Sweetie lead me to the town where she found me. I really didn’t want to go back but something was pushing me to go on. So we walked the streets until we found a collapsed house. It was near the main building, where Autumn and his men took a stand.

“What are we doing here?” I asked the robot.

“Oh, I just want to show you where I found you!” She replied, pointing a hoof at a certain spot at the ruins.

I just stared at the spot, confused. Did she find me underneath the building? If so, then why did I not feel it collapse on me?

“And look, there’s a few pieces of the things you have!” Sweetie said once more, pointing to another spot where, surprise, the old pieces I used to have were there.

“Dang, I wonder how those got there…,” I wondered.

We continued to look around the ruin to see if there’s anything interesting. Other than some broken skeletons of the house’s former occupants, there was nothing much to find.

"Hey Mister!" Sweetie beeped, pointing at the big building with the balcony. "Let's check that place!"

I agreed and we entered the place. There were bodies everywhere, raiders and some griffins were scattered around the place. It was a terrifying sight. Sweetie recoiled from the gruesome sight in front of us. I continued to wonder what happened when I got knocked out. Must be a hell of a fight.

"What do you think caused this?" Sweetie asked me as she looks at every possible dead body in the area.

"Beings with bad intentions, that's for sure," I replied, looking around and and hoping that at least the innocent ponies survived. They didn’t deserve to be caught in this massacre.

We were looking at a certain pile of rotting bodies when I heard it. The voice of desperation.

“Daddy?...DADDY? Where are you...?”

It was followed by a loud wail. I looked at Sweetie and she seemed to hear it too. We went to the floor where we think the crying is coming from: the top floor. On our way, I noticed a familiar looking stallion near the staircase, dead. I looked at the gun nearby and understood what happened to him. That was the last dead body we saw.

When we reached the top floor, I noticed that the crying stop. We continued looking desperately for the source of the sound.

“Hello?” I called out, hoping for a reaction. We walked into the room where I remembered the folks stayed before the attack

“D-Daddy?” I heard the voice once more, nearby this time. “Is that you…?”

That’s when a yellow filly dashed towards me, catching me off-guard.

"Where have you been?" She asked me, hugging me tightly. "Why did you leave me?"

I looked at the young unicorn, speechless. How could have she taught me as her dad? Where is her dad? This were the first thoughts I questioned myself before my mind drifted towards the dead stallion. He was the last dead body we found and he was the only one without any protective armor. His body had been riddled with bullets. I realized I had seen him before. Could he be the father?

“Filly...I’m sorry but I’m not your father,” I gently told her.

"W-What do you mean?" She asked me, more tears forming on her eyes. I gently wiped her tears and sighed once more.

"I'm not your father, little filly," I said, hugging the filly. “I’m sorry.”

"But...but...," She stammered. "Where's daddy?"

Again, I was speechless. I shouldn’t have rushed it. Now I had to answer to this filly where her dad went or even worse, what really happened to him. Before any of us can respond, we heard someone talking.

"What are we doing here again?" A thick voice asked. "I thought we checked this place so many times that we could draw down the floor plans of this building."

"Shhh...I think I heard crying coming from this place." Another voice said. "Maybe there's somepony left here."

I felt a sense of dread. Raiders, they had to to come back. I looked at the filly and at Sweetie.

"What's happening?" The foal asked, "Could that be my daddy?"

"I don't think so," I replied, lowering my voice. "These are very bad ponies...stay here while I check."

I quickly lead the 2 to another room, just in case. The filly was now looking at me with worried eyes.

"Sweetie, I need you to stay here and keep the filly safe." I ordered the bot. She nodded and walked to her side.

“W-Where are you going?” The filly quickly asked me. “You’re not going to leave me, are you?

“I need to check something…,” I replied. “Don’t panic, I’ll be back soon.”

“Please don’t leave me alone. I don’t want to be alone!” The filly begged. Sweetie looked insulted.

