I stared blankly at the pink monstrosity being waved in my face. "Seriously? No. Get that shit outta my face."

"But you haven't even tried it yet!"

"Get it away or I'll burn it." I replied, my hands twitching. I had to force them to my sides to keep from choking a bitch. "I. Will. Burn. It."

Rarity scoffed, rolling her eyes. "I gave you what you wanted, and you threaten me? If it wasn't for Twilight, I wouldn't even suffer your presence. How you got her of all ponies to sympathize with you is beyond me."

I blinked, raising an eyebrow. "First of all, that is not what I wanted. Second off, you deliberately try to provoke me, then act surprised when I wanna wreck your shit? How the Hell do you justify that? No." I held up a hand, turning away. "Fuck it. I don't care. I'm too tired to deal with your shit."

"Well if you're going to insult me, then go!" She spat, huffing and clip-clopping out of the room.

I snorted. "Gladly." I tossed my hood up and walked out of that eyesore of a house.
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I don't know what I expected.. I was glad for the hood obscuring a good deal of my peripheral vision, because I could feel the stares as I walked down the street. I pulled the hood tighter over my head and quickened my pace, grumbling to myself. Fuck Twilight. Fuck Rarity. Fuck Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy. Fuck everyone. I'm done. Next pony to look at me wrong gets wrecked.

My vision went white with a sharp pain in the back of my head, causing me to stumble and double over. I reached to feel the back of my head, and pulled away with a bloody hand. Speak of the devil...

"What'd you do to Princess Twilight?!"

It really says something that I can immediately recognize the feeling of being hit in the head with a big rock. By my estimation, probably a little smaller than my fist. A quick glance behind me confirmed my guess.

"HEY! I'm talking to you!"

I bent down and picked the rock up, the gathering crowd shuffling away from a mare with a bunch of grapes for a cutie mark. I scowled under the shade of my hood when she looked around to see herself singled out.

"Ya know, I really thought I'd be angrier about getting a rock thrown at my head." I growled, the back of my head throbbing painfully. "So either I'm just past getting angry at what you little monsters do to me, or I'm so unbelievably pissed that I don't even feel it anymore. But right now, that doesn't matter." I took a deep breath, reeled my arm back, and threw the rock as hard as I could at the stupid cunt. Who she was didn't matter. What did matter was the immensely satisfying wet thunk it made when it hit her right between the eyes. Maybe even a crunch...did it break something?

From the way she went down, it looked like it. Good. Now think about what you've done.

"Now..." I sucked in air through my teeth, putting on a winning smile and clapping my hands together to address the stunned crowd. "How can I help you?"

I grinned when a blue unicorn mare's horn lit up, feeling a faint tingling but nothing more. I popped my knuckles and started walking towards her, chuckling. "Oh look, a volunteer..."
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This was bad. This was very, very bad. "Rarity, I'm your friend." Twilight started calmly, a hoof to her forehead. "So I mean this in the nicest way possible...what the FUCK were you thinking?!" She shrieked, borrowing an oft used word from Jason's vocabulary. Somehow it just felt...right. "No...no, it wasn't just your fault..." Before Rarity could interject, Twilight wailed, "you were just going along with what I was doing! I should've known joking like that would be more than he could handle..."

"Twilight, dear, it was bound to happen sooner or later." Rarity tried to soothe her friend, wrapping a foreleg around Twilight's withers. "Some creatures just can't be tamed. Frankly, I'm amazed you got this far!"

"It's not about taming him, it's about making him feel more comfortable." Twilight mumbled, rubbing a hoof against her temple. "Rarity, tell me...exactly what has he ever really done?"

"Tell me you're joking...He almost killed Rainbow Dash! She's still in the hospital!" Rarity blinked, staring incredulously at her friend. "You did know that...right? Twilight..." Rarity's eyes narrowed, and she seemed to almost stalk closer like a cat. "Have you even visited her?"

"I...I've had other things on my mind. I meant to, but..." Twilight shook her head with a forceful sigh. "That's not important! Rainbow attacked Jason first, he was acting in self-defense! Any animal would lash out when cornered like that."

Rarity reeled back as if struck, mouth agape. "I don't believe you! 'Not important'? Twilight, listen to yourself! What's gotten into your head?"

