Rarity had gathered her things and set up on a Manhattan roof. Her clothes were dark colored and light in weight. She wore a mask that covered her nose and down. Her top was a black midriff shirt with a heart cut out at the top revealing some cleavage. She had on dark blue short capris so that her knees were visible. A pistol with a silencer sat in its holster while she looked through the scope of her silenced sniper rifle. She carried a combat knife opposite of her pistol. She had an ear piece to call in her helicopter when her mission was done. A picture of a woman lay next to her.
The night was clear and there was no wind to interfere with Rarity’s shot. She had been waiting hours for her target to show up. She had to wonder how she went from designer to assassin and then she remembered why. Rarity looked away and pulled out a picture of her little sister. “I’ll make sure no one gets hurt, I promise.” She kissed the picture and put it back in her shirt. She looked at the clock and found it to be near midnight. “Anytime now you little S.O.B.” Rarity looked back into the scope of her rifle. The streets were nearly void of people. Her target would be plenty easy to spot with such few people and Necromorphs.
Rarity breathed slowly and kept calm. Ever since the incident with the Marker, people changed in more ways than one. Some were physically and some were just emotionally. She considered herself one of those emotionally scared. “Starlight, you should have been my first target and now I don’t know where you are. I should have killed you the moment i saw you but.” Rarity shook her head and focused as woman with an axe came into view through her scope. Rarity quickly looked at the picture next to her and then back through the scope. This was her target. There was no doubt in her mind. She held her breath to steady her aim and then waited. The woman raised the axe and hit the door.
Rarity didn’t waste another second, she pulled the trigger and watched as the bullet went straight through her targets head and out the other side. Rarity showed no emotion as she stood up and called in her transport. She quickly put her sniper around her and put an X on the picture o the now dead woman. “No more pain sis, this is for you.” A small tear slipped down her cheek as she thought of Sweetie Belle. Sweetie Belle didn't derserve her fate and Rarity was going to make sure Starlight paid for what she did.
Rarity sat down on the edge of the building, knee raised for her to relax an arm on as she looked into the distance. Soon her contract with the FFA or Femme Fetale Assassins would be over even if she didn't really report to them anymore. It's was really just a formality then anything. It didn’t matter though, she was a part of something better than what any government could give. While the government sat around trying to find people, the FFA took care of people the way they should. Granted, Rarity avoided what she believed to be the unnecessary killings her group was involved with. The government couldn’t do a thing anymore anyway, not since the outbreak.
Rarity didn’t have to wait too long before her helicopter arrived. She looked up to the helicopter and then heard something crawling up behind her. She pulled out her knife and flipped around. She quickly made a horizontal swipe and cut off the tentacles, killing the creature. She wiped the blood off her knife and put it away. “Stupid lurker.” She grabbed onto the ladder and climbed up. “Let’s get back to the tower.” She told the pilot and stared out at the city. There were so many broken down and abandoned buildings. Luckily, Rarity was able to help keep the Necromorphs under minimal control. There were hundreds of fellow assassins in every city. Unfortunately Starlight was still out there using magic to actually control the undead demons. “I can’t wait to get my hands on her just so I can send a bullet through her head.”
“Rarity, we will find her, don’t worry about that. We all have a reason to take her out.” The Pilot, Spitfire, wanted to find Starlight but Spitfire worried that Rarity was obsessed with it.
“Don’t try Spitfire, you know what she did to my sister. Don’t act like you can relate. Now do your job and fly will you?” Rarity didn’t get along with Spitfire all too well. As far as Rarity was concerned, Spitfire was the reason Sweetie Belle was gone.
Spitfire groaned but kept quiet. She knew better than to tick off the one person in the FFA that could take her out without hesitation. Unlike everyone else, Rarity was so good at her job that she was given free range. Rarity got to pick and choose what cases she wanted and everyone else had to follow strict orders. To say Spitfire was jealous would be an understatement. Not only was she beyond jealous but she was furious with their leader for making her oblige to whatever Rarity wanted. She felt like a slave. “We’re almost there.”
