Rare-opus

by Rarity Belle

Rating: everyone
Tags: Alternate Universe, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Adventure
Length: 6124

After an unfortunate incident, Rarity has to live with a new set of metal limbs but her life only goes more and more downhill afterward.

After an unfortunate incident, Rarity has to live with a new set of metal limbs but her life only goes more and more downhill afterward.

With the mad mare she threatens to become, it is up to one of her friends to stop her, if not save her from the venomous new her.

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Donations are welcome.
My final candidate for my cancelled stories. I admit, the ending could have been done better and explanations given deeper. Well, the over all story could have been a lot longer... But this story has been sitting around since July of 2012.
Cover art made by drakeybaby

Published 2013-04-29 23:50:02 UTC
Last updated 2013-04-29 23:50:02 UTC

Chapter 1

Rarity sat in the train as it worked its way around the mountain passes to Canterlot. It had been quite a while since she last visited the kingdom, but she had an order ready for Princess Celestia that she was to deliver personally. Despite her obligations she was not quite sure of herself as a baleful tone settled over the trip. Regardless, she carried on, unable to even compensate where this sensation came from.

With a squeal of the brakes and a puff of steam the train rolled to halt at the station. Rarity stepped onto the platform with her self-tailored luggage bags in tote. Canterlot Castle, the most magical place of them all is where she was heading. The times were good, peace with the Changelings and technological advancement made their way into the lives of the everyday pony. Even with the introduction of these progressive developments, Ponyville and Canterlot remained the same friendly locales as they always were.

Rarity made her way through the cobblestone streets of Downtown Canterlot making twists and turns through the busy metropolis. As she walked further, the buildings became more regal and took up entire blocks rather than sharing. Before her the road became less crowded as she approached the castle moat.

There it was in its full glory, Canterlot Castle, all roads leading to its gate. Rarity looked in awe at the sight, the setting sun shined behind the castle. She smiled and continued.

Where Rarity would normally be held and inquired by the guards as a visitor she was met with respect and attention as they stayed their posts. She was expected with orders coming from the top. Rarity maneuvered through the castle and walked into the throne room. Bowing, she addressed the Princess of the Sun. “Highness.” she said.

“Rise Rarity, you know I am not keen to these formal to-do’s, do you?” Princess Celestia with a little smile on her face.

Rarity raised back up from her position under a gentle nod. “I know that. But it is a sign of respect Princess. And I have your order here. I hope you like it.” She used her magic to open the box, pick up the dress and made it look so like Princess Celestia was wearing it. Princess Celestia got of her throne to inspect it up close.

She inspected every single stitch, every threat and eventually spoke her words. “Miss Rarity, this is a dress, suited for a Princess. You did a very, very good job on it.”

“Thank you Princess, it will suit you perfectly for the wedding.” said Rarity with a smile on her face.

“Oh that will it indeed. If you want to stay, I can make a room ready for you., said Princess Celestia.

“I thank you for the offer Princess, but I really have to go now. I promised Sweetie to come home soon.” said Rarity. Princess Celestia nodded understandingly and took the dress over with her magic, folding it back up and placing it back in the box.

“We shall see each other again Rarity.” said Princess Celestia as Rarity bowed again and went away.

“We shall indeed.” she said when she left.

As the white mare left the Castle to go back to the train station, she had that feeling again, that everything would go wrong. She tried to shake it off, Sweetie was waiting at home for her to come back. But the feeling stayed. It was dark already and nopony could be found on the streets, only Rarity who was walking to the train station. She passed dark alley’s but didn't notice it, but when the feeling was on its strongest, she got tackled to the ground, by a unknown pony, Rarity could only hear a Scottish stallion voice spoke up. “Finally...” After that, she lost her consciousness.

When she finally woke up again, she rubbed her head. The pounding of her brain was almost unbearable. “Ugh... What happened...” she thought out loud when she finally opened her eyes, the horror struck. She was in a cell, no windows, only one door and a mirror. She looked more detailed and saw a speaker and a toilet. “Well, that is convenient.” she said to herself. The Unicorn sat up in the bed and started to puzzle it together, what happened, what is the last thing she remembered?

