Break A Leg

It was a clear, sunny day, the perfect day for a competition. The Sisterhooves Social was to be held on this day, and Ponyville was abuzz with excitement for the upcoming event. The Apple sisters were the fan favorite, seeing as the two farm ponies had experience, running the race 3 times before, each with a win. But there were two new challengers, Rarity and Sweetie Belle, and their sheer determination set them apart from the rest of the pack.

Rarity and her younger sister Sweetie Belle practiced at every opportunity they had, sometimes in the early morning, before the sun even rose, and sometimes into the late night. Rarity didn't want second place again, and with the way they practiced, it seemed impossible they would get anything but a shining victory.

The track was set up, and many of the sisters were stretching and practicing for the competition that was poised to start in 10 minutes.

"Do you really think we'll win?" Sweetie Belle asked her sister, a tone of nervousness in her voice.

"Of course I do, darling! We practiced very hard and it will pay off!" replied Rarity reassuringly. But what the older sister didn't tell her younger counterpart was the fact that the competition this year looked as tough as it ever had before. Rarity shook the doubt from her head, she had to win this for her sister.

"Sisters! Line up at the starting banner!" Boomed a voice from somewhere Rarity couldn't quite see. Ponies began rushing to the starting line with excitement, and the air was electric with the determination of a dozen pair of ponies.

Rarity took her position next to her little sister, she looked to the crowd and noticed her friends, all cheering both Rarity's team, and Applejack's, with extreme jubilance.

"Good luhck, Rarity!" Piped Applejack from her position next them. Rarity nodded back sheepishly as Sweetie Belle shook like a ball of pure energy. Apple Bloom and the hyper young pony nodded at one another, huge grins on their faces.

"Ready?" Boomed the voice of the announcer, Rarity inhaled, "Steady!" She exhaled, "GO!"

The sound of a hundred hoof beats exploded in Rarity's ear and the jolted off from the starting line, the first obstacle were the mud pits, an obstacle Rarity remembered very well. She and her younger sister leaped over them flawlessly, taking an early lead, but with Applejack and her sister not too far behind.

The next obstacle would be a little more difficult, jumping from hoop to hoop. Sweetie Belle had consistent trouble with this leg of the race in practice, but Rarity had confidence her young sister would conquer it today. The duo jumped from hoop to hoop without a single problem, and their lead slowly began to increase.

The next obstacle was blown through with ease, and the entire race became a blur as Rarity and Sweetie Belle tore through the course at record speed. Applejack and Apple Bloom were close behind at every turn, keeping the other two on their pace of blinding speed.

The crowd began chanting "Rarity, Sweetie Belle!" Uproariously, giving the duo the boost they needed to continue their lead, but Rarity could feel the frustration and anger pulsing from Applejack, she did not want to lose today.

Rarity and Sweetie Belle rounded a corner and the last leg of the course became visible, the hurdles. Rarity fell more times than she cared to count on the hurdles, but if her sister could conquer the hoops, she could conquer these.

However, Rarity's sudden apprehension allows Applejack and Apple Bloom to take the lead. Sweetie Belle squealed "Rarity, they passed us!"

"Not for long!" Rarity replied as she leaped over each hurdle with elegance, the final one came up, Applejack and her were neck and neck, Rarity took the jump, but her back front right hoof slammed violently against the hurdle as she was sent tumbling to the ground while Applejack and Apple Bloom made their way to the finish line, winning 1st yet again.

Rarity's hoof exploded in pain as she lay in the dirt, her eyes watered as the pain shot up into her head, causing her to whimper lightly. She dared a peek down at the afflicted leg, what she saw made her gag, it was twisted in the wrong direction as a sharp piece of bone stuck out from the top of her hoof, blood dripped down her elegant white coat.

Sweetie Belle, seeing her sister, ran to her aid along with Applejack and the rest of the gang. "Oh my Celestia!" piqued Spike, "R-Rarity! Are you okay?!"

Rarity managed to let out a quick, labored sentence "M-my hoof is... Broken." The group let out a gasp as Applejack peered at Rarity's injured leg.

