Equestria's War

Chapter 6-Raindow tea anypony?
The small gathering had gone over well. It was decided that they were to be as vocal as possible about their beliefs, in order to spread the fire of rebellion. All the ponies who decided to speak their minds finally saw the downside. Almost as soon as ponies began speaking their minds Celestia began sending soldiers to Ponyville. The soldiers were posted as guards around town, and they were specially trained to take in as many sounds as possible. Whenever somepony began speaking their mind they were thrown to the ground, and beaten bloody. Over a period of weeks all of the ponies in Ponyville developed permanent scars. One of those particular stops had been quite frightening for Rarity. She had been delivering a speech about Celestia’s tyrannical reign at a local park when she had been forced and pinned to the ground by four snow white royal guards.
“Rarity, do we have to keep reminding you what you should and shouldn’t be doing?”
“No, but I’m going to keep doing this until Celestia steps down or is dead”
The guard wasn’t happy; he took a step towards Rarity, now wielding a knife.
“Rarity, I’m going to ask you one more time. You gonna stop or am I gonna have to get up in your face?”
Rarity was silent.
“Very well then, suit yourself”
The guard reached down, placing the cold steel of the knife on Rarity’s chest. Rarity closed her eyed, concentrating, trying to use her magic. She felt pressure from the knife, pressing into her snow white coat. The knife pierced her skin, drawing a red line across her chest. Rarity screamed, feeling the searing pain of the cut. The guard continued cutting, ignoring the screams of pain from the mare in front of him. He suddenly had an idea. The guard began to cut faster, but with more precision. When he was finished Rarity was still screaming, blood pouring from her wound. She looked down to see her usually white coat dyed red with her own blood, and a heart shaped cut that was several inches deep.
“Let her up boys, she’s had enough for now”
The guards who had been holding Rarity down stepped off of her. Rarity stood up, her legs already unsteady from blood loss. She started towards her house, steadily working the stiffness out of her limbs, and wincing from her deep chest wound. When the bloody mare arrived at her house she knocked on the door, knowing that Luna was still staying with her. Luna came to the door, opening it a crack.
“Rarity! What’s happened to you?”
“Guards happened Luna. I was talking in the park and these three huge guards walk up to me and start cutting me up.”
“Oh dear, well we should probably get you cleaned up, we don’t want that getting infected. That’s the last thing the rebellion would need.” Luna said gesturing to Rarity’s chest wound.
“Yea, it wouldn’t be much fun either, but this will make a good scar. Something to show my sacrifice for the rebellion, and to spur everypony else onwards.”
The two mares walked slowly up the soft carpeted stairs towards the bathroom, where Luna drew a bath for a still bleeding Rarity. The blood had begun to dry leaving Rarity stiff as she eased herself into the warm bathwater. The water was completely red within a matter of minutes, but Rarity was no longer bleeding. Luna had used her magic to close the wound, leaving nothing than a perfect heart shaped scar across Rarity’s chest.
“Rarity, I need you to return to Canterlot with me”
“Why, Celestia hates us both, me even more than you”
“Yes, but I think its time we showed her what real rebellion is”
“I know, but we don’t have major military forces, Celestia has the whole Royal Guard on her side. We’ll be mowed down before we reach the entrance to the castle”
“Yes, she may have guards, but we have magic and Rainbow Dash on our side”
Later that day Rarity gathered Rainbow Dash, and asked her to come to Canterlot with her. Rainbow Dash accepted with the promise of a good fight and confrontation with the evil tyrant that was slowly starving Equestria. All three mares gathered in Rarity’s living room, waiting for Luna to teleport them to Canterlot.
“Is everypony ready?” Luna asked
“Yup” both Rainbow Dash and Rarity answered
“Ok hold on tight, I’ve never tried this with anypony else, so it could get a little bumpy”
The room filled with a soft glow. Luna squeezed her eyes shut, concentrating on her magic. The glow became brighter and brighter, and Rarity began to hear a high pitched whining. Then there was a bright flash of light, as all three ponies were instantly teleported to Luna’s bedroom. Rarity’s vision went blurry and she felt dizzy.
“Whoa, Luna I think you need some practice. I think I’m going to be sick”
“Sorry” Luna said apologetically “I haven’t really had the chance to practice with anypony other than myself. Teleporting is easy, but taking things with you is hard, even for an alicorn like me”
At that moment Celestia walked into the room, a calm smile on her face.
“Ah, you have returned. I thought you would, which is why I’ve prepared a little surprise for you”
“YOU COME ANYWHERE NEAR ME OR MY FRIENDS, I’LL SHOW YOU WHAT REBELLION’S ALL ABOUT!” Rainbow Dash shouted at Celestia
Celestia seemed unmoved, and stood their without comment. After a couple seconds she clopped her two hooves together, and palace guards entered the room.
