Rainbow's Wrath

Rainbow's Wrath

Part 1: Suffering

Chapter 2: Betrayal and Vengeance

The day after the defeat of Heartless, music played and ponies cheered throughout Canterlot as celebration was afoot. Millions of ponies filled the streets before the royal palace, confetti filled the skies, and everywhere you looked there was a pony reveling in their newfound peace.

Rainbow Dash returned home alongside her old friend and sister in law Applejack. She was shocked to find that waiting in front of the house was her husband Big Macintosh, and their daughter Zap Apple. Big Mac chuckled ruffling his excited daughter's mane, looking up to his wife to simply say her name. "Rainbow Dash."

Their daughter rushed from his side and stumbled into her mother's arms. She clung to her tightly and said, "Mommy!" Rainbow Dash slowly wrapped her arms around Zap Apple as she cried in her arms.

Rainbow Dash stared at her grieve stricken daughter with a look of uncertainty, but kept her held in her arms to comfort her the only way she knew she could. Big Mac walked over and kneeled down, stroking a hand along Rainbow's cheek. "You're safe…"

"I am," Rainbow responded quickly as she rubbed the back of her daughter's head.

Zap Apple broke away from the hug for a moment to look up to Rainbow with tears still trailing from her eyes and a smile on her face. "Welcome home, mother."

Rainbow's eyes closed a little as she quietly thanked her daughter. "General Rainbow Dash." Rainbow Dash looked back to see a unicorn soldier in the gateway to their estate. "The Emperess summons you. She awaits your presence in the throne room." The soldier saluted the group and walked off.

With a sly smirk, Zap Apple nudged her mother in the side with her elbow. "I bet she wants to give you a medal. I wouldn't be surprised, if anyone deserves one it would be 'my' mom. After all, you defeated Heartless."

"She's right you know," Big Mac added with a chuckle, ruffling their daughter's mane again. "You mustn't keep the emperess waiting.

Rainbow Dash had looked forward to a relaxing and peaceful evening with her family. She nodded reluctantly and said, "Alright." She followed after the unicorn soldier, Applejack tipping her hat to them as they walked off.

When Rainbow Dash got to the palace throne room, Luna stood with her back to the cyan pony, faced towards her throne at the base of the steps that lead up to it. Rainbow fell on one knee in respect to the Emperess, but as her gaze lifted, she noticed something off about Luna. She swayed to and fro, as if intoxicated. Then she leaned too far, and began to fall. Rainbow Dash gasped and rushed to catch her in her arms. Her eyes got wide and pale as she shoved Emperess Luna back, staring at her now bloody corpse as it lay on the floor before her. She looked at her hands, which were now covered in Luna's blood, her breathing increasing at an alarming rate as her body trembled and confusion. "What… What is this?"

A gasp caught her attention, as she turned around to see the unicorn soldier she had originally come with fall back to the floor in fear. "Insurrection! Treachery!" Several earth pony soldier rushed in, two riding hover crafts and a muscular stallion among them. "Treason!" "The Emperess…" "Traitor!" A pegasus soldier landed amongst the group and swung her blade, pointing at the confused general as she stated, "General Rainbow Dash has gone mad!" Their voices continued to echo through the hall, calling her every treasonous word in the book.

"N-No! There must be some mistake!" Rainbow looked amongst the enemy troops, and then dashed between them as she rushed for the arch way out of the throne room. Swords, poleaxes, and one big fist swung at her as she dodged between the soldiers, making it past them as she hurried from the scene of the crime. She ran through the halls of the palace as fast as her wings could push her and said herself, "I don't understand. What the hell's happening?" She saw light at the end of the hall, and sprinted for it.

Once she made it out, she found herself in the courtyard, and the next thing she knew she was surrounded by earth pony soldiers with axes in hand on all sides. "Rainbow Dash!" cried a familiar voice as she looked to see Derpy in the doorway from whence she had come. "How could you?! You Traitor!"

Rainbow Dash grew even paler, shaking her head in disbelief at her friend's words. "No, it wasn't me!"

"Silence!" Derpy glared with tears in her eyes. "Enough lies! I'll purify you myself! Right now, you're no greater than a Blank in my eyes!"

Rainbow's brow furrowed as she glared at her friend, gritting her teeth as she muttered a, "Damn you!"

Derpy pointed to her friend and shouted, "Get her!" Rainbow Dash side stepped an Axe that came swinging down at her, and rolled out of the way of another. Rearing back her arm, she twirled to build momentum before swinging her fist at those who attacked first, hitting them hard enough to send the two flying and crying in agonizing pain. "Give up!"