"I...I had an argument with Spike." Twilight muttered, deflating somewhat. "He made some very good points. Things I hadn't even considered..." She shook her head, glaring Rarity dead in the eyes. "Right now, Jason needs help more than anypony. You have an eye for detail, so I know you saw it. He tries to act calm, but he's splitting at the seams. Probably has been for a long time. If it doesn't stop soon, I think something terrible might happen."

"Princess Twilight!" A frantic pounding on the door punctuated the shriek, breaking some of the tension. A brief flare of Twilight's magic later, and the door flew open. "Something terrible's happened!"

"Daisy?" Twilight rolled her eyes, snorting in irritation. "Sure...what is it this time?" Along with her sisters, this one had a habit of exaggeration. It had been getting on Twilight's nerves for a good while.

"It's the human...it's gone on a rampage!" Daisy almost shrieked, shuffling in place in a panic.

"Jason can barely walk without falling over, let alone hurt somepony. what harm could he possibly do?" Twilight raised an eyebrow, wings fluttering agitatedly.

"He killed Berry right in the middle of the road like it was nothing! Please please please please do something!"

Twilight narrowed her eyes skeptically, before nodding with an annoyed sigh. "Fine. Lead the way, Daisy."

"Twilight," Rarity called just as she was walking out the door. She waited until her friend was looking back at her, an exhausted expression on her face. "You're wrong...about Jason needing help more than us."

Twilight closed her eyes, a bit of an edge in her tone. "I'm wrong about a lot of things today."

"We're falling apart, Twilight!" Rarity shouted, eyes glistening. "Applejack hasn't visited in over a week. Rainbow Dash is in the hospital. Fluttershy won't leave her house, and nopony's even seen Pinkie Pie in days. And you're just going to ignore us to chase after some monster?"

They stood there for a tense moment, pleading blue staring into exhausted magenta, before Twilight broke the stare-down by turning away. "I'll be back, Rarity." With a flare of magic, she shut the door.

Rarity sighed, her head hanging almost to the floor.
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I was in the Everfree, running as best I could through the thick trees. Evolution was on my side, allowing me better maneuverability than my pursuer.

My knuckles were split, I'm pretty sure my left wrist was sprained, and I had several new bruises on my thighs and torso. But I was still in better condition than the ponies I'd left on the road. I smirked. Wonder if he'll ever fly again? I pushed the thought from my mind, focusing on avoiding the trees. I'd already lost some ground. I could almost feel the stallion's breath on my back. Come on, he'll back off soon. Ponies hate it in here.

Without warning, I was face-down in half-rotten leaves and God knows what else. My right foot was caught in a tree-root, and there was a hoof smacking down right where that rock had hit. I grunted and rolled over, sending him off his hooves. He managed to get up faster than me, and pinned me to a tree with a vicious headbutt.

I shouted through my clenched teeth, my back scraping along the rough bark. I slammed a bloody fist into his eye, feeling a sickening give. He screamed, backpedaling and squeezing his eyes closed. "You bucker! I'll-"

I tackled him without a word, straddling his belly. I wrapped my hands around his neck, bared my teeth, and squeezed.

"You couldn't just leave me alone, could you?!" I screamed, keeping my eyes screwed shut. "I just wanted to be LEFT ALONE! I never wanted this!" I'm pretty sure I was crying. "I fucking HATE you! Every last one of you!"

I don't know how long I sat there. My arms were stiff and burning from exertion, and I could hardly feel my fingers. The struggling had stopped after a few minutes, but I refused to let up. Or open my eyes.

I gasped once the burning in my chest let me know I had been holding my breath, peeling my hands away and rolling off the pony. I opened my eyes, looking straight up. I fucking hate you...

I staggered to my feet, finally taking a look at my assailant. The first thing I noticed was how still he was. No errant twitching, no rising chest, and no blinking. The next things that caught my eye were his. Wide open, almost out of their sockets, and bloodshot. I shuddered.

My eyes drifted to his neck. Ugly, discolored imprints were on either side, and as I saw them, I remembered the feel of it between my hands. I fell to my knees and heaved, nothing coming up. "O-oh God...Oh God..."

He deserved it.

I shook my head, standing and walking deeper into the Everfree. He deserved it. I was defending myself. I did nothing wrong. I could say it, I just couldn't make myself believe it.

Oh God, I'm a murderer...