Fall of Equestria: Equestria Stands

by redskin122004

Rating: mature
Tags: Dark, Alternate Universe, Sad, Tragedy, Anthro
Length: 30779

Equestria has fallen. A new order of submission, degradation, and humiliation has been established. The caribou believe they've won and it's all over. They were dead wrong.

Equestria has fallen. A new order of submission, degradation, and humiliation has been established. The caribou have torn down what took centuries to build, and enslaved the innocent. They are stealing Equestria's future, flaunting their might, any hope of resistance or rebellion snuffed out under a perverted mess of depravity.

They think they rule it all. Hope seems lost.

They were dead wrong.

For they didn't count on the strength of a few who will not lose their way, and their very unlikely ally.

Equestria has fallen, but is not dead.

Equestria will rise again, fight and reclaim itself.

Equestria stands.

Edit: Fic has been split into chapters.

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2014-07-23 06:30:02 UTC

How Do You Like Them Apples?

Fall of Equestria: Equestria Stands

Chapter 1: How Do You Like Them Apples

Authors:

Redskin122004

Kizuna Tallis

Doctor Fluffy

ThatClosetBrony

Malcho1234

Beyond the Horizon

FundeMental Forces

It had been several hours since they had invaded the city, fighting street to street, subduing brainwashed males and red collared females, freeing black collared females and tortured free stallions and thrusting weapons into their hands, and killing and torturing caribou whenever they came across them.

Tirek couldn’t ask for a better fight; sucking the magic from red collared mares and brainwashed stallions with gusto, weakening them until later on, when Unicorns could help cleanse their perverted minds, reverting their minds back to normal. (that was unless, of course, they were revealed to be traitors; then they were executed on the spot.) Looking to his right, and then his left, Tirek could see troves of caribou falling to his army’s blades and might. Of course, when you had thousands of willing ponies to storm the cause of the depravity that infected them, it would obviously be a slaughterhouse for the defenders.

The fact that he was leading them, him! Of all the beings of this world, Tirek the Terrible, considered to be the most evil and greediest of beings was leading them to be free from the cesspool that Equestria had became.

You can only guess that the world had only two choices of evil to choose from. A magic draining warlord or a sexual deviant with a gender bias and superiority complex that stole magic from a chaotic being and crystal-loving eccentric slaver.

Funny how the fate decides it was up to him to 'save' the world.

A caribou jumped from the second story, a warhammer in his grasp as he attempted to smash his skull into paste, only to give a muffled cry as Tirek captured him by engulfing his large hand on his face, before changing his grip around the fool's throat.

"Give me the magic you don't deserve!" Tirek grinned maliciously as he drained the caribou of his magic before tossing him to several freed mares. The caribou barely had time to gasp out as the mares descended onto him, beating, stabbing and slashing him with their weapons. Tirek smirked as he walked away, the sounds of screaming slowly falling silent, the caribou’s last sound, a gurgle of blood.

Once he was far enough away from the brutality, Tirek  started his descent down a bloody and empty road, his army ahead of him by now, when a call reached his ears. "Sir!" Tirek looked up to see a buffed out stallion land before him. Snowflake or Bulk Biceps, Tirek wasn’t sure what his name was, but the stallion had clearly been in the thick of things from the gouges and blood on his armor. A slim persian blue pegasus mare with a wild mane of cerulean and white highlights landed behind with a small look of concern at the larger stallion.

"What?" Tirek answered as another caribou was dragged before him.

"All Pegasi guards are down. We control the skies! Captain Spitfire has managed to locate Hunter Soarin' and captured him. The Hunter group has fallen apart without him." the stallion relayed to him, causing Tirek to smile.

"Good. Report to Captain Dash and tell her to unleash her party trick." Tirek ordered, opening his mouth and draining the magic from a squirming caribou laying in his grasp.

"Sir! Permission to relieve Sergeant Biceps from duty!" The mare asked, a shocked look appearing on the large stallion.

"Stormchaser!" The stallion rounded on the mare, a look of betrayal on his face.

"You're bleeding everywhere, Bulk!" Stormchaser argued, pointing out the growing pool of blood at his hooves. He seemed completely unaware of his wounds - was he in shock, perhaps?

"Uh..." the stallion flushed embarrassingly as he rubbed the back of his head with one hoof. "Tis only a scratch?"

"Specialist Stormchaser, take him to get treated." Tirek sighed. "Pass the order down the line. Only idiots try to say they are fine when they are not. It leads to far too many problems down the line. Are you an idiot, Sergeant? "

"No sir!"

"Good, go to the rear then."

"YEAH!" The stallion roared out, saluting and bolting away, an irritated specialist roaring out after him. Tirek shook his head as he threw the caribou to several stallions, all of them with ropes in hand as they glared daggers at the weakened slaver. Tirek walked away as they tied the ropes to his arms and legs and began to pull with all their might. Tirek could only smirk as the caribou screamed in agony as he was torn apart.

"You do not like what your ponies do." Tirek paused in his steps, looking towards the shadows. A pair of ocean blue eyes open and look back at him, before the alicorn stepped out.

"No I do not, but in this case, they have every good reason to be brutal," Luna answered with a satisfied smirk. "My sister was a fool to think the caribou would be content after their flogging three hundred years ago. After what Dainn did to her and Twilight, I realized that the only way to survive was by being strong and dealing a blow to our enemies that they will never recover from."

"I take it that the tribes are destroyed?" Tirek grinned as Luna's eyes shifted somewhat, a predatory smile on her face.

"Down to the last faun wailing about his right to rule me and my Night Guard mares, right before I took off his head." Luna licked her lips as she savored taking the troubled child's life. "I still would have liked spreading an impotence curse through their entire race, though. It just seemed funnier. They deserve far more than...” she inclined her neck to the slaughter before her. “This.”

“While I do appreciate the idea, it wouldn’t have solved them,” Tirek said, pointing at the caribou’s corpse. “I think that might have just made them angrier.”

“Very likely,” Luna conceded. “The only caribou remaining are here in Canterlot, your new kingdom. And soon, even they shall leave the mortal plane."

Tirek snorted at this as he walked on, Luna following after him. "I may rule, but it will be you who takes care of business."

"Scared of paper work?"

"Bah! Just get me when you need something killed or someone gets too uppity for their own good." Tirek scowled, Luna trailing behind him as she giggled before vanishing into smoke.

"Of course, King Tirek," she replied, her voice echoing around him before the sounds of screams rang out in the building next to him before it was violently cut off. A severed head came crashing through a window, the horrified look plastered on the young caribou's face. Tirek only laughed as he kicked it out of his way, onward to his army.

Tirek watched as the caribou and their brainwashed guards stared at the large army of ponies gathering before the walls of the castle in Canterlot. Looking up to a group of guards gathered near a ballista, he could see a spectrum of emotions play across their faces. Fear, anger, and determination. Fear for their lives, anger directed at the rebellion, and determination to win. These were, of course, completely irrelevant to Tirek. As more of his army started to gather behind him, he could hear the shouts of defiance from the few brainwashed stallions in the distance behind him as a group of unicorns began to cleanse of their minds from the tainted magic.

Tirek smiled as he raised up a single hand, his large and imposing form seen by all as he gave the order to break down the gate. Dozens of Unicorn ponies, male and female together as equals once more, stepped forward, their horns glowing with power. Tirek smirked as he opened his mouth, trails of magic slowly filtering down the 'firing line', boosting their magic to greater heights as their horns appeared to burst into flames.

"Unleash!" he roared as the the group roared with him, a blast of magic so intense that it would have given even him a pause before his imprisonment by the Royal Sisters. The collective might of the assembled army’s unicorns devastated the gate, vapourizing the caribou taking up arms nearby on the other side. Several other caribou, who were not killed by the explosion, gripped their weapons tighter, preparing for the oncoming storm.

"ATTACK!"  a female voice roared out, rallying the army for assault, and a heavily armored figure rushed out the formation towards the broken gate. She was wearing a familiar Stetson hat on her head as she jumped up and swung the large claymore at a caribou, cutting him two before moving onto the next victim, his fate oh so similar to that of his comrade.

"You heard my General! Get your revenge! The strong dominate the weak! Their weak 'king' demands that you turn into lust crazed fools without consequences! Show him the might Equestria truly has now that his black magic doesn’t blind you! Show him your true strength that makes every dangerous being on this world cower away from you or demand a worthy fight!" Tirek roared as they swarmed the interior of the courtyard.

Tirek’s eyes laid on the orange mare, watching as she eviscerated any caribou in her path, and sent stallions flying with the flat side of her claymore.

Applejack. General Applejack to everyone else in his army of furious ponies. Tirek smiled as he watched several caribou surround her, while others faced the coming horde. Their attempts to cow the invaders by killing her to show them their might.

A poor choice.

Tirek held up his hand to block the intense light as Applejack glowed with power, the same power that helped banished him back to Tartarus. Her mane and tail grew longer, colorful highlights shimmering into existence, she grew slightly taller and larger, putting her on par with the smallest of the caribou. Applejack smirked before raising a single leg and slamming it into the ground.

The caribou were completely unprepared for her attack as they found themselves being launched up into the air. Her smile grew wider as she held up her claymore with a single hand and swung, the large blade passing through their bodies as if they were made of jello.

The surrounding caribou could only look on in horror as their brethren burst apart like balloons, dousing them in gore and blood before Applejack descended onto them like a rabid Timberwolf.

Their cries of terror and agony were drown out by the screams of war that surrounded them.

Tirek smirked as he thought back on how he met the blood-soaked mare, watching as she raised her sword and rallied the ponies around the bloody and flesh torn courtyard to charge at the castle doors.

[A year and half ago...]

Upon his return to Equestria, Tirek was, to put it bluntly, displeased.

He had so many plans for his glorious return! Fanfare, possibly beating up that annoying draconequus (they had not parted on good terms last time, mostly his doing he had to admit, but he just wanted to cave Discord's face in a couple hundred times) or maybe, just maybe the experimental Bag that he’d left lying around would have gotten up to some kind of mischief.

But no... Equestria as he knew it had been left damn near unrecognizable. Such a shame. He’d been looking forward to what he could have done with the Bag.

There were none of those irritating saccharine ponies that went on and on about how much better it was to give to others. Tirek couldn’t see the advantage in it. Giving to others just made yourself weaker. Left you more open to attack. Left you with so much less.

After all, that was what happened here.

But never in his life had he seen something so disgustingly depraved as this. The land he and Scorpan had come from had been harsh, yes, and females had been scarce. But their land had never descended into this…. this abomination!

Storefronts had been destroyed, homes had been looted and burnt to a crisp… or at least, that’s what should have happened. With most barbarian foes in Equestria’s history that those two irritating princesses had destroyed (and, as Tirek understood it, in most worlds) the standard operating procedure was pillage, then burn.

But no.

The caribou had repurposed seemingly everything they saw for sexual purposes. Stores and galleries had all been given over to something related to sex and enslavement - art galleries now featured awful pictures of mares, often with caribou males, in bizarre, impossible positions that he had to squint at to understand, then stare away from when he realized just what they were doing. Newspapers, once a great source of information when he had his freedom for the three years, held nothing more than lottery numbers to win mares for free, sex stories that made Tirek throw away his in a matter of seconds due to how stupid and disgusting it was. The most he could gather from the paper without gagging and choking from nausea was that the caribou were ruled by a king named Dainn - who had the most mares in his “service”.

The less he asked about that, the better.

The musk of sex that surrounded the cities was so overpowering to his senses that he wanted to throw up. It was too much for the newly freed centaur and his senses, so honed, so attuned to magic.

His ability to see magic was not controlled by a physical organ or nerve - it was more something he could decide to do. Regardless, he imagined himself shutting that eye and blinding it - what few glimpses he’d gotten of the land’s magic were, to put it lightly, disgusting.

He needed time to think. No, not just time.

Somewhere quiet.

Somewhere… to think.

Somewhere that was similar to the Badlands. Somewhere that felt enough like home that he would be comfortable.

The Everfree Forest.

It was a huge disappointment.

Tirek walked through the forest with a practiced grace, even in his weakened form he still had the skills he needed to traverse the dangerous, and now perverted, forest.

Tirek growled as some sort of animal threw itself at his face, only to get swatted aside and stomped on for its trouble.

"I will kill Dainn just for this mockery of the Everfree. Everything in here he wants to have sex! Where are the dangerous beasts? Where are the carnivorous plants? The ancient magic that devastated the unwary mind? The poison joke? The timberw-" Tirek abruptly stopped thinking about that. The prospect of a timberwolf trying to give itself to him was a disturbing one. He knew of the Everfree of old, he wanted to go in and conquer it when he crushed Equestria, now all that remained was this cesspool of sexual deviancy.  "I will burn this forest to the ground-"

"Ah ain't going back!" Tirek turned to the shout, his ears perking at the defiance in the familiar voice.

"Well well... it appears some of these ponies still have fight in them." Tirek murmured to himself as he silently made his way to the shouting.

Tirek found himself just outside a small clearing when a orange mare stumbled into it. Tirek frowned as he recognized the mare as one of the ones who banished him back into Tartarus. He slowly melted into the shadows as he watched the mare whip around and face her trackers as they entered. Tirek scowled at them. While he didn't wear armor due to his own impressive constitution and constantly shifting form, he was still aware of the importance of wearing protection.

What the caribou had on was an insult to armors everywhere. Lashed together with poor leather and crude iron on their shoulders and chest, their 'pride and joy' out for everyone to see.

A target of opportunity if Tirek ever saw one.

The caribou grinned, drooling as they lusted for the naked mare before them. "Bitch, you need to learn your place. Surprised your Master hasn't broken you into a purple collar yet."

Tirek’s eyes narrowed at that. The collars; red, black, and purple. He could understand the meaning behind them but found the whole issue to be below him. The fact they 'discarded' broken mares like trash instead of killing them to relieve them of the burden this new world carried was an even higher insult.  His own being demanded that he break them in battle and leave them alive to rise up and face him again in glorious battle.

He had no particular love for ponies, or most other creatures. Yet… the caribou had not merely destroyed Equestria as a country. The caribou had left them devoid of any sort of dignity, considering them little more than toys. And that sickened him.

He frowned as the mare growled, as the caribou spoke some more. "Her 'Master' is her brother. I wouldn't be surprised if he just let her go free and only called out for her disappearance once she was far enough. This isn't the first time he done this with this bitch."

The mare sneered as she glared at the two with utter hatred. "Leave mah brother alone."

The caribou smirked as they inched closer. "Perhaps we should drag him before the King to be turned into a mare so he can learn first hand how a bitch is suppose to be trea-Ack!"

Tirek blinked in surprise as the mare snarled in vicious rage as she leaped up once they we close enough and lashed out with a kick that shattered the poorly forged chest plate, the hoof still had enough power behind it to shatter the rib cage and send the caribou flying into a tree. The other caribou only had time to gawk in surprise before he received a punched to the throat, causing him to gag and fall over.

The mare straddled him while pulling out his baton and began to wail on him, putting her impressive strength behind each blow.

"NEVER! MESS! WITH! MAH! FAMILY! YOU! BASTARDS!" Each word from the mare was accompanied by a blow from her baton, and each hit morphed the caribou's face into more and more of a bloody and unrecognizable mess.

"Very impressive," Tirek commented as he stepped out from the darkness, watching as the mare whirled around and held out her weapon, her eyes widened in shock as she recognized him.

"Tirek." The mare growled as she stepped away from the down caribou and took up a defensive position. Tirek mentally approved of her defense and sure footing, he decided to not entice the mare into attacking him in his weaken form, especially given how she was prepared to make him meet a similar fate as the caribou before her. "Let me guess, Dainn let you out for some fun?"

Tirek snorted at this as he walked in a wide circle to the caribou with the shattered ribcage. "Hardly. The so called 'King' was releasing a lot of my prison mates, dragging Luna along with him. Allowed them to have 'fun' with her. Disgraceful. Oh she tried to get me free, no doubt knowing I would suck the magic from both of them the second I got the chance. But the caribou knew he was being played and punished her before leaving me to rot."

"Is that so?" The mare looked behind her for any sort of ambush, turning in time to see Tirek opened his mouth and drained the magic from the down caribou.  "So how did you get out?"

"I’ve escaped before; it was even easier this time due to Dainn killing that damn dog." Tirek mused as the caribou shuddered before falling still. "Disgusting. Barely sustainable magic to leech off of. But his purpose is done."

"And that purpose is?" The orange mare slowly stepped away as Tirek ventured closer to her. Tirek stopped at the bloody caribou as he struggled to get back up, only for Tirek to place a hoof on him to hold him down.

"To die in battle... even if he didn't see it that way." Tirek chuckled as he drained the downed caribou, the caribou weakly reached out to him and grasped his hoof. Tirek raised an eyebrow as the caribou began to speak.

"Cap....capture her... the bitch...deserves to... know her place..." the caribou coughed out. Tirek frowned as he stared down at the fallen caribou before looking up to the mare, a sinister smile on his face.

"Deserves to know her place..." Tirek said out loud, causing the orange mare to tense. "She deserves to know her place?! Ha! You threaten to rape her till she loses her mind. Threaten her family! And fell to said 'bitch' in a two on one fight! The only place she deserves is one she is in now! Standing tall above her would-be slavers and killing them for their transgressions against her mind and body."

Tirek smirked as he stepped away from the caribou and looked up to the mare. He had to admit, he had to respect the strength she and her fellow Elements of Harmony displayed when they banished him back to Tartarus, and that respect only grew when she took both of the slavers out on her own.

Tirek smiled as he waved his arms to the caribou before him. "Finish it."

"Finish what?" The mare gripped the weapon as she stared at the bloody male.

"Kill him. For everything he has done. You might as well. He will hunt you down and drag you with your brother and have you both raped until you both can't even form sentences. You can no longer hold onto the ideals of your old home. They have failed you in this dire time." Tirek crossed his arms as he stared at her, unashamedly admiring her figure. True, her breasts and hips were desirable, but it was the tight muscles and hardened eyes that drew his attention.

"Ah can't fully agree with you on that one," the mare responded, which caused Tirek to raise an eyebrow. "If Ah am to survive, Ah have to find others to have them join up with me. Ah have to forge friendship for that to work. After all, it defeated you."

Tirek frown at this, running the thought across his mind. He grumbled somewhat that the mare spoke the truth in this matter. "Hmph. So some ideals still hold some scrapings of truth. Do you want my friendship then? It didn't work out for the Discord."

"No." The mare walked up to him, staring directly into his own eyes. "Ah want your help kicking these bastards out of mah home. Ah want your help in killing them off. Ah want them all dead for what they did to me, mah family, and mah friends."