“Filly, you won’t be alone,” I gently told her. “Sweetie will be here with her. She’s kind and both of you can get along quite well, I know.”

Raindrops looked at Sweetie and then looked at me. She sniffed one more time before nodding. I sighed and got out of the room. Hopefully, the raiders are gone by the time I reach the stairs.

Unfortunately, when I reached the stairs, I could barely see the two raiders on the lower floor, and they were heading this way. Picking up a nearby chunk of stone, I threw it at the bottom of the stairs.

"Hey, did you hear that?" One of them asked, looking around.

"Yeah, should we check it out?" The other replied.

They were both going towards the stairs. Seeing my chance, I grabbed my revolver. But before I was ready to shoot, I heard a very loud wail.

"Oh shit! There is someone else here!" Raider 1 exclaimed.

They ran the other direction, heading instead to an another stairway. Realizing I was losing my chance, I shot the pistol at them. The bullet missed by a few inches.

They both turned around and found me. At first, they were confused and scared, then they began laughing.

“Boy, do you have a deathwish?” One them asked me as they slowly walked towards me. “You think you and you’re puny gun can kill us?”

They both wielded their weapons, a shotgun and a rifle. I just rolled my eyes and fired one more time. This time, the bullet nearly struck.

“Hey, hey. No need for violence. Just give up and come here. We won’t hurt you, we promise, heh,” The other said, chuckling.

They were getting closer and they started aiming at me. I backed away a bit and fired once more. I missed again.

“Getting bold now, eh?” They both fired a warning shot. “If you want a fight then we’ll give you one.”

This time, they fired right at me. I got hit at my shoulder and at my leg. I winced in pain and bit the handle harder. If only I wasn’t such a terrible shooter.

“Haha, look at you, bleeding already,” One of them taunted. “And here I was thinking you’d put up a good fight.”

They continued laughing. I know I should've took cover immediately or something like that but I didn’t. Instead I took a deep breath and aimed.

“Hey, look at the tough guy,” They got ready to shoot one more time. “Let’s just end this.”

They fired their weapons and they...missed. They missed and they stared at each other in confusion. Seizing the chance, I quickly emptied my gun on them. When the bullets hit, the raiders erupted into dark flames. They were screaming and running like crazy, trying in vain to extinguish the flames. I just watched them, I watched them slowly burn. Their skin started melting and falling off and I could see their muscles. Then...most of their body parts either melted, becoming black goo, or got burnt, turning into ashes. I looked at their remains in horror.

What just happened? The bullets, did it really do that?

I kept the gun and tried to calm my nerves by breathing in and out. Then I remembered how loud the guns were.

"Damn it," I muttered. "I'll be lucky if the gunshots did not attract anyone else..."

I was suddenly reminded that I still have to check on sweetie and the filly when I heard crying. Quickly, I went back to the room.

"Waaaah! I want my daddy!"

Before I entered, I noticed a dead griffin at the entrance. I moved it out of the way and continued to go inside. In the room, I saw Sweetie trying to comfort the filly. I noticed a burn mark on one of her legs.

"Sweetie, what happened?" I asked her.

"A griffin attacked us with a laser pistol. Luckily, I dispatched him." She replied. “Someone should’ve taught that griffin some manners. I can’t believe he’ll shoot us!”

The filly quickly noticed me and tried walking towards me, tears flowing down her face. I walked towards her and hugged her.

"Daddy, it hurts." The filly told me, hugging me tightly. I felt my heart broke as she said those words. As I stroke her mane, she slowly calmed down.

"It's all right...I'm here..." I told her, deciding to just accept the fact that I will be responsible for her for now. I checked her burn wound and saw that it wasn't really fatal, just a 1st-degree burn. I checked around my inventory and found a bandage.

"Stay still so I can cover that wound of yours." I said, pointing at her burn. She just nodded and watched me bandage up the wound, flinching at least once during the process.

"How does it feel?" I asked the filly once I was done.

"It still hurts...but it feels a little bit better." She replied, looking at the bandage.

