"You're weak!" Rainbow Dash spoke with rage and hatred.

Scootaloo stood hanging in chains. In both her sides hung the colorless and blood covered corpses of Orion and Aurora. She screamed, her screams and cries in synchrony with the cogs and mechanical sounds that surrounded the whole place. Rainbow Dash flew in front of her with a cruel look on her face. Her laughter filled with sadism and evil. Her coat covered in blood as a fountain of rainbow colors flowed behind her.

"You're a failure!" she yelled.

Scootaloo was shocked, both figuratively and literally as a wave of electricity went through her body and causing her to scream so much her bloody voice cords must have been torn apart by now.

The pain was unbearable. She could almost feel her flesh burning. Then Rainbow Dash brought up some strange device, a sort of large syringe connected to a pipe. She smiled sadistically ash she brought the sharp object towards Scootaloo's chest and punctured it. She pushed it deeper to the point Scootaloo could feel it against her heart. Soon she fel her colors being sucked out as they flew in liquid state through the transparent pipe. All the while Rainbow laughed maniacally at Scootaloo, just before she pressed hard and used the metallic tool to pierce her heart.

"You live as a failure, you die as a failure!"

Scootaloo screamed. She jumped up on her sleeping bag, sweating and breathing heavily. Tears ran freely from her eyes. It seemed to be still dark around. Great. It wasn't even the first night still and she had already seen two nightmares in a row. The future of her sleeping schedule didn't look promising at all.

"Ugh fuck you!" she cried out loud "First my friends. Then my life. And now my sleep? What else do you wanna take from me Rainbow?!"

The headless horse quickly trotted towards her, checking if she was alright. Scootaloo decided that if the two will be living together from now on the she should give it a name and also refer to it as she since it seemed to possess a mare's body. Given she didn't have a name they had to come up with one. After talking (or in the case of the headless horse, writing) for a bit they both decided to use the name Rhia.

Rhia put a hoof on Scootaloo's back and started rubbing. Her magic brought forth her chalkboard and she started writing. She turned the board that now wrote 'Another dream?' To which Scootaloo replied with a nod, still crying a bit.

It still felt weird to see the headless pony as a protective figure. All her life she had only seen it as a sort of boogie mare. But so far Rhia seemed to be actually nice. Well, as nice as a pony with no head could be. Still it felt weird to see her in this way. But she felt glad to have someone looking after her in this times.

She gave a sigh and wiped away her tears. Taking a deep breath she calmed herself down a bit and turned to look at her strange companion.

"Thanks Rhia" she said with a weak smile "I'm fine it was just another dream"

The headless mare wrote again on her chalkboard.

'Do you wish i stay with you tonight?'

Scootaloo smiled.

"It's alright I'll be fine you don't need to worry"

Rhia wasn't having it though. She just sat down on her flanks next to the filly like a guard dog and looking down at her. Scootaloo sighed. At least it wasn't that bad to have someone watch over you to make sure you sleep well. Even if that someone was literally the headless horse watching you sleep.... She may need some time to get used to this.

Still she appreciated the attention. She laid herself back and closed her eyes. It was still late and she needed rest. After all, she had to prepare for whatever came next.

Next day

Twilight stood with the rest ofher friends below Rainbows cloud house. They were just informed that Scootaloo had failed on her flight tests and had been banished. A Cloudsdale tradition Twilight was well aware of but never quite understood, nor really approved. Something about banishing foals from their homes and sending them to some unknown place because they failed some test seemed sort of barbaric to her. But either way, the young alicorn couldn't do much to intervene. Cloudsdale functioned a lot like it's own sort of nation that just happened to be in Equestrian territory, with its own laws and norms.

Yesterday Rainbow Dash showed up in quite a bad mood. She locked herself in her house and hasn't come out ever since. At first they were all confused as to what was wrong but then they heard about Scootaloo and it all made sense. She was essentially an adopted sister to Rainbow Dash. Losing her forever to who knows where must have affected her very badly. Up until now she hadn't come out and hadn't answered the door. So they chose to wait and let her come out at her own time.

"I hope she's fine" Fluttershy muttered nervously

"Ah don't know sugarcube" Applejack replied "Losing somepony like that can be real tough" she thought if that were to happen to Applebloom. She'd probably get depressed too.

Rarity, A Starlight and Pinkie simply looked with sad faces towards Rainbow's house. Both just stood silent hoping to see her come out.

