What Happened to Them?

"Ugh! I'm so bored! It doesn't help that Pinkie is away helping Canterlot smile more!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed as the mane 6 sat in the new castle in Ponyville. It has been two months since they defeated Tirek, and Equestria was filled with harmony once again. "Sorry to break it to you Rainbow, but we have to stay in the castle in case there is trouble." Said Twilight. Rainbow scoffed and rolled her eyes. "There hasn't been trouble in two months!"

"Well Princess Celestia said that we have--" Applejack started, but was cut off by Rainbow. "I know what she said I was there the entire time!" Fluttershy quickly turned to the rainbow- maned tomboy. "Rainbow! I understand you're bored and quite irritated, but that is no way to speak to somepony, ESPECIALLY a friend!"

"Whatever, I'm just going to fly around a bit, anypony wanna come?" No one spoke, knowing that they have to stick around.

Twilight knew, however, that taking a break is okay. "You guys go on ahead, I have to catch up on reading anyway, and I'll let you know if something happens." The others nodded, as Spike left with them to. Twilight began reading the rest of the latest Daring Do novel when she heard her friends yelling for help.

Twilight rushed out of the door, only to see nothing. "Spike! Rainbow! Rarity! Fluttershy? A-Applejack?" She looked around frantically, and flew up, and still didn't see her friends.

"What Happened to Them?"

Twilight was freaking out. What happened? Was someone behind this? She thought long and hard, and then it hit her; she will need some backup.

~ At the Ponyville train station ~

"Hey Twilight! Didn't think I would hear from you in a while!" Said a purple coated, blue maned pegasus mare as she stepped off the train. "Hey Sapphire!" Said Twilight, waving. Sapphire Harmony used to be neighbors with Twilight before she moved to Fillydelphia She used to be a very timid, quiet filly and used to play with Twilight or read with her.

All of a sudden, another pegasus step- well, ran, off the train. "Oh my gosh! My own sister is missing! We have to find her! If something happened to her, I'll go insane!" This came from the one and only Paint Splash, Rainbow's twin sister. They looked alike, except Paint's coat was a light teal and her mane was red, yellow, and blue.

"Thanks for coming on a short notice. I wanted to get the word around, and I was wondering if you two knew anything." Twilight said as they began flying to the castle. The two pegasi thought for a while, until Paint, a little more relaxed, spoke up. "Well, thinking back to the letters Rainbow wrote to me in the past few weeks, she did mention that guy Tirek. She said that she had a feeling that he would escape, but she didn't want to say anything in case she was just saying that."

Something then hit Twilight's mind. "Tirek must've escaped, and kidnapped the girls! Come on, we have to hurry and get Princess Celestia and Princess Luna's help. Who knows what power he now has if he escaped?" The three mares quickly flew to the castle, and began the search.

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The kidnapped friends and Spike all fell on cold metal as Tirek threw them in a cell, and tightly sealed it. "What's the big deal?!" Yelled Rainbow. Tirek laughed. "I finally get my revenge by making your lives living nightmares. After I'm done with you all, you will wish you were never even born!" This made all the girls terrified, and made fluttershy squeak. Of course, Rainbow didn't back down. "Yeah, right!"

Tirek then turned back to her, and smirked. "I see, you're going to be the loud mouth. Fine, I can work with that." He then opened the gate, quickly took Rainbow, slammed and locked the gate, and tied her wings to her back. Tirek called out two guards, muscular stallions, and they walked up to Rainbow.

They first punched her in the gut, but she refused to cry or groan. One guard pulled her mane back as the other punched her straight in the muzzle, causing blood to trickle. Tears began to form as they continued to punch her, but she blinked them away. If she could deal with this for enough time, her friends wouldn't get hurt. After hours of being beaten by the stallions, Rainbow, now unconscious, was thrown back into the cell, with a bloody, broken muzzle, black eye, messed up mane, little tear in her left ear, and bruises all over her body. The others looked at Rainbow with a mix of being shocked, terrified, and sad for her. They all knew she doesn't back down easily, no matter how many bruises she will have.