*************Ponyville, Equus 58*************

Twilight Sparkle was on her knees, helpless, looking at the ground. She had tried using her magic earlier, but for some reason, couldn't. She and her five friends were scattered throughout Ponyville as the Caribou had come crashing down just an hour earlier. The only thing that stopped them from completely destroying everyone instantly were Applejack, Pinkie and Rainbow dash, who weren't bound by magic as their primary defense. Pinkie would pop up out of nowhere and use her party cannon, disorienting and sometimes incapacitating the intruders. AJ would obviously use her strength and agility to evade and strike, evade and strike. Even Big Mac got in on the action.

But even that was not enough. No matter how much they fought, the Caribou kept coming. For every one that was knocked out of the fight, three more would show up from Celestia-knows-where, always preceded by some icky green glow. The Caribou were overwhelming them, and soon there wouldn't be anypony else to fight back. As Twilight wallowed in her despair, AJ and Rainbow were back to back on the other side of town, facing down a horde of invaders. The Caribou knew their magic-dampening staffs and amulets weren't effective on the duo as long as Rainbow stayed on the ground, and they hesitated coming into contact with the muscle-bound fists and hooves that would no doubt pulverize anything they came in contact with. Rainbow thanked her time competing with AJ with her wings bound, as that had prepared her to fight without flight.

By this time, though, most of the town had been taken captive. Some mares were being raped in the streets in broad daylight while some of the stallions were being forced to watch, or participate. If they refused, death was the punishment. One Caribou shouted, "Females bow before the might of the Caribou! The Fel aid us! Praise Lord Dainn, king of all things living!" The soldiers not engaged in battle chanted in unison, "Praise Lord Dainn! Praise Lord Dainn! Praise Lord Dainn!"

AJ smirked. "Y'all can praise the dirt when I'm done with ya!" RD laughed, "Yeah, right. Me first!" She raised her right arm and gestured with her hand to the invaders, "Come on!" They obliged and all but rushed her. AJ heard the ensuing commotion and smiled.
"You can't get all of 'em sugarcube!" she yelled as she readied her lasso. One unlucky soul ran within her range and she nabbed him, yelling, "Yeeeeeeehaaaawwww!", then proceeded to use his body as a makeshift flail, knocking down dozens of his counterparts while taunting them. "What was that y'all were yellin' about? Females should bow? Where's yer bravado now?"

Meanwhile, Fluttershy was hiding under the platform behind town hall, covering her head and trembling. Rarity was holding on to her, both to comfort her and find comfort for herself. "I-i-i-it's ok, Fluttershy, dear," she said, trembling. "I'm s-s-sure the others are taking care of the bad ponie-er-whatever the hideous things are." In reality, she was really assuring herself, as she didn't really know how her friends were faring. Suddenly, the platform exploded and a giant hole was made above them. Fluttershy looked up and felt something wet on the side of her face. She looked back and screamed as she saw what had been Rarity's head was now a mess of red flesh.

A large, brown hand reached down and grabbed her out from under the platform and she started screaming bloody murder in as loud of a voice as she could muster, which wasn't very loud. "You mean, nasty ponies! Let me go! What did you do to Rarity! Let me g-ghghghghg!" Her screaming turned into a gag as something musky and salty was shoved into her mouth. She looked up and saw the stomach, then the face of a caribou soldier, and realized what it was that had been introduced to her orifice. She started crying, hopelessly desperate for somepony, anypony, to save her.

AJ, Rainbow and Pinkie all heard Fluttershy's cry and rushed over to the sound. When she saw a soldier raping her, Rainbow's rage got the best of her and she ran forward, aiming a roundhouse at the head of the offending whoremonger. Her wings flared out and for a brief second, her magic returned. With the power of her muscles and her wings combined - along with her fury - she struck. The caribou was enjoying his victim when he felt the strike on the back of his head. He first saw his victim, then his body, then the sky, then the grass, then his body now further away, then the sky, then everything went black.

AJ and Pinkie were slack-jawed. Rainbow had just knocked the block off of the caribou! She pushed the headless body backwards and as it fell away, Flutters' mouth was freed from its disgusting prison. The rainbow-maned pegasus knelt down to comfort her friend and wrapped her arms around her. Fluttershy was still in shock from everything that had happened in the last sixty seconds that she didn't even register that telling her friends about Rarity's death was important.

Twilight arrived at their location, just behind town hall and saw the gore that ensued. She saw something familiar on the platform, a lock of purple hair. When she went over to investigate, she saw it was sitting by itself on the wood planks, with one end red and fleshy. She investigated the area with her eyes and when she saw what she was looking for, she leaned to the side and wretched, all of her lunch coming up. After looking at her previously consumed food and the grass it lay in for a minute, she steeled herself and looked back in the giant hole in the middle of the platform. There, on the ground underneath was the telltale body with white fur and three-diamond cutie mark, with her signature purple corset dress. The hair strewn about and mass of red that sat atop her shoulders showed that she was, in fact, deceased.

A scream from her friends broke her from her mourning her dearest friend on this planet. She ran over to them and a scream caught in her throat at what she saw. A Caribou mage stood by her friends and Fluttershy was several feet away, bleeding. She gasped and ran forward trying to get to her friends, but a green aura surrounded her and lifted her up into the air. A deep, dark voice chuckled and spoke, "Oh, the hero has come to save the day..." The laugh emanated from him again as he started crushing her body. Despite her Alicorn transformation and subsequent immortality, she was not invulnerable to death by unnatural means.

She began begging the mage to stop, "Please," she said, her breath starting to leave her from the pressure, "please let them go. Take me. Do whatever you want. Just let...them...go..." As she said this, she focused on Fluttershy's immobile body. She could tell she was alive, but hurt. Everything started going white. "Hey, you varmint!" Shouted AJ, "You do anythin' ta her and you'll have ta answer ta me!" Rainbow and Pinkie joined in as well, adding their own threats. By this time, the commotion had drawn both residents and invaders alike to gather around.

The mage raised an eyebrow. "Oh?" He looked at the direction of Twilight's gaze and rested his eyes on Fluttershy. "You care for this one?" He let Twilight go and she took in a deep breath after she hit the ground, savoring the air that filled her lungs. He walked over to the downed pegasus and kicked her, sending her body sliding across the ground. She awoke from the sudden jolt and started whimpering again. "This will break you," he said, turning to the to the group and grinning maniacally. "Then you will all be our sluts." As Fluttershy's friends tried rushing toward her, several Caribou soldiers stepped in between them and their friend. Big Mac jumped in from the crowd and slugged one of the soldiers, but then his eyes turned green and he collapsed.

The rest of the Mane Six looked on in horror as the mage lowered his hand which was glowing green. "No need to worry for him," he said darkly, "He'll be our drone soon enough. As for you," he turned to Fluttershy, "Die." He raised his hand and charged a green fireball in her direction. "No!" her friends cried. As their tears flowed and their hope failed them, the green ball of flame hurtled at the butter-colored pegasus. Everyone shut their eyes to avoid seeing the inevitable.

BOOM! A cloud of dirt was kicked up from the impact and the mage smiled in satisfaction...until he heard a meek, quiet voice, "Oh! Um, wh-wh-who are you? Um...If you don't mind me asking, that is."

Author's Note

I hope you guys enjoy this. I know this was a bit of a dark chapter, but the sun shines brightest after the darkest night. I tried being descriptive without being too graphic. Enjoy!