Assaulted

Twilight started opening her eyes only to immediately close them again as she felt a sharp pain radiating from her wings down through her entire body.  Daring to look behind her she was able to make out some kind of metal shackles around her pinion joints as well as a chain around her neck and all four hooves were clamped in irons near totally immobilizing her.

“Who, who are you?” Twilight eventually croaked, still incredibly lightheaded and parched.

“My dear Twilight, you don’t recognize me?” A voice said softly in the dimly lit room.

Looking around the darkened room she came across two glowing green slitted eyes.

“Chrysalis!” Twilight shouted in shocked anger, “let me go!”

“I can’t let you go, silly mare,” Chrysalis chuckled as she began using the back of her hoof to gently stroke the side of Twilight’s face.  Twilight shivered slightly at the feeling of the hard carapace sliding across her face.  “You are the only one who can help us get what we so desperately crave.”   Noticing Twilight’s face redden, Chrysalis couldn’t help but laugh.  “Don’t worry deary, I won’t do anything like that,” she seductively whispered into the mare’s ear.  Walking beside Twilight, Chrysalis put two hooves on Twilight’s shoulders.  “After all, there is no point in risking hurting myself over a single mare. Even if she is a princess.”

“Hurting yourself?”

“Yes.  Unless we can gain love from it, the act can be extremely painful for us.  Wait… why am I explaining this to you?”  Chrysalis asked, mainly to herself than the mare under her hooves

“Because you want to better educate Equestrians on the culture and biology of the Changeling species?”  Twilight offered, hoping she was right and if she is that she could take notes.

“Chrysalis, stop!”  Celestia growled, attempting to get the chains off Twilight without any luck.  Everytime she grabbed for them, her hoof seemed to phase through the metal.

“Stop distracting me!”  The queen growled as Twilight felt an electrical pulse shock throughout her body.  Her eyes immediately shut tight as her lungs burned with intent to scream.  “Now, you are going to answer some questions, and if you try to avoid the questions, trick me, lie to me, or distract me, you will be punished.”

Chrysalis chuckled darkly in the silence of the room. “That was a low setting, I can promise you that the next one will be much, much worse.  I should probably mention that the drugs we gave you earlier is made from my personal venom and has paralyzed your magic for three days, at least. Now, whether you live that long...”  leaning in close, she whispered “all depends on how good our little princess is.”  Chrysalis nipped sharply on Twilight’s ear with her carnivorous teeth.

“First question.  Is Shining Armor your actual brother?”

“Yes,” Twilight answered firmly.

“I bet your parents are so proud of the two of you. Their precious daughter is a princess and their son is a prince and captain of the royal guard,” Chrysalis commented as she began to pace in front of Twilight.

“ Leave my parents out- Aaaah!!”  Twilight screamed, the noise reverberated through the room for seconds after her voice faded.

“I warned you that if you break the rules, you get punished.”

“Yes…” Twilight panted, “yes, they are very proud of both of us.”

“Good. Now say ‘I will not avoid, lie, trick, or distract from the questions.’”

“No. EEP!” Twilight restrained the scream this time through clenched teeth and an icy glare, directed at the Queen of Changelings.

“Say it,” Chrysalis ordered as another jolt went through Twilight.  Then another, another, and another until the purple alicorn began to smoke lightly; the hairs on her back had begun to singe.

Twilight nodded sharply between jolts and shouted. “I will not avoid, lie, trick, or distract.”  Then she slumped as much as she could, a ragged breath leaving her.

“See, wasn’t that easy?  Now, had any of you ponies heard of us before the wedding?”

“No,” Twilight whispered.

“Then why were you scared of us?”

“Gee,” Twilight lifted her head to glare at Crysalis, “I don’t know. Maybe it was because you were foalnapping ponies, trying to kill Princess Celestia, imprisoned Princess Cadence, brainwahhhhhhh!” Twilight started crying, as the pain started becoming unbearable.  “I.. I didn’t..”

“I just wanted you to shut up,” Crysalis sneered at Twilight, “I get the picture. Next, how were you turned into an alicorn?”

“I’m not quite sure. I’m assuming it was a spell created by Celestia.”

“Of course,” Crysalis rolled her eyes, “now, what are you learning?”

“Learning?”

