Rainbow's Wrath

Rainbow's Wrath

Part 1: Suffering

Chapter 3: Hell on Gaea

A small girls crying filled her head, making her twitch to the sound. Rainbow Dash gasped as her eyes shot open, and she found herself in strange realm. As far as her eyes could see were giant twisted pine trees that reached up to the heavens, bigger than any trees she'd ever seen, and beyond them only fog. She tried to see how far down the floor was, but it too was shrouded in fog. She looked at where she was, and saw she had grabbed hold of a stone pillar of some sort. It was patterned and designed, and she'd grabbed on to one of the crevasses on the massive pillar. She hung limply by her own hand, over the endless abyss below. "Awake at last, are we?"

Shocked to hear another's voice, Rainbow Dash quickly began to look around for the source. "Where am I?"

"Well… this is Limbo. But I won't bother explaining, because I doubt you would understand. So for now, let's just say you're having a bad dream."

"…Who are you?"

The voice gasped and said in sarcastic tone, "Good question! Not the right one." Rainbow Dash felt a presence above her, and looked up to see a blue pony girl with long blonde hair that reminded her of her of her ex-friend Fluttershy. She wore a black tank top and camouflage pants, and a small pair of glasses. She lay against the pillar vertically resting her chin in her hands staring at Rainbow Dash. "The right question would be, 'Who are you?' My name is Alice, but what is yours?"

The pony girl raised her finger pointing to Rainbow Dash. "I…" She stared down at the abyss, unable to answer this question for some reason.

With a giggle, Alice said, "Start climbing then 'I.' However, I would be careful." She pushed herself up and stood sideways on the pillar, beginning to walk up it as her large hips swayed and her combat boots carefully walked along the crevasses. "I trust you to figure out what would happen if you fell." Rainbow Dash swung her arm up and got a firm grip on the wall, beginning her accent after the pony girl walking before her. "That's it, up you go. There is a reason for you to continue to climb, isn't there? You may have forgotten why, but the flame is still there. That's it, keep going, Rainbow Dash."

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"Rainbow Dash!" Rainbow glared at her friend Pinkie Pie, cleaning out her ear as the sound of the nearby waterfalls were agitating to her, despite the beauty of the lush overgrowth of the rocky area they were in. Pinkie grinned standing nearby before some ruins built into the mountain side and said, "These are our enemies, the impure Blanks." Between them were three ape-like Blanks that had the same blackness as their brethren, and red patterns made from the magma like blood that dwelled within them. Pinkie leapt backwards and landed atop the ruins entrance. "Let's see what you make of 'em!"

One of the apes leapt at her, swinging its fists downward, but she ran past it to one of the others, delivering a punch to the side of its face. She swung her own fist downward atop its head, and then slammed her knee into its face as it went down. The creature tries to stumble back as she barraged its chest and stomach with punches, one of its allies rushing to the rescue. Rainbow Dash slammed both her fists down on the ape's head smashing it into the ground hard enough to create a shockwave to send its ally approaching from behind stumbling back. Pinkie smirked and said, "That's it!"

Rainbow Dash twisted around to punch the other two in their faces. She grabbed their heads and slammed them together, and twirled in the air to deliver a kick that sent them both flying away from her. "Not bad!" Pinkie continued to cheer, watching as her friend trained herself.

The Blank she had left head first in the dirt a moment ago had freed itself, and slammed its fists against her back. Rainbow Dash cried out in pain as the beast continued by grabbing her wings and giving them a tug. Pinkie Pie glared and said, "Don't take that from a party pooper Dashie!" Rainbow kicked between the beasts legs hard enough to make it let go of her wings and be lifted into the air. She then twisted around with enough momentum for her fist to its chest to send it flying backwards.

