What Happened to Them?

"Pinkie, why must you work for, for that monster!" Asked Rarity in disbelief. Pinkie turned her head to see if anyone was listening in, then whispered towards her captured friends. "Listen to me okay? This time I'm being serious. My Pinkie sense told me that something like this was going to happen, but it happened too soon that I couldn't tell you. I pretended to work for Tirek after I found out he kidnapped you guys, so I could help you escape. Of course, I didn't know he would do such a thing to Dashie..." She trailed off and flopped her ears as she looked at the cyan Pegasus barely clinging to life.

Then, they all heard a noise coming from the hall, which belonged to Tirek and a guard. "Okay, just pretend to be betrayed, and act as if I just hurt Dashie."

They all nodded as Pinkie mixed around the tools, and turned to Tirek. The hostages cried and yelled at Pinkie, as if they were really betrayed. "Very good, Pinkamena. You showed no mercy on Rainbow here. You may carry on with what you were doing." Tirek untied the rope and threw Rainbow Dash into the cell, making a loud thud and making Rainbow make a slight groan, as she was just starting to wake up.

/minutes later/

"-- So just know, Pinkie is on our side, no matter what she says or does." Applejack finished telling Rainbow what happened while she was knocked out. "Now, with that out of the way, what is wrong with you, Rainbow?! Why would you put your life out on the line, not just once, but twice?!"

Rainbow, still lying on the ground, tried to speak through her rasp voice, coughing between each word"I... tried to.... save you..... guys."

Spike, who has been quieter than Fluttershy, finally spoke up. "What do you mean by saving us?"

Rainbow tried to speak again, but still coughing "If I put my life on the line..... he couldn't....he couldn't.... be able.... to hurt you guys.... and you all would..... be able... to escape...." She ended up passing out, which they all expected to happen. Fluttershy and Rarity tried to wake her up by waving their hooves in front of her face, but she didn't budge. They ended up lying her down to let her rest. This was going to be a long night.

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"-and then I saw Pinkie standing in the room with tools and weapons so I just had to bolt!" Sapphire finished. Twilight looked shocked, but Paint looked unsurprised by this news. "I knew it! Dash always said she was random like that, and I knew that at some point she would snap! But, my own sister.... could be gone? That can't happen! We have to save them all!" Paint tried to fly away, but Twilight held her down with her magic.

"I understand you want your sister, I really do! But we can't just march in there and ask for them back, we'll have to fight! You girls have the weapons and spells?" Paint and Sapphire nodded as they held the tools they brought for the right time, and this couldn't be a better time to use them!

"Now remember, Paint, you take care of any guards who get in our way, Sapphire, you try to free the others, and I'll take on Tirek." The purple alicorn said as she was looking out for any guards. "Ready? In three, two, one, GO!"

As they snuck in, Paint flew on the lookout for any trouble in their way. As they reached the hallways they all stopped. Twilight turned to Sapphire. "Do you know where Tirek may be?" Sapphire pointed down a hallway on their left. "This is where the girls were, so I wouldn't be surprised if he was in there with them." Twilight then turned to Paint. "You make sure there are no guards. Can you do that?"

Paint saluted. "Anything to save my sister, her friends, and the fate of Equestria!"

Twilight smiled at this. "Then let's do this!"