Riki and Liz's Grand Adventure!

Razzle!

“Hold your asses, I’m coming!” I yelled, heading downstairs to the living room and seeing my two cousins, Abigail and Nikolai.

Abigail, or Abby for short, is one of my older cousins. She’s wearing a white tank top that says ‘Black Don't Crack. But We Do Crease.’ A skirt and black boots. Her hair is in a braided bun, with sunglasses resting on her head. A big thing about Abby is she has vitiligo. White patches over her body and some of her hair. The most defining one is the white patch around her eye. Abby said she’s proud of her appearance. “What took you so long?” Abby said, with her hand on her hip.

“Doesn't matter, he’s here now,” Nikolai said lazily. His hair is messy, like always. Nikolai is wearing a black t-shirt, baggy blue jeans, and flip-flops with no socks. He always looks tired.

“So, Abby, when do you get deployed again?” I asked.

“Umm, next week,” Abby answered. “I’m going to be there for a while.”

“Nikolai, how’s your girlfriend?”

He crossed his arms, “Well, you know I was with the lovely Spanish girl, Carmen. But she had to move home.”

“Sorry, I hope-”

“Later that night, I met an Italian girl, Adriana.” Nikolai said, “And she has beautiful green eyes.” Abby rolled her eyes, and I laughed. Nikolai jumps from girl to girl. He’s faithful to each woman he’s with but doesn't let heartbreak keep him down.

“Anyways, where’s Liz?” asked Abby. Before I can answer her, there is a knock at the door. “Oh, that must be her? I’ll get it.” Abby walks to the door and opens it. Time seems to stop as I hear Abby yelling in pain. Nikolai and I both look towards the door. I can’t believe what I'm seeing.

“...Taboo?”

Taboo held Abby’s lifeless body in the air. He then throws Abby’s body to the side. I look over at Nikolai and see he’s gone. “YOU MADE ME INTO THIS! YOU BETRAYED ME! WE WERE BROTHERS!”

Betrayed? Brothers? What is he talking about? Taboo launched himself at me. I get ready to fight, but I can’t move. Suddenly, I feel a mix of emotions. Sadness, disappointment, forgiveness. These emotions are not mine. “Damnit!” As Taboo gets close, I prepare myself for the attack. However, a giant hand comes crashing through the roof and grabs Taboo. Then a voice rang out.

“...Apologies. It looks like my memory and feelings merged with yours… I’m sorry.” The giant hand pulls Taboo up through the roof. “I think it’s best to wake up now.”

“Oi, wait! Who are you?”

“...A monster.” the voice chuckles.

My eyes slowly open as I rub my head. “Damn, I must have drunk too much. And that dream, I should asked Luna about that… Huh? Where am I?” I said, looking around. I’m in a white room with no windows and only a door. I then noticed a collar around my neck, and it was chained to the wall. What type of joke is this? “Vinyl!? Feathers, Bebop, Specs!?” I yelled, trying to pull off the collar, but it wouldn't come off.

How did this happen, but mostly, who put me there? “The Pipistrello family… No. This doesn't feel like their style.” I said to myself, rubbing the back of my head. “...Wrath and La-la could be the ones?” Hearing the door open, I turned around, and my eyes widened. “Razzle, I don't understand?”

“You're just going to hurt yourself, Riki,” Razzle said, closing the door behind her. She walks in front of me. “That collar is tough enough to keep Minotaurs locked up… Somepony as strong as you needed something like this. Don’t want you to run away.”

“Huh?”

Back at the hospital, Liz finished putting on some new clothes. She’s wearing a gray T-shirt and blue jeans. She finished tying her sneakers, “Darling, I do wish you let me get you something more…flashy.” said Rarity.

“What I have is fine,” Liz replied. “I can wear something flashy after all this, Rarity.” She got a little lightheaded when she tried to stand up and fell back on the bed.

Fluttershy rushes to her side, “Liz, are you okay? You know you don’t have to go.”

“Fluttershy is right, and you need your rest.” Rarity said worriedly. “You should stay behind.”

Rubbing her head, Liz says, “I’m good. I’m going with you guys.” A while back, Princess Celestia messaged the group that they couldn’t find Riki or Razzle in Canterlot. However, they found Razzle’s residence. “I want to help. I’m not sitting around.”

“You sounded like Riki,” Fluttershy said.

“You’re right,” said Rarity. “Very determined and don't really worry about your health. Yeah, the two of you are definitely siblings.”

“I’ll take it slow, guys.”

“Thanks.” Fluttershy smiled, “...You think Riki will be okay? Because I never ever expected something like this would happen.”

Liz crossed her arms, “I never expected a crazy pony bitch would take my brother.” Liz then lets out a sigh as she lays back on the bed. “Damn, once I get my hands on that pony bitch…”

“What are you going to do to her?” asked Rarity.

“A few dozen punches in the face.”

“I would say that's unladylike, but since it's Razzle, hit her extra hard for me.” Rarity smiled.

The doorknob Jiggles a bit before opening. Liz, Rarity, and Fluttershy see Louie hanging on the doorknob. “Hey, you guys ready?” Liz stands up but wobbles a bit. “Liz…”

“Louie, I'm good.” She said, picking him up. “C'mon, I don't want to keep the others waiting. Let's go to Canterlot!”

“Razzle, what is going on?” Riki said, taking a few steps toward her. However, the chain collar keeps him away. “Where am I? How did you…” Then Riki remembered the drink, back at the club. He was getting Vinyl her drink. As he did, Razzle ran into him. They had a few shots, then he blacked out. “You messed with my drink!”

