The Shoshoniensis Boutique

Three of the four element bearers that were outside the ruins joined forces to put Twilight's plan into action, returning to the ruins to try to convince the representative of generosity to leave.

The first to make this attempt was Fluttershy, who made her best argument that Rarity wasn't being the generous pony she was intended to be. But, Rarity retorted that the environment she was producing was nothing but generous.

Next, Rainbow Dash pointed to the chains on the forelimbs of the ponies and zebras that happened to pass by in a line, suggesting that robbing them of their freedom was the opposite of generous. But, Rarity scoffed and said that the chains brought a sense of closeness to those wearing them.

And, before Pinkie Pie could speak, Rarity used her magic to levitate the pink earth mare off the ground and teleport her out of the building again.

This caused an immediate response from the azure pegasa, who proceeded to jump up and attempt to pounce on the white unicorn. But, Twilight used her own magic to stop her, warning that they were there to convince their friend to leave, not to attack and force her.

The representative of magic then set the representative of loyalty on her hooves again before approaching Rarity and stating that she was not being the friend that she should be. Avoiding direct talk of leaving the ruins, she pointed to the stallions surrounding the white unicorn and talked about how the environment she was producing was not the kind of generous she should be representing. Then, settling into a canine-style position, the purple alicorn talked about the time when Discord had been released and they'd gone to the labyrinth in Canterlot to stop him. She talked about how it had taken all six of them, freed from Discord's influence, that defeated the draconequus and imprisoned him in a statue again.

For a moment it seemed that Rarity was questioning what she was doing. But, her expression changed in a split second; and she rose up, growled, and started galloping at the representative of magic, an attack that Twilight only avoided by collapsing to one side. Rarity then turned to the purple alicorn and ordered her to leave, threatening her and the other three with imprisonment if they stayed.

That was the last time Twilight set hoof in the ruins that week. But, Pinkie Pie paid continual visits to warn her friend that she needed to leave.

Over the next few weeks after that, Spike continued to read the record containing information about this evil king, Noah. He even paid his own secret visits to his favorite unicorn, and watched silently as she seemed less and less able to escape from the ruins, although she seemed oddly happier and happier there.

On what would be the last time Pinkie would pay a visit to the ruins, her white unicorn friend stood ready for her at the opening where the pink earth mare usually entered.

Pointing a front hoof at the pink party pony, Rarity said, “Alright, Pinkie, I'm going to make a deal with you. If you'll stop with this nonsense about me having to leave my kingdom, about how unhealthy it is, and how I'm not being generous anymore, I'll allow you to enter. Otherwise, I shall have my guards arrest you, and you'll be spending time in the dungeon.”

The representative of laughter grabbed her fellow element bearer's forelimb and, sitting canine-style, said, “Rarity, you know what I'm going to say, and you know I won't take it back. Just let me ask you one question: have you ever known me to lie to you?”

The white unicorn said nothing in response, just tried to pull her forelimb free from the pink earth pony's grip.

Refusing to let go, Pinkie continued, “You know I'm only warning you because I care. This is not your kingdom. It belonged to somepony else, somepony that was bad. And, this place isn't just unhealthy for you, it's unhealthy for everypony, and for that matter every zebra, living here.”

In a final effort to free herself, Rarity reared up on her hind limbs and pushed against the pink party pony with her forelimbs. And, forcing her fellow element bearer to release her forelimb in a failed effort to regain her balance, the representative of generosity was successful. Then, bringing her forelimbs to each side of the fallen pink earth mare, she snarled as she said, “You just want my kingdom for yourself. Once I'm gone, you'll just take over and pretend to free everypony here.”

Unable to move freely, and not wanting to hurt her friend, Pinkie plead, “Rarity, listen to what you're saying. You're not the Rarity that used to be my friend. You never needed to enslave everypony around you before. You were as good, as generous, as anypony I've ever known. You're not Rarity anymore, you're King Noah!”

The white unicorn gasped in surprise, then struck the pink party pony across the face with a front hoof. Placing that hoof against the pink earth mare's chest, she growled, “How dare you.” She then turned and called out, “Guards, arrest this filthy mud horse immediately!” She then turned back to the trapped mare and said, “You'll pay for accusing me of being somepony I'm not.”

