Petting the Rainbow

Ever so grudgingly, Dash raised her head to look at Shining as he spoke. The stallion almost skipped as he moved closer to her head, giving her mane a quick little pat.

"Ah, more progress!" Shining said, "You're learning more than you care to admit, Miss Dash!"

Despite what her mind was telling her, Rainbow felt her heart skip a beat quickly. Giving her head a quick shake, Dash focused her eyes on the floor for a few moments, trying to block out the compliment. While this was effective for a few seconds, Rainbow ultimately found that her body was moving without her thinking. She snapped her head back up to look at Shining. A combination of fear was mixing with behaviours that were slowly being ingrained into her head, leaving her helpless against some of the most basic orders. There was, after all, no need for her to subject her body to another raping if all she had to do was look at her captor.

Shining Armor leaned in to nuzzle Dash's cheek, a soft sound echoing from his chest. "Now, let's see if we can't weed out a few of those poisonous thoughts you seem to hold so dearly."

Rainbow let out a gruff cough as Shining pushed on her chest, knocking her back onto the bed. Before she was fully sitting upright, Shining had pulled his cart of toys closer and produced a role of thick industrial tape.

"What is-hey-!" Dash's voice was cut off as she made muffled groans. Shining had begun to wrap the tape around her muzzle multiple times. Rainbow tried to move her mouth back and forth, but the only sound she got was the grating of her teeth as they ground against each other.

"Now... you have spirit." Shining breathed, his hot breath washing over Rainbow's face. "-and that's dangerous. It'll cause you nothing but trouble in your new life, all of these lies you've been convincing yourself of... well, they need to be removed." Shining armor straightened up, dragging Dash onto the ground. Her chin hit the floor with an angry thump. Shining gave her no respite however, as soon his hoof gripped the back of her mane and pulled her onto her knees so that she was forced to look up at the stallion in command.

"Here's what is going to happen." Shining said, ignoring any discomfort his pet was going through, "I'm going to tell you some things. Some will be true, some will be false, but they'll all be obvious. You're going to answer yes or no. One blink for ye, two blinks for no- and you're going to answer them all correctly. Do you understand?"

Rainbow nodded her head, then stopped mid nod, looking at Shining and giving him one blink of her eyes. Shining Armor smiled, giving her a little pat on the cheek. "Good girl. First question; your name is Rainbow Dash."

Rainbow Dash gave a single blink.

"You were the fastest flyer in Equestria?"

Rainbow gulped, then reminded herself this would be a lot worse if she fought with him. Her eyes had already blinked twice in reflex, but she gave a quick shake of her head as the image of her clipped wings flashed across her mind. Thinking clearly once more, Dash gave one single blink to Shining Armor.

"Good save..." Shining said, "You will never hold that title again. Sure your feathers will grow back, but speed like that requires time for practice that you just won't be able to find!"

Rainbow Dash stared dumbly at Shining Armor. For a few moments they locked eyes until he leaned forward, whispering, "I'll give you a hint. Don't blink your eyes twice."

Grudgingly, Dash blinked her eyes once. Her knees were starting to feel weak from this, and her head was swimming from all of these- these horrible things that were happening to her!

Shining Armor's face split into a shit eating grin. "Just a few more Dashie!"

Clearing his throat, Shining continued grandly, "You will never be a Wonderbolt, never again use your Element of Harmony, and will cease to control the weather like other pegasi. All of those privileges have been lost to you."

Instinctively, Rainbow tried to say something, but the tape did not even flinch, holding her lips together tightly. After standing still for a long time, Rainbow finally rolled her eyes and gave Shining Armor one grudging blink.

"Very good, we're learning..." Shining Paused, scratching his chin and circling Dash once, rubbing his hoof along her inner thigh or giving her rump a soft pat as he made his pass. "Sure, there's some hope that you'll be able to get out one day, weasel your way out of being Twilight's Companion through some sort of trickery or scheme, right?"

Rainbow Dash blinked her eyes once. Shining stopped, staring directly into her eyes. Rainbow felt her heart skip a beat as she blinked again, shacking her head in a nod as quick as she could. I'm a terrible liar- ugh, he must know I don't really believe that.

As it to mirror her thoughts, Shining sighed, "-And you were on such a roll too..." Dash gulped quickly and tried to say something, but her words were lost in the tape.

"No no, Dash!" Shining said, putting a hoof on her shoulder and looking at her quite seriously. "This- it's my fault. I obviously wasn't firm enough." Rainbow felt herself forced down onto the floor. there was a clicking as manacles jutted to life with magic, wrapping around her and forcing the rainbow mare into a kneeling position. Shining circled her again, forcing Rainbow to face away from him as he began rattling around with what sounded like tools.

Rainbow felt her head split a bit as the air filled with a loud crack. There were a few more loud cracks, each one causing Rainbow Dash's heart to skip as Shining Armor made test swings. Her eyes had gone wide now as she tried to wiggle away from the bonds holding her down. With the pain from her sore muscles and the fear beginning to grip her body, she found that her body was not responding as it should.

