Warning: This chapter contain "My Little Pony: Foresincs is Magic" reference.
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Antiblue P.O.V.
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That night couldn't be going even worst. I had imposed to myself that i will never had to kill somepony. But it looks like i have no choice. But first, let me tell you about my past whereabouts.
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Before Pinkie Pie, or Pinkamena if you want call her that, literally started to kill ponies and make cupcakes out of it, somepony decided to let me escape from my prison and knocking out the guards with a sleep powder. I couldn't even see who my liberator was, but i immediately took that opportunity to take back my bag with my gear and sneak out.
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The reason? Some of the guards started to act very oddly toward me. I'm not talking about them being sadistic or anything. They were just hiding and putting their eyes on me, even when i was just working or even sleeping. But i can feel their presence. I don't know what is wrong with them, but something was telling to keep the eyes open.
Before i could run away from Canterlot, i had gone to the castle's archive. Since the guards were in that moment unable to act, i took the liberty to take a Aura Phaser from it, something that allowed me to hide my tracks during my escape.
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After one day, i managed to reach my house situated in the Everfree Forest. Hopefully nopony tried to enter inside my property... Not even the Royal Guards.
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In that period after my jailbreak, i remained to live inside my house while going outside for my usual mineral scavenging without put my hoof into Ponyville or in Canterlot since the authorities would be probably going after me.
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Now let's talking about the cupcakes tragedy... Since i wasn't visiting Ponyville or any other town in Equestria, i was literally oblivious about what happened there at that point, including Pinkie Pie's crimes, the death of Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash, the investigation and Rarity's disappearance.
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Everything looked just fine since i wouldn't have to fight once more since i didn't want to create some incident and attract some attention.
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But now here i am... Wielding my long giant chainsaw after a long time, breaking the promise done to myself and fighting against a bunch of freakish zombies who seemed to came out from some demented horror book.
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One thing is certain. Since they attacked me and pissed me off so hard... I will give them the execution that they really deserves.
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For Fluttershy, now reborn as a undead freak, and the masked pony that was supposed to be a simple hunt.
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A simple task for their group of nine Enhanced Wraiths. A one sided murder in which they must make a corpse out of the victim in order to for their boss to resurrect it in one of them.
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That hunt was instead turned into a massacre in which three of them were mutilated and killed by a very pissed off giant chainsaw armed Antiblue, who was standing in front of the remaining five monstrous ponies, ready to spill more blood.
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One of them, being the earth pony with the body of a metallic manticore, stepped back as the other four, three undead earth ponies and one pegasus, attacked her simultaneously.
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Antiblue charged toward them with a spinning slice, tearing them apart while the undead pegasus dashed toward the violet mare and attacked her with two scythes protunding out of his hooves.
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The violet mare quickly ducked to dodge them and then got up again while the undead pegasus approached her to pierce through his chest with the chainsaw, tearing and devastating his insides before rising his agonizing body and slamming it to ground while tearing apart his lower parts.
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The undead Fluttershy and the masked wraith wasn't expecting this savage fighting ability in one single mare. Fluttershy in particular gasped at her seven subordinates being butchered by her target.
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"And i considered myself a monster when i was alive!" said a baffled Fluttershy.
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The masked pony went out of the bushes and walked toward Antiblue, getting ready to wield his two machetes.
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"Antiblue you bitch! I'll kill you!" he screamed.รน
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"I think that her name is actually Azure Strawberry." said the pony with the metal manticore's body.
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Upon hearing that, Antiblue turned toward the two undead ponies with a intimidating expression.
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"How the fuck do you know my name!?" said Antiblue with a ferocious tone.
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Antiblue charged toward the metal manticore pony as he aggressivily rushed toward her.
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"Answer me!"
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The metal manticore pony flings a barrage of blows with his claws at Antiblue, who dodged that cutting storm by leaping backward when his metal scorpion sting was suddenly falling on her head.
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She avoided the sting by throwing herself toward his left side of his body and teared it apart along with some of his insides, veins, and bones; horizontally dividing his body in two and cutting his nerves from the rest of his body.
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As the violet delinquent landed, the manticore pony's part with his head flew away until it fell to the ground, loudly gurgling blood from his mouth in utter agony and unable to move and scream as his other part of his body erupted more blood from it before collapsing to the ground as well.
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Antiblue then turned toward the masked pony who already flinged himself toward her while and wielding his two machetes, already attacking her with a few swings of them.
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The mare avoided his swipes while preparing her chainsaw for a blow from below, which she immidiately deliver it while he threw another swipe, immediately amputate his left hoof along with part of his iron mask and rapidly severing his other of hoof.
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As both the severed, the machetes and the mask's piece were falling on the ground, the rest of the mask fell from from his face.
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Much to Antiblue's surprise, the unmasked green stallion was a Sly Toungue, a jerkish stallion who end up as a undead mutilated pony, screaming in agony and bleeding while collpsing on the ground.
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"Why you... You were in the same volunteering workplace as me. Your name... Wait... No. I don't think we met." said Antiblue with a puzzled and yet mocking tone.
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"You will not get away with this!" screamed the undead Fluttershy coming out of the bushes and flying toward her before landing in front of her. "How dare you to mutilate these benefactors!?"
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Antiblue glanced at Fluttershy's monstrous body. She recognized her and was a little shocked to see her in that condition, and not in a good way. The mare was mentally questioning if this was some kind of a joke or she decided to become some kind of monster.
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Antiblue then calm herself down a bit and glared at the yellow undead pegasus.
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"Benefactors?" retorted Antiblue. "I think your Element of Harmony or whatever turned you into like this has screwed over your brain. Look, i don't know what happened to you, but these disgusting dumbasses tried to kill me... Which let me wonder if you want to do the same."
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"You should feel guilty for your crime! These ponies were trying to save you from your condition as a living being!"
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"So you sent these monsters against me. They tried to kill me, so you have no cannot whine if they get what they deserve. Since by then you, a mare that wouldn't even hurt a caterpillar, started to butcher other ponies?"
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"Since i had a revelation during my rebirth. What you said is true only in part. We killed ponies in order to give them a new life, completely from the fangs of famine, prejudice, their flaws, their doubts and the fear of death itself."
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Fluttershy then smiled with a mix of joviality and bloodthirsty frenzy.
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"I found a new form of kindness in which i can identify with and use it to help the others, no matter of insane it is. For how much sadistic and cruel can sounds to you, death can have his own benevolent side if it wanted. I was never this confident and secure of myself as i now."
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"Who turned you like this?" said Antiblue.
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"You don't deserve to know that yet. You had to feel that. A good benefactor saved me from my old self. And some other ponies and animals received this blessing as well. My body represents my new and complete comprehension of Death. Death alone is just a exit, but if you fuse it with Life, you create a miracle that defies their own flaws. My new way to help the others is far more effective than my old ways. We are doing this to save you not only from your lives, but from yourself as well. You should consider this an act of kindness."
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"So you had gone against your self imposed rules about not hurt or kill anypony, not even animals, and started a massacre to allow this benefactor of yours to create some monsters out of the dead victims. What kind of fucked up act of kindness is this!?"
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Fluttershy gasped in shock upon her sentence.
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"That is a language i never wanted to hear!"
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"Hey, you tried to kill me. You cannot expect me to calm down."
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Fluttershy glanced quietly at the violet with a grim expression.
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"You know? I will make sure to give you a very tremendous demise, just to make sure that you became part of the new prospective..."
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Fluttershy then made a euphoric, bloodthirsty face, which was made more disturbed by her almost hideous face, adorned with a even more twisted smile.
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"You had to accept the new circle of nature!"
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Antiblue remained silent for a bit, not even flinching, leaving the monstrous caricature of Fluttershy perplexed a little.
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The mare then pulled the chainsaw's starting cord, revving it up one more time, and glaring at the vegetal pegasus with a dreadful intensity as the blades were rotating,
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"Then you and me got a problem." said menacingly Antiblue.
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The undead Fluttershy putted her hoof on her chest while Antiblue prepared her attack.
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"I wont hold any responsibility for what i'm going to do!" said Antiblue already charging toward the twisted creature.
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"You are not the first thug that i met, you know?"
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Fluttershy then gestured Antiblue with that same hoof as sudden swarm of undead butterflies flew in her direction, faster and aggressive as locusts.
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"You will regret for this transgression!" said Fluttershy.
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"The hell!?"
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As the swarm was almost reaching her, the mare quickly cut them up with a single swing. Green fluids spurted from their tiny bodies, which some drops were poured her various parts except her head. That liquid ignited a unbearable pain burning her body as some wisp of vapor was rising from the mare's skin. Antiblue clenched her teeth groaned as she tried to sustain her pain and remain still on her two legs.
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"Their blood is composed with a strong natural acid solution. A single drop bring intense pain. That is the result of your opposition. You see, sore meanie? Brute strenght is not a victory warranty." said gleefuly Fluttershy.