“You got, haha. I did mess with your drink,” Razzle said casually. “When you weren't looking, I poured a tranquilizer that's strong enough to knock out a manticore. I hope you’re not mad.”

“I’m confused about why you did this?”

“I did this out of love, Riki.” Razzle said, “What you said about not being together, I fixed it. Now we can be together, Riki. I got rid of the problem.”

“What do you mean?”

“Riki, please don't get mad. I only did this; all of this for you.”

“What the hell did you do,” Riki said coldly as he tried his best to get closer to her.

“I killed your sister,” Razzle said, looking Riki dead in his eyes. “Well, try to kill your sister. I gave her some strawberries. However, she survived. I found that out by asking the DJ.”

“...”

“Liz is the reason you can’t date anypony, so I had to do what I did.” Razzle smiled. “I know this is hard to hear, but it’s okay… I will figure out a way to fix things.” Riki doesn't say anything; he looks at her blankly. Razzle sees this and smiles, “Want a hug?” Razzle then hugs Riki, but he doesn’t hug back.

“...Let me go, Razzle,” Riki said. “If you set me free now-”

“I can’t do that, Riki,” Razzle whispered into his ear. A smile appeared on her face. “You and I both know what will happen to me if I did… I don’t want to be locked away from my human.” Razzle snuggled deep into the hug; she’s really enjoying this. A tear ran down her cheek, “I know you’re mad right now, but you’ll see it will be better, my love…”

Razzle let out a sigh as her horn started to glow. The collar then began to shock Riki. “Aaahhhh!” Riki yelled in pain, falling to the floor. He struggles to take off the collar, but he can't. “Stop!”

“I’m so sorry, Riki. I hate that I had to do that to you.” Razzle sniffled, wiping the tears away from her eyes. She stops the shock of the collar, making Riki gasp for air. “But as your girlfriend, I need to show you what happens if you step out of line.” Razzle rubs her hoof on Riki’s head, “You must be hungry. I’ll get you something to eat, Riki. See you, my love!” Razzle hums a tune to herself as she leaves the room.

Riki is alone, looking up at the ceiling. The room is only filled with the sound of his breathing. “Liz, Twilight, guys… Hurry up and find me already…”

We arrived at Canterlot and immediately headed to Razzle’s place. Well, not all of us. Twilight and Spike went somewhere else. Twilight said she needed to see someone who might help in this situation. When we got to Razzle’s apartment, a few guards were inside. Shining Armor walks out of the living room and sees us. “You guys made it... Liz, how are you feeling?”

“Lots of emotions I'm feeling right now,” Liz replied. “But I’m keeping it together.”

“You’re a lot better than me. If Twilight was taken like this, I don’t know how I would act?” said Shining, “Speaking of Twilight, where is she?”

“She and Spike went off to meet someone who can help.” I look around Razzle’s place. "Shining, do you have any information on that, Razzle?”

He nods, “Earlier today, I had Specs and Feather go to Equestria Times to get any information about Razzle.” Shining pulls out a notepad and says, “Razzle, 25, just moved to Canterlot from Fillydelphia a few months ago. She got a job at Equestria Times as a journalist. But it wasn't really going too well for her. She would have been fired, but the story about Riki really saved her.”

“She sounds so normal,” Fluttershy said, “How did Razzle turn out like this?”

“Love, that’s what happened.” Rarity replied. “Razzle loves Riki, and when he said no… She broke.”

“Razzle could have moved on like a normal person,” I grumbled.

“She could have been lying on the couch eating ice cream while crying… Like Rarity.” Rainbow added. Rarity hits Rainbow on her shoulder. “Ow, what was that for!”

“Anything else, Shining?” Applejack asked.

Shining looks away and coughs, “Ummm, we found something in Razzle’s room closet. I don’t know how to… explain it. It’s best if you guys look at it.”

What does she have to make Shining act like this? We make our way to Razzle’s room and gather around her closet. “Who wants to open it up?” asked Fluttershy, “Because I don’t want to.”

“Oh, I’ll do it.” Pinkie opened the closet, and what we saw shook us to the core.

In Razzle’s closet are a ton of pictures of my brother. How did she get close-up pictures of him? “What the fuck am I looking at?” I grab one of the pictures to get a better look.

“Hey, there’s a picture of Riki and me,” Pinkie said, grabbing the photo. “Oh… My face is scribbled out. That's not nice.”

“It looks like a shrine for Riki,” said Rarity, with a disgusting look. “Oh my, is that his hair!?”

“How did she get that?” asked Rainbow.

“The same way Razzle gets these.” Louie has one of Riki’s socks in his paw. “That pony has been in our house.”

“This girl ain't right.” Applejack huffed.

Razzle has been in the house. How did she get in? Oh, I know how. “Ever since Riki and I got to this world... We haven't been locking our house that much.”

“Why not!?” Fluttershy gasped.

“Will, it was Riki. He said no one would rob us here.” I answered with a sigh.

The door to Razzle’s room opens, and Twilight and Spike enter the room. “Hey, there you guys are. What are you looking at… Is that a Riki shrine?”

“I think so, Twilight,” Spike replied.

I close the closet; looking at that shrine makes me sick. “Twilight, where were you and Spike?”

“I was getting help for a friend of mine.” Twilight said, “She has a spell to help us find Riki.”

“That’s amazing, Twilight! So, what’s the spell?”

Twilight looks away with a blush. “...It’s just a locating spell. It’s a good one.”

“Umm, okay,” I said, rubbing my head. What was that about? “Alright, guys! Let’s save my brother from that crazy bitch pony!