Princess Celestia's New Creed

“Hey Aloe!” Lotus’ voice rang from the front of the hotel room, “You ready?”

Aloe looked herself over in the mirror once more. Her hair was neatly tied back, her headband was freshly cleaned with peach juice, and her hooves were nicely curved and trimmed.

“Go on sis! I’ll still be a moment!” She still had a few more thing to do.

The pink spa pony pulled a small box towards her, flicking it open with uncanny expert precision.

“And now for the final touches.” She muttered to herself, withdrawing a small circle with fur on one end.

“I can’t imagine what I would do if my outlook was trashed.” She giggled to herself, “Only Rarity outshines Lo and I.”

It took her a good ten minutes to put her makeup on, making sure she’ll look her best at the Equinox.

Aloe took off at a brisk trot, looking out for her sister. She saw a small group of ponies sitting on the roof, not too far from where the Princesses would be.

“Glad the guard doesn’t care.” She muttered to herself.

“ALOE!” She turned to the group again, recognizing the small group.

“RARITY!” she called back, waving to the white unicorn, “HOW GOES?!”

There was a small flash, and Rarity appeared in front of her. “It’s going well. You?”

Aloe shrugged, “I’ll just be glad when this is over. Have you seen Lotus?”

Rarity’s eyes widened a fraction, “I haven’t. Um. You need help looking for her?”

“If you’d like, yes.” Aloe said. Rarity always acted… strange…when it came to her sister. “I’d love some help.”

The two ponies looked for the blue pony. Though the two ponies were twins, Aloe and Lotus looked drastically different. Tranquil Lotus was a medium blue with vibrant pink hair and grey-blue eyes, while Aloe was a medium pink with grey-blue hair and vibrant blue eyes. Yet the two were inseparable.

“Rarity! Aloe!” the two ponies looked to the source of the call, seeing the lost half, “Over here!”

Rarity giggled, her cheeks brightening. “Ley Hotus!”

Lotus blinked, “Uh, weird. Got a good seat Aloe. You joining us Rare?”

Rarity shook her head, “Yeah, of course.” The three ponies took a seat right as the fanfare played.

“You know?” Lotus said, “Canterlot is rather exquisite, don’t you think? The ivory towers are outright outstanding, and the gardens are utterly bedazzling!”

Rarity nodded, not taking her looks from Lotus the entire time. Aloe shook her.

“Rarity, you’re missing what they’re saying!” Aloe teased, “I mean, for all you know, they could be saying that we’ll be outlaws.”

“And finally, Earth Pony Segregation will be strongly recommended! Anypony who manages to bring either Luna or I an Earth Pony will be rewarded!”

The three ponies’ jaws dropped, already the screams of many Earth Ponies reaching them.

“I WAS JOKING!” Aloe said, feeling something clamp down on her tail. She turned, seeing Rarity biting her tail.

“Let us go!” Lotus yelled, her own tail in Rarity’s jaw.

“I’m gonna gethus outhhere!” she said, her horn glowing.

“What?” All Aloe saw was a flash of light, a brief period of darkness, then the inside of Carousel Boutique.

“Rarity, what’s going on! All our stuff is back at the Silver Hooves”
Rarity looked at Lotus, her eyes brimming with tears. “I overheard Skorpeon RyDer telling Apple Jack and Pinkie Pie about the creed that will enslave you girls. I just couldn’t let that happen. Especially to you Lotus.”

The blue pony’s cheek flushed, “Thank you, Rarity, but what about you?”

“I’m protected.” Her voice shuddered, “I’m a Unicorn.”

Aloe looked between Lotus and Rarity, trying to make a connection.

“Rarity, do you-- ”

She was cut off as a flash of light left the two earth ponies alone.

“—or not.” Aloe finished, looking out a window.

“What were you going to ask her?”

Aloe looked away from her sister, “I was, uh, wondering if she had any, um. Any, any food. That’s it.”

Lotus blinked, “I wasn’t aware you’re absent minded sister.” She said, pulling a blind closed, “But I must say, you’ve been acting weird in Rarity’s presence.”

