BROWNIES

Author's Notes:

This is a very old story I did back in 2016, but I figured I could post it here for others to read. I have other chapters to post here on. This isn't the only chapter.

This is a backstory of how Zara, or Scarlet, my character came to be and discovered herself. Thus re-birthing herself in the process. I know, it's pretty- eh. But, I wrote it when I watched cupcakes/muffins kinda. But now, I've rebooted the series and now plan to redux this.

I hate this story sometimes.

BROWNIES

The sun was shining with hot heat up in Wonderfree, like any other pony would like it. Breezy air was flowing through the town, causing the ponies to cool down to whatever they are doing.

A purple filly with only one black streak in her crimson red hair, she also seemed to have blood red dragon eyes. She was galloping around the town, zooming with such speed she had no way of stopping. She seemed really happy of a thought of her dad coming home today, since he worked night and day shifts at a local bakery. She was still a blank flank, and was still saddened at the fact that she hasn't found her cutie mark yet. But, this thought had disappeared once her father came across her mind. And nothing was sad for a filly like her.

She came into the house, seeing her mother cooking some dinner. Her mother played a smile across her face stating, "Your father is finally coming home after working some hard day and night shifts at the bakery. Go on, little Scarlet. Go get cleaned up.", Scarlet nodded happily, running upstairs to the bathroom to get washed up. A red stallion with his cutie mark that was a shape of a bread in a basket walked in, seeing his mare in the kitchen cooking. "Evenin', my love." greeted the father as he had a smile from ear to ear. The mother had greeted him with her heartwarming smile.

Little Scarlet paced down the stairs, eyeballing her father and screeched in excitement as she saw him. Greeting that same smile towards his own little purple furred filly. Her parents loved Little Scarlet, since she was the gift after trying to get pregnant numerous times. In overall, they loved her as she loved them. "Lil Scar. I got ya sumthin'" the red stallion whispered to her, trying to keep it discreet from her mother. Scarlet's tail and ears perked up very happily at the sight of his little secret. "What is it, dad? Is it a bug or a cake?!" she jumped in excitement as her dad rolled his eyes, setting down a basket for her.

Scarlet took a look into the woven basket, seeing a weird, oddly maroon looking stuffed animal. It looked like a fox with long like longs and arms, white buttons for eyes, and a plate with some brownies was placed at the side of the toy, her father winked at her, smiling. A smile went onto the little mare's face, holding the stuffed animal in her hooves. "I'm gonna name you...Bender Finchlet!!" she giggled softly, putting Bender on her back, transferring the plate of brownies to the kitchen counter. It was sorta strange how Bender the fox would make little whispers to her, but eventually Little Scarlet had ignored these.

Lil' Scarlet sat herself at the table, and ate her dinner later on.

Later that night, Scarlet forgot that her father made her some brownies from earlier today, so she got out of bed and walked her way into the kitchen, seeing the plate of brownies on the counter. She blinked, shocked how it was still there since, mother would clean off the whole kitchen after meals. She shrugged the thought off, grabbing the plate off the counter, placing a chair by the counter and grasping the plate with her mouth, like most ponies would. She went upstairs with the plate, before she could she spotted the same basket on the floor from earlier. Scarlet had her curiosity to the better of her, looking over in the basket to see a black covered book. It had a black heart with grey like vines wrapped around it, filled with more confusion, Scarlet looked around to check if the coast was clear.

Blinking again, Scar had never seen a book like this, picking it up with her mouth and set it on the tile floor, opening the book. It was only blank pages. A slight disappointed look on the filly's face appeared, she sighed the words, "A blank book. Great."

She touched one of the pages, suddenly a white light appeared in the air. Scarlet jumped back, heart pounding out of her chest with her back against the wall. "Holy horseshoes!! What was that??!!" she nearly yelled, the book now had her name on it. She widened her eyes, she wasn't stupid as she recognized it as a black magic book. It was kinda scary considering it was her black magic book now, but she didn't end up caring since she took the book by her mouth, slowly walking right back upstairs.

This was the beginning of a new hell for everpony else.

Four months went by when she had discovered the book, nothing special was really happening except for Scar's father doing night and day shifts at the bakery again. Lil Scarlet was out in Wonderfree again, with a book bag on her side, her book she had discovered not so long ago. She took a deep breath, seeing the other fillies playing, and socializing. The fillies noticed Lil Scarlet, giving her some dirty looks while Scar didn't notice at all. Other fillies thought she was strange, and unfitting to the town of Wonderfree. The school bell rang loudly as the fillies trotted laughs underneath their breath, Scarlet sighed and walked in slowly getting on to her assigned desk chair.

Little Scarlet bowed her head down in such shame, looking a bit disheartened and saw her teacher trotting straight in. Scarlet heard some giggles behind her, but she just ignored them. Her school day just went on as normal days go, leaving Lil Scarlet bored enough.

After the school day was over, Scarlet walked out to back of the school that's where mostly she goes as for a shortcut back to her home. The trail had broken concrete, bushes overgrowing the path, which lead into a fence that had a large hole for her to get through. She finally was home, safe and sound. But, she didn't see her mother or her father...suddenly, her book fell out of her bag, she got startled by the thud.

The strangest thing that had happened with Lil' Scarlet's thoughts & vision.

Lil Scarlet suddenly had a flash of vision of her parents being tortured, by a older looking mare, the hate in the pony's eyes was hatred, adrenaline flowing in her veins. It only happened a few seconds, she just was confused at what she has just seen just now. The little filly had just. saw. a. future. path. Scarlet KNEW this because she had heard only few of ponies get future vision. Scarlet sat down for some time, trying to decipher the mystery of her new power and her recent vision she just had. Was it a coincidence or was it...black magic? It sounded impossible to even believe that she had such vision, it was a old mare's tell for Princess Celestia's sake!

This was the very first time that Bender ever really talked to her.

Scar shook the feeling off that she just used black magic to give her own self future vision. "So..that's how they got it, aye?" Bender turned his head towards her, she blinked at her stuffed animal. "Did you just talk?" she said, walking towards the animal. "Yes, child. I am your Bender. I am the night. I am the voice inside your head forever in." Bender's stitched mouth didn't move at all, nor did his arms. "Are you...even real?" she asked and got on her bed staring down at the plush. "I could be. If you make me to be real. Let's face it, dear...we're not both wanted. You can trust me.." Bender stated, his voice seemed to have a echo in her head. "That's NOT TRUE!!!" she nearly shouted. Scarlet got off the bed, backing away from the plush. "Oh, but it is. Let's just face it, you have dragon eyes and nopony wants a child of dragon eyes." Bender said with a more convincing tone.

The words echoed into her brain, it was unbearable to her. He was right...nopony wants a filly with weird dragon eyes. Her eyes filled with tears, sobbing for first time in her life. Once the happy filly was now a sad filly, filled with tears. "That is right. Nopony could ever love you...not even them, Your Parents. But, I love you, and I will take care of you." his lips move to make a grin across his face, ear to ear. "B-But..w-why?" Scarlet sobbed quietly, seeing her plush smiling for the first time. "Because...I love you.", his gaze turned to her, still smiling. "Y-You love me? You really mean that..." she hesitated to pull Bender closer to her, but gave in.

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Two weeks had passed on by without no problems, Scarlet was using her book to get what she wanted. The book sometimes would open up to a page to a spell and she would end up using it. She's made numerous types of spells, potions and hexes. She would clearly write down her process & her experiences, but all in secret. She never told anyone about her secret black magic, afraid of what would happen to her.

The day of the 'Princess's Travel Around Equestria' event had finally arrived. Scarlet was a bit excited since it was the day of Princess Celestia, and she was traveling around all over the Equestria map. She walked in a graceful manner to her town, seeing the town decorating for the big exciting event for Princess Celestia's arrival. Scarlet wasn't all excited since, after all, The Princess wasn't so special towards her anyways.

She used her magic to lift her book in front of her face, shielding it. She closed it, putting it in her book bag. She was able to control her future vision by only a little bit, but not a alot. Watching from afar, seeing the Princess finally arriving, the people happily greeting her.

Scar scoffed harshly, a purple light from her horn glowed, making some frogs appear on Celestia's face. This made the Princess and townspony kinda panic, Scarlet howled with laughter.

She used another spell to make some rain appear above the Princess's head, and it had made her mane all wet. All in all, she was using more powerful black magic on the Princess waaaay to much. However, the Princess noticed it was coming from a purple pony, her expression changed with anger. She stormed over at Scarlet, making Scarlet coward back.

"You. Are you the one doing this?" Princess Celestia's voice was a bit deepened towards her. Scarlet froze out of fear, her legs stopped working and a lump in her throat had formed.

"I asked. Are YOU doing black magic to me?" Celestia's voice was even more angered when she didn't answer. The guards where by her side with sharp spears, ready to protect.

It took a moment of silence. and Scarlet had said "Yeah! What are you gonna do about it?? I like my black magic, why don't you screw off Princess? Think you're soooo special!" she croaked. The townsponies gasped at Lil' Scarlet's outburst, looking at one another and talking quietly in low voices. The guards had shocked expressions on their faces as well, the Princess got angry some more.

"How DARE you speak to me like that, to the Princess of Equestia! I didn't expect a foul-mouthed little filly! You should be ashamed!" Celestia stamped her hoof on the dirt ground, her cheeks flowed with hot blood.

"How could I be ashamed? I have my black magic...Princess. I should kill you right here and now, it's a perfect opportunity!" she happily squeaked in excitement. The guards suddenly took action by facing their spears towards Scarlet, but that didn't scare her at all.

"You are so heartless. How could you talk like that to me?!" Celestia, again, stomps her hoof on the ground, feeling some fear building up in her body. "Oh, dear Celestia. If only if you would understand, I am the truth. This world is such a cruel place to be in." her voice was with anger. "I wish I could wash it all away but I CAN'T." she continued but her voice being harsh. "I can't help it." she finished her last word with a scoff.

Her horn made a purple glow once more, Scarlet had summoned a huge storm in the day sky. A huge beam suddenly tried to hit Celestia, but she'd immediately took her magic in action to make a beam to reflect Scarlet's magic. The beam just overpowered her, Celestia couldn't overcome it any longer as the beam had hit her body, making her tumble through the dirt. The beam caused cuts and bruises on Celestia with dirt patches, but Scarlet had the evil look in her eyes, simply walking over to the Princess.

Scar gave a small evil chuckle and had stated with a huge grin on her face, "You really are weak." and just giggled lightly. Princess Celestia finally got up, weakly in pain. The pain was very little on Princess Celestia, so she didn't mind it at all. Her guards went to help her back up, keeping her back in balance.

Scarlet HATED Princess Celestia and the world, since Bender was the only one she could ever trust now. He was her friend, her one and only forever. She had so much driving mad with power, flowing into her. Celestia's lips trembling in fear making herself speak the word "W-Why?" was all the Princess could mutter out. "BECAUSE I HATE YOU AND EVERYONE!" Scarlet howled in anger, stamping her hoof on the ground, dragging it across the dirt, the angered expression on Scarlet's face was turning into fury.

"Everything is gonna be okay." she mocked like a child. "NO, IT'S NOT. NOTHING WILL EVER BE!! WHY DON'T YOU JUST DIE!!" then she made her magic summon a more angered storm with a flash a lightning striking down by Celestia's side, making her jump in the opposite direction. This is failed due to making way too magic. The black magic just suddenly stopped the storm, making Scarlet in a panic.

Princess Celestia finally got more of her strength and stood herself up. A more furious look on her face. Celestia approached to Little Scarlet carefully, Scarlet had her head down, her focus was on the ground.

"Scarlet Shadow." she had more power in her voice, as the little angry filly looked up into her eyes. How did she know her name?

"I, Princess Celestia, hereby banish your town, Wonderfree, to never come in contact with all Equestria, in fact, your town will be never recognized on the Equestria map. Do you you hear me clearly?!" her voice rose up again. Scarlet blinked twice at her words, the townsponies gasped. Scarlet's eyes filled with her purple tears as she watched Princess Celestia walk away with her guards.

That was the last she'd seen Princess Celestia again.
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A couple of years passed on by, Lil' Scarlet Shadow was now just Scarlet Shadow or Scar for short. She had kept Bender by her side all this time, as for the future visions...well....she had many more after that. Her cutie mark hasn't appeared on her flank just yet STILL. Her mind was driving her insane, most some nights she would have unexplainable trances just... staring into nothing, hearing only Bender's voice to guide her back into reality. Scarlet was later diagnosed with multiple personality disorder and she'd accept her insanity.. She would have pigtails in her hair, still red hair with a singular black streak in it still, it was longer if she had taken it down.

She'd cry into a pillow for hours and hour on end, and started to take pills to calm her self down. They never made her feel better, for worse, they made her voices much worse inside her head. The crying just stopped, one day miraculously, and ending her pain. Brownies was her solution.

Her father always came home with brownies to cheer his daughter up, and to make her feel better. Because, he knew she was hurt everyday. And they did sometimes, but so did Bender the fox.

But, sometimes brownies wouldn't help at all nor ease her pain.

Scarlet just sighed, finally just accepting her fate, she was done for. A flash of bright white light appeared on her flank it was a was smiley face...but it was a odd one.. The smiley face had two x's as eyes, a stitch like mouth, the color was white. Scarlet looked over her flank booty and blinking, thinking to herself "My cutie mark is a....weird one...what is that? I am really destined to be this way? To be insane?"
It had seemed that way to her, she was destined to be a mad mare. She started to sob once again, her heart feeling so heavy, feeling more hate for this horrid world she had lived in. Her sobbing cut off by a laugh, her expression turned to insanity. Mad Insanity.

Then, she got a idea that she thought was great.

She opened up her black magic book, then suddenly closing it, quickly galloping towards a small forgotten basement under a farm. Scarlet used magic to place the book onto the table, opening up to the first page, using her magic to lift a pen, and wrote "Experiment 0" on the papers. She thought her own parents. Her own fucking parents was the first "experiment" for her toy with. She thought everyone was out to get her, it was the last straw for her. She was truly fucking insane....

She had to find some tools to play around with or else it wouldn't be fun for her. She genuinely smiled like a maniac as her eyes went opposite ways.(Watch Party of One.)

She decided she went upstairs to see if the farmhouse had a garage or a small tool-shed, in her luck she eventually found her shed full of tools...and some syringes. She somehow found some medicine, knowing what it was, it was a medicine that would numb for possibly hours. She even found sleeping pills with a grinder! Which is perfect to crush up and knock a pony out! And she just knew just the thing to make, Brownies, her favorite pastry!! Oh, how she was jumping for joy in the air, giggling a bit of adrenaline shot into her veins.

She had made a nice organized little toolkit for her first project, a sledgehammer, a hack saw, a ordinary saw, hammers & nails, two large cleavers and finally a small knife carved with her two initials into the end of the blade (basically a scalpel). She also kept her book with her in her book bag, which she always carried with her. She even packed the medicine away alongside with the grinder she had found, and happily trotted back to her house.

She began to make the brownies from scratch, then grinding her sleeping pills into powder then, shook a large enough dose into the finished brownies. She wrapped them into a pretty violet bow with wrapping that had ducks on it. Hopping off to her dad's bakery, because her mom was also there today. Her parents had kinda smiled. They were just disappointed at her for making them banished from the map of Equestria, years ago. But, they just smiled at her sight. "Mom, I made some nice brownies. Please take one, dad, you too" she just smiled a little as stares glared at the purple pony.

"Oh, okay. I sure could use a muffin- I mean...brownie." her mom's voice sounded kinda dry, and took one, so did her dad. They hummed at the taste of her moist delicious brownies. "Night night." said Scarlet, having a smile of triumph. They hit the floor unconscious in seconds, Scarlet dragged her parents back to the farmhouse without getting attention and arrived in the underground basement.

Her parents regained their consciousness, finding themselves strapped down on a old rusty table, and only saw a light dangling above them. it smelled like urine and mold coming from the walls. The white wallpaper was already peeling off, cobwebs built up in dark and damp corners were present all around the room. Her parents tried to escape but they were tightly strapped to the table. The mom let out a squeak while she looked around the room, spotting her own daughter.

"SCARLET SHADOW! What are you doing?" she struggled again while she screamed. "Don't call me Scarlet...I'm Zara now." Scarlet growled in anger. Her parents coward back at her sudden change in attitude.

Sudden hatred in the pony became to surface on her face. "You know what you did." Zara said in a low angered voice. "DON'T PRETEND LIKE YOU DON'T KNOW!!" she screamed at them, making her parents jump, causing sounds of rattling on the table. "W-We don't know!" Mom weakly croaked, she was the most scared than her husband.

"I'm not surpised you don't remember my dear old Dollface." She stung her mother with a cold stare which made her mother's eyes widen in shock. Zara stomped her hoof down making a thud on the ground. "You two made her go away! You thought she was a bad influence on me!" she suddenly cried in agony, she continued on, "WHY WOULD YOU MAKE HER GO AWAY?" her voice rose up making her voice sound more demonic. Her mother whimpered in fear, the tears came rushing down saying, "I'm so sorry."

She ignored them, searching for a tool to begin with, a scalpel. "W-what are you going to do with that, Scarlet?" her mother's lips quivered as she struggled even harder. "Making brownies! I could probably make brownies out of ponies!" her expression went from anger to happy. Mom and Dad where shocked exchanging looks to each other, they couldn't believe it. "How long have you been doing this?!" Her father's voice spoke up.

"Actually, this is my first time! I written down my instructions on how to do it in a separate book away from my magic book, that I have." she said as she smiled gleefully. "Now, I can pretty much have my book whenever I kill off as many ponies as I want!" she continued, giggling, placing a heartless smile on her face. She walked over to her own father and exclaimed, "I am going to make some brownies!" she was so excitedher face had it all, she gasped for air and continued on, "And the special ingredient is...YOU!!" She jumped in the air once again, giggling.

Her father had a terrified look on his face, just pure horror. On the other hand, the mother was just so paralyzed from the shock. Her legs wouldn't work due to the fear.

Her father tried so much to wiggle his hoofs out of the straps in a forced manner. "Dad, stop squirming!" Zara shouted as she began to cut his cutie mark on the left of his flank, he wailed out as soon as he felt a new wave fo pain come over him, as the mother painfully watched. Father's eyes swelled up from the tears in his eyes. Zara quickly tore off the piece of hide to expose a large cut out of his flank, seeing the muscles also exposed from his body. Father shivered when he caught a glimpse of his own torn off flesh.

Zara took her scalpel, slicing from his neck down to his stomach, leaving the wound open, letting it expose for air. A line to where the scalpel was placed was a clean cut, she blew in the middle of it making Father shiver some more. Zara put four nails on some hot coals, taking some tonsils to clench the hot coals tight, and grabbing the hammer next on the separate table, and pounding only 4 of them straight into her father's hooves as he squealed out in pain. Seeing the blood oozing out to where the nails where placed, made her mother just cringe still violently struggling.

Zara's adrenaline shot back up into her veins, the feeling of being so alive, smiling, it was a cold hearted but menacing smile. Her father was still screaming and mixing it with cries of agony, it was so joyous for her.

Suddenly, she ripped his wound straight right open to expose his organs, the skin & muscle was torn down to his genital region. Mother was looking away from the scene. Zara left the wound open and exposed to air, happily walking over at her medicine kit, taking out a syringe and some adrenaline medicine, injecting it into the syringe, walking straight back over to her father. Her father felt the aches and pains from her own daughter's abuse and was going to pass out soon from the pain. "Ah-ah! NO SLEEPING!!" Zara screamed hard into his ear, causing a jolt to her father to wake.

"Don't be so rude! This is the best part! The harvest for the brownies, well, part of it." she sorta exclaimed, pulling out a bucket just for his organs. "You won't feel nothing after this!!" she had a creepy smile, almost menacing. She stuck the needle into her fathers neck, and injected the medicine right into his bloodstream. Her father kinda squeaked at the needle. He felt so numb at the neck down of his body, he could only move his head and not his arms or his legs and body. He watched his daughter, Zara take out his organs one by one, seeing his blood pour straight into a bucket. The sight of blood made him queasy, finally vomited on the side. He felt like he had lost his energy, and was feeling so weak. Feeling hot adrenaline rush through his veins. Father noticed he was numb in a matter of seconds.

Zara smiled and saw his heart was the last of the organs, it was pumping blood, she tilted her head in confusion. She finally took her blade and cut the heart out making it pop out, letting it drop to the floor. Zara placed the heart into her purple bucket with ducks on it.

Her father was finally gone from Zara's pain.

Then, Zara's head slowly turned towards her Mother's terrified facial expression, having a small satisfying look on her face. Mother knew it was her turn for the same pain.