The only sounds that Shining armor could hear were the soft "unfs" and "Nofs!" coming from Rainbow Dash. The stallion came back into view as he stopped in front of Rainbow Dash.

"Care to amend that last answer?" Shining Armor asked.

Rainbow Dash blinked once, telling him that yes, she wanted to amend her answer. Shining Armor simply shook his head sadly, clearly missing the communication here. Rainbow Dash felt her heart rate spike as she blinked twice now, shaking her head no her powerful captor. Panic had taken her eyes as her entire body began to shake and she became ever more desperate to reason with Shining.

"You know- I just- I'm not feeling it!" Shining complained, shaking his head down at her. "It's like all these answers you're giving me are because you're scared, not because you actually know them to be true!" Shining lifted the whip up with magic, trotting out of Rainbow Dash's vision and leaving his tool to drag along the ground.

"I expect a full apology for this once that tape comes off, Missy."

Rainbow Dash screamed into the tape. With absolutely no warning at all, there was the unmistakable crack of a whip accompanied by the following of searing agony stretching across Rainbow's back. Before she had even recovered from the first blow, a second lash had almost immediately followed. Rainbow could feel her feathers split as skin tore open from the blows, blood starting to collect on her soft backfur. her coat quickly became matted to her skin as more drops of blood jumped away from their proper spot under her skin.

This pain was unimaginable for Rainbow. She had felt the burn of exercise and the burn of being in accidents that had broken her limbs, but it was nothing on this humiliation of being chained and whipped by some harsh stallion. Nothing stopped Shining Armor's relentless blows, his strength not moving an inch as he applied three more bloody lashes to the mare in front of him. although she could not see it, her back was now a roadmap of weeping slashes. Dash was barely able to make out Shining's words over her own misery as he began to talk.

"Come on Dashie, stay with me, just a little bit longer okay?" Shining trotted in front of Rainbow, lifting her head up and repeating his question from earlier. Accepting defeat, Rainbow Dash blinked twice through her salty tears.

"Very good... last question," Shining paused, his eyes glimmering, "Are you going to be a willing pet? Something Twilight can squeeze and sleep with when she needs company? Her loyal companion and obedient lapdog?"

No longer able to take the abuse, Rainbow Dash blinked her eyes once. Even if it was a lie, she just had to make it stop. She could not take one more lashing.

"I'd say that's enough progress for one day..." Shining Armor said neutrally. Without any bravado, he ripped the tape off of Rainbow Dash's muzzle, removing a good deal of her hair and some flesh with it. "Well done Dashie, there might be some hope for you yet."

Dash rubbed her muzzle painfully on the ground. Although it did indeed hurt, it held nothing against the burning pain along her back. Shining Armor's magic worked quickly as he removed the chains, allowing Rainbow Dash's defeated head to slump against her bed. Rainbow could barely here the stallion as he began wheeling his cart towards the door.

"I... I hurt..." Rainbow groaned, falling onto the floor and watching the wall spin.

"I'll expect you bright and early, Miss Dash!" Shining Armor chuckled.

"T-This hurts! I can't- learn- Please, help me!" Rainbow called out brokenly, trying to pick herself up and lay on the bed. Before she made it up, her world was plunged into utter blackness, the everpresent red light watching her from above. This time, the echo of a distinct lock click filled the darkness before Shining went on his way.

Rainbow could still feel her wounds oozing on her back. She no longer really cared about escape for the time being- she just wanted somepony to stop all the pain happening to her. Somepony to tell her it would be okay, somepony to heal her, somepony- somepony to just make it all better!

Rainbow felt her chest rise and fall slowly, the camera watching her through the day- or the night, whatever it was anymore. It was difficult to tell.

After what felt like years, Rainbow Dash sat up, rubbing her back. Her hoof stopped, running along thin, thin scars that lined under her fur. Although they would be covered up and unnoticeable to even a detailed observer, she still knew they were there.

Rainbow jumped off the bed, giving her muscles a stretch. It was likesome sort of dream- she had awoken to this black room, but somehow she was completely pain free. The sheets had been swapped out for fresh ones, and the manacles from before were all gone.

For a moment, Dash wondered if she had simply died from her abuse and gone to heaven. Her idiot thought was dispelled as she tried to fly, her body crashing into the floor. Rainbow reached back again to feel her feathers- and could still touch the mangled remains of what used to be her feathers. Shining Armor had added to his abuse of her feathers, splitting and ruining a few more of them.

Hot tears filled Rainbow's eyes as she stood up, staring around the blackness and stomping her hoof angrily. Everything wasn't supposed to be like this. How could the pony on the camera just- just watch all this? Rainbow turned to the camera and flew at it, crashing painfully into the ground again. Rainbow rested there in a crumpled heap, blushing indignantly up at the camera.

"When I get out of here- oh... oh when I get out of here!" Rainbow shook a hoof at the camera, stomping in on the ground as she returned to her bed to lay down. She took a deep breath and resolved to simply try and enjoy this moment of peace.