I Once Was Lost, But Now Am Found

Paul was walking along the Ponyville streets late that night. He often found it was a good way to think and reflect on things. All of a sudden he heard commotion coming up the street at Lefty's. That place was great but had a problem with fights lately. He rushed up the street to the bar where he saw two people and a pony on the ground. Running over he saw one of the figures laying over the pony and viciously pummeling him. All of a sudden he heard one of them yell to the other.

"PAUL!!" The figure yelled as he ran towards the other person attacking the pony on the ground. It hit Paul that the two figures were none other than Joe and himself. He was seeing the events of the bar fight play out again.

"PAUL STOP IT!! YOU'LL KILL HIM!" Joe yelled as he pulled Paul off of the shaking Stallion. All of a sudden the other Paul grabbed Joe and threw him into the truck. He then grabbed a shard of the broken glass and raised it high above Snowflake's chest, savoring the look of utter terror in his eyes before plunging the shard deep into Snowflake's heart as he died, eyes wide open and starring into the sky blankly.

Paul stopped and watched the spectacle in horror. He hadn't killed Snowflake that night. He'd just run off with the living daylights scared out of him. Paul then realized that this wasn't a simple recall....This was a nightmare...

"PAUL!!! OH MY GOD YOU KILLED HIM!! YOU KILLED HIM!!" Joe yelled as he scrambled to his feet. All of a sudden Paul rose and yanked the bloody shard of glass out of Snowflakes chest and sprinted at Joe. Before Joe could react the other Paul had grabbed him and sunk the shard deep into Joe's chest as he looked in a combination of utter shock and betrayal at the other Paul as Joe's life quickly began to leave his body.

"W...why?" Joe said as he quickly bled out.

"What can I say?" The Other Paul said in a snide tone while giving the dying Joe a horrifying Kubrick Stare, "I'm a scary guy....." He said before he dropped the now lifeless Joe onto the pavement. Joe's dead eyes looked directly at Paul in a condemning stare before the other Paul looked up from Joe directly at Paul who took a few steps back. "Who are you?" Paul asked the other Paul.

"You can call me....Mr. Scratch. I'm you....except I'm better...I'm not afraid of anything. I have no inhibitions, I take what I want when I want and not afraid to kill anybody who fucks with me..." Mr Scratch said as he cleaned the blade of glass on Joe's jacket. "You've got it pretty good here, but there's still one thing left you care about. And I think I'll some fun with it....." He said before the world was enveloped into Blackness.

The next thing he knew he was at Sweet Apple Acres just outside the farmhouse. He looked around and he heard the sound of sad female voice. "Paul?"
"Apple Bloom!?" Paul called for her.

"Where are yah Paul? Please...." Apple Bloom's voice begged.

"I'm coming! Where are you?" Paul said as he frantically searched for her.

"Paul Please No! Ah didn't mean to do it, ah'm sorry!" She said begging forgiveness.

"What!? I'm not doing anythi...." All of a sudden Paul remembered his Doppelganger's words, 'You've got it pretty good here, but there's still one thing left you care about. And I think I'll have some fun with it.'
"Oh God..." He gasped as he realized the voice was coming from the barn. He looked in through the window to see Mr. Scratch stand up from over Apple Bloom who had her pants torn away from her before he pulled a pistol on her.

"PAAAULLLLLL!!! NO!! PAULLL!!!!" Apple Bloom screamed before five gun shots rang out and struck her on her body and head, killing her instantly as she fell to the ground, her blood weeping from the earthen floor of the barn.

"NOOOO!!!!!" Paul yelled as he kicked the door down and charged at Mr. Scratch. "MURDERER!!! YOU KILLED HER!!!" He said as he attempted to grapple with Mr. Scratch but he proved to be too adept and quickly over powered Paul and knocked him to the floor next to Apple Bloom.

"Together forever....In Oblivion." Mr. Scratch said as he aimed his pistol directly at Paul's head while he lay on the ground.

"NOO!!!!!" Paul screamed before the gun roared for one last time and his vision cut to black and the nightmare ended......