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Antiblue quickly turned her attention to the undead Fluttershy and noticed the vines protunding from her wing conjectures digging into the ground. These undead butterflies were a distraction. But she realized that too late as the vines were then rising from the ground beneath her and immobilizing the mare's body, making her standing on her two hind legs while holding her chainsaw with her right hoof while being unable to use it.
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The vines started to crush Antiblue's body very hard, thightened themselves on her limbs and her necks as Fluttershy flapped her wings and started to fly a little higher.
The monstrous yellow pegasus watched the scene from above as the vines continued to squeeze and strangle the violet mare, gravely testing her endurance already tested by the pain of the acid. Antiblue's breath was obstructed by this vegetal equivalent of hanging execution. Her consciousness started to vacillate.
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"Isn't that great? I used to be afraid of the heights, but now i can enjoy this wonderful sight at my heart content. I will grant you a gentle death that will become the seed of your rebirth. But first, i will remind you my subordinates killed by you. Now prostrate... and apologize. "
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Fluttershy pulled some of the vine, forcing Antiblue to prostrate. The mare putted some resistance against the vegetal pressure of the vines as her sight started to come and go.
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"Don't be shy... Oh, sorry. No pun intended. Heheheh. I'm not very fond of that. But seriously, you should apologize to your victims. You will purified by your own flaws after your death. And after that, you will become good as new and really forgiven."
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As the violet mare struggled to remain conscious, her eyes stumbled to one of the machetes laying on the ground. Antiblue forced her right hind leg to move backward, trying to ignore the vegetal pressure, and focused her attention on the machete as Fluttershy continued to talk.
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Fluttershy then grinned with a twisted and upsetting serenity, looking at her victim with a obscure pleasure.
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"You will experience a crude death, but after you had hatched, you will be grateful that i-"
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"FUCK YOU!" screamed Antiblue as she instantly, forcefully kicked the machete so hard to sent the it to flying at a elevated speed toward Fluttershy and managed to hit her before she could even move away from it.
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The machete end up right into her right eye , puncturing it along with a portion of the right side her skull, that instantly started to spurting blood from the opened wound.
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Fluttershy screamed and loosed her balance due to both the impact of the blow and the burning pain seizing her head, making her falling toward the ground.
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With the pegasus' concentration being broken, the vines loosened their grip and Antiblue was set free. She then cut the vines with two swing of her giant chainsaw as noticed something very unusual as Fluttershy's scream became even more louder.
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The reason of such increased volume could be described by one fact: The cuted vines started spurring blood coming from the holes, resembling these of the veins and arteries from their flat severed parts. Probably the vines were part of her body too.
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"What the... blood?... Are these vines seriously connected to...?" murmured a little disturbed Antiblue in her mind.
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As the undead Fluttershy crushed to the ground, Antiblue coughed multiple times as she was trying to catch her breath.
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As her sight returned to be stable, She was suddenly met by the sight of the same machete flying toward her.
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Antiblue rolled away from it's trajectory and turned her attention back to the altered Fluttershy.
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The yellow undead pegasus stood up in pain, half blinded and enraged, feeling horribly humiliated and tossed around. Her only remaining eye was bloodshot in resonance with it's color as the other one was destroyed and spurting blood, just like the her cutt vines. Fluttershy breathed heavily as she withdraw the vines inside her wing's conjuctures.
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"Unforgivable... Unforgivable! Unforgivable, unforgivable, unforgivableunforgivableunforgivable, UNFORGIVABLE!... And unconceivable as well!" screamed Fluttershy as brambles came out of both the sides of her body, stretching themselves.
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Fluttershy took a few steps toward the mare with her face and the side of her body being bloodsoaked, trying to ignore the pain and glaring at her with murderous intent.
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"You are a really dangerous pony! I don't know how did you managed to do this to me, but your luck will worn off now, because you will no get out my view alive!"
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Fluttershy violently flapped her wings and then flew toward Antiblue at a elevated speed while flailing the brambles toward her as vegetal whips.
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Antiblue immediately rolled away several avoiding being hit.
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As Fluttershy surpassed the mare's position, she changed her flight's direction back to her and flew toward her again. Fluttershy horizontally flailed the brambles toward her in the same moment she was almost reaching her supposed victim.
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Antiblue bent herself backwards, avoiding the whipping attack while wielding her chainsaw with both her hooves, and got up in the same moment the pegasus reached in the right timing.
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In that fraction of seconds Antiblue sliced and severed her right, some of the brambles coming out of it and part of her right part of her body, causing Fluttershy to scream even louder before loosing her balance once more and crashing abruptly into some bushes far away from the violet mare.
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The mare was fully aware that the pegasus was still Fluttershy, one of the Elements of Harmony that saved Equestria twice along with her friends since the return of Luna.
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Antiblue, however, doesn't feel sorry for her, because that wasn't like her at all. It looked like a monster who acted as a twisted parody of what she was supposed to be.
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However she could feel that is not entirely the truth.
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The only question was... who turned those ponies into monstrous freaks?
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Antiblue walked toward Sly Toungue's body, lying to the ground on his side down, bleeding and still moving, much to Antiblue's muted surprise.
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"So you are still alive... It was like came to hunt me down when i was alone." said Antiblue.
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"You...!" said weakly Sly Toungue.
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"Well..."
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Antiblue trampled his back with her back hoof and stabbed through with her still revving giant chainsaw while wielding it with a hoof, tearing his insides. He screamed for the atrocious pain caused by the iron blades eating his insides non stop. Antiblue pulled her weapon out of his body after a few seconds.
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"Didn't you?" asked Antiblue.
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"You... You'll regret this!" wailed angered Sly "You should have just meekly being killed by us! You could have become one of us!"
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"Come to think, who the hell are you?"
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"We are powered corpses belonging to a secret army. We have been brought back to life to realize a secret project. I don't know all the details, but i know for sure one thing. Our usual job is to kill living creatures and resurrect them as improved beings."
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"Are you a idiot?" said Antiblue before thrusting her chainsaw deeper, shredding his inside one more time as the screamed even louder.
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"GYAAAAAA! You damn antisocial earth mare. It's true! Our leader is the one who killed and performed her method of resurrection on any of us, including Fluttershy herself."
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"Wait... She was actually killed and resurrected in the monster who i just butchered?"
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"We are now undead monsters... though that some of us were just expendable failures like me, but c'mon! We are inv-"
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"But you lost to me..." retorted Antiblue
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"It's not been long since our rebirth so we've not quiet got the hang of it." said Sly "Fluttershy, on other hooves, has refined her new powers, so that was for pure damn luck if you won this fight."
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Antiblue slowly pulled her chainsaw out of his now horribly shredded body and looked at his face.
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"Well how about this? That leader of yours?"
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Sly coughed a little as blood came out of his mouth, struggling to formulate the answer.
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"N... Necro Meele!" said Sly.
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"Necro Meele?" said confused Antiblue.
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"B... but you will remember her as Noontide Bloom."
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Antiblue's eyes widened in response to his words. She then rapidly lifted her back hoof away from his back and violently stomped his head, causing him to moan weakly in pain, as the pain of his mangled insides wasn't enough.
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"You're lying idiot!" said irritated Antiblue "Are you talking about the beaten up orange mare that is saw one year ago?"
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Antiblue then pulled her back hoof away from him and put it back on the ground. She calmed herself down and tried to process what he said.
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"Hold on... if... if it is them, then i guess they are who i should go to... But what the bearers of the Elements of Harmony have to do with this?"
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The stunned sly started to laugh mischievously.
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"What so funny?" asked Antiblue.
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"Let me tell you a big news, Antiblue... at present, not only Fluttershy and us, but your volunteering workplace and almost half of the population of Equestria are now Necro Meele's subordinates too."
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"Seriously?"
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"And regarding the ones living in this portion of the Everfree Forest nearby Poniville... You're the only one left!" said Sly before loosing consciousness and finally dying for his gruesome injuries.
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Antiblue didn't have the time to pondering about what she has discovered that she felt somepony's presence coming from the forest.
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A sound of hooves clamping on the ground was coming closer to her with a slow rhythm.
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Closer and closer until it stopped. Heavy breaths were heard from there.
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The undead Fluttershy was waiting inside the bushes while Antiblue wasn't looking at her.
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Half covered in blood, constantly biten by the pain of her own injuries, almost hyperventilating, struggling to stand still, unable to fly and utterly angered by this what Antiblue has done to her, observed her prey for a moment.
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"Don't even think you can do whatever you want unpunished." murmured Fluttershy. "I will take joy to finally put you down and taste your blood. After all this duty has also a really morbid and pleasant point of view."
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She then adjusted her aim and called up all of her aggressiveness accumulated during the fight, prepared to release it in one second.
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"YOU WILL SEE DEATH UNDER A NEW LIGHT!" screamed Fluttershy in rage as she performed a very long jump toward the violet mare, almost reaching and trying to slash her head with the dragons claws.
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Before she could reach her, Antiblue immediately turned toward her and sliced vertically her body in mid air, severing her body muscle tissues, bones and insides, splitting her in two and splattering the rest of her blood, without Fluttershy having realized to be dead.
