Stress Sewing

by bryonyTheWolf

Rating: teen
Tags: Suicide / Self Harm, Rarity, Horror, Violence, Gore, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Dark, Sad
Length: 3555

A story inspired by BlitsAzalitzDash's art piece "stress sewing" on youtube

This story takes place during/after the episode "Fame and Misfortune"
And is written as more of a "what if" scenario. If the protests outside of rarity's boutique got too much to handle, and business went down the drain.
Thanks to Lavender Bloom and Diamond Cutter posting a review of the friendship journal, alongside other highly known book critics.

This caused Rarity to jump down the deep end, and take revenge on the couple.

this story was inspired by the Artist BlisAzalisDash and her drawing "stress sewing" the speedpaint of which can be found on Youtube :)

Published 2023-10-01 10:30:01 UTC
Last updated 2023-10-01 10:30:01 UTC

Stress Sewing

Rarity was pacing in her room. Her ears folded back, her mane a mess, bandages lining her flanks. Ever since Twilight and her friends published their book on lessons they had learned over the years as friends, She had received so much hatred from other ponies. The main culprit being 2 ponies that spread rumors of her, back in the very beginning…

The very couple that she overheard outside of a cafe in Ponyville. Lavender Bloom and Diamond Cutter…
Rarity had been plotting their demise since the beginning. Ever since the events of her downfall began to unfold, she wanted nothing more... than for Diamond and Lavender to feel the same pain she felt.

She had been keeping her eye on the couple for a while now, watching their routine, and took note that they would go to the local cafe once a week to do some work over a hot meal.

Rarity had planned everything out perfectly, today was the day, that she would unload all the hatred she had kept for those uptight prissy ponies...

Before she headed out, Rarity decided to change her bandages, her mascara staining her cheeks from her crying, that had now dried into her fur, making it clump together and harden. Her mane was somewhat unkempt and she had rather large bags under her bloodshot eyes.
Sitting in her bedroom, Rarity used her magic to take off her current bandages. Which had been dirtied up from all the bleeding.

the fabric was peeled away from her flanks, revealing fresh, self harm marks, running across her flesh. The fur around each cut stained red. She hadn't bothered cleaning them since she hit such a low point after that couple ruined her fashion making reputation. Her cutiemarks had taken the most damage, the 3 blue gems now unrecognizable from all the scars and cuts and bruises that had been made.

The white unicorn slowly swapped her bandages over, before putting on a black gown and allowing herself to relax. Her ears folded back as she slowly opened the door to her boutique. She was greeted to an empty setting. All of ponyville was avoiding her boutique since the criticism blew up around Ponyville, at least the protests stopped.

She slowly made her way to the cafe, where she overheard some ponies making fun of her from the book, and sat in the same chair she was sitting in when she listened in on Diamond Cutter and Lavender Bloom. Before quickly hiding her face with her hood and picking up a tabletop menu.
The unicorn heard familiar laughter, peeking out of her hood to see the book critics in question, making their way to the cafe, still talking in their usual snobbish tones.

Rarity despised that tone now, her teeth grinding as she watched the 2 ponies sit down together at the table.
The white unicorn listened out for their orders, before taking out a pack of medication she had got prescribed from a doctor. It was a prescription of very strong sleeping pills, she had been given them when the stress of the protests, business falling and lack of support got too much. The pills were in plastic dissolving capsules, she split the casing of 4 pills in half and put the powder in a small pile on the table.

About 20 minutes pass by and a waiter passes Rarity’s table with Diamond and Lavender's orders. As soon as the waiter was in line with Rarity, she gently tapped his shoulder, causing the waiter to stop in his tracks and look at her, with the plated food floating in front of him with the use of his light green magic.

“Pardon my interruption darling but i had a quick question, I have been having a strange reaction to any foods with olive oil in it, do you mind telling me which of these meals are not cooked with olive oil?”
She asked this question in her usual, kind and dainty fashion, before using her magic to hold the menu up to the waiter's face, temporarily blocking his view of the plates.

The waiter went on to point to different meals on the menu, speaking in a calm tone with a warm smile on his face. Rarity listened intently to the waiter's explanation, while subtly using her magic to lightly sprinkle the pile of sleeping powder over the couples food. The waiter not noticing this as he was so absorbed into making sure Rarity ate a meal that was safe for her.

