Magic Tests, Dragon Eggs and Breaking News
THIS IS BACKGROUND INFORMATION MORE THAN THE ACTUAL STORY.
A young purple unicorn anxiously walked with her parents into the large castle in Canterlot. The filly was nervously sweating, her hooves shaking just a little bit. She was auditioning for a spot in Canterlot Magic Academy.
Everypony around noticed her attitude, her parents trying to comfort her and reassure her. “Twilight, honey, you’ll do great, I’m sure of it!” a white unicorn with a white main and purple streaks said to her foal. Twilight was filled with some hope as she was being told these things.
When it was her turn to audition, all of Twilight's hope vanished, leaving her with hundreds of butterflies having a field day in her stomach and the approaching feeling of fainting. Twilight walked into the room and looked at the judges; 3 of your average Canterlot ponies and, to the filly’s unfortunate surprise, the ruler of all of equestrian. She had not realized one of the spectators was Princess Celestia. She quickly became more and more nervous as she walked to the center of the room. She gulped before looking up at the judges again.
She was asked to perform a simple task using magic. Something any average unicorn could do, levitate a small potted plant. Yet the filly was so nervous, her magic only came out of her horn in tiny spasms, nothing useful.
The princess and other teacher looked as if they were growing more and more impatient, Twilight strained harder to produce good enough magic to levitate the plant she recognized as the rare Poison Joke. After a few seconds of using all her strength, the pony collapsed to the ground, gasping for air.
"That is enough, thank you for coming." Celestia said sternly. Twilight looked up, tears quickly forming in her eyes. As one fell, she dropped her head and ran out of the room. She began to sob and couldn't tell her parents what happened but it wasn't needed, they could tell what events just took place.
Over the next week, Twilight had fallen into a terrible depression. Constantly thinking of how she could fail that miserably at such a simple task when she had practiced so hard and for so long.
There was a knock on the door and the filly turned her head to watch her parents walk in.
"We thought that you would want a companion" Her mother began, and her father finished, "So we got you a dragon egg"
Twilight unenthusiastically thanked them. It was a nice gift after all; she was just so down in the dumps she couldn’t smile.
The two set the dragon egg down and left their daughter alone. Twilight sighed decided to try and levitate her egg over to her. A dim beam slowly crept over; it could easily move faster; Twilight just didn’t make it. The egg floated up and over. It was so easy to do.
Twilight gasped at how easy it was, even though she already knew that. How couldn’t I do that earlier? She yelled no, burying her head in a pillow, the magic breaking and the egg fell to the floor and cracked open.
Twilight heard the crash and jolted her head over to the location of the sound, her mouth agape.
No, no, no, no. I couldn’t have just done that. That couldn’t have happened. It just can’t. I could’ve had a friend and I just…killed it…
She got out of her bed and sat by the mess. She looked at it and began to cry.
“I’m so sorry. I’m so, so, so sorry. I didn’t mean to kill you. I swear I didn’t, Spike.” She whispered to the mess.
Years since passed but Twilight never forgot about the dragon. She pretended it was real, she talked to it. She spent all her time alone in her room facing a corner talking to nothingness she called Spike. It scared her parents, how real Twilight treated it. It was nothing like an imaginary friend.
Another month passed and the dragon continuously grew more and more realistic in Twilight’s mind. Her parents ended up taking her to a therapist.
At one on of these sessions, there was a newspaper on the therapist’s desk that caught Twilight’s eye. She asked if she could take it and she was allowed to. At home she read the article she wanted to.
BREAKING NEWS!
The very gifted unicorn, Trixie, who was powerful enough to have Celestia take her under her wing; was sent to Ponyville to make sure the preparations for the Sumner Sun Celebration were going well. While there; she made five unexpected friends; who helped her defeat Nightmare Moon. These six ponies ended up discovering that they are the Elements of Harmony. They are Pinkie Pie; the element of Laughter. Apple Jack; the element of Honesty. Rainbow Dash; the element of Loyalty. Rarity; the element of Generosity. Fluttershy; The element of Kindness. Trixie; The element of Magic
That should’ve been my life. That should’ve been me.
