Greed

At the end of the year a Grand Ball is held in the Canterlot castle to congratulate the best; and brightest of the newest recruits into the Wonderbolts. The best of the best of these recruits is blessed with a private meeting with the princesses the greatest gift that can be bestowed on a pony. Among these new recruits were two rivals who pushed each other to heights that no pony in history could even try to match not even Rainbow Dash herself not that she would admit it. One was a light blue coated mare with a mane bright with golden strands so wild and free that it might even outshine the morning sun her name was Dawn runner, and as it happens she was daughter of Rainbow Dash a true prodigy if there ever was one.

The other was a well built stallion with a pure white coat and a well trimmed light brown mane his name was Jet stream with no family and no ties his is the story of hope and determination. These two were always at the top of the class trying to out do the other. Dawn Runner with her Mother's speed and confidence could easily out fly anyone, however when it came to grace and beauty in the skies Jet Stream left her in the dust. All year long Dawn Runner used her Mother's connections to the social hierarchy to attain the best flight teachers around the world. After being raised to be the best second only to her mother she would NOT disappoint her by not being named the best.

At one of the dinner tables there is a small group of mares conversing over the graduates and possible futures of each of them as is the norm at these kind of social gatherings.

" I can't believe how good this years new Wonderbolts are! I can't wait to see how many of them will break your records Rainbow Dash." said the recently retired Spitfire.

" They can certainly try" scoughed Rainbow Dash

" The only one who could even come close to breaking even one of my records is my daughter." Taking a long sip of her drink

" I don't know about that Dashie!" cried a shrill and overenthusiastic voice.

" There are a lot of good flyers. Especially that Jet Stream. He looks tasty!" giggled Pinkie Pie.

" Oh come on Pinkie Pie! There is no way He can break My records! Also he's like half your age."

" So? He is still tasty looking; and I'm not the only one checking him out" Pinkie winks.

Hearing this they all look up; and sure enough every mare in the ballroom are giving him doe eyes.

" I guess I can admit that he is kind of cute but, that still has nothing to do with setting records." She admitted.

" I hope you aren't planning on replacing me with a younger model?" replied Soarin as he gallops toward the three mares with a piece of apple pie in his mouth.

" Hardly. Just as long your not trying to replace me with Aj so you can eat as much pie as you can anyways." smirked Dash

" So why are you coming over hear Soarin? I doubt you'd be interested in listening to us girls talk the night away?" Asks Spitfire as she refills her drink with spiced punch.

" Don't worry I'm not. I just got word that they are about to begin; and Rainbow Dash is Supposed to announce the valedictorian; and present their reward so I was asked to come and get you."

" Oh yeah I completely forgot that as the Captain of the Wonderbolts; and Master of Ceremonies I am supposed to do that." chuckles Rainbow Dash. Slamming the rest of her punch Rainbow starts to strut towards the stage.

As Rainbow Dash makes her way to the platform she gives one last glance at Jet Stream who is currently talking to several other graduates.

"I can't believe that stallion can even be considered to be valedictorian! There is no way that some piece of gutter trash that doesn't even have any kind of political standing rise to such heights! Right?"

This is not the first time these thoughts have come to her either. She has even gone to such lengths as to hire private detectives to spy on the young stallion. However no matter who she hired they all would say the same thing that if he was not practicing his complex maneuvers he would be studying the history of Equestria's best flyers.

This worried Dash for even though she was pushing her daughter to her breaking point using the most advance training methods, she knew her daughter was at her peak. Jet Stream on the other hoof only seemed like he was only getting started. If he kept getting better it would only be a matter of time before he would get faster. Then not only would he shatter all of her records; but with the amount of grace; and beauty that he already possessed he would make her look like an amateur.

If he broke her records she would lose everything! This was the only thing she could think about at that moment. If she could she would have already have kicked him out of the Wonderbolts; or at the very least try to change his grades. If she had done that though there would be an inquiry; and she knew it. Right now the only thing she can do is hope that her daughter was named valedictorian.

Tapping the mic. " Attention to all Wonderbolts in attendance we will begin shortly please get to your assigned order." And with that there was a shuffle of wings and hooves as those who were in attendance quickly fell into order.

" As most of you know at the end of the year we gather here in Canterlot Castle to celebrate our best and brightest and this year we have had our best batch of recruits in years. That student which embodies everything excellent within our academy will be rewarded with a private audience with our princesses."