Once the waiter was finished explaining, rarity had finished tainting Lavender Bloom and Diamond Cutter’s food, and pulled the menu away from the fellow unicorn's face.
“Thank You so much darling, I'm sorry for disturbing you from serving this order, the food looks wonderful.” Rarity responded in a casual tone, with the waiter responding with a dismissive wave, explaining that the food was fresh out of the oven, and was too hot to eat right away anyways. Before making his way to the table and serving the 2 book critics.

A few more minutes passed of the couple talking before they began to dine on their food, Rarity hiding her smile behind her menu before she heard the delightful sound, of 2 soft thuds. Looking over the top of her menu, she saw that Diamond Cutter and Lavender Bloom were fast asleep, face down in their food.

The white unicorn approached the table, pretending to act surprised for those onlookers who saw them fall asleep.
“Do not worry everyone! Ponyville hospital isn't far from here! I will take them there myself!”
Rarity called out, causing a few sighs of relief to emit from the cafe's customers, before rarity used her magic to lift up the couple, running in the general direction of the hospital, just to avoid suspicion. Rarity then made a giant U turn through the back alleys of houses and avoided being spotted by anyone, before making her way into the back entrance of the boutique.

Once the unicorn was inside with the unconscious critics, she made her way into a now empty and unused room of the building. Ever since Sweetie Belle decided to move away, for the sake of her own safety from all the protesters, that bedroom has been emptied out and is now just a plain room. Rarity got to work, getting her hooves a bit dirty as she hammered a few metal hooks into the floor, with a thick, metal chain going through the middle.

On each end of the chain was a metal cuff with a lock, which she secured to one hoof on each pony, before putting up some soundproof padding on the walls, just to prevent anyone from hearing the 3 ponies.
Once everything was set up, the final touch was to put a tarp down, wouldn't want to stain the floor now would we?
Using her magic to lift Diamond and Lavender, she put a blue tarp down over the ground, covering the entire floor of the room.

Rarity had now finished redoing the room, just in time too, as the couple was beginning to stir.
It was time to have some fun…

“I… Mmph.. where am i..?” Lavender Bloom slowly sat up, rubbing her head and looking around. She noticed that Diamond cutter was beside her, but he was still out cold.
She stood up and heard a soft clinking noise coming from behind her. Turning, she saw that she was chained to the ground by her back hoof, with a solid steel cuff with a large steel lock on it.

The pink pony began to panic as she frantically looked around, the room was barren of any windows, and the walls were covered in foam, most likely to dampen any sound. She then noticed they were standing on a tarp, the sheet of plastic making a loud crinkling noise as she stood within her restricted space the chain gave her.
She could hear her own heartbeat, as her breathing began to quicken. Where was she? Why was she here? How did she get here? So many questions ran through the pony’s mind.

“H-hello?! Is anyone here?!” Lavender called out into the room, her shouting caused Diamond Cutter to begin to wake up. He too was chained to the ground by his back hoof.

Diamond cutter stood up, the grey earth pony looking around and quickly becoming equally as worried as Lavender was. Lavender looked down at the chain, seeing that they were sharing one long chain that went through a metal loop that was secured to the floor with 4 thick metal bolts.

“Where are we?” Diamond asked, only to be met with silence as Lavender didn't have an answer to his question. Diamond tried to run for the door that was on the far side of the room, but his sudden movement pulled Lavender back, forcing her hoof to catch on the metal hook on the ground, and stopping Diamond in his tracks, mere inches from the door, just slightly out of reach.

Diamond gave a sigh and backed up to give Lavender the slack to stand back up, the 2 looked around the room to try and figure out a way out of this situation.
Lavender then pulled the chain taut with her leg, causing Diamond to jolt.
“Maybe we can use the chain to saw through the hoop.” Lavender suggested. Her voice was shaky, as she was desperate to get out of the mysterious room.

“The chain’s too thick, i dont think it’ll work…” Diamond Cutter responded with a solemn tone. Not wanting to get Lavender’s hopes up about an escape that most likely won't happen.

“Aw dont give up so easily, it was just getting interesting.” A voice called out from the shadows. The lights in the room then turned on, causing the couple to flinch and heavily squint at the sudden light, after being in this dark room for so long. Once they adjusted to the light, they saw that rarity was hiding in the shadows, in the far side corner of the room.
The couple fell silent upon realizing that their kidnapper was in the room with them the whole time.

