The Rainbow Stallion

I just stood there in shock in front of the evily smirking stallion.

"What's the matter Pick? Afraid of your old horse?" he mocked and laughed, the mare didn't talk or move, Octavia was still asleep. The stallion stepped into the train's room, sending a cold ice spike down my spine, I felt like he was gonna snatch me or something, but he only stood there, smirking at my face.

"W-what do you w-want?" I was practicly shaking by now, he was so larger than me, in height and weight, and muscle more importantly. I just wanted for him to go away and leave me alone, forever! After I left Manehatten I thought I would never see him again! Did he follow me all this time?

"So where do you think you're going?" he asked, I looked up at him, he was standing right in front of my trembling being! When I didn't answer, he raised his hoof and smacked me on the side of the head, I was simply pushed back by the force, making me collide with the table, I rubbed the assaulted area, it was like stinging nettles, but worse. Thankfully, the crash woke up Octavia, she first yawned and the rubbed her eyes, I'd say it was cute if I wasn't in pain right now.

"H-hey...what's going on?" she diverted her gaze to me, and gasped afterwards. "Oh my! Are you okay Pick?" she jumped out of her bed and started checking me for any injuries, when she saw the red hoof mark on my head, she gasped again. "Who did this to you? You didn't smack yourself did you?" she turned to see the mad stallion. "Oh..."

"Oh hoho! Looks like you've got a new friend, eh Pick. I thought of you as a loner, an outcast from everypony else, but somepony actually cares for you." he finished with a huff. I was too scared to get hurt to be mad, I just sat there, holding the side of my head in fear. When the stallion, well, call him my biological dad, approached me, I lifted up my free hoof in defense against anything he did and lowered my head to prevent anymore injuries. Or brain damage.

Now I can feel his breath on my hoof, I peeked open to see his evil, glowing eyes.

"Boo." I actually eeped and curled up to a tiny ball, the stallion just laughed loudly. "We must make up for lost time." he said, and then, cracked his neck. I quickly shot up and buried myself in Octavia, she protectivly put her hooves around me.

"No! Dad please don't!" I almost yelled, I didn't want to get beaten by him again, once I was, then I couldn't walk for a week. I didn't want to experience that pain again. Unfortunetlty, he somehow pushed Octavia aside, exposing me completely.

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The next thing I knew, I was severely damaged, most of my ribs were broken, I couldn't breathe right, my nose was broken and bleeding, my left eye was completely...damaged, in a sort of way, I couldn't see with it, probably swollen, or worse, half of my coat was covered in my own blood, I couldn't move, my broken limbs just twiched. I moved my right eye to see Octavia passed on the floor, thankfully without any injuries, at least that made me feel relieved.

The stallion kicked my side with his hoof, making sure I wasn't dead.

"Still alive, well, that's a surprise, I gave you a good beating to remember for a few years eh?" he laughed again, then, he took Octavia by the hoof and dragged her to the bed, I know what he was going to do.

"I'll have some fun with her, dear could you watch for anypony coming?" he turned to the mare, she nodded and began scanning the hallways. I looked back up, the stallion was already pinning down Octavia, thankfully nothing happened yet. I tried to get up, but couldn't. How could even his wife agree to such a thing? They're just messed up, and deserve Celestia's dungeon for the rest of their lives. I tried to move my limbs, but ended up spilling out more blood, I still haven't passed out, that was surprising yes, but I didn't want to, I wanted to protect Octavia from this monster of a pony. I tried to lift my back hooves but ended up scratching bone against bone, it made me sick, and I almost puked.

I couldn't do anything, Octavia was helpless, I was helpless, my life was helpless, I just wanted to get up and beat that stallion of a father senseless until his thick brain barrier breaks. Easier said than done. I began to cry, yes, I cried right there and then, I was bawling my eyes out, well eye, my nose dripped with different mixtures of fluids, I was sobbing auidbly. I didn't want to see what was about to happen next, so I closed my eye.

Then I heard something, like a little faint voice in the dark.

You have to try...Unless you will die...The road doesn't stop...Just continue walking, you will get, to your destination...You have to go on, you need to be strong...They're your friends...they need your help, go on...

And there it was, the voice ended, it was like a riddle or a song, or a speech. I did what it told me to do, I stood up, easily. I gasped at my own self, I still did feel the pain, but it didn't come in large amounts like before, I could open my other eye, but felt a little trickle of blood come out of it, I spat a tooth out and faced the bed, the stallion was about to...insert it when I whistled. I felt a new source of power, I didn't knew where it came from, but I know that it was powerful. More powerful than him.

"The hell?!" was all he could say before I snatched him up and threw him on the ground, all I wanted to do is just beat him like he had beaten me for all these years. Before he could say anything, my left hoof connected with his jaw, making a slight crack sound and sending a few teeth out of his gums. He started scrambling away, but I got a hold of his tail, I pulled it as hard as I can, he yelled out in agony, his tail was about to be ripped off, but I let go of it. I stomped his right rear leg, it crunched delightfully under the pressure, and again another yell of pain.

"Stop it!" he shouted, I picked up his head and smacked him directly in the nose with my hoof, as he fell he connected his head with the floor, he placed his hooves on his face and rolled around, it was actually a funny sight to see. Before I could make my next blow, that mare of a mother connected with my body, making us both roll around on the floor. As I guessed, my mother ended up on top, it felt awkward if it wasn't a life and death situation. She tried to choke me but I gave her a good hit in the chest, making her lose all her breath in her lungs, she gasped and fell to her side, choking for air.

I trotted up to the stallion and bucked him so hard in the chest it made me recoil, he was sent good across the room, smacking his head and back into the wall. I turned my head to see my mother laying there, motionless but breathing, probably passed out. I smiled at my new strenght...thing...

I approached my father once more, now he was afraid and shaking like me, I was going to beat him like a foal now, but a mare's voice stopped me from beating my own father.

"Hold it! What do you think you're doing?!" it was the blue suited mare, she ran into the room and restrained my front hooves somehow. I flailed around but couldn't get out of her bucking grasp! I threw my head back, connecting with her muzzle, finally she released me and held her hooves up to her nose to cover the bleeding. She was a nice mare, so I didn't want to hurt her, I simply snatched Octavia from her bed and placed her on my back, her stomach applying pressure to my spine, her rear legs were limply hanging out on my right side, and her front hooves on my left. I quickly made a dash for the door.

Unfortunetly for us, the train was still moving fast. By fast, I mean, I couldn't even see the trees, only a dark, green blur.