At the top of the stairs stood all four princesses in beautiful regalia.

"Enough with all this gooey stuff though lets get down right to it." an envelope is handed over to her by Soarin.

" And this years valedictorian is"

A slight pause for dramatic effect

" Jet...Stream" Rainbow Dash said with a broken voice.

An eruption of cheers jeers and some lewd remarks of some of the mares drowned out the ballroom and possibly even the streets. Dawn Runner trying to hold back her tears as she ducked into the crowd and disappeared into the night.

Jet Stream took center stage a beam of pride and Joy across his face. He glanced over the ponies in attendance seeing all of his friends there congratulating him for his hard work he couldn't be happier standing next to his idol Rainbow Dash. He glanced down to the front row, but was surprised to see that Dawn Runner was not there. His smile vanished that was not like her to just disappear after a loss. He would have to find her later, but for now he had an appointment to keep with the princesses.

So with a final bow to the crowd he turned on his heels and began to ascend the stairs where all the reigning princesses stood in radiant gowns. Once he reached the summit the small group left the party heading to the throne room. When they reached the grand room each princess took their positions at their thrones. All of them were absolutely stunning the personification of perfection Jet Stream could only stand at attention frozen by reverence. Twilight Sparkle gave him a gracious smile, cleared her throat, and began to speak with a well prepared speech just as expected, even now as a well experienced princess she was still a perfectionists and every pony knew it.

" Good sir Jet Stream We the Rulers of Equestria and the Crystal Empire stand here in accordance to a long standing tradition that is as old as the Wonderbolts themselves. To congratulate you for your outstanding work ethic that you have proved to us and your superiors throughout the year. We present you with this medal crafted by the best goldsmith in all of our lands. We also know that you have no home outside the academy. Unfortunately WE can not allow this to continue for one of the Wonderbolt's most promising members so you are to be granted a small estate here in Canterlot it is no Manson, if that's what you're thinking but is still a good home."

Jet Stream tried not to cry with joy he never had a true place to call his own before.

"You are now able perform with the senior members at events."

Jet Stream almost couldn't handle it to talk about your dreams is one thing to work for them is another, but to achieve your dreams after a long and difficult journey is beyond belief.

"Thank you your Majesties this is most generous of you. I am deeply grateful to all of you for these wonderful gifts. I promise not to disappoint any of you in my future endeavors. I will repay you for your kindness towards me this I swear."

"Pause a moment sir Jet Stream though We are gladden that these gifts please you WE are not finished. There is still one gift We are to bestow upon you and you will find it most agreeable." Twilight spoke as one by one the princesses descended their thrones. All four princesses now stood before him making Jet Stream nervous.

He stood there motionless as one by one starting with princess Twilight giving him a soft kiss to his forehead leaving a lavender colored kiss mark, then princess Cadence gave a pink mark next to Twilight's. With no more room on his forehead princess Luna left a Silver kiss mark on his left cheek, princess Celestia last gave a loving smile to Jet Stream as she knelt down and kissed him softly on his right cheek leaving a brilliant gold kiss mark. Jet Stream's coat was now a bright pink. All four princesses stood there now smiling.

" Now We are done. You may now leave to join your fellow graduates."

Jet Stream awkwardly bowed still bright pink turned on his heels and left.

Dawn Runner was heartbroken! All her life it was training to be the best. Day in; and day out her mother would push her to her breaking point. She didn't have friends as a filly she had trainers; and tutors her mother NEVER accepted anything less then the best. Every time she would fail her training would suddenly become much more intense. Her mother would always tell her that she would one day be the best in the world that it was the only place she would allow her daughter to be.

The only respite she had were the few hours she got to spend with her father going to amusement parks, concert halls and the like, but after she had been beaten for the first time her mother took those precious moments away. She wondered what her mother would do now that all her effort was in vain. Maybe put more magical growth hormones in her food? Perhaps she would be so angry that she would disown her.

A small smile grew on Dawn Runner's face.

" Like she would do that! Maybe I'll get lucky; and she'll get an aneurysm; and die! Then it would be just me Daddy; and aunt Aj baking me apple pies and working the fields all day. Wouldn't that be great?"

"No...no that's not right mother only wants what is best for me I shouldn't get angry that her methods are macabre. After all I am the daughter of the great Rainbow Dash."