“Okay, so I went on the train to Canterlot, delivered the dress, had a little chat with a guard and then... What did I do then?” she spoke to herself. Her eyes shot open upon the realization and she tried to collect her memory after the chat, without any success. She just couldn't remember it, it was making driving her crazy.

Minutes looked like hours. Time was just going so slow in that place. Rarity gave up thinking and laid on the bed again, only to get the idea. She was a Unicorn after all, she could use her magic to escape. She tried everything she knew, but nothing worked. But then again, she is just a simple Unicorn, nowhere near as advanced as Twilight. Rarity had worked all her life in her boutique, picking up, lifting, drawing and stitching was all she ever needed. And now, she regrets it, regret not paying attention in magic school.

Rarity had no idea of how long she sat in the one room, but all she knew, is that it was long. But somehow she managed to keep her sanity. The food she got, was pushed in via a hatch at the bottom of the door and that what she got wasn’t all too bad either. But she was bored out of her mind. Nothing to do all day, or night, she lost track of when it even was day or night.

And there was nothing, not even a breath over that cursed speaker. But for some strange reason, Rarity managed to come to rest. Even though she was hold against her will, she found a deep mental rest that she could have never gotten else. Having nothing to do all day, worked relaxing on her mind. She kept thinking where she was, if anypony missed her and so on, but besides from those thoughts, she came to rest. Eventually she just closed her eyes as some hours had passed and she slowly fell asleep, drifting off into the realm of the dreams.

When she did finally woke up, her sapphire blue eyes fell upon mirror, as they did every time she opened her eyes again. But this time there was something different, the feeling of somepony watching her crawled up into her.

And for the first time since she got in the cell, the speaker worked. A Scottish stallion voice spoke over it. “Afternoon miss Rarity. I hope you enjoyed your stay here. Soon enough, you will be out of here. I promise you that my dear. Which way however, is up to you.” Rarity was at one end relieved and on the other hand terrified. She sat on the bed and thought of back home, if they still missed her, or if they had given up on her.

Much time to think she didn't had however, as the room got filled with a gas. The Unicorn tried to escape so desperately but couldn't find a way out, she tried to hold her breath for as long as she could. But she only delayed the unavoidable. Everything before her eyes got black, she thought, she passed away, to the next world.

When Rarity slowly woke up again, she was surprised, she was still alive, but she felt herself heavy, she moaned a couple times and opened her eyes, only to see she was blindfolded by a piece of white cloth, she tried to move her hooves but they were all tied up. “Ugh... If anypony is there, please, tell me, or untie me and then tell me, what happened...” she said in the hope somepony heard her. The mare tried to lift her head, without success. There was a little movement was granted, but not much.

The stallions voice was heard again through a speaker. “Welcome back miss Rarity, we thought we lost you. The lad owns me a hundred bits. Anyway, you are asking yourself, why are you here? Simple, because you were the easiest I could my hooves on, I have followed you miss Rarity, I know you are weak in magic, that is why you are perfect for, them.”

“Wait, them? Who are you talking about? Why are you doing this?” Rarity asked in confusion.

The colt spoke up again. “You will find that out soon enough. For now, you are my greatest triumph.” The stallion erupted out in laughter towards her. “In about an hour, the contraption you are in will untie itself, releasing your hooves. I can not wait to see that happening.” he spoke up after his laughter had died down.

Rarity sighed deeply as the thoughts went through her mind, Well, an hour is not so bad right? One hour, not able to move, at all... She tried to fall asleep again which surprisingly worked.

After about an hour, four loud sounds pulled Rarity back into the world of the wake as the stallion spoke once more over the speaker. “My greatest triumph, laying in this room. Arise my childe! Arise!” After what he started to laugh in a maniacally manner of utter insanity.

Rarity brought a hoof over to her face and began to rub it a couple times before she pulled the white cloth piece away from her eyes. The Unicorn was almost blinded by the bright lights of the room she found herself in. But ever so slowly her eyes managed to adjust themselves over to the light, giving her a clear view on the room she found herself in.

