Stare

Bloodlust... Fluttershy could think of nothing else. With three already dead, her tunnel vision had her tail spinning out of control on a downward spiral deep into the soul-sucking mouth of madness. She was now stinking with the life force of innocent ponies as it dried on her hooves and fur... it's scent drove her monstrous killer instinct to the outer limits of depravity. In her eyes, it was taking care of unfinished business that was long overdue. 'They needed to die... they were supposed to die' her mind raced miles a minute faster than she was flying toward the next target. That target was Applejack!

AppleJack was heading toward home base fast as she could sprint should Pinkie Pie catch sight of her. Fluttershy arrived way ahead of her with her back turned to her general direction that to hide her maniacal grin. AppleJack was yards away when she spotted her soon-to-be assailant alone in the middle of the flowers that adorned the clearing. "Phew! At least I ain't the last one." She sighed, "I reckon the others ain't too far behind."

The still-sprinting orange pony charged on as her hat struggled to stay on her head. Fluttershy listened to each hoof beat as they closed in. closer and closer. "Wooie! That’s how ya play Hide and Seek doll!" Applejack cheered, "You just get here or wh-". She was cut off by two rear hooves to her chest with a force great enough to send her back flipping in mid-air and her cowboy hat gliding to the ground.

AJ was winded as Fluttershy approached her while slowly pulling her treasured boning cleaver from her saddlebags. Applejack caught sight of the wicked instrument of death as it glinted out of the corner of her eyes. Immediately she managed to catch her breath as she grabbed for Fluttershy's ankles to pull fast and hard, sending her crashing to the forest floor spraining her wings. AppleJack grabbed for her wrist as struggled to disarm the pegasus; all the while she pounded Fluttershy's face with every ounce of roughneck strength she could summon.

With each blow she yelled, "I don't know what wild hair you got growin on your derriere, but you done messed with the wrong filly missy!" Meanwhile, Pinkie heard shouting from far away, "Applejack?" now she knew something was wrong, "Applejack, I'm coming!" she cried. Fluttershy had lost her grip on the knife allowing Applejack to capitalize on a golden opportunity to end this crazy wench's existence. The earth pony plunged the knife downward toward the pummeled and bleeding filly's larynx; but, a desperate, yellow forearm that sought to prolong the inevitable halted her.

Everything was a blur in Pinkie's peripherals as she charged head-on toward the struggle. 'Applejack! Please hold on!' the wind burned her face while her leg muscles were on the verge of exploding. Fluttershy managed to stare into AJ's eyes intently and caused her look away lest she fall to the power of her stare. Fluttershy clutched a rock that lay inches from her reach and laid the jagged stone on the right temple of the down-home, apple-fed pony... twice. The bludgeoned filly lay dazed on the ground, until her killer with unnatural Flutterrage lifted her with a single hoof to stare into the depths of her soul while she picked up the knife to swiftly plunge the blade repeatedly into orange colored chest of the helpless owner of Sweet Apple Acres.

Tears flooded AJ's eyes as her heart felt not only sharp stainless steel, but also the sharp pain of betrayal, lies, and blatant hate. Fluttershy envisioned that same heart detonating inside this girl's body, and so it was that the lights would fade for Applejack as the pounding through her breast immediately ceased. With that, Fluttershy flung the heap of gore to the ground before she wiped the blade on the sides of her demented, hollandaise visage and let out a blood-curdling, shrill scream that sounded almost inequine. It was at that moment, Pinkie Pie had caught sight of this.

She shook her head with disbelief... there was just no way she could possibly be seeing what she had just witnessed. A sanguine shadow of Applejack's former self lay in a beautiful bed of flowers as Fluttershy was slowly turning to see a neon image of her final objective. It just couldn't be real; the night was playing tricks on her delicate mind. But, when she saw the smiling lips of madness that framed clenched teeth and the eyes wide open... her worst fears were realized. Fluttershy was going to kill her next. She started to hyperventilate as Fluttershy slowly walked toward her, "You weren't supposed to see that'" she said, "you were NEVER supposed to see that."

Pinkie stood paralyzed with fear, but a little voice in her head called out 'RUN PINKIE! RUN!'

Fluttershy was strutting closer as she bit her lip and let out a wicked chuckle, "But, I have a remedy for that."

'PINKIE WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?!' The mortified baker tried to muster up some motivation to run for her life.

