Who Were They?

Applejack cautiously walked along a dirt path through the misty pine forest filled landscape that is the Rangifer Kingdom. Their winters cold and damp with occasional snow and with their summers dry and warm. She nervously continued along as she hoped no one would recognize her as a pony, a foreigner, a female.

Going by her was a cart that was pulled by a caribou female in a black color how was occasionally whipped to go faster by a male on the cart. Applejack looked down at the collar that nurse gave her, a purple one, to symbolize a female who is loyal to the regime but cannot be used, either through high social standing, on business or just too young, pregnant or ill to be used. She also looked at the piece of antler around her neck, so far it seemed to be working since the few caribou she walked past just look at her before they moved on like she wasn't important. They see her as a fellow caribou and not a pony.

She soon came across the sight of a medium sized city down in the valley below. "Well, this must be the capital" She began her long decent down the hill towards the city.

Twenty five years ago, the Rangifer Kingdom was at it's low, with extremely high unemployment and hyper inflation of up to 1,000% at one point. The subjects were desperate for a change in leadership, and so they turned to the charismatic nineteen year old leader of the Worker's Party of the Rangifer Kingdom; Dainn.

Dainn sat in his darkened screening room as he watched an old newsreel of his rise to power. At least once a week he would look himself for hours on end in this room as he watched old movies, newsreels and propaganda pieces. It was a hidden compulsion of his, or at least one of his compulsions, he could feel his mental state fall away to these compulsions the older he got. He must remain strong.

"Dear leader?" said Gefroy as he walked in and bowed.

Dainn rolled his eyes in annoyance from the interruption. "What now Gefroy?"

"Sorry for the interruption sir, but I have received some good news."

"And that is?" he raised an eyebrow.

"The Equestrian guards, they have been weakened considerably."

"How?"

"They were defeated by the centaur sir, he has done his job." he gladly said.

"And the remaining princesses?"

"Luna has disappeared, Cadance is vulnerable and we have one of Princess Sparkle's friends on the way as a bargaining ship."

Dainn was extremely pleased by the news. "Tell the soldiers I want Canterlot captured first, I want all willing citizens to be taken prisoner and for the soldier to set up re-education camps for them."

"What about those that fight against us?"

"Easy Gefroy." Dainn smirked. "We will do what we always do to the problem subjects...we either brainwash or lobotomize them."

Gefroy gave an evil laugh. "The troops will greatly enjoy their exotic prizes."

"They will." smirked Dainn. "Now leave me alone for a bit, I will come out to meet my new exotic prize shortly, you are dismissed Gefroy."

Dainn's loyal guard bowed out and left. "I like him, served me well these last twelve years...I feel sorry for liquidating him along with the rest of the troops should they ever fail in their invasion." he calmly returned back to the newsreel.

"Sex? Will a male please come here and take my virginity away...it's free and you can cum inside me...anyone?" announced a blindfolded young female caribou tied to a stock. "Is someone willing to get rid of my shameful virginity? My family will not take me back in unless it is gone." she continued.

Applejack stood there completely dumbstruck and disturbed by the sight. She quickly decided to continue her walk as soon as she saw an interested male take up the poor female's offer. "Ah feel like ah'm on a completely different planet." she said to herself stunned.

Every corner Applejack turned, she would see the tragic sight of caribou females being sexually abused in some sick and twisted way. Most of them with signs tied around their necks. "Stole money" "Pleasured self without master's permission" "Inciting feminism" "Refused to give consent." etc etc. It almost made the orange mare want to gag and lose lunch.

Things got even worse when she encountered another unexpected sight; a caribou MALE tied to a stock. A sign around his neck read; "Charge: Conspiracy to promote feminist ideals. Charge: For all males (and red collar females with strap-ons) to use and treat him as a female for 24 hours." He had tears in his eyes as he sadly looked down.

Applejack felt sorry for him. "Ya okay mister?"

He didn't bother to look up. "Just shove something up my ass and leave, I have learned my lesson and now I just want to serve my time." he said with defeat.

"But how did ya 'promote feminist ideals'?" asked Applejack.

The male looked up to speak to her, but quickly saw this female for what she really was. "You're not a caribou!"