Before Pinkie could free herself, the guards were present, ready to bind her in chains and drag her to the prison. But, as she was being dragged away, she called out, “Rarity, you still have time to prove you're still Rarity! Just let everypony go, and leave with me! The zebras of Shoshoniensis can still free you from the spirit of King Noah!”

Refusing to listen to the pleas, the white unicorn turned and entered the palace. Once inside, she approached the stallions and said, “We need to talk. I was just assaulted by that mare, Pinkie Pie, again.”

One of the stallions asked, “My queen, are you alright?”

Another asked, “Where is she?”

Rarity turned to the second stallion first and answered, “The matter is taken care of. She's on her way to the dungeon.” She then turned to the first stallion.

But, before she could answer his question, he stated, “You've got to make an example of this intruder. What do you suggest we do?”

For a few seconds the white unicorn tapped her chin with a front hoof, humming in thought. Then she put the hoof down again before saying, “I say we put her to death. Let everypony know that their queen will not be attacked without consequences, and nopony shall be allowed to spread fear and chaos in my kingdom. And, to make the statement all the more effective, she will be burned to death.”

The two zebras nodded, and the second one said, “There's a pit in front of your palace. We'll search the nearby woods for dry kindling, then we'll build a platform from it so that the mare that attacked you, once she's tied to it, won't be able to escape. We can then ignite the kindling from a safe distance, and you can show everyone around you what happens to someone who attacks you unprovoked.”

Rarity smiled as she said, “Very well. You may proceed.”

A few days passed since Pinkie's last visit to Rarity in the ruins, and she hadn't returned. And, sitting in the empty work room, Spike had started to worry about her. He then remembered the book he'd been reading, and went to his bed to retrieve it. It took only a moment of feeling under his pillow before he found the volume, then another few seconds to open it to the page where he'd left off.

He started reading to himself, “And now it came to pass that when Abinadi had finished these sayings, that the king commanded that the priests should take him and cause that he should be put to death.” Immediately he stopped.

Thinking to himself, he had to wonder, would Rarity go that far with Pinkie Pie, a friend of hers? The representative of laughter had only been warning her, admittedly as often as twice a day, that what she was doing wasn't a good thing. And, all the other ponies had been trying to get her out of there, trying to convince her to leave that place, ever since they'd heard the story about what had happened there.

In an attempt to calm himself, he swallowed, but with great difficulty. He tried breathing exercises, which helped just a little. Then he thought to himself, of course Rarity wouldn't do such a thing to her own friend. And even if she did order Pinkie Pie killed, surely the other four would help free her, could do so before she could succeed.

Still upset by the idea, the purple dragon continued to read, “But there was one among them whose name was Alma, he also being a descendant of Nephi. And he was a young man, and he believed the words which Abinadi had spoken, for he knew concerning the iniquity which Abinadi had testified against them, therefore he began to plead with the king that he would not be angry with Abinadi, but suffer that he might depart in peace.

“But the king was more wroth, and caused that Alma should be cast out from among them, and sent his servants after him that they might slay him.”

Starting to feel hopeful about the situation, Spike began to wonder to himself, who of the other four would, could, play the role of this Alma character? His first thought was Rainbow Dash, but then he realized that the azure pegasa was not in the position to do what this Alma was doing. Could it be Applejack, who was working for Rarity in those ruins? Who else was in such a position?

Worried as much for his favorite unicorn as for his other friends, yet still hopeful, Spike continued to read, “But he fled from before them and hid himself that they found him not. And he being concealed for many days did write all the words which Abinadi had spoken.

“And it came to pass that the king caused that his guards should surround Abinadi and take him, and they bound him and cast him into prison.”

At this point, the purple dragon thought to himself, well, that's what must've happened to Pinkie Pie. And, he continued reading, “And he said unto him: Abinadi, we have found an accusation against thee, and thou art worthy of death.

“For thou hast said that God himself should come down among the children of men; and now, for this cause thou shalt be put to death unless thou wilt recall all the words which thou has spoken evil concerning me and my people.

“Now Abinadi said unto him: I say unto you, I will not recall the words which I have spoken unto you concerning this people, for they are true; and that ye may know of their surety I have suffered myself that I have fallen into your hands.

“Yea, and I will suffer even until death, and I will not recall my words, and they shall stand as a testimony against you. And if ye slay me ye will shed innocent blood, and this shall also stand as a testimony against you at the last day.”