"Hmm..." Tirek rubbed his chin as he looked down to her. She was a proud pony, one that Tirek would normally find annoying and put her down for defying him. And, despite everything she had been through, she still stood tall and strong.

Tirek had to admire that kind of strength she had.

"I will rule this land."

"Ah don't care. You can rule all you want, just leave mah family out of it. Leave mah farm alone once we are done." The mare kept her eyes on him, causing Tirek to smirk. “Anything would be better than this.”

"Then you shall be my second. My right hand if you will." Tirek watched as the mare nodded her head before she turned and began to slam the baton into the caribou once more.

Tirek watched with some sense of admiration as the mare began to prolong her former slaver's suffering. Breaking his bones with hits and stomps, violating him anally with a baton, and crushing his “prized” cock. By the time she was done, the caribou was begging for mercy.

Tirek walked over to the whimpering male, watching as the mare trotted over to the nearly dead caribou and pulled out some rope. Tirek couldn’t help but laugh as he said, "Look at that. Look at what you and your savage tribe has created. You have to admire that sheer hatred she has for your kind. A lot of caribou are going to die because of her. And you are the first one."

"N-no...please... mercy..." the caribou whimpered out as the mare wrapped the rope around his neck.

"You deserve all the mercy you gave us!" the mare snarled as she dragged him to the nearest tree and began to hoist him up. The caribou gagged, his body jerking around as she tied him off and watched him start to die a slow and agonizing death. "Look at mah face! Look at me when ya die! Ah want you to remember who sent you to the pits!"

Tirek watched as the caribou’s body twitched as he finally gave a strangled gasp for air before falling still. His eyes filled with fear as they locked onto the mare's own before the light of life left them. A fitting end to monsters such as the caribou, which was saying a lot when it came from him. At least Tirek had the decency to kill someone quickly if he found them to be lacking a will to live instead of enslaving them for pure depraved lust.

Tirek nodded his head in approval, before turning to leave. "Come."

"Applejack."

Tirek turned to see the mare shaking as she looked back to him. Her eyes filled with a number of emotions as tears threatened to fall. "Excuse me?"

"Mah name is Applejack. Ah expect you to use it," Applejack said quietly.

"Hmm... fine then... General Applejack," Tirek nodded his head as he turned to leave, a look of surprise on her face at her sudden title. "Let us find more of your friends. Who should we find first?"

"Pinkie Pie.... there is something Ah want to see," Applejack said as she wiped her eyes of the tears. "Pinkie was locked up for some reason, many of the caribou called her too dangerous to be tamed. Last time Ah saw her, she was an eager red collar. Ah want to know why."

Pink Is the New Black

Chapter 2: Pink Is the New Black

[Present Day...]

Tirek watched as the defenders fell back, his army chasing after them. He smiled as they made sure to stomp on their fallen enemy while others picked up their wounded or dead and dragged them back to healers. Tirek figured Rarity would be quite busy for some time.

"Duck." A quiet voice spoke from his side. Tirek lowered his head without pause, not questioning it in the slightest. A giant arrow flew overhead by mere inches, cries of pain and death echoing behind him. He turn to see a trail of bodies, the path the arrow laying waste to anything its way. Tirek growled as he turned towards the walls, a ball of magic forming between his horns before he unleashed a bright beam at his target. Tirek grinned as he trailed the beam across the top of the wall, destroying the ballistas and anyone stupid enough to stay on the wall.

"Thank you, Diane," Tirek grunted out, the dark pink mare standing beside him gave a single nod before she narrowed her eyes and bolted forward.

Tirek watched as the former confectioner rushed through the ponies, her slim figure and long straight dark pink hair trailing behind her as she raced towards her target.

"Big Mac!" she called out to the large red stallion, who was currently trying to rip the antlers off a weeping caribou.

Big Macintosh turned to see the pink mare racing towards him, her arms lashing out at every caribou in her path and the resulting spray of blood was the only indication she had done something to them. A single nod of understanding as he snapped the caribou's neck before he held out his arm.

"Up you go, Pinkie," Big Mac said as the mare jumped up and landed perfectly on his arm. His arms, sculpted by years of heavy lifting on the family farm, did not even waver from her weight before Big Mac threw the mare high into the air.

The mare closed her eyes as she flew up and above the battlefield, she opened them once she reach the crescent of her flight, eyes trained on a group of caribou still fighting off the army. There was also several of them dragging her fellow mares into the group and began to rip their clothes off and enjoy their last forced fuck while they were alive.

Pinkamena Diane Pie thought back to happier times, her sisters, her friends, all the parties she threw. She could also feel her other self, Collared Pinkie Pie, rising up, begging to be released and serve her masters faithfully, begging to have all her holes filled with their cocks and cum. To be milked and to be a cocksock for her masters.

Diane kicked the cage she was in, vowing to never let this depraved creature out. The flow of laughter paused, but it was enough.

Pinkie glowed, her mane and tail becoming wavy and enhancing her natural beauty, streamers and confetti magically exploding from her body. She reached into herself and pulled out exactly what she needed.

"YOU BASTARDS ARE GOING TO D-MMPH!" the former dentist gagged as the caribou shoved his cock into her mouth, quickly pumping to get pleasure. The mare gave a muffled moan as two more were shoved into her snatch and ass, the caribou groaning as they quickly reached a quick release. Three more mares were in the same situation, captured in the city and forced into pleasuring the caribous. This wasn't the first one the young blue mare had to endure and they had been trying to break them for hours. The mare gagged as the caribou came in her mouth, holding her head down and forcing her to drink it, much like the last four loads forced into the petite blue unicorn's mouth. She closed her eyes as she felt the other two cum as one, the hot cum filling her body as they pushed as deeply as they can.

The fact they were taking turns in the middle of a battle showed just how desperate they were to establish their order onto her.

Colgate coughed out the extra cum the moment the caribou pulled out, receiving a blow to the back of her head for her trouble.

"You need to learn your place, slave" he hissed at her.

"And... you... are going... to die!" Colgate growled back at him, choking out as the caribou grabbed her by the throat and began to squeeze.

Colgate saw a bright light in the sky, and for a moment thought she had died, only for the light to die down and the caribou holding her freeze up. Her eyes landed on the caribou's face, a large blade skewed into his head, piercing right between his eyes, the tip of the blade visible piercing the through the other side of his head. She collapsed as the corpse fell over, along with dozens of others, each and every one of had a blade lodged into their skulls.

She turned when she felt something land behind her and saw Pinkie Pie standing behind her, her mane wavy and powerful magic radiating from her. She gave them all a look of concern at the state of their bodies, covered in bruises and cum. The invaders cheered Pinkie's name before they overwhelmed the remaining survivors, while Pinkie reached down and helped Colgate up.

"Are you okay?" Pinkie asked quietly, only to receive a hug from Colgate and soon the other mares. Tirek announced his arrival with a booming laugh, his troops spreading apart to give him space. As he stepped forward, he crushed the skull of a caribou attempting to play dead.

"Good work, Diane. General Applejack needs your assistance. You four, retreat to the rear, have yourselves looked at."

"Yes sir!" The five mares saluted once before leaving, several stallions surrounding four mares in a diamond formation for any surprise attack and capture. Pinkie raced off, her slim dress leaving nothing to the imagination as she leaped up the wall and raced towards her friend.

Tirek was glad he found the quiet, if highly affectionate, mare and not the red collar buffoon that everyone described. After all, what grand army would he have without an assassin or two at his disposal?

[A week after meeting Applejack…]

For all the horrors he saw in the pits of Tartarus and what he wrought across whatever lands he passed through, Tirek hadn’t ever seen anything this depraved. Even he couldn’t help but feel nauseated, and that was an impressive feat given his past.

Applejack, while just as disgusted, was more angered than anything.

Before them was basically a trash dump, but instead of just discarded items and garbage, there were ponies scattered among the trash piles, all mares. They were what the caribou considered too used up to serve much pleasure anymore. The dregs, the bottom of the barrel.

"And here I thought I was the worst the world can offer..." Tirek muttered quietly as he looked to the 'Junkyard' with a grimace on his face. "My enemies laid at my hooves while I beat them into submission, I took what I needed, and left."

"What, no slaves?" Applejack growled out to him, her fist tightening in anger.

"Taking slaves is beneath me." Tirek closed his eyes. "Magic is all I truly desired, to grow strong and beat my opponents. Maybe kill them if it was truly a glorious fight, but enslaving them would defeat the purpose I set out for."

"And that is?"

"To fight, take what I want, and die in glorious battle." Tirek grinned to Applejack, who shook her head at his answer.

"You're crazy, you hear me? A looney, and a fool," Applejack sighed, only for Tirek to give a bark of laughter.

"So what does that make you? A fool following a fool?" Tirek chuckled as he looked to her. "A pair of loons falling into madness that would give that idiot Discord a pause?"

Applejack face took on a strange look, before she gave a small laugh. "Fine, fine, we're a bunch of idiots taking on the world."

Tirek gave a small nod before looking towards the disgusting sight before he raised a decrepit arm and pointing towards something. "There, east side of this pit. Two guards in front of a steel box."

Applejack’s eyes slowly scanned the area before she found it. And she felt fury as she saw a familiar pink there as well.

"Ah am going to kill them," she hissed as she tried to storm forward, only for Tirek to hold her arm.

"Stay your fury, General," Tirek ordered, his eyes focus on the scene before him. "Rushing blindly into a situation would do you no good."

"What do you know?" Applejack jerked her arm from his grasp.

"I was free for several years before Celestia sent Discord after me. Until Discord found me, I was slowly gaining strength and biding my time. It was only a silver tongue and luck that I was able to fool Discord," Tirek said quietly, rubbing his chin.

"Until Twilight came into the picture and ruined your plans," Applejack pointed out, causing Tirek to nod with her assessment.

"Yes, Discord was rather lucky on that count, although considering what is going on now, I suppose it would have been easier if I won." Tirek responded as he turn to leave, waving to Applejack to follow.

"What do you mean?" Applejack asked him.

"If I had won, Dainn would never have Discord’s magic at his disposal." Tirek answered as he quietly made his way through the forest, "And Dainn is too much of a coward to face off against a being who wields the magic of an entire country’s citizens, even if you all were easy pickings. I would be insulted that he would even have the delusions of invading this whole country just for slaves and destroyed him before he even set foot outside the Crystal Empire."

The two remained silent, Applejack followed Tirek until he paused. "Here, we make our way towards them, hidden by the garbage and bodies."

"You sound like you done this before." Applejack whispered to him as she trailed behind him.

"I was not always the big, nasty, magical draining Centaur." Tirek leaned against a broken wagon, looking out before quickly moving on. "My brother and I were much like every other being, fighting and surviving until we both were graced with powerful magics."

"Oh," Applejack grimaced as she thought this over. The two silently moved closer to the two guards, taking cover and their hoofsteps silent as possible. Applejack had to admit, for having four hooves, Tirek really knew how to move silently and quickly.

Tirek quietly watched the guards, frowning before he tried to move, only find something tugging at his leg.

"Please... I will suck your cock... Forever if you want..." the emaciated mare softly cried. Her coat was patchy and dirty, she was covered in bruises, and there was a stump on her head signifying she had her horn broken off. Tirek grimaced as he shook his leg to free himself. "I'm still tight... my mouth is still good... please!"

"Girl, quiet!" Applejack tried to cover the mare's mouth, but the mare was on a roll, her eyes wide as she began to struggle. Tirek scowled as he looked down to the mare before looking to the guards.

"She will reveal us." Tirek whispered furiously.

"Ah'm trying to shut her up!" Applejack growled back, Tirek gave a frustrated sigh before he reach down and gripped the mare's head. "What are you-"

Tirek open his mouth, quickly sucking up the mare's magic. The mare's eyes widened in shock and horror before falling still.

"Why did you do that?!" Applejack shoved Tirek against the wall, fury in her eyes.

"There is a time and place for everything. Now is not the time for compassion." Tirek struggled to shove her back. "If she gave us away, we will be back where we started, me being imprisoned and you sucking the cock of the first male they threw at you. Be fortunate that I did not kill her, as that was my first idea."

Applejack sighed. She was still clearly tetchy, but she had to admit, Tirek did have a point. If this plan to boot the caribou out of Equestria were to work, she couldn’t afford to be rash.

"Damn it all. Fuck I'm so horny!"

Applejack’s ears flicked at the voice, a scowl forming on her face. Tirek held up his finger, silencing whatever she was going to say.

"Then grab one of the whores laying around and fuck them," the other guard said irritably,  apparently not new to the other stallion's complaining.

"Fuck that! They been out here for awhile and they’re loose as all fuck. I am going fuck this mare, there is an opening to her snatch anyways."

"You're crazy, you know that?" The irritated guard growled. "How can you fuck this thing? Look at her face."

Applejack and Tirek both looked out, seeing two guard standing before a steel box, the mare's head sticking out of the top. Immediately Applejack, covered her own mouth to stifle a gasp.

"Pinkie..." Applejack whispered, her eyes focused on the mare imprisoned within the steel cage.

Last time Applejack saw the mare, she was happily sucking whatever cock came her way, sticking her rear out for any passing pony to try.

The mare she was looking at now was a far cry from that. Her eyes were filled with fury, almost appearing to stab your very soul with their anger and hatred. Her mane no longer poofy and curly, now straight and stringy. A steel gag ball shoved into her mouth, although from the look of it, it was slowly being worn down. Applejack watched as Pinkie’s eyes widened and began to shake the box as the guard took advantage of her.

"Oh... yeah. For such a slut, she is still tight as fuck." The horny guard laughed as he reached over and grabbed a handful of her mane. "You hear that slut? Can’t do a damn thing now huh? Should use your pretty mouth and see what you can do with it."

"She'll bite it off," the irritated guard said with a warning tone, "Just like she did to the last five stallions and caribou that tried to tame and break her. She's crazy, looney, batshit insane."

"Well maybe I’ll get lucky?"

"Your cock on the line. I'm going on patrol, don't loosen her chains or she will go on another killing spree." The irritated guard walked away, leaving the stallion alone with his prisoner.

"We should take that bastard out now."  Applejack looked back to Tirek, only to see him scurrying away. "Tirek? Tirek!"

Tirek, despite his size and looking rather frail, was fast and silent. Quickly moving from cover to cover as he shadowed the guard, Applejack trailing behind him as she watched Tirek move ahead of the guard. The guard was completely unaware of his follower, looking around the Junkyard with a complete disinterested look on his face.

Applejack opened her mouth to stop him, but could only stop and stare as Tirek stepped into the view of the guard, slamming his weaken fist into the guard's exposed throat, silencing the guard before he could cry out a warning. The guard tried to step back as he gagged only for Tirek grab him by the helmet while stepping to the side, pulling him forward and tripping him, slamming him face first into the ground, knocking the guard out.

"Whoa..." Applejack's jaw was hanging as she watched Tirek quickly drain the guard of his magic, Tirek himself growing just a bit bigger and looking more rejuvenated.

"Taking out an alert guard will benefit us further than taking out the fool." Tirek tilted his head side to side to pop his neck, kicking over the guard and pulling out his sword, inspecting it with a critical eye. "Take out the fool first and we still have guard doing his round and sound the alarm. Take out the guard and then the fool, no such alarm will be raised for several hours."

"Okay, Ah see your point." Applejack rubbed her arms, shivering somewhat as a cool wind blew through the area, causing her to remember her lack of clothing. She  blinked as Tirek handed the sword to her with the sheath.

"Here, arm yourself. You do well with a blunt weapon, but a bladed weapon will work just as well." Tirek looked down to the guard, a frown on his face before he reached down and threw him on to his back.

"Why are you taking him?" Applejack blinked as Tirek walked by her.

"He is not like the others. He doesn't smell of sex." Tirek answered as they quickly made their way back.

"You mean he could be free of that bastard's magic?" Applejack blinked in surprise, Tirek nodding his head to her question.

"Yes, most males I’ve seen are nothing more than horny colts, even the fool raping your friend stared at the broken mares in the area, he did not." Tirek quickly made their way back to the pink one's prison, the slapping sound of flesh hitting flesh growing louder. "He may have resisted the magic covering the country, saw what was happening and kept silent. It may have saved his life, much like how your brother keeps silent about being in control as well."

"So we're taking him." Applejack stood next to him as he looked to see the guard still at it.

"He has knowledge, and given the simple fact that I drain every ounce of magic in him, including the tainted bits, he is free from control." Tirek stared at the guard before nodding to Applejack.  "Ready your weapon."

"Wait! If you can drain the magic out of ponies, we can free them from this blasted curse." Applejack exclaimed, although realizing she may have said it too loudly. The guard however was too busy with the glaring Pinkie, ignoring his surroundings.

Tirek shook his head, looking at Applejack with a glare, "True, but some of these stallions wholeheartedly accept the corruption, and will fight to keep this control."

"H-how do you know?" Applejack whispered quietly.

"I practically eat magic. I am more in tune with it than most unicorns could ever hope to be, and I can see its fields with my eyes," Tirek responded, looking to Applejack with glowing eyes. She was a beacon, outshining every other magic in the area. Pure and strong, Tirek desired to take it, but that would leave him alone against an entire country of sexual deviants. All around them, even the broken mares, their magic shone brightly, indicating their magical potential. It was one of the reasons why Tirek set out to conquer Equestria. Ponies had the strongest access to it.

Being raised in the Badlands and having fought for survival every minute of his life, seeing the ponies living an idyllic life made him furious, seeing them with so much magic while he and his blasted brother had to fight tooth and claw for just what they had. He wanted to crush them and show them the world wasn’t all rainbows and sunshine.

Well, someone did, just wasn't him. And really, Tirek would have moved on and left them be once they learned this rule.

Dainn, that immature damnable faunchild, just wanted a pretty set of fuck toys and to live the rest of his days as the king of his own sexual fantasy. His stolen magic was infecting everything as a result of his trickery and deceit. The guard on his back showed very little sign of the corruption, before draining him his magic with bits of darkness laced within it.  The guard raping the mare in the box however, was completely corrupted.  He accepted the magic into himself and did so willingly. Those that were brainwashed would show signs of their magic battling the corruption, not truly accepting it for what it is, yet not strong enough to resist. Dainn had set up his little empire of toys and fantasy and wanted to rule it all. And keep the best toys to himself.

To Tirek, that was something he was striving to destroy.

"Come."

"Ooo fuck yeah, are you going to cum?" the guard asked, giving a lecherous grin, ignoring the burning hatred the mare was giving him. "I am going to break you and I will have your fine ass crawling all over the place after me."

Pinkie glared at him, only for her eyes to train on something else, her eyes changing from rage to surprise. The guard looked at her face in confusion before he felt a hand grip the back of his neck.

"Come on big boy." A deep voice rang out from behind him. "Give me all of your magic."

