Dash stamped at the ground infront of Twilight, she was furious. "If you were there, why didn't you help? Hundreds of Pegasi died!". Dash had had enough of the princesses. She wanted to get as far from Canterlot as she could, but she had to know why Twilight hadn't helped, if her claim was true.

"Why would I willingly throw myself into a losing battle? Why sacrifice myself for a few Pegasi?" She hated herself for saying that, she didn't have the courage to reveal she'd been cowering under her bed. Especially not in front of the princesses.

Dash took a moment to contemplate of Twilight had actually just said that, or if it was all in her head. Rage quickly filled her body as she looked up at the 'princess' sitting before her. "I'll kill you!" She screamed. In a flash Dash had Twilight by the mane and was pushing her knife into Twilights throat, but not hard enough to breakthrough the skin. Dash looked over to the other princesses, then to her Commanders.

Both Soarin and Spitfire were furiously shaking their heads, begging Dash not to push any harder. They knew how short her temper was, and the last thing they needed was a dead princess to answer for. "High Commander!" Spitfire yelled "Drop her!"

Celestia slowly nodded. "Do as Spitfire says.... If so much as a drop of blood leaves her body!"

Dash slowly smiled, then pushed a little harder on her knife, causing Twilight to wail in pain. "This is fun!" Dash shouted "We should do it again sometime!". She threw Twilight back into her throne and returned to her Commanders.

Twilight grasped at her neck, a slight cut oozed blood. "You're crazy!" She screamed

Dash laughed. "Don't worry Twilight, you won't die, it's just a little cut. I wouldn't give you the pleasure of a clean death" she snarled. Dash turned to her Commanders. "You don't think I'm crazy, do you?"

Soarin shook his head, but Spitfire laughed. "In a good way, High Commander"

Dash smiled, but looked serious when she turned to the princesses. "Celestia? Luna? Cadence? Am I crazy?"

"Is that a serious question?" Luna scoffed

Dash nodded

"Of course you're crazy, you come to Canterlot and demand independence whilst we're mid war, then attack a princess!"

Dash laughed. "If you'd have seen half the things I've seen, you'd be crazy too"

"Yeah, we know, you've told us already" Twilight sighed

Dash sighed. "Grant us our freedom and we shall fight alongside you for now, if you don't Canterlot shall fall" Dash said, turned and left.

Soarin laughed. "You have until tomorrow to give us your decision"

Dash tapped her hoof impatiently on the table in the meeting room as she waited for a reply. It had been almost a day since their visit, and Dash feared she'd come on a little too strong. She had to throw down her gauntlet and assert her dominance, but did she have to attack Twilight?

She slammed her hooves on the table, causing the Commanders to jump. "Enough!" She screamed. "What is taking them so long?" She paced up and down the table, then stopped in front of Fleetfoot. "Commander Fleetfoot, how is the armour coming along?"

She smirked. "It's done. So are the banners."

Dash raised an eyebrow. "Really? Then distribute the armour and hang the banners. From now, we are independent Pegasi" she smiled.

Fleetfoot nodded, then left.

"Leave me!" Dash demanded.

Dash stood in the meeting room alone, staring out to Canterlot. She heard the door open, then close, but didn't turn. "What is it?" She sighed.

"We found this one trying it steal from the food stores" a guard pony spoke

Dash smiled. She loved dealing with criminals. It was so fun to use her knives on scum.

"D-dashie... I'm sorry" a familiar voice whimpered.

Dash turned quickly and grabbed the pony by the mane. "Fluttershy!" She spat. "What did you just say?"

She whimpered again "I'm sorry Dashie!" She cried.

Dash smashed Fluttershys face into the table. "You know I hate that name". She let go of her mane and turned to the guard. "What did you say she did?"

"She snuck into the food store and was caught stealing food"

"It was for the animals!" Fluttershy cried, grasping her bloody mouth

"You took food for the military rations to feed animals? We'll be eating your animals soon. It'll be nice to have meat in the grass soup" she smiled at the guard. "How does that sound?" She mocked "Rabbit stew!"

"Please Rainbow!" Fluttershy screamed

"Its fucking HIGH COMMANDER DASH!" She shouted, kicking out at Fluttershys rear knee, breaking it. She smiled to herself "IDEA! Why don't we go and visit a friend! It'll be just like old times! HIGH COMMANDER Dash and your pathetic self!". Dash turned to the guard. "Prepare her, and four guards. We're going to Canterlot!"

Dash strutted into the throne room, followed by four guards carrying Fluttershy. "Twilight! You're looking well. How long has it been?" Dash joked.

Twilight sighed and facehoofed "what is this?"

Dash smiled. "Well, you see, you princesses don't seem to understand how serious I was yesterday. So I brought a little demonstration!" She flicked her hoof.

The guards walked forward and threw Fluttershy at Dashs hooves. Twilight gasped at the state Fluttershy was in.

Dashs smile got wider when she saw the look on the princesses faces. "Us Pegasi don't take too kindly to criminals" she spat "and we certainly don't like being ignored or denied what we want." Dash pressed both her knives into the base of Fluttershys right wing

"Dash.... What do you want?"

"To do this!" She pushed on both knives, cutting Fluttershys wing off. Dash laughed maniacally at Fluttershys screams, then smiled at the princesses

Twilight stared in horror. "What have you done?" She screamed

"Your job, it seems. She committed a crime, and this is the punishment. She's lucky it's not her hooves"

"She's a Pegasi! She needs her wings!"

Dash laughed again. "She's no Pegasi, she can barely fly" Dash cut her other wing off. "And now she can't"

Author's Note

Don't hate me, I love Fluttershy as much as the next guy, but it's a story about war and how it's affected Dash, so it had to be done. :D sorry 'bout that