“I can see that Spitfire, you don’t need to tell me what I clearly know.” Rarity was irate but inside she wanted to knock Spitfire senseless. The only thing keeping her from doing so was the fact that all of the FFA would be after her if she did. After a few more minutes, Rarity was dropped off on the roof of a large tower. Spitfire said goodbye but Rarity just scoffed. Spitfire closed the door and then flipped Rarity off before flying away. “Dreg.” Rarity pushed the down button on the elevator and waited. While she waited, she took a look through the scope on her rifle and zoomed in. She could see Sweetie Drops and Coloratura or Rara as Applejack called her. The two were back to back fighting off Necromorphs from all sides. They were winning too but there was a sneaky one coming up on them. Rarity held her breath and aimed her shots. She fired in quick, accurate succession and blew off all its limbs.
Rarity lowered her scope as she heard the ding of the elevator arriving. She walked in and pushed the number fifteen. It didn’t take long for the elevator to arrive on the designated floor. When the doors opened, she walked over to the couch and sat down. She set her things down and relaxed until she heard Twilight. “Any progress on our problem?”
Twilight turned to face Rarity. She was dressed in a blue and red wizards garb. “No Rarity, I have no update for you and would you please stop acting so high and mighty. You can’t expect me to find something so easily especially without any help. The others are gone and with you playing assassin all the time, I’m left by myself.” Twilight growled.
Rarity stood up and clenched her fists. “I’m making sure that no-one gets hurt again, sorry if that’s such a bad thing.”
“It is when it’s not done the proper way. Unlike you, I’m trying to hold onto my humanity.” Twilight said measuring out some chemicals for her latest attempt to solve everything.
“I’m doing more than the government is, so back off.” Rarity sat back down on the couch.
“Let’s just forget it ok, we’re both having issues with how things are turning out.” Twilight exhaled. “I’m sorry by the way, I know you’re trying to be useful in this effed up world.”
“I’m sorry too Twilight, I guess I’m just so upset with how everything is going that I just; I’m taking my anger out on you and I’m sorry.” Rarity rubbed the bridge of her nose, she could feel a headache coming on. When she looked up, she saw Twilight with a glass of red wine. Twilight handed her the glass. “Thanks Twilight.” Rarity took a sip and chuckled. “What’s wrong with me Twilight?”
“Nothing, we lost our friends and family and now here we are trying to make sure we make our families proud of us. I only hope I haven’t disappointed mine. Sometimes I wonder if I should let my anger rise and take out everyone who gets in my way.” Twilight paused and chuckled. “Yeah, we’re both pretty messed up aren’t we?” Rarity raised an eyebrow.
“Yes and you may be afraid of what your family would think but I’m still trying to be a lady.” Rarity twirled the glass of wine in her hand and chuckled. “That’s so hypocritical considering what I’m doing, isn’t it?”
“Yeah but like I said, we’re pretty messed up but look at it this way, it isn’t our fault.” Twilight chuckled.
“ I suppose. Well, I’m going to call it a night, see you in the morning.” Rarity set her glass down and walked away.
“Goodnight Rarity.” Twilight sighed and went back to work.
Rarity woke up that morning like every morning since she lost her sister, angry and irritable. She changed out of her long red nightgown and back into her assassin attire. This was her life now and nothing would change that. She looked in the mirror and saw the same thing she always saw, her sister and Spitfire. Sweetie Bell was dangling above a group of necromorphs screaming for help and Spitfire instead stood frozen at seeing her mother’s body lying lifeless in a puddle of blood.
Rarity shook her head and smashed the mirror. “She just couldn’t be professional could she?” She was so focused on what she was thinking that she hadn’t noticed Twilight come in.
“You still aren’t over that yet Rarity?” Twilight asked but didn’t get an answer, only a groan. “Where were you Rarity, when she died?”
“Where was I, trying to help my sister, that’s where. The scars on my back are proof of that. I had just lost my friends, my mother and father and yet I pushed through to help others, so don’t go defending Spitfire. I would have liked to see her fail getting to her than just stand like a statue crying her eyes out. I was crying too Twilight, I” Rarity started shaking and tears formed in her eyes. She fell to her hands and knees. “I tried so hard to get to her. I tried everything I could to save my sister but I failed.” Her breathing became almost stagnant.
“Rarity, there is nothing I can say to make you feel better but for the record, I wish I had been there.” Twilight turned and walked away.
Rarity eventually stood up off the ground and calmed herself down. She took in big breaths and then grabbed her weapons. She needed to clear her head and the best way to do that was shoot. She pulled her weapon up over her shoulder and carried some ammo in her hands. Rarity made her way through the main room and over to the elevator. The smell of toast and jam filled her nose but she ignored it and stepped into the elevator.