She saw she was positioned in a hospital room, clean as it can be and again a mirror on the wall. Her eyes stared into it and she gained the shock of her life. For over her head, were things hanging in the air. Things that were covered in blankets. Two went above her forelegs and the other two over her hindlegs, suspended above the ground by a couple hooves.

The Unicorn followed the thing to where they would end, but it was her head that blocked just that part. With fear for her own life she turned her head around slowly. But what she saw, was a sight she had left unseen. For the things that hung in the air, went into her body. More correctly, right into her spine.

The laughter of the stallion took its turn again over the speaker but suddenly got interrupted by the voice of another. “We have you now!” said a voice.

“You will never get me! Never!” the Scottish sounding stallion yelled and then there was only silence. Rarity couldn't believe those things going into her spine, for she didn’t even knew just what they were. And the Scottish stallion, it all seemed like a dream. But the worst part was that it was all as real as possible. She was unable to hold her tears any longer and just allowed them to go.

She cried for some time until the other voice spoke over the intercom again. “Miss Rarity, can you hear me? It is going to be alright. I am here to help. I am a guard from the Princess. You can trust me.” Rarity looked up to the speaker and nodded into the direction of the mirror, hoping he was able to see her.

“Now let’s see, he never was the smartest one when it came to designing control panels, let’s see ‘raise blankets’, I hope this goes good.” the guard said over the speaker.

And not much later, the blankets were lifted. But only to scare Rarity for a third time. Because the blankets revealed four, about forty hooves long metal arms which went right into her back, connected to her spinal cord. The arms fell to the ground and Rarity felt the shock, lifting them up like her own limbs. “Oh no...” was all she could say to the events while wiping away the remaining tears.

“Miss Rarity, try to open the door to your left, I can see you through the mirror, but it is magic proof and stronger than anything we know.” said the guard. The arms did exactly what Rarity wanted them to do. They truly were, her new limbs.

She nodded to the words and stood up before making her way over to the door. Each of the arms their claws, which were three fingered and each finger had three joints, closed themselves and they jammed themselves right through the door. With all the force she had inside of her, she managed to break the door off of its hinges and and lock.

The broken door got laid to the side and the arms retracted themselves back over to their owner, who had a deep look at each of them under a deep sigh. She saw just how technical they were and in the very middle of each claw was an ‘eye’ to be found. A white light that just stared at her. And in her own eyesight, she saw herself standing there. It was now sure, that the eyes of the arms were also connected to her own eyes.

The guard came up and spoke against her. “We have to move now miss Rarity, the Princesses are waiting for you, as well as your friends and sister. If you want to come with me please. And is there, any way, to let them retract?”

“I... I... I don’t know dear. I can try though.” Rarity replied while she tried to let them retract which surprisingly worked, but fully hidden they were not. The guard gave her a lab coat in order to hide them and they went outside. “Just how long was I gone and who was that?” she asked after having herself comfortable within the coat.

The guard sighed deeply and before he spoke once more. “You were gone for two weeks, nopony could find you, until we got a tip, that mad doctor was hiding here. We found you, by accident. We are still glad about that don’t get me wrong here though.” They went outside and into a chariot gone from that place. And up to the palace.

During the ride there were three other guards with her, two veterans and a rookie. “Do any of you mind if I, if I take a closer look at them?” asked Rarity to all of them.

“No problem miss. Just be careful.” said one of two veterans.

Rarity let one of the arms come out and the rookie became a little scared on what he saw. “Hold your place.” said the oldest.

“I know, but, no offence miss, it looks scary, yet, awesome at the same time.” Rarity inspected the arm and just accepted them for now, the claw, the eye, the metal itself, a horrible truth to live with. But she could work faster now. She let the others come as well, the bottom two, were stronger looking then the top two. “I think you can use the bottom two for walking miss.” said the rookie.

Rarity smiled over to the young stallion as she made her reply. “Maybe I could.”

After long talking of what can be done with them they reached the Castle, Rarity hid them again and they all went inside. They made their way over to the throne room, the room where Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Twilight, Applejack, Fluttershy, Rainbow, Pinkie and Sweetie would all waiting for her.