Twilight began to laugh maniacally.
"I will kill you, Trixie. Your life will become mine, and then I will kill your pretty little friends."
The unicorn set out and packed a saddlebag of essentials. This included some food and several hundred bits she stole from her parents. She ran away at midnight, lucky to find a midnight train going anywhere. She paid to go to Ponyville. She camped in the EverFree forest, she was lucky to find a hut. The hut was obviously owned by a witch crafter; there were potions everywhere and the pony’s – zebra’s – corpse lay dead there, obviously killed by her own work.
Twilight discarded it and then examined the hut. It was in rather good condition and; besides potions, had a number of tools that could be used for various activities such as dismemberment.
Twilight cynical smile from the thought vanished once she realized how insane the thought was. She considered going back, but slammed a hood on the ground. “NO! Trixie has MY life, and I want it, I will kill her and I will have a lot of fun doing it.
She laughed and gathered these weapons, then went to bed. Her mission would start tomorrow.
Morning came around and Twilight rose. She looked over to a corner and smiled, "Good Morning, Spike. Did you sleep well?"
She climbed out of bed and used her magic to take out a journal and out of her saddlebag. She left the quill and ink inside, she had spent the train ride writing her plan. Flipping over the pages; she went over it again.
Locate Trixie's house. Knock on door and introduce yourself. Be friendly and get inside. Invite her over. Figure out how to knock her out. Kill Her.
Twilight stopped to think; knocking out a pony could be done multiple ways, a simple blow to the head or something much more detailed such as chloroform. Not knowing how to make chloroform; she decided just to strike her head with her hoof.
Twilight nodded her head yes in confirmation that now she could head out and begin. As she stood up her stomach growled loudly.
"Maybe I should grab some food" Twilight mumbled to her self; grabbing and equipping her saddlebag. She trotted out of the hut and into Ponyville. The small town didn't seem like it would be at all hard to navigate. She scanned the area and spotted a small dining area called Sugarcube Corner. Twilight began to walk over but within a few steps a pink figure popped out in front of her and startled twilight; she let out a small scream.
"No need to scream, Silly," The pink pony over enthusiastically said. She must be high or something. "I noticed you were new here so I had to welcome you, My name is Pinkie Pie!"
Twilight's head shot up hearing the name. This was one of the ponies with Trixie.
Keep your cool, Twilight. Everything will be okay. Maybe this plan could start with the Laughter Element and not Trixie. "Hello, my name is Twilight Sparkle," She forced out with a fake smile. "I was about to go over to Sugarcube Corner, I haven't
eaten since I got here."
"Oh! I work there; since you're new and all, I'll make you a cupcake for free. Let's go!" Pinkie began jumping over to the bakery. Twilight looked at the pony like she was insane, sighed and followed her.
Twilight was given a cupcake and she began to eat it. The annoying pony had walked away.
After Twilight devoured the cupcake she heard Pinkie Pie exclaim something. "I should go invite the others to meet you!"
"NO!" Twilight screamed, Pinkie looked at her confused.
"I'm Sorry," Twilight started again, "I don't like meeting a bunch of new people at once." Especially since they may all be crazy like you.
Pinkie complied and said tomorrow she would introduce each of the other ~~elements~~ ponies.
I have to invite this one over; kill her first. Her big mouth will get in the way if I don't. "So do you want to head over to my place to chat for a bit?"
Of course this party pony said yes; so the two headed to the Everfree Forest.
"Y-Y-You live HERE?" Pinkie Pie questioned. Twilight looked over at her, she was shaking out of fear.
Twilight replied, "Yes, it really isn't that bad, I promise." She turned her head smiling, This will be more fun than I thought.
"Hey Mrs. Cake, have you seen Pinkie anywhere lately?" Trixie asked walking into Sugarcube Corner.
"Yes, she was with some new pony, they headed to her house. I have no idea where she lived."
"A new pony? That's something you don't see everyday in ponyville. Did you get their name by any chance?"
"I think I heard something about sparkles, but I'm not sure about her name. Sparkle something... or was it something Sparkle?"
"Thanks for your help anyways." Trixie left and headed around Ponyville telling them about a new pony arrival.
