Hello once again, and here is chapter 15 of Tartarus kitchen, the second last chapter of this story.


Recap: Previously on Tartarus kitchen, the top five chefs spent some time out of Tartarus kitchen, and was revealed, their next service was going to take place on a cruise ship, the five chefs took part in a king of the hill challenge and it was Vinyl that won, and she picked Pinkie as her plus one, meanwhile, Applejack, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash faced punishment.

It was also revealed, Ramsay was going to take the day off, and A familiar Chef, Chef Puff Pastry was going to fill in as a substitute, and she was pushing Rainbow Dash to the limit.

Eventually, dinner service barely ended halfway, until Rainbow Dash snapped as slammed a chocolate pudding onto Chef Pastry's face, and quit the competition.

Only 4 chefs remain, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Vinyl and Fluttershy, at the end of this chapter, the final three will be revealed.

4 chefs remaining.


Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Vinyl and Fluttershy lined up and face Ramsay.

" Good morning, as you now know, the grand finale is in a couple of days, and we're only one elimination away to deciding which three chefs will take on the grand final", said Ramsay.

" Now as it appears to believe, you have all been here for nearly 4 weeks, almost four weeks away from your other friends and family in the outsides, I think it's about time we changed that shall we, Jacques, bring them in", said Ramsay.

Jacques opened the door, and a bunch of people went in.

The four chefs were amazed at who they saw.

" APPLEJACK", shouted Applejack's younger sister Applebloom and she ran to Applejack embracing her as Granny Smith and Big Mac followed.

Meanwhile another family arrived.

Maud, Limestone and Marble Pie arrived and were embracing Pinkie Pie, another guy then showed up, and Pinkie Pie knew who it was.

" CHEESIE", Pinkie Pie shouted as she ran up to her boyfriend Cheese Sandwich, and pulled him into a kiss.

Meanwhile Vinyl looked to see her roommate Octavia arrive, and she pulled her into a hug to.

And lastly Fluttershy looked as her parents arrived, along with Zephyr, and her friend Treehugger.

" It's so great to see you again sis, I can't believe you made it this far, and here you are with a black jacket", said Zephyr.

" Hey Fluttershy, look who I brought in", said Treehugger, pulling out a certain bunny.

" Angel", Fluttershy said, as she pulled her pet into a hug.

After a while of catching up, Ramsay knew it was time to get back to business.

" Thank you all so much for attending, and Big Mac, Maud and Zephyr, I do hope to see you three in the final service", said Ramsay.

" We will", said Maud.

Once the families all left, the four chefs turned their attention back to Ramsay.

" Today we'll be doing a budget challenge, for your final reward challenge, you'll each be given a budget of $15, you'll be going to a market where you will use that money on ingredients for a pizza, you'll also have 90 minutes to create your pizza, afterwards you're pizzas will be presented to myself and seven judges, who will be asked how much they would pay for the pizza up to $30, the chef who would make the most money will win the reward, there is a market selling groceries outside of tartarus kitchen, you have 30 minutes to purchase your ingredients and return here, your time starts now", said Ramsay.

The four chefs took the money, and began purchasing their ingredients, next they made their pizza within their 90 minute time limit.

Each pizza was cut into eight slices, and the judges arrived.

Applejack went first, and presented her BBQ pizza, the judge tried it, and each made their score.

She has scored, $15, $10, $14, $22, $20, $14, and $15, while Ramsay scored her $21, bringing her total to $131.

" Pinkie, Vinyl, Fluttershy, to win you need to score 132 dollars or more", said Ramsay.

Pinkie Pie was next, she presented a Hawaiian Pizza.

She was scored by the seven judges, $25, $16, $20, $15, $16, $23 and $20, while Ramsay scored her $16, bringing her total to $141.

" Congratulations Pinkie, you're in the lead, hard luck AJ, meanwhile, Vinyl, Fluttershy 141 is going to be a tough on to beat", said Ramsay.

Vinyl was next, she presented a pepperoni Pizza, with extra spices.

She was scored by the judges, $18, $17, $21, $14, $19, $28, and $12, while Ramsay scored her $23, bringing her total to $152.

" Fluttershy, to win you need to score 153 or more", said Ramsay.

Fluttershy presented her vegetarian Pizza, the final pizza of the challenge.

