Rainbow Dark

     Rainbow Dash moved around in her bed, fast asleep. In her mind she was having a nightmare. She woke up on the ground of Canterlot, the town was on fire and the streets were littered with the bodies of dead ponies, they’re faces seemed to be frozen in a look of pure terror. One that sat nearby almost made Rainbow Dark throw up, his brain was in half. Part of it still in his head and the other part was splattered against the road like something had hit him from the front. Several ponies were in heaps of bloody mush on the ground, their organs piled in the middle. Rainbow looked around wondering who would do this. Her eyes then focused on a single mare standing on a hill overlooking the town square. She was surrounded with a dark aura and wore a dark looking costume that reminded her of her own. That is when she realized that the mare she was looking at was her. Rainbow Dash looked at her counter part in awe. The other Rainbow Dash seemed to acknowledge her existence, but addressed her with a name that shocked her. “Hello Twilight, are you surprised?”  Rainbow Dash took a look at herself and realized she was in the body of Twilight Sparkle, seeing through her eyes. Then, without acting, she started to speak in Twilight’s voice.

    “I-I don’t believe you Rainbow Dash. I didn’t think you would do something this horrific to the ponies of Canterlot…”

  The Rainbow Dash looked at her, “You should have thought about that before y-

Rainbow woke up in a cold sweat, “What was that? Was it just a dream or did that really happen?” “She looked out her window and saw Canterlot in one piece, with a few late night party ponies walking through the streets. “Ok…so it didn’t happen, but is it going to happen?” Rainbow Dash thought of all the horrific looking ponies, laying there dead with their blood dripping from their bodies. She quickly shook her head. The dream had seamed so real and yet so fake at the same time. She didn’t want to believe that that Rainbow Dash was her. She pushed the idea out of her mind as the sun started to rise. She heard a knock at the door and opened it to find Scootaloo looking up at her with a smile on her face. The smile quickly subsided as she saw the sad look on Rainbow Dash’s face. “What’s wrong, Dash?” “Did you have a rough night?” Rainbow Dash looked down at her and tried to force a smile.

   “It was a little tough, but I’m ok. You don’t need to worry about me.” Rainbow Dash saw the Scootaloo had started smiling again, “Ok then, should we go get some lunch?” “We haven’t eaten in days.” Rainbow Dash finally felt the hunger eating at her and almost doubled over from the pain, she hadn’t realized how long it had been since they had eaten. “Ok then, let’s go to Pinkie’s, she isn’t selective of who eats there at least.”

  The devilish duo headed over the Sugercube corner, avoiding anypony they saw, they were only able to get around from the cloaks they wore. Scootaloo looked up at Rainbow, "If Pinkie Pie doesn't care that we eat at the bakery, then why are we wearing cloaks?" Rainbow Dash looked down at Scootaloo, "Because we don't want somepony screaming in terror when they see us, we might never get something to eat." They entered the Bakery and walked up to the counter, which was being manned by Pinkie Pie.

   “Hello, welcome to the Bakery!” “What can I get you today?!” Pinkie Pie must have been hyped up on a larger amount of sugar and sweets than usual because she talked so fast, Rainbow Dash had to think about what she said before she could answer. “Um…yes, we’ll take about twelve cupcakes.” Pinkie Pie eyed them suspiciously, and Rainbow Dash was worried for a second that she might noticed, but after a moment she walked into the back room and the sounds of dough being tossed emanated from the room. Scootaloo’s stomach started growling ferociously and she counted wait much longer, thankfully Pinkie quickly hopped back into the room with a box of cupcakes in her mouth. She set them on the table and Rainbow put some bits on the counter, and walked out the door.

    In her haste, Rainbow Dash bumped into a pony on her way out and her cloak dropped, when she looked up, she was face to face with Twilight. “Oh fit.” was all Rainbow could utter, with the box stuffed in her mouth. Twilight gasped and readied herself for battle. At that moment however, Rainbow Dash’s stomach growled loudly and Twilight realized how hungry she must be. Twilight straightened up and sighed, “Go.” Rainbow Dash looked confused and then flew off with Scootaloo. Twilight shook her head and walked into the Bakery. When Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo got to Rainbow’s home, they quickly devoured the cupcakes. “Whew, if I went any longer without food I would have had to devour some of the rainbows outside your house!” Scootaloo exclaimed, jokingly.