Everypony was happy to see Rarity again and asked questions all over. What happened? Where was she? And many, many more. But then Luna spoke in the booming Royal Canterlot Voice. “Give her some space and be quiet so she can do her story.”

Everypony back up a little and Rarity told her whole story.

“And that is all you need to know. Twilight, could you bring Sweetie outside? There is something, that is not meant for her to be heard nor seen.” Rarity said after she had spoken her story.

“But sis?” said Sweetie while Rarity looked into the eyes of the filly and she knew that there was bad news ahead.

“Don’t worry Rarity, I will take a little eye on her.” said Twilight as she and Sweetie left the room. A couple minutes Twilight came back and closed the door.

“Now, what did you wanted to tell us?” asked Princess Celestia.

Rarity sighed and said. “Not tell, show...” She removed her raincoat and everypony was already shocked at the four, things. Then, she let them come out, now everypony was shocked.

“What in tarnation...” said Applejack.

“Oh no... This can’t be good...” said Twilight, Pinkie just stood there with open mouth, Princess Luna, Princess Celestia, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash did the same.

Rarity placed each of the arm in front of her so she could inspect them again “I am a monster, a eight limped monster...” Princess Celestia got off the throne and inspected the new ‘limbs’.

She sighed deeply before she spoke up. “There is no way we can undo them without killing you, they are attached to your spinal cord. If we try and make the slightest mistake, you will pass away Rarity.”

“Could you, show us, what they can do?” asked Luna a bit concerned.

“Well, since they are just as limbs, I should be able to do anything with them.” She did a couple things with them and everypony looked, she grab things, walked a little on them and a couple more things. But everypony still shocked though.

“Miss Rarity, it really are, hands.” said Luna with an open mouth.

Rarity looked quite sad to her arms. “These, things, I got... These hands... I never wanted them. Could we keep this between us, I don’t want this to go out, if it does, I don’t know what will happen.” asked Rarity to everypony. They all understood it and promised not to tell anypony. Rarity sighed of relief by hearing that. She stood on her hind legs, and let the lower arms on the ground, slowly lifting her up. While the upper two just kept looking at the surrounding, she looked at it and was pleasantly surprised. “Well, hello, this can become for good use.” she said with a little chuckle in her voice. Rarity placed herself back in her hooves and let them retract back in her body.

“I think it is best you all should go home now and live on like nothing happened, I know it will be hard to do, but Rarity needs her rest, and ponies talking about her new, condition, won’t really help.” said Princess Celestia. Everypony nodded and bowed for the princesses.

They all left and when it was only Luna and Celestia left Luna began to ask some burning questions. “Are you really sure about this sister?”

“I truly have no idea this time... This time it is me, who is looking into a dark void, we can only hope. For her, for them”,said Celestia with a worried look on her face.

“Then we can only hope for the best sister...” said Luna with an even more worried look in her face.

In the following days, rumors began to spread about Rarity’s condition. But the Unicorn kept denying every one of them, through she always was seen with a trench coat when she went outside. That was not normal for her and everypony know she was hiding something, but what, was the question. The strangest rumors went on. If they only know the truth under that coat.

At first she was sad, having four new limbs isn't something easy to live with. But every night when she was alone, she undressed herself from the coat and released her new limbs, she had accepted them, she controlled them. She made her dresses much faster, much more accurate now. But the rumors kept coming. Everything that could be said, was said.

On a sunny afternoon Rarity was working on a dress but she found out she was out of fabric. She made herself ready to go to the market to buy some. She had all the curtains closed in her work area so nopony would see her with the arms, she fully enjoyed them now.

She could do so much more than she ever imagined, but still would hold it a secret. She retracted her arms and put on her raincoat after which she went outside. She walked through Ponyville and some ponies gave her, an unusual stare.

Rarity didn't give anything for it and stopped by the flower shop of Rose Luck. She had a little look around at the flowers, it always made her smile, the care Rose placed into them. It was the same care she put in her dresses.