“Miss rarity! What is the meaning of this?!” Lavender demanded, stamping one of her front hooves on the ground and snorting in a defensive manner. But this caused the pinprick pupiled unicorn to chuckle and slowly approach the couple.
The ponies began to shake as they saw the state Rarity was in, her messy mane, the fresh bandages on her flanks, the bags under her eyes and smudged makeup, causing her eyes to be bloodshot.

Diamond Cutter then charged forward, pulling Lavender to the ground in the process, his face being inches from Rarity’s. He gave a defensive snort of his own and snarled at Rarity, but the unicorn didn't flinch, instead walking forward, causing Diamond to back away.

Before the 2 could say anything, in a flash of blue magic, a loud squelching sound filled the room, causing the 2 earth ponies to scream out in agony, and fall to the ground as a pool of blood formed quickly on the ground beneath them. Rarity smirked, holding up the piece of sharp twine she had began to use to quickly cut off Lavender and Diamond’s unchained, back legs. The room was filled with the delightful mix of screams,cries and squelches, as the twine was used to saw through skin, then muscle, then bone. Until their back legs were ripped fro their bodies, falling to the floor with a loud thud.

The unicorn then quickly took out some thick, black thread and a sewing needle, beginning to sew up the wounds on their torso’s to prevent the blood from spilling out any more. Making quick work of the wounds, the bleeding soon came to a stop.

“See what a lady can do when provoked, darlings?” Rarity spoke up with a chuckle, throwing the now disembodied limbs across the room, at the wall behind her, creating 2 large blood splatters along the foam.

“WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?!?!” Lavender cried out at the unicorn, tears filling her eyes and running down her cheeks, falling and mixing with the pool of blood she lay in.

“well, if you remember, you made a review on twilights book of our friendship lessons over the years, even though we emphasized time and time again, that the “characters” in the book were actual lessons, WE as real ponies learned over our years together, you still made it out that i was the worst. And that I shouldn't be in the position I was in. That review caused me to lose my business, and having to start from scratch. My little sister had to move out in order to live a normal, safe and healthy life. Protests crowded my home and caused me to go into hiding. Whenever I show my face, everypony now avoids me. You ruined my life, and now I'm going to ruin yours.”
The unicorn babbled on at the couple, as the critics realized the gravity of their actions, and now the consequences were about to follow.

The ponies began to scream, crying out for help and attempting to stand on their remaining 3 legs. Their cries continued as they tried to break their chain and make a break of the door, though their efforts remained fruitless. Rarity gave a snarl and swung her front hoof, her punch landing on Diamond cutter’s right eye, silencing him, and causing lavender to go into stunned silence.
“Will you 2 stop shouting!? Your words have already ruined my life, and Celestia knows however many others! It's only right that you face your actions! You’ve gone too far!”
Rarity snapped at the couple, before turning away to open up a medical kit. But it wasn't for the couple, it was for herself.

The bandages on her flanks had gotten dirty and she had to change them. Taking the dirty bandages off, the couple saw that the flesh had been mangled by the scars. This only built onto the guilt that they began to feel along with the guilt of how this unicorn's life has come crumbling down from their words alone.

Once the unicorn had got her new bandages on, she left the room, only to return moments later with a sign. It was one of the signs the protesters were holding when hordes gathered outside of her home. She slowly approached the couple, lifting the sign to show them what it was. It was a plain white board with her face on it. With a giant cross sign over the top.
The unicorn looked at the sign, before her face contouring into a mix of sadness and rage, before she swung the sign as hard as she could, hitting Lavender and Diamond in the head with the sign, knocking them out cold.

About an hour passed, and Lavender was the first to stir, once again. She slowly lifted her head and looked around, recalling the events that took place before she passed out.
She went to open her mouth to speak, only to feel a tugging sensation on her lips. Putting her hoof to her mouth, she felt a soft, fuzzy and bumpy sensation going along her lips, along with the skin around her lips being tugged at.
Looking around, she saw that Rarity left a full body mirror in the room, along with the sign she used earlier. Slowly hobbling over to the mirror, Lavender saw that her lips were sewn together.

Letting out a muffled cry, her eyes filling with tears as she tried frantically shaking Diamond awake. His lips were still free, for some reason.
“Ugh.. My head… That unicorn can hit hard, especially for some pony who does sewing for a living…” Diamond commented as he sat up, rubbing the side of his head, which now had a large bruise going across it. Before he looked up at Lavender and gasped, seeing her mouth sewn shut.

