Captive

Sweetie Belle met up with Apple Bloom outside Sugar Cube Corner, a daily routine, they would perform every school day. Usually, they would pop into Sugar Cube Corner on the way to school to buy a treat to perk them up every morning. Normally Scootaloo was the first to meet them there however lately, she had stopped coming to school and even stopped coming to Crusader meetings, which was definitely out of the ordinary for their secretive friend. It was safe to say that they were worried, they had even been around to all her usual haunts but she wasn't there either. It was as if she had vanished from the face of Equestria.

"Has she still not turned up?" Apple Bloom asked sporting a face of concern.

"No, we're going to have to tell somepony," Sweetie told her. At first, they didn't tell anypony, not wanting to cause a fuss over what could be nothing.

AB nodded in agreement "Ah agree, if she doesn't show up to class by lunchtime, then we'll have to tell Miss Cheerilee, She'd know what to do in this situation."

With that, they both set off for School. Throughout the entire day, they both stared at the door, hoping to see their pegasus friend wander in late. By the time lunchtime rolled around, it was clear to the two fillies that their friend was a no-show. "Yes, an excellent answer, as usual, Stormy Cloud" A blue pegasus colt beamed at the compliment while several other colts snickered nearby. Stormy who had heard, winced. "I believe that is everything for this lesson, class is dismissed" Cheerilee waved them off.

She looked up to see Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle approaching her desk. The worry etched on their faces was evident to Cheerilee. "How can I help you girls?" She asked, hoping to ease their worry.

The two fillies looked at each other before Sweetie asked "Miss Cheerilee, we're worried about Scootaloo we haven't seen her neither has Nopony else"

Cheerilee pondered on what to say to her concerned student. Truth be told, she had also been worried especially when she realised that the home address on her school record was fake. Not wanting to worry her students any further she asked them "Have you tried her house?"

"That's the thing, we've never seen her house or her parents fer that manner" Apple Bloom replied.

Not knowing what to say she reassured her students that she would look into it. The two fillies still looked worried but relieved that some of the pressure had been lifted off their shoulders.

***

After the school day had finished Miss Cheerilee went to visit Rainbow Dash. She managed to find the local speed demon at Sugar Cube Corner. "Rainbow Dash?"

"Hi Cheerilee, is there anything you need?" she asked.

"Yes, I know that Scootaloo looks up to you, I was wondering if you have seen her at all," she asked, hoping that she had some information.

"No, why is she in trouble?" she asked, hoping that her fan hadn't gotten herself into trouble.

"I don't know, you see, she hasn't turned up to school and her friends also haven't seen her. When I looked into her records she gave me a fake address and come to think of it I've never seen her parents let alone met them" she explained.

Rainbow's face turned to mild concern, she realized that the filly never talked about her family. She then suggested "Maybe If we find out who her parents are then we can find out where Scootaloo is"

"That's easier said than done, I don't know who her parents are," she told Dash.

"Twilight might, she practically knows everything" Dash exclaimed.

***

When they arrived at the Castle of Friendship, Spike showed them through to the Library Where Rainbow shouted "Yo Twilight, we need your help"

Twilight grunted in annoyance "Okay but this better not be a waste of my time" She stopped what she was saying when she noticed their faces of concern. She then added worried "What's going on?"

After Rainbow Dash and Cheerilee explained the whole situation to her. She walked over to a metal cabinet that contained old newspaper articles, saying "I recognize those names". Looking through the cabinet she blurted out "Haha, right here"

She pulled out an article with the headline: Parents found guilty of foal neglect emblazoned across the front page. She then started to read aloud "Skaterloo and Whirlwind were found guilty of foal neglect after they were seen leaving their newborn foal near the Everfree Forest, a forest that gained its infamy from the dangerous beasts that inhabit the forest. Today the judge sentenced them both to twenty years in prison"

The room fell into silence, nopony believing what they had just read. Twilight was shocked "How could somepony do this to their own child?" she asked nopony in particular.

Cheerilee stuttered "I had no idea that she was going through this."

But nopony was as surprised as Rainbow Dash, who was lost for words whispered "Why didn't she tell me I could've helped her"

Suddenly Twilight spoke up "We need to report this to the police"

***

The colt was walking to the bunker, fantasizing about what he was going to do to his pet, when he suddenly spied a poster, Looking at the poster, his blue face paled as his sky-blue eyes turned to pinpricks.

MISSING

SCOOTALOO

Race: Pegasus
Gender: Female
Age: 10 yrs old
Cutie Mark:

Description:
Orange Fur, Purple, Spikey mane and tail, Light purple eyes
Last seen leaving Ponyville Primary School
If you have any information regarding Scootaloo's disappearance, please contact the Equestrian Royal Police Service, the Ponyville Police Station, The Royal Investigation Service's Missing Ponies Unit, or the National Centre for Missing Foals
Reward: 10,000 Bits

The Colt growled at the poster before ripping it to shreds "I won't let them take her away from me" he growled angrily to himself. He managed to calm himself down, he knew from here on out he had to remain extra careful and extra vigilant.