All three of the sturdy creatures got back up and rushed her all at once. Rainbow Dash twisted into the air, and delivered a round house punch that hit all three of their faces and sent them flying to the floor. Pinkie Pie laughed at this and said, "Would you look at that! But a pup like you won't be able to fight like that constantly! Time and use attacks like that wisely!"  Rainbow Dash ran up to one on the floor, and punched the ground before it making a shockwave that sent it flying back into the rocks. Then she twisted around and dashed towards the next as it got to its feet, upper cutting it so hard her rainbow aura flew from her fist and sent it skyrocketing upward. She took off into the air to avoid an attack from the last one, dive bombing with and outstretched fist to punch it into the ground.

As the three Blanks had taken enough of a beating, the airborne one crashing into the floor now, the three of them disintegrated and vanished. Pinkie laughed again and said, "Don't think you'll come off unscathed! Isn't that a funny word? Unscathed? Anyways, pain reminds you you're fighting for your life!" A rather large gorilla like Blank crawled from the earth and took Rainbow by surprise with a powerful punch. Rainbow Dash flipped backwards, but landed on her feet skidding to a halt. The creature rushed towards her and slapped its massive hands at her from both sides, but she rolled under its attack and gave it a punch to its side. "That's the spirit! Go Dashie!"

The creature backhanded Rainbow Dash, but she ducked under its attack and sucker punched it in the face. It slammed its fist on the ground where she'd been before rolling behind the creature. She grabbed it around the waist, and grunted as she gave the huge simian a German suplex. "I think you're getting the hang of this, but even a 'monkey' can do that! Get it? Monkey, because you're fighting ape Blanks!" Pinkie giggled and snorted at her own joke as Rainbow rolled her eyes. Standing upright, the gorilla Blank taking a moment to do the same, the two of them circled each other daring them to make the next move.

"Oh I know, I know! Let's see if you can read its moves and counter attack!" The gorilla Blank beat it's chests as it howled, its fists beginning to glow with the fiery heat from within its body. It twisted around, building momentum as it swung its fist at Rainbow Dash, which she proceeded to catch with both hands. "That's it!" Rainbow Dash gritted her teeth as heat bore into her palms, but she threw the gorilla Blank's fist back and delivered an aura powered uppercut to its chin that sent the beast rolling back. Its jaw broken, the beast slowly disintegrated.

Three of the large bird like Blanks flew into the area, and circled around her, Rainbow twisting and turning to try and keep an eye on each one. Pinkie face palmed and said, "Don't get distracted by multiple enemies, silly filly! Concentrate on one at a time!" Rainbow Dash focuses on one, following it as it moved, and then leapt in its path to deliver a blow, only to have it fly out of the way. "You got the idea, but I never said every fight could be fought with your fists alone. Knock them out of the sky with your rapid fire ki, and put that cybernetics to good use!" One of the birds hurled a fireball at her, and she rolled to the side deciding it would be first. Her palms opened, and her ki sprayed out like a machine gun, pummeling the creature until it screeched its last cry and fell to the floor. She aimed a palm at each of the others, who turned tail to flee, only to be shot it the back by multiple blows before they were killed as well. Pinkie yanked out a pair of pompoms and sang, "Dashie, Dashie, she's our girl! If she can't do it, it'll be a big bummer!"

Pinkie back flipped up the rocky slope and tossed the pompoms, placing her hand on a large boulder. "Okay Dashie, time for your next lesson! Let's see you shoot this down!" She lifted the boulder from its place in the slope and raised it above her head, lobbing it at Rainbow Dash. The tomboy held her ground and fired her ki into the stone, blowing it to smithereens. "Nice job. Now do it again, and this time try to make it look like me!"

Rainbow Dash groaned and said, "Seriously Pinkie Pie, is all this really neces-"

"Think fast!"

A boulder flew straight at her at high speed, and Rainbow flew above it as it slammed into the ground. "Hey! Watch it!"

"Whoops! Whoops! Whoops!" Pinkie threw three boulders at once, Rainbow watching this with a twitching eye. She fired at the rocks going down a line so her ki would destroy every single one before it hit the ground. As the dust cleared, a fourth unexpected boulder was flying at her, and it came slamming into her and knocking her to the floor with a groan. "What are you doing Dashie? This is no time for a nap."

