Fashionable Justice #1

It was a wonderful evening in Ponyville. All the stars are in the sky, and Luna's moon is as bright as ever. The moonlight shined upon the two mares exiting the local spa. They were very appreciative of Luna's night. Their usual spa date had to be held much later than usual due to Fluttershy being busier than usual taking care of her animals. Normally, Aloe and Lotus would refuse anypony coming in for a spa treatment but considering Rarity was their best customer they could make an exception.

"Fluttershy, thank you for accompanying me darling."  said Rarity "I always enjoy our trips to the spa,"

"Oh, your welcome Rarity I enjoy our spa trips too." Fluttershy said with a small smile.

Rarity has always been enamored by Fluttershy's personality. She didn't know how one pony could be so sweet and so gentle. Rarity had never meet anypony that was more willing to sacrifice for others. It was unsurprising that she was chosen to be the element of kindness. Rarity was admittedly a little jealous at how Fluttershy  didn't have to try to express her element it just came naturally to her. Rarity on the other hand did give quite a bit but not as much as the Element of Generosity should.

Rarity quietly pondered this to herself when Fluttershy stopped. Rarity was going to inquire why she had stopped when Fluttershy trotted over off the beaten path to an open area of grass. Rarity followed the yellow mare when she eventually saw what Fluttershy was after. A bird was on the ground with a very grave injury to his wing. Rarity noticed it had also sustained damage to it's head that didn't look like it had come from the fall. While Rarity thought this over Fluttershy set to work trying to help the poor animal. It's wing was severely injured and even if it did survive it would likely never fly again. Before long Rarity could tell it was no use trying to help it. The bird was dead.

Fluttershy was at the point of tears when they both heard voices. "I thought I saw the stupid thing go down over here" one of the voices said.

"That was a great buckin' shot Chain" said another voice. Rarity counted three in total. Rarity deduced fairly quickly that these fools had something to do with this now deceased creature. Rarity also knew that if she had pieced this together Fluttershy had as well. Rarity was about to turn to Fluttershy to try to calm her down when the three voices were upon them.

The group consisted of two colts and one mare. The mare looked (in Rarity's opinion) very trashy. She was a unicorn with a gray coat, her mane was cut in a multicolored mohawk, and she had a rather threatening looking chain for a cutie mark. The two colts were both pegasi and they looked identical except for the color of their coats. Both of their manes were shorter than average but came down over their eyes, which made Rarity wonder how they saw things. Before she could wonder any further the mare stepped forward.

"And what do we have here?" she asked. When no answer came she stepped closer. "You two do know it's rude to not answer somepony when they ask you a question, right?"

"Did you hurt this bird?" Fluttershy asked without looking up from the deceased bird. Rarity noticed the slightest hint of menace in her voice.

One of the colts answered for her "Yeah, she threw a rock at it!" he said gleefully "It was a great shot too ,look, she hit it right in it's buckin' head!"

Fluttershy looked up at the mare with fire in her eyes. "You killed this poor animal." she said in a low growly tone. Rarity had never seen Fluttershy this angry before, it seemed unnatural.

The mare however, seemed nonplussed. "Aww, is the little mare mad about the dead birdy?"  she asked mockingly. "I should apologize." she then looks down at the dead bird "Hey pal, sorry we had a falling out, could you forgive me?" she looked back to Fluttershy. "All better?"

The two colts cackled and Rarity saw Fluttershy become a mass of barely contained rage. She was going to urge her friend to remain calm, when the mare started to go after Rarity.

"You never did answer my question. What are two pretty little things like you doing out after dark?" she inquired.

Rarity took offense and finally spoke."If you must know, my friend and I have just come from the spa." she says.

"Oh, you two just got outta the spa?" she mocks. She motions towards the bird "You should have brought him with you, he looks like he could use a spa day right about now."

That was the last straw. Fluttershy jumped to her hooves and began to move towards the mare. "You think killing things is funny?" she asked in an enraged tone."Well I don't. And it's ponies like you that make the world a worse place to live!"

The mare with a chain for a cutie mark is legitimately surprised by this. That look of surprise soon turned into furious anger. She then spoke to the identical colts.

"You hear that?" she asked them "She just insulted us." she then lifts something Rarity cant see out of a saddle bag. "Let's show these two how the cloud-nines deal with ponies who insult us."The two colts then commenced to grabbing Fluttershy and holding her down.

"Unhoof her you-" Rarity was cut off by a hoof hitting her in the mouth. Rarity went down but she was still fully conscious if not a little dazed. The mare stood over Rarity and had something in her magical grip. Rarity was trying  to figure out what it was, when it came down across her back. She had figured out what it was. A chain. The mare apparently called Chain brought her chain down across Rarity's back once more causing Rarity to scream and writhe in agony.

Chain brought down the chain on Rarity approximately five more times before turning to Fluttershy. Who had since dropped her look of anger and concern and instead had a look of fear and concern. She yelled and screamed for help as Chain smiled. "Nopony is gonna come help you little birdy." her maniacal grin grew deeper "Now I think it's high time you had your wings clipped."

Rarity was numb from the pain of being whipped but tried to get to her hooves nonetheless. Chain saw this dismal display and laughed. She then struck Rarity in the jaw once again bringing her down. Chain then pulled another chain from her saddlebag which she used to hogtie Rarity.

"I have to make sure you're comfortable while you watch what I do to your friend." she sneered. She then approached Fluttershy who was still being held down by the two colts." I'm gonna make sure both of you remember this for the rest of your lives."

Rarity was powerless to help her friend, she could do nothing but weep and beg Chain to show her friend mercy. Eventually the only sound left was Rarity's begging, Fluttershy's screams of agony, and Chain's maniac laughter. When they were finished with Fluttershy the mare struck Rarity one last time for good measure and retrieved her chain. They just left the two laying there as lifeless as the bird, both of them unconcious. Chain was correct when she said that Rarity would never forget this.