She was scored by the judges, $9, $19, $12, $14, $21, $20, and $17, while Ramsay scored her $22, bringing her total to $134.

" Congratulations Vinyl, you won today's challenge, for your reward you'll be traveling on a helicopter across the city, and an amazing dinner by on a limo all around the city, and you'll also be bringing someone to join you, who have you decided", said Ramsay.

Vinyl pointed at Fluttershy.

" Me, but why", said Fluttershy.

Vinyl then made a sign language saying Fluttershy hasn't gotten a individual reward, and she picked Pinkie last time.

" Alright, while Vinyl and Fluttershy are enjoying themselves, Applejack and Pinkie Pie will be facing today's punishment, as tomorrow night is your second last service and final black jacket service, and the night after that is final service overall, you'll be prepping food for both services, and cleaning up for tonight's service", said Ramsay.


Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Vinyl and Fluttershy were in the red kitchen, prepping for the second last service.

We have Pinkie Pie on Appetizers, Fluttershy on Meat, Applejack on Fish, and Vinyl on Garnish.

Ramsay stood in front of them.

" Today, Saffron and Coriander have taken the day off, which means in tonight service, you'll be taking turns being the sous chef, which also means you'll take turns in doing two stations at a time, Applejack, you're up first, Fluttershy in the meantime, you'll be filling in on the meat station as well", said Ramsay.

" Yes chef", said Applejack and Fluttershy.

" Jacques, open up Tartarus kitchen", said Ramsay.

It was 7:00 PM, customers arrived, Applejack was at the pass, during the chefs time as Sous chefs, Ramsay will do a bit of sabotaging to test the chefs, to see if they will notice.

10 minutes later.

Applejack noticed something.

" This isn't halibut, it's cod", said Applejack.

" Excellent work spotting it, Fluttershy, re-fire a Halibut", said Ramsay.

Another 10 minutes went by.

" Wait, Applejack, you forgot something", said Ramsay, stopping Applejack from sending a dish to one of the waiters.

" What did I miss", said Applejack.

" Taste the Risotto", said Ramsay.

Applejack did so.

" It's bland", said Applejack.

" Exactly, it needs seasoning", said Ramsay.

15 more minutes went by.

" Applejack, before you send that, you forgot to taste it again", said Ramsay.

Applejack then tasted the second Risotto she forgot to test.

" It's too salty", said Applejack.

" Correct, over seasoned, Pinkie, we need a new risotto, with not too much salt this time", said Ramsay.

" Yes Chef", said Pinkie Pie.

After 10 more minutes, Applejack left the pass, and went back to her fish station, much to the relief of Fluttershy, meanwhile, it was Pinkie's turn to take the pass, while Vinyl did both Appetizers and Garnish.

5 minutes later.

" The risotto is over seasoned", said Pinkie Pie.

" Well Spotted, Vinyl, I understand it's difficult doing two stations at once, but please go easy on the seasoning next time", said Ramsay.

Vinyl nodded.

Over the next half hour, it went fine, it was now 8:20, 80 minutes into dinner service.

" The Sea Bass is Raw", said Pinkie Pie.

" Another well spotted mistake Pinkie, Applejack, put the bass back in the pan", said Ramsay.

" Yes Chef", said Applejack.

After the next ten minutes, Pinkie left the pass, and switched places with Vinyl.

10 minutes afterwards.

Vinyl approached Fluttershy with a pan of pork, and told her through sign language that it's under cooked.

" Under cooked, I'm sorry, I'll put it back on", said Fluttershy.

" Nicely spotted Vinyl", said Ramsay.

Another half hour went by.

" Wait Vinyl, you forgot something", said Ramsay.

Vinyl looked at the ticket, to see there was meant to be scallops on the order.

" You guessed it didn't you, no scallops", said Ramsay.

Vinyl then went to Applejack and showed her some scallops.

" You want me to cook some scallops", said Applejack.

Vinyl gave her the thumbs up.

" Okay then", said Applejack.

After 5 more minutes, 45 minutes remained till dinner service ends, and it was now Fluttershy's turn on the pass, while Applejack did both meat and fish stations.

20 minutes later.

" Um, Pinkie, we need carrots", said Fluttershy.

" Sorry Fluttershy, forgot about that", said Pinkie Pie.