Based on what Fluttershy had told them, nopony really knew where those who failed the test were sent. She herself had been lucky to have left Cloudsdale before it came her turn to test her flying skills. Twilight thought she could use her status as an alicorn princess to discover something but when she went there this morning to ask the response was... less than positive.

Then to their great rejoice the door opened. Rainbow Dash came out and to say she looked bad would be an understatement. Her eyes had turned red, so she must have been crying. Her mane was disheveled and she had an almost expressionless look on her face. Had Rarity not known ang better she would have jumped to help fix her friend's appearance. But she held back. This wasn't the moment for that.

Rainbow slowly flew down towards them. Up close she didn't look any better. In fact she looked even worse. Attentive as she was Twilight noticed there was some hidden anger in her eyes. Angry at who or what that was up for anyone's guess. She also couldn't help but notice some patches on her. Had she gotten herself hurt somehow? It looked like small injuries, but one's you would get from a fight. Who could have she gotten into a fight with?

"Hey girls" she spoke monotonously. Her voice sounded hoarse.

"Rainbow are you alright" Fluttershy was the first to go and give her friend a hug "We heard about Scootaloo. You must be feeling really bad about it"

Rainbow's eye twitched at the mention of Scootaloo's name. But she held herself. She couldn't do or say anything that would raise suspicions. She closed her eyes and hugged Fluttershy back. Soon enough the rest of her friends joined in a group hug. Rainbow just stood quiet and let them all embrace her. Even if Pinkie's embrace was a bit too life threatening tight. After what seemed like a minute the group broke the hug and give Rainbow a chance to breathe.

"You wanna talk about it darling?" Rarity said, trying to comfort her friend. Rainbow stayed silent for a bit.

"I'd rather not" she replied. Twilight couldn't help but notice she had a bit of rage in her tone. Given her physical condition, she probably got into a fight with someone when she learned about Scootaloo being sent away.

"Did they at least let you see her?" Applejack asked. Everyone gave her a look meanwhile Rainbow just look down with an empty expression.

"Um i believe they send them away right after they fail" Fluttershy stated meekly.

At that they all turned their attention back at Rainbow who just kept her eyes down. Not only did she lose her adopted sister forever but she may not have even had a chance to say goodbye. An idea which they all thought cruel.

Rainbow took a deep breath and closed her eyes for a moment. Then she looked up at all of her friends.

"I appreciate the concern you guys. But can we like not talk about it. I just don't feel like it"

Everyone nodded in understanding and chose to take Rainbow to the spa in hopes to cheer her up a bit.

During the way there Rainbow found herself looking at Fluttershy more than one time. She remembered from years ago when she pushed her to move to Ponyville before taking her test. She never explained why. Fluttershy didn't really care about being sent away. She knew she would never pass and she didn't have any real friends other than Rainbow Dash in Cloudsdale. She never knew what she survived that day when she agreed to move out.

She could have done the same for Scootaloo. If her hopes on her passing haven't been so high that is. Damn foal got her hopes high for nothing. Then she started to think. If she hadn't told Fluttershy to leave would she have killed her as well? What a silly question. Of course she would. It was her duty. Even if it was her friend...

"Aww don't be so sad Dashie" Pinkie broke her line of thought and put a leg around her "I'm sure Scootaloo is happy where she is. She wouldn't want you to be all gloomy about it."

Rainbow looked at her for a few seconds then before putting on a smile.

"Thanks Pinks. I guess you're right." No she's not. Rainbow had seen the faces of many who were brought in to the factory and she knew for a fact they didn't die happy. So why should she believe they were happy afterwards if they even went anywhere. And who cares if Scootaloo wanted her to be happy or not.

"If i may ask Rainbow" Twilight spoke suddenly "What has happened to you? You look like you fought with someone"

It was true, her appearance was pretty bad. She could say she went in a wrestling match and they could believe her. Damn weaklings put a tough resistance that night. It had been a long time since they've ever fought back so they were caught unprepared but good thing none of them managed to escape.

"It's nothing really" she replied

"Nothing?!" Rarity said dramatically as she rushed to fix her mane "Darling you look in need of a massage"

"Good thing we're at the spa then ah guess" Applejack said, pointing out they had arrived at their destination.

"But seriously Rainbow what happened" Twilight insisted

"No need to worry Twilight it's fine i just had a little fight is all"

Twilight was unsatisfied but understood that Rainbow wasn't going to give out anything so she didn't press any further. They all entered inside and went for Rainbow's usual treatment. The cyan marr still looked dead inside but at least this should help bring her mood up.

