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// Story: Metalia
// Chapter: Metalia
// Author: Vinyl Clash
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As a young filly Metalia worked in the rainbow factory with her father. She did not know any better seeing as when she was a filly she was taken out of school to work in the rainbow factory. After the incident ten years ago with Rainbow Dash being killed, Metalia was the new bosses daughter. She was one day going to run the entire factory. She was used to the screams of ponies having their ribs broken and then being ground into rainbows. Her father told her it was their responsibility to make rainbows and that would someday have the great honour to run the entire factory. Metalia knew close to nothing about the outside world of Cloudsdale or Equestria it was like her memories had been washed away by the rainbow factory. Everyone was surprised when the boss came in with a child. They were curious as to why a filly this young was to work in this factory. She was blind. That was why she was here. She would have failed her test if she had taken it. The boss knew that. He wanted to save his daughter from certain fate. He brought her to the factory hoping she would not be ground into rainbows in the years to come as Rainbow Dash was. It was if she had a barrier protecting her heart, she showed no love or care to anyone. The factory workers thought her heart had been replaced with some robotic part a long time ago. She knew had discovered every nook and cranny by age 7. She was able to detect ponies by hearing where they flew or walked. If you weren't silent there was no escaping Metalia. She was very swift and keen with her senses. No pony thought a blind pony could catch them but Metalia proved everyone who tried to escape wrong.
12 years later
She had learned a all she could of the rainbow factory 12 years after she had arrived. She had no idea what she had been doing for 12 years was so wrong. Her workers obeyed her in fear, they had all seen her catch many young mares and colts as soon as they had bolted to an exit. She would catch them and grind them in the machine which they used to make rainbows. She had fired the ponies who had used tasers when she was put in charge. She found she could catch any pony who tried to escape from her factory. The ponies made so much noise when trying to escape, their wings flapping intensely and their heavy breathing. Metalia knew exactly how to catch them. They were all the same in her eyes, just the ingredients for a rainbow. She would pin their wings together and force them to the ground. Any pony who tried to escape would be first to "test" the machine. She knew no wrong. Her father had long since past many years ago. He was chasing down a pegasus and had been ground into rainbows by accident instead of the pegasus trying to escape. She felt no sorrow for him, it seemed as if she had lost her heart that day. She was the one who was trying to stop the pegasus by lifting them into the machine but had grabbed her own father. She told him not to panic as he was shifting around in the chains. She told him it was his responsibility to make rainbows. He wept at that moment as he was twisted around in the shackles and his ribs were tearing through his flesh. Only then did he realize what he had done to his daughter. He had made her a monster. Workers did not dare try and escape the factory at all unless they wanted to end up dead.
"Please Metalia I just wanted to breath fresh air for once in 10 years!" said a pony being suspended by chains. Metalia gave no reply only pulled a lever and looked in the direction of the stallion. She only laughed for a few moments. But then as the stallion was being raised ready to be dropped into the machine Metalia pulled the lever back. The pony was expecting to die but was only feeling the pain of his torn and bloody flesh from the gashes his ribs had torn into himself. Metalia laughed again. Her evil sinister laugh every pony in the factory knew.
"I know what you are thinking," her light pupils narrowed and she looked directly into the stallion's eyes "don't think you are free to go," she said coldly.
"Metalia please this is wrong!" the stallion replied desperately.
"Please calm down, you failed your test and have been lucky to work here for 10 years, not many live that long in here you know" said Metalia completely unbothered by the fact the pony was struggling to be free from the chains.
"Oh hey look more ponies have arrived from their test!" said the pony now becoming very worried as she reached for the lever.
"Oh yes about that!" said Metalia with a smirk "one of those ponies will be replacing you". She looked at a young pony with a wrench on his flank. "You there, you're the new mechanical worker for this factory!" and with that Metalia pulled the lever and the blood stained as the machine took in the pony and produced some dull rainbows. Metalia looked disappointed at the dull rainbows flowing out of the machine. The new ponies in the room looked horrified at the sight. By the end of the day all the young failed ponies had been made into rainbows. At least thats what she thought until she heard some hooves against the concrete floor. She turned in the direction she could smell perfume now knowing it was a young mare trying to escape.
"You killed my brother, Lightning Mist," the mare said quietly.
"Maybe I did maybe I didn't," Metalia said confused as to why the mare was telling her this.
"YOU KILLED HIM!! YOU KILLED MY BROTHER!!!" she said rather loudly. Metalia just stood there and then reached for the lever. "Oh no you don't!" as the mare tackled Metalia. Metalia flew up where she was safe from the pegasus with what appeared to be a broken wing.
"You are as useless as an earth pony with that broken wing," Metalia mocked.
"I Rainbow Mist will not stand for this I will get out of this place and tell all of Cloudsdale. This young mare annoyed Metalia greatly. She immediately swooped down and grabbed her wings and held them together with a firm grip. She them carried her over to the machine as Rainbow Mist kicked and screamed. She was then chained up and was being lifted into the air. Mist began to sob. She knew this was the end. Something about this pony broke the wall around Metalia's heart. It could have something to do with the cutie mark of a misty rainbow with a heart in the centre of it. She pulled the lever back and it stopped as did Mist's sobbing.
"Metalia began to weep I am sorry Rainbow Mist! Please forgive me!" she said through tears. Rainbow was freed and she dropped down to the ground unharmed.
"Metalia you have spent so much time in this place for your own good," Rainbow said comfortingly.
"How could you possibly forgive me for what I have done? I killed my own father as a filly!I killed your brother..." said Metalia she said confused as to why this pony would forgive her for what she had done and was about to do to Rainbow Mist!?
"I DON'T FORGIVE YOU! WHY WOULD I FORGIVE YOU?! AREN'T YOU FORGETTING YOU KILLED MY BROTHER!!" Rainbow screamed as she forced the chains around Metalia. Metalia was now left to experience what she had done to countless ponies. She was now left to beg for her life and plead she wouldn't pull the lever.
"Rainbow please don't kill me I don't want to die I have no memories left of the outside world!" she pleaded.
"You amuse me Metalia but that is not good enough, why would anyone want you in Cloudsdale or Ponyville or Equestria for that matter?!" Raonbow asked half laughing. She pulled the lever and Metalia began to rise.
"NO, NO, NO!!" Metalia hoped her life was all but a dream that she would wake up and be in school where she was learning how to read and write, the best part would be she wasn't blind. But her life was not a dream she relized as her ribs tore through her skin and punctured one of her lungs. She felt unbearable pain as her breathing began to slow. She then nearing the entry to the machine and was dropped in. Brilliant, vibrant colours were flowing out of the machine. Rainbow had gotten her revenge and then looked for an exit only to see all the exits were blocked by factory workers. She knew now it was her turn to fulfill her responsibility to be made into rainbows so she just closed her eyes and pretended it was all just a dream.