The guard’s eyes widened as he felt his magic draining from his body, and he let out a pained gasp as he tried to shout for his partner only for the last vestige of his magic to be drained away before he was pushed to the side.

The guard barely took several steps before he felt a sharp pain in his chest, the sound of metal sliding against one another reaching his ears. He found himself in the grasp of a pretty earth pony, who was glaring at him with utter contempt. He opened his mouth to say something, only to start coughing up some blood as he looked down to his chest to see a sword sticking through.

The mare leaned in close to his ear as he felt his life slipping away. "How does it feel to be penetrated, big boy? Bet it doesn’t feel so good, huh?"

Darkness began grow at the edge of his eyes as the mare pulled the blade out with a jerk. He fell to his knees as he looked up to her, only to get kicked onto his back. The blue sky slowly growing darker as the mare came into view before she raised her hoof and slammed it into his face and he knew nothing more.

"Pinkie!" Applejack ignored the blood on her leg as she raced up to the mare, gently cupping her face. The rage that once dominated her face morphed into a tearful pain-filled one. "Don't you worry about it, we will get you outta there lickety split. Tirek, see if you can find a key."

"Stand aside." Tirek said as he pushed her out of his way, his frame now larger and more imposing. He gripped the steel box door, his muscles straining as he pulled on the door until the sound of metal groaning from stress began to echo out. Tirek gave one last grunt before he ripped the door off, revealing the pink mare's naked body. She reeked of sweat and cum, her body covered in writings, and dozens of shackles on every limb to hold her down.

Pinkie looked to the two, Applejack keeping look out while her former enemy Tirek began to break the shackles holding her.

This was it, sense has finally threw in the towel and decided that pure insanity ruled. Pinkamena Diane Pie had thought back on how her life turned out; growing up on a rock farm, being diagnosed with split personality disorder, rising above her condition and spreading happiness, becoming an Element of Harmony and facing great evils in the defense of her country and world...

Only to fall to a race of savages that made the Diamond Dogs seem civilized.

Pinkie felt the dark magic corrupting her mind, she struggled against it but lacked the willpower to fight it off, so she turned to her other self and began to give her all the memories she cherished.

Pinkamena stood in shock within their mind as Pinkie did all that she could to stave off the dark magic while transferring all her memories to her. All she could do was watch from her room as Pinkie fell into corruption, with the last vestige of her mental strength she fashioned a cage for herself but was unable to lock herself away. Her last words to her while she was sane was to fight for control and escape.

After nearly a year, she finally wrestled control from Pinkie and threw her into a cage. She awoke to find herself laying on the floor after a gangbang with several guards and caribou. She grabbed a sword and brutally killed all of them in the guard station where she was held, and then proceed to go on a mass murdering spree until she was finally stopped by a group of red collared mares tackling her.

The next three months, the caribou attempted every known method to break her into a purple collar.

All of them failed.

And spectacularly at that, as Pinkamena faked being broken, and stayed that way for a single day before slaughtering any male in her way.

Dainn himself tried to use his magic to break her mind, only to receive a devastating backlash as Pinkamena ripped the magic apart and head butted him for his trouble.

She wanted death, but Dainn desired her to be broken, so he sent her to the Junkyard to break her spirit. Much like how he did to Rarity in the first few weeks of their rule until she was 'salvaged', working in Ponyville as an 'exotic clothing' designer, if one could even consider the thin strips of cloth 'clothes'.

What he didn’t know was that the Pinkie that everypony knew was gone; there only remained Pinkamena, and she was forged through all the rage and sadness the prime personality tried to suppress.

She would never break; that she promised to Dainn before she was dragged away. It was that day she realized that she was now the prime personality.

She was Pinkamena Diane Pie, not just a split personality.

She felt the last shackle come loose, causing her to pull herself free from the confines of the box and ripped off the steel ball gag from her mouth. Tirek gave a grunt of approval at her quick recovery and stepped back.

"Pinkie!" Applejack hugged the pink mare tightly, Pinkamena felt her tears began again, burying her face into Applejack's shoulder.

"I'm sorry... I'm so sorry for being so weak..." Pinkamena gave a hoarse cry.

"Don't you worry about that, sugercube," Applejack whispered to her, patting her back. "Ah'm just glad you're fighting back... Ah can't do this alone."

Pinkamena stepped back, sniffing as she wiped her eyes, before taking in Tirek’s appearance. "Yeah... I kind of noticed. Scraping the bottom of the desperate barrel are we?"

"Hmph." Tirek shook his head, turning around and heading back to the forest. He reach down and grabbed a leg of the dead guard. "Come, we need to leave and plan our next move."

"Yeah. Come on, cousin." Applejack gently wrapped her arm around the pink mare. The duo watched as Tirek open a fridge and stuff the dead guard inside.

"Wait..." Pinkamena called out before Tirek could close the door. Tirek watched as the mare reached in and began to search the corpse without any hesitation, stripping some of his clothes off and putting them on herself (they were loose, but they would have to do for now) and pulling out a pair of daggers and strapping them to her waist. "Okay."

Tirek watched as the pair of mares walked past him, his General leading the pink mare to their camp in the forest.

Tirek’s eyes trailed down their bodies, taking note of how even the loose clothing they had stolen from some guards’ corpses didn’t quite conceal their figures. They walked away and Tirek could see their plump rears and wide hips with every step.

Tirek came from a harsh land, and given that he was a centaur, and dedicated himself to seeking strength and battle, one would think he thought such simple pleasures like sex were beneath him.

That was not true. Tirek was a red-blooded male after all, and while he never actively sought female companionship, he could appreciate the female form, even more so when a female can both fight and look beautiful at the same time.

Tirek shook his head, realizing that he was looking at their hips, their natural walk along with their now fit and firm bodies, weapons strapped to their sides, was almost hypnotic. Tirek grimaced in realization that the corrupt magic he had taken from the guards and the broken mare did affect him in some ways. But he knew how to keep his head clear, especially now, because unlike those brutish caribou, he did not consider Applejack nor Pinkie weaklings, but as warriors.

Which, now that he thought more about it, made it a lot worse.

"I am going kill Dainn slowly." Tirek growled as he slammed the fridge shut and stalked after them.

Rough Diamonds and Fallen Angels

Chapter 4: Rough Diamonds and Fallen Angels

[Present...]

Rainbow slammed through the shield like it was glass, slamming into Shining Armor and sending him flying down the hall before hitting the wall.

All the windows on the castle exploded, a rainbow shockwave destroying all in one go.

The Crystal Guards struggled to get back into formation as the mare stood before them.

No longer was she just a normal looking mare, her mane and tail seemed to defy gravity, her wings looked larger and her feathers held various colors, she gave a smile to them all as she held her shoulder as she swung her arm.

"Hey Shining Armor, how’s your wife? Oh wait, that’s right, she said dead!" Rainbow taunted him as he struggled to get up

“Fucking whore..."Shining growled. "Take her down!"

"Ha! You’re going to need more than this!" Rainbow laughed, her eyes filled with feral fury. "They can't take down shit if they move slow as snails! Let’s go losers!"

Rainbow rushed to the closest guard, spinning around his spear thrust and punching him the face, caving his skull in. “Come on, can’t you take on a mare?!” she laughed. “You’re big strong stallions, RIGHT?!” she ducked under a sword swing, punched another stallion in the groin, grabbing him by the leg before she swung his body like it was a large hammer.

Two guards were sent flying screaming, while the one in Rainbow’s grasp was slammed into a wall. She quickly kicked up a sword and impaled him on the wall through his skull.

“Come on, I’ve heard all that shit you call pillow talk! Don’t tell me you’re not hot seeing a mare kick your asses, RIGHT?!” she yelled, kicking a guard in the knee and shattering it, practically crushing his ACL. She grabbed him by the head, twisting it violently before throwing him out of the broken window. She turn to see three stallions rushing her, their swords out and screaming for her head.

She stood still as three stallions began to swipe at her, she barely moved from her spot as she ducked and weaved through their swings, laughing as she grabbed one sword arm and thrust the weapon into another throat, stepping aside from an overhead swipe, the sword cutting through the guard's arm. The guard screamed as he held his severed arm in agony, stepping away from the battle.

Rainbow quickly grabbed the dead guard’s sword and stabbed into the third guard's groin. The one missing his arm was screaming before she quickly snapped his neck and lashed out with a buck to the now balless guard behind her.

“Oh, so you’re not?!” she yelled, grabbing another guard from behind and bending over backwards, throwing him over her shoulders and into a wall. “THIS ALL YA GOT?!”

"Fucking useless!" Shining Armor growled as he lashed out with a spell, just missing Rainbow.

“You can’t hit meeeee!’” Rainbow taunted, dodging the blast. It wasn’t fire, or anything specific - just a blast of pure concussive force. “You know… I used to think you were kinda cute before the fall!” she taunted him.

Shining Armor blasted her again. It seemed like whatever had been done to him had weakened his control - this was just so poorly controlled, dissipating in all directions.

She dodged again, laughing madly. “You’re even worse with that horn than the one between your legs!” Rainbow laughed.

He blasted her again, breathing raggedly.

“You can do a lot, yeah, but you just don’t have the stamina!” Rainbow laughed. “That all you got? If you get tired so easily, I can’t imagine how Cadence put up with you!”

“You shut up about her!”

“Oh, so you care about her, huh?!” Rainbow asked, dodging a blast. “You remember her? I thought that wasn’t the stallion way!”  she laughed. “Oh, no, it’s alright to treat mares like disposable condoms!”

“I’ll fucking kill you!"

"I also heard you overthrew Celestia to 'Protect Twilight' from anymore danger." Rainbow landed a far distance away, her eyes filled with anger. "Some protection! We couldn't save her, she was just too broken to resist any longer. The things they did to her…! We were able to save Spike though... And he is not happy at all."

“SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP!” Shining Armor yelled.

Another blast. This one didn’t even seem to be aimed.

“I did what was best for my sister!” he yelled. “I wanted to help! She was in so much danger fighting them, and-

For a moment, Rainbow could have stopped. She could have asked “What the buck?!” She could have asked how in Celestia’s name that made anything even approaching sense. She could have argued.

But a verbal retort just didn’t seem to cover it.

“...I don’t know whether to pity you for what’s been done to you… or hate you for what you’ve done,” Rainbow said, suddenly behind Shining. “BUT I AM LEANING TOWARDS THE SECOND ONE!”

She spread her wings and shot faster than anypony can blink, grabbed Shining Armor and, using her wings for lift, flung him over her shoulder into the floor. There was a crack as several bones shattered on impact.

“‘I ‘ace!” Shining yelled. ‘ou’ve ‘o I ‘ace!”

“I’M GONNA BREAK A LOT MORE!” Rainbow yelled, stomping on his groin. There was a sensation of something giving under her heel. She wasn’t sure what, but Shining didn’t seem to have taken it well, screaming so loudly and for so very long it was as if he might burst.

Shining yelled things that might have been either curses or pleas for mercy.

“...You’ve heard that old story about how little you deserve that, haven’t you?” Rainbow yelled flying away, picking up speed. She turned in a loop, flying back at Shining, twisting upwards, and ramming both feet into his shoulderblades. He screamed, clutching them in pain, somehow managing to stand up as Rainbow flew up into the air, having used his shoulders for leverage.

She flipped upwards, and fell at him, knees first. “AND THUS YOU DIE THE WAY YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO, CRUSHED BETWEEN SOMEONE’S THIGHS!”

Her legs smashed into him, crushing everything between his jaw and the bottom of his ribcage. Like a hammer to a nail, they drove him into the ground. There were what sounded like sickening, unholy cracks, all in the space of a second, and his stomach felt not all that different from a bag of jelly.

She appeared to have pulped all his organs.

But given what he’d turned into, well… it was hard to say he didn’t deserve it.

Rainbow looked behind her, seeing the crystal guards ready to charge at her.

"DIE!" Rainbow raised an eyebrow as the purple scaled dragon barreled through their ranks with all the subtlety of a charging bull, or maybe a trainwreck.

The crystal guards… didn’t so much break formation much as they just broke. They flew up into the air as Spike barreled through them, shattering against his scales,  being knocked into others.

The guards tried to defend themselves, but they were wearing armor made of food to a dragon. Spike roared as his claws shattered armor with a single swipe, his tail wrapping around a guard and crushing him, then using his corpse as a blunt weapon to knock through the guards, ramming him into their chests and knocking them down.

He jumped up, roaring and shooting fire from his mouth, and fell down on them, letting his considerable bulk crush them. He bit down on swords and shattered them with ease, ripped arms and legs off to beat them with the bloody appendages or other guards, impaling guards with his tail and sent their screaming bodies at the walls.

By the time he was done, the entire hall was a bloody mess.

“Aren’t even worth eating,” he sighed, picking himself up and dusting himself off. He looked at Shining Armor.

“Is he dead?” Spike asked.

“I’m pretty sure his organs are paste by now,” Rainbow said.

Spike looked at her for a moment. For that one moment, Rainbow expected a scene right out of one of those silly movies where people kissed in the rain or something, the ones she’d always ignored in favor of action movies. For him to say something like “I’m sorry, old friend,” as jazz music played, to express some sentimentality that this stallion was dead. Depending on how one looked at his relationship with Twilight, he could have been either a good friend, an uncle, or a brother.

But instead...

“Good,” he said, his voice steady, taking a deep breath and set his corpse aflame. Then, for good measure, he stomped the still flaming body into unrecognizability. He was immune to fire, so it wasn’t a big deal.

"Spikey!" a voice cried in anger.

“Oh..." Spike flinched, looking back to see the white unicorn mare storming past the ponies and Tirek with little care, wearing a stylish nurse uniform. She grimaced at the corpses but soldiered on and grabbed his green fringes, yanking it. "Ow!"

"I did not waste my magic just for you to undo all my hard work!" Rarity snapped at him, causing Spike to flinch. She gave a sigh as she hugged him. "I don't want to lose you either!"

“I know,” Spike said. “Me ei-”

"Fucking rape them!" The doors opened and a charge of caribou ran at them. Rainbow and Spike were set to fall back to the army, but apparently it wasn't the right move in the white unicorn's eyes.

"WE'RE HAVING A MOMENT YOU RUFFIANS!"  Rarity yelled, her eyes filled with anger, her body glowed and her mane and tail shifted with additional colors such as yellow and blue. Her fur and mane grew in volume and diamonds dotted her pristine coat, tiny stars rising up from her hooves. The broken gem armor floated around her and unleashed at the horde of caribou, ripping them apart with ease. "Hmph! Come on before you rip your stitches, my strong dragon."

“We’re not… done…” whispered one caribou, clutching the broken crystal armor in his gut. “Need to-”

“Oh, I don’t care about that, you fashion victim,” Rarity said, before she telekinetically grabbed the scrapheap-like armor he was wearing and pushed it against his muscles, crushing him in a spray of gore. “Come along, Spike! Equestria’s liberation awaits!”

She trotted out the door, a smile on her face.

“Remind me never to get her mad,” Spike gulped out.

“Oh, don’t worry,” Rarity turned back to him, a bright smile on her face. “Nothing you do… could ever make me angrier than I am right now.”

There was a pause as Spike and Rainbow looked at each other with identical confused expressions on their faces. Something’s weird here, Rainbow’s face seemed to say. Is she in shock?

“...Thanks?” Spike said uncertainly.

[Seven months ago...]

Rarity swallowed as she walked towards the meeting point at Whitetail Woods, her finger on the red collar around her neck.

She was meeting Twilight, Fluttershy, and Spike for their weekly 'Suck and Fuck'. Ever since the disappearance of Applejack and Pinkie, Twilight had been clingy of the rest of her friends. Even going as far to ask her own 'Master' for Rarity to be traded for another mare.

She walked into the clearing, seeing Twilight and Fluttershy on their knees, gently licking the draconic cock with smiles.

Rarity gave a sad sigh, wondering if Sweetie was alright. Though last time she saw her baby sister, the Flim Flam Brothers dressed up her and Applebloom as superheroines, using the very clothes she was forced to make, and brutally rape them in newer and more depraved forms of “sexual entertainment”.

Every night, she wept silently, not wanting to incur her Master's wrath as he slept in her room...

No... the Master's room, she didn’t own anything anymore.

She slept on a pile of clothes, clothes she made before the Fall. She tried hard to keep them intact, but occasionally if she messed up, her Master would rip one of them apart.

She regretted ever agreeing to become a red collar. She thought as a red collar, she could protect Sweetie Belle from the caribou and stallions.

Turned out she was wrong.

Very, very wrong.

She had no power, no connections, nothing. And instead of paying for it, Sweetie did.

Her parents were in Zebrica on vacation when the Fall began. The Zebras were cowed by Dainn's power and sent dozens of ponies that fled to their lands for escape as payments, and lately, zebra mares began to appear in Equestria. She prayed that her father fought off any zebra that tried to capture them, to be that strong stallion she grew up seeing.

Speaking of Zebras...

Last she heard, Zecora willingly gave out information to Hunter groups of mares escaping into the Everfree, although lately the Hunters came out less and less, even Zecora no longer came into town to get her daily cum ration from the caribou in charge of the town.

"Rarity!" Twilight waved happily, scooting aside to give her room to kneel. "Spike misses you! We are trying very hard to get you under his care! We managed to get Fluttershy last week, a good cleaning and spell from the Master Doctor, and Spike is very happy with her body."

"That's... nice, dear."

"Although she still tries to go out and tend to the war beasts. I have been trying to train her to love Spike's cock only, but it’s a slow process." Twilight placed a finger in thought, while Rarity shuddered at what Fluttershy had to go through.

The mare in question was practically a purple collar, her eyes vacant and drooling, but somehow aware. She wasn’t sure what was wrong with the mare, only that she was different from other mares.

"Spike horny, pretty white pony suck Spike's cock." Spike grasped her head and rubbed his cock against her muzzle.

Rarity blushed at the cock, very impressive size compare to stallions and even caribou. Though she has taken note that compared to other mares Spike got his claws on, he was unusually gentle with her.

Rarity closed her eyes, daintily open her mouth and began to pleasure the dragon, Spike relaxing a good amount while he ran his claws through her mane. Rarity shuddered as she felt those claws run over body, her body enjoying the dragon's gentle touch.

She open her eyes, seeing the look of envy on Twilight's face. "He always treats you good! How do you do it?"

Rarity gave a long slurped, gently biting the cock before turning to Twilight. "It’s a mystery, Twilight."

Rarity mentally sighed as the former genius pouted and crossed her arms like a child. Twilight was a princess, a powerful being with all three races magic at her disposal, now she was nothing more than a toy that walked and talked.

She continued to suck before the cock was violently ripped from her mouth. "Wha-?!"

