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                                            1.
                                            >be you, Fluttershy
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                                            2.
                                            >you know you're not supposed to leave your house unless it's important
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                                            3.
                                            >but poor Angel is out of carrots
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                                            4.
                                            >well, you've actually got plenty of carrots for him
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                                            5.
                                            >but they're not the kind he likes
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                                            6.
                                            >you bought them because there was a deal in bulk, but little Angel is such a fussy eater
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                                            7.
                                            >he shredded them up and threw them all around the room
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                                            8.
                                            >the poor dear was in quite a state
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                                            9.
                                            >so long story short you had to venture out into the market today, even though the regulations make it kind of a bother to shop
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                                            10.
                                            >but poor Angel is so hungry, and--
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                                            11.
                                            "HEY!!"
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                                            12.
                                            >you cringe instinctively and back away from the angry mare glaring over her shoulder at you
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                                            "Keep six feet away from me!" the mare snaps
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                                            14.
                                            "O-oh. I'm sorry. I forgot."
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                                            15.
                                            >the mare narrows her eyes at you suspiciously
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                                            16.
                                            >you back tentatively away until you are an appropriate distance from her
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                                            17.
                                            >she glares at you and turns slowly back around
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                                            18.
                                            "HEY!!!"
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                                            19.
                                            >you cringe as you feel your rump bump up against somepony else
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                                            20.
                                            >you turn to see another mare glaring at you angrily
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                                            21.
                                            "What's the matter with you?!? Are you stupid or something?!?"
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                                            22.
                                            "I-I'm sorry..."
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                                            "You should be sorry! You could be a vampire for all I know!!"
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                                            24.
                                            >you crouch meekly to the ground and begin backing away from the furious mare, who is still yelling at you
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                                            25.
                                            >bump
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                                            26.
                                            >you feel your rump press against the first mare, who wheels around furiously
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                                            "Gah, you again! What's wrong with you? Don't you know the rules?"
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                                            28.
                                            >both mares are now glaring at you
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                                            29.
                                            >you press yourself to the ground, wishing it would swallow you up
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                                            30.
                                            >more ponies are turning to look at the commotion
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                                            31.
                                            >oh dear
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                                            32.
                                            >what do they want you do to?
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                                            >you can't keep six feet apart from both of them
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                                            "Um, well, the thing is, if maybe one of you could just back up a little, I might have room..."
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                                            35.
                                            "Uh, YOU bumped into ME!" snaps the first mare
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                                            36.
                                            "Yeah!" the second chimes in. "You bumped into me too! Can't you even follow a simple rule?"
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                                            37.
                                            >the first mare seems to notice something, and peers at you suspiciously
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                                            38.
                                            "Hey, wait a minute. Where are your garlic cloves?"
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                                            39.
                                            >your eyes widen in panic
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                                            40.
                                            >you completely forgot to put on your garlic cloves this morning
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                                            41.
                                            >you look around self-consciously
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                                            42.
                                            >everypony else in the market is wearing a rope of garlic cloves around their neck
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                                            43.
                                            >Mayor Mare handed down the ordinance last week
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                                            44.
                                            >a few months ago a pony had been bitten by a new and nasty type of fruit bat
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                                            45.
                                            >she'd turned into a vampire and developed an insatiable thirst for the blood of ponies
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                                            46.
                                            >according to Twilight the vampire infection had spread across all Equestria, converting thousands upon thousands of ponies into dark minions of the night
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                                            47.
                                            >horrible business, that
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                                            48.
                                            >but more to the point, it's now illegal to go outside without putting on a rope of garlic cloves to ward off the vampires
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                                            "HEY EVERYPONY!! THIS PONY ISN'T WEARING A ROPE OF GARLIC CLOVES!!!"
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                                            50.
                                            >you are now pressed flush against the ground
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                                            51.
                                            >you can feel their horrible accusing eyes on you
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                                            52.
                                            >you try to dig a hole with your mind powers but it doesn't work
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                                            53.
                                            >there is a whole crowd forming around you now
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                                            "What do you mean she isn't wearing garlic cloves?" demands one pony
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                                            55.
                                            "See for yourself!"
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                                            56.
                                            "Hey, you're right! She isn't wearing garlic cloves!"
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                                            57.
                                            "Why aren't you wearing garlic cloves?!?"
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                                            58.
                                            "Yeah, do you WANT us all to turn into vampires?"
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                                            59.
                                            "Maybe she IS a vampire!"
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                                            60.
                                            "Yeah, only a vampire wouldn't want to wear garlic cloves around her neck!"
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                                            61.
                                            >you feel their horrible, accusing eyes boring into you
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                                            62.
