Band of Five Attributes (Re-Written)

“Why, you ask?” Maki repeated again as he placed both the younger ponies on their rumps before him. He then sat on his own and raised his right foreleg, very quickly smacking Rekka with his hoof across the face. He did the same to Koto, adding more pain to what they already had, before setting his hoof down again. He rose both forelegs and then onto his hind legs, and before either of the younger ponies could react, he had them pinned to the floor on their backside, one hoof on the chest of each.

Both of the younger unicorns looked up at him, one with a scrunched eye and the other already on the verge of producing tears. Maki turned his attention to Koto, who was looking at him with a frightened gaze. He amplified the pressure of his front hooves, making both her and Rekka yelp in pain as a result.

He lowered his head, making sure his muzzle was between their heads. “The stabbing and hitting was payback for earlier. And this…” He paused, averting his eyes to make sure the two were listening, “...is merely what I’ve always wanted to do to you brats.” He added more force to his front hooves, raising his head before either of the unicorns could smack him with their own, and he stood there watching them writhe in a vain attempt to push him away.

“You...sick bastard!” Rekka wheezed, his breath sparse as even more pressure clamped down on his chest.

“Hmm? What was that?” Maki asked, arching a brow as he swiveled his eyes towards the stallion he stabbed. Any sound he could make with his mouth was shallow and almost completely silent. “Having trouble breathing, are we?” He removed his front hooves off of the two unicorns, both of whom then coughed and gasped frantically. A crimson aura gripped them and lifted them off the ground before slamming them into opposing walls and keeping them in place. Because they were still trying to breathe, they only let off grunts of pain as a result.

The cruel unicorn hastily undid the binds of the duo with his magic, the crimson aura then casting them aside like useless twigs. They clinked and clacked as they hit the floor, a dull metal echo resounding a bit longer afterwards.

“S-stop…” Koto pleaded, eyes scrunched shut with tears threatening to leak out. She gasped in pain soon after, and she tried her best to get off the wall she was held against.

Maki turned to her, ears perked to attention. Seeing that her stomach was against the wall rather than her back, his magic flipped her round before slamming her into the wall again. He proceeded to do the same with Rekka, taking a moment to pause to see if he was out cold yet. Though he didn’t look it, the younger stallion was very much awake as evidenced by him raising his head with one eye still open.

The unicorn then began to walk towards Koto. The crimson aura around her dissipated, letting her blue form drop to the floor on her stomach as he approached. The mare looked up, still breathing weakly, to see the wretched grin on his face, the way his eyes flickered with something transcending evil. She raised one of her front hooves and placed it firmly on the cold ground, trying to force herself up. The pain in her chest, though, prevented her from moving too much.

Another aura of magic gripped the young and hapless mare, this one flipping her over onto her back before fading. She tried to force herself off the floor once more, only to have her front hooves pinned to it by Maki’s own. Then, Kaguya’s words rang in her mind.

“Did anybody else bump into a gold-pelted stallion with a short, crimson mane? She said it was him.”

Koto’s eyes widened again. Connecting the dots in her head faster than one could blink, she cringed in terror. She truly knew what Maki was now, and what he was about to do to her. She still had a chance to push him away, but time was fleeting. "I'm not letting him hurt me!" The unicorn thought, realizing he hadn't bothered to hold her back legs, and so readied them to lash out at him like a kangaroo. "Hasn't he done enough damage already?! I'm not letting him have his way with me--not a chance in hell!" A fire began to burn in her eyes as she felt her heart pounding in her chest.

The cruel stallion above began to lower his hind quarters slowly, readying himself to internally rip apart another mare. He lowered himself some more before his eyes widened, and he howled in pain as a rear hoof connected with his pelvis in an instant, having enough force to break the neck of another pony of similar size to the owner. By instinct, he jumped off of his would-be victim whilst still groaning in pain, using his magic to keep her pinned on the floor.

“S-Stay back, you freak!” Koto shrieked, forcing herself to sit upright despite the magic aura trying its best to keep her pinned. Something seemed to have granted her enough strength to pull this feat, but Maki wasn’t sure what it was. Had it been anger? An adrenaline rush, perhaps?

Despite the amount of pain lingering between his hind legs, Maki smiled just a little bit. He amplified more magic into keeping the unwilling mare pinned on her backside, bit his jaw soon dropped as she defied the extra force. Her own horn began to crackle to life, and whatever she was about to channel through it was not good on his part.

“You...you won’t hurt me like you did Yuuki! I refuse to allow it!” The blue unicorn cried, the fire burning in her eyes much more noticeable as her own horn glowed brighter and brighter still. Slowly, she rose onto all four shaking legs despite the red aura still clutching her like a snake.

“I...Impossible! How are you--?!” Maki started, his own horn starting to ache in pain. His eyes were wide, and he was slack-jawed. It should not have been possible for Koto to even fight back at this point, and yet, by some unexplained miracle, she was. Another, darker crimson glow emanated from behind him, and he turned round to see Rekka forcing himself to stand as well. His horn, too, glowed with an aura that defied that of the elder unicorn, who was now trying to keep himself from panicking.

Even so, the cruel older unicorn channeled still more magic to try to keep the duo contained, and his eyes scrunched shut as the pain in both horn and lower region caused him to wince. He turned his body to the metal grid and began to back into the opposite wall, his magic becoming more drained as he struggled to keep the young unicorns at bay. As he did, one of his back hooves touched the discarded shackles and a soft clank hit his ears.

And Maki smiled as soon as he heard that clank.