Her eyes wide in shock as she saw Spike fall backwards, collapsing from the blow of the a very familiar red Centaur. "T-tirek!"

Rarity felt herself move before she realized what she was doing. The red centaur raised an eyebrow as she stood in front of him, her arms spread as she looked up at him.

"Twilight! Take Fluttershy and run! I'll slow him down while you get the guards!" Rarity yelled as she rushed at Tirek and punched him in the gut. She yelped as she held her hand, then lashed out with a kick, only to stifle a cry as she hopped back.

Sadly Twilight continued to stay where she was at, Fluttershy stared at Tirek with drool dripping from her mouth.

"Twilight!"

"Enough," Tirek spoke causing Rarity to flinch, but remain firm.

Something in Rarity snapped, all the stress and abuse came to the forefront of her mind and the dam broke and all that plus her anger came along for the ride.

"No!" She shouted back at him,  causing Tirek to stare at the mare in surprise. "I am tired of this stupid life! I saw how badly we lost to a bunch of horny sex-crazed savages! I gave up because all my friends either fell or vanished! I tried to be a good red collar to protect Sweetie Belle, but that bastard Dainn ruined any hope of that! I see my baby sister getting abused everyday as a SHOWPIECE! MY TALENTS ARE WASTED ON UGLY AND DISGUSTING CLOTHES THAT EVEN THE VILEST, GREASIEST, HORNIEST, CHEAPEST TRAIN STATION WHORE WOULD THINK WERE TOO SLUTTY! I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE REST OF MY FAMILY! SO BY LUNA'S GOOD GRACES, IF I AM GOING TO DOWN, I WILL DIE BEFORE I LIVE A MINUTE LONGER AS A SLAVE!"

"Rarity!" Twilight shouted in anger, standing up to the mare. "How could you! The Master's will be angry to hear such words! I have to tell your-*slap*"

Twilight held her face, Rarity’s left eye twitching. "One more word, Twilight. Just say one more word so I can spare the agony of hearing your stupid, insipid, infantilized voice praise the so called 'Masters' so I can do your parents a favor and choke you until you stop breathing!"

"My mother is a good slave-ack!"

"RAGH!"

Tirek stared in utter confusion as Twilight defended herself the best she could from the furious mare. Applejack and Rainbow walked out from behind Tirek, staring in wonder at the white unicorn.

Rarity hand her grip around Twilight's throat, lifting her up, and began to shake her. "YOU! YOU WERE SO FUCKING SMART! LOOK AT YOU NOW! YOU MAKE THE SPECIAL PONIES LOOK SMART IN COMPARISON! HOW COULD YOU FALL TO THIS! YOU’RE AN ALICORN! PRACTICALLY A GODDESS IN ALL BUT NAME! WEAK! PATHETIC AND WEAK! YOU AND CELESTIA BOTH! YOU BOTH FELL IN MERE DAYS, IF NOT HOURS! I SHOULD HAVE KILLED YOU A LONG TIME AGO! DIE!"

"Rarity."

"YOU STUPID WEAK SLUT!"

"Rarity!"

"HOW CAN YOU DO THIS TO ME?! TO SPIKE?! TURN MY LOVELY SPIKEY WIKEY, YOUR LITTLE BROTHER, INTO A LUST CRAZED DRAKE WITH DAMN NEAR NO BRAIN!"

"RARITY!"

"WHAT?! I'M BUSY MURDERING SOMEPONY HERE!" Rarity rounded on the voice, her eyes filled with fury, only to be filled with surprise. "A-applejack?! Rainbow!? Girls!"

Rarity threw herself at them, crying her eyes out. She stepped back, looking over them. Applejack had what appeared to be her old clothes, even her Stetson she always wore, no doubt supplied by Big Mac. Although the bladed weapons attached to her hips and back was new.

Rainbow was wearing a mish-mash of clothes, apparently taken from guards or trash heaps and cleaned up the best she could. She was wearing heavy gauntlets and guard’s boots, but the most wonderful addition was the lack of wing binders, her wings full of feathers and strong once more.

"Wow Rares, I..." Rainbow scratched her head, unsure what to say.

Rarity sighed as she backed away, looking away in shame. "I suppose you girls hate me. For giving up."

"Sugercube, after what you just yelled out, Ah don't think Ah can stay mad at you. You did what you could to keep Sweetie safe." Applejack hugged the mare, gently patting her back.

"Fat lot that did." Rarity choked out as she felt her eyes began to tear up, feeling all the stress melting away as Applejack hugged her. "Oh Applejack,  you're too kind."

"Where have you two been?!" Twilight yelled at Rainbow and Applejack. "Do you know Master Big Mac wasn't allowed to have more mares thanks to you running away,  Applejack! Poor Master Big Mac has been so lonely."

Rainbow snorted at this while Applejack crossed her arms and stared at Twilight. "Mah brother barely owned slaves before Ah left, and he 'sold' the two he had because several stallions raped them until they couldn't even walk because their pelvises were broken in several places."

"As is their right as slaves pleasing a male," Twilight answered.

“...Dear Maker, does she have any of her mind LEFT?!” Applejack asked incredulously.

“No,” Rarity sighed.

"Well whatever, Tirek do your thing." Rainbow elbowed him, causing him to grunt. He shook his head.

"I will not."

"What?! Why not? With Twilight on board, we could overthrow Dainn." Rainbow looked up to Tirek, while Rarity was still trying to come to terms that the two mares was working with the centaur.

"Because she is a Fallen," Tirek responded, causing both mares to freeze up.

"Um... what is a Fallen?" Rarity asked as she saw the two mares pale at the word.

"Its... Its a word we use for ponies who willingly gave up and become corrupted by Dainn's magic," Applejack whispered. “They haven’t just given up resisting… they’ve grown to like it because it’s all they can know.”

"We tried to reverse it... but... there is nothing to save because they are just so broken..." Rainbow refused to look at Rarity. "And we have to put them down."

"W-what does that mean? Why...why are you..." Rarity eyes widen when she realized what they meant. "No! She is just brainwashed!"

"You were trying to kill her earlier," Tirek pointed out, only to blink as Rarity reached down and threw a rock at him.

"I was under a lot of stress!" Rarity cried out, "I was just going to knock her out! Plus I thought I was going to die since you are here! Fluttershy! Spike! No! I refuse to lose them too!"

Tirek looked at the two, his mouth opening as he drain the tainted magic from them. Fluttershy made a small whimper before she fell over while Spike shrank down somewhat, resembling more of his original self before the Fall. "They are fine."

"Awesome! Fluttershy! Wake up!" Rainbow said, walking over to her, and staring down at her friend.

She looked… dead. She was clearly still alive, as evidenced by her breathing, and her eyes were wide open.

"Flutters?" Rainbow kneeled next to her. "Flutters, get up... this isn't funny... come on... get up!"

Tears welled up in Fluttershy’s eyes. It seemed to be all she could do.

"Tirek! Did you do something?!"

"I only took the tainted magic, just like I have been doing for the past few months." Tirek defended himself. He leaned over her and looked at her. Her eyes focused on him before she gave a small whine, she never moved even as he stood over her. “She is… her mind broke before the magic could break it. She has not fallen… and yet she is lost. Her mind broke apart under the magic and what was happening to her. Perhaps she may come back some day.”

"But how was she moving and talking?" Rarity kneeled down next to her.

Tirek only shrugged, "The magic that broke her also forced her to function as a broken slave, just barely holding her together like… I don’t know, a framework, or something,” Tirek explained. “Remove the framework, all the pieces fall out. That is my best guess."

"Oh... my head."  Spike groan out, sitting up and holding his head. He looked up, shock on his face as he saw Tirek and the girls before him, Rarity, Fluttershy, Twilight completely naked. "What-"

"Master Spike!" Twilight cried out as she threw herself onto him. "Stop them! They are slaves trying to escape!"

"What?!" Spike stared at the mare before him. "Wait... what happened to your horn?! Your wings!?"

"Master Spike, please stop them! I will suck your cock tonight! I'll even be your cocksleeve!" Twilight begged him, only to get shoved away from him in horror.

"What are talking about?! Why are you saying these things?! Twilight?! What’s wrong?! What’s happening!?" Spike cried out, looking at Twilight in disgust and horror. His eyes widened as his memories began to play back the last year and a half. “Oh…. no,” he whimpered.

His eyes darted from side to side as he remembered the things he wished he couldn’t.

The group watched as the drake held a claw to his mouth and crawled to the closest bush and began to vomit violently. The bush burst into flames - nobody was entirely sure what dragon vomit was made of, but it was definitely flammable.

"Master?"

"Stay away from me!" Spike screamed out in fear and disgust. "What did you do to me?!"

"Oh Master Spike is sick! I have the perfect cure!" Twilight reached into a picnic basket filled with toys and pulled a dark crystal and took aim at him. "Now stay still Master."

"Spikey!" Rarity tackled Spike to the ground, the blast of dark magic thankfully missing both of them as it flew above them.

"Rarity!" I'm trying to fix my master! Stop this at once! I know what I am doing because Master Spike always get sick and says weird things." Twilight said candidly, taking aim once more.

To everyone else, what she said had struck them in the most horrible moment of clarity. Spike was actively fighting the corruption and was winning.

But Twilight was forcing him back into a mindless, sex-crazed brute.

"Now Master. Hold still." Twilight took aim, only cry out as Tirek grabbed a hold of her head pulled her up. Tirek took the crystal from her grasp, a grimace on his face as he drain it before looking to the others.

"You must make a decision..." Tirek asked, holding the struggling alicorn. "Do we kill her or leave her without any magic?"

Applejack looked to the struggling mare before she lowered her hat. "End her. It seems crueler to let her live like this than to end the suffering."

"Applejack!" the others cried out in shock.

"We can't leave her like this! Look at her!" Applejack raised her hat, her face filled with misery with her decision as the tears rolled down her eyes. "Do you want to remember her like this?! Like some sex slave who eagerly corrupted her baby brother whenever he freed himself from her control? Who thought the best thing in the world was having herself jammed full of cocks in her holes?"

Applejack punched a tree, blood seeping from the cuts, sure that a finger or two were broken as well. "Well Ah don't! Ah want to remember Twilight who brought us together to defeat Nightmare Moon, Discord, this stubborn ass!"

Tirek gave a grunt, but said nothing.

"She helped us learn friendship! Gave it her all to know the ins and outs of the magic of Friendship!" Applejack wailed as she hit the tree several times. “And now she’s… this... thing! I don’t like it any more than any of y’all.”

“You’re absolutely sure there’s nothing you can do?!” Rainbow pleaded Tirek. “Positive?!”

Tirek gave her a long look before gently putting a hand on her shoulder. "If I did... I would have found it by now. No, magic cannot solve this problem. Magic is only part of the problem, it involves the mind... and that is something we can not fix if the mind doesn't wish to be fixed."

No one said anything as Tirek looked to them all, even Spike remained silent, tears falling onto the ground. Tirek slowly walked into the forest line, stopping next to Applejack.

"Are you sure... Applejack?" he whispered, Applejack nodded her head, not trusting herself to speak. Tirek nodded his head, quietly walking into the woods, his mouth open as he drain the alicorn magic from Twilight.

"Wait!" Twilight's voice echoed out, the girls and Spike finding themselves frozen as they heard her speak. "You don't have to kill me! I can be quiet! I can suck your impressive dick! I can be your toy if Master Spike doesn't want me! I can bend in any way you wa-"

Silence echoed out, no other words could be heard coming from Twilight. Applejack slumped to the ground, struggling to breathe, she looked up to see Pinkie walk out of the shadows, her own eyes filled with tears as she fell and held her cousin. They were soon joined by the others except Spike and Fluttershy, holding each other, crying as they lost a part of themselves.

Tirek had never seen anyone cry like these ponies and drake did.

Tirek remained in the shadows, the alicorn magic running through him, his form larger and more imposing than before. He laid the corpse gently on the ground, closing her eyes before he melted back into the forest.

He didn't need to be there.

Their friend's killer had no place in their mourning.

Rarity looked up from the group to see Spike sitting away from the others, staring off into space, tears streaming from his his eyes.

She got up from the group, gently sitting next to him as she tried to wipe away the tears.

“...Rarity?” Spike asked.

“Yes?” Rarity asked.

There was an awkward pause.

“I don’t know if I want to cry or throw up,” Spike whispered.

“Can… I come?” Rarity asked. “I feel much the same way.”

“No!” Spike said, a little too insistently. “Maybe sometime. But… I… I need to be alone for this.” Another pause. “Plus, if I throw up, that’s flammable-” he jerked a thumb at the bush he’d burnt while vomiting. “So…”

Rarity knew exactly what he was trying not to say. “....Yes. I think I understand.”

Rarity instead wrapped her arms around him, causing him to flinch, but she refused to remove her arms. For a few agonizing moments, they remembered what they’d been through. Who they had been forced to be.

"I don't care. We all need a friend to lean on... Even dragons." Rarity whispered as she held on to him tightly.

And as soon as those moments were done, Spike returned the embrace. After all, though their experiences made them terrified, and they’d likely never truly recover, it felt good to be hugged by someone who wanted him to feel better. Someone with feelings and emotions beyond sexual urges.

"Spike..." Rainbow croaked out, causing Spike to look up and see Rainbow holding Fluttershy in her arms.  "I... I think we all need to be together..."

Spike held out his arms as Rainbow handed Fluttershy to him,  before collapsing and holding him tightly. He was soon buried in arms and bodies as Applejack and Pinkie joined them, holding him as if their lives depended on it.

They may have lost a friend...

But Spike lost a sister.

Spike began to shake, his emotions beginning to get the better of him before he let loose an emotional wail at losing a pony he knew his entire life.

"Twilight..."

The Sacred Darkness

Chapter 5: The Sacred Darkness

[Present...]

Tirek walked past the corpses, the sounds of fighting echoing all around him as he made his way to the throne room, only to pause at a strange sight.

Two Night Guards stood before a door, their grim faces indicating that they were not happy with their posting.

"You two." Tirek barked out,  causing the bat mare and stallion to stiffen up. "Where is Princess Luna? "

"Laying waste to all the former guards and making her way to the prison chamber." The guard answered.

"Prison chamber?" Tirek blinked in surprise. “Dainn kept no prisoners, only slaves."

"It’s Discord sir, Princess Luna is heading out to free him so she can cut Dainn’s magic power in half," the other guard answered to his prodding.

Tirek frown before he open the door, and blinked at the carnage before him.

This was…. to put it lightly… beyond anything he’d ever seen before... in Equestria.  Although this maybe a little less than normal in the Badlands for the more heinous beings running about.

It looked like a small hurricane had made its way through the hall, simply butchering the guards. Almost none were intact. The rear half of one guard lay at the beginning of the hallway, and Tirek realized he couldn’t tell where the other half was. It could have been at the other end of the hall… or, alternatively, it could have  been one of the eyeless, unidentifiable corpses littering the hallway.

He couldn’t tell the difference.

One stallion hung by his throat, impaled on a chandelier. Another had been crushed by a large case that must have been priceless. There was so much viscera scattered all over the hallway that it was impossible not to come out with some blood on you. It was all over the floor… painting the walls…splattering the ceiling….

It was almost impossible to tell what color the walls had once been.

"Impressive." Tirek walked down the hall, ignoring the sounds of his hooves as he stepped on a set of bloody organs.

*Splat*

Tirek turned to see a fully intact body on the ground behind him, he looked up to see a crater on the ceiling. He raised an eyebrow before turning back around to continue his walk.

"I wonder how she managed to keep herself clean from all the blood?"  Tirek mused, seeing the mare rip through caribou and come out spotless.

Probably a spell.

"How could you have fallen for such a trick?!" Luna's voice echoed out from the broken doors.

"Oh I am soooo sorry, I've only been in stone for the past thousand years and only recently been freed," Discord’s irritating voice answered back. "It’s not my fault I didn’t know that they were slavers and looking to enslave Equestria. Besides! You have no right to berate me! I was tricked into thinking I was handed a 'drink of friendship' and encased in this damnable bottle, you fell instead of fighting back and figuring out a plan to overthrow the horny cum stain on the fabric of existence!"

"Enough!" Tirek growled as he stormed in, seeing Luna glaring at the small bottle made of crystal with an even smaller Discord inside it.

"Oh look, its my 'good friend' Tirek!" Discord spat, glaring at him. "How you doing old buddy old pal, backstabbing is still in this season?"

"Please. You already betrayed us once before." Luna crossed her arms as she looked away. "What makes you think you didn't do the same thing again for Dainn? That this is just a way for you to escape justice once more"

Tirek blinked as Discord seemingly erupt in righteous fury. "If I wasn't in this bottle, I would be out there kicking your blue ass all over the world for that! How dare you think I would want this! That I want my dear Fluttershy to fuck animals! I should gouge out your eyes and force feed them to you! I may be a being of chaos, but I have SOME standards! And this! THIS IS DISGUSTING BEYOND BELIEF!"

"Quiet!" Tirek roared out.

"No! You shut up!" Discord cried out, uncaring of the fury in Tirek’s eyes. "I had my magic used in horrible, disgusting, sickening ways I never thought it would be used! You may have the ability to take my magic, but I was a wand to point at and felt every moment of it! So screw the lot of you thinking it was all fine and dandy in this fucking bottle while I felt Dainn use my power to turn the world into some kind of deranged form of Order sexual fantasy and made my friends into little more than toys! That self-centered, unspeakably vile...” he stared at the ground, smouldering in fury. “I DON’T HAVE WORDS FOR HOW DISGUSTING HE IS! IF HE’S TORTURED FOR TWO DAYS STRAIGHT BY EVERYONE IN EQUESTRIA THAT HE FUCKED, IT STILL WON’T APPROACH BEING ANYWHERE NEAR WHAT HE TRULY DESERVES!”

Tirek stared at the tiny draconequus as he seemingly ran out of steam. Tirek looked to Luna, who refused to look at either of them.

"I killed my sister, Discord," Luna whispered, Discord only gave her a tired look.

"I know... Dainn tried to use my magic to bring her back... he got a zombie instead," Discord muttered. "Sorry. AND EVEN THEN, THAT BASTARD STILL-"

"I apologize as well..." Luna turned to him.

"STILL....still..." Discord collapsed, kicking the bottle weakly. “Can we just get on with this story and burn it all to the ground? I can’t stand this world… Every minute I think it can’t get worse, Dainn ups it in depravity! You… you think it can’t get much worse, can you?”

“Well…” Tirek mused.

“I give you half an hour before you see something more sickening than the last thing,” Discord said. “OPTIMISTICALLY!”

[Five months ago...]

"Welcome to the final rounds for the 2nd annual Equestrian Whore Games! We have the returning Champion Whore herself, Spitfire!"