Mom began to panic on her own, not knowing what to do, she struggled once more, but it wasn't working in her defense. "Somepony is next!~" Zara jumped up and down, her dragon eyes kinda shrunk half it's size. "NO! PLEASE!!" she begged in mercy, but Zara teased her, "Oh mama! You'll be so great in some double fudge brownies!!" she shouted happily, giving a hop. Mom screamed as Zara took a hacksaw and started to saw away at her arm joints, her mom feeling the pain come rushing into her body as she screeched almost going limp.

The saw wasn't properly going through the bone once the hacksaw had hit her arm bone, she tried to bang the saw into the bone joint like a hammer, but it wasn't working. Zara let out a frustrated sigh and just threw the saw across the room.

She angrily walked on over to her toolkit but found nothing that would help go through the bones of her mom. Then, she had a idea. She trotted back to her mom, and she placed her hooves on her mother's arm almost sawed off left arm, starting to forcefully rip it off slowly seeing the muscle & skin tearing, hearing the ripping sound of skin. Mother saw her flesh and bone being torn at such force, almost making her gag.

Mother was screaming in such pain, while Zara slowly & forcefully ripping her arm off, bringing her gaze to her own left arm. It was ripped off, the sight of it made Mother's face start to fill with tears and loud squeaks of pain coming from her. Zara, then moved on to all of them and eventually left a pile of severed arms/legs on another table. Her Mother was now full on handicapped. Mother's voice was choking up while she sobbed at her pain.

The areas of the sawed off limbs had blood gushing out of them just for a few more minutes, as Mother's eyes stared at her limbless body, eyes widened. She started to sob again as Zara chuckled with a menacing look on her face. "Oh, momma! I gotta hand it to ya, you are so beautiful when you cry." she said circling around the table around her, Mother could hear her voice all around her as she was trembling for her life.

Zara already had a needle ready with numbing medicine on the table. "This death is going to be sooo quick....not fair!" she hissed at her Mother. She took her small knife, and cut Mother's body from the bottom to the neck. Mother's guts kinda slid out a little, as Zara just jumped up again and again as she opened up the wound she had just made to expose her organs. A idea had hit her so quick, that she took her hoof, and punctured straight through her heart. Mother made a "OOMFPH" noise, groaning in pain, ripping out the heart immediately with help with the other hoof. Zara started to slowly pull it out, hitting the length limit for the veins. Then, she pulled it out, ripping it out quickly as she could. Making a tearing sound.

There was so much blood dripping from her veins. Mother spazzed out violently for a brief of two minutes, going limp. She looked so lifeless in her eyes.

Mother was finally gone.

Zara collected her organs quickly, hurrying to clean her mess she had made. She took a small chainsaw that she found in the small toolshed from earlier and began to saw the bodies of her parents into smaller pieces limb by limb, the blood gushing onto her face was like rain. Back at the house, she took her bucket and made her "harvest" into brownies. She placed the plate onto the counter for the next day as if nothing had happened. She managed to burn the bodies/limbs into a deep hole, then burying it.

She had sewn her parent's cutie marks onto a hard like fabric with sturdy twine, keeping it with her always to remind of parents & her first kill. She had it in the shape of a purple scarf which she always wore with her.

A week later passed one by, all of the ponies of Wonderfree noticed that her parents where gone but shrugged it off. So, they went on about their day.

Only a month passed by again, Zara was learning all of the ponies' names so she could draw them out for her brownies. For the next two years, many ponies had seemed to disappear without a trace, Zara seemed to get away with about 400 murders. Murdering made Zara feel good from the inside since it was all pure bred hate within. Many of the victims begged countlessly for their lives but she ignored them all.

She was all alone in a empty town that had overgrown vines & bushes almost covering the buildings, glass was broken, and smells of mold & dust, some of the buildings seen falling apart. Zara walked through her busted old town, laughing softly out of insanity. No one was there to bully her, to harass her or give dirty looks. It was all silence to her.

She was finally alone to herself.

And she was finally free! She had thought to herself, carrying Bender & her book with her while she was walking. She galloped as fast as she could in such happiness, feeling the wind in her hair, suddenly a map had hit her face making her come to a halt. She took the map into her hooves, seeing a mark circling Ponyville. She grinned again, all so evil as a "Equestria Daily" newspaper had floated in the wind as Zara caught it. It read "slight disappearance of ponies in Ponyville", and she blinked & thought is someone else doing my method? But eventually, shook the thought off.

"I think it's time to visit Ponyville, don't you think, Bender?" Zara turned her head at her plush as he gave off a small grim smile. Zara gathered her stuff, putting it in the bookbag she had on her. She started to walk straight out of Wonderfree, then she paused for a long time, looking back at the empty town. Then, she just continued walking forth towards Ponyville. But, unaware of what the hell she was getting into.

But, It was finally time.

Wonderfree, once the town full of life, was now a silent town of nothingness in the abyss.

Zara

Author's Notes:

Here's another chapter, pretty short. Useless. But- Zara get's to meet Applejack and few other people. I just wanted to catch everyone who doesn't read on dA or Quotev. :) More chapters soon! Sorry about it being so damn short.

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Brownies - Zara

It had literally took Zara a whole week for her to journey through the Netherlands and it's deserts. Zara had felt hot and heavy, her feet almost swelling up due to the days of walking. Zara panted and finally found a large tree of shade in the grassy area. It was breezy and nice. She sat herself down underneath the large shade to where the green leaves had covered.

"Zara, are you alright?" Bender sounded soft in his voice.

"Yeah, I am alright. I think I brought some water for me, want some?" She asked, turning her head to the doll.

"No. I can't drink, remember?" Bender said with concern.

"Shoot. Oh well, more for me." Zara giggled a bit and took out a purple container with water in it, starting to drink it.

As she was still drinking, Bender stated "We should take a small nap for about thirty minutes." and continued his statement, "We are only half way to Ponyville."

Zara let out a loud pant from her drinking, and said "But, Bender... I'm not sleepy!" she argued.

"Zara. All little special ponies need their sleep. Especially ones who have a gift." Bender turned his head towards her, sending a shiver down her spine.

She scoffed in annoyance, "Fine then. I'll take a stupid nap."

Zara twisted the cap back on the water container, and set it back into her bag. Sighing, starting to position herself to sleep. All she could hear was the wind rustling through the trees. and water sounds. She was on her own now, unaware of what would happen. Her eyes became much more heavy as she heard more and more of peaceful nature.

Zara had awoken up to a sound of thumping againist the tree, her eyes darting to a mysterious pony, she suddenly jolting straight up at the other pony. This pony was orange, she also had a blonde mane which there was a small ponytail in the back it was barely noticable, her eye color was a jade green, and wore a brown hat. She was using her might, kicking the tree with her back hooves, making the red apples drop down to the ground.

Zara blinked, having Bender aside her, and slowly approaching the pony.

"Oh Howdy! Didn't see y'all there!" she greeted her with a smile, her voice was southern. "What's your name, sugarcube?" she asked with that same smile. "Scar- I mean, Zara." Zara slowly said. "Applejack is my name. Apples are my speciality!" she gleefully had chirped in her southern voice. "Where'd you come from? Manehattan?" Applejack started to walk towards her as Zara uncomfortably stepped back a bit.

"Uh, WONDERFREE." she clearly said with a nervous smile. "WONDERFREE? Where in the hay would that be?" Applejack blinked, cocking her head a bit. Zara had stayed silent for over two minutes, her gaze was looking down. "Well, if y'all don't wanna answer, I am okay with that." Applejack kinda frowned as Zara was just staring there in silence absentmindedly.

The way Zara was standing was scary... she was zoning out, her eyes became dull just so lifeless, just staring on the ground. Applejack just got chills down her, blinking, waiting for her to answer.

She finally did answer back with a question, "Can you tell me where's Ponyville from here?", "I need to arrive there." she continued. Applejack smiled again, "Sure, follow me Zara." Applejack trotted her way through millions of apple trees as Zara followed.

Finally, they reached a large town with very vibrant shades of yellow, blue and pink where presented in it's buildings. Very few of signs were posted on some buildings, trees, and carts containing the words "missing" or "lost, please bring home." Zara shrugged the feeling off of this town becoming slowly a ghost town for later on, just like WONDERFREE. Zara smiled devilishly at the fact that it was going to be one, in just a year or two.

"Well, we are here! Just to let y'all know about this town is that some ponies became missin' Applejack continued on, "So, just be careful now. Are you alright on by yourself, sugarcube?" she looked back at Zara, blinking with concern, "Yeah, I am alright with it." Zara was looking at the ground again, her hooves slowly rocking back and forth at the dirt, forming dust clouds. "Take care now." Applejack took off trotting back to Sweet Apple Acres. Zara noticed that there was still a lot of ponies out walking, chatting up whatever it was.

Zara sighed, moving on towards a small empty tree house with clear glass windows and a door entrance. She was stopped by a bouncy pink pony with a cutie mark that had three balloons on her flanks, her hair was pink and funny looking, and her eyes seemed to show a icy blue. "Hiya purple friend!" she nearly shouted into her ear. "You must be new here in Ponyville!! I'm Pinkie Pie, what's yours?!" she was jumping up and down in excitement, Zara's eyes following her up and down. "I'm Zara." she looked away, continuing to walk into the house, but Pinkie followed her in.

"Zara!! Why don't you come down to Sugarcube Corner?! We have CUPCAKES!!" Pinkie was still hopping around the place. "Oh, sorry Pinkie...I'm not in the mood for cupcakes.." Zara rubbed her hoof. Pinkie gasped and asked, "Don't you like cupcakes?!"
"I like brownies better. But, I am not hungry.." Zara sat down on the floor. "That's okay!! Just come down to the corner at 4 PM!" Pinkie happily bounced out the door.

Zara looked around her surroundings, seeing numerous books on the shelf. She didn't have time to read since she was always thinking. She looked at the grandfather clock, making a chiming noise at 4 PM. Oddly enough, Zara walked herself down to the Sugarcube Corner. "Hi!! Zara's here!!" Pinkie jumped up and down again in excitement.

Zara began to notice a foul smell lingering from within the basement, but kept quiet about it. She knew it was rotten flesh, somehow it's smell made it way to the surface.

Zara sat down directly on the floor, seeing five more other ponies of different shades of color enter the room. One pony had lavender colored fur, a short sleek silver grey mane, she also had sun yellow eyes to match with it, her cutie mark was in the shape of a gold nugget. The pony next to her had dark grey fur, with a midnight blue mane which almost reached the floor, her eyes had shadows that seemed sunken in, which told Zara she was mentally strained, her color of the eyes was a swamp green, and her cutie mark was a lock located on her flank.
Zara darted her eyes onto the last pony of grey color who had a geode for a cutie mark, her mane was a darker grey, it was draped over like a curtain, a pair of violet eyes that seemed piercing through the soul, which also matched some of her cutie mark, and finally her hide color was a plain light grey. Her look was just as imitating as Zara's.

The other two seemed harmless since one was a filly, and the other one had a yellow mane and eyes that went tospy turvy, her fur color was also grey, and her eyes was also a yellow. The little filly had red hair, yellow furred skin, with a pink bow in her hair. She seemed like she hasn't received her own cutie mark yet. Zara sighed, and felt like she could relate too.

"I wanted you to meet Minkie, Inkie, Blinkie, Applebloom and Derpy!" Pinkie smiled as Zara perked her head up at the odd names given to these ponies.

Zara blinked, unsure of what would happen now.

Meet the Bakers of Ponyville

Author's Notes:

Back with another chapter written already on deviant-art and narrated on Youtube. But this one is about Zara arriving in town and meeting the bakers of Sugarcube Corner.

Christ, did I ever write this one on the level. But, I did. It took months when I did write it.

BROWNIES - Meet the Bakers of Ponyville

An utter complete silence filled the room, tensity had built up since the Pie sisters giving off wicked grins. One pony finally broke the silence and had said "Who is this pony?", it was Blinkie.

"Her name is Za--" Pinkie happily announced, but Zara suddenly interrupted with a "I'm going now." turning around towards the door, and heading outside. Pinkie blinked, but didn't stop Zara from walking away. It seemed like Zara was bored of meeting new ponies, she doesn't want to associate with them or even work with them.

For the past few days, she locked herself in the treehouse so nopony can get in. Thus, the town of Ponyville becoming more suspicious of her.

Today was the day things had changed for good. Zara thought was the day to exercise her killing spree, so, she filled a small dart with some traquilizer in it. The dart contained a black tube with a red feather on top of it, she loaded it into a bamboo pea shooter, crawling up the stairs and seeing a glass window.

She quickly swung it open, carefully so it wouldn't break the glass, positioning herself so she could shoot the dart from a mile away.

She blew a excessive amount of air into the pea shooter, the dart quickly bulleting straight at a blue pony with a short red and tangerine curly mixed mane. The dart shot at her left flank, the pony felt dizzy within seconds, then suddenly hitting the ground with a "thud" sound. Bingo. Zara dropped her pea shooter, running downstairs to the sleeping pony. She looked around her surroundings, making sure that nopony was watching her moves, procceding to drag the pony back in the treehouse.

Applebloom was walking around the town, her eyes being searching for a new victim for some more cupcakes, Applebloom met her focus on Zara. She watched Zara's actions one by one.

She thought only 6 bakers where her 'sisters'. Curious as she was, Applebloom quickly made a move, following Zara behind into the treehouse. She quickly hid away in the closet but left a small peeping crack, seeing Zara tightly strapping down the pony she just tranquilized not to long ago. Applebloom stayed quiet as a mouse, not moving or making any sound. She even covered her mouth with her hooves.

Applebloom was lucky that Zara left after ten minutes, to her it felt like hours. She came out of her small hiding spot. Applebloom looked around, seeing the victim that she had tied down on a table. Noticing the medicine, and the torture kit with saws, knives and other gadgets were layed down in a fashionable order. Applebloom felt uneasy about her usual set up, usually since she was a murderer too. So, she snaked her way out quickly, scatting off, back to Sugarcube Corner.

"Pinkie! Derpy! Minkie! Inkie! Blinkie!!" Applebloom shouted, quickly grabbing everyones attention. "What is it, Applebloom?" Pinkie asked, worried. Applebloom's chest felt sunken in, her heart was banging rapidly like a drum.

"Are you okay? You look like a mess." Inkie asked in her smooth, low voice. "That new pony is...is!!" Applebloom began, but was struggling to make out her words.

"Is what?" Blinkie blurted out. "She's a murderer too!!" Applebloom shouted out, taking a breath for air. She continued on, "I saw everything! The medicine, the table! A victim!!"

"Another baker or just a plain murderer?" Minkie asked.

"I think she's a killer, but I see literally no cutie marks in her collection!!" Applebloom answered in panting. "I saw her cutie mark was a insane version of a smiley face..." Blinkie blurted out.

"Oh yeah. She did have a cutie mark like that. But, what does that tell us?" Minkie spoke up, but the question made everyone go silent in the room.

"It probably means Insanity, guys. She was destined to be like that. She probably has one of those mental illnesses with her." Inkie said with a scoff.

"Mental? She looked sane to me!" Blinkie blurted out again, this time her tone was harsh.

"It's probably isn't shown yet, sorta like a mask to hide it all. But, what can we do to make her talk?" Inkie questioned.

"Oh! I know! We can probably catch her in the act of doing it! That would make her talk!!" Pinkie exclaimed happily.

"Genius Pinkie." Inkie chuckled, a smile forming on her face.

"What should we do at this point, go now?" Blinkie asked.

"No, we are going to get the things done in two weeks." Inkie replied quickly, her head turning to her pink furred sister.

It had been two weeks since they all had a group discussion about the new pony Zara.
Nothing else was shared except carefully laid out plans, in overall, they gathered all the tools they needed for both of their plans. This included a ladder, wrenches, rope, saws, etc.
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But, those plans were about to be foiled.
Pinkie was at the counter helping the customers in need of retrieving their custom orders, while Inkie and Blinkie where wrapping the tools safely up in a bag so they wouldn't get damaged on the way to Zara's house.

What they didn't know is that, Zara was out of her house carrying a medium sized black tote bag on her left, it containing a large head of a male green pony. The tote leaked of blood from the bottom lining of the bag, but the drops of blood where not present to the eyes of other ponies. The expression of Zara was imitating, her eyes looked darkened, and serious. She looked so lifeless, so grim within her face it scared the other ponies back into their homes.

Zara looked around all around her, seeing the cheery yet dim houses made her sick. Still, she continued to walk down the dirt path towards Sugarcube Corner, letting herself in. Pinkie's face lighted up with joy, but with also some confusion.

"Oh Zara! You're here! I'm so excited to see you again, I thought I was never going to see you again until now!!" Pinkie clapped with her joy, which kinda made Zara clench her teeth. Joy and laughter made Zara sick to the core, she hated the happy and being together. It almost reminded of her mom's fake smiles.

Zara didn't say anything back to her, instead, she zipped open her black tote bag open. Pulling out a severed head out of it, throwing it upon the white counter in front of Pinkie.

The pink mare froze in shock, she'd wished her eyes would betray her but didn't. Pinkie had made little squeaks underneath her breath, which notified her other sisters. Her eyes were still focused onto the severed head, which was leaking some blood. The blood was splattered across the other side of the counter. Pinkie was too scared to look Zara in the eye, she was forced to anyways. Slowly looking up back towards the purple mare.

When she gazed upon the dark red haired pony, her face and eyes where heavily shadowed. The look of blood red dragon eyes pierced straight through Pinkie's soul. This result made Pinkie shiver greatly with terror. Her shivering went down the spine within seconds. Dear god was she ever scary, scarier than Minkie Pie.

Zara gave her a lifeless like smile as the bakers walked on in, their eyes gazed upon the head on the counter. Zara dropped a plate of brownies on the counter still with the same smile on her face, making Pinkie feel a bit sick.

Inkie, out of all of the bakers looked shocked at the gruesome scene. She was a bit shooken up as well. The other bakers watched as Zara dragged the head by it's hair off the counter, holding it in her hooves. She still looked straight at Pinkie who kinda started to smile as well. All of the sudden, Zara laughed softly, as she ripped the skull from the dead pony's head forcefully but roughly than she originally intended. This time the blood rushed to the floor, scattering all over. Brain matter went plop onto the floor like nothing.

"I guess there is no need to get her to talk." Inkie said with a small wicked grin, this made the other bakers smirk.

"I guess she is a killer. With potential." Minkie added, watching Zara who was laughing it off with Pinkie. Zara's laugh was a cackle mixing in with Pinkie's happy laughing. By god, it was horrifying to hear.

Zara ceased her laughing automatically, going dead silent afterwards. "I want to be a baker." Zara slowly said with a grin forming.

"You want to be one? Like us?" Inkie was now behind her, with concerns.

Zara turned her whole body to her,

"Yes. I do. This is what I came for, you guys. And my search has ended." Zara giving a relieved sigh.

"Searching for...us?" Blinkie furrowed her brow, sounding even more confused.

"Yes, I traveled from a small town because I saw a newspaper with a title named 'Missing Ponies', so I basically came here. Unfortunately...those ponies from my old village seemed to have..." Zara cut off, holding back a small chuckle before finishing her last word.

"Disappeared." she softly added. The Pie Sisters exchanged looks at one another, leaving Derpy and Applebloom really off about her joke. "What do you mean by...disappeared?" Applebloom tilted her head at her. "I think you should know by now, darling." Zara had her eyes locked on Applebloom. She chuckled a bit at her own joke, wiping the sweat from her forehead.

"It takes a lot of mental strength and some balls to do this. Are you sure you want to...bake?" Inkie looked at Zara deadshot in the eyes, the purple mare gave a nod.

"Trust me, I know how to do this." she bragged.

"Good. We can probably get you a project in. Right now, we have two ponies on the side for cupcakes, and other pastries. You are more then welcome to watch us!" Pinkie clapped.

"I will. I'm intrigued myself on how you do it." Zara brushed her mane, the tone of her voice was calm.

The night passed into the morning, Zara was awoken up to the sound of saws being activated. Rubbing her eyes, she noticed it was Pinkie cutting up some pony hide and shrugged it off. "What's up for today, Pinkie?" she yawned. "I'm just cutting up some pony skins to fry. Today, we will go into town to meet my other friends." Pinkie said with a small cheeky smile, and continued on to saw and cut. "Okay...but why do we need to go into town?" Zara was staring at her, waiting to answer.

"To grab a pony for our two projects, silly!!" Pinkie happily giggled within her words.

"You mean, you never got your ponies?" the purple mare sounded surprised, and confused.

"Nope! We where going to get those ponies today!" the pink mare shouted over the sawing noises.

"Damn." Zara mumbled to herself.

It had been a few hours since Pinkie was sawing off extra pony hide to fry, Zara knew because she was watching her. It had felt like forever to Zara.

Of course, Zara was in her little corner with Bender, talking to him again.
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"Are you sure these ponies are safe?" Bender asked firmly.

"I am very sure, Bender!" Zara scoffed, rolling her eyes.

"They don't sound safe, they sound insane!!" Bender shouted at her.

