She had waited long enough.
She had been through too much abuse.
This... creature... it had to be stopped.
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"I want a magic! I want a magic!" a child cried, as she whipped a a teal unicorn with a piece of leather.
"I told you I can only make bubbles!" Fizzy retorted, wincing as the whip stung her back.
"If you don't give me magic, I'll whip you again!" the child said.
An orange pony stood, a car hitched to her back. Her yellow mane was mussed, well, more than usual, and her hooves were spattered with blood. She clenched her teeth as she watched.
Firefly never should have gone. Ever since the untimely death of Princess Sunbeam, the unicorn who controlled the sun in Pony Land, the ponies looked for Megan, the girl who had saved them long ago. But Firefly had accidentally brought a murderer.
She remembered it all too well. All of the mistreated ponies.
Gingerbread was the first sign. As soon as the Human had seen Ginger, she had bit off her leg. An odd thing to do, but Applejack was convinced that something was up right from the get go.
However, she tried to make do and kindly offered Human the castle, which Human had been unsatisfied with. She demanded them to build a bigger one.
The ponies got to work. Perhaps it is a test of strength, some suggested. Soon, all of the houses, schools and towns had been combined into a large, hodgepodge castle.
But Human, who now demanded that she be referred to a Sunshine Princess, did not see their weariness. She also would grab ponies, force open their mouths, and pretend they were saying, "We love you Sun Shine Princess!"
She forced them to run. And she did many other cruel things after that, some she did not want to remember.
But Lofty, poor, undeserving little Lofty. She had gotten the worst treatment of all. Stuffed into a box so small that she nearly suffocated, poked with knives until she bled in rivers, and, if not for the bravery of normally stuck up Truly, nearly gutted with a spoon. Of course, Truly had been punished for that, dropped from the sky. The girl had chopped of Skydancer's wings, attached them to herself, and chopped of Sky's legs and put her on a teddy bear. It oozed blood every so often, and many ponies either winced, threw up, or cried when they saw it.
Now, Princess had demanded to see everypony preform magic for her. Each Earth Pony and Pegasus was punished for their lack of magic, and all of the unicorns were chained up. A few pegasi flew around a ring endlessly while Princess gazed on, smiling.
Applejack felt a fire start inside her. She tensed up as little Baby Firefly, Firefly's child, tried desperately to flap her wings, and collapsed in exhaustion. Princess got up and groaned.
"Magic pony no fly? Guess we will have to give her a special surprise!" she said, smiling maniacally.
Applejack watched in horror as Baby Firefly was picked up by Princess. She flew up in the sky and dropped Baby Firefly down.
She fell on the blood-spattered ground, crying. Blood spilled from a cut in her side as she tried to stand up, only to fall back down. It was a cruel thing to do to a baby.
Firefly stopped racing and flew over to her child. But when Princess started to get up, she raced again submissively.
"Hey stupid Flapjackjack come over here!" Princess yelled over at Applejack.
"My name ain't Flapjackjack!" Applejack yelled. After being thrown against a wall when telling Princess that pony land didn't have any roads or cars, Princess decided to name her Flapjackjack because she "think Apples are yucky." That offended her greatly. Then she trotted away.
She knew what she had to do now. She had to form a rebellion against this menace.
She trotted to a cave in a forest in a secluded part of Pony Land where she gathered her self as she prepared for her first mission: to bring Firefly to the cave, which would be a refuge for escapees to heal and train for the fight to come.
She trotted cautiously out of the cave, and arrived at the castle. She snuck back over to the racing ring. However, a new lap of Pegasi were flying around the ring, and Firefly was probably in the castle. But maybe Lofty should come with her first. She was the most injured by far, so she would need the most time to heal.
Also, Princess thought she had killed Lofty, but she was alive and living alone under the castle. Applejack missed her and she was probably lonely under there.
She trotted into the castle, which was empty and desolate. Blood was also on the floor of the castle.
She trotted over to a small trap door and lifted it open with her mouth and jumped into the hole.
Blood from the castle dripped from the ceiling of the tunnel, and Applejack trotted further into the tunnel as the light faded gradually.
A small, mud door marked the end of the tunnel and Applejack trotted in.
"PleaseDontHurtMe!!" a British accented voice said. Applejack recognized it right away.
"Lofty!" Applejack called, smiling. She had never seen her friend in a worse state, bloody and hurt. A sorry sight, if ever there was one. But to Lofty, Applejack was a sight for sore eyes.
"I'm gonna help you get otta here!" Applejack said, grabbing Lofty and placing her on her back.
"Whoaaaaa!" Lofty cried as Applejack trotted out of the castle, and made a run for it.
They arrived at the cave as Applejack gently laid Lofty down on a bed of leaves that she had set of earlier.
"Thanks, AJ. You're a live saver." Lofty said, smiling.
"You're welcome. Hey, do you know why Cold Heart hates you so much?" Applejack asked.
"Who?" Lofty asked.
"That's what I call the so called Sunshine Princess. A more fitting name, don't you think?" Applejack said, trotting over to a small herb pile that she had also set up earlier.
"Yeah." Lofty laughed. Then she winced. She bent her head to lick a wound near her neck.
"Here, put this on it." Applejack said, holding an herb in her mouth and laid it on Lofty's wound.
"It stings a bit." Lofty said.
"Yeah, it should, but it'll be fine." Applejack said.
"How do you know about all these herbs?" Lofty asked.
"My mom taught me." AJ responded.
"Do you think little sis is alright?" Lofty asked. Her little sister, Baby Lofty, was probably in trouble right now.
"Honestly, no. Nopony is." Applejack said sadly.
"I have to go rescue her!" Lofty yelled, getting up wobbly. But she fell as her balance was lost.
"No, Lofty. You're weak and ya need to rest! I'll go." Applejack offered.
She trotted off as Lofty stared off longingly