“Go away from my shop you freak!” a voice said.

“What? Beg your pardon miss Luck.” Rarity spoke up as an angry looking Rose Luck appeared before her.

“You heard me, I don’t want you here anymore. You are a freak!” the flower pony replied.

“Do you have proof for that statement miss Luck?” Rarity asked calmly.

“Proof? I sure have.” Rose spoke up as she took the morning newspaper. “Read for yourself, but not by my shop!”, she said and gave her the paper. Rarity took the paper and was quite confused by this, she left and went to the market.

On the market everypony avoided her or called her names, Rarity didn't even look up any more, she got what she needed as she always got her fabric from the same pony, a pony who has been knowing her for so long now, he just accepted it, even though he had no idea of her condition.

She got her fabric and went back home, not saying a word to anypony since they all called her names and spoke rumors. Lyra, Bon-Bon, Carrot Top, Colgate, Cheerilee, Berry Punch, Octavia, Vinyl Scratch and many more just looked at her whispering to each other and calling her names. A couple tears left her eyes, slowly running down her cheek, ending, on the cold, hard, ground.

When she came back home, she undid herself from the trench coat and went into her work area. The fabric got placed aside and her eyes looked at the paper, only to get the scare of her life. She began to read the headline out loud. “Rarity, the monster of Ponyville.”

After she read the article and saw the picture, now she knew why everypony acted like that. Her secret was out, in the open, everypony knew it. She lost it all. She went on a rampage through the shop, blasting magic all over the place and the arms nearly destroying everything she worked on.

“How, could, this, have, happened!? Why did they had to find it out! After everything I did for those bastards, this is how they repay me... I stood ready for them, every single time and now, I get this.” She got blinded by her anger, destroying her whole boutique. One of the arms knocked some of the candles over after which the place caught fire.

And she just stood there, destroying it all, the arms went all over the place, crushing, destroying. But what she didn't know was that one of the beams supporting the upper floor broke in two and hit her on the head, knocking her out. The arms stopped moving and fell dead in their tracks and Rarity herself also fell to the ground, in a burning Carousel Boutique. While the place around her, slowly turned into nothing more than a smoldering bit of burned wood.

She woke up again, and again, she was in a hospital, but this time, it was the hospital of Canterlot. “We need to undo her from those things” said one of the doctors.

“You know that one mistake can cost her her life right”, said another.

“I know the risk, but we need too, even if the chance of success is almost nothing.” said the first doctor. Rarity heard it all, the plans of action, the odds, but she had no intention of passing away just yet.

“Subject is ready. Everything is quiet, her mental condition is stable, so is her heart beat. I shall begin cutting now.” said one of the doctors and the sound of a saw was heard. Rarity couldn’t control her own limbs, but the arms on the other end, she could. Out of nothing she moves all of them around the place, knocking all the doctors out. Fast and clean.

The arms untied her from the operation table and she opened her eyes again, only, to see a horror again. She thought she knocked all the doctors out, but instead she killed them all. She looked at the horror she had made and sat in the bed screaming in emotional pain.

“I, I, I need to get out of here, away from Canterlot...” she spoke after her screaming died down and some tears got wiped away from her eyes. Without much thinking, she took one of the doctors their coats.

Her arms lifted her up and carried her out of the hospital, they knocked out a window and she jumped out of it and ran away on them, back to Ponyville. “What has happened to me...?” was one of the many question she asked herself along the way. When she finally came back, she was horrified by the sight. Her whole boutique was burned to the ground, nothing had survived the blazing inferno..

This snapped her completely, all the wires in her head just unplugged themselves and got replugged somewhere they didn’t belong. Her blue eyes began to inspect her arms once again and their eyes were no longer white, they were red, as red as the anger for Rarity.

She exhaled steam a couple times but then raised herself on her lower arms and walked away, not caring if anypony saw her or not. She was breathing heavy, walking towards an old building near the edge of the EverFree Forest. She lowered herself and entered. The building was still in good condition.