“Guards, show our guests to their new accommodations.” Then turning towards the Rarity and Rainbow Dash “I think you’ll really enjoy them”
The guards then took the three ponies and roughly shoved them towards the door. The mares were led down velvet carpeted halls, and down dark stone passages until they reached the dungeon in the basement of the castle. The walls, floor, and ceiling were all made of the same white tile, with a silver drain in the middle of the room. Streaks of red were smeared across the walls, from what or who Rarity could not guess. The ground was slightly slick with water, which the guards had hastily used to try to erase the past sufferings of past ponies. The room smelled strongly of dirt, death, and the hot coppery scent of blood. Two huge basins were in the corner, each as large enough to fit four ponies. The pools were both filled, one with water, and the other with the blood of Celestia’s former victims.
“I sure hope you’re enjoying your new accommodations” a voice said cheerfully
Rarity turned around and was surprised to see that Princess Celestia had followed them downstairs.
“As you can see I’ve set out options for you ponies. Please, choose one, any one will do, and in case you’re wondering all are equally unpleasant”
“Celestia, please don’t hurt them, they’re my friends, some of the only ones I have” Luna said in a voice so quiet that it almost rivaled Fluttershy’s own whisper.
“Luna they need to be taught a lesson. They’re spreading rebellion throughout Equestria. Things like that could remove us both from power”
Luna stood and stared defiantly at her sister.
“I’m going back upstairs, if my friends are still alive when you’re done, tell me”
Without another word Luna quickly trotted upstairs, the clops of her hooves against the tiles slowly fading.
“Are we ready to begin?” Celestia said with all too much glee in her voice
Neither of the mares responded.
“Fine then if you two are going to be so rude. Guards please make Rainbow Dash here comfortable”
Four guards walked over, each one holding chains. Rainbow Dash didn’t even twitch as she was chained to the wall, the cold steel of the chains cutting into her skin. Celestia then grabbed Rarity by the mane, roughly dragging her towards the pool of blood.
“NO, PLEASE NO” Rarity shouted as she dug her hooves into the tiled floor. Celestia didn’t respond or even slow down, and continued to drag her as if she were a lifeless rag doll. Rarity’s hooves touched the edge of the pool, staining her pristine white coat a bright red. Celestia kept dragging Rarity until they were both chest deep in the still warm blood pool.
“Rarity, you are going to severely regret ever making a move against me”
Without another word Celestia shoved Rarity’s head under the blood. The blood was hot and sticky against Rarity’s coat as she struggled to get free from the evil tyrant’s iron grip. Rarity flailed, filling her eyes, mouth, and ears with the hot, coppery blood. Her lungs began to heave as she slowly ran out of air, clenching her jaw, trying to endure the torture as long as possible. Suddenly Rarity felt a tug on her mane, and she was lifted to the surface. She gasped for air, pulling the sweet oxygen in and out of her lungs. Rarity was then dragged beneath the surface again. She tried to focus, thinking she could use her magic to escape from her tormentor. Rarity scrunched her face in concentration, trying to pull the magic from within her. It wouldn’t come, Rarity tried again, focusing even harder. No magic came, no glow, no aura of light around her horn, nothing. Her lungs were heaving again, and could hold her breath in no longer. Breath rushed from her lips, but the coppery taste of blood filled her mouth as she tried to inhale. Her lungs filled with blood that wasn’t her own. Rarity was then lifted to the surface, and thrown like a ragdoll to the edge of the pool. She tried to exhale, and a torrent of ruby red blood came gushing from her oxygen deprived body, stars and pulses of light were starting to fill Rarity’s vision. Finally when she had gotten the last of the blood from her lungs she sucked in air as fast as she could, coughing up more blood in the process. Rarity then lay there, unmoving, waiting for whatever came next. To her surprise she was lifted by Celestia’s magic, and placed on the wall where she was chained into place. The cold steel cut into her red, blood soaked coat, chilling her to the bone. Rarity then watched, too tired to speak, as Celestia dragged a struggling Rainbow Dash towards the second pool, which was now full of boiling water. She watched silently as Celestia slowly submerged Rainbow Dash. Rainbow let out piercing screams of pain as her skin was instantly burned by the boiling water. Celestia kept pushing steadily with her magic until Rainbow was completely submerged, and held her their for a couple moments. When Celestia allowed Rainbow Dash to surface Rarity screamed at the sight of the once cyan colored pony, who was now a bright shade of pink all over. The water a removed her coat, and boiled the color from her once rainbow colored mane. Rainbow Dash screamed so loud that her vocal cords must have been ripped to shreds. It was only a couple moments when Celestia submerged Rainbow Dash again. Rarity then saw the look in the white alicorn’s eyes; she had no intention of ever letting Rainbow Dash back up. Rarity waited for several minutes, half expecting the rainbow maned mare to surface, and tackle her tormentor. When Celestia finally let Rainbow Dash surface, life had left her body. Her now pink flesh was falling off of her slender white bones. Her veins had been ruptured by the intense heat, staining the water a bright red. Tears began to blur Rarity’s vision, and exhaustion and pain overwhelmed her. Her eyelids began to droop, and eventually she succumbed to the day’s events.