"Keep it down, Bend. They're my type of pony crew to hang out with anyways." Zara rested her head on the concrete walls, looking straight down.

"You sure? Did you get any future visions yet?" Bender slowly lifted his head to her eyes.

"Yeah, like some. It's not that much that bad happens. Though, I see some mare whos a shade lighter than me that I meet and fall in love with." Zara stated, sounding bored.

"You can't possibly fall in love with a female mare. They'll all betray you anyways. Plus, we are looking for your lost baby sister..and...Dollface." Bender slowed down at Dollface's name, he gulped.

"I want to. It's a good sign, that way I will feel powerful and do my tricks." Zara sneered looking away.

"What tricks, Zara? What is your plans?" Bender asked concerned.

"We finish off Ponyville's townsponies. We kill the Princesses." Zara chuckled at her brilliant plan.

"Impossible. Let's just start off kinda slow, and then we will see what happens." Bender scoffed.

"Fine then." Zara sighed to herself.

Applebloom came over behind her, and tapped on her shoulder.

"Uhm, Zara? We are ready to go, just waitin' on you!" and smiled.

"Okay then, I am coming." Zara perked herself up and walked herself over to Pinkie who was holding a brown basket. "Alright then, lets go then Pinkie." Zara faked her smile as the bakers began to walk outside in the town.

Ponies of the town began to see the scary seven walk down the dry mud road. Some of them began to back away, or their ears plopped down of the sight of them.

However, Pinkie was the one happily hopping towards a tree while the other bakers went with her while Zara stood there.

The pink mare insisted that Zara come, Zara couldn't say no so she went along with it all and followed Pinkie into another tree like house with less windows.

"I'M HERE! PINKIE IN THE HOUSE!" Pinkie shouted without hesitation as it caught the four ponies in the library. Zara's eyes feasted upon the very first pony who had three butterflies as a cutie mark, yellow fur, blue eyes and a long pink mane. The pony next to her had a pretty curly mane which was shown as a royal purple. She had blue eyes like water, and white fur clean as snow. Her cutie mark was three blue diamonds on her two flanks, and was a unicorn just like her.

She noticed Applejack from weeks ago, Applejack greeted her sister with a giant hug and her pink mare friend. Then, she recognized Zara again, greeting her with a big fat smile. "Nice to see ya again, Sugarcube."

Zara seemed zoned out this time, but she wasn't. Zara had her eyes upon the most beautiful mare in the whole entire room. Twilight Sparkle, who had just flipped her hair while reading a book. Sparkles flew around her like diamonds in the sky.

Twilight was a purple skinned pony just like Zara but a tad bit lighter than she was, she also had purple eyes, a navy blue mane with purple and pink highlights in her hair. She was also a unicorn who used her magic for good. "Who is that..." Zara was dazed out by her beauty.

"Twilight Sparkle, the element of magic." Applejack stated.

As soon Applejack turned her head back to Zara, she seemed gone straight to Twilight. Which left Applejack such in a confused state but shrugged it off, heading towards her other friends.

"H-Hey..so you're the element of magic?" Zara almost quietly said, with a small lump in her throat. Sparkle looked up to the mare who was standing above her, nodding with a smile.

"I am." Twilight sat back up, holding out a hoove towards Zara, and was happy to shake her hooves. "I-I am Zara!" Zara more almost shouted at her making Twilight recoil back.

"Zara? That's an interesting name. Where do you come from?" Twilight had asked in a curious manner.

"I come from...Wonderfree...but we don't talk about that." Zara again, forcing herself to smile once again. Sparkle raising a brow at her statement but just instead looked the other way feeling awkward.

"So...uh...I see you read books for a living?" Zara's tail twitched a bit, waiting on her to answer.

"Yeah. I do! I'm pretty much am Princess Celestia's best student in studies." Zara saw that she was bragging, but kept on listening on.

"Whoa, that's awesome!!" She was still smiling that it hurt badly. But, she didn't care as long she was by her side, just seeing her made Zara feel happy. True happiness.
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It had been hours ahead and dawn was peaking at the skies. The bakers headed back out to Sugarcube Corner on the dirt patch road.

The Pie Sisters seemed to have talked alongside the way home, while Zara stayed quiet amongst Minkie, Applebloom and Derpy. They seemed to have a hell of a time talking about the next plans for future victims, and hoping to come up with other methods of torture and murder. On the flipside, Zara walked behind them keeping quiet, not saying a word.

It had felt awkward once they all went in, setting down items like flour, eggs and so on. Zara sighed going to her corner, and just layed herself down to sleep aside Bender. She had never felt so damn sleepy in all of her life before, maybe it was the energy that she put into with the smiling. It really is going to kill her own self, if she keeps this up.

It didn't matter to her now, she was asleep dreaming about Twilight Sparkle. Oh! How in her dreams, she would glisten at the hair, eyes and hooves. Zara dreamt she was marrying her in peace, or just dancing with her hand in hand on cold glistening ice. It was just as wonderful when she pictured it. Derpy came over to check upon Zara's well being, but caught her smiling in her sleep.

She backed away slowly with a small giggle, going over to Pinkie to report Zara's status. Pinkie gave off a small laugh telling Derpy to let her sleep off for it was her big day tommorow.
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It was early morning, and Pinkie was setting up her device for the big event planned out for Zara. The red eyed pony rubbed the underneath of her eyes, throwing Bender onto her back. She happily walked up the stairs into the brightly colored bakery. She stopped as eyes where all on her, Pinkie having the same smile upon her face.

"Good morning you sleepy head!" Pinkie bounced, her hooves flutter a bit.

"Well, good morning Pinkie." Zara awkwardly had said with a tired look.

"I think you know what time it is, right?" Inkie tilted her head.

"Yes, I do. Don't you think it's a bit early?" Zara yawned a small bit.

"It's never too early for a party!!" the pink mare jumped up, landing on the ground.

"Did you get them?" Zara asked Inkie.

"In fact, we did...darling." Inkie mocked her words.

"That's good...so where do we do it?" Zara looked around, catching Blinkie's expression to be giggling.

"Follow us." Applebloom began to open a cellar door to a dark room, the bakers descended down the stairs, which with each step made the wooden planks creak. She saw Minkie was the last to go down, so she followed shutting the door to the room.

It was no turning back now, she just sealed her soul with the devil.

BROWNIES Side Story: Dollface's Legacy

Author's Notes:

This chapter is a backstory only for my OC, Dollface. How she came to be herself and how she discovered her cutie mark. How she met Zara and separated from her. Basically finding her own apprentice and moving to Ponyville to reunite with her friend. All that good good.

BROWNIES Side Story - Dollface's Legacy

It was raining in Wonderfree, the sky was gloomy, dark clouds where squished together in the dark grey sky. The harsh winds blew through the trees and bushes.

A light brown pony with light pink eyes was walking down the street, her hooves made light splashing noises on the sidewalk. Feeling the rain on the fur made her feel refreshed. She had moved her dark pink maroon mane out of her eyes by doing a small hairflip. Moving in a hurry, she galloped her way through out the town and into a small house.

Entering with a cautious look, she looked around to see if anyone was there. Quickly and quietly she walked in slowly, up the stairs to her room. She looked up at the clouds that swarmed the skies, sighing underneath her breath. The dull reality was shown in Doll's life as she lays on her bed, thinking about Zara. Her only dear best friend. She made Doll light up with a happieness that she's never felt before. Her head cocked to the side of the window, she began to rub her eyes with two hooves and yawned.

Her eyes became heavy, so she drifted off peacefully to sleep.

The next day had come, Dollface was out of the house pretty much by herself. It seemed like she was sewing in some patchwork in a blanket, the image being a embroided Zara and herself. The blanket was a dark red of color, different kinds of patches where sewn on very well, colors in a discolored pattern was formed by the colors of red, black, pink and so on. Dollface loved to sew nonstop, so far she's made quilts, blankets, and pillows out of numerous colors, the patterns being scattered or in a form of a picture. This time she was making a blanket just customed to Zara's favorite colors, animals and foods.

Dollface had met Zara to when they were little fillys in grade school. She had seen Zara get bullied by a popular filly known as Sunset Margarita, her mane was a color of bright red, her eyes was a dark grey almost like steel color, her medium short tail being a lime green, and her fur color was a yellow to kinda contrast. No one really knows how she got her cutie mark of a margarita glass with a sun backshadowing it. Everypony found her glorious or either stuck up, because she struts with such pride, her tail swaying from side to side and head held up high. The other ponys in school wanted her gone because of her stuck up attitude, others wanted to be like her.

Dollface had seen poor little Zara being pushed back up againist a wall, making her whimper in fear. Back in the day, Zara was known as a weak little filly for her and some others to bully her constantly. So, she was an easy target for her to easily be called names, kicked, and thrown at. But, today was the day it all stopped for little Zara.

Zara had seen a dark shadowy figure overcome her, the reaction was a quick flinch, looking up to see who it was. It wasn't Sunset this time, it was a different pony but with light brown shade of fur, large maroon pink pigtails, bangs swept to the left of her forehead. Zara shook in fear that it was a new bully. This filly had a warm smile upon her face, her light pink eyes blinked every six seconds as she tilted her head, still smiling. "Are you okay?" Her voice sounded very calm and mellow. The other filly looked down in shame, she didn't want to meet with the new mare's eyes.

"I'm not going to hurt you. I saw that bitch and what she did to you." Doll's facial expression switched to hate. Zara blinked a couple of times finally speaking up, "I-I am okay." "Good." Dollface shook her head, offering a hoof to Zara to help her up. But, Zara got up by herself instead shaking off some dirt from earlier. "I'm Dollface, hun. What's your name?" she asked still cocking her head from the side, it took a while for the other mare to answer with a soft but firm voice. "Scarlet Shadow. But, I want to be called Zara."

"Okay, we shall call you Zara!" Doll said with a giggle. This made Zara's mouth form a smile, feeling she found a friend to be with all times. "W-Will you protect me...from Sunset?" Zara asked, her head darting back at the ground, but her eyes still focused on Doll's eyes. "I promise. I will." Doll patted her head then stroking her hair, smiling.

From that day on, Dollface was by her side all the time. She'd shown Zara many things like the drawings to sewing kits. She even taught Zara to sew on many other things like patches and fabrics. Zara laughed at all of her jokes she made, shown her to draw and many other things. And she looked up to her a lot as a role model when she spoke as a actual hero. It was amazing to her.

A week passed on by as it rained on for about four days now. Puddles of rain forming rapidly outward in the streets, flowing outward to the drain sewer constantly. Dollface and Zara were reading some books, and writing some fantasy stories of their own. Dollface was far away from writing stories, instead she was designing some shirts of her own on a piece of paper. Some papers where scattered above her books which had symbols and animals. It was either crudely drawn of the animals in a gorey fashion but Zara didn't seem to mind.

Dollface turned her head at the voice she knew, scoffing, "Jeez, here comes Sunset the witch." Dollface remarked as Zara giggled at her joke. Sunset was trotting very slowly in a graceful manner, she had her crew with her they where also walking at the same speed. Alongside of her was two other female ponies being a white color, having a poofy pink mane, and the other a blue colored with a short brown mane. It's seemed like Sunset was heading towards Zara's path, but this time Dollface was by at her side.

"Having a gay old time with your new best friend, huh Zara?" Sunset mocked, having her old wicked grin upon her face. Dollface quickly shot right up, standing up in Sunset's face which switched to an angered look and eyes contacting Dollface's. "Leave her alone, Sunset." Dollface was warning her in a low voice. Zara was watching their movements from inches away. "Or what will you do about it? Cry and run home to your mommy?" Sunset then laughed, her crew of two ponies joining in. "No. I will. hurt you." Dollface quickly said, continuing, "You stay away from Zara."

Sunset grinned then gave a laugh to what she said. "I'm not going to stay away, you little brat! I am not going to ever leave her alone." Sunset snarled, biting back. It was dead silent as Dollface continued to give off a angered look, warning her for real. Sunset took a step forwards before charging completely at Dollface who took immidate action.

Instead of punching her, Dollface was given the time to grab her in a chokehold and slamming her down quickly as possible. Sunset grunted as she struggled her way out of Dollface's tight grip. It almost seemed to choke her out as she struggled violently. Dollface let go as she saw Zara's face fill with fear and excitement at the same time, afraid of losing her. Throwing Sunset hard to the floor, Sunset was out of breath trying to breathe. "I warned you, and I will warn you again. Stay away from her." Dollface this time made Sunset run off in fear, being heard panting down the hallways.

She panted quietly as Zara quietly approached her, putting her hoof on her back and stroking her dark pink mane. "Thank you.." Zara shyly said, Dollface nodding. "No probs, Zara." She gave a small wink at her dragon eyed friend.

A month passed on by, there was absolutely no sight of Sunset near Zara and Dollface. Everytime the mares passed by Sunset, Dollface would glare at Sunset who would make a dirty look towards her. But, there was no interaction with Zara in any other way whenever she was alone without Dollface. That was a really good sign. Every year, Zara and Dollface would be by each others sides, standing up for one another. Their friendship grew bigger and bigger each day it was amazing.
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Until they got older, it was all hell for Zara's parents. Zara was more demanding, rude and stubborn because of the enviroment around her. Her parents had thought it was Dollface influencing her to rebel.

A murderous hatred started to manifest inside the depths of her heart, sanity turning into insanity. Slowly, waiting to unravel that hate inside of her. While Dollface turned into a heartless pony carefully, but more hate for the world than Zara would manifest. They were perfect duo for each other. In all of honesty, the girls thought they were going to be together forever.

Not up until now. Sitting at the table with suppiles to go with the crafting they where doing, Zara was having fun like they always do. Dollface shifted her body a bit, asking Zara a bit strange question, "Do you think your parents like me over here, all the time?"

Zara froze, seeing the sight of her two parents are the door. "They're home." she just stated. Dollface quickly grabbed her bag but was stopped by her father's powerful word of "Stop right there, young lady!", freezing in place, her fear building up inside. "Zara, what did we tell you about her? That she is a bad influence?" her mother made Zara's ears go down.

"We already told you a THOUSAND times about this! We are sick of your behavior, you are always defying us!" the father shouting, while mother had her hooves on Dollface's tail almost pulling it. "Don't you hurt my best friend, you meanies!!" Zara quickly shot up, going to smack mom's hooves of her tail. Mom gasping at the language she just used. "Scarlet!!" her face red with anger. "ROOM NOW! Dollface, I'm sorry you cannot see my daughter anymore!" Mother was pushing her towards the door, trying to make her leave. Then, she completely shoved her out the door shutting it afterwords.

Dollface didn't get any time to defend herself towards them. She had wish they would just die of old age or something. But, that was going to take forever.

Dollface just didn't say word, just walked onto the road that was ahead of her, looking back at Zara's window. Zara looked down from above at Dollface with tears in her eyes, pressing her hooves and face againist the glass window. Dollface after that never came to school, she just stayed home all the time. Laying in bed, all alone with no family beside her. Closing her eyes while a single tear ran down her face, figuring she was never going to see her best friend again.
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A year rolled on by like nothing to Dollface, it was the same routine everyday. Get up, check the garden and water it properly, make breakfast and clean up. She felt like a robot everyday, as if her brain shut off in the process. Dollface didn't know who she was anymore. A little baby dragon that she found was abandoned out in the fields only kept her company every day from her mind.

Still crying from the pain that built up inside of her from the separation of her and her only friend. Doll hasn't seen her since a year ago. She headed into town with a little limp in her back hooves, carrying a red bag alongside with her and a cloak on her back to hide her face. Galloping as fast as her legs can take, heading into a small mask shop. She took her hood down to reveal her face. "Evenin' madam! Anything I can help you with?" the shop owner greeting her with a small smile. "Yeah, you can. I need a...mask with something to my name." she quietly said while looking down. The owner made a confused look, asking her, "What's yer name, miss?"

"D-Dollface." she sounded hesitant in her words almost like she was stuttering. "Dollface? What a nice name, I have the perfect mask for ya. Wait here, I'll go get it." the owner smiled trotting back to the backroom. Dollface took a quick look around the entire shop, seeing a stallion who had white fur and a brown mane. Something inside of Dollface just snapped inside, she had a idea that made her face turn into a malicious look. Feeling like she had just been reborn again for the first time.

She blinked but quickly made a move to him, without holding back she stabbed him in the back, making the pony gasp loudly while slowly sinking to the floor. Dollface grabbed the stallion's back legs and dragging him outside to an alleyway, with her snickering in the process. Then raced back inside the shop to see the owner smiling at her, she brought her eyes down to the spot she just stabbed the stranger, but no blood. "Here ya go miss, this is new so no one really bought this, I was gon throw it out but you can have it for free." the shop owner said, dusting off the mask.

Dollface's eyes lit up like the stars in the sky, a smile formed onto her face. "It's beautiful, mister!" she smiled at him, taking a good look at the mask which looked a bit bigger than her head, and having a doll like face with x's for eyes instead. Dollface took it placing it on her face, she felt complete as a cutie mark appeared on her flank same as her doll mask's face. "Ma'am! Yous gots yer cutie mark, congrats miss!" the shop owner pointed at her mark while Dollface looked down to see, giving a surprised gasp. "Yes! And it's thanks to you!" she hopped up and back outside.

Dollface's facial expression disappeared, then it switched from happy to stoic again, heading straight for the alleyway. Seeing the pony lying on the ground groaning from the pain.

She knew exactly what her destiny was, who she was.

After discovering her cutie mark in a mask store, she wondered what made her snap inside. Was it the fact that she hated the other ponies? Or was it because she missed Zara? Dollface didn't like to spend her time thinking, rather it's a waste of her own time. On the other hand, the other pony cornered in the dark shadows of the alleyway made her smile. Seeing this one made her feel good from the bottom to top.

She thought this was the beginning something anew, something greater than what she had before. This was her chance to see her only best friend whom she loved so much. She was going to find her no matter what gets in the way. She began to slowly make her away towards the victim, choking out the words "W-What do you want with me?" he said with trembling. Dollface stood silent saying nothing.

The pony trembled at her silence, "Oh god! Please don't, I'll do anything for you please my life-" he was interrupted by an angry glare at him. "What makes your life so special that I need to spare it?" she snarled, "Your life is nothing but a fairytale lie, ponies like you make me sick." she was continuing with each step, coming towards the pony. "F-Fairytale? You must be a sad pony who only wants-" his words were interupted Doll's heavy strike of the hoof. Her smack caused the male to whimper.

"I'm going to kill you out of fun and boredom." Doll was breathing heavily in between her words. Continuing on, "I'm not sad, just missin' my friend whom I want to see but her parents ain't gonna let me over to see her. I'm gonna take it out on ya." she gave a grin. The stallion cried a plea but Dollface wasn't buying his little "sob story" that he was giving out. "Ha! You think I'm gonna let you go because you have a family? They don't care about you, they only care for themselves that is what they all are, fakers." Doll said while she flipped her hair twice. "I know my family loves me! You're just trying to mess with me!" he exclaimed, making a small echo in the damp alleyway.

"SHUT UP!" Dollface shouted in anger, the other pony unable to see it through the mask. As she said that, she took a crowbar that was over to her left, whacking it straight at the other's left eye. Her willpower to stop was close to zero, she couldn't stop hitting at the other's face. She didn't see the blood coming out like a waterfall, or see that he was finally dead. She kept hitting and hitting until his face was no longer seen, just a pile of disgusting mesh. She was covered in the pony's blood, wiping off the blood away from her mouth.

Clenching the crowbar in her hooves, she slid the bar into her bag quickly dragging the body over the fence. The body was slightly heavy once she put it over her back to carry, but she didn't mind. Just to make sure he was really dead, she checked his pulse. Dead and gone.

"Ain't no one gonna miss you now." she stood over the body, whispering to his ear. Standing over a six feet hole she previously buried long ago, she kicked the body into the dark pit. "Scum, just all of you. Faking your lives away like nothing is going to go wrong?" she hissed, lighting a match up and throwing it in the pit. Watching every single inch of the dead corpse burn, engulfed by the flames. Figuring out that she killed her first pony only lasting a few minutes. It's not enough for her at all. She needed to find a way to make her kills last a bit longer, torture wasn't her type of style.
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Minutes turned into hours upon the town of Wonderfree, Dollface was on the run and stalking other ponies. She was doing this all day, watching her steps and making sure she was quiet as a mouse. Successfully, she yanked the mare's tail very roughfully making the dark green pony yelp. The mare disappearing into the dark shadows of the alleyway. Reacting without hesitation, this pony somehow managed to fight back at her, giving Dollface a powerful punch in the ribs, making her groan.

The mare made a run for it as Dollface charged towards her, tackling her to the stone ground. Dollface got a grip on the pony's hair and smashing her head flat on the ground. Blood was oozing from her forehead and was knocked out because of Dollface's strength. Dollface could hear her own breathing once it went silent, seeing the blood stop bleeding after a few minutes. She took the pony by the hair quickly dragging her back to the house leaving still no blood trail behind. Just her luck, there was no pony around to witness this crime.