“I shall live her for now on. Look at me, four arms, fused to my body, acting like my limbs, I lost my boutique, my respect... My whole life, they have been cruel against me... ” she said and just sat there, looking into the darkness of the night But in the end, she started to softly sob in self misery.

A couple of days went by and nopony heard from Rarity in that time. “Anypony seen Rarity today?” Rainbow Dash asked to everypony she saw. But all had the same answer, they didn't. Rainbow flew all over the place, but it was only after she went out of Ponyville. Eventually she saw the figure she was looking for, the eight limbed figure. Rainbow landed and spoke with an joyful voice. “Hé Rarity, where have you been all this time?”

Rarity turned around and her claws closed and opened themselves gently. “Rainbow, go away from me, I am a monster.” said Rarity.

Rainbow was quite confused by this. “Could you, explain Rarity?” she gently asked.

Rarity sighed and retracted her arms. “I killed those doctors, I burned down my own boutique, I let myself got captured by that stallion. And why? Because I was blinded by my own rage.”, she explained while a single tear began to run down her cheek.

“Hé, come here Rarity.” said Rainbow while offering a hug. Rarity hugged back and the arms curled up around then, making the hug stronger. “Cry out Rarity, just cry out.” Rarity placed her head on Rainbow’s shoulder and cried rivers for a long time.

The arms loosened their grip and slowly went back to Rarity. She broke the hug with Rainbow and looked at the eyes, their coloring was white again. “I am sorry Rainbow, but, I don’t know it anymore... I have lost everything I loved...” said Rarity with teary eyes.

“I understand it Rarity, but, is there no way, you can come back?” asked Rainbow who was quite worried herself. Rarity shook her head. She wasn't going back, not after all what happened. Rainbow had to go back, her duties called. With pain in her heart she left the broken mare, not only mentally, but also physically.

That night, Rarity made the hardest choice of her life. She left Ponyville forever and went to Manehatten to strike terror and chaos in their hearts of the ponies there. The old Rarity was gone, the Element of Generosity was gone and replaced by a monster, coming straight from a comic book. A Mare-Do-Well comic book that is.

When Rainbow read it in the newspaper a couple days later, she was shocked to see that her friend changed so much. She couldn't hold herself and cried tears. But then, she got an idea. She still had a Mare-Do-Well suit she once got from Rarity.

Rainbow went to her closest and looked it up and eventually she found it. After some trouble putting it on, she finally was all suited up. She was Mare-Do-Well, on a quest, to stop a mad mare. “Rarity, ready or not. I am going to stop you.” she said to herself and blasted off under a sonic rainboom.

Meanwhile in Manehatten Rarity was making quite a chaos of the place and just became a super villain. She was wearing her long trench coat, glasses like Vinyl had and a hat to cover her horn. She sat in her hideout, a broken dock near the lake. She looked outside and saw it flying. She couldn’t believe it, Mare-Do-Well. “So we finally meet... I shall make an end to you soon.”

She saw a rainbow trail coming from the pony and she knew more than enough. The arms came out and Rarity walked outside. She used her arms to walk around town, trying to get her attention. Rainbow finally saw her, walking through the streets. She was on another rampage, destroying everything in sight.

The incognito Rainbow landed a couple dozen hooves before Rarity. “You have caused more than enough. It is time to go down.”, said Rainbow.

“More down than this I can not go. Look at me Mare-Do-Well, I lost everything I had!” said Rarity while one of the arms got hold of a trash can and throw it to Rainbow, who just stepped aside. “There is no way, you can stop me Mare-Do-Well! No way!”

“We will see about that. You and me, tomorrow midday, highest skyscraper. Then we will see.” said Rainbow.

“I shall be there Mare-Do-Well, I hope you like your funeral.” said Rarity with an evil smile on her face. Rainbow jumped up and flew away. Rarity looked at the damage she did, raised on her arms and walked back to her hideout.

That night, Rarity was in deep trouble with herself, she looked at what she had become, there was no way she could return back to normal. She didn't know it anymore. But then, that angry look returned, “They destroyed me, he destroyed me... Now, I shall destroy them. All of them.”