"Don't worry, it'll be alright soon." I told her. She nodded and curled up beside me, feeling tired and sleepy. I gently rubbed her back as I watched her go to sleep.

"Hey Mister, I'm done removing the body away from the door." Sweetie beeped. "What next?"

I stared at her and just shrugged. That’s one last problem to take care of. I looked down at the filly and sighed.

"Barricade the door, I guess we'll be staying here for a while." I told her. “And make sure it’s strong. I don’t want any sudden surprise to just pop out of the door.”

I watched as Sweetie moved a nearby table towards the door, then make a makeshift barricade out of it. The sleeping filly moved bit in reaction to the noise Sweetie was making but did not wake up.

"All done!" Sweetie beeped as soon as she was also done with her task. I simply nodded.

"Hey, I've got a question. What do you know about this filly?" I asked her. Sweetie looked at the sleeping foal and answered.

"Her name is Raindrops." She said. I waited a bit before realizing that's just it.

"What about her parents?" I asked her once more, hoping that at least one of them are alive.

“So I checked the stallion a while ago to find out that he is a possible relative to her. The chances of him being her father is 95.64% at best.” She replied

"Oh...that means Raindrops will have to stay with us for some time...until we find her mother, that is." I said. I hugged the sleeping filly once more, hoping that life would be a little better for her once we found her mother.

"Sweetie, stay on guard. I'll just rest a bit."

I was once again with Luna. This time, we were on an open field, the sky dark and the only source of light was from the stars and also from Luna(for strange reasons).

"Luna, why are we here this time?" I asked the alicorn princess.

"Because you are dreaming, are you not?" She said. "And I am the Princess of the Night, am I not?

"Luna, I am aware that I am dreaming and stuff like that. But I am asking, why are we here?" I asked her again.

"Because we must talk about the filly." She plainly stated. "Raindrops is her name, am I right?"

"Y-Yeah, what about her?"

Luna looked behind me and I followed. I saw the dead stallion me and Sweetie saw before walking towards us. And this time, he was also wearing a stable suit with the numbers "10" printed on his collar and sleeves.

"What is the meaning of this? I was actually enjoying my stay back there." The stallion asked rudely before he noticed the royal alicorn. He quickly bowed.

“I-I’m sorry, Princess, for my rude behavior.” He apologized. “I’m still...upset...because of what happened.”

Luna nodded and then looked at me. By just looking at her eyes, I understood what this was all about.

"Ahem, anyways...why am I here?" The stallion asked once more, a little more polite this time.

"You are here because I believe both of you have at least seen each other?" The princess answered. The stallion looked at me with confusion. I looked back at him and realized that he was one of the stallions in the group of Autumn. I decided to open my mouth and tell him who I am.

"I'm that pony that helped you?" I told him in a suggestive manner. His eyes widened as he heard those words.

"Helped?" He questioned me, his voice trembling. "HELPED?! You did nothing to help! You didn’t even kill anyone! That missile must have killed you, huh? I guess that your death was justified."

“Uhm, actually…” I tried to say but Luna cut me off.

"No. He did not die, yet," She said. "He is here to talk about somepony special to you."

His eyes widened and he started shaking. Tears started forming on his eyes as he spoke.

"You don't mean...?" He gulped.

"Yes. He has met your young Raindrops." Luna told him. He quickly rushed towards me and held me threateningly.

"Is she hurt?!" He asked me, obviously mad and worried. "I swear if you did anything to her!"

"Calm down! She's fine and healthy!" I tried to reason with him. "She's not hurt, she's just fine! Sheesh..."

He weakened his grip on me but it was still firm.

"He is telling the truth." Luna reassured him. "Your young filly is just fine.”

"How can I trust him?" The stallion said angrily. "He's one of the reason that I died!"

"Is there anything you can do about it?" The alicorn asked back.

“Luna, uhm, that was a bit harsh…” I told her. She glared at me so I shut my mouth.