After another 25 minutes, service ended and everyone switched off.

Once the customers have left, Ramsay turned to the remaining four chefs.

" Well, after nearly 4 weeks, 13 services, it has come down to this, and I am glad to say, out of the 13 services, tonight was your best service yet", said Ramsay.

That put a smile on the chefs faces, as one by one, he high fived Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie and Vinyl.

" As much as I want to see all four of you in the grand final, sadly, only three of you will, and it's tough to decide which three will, so, I'm gonna make you decide, head back to the dorms, and think about who you think deserves a spot in the grand finals the most, and who you think deserves it the least, based on your overall time here", said Ramsay.


Eventually, the four chefs lined up and faced Ramsay.

" Have you made your decisions", said Ramsay.

" Yes", said Applejack, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie while Vinyl nodded.

" Applejack, who do you think deserves to be in the grand finals the most", said Ramsay.

" Pinkie Pie, for her amazing effort, and teamwork", said Applejack.

" Pinkie Pie, who do you think deserves to be in the finals", said Ramsay.

" Applejack, she had gotten a black jacket before any of us, and has helped both teams", said Pinkie Pie.

" Vinyl, who do you think deserves to be in the finals", said Ramsay.

Vinyl then pointed at Pinkie.

" Fluttershy, who do you think deserves to be in the finals", said Ramsay.

" Pinkie Pie, out of the eighteen of us who took part in this competition, she was the only one who hasn't been nominated", said Fluttershy.

" Pinkie Pie, looks like everyone believes you should be in the finals, and I agree, congratulations Pinkie, you've taken the first spot in the grand finale", said Ramsay.

The other three chefs congratulated her as well.

" Pinkie, as you've been considered the best of your team, you get to decide who takes the second spot, and which two are nominated", said Ramsay.

" Applejack, she got a black jacket before the rest of us", said Pinkie Pie.

" Okay then, Applejack, congratulations, you've taken the second spot in the grand finals, Fluttershy and Vinyl, that leaves you two, our two nominees for elimination, one of you will take the final spot in the grand finals, the other will be eliminated, both of you step forward", said Ramsay.

Fluttershy and Vinyl did so.

" You've both shown to be worthy of being in the finals, Fluttershy, despite your lack of confidence, you've proven yourself to rise, especially when you nailed the cook for you life challenge, and Vinyl, you have been a very reliable and passionate chef, made amazing dishes, and have shown great communication despite lacking a voice, however sadly, one of you has to go, and the person, leaving Tartarus kitchen is...

...

...

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.. Flut...".

" Wait".

Ramsay looked in shock of who said that.

Including Applejack and Pinkie Pie.

Especially Fluttershy.

Vinyl then stepped forward.

" I decided to step down", she said.

" W-why", said Fluttershy.

" Being a head chef wasn't for me, I appreciate the offer, but it just isn't for me, thanks for the opportunity", said Vinyl.

" Are you sure", said Ramsay.

" Yes", said Vinyl.

" Well then take off your jacket, and thanks for your time, and I hope to see you again tomorrow night", said Ramsay.

" Thanks chef", said Vinyl, removing her jacket and leaving tartatus kitchen.

Vinyl's final comment, " I enjoyed my time in tartarus kitchen, despite the ups and downs I had to endure, I loved the experience and the opportunity of meeting Head Chef Ramsay, but being a head chef isn't for me, I guess I can go back to music, even run my own nightclub".

Ramsay then turned to Fluttershy.

" Congratulations Fluttershy, by default you take the final spot in the finals, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, you are our finalists, competing in the grand finals, get some sleep, because tomorrow is a big day", said Ramsay.

The three finalists did so, while Ramsay headed to his office and hung Vinyl's jacket.

Ramsay's final comment, " Vinyl was a true warrior if I saw one, maybe one day, if she does open a nightclub, it would be worth going to, until then, all I can say to her now is so long and fare well".

4th Place: Vinyl Scratch, AKA: DJPON3.

3 chefs remaining.


And that's it, another chef down, another chapter finished, and our final three have been revealed, Applejack, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy, in the next chapter, one of them will be the winner, who will it be, Applejack, Pinkie Pie or Fluttershy, the answer will be revealed in the next chapter, until then, that's all for now.