Author's Note

Warning! This chapter contains sexual themes and mentions of rape (not scenes or details) between Applejack and Trenderhoof. There is also torture and gory scenes, as well as mentions of suicide. If this is not your thing then please proceed with caution! :)

Broken Bonds

"And...got it!" Rarity smiled as she finally managed to pick the lock that was keeping her trapped in the small room. She opened the door slightly to see if Trenderhoof and returned, and sighed happily when the cabin was empty. Unfortunately, a sudden door slam made her jump. She peeked out the window to see Trenderhoof carrying an unconscious Applejack in his arms. She gasped and rushed back to her dungeon cell and shut the door, and hoped he wouldn't check on her. Just in case, she laid down on her "bed," and draped the chain around her ankle, though didn't lock it, and faced toward the wall, pretending to be asleep. All while carefully listening to what was going on just outside the door. Within a few moments, she heard the door open and slam shut, and Trenderhoof talking quietly to himself,"I can't believe how easy that was! You have really terrible friends Jackie," Trenderhoof laughed as he placed Applejack on the bed, took out some ropes, and tied her arms and legs tightly to the bedposts,"Now to check on my other captive," He approached the door and put his key into the door, and turned the key to unlock the door. However, he found the door already unlocked,"Huh...guess I forgot to lock the door. Well, she can't get near the door anyway, guess that doesn't matter." He walked into the room and saw what he thought was Rarity asleep. He smirked,"Nah, I'll let her live until tomorrow morning." He cackled and closed the door as he approached the bed his other captive was tied to, just as she had started to wake up.

Until tomorrow morning?! Oh no, I gotta get us out of here! Fast! Rarity thought as she sat up, and begin looking for anything she could use to attack her captor with.

Meanwhile, Applejack was finally coming around. She had spent the first five minutes in captivity struggling to find an escape. Tired of it, Trenderhoof knocked her out with chloroform,"What...what happened? Rarity...?"

"Rarity is not here. I, on the other hand, am," Trend said as he approached the bedside. Gasping, AJ instantly tried to back away but found her limbs tied to the bed. Her breath instantly began to increase in speed.

"What did you do with her!?" Applejack commanded, trying to sound angrier than she was terrified.

"Nothing yet. Besides, what you should be worried about, is what I'm gonna do to you!" Nearly hyperventilating, Applejack began to cry as her captor grabbed a pair of scissors, and cut a line up her shirt, before tearing it off,"Whoops, forgot to take this off. Oh well, you won't be needing it anymore anyway." It took all of Rarity's power not to barge through the door and kill Trenderhoof right then and there, but she needed a weapon first, and at the moment, all she had against him was a hairpin, a half-empty bottle of water, and her bare hands.

"Maybe if I can sneak around to the kitchen, I can get a knife or something..." Rarity whispered to herself, just as she stepped toward the door, she heard a snap, and a bloodcurdling scream come from Applejack. Her jaw dropped. Was he whipping her?! Teeth clenched, Rarity slowly approached the door, and quietly cracked the door open. Luckily, Trend's back was turned to her. What she saw sent her into a fiery fury. Trenderhoof was holding a black whip and was violently smacking Applejack's stomach, arms, legs, and cheeks with it. Grinding her teeth, Rarity quietly tip-toed past him to the kitchen and looked for anything weapon-related. She smiled deviously when she found a baseball bat in the corner of the room,"Perfect," She whispered.

"Please! Stop!" Applejack screamed, she was having a panic attack as tears blocked most of her vision.

"Fine," Trenderhoof laughed as he threw the whip down,"I was just trying to break you into your new home. What I really want to do is this," He smirked as he began to strip himself. Applejack closed her eyes tightly. She had never wanted to die in her life, but right now, she wished she could end her life, just to relieve herself of all the pain. She readied herself for his assault. Just as she felt his hands touch her breasts, she heard a loud crack and a thud.

"See, this is why I hate boys." A familiar voice said with a groan. Applejack opened her eyes slightly and gave a broken smile.

"R...Rar..." She stuttered but found she couldn't speak.

"Shh, just a second darling, I doubt you want to see this," Rarity gave a disgusted look, as she took the ripped t-shirt that belonged to Aj off the floor and threw it over AJ's eyes. A few moments later, Applejack heard another thud, two clicks, and sigh as Rarity approached the bed and pulled the shirt from her face,"Trust me, I just did you a huge favor. Now, let's get those wounds cleaned. I'm sure our friends will be here soon to rescue us." Rarity added with a smile as she picked up a knife and cut her girlfriend free of her bonds,"There, now let's see if there is a first aid kit around here...Aha!" Rarity smiled as she found some towels, bandages, and a few packs of alcohol swabs,"Now just lay still sweetheart, this will hurt a little bit." Nodding, Applejack closed her eyes and grabbed on tightly to one of the pillows.

"There! Now doesn't that feel better?" Rarity asked softly as she placed the spare bandages on the floor, and looked down at AJ, who was shaking slightly and had stains of tears on her cheeks,"You're so brave," Rarity whispered as she kissed Applejack's cheek.

"M...me?! You're the one I was supposed to rescue!" Applejack replied, rolling her eyes.

"But you were the one he was after, and honestly, the moment he told me his true intentions, I wasn't scared at all, I was furious, and you know, I've learned a little something from all of this."

"What's that?"

"That I'm not as weak and helpless as I thought I was. I shouldn't have to worry about losing you or being abused by you. Becuase I now know that if you, or anyone really, truly loves me, they will treat me as such." Applejack smiled for the first time in several days, and the two shared a very gentle hug. All this, just as their friends, and several officers, barged into the room.

"Freeze! Put your hands up!" An officer yelled, but froze herself and put her gun down,"Uh, where is the criminal?" Rarity laughed.

"In there," She said with a smirk, then frowned,"Just be careful, he's kinda...naked. Thought he could rape my girl, and failed." The officers nodded and slowly approached the room that Rarity had been previously locked in.

"Um...why is Applejack not wearing a shirt and covered in bandages?" Twilight asked, adjusting her glasses as their friends entered the room.

"Well don't stare at her chest your perverts!" Rarity laughed as she took the blanket on the bed and wrapped it loosely around AJ's upper half," Like I said, attempted rape. I knocked him out with that baseball bat and have been doing my best to help her stay comfortable until you girls showed up."

"Wow Rarity, and here we thought we were coming to rescue you! Looks like you're the hero this time." Rainbow said with a smile.

"I know, now let's get out of here before we all get scarred by the smallest, uhm...body in the world." Rarity replied with wide eyes that guestured toward the room behind them.

"Eww!" The others exclaimed as they all piled into Fluttershy's van, and headed toward the county hospital.