"I understand how you feel about him but you need to trust him,” Luna told him. ” I don't know how you will do it but I will leave both of you for some time. Enough time to at least for a little trust to be formed between both of you."

And just like that, Luna was gone with a poof and we were left alone. While the stallion was still confused with what just happened, I managed to escape his grip and back away a few meters from him. He stared at me once more, angry but troubled.

"Look, I’m sorry. I’m sorry that I didn’t do my best to fight off the attack. I’m sorry I got knocked out of battle so quickly and left most of you for…” I tried apologizing.

"I'll stop you right there...fine...I'll forgive you..." He quickly said, looking down. "But my little ray of sunshine...oh my poor filly..."

He sighed. I stayed quiet as he started pawing the ground. Before the situation could become even more awkward, a question crossed my mind.

“Hey, is there any reason why she just says daddy and not mommy?” I asked him. “And where is her mother?”

"What do you mean she just..." He looked at me. "You don't mean...?"

"I'm afraid...she thinks I'm her dad, or something like that," I told him. "In other words...she thinks I'm you."

"I can see why...that stable suit must have reminded her of me...back when we still had a normal life." He smiled a bit.

"But what about her mother? I mean, is she still alive?" I asked him. He sighed once more and replied.

"Her mother died when...she gave birth to Raindrops. You see, her mom was not in good condition as she was affected by radiation. Stable 10 had a radiation leak during that time," He explained. "She only survived for a short time after giving birth...enough time to name our young foal Raindrops. I guess we were lucky she was born without any abnormalities."

"Oh..." And that just ruined that little hope I had for Raindrops.

A single tear dropped to the ground as Luna appeared once more. Me and the stallion were startled by her sudden appearance so we nearly "hugged" each other in fright before we realized it's just the alicorn princess.

"Ah, it seems that both of you have finally trusted each other." She said before turning to the stallion. "Now, don't you have one last request to tell to our Phantom before you leave?"

"What? That quick? Don't you think that's a bit-" I tried saying before Luna cut me off.

"Remember, you are sleeping and can wake up any minute." She explained. "And I still have much to tell you."

I nodded. Luna looked once more at the stallion and he too nodded before stating his request.

"I want you to take Raindrops somewhere safe. Take her to someone that can take good care of her." He told me

"Wait...what if...I can't? Like, I can't find anywhere safe enough for her?" I asked him. "What if...I also can't find anyone to take care of her? Someone trustworthy?"

"Then..."The stallion paused, thinking carefully on what to say next. "...I hope you can handle her..."

And just like that, he slowly faded into nothingness. All I could do was watch as he returned back to where he came from, the afterlife. I turned to Luna once more and finally, she told me what I needed to know.

"Your marefriend is captured by slavers, I think I said that the last time we met. The group of slavers that are in charge of watching her and delivering her to Fillydelphia is just somewhere nearby. But you must be quick as for she is being abused by her captors. You would also require the help of that pegasus, Autumn." She explained.

"Wait...I need Autumns help?" I asked her. "And how do I know if he'll help me? How can I even find Jewel?"

Marefriend? What did she mean by that?

"Do not worry about Autumn for I have talked to him about this matter. As for finding for your friend, just follow your instincts. This is all the time I have left as it seems a certain filly requires your attention." She replied. As she finished, the sky grew brighter as Luna slowly disappeared. Then darkness settled in.

I felt someone softly shoving me as I slowly opened my eyes. My vision was blurry but I could make out the yellow color and the pink mane of Raindrops.

"Daddy, I'm hungry..."She whined. I just realized that we haven't ate anything before we slept or if she actually ate food before we met her.

"Alright little filly...I'll see if we have anything to eat." I said sleepily, rubbing my eyes before standing up. Sweetie beeped behind me once more, making me leap forward a few meters.

"Good morning Mister!" She said. I turned around to face her, still shaking.

"Sweet Cele-ugh, good morning Sweetie..." I greeted her grumpily. "Now what's up with sneaking up behind me and giving me a scare?"