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During that bloody death, the violent mare wasn't even flinching, not even blinking her eyelids, completely unperturbed in front of the aftermath of her coup de grace as the dead body was going through her.
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The two half of the yellow pegasus' body fell to the ground in different directions.
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Antiblue remained still, thinking about what just happened in this night.
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It happened again. Some horrible creatures tried to kill her just when she tried to rebuild a normal life and move on. But this time, these ones have a sender and she knows who had to looking for.
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The responsible of this undead insanity that organized the group to hunt her down has signed it's own death warrant.
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That somepony messed with the wrong mare.
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"Necro Meele... You will see for yourself. Just wait."
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Antiblue paused a little, mentally preparing herself for the horrors coming after her.
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"I'll have you... Take responsibility for your crimes."
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In the following day, there was a particular flea market festival in Ponyville.
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Despite the tranquil daily atmosphere having the inhabitants of the town buying something from the outer shops and living their life, there was however one little disturbance in this harmonious day.
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Somepony can recall the day in which some jerkish shopkeeper imposed to Fluttershy, were she was normal and not a twisted creature, to pay ten bits just to purchase a cherry. When Fluttershy gave up, a earth mare came to buy the same cherry from that jerk, who sold it to her for two bits.
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While Fluttershy would have tolerated his behavior and stupidity, there was somepony who witnessed this act of idiocy and swore to never forget.
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The same episode happened at other two pegasi, though that the goods they attempted to buy was different, and from that point that witness, a pegasus, took those episodes very personally.
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This detail leads to that disturbance: A fight is going on between the pegasus and the jerkish shopkeeper's young brother who was standing in the shop in his place. The young brother however wasn't even fighting back the pegasus who was almost strangling him. A third pony tried to stop the fight.
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"Wait, wait! Let me go!" said the young shopkeeper.
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"Stop it! Stop!" said the third pony, releasing the shopkeeper from the pegasus' grasp.
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"WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR BROTHER DOING!?" screamed the pissed off pegasus.
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"*cough* *cough* *cough* Look, i apologize for how he behaved during that-"
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"No, don't just be sorry! You and your brother should THINK FOR ONE FUCKING SECOND!"
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"Hey!" said the third pony to the pegasus. "Just calm down! Is not worth it!"
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"Well, i don't think so. Now they are gonna get it. The third one who was mistreated was my younger sister, also a pegasus. She wanted to buy a peach, but his brother tried to sell it to her for ten bits, a very nonsensical price for a common fruit. She goes away from the shop empty handed only for her to see that idiot selling that peach for two bits to a earth mare. Coincidence. No, it's a fact."
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"That is not a good reason for-"
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"No. No. Listen to me. No. I'm freaking pissed off and i want my own type of payback!"
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"Wait!" said the younger shop keeper, trying to calm him down. "Wait. I know what you feel. I know what happened. But your aggressive approach will not resolve nothing. Look, my brother has some issues with pegasi since some of them accidentally destroyed is first shop because they were playing with the stom they were making. Look."
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The young pony then pulled out some photos and showed to the two ponies.
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"Is not for revenge. He has just some problem to keep his inner loathing against pegasi. Give him time."
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"Like hell i will." said the pagasus.
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"Try-"
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"That is the most dumbest excuse i ever heard! Are both of you professional or no!?"
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"Listen, you should-"
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"Shut the fuck up!"
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"But-"
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"NO! NO! I WILL KICK YOUR FUCKING ASS!"
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Before the fight took a nasty turn, a voice thundered, coming from a earth Royal Guard trotting toward the three ponies.
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"HALT!"
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The three ponies stopped and stayed still as the guard approached them.
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"What is going on?" said the guard.
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"Let me explain this." said the yonger shop keeper.
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"You better."
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But before the younger shopkeeper could give his testimony, this daily event suddenly turned into a chilling and bizarre one in the exact moment that a tremendous sound of something piercing the wind, accompanied by a unnatural female voice, shattered the tranquil atmosphere.
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"CLEAR THE WAY!"
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All of the inhabitants who were in the streets were startled by that yell, including the quartet. They turned toward the direction of both the sound and the voice just to see who was.
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The could see a unusual flying figure coming toward them from the sky. That doesn't look like a pegasus, and doesn't look like some kind of giant bird either.
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The flying creature was coming closer and closer, increasing the volume of the sound and slowly revealing it's appearance. As the unidentified thing was reaching Ponyville and her appearance was revealed, they stared at the flying entity in horror.
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The flying creature was a female orange maned blue pegasus, but not a normal one. She has two implanted two huge metallic wings instead of the normal ones, so sharpened birds were literally sliced in two in her passage The rest of her body was that of a average female pegasus compared to her own wings. Her missing lower part was now a huge metallic tail resembling that of a snake. The are two hole on the flat part of her hooves and something resembling a core reactor was attached into her chest. But the most scariest part of her was her face: her teeth being ferally pointed and her eyes being completely red without nothing but a tiny dot that is supposed to be the iris.
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And was coming toward the town at a tremendous speed.
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The inhabitants, except the four ponies, were running away from their trajectory in fear and quickly withdraw themselves in their houses.
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She heavily crushed into a clear spot nearby the quartet without damaging nothing and leaving nothing, but a strong wind caused by her involuntary flap of her metallic wings, blowing at them.
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They were almost blown away from the wind as they were trying to stand still.
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"That can't be..." said shocked the young shopkeeper.
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"What the hell is that!?" said the pegasus.
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"Surely a normal pegasus will not have those huge metallic wings!" said the third pony.
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Stunned and dizzied from the abrupt landing, she slowly stood up on her tail, trying to adjust her balance.
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"Ow, ow, ow. I should pay attention when i decide show off my speed." said the bizarre creature "But i couldn't help. I love this feeling!"
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The younger shopkeeper looked at her surprised, but for other reasons. He then walked hesitantly toward her.
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"Hey, where are you going!?" said the pegasus to the shopkeeper.
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"Don't get closer to her!" said the third pony.
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The shopkeeper trembled a little, a sense of panic attempted to persuade him to step back, but he decided to confront her anyway. The altered mare's face seemed to familiar to her.
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"Ehm...W-Whirlwind Gust? Is that you?"
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The creature turned her toward him. She seemed a little surprised to see him.
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"What happened... to your body?"
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"Oh, i'm sorry." said a little embarrassed Whirlwind Gust. "I didn't noticed you. As for this, let me explains this. A couple of weeks ago i had... a horrible incident. It happened some weeks ago, during a storm.
I was flying to return back to my fellow members. You know that was actually a Wonderbolts, right?"
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"Ehm... yes?"
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"I was struck by a lightning and lost my balance, thus i had fallen from a very high height and i ended up crushingin a very pointed mountain zone. I was horribly injured and, worst of all, my hind legs were all pierced and crashed; and my wings were completely destroyed. So i was unable to walk and fly."
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"That's... horrible... Wait, how do you explain this new body?"t
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Gust smiled at the young stallion, upsetting him a little.
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"You know that mare, the benefactor behind my recovery? I don't remember her name, but she is the one who rebuild my body. Let me also tell you a secret. Despite the fact that Rainbow Dash wasn't a Wonderbolt, i was so jealous about her speed, so is natural for me that i want to surpass her. Necro Meele graciously bestowed this new body and these new wings along with a great speed that almost surpasses that of that rainbow maned pegasus."
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Gust paused as her tranquil expression turned into a frustrated one.
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"Despite this sir... It's not very liberating! In fact, i cannot beat Rainbow Dash herself anymore since her death!"
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The altered pegasus turned her head toward the Royal Guard.
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"Excuse me, sir. I had show you these documents. These are related to my incident. Can you please come over here?"
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The guard walked toward Squall as she pulled some papers out of a hidden pocket inside of her metal tail. She showed the documents to both the guard and the shopkeeper.
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The shopkeeper was shocked as he realized that was she said was true, tough that he wasn't seriously thinking that she was lying. The guard remained impassive despite Squall's freakish form.
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The guard then whispered to the young shopkeeper's ears. His words cannot be heard by others, but the shopkeeper seemed a little persuaded by his message.
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The guard walked away from there while the shopkeeper turned his attention to Helix Squall. The other two ponies couldn't understand what else is going on.
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"Wait, guard!" said the pissed off pegasus. "Were are you going!?"
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"Hey, what did he said to you?" said the third pony to the shopkeeper.
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The shopkeeper remained silent for a moment, thinking if all this has a logic.
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"You can go." said the younger pony to Squall, much to the other two ponies' shock.
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"Thank you!" said Gust before flapping her huge metal wings and flying away from their sigh at the same tremendous speed as before, leaving a strong wind slightly blowing on them.
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The pegasus, the normal one who targeted the jerkish shopkeeper's brother, was utterly shocked about what happened.