Dropping the mare in front of her house, she ran into the house quickly to retrieve a bucket of water and acid she had kept in her pantry for a while. She had all the time she needed to grasp for her "experiment". Before she could continue on, she put on her doll mask she just got, having a little blood on it from the last victim. Once she did, grabbing the buckets and heading to the small basement. She was quick on her feet, and only had little time to grab her victim and head to the basement.

By the time the victim woke up, it took her minutes to realize she was in a darkened room. She tried to look around her environment, but it was too dark for her sight. A sudden click of the light illuminated the whole entire basement. The green pony finally caught her kidnapper in her sight, being frightened. The same brown pony had her mask on, standing silent in the corner. Her victim tried get free but realizes she is in rusty shackles tied to the damp and cold ground.

"You little bitch. Trying to escape from my clutches? Not this time." Dollface snarled. "I'm gonna have some fun, seeing you in pain." she added. Grabbing the bucket of acid, she lifted it at an angle to splash it upon her victims body. The mare screamed in excruciating pain watching her fur and skin melt altogether at a fast rate, some of her entrails showing. Dollface put the bucket down over in the corner, then throwing the water bucket onto her but no affect. Dollface observed the green one, seeing that half the skin was gone and patches of hair missing. Once the acid finished eating away at her, Dollface grabbed her trusty axe and large hammer.

Hearing the pony groaning in such agony, Dollface swung her hammer straight at her left cheek making them yelp and forcing to the ground. A huge bruise formed in moments of time. However, the victim managed to survive such a strong swing from Dollface, which surprised her. Groaning in such pain and agony, she gathered some strength from her legs and swung underneath Dollface's legs making her fall straight on her behind, and dropping a bucket of some strange liquid on the ground. This made Dollface screech in surprise, noticing the bucket on the ground. The victim gave a small victory laugh as Dollface got up quickly as she could to retrieve a knife.

Dollface swung around since her back was againist her victims face, and gave a pretty powerful stab in the pony's chest. The mare gave a cry of pain, her eyes bulging out with tears filling in. Looking up at the disheveled brown pony, seeing her eyes glow with such anger was scary enough causing her to whimper, lips quiver. Her heart raced as she spotted the blood running down from the knife, feeling as it was going to jump out as her eyes felt heavy and heavier by the second. She was dying, holy shit! She was really dying right here and now.

Suddenly, she was hit with a dose of adrenaline and her eyes shot open to see Dollface injecting and pulling away from her. "We aren't done yet, you dummy." she said smiling. "Besides, pretty ponies like you need a "small" makeover..." she added, this time her smile disappearing. She saw that she had pliers and small scalpel in her hooves, she shook her head in fear trying to back away. Dollface places her pliers down on a small table, beginning to place the knife upon her free left cheek then dragging it down to make a large gash in the face. The mare could not make a sound due to the piece of clothing being stuffed into her mouth.

Her screams were muffled while she saw the pony cut up her face up. There was nothing she could to prevent this, but there WAS one thing she could defend herself. Without any of the hesitation, she quickly struck Dollface's hand away then quickly punching her. Her giving a scream of pain that was just addressed to her now. She slowly turned her head back to her victim, getting a furious look on her face. "So, you want this the hard way?" she spat in her face yanking her scalpel away which was still dug into the skin and flesh.

This made the mare scream again in more agony. Her forehead was thumping, an headache forming from all the pain. "I didn't think you're quite the fighter. You had me blown away since the beginning! I'm very shocked. But, now we both know what must be done." she exclaimed while sliding her doll mask up onto her forehead. Dollface closed her eyes, having some gloves in her hoof and began to put them both on. Barely any strength left the victim to moan out some words, which caught Dollface's attention. "What? What's that you say?" she mocked, looking over to her.

"Y-You're not gonna g-get away with this...if you get caught I'll be happy that y-you'll be executed..." the pony said, coughing up some mucus mixed with small drops of blood. "Oh my sweet, I'm already on my way to hell. Hell is where I'll reunite completely with an old friend." Dollface calmly said with a sick grin across her face. Dollface gave a unsettling laugh while she got her hammer again.

"This is the time." where the last words she said before unlocking her chains and yanking her to face the floor, and raising her hammer in the air. She gave a good strong hit on the back of the mare's head, crushing her skull in which made blood and brain matter spread all over the floor. The pony was finally dead. Dollface stood over a matter of 15 minutes, staring down at the body with such pride.

She was happy that she fully killed a pony within the forty five minute range. Snapping out of her daze, she took off the gloves she was wearing now speckled with blood, and began to clean the body up by stuffing the body into the bag she came down with.

"Just like all the mares in this town. Scum as much as the stallions." she mumbled underneath her breath as she carried the bag to the large hole. She kicked it into the shallow darkness, watching it fall down into the pit.
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After she saw the body fall, she slowly made her way back inside the house and heading to the shower. Barely noticing her small bruise, she rose her hand to her face feeling the tenderness on her cheek. She was hit hard in the face, having to give credit to her victim for fighting back. Rubbing it for a few seconds she put her hoof down continuing to clean herself off, watching the blood drain down the pipe. She had no remorse or recollection of her two victims, she didn't want to see them in her mind.

She stepped out of the shower then heading upstairs, getting under the covers, feeling the warmth of her bed, and then she shut her eyes.

When the morning came, a loud knock was heard from downstairs. She ran down the stone steps to answer her door, seeing the sheriff himself. Knowing who he was, he gave a greeting at her by a wink. "Evenin' Doll." he chirped in his happy tone. "Howdy, Sheriff Thunderbolt. What are you doing here so late in the afternoon?" She seemed confused, her head slightly cocking to the left. "I am here on behalf of the city. Reports are coming in like batshit crazy. Ponies are going missin'. Just wanted to inform ya that there's been over 30 ponies missin'." he stated fixing his sunglasses.

"Oh god, that's terrible." She faked her reaction, playing it cool. "Oh yeah, so lock yer self up!" he exclaimed, then giving her a nod goodbye. Dollface watched him walk off back into town, then shutting the door locking it. "Thirty ponies...that must be connected to Zara's parents missing..." she mumbled to herself, thinking. She stopped in her tracks realizing something, then giving a small wicked grin. "Holy fuck. You little sneak, you finally killed them!" she gave a small laugh, her smile growing bigger. It was amazing how she killed her parents finally, Dollface wondered if they could see each other but has some doubts about this.

"We should all meet in Ponyville east from here..." she looked at her clock. "But how can I get out of here? Kill more ponies?" she asked curiously. Giving a second to think she finally thought out a plan. To get the hell out of here after she gets her goal done which to kill two hundred ponies. She may or may not achieve it, but she sure as hell knows that Zara will finish off anyone in this town. She felt the excitement that came over her, overjoyed thoughts of reuniting with her flooding her mind. A tear escaped her left eye as she wiped it away.
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Galloping into the town of Wonderfree with her usual cloak on, she slowed down to walking. Her eyes searching through the crowd of colorful ponies, deciding which one to kill next.

Eventually she spotted a small little light red filly with short white hair, and a short tail. Her cutie mark was a match and flame on her flanks. Dollface blinked at her appearance, she loved children but thought of her goal, plus Zara. She made her way on over to the small little filly who was collecting flowers. "Hello, little pony." she greeted, the red mare jumped at her greeting in fear. "W-Who are you?" she asked Dollface. "My name is not a concern, but call me...Mira." she placed her hoof on the filly's head. 'Oh, okay Mira!" she smiled at Dollface.

'Why don't you come with me, I have some cupcakes." Dollface said with a smile, trying to lure her back. But, the filly stopped her smile, thinking she shouldn't go with her. "I'm not supposed to go with strangers.." she mumbled slowly, her eyes looking up to her. "Ponies tell you things to scare you. I'm not gonna hurt ya." She snarled a bit. "You sure?" her prey asked curiously. "Yeah, I'm sure little one." She nodded.

The filly hesitated for a mere second, but then agreed to follow Dollface to wherever. "Where are we going, Mira?" the red pony asked, but Dollface was quiet as she began to walk back to her home while the filly followed her. She let the filly inside of the house, following in and locking the doors. Absolute silence filled the room as the filly turned to Dollface who had a uneasy smile, looking at her with a blank stare. "Didn't your parents tell ya about strangers? About not going with them? Are you that dumb?" Dollface stopped smiling, her face turned cold. The filly now seeing her expression made her fell so terrified, she felt paralyzed in her legs.

Dollface gave that unsettling laugh she always does, and the filly began to run trying to find an exit. She was panicking, trying to breathe but barely when she was running. A sudden press of a button made the small filly fall into a dark deep pit that Dollface had made. Dollface walked on over to the pit, looking down at the red pony. "Ya ain't gonna escape, ya dumb filly." She said with her fake southern accent. "W-What are you going to do to me?" the small victim said with trembling fear, "I'm gonna kill ya and your parents. Play with this while I fetch them." As she said that, Dollface threw down into the dark pit, a hacksaw.

"What the hay am I gonna use this for?" she blinked at her opponent who now was giving a frown from above. "You really ARE that dumb for a small child. What do YOU think I gave that hacksaw to you for? Cut wood with it?" she hissed. "Ya use it to play with it, you know..start sawing into that flesh of yours." she continued, adding on. "C'mon, just use it for starters while I fetch your stupid parents." she kept on staring at her with a blank expression. The filly gave a cold shiver down the spine, staring back down at the hacksaw that was just thrown into the corner. She heard her footsteps fade away from the kitchen, hearing a door slam.

It felt like hours compared to minutes, the victim staring blankly at the cold and rusty hacksaw. Then, she looked up to the sounds of steps and two thuds on the wooden floor. Dollface looked over, addressing the filly to get in the small bucket to lift her up. Eventually, the mare did as she was told and got in the bucket slowly being ascended up to the surface. There she saw two ponies, one being a female white with black hair and the other a darkened red with blonde hair. The filly widened her eyes in fear, but remembered how cruel and mean they were.

"Oh. It's them." she said emotionless, her eyes listless and hair flat. To Dollface's surprise, she was shocked at the little one's sudden change of behavior. "You don't seem so surprised about them, little one." She gave a glare at the parents. She slightly mumbled "What did you two do to her?" then looked back at the filly with concern.

"You little brat, you got us into this mess! Why did I ever give birth to you?!" the mother shouted, giving her own daughter an angered expression. "I knew you were a mistake, I should've never agreed to have you, you little bitch!" father then exclaimed, looking the other way. Dollface watched the filly's expression become more saddened, disappointed more. Then, Dollface took a minute of silence before hitting the parents both in the face. "SHUT UP, SCUM!" she shouted furiously, her voice became hoarse. The parents coward back as Dollface turned to them, getting the filly's attention immediately.

"You shouldn't be so mean to your own daughter! You're nothing but scum, and always will be!" she said giving another hard smack across the father's face. A moment of silence filled the room for a few minutes. Dollface turned her head to look at the little filly who now had eyes on her. Scared for her life before Dollface could say, "You look sad. What can I do for you?"

This gave hope in the other's eyes, she gave an unusual smile that her parents never saw before. It was revenge. Murderous. She wanted payback for their sins they commited. "Kill. Them for me." the filly's voice sounded malicious, cold and filled with hatred. Then Dollface gave a small warm smile at her then heading to the other side of the room. Grabbing the chainsaw, she could hear the parents talking to their daughter. "YOU LITTLE TRAMP! YOU WOULD SELL US OUT FOR THIS??!" the father violently shook in this imprisonment of shackles, shouting so much that his voice cracked.

Dollface held the chainsaw in her hooves, trying to ignite the engine to work while the parents struggled. "Tell me, what's your name little one?" Dollface asked, still her focus on starting the tool. The filly took a deep breath and exhaled out. "Redberry, I'm still a blank flank...in a way..." Redberry looked down at the floor, ashamed. "You shouldn't be ashamed, Red. I have a friend who was a blank flank, and I really miss her that why I am killing your parents for my goal." Dollface huffed, still trying to jumpstart the engine.

Redberry blinked, now interested in what her "goal" is. "Goal?" she said curiously, looking over at her parents who now gave up. "My goal is to kill everyone off, you know the works. It's gonna take two years and ponies are already missing." Dollface finally managed to get the engine to work, panting in breath. 'Why not get out of here?" Red tilted her head a bit, seeming rather confused. "I can't just leave, I need to kill them all so it can become a total ghost town!!" she shouted over the loud sounds of the chainsaw, and sliding her mask down on her face.

"That sounds...kinda genius...this town is really amish and backwards." Redberry looked up to the ceiling. "Sounds like a rock farm I hear somewhere east or west..." Dollface said. "REALLY backwards." She then added. Redberry watched her raise up the chainsaw and started to work though her mother's body, while she gave a cry of horrible agony. She saw the blood splash all over her, including Dollface's mask. The father watched in horror as his wife was just split into two parts. "This is what the scum gets as payback. And you're headed to hell where you belong, to BURN in flames." Dollface just stared at the father, standing there with her chainsaw in hooves.

Then in a spite of furious anger, Dollface slashed straight through the father making him into two just like the mother. A pool of blood started to form immediately underneath the corpses. Dollface slid up the face back onto her head, staring down blankly then facing to Redberry. The father's body made more of a mess than the mother did all over the floor.

"You can kill me now..I'm worth nothing now." Redberry said, having a solemn voice. But Dollface didn't repond, no movement whatsoever.

"Join me." she said, no hesistation within her voice. This made Redberry look back up to her, shocked. "J-Join you? Like what you do?" Redberry's voice trembled, not sure what she was up to this time. "I'm being serious, I'm not really tricking you into anything or using you as a pawn." Dollface blatantly had said. "Think about it, you by my side with me...surviving to get to Ponyville. To meet my friend." she continued, sounding soft in her words. "We can beat the scum, eradicate them one by one. How about it?" she looked over to her, waiting for an answer. Redberry gave some thought, how she COULD get revenge on those bullies, and other ponies in this god awful town.

Redberry looked up at her one more time, giving a genuine nod of approval. "I'll do it on ONE CONDITION." her voice sounded firm, assertive which made Dollface salute her. "Yes, ma'am!?" she almost cracked in her voice. "Let me call you sis. Like family, ok?" she smiled. Dollface nodded, hugging her.

"You really sure you want to do this?" Dollface pulled away, looking at her. "I am. Plus...what's your real name?" Redberry questioned. "My name is Dollface, if you like to...you can call me Mira still." Dollface smiled at her, stroking her short white fluffy hair.

"I will!" the filly chuckled softly, so did Dollface. She pulled her into a tight hug, as they embraced that cold night.

The next morning peaked up on the duo, making Redberry wake to the sun that was facing on her. She jumped off the bed and headed to the kitchen to get something to eat. Dollface, on the other hand was still sleeping. Something caught in the corner of Redberry's eye, it was a paper. She picked it up to look at it, noticing it was a wanted paper for the mysterious "Masked Murderer". Did someone see them kidnap all the victims, her parents? The filly shook off the feeling setting the paper down with shaking hooves.

Redberry felt the fear overcoming her, she probably knew they are going to get caught. She wanted to wait until her partner woke up, and so she did. It was an hour that slithered by, and saw "Mira" come into the kitchen, seeing her sitting down. A confused look was placed on Dollface as she asked "Are you okay, darling? Did you eat?"
"No.." Red sounded soft.
"Do...you want me to make you something to eat?" Dollface asked her, still looking at her face.
"I-I.." the filly stuttered.
"What is it??" Her voice rose in confusion.
"I'm scared.. that we will both get caught..." Red stared down at the wooden table.
"We won't. I promise. Trust me, we won't. I won't let them all take you away from me. EVER." Dollface sounded determined, strong.
A tear formed in the filly's right eye, beginning to cry. Dollface went to her softly petting her head as Red just started to sob within her chest. "It's okay, darling. We won't, that's a promise I will keep for us." Dollface said, hugging her tight feeling bad for the poor filly.

Dollface was the only family Redberry had left, and she wanted to stay by her side no matter what happens.
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A year rolled on by so quickly as the duo captured over 100 victims in total with different methods of slight torture, tools and creative method of killings. Redberry ended up getting more and more creative making Dollface impressed. They started to trust one another as the time passed on, being by their side each time with a new victim. Redberry became loyal towards Dollface, and was willing to do anything for her. Redberry didn't really care that Dollface was either using her, she had a sister by her everytime to cuddle and do jokes with.

In fact, Redberry did suggest that they do funny puns and jokes about the victims. Dollface agreed, to her it sounded so much fun to do. The victims felt so low, so degraded about the jokes that they both made. They both would laugh at the pain that was made through the faces of the victims. Most of the victims fought back, and the rest didn't.

Dollface had a soft spot just for her, just like she had for Zara. She loved her just like as she loved Zara. She felt excitement overflow her mind, she had her little sister. Redberry reminded her of everything of Zara, it was really freaky but she didn't care. She was extremely happy for some odd reason. Dollface had finally found someone, while Redberry found her best friend to "play" with.

Within that week Dollface and Redberry stopped their killings for a bit, deciding to take a small break.

Even though the year rolled on by like nothing, about only half of the hundred ponies that where left, fled the town to either Ponyville or somewhere else. Wonderfree, the once happy lively town now a empty void of nothing but dust and tumbleweeds.

Dollface and Redberry still remain in the emptied town, a plan was about to crack right out in the open for them. Not knowing the horrors and wonders of what would unfold.

It had been awhile for the duo for it has been a week since most of the ponies disappeared in Wonderfree. In fact, it was a ghost town. Just being empty, just like it deserves for all these years. It wasn't until long while Dollface and Redberry had just buried in the last available lot of their own gravesite. Red was of course scared once she looked over the entire place with tombstones that ressembles a crude cross just stuck in the dirt. Now she figured, she must made a big mistake about the killings. But, even if she did find the time to turn on Mira, her own sister whom she declared as family not too long ago. The filly, of course decided, this must be fate for her and Mira.

Everyone was going to pay for what everyone did for Zara and Dollface. It was long before all of them are now buried six feet under the soil. Such a shame that two psychopathic killers murdered them all in cold blood. Now, the exciting part is to find Zara with her new sister. Perhaps, maybe she could find Zara in the east or centural parts of Equestria.

With a sigh, Mira then pulled her mask off revealing her eyes to be a pink, hair dark pink put into pigtails. Redberry watched her from afar and walked up to her. "Mira..uhm..I have a small question.." She said a bit softly, rubbing her leg a bit. "Yeah?" Dollface replied after. "D-Do you think..I mean..how are we ever going to find Zara?" Reberry looked up at her, her purple eyes blinking with a confused look.

"Ponyville. It's a place I know she'd be in...because she was planning it from the start after she planned revenge on half of the town." Mira looked away, "Walking might be a bit too much for us but we can take breaks." Then she gave a secure nod at Redberry before sitting down. "So..walking..huh?" Red looked down at the ground, "Okay then..I guess we gotta pack whatever right?" Redberry glanced up at her mentor once more. Waiting for a answer.

"Yes, dear." Doll turned to her and then used a hoove to pet her soft white hair. "You'll love Zara, I promise okay?" She did indeed smile at her sister, which was a rare thing for her to even do. "Wait..what about the ponies who ran away?" Redberry tensed up again at her own question, freezing in place. Mira took both of her hooves and placed them on her sister's face, squishing them together. "Do not worry, my dear sister. That's even better, more fun for us with her..perhaps they ran to Ponyville."

"Ponyville, huh? Maybe Canterlot too?" Redberry suggested thenMira nodded at that, before thinking "Hold the phone...what about..there was one pony who ran..she had yellow fur, mismatched mane and tail. I remember that.." Red pulled away. Come to think of it, that pony sounded really familiar...it even made Mira think for a second before a grin had formed. "Oh, I'll explain that special pony later, okay?" The mare stood tall over Redberry, grinning from ear to ear. "Now, c'mon. We must get this train going." Mira referred them as a "train" because her group was expanding.

"Alright, I suppose." Redberry nodded before heading back to her place to grab stuff. It didn't really take the filly long on grabbing stuff that was her all. All she grabbed was her favorite brown sack with a light green blanket with pink flowers on it. Now, she was grabbing a few books for the way on down there. Just for entertainment and maybe explore her own imagination.

As she grabbed three books for the road, she didn't realize that tears were falling down from her eyes. As if she was leaving forever, the agony in her heart ached. Then, looking around to see a room empty. No more laying down in her bed, no more cuddling with the blanket. Everything was so...deserted. Then, out of the blue she dropped her belongings and cried for a solid good few minutes.

Redberry cried for what felt like hours, but really for thirty minutes. Then she stopped wailing and silenced. Wiping her tears away, she thanked her room for being so good to her, all these years. A small sniff escaped the little one before she picked her belongings up again and put them into the bag. This was the only time she must've cried or maybe it was her first time. She didn't understand much about sadness or depression either so she felt "down" as she called it.