"Disgusting..." Tirek muttered as the large screen showed the black collar mare was being forcibly used by the pegasi around her.

"Stay focused." Pinkamena whispered, nuzzling him as she looked around. "Dainn usually has an orgy with the losers and has a one on one prize for the 'winner'. We can save the winner and the Princesses in one go."

"Have the stallions dropped off their packages?" Tirek made his way up 'King's Viewing Box', Pinkamena gently biting his ear in affection for show...

Or true affection, Tirek wasn’t sure. He pushed the thought away. It didn’t seem important.

"You worry too much, my king," she whispered to him, the seduction laced with every word nearly sent his head spinning.

Yup, affection.

"They know what they are doing." Pinkamena gave a soft sigh as she rolled her hips. "I did train them after all."

"Oh! Looks like the bitch Lightning Dust is trying to take the title Whore champion after last year's upset!" the announcer cried.

“This is wrong on every level,” Tirek muttered. He thought back on the last year, their group swelled from a rebel group to an army. They had hundreds in their group, enough that healers had been run ragged trying to figure out how to extract the black magic from their bodies. Twilight, crazy and broken as she was, had given them the means to extract magic without dragging him to everypony that arrived. The crystal gem she had unlocked a slew of ways to purify a pony of Dainn’s dark, twisted magic. Though he didn’t want to delve too deep into how it worked.

“We're coming up on the home stretch. Oh! That cunt Cloudchaser tripped up Lightning Dust, but, as the stupid cunt that she is, she tripped as well! And there goes the Whore Champ herself! She did it! She won! She is the top whore for the second year in a row!"

"Specialist Cloudchaser deserves rest after this embarrassment. Ensure she and...."

"Bicep?" Pinkamena giggled as Tirek as struggled to remember his name.

“Right. Ensure that they have time for themselves and rest. Two weeks leave in the Castle of the Two Sisters." Tirek ordered, Pinkamena giggling as she nuzzled his cheek.

"I will make sure it happens." Pinkamena said. “They deserve some time off after this.”

"Good. Our slave king is leaving." Tirek noted, watching as dozens of mares were dragged onto the field while Spitfire was taken to get cleaned up. "Lets go."

Luna's body hurt, she weakly open her eyes and saw a familiar golden pegasus.  "Captain..."

"Princess Luna..." Spitfire coughed softly, "Still fighting."

"Yes. I see you are as well." Luna gave a weak laugh, her eyes trained on her sister who laid still. "The same can not be said of my sister. I see you won again."

"Its the only time I get any rest." Spitfire whisper,  squeezing her eyes closed, trying to stop the tears.

Luna watched as the mare rolled up into a ball and began to cry, she looked away, unable to help

*Thud, thud*

Spitfire looked up towards the door, seeing it forced open and a large stallion walk through it with a naked mare being dragged behind him. "Quickly, free them!"

"Another trying to claim myself and my sister for themselves..." Luna said quietly.

"Nope!" A sort of cheerful voice answered, a very familiar one. Luna turned to mare in question with surprise.

"Miss Pie!" Luna blinked in surprise as the mare took out some lockpicks and began to work on her cuffs. "But-"

"I know. I was a red collar, but I got better." Pinkamena hummed as she quickly unlocked hers and jumped to worked on Spitfire's. "And Tirek is leading us to a new revolution!"

"What?!"

“Yeah, Tirek’s back, he’s helping us-”

“Tirek?! He's a monster! He did horrible things in the past, and-”

"Nuh uh! He’s a really nice guy once you get to know him!” Pinkamena said. “Besides…. it’s still nicer than this,” she said disgustedly.

She leaned in close to Luna, a quirky smile on her face. “I know there’s an old saying that goes ‘better the devil you know’... but this is just so awful that I’d be willing to try anything to end it.”

"Plus he is cute as a stallion." Pinkamena sighed as she looked at the unicorn stallion standing behind to her.

“You mean… that’s…” Luna said.

“Yup! Surprise!” Pinkie said.

“Princess Luna,” Tirek said, inclining his head slightly. There was little love lost between them, but if he disrespected her even further, she wouldn’t help them. “Though we may have been enemies, today we face something far worse. Dainn.”

“I don’t trust you,” Princess Luna said after a moment of silence.

“I know,” Tirek said.

“But you are correct. We share a common enemy today,” Luna said. A smile crept up her face. “And, to be honest… I want to give that smug, disgusting, rapist of a faunchild to die screaming, clutching the bloody ruins of his cock.”

Tirek, Pinkie, and Spitfire stared at her for a second.

“What? He deserves to suffer for what he’s done,” Luna said.

Nopony (or in this case, nobody) could argue with that.

Tirek gave a nod of approval before looking over her and Celestia, thoughts on how to approach a subject to them.

So he decided to be blunt about it, like he did with everything else.

"The ponies I saved want me to rule instead of your sister. I am inclined to agree with them." Tirek crossed his arms, Luna looked away at this.

"While I am wary of your rule... no, in fact I worry a great deal. Do you have any idea how to rule a country? Conquering land is easy, holding that land… is significantly less so. It’s not like the Badlands, the ponies revere you now, but try to strong arm them into submission and that army will rise up against you." Luna explained.

Tirek frowned, understanding this before looking to her in a new light. "Then you will help. You shall administer the order and rules of law, I will stand as a powerful figure head while you make sure everything works underneath the glamor."

Luna blinked in surprise at this, finding herself nodding to his dictation.

"Whatever." Spitfire growled as she rubbed her neck, free from the black collar. "Let’s get Celestia and get off this rock."

Pinkamena hopped down to the alicorn who giggled until Tirek stopped her. "She is a Fallen."

"Oh..." Pinkamena stopped, looking to Celestia as she looked up to her and gave a small giggle and latched onto her breast, suckling it like a child.

“Fallen?” Princess Luna asked.

“It’s… a long story and…” Pinkamena stared at Luna, tears in her eyes. “I can’t! No matter how many times, it never gets easier!”

"Take the mare and await the signal." Tirek order her, Pinkamena nodding to his order and gently helped the former Wonderbolt out.

Tirek closed the door, watching as Luna stood up while Celestia remained chained and kneeling, looking up at him happily.

"Cock?"

"Twilight Sparkle is dead." Tirek bluntly told the two. Luna looked stunned at the news, while Celestia only turned around and lifted her ass to him.

"Cock?"

"How?" Luna stared at him.

"I killed her. My General, you know her as Applejack, wanted her to be put down."

“WHY?!” Luna yelled, in fury and sorrow.

“Because, to be honest… she was already dead,” Tirek sighed. “She’d been reduced to roughly the mental level of a child. No drive, no soul, no mind, just wanting to be used as a toy… The same was done with your niece Cadance last week when we infiltrated the Crystal Kingdom."

"N-no!" Luna cried.

"What they did to others... willingly... was too much. Cadance bathed in pools of cum and tortured mares by submerging them in it, not including the scores of stockades she used on black collared mares for simply being black collared mares. Twilight was an act of mercy as she willingly became corrupted, but forcibly corrupted the young drake, Spike, into a lust crazed beast. Even if we let them live, they would been hunted by the dozens of ponies wishing to kill them." Tirek explained. “Though… I doubt they would have been able to live any sort of life after we overthrow Dainn.”

Luna cried, realizing two mares she grew to care about were dead, then suddenly realized what the implications meant.

“Damn Dainn to the lowest pit of Tartarus for this! And… damn us for not doing enough!” she cried.

Tirke watched as the mare broken down, slowly walking by her to Celestia.

"Cock?"

"Putting you out of your misery will bring a peace of mind to many." Tirek opened his mouth up, slowly draining the magic from the alicorn. Luna sniffed as she watched as Tirek drained her sister. His mouth filled with magic before he turned to her and expelled the magic to a stunned Luna.

Luna felt her sister's magic cover her, slowly she felt her wings strain against the binders before they shattered, muscles expanding and feathers growing at an incredible rate. Her sheared horn began to itch before a new one spiraled out, feeling magic once more flowing through her veins.

“If anyone deserves the magic that belonged to your sister,” Tirek said, “It’s you.”

"Thank you..." Luna whispered as she looked down to her sister. "Please...please leave us. I will do the deed..."

"You do not need-"

Luna however was insistent. "Leave. Now," she growled. Tirek fell silent, giving her a nod before he turned and left the room.

Luna looked down at her sister, at her vacant eyes, the expression on her face one of… sadness? Pity? Regret? Hatred? Anger?

It was impossible to tell which dominated her face.

“I’m sorry, big sister,” Luna said, lowering her horn to Celestia’s forehead.

“Where’d the stallion with the cock go?” Celestia asked.

“To a better place, Celestia,” Luna sighed. “To a better place.” She channeled her regained magic through her new horn, letting it flow into Celestia. Luna felt the powerful magic surround her sister's weakened heart and gently squeezed it, stopping her heart in mid pump.

Celestia fell over, limp.

Luna couldn’t open her eyes. Her sister, her only constant friend that had been with her for her immortal life, and now she was gone. No… not just gone. Everything about Celestia had been killed by Dainn, left as this hollow shell.

*BOOM!*

So that was what Tirek had been planning. Explosions rang out  all over the stadium,  shredding through hundreds of caribou… practically vaporizing them.

Good.

With that, Luna spread her wings, preparing to walk out the door and-

The door swung open, Dainn rushing in to grab his slaves. He stared in shock at seeing Luna free and whole once more and the vacant eyed corpse of Celestia. "What?! How!?"

Now, Dainn was many things. Many of which are best left unsaid. ‘Smart’ was not one of them. Neither was ‘Able to read a situation that didn’t involve sex.’ “Get back in your restraints, bitch, you’ll-”

“I don’t have time for this,” Luna snarled as she walked in a wide circle, her horn glowing with intent. "Begone from my sight! "

Luna roared as she let loose a burst of multicolored magic, catapulting him through the door.

He flew backwards, screaming, bracing himself to hit the wall behind him… only to find himself being continuously pushed through, smashing through the stones, his organs almost pulped.

And yet, he continued, flying across the stadium onto the stadium grounds, bouncing tail over teakettle, smashing aside all the 'obstacles' in his path, screaming in pain. Finally, at the other end, lying upside down in a crater in the stadium walls, miraculously alive, as he came to a stop.

“...Owww…” he whispered, then fell down, faceplanting into the ground. Whether by bad luck or by Luna’s interference, his dick landed right on a large, blunt rock.

He screamed in pain.

All around him, everything he’d worked for was coming down. His citizens lay in bloody heaps all over the stadium, holding loved ones and bleeding intensely from gaping wounds, crying and screaming like weak little mares. Much of the stadium was on fire.

He looked up to see a familiar centaur standing an exit, watching as Luna, his most prized slave, walk out with him, along with scores of mares and even a few stallions.

HOW DARE LUNA AND TIREK REDUCE HIM TO THIS?!

“THIS! IS NOT! OVER!” he yelled, one hand over the ruins of one of his eyes. "YOU WILL SUBMIT TO ME, AS IS MY RIGHT, YOU ALL BELONG TO ME!”

Dainn roared in anger as the stadium began to fall apart, trapping him inside.

All across the Cloudsdale, open warfare was waged against the scrambling caribou and brainwashed guards. Luna flapped above them all, showing her might by blasting anypony or any caribou foolish enough to go after her. Tirek laid waste to anything in his path as he watched his army grab black collared mares, stallions using the chaos of battle to kill caribou, and anypony he pointed out to be captured.

“WE! BELONG! TO! NO ONE!” Luna yelled, raising a fist in the air, and the females following her cheered, rising up to fight the intruders in their city.

By the end of the day, the fighting was stopped by the arrival of fresh troops, but the damage was done. While they kept the city, over a quarter of the population vanished, stallions and mares disappearing into the growing army.

There was a thought on the minds of every caribou male: NO! Why would stallions join them?! Couldn’t they see how much happier they were in this position?! Dainn in particular raged at himself as he tried to answer this question, unable to comprehend how stallions could feel that way for mares. Unable to believe that they threw away his magic instead of accepting it.

It was the first true battle that Dainn's supposed army claimed to win, but the amount of dead caribou said otherwise.

It was only the beginning...

Equestria Falls No More

Chapter 6: Equestria Falls No More

[Outskirts of Canterlot, Early Morning, Day of Invasion]

“PONIES OF EQUESTRIA!” Tirek roared. “I understand you have been forced to part with everything since the fall. Since the caribou have taken all that you value. However…. I beg you, lend me magic. Lend me power so I may find the caribou that has so devalued you, and-”

“Kill him!”

“VIOLATE HIM!”

“FLAY HIM ALIVE!”

“BREAK HIM OVER MY KNEE!”

“RIP OFF HIS PENIS, CUT A HOLE IN HIS TRACHEA, AND FORCE IT IN!”

Everyone stared at the pony that had said last one, then shrugged. It wasn’t like anyone was going to defend Dainn, or caribou in general.

“Will we get our magic back?” one unicorn asked.

Tirek pondered this for a moment. It was tempting to lie, and yet… “I won’t take magic from all of you,” he said. “Were I to do that… I would be short many of my finest soldiers. Rather… I wish you to skim off a small portion of your own.”

He owed these ponies, dammit. They’d been beaten far beneath the ground, and they deserved revenge.

On top of that… magic welled up from Equestria, into the ponies. He wasn’t sure where it came from, but the ponies were so inundated with it that they were like kaleidoscopes of color.

As long as they had magic, it could regenerate and still flow i-

That was it. He could drain them now and reach an absolute limit.. or play the long game and become even stronger. On top of that, well… again, he owed them. They’d been stripped of any kind of dignity, and there was no way he was going to do that to them all over again.

"TAKE CANTERLOT BACK! IT IS THE ONLY CITY THAT REMAINS UNDER THEIR CONTROL! IT FALLS AND YOUR REVENGE WILL BE COMPLETE! CHARGE!"

Tirek's army cheered. Even the most traumatized, most shattered victims of the curse seemed to grow somehow, smiles spreading across their faces.

Months ago, they might have disagreed with the sentiment, or been ponies that they would have hated before the Fall.

But now? They had a unified goal. Find the caribou. Give every single one of them the worst death they could.

[Present...]

Discord walked behind Tirek as he marched to the throne room. "So King, what do you want me to do?"

"Go to Fluttershy." Tirek paused, Discord looking frozen at that. "She has been saying your name. It is the only word she has been able to say. Perhaps you could try to help her, or revert some of the stallions that were forced to change into mares. Just stay out of my way."

“Much as I’d like my revenge…” Discord sighed. “Fluttershy needs help after what she’s been through. On top of that, I can’t say we make a good team.”

Discord vanished, leaving him with Luna. He looked to her, nodding to the powerful magic blocking the doors, no doubt Dainn holing up inside.

"If you would do the honors." Tirek stepped back and waved his arm to the door.

"With pleasure," Luna said, her horn flaring in a kaleidoscope of colors before she let loose a blast of pure concussive force, sending the doors flying off their hinges.

Tirek almost wished she hadn’t opened the doors. What awaited inside was a… a… It was more appropriate to a brothel than a throne room!

“He did THIS to your throne room?!” Tirek yelled.

Luna nodded, too angry to speak.

“IS THERE NOTHING HE HOLDS SACRED?!” Tirek roared.

“Don’t make me answer that,” Luna interrupted.

Dainn sat on the throne, two mares sitting next to him, both of them sucking and playing with his cock.

“So… you’ve come,” Dainn said, oozing smarmy confidence. “You think you can take me on? I have conquered Equestria, I turned its most powerful alicorns to toys! You think you can take me?!”

With that, he threw the two mares at Luna and Tirek.

“What th-” Tirek captured both mares, before tossing them to Luna, knowing this was the oldest cheap shot in the book.

Dainn rushed at Tirek, punching him in the gut while he was distracted by the two mares.

“GODS… DAMNED… CHEAP SHOT!” Tirek yelled, and kneed Dainn in the gut.

Tirek rammed both fists into Dainn’s stomach, leaving him staggering.

“PATHETIC!” Tirek yelled. “All that magic, all that power… AND YOU CAN’T EVEN USE IT WELL!” Another punch, knocking Dainn flat on the floor.

“BUT THAT’S JUST TYPICAL OF YOU CARIBOU!” Tirek reared up on his hind legs, and stomped his forelegs into Dainn, in a blow that would crush the abdomen of… virtually anything without all that power, now that he thought about it.

Yet, thanks to  his stolen magic, Dainn would survive. Which was fine with Tirek - Dainn deserved to suffer.

Tirek telekinetically picked him up, grabbed one of his legs and threw him into the floor. “YOU DON’T CARE ABOUT ANYTHING, ANYTHING AT ALL EXCEPT SEX!” he picked Dainn up again, and telekinetically threw him at a wall. “I’M BEGINNING TO THINK!”

He punched Dainn in the face, smashing him into a wall.

“THAT YOU!”

Tirek twisted around, and rammed his back hooves into Dainn, knocking him back the entire length of the room.

“DON’T! EVEN! HAVE! SENTIENCE!”

Tirek charged up a mighty orb of magic between his two horns, and fired it at Dainn. Dainn staggered, trying to raise a shield… only for the orb to flow around the shield, setting him on fire.

“JUST! A!”

Tirek used his magic to touch the shield Dainn was making, and pushed him into the wall with it. He flung Dainn out of the hole in the wall, into a pillar, then flung him into another pillar.

“SEX DRIVE! AND INSTINCTS!” Tirek finished, as Dainn pulled himself from the pillar.

“I am disturbed at how much sense that makes,” Luna agreed, severing the chandelier to the ceiling and sending it plummeting into Dainn’s stomach. “There’s a joke about penetration here… but I feel like I’ve lowered myself enough.”

“Agreed,” Tirek said. “Want me to throw him into a wall?”

“Again?” Luna asked.

“You’re thinking that gets OLD?!” Tirek asked incredulously.

“No, just curious,” Luna said.

Tirek smiled as he dragged the chandelier off Dainn, Luna's own light steps as she walked towards the down caribou, a smile forming on her face as an idea formed.

"Before you destroyed them, I admit to having a problem of going to the...'Arcade'. There was lovely game that involved a small little ball with levers and bells. I loved it for its simplicity..." Luna's horn glowed as she levitated Dainn off the ground. "I wish to play it again...and I believe I found my ball!"

“DAMN YOU!” Dainn screamed, unable to comprehend that a mare, even an alicorn could beat him. “YOU WILL RELEASE ME AND-”

She was not in any mood to listen, throwing Dainn into pillar, and watching him bounce off with a satisfying crack.

“You know,” she said to Tirek, almost conversationally, “When we redo the throne room and burn all these abominable things he calls decoration…. I might want to remodel the room so I can use it as a giant pinball machine.”