"That's right you are." Dawn Runner was startled back by her mother. She was right there behind her!

"How long has she been there? Oh sweet Celestia did she hear me say that out loud? Is she going to punish me for losing? Am I going to be sent away to the factory? H...hello mother. What brings you here? I know you like to come to the museum to polish your trophies but you usually don't do that on Saturdays?" Rainbow Dash doesn't reply she only stands there covered in a black cloak with a somber expression.

"Mother?"

*Smack!*

Rainbow Dash slaps Dawn Runner so hard that she is sent sprawling across the floor; and into a glass case breaking it and covering her in tiny shards.

"You FAILED me my daughter!" Rainbow Dash rushes her using a foreleg across the throat to pin Dawn Runner between her and the floor.

" Now I have to get rid of you since you're no longer of any use to me."

This startled Dawn Runner. What was her mother thinking? Was this even her mother? The smell of her blood fills her nostrils making her want to gag! However she can't for her mother was pressing against her throat so hard she couldn't breath. As she was about to pass out Rainbow dash releases her grip on her throat.

*Cough* *Cough*

` Being lifting her into the air by her mane Dawn Runner screams in pain. With her formidable strength Rainbow Dash quickly tosses her daughter into the air. Then slams her into one of the many support pillars pinning her there with her hind legs. With blinding speed she pulls out several long railroad spikes; and a hammer.

*Tap!* *Scream!* * Tap!* Scream!*

Rainbow Dash crucifies Dawn Runner to the pillar first her wings then her forelegs lastly her hind legs.

Every time she slammed the hammer down on one of the spikes Dawn Runner would scream at the top of her lungs. Blood was flowing from each wound forming long streaks of blood flowing down the pillar. Once done Rainbow Dash began to laugh hysterically.

*HAHAHAHA!*

" What's the matter don't like hanging out with your mother!? Well you wouldn't be if you had just put Jet Stream in his place; and won! Now mother has to do clean up."

Rainbow Dash begins to pummel Dawn's face with her hoof eliciting muffled screams between each strike.

"That's right scream for mommy I want this to be fun for me."

Dawn Runner looks at her with her now one good eye she has never seen this side of her mother she was like whole other pony who ever this was it wasn't her mother. The pummeling stopped for a moment Dawn Runner looks at her mother. She was panting hard; and covered in sweat. She had never seen her sweat! It was almost as strange as her be beaten to death by her. Maybe this was her chance to get away?

She pushed against the pillar; and every time she did the holes in her legs; and hooves would tear. Her mother just floated there unable to move as one by one the spikes in her legs were pulled free. The moment she released the last of her legs a loud scream pierced the air. All of her weight was now being suspended by the two spikes in her wings.

*The sound of flesh tearing!*

Then her wings tore open where they were pierced making her fall hard to the ground breaking both of her forelegs. She wanted to pass out! For the pain was unbelievable; but if she did what would be the point of getting free in the first point. Looking back to her mother she was still hovering in the same spot whatever was going on with her it was a chance to escape.

Rainbow Dash shakes her head. She wasn't the young mare she used to be; and exhorting herself in this kind of manner isn't easy. As she recovers she notices that her daughter was no longer there. Panic fills her for she had never lost her prey; and she wasn't about to now! Luckily for her all she had to do was follow the blood.

Dawn Runner was only able to crawl to the exit before she was discovered. Flailing wildly she tried to kick her mother off of her.

"Trying to escape are we? Can't have that now. What am I going to do with you? I thought you liked spending time with Mommy but if you going to try to get away I'm going to get angry and do something drastic."

AAAAAh!

Rainbow dash takes the claw end of the hammer; and drives it between two of Dawn runner's ribs! Wrenching on it before prying one of her ribs open! As the rib bulges out of Dawn Runner's side Rainbow Dash curls her lips into a wicked smile. Using her teeth Rainbow Dash tears the rib off causing blood to splatter everywhere. Rainbow Dash looks up into her daughter's eyes; and spits out rib.

" That's right Scream! Let me hear you SCREAM! Beg for your life just like all those before you I want to drown myself in your cries of agony! This is what you get for making Mommy mad!"

Rainbow Dash drags by her mane back to the pillar and starts to bash Dawn Runner's wings over and over with the bloodied hammer nailing several nails into them now there was no escape for her.