"I did not really mean it. But it was amusing to see you react to it though!" She replied, a robotic giggle escaping her mouth.

"Amusing for you..." I took a deep breathe to calm myself. "Say, don't you have food fit for a...uhm, filly?"

"Luckily, before we left Stable 5, I managed to pack food and water." Sweetie beeped. “And maybe a few books and clothes and other miscellaneous objects.”

"Ah, yes. Good for you but I only inquired if we had food..." I said, wondering why she keeps on adding unnecessary information.

"We do have food Mister! Shall I prepare them?" She requested. I nodded and turned back to the filly who was watching the robot in awe. Soon, me and Raindrops were eating.

"Daddy, can we go somewhere else after we eat?" Raindrops asked.

"Uhm...su-" Before I could complete my sentence, my mind just processed that she was calling me "daddy" once more.

"Daddy?" She looked at me.

“Raindrops, didn’t I tell you I’m not your dad?” I asked her.

"I know..." She looked down sadly. "You're not my daddy..."

"Gah! I mean..." I was a bit...surprised. She knows but she still continues to call me that. "Why do you continue to call me...daddy?"

"You look and remind me of him." She said, looking at me once more. "And you're also kind and caring...just like...him."

The filly went closer to me, laying her head on my side.

"Oh really now?" I asked her, stroking her mane. Kind of comforting to know that she thinks of me like that.

"Yeah!" She exclaimed happily. At least she's happy, that's what matters to me right now.

"So...is there any other reason-" I was interrupted by the familiar shouts of a certain pegasus coming from outside the door.

"Eclipse, you here?! I swear if I'm just doing this because of some Goddess-damned dream..."

Sweetie immediately went guard mode, the machine gun aimed at the door.

"Whoa! Sweetie, stand down." I said to the bot. Upon hearing this, she backed down. I also told her to remove the barricade. When she was done, I got up to go greet the pegasus. His eyes widened when he saw me approaching.

"I'll be damned...the Phantom's alive!" Autumn exclaimed.

"Howdy. What brings you here?" I said to him, amused by his reaction. It seems he also called me "The Phantom".

"W-What brings me here?" He scratched his head. "The princess told me to go here...."

“Princess...you mean good ‘ol Moony?” I asked him.

“Uh...Yeah, I think,” He replied. “Wait, I thought it was Princess Luna?”

“Nevermind about her name,” I told him. “Now state your business. What is the reason she sent you hear?”

"...I'm here because...well..." He stammered.

"Just spit it out!" I yelled.

"Okay Okay. To help get back your friend." He finally answered.

"Why are you so awkward all of a sudden?" I asked him. He scratched his head once more.

"Well...uhm...I though that...err..." At the rate his answering my question, we might as well start digging our own graves.

"Well, before some of us escaped...we saw that building," He pointed towards the collapsed ruins of the house, "Collapse on you. So we assumed you died..."

"Hmm...makes sense." I said, rubbing my chin. "That building should have killed me but for some reason..."

"Hey Mister! Who are you talking to?" Sweetie beeped, appearing beside me.
Raindrops also appeared on my other side and smiled when she saw Autumn.

"Uncle Autumn! You came back!" Raindrops said.

"Hey, before we all talk, let's go get something to eat, shall we?"

We were all sitting down in the room. Autumn sat across me while Sweetie and Raindrops sat between us.

"Uncle Autumn huh? That's new to me." I said to him.

"Eheh...she calls me that all the time." He explained. "We are not really related or anything."

"Seems obvious..." I looked at Raindrops then back at Autumn.

"So, who's that robot of yours?" Autumn asked, pointing at the filly bot.

"Oh her? She's Sweetie." I replied.

"Heya Mister Autumn!" She beeped.

"And so the bot's a her." He thought out loud.

Me and Autumn then talked about what to do and how to get back Jewel. We also discussed about Raindrops and Sweetie and what to do with them while on the mission. Raindrops then tugged my mane and whispered to me.