"My garsh! It looks really bahd!" Applejack said lightly.

"Let's take her back to the boutique, we can help her out there," Twilight said as the group nodded lightly.

"But wait," Spike interjected, "Why not just take her to the hospital?"

"Because," Fluttershy said lightly, "Twilight knows a new spell. S-she, uh, was just telling us about it!"

"Good idea, girls," Applejack said, "Spike, you stay here with Apple Bloom and Sweetie Bhelle, I need to make a stop at the farm furst, pick up some things."

"Well, okay..." Spike said lightly, "Come on, guys," he said, looking at both Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle, "Let's go get some snacks!"

"B-but, my sister!" Sweetie Belle squealed.

"Don't worry! She's in good hooves. Twilight knows exactly what she's doing, she's an alicorn, remember?" Spike replied, leading the two fillies to the snack bar.

"Guys," Rainbow Dash whispered, "Is today the day?"

The other girls nodded as they lifted Rarity from the ground, she groaned in pain gently and they proceeded to escort her back to the boutique. All the way back to Rarity's home, she incessantly repeated: "THIS IS THE WORST. POSSIBLE. THING!" Either she was delirious from the pain, or very, very stupid. Twilight tried to hush her by saying, "You need to stop talking and keep your strength up!" And Pinkie began repeating what Twilight said over and over, causing Rarity to retreat into silence.

When they finally arrived at the boutique, Applejack was already waiting for them, sitting on Rarity's fainting couch and clutching something long and thin wrapped in cloth in her hooves.

After Applejack quickly moved from the couch, the group set Rarity down on it, sweat dripping down her head, the pain causing her internal temperature to rise substantially. Fluttershy closed the Boutique door gently, and locked the door, but Rarity was too much in pain to notice.

"Applejack, do it," Fluttershy squeaked, and Applejack nodded.

"W-wait," Rarity mumbled "I thought Twilight was going to do a..." She trailed off, too much in pain to form coherent sentences.

"The sphell ah'll be doin' will make the pain go away a lot quicker, Raritee," Applejack said, unwrapping the the cloth in her hooves to reveal a shotgun.

"W-what are you doing Applejack?" Rarity asked breathlessly.

"When a work pony injures her hoof durin' her jobs, and loses all usefulness as a work pony, those closest to her are forced to..." Applejack paused for a second to check if the gun was loaded, "Put her down."

"B-but I'm not a work pony" whined Rarity.

"That you aren't, Rarity," Rainbow Dash said, flying above, looking down on her, her face twisted in a maniacal grin, "But we couldn't pass up an opportunity to gank you, you posh twat."

"This... Isn't funny," Rarity said, dazed.

"No one said it was a joke, silly," Pinkie Pie said, "If it were a joke we'd all be having a nice laugh right now."

"Stop playing with her," Twilight said, looking away from Rarity, "And just... Do it."

"Twilight... Please, no! P-people will come looking for me!" Rarity pleaded, the fear in her mind overtaking the unbelievable pain emanating from her hoof.

"You really think people give a damn about you?" Fluttershy asked, "You're the bane of Ponyville, Rarity, and we're doing a public service..."

"Better get this over with," Applejack said, aiming down at Rarity with the shotgun, her hoof placed on the trigger.

Rarity looked at the ponies she once called friends; Pinkie Pie was swinging around in a chair, Twilight was looking away, and at the ground, Rainbow Dash was flying above, a shadow cast on her face, and Fluttershy was in a dark corner, licking her lips and watching Applejack intensely. Tears streamed down Rarity's face as sweat made her hair stand on end, snot leaked from her nostrils, but she was too scared to even move, she began pissing on herself, the fear totally freezing every part of her.

"My, my Raritee, lookin' awfully uncouth," Applejack said before pressing lightly on the trigger, sending flaming projectiles into Rarity"/ face, blowing half of her face and head of, her left eyeball and pieces of her skull, brain and teeth were propelled backwards, splattering against the wall in a satisfying "schlap."