Small streaks of dried blood stained the unicorn’s chin, coming from the small holes left behind by the needle. Diamond couldn't do anything without causing more pain to the pink pony.

“Isnt it lovely to have a break from her insufferable voice? I just hope the seal is tight enough for that bitch to remain quiet."
Rarity spoke up as she entered the room, holding a sewing kit with her magic. She set the large box down and walked over to the couple, using her magic once more to hold their front legs still. She then pressed their inner legs together, and tied their front legs together with bandages.

“heh, what’s this for? A 3 legged race?!” Diamond spat as he watched the bandages wrap around their legs and tie up tight, knotting the fabric multiple times on top of eachother. Once Rarity was done, Diamond and Lavender were touching shoulders, and there were extra bandages holding their torso’s together, making them unable to pull away from each other without causing some kind of friction burn from the bandages, or at least major discomfort.

“perfect!” Rarity exclaimed with a jump of excitement, hopping over to her sewing kit and taking out a thick needle, with some even thicker thread.
The couple managed to put 2 and 2 together, beginning to struggle and plead with Rarity to spare them.

But rarity ignored their pleas before plunging the needle into Diamond’s leg, causing the grey stallion to grimace in pain, the needle passed through Diamond’s flesh before coming out of Lavender's leg. The 2 ponies began to panic as rarity made quick work, stitching the couple together. Once their legs were together, Rarity cut the thread at the shoulder, knotting it to make a small bow.
Rarity pulled the needle away and took a step back to admire her work, blood ran down the pony’s legs from the stitches entrance and exit wounds, as every small jolt tore at the skin and flesh, making more blood freely flow down their legs, to the tarp below.

“You’re sick… You're crazy! Just wait till the authorities hear about this!” Diamond shouted out at the unicorn, his nose scrunching up and his ears folding back as he tried to act like this situation wasn't phasing him. While lavender had broken down into tears, her ears folded flat against her head, as tears fell from her chin and to the floor.

“Crazy? Now my dear, dear Diamond. A lady doesn't go crazy… A lady gets stressed, and when a lady gets stressed, we need an outlet, before we cause any kind of major damage… I'm sure Lavender can agree with me on that one~” Rarity explained with a smirk, before using her magic to force Lavender to nod in agreement.

Before diamond could protest, he let out a yelp of agony, looking over his shoulder, he saw that Rarity started stitching their torso’s together. Forcing the couple to stand together in a tripod fashion to keep their balance, to avoid falling and ripping their bodies apart. The 2 ponies let out whimpers and uncomfortable grimaces as Rarity continued with her hard work.

Once Rarity was finished, she stood back to inspect her work. Smiling wide as she saw the couple shaking and trying their hardest to stay as still as possible, to avoid making the heavy bleeding worse.
Before diamond could speak, he turned his head to look at rarity, only to be greeted with a needle inches away from his eyes. The unicorn chuckled before sticking the needle into his eyelids, sewing his eyes shut. Making quick work and somehow managing not to make contact with Diamond’s actual eyeballs. The stallion tried to turn his head away, but Rarity held his head still, as to not ruin her sewing work.

“There, speak no evil, see no evil… I should have got another of your little critique friends to make ‘hear no evil’ But of course, you 2 are the core event here. Now… I have a few jobs to do.. Ill see you both later, Tata!~”
And with that. Rarity left the room, closing the couple in pure darkness.
Diamond shouting in protest as the door was shut, though Rarity simply walked away to clean herself up.

About a week passed by, and everyone was gathered around the Ponyville town hall.
Many pony’s gasped, covering their children’s eyes. As the crowd grew, Mayor Mare came forward to see what was going on.
“Everypony please remain calm. Whatever's happening here must be an easy fix, what’s going o–!”
Mayor mare’s speech was cut short, her breath getting caught in her throat as she saw what the crowd was so shocked about.
It was Diamond Cutter and Lavender Bloom, stitched together in each other's embrace. Lavender’s mouth stitched shut, diamond’s eyes stitched shut. Both of them looking like rag dolls.
Blood dripped down onto the town hall’s patio floor, as the couple hung by tier necks in a thick noose. Their faces are slightly blue from lack of oxygen.
Above the couple, hung a banner that read.
“Ladies are dangerous when stressed…”

Author's Note

this is a 1 chapter long story, hope you all like it! :D