“Only when she’s acting weird in your presence, sister.” She muttered. Aloe pulled the other set of blinds closed, finishing off by barricading the front door with one of Rarity’s couches (Well, actually, the two of them pushed the couch, neither strong enough to get it more than three feet at a time).

“Rarity!” the two sisters jerked awake, a sudden pounding at the door, “Rarity! You in there?”

Aloe looked at her sister, “That sounds like--”

“—Rarity’s friend. Rider?” Lotus nodded.

Aloe stood, quietly going to the door. “Is that you, Rider?”

There was a pause, “Yeah, it’s me. Rider.”

Aloe sighed, knocking the couch on its front. She slid the side of the couch enough to open the door.

Suddenly, the door was forced open as a burly Unicorn barged her way in. “Hah. If it isn’t two little dirt ponies. Looks like the reward is mine.”

Aloe screamed as she was engulfed in an orange glow. She was forced into a t-shape, the only thing she could move was her head.

“Lotus!” she called, “LOTUS!”

The glow faltered as the blue pony threw a can of something at the Unicorn’s head.

She stumbled, but still kept a hold on her prize, “Not going to work.” She said, her horn brightening. “They say that I can’t do this kind of magic. I’ll show them.”

Her horn glowed brighter, causing the two sisters trapped in the glow to turn their heads. There was a flash of light, and they found themselves sprawled on a red carpet.

The unicorn looked at them, an exhausted grin plastered on her face. “I. I did it.” She panted.

Aloe looked at Lotus, “This isn’t good.”

“Come on, Dirt Ponies!” the unicorn said, “MOVE!” she felt a kick near her cutie mark that sent her on her muzzle.

“Get up!” she shrieked, planting a kick in her ribs. Aloe gasped, stumbling to her feet.

“Leave her alone!” Lotus yelled, baring down into the Unicorn’s face. “Just because you’re a Unicorn dosen’t mean you can treat us like dirt!”

The unicorn’s eyes narrowed, “Learn your place, whelp!” her hoof connected with Lotus’ muzzle, sending her careening into Aloe. “Now. I’m going to say this one more time: Move.”

The two ponies, unwillingly, allowed themselves to be shunted to the large doors that looked tall enough to allow two giraffes through with room to spare.

The unicorn nodded to the two guards, “I have Dirt Ponies.” She said, “Where do I take them?”

The Pegasi looked at each other, pushing their respective doors open.

The scene in the throne room made the Tranquil sisters gasp; there were two ponies in armor standing at attention beside a large white Alicorn. They were holding what looked like fanning pads, bit with a smaller palm.

“Princess Celestia!” the unicorn called, “I have some Dirt Ponies!”

Celestia looked up, an evil smile playing on her lips. “Thank you. I can take them from here.”

Aloe gasped as a stronger magic enveloped her, returning her to her t-pose again.

The Unicorn looked at Celestia, “If I am not mistaken, you promised a reward to the pony who brought you or Luna a Dirt Pony.”

Celestia gave a mirthless laugh, “Yeah, I forgot. Your reward is that you brought two unwanted creatures to their place.”

“THAT’S NOT GOOD ENOUGH!” the unicorn reared, clearly annoyed; she had expected some bits.

Celestia chuckled at the sight of the teenager, “You think that you, a tiny little Unicorn with hardly any magical experience, can take down the Alicorn who raises the sun day in and day out? Not to mention that I raised the sun AND the moon when my sister decided to go all ‘misunderstood fillyfoaler’ on me?”

The unicorn’s horn began to glow, her face contorting into rage, “THEN TAKE THIS TYRANT!”

“No! DON’T!” one of the ponies standing by the throne had dropped her pole in shock, her eyes wide under her helmet.

An orb of pure energy shot from the Unicorn’s horn, hitting Celestia in the chest. The Alicorn fell to the ground, a small pool of blood forming at the corner of her mouth.

