Author's Note

Hi! So this is my very first story on this site. As such I am very interested on your thoughts on it. I know it far from perfect, but this was an idea I had for awhile now. Feel free to point out any spelling errors.

Pain and hopelessness

Everypony was quiet.

Pinkamena's gaze was firmly locked on the table. Abousetly refusing to meet any ponies gaze. The young foal felt her heart race with anxiety and fear. She knew that what was about to happen next wasn't going to be pretty. However she aslo knew that there was no turning back now.

"Well?" Cloudy Quartz questioned. The mare stood beside her husband on the other side of the table. Both peonies looked far from pleased. In fact Cloudy was praticily gritting her teeth in anger. In reponse the pink mare slowly lifted her head up. Her gaze filling with anger and defiance. "Well what?!" She snapped. In the corner of her eye she saw four sets of eyes peeking from around the corner. Each one being filled with fear and concern. Howver the pink mare didn't dare tear her gaze away from her parents. If she did than her own sisters would share the very same fate she was about to endure. In the foal's mind it was better this way. Better her than them. At least she could take what was coming next. For the most part anyway. Upon receiving her reponse Igneous rock slams his hoof upon the table. The force was stronger enough to leave a noticeable dent in it's structure. The pink goal did her best not to visibly flinch.

"Did you or did you not refuse to do any farm work?!" The older stallion snapped. From the expression on his face Pinkamena knew that there was no turning back now. Lifting her head the foal said two words that praticily sealed her fate.

"Fuck you"

Silence.

For several long seconds Pinkamena waited for the inevitable. The expressions on her parents face was one of utter shock. Thier mouth hanging open and thier eyes wide. They practically were the bear their equivalent of a fish out of water. They looked so ridiculous that the pink foal couldn't help but laugh at thier expressions.

Big mistake.

What happened next was something the pink foal didn't expect. One second she was busy laughing her flank off, and in the next she was on the floor starring vaguely at the ceiling. The foal's vision swarmed as a fresh wave of pain exploded on the right side of her face. The pain was so intense that the foal had to bite her lip in order not to scream. "Get up" her father ordered. The stallion looked down at her. A mixture of rage and disappointment on his face. In reponse Pinkamena spat a tiny mouth full of blood in his direction. A second later she felt a large hoof strike her side. Pinkamena couldn't help but scream as she felt something break. The pink foal saw little black dots at the corner of her vision. Said dots quickly began to grow in size. However just before she can pass out somepony struck her in the face. Her mind immediately jolted back to conclusions. Upon opening her eyes she saw the hate filled eyes of her mother staring back down at her. Igneous stood by her side. His expression reminded relatively the same as before. The foal was crying now. The pain being too munch for her young mind to handle. Despite this she glared back at her mother. "Would you like to apologize?" Cloudy asked coldly. The filly shook her head Weakly. Gathering every ounce of strength she left Pinkamena spoke.

"I w-wish you were dead."

Gritting her teeth Cloudy rasied her hoof. Pinkamena merely glared refusing to look away. If she was gonna face her mother's wraith then so be it. However the pink foal aslo knew that she couldn't take munch more. At least not without a serious trip to the hospital. It was in this moment that she realized this could very well be her last day on equestria. Oddly that brought a sense of comfort to the foal. Maybe her pain would finally end. Howver she aslo realized that if she indeed died here than what would happen to the rest of her family? Nothing good. In fact her younger siblings could be next up on the chopping block. That realization made her eyes go wide with fear. Screw her, her life didn't matter in the slightest, but her siblings? They didn't deserve that type of fate. Just as she thought this Cloudy brought her hoof down.

"WAIT!"

Cloudy''s hoof froze near inches from her face. Looking over her shoulder the mother saw two of her daughters standing at the kitchen entrance. Both of whom had tears running down thier faces. Turning her head Pinkamena stared at her sister's in horror. She tried to tell them off, but a new wave of pain stopped her from doing so. Looking back down at her daughter Cloudy smirked. "Dear how about you put Pinkamena here in the cellar?" igneous noded. Chuckling Cloudy walks over to her two other daughters. Who both had a look of utter terror on thier faces. "Meanwhile I'll teach these two a lesson in privacy."

"NO!" The pink mare shouted. Only to scream in pain as Igneous picked her up like a sack of bricks. Try as she not Pinkamena couldn't escape his hold. At least not without screaming in agony every time she did so. As the two made it outside Pinkamena could be do nothing but stare at her house in horror.

It wasn't long before the screams started.

Crying the pink filly couldn't help but feel that everything was her fault. She failed to protect all three of her siblings when it matterd the most. She failed to keep away the monsters that were her parents. She failed all of that and more. Balling her eyes out Pinkamena felt a crack in her physic. However that did little to distract her from current events.

It didnt take long for them to arrive at thier current destination. Once there Igneous threw open the cellar door. The sight that greeted them was one of complete darkness. However that alone didn't stop her father from slowly descending the stairs. Almost immediately the smell of piss and shit hit them, and hit them hard. So munch so that Igneous nearly gagged in reponse. As they continued thier decent they began to hear sounds of movement coming from the bottom. Suddenly the movements ceased. Only for an ear piercing scream to take it's place. Howver that quickly morphed into humorless laughter. When igneous was at the bottom step he stopped. It was in that moment that a voice spoke. The voice itself sounded extremely young. Howver something about it sounded off. It wasn't the voice of a rational pony. Rather the voice itself sounded manic. Like the pony was on a different world far from thier own.

"Insects are eating my insides!" The voice yelled. "Spiders whisper in my sleep." Both ponies heard hoof steps coming towards them. "In the dark the hanged mare speaks." Suddenly the tone of the voice changed. Sounding munch more naive and innocent. "Why doesn't mommy and daddy love us?" The voice changed again. This time it sounded rasp. It aslo had a clear tone of anger behind it. "Because they hate every single one of us."

A pony steps into thier point of view. This pony was a colt with a coat and mane just as dark as the night itself. He looked extremely skinny and nourished. Despite this he stood on all fours hooves with little difficulty. His eyes were a mixed color. One was a light green while the other was a dark blue. Both eyes howver burned with a anger never befor seen on a colts face. " and I hate them too" he seethed. Suddenly he blinked and his expression changed. Instead of anger he had a blank look on his face. "Insects are eating my insides" he mumbled. "In the dark the hanged mare speaks.

"Igneous just shook his head in disgust. "Damn demon child" he mumbled. Decided he seen enough Igneous drops Pinkamena onto the cold hard floor. The pink mare screamed in agony having been unfortunate to land on the wrong side. The colt flinches befor immediately running to her side. Igneous on the other hoof turned and made his exit.

"Are you okay?' The colt asked. Tears were running down his face upon realizing just how much pain she was in. Pinkamena didn't respond. Instead she reached out Weakly towards the colt. For his part he immediately understood what she wanted. Very gentle as if he was holding a fragile flower the colt hugged his sister. Being careful not to put pressure onto her body. "It's my fault!" She walled. Just as she spoke the sound of a door being slammed shut can be heard. Immediately both younglings were surrounded in complete darkness. In that darkness Pinkamena cried, and in that darkness the colt's voice can be heard as clear as day.

"In the dark the hanged mare speaks."