It hurt little Redberry knowing that her father and mother hurt her, always insulted, and sorta beat her. Knowing that, she was happy and felt...free. For the very first time in her life, she was escaping this old life and into a new one with her only sister. But, she felt her heart sink as she realized she maybe was never coming back to this place ever again. The place where she grew up in, played in school here, and other filly things.

She stared at the walls for a while before taking a deep breath and walking out of the house. On her way out, she saw her parents room, heavily decorated with jewlery and clothing, was now empty or had nobody in it to have argue with each other. Standing there, in the door frame by herself, she had no one telling her to get the hell out or even scream at her once she stepped in.

"I always hated you."

She quietly let out. Tears coming down once more. "Why did you scream at me?...Why did you even hit me?" She asked the room itself. Hitting, sudden, with her hoof on the plank floor. "WHY?!" She hit again much harder this time. "I didn't deserve it.." She cried out, sniffling a bit. "I HATE YOU! I ALWAYS HAVE!!" She screamed, before taking a bat that was left in the corner of the room. It was the same bat her parents used to strike her with. Then she swung hard at the wine glasses, breaking them into itty bitty pieces.

"You're supposed to protect me! Not hit me!!! I just wanna be loved by you and--and--I TRUSTED YOU!!" here was, wrath, anger, and fury read in her eyes, face and actions. She didn't care if she got cuts from the shards of glass, she just swung another round at the collectable plates that her father collected. All the years in collecting, smashed into larger sized pieces.

Breathing heavily with a bat in hand, she looked over at the plates. "You piece of shit. You can rot in hell." She dropped it, before walking out of the room and heading back to Mira's place, the farmhouse.
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Dollface was of course, packing her blanket, pillow and placing her mask back on her face again. Turning to hear hoofsteps from Redberry. "Hey hunny, what took you so long?" The mare asked very sweetly, trotting over to her then petting her hair once more, making Red calm down. "Nothing..just...I had some..business to take care of." The filly nodded and sat on her sister's bed.

"Alright then, I guess. You ready for the trip?" Dollface asked, looking over to see Redberry curled up. She turned over to reply with a nod. "Alright good then. Let's get going, okay?" She said, placing her hooves around her sister before lifting her up to put her on her back. Redberry was caught a bit off guard but didn't say a word since she didn't mind.

As Dollface carried her and her own stuff, she looked back at her house. This wasn't going to be easy on the path she took but it means to find her best friend and take down Sunset Margarita, then so be it. She had many surprises for Zara in the near future. As Redberry sighed, Dollface began to walk herself out out Wonderfree, now a deserted town from the fleeing last ponies and dead ones. The grown mare didn't seem to stop or look back anymore since it was gone, no long the same vibrant town it once was.

If anything, Dollface silently cried as her sister had already fallen asleep from her angry outburst from earlier. But it seemed like it didn't matter now because a new life was waiting for them. Silent tears from Dollface herself had fallen, this was her first time ever crying as well. But unlike Redberry, she knew what it was for. It was for her own childhood home, her only parents were dead because some pony was looking for goods in the house. Mira swore revenge that day since the older stallion spared her, and she was going to get it.

Quickly she started to speed up, trotting her way down the dirt path and into the forest. She knew that the forbidden forest was indeed scary. But, really she didn't mind the forest, for her, she didn't mind it since Dollface found it peaceful. With a sigh, she kept on walking noticing she was slowing down now in her tracks because she reached the Everfree Forest finally. It took the both them to walk about a solid hour or less, it wasn't that bad.

Mira finally went to a large tree, sitting down underneath it. Placing Redberry down on the ground next to her, watching her curl up happily. Then Dollface pushed her mask straight up above from her face to breathe. Huffing a bit, Dollface shakes out her mane and tail. Making a slight soft and pleased sigh [a horse sighing in happiness], smiling a bit. Redberry's one left eye opened and saw that Mira, her sister was content for once.

Then Redberry woke up to sit up straight. "Mira, you look really content." Red looked up at her, "Like happy content." She added on. The brown furred mare looked over and grinned at her, nodding her head. "Yes, because we.." She paused before softly making her voice softer. "are finally free." She added on, pulling her small filly sister closer to her. "Happy because of you and me going to Ponyville, finding my other sister, Zara." Nuzzling her softly.

Redberry let this happen, she didn't mind this at all. In fact, she nuzzled right back. Now, Red was also happy to hear this, rubbing her small nose into her older sister's fur. Giggling as Mira sighed happily. "Enjoy this while you can, Red, because this would be the very rare moment that will ever happen..after this, we need to be serious about this plan. Okay?" Doll looked at her sister, who nodded in return.

"I'll cherish it, Mira. I promise, it will be a good and happy memory forever." She purred softly, closing her eyes. "Alright then." Dollface smiled down at her.
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Only an hour had passed on by, of course, Mira and Redberry were on the road again through the forest and through Ponyville with both dark brown cloaks on to hide them. Which made them look suspicious, and no one came up to them yet. Of course, Dollface had the mask on whichmade everyone scared and shut the windows to their houses.

Ponyville was a little less colorful due to the ponies disappearing from left to right, but no one seemed to have noticed it. Dollface heard about this, and was a little too excited. She was whining a bit and actually trotting around the town.

"Mira..please keep it down..Don't you know you'll blow your cover?!" Redberry hissed at her sister before Dollface shut up finally. Red gave a sigh of relief. "Since we are in Ponyville..hungry?" Dollface asked her sister, heading over to a stand. The lady at the stand was a little terrified at the aloof brown mare. But, Dollface handed a bag of bits for the lady, "May we get some of the fruit? We are new here." Doll said while pushing up her mask, forcing a smile on her face.

For some odd reason the lady at the stand nodded, calmly she started to fill a few bags full of apples, pears, bananas, grapes and more fruit. Dollface gave her about maybe 250 bits in money. It shocked the lady because it almost bought out her whole stand out, but she didn't mind. "I apoligize for scaring you, it wasn't my intent." Dollface smiled again, her deep smooth voice was there, it calmed the lady, clearing misjudging Dollface from afar.

Handing over the few bags, the lady smiled right back "Such nice young mares, is that your sister, sweetheart?" She asked, she had that old and sweet voice. Dollface was very fond of elder ponies for they are sweet as icing on a cake. They reminded her of her own grammy, and grampa. Or Gram and Pa. "Yes, Ma'am." She sung a bit happily, a faint red on cheeks. Redberry shyly peaked out to see the old lady, eyes glistening at her.

This made the old mare laugh a bit, before taking the bag of bits and put it away. "Thank you, darling." The older mare said after. Waving a goodbye as Dollface and Red both headed off, waving back. "That lady was nice." Redberry clearly stated that as Dollface walked down a road to find out a small abandoned house on the hills. It was close to Ponyville. "She was. And this is perfection." Dollface went stoic again.

Opening the door to see inside was cobwebs and dust on the shelves. The house had two rooms and one bathroom. It was quite a large place. "Wow. Some paint and some fixing up would work, huh Mira?" Redberry looked to her older sister. "Yes, a bit of wallpaper and some..other stuff." Dollface then went to the master bedroom to put all of the bags on the bed and her items. Huffing a bit, climbing ontop of the bed.

"Jeez...my legs hurt bad.." She sighed and curled up. Then she closed her eyes before falling asleep.
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Meanwhile, Redberry had set her stuff into her room and on the bed. She even felt a bit tired from the walk from the forest. At least she had her own room this time too. So, she lays in her covers before shutting her eyes.

Both Dollface and Redberry were not sure how this mess became to be, but this was a decided fate for the both of them. Not knowing what would lie ahead from them.

Or did they...?

The Torture Chamber

Author's Notes:

Meeting and impressing the bakers is one thing, but it is not enough. So, you know, this one is about the bakers giving a loyalty and royalty tests to Zara. To see if she's REALLY into what's she's into. :)

BROWNIES - The Torture Chamber [Zara's Turn]

The smell of mold had caked up Scarlet's nostrils pretty quickly, as she looked around to see only darkness. But, if she had gotten closer to the walls, then she would see bricks. The floor was a dark colored plank floor, covered in previous blood stains from other victims.

Zara had looked a bit surprised at the decorations that the others had for the basement. Then would look around again, and saw a banner with "LIFE'S A PARTY!" writing on it. Several skulls of previous ponies displayed out on a table, tools on another table of the other side of the room. She trotted on over to the table to get a few glances of the many tools, like a hacksaw, a regular saw, hammers, pliers, many other sharp knives and scalpels. Most of the blades of the weapons were either sharp to dull.

Zara felt a cold shiver shot down her spine. It was quite an odd feeling of something she felt like was going to happen. The mare felt a bit...cold blooded and rather...felt off.

In fact, something did go awry in the vision, it caught Zara off guard too. It didn't take long for her to have another vision on the way, and it was quick to show. Only this time, it was a vision of something horrific. The vision contained the Pie sisters turning onto her, seeing them all laughing as they had tied her up, a dark figure that she did not recognize, was over her with a grin on their face. Whispering to her, "liar", coldly before plunging a knife to her throat without any mercy.

Before anything she could see in the future, there was a small soft giggle from the darker mare, Minkie. And Zara could see other's faces, mimicking smiles as their own sister did.

"Do you really think we'd let you in that easy?" Minkie said very slowly but softy, still with that sinister look of hers. "I highly doubt we would let some random pony walk in,- and automatically join the team of the Bakers?" Minkie cocked her head, giving such a cold laugh. Her other sisters shared the laugh into chuckles, before they too had died down.

The party pony spoke up after, "C'mon, Zara. A severed head and a psychotic laugh doesn't really count as you joining the team. You gotta be really messed up in the membrane to be like one of us!" Pinkie finally spoke up from turn. Then Pinkie let out a laugh from before, "Are ya one of us, Zara or are you the one that likes to make things up?" Pinkie asked, glaring almost.

Blinkie let out a loud laugh, scoffing afterwards. "How idiotic would it be for us to let somepony random to join the team! We don't even know anything about you yet! So how the hell are we going to trust you if we don't know a single thing about you?!" Blinkie spat. Stomping her hoof on the ground, clearly frustrated. Before Inkie would see that she was growing angry towards the purple mare. So, like Inkie, she had to restrain her lavender sister from launching at the other.

"Relax, dear sister." Inkie had placed a hoof on her mouth to silence her. Her head turning to face Zara once more, "My sister is just saying we'd like to know more about you. We don't trust easily from other ponies. Our trust has been...destroyed. Many times." The gray haired mare said. "Many ponies.. have..." Inkie paused, then continued on with her words, "...Hurt us emotionally and mentally." Inkie continued, sounding strained in her words. "We don't trust you right now."

Then Scarlet gave a blink, now feeling a bit offended by the comment. "Excuse me?" She said with a long pause. "You guys don't trust me?" She asked them, but then looked down at her hoof. Sighing a bit at that, a lot of other ponies don't trust her as often because of her colored hide. Maybe it was something else, perhaps? She continued, "Well, you have your..ways...I guess." Sounding a bit sad about this, sighing deeply. It seemed like the all of the ponies before her had nodded.

"Yes, we cannot trust some pony that walks in and claims to be some murderer." Minkie spoke up again, "You'll have to truly prove yourself to be one." Minkie continued again before walking a bit forward. "If you are...a murderer like us.." Minkie said, but softly, continuing on. "And.." Minkie spoke again. "You have the potential of bringing a severed head to the bakery, yes. But, that doesn't mean you join in automatically. Who knows were you got that from, you could be lying to us about that pony..even probably stole the credit..those kinds of things. And you wouldn't be lying about killing that pony you had in the bag, now would you, Zara?" Minkie states with a grin on her face before Blinkie stepped up in a strut of her own walk.

Scarlet felt a bit more offended by that question, but before she could say anything. Blinkie Pie blurted out afterwards. "And in order to prove yourself, you'd have to pass... the three Pie's tests in order to gain our trust and respect. It shows how much gull you have to take on such a massive thing. What we do is a serious thing, and we use it as a outlet for our anger we have on the world. And also a crime. But, we don't give a damn about others but our family. We know the things that we do are wrong, but do we even care? Nope. Not even the slightest. Just care about each other, and safety." Blinkie said, letting out a huff.

Zara raised a brow at this, "The three Pie's tests?" she responded slowly at that. Then the bakers exchanged looks at one another before Pinkie said, "Of course!" She rolled with the ruse that her sisters had been going on about, never hearing such a 'test' before. So quickly, she came up with the three rules pretty smoothly.

"Well, what are the three tests that I would need to take, in order to prove my self-worth to you?" Zara stepped forward a bit, now curious at this. "I'm not afraid to take on these 'tests' that you want me to do, but I will do what I can to prove I am determined to do this." Zara said quickly in response. "I am not shying away from this..whatever tests that you gals have, throw it on me!" Then giving a soft smile at this, she was ready. She's been ready since the start of her own journey. More looks where exchanged at one another, before the Bakers all gave their trademark grins at her.

Then Minkie gave a small laugh, "..Alright." She said softly, "..My dear pink sister..would you mind explaining the rules or the 'tests' to dear Zara?" Minkie asked, still smiling over at the purple mare. Sending a shiver down her spine now.

"Okie dokie lokie!" Pinkie said, hopping up and down a few times before smiling more. "Alrighty! The first test is simple! We call this the 'Minkie Pie Liar test', and in this test we would have Minkie and us! listen to your story. And our dear sister, Minkie, will determine if you are lying or not. If you are lying, there will be a punishment to the lying.~" Pinkie sung. "It is a surprise too!" She said, nodding excitedly before hopping up and down towards Zara. Poking at her nose, making her achoo.

"And the second test?" Zara would lean in a bit forward to them, seeming really impatient. Pinkie halted in her tracks, and thought for a bit, so it was a moment for the party pony to think. "Hm..the second test would be.." She tapped her hoof with her chin to think for a bit. "Hm..Oh I know! The second one is called 'The Preforming Murderer Test'. This means that yooou will get to torture a pony...in front of us!" Pinkie happily said at that.

"And we want to see how well you do.." Minkie added, giving that same soft giggle. "If you can't do so, then another punishment awaits..." Minkie finally said last.

Zara's eyes would widen a bit, this is probably what she saw in her vision. They wanted her to prove to them about her worth, and the punishment that they had was..unpredictable for Zara. But, Zara was gonna take on the challenge of showing them.

"And the last one?" Zara was clearly interested in this, but her heart was racing a bit. What should she do? Waiting on the last reply for the tests, finally, Blinkie finally blurted out herself.

"The last test is what we call the 'Taking a Life Test' or better known as.." Blinkie gave a slight chuckle at her words. "As the 'Insanity Test'." Blinkie continued on, "This test tells us that you do have the mental trauma that we have as well. You know, depression and stuff. But more so, you have the guts to take another life without any hesitation. You'd need to be cold and callous. This kinda ties in with the second Pie test." Blinkie nodded.

"That you share the same sadness as us or least understand where we come from.. the everlasting loop and cycle that we call 'life', and it makes us suffer..each day.." Minkie said after, voice sounding soft still. Then it would be silent for a few minutes until somepony spoke up finally. Continuing on, "And even the insanity that matches to ours..the one thing we held in for so long and then finally came out.." She said in that soft tone.

"So, are you readys fors the three tests, Zara? Yous wanna prove yourselfs to be on ours team?" Derpy asked now chirping, practically flying over to her, almost in her face now stepping back a bit from the pegasus. "It would be funs if yous did!" Derpy smiled, oh darn. She was so cute... "We can make whatevers yous like! But, Derpy likes muffins the best..cause they're super duper yummys.." Derpy gave her another smile.

The purple one gave a small inhale and then breathed out. Thinking about this decision made her blood run cold. She had to, because there was no choice at this point. She had no one, no family. No friends. What good is she without the two factors in a mare's life? It took a full blown minute to make a solid decision for her, but she finally thought about it.

Then Zara nodded, "Of course, I will prove myself worth to be on the team." Zara states, nodding again. "I can prove to you that I can do the same shit as you. Don't challenge me like this.." Her last sentence was in a hushed tone, almost in a angry one. Then shifted into a smile again once Derpy spoke, "We can make muffins. Lemon surprise muffins!" Zara gave the younger mare a smile. This made Derpy flap her wings happily, and this gave Scarlet to exhale in relief.

"Of course we can make them.. I've never had lemon muffins before..." Zara smiled up at her, making Derpy gasp. Then the pegasus shouted, "That's a crime!! Crime! I tell you!" Derpy would use her hooves to squish at her face. Practically "shaking" the other mare's face in a playful sense. It actually made Scarlet squeal with happiness.

"Good." Blinkie said out loud, "We can start the first test..the lying test... Minkie?" The lavender furred pony looked over at her eldest sister. Blinkie giving her eldest sister, Minkie, a signal from Blinkie to do her thing, and Minkie nodded.

The eldest pony looked over at Zara once more, "Go ahead. Tell us your..'story' if you will." Minkie said, nodding at that. Zara just sighed a bit at that, where the hell would she even start from here? Did she even want to discuss her own story? Would they even...believe her?

It was so quiet around them, and she could feel all the stares being pinned onto her. "You could tell us about your parents, mother, father, how they treated you.." Minkie would say, trying to get the full story out of her. It took a few seconds before Zara looked up at the darker mare blankly. There was no single emotion then the blank stare that she gave Minkie, this...possibly creeped out the rest.

And she began.

"My mother...wasn't the perfect mother, you know..." Zara had said slowly, softly. "So was my father too, as well. Though, he turned a blind eye to my mother's utter control and manipulation. My mom...perfect? Please!" Zara almost laughed coldly at this. "She is way far off from being ever perfect. My mother was a control freak, and usually kept me inside most of the time, and would restrict me from doing anything that was fun to others- or socialize. I don't know why she hated me to socialize with fillies my age or other in town. She was always paranoid for some odd reason..but always afraid of me..or it seemed like she was.." Zara states. "My mom was odd.." Before huffing at this, taking a moment to go on. "Anyways.."

"She kept me away from my little sister, Starlight, and my two best friends, Dollface and Rose. Ripping everything away from me. Even anything fun..my joy and happiness were shattered by her." Looking at her hooves, she didn't want to really cry, but damn..her tears would run down her face. "My mother said-, that I was evil after she had snatched my baby sister away, and she feared that I would hurt her by 'my devil hooves'." She paused for a few seconds. "I knew I would would..never..hurt my sister..." Wiping her tears a bit. "She took my sister away..anyways..My mother didn't give a single FUCK about me..all she cared was about herself."

Wiping her own eyes, Zara would give a small sniffle. "I know I am a good girl for a fact when I was growing up. I never would ever hurt a soul..but everyone seemed to misunderstand this. Because..I'm a dark purple fucking freak!" She said in anger, before punching the ground with her own hoof. But, instead of lifting her own, she was digging at the plank floor or more so making a dent in the planks. Her digging stopped finally after idly looking at the floor again. "...So, I've never seen my baby sister since then.."

Silence between all of the bakers themselves.

But then, Zara would speak up, "...There was a time where she had separated Dollface and I. And, I was mad- no...furious at my mother for doing so..and I don't know why she did all of those things." Zara stated, shaking her head at that. "I still don't understand from this day why she was..that way.." The mare found herself pacing a bit back and forth slowly.

"...I was broken because she ripped my only best friend-no, she ripped two best friends away from me..the only ones who understood me better than my parents ever did..my best friends..and my baby sister..." Zara continued and sounded...more solemn in her words. Still pacing. "I grew up in a backwards view of a place..and it wasn't fun at all. Plus, my mother had moral values that I couldn't understand or follow." Continuing on, but stopping her tracks in one place. "Religious views more or so.."

This was real, there was genuine tears she was showing, and Minkie could see it. "My mom would often hit me for my countless number of mistakes, of course-, she would feed me before and give the home provided--, but,- the hitting grew worse after I did something wrong to my own town. Getting it completely banned from ever interacting with the enter Equestria map." That made everyone's brow furrow a bit at that. She sighed a bit, still crying and using a hoof to wipe her own tears away from the eyes. "Everypony wanted to kill me because they figured out that I used black magic. You know, the unholy-." She rolled her eyes at this. "I found using my black magic since I was a little filly quite helpful." Nodding at this.

"My village had forbidden any type of outsider or foreign slash magic entity. Because of strict religion around the village, they would kill anyone who would use the strange entity. I figured they are just scared of something that cannot hurt them..." Zara's hoof would slightly to dig at the floor anxiously. "-So, my parents said no because they both were respected in the community. So they punished me instead..They always seem to punish me instead of talking with me.." She would then make a recoiling expression at this.

"After getting everyone banned in my own home where I mostly grew up in, that I was severely punished by my mother after that, the isolation, the controlling... and the abuse only got worse when I grew from being a filly." She says, looking at her own two front hooves, now shaking at this point with sadness and anger. " She used to hit me when I was a small filly, but it wasn't as often when I grew up more. Seeing how much of a monster my mom has become..I just wanted her to love me..and she didn't.." Scarlet's face was of sadness now, brows furrowing to match.