The Unicorn, once standing tall, was slumping over to one side. She looked up at Celestia’s limp form, pulled her face in a small smile, then collapsed with a small shuffle.

Aloe and Lotus picked themselves up from the floor, looking between the Princess and the Snatcher.

“You okay, Lotus?” Aloe asked her sister, concern showing in her eyes.

“Yeah, you?” Lotus shook her head, disrupting her mane a mite.

Celestia propped herself up, looking past the Unicorn right at the Earth Ponies. “Now that that is out of the way.” She said, stepping over the Unicorn who hadn’t moved. “I think I need to get you two suited up.”

Aloe gulped, darkness sweeping over her as Celestia’s horn glowed again.

“She’s vaking.” A pony said beyond her vision. “Shall I begin the procedure?”

Lotus opened her eyes, a bright light obscuring her vision.

“Yes doctor. You’re cleared now.” The blue pony heard a door open, then close as a male voice chuckled.

“I’ve always vanted to do this.” He said, a small rustling noise emitting somewhere to Lotus’ left, “Now vith zis new creed, I can do it day in and out!”

“Who are you?” she managed to moan, trying to move her head.

“If you say Vun more sing, dirt pony, zen I vill not hesitate to cut your tongue form your mouth.”

Lotus gulped, sensing her predicament;

She was strapped to a table, her forelocks and legs spread so she was contorted into an “I” shape. Her head was strapped down, but hooked to a small panel that allowed her to move her head around.

“Now, zeh first step.” The “doctor” muttered, pulling a small scalpel from his bag.

Lotus screamed as she felt the knife dig into her leg, then felt the knife circle around.

“Don’t scream or it will only worsen.” He growled, bringing the scalpel down her leg.

Lotus heard a sickening tearing noise as the flesh was pulled from her leg, biting back another scream.

The doctor smiled, stabbing the knife into her other leg.

When he pulled the bloody patches of flesh from her other leg, he pulled two shining black things towards him, as well as what looked like a drill.

“Zis might sting a little.” He laughed, drilling a hole in her legs.

Lotus screamed, trying to shy away from the mad lunatic butchering her.

“STOP YOUR INCONSISTENT SCREAMING!” he roared, the drill hitting her leg.

Lotus started to cry, the tears flowing freely down her face. She whimpered as the drill was pulled from her leg. Then emitted another scream as the drill was moved down to her shin.

“RULE NUMBER VUN!” the doctor yelled at Lotus, “NO CRYING OR SCREAMING! If you fail to obey, I vill not hesitate to drill a hole in your bucking skull.”

Lotus whimpered again, biting down on her lip. The doctor pulled the drill from her shin, setting a shining black device on the raw bone. He clicked his tongue, “Too close.” He pulled a sharp device to him, scratching a mark onto her bone.

Lotus dared a look; the flesh on both legs were gone, as well as the majority of muscles. Her heart raced and she felt dizy, as well as a sick. She closed her eyes, biting back another scream as the drill dug into her bones again.

She heard the doctor say something, and something clicked on her leg. She looked again, the shining black device hooked right onto her leg.

“Now for you other vun.” He muttered, “Then your chips.”

Lotus screamed at the unexpected pain in her other leg; this one hurt about a million times more.

“I’VE HAD IT!” the doctor yelled, throwing his hooves in the air. The drill landed on Lotus’ chest, boring a nice hole against her ribcage. She screamed again, then felt something pin her mouth against the back of the table.

“Now, zis vill allow me to get some SILENCE!” he levitated the drill again, continuing the process.

Lotus closed her eyes, more hot tears flowing down her cheeks. She felt her stomach lurch, then a vile taste entered her mouth.

The doctor looked up at the unexpected noise; some sort of gag. He looked past his glasses, “Du Sie haben wohl Witze mich.” He said, getting off his stool. He untied the strap, allowing Lotus’ last meal to cascade from her mouth to her chest. He swore in a language Lotus didn’t understand.

“You swine! Iss going to take anozzer ten minutes to clean you up!” he went beyond her vision. She heard a whizzing noise as she succumbed to the blackness.

