Band of Five Attributes (Re-Written)

A bright, short-lived light flashed upon an open dirt trail leading to Ponyville, and when it vanished, the trio of unicorns stood. There were cuts on Rekka’s shoulder and lower flank, and dried blood adorning the areas below. Koto had a bruise on her face, and Raki had several bruises lining her body. There was also some dirt on her white pelt in splotches, and her mane and tail hung as though rags.

Raki grunted and grit her teeth before collapsing once again, her glowing horn sputtering with faint sparks before the glow ceased. She tried standing yet again, only to shriek horrifically and fall back to the ground. She scrunched her eyes shut.

“I think…” She gasped, keeping her eyes closed shut, “I think the prick broke something!” She tried to stand yet again, and she fell--this time with a sickening snap and another pained cry escaping her throat.

“It sounded broken that time.” Rekka replied, eyes wide and pupils shrunk. “I’m starting to think he just sprained...whatever it was that snapped.”

“Yeah...you kinda don’t need to be out here…” Koto murmured, looking at the mare with flattened ears.

“I...think I can manage…” Raki said, trying yet again to get up. Another sickening snap resounded, and she screamed once more before falling.

“That kinda tells us otherwise…” Rekka stated, blinking a few times as his ears fell flat. His horn lit up in scarlet, its aura encasing the white mare. She was slowly lifted into the air, but as she was, the stallion scrunched his eyes shut and grit his teeth. Without warning, the aura vanished, and Raki fell to the ground once more screaming like a siren.

“Let me try to pick her up…” Koto sighed, her hoof connecting with her face.

“Try...not to break me!” Raki wailed, her ears flat on her head.

“That’s not quite a guarantee…but I’ll try.” Koto replied, removing her hoof from her face as her own horn flared up. A blue aura encased the battered mare, and she was slowly hoisted up. After a bit, the aura vanished and basically yielded the result Rekka had gotten when he tried.

“This looks a bit difficult…” Rekka sighed, eyes narrowing as he spoke.

“No shit, Sherlock.” Koto hissed, a vein appearing on her cheek.

“Let’s try this again. At the same time.” Rekka said, his ears perking up. His horn began glowing again. Koto nodded, her horn aglow as well. Both auras bathed the wounded mare and hoisted her up with ease, and they held her in the air for a few seconds longer than either of the two could do alone. Eventually, though, they had to put Raki on the ground, but this time they did it gently. As they did, one back leg bent at a wrong angle than what was natural, so they took extra care to avoid letting that touch ground first.

“Did he use a baseball bat or something? Your leg shouldn’t be bending like that.” Koto sighed, her eyes widening.

“No...just his hooves...and something else.” Raki groaned, gritting her teeth again. She shifted her forelegs in quick, jerky movements and took heavy, ragged breaths.

“Just where were you two?!” Cried a feminine voice. All three unicorns froze, eyes wide open for a moment. They glanced around, only to find nothing that could have shouted in such a clear way.

“Up here, you numbnuts!” The voice called again. Rekka and Koto looked up to see a purple form flying overhead, a dark purple feather drifting down gently before landing on the end of Raki’s muzzle and causing her to sneeze. The two watched intently as the form descended, folding her wings as she let her hooves touch ground.

“We...ran into a complication…” Rekka answered, his ears flat on his head again.

“What was the complication? Spit it out already.” Yuuki sighed, her eyes narrowing low.

“Crimson mane, gold pelt...he even attacked his...er, colleague here. We saw him do it.” Koto answered, pupils shrinking.

Yuuki turned her gaze to Raki. Upon seeing her battered form, her eyes widened and her jaw dropped open. “You have GOT to be fucking kidding me!” She exclaimed, her wings snapping open as if from impulse.

“Yeah...we can’t even hold her up for half a minute with our magic, and she needs help pronto.” Rekka said, sighing. “She has a really bad back leg.”

“You’re shitting me, right?” Yuuki asked, arching a brow.

Raki raised one front hoof. “I wish he was exaggerating…” She replied, a frown on her face.

Yuuki sighed. “Pick her up, I’ll be the toting platform.” She said, folding her wings shut.

“I’ve about had it with Maki’s shit. I refuse to associate myself with him if he’s going to be a sick bastard.” Raki stated, her eyes narrowing. “And considering the fact that Baki refuses to do anything about it, it’s a safe bet he’s a pervert too!”

Hues of red and blue aura encased the mare, and she was hoisted for a fourth time. This time, though, Yuuki trotted beneath her bruised frame and turned around to make sure she was facing the town. Raki was then lowered onto the purple frame who then stretched her wings to make sure she didn’t fall over. The three then walked to the town, keeping their pace slow to avoid damaging Raki by any further accident.

“So...you’re not going to be in the Frontier Monkey Business anymore?” Yuuki asked, eyes wide and blinking as she walked. Some of the weight of the elder mare was on her body, but not all of it thanks to the magical support of the two unicorns who walked alongside her.

“Nope. At first, I honestly thought he was joking around with the whole molestation shenanigans, mainly because I've never seen him do it. But this morning was where I got proven wrong. I’m not going near him ever again unless it’s to personally rip that dong off and shove it up his own ass for him to see how I felt.” Raki answered, a vein appearing on her cheek.

“I know how you feel. Trust me, Nagare still wants to kill something.” Yuuki replied, the memories of her torment flashing briefly in her mind. Her ears flattened as they did.

“Don’t get me started on what happened last night...Kaguya’s going to lose her shit when she hears it.” Rekka sighed, his eyes narrowing. He noticed that he was very close to the town; in fact, he and his group were already passing Sweet Apple Acres.

Yuuki turned her head to the young stallion, not stopping her walk even once, and her eyes widened as she noticed the scars on his shoulder and lower flank. “Great country of Japan, you need to get cleaned up as soon as possible!” She cried.

“I’ll do that later.” Rekka replied, not stopping his pace of walk. “We kinda need to get to the infirmary right away.” He added.