Meanwhile as the party began to finally die down Jet Stream returning from his private audience with the princesses came up to Soarin with four different colored lipstick kisses on his face and a magnificent medal around his neck.

" Sir Soarin have you seen Dawn Runner I wanted to talk to her after the ceremony but she disappeared. Is everything alright? I know she really gets upset when she doesn't win, but it's not like her to at least try to tell me how she is going to beat me next time."

"Can't say that I have she rarely even talks to me these days. What is a Dad to do?" replies Soarin while he helps clean up the cluttered ballroom.

"Congratulations by the way I see you got your reward." chuckling.

The bright pink returning to Jet's cheeks " thank you Sir. Well I guess I'll see if she went to party with the others. Farewell Sir" with that he enters the dark and lonely streets.

The sound of music vibrates the night air as he enters the night club district forcing him to flatten his ears. He never really liked dubstep so he rarely came to this district. Luckily for him he knew where his friends would be because they only ever went to the one. Looking up at a sign was a neon version of Djpon3 spinning records.

He didn't mind Vinyl Scratch as a pony, but they never really talk much mainly because it always ended with either Vinyl challenging him to a music battle; or her drunk off her ass; and trying to hit on him sometimes both. He quickly found his friends at the bar with of course vinyl; and already past their tenth shot, but no Dawn Runner. This was a bad idea; but he needed to find Dawn Runner so he goes to the group preparing for the worst.

"Hey guys look its missster sssexy face." Chortled Vinyl

" Hey what are you doing here? Come to get all up in thisss? It looks like you already had a good time quite a couple of times. Think you can handle another round misssster sexy face?"

Vinyl starts rubbing her hooves all over her body as the rest of the group breaks out in drunken laughter.

"Come on! You...me music battle, loser has to sleep with the winner. Oh wait that's right you don't like dubstep (hiccup) you like classical just like Octy. Whatever she can have you I 'll take the other two of you at once." Vinyl belches right in his face almost getting him drunk off of the smell of alcohol on her breath. Vinyl laughs then falls back out of her chair finally passing out.

"Well that's one problem dealt with. At least she didn't try humping me this time."

He turned to look at his best friend Upbeat a tiny light brown pegasi with an electric blue mane. Who was already passed out drunk

"eight jello shots, five jager bombs, two kamikazes, and an entire bottle of vodka! Yep your Vinyl's kid alright"

Jet Stream pitied Upbeat, he wasn't even Vinyl's youngest kid he was number six. It wouldn't even be a bad thing if even two of Vinyl's kids had the same dad but no. Every time he thinks about how many kids Vinyl has he gets the shivers after all they do somewhat look alike, but part of him would like for it to be true.

At least then he would have a family and a big one at that. The earliest memories he has are that of the orphanage he grew up in in Manehettin before a fire burnt it the ground. Upbeat was always like a brother to him and to him he was ,so seeing him try to drink himself to death because of his mother made his heart sank, but he also knew that in vinyl's family drinking was the past time.

"Hey any of you guys seen Dawn Runner? I need to talk to her but no one seems to know where she is at."

" Why do you want to know anyway isn't she like your mortal enemy or something and why are you covered in lipstick? I know all the mares want to buck you but you're not like that." replied the only sober colt.

" First of all they were a gift from the princesses; and secondly she is a rival not an enemy. As to the reason I need to find Dawn Runner is because I made promise to myself at the beginning of the year and I intend to keep it." Huffed Jet stream.

"Oh what promise would that be? It couldn't have anything to do with that wedding ring I saw under your bed would it?" Chuckled the sober pony.

Jet Stream was shocked. " How do you know about that?! I haven't told any pony! Have you been going through my lockbox again?"

The pony laughed." Because I'm your friend and you can't hide stuff like that from me. I mean come on? You know I can pick any lock in the world so why even bother hiding stuff in a lockbox? But that's not why I'm busting your chops. I am genuinely concerned for you, you've had a rough life and as one of your friends I would be remised if I didn't look after your general well being. Good for you by the way, but to answer your question no she is not here. No pony has seen her since she went running out of the ballroom after you won. I would suggest the Rainbow Dash museum that's where she likes to sulk whenever you beat her at something."

"Thanks I guess, and please don't tell any pony about that ring I want it to be a surprise" Leaving the club district.

