The Things We Fear

A sunny day. Just like every other day that week. All month, it had been sun. Nothing but sun. No rain clouds to move away, no natural disaster to save Ponyville from, not even the possibility of a Hydra threat! To most, this would be a Celestia-given blessing. To Rainbow Dash, it was a sentence to death by boredom. Not even the softness of the cloud she lay on took away from the day's seemingly unnatural length. Every second ticked by, taking it's time, reveling in the sun's heat before slowly fading away into the past. It was torture. Fluttershy was at the spa with Rarity, Twilight was digging through a mountain of books, doing a study of some sort, Pinkie was swamped at Sugarcube Corner, and Applejack was, as always, busy bucking apples. Rainbow snorted in defeat. She'd just have to wait until the end of her shift. The rainbow-maned pegasus looked over the edge of her cloud, watching the ponies below move about. They resembled ants from this height, scurrying about Ponyville en route to their destinations. No construction sites tumbling down, no baby carriages rolling down a hill toward a cliff. There was absolutely nothing to do. "I am so bored!" Rainbow cried, flipping frustratedly onto her back. "Hey... What the buck?"

"Hi, there." A dark stood above her, silhouetted by the sun. It firmly planted two hooves on each side of her chest, pinning her. Dash couldn't make out anything about the figure... With the exception of it's eyes. Two red, awful looking spheres that seemed to peer into Dash's very being, judging her worth. The figure grinned, revealing a row of sharp teeth. "Feeling bored, are we? Maybe you should take a rest..."

"Wha- Get off of me, you freak!"

Dash's hoof flew up, making contact with the figure's jaw. It simply stopped, the force from the blow not moving the figure in the slightest. Panic filled her as she struggled against the figure, desperately trying to break free. "A fighter, I see. I like that... You'll do nicely." the figure said, moving his face closer to Dash's, eyes practically glowing.

A huge jumble of thoughts fought to be the foremost to surface in her head. She'd do nicely? What did that mean? A single, ugly thought surfaced in her head.

This guy's going to rape me!

Rainbow re-doubled her struggle against the figure's grip. It simply sighed, "And you persist on struggling... I was under the impression that the situation had made it painfully clear... You aren't getting away." The figure rolled it's eyes, it's tone halfway between amusement and annoyance.

Both of her hooves flew up, striking the figure in a frenzied panic, one after the other. She couldn't let this just happen! She couldn- "STOP THAT!" The figure's voice boomed, echoing through the sky at a volume that would put Luna to shame. Rainbow Dash shrunk against the cloud, ceasing her struggle and staring up at the figure. It's hooves moved, now against her shoulders, pinning her forelegs to the cloud below her. Sheer terror filled her as her imagination flew to the twisted things this pony was going to do to her. A sense of helplessness and fear filled her. This guy was about to have his way with her, and there was nothing she could do to stop it!

"W-Who are you?" She whimpered, her voice barely reaching a whisper.

She heard a low chuckle from the figure. "It doesn't matter, in the long run. Why, by the time you'd even be able to recount it to the authorities, I would already be long gone. So, let's just skip the names, shall we? Now, I must ask...Are you a virgin, young lady?"

"W-What?" Rainbow stuttered, her eyes widening at the odd question, combined with his presumed purpose. "I- I don-"

"Answer the question! Now!" The figure responded, now eye-to-eye with the cyan pegasus. There was panic in it's voice, as if it was going to implode on itself if it didn't get this information.

The grip of fear clouded Rainbow's better judgement, the answer escaping without her even willing it to "Y-Yes!" she cried, squeezing her eyelids shut and turning away from the figure.

"Good..." Rainbow heard, preparing herself for whatever this pony was about to do to her. She felt a tear roll down her face, becoming lost in the cloud below her. However, instead of pressure between her hind legs as she had expected, she suddenly felt something clamp onto her neck. Her eyes shot wide open, a scream escaping her lips. A satisfied gulp reached her ears, followed by another, and another. This cycle repeated as spots began to fill her vision, her limbs becoming nothing but cold, dead weight. Her eyes became heavy, beginning to drift closed again, her conciousness drifting along with them. She fought to stay awake, her will to do so draining away with every second, along with her blood. Finally, with every bit of strength she had left dried up, Rainbow Dash gave into the cold, restless slumber of death.