"...only the best. Which is... which is why... I have to break up with him. I'm dumping Spike."

Cloudchaser felt her heart skip a beat as her sister spoke. Twilight felt her own heart do the same, unable to grasp why Flitter could possibly even think of doing such a thing. But Spike's heart didn't skip a beat, or even two beats. It was utterly and completely crushed.

"You didn't... you don't mean that, do you?" Cloudchaser asked in disbelief. A thumping noise outside the room caught both Flitter's and Cloudchaser's attention, and both their hearts dropped as they heard somepony yelling outside the room.

"Spike, come back! Spike! She didn't mean... I'm sure we misheard... SPIKE!"

Cloudchaser rushed over to the door just in time to see Spike disappearing around the corner and headed to a side exit, Twilight running after him. Cloudchaser looked back at her sister who was sniffling and had tears coming down her face, but she was horrified when Flitter looked at her with a weak smile. "I guess I don't have to worry about telling him now." she said.

Cloudchaser felt her anger returning, but this time it was aimed at her own sister. She turned to Flitter and somehow restrained herself from yelling. "You just... why did you..." she stammered, unable to find the words for her confusion.

Flitter looked down, unable to make eye contact with her sister. "I don't deserve him. He's perfect and deserves a perfect mare to spend his life with, not some slutty whorse like me."

Cloudchaser lost all patience upon hearing her sister call herself that. "How could you think that you're... you do NOT say that about yourself!" she yelled out.

To her surprise, Flitter didn't seem effected by Cloudchaser's outburst. "It's true, though. I'm just now a loose whorse that can be used by anypony." she said.

Cloudchaser struggled to resist slapping Flitter and instead slammed her hooves on the bed. "What are you talking about? You're not making any sense! Nopony thinks you're a whorse, especially not Spike!"

"They do too!" Flitter said. "The Diamond Dogs did nothing but use me as soon as they bought me! All they did was touch me down there or make me suck them off before they fucked me. I sucked off two ponies in public and swallowed their cum. I had some toy inside my ass and peed while masturbating behind a building and even let somepony pee on my body. I was covered in cum and photographed naked and Thunderlane fucked my mouth while I was unconscious... how does all that not make me some slut, huh? HUH?"

Flitter broke down and turned away from her sister. "Just leave me alone now. Go. I don't deserve him." she said.

Cloudchaser wasn't finished, but she knew her sister wouldn't listen to her anymore. Besides, she did need her rest... the last few days had taken an immense toll on her body and mind. "Just remember, I love you, sis. And Spike, he loves you too." she said softly, kissing Flitter on the cheek before leaving.

"Spike! Spike! Celestia's fla- er, Celstia's hoof! Spike, where are you?" Twilight called out. She was surprised by Spike's speed, especially for a dragon of his size, and she soon lost sight of him after he had run out of the hospital. Twilight stopped to think of where Spike could have possibly run off to, but was coming up short on ideas. There was no way he would just return home, and there was also no chance he would be returning to the Diamond Dog's land... well, ex-land.

"Maybe he's over at Sweet Apple Acres." she said aloud, knowing that the large apple orchard was a quiet place where somepony could seek refuge and not be disturbed. She raced off to Applejack's farm and hopped the fence and ran into the orchard, not too keen on seeing her friends just yet.

It took Twilight an hour of searching the fields for her to remember just HOW big the farm was. 'It'll take me days to search every place here.' she realized. Luckily for her, she had just the trick; a life detection spell that would alert her to anypony, or in this case, a dragon that may be hiding nearby. The search would still take a while, as the range of the spell only covered a few hundred feet around her, but she could at least cover more ground quicker and not have to search every single nook, cranny, tree, and rock.

As expected, the minutes ticked by with no Spike, but at least her spell was working. She received a small jolt whenever she encountered a smaller creature nearby; a few squirrels, a couple of bunnies, and even a flock of birds flying overhead. But no stronger jolt of magic ever hit her horn, and that was the signal she was waiting for.

