The Alternates

Rainbow Dash woke up on her bed.

"Ow… what happened? Everything hurts." she said.

"We found you unconscious by the Everfree Forest." Twilight said.

"Are you okay, darling?" Rarity asked. Rainbow didn't respond.

"Wait… does Rainbow's eye color look different?" Applejack asked. It was true. Her eyes were now a blood-red color. Dash shook her head and got out of bed. Her left eye twitched.

"Dash? You alright? You don't seem like yourself." AJ said.

"M'fine." she said. Actually, she wasn't. She had the sudden urge to kill her friends. She got out of her house as fast as she could, grabbing a knife.

She tried not to look at anypony. Whenever she saw somepony, she had to fight the strong urge to kill them. But there were ponies everywhere. In every direction. The closer, the stronger the urge. She bumped into somepony. Dash looked at them. She tried to keep her hoof down, trying not to punch him.

"Watch it." the pony sneered.

"S-sorry." Rainbow Dash walked around but then somepony blocked her path.

"It sure doesn't look like you're watching where you're going." another pony said. Dash tried hard not to punch them. She was surrounded by what seemed like a gang of stallions.

"Hey! I know her!" one of the stallions said.

"It's Rainbow Crash!"

"Rainbow Crash! Rainbow Crash! Rainbow Crash!" the gang chanted. Dash clenched her teeth and punched one of the stallions. Hard. On the muzzle.

"OW!" he screamed. Blood came out of his nose. She examined her bloodied hoof. A small grin appeared.

"Call me Rainbow Crash again, you'll see how serious this can get." she said.

"Yeah, yeah, Crash. You're jo-" Rainbow Dash slammed her hoof onto his face and bucked him on the side. One of the stallions ran over to his friend. The rest of the gang closed in. One of them attempted to hit her but was instantly taken down. Dash grabbed her knife and plunged it deep into his chest. She put it back under her wing. One of the stallions's eyes widened and he ran.

"Who's next?" Dash asked, a crazed grin beginning to appear. There were five more. Two got closer as two stayed still. One of them glared at her.

"Get her." he growled. The two that had been slowly closing in charged toward her. One jumped, attempting to attack her from above. The other tried to attack from below. Dash flew out of the way and grabbed the one above on the back left hoof. He was flung onto the floor. The one below tried to flee but was hit on the back, his spine snapping. The two still standing fled. The one who had shouted at the two on the floor grabbed the stallion who had been bucked and he and the remaining stallions ran away. Her friends stared at Dash with wide eyes.

"Oh mah god…" Applejack said. Dash walked away. Somepony tapped her side.

"Hey, Dash!" Rainbow Factory Dash said.

"Hey…" Rainbow Dash said.

"That was awsome!" Factory exclaimed.

"Thanks…" Rainbow said, looking at her bloodied hooves. They continued to chat as ponies paused to stare at them.

"Hey, uh, both of ya." Applejack said, trotting over.

"Hi, Applejack." Rainbow Dash said. She quickly whispered something to Factory Dash. Factory wrinkled her nose.

"Sure. But not in front of everypony." she said. Factory and Rainbow Dash took off and landed on a cloud where nopony below could see them. A portal opened and they both stepped in, the portal closing behind them.

"Hey, guys." Rainbow Dash said.

"Are you okay?" Chucky asked.

"I feel like killing everypony I see. Except for you guys. I killed a stallion, by the way." Rainbow Dash said, wrinkling her nose. Chucky smiled.

"So you're ready?" she asked. Rainbow shrugged.

"Follow me." Chucky said. Rainbow Dash followed Chucky into a room. There was a chair with something on it. A cloth was covering it but the form looked like a pony. A mare. The cloth was whipped off, revealing a mare with a pink coat and purple mane. She was gagged and tied to the chair. Dash tried not to attack her. Chucky ungagged her. But the mare stayed silent. She untied the mare and she charged toward Rainbow Dash. Rainbow Dash flew up and the mare lifted off the ground, hooved forward. She was a pegasus. Dash dodged and grabbed the knife she dropped on the floor. She ducked under the mare and bucked her on the stomach. The wind was knocked out of the mare and Dash stabbed her. The mare landed, her wings still spread. In two swift motions, both her wings were cut off. The mare dodged Rainbow's next attack but Rainbow Dash had thought ahead of time. The mare hadn't thought things through. Dodging was a grave mistake. The blade was plunged deep into the mare's chest. She screamed. Rainbow Dash sliced off her head. Chucky smiled, writing something down on a piece of paper.

"Nice. But I think you can do better. Again tomorrow?" she said. Dash shook her head. "Maybe."