The Dark Guardians

Ooh. Where is she? Fluttershy worried in her thoughts as she looked out of the dojo’s window. It’s been a few hours since Rainbow had left and since then, Fluttershy and Twilight were worried about their friend. The pegasus mare tried everything to calm down. Reading a book, try meditating, but nothing work. Twilight did the same with similar results as her friend. Before both mares began to really panic, however, they both saw a familiar blue blur zoom towards the entrance of the Dojo.

“Rainbow! Thank goodness you’re-” Fluttershy started until she gasped at the sight in front of her. Rainbow’s leg had a large hole in it that was leaking a crimson liquid. “What happened?!” She asked as she grabbed her friend and helped her over to a bench.

“D-Damn ambush. Found out that Trixie isn’t the one.” She groaned as she held the hole in her leg. Fluttershy helped her to the med bay and pulled out some bandages and gauze. Rainbow groaned as she felt the wrappings go around her leg as Fluttershy tried to help the wound heal. A few moments later Twilight walked in and saw her wounded friend.

“Rainbow what… did Trixie-”

“N-not her. I was an-OW! DANG IT FLUTTERS!” She hissed.

“Sorry!” She quickly apologized. After a minute, she had the wound completely covered in bandages.

“That’s better.” Rainbow said as she massaged the bandages.

“Rainbow, what were you saying?” Twilight asked.

“It’s not Trixie but she really needs to learn to move on with her life. But after I left her I was ambushed. It was another ninja but I didn’t get a chance to see her symbol-”

“Wait what?” Twilight asked. Rainbow grunted a little as she moved her vest up and showed Twilight her belt to reveal a strange symbol. It was the symbol for Yin and Yang but instead of black and white swirls, it was a black dragon and a white tiger that chased each other’s tails.

“It’s how the ninjas can tell which clan they belong to. So we can discern friends, family, and even sometimes rouge clans. Yes there are some clans out there that don’t agree with protecting other.” Rainbow said as she saw the shocked look on Twilight’s face. “These rogue clans are dangerous and they don’t care who they have to hurt to get what they want. This ninja… she didn’t seem like a rogue. If anything she would’ve stopped before she might’ve killed me.” Rainbow stated as she tried to stand up and soon felt the wound’s pain travel up her leg.

“Rainbow you really need to lay down for a little bit for now. Non lethal or not that wound is serious.” Fluttershy said with concern in her voice.

“You kiddin’?! It’s f-AAH!” Rainbow screamed as she fell to the ground. Fluttershy grabbed her by the arm and picked her up. “Maybe you’re right. C’mon.” Rainbow said as she limped to her room with Fluttershy keeping her up. When Fluttershy placed Rainbow in the bed, she came back out and saw Twilight with a look of sadness on her face.

“Is she going to be-”

“She’ll be fine Twilight. It’s not the worst I’ve seen her.” Fluttershy said. Seeing the confused look on Twilight’s face Fluttershy sat down and began to explain.

A few years ago, a while after Rainbow met Fluttershy, Rainbow was in Cloudsdale High School. It was the middle of the day and class just ended, signaling the beginning of lunch. As Rainbow left the classroom, she noticed something happening down by the lockers. She saw Fluttershy… crying.

“Fluttershy what’s wrong?” Rainbow asked her as she approached the crying pegasus mare.

“Oh i-it’s nothing.” Fluttershy tried to lie as she wiped her eyes. This didn’t fool the cyan pegasus as she laid a hand on her shoulder and helped her up.

“Flutters you and I both know you’re bad at lying… who was it this time?” Rainbow asked seriously. She was about to answer when Rainbow noticed a bruise on her cheek. “Really?! He did this again?! Fluttershy why don’t you break up with him?!” She asked angrily.

“H-He said he’d find me and break my wings i-if I did.” She sobbed as tears fell from her eyes.

“Where is he now?” Rainbow asked.

“H-He’s in the lunchroom.” Fluttershy replied. Rainbow snorted in anger as she flared her wings and flew towards the lunch room. She arrived soon after and looked around to find the bucker who hurt her friend. She soon saw the prick leaning up against the wall. His fur was black and his mane and tail were red.

“HEY!” Rainbow shouted his way, getting his attention.

“Well well. If it isn’t Rainbow Crash.” He said, making Rainbow growl. “Oh what are you going do this ti-” Before he could finish Rainbow pulled him away from the wall and punched him square in the jaw. “YOU LITTLE BITCH!” He roared as he returned the punch in full force and sent Rainbow flying. Rainbow groaned as she tried to stand up only to get kicked by the pegasus again.