Thinking over the period of time since the completion of this boutique, Spike wondered to himself, would Pinkie Pie be that determined? How far would she go, hoping she could free Rarity from her … condition? Then again, the zebras had warned Twilight and the others that if Rarity were to kill, she could not be salvaged. So, what if she were to kill Pinkie Pie?

Knowing he could not let such a thing happen, Spike continued reading, “And now king Noah was about to release him, for he feared his word; for he feared that the judgments of God would come upon him.

“But the priests lifted up their voices against him, and began to accuse him, saying: he has reviled the king. Therefore the king was stirred up in anger against him, and he delivered him up that he might be slain.

“And it came to pass that they took him and bound him, and scourged his skin with faggots, yea, even until death.”

For a long time, Spike just froze there, staring at those last three words. Then the memory of his dream came back to him, and he realized he'd seen how this creature, this prophet, Abinadi, had died. He'd seen the death for himself, in his dream. And, if he didn't do something about it, Pinkie was going to face that same fate.

The purple dragon forced himself to continue reading, “And now when the flames began to scorch him, he cried unto them, saying:

“Behold, even as ye have done unto me, so shall it come to pass that thy seed shall cause that many shall suffer the pains that I do suffer, even the pains of death by fire; and this because they believe in the salvation of the Lord their God.

“And it will come to pass that ye shall be afflicted with all manner of diseases because of your iniquities.

“Yea, and ye shall be smitten on every hand, and shall be driven and scattered to and fro, even as a wild flock is driven by wild and ferocious beasts.

“And in that day ye shall be hunted, and ye shall be taken by the hand of your enemies, and then ye shall suffer, as I suffer, the pains of death by fire.

“Thus God executeth vengeance upon those that destroy his people. O God, receive my soul.

“And now, when Abinadi had said these words, he fell, having suffered death by fire; yea, having been put to death because he would not deny the commandments of God, having sealed the truth of his words by his death.”

At that point, Spike slammed the book closed and stuffed it under his pillow again. He tried to close his eyes to shut out the terror he was feeling, but then all he could see was the pink party pony in a pyramid of logs, only her head showing, burning alive. Not wanting to see the vision anymore, he forced his eyes open again. Overcome as he was with his emotions, he knew he couldn't let what he'd read about, what he'd seen, happen. He had to rescue Pinkie Pie. He had to rescue Rarity. Or, if he couldn't, he at least had to give it his best shot. And, with that knowledge, he ran, as fast as he could, out of the room, to and out the door of the boutique, and to the ruins.

Just outside the gate, the purple dragon saw the representative of honesty huddled against the wall, vibrating with fear. Approaching her, he asked, “Applejack, are you alright?”

The orange earth mare only vocalized, “It's Rarity. She done gone crazy. She's a-gonna kill Pinkie Pie.”

When Spike opened his mouth he was surprised to hear himself say, “I know.” But, he wasn't surprised to continue, “That's why I'm here, to try to stop her.”

Tears started streaming down the face of the representative of honesty as she said, “Ah don't know if'n you c'n do nothin' t' help. Ah only hope y' can. Ah tried t' c'nvince 'er to let Pinkie go, 'n' Rarity ordered ever'pony aggin me, too.”

With a determination he didn't expect, the purple dragon said, “You just wait here, Applejack. This has gone far enough. I'll do whatever I can to stop it.” And, he marched to and into the gates of the ruins. And, not even Applejack's question of “And, what if y' can't?” could stop him.

Once inside the walls of the main building, he saw the white unicorn, purple mane and tail frizzed beyond control yet somehow still recognizable, and approached her. Seeing her on her hooves, yet oddly unstable, he said, “Rarity, we've gotta talk. You need to get out of here. And, you've got to let Pinkie Pie go.”

As the white unicorn turned slowly and looked down at her draconian visitor, all she could do, at first, was vocalize.

The purple dragon couldn't tell if the scent was coming from her, or just from her mouth. All he knew was it was an intolerable stench, yet somehow familiar. For a moment Spike covered his nose and stumbled backward. Then he shook himself out.

Rarity shook herself out as well, then stumbled a bit before stabilizing herself somewhat. Focused on the purple dragon, she slurred, “Ssssssspikey Wa Wa Wa Wikey, yyyou're herrrre. Come withththth mmmme.” And, she proceeded down a nearby flight of stairs.

