Equestria: The Fallen Utopia

I reached the factory around midnight. I stepped through the doors. They creaked with a loud squeak. The facility was dark, broken, and appeared to be deserted. But I still heard angry speech as I made my way through the rubble to the prison area. In the prisons, jail doors housed other Pegasi that weren’t in the pit. I opened them up and told the Pegasi that they were free. They left the factory and flew away. I kept searching for Scootaloo. My hoofsteps were loud in the empty corridor. I suddenly heard pounding on the wall behind me. I walked up to it and pounded back.

“Is someone there?” I heard a voice say.

“Scootaloo?” I asked.

“Yes,” Scootaloo said. “That’s me. Is my time up?”

“If by your time being up you mean that your time in this prison is up, then you are correct,” I said. “You might want to stand back.” I waited a few moments before charging up a magic blast. I blew a hole in the iron wall, leaving nothing but dust. I grabbed Scootaloo and pulled her out of the rubble. As I ran with Scootaloo out of the prison area, the tan Pegasus with the green and yellow mane blocked my path out of the jail. He looked pissed off.

“Get out of my way,” I ordered.

“You dare to come back for a third time?” the Pegasus said. “You have no idea what you are doing. There will never be another Rainbow in Equestria again. But the motto of the Rainbow Factory stands: Not a Single Soul gets Through.” I motioned for Scootaloo to stand back. The Pegasus charged at me, furious. I prepared for battle. The Pegasus made a jump for me, and I threw my Terminator hoof at him. His head collided with the metal and his skull shattered. As he gripped his head on the floor, I walked up to him.

“This is for all the Pegasi you killed in this facility,” I growled. I raised my hoof and brought it down on the Pegasus's head. It was smashed with a satisfying squelch as blood flew everywhere. My mechanical hoof was drenched in blood and brains. I wiped it on the corpse and flew out of the factory with Scootaloo. I got me and her to a safe distance on a distant cloud. We had a perfect view of the facility.

“I need to ask you something,” I said.

“What?” Scootaloo asked.

“What do you think the Rainbow Factory deserves?” I asked. Scootaloo took no thought about this before answering.

“Destruction,” she said. “I want it gone.”

“I thought you might say that,” I responded. I held out the detonator. “Do you want the honors?” I turned off the safety. A light turned green, signaling that the bomb was ready for detonation. Scootaloo took it and looked at me. I motioned for her to press the button. Scootaloo looked at the button and placed her hoof on it. She looked back at the factory.

“Do it,” I said. Scootaloo pressed the button on the remote. The delay lasted only a few seconds. The entire Rainbow Factory exploded in a glorious flash of light. Spectra and rubble flew across the sky. A single piece of rubble, a fraction of a wall, whizzed past my head. The only thing that remained was the giant mushroom cloud the explosion had made. Scootaloo gave back the remote.

“Thanks kid,” I said. “Go back to your friends, but don’t tell them what happened.”

“Ok!” Scootaloo cried cheerfully. As she flew off toward the CMC treehouse, I flew back home. I entered the house and found Rainbow Dash out of her chair. She had the Unicorn filly in a lock, with a knife to her neck. I pulled out my handgun and pointed it at Rainbow Dash.

“I’ll fucking kill her, I swear!” Rainbow Dash cried. “I heard the factory blow up. I bet all of Equestria heard it.” I clicked the hammer on the gun. Rainbow Dash roughly raised the filly’s chin and touched the knife to her throat. I held the gun out, hesitating to shoot. Rainbow Dash was prepared to slit the young Unicorn’s throat, even if I shot first.

“Put the gun down, and I’ll let her live,” Rainbow Dash demanded. I thought about what I should do. The filly was terrified, almost not breathing. Rainbow Dash seemed as if she would indeed kill her. I slowly put the gun down.

“That’s right,” Rainbow Dash said. She brought the knife away from the filly, but kept her in a lock.