"I remember one time, my mom had took my book away, and she hit me. Therefore, sending me to my room. She hit me so hard that I formed a black eye, and I tried going to school but she didn't let me go.." Huffing. "Or the time she hit me when Dollface was over, visiting. The reason is because I made a mess in the kitchen with her while scrap booking..." huffing. "My mom was always the fucking reason to why I am not good with socializing with others or why to I am so..awkward in social situations, and the isolation grew on me, so I eventually never talked to others...or made any friends because of my controlling bitch of a mother." After saying that, her teeth clenched tightly.

"Everyone started to bully me..make fun of me because of me being not with a cutie mark..and even after I did get it..the bullying was even..worse. But, the bullies made fun of me for my mother, who constantly controlled me.." Zara continued then Apple Bloom frowned at this, perhaps her cousin, Babs Seed, would be listening in on this and would have related the most of all about her cutie mark. Not realizing how much close she had come to Zara.

Apple Bloom had finally spoke up. "Ya know-, me n' my cousin, Babs Seed ain't got our cutie marks yet..so- I know how that feels to not have yer mark..that must have been hell for ya.." Apple Bloom said very gently to her, almost touching Zara's flank. Making Scarlet look over at the small yellow filly then, pulling her close to pet her.

"I see you don't have yours...but I'm sure you are getting your cutie mark..someday..you'll work super hard at it..I promise.." Zara cooed to the little one, and with a smile, Apple Bloom had smiled back warmly, affectionately. Now, she kept on softly petting Apple Bloom in her arms.

Silence filled the air once again.

More silent tears came down her own face then she sniffled a bit, "I couldn't do anything but read, or play with myself in my own house. Using my own house for a imaginative playground of endless possibilities! Finding all the way and forms to entertain myself..and just.. I was lonely, and...very alone..." Zara was crying once more at her words, wiping her face. "But, I drew my pictures and my creatures..I even made other things..sewing..making crafts and jewelry. So I was..mostly entertained..You know, Like I said." Sighing again, ears drooping once again.

She continued on, "....I was stuck inside everyday of my life. I had no one but myself...or my-" The mare paused for a second before looking over to her stuffed animal. "My stuffed animal for support...I was so lonely for days and went to school to see my bully..." Zara was seen playing with the arm of Bender, hugging her close. Apple Bloom's ears drooped at this, the other mare continuing. "I couldn't face the bully or the others who pushed me into possible insanity..more so. Possible madness, because I feel like I took the stairs downstairs and all of it went so..bad to worse."

When Zara said that, Apple Bloom's face softened at that, "I just...wanted to die...I tried to kill myself a few times but..I couldn't..." Zara just shook a bit before holding back tears again. "I'm sorry.." She said softly, before continuing on. Tears in her own eyes again, fuck-, she thought to herself. "It was the bullying that just...drove me up the damn wall...so much that I...broke.." Zara had never been in front of others before to show her own feelings, so it washed her over with embarrassment. But kept on going, feeling it didn't matter now.

"It was just room for insanity..and just paranoia to fill my own head..it even drove me mad.." She hissed below her own breath, now clearly anger on her face. "After that..I became..so much different then what I was before...somepony new...I felt...rebirthed." Zara laughed for a split second, "Honestly, being rebirthed after being pushed to the edge feels nice.." A small creepy smile played her face. "Hence why my cutie mark is here now...with me.." Once again, another high pitched laugh was heard before silencing. Her mood shifted from the sudden manic to an angered expression.

"Hate. Hate. HATE. I fucking hated everypony that walked on this fucking Earth on Equestria. Why did I hate everypony around me? I do not know, I..I just..hated others around me. I didn't like the conversations, the socialness, the way ponies behaviors went haywire...I am so glad that I am not like the fools out there in Ponyville..I guess I'm different from the others.."

Silence again for a few moments, until she spoke up again and continuing on with the story. Trying to shift the conversation onto the first topic. "I didn't have any one until Dollface, my dear friend showed up. Thank the stars.. that Dollface was there to protect me from Sunset and her stupid group." Zara said softly, looking up at Minkie and her sisters. Then, would give a small sigh at this. "Thank god-, my mom let me in school, at least. Cause, the only time I can go anywhere is my dad's bakery, school and my house. Every day in school, I was super lucky to see Dollface!" Zara was clarifying that, smiling. Now nodding at them, still tears running down her face.

"Dollface was the one who saved me from the bullies..from the bitch..Sunset.." She nods, then closed her own eyes at this. "Dollface and I...we where- no, us. The dynamic duo..perfect.." The purple mare trailed off on her own words, staring out in space again.

Then a sigh, "I do remember my other friend, Rose..." She trailed a bit off at this. "She was the other friend, and probably the last friend that I ever had after Dollface.." Her eyes looking down. "I...I don't know why our moms started to argue out of the blue...but my mom and her mom tore us apart..and god knows where she may be..." With that, she gave a sad sigh at this. "I hope she broke free from her mother.." She said softly at this, the memories started to flood themselves in. Though her eyes did not lie, they shed the tears of sadness before.

A moment of silence filled the air. Before finally, somepony stepped a bit forward and it was the eldest of the Pie sisters. Obsidian Minkie Pie. "How did you get your cutie mark?" Minkie pointed with her hoof to the mark on Zara's flank. Zara looked over to her cutie mark before sighing a bit at that now. Her face entirely softening at this, and eyes of the dragon looked over to Minkie.

"Honestly.." Zara wiped her own tears away, speaking a bit clearer than before. "...It's a stupid reason, I don't think you don't want to know.." Zara then looked off to the side, it wasn't more so she was hiding anything, it more like she was embarrassed. "Oh. But, clearly your mark has us interested.." Minkie said, looking at her now. "Me and my sisters wonder what it could mean or what it symbolizes for you.." Minkie nods, alongside with her sisters.

Then the purple mare gave a sigh once more, "Well, I got my cutie mark when I was older. Which was a few years ago..I can't remember when I got it myself.." Zara looked back at her flank.

"I remember getting my cutie mark while I was in my own room, -and sat on my bed just thinking about everything before driving myself insane. I remember rocking back and forth due to paranoia. And I remember especially just realizing how I could never be fixed..even by a doctor's terms. Even if my mom and my dad tried to save me..but I was broken..and I just hated others for no reason at all..that I wasn't like the other ponies in school. I was never going to be normal..not ever." Her voice soft and slower than before.

Zara had felt herself going into a trance, as her mind went numb. Then looked down at the hooves again, "Then..I saw the flash..then..my mark appeared, realizing how much I was insane... broken even, and mentally strained to my mother's hitting me constant for nights and days on end..her locking me in the closet..and even she did at some point cut my hair.." Pulling her Bender close to her warm body. "I was finally done with everyone's shit. Her bullshit." Obviously referring to her own mother, before continuing on.

"I just..accepted it and.. I felt like I fell from my grace that day..I don't think I would be ever the same after that..I don't think anyone would be after being driven to that type of mental madness. I think I was the only one in that town besides Dollface to have cracked, full on." Zara states, her red eyes looked at Apple Bloom and then at Pinkie Pie.

"Any idea of what it might be or really mean to you? Like in simpler terms?" Apple Bloom asked curiously at her. "Your cutie mark?" Apple Bloom came a bit closer to Zara, practically pointing to the mark with a single hoof.

She sighed at this, "..My cutie mark probably means I've accepted my fate to be insane. To accept the fact that I am forever trapped in a mind of my own insanity for the rest of my days. I think I got it when I did accept my doomed destiny." She gave a small laugh at this. "..And I thought I'd be something great!!" She gave a scoff, then a small laugh at that, eyes dilating a bit. Zara sounded like Pinkie Pie, only a few pitches down than hers. It was spine shivering.

"Too bad, mom and dad! Your daughter isn't the greatest like the other ponies!~" Insanity was showing again. She sung in her high tone, making Pinkie's ears fold back a bit. Cocking her head to the side. "Oh.." She grinned widely at them, chuckling lowly. "Oh...I've become something else than what they wanted me to do in life..~" A low chuckle was heard.

Zara let out the most chilling laugh she could muster. And it gave the Bakers a off feeling about her. Pinkie Pie pulled her sisters right into a group, away from the dragon eyed foe. Now, all of the Bakers huddled all together, whispering from afar Scarlet Shadow.

Apple Bloom shivered slightly at the laugh, turning to her sisters, "Ya know, she's pretty creepy for a mare... who has dragon eyes." Apple Bloom states, whispering, and looking at Pinkie. Who had her ears folded back still, and her eyes met Apple Bloom's slowly.

"Uh huh, and she's off color like..way off color..what I am trying to say is..she gives me some bad vibes, Pinkie, she's not even like the most of us either, Pinkie! She doesn't even socialize! You heard her! She even said so herself." Blinkie had added on from Apple Bloom, practically hissing lowly to Pinkie.

"Blinkie!" Pinkie turned to her sister, and glared at her. "Don't make it out to be that way! Zara said that she clearly was isolated and controlled because of her mother, don't you think that sounds any familiar?" Pinkie practically snarled a bit, this was not her. So, why did she jump in Zara's defense? It even shocked Zara that the pink pony would jump in. She didn't want to see fighting, nothing. "Why are you jumping into her defense? You barely know her! We barely know her!" Blinkie whined at Pinkie.

"I am jumping in her defense because she had a similar story to our older sister-, Minkie! Did you even forget about her? About what Mom did to our dear sister and Father turned a blind eye to that stuff? Dear Celestia, do you not clean your ears?!" Pinkie almost yelled. Zara had to stop this fighting right now.. because Blinkie was growing a bit angry with her own pink sister.

"Hey, girls." She said, and the others turned their heads to face her. Interrupting them all. "What do you mean by..'it sounds familiar.'?" She asked, eyes looking over to Pinkie Pie now.

"Oh, well, it's just that my- our older sister was also isolated but also locked in a cellar for almost two decades. Minkie, our sister was the first one to be abused by our mom.."Pinkie looked at her, and Zara's expression became of sorrow. Looking over at Minkie. "And our father, he turned nothing but a blind eye to the abuse for years.." Pinkie looked a bit angry at that.

This was so strange but, Zara spoke up softly. "I'm sorry about that happening.."

"Honestly, there's is nothing to be sorry about, or feel bad about. It happened, but I got my revenge right afterwards, don't worry. And I made sure she suffered just enough until I was completely satisfied." Minkie said right afterwards. Chuckling.

"I'm glad you're able to get revenge on your mother and father. They deserved that, and what they did to you." Scarlet nodded to Minkie.

Her face becoming stoic again, her eyes had looked up when Minkie asked, "Did you ever get a chance to kill your mama and papa, Zara?" Her green eyes meeting Zara's red ones. Compared to the other ponies, Zara did not have glare in her eyes, she was rather listless most of the time.

A small giggle escaped the purple one, almost smiling. "In fact, I did kill them." She did not lie at this, for how could she lie about this? Her parents where her favorite game to "play" with. When Zara looked up at Minkie, she gave Minkie a small wicked smile. Stretched from ear to ear now, eyes shrinking a bit. "...Let's just say..they ended up into some delicious pastries right afterwards." She gave a bit of a chuckle, eyeing down at her own scarf. "I even made this.." She pulled out her own scarf made from only two colors, blue and red hide, with two cutie marks of a basket-case and a cutie mark of a rose with a splat of blood backing it, all sewn in into a purple fabric. Showing it with much pride, then chuckling a bit.

Minkie was a bit impressed, "You have an actual scarf to keep you warm?" Minkie questioned, smiling warmly at her. "Mhm! I do! I'll always keep it on, and never take it off ever!!" Zara was getting a bit excited by just talking to Minkie. Oh boy. "It's super warm." Zara nuzzled her scarf a bit.

"My sisters and I, all have our cutie marks that we obtained..or collected so to speak.. from previous victims we have killed." She says, even her sisters nod at this too. "We even made our own clothing too, as well." Nodding afterwards. This made Zara excited to hear about others doing this too. "Other than that..." Minkie continued on, before looking back at Zara again. "How did your mama and papa react to your torture? Do you remember the screams? Or..do you the recall the horror in their faces?" Minkie asked, now slowly circling Zara, to give space. It seemed like Pinkie, Inkie, Blinkie, joined in. Making the entire thing eerie, and fairly disturbing around Zara. Derpy, and Apple Bloom soon joined in as well.

Following Minkie's every step and her lead, her sisters gave soft whispers in forms of questions. Questions like 'How?', and 'How did you feel?'. Zara could feel every pony around her, and the whispers drove her up the wall. Her eyes shrunk even more, and let out another cold high pitched laugh. It lasted a fair amount of a good few minutes, before it quickly cut off.

"...It felt wonderful! HAHA~! My mother..Oh my loving mother.." She continued, her last word being harsh in breath, almost growling "..screamed..and screamed..and begged for her life not to kill her..." She laughed once again, feeling the insanity take over again. "I didn't listen! I wouldn't care less about the woman who abused me.. to make me feel so isolated from society completely! Why should I give mercy to the BITCH who shunned me from society?" Another laugh. "She made me a fucking fool...she made me the way I am.."

The bakers had stopped in their tracks, facing in a circle, to Zara.

Her laugh was building up, it was constant. "Mommy and Daddy begged for everything..I didn't listen to them..no..I did not listen." Her laughter died down eventually, then looked up at Minkie, a genuine smile from Zara was shown to her. "Mother was so terrified, she was so..horrified and I was sure that she must've hated me..after that. But! I didn't really worry or care too much about her, since she was going bye-bye. I had no worry, no guilt. After they went pale, they knew they had to fucking die. I didn't listen to them as they didn't listen to me.." Zara cursed, making Derpy flinch.

"Their faces...I laughed in them..I told them," Zara continued on, a bit of laughter escaped her. "..That they are going to die, and be made into brownies. I told myself that they were going to hell for things they've done to me. My mom and my dad looked scared shitless, as I recall. And when I started to 'experiment' on my mother and father, I remember their screams. Every. single. second. was the best. experience that I had ever had in my life... Music to my fucking ears." Zara's smile was growing slowly, ear to ear. "The adrenaline...the rush...how much fun that I had..." Another light and unsettling giggle. Then quickly shifted her entire mood, which sent Blinkie a range of shivers up her spine.

"My mom abused me, but my dad let it happen and didn't do a damn thing about it. Or teach me anything with him. He would also just follow my mom's lead, like she had him wrapped around her damn finger." Zara continued on. Again, growing a bit angrier. "He was worse than her!" She let out more tears again. "My dad never did a damn thing to hurt me, but he told me how scared he was of my mother...that she had him wrapped around her finger..threatening him too as well.." Gritting her teeth, "He wasn't as much as damage as the bitch was to me.." She growled at that.

More silence, then suddenly.

"I'D KILL HER ALL OVER AGAIN, IF I HAD THE CHANCE!" Zara practically yelled out, causing her hoof to stomp on the ground again. This time, her horn glowed a black before sending a magic wave throughout the room, making the bakers duck beneath it quickly.

"...I'd tell her so many things in my fucked up little head, that she would look disturbed as I kill her over again. Slowly. Only ever so.. slowly...so slowly.., to see her eyes fill with the fear that she had for me for years.." Grinding teeth, an angry look had surfaced on her. "I probably would've took her life into my own hooves...to watch her struggle as I strangle her neck...she's trying her damn hardest...kicking..and screaming.." After that a high pitched laugh was heard from her. "Her beneath the daughter that she pushed too far?!" Zara at this point, rose her voice. Still a disgusting grin on her face, eyes dilated.

"What a fool..." Zara's grin slowly shifted into a blank one.

Letting out a sigh, and hanging her head. Letting out a small chuckle, "...She made me do it..she made me..who I am.. and I'm not proud of..me.." Now, taking a hoof and punching the floor hard now. "I..hate me.." She whimpered out at that, tears dropping down from her eyes once more. Heavily emotions was flown everywhere. "This is not the life I chose..but the life...chose me.." She finally said, with a soft tone. After the wave, there was heavy breathing from Zara. Whom, finally calmed down in a matter of minutes, manic and red in the face. Her face landing stoic once more.

All the sisters had finally stood back up. Eyes still staring around Zara. A mix of shock and confusion. Even though it was not the time to make an comments or jokes, Pinkie found the time to make something up after five seconds of silence go by and over their heads. Pinkie looked over to her sister, Blinkie Pie. "Well, I know now, that we know that a unicorn that is very useful to the team." She whispered to her.

"Pinkie, she has black magic, doesn't she?" Blinkie hissed back, asking quietly. "She does..we should ask about that.." Pinkie's blue eyes looked over at Blinkie again. Then over at Zara's figure, looking back over to her sister. "Let's ask later..I wanna see her preform and see if she passed this test!" Pinkie insisted now, gesturing her eldest sister to Zara.

Hate. Rage, wrath, fury, and her being manic, all of these things where displayed in Zara's stance, and it didn't lie. Minkie had walked up to the purple mare, placing a hoof on Zara's head. However, the purple mare stopped being..her all together, calming down for a few seconds but her panic rose a bit, instead pulled herself away.

"I'm sorry.." Minkie said before pulling away from her quickly, before Zara's face turned into a sad frown, "Minkie..it's not you. It's just I don't like being touched by strangers..I should've told you before..No offense.." Zara was trailing off. Clearly embarrassed by the thing just said to the other, a red on her cheeks.

After a few minutes of silence go on by, Minkie decided to speak up once again. "No, it's fine. I know." Minkie quietly stating, "I should've kept to myself, it's not like me to touch others, I was only trying to comfort you.." Minkie said, almost cursing to herself. Before looking into Zara's eyes once more again, and they told Minkie Pie that Zara was in submission. "Zara..?" Minkie softly spoke up, and the purple mare's ears perked up a bit. Looking at her again. "Are you scared at the moment?" Eyes still looked up at the other, glossy even.

"I am not.." Zara croaked a bit. "I'm upset about my past..it's always my past that upsets me..cause I never got my justice, meaning trying to figure out why my mom was like this...I guess that's just a..mystery for now.." Then continued with a small huff, "Sorry, I.." Zara looked at her feet, "My mother had..you know..kept total control of me. And it wasn't fun..you know.." Zara was trailing off once more, looking to the side.

But, Minkie held a hoof up to Zara's mouth, "I understand the feeling of a controlling mother, Zara. No need to explain yourself from before." She continued on more, pulling her hoof away. "Our mother had us under a strict and bland lifestyle, and that we couldn't do anything fun, all the farm was just rocks. We hauled in rocks, all day until night time. At least for Blinkie, Inkie and Pinkie Pie." Continuing on, "Our mother, Cloudy Quartz, was a strict mother who controlled her children. Controlling them so they wouldn't have anything that she considers 'materialistic' or 'from hell', 'evil', ectera." The eldest pony glared up at Zara a bit.

"I was locked in that cellar..for displaying some...disturbing thoughts..and my mother thought I was evil and didn't bother to help or tell me what was wrong and not right..She never helped me..taught me anything for the matter.." She kept on going now. "I thought I'd never be rescued by anyone..be there to die alone.." She trailed off, her eyes never took off focus on the other in front of her.

"I was wrong.." Softly saying, almost like a coo. "Because...Blinkie and Inkie had found me.." Then she smiled at the thought of it, continuing on with her words as Zara listened in calmly. "The taste of freedom was so refreshing... yet so... sorrowful at the same time." She said, looking down at her hoof then at the other now. "And I thank them for finding that cellar.."

"But.." Minkie slowly spoke again. "...I knew I had a sister, of course, that sister being Inkie Pie. And I recognized her for when she rescued me alongside with Blinkie Pie. That was the first and last time I would see her..but I- than again- was wrong.." Minkie said to her, backing up a bit. "..And I feared that I would be returned to mama and papa, but no..they did not return me...instead they fed me, and brought me back to my actual health. Listened to the stories told by me, and shared their emotions. Relating to some of the stories, and horrors from our mother.."

Continuing on, "And I remember, She- or Inkie Pie, was the first I held in my arms before mama snatched her away...so I can relate to your story of your sister being taken away from you..I couldn't imagine the emotional pain it put you through." Making Zara nod at this, then Minkie looked at her.

Before Blinkie Pie gave a small huff, "You know, she does have some sort of similar story with our dear eldest sister, Minkie. I see what Pinkie meant earlier. The baby sister being taken away...being shunned by her own people and being also abused as well? It's too good to be true!" Blinkie added on, but Inkie shot her lavender furred sister a glare. "Blinkie..!" Inkie Pie hissed at her.