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"Ok, dude! Fluttershy, the second pegasus and my sister were mistreated by your brother. Not only you are defending him, but you had also given THIS MOSTER a FREE PAST!? WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU!?" said angered the pegasus.
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"Look, i understand that you know her, but why you let her go?" said the third pony.
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"Sorry... The guard told me that is all ok." said disturbed the shopkeeper. "He said that is part of a special procedure. I had to let her go. By the way, i didn't really want to get involved..."
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Celestia was in her room, looking at a bunch of documents, studying them carefully. Although seemed perfectly all in order, that doesn't mean that is all in order for real. Her thoughts were focused on the news a guard had given to her about what happened the last night, oblivious of some missing details.
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"So that delinquent started to fight back. And Fluttershy was defeated in a most brutal fashion." Celestia placed her hoof across her face in dismay.
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"Technically she hasn't realized about my plan yet, that is also Necro Meele's. Additionally, if is alone, she doesn't represent a threat to our project of replace every pony with Enhanced Wraiths... But her unnatural talent is really bothersome."
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She continued her brainstorming until somepony knocked at the door.
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"Who is it?"
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The door opened, revealing Wedge before he entered her room.
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"I'm sorry to disturb you but-"
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"No, you are not disturbing me? In fact this is quiet a pleasure."
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"Thanks..." said Wedge doing a brief smile before it fades away. "If is possible, i want to talk about one thing."
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"If is about Biggs, is resurrected. Is just not improved yet and there is still not Shape Camouflage, so you had to wait."
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"I know that, but i wanted to talking about something else. Is about one of our guards."
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"What is it?"
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"It's about Cobalt Will. One week ago he tried to pay a visit to Twilight Sparkle's room. But he wasn't searching for her."
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"Then who was he looking for?"
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"For Spike, of all living things. He asked for something the dragon received in the mail. But not a letter. According to one of my colleagues it was a object used to record the discussions."
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At the word "Record" Celestia froze for one second. Her expression shifted into a serious one.
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"So he was looking for the dictaphone. Your dictaphone."
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"I-i apologize for that. I did that during the fight against Rarity... Then i was alive. I-"
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"You are forgiven, but Cobalt Will must not leave Canterlot."
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"Too late. He escape the city and disappeared along with my dictaphone."
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"I should have applied the Recording Tools Ban earlier... too bad."
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"What can you say about him."
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"Cobalt Will is the one who tried to reform the violet mare in the first place. I never though that he would run away from me and his responsibility. And yet, as opposite to Aquilinus, he is not a coward. And that is the problem."
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"I should have kept an eye on him after my resurrection."
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"Oh, you don't have to worry. We will get him and put him in front of the responsibility of his
deception, eventually."
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"Oh, i almost forgot. There is one of my colleagues outside the door."
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"What does he want?"
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"He wanted to deliver a urgent message. It's about what happened in the last night. Where is Necro Meele?"
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Celestia looked at Wedge with a severe look in her face, as she seemed to know what he was referring to.
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"When it comes to the ponies and the other living creatures to kill, they can be classified into two types! But today this lesson will be different!" said Necro Meele toward a crowd of Enhanced Wraiths in which Whirlwind Gust was also present.
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The Necro-alchemist was giving some sort of depraved torture lesson to them with a chuck board behind here. This lesson was in session inside a hangar.
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"The last week we talked about the two types of victims in fact of physical endurance, that are "Plain" and "Gaudy". Today we are talking the two types of victims regarding their mental endurance: "Glasswilled" and "Diehard". Who can explain the merit of each?"
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One of the undead creatures, a unicorn raised his hoof, or his implanted hook in his case.
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"What exactly do you know about then?" asked Necro Meele.
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"Some of the murders commited by Pinkie Pie, now one of us, will help me to explain that" said the unicorn. "The "Glasswilled" are type of victims who were too scared to die and cannot sustain any kind of pain, including the atrocious ones, and after a certain amount of time of torture, they actually gave up trying to escape or begging for their lives, and eventually loose their sanity. Just like during Pinkie Pie's torture of Rainbow Dash. The "Diehard" are the type of victims who had a great mental endurance, so they continue to struggle despite the physical damages and remain defiant until the bitter end, like the case with Gilda."
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Necro Meele made a satisfied and yet annoyed face while looking at him.
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"Good!" said intimidating Necro Meele, startling the unicorn.
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"Ah... Is something wrong?"
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"Nothing."
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As Necro Meele continued her lesson, three earth Royal Guards who weren't killed and subjected to her disgusting from of resurrection yet were watching the whole thing from behind the door.
"What was Celestia thinking when she hired her as her second in command? And why we are the only ones who know about this demented fact?"
"Shh... lower your voice... Besides, if you heard, this Necro Meele seemed to be connected with Pinkie Pie's killing spree. How can the Princess allow such monstrosity? Should we intervene? We could probably be that mare's next victims."
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"And end up revolting against Celestia herself? Look, what is happening now goes against her own principles, something that she should take in consideration in the first place, but... We can't do pretty much, and is not just because we don't have the courage."
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They continued to watch the scene, not noticing a group of cloaked figures coming from behind them.
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A terrible scream started to reverberate briefly through the hangar until it became silenced.
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"Oh, looks like that somepony got killed." said unperturbed Necro Meele. "Which means more personal incoming. Well With that, you're free to pursue your own actions. When i come up with any orders i'll let you know via the secret magical connections. For now you had to return to your bases. You are dismissed."
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The group of Enhanced Wraiths scattered in various directions, each one going toward their exits.
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"Whirlwind Gust!" called Necro Meele.
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"Ehm, yes?"
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"Can you come here just for a moment?"
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Gust crawled toward Necro Meele, who's face seemed lightly irritated. She opened her mouth when suddenly she could feel a very sharp object going through her chest, almost reaching her heart. The altered blue pegasus notice Necro Meele stabbing her with a obxidian dagger, making her chest bleeding.
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Before Gust was starting to spasm for the pain or even trying to pull it out, Necro Meele grabbed her neck and pushed the dagger a little bit, making however sure to touch her heart with the non cutting part of the blade. Gust moaned for the pain and breathed heavily as her heart was beating faster.
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Gust could feel this agony seizing her chest as Necro Meele glared in her eyes infuriated.
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"Gah!.. ha!... What did...?"
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"I came to know that you were flying in the sky and showing off your immense speed, despite not having the Shape Camouflage covering you horrible appearance, a that you then crushed into Ponyville and showed your altered body in front of the inhabitants. Hopefully there was a Royal Guard who was also your companion to cover your incident. Do you understand your conditions and situation, you idiot!?"
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"I'm soor- Gah!" Gust couldn't even finish that Necro Meele moved the dagger around her flesh.
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"Be quiet! I do the talk!"
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"Guh!... "
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"Don't even try to screw up my position. If you make another act of stupidity that could compromise even the smallest part of my plan... i will just DESTROY YOUR NEW WINGS AND GRINDING YOUR BODY WHILE YOU ARE STILL ALIVE!" screamed furious Necro Meele as she then abruptly pulled out the dagger from Gust's chest, causing it to bleed even more.
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Gust was still breathing heavily as she watched Necro Meele in awe before the latter started to talk again.
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"Don't even do a mistake of that caliber... Ever!... Got it!?"
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Gust meekly nodded in fear of another reprise.
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"You better return to your damn factory, without being noticed this time."
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Gust turned around, crawled away toward the exit leading to the outside and flew away from the hangar as fast as she could, without notice the blood trail she was leaving behind.
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Necro Meele was still furious, but the fact with Gust wasn't the only reason.
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"You are almost stupid in my opinion. Too much obsession and jealousy toward Rainbow Dash had really screw over your judgement. Speaking of Rainbow Dash, that just remind me of a fact that still manages to piss me off. I'm not talking about her corpse being stolen along with that of Princess Luna." thought Necro Meele in her mind.
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Flashback, some weeks ago, Sugarcube Corner's basement.
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Rainbow Dash's horrendous murder has been consumed.
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Her cadaver was hanging in the center of the room, being horribly damaged and cutted in the worst possible ways imaginable.
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Her throat being pierced, some wounds being opened, her organs being exposed with her rib cage, her wings being severed, her teeth scraped, her eyes completely lifeless, her body being a little burnt for the electrocution and her blood being entirely drained away from her.
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In that moment, Pinkie Pie, still wearing the flesh made dress and her wretched necklace, putted aside a tray with some of the cupcakes made out of Rainbow Dash's flesh and took a skinner in preparation to what she intended to do next.
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After all, she had friend to make just to make up the short time in which her tortured friend resisted.
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That friend making was then suddenly interrupted by Necro Meele opening the door and descending into the basements, carrying something with her.
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She could see the scenario for herself: the usual crude way in which the basement was adorned. But that was not what bothered her, but something else.
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Putting aside the stench of dead and emptied insides that infested the room, Necro Meele was shocked to see Rainbow Dash's corpse being reduced in horrible conditions. That was unacceptable for her, especially since she had multiple plans about her.