Once Rarity reached the roof, she screamed into the air and stomped once on the ground. “Why, why did we have to stay here of all the effed up places? We never should have let Starlight build this place.” She took her rifle and looked into the distance through the scope. Many of the uninhabitable buildings were covered in the corruption. She could see everything from the roof including the large corrupted building harboring Starlight, her necromorphs and the marker. One day she would get in there and blow the place apart. After that she would blow up this building as well just to try and rid her memory of Starlight. “Stupid Starlight and her stupid magic. Twilight will be the only mage I like.”
Rarity saw a group of the undead and quickly loaded her gun with the little explosive ammo she had. She knew she shouldn’t use it but she was far too angry to think clearly. She aimed at the group a mile off and fired. The bullet hit at the feet of the necromorphs and blew them to bits. She set down her sniper and looked over the edge. Necromorphs were hitting the force field Twilight set up around the building designed to reject hostiles but could be shot through from the inside.
Rarity heard the elevator lower and rise. “Twilight, could you please use you magic to counter Starlight so we can end this?”
“You know I won’t, magic is just too tempting. The power I get from using it is incredible and I don’t want to get to used to it. I don’t want to lose control of myself. You have seen where magic can lead when you want to rule and with that much power at my disposal, I can’t risk losing myself. I won’t give magic the chance to control me.” Twilight looked out over the horizon.
“Don’t give me that crap Twilight, you have no problem controlling it. You put up this force field no problem.” Rarity looked through her scope.
“It only looked like it Rarity, on the outside nothing changes but on the inside. I got to a point that I felt invincible. That thought led to me thinking that I didn’t need anyone. It wasn’t until after I finished putting up the shield that I was able to shake my head and clear my thoughts. I do need someone Rarity, I can’t do things by myself and I don’t want to. The problem is I still get that feeling of not needing anyone. It’s not common but it’s there and so magic just isn’t something I want to use. It’s an emergency mechanism, that’s it.”
Rarity looked at Twilight, her mouth open. “I didn’t know you felt that way, why didn’t you tell me?”
Twilight sighed and looked at Rarity. “I didn’t need you to worry about me and besides, I’m fine. It’s you I worry about. You have such anger toward people who should be allies.” Just then a scream was heard and both girls looked over the edge.
Rarity aimed and noticed Rara running from three Brutes. Rarity shakily aimed at the Brute closest to Rara who was running toward the tower. She fired and hit the brute in the face which only slowed it down. The other two were hit by the blast but didn’t stop and were closing in on Rara. Rarity fired another bullet and blasted one of the brutes arms off. She fired again and again until she was empty and had to reload. She reloaded and fired off six shots with normal rounds and then had to reload again. She was angry and sad and it was effecting her aim. She should have hit the weak spots in the first shot but her aim was sloppy and her mind was clouded.“Come on Rara!” Rarity screamed as Rara ran through the force field through a small hole in the group of necromorphs.
“Come on Twilight, I need you.” Rarity ran into the elevator and pushed button one. Twilight grabbed her staff and ran into the elevator as it began to close. The trip down was silent and tense. The two held their weapons at the ready; Twilight with her staff and Rarity with her pistol. The elevator reached the fifth floor when it shook and stopped. Rarity cursed and aimed at the elevator doors while Twilight forced them open. The elevator was between the fourth and fifth floor with a small hole near the bottom. “I have your back dear.” Twilight groaned knowing that meant she would exit first. Once Twilight was out of the elevator, Rarity climbed out. “Let’s move.”
Twilight wanted to slap Rarity but now wasn’t the time to risk any chance of an argument starting. She decided to just go with the flow and hoped Rara would be alright. Besides, this wasn’t one of the floors to get caught unaware by a necromorph. Some of the lights flickered on and off while most were just off. “Let’s just get her out and go.” Twilight took the lead down the hall. Her and Rarity could hear the clunking of the undead in the vents. Despite their calm and collected exterior, their hearts raced a mile a minute and tried to jump from their chests when a loud noise was made.
They made it to the stairs at the end of the hall when the sound of a vent crashing to the ground was heard. Rarity was quicker than Twilight to turn around. Without hesitation, she fired three shots into the big yellow sack causing the Necromorph to explode and sent the two flying to the ground with minimal damage. They stood up and rubbed their sore spots. “Yeah, that’s not going to attract anything.” Rarity said sarcastically. Quickly, the two opened the door and made their way down the broken steps. They had to make small leaps over gaps the entire way down to the first floor. Once they reached the bottom, Twilight opened the door to the bottom floor and walked in with Rarity right behind. “Rara.” Rarity whispered as loud as possible without attracting attention.