'Well' Rainbow thought to herself 'After all that rustle a massage does sound nice'

The sound of birds chirping and the light hitting her eyes were enough to wake her up. Scootaloo fluttered her eyes open, the blue sky above being the first thing she saw. She yawned and turned to her left, finding Rhia standing there. She got up slowly and looked at her curiously.

"You stayed there all night?"

Rhia scribbled on her chalkboard again.

'I don't need sleep'

Well that was oddly efficient. Scootaloo slowly rose to her feet. She felt a bit more energetic than what she felt yesterday. She looked up. It looked to be near noon so she must have slept in. No surprise with all those nightmares.

She did some stretches and tested if her wings were functional yet. To her great joy she could still fly. Rhia meanwhile went and prepared her something to eat.

'Enjoying yourself i see' The Voice had come back. Scootaloo stopend and went back to the ground.

"Voice?" she asked

'Who else?' it chuckled in response 'I brought you a gift'

A strange sealed glass container manifested itself in front of Scootaloo. Inside it seemed to contain a sort of two colored liquid that seemed to be orange and purple. It didn't take long for Scootaloo to figure out what it was.

"This-"

'The colors they harvested from you, yes'

She stared at it for a while, unsure of how to feel. This is what she died for. A part of her having been torn away. A question came to her mind about how the voice got this but then remembered it was god and it probably wasn't hard for it to get this. She reached out and took the container in one hoof, bringing it up to her. It didn't look like much so this must only be a small amount of the color they made out of her. Still, it was around the same amount as a medium bottle of cider.

"Why?" she finally asked

'I thought you'd like to have a relic of your past life. And also a reminder. This is why they killed you. Just colors.'

One thing was for sure. Scootaloo would never look at rainbows in the sky the same way again.

'Either way' the Voice interrupted her train of thought 'I gave your guardian directions to your next location where you will set off a temporary base. So get ready for travel'

"Her name is Rhia by the way" Scootaloo stated, emphasizing that her headless companion was more than just a nameless drone.

'Fine whatever you say' the Voice replied uncaringlly 'You'll be leaving soon after this meal'

As if on que, Rhia came up with some marshmallows and a sliced apple and brought it up to Scootaloo. Seeing only food for her, Scootaloo figured Rhia didn't need food herself given she didn't even have a mouth.It would be cruel if one needed food but lacked a month. Also very unproductive.

'Eat and then get ready for you two to start moving. I need to go again now. Wait for my further instructions. Anyway i got to go again. See you at the spot!" and like that the Voice gave way to silence.

"Voice?" Scootaloo called to no reply. She groaned in mild frustration. The fact she was told to wait until further notice and it just went away like that to come back who knows when was starting to annoy her a bit. Still, if gods tell you to do something it's most likely because they know something you don't so she just went with that. As much as she'd love to have a hoof to face conversation with a certain cyan pegasus.

She turned towards Rhia who was just standing there. A curious thought came to her mind right then and there.

"Can you also hear it?"

Rhia moved her neck in a way it seemed like a nod yes. 'Guess that answers it' Scootaloo thought to herself. At least she wasn't the only one who could hear it. That made her feel less crazy. She went on to eat her food bit her eyes stayed fixed on the glass container. Was this really all she died for? She looked up towards the sky and conveniently enough there was a rainbow there just now. She wondered who else died for that to be in the sky. Were her colors there? Where Orion and Aurora there? Were everyone else there...

The filly teared up and broke into crying. She felt hoofs around her body as Rhia took her into a comforting hug. She just kept crying, sobbing into the mare's chest. She didn't know why exactly she was crying. It was either anger or grief. Or maybe even a mix of the two. Whatever it was she just thought to let it all out.

It could have been Orion. It could have been Aurora. It could have been anyone. Why was she the one who got to be brought back? She didn't deserve it. So why.

She just kept on crying and sobbing as Rhia kept rubbing her back and holding her in an attempt to relax the sad filly. This kept on going for a while until Scootaloo finally started to calm down. She whipped away dome tears sniffled.

"Thanks Rhia" she finally said smiling at the headless mare before they both got up "We beed to get going now."

Rhia gave another nod and went on to prepare. Scootaloo meanwhile continued to finish her food. She will need the energy.

Author's Note

A thank you to shadow wolf1573 for helping me find a name for the headless horse.

I hope me trying to make Rainbow Dash more sympathizable doesn't ruin it for you i just like it to think she feels guilty on the inside but she suppresses that and tries to move on even though it hurts her.

Anyway stay tuned for more. Just to give you a treat another mlp creepypasta will be appearing in this story. Guess who