"I think I need a different teacher…"

"Alrighty, now it's my turn!" Pinkie leapt off the rocky slope, flipping through the air before she landed on the ground before Rainbow Dash, who pushed the boulder off her chest and climbed to her feet. "Let's see how you do against the 'mastah'!" She held up a balled and bandaged fist and held up a finger, smoothly motioning for Rainbow Dash to come at her.

Slowly making her way towards Rainbow, the cyan pony rolled past Pinkie and punched her in the side, catching her off balance. She delivered another punch to the side of her face, making Pinkie stand on her tippy toes, before Rainbow twirled and delivered a momentum punch to her back, sending her off her feet and on her face to the floor. With a cocky grin, Rainbow tried to punch her while she was down, but Pinkie pushed herself off the floor and into the air above her. Pinkie brought her hands together and slammed them down on top of Rainbows head, making her flip forward in place and falling flat on her back on the ground. Rainbow rolled away from Pinkie as she stomped for her stomach, jumping to her feet and firing rapid fire at her opponent. Pinkie casually walked towards her ignoring the ki, and sucker punched her to the face. She followed it up with an underhand swing to her gut, and while Rainbow was stunned by this Pinkie kicked her foot in the air, her own pink aura launching like a geyser to slam into Rainbow and sending her flipping back in the air.

Rainbow Dash skid to a halt and dive bombed Pinkie, which the pink pony quickly put up her arms to block. Rainbow slammed into the ground in front of her, the shockwave breaking her guard, and Rainbow Dash took advantage of this to give her a good straight punch to the chest sending her back a bit, skidding across the ground as she held the spot she was punched. "Good one Dashie! Now let's take those skills, and put them to the test!" Rainbow Dash growled in frustration and flew towards Pinkie, rearing her right fist back to deliver a blow right to her face. She slammed her left fist into her gut causing Pinkie to exhale from the blow. Then her final blow met Pinkie's chin, the pink pony having a massive grin on her face like a cat that ate the canary, before she flipped backwards and slammed into the mountainside.

Pinkie wasted no time getting back to her feet, her body arching and her back cracking as she slowly rose from the ground using her feet alone. Dirt kicked up behind her as seemed to vanish, and by the time Rainbow had blinked Pinkie was standing directly in front of her. Rainbow gasped in shock, looking terrified from her friend's speed. Pinkie chuckled and said, "You learn fast. Here's your reward!" Pinkie reared her head back and slammed her forehead down on top of Rainbow's head, slamming her face first into the ground so hard the shockwave kicked up the dirt all around them. Pinkie turned around laughing and walked away as Rainbow Dash struggled to her feet slowly. "That'll be all for today. I have this wicked headache for some reason. What about you?" Rainbow Dash rubbed her head, slowly falling unconscious, as Pinkie laughed even louder than before.

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Rainbow Dash blinked from the flashback she had just had of her first day training with Pinkie Pie, after she was made what she is today. She clenched her fist and said, "My name… is Rainbow Dash"

Alice twisted back and kneeled down, looking eye to eye with her. "Yes, that is your name: Rainbow Dash." Dash took a deep breath, closing her eyes as another vision came to her.

The scene of her carnage plays out before her as she battles the earth ponies in the courtyard. They call her things like traitor and demand her death as they come at her with pole-axes, but she makes short work of them in the end. Sprawled across the courtyard before her, Rainbow Dash pants seeing every pony is dead. Nothing else approaches her, so she breathes a sigh of relief, until her world begins to go red and black.

She looked around in confusion, as all the soldier's corpses slowly rose from the ground, tinted in black and white as they lumbered about like zombies. "Luna… has been killed…" "Not general Rainbow Dash…" She continued to look amongst the soldiers with growing confusion as the corpses spoke while approaching her. "Treason!" "The Empress…" "Traitor!" "General Rainbow Dash has gone mad!" Rainbow Dash cringed holding her head. "Insurrection!" "Treachery!" "Traitor!"