“There, I see her.” Twilight pointed and started to run over but was told to stop. “Rara, what’s wrong?”
“It’s on the wall.” Rara weakly shown her light on the wall beside Twilight and Rarity. This irritated the Guardian and caused it to shoot out its pods. “Kill it and I’ll come to you.”
Twilight looked to the guardian and then turned to Rarity. “It’s all you Rare, have fun.”
Rarity pulled out her rifle while Twilight hid behind a wall. Without using magic, Twilight was useless against a Guardian. Rarity aimed and fired before having to lower her weapon and dodge the sharp projectile from the pods. Rarity did this six times before the guardian wailed and died. She switched to her pistol and took out each of the pods. “Rara, you ok?” Rara limped over to Rarity and Twilight.
“I’ll be fine, let’s get out of here and may I use the handgun?” Rara asked and Rarity accommodated. “Let’s move.” Rara took the lead much to Rarity’s disapproval. The trip up was busy and exhausting. Lurkers were in the stairways as well as Slashers. They had been easy to deal with, it was the stairs causing most of the trouble. Rarity cut ahead on the twelfth floor while Twilight helped Rara up. It wasn’t until they neared the fifteenth floor that a Tentacle reached out and grabbed Rara by the leg and dragged her down the stairs and into the hall on the fourteenth floor. Rarity and Twilight ran down to get their friend but found they hadn’t needed to. “I said I’m fine, all I needed was the handgun.” Rara checked the clip and found it empty. “It’s empty, all well.” Rara stood up and continued limping up the stairs toward the fifteenth floor.
The three reached their floor and shut the door behind them. Twilight noticed a lot more then just a few scrapes and bruises. Rara was cut up from head to toe and her foot was the size of a tennis ball. Her eye was black and her head was bleeding. One of her arms were broken and when Rara sat down, Twilight could have sworn she heard something break. Her torso was diagonally cut from shoulder to hip. Then there was Rarity who wasn’t in as bad of shape but was still cut up. “Rara, you are in no way fine.”
Rara smiled and then violently coughed up blood and fell to the floor. “Twilight!” Rarity yelled.
“I’m going for a med kit.” Twilight started to leave when Rarity grabbed her arm. “Rarity, let go.”
“Twilight, you don’t need to find a med kit or anything, you have the ability to heal her.” Rarity said pulling Twilight toward their friend.
Twilight pulled her arm away and shook her head. “I can’t do that, it’s too risky.”
“For you or for her, she needs help now Twilight!” Rarity yelled as she saw Rara begin to shake sporadically on the floor.
“Fine.” Twilight began to shake as she focused on healing Rara. She was scared one of the times she used magic, she would leave everything behind. Everything was going well until her mind started thinking. The healing was still happening but her thoughts were now on the wonder of power. What kinds of things she could accomplish with the ability to heal oneself. Why should she do anything for anyone else, she had the power. More and more thoughts entered her mind and then Rara’s gasps for air broke her from them. Twilight backed up breathing heavily and terrified. She looked at her friend unconscious on the floor and then turned to Rarity. Without so much as a thought she brought her hand back and slapped Rarity as hard as she could. “DON’T YOU EVER ASK ME TO USE MAGIC AGAIN!” Twilight turned shaking and went to her room.
Rarity stood stunned but was happy to have her friend alive.
Rarity waited all day for Rara to wake up from her sleep. She paced back and forth with her hands behind her back. She had been tempted to speak with Twilight but decided it best not to after the previous events. Rarity stopped pacing and went to the kitchen and grabbed some wine from the cupboard. She grabbed a glass and poured the wine in. “Come on Rara, wake up.” She grabbed her glass of wine and continued her pacing as she drank.
Rarity drunk her tenth glass of wine and sixth glass of rum. She was far too drunk at that point to wait for Rara. Rarity was out cold and slumped over the chair. It was near bedtime before Rara’s eyes fluttered opened. “Rarity, you around?” Rara asked and then saw her friend. “Rarity, you worry too much but I suppose I can’t blame you.” Rara remembered what happened with Rarity’s sister.