"Uhm...is it okay if I call you daddy for awhile?" She asked me.

"Huh? Why?" I asked her back, leaning closer so I can hear her more clearly.

"Well...whenever my daddy is away, he tells me to only stick with the most trustworthy and caring pony and just pretend that he/she is my parent." She replied.

"Don't you think that's a bit weird? And beside, Autumn's here," I told her.

"But you look like my daddy more than Uncle Autumn." She said back. "Please? Until my daddy comes back?"

I decided to think about it. It was a weird request and for her dad to tell her that is even weirder. And until her dad comes back? That just broke me, it forced me to agree to it. Just for the sake of the little, innocent filly. Dang it.

"Sure..."

Raindrops beamed and I sighed. I turned back to Autumn and noticed that he was observing us.

"So what are you and Raindrops talking about this time?" He asked me.

"Oh you know, the weather, like always." I joked. Autumn looked at me unamused as Raindrops tried to stifle her laughter. Sometimes, the sense of humor of a child could be so low.

"So...shall we go?"

We walked towards the direction where we thought the slavers are. Autumn was leading the group, with Raindrops and Sweetie behind him and me behind them.

"This suit is cool!" Raindrops excitedly said, walking in a stable suit with numbers "05". It was also slightly armored for whatever reasons, but the real question was, why does Sweetie seem to carry these kinds of things? After all, it was the bot that gave the slightly armored suit to Raindrops.

"Uhm, yeah. Now come on, move faster," I told her when I noticed she's a bit slower than the rest of us. I checked how much bullets I had left and guess how many. None, no bullets. My revolver was going to be useless until I find more ammo for it.

"Hey Mister! We're near, I could see some ponies up ahead!" Sweetie beeped, pointing to a certain location somewhere a bit far. On closer a closer look, me and Autumn can confirm that it was the slavers alright.

"Are we going to meet new ponies?" Raindrops asked me. I realized I had not thought about the possibility of a shoot-out, real stupid of me.

"Uhm, no." I replied to the filly then yelled out to the pegasus in front of us. "Stop here!"

We stopped somewhere that is near to the slavers that we can see them but far enough to quickly bail if this plan goes cuckoo. Autumn prepared his laser rifle while I talked with Sweetie and Raindrops.

"Okay, me and that pegasus over there," I said, pointing at Autumn, "will go meet with a...err...friend! So I want both of you to just stay here and stay close to each other. Got it?"

They both nodded. Before I could go back to Autumn, Raindrops asked me a question.

"Daddy, is your friend kind?" She anticipated for my answer.

I thought about it. She doesn’t seem to be the type to give a single damn when it comes to other ponies. Will her attitude be the same to foals?

"She'll be friendly. Now stay here and be careful." I told her before finally going back to the waiting pegasus.

"Took ya long enough." He said. "Now, what's the plan?"

"Rescue our target and terminate any obstacles on our path?" I suggested. In reality, that was pretty much every plan everyone must have thought of on the wasteland.

"Hmm, how many bullets you got left?" He asked me. I decided to recheck.

"Oh look at that! I found a lucky bullet. It'll be handy." I said. He just facehoofed.

"Let's hope it'll be really worth it. Now, let's get ready." Autumn sighed and we both slowly sneaked towards the slaver's campsite. As we got nearer, we saw that they were all asleep.

"That's weird, I expected them to be farther than here..." I observed. "And why are they sleeping at the middle of the day?"

"You got a point, but this is our only chance." He simply told me. “We need all the advantages we can get at this point.

We moved closer and closer until we could clearly see each of their faces. It seems every one of them was in a very deep sleep. We sneaked around the camp until I saw the unmistakable blood-red colored mane.

"There she is!" I pointed at the mare who is lying down near us. She has a lot of bruises and cuts and her breathing was shallow. She was also gagged and her legs bound.

"Dang...looks like she had a rough time." Autumn stated. We both went closer to her and was about to cut the ropes that was tightly wrapped around her legs when she opened her eyes.

