My Past Is Complicated

“This fucking blows,” I muttered as I paced back and forth in the cell. Octavia was curled up in a ball and looked up at me.

“That it is. Sunset and the other unicorns will be here to save us soon enough. I’m scared Bonnie.” I knelt down next to her and gave her a reassuring hug.

“Listen, we are friends with an insanely loyal and strong unicorn. Sunset is gonna bust in here anytime soon, blow these bars off with her mom and and we all will get outta here,” I grinned enthusiastically. “Where is Cheerilee anyway?”

“When you were asleep, I over heard the guards talking about how they took her and a unicorn to the top prison cells. What will happen to us?” Octavia asked nervously.

“Nothing bad. We are gonna be fine,” I glanced around and grimaced at the filthy conditions. There was dirt and mud all over the place. “We have to get out of here and find the others. I’m tired of waiting now that I think about it.”

“How? The gate is locked and we can’t get out. We have no magic like Lyra or Sunset or Vinyl.” I gave her a wink.

“Just you watch,” I smiled and leaned against the bars. “Hello? Can I get anypony?” We gawked as a sky blue unicorn mare approached us. We didn’t know ponies were working with the griffins.

“What do you want?” She demanded gruffly. “We told you to be quiet.” I gave her a sultry smirk and lidded my eyes.

“Hey there gorgeous. You look pretty bucking good,” I said sultrily. “Looks like we could have some fun together. Maybe we can even get my friend here and have us a lot of fun.” The unicorn looked between us with narrowed eyes.

“I suppose we could,” she pressed her head against the bars and made eye contact with me. “We could have a lot of fun.” I reached out with my hooves and stroked her mane. I took a deep breath as she smiled. I’m not a violent person usually but extraordinary circumstances. I took another breath and slammed her head against the bars and she let out a muffled cry. I growled and kept slamming her head against the bars till she went limp.

“Is she dead?” Octavia asked nervously from the far side of the cell. I leaned down and listened.

“She’s breathing. She’s just knocked out,” I reassured her as I hoofed around for the keys on the belt she wore. “Almost got it.”

I finally got the keys with my hoof and yanked them close to me, ripping them off her belt.

“Good work,” Octavia smiled as I struggled to unlock the gate from inside. “I’ve never heard you curse before like that.”

“This isn’t a normal situation,” I grumbled as the door swung open. “We gotta keep these keys to unlock the others cells.”

“What do we do with her?” Octavia glared down at the unconscious unicorn as we stepped over her and into the wooden hallway.

“Put her in the cell. It’ll keep her from chasing after us,” I decided. “I’m gonna look around. Hopefully we can get a map of this place.”

“Good luck,” Octavia grunted as she started dragging the mare. I rummaged through through some boxes.

“Magical inhibitor? The hell is this?” I muttered as I read a piece of paper and held a black piece of metal in my hoof. “Place over a unicorns horn and it disables their magic. Octavia! Bring her back here.”

“Okay,” Octavia panted as she dragged her back. “What are you going to do?” I held up the piece of metal. “Uh what is that?”

“Magical inhibitor. It disables a unicorns magic,” I explained as I slid it on her horn. There was a key hole on it and I stared at the keys on my stolen key chain. I shrugged and locked it. “Huh guess the keys on here unlock them as well. I assume our friends and other prisoners if there is any have them on too so they don’t use magic to resist.”

“Fascinating,” I helped Octavia drag the mare back into the cell and locked it shut. “Did you find a map?”

“No but based on the signs on the doors, we are on the second floor. Go check over there in those crates please,” I pointed with a hoof as I kicked open one with my back hooves. Thank God for earth pony strength. Time to take advantage of that ability.

“Found one!” Octavia grinned as she held up a map. A groaning sound got our attention as we glanced back at the cell. The mare was starting to sit up and stared at us.

“You’re awake. I have questions,” I growled. “Where is Lyra and my friends?”

“I’m not telling you anything. Please get me out of here. I don’t want this job I hate it. I have to do it,” she begged and Octavia rolled her eyes.

“Likely story!” Octavia scoffed angrily. “Found some guard uniforms we can wear to blend in Bonnie.” She pushed a blue vest my way with a black hawk or some bird on the front. A red bandana sat on top of the vest.

“Great thinking Tavi!” I clapped my hoof with hers.

“You’ll never get through the others. They’ll notice me missing,” the mare grumbled. “My name is Fast Lane. I’m the fastest unicorn on this vessel.” I let out a dry humorless chuckle.

“Not as fast as Sunset. You fucked up girl. One of the mares you kidnapped is a friend of Princess Twilight’s and she’s gonna do anything to get us all back. You messed up,” I smiled. I glared at her angrily with Octavia watching the door as she put her clothes on. “I’m only going to ask once more. Where is Lyra?”

“And Vinyl,” Octavia chimed in. “And Derpy. She’s locked in a cell by herself because she’s the only pegasus in our group. She must be terrified.” I took in the mares nervous expression.

“Start talking. Now.”

“I’ll talk but you can’t leave me here!” She begged.

“We won’t,” I lied. “Don’t worry about a thing.” I'll be damned if I let her out. She would attack us in a heart beat. Typically I don't support lying but this was a messed up situation and I had to do whatever it took.