Day 9:

Michael had no idea when he fell asleep, but he did. He was awakened by the light of Celestia's sun. Fluttershy had stayed awake as much as she could to take care of Twilight and Gavin.

"Fluttershy, have you been up all night?" Michael asked.

"Mostly." Fluttershy answered. Michael sighed.

"Get some rest; I can take care of them for a while." Michael said. Fluttershy at first looked worried, but then she eventually went off to sleep on the floor. Michael made sure Twilight and Gavin were alright. Fluttershy slept for a good four hours before she woke up.

"You can go do whatever you want. I can tell that you are stressed out." Fluttershy offered.

"Thank you." Michael said then turned to Gavin. "I'll be back soon." Gavin nodded, and Michael flew out and flew around the forest. Michael saw a group of sketchy looking stallions. He mouthed "Oh shit." He flew back faster than he ever had. "Fluttershy! Fluttershy, Fluttershy, Fluttershy!" Michael yelled. Fluttershy jumped from being startled.

"What?" She asked.

"We need to hide! They are coming for us!" Michael said.

"Who?" She asked.

"I don't know who they are, but we need to hide...now!" Michael said, frantically looking for a place to hide. He moved a rug and saw trap door. "Here, hide here!" Michael said lifting the trap door. Fluttershy helped Twilight walk and got her in. She then tried to help Gavin, but he was too weak to move. Michael propped open the door and carried Gavin into the room. Michael then started to shut the door.

"What are you doing?" She asked.

"Saving your asses, now shut up and hide. If you can, take a peak of them and describe them to DH. I might not be here when they leave." Michael explained. Michael quickly shut the door and pulled the rug over. He looked over to the machine and pulled the power device out and quickly threw it into the trap door. As soon as he finished, the stallions burst into the door.

"Where are the other ponies!? We know there are four!" One of them asked.

"What do you mean? I'm all you need, baby!" Michael yelled.

"What? You're lying." He said.

"Nope, you've got all the ponies you're looking for." Michael said sternly. The stallion looked at Michael for a moment.

"Get him! Get him and search the place!" He ordered. Michael braced for impact and then he was tackled and chained. The other stallions trashed the house looking for the other ponies. They partially destroyed the machine and forced Michael out.

"You know I'll never tell you anything." Michael teased.

"Shut up, pegasus!" The stallion yelled. Michael continued to mouth off to the stallion. That only got him a hard hit to the head. He was out cold. The stallions loaded him into a carriage and two pegasi took off.

Back with Fluttershy, she decided that it was safe to emerge from hiding. First she made sure that she knew what she had seen.

"Come on guys, I think it is safe now." She said. Twilight and Gavin nodded. Fluttershy pushed open the door. She gasped at the sight of how bad the house was. She hesitantly finished pushing open the door. Fluttershy found the cots and cleared a small area. She then helped Twilight into her cot then helped Gavin, which took a long time.

Later that night, DH, Geoff, and Ray arrived at the Crystal Kingdom. They got to the castle as fast as they could. They snuck into the castle and found Cadence.

"Who are you?" Shining Armor asked before Cadence could talk.

"We have a letter from Twilight." DH announced. He took the letter from the saddle bag and gave it to Cadence. She read it.

"Please, what are your names?" She asked.

"My name is Doctor Hooves, but these guys call me DH, and this is Ray, and that's Geoff." DH introduced.

"I will go. For Twilight." She said as she gave the letter to Shining Armor.

"I'll eat our fastest pegasi on a carriage for you." Shiny said and galloped off. It only took fifteen minutes until they were ready to go. In that time, Geoff explained their situation. They were then off to return to Ponyville.

Michael slowly woke up in a small, dirty cell. Michael groaned and stood. The stallion opened his cell door.

"Oh good, you are awake. Now come, I have a few things to discuss with you." He said.

"I won't go anywhere with you." Michael spat. Another stallion came in and threatened to knock Michael out again. "Fine." He said. The main stallion started to walk away, and Michael followed. Soon, he found that they were in a large, ornate office.