The following day Rarity stood on top of the building, waiting for Rainbow Dash. Her right top arm saw her coming from behind ready to tackle her, but the arm grabbed Rainbow and throw her into the roof of the building. “So, so, so Mare-Do-Well, it looks like you like to attacked from behind, well, I can do that too.” said Rarity was one of her arms punched Rainbow in the back. “Feel the pain Mare-Do, the pain I have been through.”

Rainbow tried to get up, but was taken again and raised into the air before slammed into the roof once more. “I had everything, until that one day!” She turned around overlooking Manehatten.

“You know Mare...” Rainbow has gotten up and pushed herself and Rarity over the edge of the building. Rainbow didn’t stop with punching Rarity all over her body.

“This, is, not, who, you, are, Rarity!”, she said enraged.

“This is who I am now, Mare-Do.” Her arms grabbed Rainbow and throw her faster to the ground, only to get caught on the roof by a passing train. Rarity dived behind her and landed on the same train. “Just, die, will, you!”, she said.

Slowly she walked towards Rainbow who tried to stand up. “As long, as I live... Ugh, there is...” after those words Rainbow went inside the train, hoping it was a smart move.

“For goodness sake...” said Rarity as she punched through one of the side windows and entered with the help of her arms, there she saw it. Mare-Do-Well, heavily wounded, surrounded by civilians.

“If you want her, you have to pass us first.” said a colt and stood in front of Rainbow and many others did so as well.

“Fine then.” said Rarity while she shoved her upper two arms past the ponies and separated the group. All the ponies who are standing in her way, are now by the windows. “Mare-Do-Well, come to this building, then we shall settle it once and for all.” said Rarity and dropped a picture of her hide-out. “I expect you soon.” And with those words, she left the train, jumping on a building and climbed her way up. Walking back to her hideout.

When she came back, she saw that somepony has been looking around. “Come out now!” she yelled into the thin air. And soon enough, a white, near mare aged, pony popped up. “No... No... No!” was all Rarity could say at the sight of the fully, she retracted her arms hoping it wasn’t too late. But it was.

“So, this is what you have become, my own sister... A criminal...” said the young mare with teary eyes.

“S-S-Sweetie... I... I never wanted these, things...” said Rarity towards her while her tone dropped itself from her enraged one, to its usual kind one.

“But yet you didn't want too tell me about it!? Were you afraid I couldn't handle the truth?” said Sweetie while her tears kept coming out of her eyes. “You are my sister Rarity! Not this, this monster!”

A sound over their heads was heard and they looked up. Rainbow, still disguised as Mare-Do-Well, jumped gently down and stood next to Sweetie. “Rarity, you have not only hurt her so much, but me as well.” said Rainbow.

“What do you know about it Mare-Do-Well? You do not know the pain I have to live with.” said Rarity quite calmly.

“Actually, I do know how you feel Rarity.” Rainbow removed her mask to reveal herself. “I know the pain you are going through.”

Rarity was devastated by this, her sister and one of her best friends, were here. Rarity didn't know what to do anymore, she lost everything she worked for her life, she only saw, one option. The water of the cold river. She let her arms come out again and looked at them. “My curse... My, bloody, curse...” she slowly walked to the edge, the weight of the arms would surely sink her down. She stood ready to dive in, but Rainbow managed to stop her. She prevented her from jumping in. “I am sorry for this Rarity, but it has to be done.” said Rainbow and the Unicorn was injected with a sleep poison. The mare fell asleep on the docks and had no idea if she would ever wake up again.

Rarity woke again up, again in a hospital but this time, she was just laying in bed. No arms, no nothing. “What in hay’s name...” she said while a doctor came in.

“A miss Rarity, you are awake, now, I know you have a lot of questions of what happened, but we removed your arms from your spine. Princess Celestia and Princess Luna brought you by when we lost you. You are lucky, not many ponies survive such an ordeal. In other words, you don’t have to worry anymore. You are again who you were before. The Princesses told the whole story of what happened to you miss and then, they all saw in, they should have accepted it, so it didn’t had to come to this madness miss.” said the doctor as he gave her a friendly hoof on her shoulder and a warm smile.