“That seems impractical,” Tirek said.

“Nonsense! Have you seen the look on his face?” Luna laughed, ducking as Dainn flew over her head into another pillar.

"That means we have to keep him alive." Tirek deadpanned.

“But it’s so-”

“Luna, no. Think of our obligation to the people of Equestria,” Tirek said. “Can’t let all the other ponies go without some form of revenge…”

“Oh! Alright,” Luna sighed, redirecting Dainn spinning into a wall.

Dainn pulled himself from the wall, grunting as his magic healed his bruised body, his shattered armor breaking off, and falling to the ground in pieces, his sword broken in half, useless to him.

The remaining caribou, his 'elites', burst into the throne room, and Tirek and Luna turned to face them.

“Ah yes, my elites!” Dainn coughed. “You finally came! KILL THESE-”

Sadly for Dainn, he misjudged why they’d come - they’d actually been occupied all over the palace, in skirmishes with ponies. They’d been forced to retreat, assuming their king would be able to save them.

He couldn’t.

They fell in seconds as ponies swarmed them from behind, brutally maiming them and dragging out of the throne room. The mares remaining in the room were carried out, many of the ponies hoping they could be saved.

"Damn you... Tirek. You freak." Dainn spat as he stared at the red Centaur, trying to ignore how several mares behind him were busy having themselves some long-time-coming revenge against their caribou slavers‏.

The Centaur smirked as he looked down to his side, looking to the orange mare, who gripped her sword tightly. He gently patted her back, magic slowly infusing into the mare as she gave Dainn a nasty smile.

"Freak, am I?" The Centaur laughed as he watched the mare leap up and  slam down on top a crawling caribou as she shoved the hilt of her sword into his rear, relishing his high pitched cries. "I am only taking my rightful place as ruler of this land."‏

"I am-"

"A disgrace," the Centaur spat, walking before the caribou and back handing him. "You used magic to spellbind its citizens into your toys instead of taking up the blade and magic for glorious battle. You used trickery and deceit to win against a mare who was worthy opponent to me, and left them bereft of dignity. You are beneath me."

"A mare could never be a worthy opponent! I rule this land! These mares deserved to be put in their place!" Dainn roared.

"You ruled nothing! You knew you wouldn’t have stood a chance against them in a real battle; you and your pathetic excuse of a tribe would lose and be sent scurrying away in the dark. I care not if they were male or female, I only cared for the magic they hold and the fight they will give me!" The centaur smiled sinisterly and he stomped on the down former king‏

"I would have overthrown these ponies when they are at their strongest, instead I will rule them now. Only the strong will survive and those that do will be worthy to live." The Centaur’s horns glowed with power, and Dainn stared up in growing horror as he felt his magic being drained from him. “Those who have had the misfortune of surviving one such as you are very strong, in fact.”

"And I, Tirek, find you lacking either the strength or the charisma. TO ME, MARES AND STALLIONS OF EQUESTRIA! I HEAR YOUR CALL FOR JUSTICE AGAINST HE WHO HAS WRONGED YOU, AND I BEG THAT YOU JOIN YOUR MAGIC WITH MINE SO THAT WE MIGHT STRIP HIM OF ALL THAT HE VALUES, AS HE DID TO YOU!"

His voice was loud enough that it echoed within the perverted, tawdry mess that the throne room had become, shattering every piece of glass within.

It was loud enough to echo through the halls, through all of Canterlot as thousands of free mares and stallions reclaimed businesses and homes that had once been theirs, setting the trappings of the caribou ablaze in great bonfires.

And yet, it was quiet enough that it did not destroy their eardrums.

Tirek could have done it himself. He could have just used his considerable power for the purpose.

But… no, the ponies deserved to make their tormentor experience all that he had made them undergo, tenfold.

A wave of magic pulsed through Canterlot, lines of power glowing through every crack in the streets, every line through bricks, every tree, every window, and for a moment it was brighter than day, blindingly bright.

And yet it felt like a wave to Tirek. A wave on some vast ocean that dwarfed even him, cresting and rushing at him. It pooled around his feet, leaving him shaking as he drew that wave into him, up his torso and into both of his horns…

And he released the power, aiming it directly at Dainn’s crotch.

His penis exploded, blood and hair splattering all over the throne room.

Dainn screamed, clutching the bloody ruin of his prized… well… royal lineage.

“YOU… BASTARD!” Dainn screamed. “YOU FREAK!”

“...Disgusting,” Tirek said. “I had meant for something entirely different, but, well… give the people what they want.”

He felt another wave oncoming.

“Besides, you won’t need it in a couple seconds,” Tirek laughed.

Tirek let the wave flow through him this time, and unleashed another blast at Dainn.

“NO!” Dainn yelled, as he grew somewhat lightheaded. “What… what’re you doing?!”

“I’m told that before the Fall, in Equestria, surgeons would try and make this relaxing,” Tirek said. “However…. nobody really cares about that.”

“What… WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO MEEEEEEE?!?” Dainn screamed. His voice grew higher pitched at the end of his scream.

Then, pain. Exquisite pain that burned every nerve ending, every bone feeling like it had been pulverized with a sledgehammer. Like his muscles were stuck between ever-widening clamps. his muscles atrophied, and he felt himself shrinking ever so slightly.

He felt like his chest and hips were about to explode.

"WHAT’S HAPPENING?!” Dainn yelled, in that sickening, awful feminine shriek.

He looked down to see huge breasts… and realized, to his horror, that they were his own. They were massive, beyond almost anything he had ever seen, so huge he could hear his spine crying out in protest.

“Something…. karmic,” Tirek said. “You always wanted an ideal mare, didn’t you? Too weak to fight back, pretty, dumb as a bag of bricks. Disgusting idea of femininity,” Tirek spat. “So now, you get to be that mare. Have fun.”

Magic crackled between Tirek’s horns. Deep, powerful magic, and suddenly, Dainn was flung through the air, into a waiting crowd of mares.

They stared at him almost hungrily.

He wasn’t going to go down easily; he was King Dainn, damn it! He was not some toy of a bunch of low females!

“Leave me alone, you low dregs! I am your king, and you will bow to me!” Dainn yelled at them. He then realized his voice was a bit higher pitched, and his body felt different.

Dread came over him when he realized Tirek wasn’t bluffing. He had been turned into his own victim, the thing he hated the most.

A female. Not just that, however. A twisted, idealized caricature of a female made freakish for its translation into real life, going from one extreme of the body to another every inch. His breasts were huge, far disproportionate to his figure, and his waist was thin enough to give even a habitual corset wearer pause. His hips were so wide, his legs so thin that he found it a chore to stand up.

Which may have been the point.

He fell to one side, gasping and unable to balance.

The mares and stallions didn’t bow. A few only laughed before they got down to business. Some looked grim. A disturbingly large amount, most of them mares, were smiling.

"No...no stay away from me!" The ponies began to draw closer to the former male, her now terrified eyes filled with utter dread as they all reached out for her.

"NO!"

Epilogue: Equestria Stands

Epilogue: Equestria Stands

[One thousand years later…]

The Fall and Rise of Equestria

By Spike Sparkle

The short-lived rule of Queen Dainn would be remembered not for its briefness, but for its end. It’s perhaps left to the imagination what happened to him, and even the least sanitized history books were skittish about explaining it, though they were very clear that he (or, in context, she) deserved every minute of retribution for what had happened. A curious note was that the thaums were running high in the air, enough that unpredictable magical effects lingered for days afterwards.

Every stallion or mare came back with a different story of the punishment. Some would suffer nightmares remembering the screams of agony, though, upon realizing who it had been visited on, they would abruptly forget their guilt.

There was one thing certain in all the stories told. It was not quick, painless, or merciful. Some said it lasted hours, perhaps days, though how Dainn had survived long enough for it to last hours was a question that most were content leaving unknown.

Equestria would remain free from Slavery or any form occupation, even now we enjoy our freedoms and unity.

Our leader, King Tirek, also known as Tirek the Redeemer, Tirek the Savior, Tirek, Killer of Slavers, would keep Equestria strong and lead to the induction of several countries into his fold the following years.

Due to the Zebra Tribes enslaving ponies that fled to their lands and sending them back into Dainn’s clutches, Tirek laid waste to the Tribal Council as they gathered before him, calling them weak for their refusal to help their allies, instead helping the enemy. Many ponies that survived long enough in the wilds were welcome home as ponies of strength and conviction. One resistance leader, Magnum, was welcomed back to Equestria with open arms - especially by his daughters, Rarity and Sweetie Belle. He conducted open battle and hit and run tactics against Zebra Hunters and saved over two hundred ponies.

The Griffon Kingdom openly defied Dainn, but were slowly losing ground due to the 'Corruption Crystals' that his troops used against their fighters, corrupting all but the strongest of wills and subverting them to Dainn’s cause.  With Tirek openly fighting in Equestria with an army of ponies, Dainn pulled all his warriors from the Griffon fronts to secure his hold on Equestria. After Dainn’s defeat, impressed with their strong convictions and battle tactics, they formed a defensive pact, which over the years slowly had the Griffon Kingdom inducted into Equestria peacefully.

The Badlands and the Everfree were sections of lands that refused to be tamed. Tirek and many ponies took it as a challenge, and set about creating several colonies, not just for resources but to see how they fared against the harshest parts of Equestria. It is rumored that chosen Equestrian Royal Guards were sent there for training to be inducted into the Elite Guards.

The Crystal Kingdom was violently inducted into Equestrian fold, being the first to fall before Equestria’s superior military force. It was not exactly a challenging battle, as the Crystal Empire’s tactics were over a millennium out of date -  but the majority of stallions angry at the death of their Prince caused issues. Nearly half of the population was killed in the opening battle, and the number dwindled to a third due to the amount of Fallen in the Crystal Kingdom.

Princess Luna, the only surviving alicorn princess of the original four, retained her title and was named Minister of Equestria. King Tirek may have been the overall ruler, but it was well known that he had none of the patience required to handle paperwork.

The Paperwork Rampage of ‘67 was the day Princess Luna took a short vacation. It only lasted a day and was called back to find several offices destroyed and King Tirek attempting to fix the offices.

She banished him from ever setting a hoof inside the Administration building, making it the most localized banishment in the history of Equestria, and forbid anypony to give any amount of paperwork beyond signing his name to King Tirek.

Princess Luna was to be known as the true mind behind Equestria’s rule, and King Tirek was known to defer to her judgment on many an occasion where military force would have been counterproductive.

She is also known to fund companies for gaming and entertainment, wishing to keep it alive after it was nearly wiped away in favor of other pursuits due to the Fall.

The Former Elements of Harmony still exist and perform their functions when they first were inducted into the King's armies.

Five years after the Fall and Rise, the Elements along with King Tirek were ambushed with remnants of Dainn's tribes, hidden and gathering troops and allies to strike down Tirek and start a new Fall.

The four Elements, General Applejack, Master Assassin Pinkamena Diane Pie, Captain Rainbow Dash,  and Head Healer and Armorer Rarity Belle used their hidden power to fight off the hundreds of slavers.

The hidden power, sometimes called 'Rainbow Power' or 'Harmony Boost' was used and laid waste to them all.

However, they were ascended due to their strong connections to one another and the power they wielded in the defense of one another. Thus giving rise to a new batch of alicorns to lead ponykind.

Rarity Belle is now Head Doctor of the Canterlot Medical Center and is seen constantly looking in deep magic and other medicinal plants. She also taken up her old love of dress making and giving them to her patients free of charge. She is happily married to Spike Sparkle, Head Archiver of the Canterlot Archives.

Rainbow Dash is Captain of the New Wonderbolts and Captain of the Elite Guards. She is seen constantly sparing with King Tirek or doing drills with the Elite Guards/Wonderbolts. No one is sure when the mare will try out for the Coliseum Tournament and how badly she will win it until the King steps in.

Retired General Applejack lives in Canterlot as Head Captain of the Royal Guard and personal bodyguard of King Tirek. Every year, she goes to Ponyville for the annual Apple Family Reunion as head Matriarch of the Apple family, regaling tales of reunions of the past before the Fall. It is rumored that she is in a relationship with King Tirek.

“Retired” Master Assassin Pinkamena Diane Pie lives on the road, with a special wagon called the Party Wagon and shares happiness wherever she goes. Many assume she is undercover, weeding or securing information on criminals scatter across Equestria and her ally countries. She openly declared her relationship with King Tirek, while he made no attempt to discredit her. The dozens of pictures that showed the mare showing affection to the King in scandalous poses did nothing to refute it either.

Fluttershy died fifty-seven years after the Rise, her mental and physical capabilities severely limited due to her abuse by both magical and physical means. She was nearly left in a catatonic state once she was saved. Discord, Spirit of Chaos, stayed by her side for the rest of her life until she died. Discord could be seen traveling the world, only appearing in Ponyville once a year to visit her grave, occasionally throwing a large party for everyone to remember her.

Former Princess Twilight Sparkle's status in history is in limbo. Do we praise her for her Friendship Reports and her deeds for Equestria before the Fall, or do we demonize her for what she failed to do and how she willingly tortured not only her friends but family as well? Her friends, the remaining Elements, still visit her grave every year, and no one dares to touch it unless they invoke their wrath.

The 'Rainbow Power' or 'Harmony Boost' is a power granted by the Tree of Harmony.

And nopony can receive it willy nilly either.

You have to fit the criteria for it to even consider you viable.

All the Elements could tap into this awesome power, and have done so once before as one. But after the Fall, it was believed to be lost.

However this was not true.

The first to pull up the Power was Applejack with her meeting with King Tirek. She was confident that she could lead her troops into Dodge Junction and take it for themselves. When the King asked if this was true, Applejack fully believed in her ponies and said she honestly believed in them and herself in taking it.

Thus unlocking it for her to use as she transformed before their eyes.

Each Element has a specific ideal to strive for: Honesty, Laughter, Loyalty, and Generosity.

The rest of the Elements unlocked their own power after some soul searching of sorts. However this was worth every struggle as the power gives enormous advantages on the field.

To a unicorn like Rarity, her control became even sharper and the giant magical boost ensured her to save the lives of hundreds, if not thousands.

Earth ponies like Pinkie and Applejack received a more physical change, but also a change of strength and speed along with whatever they are in tuned with. Strength for Applejack, Agility for Pinkie.

Pegasi like Rainbow Dash received the most dynamic physical changes, and a huge boost of speed that made her former unchanged self slow in comparison.

It is unknown what the other two Elements’ change of abilities are, since one died a slave and the other never fully recovered from her ordeal.

Even now as powerful Alicorns, the four remaining Elements can still tap into this power, although there is little reason to do so. Unless King Tirek demands it.

Every year, they tap into the power to spar with the King, if only to ensure they don't lose their ability to call it up.

They once accidently sent King Tirek back to Tartarus, calmly made their way back to Canterlot and told everypony that the King was on vacation. (except Applejack,  who hid in her room to avoid everyone; she has always been an exceptionally bad liar). As it happened, Tirek took it rather well, considering it a fair defeat in a fair fight.

That and he was happy to escape once more, if only to test its defense from escapees.

Princess Celestia went down in history as a divisive figure. While there was no denying her love and care for her country and her subjects, always making sure her ponies were well taken care of, and ensuring diplomatic solutions over violence and striving for peaceful relations between Equestria and the neighboring countries, there were many who realized in hindsight that her soft approach did no favors for Equestria, to the point that many are pointing out just how many times she seemingly threw problems at the Elements and sat by and did nothing.

Many believing that she played with everypony as a Chess Master, moving ponies to the right position to do the most good while there was very little effort on her part.

This seemingly radical theory does hold some water as stories of the Elements have been seen handling things beyond them come to mind, while also explaining how Dainn was able to overthrow all of Equestria in mere hours, not including capturing Discord and taking over the Crystal Kingdom months before he even went for Equestria, and all he did was walk in and beat the sun alicorn in less than ten minutes. Princess Luna was taken down before she even awoke from her slumber.

Many ponies were shocked to see her broken into a red collar just weeks after the Fall, while her sister remained a black collar until her freedom for two years.

The theory also stated that due to her seeing all threats coming she was able to counteract them all, which is why beings like Nightmare Moon, Discord (before Reformation), and Tirek (Before the Fall) were beaten in a day at most. She was unprepared for the caribou invasion and wasn't able to 'throw the problem' at the Elements due them being captured before they could do anything.

This reliance to use the least amount of effort, combined with dozens of other small issues, fractured whatever advantages Equestria had. In which Dainn used to his full advantage to cause Equestria’s Fall in the first place.

Despite clearly having been corrupted by Dainn’s perversion like everypony else, Cadance and Shining Armor nonetheless went down in history as the most hated figures in Equestria’s history, for they opened the door to Equestria’s Fall, and the horrors and depravity that followed for the next two years. While some have argued that they do not deserve the lion’s share of the blame for Equestria’s corruption, these historians have not been taken seriously due to the sheer volume of atrocities that can be laid at Cadance and Shining Armor’s hooves.

What little information that was gathered showed that Dainn may have tricked the Prince into believing that Celestia was going to kill his sister. Given what Twilight had gone through the past few years, it wouldn’t take much for him to believe she’d need protection.

It was not known how the caribou arrived at Kingdom, but the question on why they were even allowed in burns through the minds of most historians.

Dainn used the magic he gained from Sombra's horn to slowly but surely warp their minds, but the arrival of Discord was the final nail in the coffin. Tricking the draconequus into taking a swing from a bottle that had a powerful trapping spell, Dainn now had access to some of the most powerful magics that existed. The tools he needed to overthrow the Princesses and take over Equestria.

The Crystal Heart and Discord himself.

Princess Cadance showed him the secrets to wielding the Crystal Heart before he changed it into the Crystal Cock and spread the perverted magic across the Kingdom, warping the minds of anything within range and not strong enough to resist.

Discord’s magic was used to break minds or change bodies against their will, with Discord forced to perform each spell against his will.

While Dainn was cunning, he couldn't plan his way out of a room with the single door unlocked, and so he used Shining Armor to gather Royal Guards from Equestria and slowly began to spread his control across them all.

By the time of Spring Planting Festival, Dainn fully uprooted Equestria’s defenses and struck when all the Elements, the Princesses, and the citizens while they all had their complete guard down.

The after effects of their betrayal showed as they constantly tortured ponies for sexual pleasure.

Shining Armor had been known to brand mares with hot branding irons and forcibly choke mares until they almost died from lack of oxygen, Cadance always helping in these cases.

Cadance had free reign of torturing mares by submerging them in cum baths and nearly drowning them, happily abusing any mare in her sights and leaving a trail of broken bodies in her wake.

They also made it law that any black collar mare in the Crystal Kingdom was to be used in the stockades and used for public use or raped on arrival for several hours until placed with their masters.