"Mmrph!" Her eyes were filled with surprise and fear. She kept on shaking her head and looking at the slavers.

"What's gotten into her?" Autumn asked. I shrugged and he decided to remove her gag.

"Get out of here, it's a trap!" She tried warning us but it was too late. I soon felt the presence of someone looking at us. I turned around to see that all of the slavers were "awake" and their weapons aimed at us.

"Look at what we got here..." One of them said, licking his lips. "It seems we're going to be paid after all, with food!"

They weren’t slavers. They were cannibals, hungry cannibals

Autumn finally cut the ropes and looked at the group of cannibals that already started surrounding us. Jewel, finally free, cowered behind us.

"Let's play with them...shall we?" One of the cannibals chuckled and aimed his pistol at Jewel. She looked at him wide-eyed and the slaver chuckled once more. I tried going between the barrel and the mare but all the others also aimed their weapon at us, ensuring that once we move, we die.

Bang!

He shot Jewel in the leg, causing her to scream in pain before falling down. Tears started streaming down her eyes as her captor continued to laugh that sadistic laugh of his. We could have fought them but we were outnumbered and outgunned.

"What are we going to do now?" Autumn whispered to me. I did not know how to answer because I don't know what to do next. They continued laughing at us, taunting us. Everywhere I look, there were those sadistic grins and bloodstained weapons. Then something within me snapped.

"Any last words?" The cannibal asked, laughing once more. I looked at him, feeling only wrath and the urge to kill. He looked back at me, smirking, then his face was filled with fear. Everyone else looked at me and not a single word was said.

Wrath. Rage. Blood Lust. Power.

That's all I felt, but I knew something was wrong. It felt like something took over my body and all I can do is just watch. I started to hear a voice whispering to me

Kill. Kill them all. They don’t deserve to live, kill the now. They aren’t slavers, they’re something much more worse. Monsters, they’re all monsters.

I walked towards the monster, feeling the urge to kill him. He tried backing away and tripped. Before he could get up again, I placed my leg on his chest and pinned him to the ground. The rest of the monsters quickly ran away, leaving one of the m behind with me.

"Any last words?" I growled. He was shaking and crying.

“Please don’t kill me, I was just doing my job!” He tried to reason.

“You...you made a horrible mistake taking this job,” I angrily told him.

“W-Who are you?” He asked me one last time.

"Every soul you tormented." I answered him, grinning maliciously. My vision flashed red and I felt the anger slowly escalate into something far more darker.

I pressed down my hoof, feeling his ribs crack and gave way. He cried in agony as I continued to force my leg down on him until his heart had been crushed by my leg. He twitched for a few seconds, gasping for air as blood started dripping down his mouth. Blood started to pool around him. It was a gory sight and I loved it.

He finally took one last breath and stopped moving. I removed my leg from him and noticed it was covered in blood. Still under the influence of blood lust, I gave it a lick. I enjoyed the taste, it satisfied something deep inside of me.

"E-Eclipse?" A voice called out. It was Autumn.

I shook my head, my senses going back to normal. When I noticed the gruesome scene I had cause, I nearly threw up. What have I done? This wasn't me at all.

"Eclipse, you alright?" Autumn asked me. I shuddered and turned back to him. He was looking at me worriedly and I saw that Jewel is unconscious.

"Yeah...I think." I answered. I tried to forget about what happened and walked back towards him.

"Are you sure? Eclipse, you went a bit over the edge. You even licked some blood off your leg and you seemed to enjoy it!” He exclaimed in disgust. “And your face...it’s just filled with...Oh sweet Celestia…”

“I-I don’t know anymore. Let’s just go back to the others they might be worried.”

Footnote: Level Up...
New Perk: The Stare
-The start of a new nightmare. You're no Fluttershy so doing this will yield different positive and negative effects. Mostly the latter.

*Personality shift/Split personality
- You will experience a personality shift now and then. Hopefully, you can adjust to this new trait.