Pinkie Pie talked constantly, most of it nonsense, but some stuff she could learn. She learned the Zebra that lived her was named Zecora, Trixie lived in a tree and another pony, Rainbow Dash, lived in the sky, witch may make it hard to reach her.
On second Pinkie turned her back to Twilight. Now is your chance. Twilight raised her hoof and hit Pinkie Pie on the back of the head, heard enough to knock her out.
Twilight searched the hut for something to use to tie her up. She found quite a bit of rope. Twilight tied her hoofs to a beam on the ceiling and her legs to the ground using magic to cement the rope down.
This pony talks a lot. If she wakes up she could probably yell loud enough for ponies in Saddle Arabia to hear. I should gag her. Using more rope, she gagged the pink pony.
"Now should I kill you quickly or slowly," She laughed at the unconscious body. "I think slowly would be much more fun, and you like having fun, right?" Twilight let out a loud psychotic laugh.
She rummaged through all of the tools she gathered and took out a saw. She began at her forelegs, her smile growing wider as the blood spilled out of here, and the pain she sent through Pinkie's body.The pain was enough to wake Pinkie up, after a second she realized what was happening and screamed. Twilight laughed at the muffled screams, and soon her left foreleg was off. Twilight tossed the leg to side and started to saw off the right. At this point, Pinkie began to cry, trying to choke out words. Twilight understood them as "Why are you doing this?"
"It's simple, dear element of laughter, that BITCH element of magic stole could've... NO... SHOULD'VE been my life. You should be my annoying friend, but you're not; you're friends with that stupid mare, so I have to kill you, and eventually all your friends and Trixie. Now shut up" Twilight explained striking her face, and by this time he other leg fell off.
Pinkie Pie silently cried, about to faint, partially from blood loss, partially from the amount of pain. Twilight looked the pained pony in the eyes, a smile Pinkie would never forget if she had the chance to get out alive. "Die" Twilight said, using a hammer to smash her face in.
Pinkie Pie screamed loudly, even through the gag, until she was dead.
Twilight took a knife and carved out her heart and saved it, that would be her dinner tonight. After she spent an hour cleaning up the bloody mess, she cooked the heart and ate it. Oh god, this is so delicious, I never knew that we tasted so good, I want more meat, I want more pony meat now.
"Mrs. Cake told me that Pinkie met a new pony in town and went somewhere with her, probably her house." Trixie explained to her friends. Concern grew because Pinkie hadn't returned and nobody had seen her that next day.
"It's just not like Pinkie Pie at all, she would've thrown a party first" Apple Jack replied.
Rainbow Dash came flying into the scene, "I can't see her anywhere from the sky."
"Oh dear, what if she is in trouble?" Rarity questioned.
"She might be." Trixie said as her face distorted into a sad expression, one where you expect bad news as Fluttershy walked up with some of her little animal friends. All of them had a clear aura of bad news.
"Some of the animals said they saw Pinkie Pie go into the Everfree Forest with the new pony." Fluttershy softly said.
"The Everfree Forest!?!?!" Rainbow shot up into the sky, "We have to go now!"
"Dash is right, she could be in trouble, let's go Trixie." Apple Jack said looking at Trixie, who nodded in agreement, then the five ponies galloped off in the direction of the forest.
Having a nice conversation with Spike, Twilight was about to get ready for bed until she heard something off in the distance. Twilight stood up suspiciously and walked over to a window to listen. She could hear a very faint trotting, owned by a group of maybe four or five ponies. Then a louder bit of yells, what they were yelling was clearly understood by Twilight, her eyes grew wide in terror.
"Pinkie Pie!"
After Twilight completely processed everything, Twilight exclaimed various profanities and scurried around the hut, shutting every source of light down then boarding the door with a chair.
Twilight backed up into a corner, anticipating something to happen.
They can't all find me at once, I would be completely outnumbered. Of course they look for their friend, I should've done everything so much faster.
They're getting closer, oh no. no no no.
"This way, toward the bog! Maybe she fell in!" Trixie procalimed, and the ponies troted that way, oblivous to the hut, nopony thought they would go in there.