Cadance’s death near the start of the War for Equestria came as a shock when she was found one morning hanging from the main balcony of the Crystal Palace, mutilated nearly beyond recognition. She had been tortured for hours on end, eviscerated, one of her eyes was missing (later determined to have been pulled out of its socket), nearly every bone broken (and from what coroners could determine, rehealed with magic to be broken again), and covered in burns and cuts.

Shining Armor met his death at the end of the war at the hands (or rather legs, if one wishes to be technical) of Rainbow Dash, his body charred to a crisp by yours truly. The less said on that, the better.

They were both great ponies; Shining was like an older brother to me, Cadance like a surrogate sister alongside Twilight… yet I find that I can’t forgive them for what they did.

I don’t think anyone should.

Author’s note: Though it’s been over a millennium for me and my wife, we both carry deep scars from those horrible two years to this day.

I still wake up from nightmares, seeing images of Twilight pointing a giant crystal at me so I can change back into that… thing. Over and over. I can still see myself abusing dozens of ponies, even Rarity.

Rarity always told me that I never hurt her, even when I was a brute. That my love for her transcended the black magic to protect her the best I could. Maybe some of that is true, and yet… I doubt it more than I should. I know that I would rather not ask, though. Some things are better left unknown.

But we are strong now, thanks to our King. Tirek... used to be known as Tirek the Terrible, did you know that?

Sometimes he grumps that nothing interesting happens any more, until Pinkie shows up out of nowhere and drags him off to his room. Some ponies think it’s sex, but last time I heard them in there, it sounded like a battle instead. Maybe even both.

But most of the time, he just sits and stares into space, I can see that haunted look in his eyes. The Badlands were rough, but I think Dainn showed him a new low that a being can get to and I think that scared him. That he could have been like Dainn if the circumstances were just right.

Honor is a big thing for him, even if he was an evil warlord.

I think he is waiting, he is waiting for the next big bad to show up and lay waste to everything. He wants that final battle to end all battles, to actually do something worthwhile.

To leave a legacy.

But he already has.

He made us strong.

Stronger than we have ever been before. We have several alicorns that know how to fight instead of a couple that play chess with lives, or are only book smart, and can control emotions.

We have ponies and griffons that spar every morning to remain strong. We have weapons that can pierce beings from miles away. That we can unite as one against a common enemy.

He wants to face a battle that may kill him.

But we won't let that happen.

He is Tirek.

Tirek the Savior.

Tirek the Redeemer.

Tirek, Killer of Slavers.

He is our King, and he will not be alone in that battle.

Vengeance Takes Flight

Chapter 3: Vengeance Takes Flight

[Present...]

Tirek stomped up the stairs, past the broken gates only to see a powerful shield blocking the entrance to the rest of the castle.

"Shining Armor, you fucking bastard! Drop this shield so Ah can beat you some sense into you!" Applejack roared out as she slammed her claymore into the shield wall, along with a dozen other ponies blasting or smashing against the shield.

Tirek looked beyond the shield to see Shining Armor, the original victim of Dainn's black magic. Tirek eyed him, taking note of the full corruption in his body.

"He is beyond saving, General!" Tirek called out, all the ponies stepping aside to give him space. Applejack’s face morphed into one of fury as she glared at him.

"Come out here so Ah can skin ya then!" Applejack growled as she hit the shield again.

"All of you ponies!" Shining Armor called out, glaring at them all, his Crystal Guards by his side as they help feed the shield. "Lay down your arms and surrender now. All mares that do so will be granted a red collar and an easy life; those that don't will be punished to be purple collars. Every male here has forfeit their right as males for siding against your brothers for the toys and slaves. Surrender peacefully and you will be granted the same right as the mares. Don't, and you join the purple parade!"

Tirek growled as he stomped up to the shield, glaring down at the foolhardy stallion. "You do not command my army, I do. I remember you, taking your magic was quite pleasing, seeing you trying to fight without was very amusing."

"Dainn will take great pleasure in breaking you, Tirek," Shining Armor growled as he lean close to his shield. "Dragging you to him will give me more mares than I can count."

Tirek leaned down, a smile on his face as he looked down at him. "How can you drag anything, when a mare will be too busy kicking your ass?"

Before Shining could shoot back a retort, Tirek stepped back and to the side, a blinding flash of light filling the hall before something slammed into the shield and shattered it with complete ease.

There were many things that had been suggested about Rainbow Dash on account of certain… characteristics of hers. The caribou had bought into all of them, and varyingly tried their hands at certain conversion therapies or “correcting” her. Whether they were right about this or not didn’t matter to the caribou. They were, after all, intensely stupid, brutal, violent beasts with only “FUCK” and “SUBJUGATE” on their minds, so singleminded that they would have made all the carnivores of Equestria’s history look like fluffy little puppies by comparison.

The less said on that subject, the better.

On top of that, to some ponies, the tortures that Rainbow had been put through would have made being baked alive into cupcakes seem downright pleasurable. If not a relief. However, one thing kept Rainbow Dash going on, to soldier on through the pain.

Revenge.

Empowered by her magical armor, Rainbow punched into one caribou’s mouth,  exploding the top of his head, sending the top of his skull flying off into the distance. She kicked another caribou, shattering his pelvis and reducing his penis to a pulped ruin. He fell to the ground, screaming and clutching the bloody hole where his rather unimpressive pride and joy had once been.

This was so much better than any pleasure the caribou had claimed to be visiting on her. Whoever said that revenge just caused two graves was an idiot, this revenge was gave her life meaning and fulfillment.

She ducked to the ground, her leg sweeping along the ground and knocking a caribou down, his head bouncing against the cobblestone. She then stomped on his groin, then his throat.

There were six left. Slipping into a boxer’s stance, she danced from side to side, hoping the caribou in front of her would be distracted by the movement of of her body. She hated how her body looked, thanks to the caribou and their perverted desires.  Her breasts had swelled in size, rivalling Rarity’s before the Fall, and her hips had also grown in size. She liked having a flatter chest and being somewhat smaller, dammit--it was much more of an athlete’s build, and her larger-breasted friends frequently screamed, “OH GOD, MY CHEST IS ON FIRE!” while running. Rainbow was just glad her waist stayed the same and her flexibility wasn’t at all affected by the changes.

Still, she had to get used to her new body, and didn't mind the changes all that much now. Plus, caribou were horny to the point that every decision they made was influenced mostly by their sex drive, and changing her body just gave her another weapon to use against them.

Rainbow leaned forward, squeezing her breasts together and holding up a single finger and signal them to come to her. "Come on, big boys, like what you see?"

The caribou paused, their eyes trained on her breasts and seductive pose. One smirked to the others and swagger over to her. "See, this bitch knows her place."

Rainbow gave a feral smile as she spread her wings and jumped up and lashed out with a devastating kick, shattering the the caribou’s neck with a single blow. "Ha ha! Loser! Come on! Let’s see how you do against me now that I’m not chained up and turned into your goddamn fucktoy!"

“BUT HOW?!” one caribou yelled.

“Mother of Celestia, you’re stupid!” Rainbow Dash laughed, flying at him and twisting in midair. She kicked him in the face, spinning around, held aloft by her wings.  None of the caribou were willing to touch her, rightly concerned that the spinning vortex of red, orange green, yellow and purple would shear off one of their limbs.

Finally, she directed one punch into the caribou, and it went through his chest, shattering his ribcage. She landed on the ground, then jumped up, kicking yet another caribou in the face, using her wings to hold her aloft again.

She grabbed one caribou around the neck, her feet bouncing from face to face as she twisted around, her hands in a death grip on the caribou’s neck. Then, with one powerful kick, she thrust herself up and around, snapping the caribou’s neck and falling down on his body, lying on the floor.

The caribou around him stared at her, confused.

And then she ripped a knife out of a holster in his armor, throwing it into one caribou’s throat. It was an instant death, blood spurting out of the wound.

“YOU KILLED MY FRIENDS!” one caribou yelled, rushing at her, and punching her….

Only for her to block his punch with her wrist.

His blows pitifully impacted her wrists. Thanks to the armor, however, they felt as if they had less power or weight behind them than raindrops. On top of that, with her slipping from side to side, the caribou was virtually unable to land a straight punch. As soon as he started to stare, she punched him in the throat. He gurgled, coughing up blood, and then she kneed him in the groin. She probably didn’t need to do that, but it was almost therapeutic.

With another magic-infused punch, she crushed his windpipe. Another caribou was coming at her. She ducked behind the one with the crushed windpipe and threw him at the charging caribou, stunning them, then stomped on the caribou’s skull, concentrating her magic around her heel. There wasn’t much left of his face afterwards.

Then, unfurling her wings (oh by the Maker it felt so good to to do that again!) she grabbed one and flew upwards, then dropped down, spiking him into another caribou, impaling him on his antlers.

Another caribou, stunned by the brutality she was performing before shaking the shock off, rushed at her. She stepped to the side at the last minute, tripping him and letting him smash to the ground, his antlers worsening the fall. Then, planting her foot on his back, she grabbed the antlers and pulled, snapping his neck.

“And as for you!” she yelled, flying at the last one.

“I surrender!” he screamed. “Mercy!”

Rainbow Dash stopped to considered his surrender.

For all about half a second.

Doing a midair shrug and grabbing him from the back, suplexing him into the ground and ramming his antlers into the cobblestones.

She wasn’t done.

“THIS! IS FOR! EQUESTRIA!” she screamed, picking him up and flying ever-faster along the road. caribou gaped at the blue and rainbow-colored blur as they picked up speed, and the caribou became closer and closer to the ground…

“No no no no pl-”

For a moment, he was spared further suffering as she saw another patrol, heading for another squad of rebels. The caribou had… disturbingly hungry looks.

Oh hell no. If anyone had to undergo their disgustingness once more, it would be too many.

“It’s your lucky day, kid!” she yelled, pulling up off the ground after having ground off most of his face, and a couple layers of skin on his chest. She aimed for the caribou.

“Here, catch!” she yelled, and threw him into their midst. Her aim was true, and his antlers speared through two caribou.

“...Oh no,” one of them whispered, seeing Rainbow Dash flying into at all of them, gathering speed, a look that might have been happiness on her face.

“YEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-” she yelled.

The rainboom’s mushroom cloud annihilated the street, just barely missing the rebels. Rainbow Dash stood in the middle of it all as blood rained down, forming in puddles on the street.

She stood up with a smile.

She didn’t like killing that much. But murdering the caribou? Well, that just felt like pest control.

Yeah, she was going to sleep easy after all this.

"Captain Dash!" She turned to see Cloudchaser flying to her.

"Cloudchaser!" Rainbow hugged the mare the moment she got close, before taking a look around. "Where's Bulk?"

"He is getting some medical attention. King Tirek says its time to unload your 'Party Trick' now." Cloudchaser reported. Rainbow smiled viciously at that, wings beating once to get Rainbow to the castle.

Rainbow arrived in time to see the army swarming the castle grounds, the grand doors that once welcomed diplomats and guest were now shattered, and yet the army seemed to stall. Her sharp eyes took note of a familiar color shield, the same shield that stopped her escape when Equestria fell.

Rainbow growled in anger, feeling her rage skyrocketing.

"Shining Armor..." Rainbow growled.

[One year ago...]

"How is she?" A security guard asked as he watched the stallion carried the mare with him, the mare trailing her hands over his chest and back, moaning into his neck.

"She is quite eager, but I like a little fight in my mares," the red unicorn stallion with the black mane commented, grunting somewhat as the mare seemingly began to slam harder. "Very eager."

"Ha! Well, welcome to the Red Collar Schoolhouse, watch your step, some of these mares are squirters," the guard cautioned him as he opened the doors to allow the master and slave through.

The stallion smiled as he walked by, the mare still burying her face into his neck as she continued to please her master. The guard only shook his head before going back to his newspaper.

"Damn, these stories are really lacking a good orgy." He blinked as he heard a door close and lock itself. He looked up to see a cloaked figure walking towards him, a smile forming on his face as the mare dropped the cloak revealing a racy set of lingerie. The mare smiled as she straddled him, pressing her generous sized breasts in his face.

"Hello beautiful... You want a stallion cock for your- mph!" He gave a groan as her firm breasts covered his face, which was certainly nice. But as he tried to pull back for air, the mare to wrap her arms around his head, holding him tightly against her body. The guard’s eyes widened when he realized she was trying to smother him.

"Shh..." the mare shushed him as he tried to throw her off, failing miserably.  "All will better soon enough. Sleep little colt, sleep."

"We're through." Tirek whispered, his eyes trained on the left side of the hall, seeing the dozens of mares in small cages. He gave a small grunt of pleasure, but annoyance reigning through his mind. "You didn’t have to be so eager you know."

"Oh Ah'm so sorry, we are only walking into the heart of a slave camp," Applejack growled back sarcastically, her face flushed as she felt the transformed centaur inside her. "Excuse me if Ah felt like Ah should at least look convincing."

"Just... just find your friend." Tirek muttered back.

It had been several months since the two met and formed a partnership. That changed once they began to take in other ponies, changing from a partnership to a rebel group. Their small camp swelled to a group of fifty free ponies, living deep in the Everfree.

Tirek realized early on that something was happening to him. He began to take up a mediation, sometime sticking to the shadow and away from the others. However for every pony he freed, stray thoughts began to form about his General and Assassin.

He felt like his own body was rebelling against him, all the years of suppressing his sexual urges in favor of might and magical strength now working against him.

So when they got word of Rainbow Dash's location, Tirek formed a plan to go in, buy the mare, and walk out. Unfortunately their plans were dashed when they realized the stallion in charge of the slave shop would only sell mares for ridiculous amount of bits, unlike other slave shops. Though given the mares coming out of the shop were similar to models instead of normal everyday mares, it was to be expected.

Applejack came up with a plan, one that Tirek absolutely stood against.

Tirek despised weakness, it wasn’t the plan that he was against, it was his current predicament that made him feel like a weak link.

Tirek hated being perceived as weak.

Applejack then attempted to get one of the other males if Tirek wasn’t willing to “lower” himself to do the deed. This caused Tirek to see literal red and gave the most threatening and death dealing glare he could muster to the group of stallions, cowing them from volunteering. Tirek finally agreed and proceeded to work with the plan, the moment he was alone however, he proceeded to mentally rip himself apart on his conduct and quickly rebelling body.

Tirek knew he was going to regret this rescue mission.

"Ah don't see her." Applejack murmured as she looked to her side.

"Damn it." Tirek growled as he reached the ornate doors. He paused, feeling his body eager to have the mare in his arms. He gritted his teeth in anger as he tried to ignore it.

"What's wrong?" Applejack whispered.

"My General is above this," Tirek growled, "To play this part, you have to degrade yourself onto me."

"Upset that yer gettin some?" Applejack pulled back, looking at him incredulously.  "That's a first."

Tirek looked away, a frown on his face. Applejack gave a tired sigh, annoyed how Tirek seemed to look off these past recent days. She gave a frown as she cupped his face to force him to look at her. "Hey... keep it together. Can't let the ruler of Equestria fall in this cesspool. Ah don’t think it’s easy to drag yerself out of it."

Tirek closed his eyes, nodding his head. "Are you ready?"

"Don't ya worry about me, now." Applejack said, a grin forming on her face. "After all this time working together, Ah say you're a better choice than some nervous stallion. As for doing... you know... stuff. Ah can handle that too."

Tirek open his eyes, a look of confusion on his face as Applejack looked away before leaned back down and hid her face in the crook of his neck. "Mah brother has a hard time being around me, we had to play the part or we’d have been in a lotta trouble."

Tirek scowled, holding her tighter against his body, a strange feeling falling over him.

No, not strange, familiar. Just not something he would normally label.

Possessive. He was possessive of this being in his arms.

"Come on. Let's get this over with." Applejack murmured.

Tirek nodded his head and push open the doors. He took one look at the room and all desire to leave was at an all time high.

The room was filled to the brim of sexual toys and figurines. The very chairs and tables appeared to depict mares in servitude poses, their faces carved for them to appear as they enjoyed the awkward and painful looking poses. Several mares were hanging in cages, moaning as the toys stuck inside to pleasured them to their peak. While two guards stood by the doors, both of them having two mares at their hooves licking their cocks with gusto.

"Ah! You are Tire Kick, are you not?" A pegasus stallion said happily, getting up from his seat and shaking his hand. "My name is Stellar Clouds, proprietor of this fine establishment. I received your letter early this morning! Come! Sit! Lets talk business. "

Tirek hesitated slightly, Applejack nuzzling his neck  before she pulled herself off of him and took her place underneath the clear glass table, awaiting for Tirek to take his seat. Tirek swallowed as he seated himself, pulling himself closer to Applejack, closing his eyes from pleasure as she gently grasped his member and slowly began to lick it, cleaning her mare juices from his cock.

"I see you have a well-trained mare." Stellar smiled, seeing Applejack through the table. "She knows her place well."

"Y-yes." Tirek open his eyes, focusing on the task before him, trying to ignore how Applejack was gently sucking on his balls. "She was always quite eager, even before the caribou."

"Lucky you." Stellar reached down, gripping Applejack's hips and began to pull her rear towards his own eager cock. "Now if you don’t-"

ZAAAP!

Applejack’s eyes widened as she looked up to see Tirek's horn glowing with killing intent, his hands slowly cracking the glass table in his grasp. Stellar remained frozen, a smoking hole in the wall behind him. The guards were still trying to pull the mares off their cock when Tirek spoke.

"No other cock shall defile her. She belongs to me!" he growled, reaching down and placing his hand on her head, forcing the mare back into sucking. "Understand? "

"Y-yeah... sure whatever. No touching. Gotcha ya,"  Stellar stammered out, waving the guards away.

Applejack blushed as she continued her sucking, and caressing, embarrassed that Tirek willingly did that to defend her from more despicable acts being performed onto her. She also hated to admit that compared to other suckings she had to endure in the past, this was the nicest. Feeling his rough hand on her head, his fingers running through her mane, and his cock didn't taste all that bad either as she licked up a dollop of precum.

"Y-yes, now what was I saying?" Stellar rubbed his neck, "Ah yes! Down to business. Now then, you sent a letter to me asking for a black collar mare, correct?"

"Yes," Tirek answered, leaning back to rub his chin with his free hand while the other rubbed Applejack’s ear, causing her to give an involuntary moan, her face to flush deeper red. "I realized I like a little fight in my mares, and rumor has it you take in the more troubled ones."

"I see. Well, you do know I have plenty of red collar mares for-" Stellar started, only for Tirek to slam his fist on the table.

"Do you not see the eager mare sucking my cock like her life depends on it?" Tirek growled, pointing to Applejack. Applejack, playing her part to the fullest, shoved herself fully onto his cock before looking up at them both with an eager look.