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"What happened to her body? Is gravely damaged. I'ts a mess! And her wing!Her wings are missing!"
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Necro Meele looked at the desk and noticed a stray with Rainbow Dash's severed wings on it,and the looked back a the blue pegasus' corpse, noticing her cutey marks, also missing, knowing however the reasons since Pinkie Pie does that job to remove them to improve that dress made of flesh.
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The Necro-Alchemist the turned her attention to Pinkie Pie, who was looking at her with her cheerful expression, with a irritated expression, made even more infuriated since she has notice now that Princess Luna's cutey mark was on the center of the dress.
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"What the fuck have you done?" asked Necro Meele with a inquisitive tone.
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"Oh, you mean this? I had just made the usual party, this time with Dashie. Is a shame that she didn't lasted very longer as i planned." said Pinkie.
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The parting pony then took the stray of Rainbow Dash's flesh made cupcakes and showed to her.
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"Besides, i prepared something out of my friend in the meantime. Cupcakes?"
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Upon hearing her words, Necro Meele suddenly, brutally struck Pinkie's head with a huge spiked mace.
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"CUPCAKES AND YOUR STUPID DRESS ARE MEANT TO APPEAL TO THE LIVING! YOU ARE DEAD, HAVE SOME SELF AWARENESS!"
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Pinkie's head was in part crushed, blood was coming out a little from her mouth and some of her teeth flew away from her mouth during that blow. She patted her damaged cheek with one of her bloodstained hooves while looking at the orange mare puzzled.
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"Ow. There's no need to be this infuriated. I have to go all out at my heart content, you know?"
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"As expected, but not in this way, you stupid!" retorted Necro Meele "And you have Luna's fucking cutey mark patch with the rest of the dress!?... Maybe i should destroy this whole dress by myself."
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Their discussion was then interrupted by a voice calling the orange mare.
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"Mistress Necro Meele. We have a problem. Somepony is coming here!"
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Necro Meele groaned frustrated and turned her attention back to Pinkie.
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"I will go outside to avoid any suspect. You better clean up you mess... And make sure that her corpse and her wings will be delivered to me. Also get ride of the dress immediately.. And this time don't screw up. got it!?"
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"Okay... Leave this to me." said meekly Pinkie.
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Necro Meele quickly goes up to the stair, went out of the basement and storms out the Sugarcube Corner as fast as she could. She hid behind the wall and watched the situation while trying to not be noticed.
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Her feared worst scenario happened and temporally ruined a part of her plan. Big Machintosh and Applejack were passing nearby the bakery and decided to go inside. They had probably saw the bloodstained Pinkie Pie, still cheering while being in the middle of her own bloodshed with Raimbow Dash's corpse nearby her, according to her current thoughts.
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What's worst, Pinkie Pie was then caught and then arrested. Not only there are two witnesses, but her personal living cover has fallen.
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"DAMMIT!" screamed Necro Meele in her mind.
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As Big Machintosh and a traumatized Applejack leaved the bakery, Necro Meele walked toward the guard ponies who were investigating the murder, trying to get use of her now bestowed authority. After she approached them without being noticed, she then looked away from them and gestured to move as she was calling somepony else.
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A group of five cloaked figures appeared and reached Necro Meele in response to her gesture. The orange mare turned her head back to the guards.
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"If you don't mind, i will take a look to the crime scene by myself. These five ponie are with me."
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The guards turned toward Necro Meele and recognized her, but one of them blocked her way.
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"I apologize for this, but you cannot enter. Is not safe there. A horrible crime has been committed." said the guard.
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"Have you forgot who i am? Are you dense? I am still Celestia's second in command. She gave me that title a week ago, so you should let me enter inside this bakery." said Necro Meele.
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"Wait? You know about this?"
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"What if am i? That is none of you business!"
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"...As you wish. But i warned you, remember."
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"You saw that dress, right?"
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"Are you talking about that horrendous dress and that necklace? But these are actually evidences-"
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"I don't care. Give them to me and let me keep them. You should never mentions the existence of this dress and this necklace. This order came from Celestia herself."
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"What?... Are you sure?"
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"I don't have all the night, so suit yourself."
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"Ok... Do whatever you want."
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"Wait me outside. And whatever happens, including our attempt to take something from the crime scene, don't get in our way."
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Necro Meele then looked to the five cloaked figure.
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"Follow me."
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The guards looked at Necro Meele's group with a irritated and yet confused face as they entered the bakery.
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Once in the basement, Necro Meele and the group scanned the entire room. The body of Rainbow Dash was still there.
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"Oemia. Phobia. Take Rainbow Dash's body, put it inside the bag and bring it into the base."
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"Yes, mistress." said two of the cloaked ponies, being mares.
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"You other three! Put the dress and the necklace into that empty garbage bag... And, for fuck sake, get ride of this pile of shit over there!"
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"As you wish, mistress." said the three ponies.
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Knowing that the situation was now complicated, Necro Meele had no choice, but to change some parts of her plan and make her next move.
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For anypony that night was a tragedy, but for Necro Meele that was just a bad, frustrating night.
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End of the flashback.
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Necro Meele snapped out of her thoughts and walked toward the exit only to be met by a unicorn Royal Guard.
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"Necro Meele." said the guard. "I have a important message regarding the last night."
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"What is it?" said Necro Meele.
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"The outcome is not good one. The group was entirelly slain. They didn't saw that coming. Antiblue is a real threat. Fluttershy in particular was completely chopped into pieces."
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Necro Meele froze for a moment. Her eyes widened as her face was filled with anger. She understood what happened, and she didn't like a bit.
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"Fuck... I won't allow her to be the only pony who just does what she wants. Killing and resurrecting her as a Enhanced Wraith won't do at all... I won't make her stronger..."
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Antiblue had just arrived in Ponyville, carrying on her back a big bag containing her long giant chainsaw, along with some talismans and other stuff.
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She scanned her surrounding, finding only three ponies who were briefly looking at her with confusion and suspect before looking away from her gaze.
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She returned her attention toward her path and continued to walk until she stumbled into something absurd.
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Antiblue was puzzled to see the Sugarcube Corner, whose entrance was sealed by a steel plate with a cartel upended on the door which test says "off limits".
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"What hell happened here?" said perplexed Antiblue.
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The mare then looked around just see if this atmosphere could get even more stranger until she stumbled into something even more absurd.
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The confusion in her head was added at the sight of the Carousel Boutique being completely barricaded on the lower floors. Wooden planks were blocking the windows and various furnitures were obstructing the entrance.
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Antiblue walked toward the shop, still trying to make sense to what is going on in the town.
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"I didn't visited Ponyville for a while since i was hiding, but that is just absurd."
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The mare lifted her head toward the upper floors when her gaze stumbled in the sight of a red mained old white stallion hesitantly looking out from a unblocked window.
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Recognizing him, Antiblue started to tackle and kick against the barricade of furnitures.
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"Hey! Get down!" yelled Antiblue, continuing her furniture bashing as the stallion quickly turned his attention to her. "Hey! You better talk! Get over there!"
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"Sssssssh!" gestured the stallion for silence.
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He trotted toward some part of the room and started to descent toward the lower floors. Sounds of hooves clamping on various floors continued to reverberate until he showed up from behind the boutique, looking slightly upset.
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"What fuck are you doing here!?" asked the stallion.
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"Some bastards assaulted my house." said Antiblue. "I have just arrived here and then i found the Sugarcube Corner close and this whole barricade there. Compass Pen, just what happened here?"
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"Not here... Follow me!"
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Antiblue followed Compass, who leaded her toward a hidden back door of the boutique.
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Antiblue and Compass entered into Rarity's bedroom and studio with the latter closing the door. The violet mare put down the huge bag on the floor.
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"Come to think, were is Rarity? Don't you think that this barricade is unreasonable and very much extreme?" said Antiblue.
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"That will not be unreasonable at all." said dismayed Compass. "After all a group of undead creatures were after me. Besides, Rarity is not even working here anymore from about two weeks, leading this boutique to a closure. So that is not a problem, except my abusive requisition of this place, but who cares."
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"So you encountered those fuckers."
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"I wonder if i can tolerate anymore of your language. In any case, yes. So, as you can see, i decided to hid here, though that living in the bedroom of my former boss is a little embarrassing."
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"Then why you took this room as yours?"
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"Because she died two weeks ago!"
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The violet mare remained speechless for a moment, mentally asking the veracity of that affirmation.
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"What?"
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"Is true. The day after her death, that shop is considered off limits, so i took that as my refuge."
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"Do you at least know what happened to her?"
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"I don't know. The only thing i can say for sure is that two days before her demise, she was a little... off.?"
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"What do you mean?"
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"I don't recognize Rarity anymore. Two weeks ago, she started to act a little stranger, alienated from her usual personality. Maybe this could be due to the trauma she had suffered after the night in which the tragedy was consumed at the Sugarcube Corner."
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"What tragedy?"
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"Don't you read the newspapers!?"
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Compass trotted toward the drawer, pulled out a newspaper and returned back to the mare while showing it to her.