“Ah, you’re awake, wonderful. How do you feel?” Twilight asked coming into the room with her hand rubbing the bridge of her nose. Of course Rarity was drunk, she worried too much but there wasn’t anything anyone could do about it.
“I’m ok, a bit sore still but I’m overall ok.” Twilight sat down next to Rara and smiled. “You know Rarity better than I do, but did she always worry?”
Twilight sighed and took in a deep breath. “Only since her sister died, she really lost it after that but I think we all did to some extent at some point.”
“I suppose, it brings up a few questions.” Rara thought about her question for a bit and then looked at Twilight. “I know you, Rainbow Dash, and AJ were all hit first by the marker but could you explain how this all started? You know, if you don’t mind.”
Twilight thought back and then nodded. “This war of ours started a long time ago Rara and it’s not a pleasant one. I’ll tell you though, you deserve to know. Applejack would want you to know.”
Ten years ago
Twilight had decided to go visit what was supposed to be a ghost town just for studies sake. No one knew anything about the old town and it wasn’t acceptable. Twilight just had to find out something about the old town. Sure it was a long bus ride there but if it meant discovering something new, it would be worth it. She even packed enough for a month. She invited her friends but only Rainbow Dash and Applejack sounded interested in a ghost town. “Ok girls, thanks so much for coming with me.”
“Hey, I just wanted to visit a ghost town.” Rainbow rubbed her hands together in excitement. She couldn’t wait to see old broken down buildings and tell ghost stories in one of the broken down buildings.
“No problem sugarcube, I thought this would be something to tell my family about.” Applejack winked.
“Just remember, I’m here to learn, what you two do is your own business, during the day anyway. Without electricity, I probably won’t be doing much and I’ll need all the battery power I can get for my flashlight. So at night, we can tell ghost stories if you like.” Twilight looked into her backpack and revealed her fifty batteries. Applejack peeked in and put her hands on her hips. “What, it’s very plausible that something could happen to some of the batteries. I could lose some for instance.”
“Twi, you always over pack for things and never have a problem.” AJ leaned back against her seat and looked out the window.
“Yes I do overpack and one of these days, I’m going to need the extra stuff. Besides, this is much different, I can’t just go home if I need something. The bus only comes out here every so often and there aren’t any stores way out here.”
“You know AJ, she has a point there.” Rainbow said looking out at the mountains in the distance.
“Ok, I admit she has a good point but I still think she overdoes it.” Applejack leaned against the window and sighed. “So Twilight, how long until we reach this town?”
“A few hours, until then, let’s enjoy the scenery.” Twilight looked out the window but could only think of the discoveries she would make. Soon she and her friends would be in an old town, with no real history, in the middle of nowhere. Her stomach ached in anticipation.
It didn’t take long for the three to fall asleep. When Twilight woke, the bus was within minutes of arriving at their destination. “Oh this is so exciting. A part of my summer vacation in an abandoned town.” Twilight shook Applejack and Rainbow Dash awake. “Girls, we’re almost there and it’s only noon.” She squealed with excitement. AJ and Rainbow plugged their ears to keep from hearing the high pitched noise. “Sorry girls, I’m just so excited.”
“Yes, we know Twilight, you wouldn’t shut up about it before we left.” Applejack elbowed Rainbow Dash in the side. “Well she wouldn’t.” The two glared at each other.
“Now girls, let’s not fight now. Look, we’re here, let’s go.” Twilight grabbed her backpack as the bus came to a stop. She grabbed her other two bags and ran off the bus. She was in a desert but it was surprisingly cool for being noon. “Come on girls, get moving.” Twilight said poking her head into the bus.
“Jeez Twilight, you don’t slow down do you?” Rainbow asked and then heard the irony in what she said but shook it off.
“Oh Rainbow Dash, of course not and since when did you ever want to slow down?” Twilight looked around and found an old trail leading down a hill into the old village which didn’t look so old. The houses were neat in two lines and there were people everywhere. “That can’t be right.” She turned around to speak to the bus driver but the bus had already driven off. “I suppose it is.” Twilight shook it off and began marching down the trail. If this was the old ghost town, surely someone would know something about it. When she reached the little town, everyone greeted Twilight with large creepy grins. “Maybe this town has people freaked out by its history but then why stay and why fix up the homes so she could stay, hmm?” Twilight walked by everyone and toward the house at the end. As soon as she reached the end, Rainbow Dash and Applejack had caught up.
