Fading Rainbows

Rainbow Dash sat on the hard floor well Applejack untied the ropes that bound her legs as she remembered the horrible night she had just experienced.

Flashback

Dash had been bored and alone on Saturday night and decided to go to the local bar; she didn’t want to drink just to check it out. She sat in a booth with her virgin cider martini and looked around at the new setting. She had an early job tomorrow and had no time for a hangover. She was starting to get bored with this setting of drunken fools and was about to leave when she noticed her good friend Thunderlane.  She walked over to say hi and it all went downhill from there. Thunderlane looked her up and down and laid out his trap. He had a horrible plan in store for her, but it wasn’t her fault, he would have done it to the first mare that walked up to him, unfortunately that mare was Rainbow Dash. “Oh hi there Dash” he slurred acting way more drunk than he was, “how’s it goin with ya?” he asked still slurring also adding in a few hiccups for effect. It had worked, “damn Thunderlane, your drunk” she said with a slight chuckle. After a shot while of overdramatic drunken talk Rainbow was getting tired, “I think you should go home Thunderlane” she said concerned for her friend, “ya I guess so” he responded still acting drunk, he got up and walked to the door, “er hay Dash, do ya know where my house was” he said playing the expert drunk, she sighed “yeah I do, let me fly you home” she said looking out for her friend. When they arrived he did a drunk sway and walked inside not closing the door. He lived in a normal ground house, so it wasn’t too difficult to find. “haya Dash give me a hand” he said with more hiccups and slurring then making the sound of falling, “you’re pathetic Thunderlane” she said with another chuckle. She stumbled into the dark house looking for a light switch, she unknowingly walked straight past him, “hey Dash” Thunder said with a strangely clear voice, she turned to question him, but was knocked out with a hard hit to the head. When she woke up she immediately noticed the pain in her head and then noticed that all her legs where tied down to wooden bed post. She panicked hoping this was a bad dream and also hoping that Thunderlane left her body alone, she was wrong; in front of her was a board with crude pictures pinned up of Thunderlane and her. “You like what you see?” he said playfully hopping in bed with her and softly rubbing her wings, she said nothing in return and tried to pull in her wings. Noticing her faint struggle, he leaned over her rubbing his hooves along her body, and kissing her neck, “aw come on Dash, I had lots of fun last night” he said quietly to the struggling mare. He did it again, only this time she was awake and felt every horrible moment. Her eyes where burning with anger, but she never looked directly at him nor did she cry; all she did was either close her eyes tight or stare directly ahead. He looked closely at her as he smiled, then he ran off to get something for his next round. She opened her eyes and looked for anything that could help her, luckily she saw a crack in the bed post holding her hind legs; she kicked and struggled with all her might until it broke. With her hind legs free she flipped over so that she could buck the bed post holding her fore legs. On her last buck to freedom an angry Thunderlane walked in starring at his freed victim before she sped out of the room. She only slowed down when she got to the front door, she quickly opened it and flew out hoping that somepony would be out, but it was Sunday and everypony was probably still inside sleeping so Thunder easily tackled her down. “Hey now, I didn’t say you could go anywhere” he hissed as his eyes burned with a mixture of anger and lust; he quickly tied her up again and threw her onto his back. As soon as her face was away from his hooves she screamed for help, “stop yelling, no pony is coming out this early, remember it’s Sunda-“ he was cut off as he was bucked hard in the stomach, Rainbow Dash landed on the floor shocked to see Applejack and Big Mac in front of her. Big Mac walked over to Thunderlane who was slowly getting up, “Hey Big Mac, we’re friends remember” he said nervously, “nope” Big Mac said knocking him out with a hoof to the muzzle. Big Mac and Applejack had been the few ponies to have an open stand out on Sunday, so well they were on their way to the town center and they had heard the cries for help and quickly rushed to them.

****Present Time****

Big Mac threw an unconscious and tied up Thunderlane into the cart well Applejack tried talking to Rainbow Dash.  “Sugar Cube, what in the hay happened?!” she asked, but Dash just shook her head giving a deadly look at nothing, “Sugar Cube I’m yer friend” she said pleading, “well so was Thunderlane” Dash said with a quiet hiss, “Dash ah would nevah hurt y’all” she said worried at what went down inside that house, Dash sighed “I know” she said, but she kept her stare forward never turning to her friend. They walked Thunderlane to the Police office in silence, but pretty soon they head a stir in the cart. Thunderlane sat up and took a look around, “so Dash” he said turning his attention to the light blue pony “did you tell your friend here about our wild night” he smirked, Applejack looked confused, but then to her horror she fit two and two together; she saw the nasty smirk on Thunderlane and the painful fire in Rainbow’s eyes. Carefully she turned to Dash, “did-did her take advantage of yah?” she said with a quiver, Rainbow’s eyes harden as she kept her deadly stare, but she slowly nodded. “What? Rape? Oh yeah I guess I sort of did that” he said with a chuckle, Rainbow cringed slightly at the word. Applejack looked horrified and with one quick buck to the face Thunderlane was out again and missing a tooth; she placed a hoof on Rainbow’s shoulder, “do ya wanna talk?” she asked, Rainbow shrugged off the hoof, “I’m fine” she said flatly once again keeping her deadly stare. They walked the rest of the way in silence. When they arrived Rainbow asked to talk to the head pony in charge inside a private room, once that came out they took Thunderlane away and she left.

Big Mac had to leave to go work the apple stand and left, Rainbow Dash was left with Applejack. “Are ya sure ya don’t wanna talk?” she asked truly concerned, “I’m fine” she said again flatly, “well at least tell the others” he said trying to get some emotion out of her friend, “you can, but I don’t want to-“ she said cut off by a pounding pain in her head. She grabbed the throbbing spot on her head and slightly grunted in pain, “Let’s get ya to a doctor” A.J. insisted, “no, once I go to a doctor, they will put me in some special rape room made to “help” me “she cringed slightly at her own words, “at least get it checked by twilight when we- I mean I tell the girls” she bargained, Rainbow agreed. When they entered the library her four other friends where already there, “my pinkie sense was going off telling me something bad happened so I gathered everyone I could find what’s wrong?” Pinkie Pie asked without a breath, “Rainbow, go sit in that there room and I will fill them in” A.J. told Dash and Dash listened and went away. “alrighty listen here, Rainbow Dash h-has been r-raped by Thunderlane, he is in custody now, but don’t try and comfort her, that is the absolute last thing she wants” she said while gasps where exchanged through the room, “now just try to act normal with her and be careful with what y’all say round her” she said and then walked over to Twilight, “ey Twi, Rainbow got a pretty bad bump, but refuses to go to any fancy doctor, she wants you to check it out” she explained to the lavender unicorn quietly and Twilight agreed and followed A.J. into the room where Rainbow Dash was.  Twilight used her magic to examine Dash, “Rainbow” she said worried and concerned, Dash  knew what was coming next and shot a glare towards her, quickly changing her words she continued “it’s not a serious injuring, but it will cause severe headaches for about a week” she said with a sigh. Rainbow nodded and flew home.

Once she was alone inside her house she fell to the floor exhausted. Every bone and muscle I her body told her to cry, but she refused “once I cry, once I shed a single tear for what he did to me, he wins” she thought to herself. She quickly picked herself off the floor and went to her bed. Luckily she had no dreams, no flashbacks; nothing came to her mind, just a quiet black sleep.