"Sit, and allow me to tell you my name. I am Death Blow." He said.

"Fuck you." Michael said.

"Come now, we don't need to use that kind of language." Death Blow said.

"Fuck off." Michael responded.

"It will be easier if you cooperate." Death Blow tried to reason.

"Fuck you." Michael growled.

"How about some food?" Death Blow offered. Michael liked the idea of food, but he didn't trust Death Blow as far as he could throw him. Michael hesitated before he responded

"Fuck you." Michael said.

"Fine, you want to play that game? Do you? I can play harder." Death Blow said. He said and stood up quickly. He then took Michael by his wing with his magic, as he was a unicorn, and dragged him to a dark and bloody room. He tied Michael to a board. He was on his back with his legs tied to the four corners. His wings were by force open and his head secured by a bar. Death Blow pulled a lever which lifted the board Michael was on to an elevated position. Death Blow took a butcher knife and raised it with his magic. Michael became worried, but he stayed strong. He flapped his wings violently in an attempt to get out, but Death Blow threw a knife into one of Michael's wings. It stung really badly, but Michael took a deep breath and continued to flutter his other wing, which only ended with another knife in his wing. Michael glared at Death Blow as he came closer to his left wing.

"Fuck you!" Michael yelled.

"Now, now. You are in no position to be insulting me." Death Blow teased as he lifted his butcher knife. Michael eyed the menacing knife. Suddenly, without warning, the knife came down on Michael's wing, cutting it right above the knife that Death Blow threw. Michael howled in pain. He began tugging what was left of his wing. He ripped his wing free of the knife, but Death Blow quickly took the knife he had thrown out of by board and stab it back into Michael's wing. Death Blow continued to chop up pieces of Michael's wing, like is was some sick version of an arts and crafts project. Death Blow stepped back and admired his handiwork. Michael's face was swarmed in tears as he was cursing Death Blow out. "Not so tough now!" Death Blow said and brought his butcher knife down to Michael's other wing. "Are you?"

"Stop! Please! Just stop!" Michael begged.

"Oh, I thought you wanted to play!" Death Blow said. He took his butcher knife and slashed Right under Michael's right eye. He then returned to Michael's wing, slowly carving pieces off. Michael cried and screamed in pain. Death Blow looked at his handiwork once more.

"I think that's enough for one day. Don't want to kill you this soon. More pain, the more I get what I want." Death blow said as he unfashioned the bars that held Michael up and removed the knives from his wings. Michael fell to the floor next to his mutilated parts of his wing. Death Blow looked at Michael sobbing on the floor. "Such a baby." He said and forced open Michael's mouth. Death Blow took a large piece of the wing ruminants and stuffed it into Michael's mouth. Death Blow forced it shut. Michael gagged and tried to spit it out, but Death Blow simply held his mouth shut. Michael soon realized that the part which was in his mouth has no bones, rather a chunk of cartilage and feathers. Michael was forced to swallow the part of his wing. Death Blow was satisfied with Michael and let his fall back to the ground. Michael threw up whatever he had in his stomach. Death Blow walked out. Michael curled up in a bloody ball and weeped. He weeped until a gaurd came in and pulled Michael to his feet. The gaurd dragged him back to his cell and locked him in. Michael continued to cry, but then realized he needed to stop the heavy amount of bleeding. He took his sheet from his cot, although dirty and grimy, and inspected it for a moment. He forced himself to close what was left of his wings and he tied the sheet around his body. Michael, although in a pain he had never experienced before, became exhausted. He laid down on his cot and attempted to sleep, which he had not gotten a lot.

Fluttershy had quickly made soup for Gavin and Twilight. She worried deeply about Michael. She didn't know what fate had befallen on the pegasus. She didn't know if DH and the others were coming back. She tried to push back the thoughts of the others never returning and made sure Gavin and Twilight were okay. When they were asleep, she allowed herself to sleep.