   “Yea me too, hehe.” Rainbow and Scootaloo shared a good laugh. Rainbow now thought of Scootaloo as a sort-of daughter, because she now cared for her and taught her since she was expelled from school for almost blowing it up.  She bought her food and even had finally taught her to fly. Now a new question dawned on her. How would she earn her cutie mark now? Rainbow knew that Scootaloo’s special talent wasn’t evil, and it seemed that the Cutie Mark Crusaders had been disbanded so Rainbow didn’t know how Scootaloo would earn her Cutie Mark. Scootaloo seemed to notice Rainbow Dash looking at her thigh.

   “Don’t worry about my Cutie Mark, I don’t want it anymore. It isn’t important to me now.” This was, of course, a lie. Scootaloo just wanted to make Rainbow feel better.

   Rainbow Dash looked down at Scootaloo. “We need to continue our recruiting, let’s head to the forest.”

  After several minutes of flying, the two arrived at a house made from a tree. Rainbow Dash knocked on the door with her hoof. A yellow pegasus opened the door, thankfully the two were still wearing their cloaks so the pony didn’t notice. She looked at them both with a shy little smile. “Anything I help you with anything…?” she said almost silently.

   Rainbow Dash pulled down her hood, “We want you to join us, Fluttershy.” Fluttershy looked at Rainbow Dash and slammed the door in their faces. “Oh geez…they always have to fight back?” Rainbow Dash bucked the door open, and they both walked inside to find four rows of animals wearing little makeshift army helmets. They all looked at the two and Fluttershy yelled, “Um..uh, charge? Oh! But don't be too rough!" Rainbow Dash instantly regretted trying to recruit  Fluttershy before Applejack as she and Scootaloo were jumped on and thrown to the ground by an army of woodland creatures. The two were bitten, kicked, and pushed out of the tree house. “That didn’t work at all.” Rainbow Dash said, blasting a bunny in mid jump. Scootaloo grabbed at a mouse sitting on her head and she  threw it on the ground. "Yea that could have gone a lot smoother." Rainbow Dash could sense the irritation in Scootaloo's voice.

   Rainbow raised her head, "So you wanna go try and get Applejack?"

   "No, we're probably going to get bucked in the face. It's just me and you." Scootaloo stood up, and dusted herself off. Rainbow followed suit and they both started walking back toward Ponyville. Halfway there, they slung their cloaks back on. Rainbow Dash stepped into the Town Square and her eyes widened. Celestia herself was there talking to Twilight, who looked like she was giving Celestia a status report. Scootaloo wondered why Rainbow had suddenly stopped, and looked ahead. She almost yelped when she saw Celestia. Rainbow took a step back, "I think we should go back home." Scootaloo looked up and gave her a simple nod, and the two flew off. That night, once Scootaloo had gone home, Rainbow fell fast asleep in her cloud bed.

   Rainbow Dash looked down through the eyes of Twilight Sparkle, holding a familiar pony in her arms, crying like crazy. "It's ok, Twilight, it doesn't hurt. I'm going to a better place."

   "No! I can't live without you!" Twilight looked down at the sword jutting out of his chest at an odd angle, then Rainbow Dark landed nearby her. "My vengeance will continue until you have nothing left, Twilight Sparkle. Prepare to have everything you ever loved extinguished before your very eyes." She pointed a hoof toward the stallion in Twilight's hooves. With a wave of her hoof, the sword cut its way up through his chest, sitting right below his heart. The stallion's eyes were riddled with tears, Rainbow Dark looked into his eyes and for a moment she could see his fear and pain. Twilight yelled as Rainbow lifted up her hoof, "Shiny NO!" Blood splattered her face, the ground, and Rainbow Dark. All the dark pony could do was smile at Twilight's pain. She was absolutely miserable. Rainbow Dark loved seeing Twilight miserable.