"Just look into my eyes." The pegasus' pupils spilled from cornea to cornea till the eyes were like perfect onyx spheres set in her sockets.

That was probably the first time in equine history that none other than Pinkie accomplished the world’s quickest 180-degree turn. Fluttershy Immediately gave chase on foot, seeing her wings would be out of commission for some time. Pinkie Pie's shrill screams shredded the veal of the night air,
"NO! NOOO! PLEASE SOMEPONY HELP MEEEEEE!" her screams were followed by blubbering sobs and squeals of raw fear.

"IT'S NO USE PINKIE!" Fluttershy called from yards behind, "NOPONY'S GONNA HEAR YOU WAY OUT HERE." Fluttershy had to laugh a little. "HERE LET'S SCREAM TOGETHER!"

Fluttershy relentlessly taunted Pinkie Pie with maniacal, ear splitting as she gave chase. Her killer instinct was now burning with white-hot fury and oozing from every pore. Fluttershy toyed with Pinkie as the chase carried on through rising mists and down passages further into the darkness of the trees. But, the further they went the harder it was to lock onto her prize, because of the many twists and turns.

Pinkie Pie had looked behind her to see Fluttershy gaining ground; her still coal-black eyes had been fixed on her as she continued to make a b-line for the traumatized filly that sprinted aimlessly through the Everfree Forest. In short time, a spectral fog began to shroud the ground, which would leave Pinkie Pie in more of a predicament as the night waned further. However, the moon, as it struggled to shine through the trees, managed to light her way.

It was some time later that Pinkie saw a small brook in the distance upon further observation she noticed a bridge as she proceeded towards what could be her saving grace. With quick thinking and a desperate will to live she dove under the bridge, with no mind to how bad she'd been scraped up by the jagged rocks. There she had curled up into a ball and waited, trying very hard to conceal her heavy breathing, choking sobs, and wails of terror. It wouldn't be long until she heard the heavy hoof beats of Fluttershy pounding overhead, making her cringe in utter horror.

The maddened bloodstained filly saw the fog growing thicker and thicker in every direction. She had lost sight of her mark, but even she knew that Pinkie couldn't have gotten far. Infact, she may have had a good idea as to where she went. "PINKIE? MAYBE YOU CAN'T HEAR ME, BUT YOU'RE GONNA EAT THIS KNIFE WHEN I FIND YOU!!!" the murderess screamed. The crazed pony galloped away... further and further away.

Pinkie waited... just waited. For what seemed like hours, she stood under the bridge just rocking back and forth trying to calm herself down. A number of occasions she had nodded off to sleep only to rouse herself awake for fear that Fluttershy may comeback and find her. As the fog began to form a wall outside she decided she would make a break for it. The mist was so thick; you couldn't even see 5 feet ahead of you. To her this could be an advantage... or a terrible disadvantage. Shortly after, she had crawled out from under that wooden saving grace and stood up.

She looked around briefly and saw no sign of Fluttershy anywhere in sight; but, of course, she could hardly see a thing as it was. Pinkie Pie climbed out of the brook and onto the forest floor, she resolved to get help, should she escape. She would have Spike alert Princess Celestia to send the Royal Guard and put out a bounty on Fluttershy. As she walked onward, she cried silently thinking of how somepony she thought was a trustworthy, cordial, and caring friend turned out to be a mindless monster that had fooled everypony.

She reflected on the fact that AppleJack had been murdered and the likely possibility that all her friends were now dead in the darkness of the Everfree Forest. Her once bouncy curls now hung in straight, stringy locks to signal her heartfelt sadness for the loss of her beloved friends. As Pinkie quietly walked onward, she would stop for fear that Fluttershy was nearby in the shadows still bent on destroying her. After walking for sometime in the dense haze, the pony was face to face with nothing but trees for miles.

Pinkie Pie fell to her knees... she couldn't go any further. It just seemed futile to try and escape from this endless stretch of forest. She would die here, regardless of whether Fluttershy was out there still looking or not. Already, the timberwolves were howling in the distance, prowling around for unsuspecting prey. This supposed to be fun day... Today was supposed to be filled with joy, love, friendship, good times, and joyful memories. It turned out to be a day of madness, insanity, fear, despair, agony, and every blackened emotion ever to exist.

Suddenly, a twig snapping from behind her startled her. Before she could turn to see it, she felt something hard hit the back of her head and everything went black.