Stare

Fluttershy danced with the severed head that was her prize in that field of flowers in the dense fog. Laughing. Twirling. Leaping... She was on cloud nine the whole time. A smile spread across her face with each and every bound and skip in those flowers as she whipped blood upon them. She stained them in the crimson gold spoils of her triumphant war against those who were obstacles holding her back from her true potential.

This monster solminized with the voice of an angel that rang out against the darkness of the forest. The backdrop of the heavy mist with her ethereal voice created a haunting ambience that she could only describe as harmonious. After, her final twirl she fell upon a soft bed of flowers still holding fast to Pinkie's head. Although, time and again she knew that eventually they would come looking for the ponies and soon after come looking for her, she didn't care; because, right now she just wanted to bask in her glorious victory.

She would run away and leave everything behind. Ponyville, everypony and everything in it, was now completely obsolete to her. She would run far away, perhaps beyond the crystal empire and start fresh... a whole new life just for her. Never again did she have to live in another's shadow. Never again did she have to feel unsuccessful, inept, or faded into the background.

The coming of the morning light would mark a new day and a new era in the life of Fluttershy. But, then there was a sudden chill that came over her. The air was still warm even as the early morning dew began to settle upon the ground. Then there came sudden feeling of terror that turned her body cold when there came strange noises from all around.

From one direction she could hear the sounds of sickening pops and cracks and from another dripping sounds like a leaking faucet. The sounds were getting closer, but she couldn't see because the fog was so dense... it might as well have been like burial shroud over her eyes. All her life she able to fake emotions, including fear, but there was no faking this. She picked up her knife from where she rested and called out to whomever was out there.

"Whose there?" her voice had cracked, she still had Pinkie Pie's head in the crook of her arms and buried in the yellow fur of her chest. She saw some familiar shapes in the fog coming closer and closer and then there was movement on her chest. You may be thinking that it was the pounding of her heart, but you would be absolutely wrong. She looked down to see Pinkie Pie's already rotted head staring up at her with glowing white eyes and smiling with putrid green teeth.

"Hello Fluttershy!" the zombified head greeted. Fluttershy screamed as she dropped the head on the ground only to see it being picked up by it's original owner. All around her were more glowing ivory oculae that shone like floating tea lights. The now loud popping noises caused the terrorized pegasus to look behind her and see Rainbow Dash approaching with unnatural, jerky movements and horribly disfigured limbs from her terrible fall.

"Hey Fluttershy! Long time no see, babe." Dashie's broken wings bore foul smelling wounds. The exposed broken bones had leaked marrow. Fluttershy turned to run but came face to face with Rarity. The white pony grinned at Fluttershy through her mane that hung down in front of her face. "Did you miss me, deary." Rarity chimed.

Fluttershy swung her knife and cut through the soggy flesh of Rarities throat as she gasped and swung her head back. Instantly, stagnant water and blood spilled from the deep wound. Rarity chuckled, "don't you see darling? We’re already dead, but you knew that didn't you?" Fluttershy blindly swung her knife at all of them screaming for her life as she the reanimates continued to encroach upon her. Suddenly two strong hooves held her tightly like the coils of a sadistic serpent ready to feast on its kill. Fluttershy had lost her grip on the knife.

"I tell you what, sugar!" AppleJack's blood smeared over Fluttershy's back, "You gave me a run for the money, but right now... it looks like you done come up broke, honey." Fluttershy struggled under the grip of the earth pony that was now covered in it's own life force with blood still dripping from her mouth. With that, the other ponies were finally within reaching distance of the one they had intended to kill. They all grabbed her and forced her to the ground... all except one.
Twilight's hoof reached for the knife, the gleam of the malicious cutlery glared in Fluttershy's eyes. When the unicorn came into view her horn twitch with every movement of her eye. The unicorn stared down at her for some time smiling from ear to ear... just staring, as if this was to be the last image the pegasus saw before she was to be ripped away from this plane to the blackened world where all bad little ponies saw not only fire, but a lot of cruel and bloody torment along with madness, fear, and despair with no end in sight. A deep, dark abyss wrought with nightmarish beings hiding in its labyrinth of shadows. The pit of Tartarus!

"No," Fluttershy cracked, "this isn't real. I'm going to wake up and this will all be dream. "

"This is no dream Fluttershy." Twilight shook her head still grinning, "This is the start of your nightmare where there is no waking up... ever." The other ponies laughed amongst each other as Twilight continued.

"You see Fluttershy, True Friendship is a bond that runs deep. You may have never been a true friend, but we were nothing but true friends to you. You chose not to see that, because really you're selfish and hateful." She said, "We stood by you in you darkest hours when you truly needed us, but in the end you never truly appreciated what you had."

Over and over Fluttershy frantically whispered with each breath that escaped her lips, "Wake up, wake up, wake up..." All the while Twilight proceeded with Fluttershy as she knelt down and rubbed her face with the cold knife, Fluttershy sobbed still chanting her desperate mantra. "You never truly cared about anyone but, yourself. You only sought to save yourself, satisfy your own desires, or manipulate others. Your jealousy and murderous cruelty will mean your death." It was then Fluttershy remembered the old pony from long ago. "It could mean your death." rang over and over in her skull with each 'wake up' she had spat out.

Twilight placed the unforgiving edge of Fluttershy's implement upon her jugular for a moment. "It hurts doesn't it, knowing you could’ve used you power for love, but you chose hate... you chose death." The edge started to dig into Fluttershy's soft flesh. Slowly. She could hear her own flesh cleaving apart as she closed her eyes and it dragged across her soft skin.

WAKE UP!!!