Dash chuckled softly to herself, curling up with Twilight in bed and burying her muzzle in her friends neck. It had been a great night, her thirst had been very much quenched... for now. Her bloody hooves dragged along Twilights back and over the sheets, creating a stain that wouldn't be going anytime soon, never mind the mental stain for Twilight.

It was safe to say Twilight noticed the blood very quickly after waking, screaming and throwing herself out of the bed, erupting at its other inhabitant "RAINBOW DASH!? What did you do?!" She screamed again, dragging the sleepy mare by the mane out of the bed and pinning her with magic, looking over the red sheets, her body shaking wildly. She'd seen blood before, but this was different... She had no clue whose it was, only knowing she'd slept in it all night and that the mare that was responsible for the mess was not mentally stable.... Bringing her to the conclusion that the blood matted in her fur was... She didn't dare think of what it could be from.

Dash rubbed her eyes nonchalantly, yawning and looking at Twi "Morning..." She cast her gaze across the room and grinning at the bed "Oh that..."

"What have you done..." The Princess looked more upset from the betrayal of her friend than the poor pony on the receiving end. "I trusted you! You'd... changed..." She was close to tears, both of sadness and anger "I-I'm going to turn you in!"

Dash bit her lip "C-cmon Twi... I need help! look at me, I'm a mess... My minds fucked, I really need your expert help..." She whimpered.

Twilight was torn. In ways, she was right... Her mind was truly fucked from previous events, most of which weren't her fault, but on the other hoof the mare had obviously murdered a pony last night, or at least severely injured someone. Could she really give the mare her trust for a third time? She'd saved her life... It would be wrong not to return the favour. "F-fine! But you have to do exactly as I say!"

Dash stopped herself from grinning, trying to look as sincere as possible, nodding quickly "Yes Twi! Please, help me..."

"Now... Who's blood is that?"

Dash licked her teeth and shuffled "Um..."

"Rainbow Dash..."

Both mares turned to look at the door as it was forcefully kicked in, an emotional Applejack hurtling though the door, she was a mixture of tears and pure rage, throwing herself towards Dash "I'll kill you!"

Dash grinned, standing still. She knew Twilight would catch her in her magic before she got anywhere near her.

Dash was right, Twilight holding both mares now in her magic, frowning "Applejack? Whats going on?"

"A-Applebloom" She coughed through tears "She's... dead... Ah found her in the barn with... with... her throat cut"

Twilight slowly turned to Dash, shaking her head "S-surely not... not even you... A filly..."

Dash didn't flinch. "It was supposed to be her. Bloom was just in the wrong place at the wrong time"

Twilight stared in silence, letting AJ out of her magic but not the Pegasus. "She's all yours until tomorrow morning... Then she'll be getting a surprise visit. Take her to the barn to make sure you're not interrupted" With that, Twi sent an insane shock through the mares brain, knocking her out.

Applejack through a bucket of icy water over Dash, waking the mare. Her hooves were bound in pairs, her forelegs twisted painfully behind her back, her rear legs bound at the ankle and knee.

Dash groaned as she came to, blinking hard "Good morning to you too..."

Applejack knew this was going to be hard, but she reckoned she'd manage it. Dash was going to torment her through the day, but Applejack was happy enough to return the favour in pain, farm mare style. Nothing was off limits, Twi had said, so she had free reign of the mare until morning, giving AJ a rare smile on such a horrible day so far.

Dash craned her head to look at the mare, trying to spot something behind her "Where is she? Her blood tasted nice... Some of the best I've had.."

AJ nodded slowly, before bucking her as hard as she could in the face, making sure she was wearing her newest steel horseshoes. They may not be the most practical, but boy did they hurt! "How many ponies have you killed, Dash?"

It took the mare a good while to answer, her head thrown back and hitting the wall hard, it would have knocked her out or even killed her if AJ had wanted it to - the mare knew just where to strike. Dash already tasted blood, spitting it at the ground before grinning weakly up at the orange farm mare. "Directly or indirectly?"

"Huh... Don't like the taste of your own then?" She scooped some blood running down her mouth and tasted it, obviously not enjoying the taste "Twi tells me you've been tortured before?"