Tirek felt something snapped,  causing him to secure his hold on Applejack's head. He looked down at the powerful mare, watching her eyes flutter closed. Tirek gently pulled the mare off his cock, her mouth open with drool and precum dripping from her mouth. He felt his body began to heat up, his desire to stuff the mare's open mouth growing with every second.

"I want a mare fight me as I take her dignity. And you have the toughest ones," Tirek growled as he stuffed the kneeling mare's mouth once more.

"I see. Well then, I do have some black collar mares in the back," Stellar commented, thinking on the price, "I have the perfect one in mind. Just finished modifying her body."

Tirek pulled off Applejack, waving his hand to the door. "Then by all means, show me."

"Of course. Follow me." Stellar led Tirek and Applejack through the back door, Applejack trailing behind him in a submissive posture.

The guards gave a sigh of relief and quickly grabbed the mares and began to have fun. They hated when a customer was on site, they had to show that they were professional, even when your cock was being sucked.

Neither mares or stallions saw the doors open a crack and several small orbs rolled in. The balls silently released a powerful knock-out gas, and within minutes all the occupants passed out.

Pinkamena walked in, uncaring of the lingerie she wore, her face wrapped in the cloak. She walked around, binding all the ponies, before she turned to the back door.

She pulled down her scarf, a large smile on her face.

"Here we are." Stellar opened the door, and both Tirek and Applejack hid their disgust at what they saw.

Rainbow was on her knees, a funnel stuff into her mouth, dried cum on it and her body. Stellar slapped her, waking the beaten mare from her sleep.

"Wakey, wakey." Stellar sang, tracing his finger across her tits. "Are you still hungry?"

Rainbow only glared at him, the fury in her eyes was so hot that Tirek mentally took a step back.

"Still fighting I see." Stellar clicked his tongue, lightly slapping the side of her face, gripping her face and showing him Tirek. "Your new master will love you."

Rainbow glared at Tirek, only for her eyes to open wide when saw Applejack standing behind him. Applejack, hidden from Stellar's view, gave a confident smile and wink.

"We’ve been training her to drink cum," Stellar stood up, a smirk on his face. "She has been fighting it but she always failed. How about this, give her a drink of your stuff. I'll be back later with the paperwork."

Stellar walked to the door, winking at Tirek then looked to Rainbow. "Enjoy your meal, Rainbow."

The moment the door closed, Applejack immediately raced to Rainbow and began to undo her bindings. "Rainbow! Thank Luna you’re here!"

"Mph!" Rainbow looked to Tirek, suspicion clear in her eyes as Tirek was completely focused on Applejack,  his body twitching while a look of self loathing becoming more and more apparent. "Mph-Applejack, watch your back!"

"What are you-!" Applejack eyes widen as she felt powerful arms wrap around her waist and lifted her away from Rainbow. "What in tarnation?!"

Applejack found herself being laid on a table, Tirek looming over her, his impressive cock laying against her mound. She looked up to him, about to rip into him, falling silent as Tirek growled in anger.

"Damn you!" Tirek growled, his face close to her own. "Why couldn't you be weak!"

Applejack placed her hand on his face and shoved, only moving him an inch. "What are you yakking about?"

"This..." Tirek gritted his teeth, "This cursed magic is affecting my body. But I would never accept just any female."

Applejack eyes widen in realization, "You mean-"

"Yes!" Tirek eyes filled with pure loathing. "I may have never laid with a female in my desire for power, but I only respect strength."

Tirek pushed forward, causing Applejack eyes to close shut at the pleasure. Tirek buried his face into her neck, groaning at the pleasure he felt. "Damn you."

Applejack panted as Tirek began to thrust, her arms wrapping around his neck. "Why... why didn't you...you say anything?"

"Its a weakness..." he pulled back, his thrusts becoming more powerful, Applejack giving a low moan at each thrust. "It was a weakness I felt I could conquer."

"Yer an idiot." Applejack moaned, her eyes giving him an annoyed glared. "We could have helped you!"

"I don't need help!"

"Yeah, because you are doing such a swell job at it!"

Rainbow stared at the two in confusion, her face flushed in embarrassment in realization. "They're having angry sex... what in the pits... Hey! Continue your rutting later! Get me out now!"

Tirek and Applejack ignored her in favor of arguing. "I had it under control!"

"No you do not! Look at what you are doing right now! Maybe Pinkie would have been better if she came instead!"

"She is as much in the same boat!"

"You are attracted to Pinkie too!"

"Her assassination skills are impressive!"

"Only you would find fighting and killing hot!"

"I said skills, not death and corpses. Both of your skills and strengths are desirable in the Badlands, your bodies are plus."

"Fine. Ignore me." Rainbow grouched, still trapped in her bindings. "Go ahead. Have sex. See if I care."

Tirek continued to pump into Applejack,  who continued to berate him for his stubbornness. Rainbow felt like she should call Applejack out on this, but knew she would be ignored.

"Your pride is going to kill ya!" Applejack crossed her arms under her breasts, her face flushed as Tirek continued venting his frustrations out.

"My pride is all in tatters now, so excuse me for not caring," Tirek moaned before burying his face into her chest, feeling his cock was about to erupt. "Curse my weakness! "

Applejack moaned with Tirek, feeling her womb being filled with his cum, she wrapped her arms around his head, rubbing his head in understanding. "Don't you worry about it, you should have came to us when it was becoming a problem."

Tirek mumbled into her breasts, hating the fact that they felt nice to rest on. He also realized something else.

For the first time in months, his body felt fine. No burning ache or feeling the dark magic that plagued him. He pulled himself up, seeing the annoyed mare looking back at him.

"What? Hoping for another round?" Applejack scowled, only for Tirek to pull away with a look of confusion. "What's wrong?"

"The deviant magic... its...gone?" Tirek blinked in surprise as he looked down at himself. Applejack pulled herself up from the table, a frown on her face.

"How’d that happen?" Applejack asked.

"Who cares?!" Rainbow yelled, "Just get me out of here!"

"Wha-" Applejack blinked in surprise, a blush forming on her face. "Darn it! Sorry Rainbow!"

"Oh it’s fine! Go ahead and have raunchy angry sex with your stallion over there and forget why you are here." Rainbow growled as Applejack began untie. "Must be a real winner if you willing to let him go all 'alpha stallion' on you."

Applejack blushed brightly at this, while Tirek looked down at his body before snorting in annoyance.

"I tired of this form." Tirek closed his eyes to concentrate,  Rainbow looked at him to ask what he was talking about before Tirek began to shift and change back into his regular form, causing Rainbow's jaw to drop.

"What the pits!? Applejack that's-"

"Ah know who it is!" Applejack snapped at her, "Keep yer trap shut before you bring the guards."

"Diane should have taken care of the problem," Tirek remarked, popping his neck.

"How you feeling?" Applejack asked as she undid Rainbow's leg bindings.

"Clear headed, clarity without the haze of lusts binding my eyes to you or Diane," Tirek answered as he swung his arm. Applejack adopted a thinking pose for a moment before answering.

"Maybe... well I am not unicorn like Twilight, but maybe yer body has figured out a way to get rid of the magic. You come from the Badlands right?" Tirek nodded his head. "Well, from what I heard, Badlands is like the Everfree, full of wild magic that caused all sorts of problems for the unwary."

"All true. Perhaps what you say has some truth to it." Tirek nodded his head, then looked down at his body with a scowl. "Only wished it found another way to get rid of it. But that is in the past. It is no longer an issue."

Applejack raised an eyebrow at him as she freed the last binding and took a step back. "You do realize that in order to get strong again, you have to take magic right?"

Tirek blinked at this before cursing, Applejack patting his chest as she walked by him. "Come on, let’s get out of here while we have the chance."

She open the door, only to see Stellar stand there with his hand raised to open it. He stared at the two mares and large centaur standing in the room with shock.

For a long minute, no one said anything as they stared at one another. Finally Stellar opened his mouth to yell, only for Applejack to slam her fist into his stomach, causing his lungs to expel the air from the blow. Tirek grabbed the stallion, opening his mouth to drain the magic from him, then snapped his neck with ease and throwing the corpse to the side.

Rainbow walked over and kicked him for good measure, a satisfied smile on her face.

"Dashie!" Rainbow turned and found herself engulfed in a pair of breast and strong arms.

"Mph! " Rainbow looked up to see Pinkie with straight hair and tearful face.

"Dashie, are you okay?" Pinkamena pulled away, looking her over.

"Pinkie? But I thought-"

"She got better." Applejack said, turning to the pink mare. "Everything secured?"

"All stallions and red collars are tied down." Pinkamena reported.

"Good." Tirek stalked past them. "Let’s see who is fighting and who fell to corruption."

"Wait!" Rainbow called to the three. "There are more in the back, this area is just a display for any caribou or stallions coming in to see what sicko training that bastard has. Most of the mares were with me, trying to escape before we were captured."

Tirek looked at all the mares with a frown on his face, his gut telling him something was wrong.

"What's wrong?" Applejack asked, causing Tirek to give look at the mare in question.

"You become too perceptive of my moods and thoughts lately," Tirek said quietly, causing Applejack to snort.

"Ah am your General, am Ah not? Have to know what the king wants is my job. Even if he is a stubborn ass." Applejack crossed her arms, the shirt she took off one of the guard covering some of her modesty, not that she cared, she was used to not having anything on.

It was Tirek that insisted on her wearing it, both her and Pinkie.

He is really confused. Applejack mentally smirked as Tirek closed his eyes. "What is it?"

"Look at the number of mares before us. Thirty strong." Tirek waved his hand to the mares as the picked their way through the warehouse for anything they can use or dragging red collar mares before him.

"So?"

"When was the last time you heard a hunter group come in groups of a hundred strong and Shining Armor himself? For a rumored group of five or six." Tirek whispered, causing Applejack to stare at the group with suspicion.

"You think they have a plant?" Applejack muttered under her breath, Tirek nodding to her question. "How do we find her then?"

"Easy..." Applejack looked up to see Tirek's eyes glowing with power. "Look for the one who is no longer fighting."

"Alright girls, gather around!" Rainbow called out, the mares excitedly gathered around the rainbow-colored mare. "We're free once more and we can thank my friends Applejack and Pinkie."

*cough*

"Yeah, yeah." Rainbow rolled her eyes at the centaur. "And Tirek, horny bastard."

"Thank you."

"Whatever. So listen up! We are going to be heading outta here in the back of these cargo wagons after they finish up with their thing." Rainbow said with a smile, causing all the mares to cheer. "We're free!"

Applejack stepped forward, looking at Rainbow with concern, Rainbow forced a smile but she was worried.

Both of them told her their theory on her group's captured. She didn't want to believe them, that she trusted the ponies before her, but it has happen before and Rainbow didn't want get captured and go through that torture again.

"Alright, listen up!" Applejack called out. "Tirek here is going to take a good look at you, see if you are ready for the trip. So stand still for a second."

Tirek walked down towards them, his eyes glowing a soft yellow as he looked over the group. For a long minute, the mares stood silently, blushes on their faces as the large centaur passed them, feeling somewhat conscious of their naked forms.

Tirek paused, his eyes trained in the center of the group. He turned and began to stalk towards his target. The mares part before him until he stopped in front of a large mare.

She was fit looking earth pony, muscles from working on a farm, and a hard look in her eyes as she looked up to him. "What?"

"No way!" Rainbow rush to his side. "Green Haze can't be the one!"

"Can't be what?" Green Haze looked a little concern at Rainbow's words.

"Rainbow..." Applejack grabbed her by the arm, but Rainbow pulled away.

"She helped me escape! She helped dozens of mares willing to escape! Why would she-" Rainbow started, only for Tirek to cover her mouth his hand.

"Should I tell them, or do you wish to do the honor of telling the truth of the matter?" Tirek asked quietly, leaning down close to her. "I know what you are."

Green Haze took one look around her before she lashed out and punched Tirek in the face, though he hardly flinched from the blow. She bolted for the exit, only to cry out when a dagger lodged itself into her leg, causing her to collapse.

"Good work Diane." Tirek rumbled, his hand gently guiding the stun pegasus to the down mare. "She is the traitor, Rainbow. She is full of corruption but plays the part of a black collar. And she plays it well."

"N-no..." Rainbow whispered, "Green... why?"

"Because we are nothing more than pleasure holes waiting to be filled," Green gritted out. "I used to be called a deviant because of all the orgies I held before the Fall. After the Fall, I was able use my body to get what I always wanted. Cocks and cum as long as I was willing to open my mouth and legs for it. And I wanted it so badly. When I found out that you black collar bitches were defying our masters, I came up with a plan to weed you all out. Master was so happy with the plan that he gave me to the Hunters to use."

Rainbow and the other mares looked at Green Haze with horror and disgust, Green Haze uncaring as she thought back with a smile. "They used me... oh how I loved being filled with their cocks whenever they caught us. How I rubbed it their faces that I was a traitor and loved being a slave. I even helped rape former stallions, enjoying their screams as they were put in their place-!"

"RAGH!" Rainbow threw herself at the down mare, tackling her into the ground. She straddled her began land blows on her face. "YOU SELFISH BITCH! HOW COULD YOU!? HOW COULD YOU BETRAY US FOR SOMETHING SO STUPID!? YOU BETRAYED US FOR SEX?! YOU HURT SO MANY PONIES FOR A TASTE OF COCKS AND A FANTASY WORLD!?"

"IT WAS WORTH IT!" Green screamed back, blocking the blows the best she can. "SEEING THE LOOK ON THEIR FACES AS THEY RESIDE INTO THEIR PLACE AS PLEASURE-ACK!"

Rainbow began to choke her, tears streaming down her face. "I trusted you! We trusted you!" Green Haze began to fight back, her earth pony strength slowly overcoming Rainbow... Until Tirek stepped above her. Green Haze looked up in horror as Tirek open his mouth.

"You do not deserve the magic you have," Tirek said, taking the time to take her magic from her. "A warrior chooses fight. A slave obeys and gives into weakness. You have proven yourself to be a slave... and slaves do not deserve magic."

"N-no! Stop! " Green Haze cried out as her strength left her, Rainbow slowly pushing her weakening her arms aside and wrapping her hands around her neck. "M-m-mercy!"

"No! Die!" Rainbow began, her eyes wide with fury, "You are a traitor and deserve to be rewarded as such, you bitch!"

Green Haze choked, her eyes wide and tears streaming down her head. She looked to the others to save her, but no one raised a word. Their eyes narrowed at the dying mare with hatred and disgust. Her body begged for air, she weakly tried to get the furious mare off her.

Darkness began to creep into view, her body screaming for air and her once powerful muscles able to handle whatever came her way becoming sluggish. Thoughts of survival and ways to save her life coming slower and slower.

Rainbow closed her eyes as she felt her tears streaming down her face, her hands squeezing the neck of who she thought was her friend in this sick world.

"Sugercube... She's gone." Applejack gently tugged at her arm. Rainbow open her eyes and looked down,  seeing only a corpse.

Green's eyes were wide, tears drying on her face as she looked vacantly at the roof. Rainbow felt her heart grow heavy as she began to cry, hugging Applejack.  "Why? Why is this happening?"

"I don't know, sugarcube...I don’t know." Applejack whispered quietly.

Applejack and Rainbow sat in the back of the cargo wagon, trying to ignore the scene before them, along with the few other mares in the small space.

Pinkie on her knees, gently sucking on Tirek’s cock, once again in his pony form. Tirek was far from happy with this set up either.

Before they left the 'Schoolhouse', Tirek spent the time boosting his magical strength from the captured stallions and red collared mares.

A grand total of four stallions and six mares were killed outright, the others had the dark magic pulled from their bodies. Tirek had been practicing in draining only the tainted magic, and a small portion of magic for himself, to free the brainwashed stallions and mares.

Unfortunately for him, Applejack took the time to inform Pinkie of his apparent weakness against the perverted magic.

To fit inside the wagon, Tirek had to change his form again and took a seat. The moment the doors closed and they were off, Pinkie stood up and removed her clothing.

Before Tirek could voice his concern on her behavior,  she stood before him, kneeled down, and began to ravish his cock with her mouth.

"This is--"

"Beneath you." Applejack and Rainbow deadpanned together.  "We know. You said it three times already."

Pinkamena slowly pulled herself off his member, slowly stroking him as she looked up at him. "I don't mind."

"I do. My Assassin--" Tirek started, only to fall silent as Pinkie giggled as she leaned up and began to nuzzled him under his jaw.

"You're really cute when you are flustered." Pinkamena whispered seductively, gently taking his hands as she kneeled down once more. "Please rub my ears..."

She open her mouth and slowly taking the member back into her mouth,  her eyes looking up with a pleading expression on her face. Tirek sighed in resignation as he rubbed her ears, giving a grunt as she happily began to suck his cock.

"You shouldn't be happy. You should look annoyed at me for being weak," Tirek mumbled, pleasure racing up and down his spine as the mare sucked with gusto.

"She's just showing you appreciation." Applejack said.

"Appreciation for what?"

"For not forcing yerself onto us. How you tried to handle the problem without resorting of taking advantage of us," Applejack pointed out, then she walked up and smacked him on the back of his head.

"You go too far!" Tirek growled.

"And we could’ve been in a lot of trouble if that magic didn't get cleansed from ya!" Applejack pointed out. "Losing control like that! For all you know, that magic can affect your mind while you give in, turning you into one of those sex crazed stallions!"

Tirek looked away, frowning as the truth hit him harder than he expected. What she said was true, his resting periods were plagued with inane thoughts and desires, worse when he slept as the dreams showed him to give into his desires and stay like that.

A sex-crazed fool was an insult he did not want to live by.

"Hmm... You speak the truth." Tirek grunted, his hands gently petting Pinkamena. She looked up to him, concern with his mood. "I apologize. I threaten all our lives with my stubbornness and the belief that I could overcome it on my own."

Applejack nodded her head to this. "Good. From now on, you come to Pinkie or mahself to get you fixed up."

Tirek raised an eyebrow at her flustered face, looking down to see Pinkamena giving him a small wink before continuing her duty in releasing the darkness in his magic.

"If you do not-"

"Oh don't you start now." Applejack cut him off. "If Pinkie can't do it-"

"I'll do it!" Pinkamena pulled off, giving him a seductive smile. "Aside from taking our magic the first time we fought, I have to admit that he treated us a lot better than most other males. Plus, his pony form is cute."

Tirek blinked as he looked around the wagon, many mares blushing as they looked away from him.

"His cock isn't that bad either."

"Pinkie!"

"What? Its yummy. It tastes like my favorite Prench cheese..."

"Please stop talking about my cock. And stop sucking."

"No, not yet. You're not better yet! Nom!"