The sound of hoof steps is the only sound that could be heard as Jet Stream gingerly walks down the street. A melancholy look on his face for when he finally caught up to the other graduates Dawn Runner was not with them, and none of them knew where she was either. This worried him he knew she wanted to be named valedictorian.

He wanted to make sure she was alright after all she wanted it not him all he wanted was to be recognized by his heroin Rainbow Dash, but no matter what he did she wouldn't even look at him and so he made Dawn Runner his rival if he couldn't get Rainbow Dash to recognize him he would get her to. Not to mention the fact that the other pony was right he decided that at the end of the year he would propose to Dawn Runner he always loved her from the first time he saw her he was enamored seeing her fly with such speed and passion.

As he walked down the street he lifted his head; lights were coming from the Rainbow Dash Museum which was odd as it was well pass midnight.

" Good I guess she did come here after all."

Creeping closer to the museum dread begins to fill him, barely audible screams could be heard coming from the statue hall.

" What is going on in there?"

Quietly opening a door leading into the main hall also known as the statue hall; or the room of the Dash Jet Stream sneaks in to investigate. What he saw was unbelievable a female Pegasus was nailed to a support pillar by her wings and covered in blood. Another Pegasus was there wrapped in a cloak and yelling incoherently at a glance Jet Stream could see a bloodied hammer was in hoof.

*Thwack! Bones breaking*

The hammer strikes the pegasi into one of her hind legs going deep. The sound of bone breaking followed by an ear piercing scream filled the air. As the pegasi lifted her head Jet Stream held back a gasp he knew...her it was Dawn Runner her face was badly beaten and swollen.

"You stupid Bitch! All you had to do was be the absolute best in your class"

*Thwack!*

" And you couldn't even do THAT!"

*Thwack!* *Bones breaking!* *Thwack!*

With each strike of the bloody hammer bone would break followed by a scream, blood cascading down the pillar pooling around it's base.

"Pp...pplease s...stop this Mm...mother." Dawn Runner pleading with equal parts blood and tears flowing from her face.

Rainbow Dash lowers her hood with a deranged grin on her face.

*Smack!*

A hoof comes across Dawn Runner's face several teeth went flying across the room in a bloody streak.

" Shut...Up. You think your pitiful attempt could sway me? You think anything YOU could do would cure my wrath? All I have ALL I am is now ruined EVERYTHING is now in jeopardy!"

*Crunch!*

Rainbow Dash Drives the hammer deep into her daughter's rib cage almost to the point of losing it in her rib cage. Jet Stream just sat there completely stunned gripped by horror. When he finally was able to move he turned tail if he hurried he MIGHT be able to get help. After all what could he do? Even though Rainbow Dash was quite older then when she became a legend she was still more than a match for a single stallion.

If he was fast enough he might even be able to get a unicorn guard, their magic could hold her if not save Dawn Runner's life. As Jet Stream turns around a faint clicking noise could be heard. The door that he had just went through was now locked.

" Going somewhere?"

Dread gripped his heart Rainbow Dash was right behind him.

*Thud*

A sudden and sharp pain greeted Jet stream as he woke up he tried to move a hoof back to touch he aching head but couldn't. His eyes shot up only to be met with a blood covered face staring right back at him.

" Glad you could make it to the after party champ. I do hope you like your accommodations." chuckles Rainbow Dash as she looks down at the medal around Jet Stream's neck glistening like sun on fresh powder snow.

" My that is a beautiful medal I think it would look lovely in my private collection don't you?"

Before he could even reply a sharp pain struck him in the side of his head.

" Now ,now we don't want you to die just yet. WE haven't had enough... Fun yet." She rips off the medal tossing it aside and begins a series of blows to his stomach with the hammer causing him to gasp forcing all the air out of his lungs.

"STOP IT MOTHER!" Jet Stream looked to his right Dawn Runner or what was left of her was there pinned to the same pillar she was earlier a pleading look on her face.

" YOU STUPID BITCH! JUST SHUT UP IM IN THE MIDDLE OF HVING SOME FUN!!" Rainbow Dash threw the hammer at her smacking Dawn Runner in the temple.

