Recompense

RecompenseXXXXX

Pancakes. The smell of pancakes and maple syrup flooded my nostrils, making my stomach preform the song of its people. I got out of bed, left my room, and made my way to the bathroom. I took a shower, brushed my teeth, and styled my mane in its customary bed-head look. I looked in the mirror and flashed an award winning grin, and left for the kitchen.

I walked in to the wonderful smelling room, and found a plate with three pancakes, maple syrup, and a note next to it. I ignored the note, and dug into the only decent breakfast I had had in a while. I Wolfed it down with a speed that has not been seen in this world. I was hungry.

Smacking my chops, I picked up the note. I recognized the writing as my sisters, who had been the one who took care of me ever since our parents had died. Well, She didn't exactly take care of me, just made sure I went to school and didn't get in trouble with the law. Otherwise, I was the one who made the money.

She couldn't get a job, mostly because of her looks. I'm not saying anything, but more than once I had had to kick some colts ass for being a bit too friendly with her. Just because she was, as one of my friends had put it 'hot with a capital everything', ponies assumed that she was dumb, which was not the case. She was smart as all hell.

Back to the note, it read

'Hey, I hope you liked the pancakes I made. I have to leave to go to some assembly in the town hall that was called by Celestia's personal guards, something about taking care of the economy problem here. From what I heard, they are going to be giving out checks to low income families, that means us!  I should be back in time to help you with your tie, so please don't play with the matches while i'm gone.''Love, your big sis'

I shook my head. 'Giving out checks to low income families'. I won't say that we're not in need of money, but that doesn't mean I like it when we need money from others. I also didn't like the fact she brought up matches. It ain't my fault that burning things is fun! I set the note down and walked back up into my room to get my tie.

I had school off today, thanks to some hooligan who had spray painted "DOWN WITH CELESTIA!" on the gymnasium wall and in the cafeteria.

In my room, a can of red spray paint and a lock pick kit was laying on my nightstand. I picked it up and placed it underneath my mattress.

I then opened my nightstand and pulled out three tie's. The first was red&black checkered, the second was deep blue, and the third was purple&green plaid. The first went with my mane, but the second went really well with my eyes, and the third just looked good on anyone. I really needed to make a good impression on the employer at the Rainbow Factory. I needed a better job than cashier at a local coffe shop. They had great wages, free health benefits that covered me and my sis, and was a good place for a strong pegasus such as myself to work.

I picked out The blue tie, mostly because my sis had left it tied, all I needed to do was tighten it, and because she had heard from gossip at school that more than a few mares thought that blue was my color. I slipped it over my head, and walked to the front door. I grabbed the house keychain and slipped it over my neck and positioned it so that my tie hid it, and walked outside.

It was warm and sunny out, and the sun felt good on my wings, which I had unfurled, the ash coloring of my feathers and coat making me look totally badass. I heard some whispers and giggles off to my left, and when I looked, I caught sight of a couple pegasus mares that were blushing and looking at me. I briefly recognized them, their names being Cloudchaser and Flitter. I flashed them my best grin and winked. They squealed and sped off to another group of mares that were on the other side of the street. They said something and pointed to me, which prompted them to squeal and look at me dreamily.

Chuckling, I lifted off the ground with a few powerful strokes in the direction of the Rainbow Factory. It felt good to strecth my wings, and I started pumping them faster and faster, making me a charcoal colored blur in the sky. After a few minutes, I reached the front entrance, and was about to walk in, when I heard a boom and felt a shaking. I looked back at the town, to see a plume of smoke.

Before I knew it, I was speeding alongside a few pegasi that had emerged from the Factory towards the explosion. I was leading the pack, but then a rainbow colored blur shot past me, leaving me struggling in the remaining wind stream from said blur. I picked up my pace, fearing the worst for my only living relative.

Upon reaching the site of the explosion, I was greeted by the sight of a battalion of royal guards, attacking defenseless ponies. One guard in particular, was standing on an overturned cart, barking orders at the few guards not fighting.