The long day was finally nearing its end by the time Twilight decided to give up. She sighed, hoping that Spike would be back home by the time she returned, but her gut feeling told her that she would be wrong yet again. Just as she gave up hope of seeing Spike tonight she let out a yelp as her horn felt like it had been zapped by electricity. It was much stronger than the small tingle she received when a bunny or squirrel was nearby. No, whatever had set off her life detection spell was a pony, or even perhaps...

"Spike!" Twilight called out, but of course she received no answer. Wandering forward she felt another zap of magic hit her, confirming that she was headed in the right direction. She looked at the trees in front of her and saw a tree house tucked into the branches of one of them. 'Of course! The club house Applejack's sister uses!' Twilight realized. The fact that there was no shouting, cheering, or explosions coming from the clubhouse hinted to Twilight that the Cutie Mark Crusaders were not home, but her horn was signalling that somepony was indeed up there.

"Hello? Spike, are you there?" Twilight called up. Nopony answered but Twilight could swear that she just saw something move by one of the windows. "Hello? Is somepony up there?" Twilight called out again. Once again only silence greeted her but she was positive that she saw somepony up there, and she climbed the stairs to the small porch and knocked on the door. "Hello?" she called again. She tried pushing the door open but found it locked. 'Okay, somepony is definitely inside.' she thought. She was positive that Spike was inside and probably locked the door to remain undisturbed. She knocked on the door but again no answer was received. Twilight huffed and closed her eyes, her horn glowing and in a mere blink of an eye she teleported herself into the club house, bypassing the door.

The little tree house was dark, and the windows barely let in enough of the setting sun to allow Twilight to see anything. Huddled in the corner of the tree house was a pony, and Twilight was a little disappointed at first that it wasn't Spike. However, as her eyes adjusted to the dim light, she gasped and stepped backwards as she saw who it was...

"Rarity!" Twilight said in disbelief. "What are you doing here?"

Rarity tossed her head back and readjusted her mane. "Well, Twilight, it's obvious that I can't go home with the entire town looking to have me thrown in prison like a common thief."

Twilight steadied herself. Rarity had nowhere to run as Twilight was blocking the door, and she could easily overpower the white unicorn if absolutely necessary. "Rarity, you have to turn yourself in. This is getting out of hoof. Flitter's in the hospital again and Rainbow Dash is in jail. Flitter... she was raped by the Diamond Dogs. Just... please, Rarity, come with me. We can get this whole thing sorted out and end this all now, and then maybe the Elements of Harmony can finally be repaired."

Rarity had no idea what Twilight meant when she began talking about the Elements. She was too busy trying to think of how she could escape from the tree house, but the only door was blocked by Twilight and jumping out of the window was out of the question. An idea finally hit her, though; 'Maybe if I pretend to go with her I can escape as soon as we get outside. I can probably hide out in the fields here and get to Los Pegasus or Manehattan and disappear there.' she thought slyly. Mentally preparing herself for the act of her life, Rarity put on a sorrowful face and lowered her head in submission. "Yes, Twilight, you're right. I've mad a huge mistake and I want it all to end. I'm sorry, Twilight, I truly am. I'm ready to go when you are." she said.

Twilight nodded, elated that her friend was showing remorse for her actions and was willing to turn herself in. Rarity, on the other hoof, had to suppress the urge to smile as Twilight ate up her lies. "Thank you, Rarity. You're doing the right thing." Twilight said. Rarity finally let out a small smile, but it quickly disappeared as she saw Twilight's horn glow and she sent out three flashes of light, the magical flares zooming out the window and climbing high into the night sky before they burst in a spectacular flash.

"What are you doing?" Rarity asked, feeling as if her only plan was beginning to fall apart.

"I'm summoning the guards." Twilight said. "I'm sorry, Rarity, but I can't risk you trying to run away again."