"I was so grateful for Inkie and Blinkie for rescuing me down from that awful cellar.." Zara saw that Minkie Pie was still looking at her, looking into her eyes some more. Minkie Pie nodded at this, brushing her mane out of the way now. "Now, I am around my many sisters and I am proud to call this home too as well." The darker pony gave a slight smile before it fell. "And I thank them for saving me as well.." A smile was on Minkie's face.

Silence.

"Minkie!" Apple Bloom would hiss at her, gesturing her to come over to them now.

"Excuse me for a mere moment...I have to converse with my sisters..thank you for sharing your story, Zara." Minkie thanked her. And the oldest one of the Pies, looked up to her and back at her sisters, trotting back on over to them at this point.

Making the party pony speak again, "Well, sister? Is she lying?" The pink one asked. As Pinkie said that, Minkie looked over to see Zara again, looking straight at her eyes. When she did so, Zara's eyes told of pain and sorrow. And she suffered through so much, that she felt the ping of pain in her heart [on Zara's end]. Minkie Pie then turned to face her sisters again, "No. She's not lying, I do see the truth in her." Minkie nods once again.

"How did you know she wasn't lying to you?" asked Inkie Pie, giving her sister a furrowed brow.

"She wasn't lying because... I saw her cry real emotion earlier when she was describing her own mama and papa. And she was displaying actual emotion during her story, I could see her becoming more depressed as she was talking about her childhood. And I know depression when I see it..being alone for so long makes a person slowly go mad.." Minkie continued onward.

"She even displayed all of the rage and sorrow in her facial expressions too.." Inkie thought, adding on. Rubbing her own chin for a bit. Minkie stepped forward to her light grey sister. "And that wave of unicorn magic..that is something you cannot forget about, this is something more powerful and is linked to her actual emotions.." Nodding at this.

"..She was even shaking earlier too." Inkie pointed out to her sisters. "Assuming it was out of anger or real sadness...but she looked a bit out of it..or was it because of how her eyes looked? I couldn't really tell.." The lighter grey mare said.

"Zara has the pain we have as well, but-," The eldest paused for a bit, before speaking again. "She's off color, and not like us as well? But, she's a perfect addition to the team." Minkie questioned that bit, but smiled at her sisters. "Zara's just. Socially inept. Well-, she's like Derpy in a way. But, they are both smart and have a hard time with social interactions. So..they have us. To talk to.." Nodding at this now. "We can be a family to her..but you know..if she pulls anything..we get her." Adding this on.

"Plus, she had proof of the cutie marks of her mama and papa.." Minkie was thinking for a bit at this. Then looked at her sisters. "So..she did pass the test." Nodding at this, "We should be super grateful that a unicorn with black magic has arrived.." The older one gave a sinister grin on her own face. "We should let her 'preform' on the two victims we caught..." She said, making her sisters nod in agreement.

"WA-HOO! I can't wait for the actual celebration!" Pinkie Pie gave a smile at this, before the other bakers had smiled at her comment, actually chuckling at this.
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About a few minutes had gone on by, Scarlet was seen in the corner after Minkie Pie had walked over to her sisters, and would lean against the wall. Staring off into nothing, or most likely into space again. Normally like her mood, she looked blankly at her plush, before he spoke up again.

"You joined them?!" Bender hissed loudly at her, making Zara flinch. "Are you crazy? Are you insane, out of your mind??" Now he was shouting at her, making the other's ears droop down. "If I had real hooves, I would choke you out myself!" He almost yelled at her, it felt like static was at the end of his sentence. "But-" Zara wanted to interject, but was interrupted by him.

"NO! BUT NOTHING!! I don't want to hear it. You clearly decided it was best to dig yourself even deeper with this now. Why did you join them?" He 'turned' his head to see her. Then Zara would give a small huff at this. Before Zara's listless eyes looked sternly at her plush.

A little angry that she was interrupted by him. But, she opened her mouth to speak again. "I was going to say-, the only reason why I joined them is because I figured I could just...leave... behind the memories of my town." Zara would lay her own head down at this. "I joined because this...is my outlet, for the world. You know this, Bender. You and I, both." Before the mare rolled her eyes at this. "I am in control now, not my mother or my village." Grinding her teeth.

"Honestly, I came to break myself away from the pain that my...mother caused me and..you." Zara nods at this quick. Just silence for a bit until Bender gave a small frown.

"I know, but- I just- I have a really bad feeling about this...I think you should just get out right now.." Before Zara's eyes widened, then shaking her head.

"No-! We can't do that!" The purple pony sat up to this, alert. "We just can't.." Saying very softly.

"Why not..?" Bender said with an angry sigh. With that, Bender saw the look on her face. It told him of fear. "Zara..." He slowly said at her. Another sigh came from Scarlet before she spoke. "Fine..." Zara hissed out at this, giving in to his pressure.

"..They would probably kill me..if I ran away..because they would know to kill me then if I just ran like a coward now. Or if I pull any shady business on them. I can't just back out, Bender. I made this choice, and I have to face my consequences. I can't run away from this, I made a deal with these mares." Nodding this time at her plush, pulling it close to her again. "And..I never break my promises.." She said. "This could benefit us...we could have an actual family!" Zara quickly chirped.

Bender gave a small angry sigh again, "Okay..fine. We can't run now, you're right...running would only get us nowhere. Plus, where would the hell would we even go to? Exactly, nowhere but Ponyville." He said in his soft tone. The purple one's hoof had pet Bender a few times, before nuzzling him. Closing her own eyes..
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Meanwhile-, on the other hand, the Pie sisters had all huddled up on the opposite side of Scarlet.

"Pinkie, don't you think Zara is rather strange? I mean she brang a..stuffed animal." Applebloom stated with a glare to Zara who was laying down. "Yeah, don't you think it's... weird?" Inkie added in, it took a moment for Pinkie to think. But, not for long she gasped making her sisters worry. "Yeah, that plush she carries is..odd. The way it smiles too.." Blinkie had added in after that.

"I see no problem! If she wants to bring a plush animal for comfort, remember.. that I have gummy for support! So that means that stuffed plush is a friend of hers, as gummy is a friend to me!" The pink mare nodded again, happy as a bumblebee. "She may be different guys, but that doesn't mean she's that bad or weird. She grew up probably differently than us- you know, what Minkie stated earlier, so we can't judge her from what she's told us. So, If she pulls anything on us, you know what to do." Pinkie made sure that her sisters knew what she was talking about. Because her smile was a little bit darker than before.

"You mean kill her?" Inkie had asked Pinkie, turning her head to see her pink sister. "Yes. But, only if she pulls anything to betray us...What Minkie said earlier..we kill her if she pulls anything with us." Pinkie's head slowly turned over to Inkie Pie, smiling from ear to ear. "...So, you gals know exactly what to do with her." [Pinkie] Before Inkie gave a nod at this, grinning as well to her pink sister. "Of course, dear sister. We know exactly what you're talking about." Inkie's grin grew evilly.

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The party pony hopped on over to Zara this time. "Hey, Zara, can I ask a question?" The purple mare turned around to see Pinkie jumping up and down. Stopping really quick to smile at her, "Well! Have you ever done what we call 'baking'? Like you know..ponies into..pastries?" It took a bit for Zara to answer, she was still getting used to Pinkie's happy demeanor.

"Uh..well..yeah I have. First time-... was on my parents. Like I said form earlier.." Zara nodded. "I do have a scarf.. which I don't know sewing much.." She grabbed her scarf from the bag. With her parents' two cutie marks on it, red and blue fur was present. "Heh, I was terrible.." She joked a bit, her stitching was pretty crude and messy compared to the Pie sister's. Blushing a bit at this. "But, I wish to get better at this..soon.." She gave a small huff at this, puffing out her cheeks.

"It's okay! Don't worry, still love red and blue together! Plus, it makes purple!" Pinkie chuckled at that before Zara rolled her eyes and placing the scarf into the bag.

"So.." She said softly, looking up at the party pony. "Is the fun gonna start now?" Zara seemed a bit impatient to get to the "fun" right now, and feel like her time shouldn't be wasted. Pinkie then chuckled at this, "Well-, of course! Silly pilly! We got the ponies for the muffins we are making tonight!!" The party pony happily explained, a grin on her face.

"This is gonna be really super-fun-tastic!" Pinkie gave a small laugh, while she walked on over to the other side of the cellar. Where there was tables covered in cloth, though there was a lump to indicate someone was underneath them. Pinkie Pie was almost about to burst in sold happiness, so she would yank the cloth off the two tables in the corner of the cellar. Both of the twin ponies where strapped down on one of the steel tables that they provided.

Seeing that-, Pinkie and the gang had received two ponies that where twins, both sharing the same style. The two twin Earth mares shared icy blue hair, a baby blue stripe in their mane and tail, placed with pale yellow fur and finally hazel-green eyes. Their cutie marks resemble of a flower in the shape of a blossom, both mark was entirely different though. This sounded vaguely familiar, and she didn't know why.

It took a few sold minutes before Zara finally realized who they were. The Blossom twins. How could she not see it? Zara's seen these mares around a few times while she was in town. And she remembered how these two would often snicker at Zara or other ponies, and she wasn't entirely dumb about missing their chitter chatter either. Because, she heard it from a far distance and from a close distance. Hearing them both gossip about absolutely everything, and everyone. It got on Zara's nerves, she hated how the two ponies talked. It reminded her of back in the village, when the others would talk behind their family's back.

A small and tired grin stretched across from ear to ear, she was going to absolutely love this. Scarlet went to grab her own personal kit from her bag. Taking out a few dull knives. At this point, Zara was sharpening her blades of her own personal tools from her owned kit. Hearing the blades scrape against each other constantly. She continued, however, when she did so...she began to sing a small tune. Pinkie's ear twitched at this, listening to it.

'Hush, hush, little one..
Now, that you're time has come..
There's nothing to really feel..
Because, your time has come...

Who should care about why you should live..
You're not going to be here for long..
No one even cares about you..
And no one will remember you..

Not after I finish with you...
Sharpening my weapons..
Waiting on those mares..
Wake up.. wake up...'

Zara would trot right on over to the tools table. Before anything, she would take a metal stick, normally a prod stick to hold in her own mouth. Which is something she has always has done for the past few years. Her hooves could be heard trotting on the plank floor, they sounded pretty happy for footsteps. Which was eerie as hell, disturbing even.

Then...WACK!

".....WAKE UP!!" Zara suddenly bellowed from her own singing. But, instead her voice was more of a growl. Her strong hit landed in the middle of the pony's stomach, forcing the mare to yelp out. Being forced out from her sleep, eyes practically bulging out from her skull. Small droplets of blood splattered over her own fur from her mouth, tears running down her cheeks.

Then, this mare would look around her surroundings to see the usual set up by Pinkie herself. The mare's eyes widened, beads of sweat running down her face. The pony's hooves tried to move in an attempt to escape but it failed seeing she was strapped down to a cold metal table.

Her struggling made Zara smile even more, watching them wiggle underneath those straps gave her the boost of cold adrenaline she needed. "Wha-? WHAT'S GOING ON??!" The confused yellow horse asked, making her other twin sister, Sugar Blossom, suddenly wake up from her nap. Before she too freaked out about the decorations and the figures around her. Then over at her captor. "H-Hey! I know you...you're that new pony that came into town a week or few days ago..I can't remember.." Honey Blossom pointed out, but she was about to laugh it out.

The icy blue haired continued still trying to not laugh, "And wait..don't tell me you're with these freaks? I knew you'd fit in quite nicely with them.." Honey was watching Zara and her actions, however though, they where a few feet away from her. Making her way over the table, Honey Blossom took a hard smack to the face all of the sudden.

"SHUT. UP!" Zara almost screamed at her, making the other's ears fold back. "Don't you ever shut your mouth? Geez, with that mouth of yours, you sure can get places." Zara snarled at her, but Honey wasn't having it, now willing to snap back.

"Bite me, you freak! I was only trying to be nice! No wonder why other brighter ponies are scared of you, because of your stupid eyes AND your attitude SUCKS! And your fur is darker than us lighter ponies! It means you are not welcome here in the bright lights of Ponyville! You and these freaks of 'bakers' that you have as friends-" And that came from Honey's mouth, but another smack to the face had silenced her. Automatically, the yellow mare shut her mouth, a slight bruise formed on her right cheek and the pain was visible on her own face. So, tears would slid down her own cheeks afterwards, these were visible to see to Zara.

Nothing but silence filled the air for a few minutes. But, the dragon eyed freak towered over Honey herself. Her ears folding back once more in fear, more warm tears ran down. "Not so tough now, you bitch..." Her red dragon eyes staring emotionless at the mare, "You talk, and talk. When will you ever shut up? I hate ponies who talk all the time." She continued on. "And I don't appreciate it when ponies talk down to the others. Like what you just said to me." She hissed, leaning in towards the pony. As she did this, her smile grew even wider.

"I'm gonna make sure you get what you fucking deserve. You shouldn't have ran your mouth, and this is the payback for all those ponies you talked down to. Like you're on some high horse, like you're better than everypony else. Fuck you." Zara said.

The yellow one had shook in her imprisonment bindings, before trying to use a leg to kick at her. But, nothing but all four of her legs where strapped entirely down. Now, taking a bellow at her captor, "FUCK YOU! YOU DRAGON EYED FREAK!" As the mare said that, Derpy flinched at that. Honey took the insult route, making some of the other bakers cringe in disgust. "I HOPE YOU GET WHAT YOU DESERVE FOR THIS! WHATEVER THIS IS!" She whipped and tried to lash, but she was heard growling to get out from her imprisonment. It was unsuccessful.

Without no hesitation, and out of sheer frustration she had grabbed a hold of Honey Blossom's tongue, yanking it out as hard as she could. Making Honey yelp in response. Zara's hooves were shaking as she searched for a knife, she was getting to impatient with herself again. Hating how much embarrassment in front of the Bakers she thought was, she growled. Now cutting off Honey's tongue, screams could be heard from her. The mare was trying to kick and thrash around, she couldn't due to her restraints. "NOWWW!" She cried out, kicking again once more. Struggling to talk with her tongue cut out.

Breathing heavily, her chest felt suddenly tight. This can't be real, right? This has to be a dream! No way in Celestia this could happen...if this happened often then..why would Celestia allow this? Honey's chest tightened even more, making it worse in her case. Feeding the fuel that Scarlet wanted Honey to give a reaction, this is what she wanted. Minkie on the other hand, had watched her very closely. A smile stretched across the darker mare's face, enjoying this scene before her. This was a very interesting sight to see.

On the other hand, Zara continued to hum. Making Honey and her sister, Sugar Blossom's ears folded back. It sounded really..familiar to Honey the most.

'Hush, hush, little one..
Now, that you're time has come..
There's nothing to really feel..
Because, your time has come...

Who should care about why you should live..
You're not going to be here for long..
No one even cares about you..
And no one will remember you..

You are trash and you need to go..
You are not needed in the cycle of life..
Die, die, you don't deserve to fucking live..
Perish and tremble before me..
And you're dying by my hooves..'

It wasn't really new that Zara sang to her victims to Pinkie, because that's what Pinkie, Minkie and Derpy to when they have the play-date. So, the pink party pony would smile a little at the lyrics that Zara sung.

On the other hand, it was very off putting to hear someone sing something before they die, to the twin sisters, because they never heard such a eerie tone. The other twin had spoke up, her cutie mark being a sugar sack with a pink blossom flower, while her sisters was a honeypot and a blossom flower as well. Holding the knife in hand, Zara lifted up the knife's tip to Honey's flank. Honey was almost screaming to a point where it became hoarse. More of her tears ran down the cheeks, "STOP!! STOP IT!" No matter how much she begged, the tip of the knife slowly pierced into Honey's flank. Making the mare grit her own teeth hard, oozing blood from the wound. Waves of pain being felt. Feeling the knife dig much deeper into her own skin, more blood curling screams could be heard from the mare.

Zara was trying her best to cut a perfect square, since circles to her were least favorite shape of all. Humming to herself as she did this. "Such precision.." Inkie Pie slightly looked over the dark purple mare, absolutely adoring how much time was taken. Zara's eyes looked up at the other beside her, a smile on her face formed. Feeling proud of herself, almost blushing a bit.

Nervously chuckling, "Thank you, Inkie. I bet your cutting is twice as good as mine." Nodding at her statement, making Inkie wholeheartedly laugh. Seeing her take a small step forward as if she was showing off. "Well..my cutting has improved a whole lot in this game." Then a chuckle from her, making Zara giggle.

Now, she focused her eyes back onto Honey Blossom's flank again. Scarlet would peel off her cutie mark very slowly from the flank, still humming the same tune. At the very end, or the last corner, she proceeded to rip it straight off. Honey thrashed once again, "STOP!- PLEASE LET ME GO!", her sister Sugar Blossom, was watching her twin sister get her cutie mark ripped right off. Not entirely preparing for the gruesome sight, Sugar Blossom had vomited all over herself. Watching her own blood struggle out of her tight binds, made Sugar's tears fall down. And surely she was next due to her being strapped down tightly on a table.

"Oh GOD! IT FUCKING HURTS! WHY DOES IT HURT??" Honey yells out in excruciating pain, still squirming her way out. She wasn't expecting today was the day her and her twin would die by the hand this mare.

"Suffer.." She hissed, before Honey's eyes widened, a whimper escaped from her lips. Her unsettling smile threw Honey Blossom off in many directions. This caused her thrashing to worsen, and her grip tightening, trying to find a way out of here. But, her panicking was not helping the case.

"No matter how many times you scream..you will never be free.." Honey heard that menacing low voice, before a small chuckle had escaped Zara. It gave Honey another set of shivers, forcing herself to look away from the dragon eyed foe. The purple eyed one frowned at this, "What's the matter...? Can't talk anymore...?" Her tone was of eerie and it gave more of a chill down her spine, Honey Blossom was panicking now. Thinking of something..something must've hit as an idea..

Without hesitation, the yellow mare spat right onto Zara's face. Before absolute silence had fallen upon the two, face to face. Nothing was really said until Honey had that smug look on her face, thinking she was gonna win. Using a hoof to wipe the saliva off her own face, the purple one's dragon eyes slowly peeked over. Staring Honey down with a bit of rage in her own eyes, before grabbing a pair of scissors. Though, the look in Zara's eyes calmed down after a few minutes, which made Honey panic even more. She knew about people who the calmest the most, and her sister is one of them.

At this point, Honey was shaking. She didn't know what to do, still in a panic like mode, she tried once more to kick and scream from her entrapment. But, nothing would help her at this point.

"Let me GO! LET ME GO!" Honey was the feisty one, not her sister, Sugar Blossom. "Well, are you gonna do something or not, Zara?" Blinkie was trying to usher Zara into doing something, but Minkie pulled her back. "Relax, sister. Let her take her own time with this.." The older one had said. Making Blinkie groan, "But, she's taking forever!" whining.

"I know but if we let her take her time..then she could be comfortable with us." Minkie states before looking over to see what Zara was about to do. Who was clearly holding scissors in her own hooves, deciding on what to do. Normally, she would have a plan by now and usually on her own...but having people just watch over her made her feel...uneasy. But, she carried on with her own plan. Even singing her own type of tune again..though it was a different tone then the first time around, when she was waking up. Her own songs would help ease the tension off of Zara.

'Tick tock on the clock..
I'm finding my time to be wasted..
So, use my time to end a life..
Oh which tool should I use?
Scissors..Oh yes..'

As soon as she finished her singing, with the scissor's blade faced downwards, she gave a strike to the chest. The blades impaled deep into the top of Honey's chest, causing her to scream again. "NO! PLEASE STOP!" She said, trying her best to kick. Honey screamed and screamed until her vocals went completely hoarse again. Zara heard some "oohs" and some "aaahs" behind her as she did this. Her dragon eyes lit up at seeing the blood ooze from the wound, a sickening smile played across her face.

Zara enjoyed her pain, she loved it so much. So much to the point where she let out the icy cold laugh from earlier, and it startled the both twins.

"The more you squirm..the more pain you get.." The dragon eyed foe said calmly. "However, since you want to talk so much..I can give you a non-relief death. Do you know what that means?" She asked, turning her head over to face Honey again. This time, Zara was pulling herself towards the yellow one, "...That means no medicine to numb the pain, bitch." Before pulling herself back, gripping her hoof onto the end part of the scissors.

"W-Wait!! N-NO! PLEASE! I'M SORRY!!" Without the hesitation, she would grip tight and yanked the blade down to her groin area. There was a eruption of ear shattering screams at the pain. Then Scarlet lowered herself to Honey's ear level, whispering "Sorry is just a word you don't know the meaning of." Before it sent chills again.

Furrowing her brow at her victim, a play of fake sadness was read on her face. "Aw, does the girlie seem like she's in pain? Awe, let me make you suffer more." Her last two words had a growl to it. Then another laugh, and she kept on laughing. Scarlet can see the blood gushing out from the open wound. Nothing but blood was coming out like a waterfall. Letting the drops of blood hit her fur, staining some of it. Honey's entrails could be seen peeping out a bit from her areas.