“Do I need to shock you again?”

Twilight whimpered and shook her head, reciting the phrase. “I will not avoid, lie, trick, or distract.”

“Very good. You’re learning,” Crysalis cooed as she continued, “how did you come by the other elements?  Your, friends, as you call them.”

“How long do you have?” Twilight snarked.  A glare from the Queen sent fear through Twilight.  “I will not avoid, lie, trick, or distract… But that was a valid question.  The story of how I met my friends can be rather, lengthy.”

“Give me the short version.”  Chrysalis started pacing again. She was secretly amazed that Twilight was answering the question.

“We met defeating Nightmare Moon.”

“How many so called ‘villains’ have you defeated with the elements?”

“Including a parallel dimension that magic was forcibly entered into, by a power crazed she-demon bent on a double world dictatorship?”

“Hmmmm, that sounds interesting. Tell me about it.”

“It is a strange land with a group of girls capable of using the elements without them even being worn by the representation of the element. If you wish I could take you there, and show you how they work.” Twilight growled

“You are seriously testing me?? Enough of you precious tales!”

“How do yo-aaahhhhhh!!!”

“Forgetting your lesson so soon. What would dear Celestia think?”

“I’m sorry. I will not avoid, lie, trick, or distract!” Twilight screamed as she surrendered. Not wanting to get electrocuted again, she just wanting the shocks to stop.

“Very good.  Now, how did you become Celestia’s personal student?”

“I was taking the entrance exam, and after turning a newborn dragon into a three story high monster, and my parents into plants…”

“You’re just giving me a headache now.” Chrysalis grumbled, rubbing her head with her hoof as her annoyance grew.

Twilight flinched in the darkness, waiting the next shock... that never came.

“I guess we’ll finish this in the morning, I certainly hope you're comfortable.”

With one last hiss in frustration, Chrysalis slammed her hoof across the muzzle of the defenseless mare, making her bleed and fall limp.  “Your guardian will be down in a moment. Now, recite it one more time.  Because I said so.”

“My guardian?”  Twilight gargled, as she drooled blood from a gash in her tongue, from biting it during the beating.

“Say it!” Chrysalis shouted then hissed, striking the mare across the face again.

“I will not avoid, lie, trick, or distract.” Twilight recited, as if taking a test she has studied for twenty times, only now she was beginning to sob.  Satisfied, Chrysalis left, slamming the door.

“Twilight?  Twilight can you hear me?”  Celestia yelled, even knowing it was useless.  “Is this how you were injured?  How did you get into the cell?  What…”  Her thoughts were abruptly cut off as she heard the door open. She watched in horror, as a changeling flew through the door with a large bag.

“Ready to have some fun?”  It whispered, changing into a mirror image of Shining Armor.

Celestia started growling again. “How low will they sink? Of course Twilight must know it’s not actually Shining Armor.”

“Shining?  What are you…”

“...Or not.”

“I’m sorry Twiley.  If I don’t do as I’m told then they are going to kill everypony.  Mom, Dad, Cadence, you.  Please, I’ll get us out of here, but I need time.”

“Just help me out of these things, then we can get out of here.”  Twilight whispered, not wanting anypony to hear her.  Fighting against the chains, making the skin underneath cut open.  She winced as blood began running down her hooves.

“Just bare with me,” he whispered then, without warning, he pulled out a large clamp and sized it around her barrel, walking to both her sides, making sure it was tight and secure.

“Shining?  What’re you doing?” Twilight asked as he cranked the clamp and send a sharp, screaming, violent pain through her body as bones broke.

“Sorry, you forced me. You tried to distract me from what I needed to do.”

“Shining!  Wha-?”  Twilight shrieked through the pain before she began to gasp in shock.

Next he took out two more smaller clamps.  Shining Armor tightened them around the pinion joints on her wings and numbing the throbbing pain, as well as her wings.

“Pretend this is just like old times. What did you learn today?”

“I will not avoid, lie, trick, or distract.” She stated, not even thinking about it anymore through the pain.

“Very good.  Now, your reward.”  Reaching into his bag again, he pulled out a ballgag and shoved it in his sister’s mouth, tightening it behind her neck.  Twilight’s eyes went wide in fear as he pulled out a thorned nightstick. “You’re reward is the gag.  This way, you won’t accidentally bite your tongue again, or anything else,” he implied seductively.