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"This one!" said Compass indicating the front page.
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Antiblue grabbed the newspaper and started to read. The front page depicted a image of Pinkie Pie in the bloody basement along with the photo of Rainbow Dash as a memorial.
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The violet mare gives the newspaper back to Compass when suddenly her eyes stumble on a document laying on the desk nearby a sewing machine, which is really unusual for a fashionista since she uses that desk only to make dresses.
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Antiblue then walked toward the desk with a slightly accelerate pace.
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"Wait, what do you think are you doing?" said strangely upset Compass following her.
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The violet mare took a look to the document, recognizing for what it is: A autophsy report regarding a dead pegasus that was none other than Fluttershy, much to the mare disturbing surprise. The date of her death was two days before Pinkie Pie's arrest.
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There was also a photo of a mortally mangled Fluttershy, present with the document, confirming what the report said so far.
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"That was Fluttershy's authopsy report. I found that and the photo without Rarity even realizing it. I was infiltrating into the morge in search of a authopsy report regarding a friend of mine who went missing for a long time when i suddenly found these two things in the trash can. I decided to take it as a way to induce Rarity to explain her strange behavior. In fact, during her last days i saw her passing nearby Sugarcube Corner very often in the night." asked worried Compass.
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"Let me guess. She died at the Sugarcube Corner?"
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"Well... Yes!"
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Antiblue was dumbfounded. A very legit reaction. After all, she fought the forme Element of Kindness, if she can still be called that since her horrid resurrection.
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Antiblue turned toward Compass as she could feel some connection with that he gone through.
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"You said that you had infiltrated the morge in search of authopsy, isn't it?" asked Antiblue
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"What are you talking about?"
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"Didn't you have noticed something strange in the morge?"
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"Why do you want to know it?"
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"Because Fluttershy visited me as one of these undead creatures and tried to kill me. She was murdered some weeks ago according to he authopsy, but then she returned as a freak who escaped death itself. This cannot be a coincidence."
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"Fluttershy? are you c-... wait! Come to think i saw the cell were Fluttershy's body is supposed to be. It was strangely opened. But that is not possible. What pony could possibily want from her corpse?"
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"Ah!?"
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"I took a look in the cell and then found that her body was missing... Hey! You said she was... but that is not possible!"
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Antiblue started to became a little angered due to have found out the real face of that connection.
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"So she has seriously resurrected and enhanced her after all."
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"What are you talking about!?" asked confused Compass.
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Without any warning, the two were interrupted a creaking opened door as a third voice caught their attention.
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"He doesn't know nothing about this story. And i know only a few thing about it. In this moment i know the essential that you need to know."
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Antiblue and Compass turned their heads toward the door as a cyan maned elder azure unicorn, wearing a very long jacket, approached them.
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"Two of my students perished in the attempt to undermine a demented plan and my brother is currently hiding from this undead crisis."
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Antiblue studied the unicorn to check his intentions and walked toward him.
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"You had to introduce yourself first." said Antiblue.
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"I'm Chrome Fraction, a humble teacher and student of various types of magic. My ancestor was a friend of Starswhirl the Bearded, so i had some friendly connection with Celestia. Not that you really care about it since you had lived until now as a delinquent despite having met the Princess by yourself." said the unicron.
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"Do you got a problem?"
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"Nothing in particular. I just expressed my opinios. By the way i know about your past evasion." said the unicorn.
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"... How much?"
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"Not very much. Somepony helped you to evade, and yet Celestia hasn't bothered to order herguards to track you down, not even trying to teleport into your position. I suppose that before your escape from the forced volunteering situated in Canterlot, you had stolen a... Aura Phaser."
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"!"
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"Aura Phaser?" asked confused Compass.
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"Compass." called Chrome.
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"Yes?"
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"If you don't want have anything to do with this story, i suggest you to leave while closing the door."
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Compass groaned a little for the frustration to be left in the dark, knowing deep inside that he preferred the bliss of the ignorance since he is gonna be involved anyway.
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"Ok... i guess." said Compass as he walked out of the room and closed the door before going toward the darkenened lower floors.
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Chrome returned his attention to the violet mare.
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"You know what kind of magical artifact i'm talking about."
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"The Aura Phaser is very elusive magical artifact." started Antiblue. "It allows the possessor to hide his own existence from any living creatures in Equestria by simply possessing it, but not making him invisible. To put it simple, the only thing that this item can do is prevent anypony to perceive your presence, hide your magic and that of the possessor's items, and prevent anypony to track down your position, physically and magically. Even if Celestia wanted, she couldn't localize my position or even teleport where i am right now. There are only five copies existing in this world, and are all in the archive."
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"I know about your impatience to understand what is going on. However you need to take what i'm going to say with more judgement."
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"What do you expect to gain by helping a escaped convict like me?" said Antiblue.
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"You are not the only person involved here. I and some other ponies will be soon victims of the mare that targeted you. But for some reason, she wouldn't even resurrecting you. She considered you a pony who really hate most."
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"I supposed i'm completely targeted since that day we met."
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"You should have realized the connection between what you had discovered in these clues and the creatures you had fought before. You saw their horrible appearance. They even claimed to be reborn."
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"So Pinkie Pie's killing spree and the deaths of Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy had something to do with Necro Meele after all."
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"Whatever Pinkie Pie claimed a victim, Necro Meele arrived to took the victim's corpse a mold it as her own material, otherwise you cannot explain "Fluttershy" being still alive in front of your own eyes."
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"So she stole the from the morgue without anypony having realized yet."
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"She has her own way to gain her resources."
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"What do you know about Necro Meele?" asked Antiblue.
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"She is a orphan named Noontide Bloom. Their parents died due to the abuse of a forbidden art to warp the balance between Life and Death. She has promised to herself ot never use that heinous art. But after a while she tossed aside any worry and decide to broke her promise in order to get a full useof this power, taking the name of Necro Meele. She is the sole responsibile for the creation of these undead creatures."
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"They said to be resurrected by her as she was some kind of benefactor."
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"Those creatures are Necro Meele's creations. A twisted version of the Homuncoli."
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"Are you talking about Homuncoli that are usually created through a alchemic process?"
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"The Homuncoli are creatures created by the use of Alchemy through the trasmutation of the ponies' remains. They can retain their own memories, appearance and even feelings and doing everything like a real pony, but are completely devoid of free will. However those creatures are not Homuncoli. They are Enhanced Wraiths."
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"Enhanced Wraiths?"
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"Altered and twisted creature who had almost the same qualities as the Homuncoli, but, as their opposite, their decayed and altered appearances were exposed and their body parts were damaged after their creation. If a fitting chemical factor is applied to them before their twisted rebirth, these resurrected victims, as result, they will become bound to their master while retaining a convenient artificial free will. These warped ghost of themselves are born by that forbidden art."
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"What do you mean as warped ghost of themselves?"
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"After their rebirth, they retain their original memories, abilities and even feelings, but their original personality is completely eclipsed or, in some cases, destroyed. They are in fact crude, twisted hollow masks of the ponies they used to used to be."
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The violet mare froze for little upon hearing that part. The image of the former element of kindness acting in a very twisted way made her reflect a little bit about. Her personality wasn't anything like the real one.
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"So this explain Fluttershy's behavior."
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"Once a pony is resurrected as a Enhanced Wraith, is completely compromised."
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Antiblue briefly put her hoof across her face as she was mentally going to throw up in disgust.
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"A prohibited art... and Necro Meele was able to pull this out on her own? Seriously, Equestria could not even maintain that so called Harmony that some dumbass had the gruesome idea to tap the power to twist the balance of something more greater than her ego."
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"Necro Meele is currently a prodigious Necro-alchemist and a unstable mare. She was supposed to be under the tutelage of Sunlight Chime, but after she got more confidence and skill in the use of the Necro-alchemy, she cut her ties with him. She managed somehow to kill most of the Royal Guard and resurrect them as her minions. I had escaped from Canterlot before the situation got even worst."
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"How much worst are we talking?"
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"Mmmm... For this topic i have this to show you."
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Chrome pulled out a gruesome rose orb from her pocket. Antiblue was already thinking what else was he hiding in those pockets.
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"What is that?" asked Antiblue.
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"That is just a corporeal memo. That allows to register anything that a dead body would had perceived in the last hour before it's death: what he heard, what he saw and, mostly, what he though. This that i'm holding in my hoof in this moment is actually a residue of Wedge's last moments. I stored them from his corpse into it before he was then resurrected into a Enhanced Wraith by Necro Meele."
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"Isn't that a taboo?" said nervous Antiblue.
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"It cannot be helped. I had no other way to prove that. I didn't show that to you back at the Carousel Boutique since i didn't want anypony in Ponyville to hear that. You don't have idea of the disturbing thing this story is."
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"Stop acting all pretentiously important and go to the point."
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"Just watch."
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"Ah!?"
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Chrome made the orb glowing into a black light briefly. The room was the suddenly engulfed by complete darkness.