"I'm innocent!" Rainbow punched through the pole of one of the soldiers' axes, and then sent her flying with a punch to the face. She quickly slammed her elbow into the stomach of another oncoming earth pony, and before she could regain herself Rainbow Dash turned around and gave her a punch to the chest, a punch to the stomach, another to the chest, and then an uppercut that took her feet off the ground as she flipped backwards onto her face. Four more soldiers approached, and she dashed into one of them, her foot in his chest. She slammed a fist and a foot into each of the four soldiers to stun them, and then with a twirl in the air and a kick to their heads, she sent the group rolling backwards screaming as her powerful heel broke something on each of their faces.

Derpy grew restless as she cried out, "Hold still for your punishment!"

"Make me!" Rainbow responded in a cocky tone, as more soldiers rushed into the area. Rainbow grabbed two by their faces and threw them to knock over their allies. She walked along them, punching one in her stomach before bring her fist up to her face. She slammed her knee into another's stomach, stomping on her head as she continued to move forward. She flipped in the air and delivered a punch hard enough to send three more soldiers flying from the shockwave. She grabbed an oncoming axes pole to throw the soldier away, but was quickly pounced by three other soldiers who tried to hold her down.

Quickly the rest of the soldiers dog piled on her until she had a dozen earth ponies holding her down. One aimed her pole axe down into the pile ready to stab Rainbow Dash. "Kill her!" Before she could stab, the pile shook and trembled, making the girl lose her footing. The pile burst to all sides as Rainbow's multi-colored aura erupted from her body. Every pony either hit a wall or fell to the ground from high in the air. In the end, the courtyard was filled with the corpses of several earth pony soldiers.

Meanwhile, Rarity approached the Rainbow home. Big Macintosh paused in cooking dinner, looking to see as she walked in the door. Rarity wore a creepy grin, one eye more open than the other as she licked her lips. Zap Apple look terrified at this, and clung to her father. Big Mac looked between them as Rarity approached, and stepped in front of his daughter, blocking Rarity's path.

Derpy stared at the scene of carnage before her, steam flowing from Rainbow like a cloud of smoke. "Still got it in you I see." Rainbow Dash had a few of the pony soldier's axes wedged into her, as she panted and balled her fists, ripping a couple of them out. "Let's cut to the chase." Her gauntlet grew as her arms did the same, becoming big and muscular until they were as big as her body. "I'll kill you myself!" Rainbow Dash ran towards Derpy, and began punching at her, but she took the blows with a raised eyebrow. She reared back her first that wore the gauntlet, flapped her wings once hard, and punched Rainbow Dash as she flew forward, stopping to let the cyan pony fly backwards. "You traitorous filth, Luna was more than an Emperess! She was our friend!"

Rainbow Dash's feet met the ground as she skid to a halt, just in time to duck under her friends swinging fist. "Derpy, stop this!" She leapt over Derpy's head to avoid a punch to where she stood, and once behind Derpy began to punch her repeatedly, making the  girl gasp in pain as her back was barraged. Derpy tried to turn around, but Rainbow Dash had already built up momentum for a punch that sent Derpy flying backwards.

She hit the ground crying, "Noooo!" She cringed, and when she looked up Rainbow slammed her hands balled together down on Derpy's stomach making her bounce off the ground. Once in the air, Rainbow Dash sucker punched her to send her flying back even further, twirling through the air as she screamed in pain. "Y-You have disgraced the generals!"

"It wasn't me!" Rainbow Dash rushed toward Derpy angrily, only to get sent flying back by the girl's enlarged fist. Luckily it wasn't the one with the gauntlet, as she was using that one to help herself to her feet. She punched her gauntlet into the ground, and the shoulder opened a hatch, steam flying from the back as it fired off a giant missile at Rainbow Dash. Rainbow Dash caught the missile by the sides and said, "What's going on?!"

She threw the missile back at Derpy, but the wall-eyed girl leapt into the air and it missed. Rainbow Dash looked up just in time to watch as Derpy's fundoshi clad bubble butt came flying down into the ground, sending a shockwave through it that made Rainbow Dash fall to her side. "Accept the truth!"

Rainbow Dash rolled to her feet and leapt into the air, slamming both her fists down on top of her opponent's head. Derpy steadied her stance, blocking Rainbow's escape from the area. Rainbow Dash cocked her fist back and punched her in the stomach, making her stumble back again. "Move!" She punched Derpy one more time with all her might to the face, sending her on her back unconscious as her arms shrunk to their normal size. Rainbow Dash stared at her limp body, panting as she muttered to herself, "Zap Apple… Big Mac… Be safe!"