The purple mare gave no fucks when she was using her blades of scissors to dig the blades of it into her some more. Each time that the blade had pierced her deeper, it would cause Honey to yell more, struggling with the massive pain. Zara was imagining herself as playing a joystick console game with the scissors, she found it fun. More blood was gushing from out each time. Zara was laughing at Honey, who was crying more and more. Restraining herself so she wouldn't cause pain to herself.

It was like ecstasy when blood hit her face. She couldn't help it to let a chuckle escape from her lips. "Don't. Test. Me." Zara quietly said underneath her breath, after that she could only hear the yelling and screaming in her ears. Those coming from Honey herself, in horror that she saw her entrails. Barely alive, about to vomit on herself. Feeling weakened in her own strength.

As all the bakers looked down, they would see Honey Blossom's chest was ripped down from the collarbone to the groin area. It was a rough and large cut but it did it's damage. There was tons of blood but it was all over the table, and the floor even. Now, it was just gushing from the open wound still, but Zara's ears folded back in embarrassment. "Oh no...I got the mess everywhere..shit.." She hissed. "..And I did it too damn fast!" She complained at that, her smile faltered into a frown.

Another frown was seen, but it wasn't on Zara's face. Rather than Minkie's face, but Pinkie Pie smiled at the mess she made. Praising Zara's skills, kinda clapping by hooves. "Oooh..Miss Pinkie..I made a mess.." She said almost like a child with a lisp, like Derpy.

The pink party pony gave a small giggle, "No worries, Zara! We can harvest without the adrenaline and sleepy shots! It would be much funner that way anyways!" Another giggle. "But. You can definitely go ahead and work on the next twin, Sugar Blossom, and you can take all the time you can give!" The party pony had pushed her purple furred friend away from her own team.

Of course, Pinkie pat Zara right on the back for such a good accomplishment. Making the other blink at her sudden praise, did Pinkie gave Scarlet some praise to at least get her drive running? Yeah, she did. And that was enough to keep Zara going at this point. Before Zara gave a small nod at this, she walked herself over to the second platform with Sugar Blossom strapped down. However on the other hand, Honey was barely alive and ripped open. Honey Blossom tried to speak but one of the bakers, Derpy Hooves had covered her mouth tightly. Muffling the screams.

"I'm sorry.." She mumbled as she went over to Sugar Blossom's table. Lifting herself up on the table to adjust herself, eyes blankly staring at Sugar. But, instead of rather anger or rage at herself, she began to break down. And Zara didn't know why she did so, but she felt the tears run down her cold face. Salty tears ran down the face, "I'm sorry I'm such a fool.." Clutching her hooves, and the other hand, holding a knife. "I'm so stupid for having such impatience.."

It was..bizarre to see such a killer break down in tears. But, that was just her. "Why am I such a fool..?" She asked herself, before looking at Sugar Blossom slowly. Emotionless, Sugar Blossom swears on her life that she couldn't tell what emotion her dark purple foe was displaying. Trembling from fear. "Am I... a fool? For having impatience?" She childishly asked Sugar Blossom, eyes glossy from the tears. Almost like Derpy when she asks something to any of her sisters.

There was nothing but silence around the both of them.

Immediately, Sugar Blossom's facial expressions told of shared hurt and sympathy. But, Sugar had looked away "No..you're not a fool..I think you're wonderful in your skill..you would need to work on your..patience more I suppose..." Sugar's voice was soft, yet gentle and it felt reassuring. The purple mare set down the knife on a roller table, only a few inches away from her. Eyes looking slowly over at Sugar, who, on the other hand was starting to become a little fearful of her.

The slow and painful look that Zara gave a haunting image in her mind. One was a burning image she could never unsee, nothing was in the eyes of the dragon's eyes she stared. No emotions..no soul..nothing.

Then.. Scarlet would give the most warming smile on her face, before Sugar Blossom's look softened from the fear to a small warm smile. "Really..?" Zara asked calmly, wiping her eyes. Eyes still staring over at Sugar, "You don't think I am a fool? Even for killing you right now..?" Asking gently.

Sugar genuinely nodded at her, "Y-Yeah..I think you're doing g-great..not a fool at all.." Swallowing a hard lump in her throat, but some tears formed in her eyes. But Scarlet wiped them away with her hooves, but Sugar Blossom didn't flinch. Rather just closing her eyes for a few seconds and opening them again. "...You wanna get my cutie mark? Here...t-take my mark." Sugar even offered to pull herself to the side. Or tried to, but her strapped down didn't help it's case.

With a sigh of defeat, Sugar's eyes looked over to Zara and her ears folding down again. "Sorry..I tried to move myself on my side.." She added, still looking at her. Clearly embarrassed by it. Silence from the other, before Zara's face turned into one of confusion and sour.

"...Why are you helping me?" Zara slowly asked the other. "Why are you helping the one person who's about to take your life?" Instead of the usual strange look on her face, Zara was showing genuine shock from this. Continuing on, "...I don't understand? You're supposed to be scared..screaming even!" Still looking at her, this is something she didn't expect. But, she wasn't getting upset or anything. She was shocked, looking right over to her knife. "Why are you so calm at this! I just slashed open your sister! Look at her, she's practically ripped open and alive still.." It was clear that Zara was unhappy with this victim's actions. "Whatever, I guess.." spatting, clearly shrugging it off.

"Grab my knife.." Scarlet would whisper to herself, almost clicking her own tongue a few times. Then grabbing her knife from the side, looking back over to Sugar's flank. Making her walk over, taking the knife's sharp tip to it. Beginning to make a square around it. Her victim bit her own lip hard, trying to not to scream. Sugar tried her damn hardest not to buck her hips up. Trying her best to not have Zara screw up on the cutting. Tears fell from the corners of her eyes, trying to bare the waves of pain. Why was Sugar helping her captor with her own death? Why was she doing all of this? She didn't know why, maybe she wanted to end her own life? Maybe.

Her Angel of Death, Zara, who's eyes looked up at Sugar slowly, still cutting her mark. A smile slowly growing at the silenced pain, just torturing herself not to scream out in pain gave Zara the fuel she wanted. Scarlet slowly ripped the cutie mark off of Sugar, who cried out once in pain. It was a wail of some sorts, but a pained wail. "Just be grateful, that I am taking you away from this suffering world." She grumbled, staring dead cold at Sugar Blossom's eyes..

Sugar lifted up her head, eyes onto her captor. Tear stained, "..What?"

"Be grateful. That I am doing this for you. This world is such a sinful place.." Cold in her own stoic nature, she continued on-, "No pony can ever live so happy in this world-, nobody." Eyes like they were dull. "Everypony says that they can do better, be better, or even change. Just do those things to be happy..no matter how much you try to fix yourself, you will never be happy.." Scarlet trailed off in her words. "Nobody can be happy.."

"...Knowing that there's other ponies like me. Doing such a sin, and getting away with it all underneath a foolish ruler who doesn't know anything but the royals in life. Basically, a silver spoon in her putrid mouth of hers." Continuing, "I'm not here to play god-, but... I feel like I was born to take lives of my own kind...set them on their way to freedom. To put them out of their misery of this world.." Still the grins that the captor gave, was unsettling to Sugar Blossom.

"One by one, each life is cleansed by the sin that was bound to be made insane and deemed unworthy to her." She spat. Continuing on her rant, not addressing who was 'her'. It was clear she was talking about their princess. "One pony that is slowly eradicating it's own species. Being made into pastries, making it's own kind, the only kind of... --forbidden diet. Cannibalism." Each sentence was stomach churning, and Sugar made a sour face at such words given.

Not noticing the tears running down the face more, she only choked out the words. "W-Why are you doing this? What did anypony do to any of you?" Asking shakily in her tone. Sounding just as if she was about to cry on her own. Nothing again but silence was heard, as Zara moved herself over to the other side of the table. The other side of Sugar's flank, after setting the first one down on on a mesh net on her roller table. Never once did she eye her own victim down, but had replied to the question.

"...Everything." Zara slowly said to her, not turning her head. Only looking over with her eyes, making the contact much off putting. "The world is cruel to others like us..." Retrieving the knife on her own table, before starting to slice incisions into the victim's skin. Making her traditional square shape on the flank. Sugar let out some screams once, thrashing her way out of the straps. No avail at all.

After she was done with the mark, she gently placed the mark onto the mesh on the table. Waves of newer pain was hitting Sugar like none tomorrow, it felt like someone stabbed her in her own flank. Burning and intense, only shedding more tears.

Sugar couldn't take anymore of the pain being given. "..P-Please..no more! I can't take anymore, please just end my life! I've suffered so much..please let me fucking die.." Sugar wanted to hang her head low, but was unable to do so. "The world we are brought into-, is too cruel for either of us.." Her eyes became so puffy and red, but kept on crying. "But, you could've chosen another way out! Instead of killing and murdering others for your sick thrill!" Sugar argued, "None of the ponies that you've killed should've never deserved to die!" Sugar Blossom heaved heavily, catching her own breath. Still crying.

"They're innocent!" Sugar shouted at her, and the tears ran down. Trying to argue with Zara, but she did not listen. More tears rushing down, "Don't hurt the innocent! Only the bad ones get hurt by ponies like you!!" She cried out. "Please!!" But, Zara used a hoof to make Sugar look at her. Making her face her now, hearing a growl from her own throat threw Sugar Blossom off.

"...They do deserve to die." Scarlet would slightly raise her own voice at this, glaring furiously at the other. "Every. single. pony...and they don't know that.. death's knockin' at the door!..." A twisted grin had formed on Zara's face. It was something that Sugar could not have erased from her mind, like the one from earlier. Letting a laugh escape from Zara. "Like your sister here.." Slowly saying. "How unfortunate of you to have the number.." Zara let out a slow giggle. Sugar turned her head to the opposite way. Behind Zara, she could hear the Pie sisters laughing faintly in the back. As Zara held up a piece of paper, supposedly with her own name and alongside was a number. The laughing kicked up in volume, as Sugar gasped at her and her sister's names as she turned her head back around. All of the laughter just echoed throughout her head.

It felt like Sugar's head was spinning and felt the light headed feeling creep onto her, she was gonna pass out pretty soon. And she didn't know what to do about it. Feeling weak in every muscle, about to give out. Every voice was fading, echoing around her. The only voice she could hear was the dark purple pony that was leaning over in front of her. But she couldn't make out any words to what she was saying. Sugar's view was fading, and warping..

Then it was black for the next thirty seconds when she passed out. Before a pinch in her arm was felt, and suddenly herself was woken up. Eyes shot open, gasping for air like she had been revived from the dead. And her heart pumping. Looking around again. Realizing her environment around her again before panicking, breath heaving to a point where it hurt her chest. She was really going to die at this point, did she? So, she didn't care if she was going to mess Zara's shit up, she just thrashed around several times.

"Nobody deserves to die! Not like how you think!" Sugar cried out once more. "I don't wanna die..please.." She begged in a gasp for air almost.

Zara stared at her, "What happened to the attitude of 'I wanna die'?" She questioned, leaning in to see her prey. "You where just helping me not to long ago..." She said just quietly, eyes darting over to glare. "Whatever happened to that mindset?" Her dragon eyes had shrunk a bit at her own question. But when Sugar didn't answer... She grew a bit furious at this. "..Now, you're just lying to me about helping me..DON'T LIE TO ME!" Almost practically shrieking at her, Sugar recoiled back at her tone.

Peering over the other on the table, Scarlet kept staring down at her own victim. "You know you shouldn't fake that..I don't like that at all." Now wiping off her blades, looking over with a scowling look. A release of liquid had been shown a few minutes later, and it was underneath Sugar's end. Now trembling, "Oh no..it looks like you've been..scared.." Pointing at her crotch area, a smile. "Fear.." She said coming closer to the mare.

"I can smell it.." Then that cold laugh escaped her again, then a inhale was heard. "Breathe it in..and inhale that stuff again..over and over." A giggle escaped her. "..It's toxicity...is absolutely divine to me. It's what fuels my fire even more." Zara continued on. "And.. I am that fucking match that ignites, the insanity deep inside breaks on it own!!" Her true self was showing again, and she gave another giggle but it was more of a higher tone. "I want to let it out on others. I want to see them below me and suffer. I love that sight..."

Continuing, "It is all I crave for, that head rushing feeling I get when I'm at the table with my play-dates....the fear from the victims...makes me tingle down to my arms, before the rush goes." The dark mare wanted to laugh, but nothing was out. Instead she found herself filling some strange liquid into a syringe. Humming to herself, her eyes look over at her victim one last time before injecting her with the strange stuff. The other flinched due to the small pinch.

Sugar would swear to her own mother's grave, that the liquid took effect within the ten minutes mark. For that, she felt..nothing from below or from the body. She couldn't even move her own body by herself. Examining her killer taking her scalpel, and cutting a line. A flap was made on her chest area. Honey wanted really scream but nothing could come from her mouth. Swearing that she could hear Zara humming a small tune as she was gliding her blade across. Opening a flap, the pony didn't hesitate to start harvesting some of Sugar Blossom's organs. Zara watched in the corner of her eye, Honey was starting to break down in tears again. Not saying a single word. A victim who is about to die, in the hooves of someone else. It made Zara feel even more power.

She continued on, "Honestly..I'm giving you a much lighter way...to die. Your sister is suffering from a harsh dead end. You get to see it yourself as I do this.." The purple mare had her eyes closed for a few seconds. "Only because-, you've been really nice to me...at least.." Then they finally opened, still dead on staring at Honey. A more of a smug look was read on Zara's face and Sugar would see it from the corner of her own eye. And Sugar Blossom was not having it, trying her best to turn her head to look away from her own almost dead sister, Honey Blossom. But, Zara had only used her hoof to force her to see... her own almost dead of a sister.

Over Zara's speech, was her own other twin sister, Honey Blossom's. Her own eyes where lifeless and dull. The body was limp as her last tears before death fell down. And only Sugar could see the other team of bakers holding down Honey. Sugar Blossom wanted to scream again, but alas couldn't. "W-Why..?" Sugar Blossom said soft to herself, before shaking her head over and over.

Scarlet gave a small chuckle, "See..?" She pointed out. "Your sister, Honey Blossom couldn't last long enough..because she fought and had a nasty..mouth..and this was a punishment to her decision. And this is what she gets.." Zara cooed into Sugar's ear. "And soon, you'll just suffer the same fate. Only at a different pace." Then a laugh before Zara would place the last of her own organs into the buckets. Humming, Zara slid the buckets carefully out of her walking space. Before she finally prepared something last, Sugar focused her sight on Zara's syringe. "You didn't fight it, no?" The darker mare peered over to see her strapped victim heaving again. "It makes it just easier for me..~" There, Zara sung a bit. Chuckling before Sugar would feel a small pinch.

"Too bad I didn't play longer with you...~ Oh well. See you in hell, love.~" Zara's voice would echo to Sugar Blossom, at the end there was a laugh echoing, and it came from her captor but it was muffled out. The drowsy mare looked around the room for the last time. Her worldview was becoming more warped in darkness. The last thing she would see from above...was her own captor. Giving a nasty grin that stretched across her face. This was it. Her untimely death..but Sugar only felt the darkness coming over her. Just the darkness washes over her own sight. Sugar Blossom was no more.

On the other hand, it took Zara nearly twenty minutes to snap out of her state. And her reality was coming to finally. She didn't know what it was...but...she was sure that somepony dying in her own hooves...just felt..nice again. Turning herself around to face the rest of the bakers, to be seemingly torturing what looks like to be last of Honey. Who was now disfigured from the body up to the face. Hair ripped away from the roots, and she was one nasty mess of makeup being smeared. Though her eyes remained, and her last tears had shed from before.

She was still strapped down, her legs lazily kicking around as if she was trying to fight them. Each time she swung or tried to fight, she would feel pains of a sharp knife down her body. The bakers howled with laughter of the poor victim. Scarlet would hop from her spot, and carry the buckets with her magic up back to the kitchen. Hearing the screams before she shut the cellar's door, silencing it all.

As she herself was a bloody mess, and also huffing. She lifted the buckets onto the countertop. Sighing in some relief as she shivered a bit. Her magic wasn't used for stuff like this, but she had to deal with it. Then, Zara heard the creaking hoofsteps behind her and came from the basement. Turning to see it was..Inkie Pie? Blinking a bit at this, a little..confused. "Zara, may I...speak with you?" Inkie asked in the middle of the doorway, walking over to her foe. Scarlet blinked once more, and looked over at her.

"Yeah?" the mare responded. Transferring the buckets from earlier onto the floor of the kitchen. "What's up?" Zara asked, adding on. Was she in trouble again? Or is this a casual talk? She wasn't sure herself. Inkie gave a small sigh before looking over at Zara. "I just think that what you've done is really amazing. Impressive, even took me by surprise. I actually admire your skill, I want to see more of it at it's finest." This statement shocked Zara in the slightest. But, Zara in advance gave Inkie a small warm smile before it faded.

Scarlet slightly hesitated before saying, "Uh..w-well..I think that I was a bit..too quick for my own taste..normally I take my time but I took my victims out a bit quicker than I ever expected.." She huffed at that. "S-Sorry about that, I was really nervous because everyone was watching." She laughed nervously at this. Now, there was other hoofsteps from the cellar, it was the rest of the bakers coming up from it. "Don't worry that brain of yours, you'll get better with timing." Inkie said with a slight smile, not noticing her sisters coming up from the cellar stairs. "I think Pinkie really likes you enough to be on the team. We where wrong about you, Zara." Inkie smiled even more at this.

"Let's get cleaned up before we all bake together!" Pinkie happily said, and her crew all agree. Going over to the bathroom to freshen themselves up before heading over the kitchen. The bakers seemed a bit shocked to see one of their sisters, Inkie Pie talking with Zara. Pinkie Pie smiled at this, walking over. Her sisters following suit to them before Pinkie spoke up. "Zara, you really did such a swell job on the twins! We can work on the timing, and lot's of patience for you. But, I officially declare you on our baker team!" She proudly announced. "You passed all of the three tests very nicely!"

"..T-Thank you! I tried my very best at that.." Scarlet Shadow's cheeks went red at the compliment. "Time to bake! Let's make those muffins that Derpy loves so much! After all, it's our reward for such hard work!" Pinkie gave one nod at her words. And they all started to bake that afternoon.
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After the baking was done for an hour or so, Pinkie had let Derpy take some of the muffins to snack on before wrapping them up. Putting them away now into the fridge for tomorrow to share, before heading up to the room. All of the other bakers did..except their eldest sister, Minkie Pie. In fact, the darker grey pony had spotted the young purple mare alone. Standing in the middle of the kitchen, it seemed like she had stayed. Minkie sighed softly before walking herself over. "Zara, are you alright? You...stayed here after we all went to the room." Minkie asked, brow raising now. Her words had startled Zara, turning around now nodding.

"I'm okay...I'll be up in the room in a bit." Zara smiled but the eldest did not want to leave. Minkie gave a huff at this, before she asked "Zara, may I..ask a question for you? Involving earlier to what you said.." Zara blinked but quickly gave a nod at her. "Sure, ask away." Obviously giving the permission to ask, then Minkie looked at her hooves digging at the ground.

"Well, you mentioned earlier about your town being banned from the map..what does that even mean?" Minkie was curious at this point, making the other sigh deeply. "Well, I tried to fight the princess head on..and well...I ended up getting the entire small town banished from the map."

"Why?" Minkie asked afterwards. Zara replied to her, "Because..I hate her. I truly hated the princess for letting others hurt me.." Before anything, Minkie went silent after. "She let others bully ponies like me and me alone. So, I wanted to take my anger out on her..I don't know.." Dragon eyes staring away from the darker grey pony. "I guess it backfired on me...it's what I get for standing up to what I thought was the right thing to do.." Sighing at this, looking back up to her. "But, the past doesn't matter now.. What matters now is the present, and my thirst for a new revenge since I am older." Zara gave her new friend a small twisted grin, in return, Minkie mocked the same one.

Minkie's ears twitched, but didn't ask any further about it. "Sounds interesting...I can't wait until you reveal whatever that plan is.." Minkie would say in reply to her, still smiling now. This made Zara agree, "C'mon, you need some rest after your performance today. Pinkie and the rest must be worried about you not coming to the room...I'm sure that my sisters are worried about me taking so long.." The purple one nodded more, "Sure. I need my beauty rest anyways, tomorrow is going to be a new day for all of us and Ponyville." Stating before the both of them had headed out of the kitchen and upstairs finally.

Zara would find herself a blanket and pillow to sleep with. And setting up her area in the left corner of Pinkie Pie's room, completely by herself. She wanted to be alone by herself and nobody seemed to really bother her. Pinkie would shut off the lights once everyone got into their places, now in the complete darkness. Zara would shut her own eyes and went to sleep.

Tomorrow is going to be a new day for all of the bakers. Yet a new struggle for Scarlet.