“Now let her go,” I ordered. Rainbow Dash pushed the filly toward me and made a run for the door. I ran over to the young Unicorn.
“Are you OK?” I asked. The filly nodded. “Go back to the room and hide,” I said. “I’ll be back.” I picked up my gun and chased after Rainbow Dash. I blasted out the door and pursued her. I aimed my pistol and took a shot. The blast flew past Rainbow Dash's hooves. I took another shot, but I had neglected to make sure my gun was loaded, and it was empty. I put it back in my saddlebag and flew faster. I started to gain on Rainbow, but she made an abrupt turn, forcing me to lose ground. Rainbow Dash kept me at bay with cheap tricks, like making U-turns around clouds, kicking me in the face, and hiding in storm clouds. I got fed up with this act and flew high into the night air. Rainbow Dash looked up and noticed my silhouette on the moon. I bolted downward toward Rainbow Dash. I quickly gained speed and blasted forward with my rainboom, which was a bright golden color with a shimmer to it. I slammed into Rainbow Dash and rocketed toward the ground. Rainbow Dash tried to make me lose speed, but she couldn’t. We gained momentum as we neared the hard dirt. Another Mach cone surrounded us as we gained speed. As I felt us near the blasting point, I opened myself up, significantly slowing myself down. I nearly lost my grip on Rainbow Dash. I flew back to Canterlot with Rainbow Dash in my grasp.
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As I flew back to my house, I threw Rainbow Dash through a window and onto the floor. I stomped on her chest with my Terminator leg, rendering her immobile. I powered up a memory loss spell, targeting the time she decided to work in the Rainbow Factory and nothing else. As Rainbow Dash struggled to get me off of her, I touched my horn to her head and cast the spell. After a few moments, I took my hoof off of Rainbow Dash and stepped back. Rainbow Dash stayed motionless for a time before regaining her senses. She rubbed her head and groaned.

“Wha…What happened?” she asked. “Where am I?”

“Back where you should be,” I said. “Sane, and still the best flier in Equestria.”

“Aw, you flatter me,” Rainbow Dash said. “Am I in your house?”

“Yes,” I said. “I thought you might want to join me for a flight around Cloudsdale.”

“Would I?” Rainbow Dash asked, excited.

“Let me just take care of something,” I said. I ran to my room. I opened the door and knocked. I couldn’t find the filly anywhere.

“It’s OK,” I quietly called out. “It’s just me.” The little Unicorn poked her head out from underneath the bed. I didn’t see her. She jumped at me and grabbed my mechanical leg. I looked down, slightly startled. I smiled and picked up the filly. I playfully ruffled up her mane a little before putting her back on the bed.

“I’ll be back in just a moment,” I told her. She smiled and waved as I left the room. I met back out with Rainbow Dash.

“Ready to go?” She asked.

“Yep,” I responded. We ran out the door and took flight. We made the round trip around Cloudsdale very quickly. I flew back inside my house in front of Rainbow Dash. I failed to recover and crashed into my pots and pans cabinet and made everything fall out. Rainbow Dash cringed as the pots fell on my head. After a couple minutes, I used my magic to lift the dishes off of me and put them back in the cabinet. I had bruises all over my body.

“Fun flight,” Rainbow Dash said. “See ya!” She flew out the door as I waved. The little filly came down the stairs.

“I heard a crash,” she said. “What happened?”

“Oh nothing,” I said. “I ran into the cabinet and the pots and pans fell on me. It hurt.” The filly giggled. I gave a small chuckle. It was pretty funny.

“Do you have a name?” I asked the Unicorn.

“Velvet Remedy,” she said. My eyes widened.

“What’s your name?” Velvet asked me.

“Braveheart,” I said, still in shock. “I’ll take you back home tomorrow.”

“That might be a problem,” Remedy said. “I don’t have a home. Or a family. I’m…I'm alone.” Velvet Remedy started to cry. I sat down next to her and put my robotic leg around her shoulder. She looked up at me with wet eyes. I dried them with a cloth. Remedy smiled at me.

“Thanks,” she quietly said. She laid her head on my side.

“Can you tell me what happened to you?” I asked.

“Sure,” Remedy said. She proceeded to tell me her story.