I turned on the TV. A government broadcast came up. It showed Rainbow Dash…with a strange creature next to her. It was shaped like a frog and had no tail. "What is that thing?" I exclaimed.

"It's called a 'human'. They're a species of aliens that are related to monkeys." Scootaloo said.

I fell over laughing.

"Listen!"

"We will now implement Ethnic Identification Codes." Rainbow Dash announced. "And when we are done, it will help us cleanse our great but degenerating Equestrian race of the useless and obsolete with neither flight nor magic. In fact, the codes will be completed today. The cleansing will begin tomorrow. Therefore, you must all report directly to your local town square. Broadcast ends here."

"Am I the only one who realizes that Dash's mane is disheveled?" I asked.

"And bloody!" Scootaloo added.

"We gotta go to the town square anyway unless we want the blood to come from us!" Sweetie Belle replied.

As we did, I saw a monster coming at me. It had wheels like a carriage, eyes like a living thing, and doors like a building! I quickly raced past it.

The door looked like it was made from a diamond. As I went in, I saw a giant tube. There was no line, meaning we were the first to arrive. Somepony pointed at the machine. I reluctantly entered.

Inside, a robot took a picture of us and then placed a barcode on us. Who knew these "codes" were in a data base?

We returned home relieved of being finished. I should not have been.

That night, I was woken by the sound of yelling and screaming. I got up and opened the door. There were a set of muddy footprints going in and out. The door to Applejack's room was broken down.

I stumbled inside as if in a dream. There was no one on the bed.

There was only one reasonable explanation for this. The officials had murdered Applejack. "NOOOOOOOOOOO!" She was probably being electrocuted or pricked right now. I suddenly realized what "cleansing" meant. Genocide and extermination.