Walking down into the bunker, he was glad to see that his pet was still hanging there. Walking over to the corner, he pulled a wooden chair into the center of the room, making a loud scraping noise. Looking over at his prisoner, he liked how her ears would turn towards any noise he made. He told his pet "I am going to release you from your bindings. You will only be released for a couple of seconds before being tied to a chair. If you want to be fed tonight then I highly advise you to not even think about trying to escape" he warned her.

Scootaloo hadn't realized how starving she was until he mentioned food. Her mouth also felt like sandpaper despite the incessant drooling dropping from her ball-gagged mouth. All of a sudden she dropped to the floor like a sack of potatoes causing her to grunt in pain. She then felt the binding around her hooves become loose before falling off. She then felt the colt help her onto her hooves causing her to freeze in terror. The colt reassured her that he wasn't going to hurt her. Scootaloo felt like she was learning to walk for the first time ever. She whimpered in pain as all four hooves felt like they were on fire. Her front hooves felt incredibly stiff from being suspended over her head for days while her back hooves hurt because of her cutie marks being cut off. The colt helped her into the chair where he immediately set to work on duct-taping each hoof to the arms and legs of the chair. He then wrapped tape around her midriff and the top of her legs securing them to the base of the chair, Scootaloo literally couldn't move a muscle.

The colt stood back and admired his hoofy work before taking a deep breath and pulling the blindfold off her face. Scootaloo clenched her eyes shut from the bright light. Slowly she opened her eyes and squinted at her so-called master. At first, she could only make out a fuzzy outline but as her eyes slowly grew accustomed to the light she finally got a good look at her kidnapper. The colt was a light blue pegasus with a black mane and tail, he had sky-blue eyes which stared at her curiously and guilt? She also noticed that he had several scars littering his body that's when she realized that he was a blank flank.

The colt stared into those pretty, purple eyes, they were definitely his favourite thing about her. He could see that they were filled with fear and sadness. He then stroked the side of her face, she let out a small muffled whimper. Scootaloo was horrified to see him lean in close and kiss her on her forehead, this made her want to puke. She then looked around and noticed that they were underground, she was horrified to see her own cutie mark in a picture frame causing her to tear up.

The colt then snapped out of his daze and removed the ballgag. Scootaloo opened and closed her mouth as if she were testing it. She watched him walk to his saddlebags and pull out a tin of tomato soup. He then walked into a separate room which had been made into a makeshift kitchen, placing a pan onto the hob, he filled it with the tomato soup and started to cook. He had learned to cook from an early age when his parents stopped properly caring for him.

While he was cooking Scootaloo tested the duct tape and quickly found out that it was incredibly strong, she was unable to reach down and bite it so she looked around in hopes of seeing anything that could help her escape, but there was nothing. She didn't dare risk screaming for help and to lower the risk of breaking any rules, she decided to remain silent. Not wanting to look at that picture frame she contended with staring down at the concrete floor.

Suddenly the smell of Tomato Soup filled her senses as the colt walked in holding a tray of soup and a glass of water with a straw. The colt sat down in front of her and proceeded to ladle some soup onto a spoon. He then held the spoon out in front of her. Scootaloo kept her mouth firmly shut, the colt looked hurt by this. Scootaloo couldn't stop it anymore her hunger was too much and so she reluctantly opened her mouth. The colt then began to spoon-feed her. Her eyes lit up in surprise as the soup was actually delicious. She eagerly opened her mouth for more, making the colt smile. Admittedly, she was humiliated at being fed like a foal by somepony with a similar age to her. After the bowl was completely drained of its contents he then held up the glass of water for her to sip through the straw.

After the meal, she said "Thank you master" This made his wings buzz with happiness, he felt like dancing. He then noticed her squirm and tense. She told him "Master, I need the toilet"

The colt simply told her "Go on then, I ain't untying you"

Her cheeks turned red in embarrassment as a puddle of urine started to form at the base of the chair. The colt suddenly untied her from the chair before shoving her to the floor, he then proceeded to hogtie her and gag her with a ring gag. He then positioned her to lie face first in front of the puddle of urine, taking his whip, her whipped her across her flanks which had begun to scar from the cutie marks causing them to open once more. "You are going to lick every drop of this floor. I want it to be spotless by the time I get back. If I find one drop of it I will whip you until you are no longer recognizable. He then left the humiliated filly to complete her dirty work.

***

When he arrived back at his house, he came face to face with his father who told him "There is food missing, Where is it?"

The colt stammered "I don't know"

"My room now!" his father commanded however the colt shook his head silently whispering the word no as tears began leaking down his face. The father then yanked him by his mane and dragged him to his room and slammed the door shut. Through the door, all you could hear was the colt screaming into what sounded like a ballgag...