"SHUT UP!" Rainbow Dash panted after screaming this to the heavens, looking around to see they were all gone, but her world was still red and black.

She froze, looking up to see Celestia standing before her, surrounded by soldiers, all black and white. She raised her electricity pulsed hand and said, "The traitor, Rainbow Dash, has been defeated!" The soldiers saluted, as Celestia aimed her palm to Rainbow Dash, blasting her with electricity.

Rainbow Dash fell backwards into a black abyss, as a familiar young girl's voice cried, "No! Mommy!" Her body glowed red as she faded into the blackness, the young girl beginning to sob and cry.

Her cries echoed through Rainbow's ears, and she snapped back to attention, holding on to the pillar still as Alice lay on her side resting on her elbow. She raised her brow to Rainbow Dash's expression. "Celestia said she would save the world. Are you satisfied with being a cog in her machine?" Rainbow Dash rubbed her face with one hand, shaking her head to try and clear it. "Or, you could just curl up and die right here…"

"Shut up…" Rainbow Dash held her head as if it was hurting.

"Hm? What's the matter? Have I gone and made you angry?"

Shaking her head, Rainbow Dash said, "Not… you."

Alice sat up confused and said, "Not me?"

Rainbow Dash gripped her head tightly and replied, "The crying…"

"Crying? In Limbo? There's nothing to hear but the sound of my voice."

Rainbow growled loudly and gripped the pillar, leaping forward a few feet and taking a firm grip of the pillar and finding good footing for her feet. She then began to climb like an animal as fast as she could up the side of the pillar. She cried out, "Stop it!"

Upon the surface of the world in a flat stone plateau, a geyser of white light erupts from the earth. Fire flows from it as an explosion occurs at the base, sending rubble flying in all directions. Rainbow Dash stands upon a boulder in the middle of the explosion, slowly roaring louder as she balls her fists and stomps her feet into a stance, screaming to the heavens as the geyser of fiery light grows skyward, and the beautiful color of roses leaves her eyes as they become lifeless and white.

As the world slowly grows quiet after her ground shaking return, she slowly looks around her at the landscape. "What the…?"

"Your world, Gaea. Equestria. Twelve-thousand years have passed since you were here last. But that's nothing to a demigod like yourself, now is it?" Alice's voice could be heard snickering.

Rainbow Dash looked around at the blank dead landscape, and muttered, "Is this how you save the world?" She looked up to the skies that were filled with red and black storm clouds that flashed with lightning. "This place looks like hell."

A brown tattered cloak wrapped around her, guided by someone's hands. She looked around to see nothing but a blonde furred vixen waggling its tail looking up at her, adjusting her glasses with a paw. Alice's voice came from the vixen, "A small gift for the sandstorms, just in case you need or want it." She began to crawl forward, Rainbow Dash leaping from the stone she stood upon to follow her. "What do you think? It's a tad desolate since you were here last. I can hear thunder in the distance. Can you see the lightning? It's as red as blood." Rainbow Dash simply grunted in response. "So you do remember? Yes… The threat of the Blanks still remains, even now. Curious as to what your former friends and comrades have been doing? Hm, over there. Have a look."

Rainbow Dash paused and looked to the side to see what looked like the ruins of a once beautiful city. "They… They let the Blanks…"

"Not quite. This was the work of your own race. The military, and the demigods."

"What?!" Rainbow Dash went wide eyed in disbelief as she stared even harder at the destruction.

"They now have control of the world and do as they please."

"That can't be…"

Alice led her to a narrow stone bridge that led over a large chasm, several more like it leading across the length of the canyon. "A lot can change in twelve-thousand years. If you don't believe me, why don't you go see for yourself?"

"Shut up!"

"There's that famous Rainbow anger. Well then, this world shall be your playground" Alice aimed her paw along the length of the canyon, to where a village was visible in the distance. Rainbow Dash grunted one more time, her wings flipping up the back of her cloak, and she leapt from the stone bridge, flying towards the village and leaving the grinning fox behind.

End Pt. 1 Ch. 3