“Twilight, could you wait a minute?” Applejack asked.
“Yeah, we know you’re excited but come on.” Rainbow set her bags down and wiped her brow free of sweat. It may have been cooler than expected but it was still desert.
“Sorry girls.” Twilight knocked on the door. A person with light purple skin and purple and blue hair answered the door. “Hello, my name is Twilight Sparkle, I was just wondering if this town used to be a ghost town.”
The woman in the door smiled and nodded. “Yes but I came in and made it a town for many who have lost their way. It’s sad really, so many people ran from home and got lost and so I took them in. Please come in and I’ll get you all ready for your new homes.”
“Oh we’re not running away from home, we wanted to come to the ghost town that was supposed to be here. I wanted to find out more about this place and I wasn’t expecting people to be here.” Twilight explained.
“Forgive me, no one has ever come to find out more about the place that used to be here. You can imagine why I thought you were running away from home.”
“That’s alright miss, uh, what’s your name?” Applejack asked.
“Oh silly me, I’m Starlight Glimmer. Now, why not come in and we can talk.” Starlight opened her door and allowed the three girls in. “This is my home where I run this little town. You know, you really should stay here, this place is full of people who have been left out and felt unappreciated by others. I have simply given them a new view on how the world could be if everyone was kinder. No one fights, Tea?” The three girls shook their heads. “There are no problems here, everyone is equal with each other. Those that work get just as much as the next hard worker. Of course that means that everyone has just as much as the next person. No one complains or does anything that could harm another.” Starlight’s eyes went from blue to red and then back to blue in a second. “It’s convergence.”
Twilight and the others backed up and out of the house in time to get grabbed by a body guard. “Hey, let us go you creep.”
“Yeah, we have families that will worry about us if we don’t return.” Applejack said as she struggled to free herself.
“Oh nonsense, no one ever wants to go home after staying here. Why don’t you take our guest to the cave of equality.” Starlight picked up the girls bags and set them inside. She then led the group around to the side of the house and up a hill. Once they reached the top of the hill, they were taken in and shown a large object. It was covered in weird symbols, maybe writing. “This is the marker and it’s where your transformation will begin.” Starlight left with her guards before blocking off the exit.
“What is this thing, it’s all twisted and it’s huge.” Applejack said in awe.
“It’s giving me a headache.” Twilight said unable to stop looking at the object.
Rainbow Dash smiled and it confused the other two in the room. “Ha, I got this.” She pulled out some firecrackers out of her pocket. “I’ll blow this thing to bits.” Rainbow climbed up to the top of the marker and stuck her firecrackers in the top. She pulled out a lighter and lit the fuse.
“Rainbow, why do you even have those and I highly don’t something that big will blow up from a few firecrackers?” Twilight said.
“I can’t use them at home and so I figured, why not in the middle of nowhere and sure they will, just watch?” Rainbow plugged her ears expecting a loud bang but when the firecrackers finished blowing up, the marker only had some burn marks. “Really, it’s just a large rock.” Rainbow said and then turned to Twilight and Applejack. The two were looking angry. “What’s going on?” The two didn’t answer. Rainbow ran to the back of the cave and pulled out her phone. “One bar, should have guessed. Good enough.” She dialed in Sunset’s number as Applejack tackled her. “Get off.” Rainbow pushed her friend off and began running around. “Come on Sunset, answer the phone.”
“Hello Rainbow, get tired of the town already?” Sunset asked.
“You have no idea, the others and I are being held hostage.” Rainbow got tackled by AJ who wrapped her hands around Rainbow’s neck. “What’s wrong with you?” She said through strangled breaths.
“Rainbow, what’s going on?” Sunset asked
“You will join the convergence.” AJ said and started to release Rainbow but quickly went back to straggling her.
“Sunset, call, police. I’m in a cave, back of town. Applejack, I don’t want to hurt you.” Rainbow dropped her phone and tried to get AJ off but failed and blacked out.
“Rainbow, hold on.” Sunset hung up.
When Rainbow woke up, she found herself in a prison guarded by two people she didn’t know. Starlight walked up and smiled. “Take her back.” The two guards grabbed her and pulled her out.
