In loving memories

"Darling! It's my turn!"

"Oh, there you are!“ Starlight grinned while recognizing Rarity's voice, "I was starting to get nervous!“

"Oh, don’t you worry, dear!“ a disheveled, obviously sleep deprived Rarity appeared in sight, “I am here to stay, but I won't do all the work.”

Rarity magically lighted the torches, that must have been installed during Starlight's absence. A box full of fabric and sewing material appeared.

“Fabric?” Starlight laughed, “What? Will you put me in a disgusting dress?”

“Never!” Rarity protested, “I will sew you a dress so beautiful, that you’ll never take it off!”

With this, she levitated her needle and a pitch-black stream of fabric.

“No fancy colors today?” Starlight nagged sarcastically.

Rarity didn’t change her expression. Instead she looked over into the dark.

“Aurora, darling? I might need some help here!”

An orange layer of magic appeared around Starlight. The ties were opened and she was levitated into air, right in front of Rarity. Then, the magic slowly moved her extremities to the pose of a mannequin. Starlight could feel how every single muscle in her body froze to Aurora's will. She wasn’t even able to speak anymore.

Rarity smiled delightful. “Thanks a lot!”

She placed the fabric on Starlight's hips and set one of her safety pins in place. It was in that moment, that Starlight realized, what she was doing.

Starlight moaned in gentle pain, as the needle stitched deep within her skin. She couldn’t open her mouth, yet she could make noises.

Rarity would continue her stitching and needle by needle she would get more confident and be more brutal with the next one. Little by little Starlight would feel more pain, yet it wasn’t as bad to the point when she couldn’t stand it. Instead, she too gained some confidence.

“Yeah, this will look delightful!” Rarity mentioned, when she had finished pinning the pattern down, “Now, shall we sew it on?”

To Starlight's surprise, the white unicorn levitated a small sewing machine that must have stood behind the box of fabric. Her eyes widened when she saw it.

“Note, that I had the bottom removed.” Rarity smiled, “A customized article simply for you! Because I’m so generous!”

The magic around Starlight's face disappeared, so she could open her mouth again.

“I underestimated you.” Starlight grinned back at the stylist.

Rarity wouldn’t answer her. She simply placed the sewing machine on Starlight's belly and switched it on. The loud roar of the machine echoed through the hall. Seconds later Starlights screams would do the same.

Knowing, Starlight would have to suffer at least for a little while, she took her time sewing the fabric onto her body. When done, she would fold the skirt back to sew a neat approach. She then placed the machine on her victim again, to pin it, right beside the bloody seam, she had done a minute ago. This time Starlight would scream even louder.

“Now to the pattern.” Rarity proceeded, “You asked for colours earlier, didn’t you?”

“Flowers!” Starlight smirked, heavily breathing. If one thing, she really didn’t want to show any weakness now, “In all the rainbow colours!”

This time Rarity did answer. She giggled, realizing that Starlight indeed was in great pain.

“I think, I have just the right yarn for that!” she levitated a rainbow coloured yarn roll, “Although it's a shame to waste it on black fabric. You must know, I had it made after a very special key, that was needed to build Twilight's- I mean Your castle. But, the costumer is always king, isn’t she?”

She picked a needle and started stitching a flower pattern near the seam. The needle went deeper and faster with every second. Starlight however got more quiet with every stitch.

This continued until Starlight was put into a very beautiful, but bloody black gown. She didn’t even moan anymore. She just stood in her paralysation smirking like she was planning her revenge, but breathing like she had just run a mile.

Perhaps it was time for something more painful.

“Now you look appropriate!” Rarity smiled to herself, then turned to the dark, “Don’t you dare burn my stitching, Spiky!”

“Don’t worry, Rarity!”

While Starlight was moved back into her ties, a small, but frightening purple dragon appeared in the light.

“I wouldn’t!”