Rarity felt her stomach flip as she realized her plan was ruined. "You... you don't trust me?" she asked, furrowing her brow.

Twilight felt her heart break as she replied to the pony she used to consider one of her best friends; "No, I don't."

Rarity's mind snapped. "You... bitch!" she yelled out as she ran right at Twilight. Twilight was caught off guard and was knocked backwards by Rarity's attack.

"Rarity! What are you doing?" Twilight cried out. Rarity charged her again, but this time Twilight was ready and cast a protective bubble shield around herself. Rarity yelped in surprise as she found herself being flung back by the protection spell and she tumbled across the floor and hit the back wall.

Twilight saw that Rarity wasn't moving and feared that she had severely hurt her. "Rarity! I'm sorry, I-"

Rarity suddenly sat up and went back on the offensive, hitting Twilight with a blast of magic. While her attack came nowhere close to the power Twilight had, it was still enough to cause Twilight to recoil in pain. "Aahhh! Rarity, stop this!" Twilight yelled, sending a blast of her own magic towards the unicorn. Rarity tried to dodge the attack but she was too slow, the blast hitting her legs and causing her to fall.

Twilight scrambled back up to her hooves, ready to send another attack at Rarity if she didn't give up right now. "It's over, Rarity, just give up. Please, I don't want to hurt you." Twilight said.

Rarity shakily stood up. The blow had only grazed her, and it was nowhere near Twilight's full power, but the attack had shocked her as she had no idea Twilight possessed that much power. It seemed hopeless; Twilight was sure not to hold back her next attack and the stampeding hooves of the guards could be heard approaching. Rarity glanced at the one last option she had; the window.

Without any warning, Rarity rushed sideways and leaped out of the tree house, surprising Twilight so much she had no time to react to stop her. Rarity saw the ground rushing at her and realized she had jumped while higher than she thought she was. She clenched her eyes shut and braced for the inevitable impact. Her legs crumpled under her as she finally reconnected with the ground, and she yelled out in pain as one of her legs felt like it was now broken due to the fall. She opened her eyes just in time to see Twilight come flying out of the window herself, gliding down to where Rarity was crippled.

'NO! It will not end like this!' Rarity thought. Ignoring the pain in her broken leg, she hobbled away as fast as she could, but of course she was absolutely no match for the group of guards that were hot on her hooves. It didn't take her long to realize that running was absolutely useless, so she stopped and turned, ready to fight once more. Only two of the six guards were unicorns; the rest were pegasi. Taking aim at the unicorns first, she fired off her weak attack spells, only one of them hitting its mark but the weak blast merely slowed him down for a brief moment.

Her attack had no chance of stopping her pursuers, but her display of violence confirmed to the guards that this fugitive was as desperate to escape as Princess Luna had described. Three of the pegasus guards took to the skies and attacked from above while the other three guards ran up and tackled Rarity to the ground, the three guards in the air swooping down and piling on top of the group to keep Rarity pinned down. One unicorn brought out a set of shackles he had hidden in his armor and clamped them down onto Rarity's legs, preventing her from running anymore, while the other unicorn slipped a special ring onto Rarity's horn, subduing her magic so she couldn't even levitate a feather.

"You ruffians! Scoundrels! Let me go!" Rarity yelled out, trying her hardest to escape, but between the shackles, her lack of magic, and the pain from her broken leg, Rarity was not going anywhere. The guards got off of her and stood back as Twilight approached her friend, looking down on the unicorn who had brought so much pain to so many ponies.

"Twilight, Twilight please. I didn't mean to. Help me." Rarity begged, hoping that her friend would show some compassion and sympathy.

Twilight just shook her head and turned away, unable to look at the pony she had once admired and befriended so long ago. "It's over, Rarity." she said. "Take her to the prison and lock her up. Princess Celestia will deal with her personally in the morning." Twilight informed the guards.

Author's Note

Anyone know where Spike is? Anybody? I can't find him...