Thinking he might've been getting through to his favorite unicorn mare, Spike proceeded to follow her down the stairs. At their base, he continued, “Don't you see what's happening to you? This isn't what you're supposed to be. You're supposed to be representing generosity, not trapping ponies and zebras in these ruins.”

At this point, Rarity turned to him and said, “Hey, you're sssstarting to sssound like mmmy pppp, my pppp, …”

Glaring at the inebriated unicorn mare, he said, “That's because she's right.” He took another breath to say more, but then he felt himself floating above the ground, toward the white unicorn.

Inches from her muzzle, he watched as she said, purple liquid dripping from her mouth, “If you wishshsh to ssstay, you will be quiet!” And, Spike immediately found himself flying out of control past Rarity, until he hit a solid surface, which he bounced off of before falling to the ground.

Still conscious, but in pain along his back where he'd made contact with that surface, which he figured had to be a wall, he rolled onto his front and rose to his feet. Then, as he approached the white unicorn again, he looked into the cage, next to Rarity, and was surprised to see one of those odd creatures he'd seen in his dream, next to Pinkie Pie.

Pointing to the new creature, he asked, “Abinadi?”

The creature turned to him, nodded, and answered, “I am. You know of me from the abbreviated record of my people, which you have with you.” Then, as he turned to Rarity, Spike noticed that he was covered in cloth, with only his head, hands and feet visible.

Before the creature could speak, Rarity said, in an unexpectedly masculine voice, “So, we meet again, Prophet Abinadi.”

Abinadi reached out to Rarity and said, “Noah, this conflict is between thee and me. Let us not involve these creatures. Let this unicorn, Rarity, go.”

In the masculine voice, Rarity cackled, then said, “Oh, but why would I do that? As long as I have this creature, this Rarity, I can rule over this land that used to belong to us.” Again she cackled before adding, “Oh, and it is King Noah to you.”

Undeterred, Abinadi continued, “Noah, you had your chance, and you ruined it. That is why you were trapped in that pulpit.”

Rarity, or was it this King Noah character, responded, “And, I owe my freedom to this dragon, Spike.” And, she, or perhaps he, proceeded to massage the purple dragon's head with a front hoof.

Suddenly not wanting the attention, Spike pushed the forelimb away. Backing away from the white unicorn, he pointed to her and asked, “Wait, you're that ball of fire that came out of that pedestal?”

Smiling unnaturally, Rarity, no, King Noah, answered, “I am. And, I took over the first creature I could find that evaded me not. And now, with her under my control, I shall again rule over the land of Nephi.” And, louder and longer than he had before, he cackled.

Abinadi took a step toward the crazed, possessed unicorn and, pointing to her, said, “But this is no longer the land of Nephi.”

Rarity glared up at the clothed creature; and King Noah, through her, snarled, “Of course it is!”

Abinadi continued, “And, if you kill this pink pony, Pinkie Pie, what happened to you will happen to the unicorn you possess. Do you remember how you died, how you ordered that I should die?”

Slowly and quietly, King Noah growled. “I know how your life ended, I ordered it. And, I know my life ended the same way.” Then his voice started to rise in volume as he continued, “But, this is different. These creatures are different. They don't have the same sensibilities that we do. They're just dumb animals. This white unicorn, Rarity, couldn't stop me from possessing her.”

Abinadi responded, “These creatures will prove you wrong. And, as much as you'd like to believe otherwise, I can, and I will, do everything I can to interfere with your plans. I need not possess the body of another creature; for, as you can see, I have a body of my own, incorruptible, because of the sacrifice of the Christ, which you rejected. And, you, because you had a mortal body, will have an immortal one of your own some day. Let go of Rarity, and let her live her life. Let her represent generosity as she was intended to do.”

Furious, the spirit of the evil king roared out, “Silence!” Then, in the white unicorn's voice, he shouted, “Guards!”

Hoping to make the best of what he saw as his last option, Spike knelt at the front hooves of his favorite unicorn and begged, “Rarity, please, you've got to fight this. You can't let this King Noah cause your death. I know what he's planning to do with Pinkie Pie. It's the same thing he did with Abinadi. He's going to burn her to death. Please, Rarity, please stop this right now.”

Just then, the purple dragon heard a voice just beyond Rarity ask, “Yes, my queen?” And he looked up in time to see perhaps a half a dozen zebras.