*Hummph!*

"NO! Please for Celestia's sake stop this madness! Why are you doing this to your own daughter your flesh and blood?" cried Jet stream. Rainbow Dash just flew there for a few seconds silence filled the air. Then laughter

" Why you ask? Now that is a long story, but what the hell its not like you're going to live past this night anyway." Rainbow Dash glided down to the floor and removed her cloak.

" Once upon a time there was a young filly all she wanted to do was be a Wonderbolt but as fate would have it she was a very weak flyer. No matter how hard she trained no matter how hard she tried she didn't get any better. She was wrought with grief. Just a filly; and already her dream was being ripped away from her. One night when she was especially sad she was greeted by a shadowy figure. The only thing that could be seen was its hypnotic blue eyes the rest was pitch black.

It offered her the speed and skill to soar the heavens faster than any of her predecessors. It offered her everything she ever wanted and more. Even as a filly she knew that if this creature what ever it was ,was indeed telling the truth that such a promise would come at a price. It shook it's head all it said was that when the time was right it would collect it's payment in the distant future, but for now it would be free. That young filly excepted the offer any price was worth her dreams. The very next day that filly was delighted to find that the creature was indeed telling the truth she was faster than any of the fully grown pegasi.

The rest is history that Pegasus became a living legend, her accolades became great and many. However she never forgot the creature's words it would be back and she had no doubt that the price in question would be high after all it was a great gift given to her. Whenever the mare had a moment to herself she would study book after book looking for the creature that was etched into her memories. Eventually she found it in an ancient book older than recorded history.

The text was too old to be translated by most archeologists the only option she had was to go to the Princess the only word she could translate was one of the creature's names it was called SIN. So not knowing what to do, she came up with a plan she knew that when her records would eventually be broken it would be back to collect.

She thought that if she stalls the progress of the young pegasi she would be safe at least until after she dies. So whenever a promising recruit would join the reserves they would find a tragic accident."

* HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!*

"CAN'T YOU SEE?"

*HAHAHAHAHHAHA!*

" I MADE A DEAL WITH SIN! I KNOW THE PRICE THAT I HAVE TO PAY! SOULS I HAVE TO KILL IN ORDER TO KEEP MY STATUS!"

Jet stream was at a lost of words after what he had heard. He looks over every inch of the room desperately hoping to find something to wake him from this nightmare. Glancing over to Dawn Runner tears now flow freely from his eyes. She was a twisted; and mangled corpse all the color of her coat...gone. Her golden hair was now red. A long waterfall of blood was starting to dry to the pillar.

" Oh don't fret you'll be joining her before daybreak."

He glared at rainbow Dash anger now coursing through his veins. He tried to break free if only to avenge Dawn Runner's gruesome death. As soon as he tried two powerful hooves drove themselves into his chest Rainbow Dash brought her head close to his.

Whispering into his ear " Its too bad though I know she really wanted you to buck her brains out just like all the whore mares in the academy."

Jet stream spewed out blood covering Rainbow Dash's back making her coo.

" You're such a tease young stallion."Rainbow Dash places her bloody lips on Jet Stream's kissing him vigorously.

All he wanted to do was vomit! The taste of blood on his lips; and in his mouth was revolting; but he couldn't. Rainbow Dash had possibly ruptured several of his internal organs with the blows she dealt to him earlier.

" By the way your wondering why I killed my daughter right? The answer is simple if she was named valedictorian all of her achievements would be MY achievements! BUT NO! YOU WON AND NOW I HAD TO KILL...HER...AND YOU! She was my only way out of the contract maybe if she became good enough she could take my place."

"Now...now there is no hope. If I only kill one of you at a time no one gets too suspicious. But two go missing in one night? I won't be able to hide that as easily." she sighs.

" If SIN doesn't come to collect its payment soon the headsman axe will. Oh well I guess there is one last thing I can try. For my final kill as it were. You see I heard that a stallion's genitals were exceptionally sensitive; and that if they get too damaged at once the pain is unbelievable. It might even kill them. Lets see how much you can take shall we."

Rainbow Dash raises her two forelegs up into the air and brings both of them down unto Jet Stream's genitals crushing them like grapes in a press.

*Squish!* *Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!*

Jet Stream screams as he spasms uncontrollably! Red; and white froth convulses out of his mouth.

*Gurgling the last of his breath out of his lungs* *Dead!*

Rainbow Dash let herself fall to the ground. When she landed she began to cry looking at the reflection of herself in the pool of blood for even though she didn't mind killing the countless innocents to keep all she had, all she could see now was her daughter's face looking back at her with sorrow in her eyes. Tired of it all Rainbow Dash simply gives in and summons the being that should she could not out run.