“Mmmnngg, aaaa, mmmaaa mmm,” she thrashed briefly until the pain stopped her.

“I’m sorry, I can’t understand you,” he laughed and teased as he hit her in the left foreleg with the nightstick, shredding the skin.  Looking up, he saw her crying.  “Cry all you want you spoiled brat. That isn’t going to change a thing!”  Shining yelled, hitting her in shoulder blade with the nightstick. Satisfied with himself as he heard a bone crack.  He continued to hit her on the abdominal muscle, the remaining three legs, and even hit her across the face with the butt of the nightstick.

“Oh you aren’t going to pass out on me already, are you? You’re avoiding the situation. Do you wish for me to take that gag out?” He asked with an amused smile as she vigorously shook her head no.  A moment later he groaned, as the mare went limp. “Fine, have it your way,” he sighed, setting off an electrical shock.  A moment later, he noticed Twilight stop breathing.

“Twilight…” Celestia started crying, as she watched Twilight take her last breath

        “Ah great.  The queen is going to kill me when she finds out I killed you.”  The changeling growled, using his magic to perform CPR.  “Note to self, remember that the chains and cuffs magnify the electrical current.”

        Celestia ran up to Twilight, hating herself that she couldn’t do anything to help, as the mare in front of her spasmed in agony.  Air rushed into her lungs, and she started choking on the gag still in her mouth.

        “Ok, sis.  I get it. I won’t go so rough on you.”  He sighed, pulling out a riding crop from his bag.  “You see I’m not really supposed to tell you this, but I’m here to wear you down.  Make it so  that even if you wanted to, you couldn’t fight back. In return...”  He hit her broken shoulder blade with the riding crop, smirking as Twilight let out a ear piercing scream.  “I get to have fun with the most amazing sister ever.”

        For the next hour he kept whipping her.  Blood oozed from her body, staining her fur and tail as blood pooled underneath her, drop by drop.  Just as he started getting tired of just using the riding crop, Twilight had fainted again from the pain and blood loss  “Oh well, I doubt you’re going anywhere. See you tomorrow sis.”  He laughed, packing up his tools before changing back into it’s natural form and flying off. As Celestia predicted, the world went black again.

        A flash startled Celestia, as she saw Twilight and Chrysalis again. Only this time Twilight was upside down, covered in even more gashes.

        “Now you decide to wake up.”  Chrysalis yelled, hitting her head on he wall in frustration.  “Listen and listen closely. I know it’s been a long three days for you…”

        “It’s already been three days? What happened to the other two days?” Celestia wondered, noticing how much thinner and weaker Twilight looked.

“...and I really wish I could keep my new toy.  Unfortunately, if I try to give you any more        sedatives, they would kill you.  Don’t worry Twilight…” Carefully licking Twilight’s damaged horn, the mare stiffened at the fresh wave of mind numbing pain.  “After tonight, you won’t remember a thing.” Using her magic, she laid the alicorn down on the floor with Twilight’s head in her forelegs. “I just want to hear it one more time.”

“I will not avoid, lie, trick, or distract you, my Queen.” She whispered, unaware of her current mental state.

Chrysalis pulled a bottle from her bag, it was filled with clear liquid with black spirals that looked like jellyfish tendrils. Tilting Twilight’s head back Chrysalis poured the unknown substance down the mare’s throat while casting a spell.  As the last drop entered Twilight’s mouth, her horn began sparkling, her aura had turned pitch black, along with her eyes. Allowing the altered mare to stand up, she unfastened the chains. All of her wounds started to glow green as they began to heal themselves.

The spell took effect.

        “My Queen, how may I serve you?”

        Celestia slowly took a couple steps back as she shook her head. It was Twilight’s body, but her voice had taken a demonic tone.

        “Here, follow the instructions on this scroll.  Make sure that you memorize them, then burn it.  All of this would have been a waste, if this is discovered.”

“Of course. I won’t let anything distract you from your plan.”

        In that moment, Celestia started trying to piece everything together.  Before she could get started going over all the details, another while light blinded her. When she could she again, she noticed a very familiar room, and Twilight laying unconscious on the floor.

This was the Twilight she raised and loved.