejack go!" The new voice said. The voice sounded familiar. Then it clicked, she knew who that voice belonged to.
"Spike, why should I. She has it coming" Fluttershy said." And now your here, Twilight will come soon to save you. Now put that plank of wood down"
"No!" Spike shouted. Applejack could hear him begin to run and what sounded like something getting hit by a blunt object.
"Now Spike. If you want to hit someone, you really must improve your aim" Fluttershy said. Applejack heard a scuffle and a few moments later Fluttershy flew up the stairs, Spike in her hooves.
"now, you best let 'im go. y'all got nuthin' against 'im. He's only a baby, ya hear!" Applejack shouted at Fluttershy.
"I don't intend to hurt him, but now I can use him. Twilight will come for him. She wouldn't leave him to die, even though she did leave you" Flutts said, smirking.
"Now hold on, you know It didn't go like that. Twilight's a good friend, I was just sticking my neck out for her" AJ said.
"Fine, if you say so. Now be quiet." Fluttershy said as she sat down, still holding Spike in her hooves. Spike struggled in vain, he was going nowhere. 'Oh Twilight. Don't come for me' he thought.'If you try to save me, you'll get hurt'. Little did Spike know that Twilight was already running towards Ponyville, towards the library.
Towards her death...

Author's Note

Spikes been captured, Applejack's been injured and Twilight is going to run straight into Fluttershy's trap. Will any of them survive. Will Fluttershy be stopped. Find out in the next chapter.