“WAKE UP!” the doctor shrieked. Lotus jerked awake, seeing the doctor set a needle down on the table.

Please let that be a numbing solution. She cried.

“Now.” The doctor clipped the second device to her other leg. “The rest of your armor.”

Lotus felt more tears fall down her eyes.

She felt a weight on her right forelock, then something clicked and pressure formed on it.

Lotus braved opening her eyes; he simply clipped a piece of armor on her hoof. The same sensation formed on her left forelock, then, instead of pressure, she felt a searing hot pain.

“Did zat sting? SAW-ree!” the doctor laughed, a blue streak arced onto the pile with her discarded flesh from her legs. She looked at her hoof, another wave of nausea forming.

She felt a slight soothing, then another shark prick that caused her to cry out. A sliding device was implanted into the incision, then the doctor slipped the armor closed on her left forelock.

She heard a click and fell to the ground. Her bones screamed in protest as the metal dug into them, and her newly-modified hoof followed in suite.

Another weight formed on her back, this time there was two large jabs that secured the armor onto her back. A helmet was simply placed on her head, her vision laminated with a red glow.

“Monger Deus.” The doctor chuckled, “Your sister worked too.”

Aloe ripped her helmet off, crying bitterly into her sister’s shoulder. Both ponies experienced the effects of their forceful operation, but neither felt it compared to the pain in their hearts.

The two sisters cried against each other, vowing to exact revenge on all those responsible of this… atrocity. Both ponies were now augmented in grotesque fashions, their legs replaced by those devices.

The light from their breastplates illuminated the cage they were in, the needles pumping a chemical into their bloodstream that would make them heal faster. Celestia wanted them to be the fit machines they would become tomorrow morning.

“Aloe, don’t cry.” Lotus manages to tell her sister, “It’s going to be alright.”

“You are too.” Aloe accused, “We’re monsters now. We’re like… we’re like HIM!”

Lotus nodded, wiping her tears away, “And crying will not make it better. We need to endure. We need to vilify. Remember what Mommy said before she died?”

Aloe sniffed, “Exile, Vilify.” Aloe looked into her sister’s eyes, “I miss mommy.”

Lotus nodded, “I do too, sister. I do too.”

Aloe was sitting outside Celestia’s sleeping quarters, coupled with Apple Jack. Apple Jack was sleeping her shift. Aloe had her timer counting the minutes to her sleep.

“Guards!” a voice called within.

Aloe carefully trotted to Apple Jack, her hind legs still sore from her operation. “Apple Jack, Tyrant wants us.”

Apple Jack snorted awake, grabbing her pole. They opened the door, seeing Celestia standing at the foot of her bed.

“Monger Eins. I require a glass of water.” She said, “Be a good girl and get me one. Apple Jack, wait here a moment.”

“I have a name you know.” Aloe muttered, “I get armor painfully grafted onto my body to fetch the tyrant a glass of water. Bucking perfect.” She grabbed a tray with a fancy pitcher on it, carefully carrying it to the Princess’s room.

She heard a strike of the rope, and a scream from her friend.

“DON’T LIE! I HEARD YOU!” the princess’s voice shrieked from the open doorway, Aloe didn’t even wait, she just walked in, maybe her presence will make her stop.

Thankfully, it worked. Aloe made her way to the small table at the foot of the four-poster. Before she could set the tray down, a sharp burning sensation formed on the bare spot of her back.

She cried out in pain, dropping the tray with a loud CRASH!

“YOU INSOLENT DIRT PONIES!” Celestia shrieked, “WHY DO I EVEN BOTHER WITH YOU BUCKING FOALS!”

Aloe and Apple Jack ran from the room as fast as their legs could carry them.

“Ah hate that tyrant.” Apple Jack said, cringing at the new scars in her back. “Ah hate her. Ah hope she dies the most painful and gruesome death Skorpeon can thank of.”

Aloe nodded, cringing from her own wounds. “For once, I agree.”