"I am tired of this dance if you're going to come and get me then do so! Come and get me SIN!"

*Silence!*

One by one the lights above begin to explode. When the last light vanished the eyes of the statues in the room began to glow an ethereal blue. Then HE came rising out of the large pool of blood like mist off of a lake in the morning. He was ENORMIOUS much larger than when she first met him she only came up to his knee cap.

" So you finally came? Well what is the price you want? I have nothing left for you to take."

A deep voice with sweet honeyed words answers her.

" Dear little filly you chose the life of fame; and fortune. You decided by your own volition to except my proposition knowing that the gift I offered would cost you greatly. So you killed innocents thinking that their lives are of equal value to yours. In the end you decided to feed your own vanity by abusing your friends; and their social standings to gain the attention that you so sought. By your own self destruction you have lost everything. However there is still one last thing you have. It is what I have come for in the first place. Your soul is now mine for all eternity doomed to be tormented by those whose lives were tragically shortened by your hooves."

" So be it. After every thing I've done I deserve no less." Rainbow Dash lowers her head with a tired smile on her face.

As the darkness envelopes her the museum begins to shake violently forcing large cracks to split the floor wide open revealing all the bodies of lost souls she had killed most of them still decaying. The pillars holding her latest victims shattered releasing them into the chasm. The walls began to crumple turning into large pieces of rubble. A loud explosion awakens ALL of Canterlot.

Thousands of ponies crowded the scene in utter disbelief as several royal guards covered the ruins of the former Rainbow Dash museum. The smell of rotting flesh forced most of them to leave. Over the course of the day ponies came and left all except for a small group of mares and a single stallion.

Even though they tried to console Soarin he was unresponsive lost in his sorrow of losing his loved ones. As the sun began to set one by one they were force to return home leaving Soarin behind. Eventually all that was left were a few guards arguing over how to deal with countless bodies found in the chasm their families would want them returned to them. It was determined that the bodies were too mangled to move without making a city wide uproar. So it was decided to hold a vigil at the site then have princess Twilight burn the bodies with her magic in an epic display to honor the dead and the families of the ones they lost.

Soarin was speechless he had stared at the ruins of the museum immobile since he arrived, that was early in the morning. All he could do was stare at the center of the site a large chasm was open strewn with countless bodies all in Wonderbolt uniforms at the top of the pile was his daughter's body along with Jet stream's, and Rainbow Dash drench in blood lied at the entrance. The scene before him was so gruesome that he felt nauseous.

"My little girl! My beloved Dashie! Why did this happen? Whose responsible for such monstrosity!?"

His stomach unable to handle the stress voids its contents. The acidic taste burns his throat. He hadn't even notice that he wasn't alone not until he felt a large leathery wing touches his shoulder. Turning around to see a bat pony next to him with a comforting smile on his face. The bat pony was incredibly dark! Soarin had never seen a pony with a coat as black as this one's. If it weren't for the two brilliant blue eyes staring at him; and the moonlight glinting off of his night guard armor. Soarin would have sworn that he was staring at a shadow.

" I mourn for your lose Sir Soarin. It is never easy to lose a daughter and your beloved especially both in one night." the bat pony's voice was so deep and warm that Soarin was almost lost in it right there.

" Th...thank you good sir knight. Tell me can you tell me how this happened. One of your kind would know more than I."

The bat pony let out a sigh " I should not tell you, but from what we can tell Rainbow Dash was insane. Since the first disappearance of one of the pegisi we've been watching her closely, but could never pin the murders on her. Until now she has been like smoke we could never catch her in the act; and she covered her tracts well. With her latest murders though she got sloppy; and damaged the support pillars putting too much strain on them; and on the foundation. All those bodies piling up underneath the foundation weakened it further until it collapsed on top of her. The two bodies on top were determined to be dead moments before the collapse."

Soarin's heart clenches at the sound of the bat pony's words. He wanted to cry but couldn't the bat pony's words harsh as they were seemed to cradle and sooth him at the same time he could listen to the bat pony speak forever.

"Tell me sir knight what is your name?"

Now the pony grinned wide with an illuminous smile " I have many names but you can call me SIN."