"I see..." Twilight Sparkle's mother, Twilight Velvet sighed regretfully once Twilight and Rarity had explained their current situation to her.

"I thought this was over a long time ago...After Firefly was murdered, Bartholomule was hung for his crimes but after that, several, mysterious murders occurred...the rest of my friends: Surprise, Posy, Buttons and Apple Jack Senior all died mysterious, horrific deaths...We were all horrible to Bartholomule, the whole town was but donkeys weren't viewed as equals back then, they were merely farm-slaves and a pony breeding with one was unheard of...That's just the way things were back then...

Princess Celestia used The Elements of Harmony to put him to rest but I don't think his spirit ever truly left...I think he just lied dormant for all these years...Something must have reawakened him..." Velvet shamefully retold her story as she sincerely regretted the way she had treated Bartholomule, due to peer pressure.

"Well, how do we put him back to rest?! Rainbow Dash was murdered in prison! We're short an Element!" Twilight frantically explained her current dilemma.

"I think the only, true way to put him to rest once and for all is to give his body a proper burial..." Velvet speculated, remembering that Bartholomule's body had been stuffed and was currently on display in the Ponyville History Museum. Twilight sighed reluctantly, not entirely approving of what her mother and her friends had done to Bartholomule. He was a bovine too, after all and he had feelings.

"Come on, Rarity..." Twighlight instructed as she turned to leave.

"Twilight, you know I don't have those views anymore, right? That's just the way things were back then..." Velvet tried. Twilight merely glared at her mother in disapproval before completely leaving her childhood home with an awkward Rarity. Meanwhile, Apple Bloom was still pondering over the disturbing sight that she had witnessed at Scootaloo's funeral as she lied awake in her bed that night. She knew that if she tried to tell her older sister about it, that Apple Jack would just dismiss it as nothing more than a grief-induced hallucination.

However, Apple Bloom still felt as if she needed to talk about what she had seen with somepony and maybe Apple Jack telling her that it was just her mind playing tricks on her would be just what she needed to hear.

"Apple Jack?! I need to talk to ya about somethin'!" Apple Bloom called throughout the house as she had left the comfort of her soft, warm bed to search for her older sister. When Apple Bloom had seen no sign of her older sister in the small, cozy, farm house that she shared with her family, the pale-yellow philly decided to search the barn. With everything that had happened over the past, few days, Apple Bloom felt uneasy being exposed to the chilling darkness of the cold, night air.

"Apple Jack?!" Apple Bloom called out once again when she heard the familiar, buzzing sound of the wood-chipper but when Apple Bloom had turned the corner of their family's large, red barn, she was horrified to see Big Mac standing behind Apple Jack while she was currently distracted with the task of shredding logs for mulch. Apple Bloom wanted to scream, she wanted to warn her older sister but she was filled with so much fear at the moment, that she was unable to make a sound. Apple Bloom watched in horror as the crimson colt who was once her beloved, older brother, began to grin a large, menacing grin that unnaturally stretched his jawline. Apple Bloom took notice to the fact that every, single one of Big Mac's teeth were now razor-sharp.

"Noooo!" Apple Bloom was finally able to cry out but she was too late as Big Mac had mule-kicked Apple Jack into the wood-chipper. Apple Bloom's shrieks of terror practically matched up with Apple Jack's wails of agony as blood and chunks of orange fur splattered all over the terrified, pale-yellow philly. When Big Mac had menacingly began to approach Apple Bloom, she finally regained enough strength in her legs to bolt into their family's orchard to escape. Apple Bloom was now crying hysterically at this point as she frantically galloped amongst the forest of apple trees, as fast as her tiny hooves could carry her. Apple Bloom's panicked breathing only increased with each time she heard the horrifying sound of a donkey's braying closing in behind her.

"Somepony help me!" Apple Bloom cried out for help as she galloped into the now, completely-abandoned town of Ponyville. It was late into the night so naturally, everypony was currently asleep, safe within the warm covers of their beds, leaving the poor philly to helplessly fend for herself. A small sense of relief washed over Apple Bloom when she had spotted Sugar Cube Corner on the path, just ahead of her. Maybe Pinkie Pie could help her.

"Pinkie Pie! Pinkie, open up! Hurry!" Apple Bloom frantically shouted as she desperately began to pound on the door with her fore-hooves. Occasionally, the philly would glance over her shoulder at the sound of a donkey's braying as her pounding became more frantic.

"Apple Bloom? What's the matter?" Apple Bloom's silent prayers were answered when Pinkie Pie had thankfully answered the door.

"Oh, Pinkie! It was awful! B-Bartholomule killed Granny Smith a-and my friends a-and he possessed Big Mac and killed Apple Jack!" Apple Bloom explained her situation between hysterical sobs before clinging to Pinkie Pie for comfort.

"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Slow down!

What happened, now?" Pinkie Pie questioned since she was currently unable to understand what the sobbing-philly was desperately trying to say tell her.

"Oh, dear...Sounds like somepony had a terrible nightmare...Maybe you should invite her to join our sleepover so she won't be alone, Pinkie Pie..." Fluttershy spoke up as she entered the lobby of Sugar-Cube Corner but something seemed off about her as her teal eyes almost seemed to be vacant.

"Great idea! The more the merrier, I always say!" Pinkie Pie beamed as she excitedly pulled Apple Bloom into the restaurant that also served as her home.

"But..." Apple Bloom began only to once again be cut off by the excited, pink, Earth pony.

"Well, come on! Me and Fluttershy were just about to braid each other's manes!" She beamed as she used her snout to push the pale-yellow philly toward her bedroom.