Every pony exept Dash. She stopped flying by the hut and slowly approached it instead of the bog.
She trid to open the door but it wouldn't budge. She flew up ino the sky then back down quickly, back hooves first nto the door, and it flung open as a pony screamed.
"Who's there?" Rainbow Dash demanded more than asked.
Rainbow Dash stood on the ground and began to walk around the hut to examin it, squinting her eyes to adjust to the complete darkness.
"Hello?" Rainbow asked, growing wary of the creaks she heard around her. She played it off, "I'm not scared of you!"
Twilight accidently backed into a pile of bottles, the fell from their neat stack with a loud clang.
Rainbow Dash jumped in the direction, visibly there, "Who the hell is here?"
Rainbow was trying so hard now to be brave, the door was slammed shut now, followed by a soft, yet growing maniacal laughter.
"Who is there?" Rainbow Dash's voice cracked under fear.
Finally she got a reply, "The death of you"
"What?" Rainbow Dash began to ask, she was cut off short as a hoof cracked against her face, sending her into a wall. The two blows combined knocked her out.
"I guess you're my next victim." Twilight ominously said to unconcious Dash.
Author's Note
The keyboard I am using to type doesn't always hit every letter, so if letters are missing, I am terribly sorry. For instance it typed "typed" like "yped", "Doesn't" as "does't" and "letters" as "etters"
Twilight used a soft beam of light and hurriedly looked around the hut for a useful potion, surprisingly Zecora had chloroform. She levitated over to Dash and poured down her mouth, she couldn't wake up any time soon.
Twilight new she had to hurry, if Pinkie Pie had a search party sent out so quickly, this pony, who Twilight identified as the Element of Loyalty, Rainbow Dash, would have one too, and quicker.
Unless the remaining four are dumb asses, they should have figured out that what is happening is taking place in the forest. They should still be unsure of what is happening, so I should have some time before police get involved.
Twilight grabbed a knife, she had no time to have fun with this one, so she quickly began cutting Rainbow Dash in to pieces and separating them into containers.
They were separated into legs, wings, heart, brain, tongue, the meat on her body and stomach.
Twilight used magic to quickly clean and organize the containers of body parts that Twilight would use as food.
"Um..W-where did Dash go?" Fluttershy asked, noticing her friends disappearance after they investigated the bog.
"Oh Celestia Damn it." Trixie muttered, "We can' goof off here, were doing something important, why can't she ever understand that?"
"You know Dash, she probably took a flying break or decided to look for Pinkie from the sky again, no reason to worry Darling." Rarity put a hoof on Trixie's back.
Trixie sighed, "You had better be right, we can't have another pony go missing."
"Missing? I thought we weren't going to call this a 'Missing Pony' thing? Oh dear." Fluttershy said cowering.
"Well obviously something strange is going on here, I can feel it in my bones. It's not good." Apple Jack said.
Trixie tried to retort but couldn't, Apple Jack was probably right. She couldn't lie anyways.
"The rest of you go home, take a rest, you all need it," Apple Jack offered, "I'll stay here for RD to come back.
"Are you sure, Darling?" Rarity asked.
"Yes. I've got this."
Rarity looked at how confident AJ looked and smile. She looked over at Fluttershy and Trixie and smiled at them, nodded her head.
Fluttershy and Rarity began to leave.
"Be careful." Trixie said before leaving.
Twilight heard soft conversation outside the hut, she stood in the dark and looked out the window. Three of the ponies were leaving the forest.
Three? Shouldn't there be four?
Twilight waited for the three to leave before quietly going out side. She wandered in the woods before coming to the edge of the bog. She spotted a pony, though it was hard to recognize. Twilight watched her for a while, then came to the conclusion she was waiting for Rainbow Dash. They thought she had just gone flying.
Twilight decided to head back and get some rest, chances are she would still be there in the morning or heading back. Twilight was too tired to murder anypony else tonight.
Author's Note
Eeyup, a super duper short chapter. More a way to tell you guys "Hey, maybe everyone won't die because Twilight might be stopped, or maybe come to her senses. But you can only find out by continuing reading.