Rainbow Dash rushed from the palace and took to the air, quickly falling flat as the axe wounds were too much for her right now. So she sprinted home as fast as she could, through the eerily empty streets of Canterlot that had just been roaring with celebration not even an hour before. When she reached her home, she went inside to see there had been a scuffle, as many of their possessions were knocked over and broken. And there on the floor lay… "Big Mac!" She feel to her knees before her bloodied husband and slid a hand under his head, lifting it gently.

Big Mac's eyes slowly opened as he felt his wife's touch. "Rainbow Dash…" Big Mac coughed and gasped as life slowly left him. He grabbed Rainbow's shoulder and said, "Save her…"

"…I will, save your strength!" Big Mac stroked his hand along his lover's cheek with a soft smile. He gave her one last kiss on the lips, before his body went limp and lifeless. Rainbow gasped as she watched this, her mouth hanging open in disbelief as she stared at her love with quivering eyes. Her brow furrowed and her teeth clenched shut. She reared her head back closing her tear filled eyes as she screamed loudly to the heavens in despair.

Zap Apple awoke to find herself trapped in some sort of crystal, a floating prison. Surrounding her on a platform attached to ship flying high above the world below were Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Rarity, and even Applejack. Twilight gazed into the crystal curiously at Zap Apple, a smile finding its way across her face. The look on her face became one of shock and fear as she and every other pony looked to nearby space to see Rainbow approaching on a sonic rainboom, roaring with anger. She slammed into the ground before them, shaking entire the ship. Rarity brushed herself off with a rather annoyed look as everyone stared at the angry pegasus before them. Rainbow Dash saw her daughter in the crystal and cried, "Zap Apple!"

Zap pressed against the gemstone wall of her narrow prison and cried, "Mother!"

Applejack's scarf was tied over her eyes as she looked to her sister and said, "Rainbow Dash-"

"Get out of my way!" Rainbow Dash interrupted angrily without a care for what her sister in law had to say.

Applejack yanked the scarf from her eyes and said, "Listen to me sugar cube. We-"

"Move!" Rainbow dashed towards them ready to strike, but was cut short as a wall of electricity blocked her path, surging her weakened body with electricity as she grunted in pain. She flew back and slid across the metal floor as in her path was Celestia.

Celestia surged with the electricity she had created and said, "Stand down Applejack." Applejack opened her mouth to speak, but couldn't bring herself to. She closed her eyes and looked away slowly tying the scarf back over her eyes.

Rainbow Dash climbed to her feet with electricity still coursing from her body as she said, "Celestia, it was you…?"

"Yes…" Celestia stared down at Rainbow Dash with uninterested eyes. "I did what was necessary for the cause."

Raising her brow in confusion, Rainbow said, "Cause…?"

"I have decided to save the world my ancestors created. I will create a new civilization… a great rebirth!"

Rainbow Dash gazed on in disbelief, all her friends standing idly by behind Celestia. "Save the world!? What great rebirth!? You're insane!"

Celestia laughed and smirked at the smaller pony. "It is all necessary, now that you've grown too strong too soon. I will bear the burden of your wrath and your life, Rainbow Dash." Electricity coursed through one hand, fire through the other. She shocked Rainbow Dash and engulfed her in flames, Rainbow Dash crying out in pain as her eyes began to roll back in her head. One powerful blast sent Rainbow flying back into the railing that overlooked the planet below. As Rainbow tried to stand, reaching a hand out towards Celestia, a blade found its way to her stomach. She was lifted in the air by this blade, and on the end of it stood Pinkie Pie with a look of uncertainty on her face. Celestia stepped up next to Pinkie and said, "Your death will be the foundation of my new world!"

She gripped Pinkie's blade from the back and coursed electricity up it into Rainbow Dash who hung limply at the end, crying out in pain. Her eyes began to roll back again, and she reached out to her daughter who watched the scene in despair. Celestia then kicked Rainbow Dash off the blade and through the railing, falling through the atmosphere back down to the planet. Zap Apple banged on the sides of the prison and screamed, "No! Mommy!" Twilight held up her hand to silence the girl, and with a flash from her horn the inside of the crystal grew colder, until Zap Apple was frozen and silent.

As Rainbow fell she yelled to the heavens above, "Let her go! I said let her go!" She screamed in anger and pain as she went through atmospheric re-entry, her wings and the rest of her body too stunned to work as she was engulfed in the flames of her approach to the world. Even as her limp body burned, she glared at those who were once her friends and roared, "I'll never forgive any of you!  I'll have my vengeance!" And with that, her body disappeared from sight to the planet below.

End Pt. 1 Ch. 2