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Nothing happened in that moment and any other sound was silenced. After a endless instant, the world around started to reconstruct itself until a unusual scenario started to manifest if front of their eyes. Antiblue was confused at first, not knowing what is going on. As the reconstruction was almost complete, Antiblue she couldn't even believe what she was watching.
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"What's this?" said buffled Antiblue.
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That would be like a illusion to her but everything around her looked pretty much alive.
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They were in the castle of Canterlot, in the empty throne room in middle of the night. In front of them there are Celestia and a badly battered, wounded shocked Wedge at her mercy as the Princess was talking with him.
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That whole bizarre thing was a reconstruction of Wedge's last moments, just like Chrome said. Antiblue and Chrome were completely ignored by the two ponies due to that them being a only a memory. Is just like being in a dream, but it wasn't.
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Antiblue observed the scene and listened the conversation between Wedge and the Princess. But she couldn't believe what she was hearing.
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Celestia confessed to have previously killed Luna, orchestrated the murders committed by Pinkie Pie, mind controlled Rarity to rigg the lottery in which Pinkie herself was following to select her victims, and used their corpses for the creation of the Homuncoli. Her excuse was a plan consisting to replace the victims as well as provide horsepower for farming, which there was a shortage of that was threatening to put Equestria into a huge turmoil according to her in her explanation.
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She has also badmouthed Twilight Sparkle a bit for having interfered into her plans to create disasters and talked about Malthus Cleverhooves as he was bothersome thorn on her side to justify his convenient death just because he pointed out a flaw in her system.
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The revelation was made even more horrifying by her newfound insanity she was displaying as she was about killing Wedge to obtain his silence and remade him while showing a perverse interest into him while talking about the possibility to remade also Applejack, Fluttershy and the other victims of this story as she was building a happy family, which is very disturbing since that is coming from Celestia herself.
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Wedged tried to convince Celestia do not this horrible practice since the other ponies will eventually notice the flaw of the Homuncoli.
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But Celestia is not intentioned to give up her project, and is heavily made evident by these crude sentence of hers.
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"Don't be foolish, Wedge. I know I can't keep this under wraps for ever. I don't need to: a year or two and Spike will be larger, and utterly loyal, the Homunculi will be operating in large enough numbers and the benefits of the increased food production will be starting to show. Even if ponies do find out, they won't do anything about it. Would you really oppose a system that kept food supplies stable and the economy in good shape, especially when the head of that system had an army of undead servants hidden undetectably in the population, her own pet dragon, and could switch-off the sun if angered? Who could also order Pinkie to re-make you if you caused trouble? Well, you would, but you are that rare brave exception, that's part of what I've always admired in you. But most ponies, if I told them what I was planning to do, they'd rebel. But if I do it and they find out later, after the Homunculi are already present in numbers, they'll realise that the risks are too high and the time when rebelling could have actually achieved anything had already past. They will be understandably uncomfortable and upset, but they'll soon justify it to themselves, and within a generation or two it will be accepted as the natural order of things. Life, death and re-making. And now I'm sorry Wedge, but I think we've said all that needed to be said here."
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The scene culminates with Wedge going to get killed by Celestia only for Applebloom, who has crude cutey mark resembling a hacksaw, arriving in that moment to save him just to have the pleasure to torture and kill him with the help of the rest of the other Cutey Mark Crusader since she was in cahoots with the insane Pinkie.
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As Wedge finally dies in a very brutal death in front of her eyes, everything around her became suddenly dark as the scenario disappeared in front of her eyes.
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After a brief time, they found themselves in Rarity's bedroom again.
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Antibluy couldn't even believe what they she had just saw. She was just speechless. The Celestia that she had just saw isn't the one she met for the first time. There is something completely wrong in that scene. She looked at Chrome, suspecting him to made this up. But the whole scenario that she had witnessed was so vivid and so plausible to not be believe that.
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"What the hell is this?" said shocked Antiblue. "No, really. What the hell is that shit!?"
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"What you saw is really happened some days ago, inside Canterlot's Castle."
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"... This is ridiculous."
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"Keep in mind one thing. Celestia said that Pinkie Pie would re-make the ponies, but she is not a experienced Alchemist. Necro Meele is the only one in charge for the creation not of homuncoli, but Enhanced Wraiths. Pinkie Pie murderous tendencies and madness were used by her as just a mere cover and scapegoat as her minion were doing the majority of their kills. And worst at all, if Necro Meele has also Pinkie on her side because she managed to kill off Pinkie and resurrected her as a Enhanced Wraith before the killing spree. Her same fate happened to these innocent three foals as you can see."
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Antiblue was looking at Chrome with a very nervous face. A cold swept over her a she tried to confirm to herself what she just saw. That was a lot to ingest. She has a valid reason to be that distraught.
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"You..." began Antiblue "Should have the slightiest idea... of what did you had just showed to me... Are you telling me that Pinkie Pie became a undead freak before she started to commit her murders... and that Celestia was.. on the side of Necro Meele!?"
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"The reality is even more tragic of what you can think. Celestia has also promoted her as her second in command without tell anypony. Infact Nopony outside Celestia and the Enhanced Wraith, not even Twilight Sparkles, knows about her existence. Necro Meele destroyed all of her data, along with her former identity of Noontide Bloom."
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"... This is very scewed up." said Antiblue with a grave tone.
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"Pretty much, especially since Necro Meele is also responsible for the massacre of the Cleverhooves family, whose ascendant was Malthus Cleverhooves." said Chrome as he put the orb back to the pocket. "I don't know why Celestia badmouthed him by giving to Wedge a made up version of her history with him, but he was a very good friend of her and he was still alive. Otherwise that family composed by his descendant could not possibly exist."
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"Wait, time out. Let take a break from that first." said Antiblue gesturing him to stop.
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The violet mare took her time process the whole thing. After a short time, something in her head brough her attention to something macabre.
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"So Necro Meele, through Celestia, has to have Rarity, who wasn't turned into a Enhanced Wraith yet but simply brainwashed, hijacking Pinkie's lottery in order to kill Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and Applejack as well."
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"Unfortunately the last one wasn't entirely correct. Fluttershy and Applejack were killed by Rarity."
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"And Necro Meele managed to put her hooves on them."
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"Is not a good sign. One of the Elements of Harmony being converted in that monstruosity. You saw what Fluttershy was turned into."
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"I won't call that a monstrosity anymore. Is dead now."
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"Not for long."
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"Huh?"
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Chrome turned around and walked toward the window.
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"Necro Meele can still resurrect her again." started Chrome "Or if she is destroyed, she will use her in another way. Consider that if a pony cannot be resurrected, at least some body parts can be used as a material for a new Enhanced Wraith or another object to create with her powers." said Chromes.
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"Like recycled garbage?"
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"That is a really crude response, but not far from the truth. Necro Meele is a Necro-alchemist. She can not only create Enhanced Wraith resembling, at least in part, the original ponies, but she can also create any ungodly object that she want with any living being's remains if she can."
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"... Now that is a very vomit inducing detail." said disgusted Antiblue "Is should have burned her body, but i was out of fire amulets and i don't have any combustible stuff."
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"If Necro Meele decided to kill and resurrect the bearers of the Elements of Harmony, that can't be a good thing."
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Antiblue was pondering about Fluttershy involvement in this story until something struck her thoughts A horrible image of what her target can do if she has the bearer on her side.
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"Are you implying that she is trying to put the bearers of the elements of Harmony on her side!?"
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"You don't have to worry about that since Necro Meele would have a problem to use the Elements of Harmony. Keep in mind one thing. Once a bearer of the Elements of Harmony is corrupted, their power cannot be used anymore. However, use the power of the Elements of Harmony is not what she wanted since she is not interested into it at all."
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"Explain yourself."
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"Necro Meele cannot afford to have the Elements of Harmony being used against her. These are even more powerful than both Celestia and Luna combined togheter. So of course their possible murder and resurrection as Enhanced Wraiths could be count as a form of corruption. Once the bearer is corrupted, his element cannot ever be used again, at least there is a return of conscience or a proof of good will that would allowed that bearer to do so. This encouraged Necro Meele to murder the bearers and turn them into wraiths as soon as possible. For Equestria, that is a very horrible loss, but for Necro Meele is just a new powerful minion to exploit."
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"So the Elements of Harmony are now useless. Still, are all the bearers of the Elements of Harmony are now undead monsters i guess."
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"Not at all. Twilight Sparkle disappeared with Spike the day after your fight. But that is not the only case. Three days ago i learned that the corpses of Princess Luna and Rainbow Dash in particular were stolen from Necro Meele's grasp."
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"What? Somepony stole them? But why?"
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"I don't know for sure, but that is a serious bad news for Necro Meele. Additionally, she had previously cloned Rainbow Dash for other uses, but these clones are completely useless since the Elements of Harmony responds to nopony, except their original current owner."
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"Who could be so interested in their corpses?" asked surprised Antiblue.