He then felt himself levitated once again, and he heard Rarity say, “You, take this dragon and cast him out. You, make sure that platform you made is sturdy, but flammable. And you, stay here. When I call for you, you will take this pink mud horse and tie her to the log that shall be set up for her. Tonight, I shall demonstrate to all what happens to anypony that tries to spread discord in my kingdom.”

While the white unicorn was giving orders, he turned to face her, fearful of the creature he was seeing. When she was finished, and before a guard could touch him, he grabbed at Rarity's muzzle and plead, “No, King Noah, wait. I'm the one that freed you from that pulpit. If you have to possess anypony, it should be me.”

The white unicorn twitched her head in a way that suggested to him, somehow, control, before king Noah said, “Why, Spikey-Wikey, it's because you freed me that I'm not ordering you to prison. A fair trade, wouldn't you agree?”

And, that's when he felt teeth clamp against the end of his tail. As he was dragged away by the zebra, still he plead with the evil king to possess him instead, plead for Rarity to fight against the evil spirit possessing her.

At the entrance to the ruins, the guard tossed the purple dragon out of the wooden doors and, before he landed, closed them again.

As Spike slid on his belly to a stop, he heard the orange earth mare behind him ask, “Spike, are you alright?”

At first, the purple dragon refused to move more than his mouth as he answered, “No, I'm not alright.” Turning to the representative if honesty, he continued, “Rarity's possessed by King Noah, and she's gonna kill Pinkie Pie! I tried to convince her to stop. Abinadi tried to convince King Noah to stop. But, they refuse to listen. Rarity's gonna burn Pinkie Pie to death, and there's nothing anypony can do to stop it!” And, with that, he rolled back onto his front, buried his face in the ground between his forelimbs, and started sobbing.

Unable to think of anything else to do, the orange earth mare, attempting to calm the purple dragon, nuzzled him against the back of his neck. And thus they were for a period of time that neither of them bothered to measure.

Eventually, Spike, his eyes closed, was surprised to hear Twilight's voice ask, “Are we in time to save Pinkie Pie?”

He then heard Applejack answer, “Ah don't know. Spike here tried t' stop Rarity 'n' failed.”

He heard Twilight gasp, then ask, “She hasn't already killed her, has she?”

Applejack answered, “No, not yet. But, 'cordin' t' Spike, she ain't got much time left.”

Spike was surprised to hear Rainbow Dash's voice, but not to hear her say, “Well, we can't just wait out here. We've gotta do something.”

At that point, Spike decided to rise, open his eyes, and say, “Rarity's holding Pinkie Pie in some kind of underground dungeon. I know where it is, Rarity lead me there.”

Hearing this, Twilight said, “Well, it's settled then.” Turning to the azure pegasa, she said, “We'll go and see about rescuing Pinkie Pie. If necessary, … I'll fight off Rarity.” Turning to the orange earth mare, she said, “You wait out here, Applejack.” She then turned to her assistant and said, “Spike, you'll ride on my back. If there's any chance at all of rescuing Pinkie Pie and Rarity, it's gotta be now.”

Nothing more was said among them as Spike climbed onto Twilight's back, and they flew over the wall, with Rainbow Dash following.

As Spike looked down over the city, he noticed the depression in front of the palace was covered over by a platform made of wood, with a wooden pole in the middle of it. And, the platform was being covered by dry plant material. He swallowed hard, and could only mouth the words, “Oh, no.”

He then heard Twilight say, “We'll land on the roof over there, then I'll teleport us into the palace, as soon as I can tell it's safe.” And, not long after she said that, the two winged ponies landed on the roof of a building, one close to the palace.

Twilight used her magic to levitate Spike off her back, then in front of her so they were face-to-face. Then, seeing his expression, she asked, worried, “Spike, what's wrong?”

Spike turned away from the purple alicorn and took a few steps until he could see the platform. Pointing to it, he whispered, “Rarity, no, Noah, said they were going to burn Pinkie Pie to death. That platform's covering a hole in front of the palace. It has to be where they're going to do that.”

Twilight nodded before saying, “We don't have much time left. We've gotta teleport now.” And, with that, her horn started to glow and sparkle, immediately after which the pegasa, the alicorn, and the dragon disappeared from the rooftop.

Inside the palace, the trio were surprised to hear the white unicorn's voice say, “Well, what a surprise. I didn't think you'd be visiting me today.”