“You psycho, you won’t get away with this.” Rainbow had her legs kicked out from under her. Starlight just chuckled as she watched Rainbow get dragged off. “What happened to no violence?” Rainbow didn’t have far to go before she was back in the room with the marker. “So you people just moved me to a different room?” She was thrown to the ground and the marker began to pulse in her head. Her head started to ache as whispers were thrown into her mind. The whispers weren’t annunciated and made no sense. She fell to her knees and bruised them doing so. Rainbows body trembled and shook. Her vision turned red and everything looked like a heat wave. “Why is this happening now?”
Rainbow tried to stand but she was too weak. She fell to the floor with her head in her hands. It felt like hours and she could see two creatures with bladed arms in front of her. One of the creatures ran at her while the other stood in place. Rainbow searched for something to fight with, forgetting the pain she was in and found a rock. The creature got closer and closer as she stood slowly off the ground. Just as the creature was within range, the blocked entrance to the cave blew wide open. A single missile flew through the entrance and hit the marker. It shattered and Rainbow was sent flying through the air and into the cave wall. She was slowly losing consciousness.
Applejack was next to Rainbow Dash on the floor already unconscious and bleeding. Twilight was further away but was also out cold. Rainbow Dash closed her eyes but still heard talking. Starlight was screaming something. The last thing Rainbow heard was ‘Don’t worry, you’ll be fine’ before she blacked out completely again.
Rainbow Dash looked around and saw Twilight sitting up in the bed next to her. “Twilight, what happened? Where is AJ?”
Twilight looked over to Rainbow and smiled. “Turns out Sunset called my brother. With my brother being in the military, he was able to pull a few strings despite being a recruit. He convinced his superiors to rescue us. I’m surprised since a recruit should not be able to pull strings like that. Oh and Applejack is in another room. Her injuries were more severe than ours. She’ll be fine though.”
“That’s good and I’m not surprised your brother was able to pull off something so early and awesome. Your brother is undeniably awesome and respected.”
“I know but still, being able to get his superiors to bring in a helicopter, that’s some serious stuff there. Oh, I almost forgot, He and Cadance are engaged.” Twilight clapped her hands excitedly.
“Congrates, now I’m gonna take a nap ok, good night.” Rainbow fell asleep.
Five Years Ago
“Here is your baby girl.” The doctor said handing the baby over to her mother and then left the room.
“Cadance, she is beautiful, just like her mother.” Shining smiled looking at his baby girl.
“I’m so tired right now.” Cadance said as Twilight came into the room. “Twilight you made it.”
“Of course I made it, I wasn’t about to miss out on seeing my new born niece. Are mom and Dad coming?” Twilight ran over and put a hand on her brothers shoulder as she leaned in to see her niece. “So cute.”
Shining looked at Twilight and then something shiny caught his eye. He couldn’t help but smile. “Yes she is but she isn’t the only good news is it Twilight?”
“Yeah, I’ve got some news as well.” Twilight took her hand off of her brothers shoulder and held it close to her. “I didn’t want to take away from this experience.” Flurry Heart began to cry. Cadence smiled and lifted her shirt to feed the little baby. “I can wait to tell.”
Cadance shook her head. “Don’t you dare wait Twilight, what is it?”
“Oh, well, if you insist. I’m engaged to Timber.” Twilight kept her squeal to a long squeak. “He and I are going away for five years while Gloriosa. I know it’s really long but Timber wants away from the camp for a while. We will be raising money for the camp. A five year fundraiser, should be fun. Now back to my adorable niece.”
Just outside the room in a cloak was Starlight Glimmer. “I can wait five years to get revenge on you Twilight and your friends. Just wait and besides, that will give me more time to work out my magic.” She pulled up her sleeve to reveal a few different symbols on the back of her hand that were glowing brightly. The symbol was a pentagram. On her palm shone a picture of the marker etched into her skin. She quickly hid her hand as a nurse walked by.
“Please take off the hood of your cloak or I will call security.” The nurse said stopping by the door.
“Oh, of course, my apologies.” Starlight took off her hood and left.
Present
“So that’s what happened and I only know about Starlight being outside the door because she told me the last time I ran into her. She figured it didn’t matter if I knew or not.” Twilight let out a yawn.
“How did you know what happened with Rainbow Dash in the cave.”
“I was able to hear and see everything but I was struggling to move. It’s all a bit fuzzy actually. Anyway I’m sure there is more you want to know but its midnight and I’m exhausted. I’ll see you tomorrow?” Rara nodded happily and said goodnight before lying down.
“So what happened Rarity and what happened between now and five years ago?” Rara let out a big yawn and closed her eyes.