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"I don't know, but if the perpetrator stole their bodies, he should at least have some valid reasons."
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"You were implicating that the process to create a Homunculus or a Enhanced Wraith require the corpses and body parts of those ponies as materials... along with something else, isn't it?"
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"Indeed. Since one of the murders victim's bodies has been used as a material to create a Enhanced Wraith. You saw it yourself. But let me tell you. For Necro Meele managing to turn the altered ponies into their original appearance, which can elude the pubblic from any suspect, she needed a Shape Camouflage to do so."
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"Shape Camouflage?"
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"A year ago, Necro Meele traveled into the once desolated land of the Changelings to gathering some of their samples into some forsaken broken pods. After that, she started to cloning them and killing some of them when they had reached their adulthood. The camouflage was composed with their skin, enhanced with some magical expedients. In this case, i had to give you this."
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Chrome pulled out a bottle containing a strange liquid out of his pocket. A piece of paper and some small bags were attached to it with a little rope.
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"What is it?"
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"Long time ago a earth pony invented the Polyneutralizing Powder, probably to disrupt the Changeling's shapeshifting abilities and fighting them just in case they could return. This is a liquid solution that i had baptized as a Enhanced Polydevourer. This will help you to unmask those monsters."
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"You are not made this up, right?"
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"Unfortunately for you, that is real. You should be careful. Some ponies would be probably be resurrected as a Enhanced Wraith as well, disguised with this camou. Fortunately they will not attack you in public if not needed."
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Chrome tried to give the bottle at Antiblue, but she gestured to him to stop before he could give it to her.
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"You were so willing to give so much detail about this story to me. A mare coming from the "dross" as the people will say. You were also keeping an eye on me, and, at this point, we have a problem. You better tell me the reason that induced you to follow me without any dumb riddle whatsoever." said bluntly Antiblue.
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Chrome walked toward the window with a almost defeated look in his face.
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"Somepony asked to watching over you. I was requested to do so the day before your escape. I couldn't even find you because you were already hiding far away from Canterlot. I managed to track you down in the same night you were attacked. If your are upset for that, blame that fool for that."
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"What fool?"
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"He prefered to remain anonymous. Is a coward. That is what i can say about him for sure. But trust me. I had finished this job right now. So you don't have to worry about my now expired watch."
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The violet mare glanced at him with a little bit nervous expression, mentally preparing her question.
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"Just tell me one thing. What is the moronic reason for Necro Meele to do this Necro-alchemic mess?" said Antiblue.
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Chrome's eyes frowned. The unicorn turned toward Antiblue and pondered about the words in which he must answer her question as he felt horrible weight of his next words before he could even start to talk. What he's going to say doensn't joke around.
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"Necro Meele's plan constists to replace every ponies and other livings creature with undead abominations and replace the Harmony with her own. A Harmony of Death. That is her goal's baptized name. A world where moral, selflessness, the balance between Life and Death and the original Harmony's principles, including Friendship, means absolutely nothing. All that will be done in her own way."
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The violet mare remained speechless for a moment. She is having a hard to remain calm with the image of a world dominated by undead creatures since is both ridiculous and demented beyond believe. That thought was enough to make her feel really sick.
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"Now that is a very fucked up story." said disturbed Antiblue "I supposed i have another reason for me to deal with that psycho now."
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"No be in such a hurry to spill blood already. There are some other things that you must consider."
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Antiblue remained silent for a moment since a detail caught her attention from the beginning of the conversation.
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"You said to have escaped from Canterlot's castle." said Antiblue.
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"..."
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"You mentioned the Aura Phaser before, so is logic to think that you had one of this as well."
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"... You are right." confirmed Chrome, showing his own Aura Phaser along with other two amulets, including a Invisibility Opal and the platinum amulet with a white quartz encased in the middle.
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"You surely have a very controversial equipment right there." remarked Antiblue.
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"I used those items to wander around the halls of the castle undisturbed. I had found a book of alchemy in Celestia's room and took from the bookshelf, but then i noticed a rectangular hole with book inside of it. It fits the hole. I took the book as well and discovered it's reason for it to be hidden. That was a black tome. A tome regarding Necro-alchemy. It was supposed to be sealed, but now is unlocked. That tome belonged to Necro Meele's parents before her."
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"So that is how she managed to pull this off."
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"Take these three amulets as well."
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Antiblue became a little surprised by that kind of generosity, but she stopped Chrome before he could do something.
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"You are insane to give those items to me. By the way i have already a Aura Phaser. I don't need another one."
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"You need them for the nightmare that is threatening to crush you. I, on other hooves, i decided to confront them in another way. I'm tired to play in the shadows."
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Antiblue remained silent for bit.
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"You didn't the question i had formulated three minutes ago. Why are you helping me?" said Antiblue.
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"To answer to your question, i'm helping you because i wanted to avenge my students, something that i wouldn't be able to do."
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Chrome took the amulets with his magic and putted them on Antiblue's huge bag along with the bottle.
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"Pray that they weren't resurrected as monsters."
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"That won't be necessary. One of them was set on fire by his companion under his request and has then his own body destroyed, unable to be resurrected or even used to create another Enhanced Wraith."
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"What the... They had adopted this extreme method?"
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"It still hurt me from inside, but what must be done is done. They have their own reasons, including not to be turned into monsters."
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Antiblue couldn't help but feel a little sad from inside for him while retaining her tough demeanor.
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"You know? I feel sorry for you." said Antiblue before discarding that melancholic feeling.
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"You shouldn't-"
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"But let me make one thing clear." interrupted Antiblue. "I'm will not doing this for Equestria. I'm not a heroine. I'm doing this just because i wanted to settle the score with Necro Meele. She sent part of her army to kill me. I won't succumb to her or her creatures. It doesn't matter if they are the former bearer of the Elements of Harmony, the authorities or even them. If they are Enhanced Wraiths standing in my way, i will saw them down without any mercy."
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"Your long giant chainsaw and your attitude will not lead you victorious the next time, Antiblue."
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The violet mare flinched in a altered shock upon hearing that.
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"How do you know what i was carrying?" asked Antiblue."
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"Let me remind you that Necro Meele has Celestia on her side. Not just a army of undead creatures."
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Antiblue tried to calm herself down as she continued to glancing at Chrome. Since he is not looking for a fight, she doesn't even bother to punch him. She gestured to the right side of his jackets.
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"Anything else?"
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"There"
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Chrome pulled out the rose orb, a azure orb and pulled out a dark green smooth shard that caught her attention. Her eyes were pointed toward that fragment. It seemed to belong to a round object. At the very first glance, Antiblue immediately recognized that fragment.
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"You gotta be kidding... is that...!?"
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That alone left the mare surprise, though she was skeptic because she couldn't even believe or even conceive it's existence..
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Antiblue touched the various side of the dark green fragment. It's surface utterly confirmed the impossible. She then pulled her hoof away from it and looked at Chrome again. Still incredulous, she glared at Chrome.
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"I saw that in a book, but i never though it existed. This is-"
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"A shard of Feolbranum, also know as the Immortal Reaper. That alone can create an explosion that can damage the Alicorns in a very destructive way and completely draining away their magic, endunrance and strenght. I has also the ability to destroy and penetrate any type of magic barrier that any alicorn can manage. Such weapon is considered taboo since this object can damage even the other creatures and create some natural disasters and having some side effect to non alicorn creatures as well. But this is just a fragment, so i perfectly useless."
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"... That object shouldn't even be found.."
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"And i just happen to find it in the bottom of the mountain beneath Canterlot. The original object was supposed to be a entire rounded object. This shard means that it was used some time ago. I will give it to you as a lucky charm, if you want call it that."
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"No offense man but i cannot accept that. They were cannot be of any help during my fights."
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"Let's just say that this is a personal business card."
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Antiblue looked at him with mistrust. Chrome hasn't done anything wrong and has not any kind of malevolent intention, but her instinct was saying something about him. He was hiding something.
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"I which way these items could be useful?" said Antiblue.
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"You will find out." replied calmly Chrome.
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"Your hermeticism started to give on my nerves, you know?".
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"Said whatever you want."
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After that, Chrome flared his horn and lifted the three objects before putting them on Antiblue's huge bag.
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"You seriously wanted me to win, right?"
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"I had my own reasons, Antiblue. Don't understimate your enemies."
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Their conversation was then interrupted by Compass opening the door and entering the room.
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"I-i apologize for the intrusion, but i just heard what you had said to eachother so far... You are both insane, you know?" said Compass.
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"Just in time. I wanted to ask you something." said Antiblue.
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"What is it?"
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"I need to find a female mechanician that i met during my forced volunteering."
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"You mean... ?"
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"I'm talking about that female earth pony named Kilo Drive, or to put in short K.D.. She is good at repair, create and enhance any single mechanical things. She is also a great phographer since she created a camera that can give a photo with perfect resolution without any flaws."
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"What kind of idead do you have in mind?" asked confused Chrome.
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"I just wanted to ask a favor to her."
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To be continued in chapter 6.