Rainbow Dash quickly turned to confront the representative of generosity. She dug at the floor under her with a front hoof until Rarity was finished speaking, then said, “We're here to rescue Pinkie Pie.” And, with that, she proceeded to gallop toward the white unicorn.

Rarity cackled, then said, in a voice oddly masculine, yet familiar to Spike, “Oh, I don't think so.” And, her horn started to glow and sparkle.

Instantly, the azure pegasa found herself unable to move. She couldn't even struggle as she was levitated into the air.

So surprised she couldn't move, Twilight could only ask, “R … Rarity?”

And before the others could do anything to stop her, the white unicorn used her magic to thrust the azure pegasa into the purple alicorn, effectively knocking them both unconscious.

Seeing the representatives of magic and loyalty thus incapacitated, Spike turned to his favorite unicorn and said, “Rarity, you've got to stop this.”

The white unicorn approached the dragon and said, “Oh, I don't think so. In fact, you can do your part to serve your queen.” And, again her horn glowed and sparkled.

Immediately, Spike found himself unable to move, and, like Rainbow Dash, was levitated above the ground. Unlike the azure pegasa, though, he was magically carried out of the building and to the center of the wooden platform. Then, hovering over it, his mouth was magically forced open; and a clear oil began to squirt from the back of his throat.

To those watching, it might have looked as though the dragon was either salivating or vomiting. But, Spike knew what was happening to him.

Dragons have a gland in the back of their mouth, just above the throat, that produces a special, flammable oil. And, that oil, combined with a special, sparking tooth and their own lung power, allows them to appear to spit fire from their mouths.

But, he wondered, how was Rarity making him produce the oil and keeping his sparking tooth from igniting it? Was this something King Noah had learned to do to dragons? Or, did Rarity have this information all along? Spike could only wonder about these things as he was magically dragged through the palace, up the stairs, and to the porch which was occupied by those stone sofas. And there he was finally released, exhausted from what he'd been forced to do.

But, Rarity made it clear she wasn't finished with him just yet, as she called out, “Guards, bring the prisoner to the platform, and tie her to the post!”

Perhaps a minute later, four zebra guards guided the pink earth mare to the wooden platform, then proceeded to tie her to the pole in the middle, her forelimbs tied behind her.

As soon as the guards were finished and had moved off of the platform, Rarity approached the edge of the elevated porch and, propping herself up, pointed to the platform; and King Noah said, “Behold, the pony who tried to spread fear in my kingdom, and assaulted me personally. This is how such criminals shall be punished in my kingdom.” And, she used her magic to position Spike over the end of his oil line, then open his mouth, then use his sparking tooth over the oil.

Spike could only hope that, for once, his sparking tooth would refuse to work. But, his hope failed him. He couldn't see it, but he could feel the spark fall from his mouth onto the line of oil. And, from there, the oil ignited, the flame making its way to the steps, where a drop of burning oil would light the next line on each step down until the fire got to the platform. At that point, he could only think to himself, 'I'm so sorry, Pinkie Pie.'

In the mean time, from outside, the pink earth mare shouted, “Rarity, listen to me! Don't you realize the example you're setting for your subjects? Now everypony living here is going to think it's alright to kill each other, the way you're killing me! And, the way I die will be the way you will die!”

The purple dragon, now able to move on his own, scrambled away form the fire and toward the edge of the balcony. And, he could only watch helplessly as the kindling, then Pinkie's tail and mane, caught fire.

The pink party pony turned to him and said, “Spike, it's alright. This isn't your fault.” She then turned back to the white unicorn and continued, “But, Rarity, why don't you fight against King Noah? This isn't generosity! You heard Abinadi! King Noah's not your friend! I am! And so are Twilight, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy!” The voice of the representative of laughter started to fade as she used the last of her energy to shout, “I'm so sorry, Rarity!” And, with that, she fell limp and allowed the flames to consume her.

Around the fire neither pony nor zebra made a sound. And, not even the demands of Rarity or King Noah could get them to vocalize approval, or even disapproval.

In the mean time, unbeknownst to the crowd, the azure pegasa had managed to make her way to a rooftop where she could see what was happening to her pink earth pony friend. And, as she watched, her grief over the loss of her friend turned to anger and hatred toward the unicorn that had caused her death. Within herself, Rainbow Dash promised that the white unicorn would never cause another death, not as long as she could do anything about it.