"You two! Head towards the left side of the town, and kill any survivors! You, Same thing, just right side! Go"

The guards he was addressing replied "Yes Sir!" and rushed off in the specified directions. I took to the air, flying towards my apartment, hoping that my sis had made it back and was okay.

Upon arrival, I was greeted by the sight of a kicked down door, and the sound of a mare screaming "No Please! No no no! Not this way!" The voice belonged to my sister. In a rage, I shot into the house, and followed the sounds of her screams to the kitchen. Suddenly, She screamed " NO PLEASE! DON'T! I WANT TO LI-" and then she was silenced. I smashed through the locked door of the kitchen and saw a truly horrific sight.

A royal guard was putting his armor on with a satisfied smile on his face. to his left, layed the body of my sis, blood pooled around the back of her legs and around her throat, a bloody knife stuck in the cutting board on th counter. I roared a gutteral roar, and tackled the guard. I yanked his helmet off and started hitting him. Over and over,  the tremors of impact shook my arm, as his face was made into a bloody mess of bone and meat. I grabbed the knife out of the cutting board and started stabbing him in the gut. I lost count of how many times the knife was plunged into his gut, and lost count of the minutes.

Suddenly, I was thrown off his lifeless corpse by another guard. I was restrained by two more. The one who had thrown me inspected his fallen comrade, and turned back to me with a look of pure horror.

"You sick fuck."

I immediately shook the guards off of me and went for the earth pony. He was caught off guard, and it cost him. I threw him into the the refrigerator, reducing the door to crumpled metal. The guard was unconcious, and never felt the knife slide through his jugular.

I turned to the other guards, and started moving towards them, knife in hoof. Unfortunately, one of them, a unicorn, fired a spell at me, knocking me back. I was restrained with cuffs this time, and was dragged through the door, all the while crying for my sister.

I was dragged through the town towards the square where I had landed. Then, The guards were thrown off of me by a rainbow blur, and the cuffs broken. I looked into the face of a pegasus mare with a rainbow mane and tail, and blue coat.

"Don't worry kid, I got yo-" The shaft of a spear was thrust through her sternum, and she died immediately. I broke the spear tip off and threw it straight at the mares attacker, just to avenge her. I was hit in the back of the head hard. I hit the ground, and the last face in my vision was the guard that had been giving orders.

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I awoke shortly after, and heard a rough voice say "Captain, he's waking up."

I wasin cuffs again, and had two guards with spears at my side. A third pony entered my view.

"Well well, looks like this raping murderer is up." His suboordinates laughed.

"You killed three of my guards, and raped your own sister? You disgust me."

"You lying sack of shit! It was your guard that raped her! I admit to killing them, but I would kill myself before hurting her!" I screamed.

He grinned. "Yeah well tell that to Celestia when you're brought to her for murder, rape, and incest."

I gave him the death stare. "I will bring down everything you stand for. Your family, will die. Your fellow guardsmen, will be slaughtered. Celestia, brought down here with the rest of us. You, will be strangled with your own mane. This, I promise."

He looked at me with pure malice. "We'll see, punk." He hit me in the gut, and I spit in his face. He fell back, and the guards moved to help him. I waited for their attention to turn back to me, a plan forming in my head. The guard that spoke when I woke up turned, and tried to spear me. I turned just in time for him to miss, but break the cuffs. I shot off into the sky, and headed towards the Everfree Forest, with Canterlot in my sights. I thought I was home free, when I was hit with a spell. I went headlong into the forest and was knocked out.

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I stumbled through the forest a few hours later, trying to make my way to Ponyville, which had a train that went directly to Canterlot. I don't know how long I walked, but I know I was close to death. The fall had broken my left wing, and severely sprained the other.

Finally, I came into view of the town, and collapsed from exhaustion. The last thing I heard was a soft spoken voice say "Oh! My!"