"Ya but-"

"GUARDS! GUARDS! WE HAVE AN ILLEGAL FEMALE FOREIGNER! GUARDS!" he yelled as loud as he could. The mare quickly took that as her cue to leave him alone and hide. Applejack ran down an alleyway and ran as far away as she could. Once she was sure no one followed her, she stopped and panted.

"Ah should try to keep my mouth shut and lay low, but that's easier said than done." as she said that, she noticed a large herd of caribou gather around a nearby train station. "What's this?"

She went up to the crowd and asked a caribou next to her. "What's goin' on?"

"The arrival of a new exotic pet for our dear leader." answered one who did not pay much attention to her.

"An exotic pet?" Applejack was confused by the statement.

The train car's doors opened to reveal Serrell as he confidently walked out while he pulled on a leash. "What's happenin'?" commented the orange mare. Soon, the thing that was connected to the leash that Serrell pulled on revealed itself. "Ya have got to be kiddin' me!"

To Applejack's surprise, out came out a sad and depressed Rainbow Dash, her wings roped around her body with a silver collar and leash. She also looked pale.

The entire crowd turned hostile against the pegasus mare as they taunted her. "Stay in the bedroom where you belong!" "You'll work better as our dear leader's slave!" "You are a bad influence on females!" on and on the crowd went. Dash just keep her face down at the ground in shame and sadness, she felt weak and useless from what Tirek did to her. She did briefly look at the crowd to confirm where she was but something caught her eye, a certain Earth pony mare. "Applejack?"

"Rainbow Dash?"

Before Dash could do anything, she was pulled along by Serrell through the main avenue of the city as it headed towards Dainn's palace. Applejack felt her blood boil, she couldn't see a free treated like this. "Ah will not stand by no longer, ah'm not leavin' here until ah save my friend, even if it kills me!" she snarled to herself in determination. She quickly slipped away from the crowd to come up with new plan.

Dainn sat in his chair in the great hall of his palace as he saw Serrell and his gift march in with an entourage or guards and advisers. "Oh dear and beloved leader." Serrell bowed down to Dainn. "I bring you a most exotic and valuable gift from the Equestrian kingdom, one of the famed elements of harmony, the one called Rainbow Dash!" he dragged the mare by the leash up to Dainn.

The leader got up and walked over to the miserable looking mare. Dash was afraid in her weakened condition, she kept her eyes locked on the floor beneath her in shame. Dainn found it disrespectful.

"Look into my eyes female!" Dainn sternly ordered.

The rainbow maned mare refused to do so. "No..."

"I said look into my eyes!" he repeated with a more forceful tone.

Dash did not say a word. Although she was quickly met by a hard slap to the face by the leader of the caribou. "LOOK INTO MY EYES YOU WORTHLESS PIECE OF SHIT!" he snarled with anger.

The startled mare quickly cooperated and looked into Dainn's soulless black eyes. At the same time, he looked into Dash's dull magenta eyes with a piercing and intimidating stare. "Element of harmony my butt, you are nothing but a weak and pathetic female, a wannabe athlete who with a large ego, yes, I can read you...I know everything there is to know from your eyes." he then literally spat on Dash's face.

Dash did not bother in wiping her face, his words hit her hard. The spark in her was gone.

Dainn returned back to his chair. "Take her to my harem and tell the cows to make her nice and clean for me when I return. If she puts up a fight, clip her wings."

Everyone in the room saluted and several guards dragged the pegasus mare away by the leash.

Dainn watch without care. "Gefroy...!"

"Yes sir?" his loyal guard walked in a saluted.

"We march at dawn, understood?"

"Yes sir, I'll go tell the men." Gefroy bowed and marched out.

The leader was along in the great hall once again, mythical scenes and frescoes painted on all walls and the ceiling. He always looked to the ancient past, especially the stories of the kingdom's mythical founder; Belenus. He hoped to one day join the pantheon and be remembered for millennia to come. "I'll be the next Belenus...I'll lead this kingdom to a new golden age, we will finally fulfill our divine destiny, to rule this planet under the caribou!"

TO BE CONTINUED...