Twilight gasped and Pinkie giggled slightly, the other three remained quiet before Rainbow Dash broke the silence by screaming, "AWESOME!"

Rarity's eyes, now cold and lifeless, and one of them laying halfway across the room, could be shown to have a look of betrayal still in them. Applejack turned to Twilight and nodded solemnly. The silence was interrupted by Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash fighting over which of Rarity's blood-splattered dresses they now had dibs on, while Fluttershy pawed at the corner of the room, not mourning for the loss of a friend, but more sorry that only half of the shells from the gun had connected with Rarity. "Such a waste," she mumbled, and swept up the scattered guts of the now limp and bifurcated fashion pony.

Cleanup went as expected, Fluttershy, Twilight, and Applejack did all the work while Pinkie and Rainbow Dash did increasingly violent things to Rarity's mutilated corpse, laughing as they did so. Fluttershy seemed to enjoy watching them, while Applejack and Twilight ignored them.

"Hey, Rarity," Pinkie said, looking down at her destroyed skull, "Care for a diamond?!" Pinkie shoved a small hem into the hole in Rarity's head, causing blood to ooze out onto Pinkie's hoof. She giggled and rubbed her bloody hoof on Rainbow Dash's chest, who responded by taking Rarity's limp, broken hoof and lightly slapping Pinkie on the nose.

When the cleanup was done, Rarity's body was placed on a piece of thick cloth, so the blood wouldn't get on the floor. While the other ponies were all discussing ways to dispose of the body, and their alibis, Pinkie made her way over to Rarity's body, and trailed her hoof down her chest, making her way towards her genitals...

"Pinkie, stop!" Twilight yelled, "We're done playing with it."

"Aww, I was just having some fun." Pinkie replied dejectedly

"Okay, so our story is I performed the healing spell on Rarity," Twilight said, "And she seemed extremely depressed as we left. I forged this note in perfect Rarity handwriting, it says she is shamed for letting down her sister, and is moving to Manehattan for a while to work for an important costume designer. I've packed a bag full of essentials to make it look like she really left, and I'll be going to the train station and purchasing a train ticket for her, using a spell to make myself look like her. We'll dump all the evidence in the river. Rarity's body will be long gone before they even suspect a thing."

Everypony nodded lightly in understanding, and over the next few hours, the ticket was bought, and her body dumped in the river.

When Twilight returned home to her Library, Spike was pacing the floor, mumbling about Rarity's disappearance, "Can you believe it, Twilight? She just up and left!"

Twilight nodded and feigned exhaustion, "I'm gonna sleep now, Spike, I'm not feeling well."

Spike nodded as Twilight made her way up to her room. Something was tugging at her chest, a knot. And before she made it to her room, she vomited, imagining Pinkie sexually assaulting Rarity's corpse. She had to let this out in a diary...

After she had let the story out on paper, she read it over twice, and when she read the part detailing Rarity's limp, fragile body being callously dumped in a river. Tears splattered on the page and Twilight sealed the diary in a spell, ensuring no one would read it.

The next few weeks flew by for Twilight, but every night she still imagined Rarity's blue eyes... Looking at her. The blood was on her hooves. She could have just said no. But part of her wanted to do it, but she didn't want to feel anything.

Twilight knew the only one of the other 4 who felt any remorse was Applejack, but even her remorse was extremely callous. The other three sadistically talked and giggled about Rarity's mutilated corpse, her pissing on herself, Pinkie describing what it was like to "touch a dead pussy." Twilight didn't know if she was referring to Rarity herself, or literally her genitals.

Spike did his chores, as he always did. But this time things were different, Spike was suspicious of Twilight, and guessed she may have had something to do with Rarity's disappearance, as her general attitude changed drastically. Spike could hear Twilight crying and vomiting late at night.

One day, as Spike was cleaning Twilight's room, he came across a small book, Twilight's journal. The spell had worn off. And as he read the tear soaked pages of the diary, a fire erupted in his heart, he clenched his claw, and cried gently. Not only for Rarity, but for himself. He was blind to the pure sadism of the people he considered his family.