                                            >you begin to quake with fear
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                                            63.
                                            "N-no, I'm sorry, I just forgot...you see, I have a really hungry little bunny at home..."
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                                            "SHUT UP, VAMPIRE!" one pony snaps
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                                            65.
                                            "Yeah!"
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                                            66.
                                            "um, I'm not a vampire..."
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                                            67.
                                            "THAT'S JUST WHAT A VAMPIRE WOULD SAY!"
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                                            68.
                                            >the circle is closing in on you now
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                                            69.
                                            >you take several nervous steps backward
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                                            70.
                                            >you cringe as you feel yourself bump into somepony again
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                                            71.
                                            "Get away from me, vampire!" the pony shouts, shoving you
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                                            72.
                                            "Hey, don't shove the vampire into me! I don't want to get vampire-infected!"
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                                            73.
                                            "Shut up!"
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                                            74.
                                            "YOU shut up!"
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                                            >you are literally shaking
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                                            76.
                                            >at least everypony stopped yelling at you and started yelling at each other
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                                            77.
                                            "Now what in the hay is goin' on here?!?"
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                                            78.
                                            >everypony stops yelling
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                                            >you look up to see who it is
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                                            80.
                                            >oh no
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                                            81.
                                            >no
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                                            82.
                                            >not her
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                                            83.
                                            >please
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                                            84.
                                            >the crowd parts slowly to let her through
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                                            85.
                                            >you look up, quaking with fear
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                                            86.
                                            >yep, it's her
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                                            87.
                                            >Applejack pushes through the crowd
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                                            88.
                                            "Now what in the hay is goin' on?" she asks again
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                                            89.
                                            >the first mare who yelled at you points
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                                            90.
                                            "This pony is a vampire!"
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                                            91.
                                            >you cringe
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                                            92.
                                            >Applejack looks down at you and frowns
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                                            93.
                                            "Now why do y'all think that Fluttershy is a vampire?"
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                                            94.
                                            >the second mare speaks up
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                                            "She's not wearing her garlic rope!"
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                                            96.
                                            "Yeah, she's trying to infect us all!" another pony chimes in from somewhere
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                                            97.
                                            >Applejack turns back to you and frowns deeply
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                                            98.
                                            >you shrink beneath her icy stare
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                                            99.
                                            >Applejack used to be your friend, but ever since Mayor Mare put her in charge of vampire detection she's become unpleasant to be around
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                                            100.
                                            "This true, Fluttershy? Are y'all a vampire?"
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                                            "N...no. You see, Angel was out of carrots, or, well, he has carrots, but they're not the carrots he likes..."
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                                            102.
                                            >you trail off, because Applejack isn't listening
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                                            103.
                                            >she rubs a hoof pensively under her chin
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                                            104.
                                            "Well, y'ain't wearin' yer garlic cloves, an' that's mighty suspicious...and ya did turn into a vampire that one time..."
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                                            >several ponies cry out in alarm
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                                            "There's been a vampire in this town the whole time?!?"
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                                            "Why didn't you tell us?!?"
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                                            108.
                                            "You're supposed to be protecting--"
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                                            >Applejack silences them all with a glare
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                                            "please, Applejack, I swear I'm not a vampire, I just forgot the cloves today, that's all, so if I could, um, just go home..."
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                                            111.
                                            >Applejack glares at you, and you can no longer speak
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                                            112.
                                            "I've heard enough. I reckon we should administer the test."
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                                            >there was a unanimous murmur of approval from the surrounding crowd
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                                            "The test!" cried one pony
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                                            115.
                                            "THE TEST!" cried another
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                                            >no
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                                            >no please
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                                            118.
                                            >not the test
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                                            119.
                                            >but it's too late
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                                            120.
                                            >the ponies seize you and drag you across the market
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                                            121.
                                            >you can see the scaffolding at the center of the square drawing closer
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                                            >no
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                                            >no
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                                            >your knees quake as they drag you up the stairs
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                                            >ponies are jeering at you
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                                            >screaming at you
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                                            >tears well up in your eyes as they strap the bit into your mouth
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                                            128.
                                            >the leather straps bite into your fetlocks as they secure your legs to the pulley
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                                            >Applejack takes her place at the top of the platform
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                                            >her face is the stern mask of the inquisitor
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                                            >no
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                                            132.
                                            >you hate this part
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                                            >somepony slips a blindfold over your eyes
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                                            >you can hear ropes and pulleys tightening around you
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                                            >poor Angel
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                                            >he's probably wondering where his carrots are
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                                            137.
                                            >this is why you don't like to go shopping anymore
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                                            ~Fin~
 
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