“G-go buck yourself Brood Wing.” She grumbled as the stallion picked her up and punched her again. The wounds didn’t leave a mark, the stallion had done this plenty of times to know how to avoid that kind of mistake, and soon Rainbow was just lying on the ground groaning.

“I always said mare were born to obey stallions.” Brood said as she went over and picked up Rainbow by the mane. But then, using her strength, Rainbow landed a hard punch between his legs, making him scream as he fell to the floor.

“You were saying s-something asshole-”

“Rainbow Miriam Dash!” A loud voice called out. Rainbow turned around and got wide eyes as she saw the principal walking towards her.

“She told me that short fight was one of the worst beatings she ever got. I didn’t doubt her but..”

“But what Fluttershy?”

“Then she told me she was gonna pay Brood Wing a visit.”

A few hours later, night has fallen and everypony in Cloudsdale was sleeping. All but one teen who was running through the streets. She was wearing solid black and had a switchblade in her hand. “Teach that motherbucker to hurt my friends.” She whispered as she approached her destination. Just as she figured the bastard had a very wealthy family who probably spoiled him rotten. She pulled up the scarf she wore to cover her muzzle and pulled a hood over her head to cover her mane as she approached it. She leaped over the fence and saw where Brood lived. A large mansion with just a couple of security guards. Nothing that she couldn’t get by. With a few flaps of her wings, she took into the air and silently flew up to the upper floor of the mansion. She quickly grabbed a ledge from the balcony that hung from it as she saw a guard in front of the door. Thinking quickly she made a small bird whistle sound to draw the guard out.

“What the-” The guard said as he walked over to where the sound came from. He looked over the edge and saw nothing. He shrugged and was about to walk back when something wrapped itself around him. Rainbow had the guard in a sleeper hold. The guard struggled to get free but Rainbow’s tight grip made it impossible.

“Ssh. Ssh. It’ll be over soon.” She whispered as the guard moved less and less. After a few minutes, the guard was unconscious. She moved him over out of the sight so that nopony could see him. After the unconscious body was hidden she pulled out some lock picking tools and opened the door quietly and then slipped in. She saw the prick sleeping peacefully as though he had no bucks to give to the world.

“Well Broody, time to make you pay.”

“S-She stabbed him nine times in the chest. T-They never found out that she killed him and s-she’s regretted it her whole life.”

“O-Oh my goodness.” Was Twilight’s only response to that story. She knew Rainbow had anger issues in the past but that… that was cold blooded murder. Obviously she did regret it later on but still… that kind of baggage isn’t something you keep hidden. “So how did you know?”

“S-she came to me after she stabbed him.”

“Psst. Fluttershy. Hey Fluttershy wake up.” Rainbow said as she shook the mare on the shoulder. Slowly, Fluttershy woke up and saw Rainbow wearing a black jumpsuit that was drenched in red.

“R-Rainbow? What’s…. is that b-blood?” Fluttershy asked as she felt like she was going to faint.

“Please don’t panic Flutters. I know what it looks like-”

“W-what did y-you do Rainbow?” Fluttershy stammered as she touched the suit and felt that it was blood.

“I made sure he won’t hurt you again Fluttershy.” Rainbow said with a smile on her face. Instead of smiling back at her Rainbow was shocked to see that Fluttershy tried to back away from her.

“R-Rainbow. You k-k-killed Brood?” Fluttershy stammered as she backed away.

“It was the only option. If I didn’t he’d-” She started. But Fluttershy got out of her bed and reached to her cell phone. “No. No please no.” Rainbow begged.

“Rainbow, you killed somepony! I have too!”

“I did it to protect you though! If I didn’t he would’ve hurt you or worse! I had no choice!”

“Y-you always have a choice Rainbow. Only a monster believes otherwise.” Fluttershy told her friend with tears in her eyes. Rainbow just stared at her as she lifted her own hands up and saw the blood in them. She started to panic a little and rubbed them through her head.

“W-What’ve I done?! I’m a monster!”

“Fluttershy, that must’ve been hard for her.”

“It was. I wanted to call the guards but… I just couldn’t. She was my best friend.” Fluttershy said as a tear fell from her eye.

“Fluttershy, please tell me that we’ll help her find her parents’ killer.”

“W-Wha-”

“I want you to promise to me right now… that no matter how hard it is and how long it takes, we’ll help Rainbow find the killer.” Twilight said as she held her friend’s hand. Fluttershy just looked at her and nodded. They both soon heard a commotion and saw Spike finally walk out of the bed room.

“Um Twilight…. why is Fluttershy dressed like a ninja?”