"Correct" She answered simply.

"A few long days in store for you, I'm afraid" She smiled "How was it?"

"The torture? Or seeing the life leave your little sisters eyes? Because I definitely enjoyed one much more than the other"

AJ grit her teeth. Even in this situation Dash was still managing to act cocky and on top "The torture..."

"Well, I was much younger. In fact... It was just after you'd all run away from Ponyville, cowering like the cowards you are, whilst we fought an unwinnable battle. But, I don't regret it... It was that day that truly made me the mare I am today. It's interesting, the things war does to a pony. Everyone says it changes them, but no-one truly believes that, do they? But it does... Seeing my commander fly away, leaving us to die like pigs in the mud?" She chuckled "Well. It changed me"

Aj seemed interested in the story, but she wasn't here for story time with Dashie, she was here to punish the cunt that had killed her little sister. The mare took a metal poker from a stove of hot coals, the end red hot and approached Dash, pressing the hot rod into her exposed underside.

The smell of melting flesh filled the room as Dash squirmed, crying out in pain, her eyes squeezed closed. The pain was immense, but Dash was doing surprisingly well at hiding it - despite her cries of pain and desperate squirms. Applejack finally replaced the now cool poker into the ashes, leaving a permanent spot on the mares chest. "You have a very high pain tolerance... I'm almost impressed"

Dash sucked in air through her nose, glaring up at AJ "I much prefer Twilight... She at least tried to repay me after I saved her life... You're just a sadistic little fucker, aren't you?"

AJ chuckled and shrugged "I am enjoying this... But not in that way"

Her glare didn't stop, her eyes locked on AJ "Did you miss me? Honestly?"

"I did" She admitted "For a while. Then I heard what you did to Fluttershy... It all went sour from there, didn't it? Rumour has it you were a very good solider, which I can believe... But then ya lost control, didn't you?"

"One way of putting it... And yes, I was very good. The best. And extremely under appreciated and led by fucking idiots."

"None of those idiots committed genocide on their own people"

"You call that a genocide?" She laughed "I was just getting started" She grinned.

The grin was swiftly wiped off her face as Applejack pressed the hot poker to the sensitive base of her hoof, this time causing Dash to scream out and writhe in her bonds, the flesh melting again before AJ removed the red hot metal and put it back in the coals.

"That sounded like it hurt"

Dash took a little longer to recover, breathing quick, sharp breathes before eventually opening her eyes "I always knew you were kinky"

That frustrated Applejack beyond belief. The fact the mare was still making jokes and mocking her was unbelievable. In one swift action, the mare wrapped a length of rope around Dash's neck, hoisting her up to the rafters and putting a stool under her hooves, her own leg on the stall threading to kick it away and let her hang.

Dash teetered on the stall, coughing and looking down at her torturer "Go on. Do it. I don't fear death, I'm looking forward to it" She growled "You don't think I didn't try killing myself? Make my fucking day and end it"

Applejack thought for a moment, before kicking the stall away, holding the rope in her mouth as Dash hung, swinging gently as her neck was the only thing supporting her.

Dash only grinned, coughing a lot, but not a dash of fear in her eyes. Applejack just couldn't win... She let go of the rope, sending the mare crashing to the ground in a pile, gritting her teeth as she tied the mare to a post, shaking her head "I'll see you in the morning" She growled.

"Goodnight AJ~"

Dash didn't get any sleep, instead attempting to gnaw through her ropes. She'd been extremely unsuccessful, so had given up and relaxed against the post until morning came, bringing Applejack and Twilight with it. "Good morning!"

"Good morning, Rainbow Dash" Came an all to familiar voice, Dash knowing who it had come from before they even turned the corner. Her cocky attitude faded, face dropping. Twilight avoided eye contact with the Rainbow maned pegasus as she followed the occupier of the voice into the barn, Applejack taking up Dash's cocky grin as the last to enter.

"Y-you..." Dash gulped.

Author's Note

Thank you for reading!

Please, no spoilers in the comments! If you're really eager to discuss, feel free to PM me :P

P.s, turns out theres one of those clowns in my accommodation.