"I love you big sister." Sweety Bell said as Rarity tucked her into bed. With a calm sense of sisterly love, Rarity kissed her little sister on the forehead.
"I love you too, little sister. I always will" Rarity whispered. She waited for her sister to fall asleep. Then quietly, walked to the door and closed it. As Rarity walked to her room to work on her latest fashion design, she noticed Opal, her white cat was missing.
"Opal? Opal, where are you darling?" She called out as she searched the entire room. When she had almost given up searching, she noticed the open window. She sighed wearingly. How could I be so clumsy? She's probably out in the cold, dark night. Oh, and how dirty her coat must be! Quickly, she ran downstairs and grabbed a scarf.
"Opal, where are you?" Rarity called into the darkness as she walked outside. She squinted her eyes when she saw a white splotch in the distance. As she came closer, she noticed how much it looked like…fur. It was then that she noticed the other pieces of fur that were making a trail. Without stopping her trot, she followed the trail of fur. The trail eventually lead her to the edge of the Everfree forest. Nervously, she gulped and went on. Soon, her trot became a jog. And her jog became a sprint. As she sprinted, she ran into tree branches grabbing at her scarf. And thorns that ripped and tore her skin. She desperately tried to slap the mosquitos feeding on her bloody wounds. Eventually, she stopped to rest. Oh my, I am hideous. Opal, why did you have to wonder out here? As she closed her sore eyes, she felt a soft fur rub against her skin and heard a gentle purr. She opened her eyes and noticed the white, fluffed up cat beside her.
"Opal! There you are. Oh my, your fur is so hideous. But nothing mommy can't handle, right?" Rarity breathed out in exhaustion. Immediately, she felt better. As she trotted through the Everfree forest, she started to look left and right.
"I don't know about you Opal, but I'm starting to feel like I'm being watched." She said. In response, the white, fluffy cat purred in agreement.
Almost out of nowhere. She heard a snap, followed by the sound of friction against a rope.
Then they heard a squeal of pain.
"That sounds like…oh no." Rarity murmured before she started sprinting to the left. When they made it to the source of the squealing. They found an activated snare hanging on a tree. It had small tips of what looked like knives attached to the ropes.
And trapped in the snare, was Fluttershy.
Automatically, Rarity ran to Fluttershy. She noticed the wounds all over Fluttershy's tense body.
"Don't worry Fluttershy, I'll get you out of there before you know it." She reassure Fluttershy who was crying and squeaking in pain. Using her magic, she levitated a sharp stick next to her for cutting the rope. This caused Fluttershy to start struggling which in return caused the pointed tips of the knives to dig deeper into her skin causing Fluttershy to squeal in pain as more blood seeped out.
"Everything is going to be okay. I will save you! I will- A whoosh sounded by Rarity's head followed by the squelch of noise. Rarity looked up to see an arrow protruding out of Fluttershy's head. Dreamily, Fluttershy lowered her head and gave Rarity a final glance before the life drained out of her eyes. Immediately, adrenaline flowed through body and tears grew in her eyes. "Flutter- Another whoosh flew by and another arrow landed in the dead corpse's chest. Immediately, a sense of hate entered her soul. A hate she hadn't had in a very long time. She looked behind her for the culprit.
"YOU MURDERER! I WILL FIND YOU AND I WILL KILL YOU!" Rarity screamed out as tears streamed down her eyes. She angrily grabbed the arrow in Fluttershy's chest and threw it to the ground. She immediately started to cut at the ropes till Fluttershy fell out. With a sense of deep loss, she grabbed Fluttershy's body and hugged it.
"I'm so sorry Fluttershy, forgive me." She whispered to the corpse as she laid it on the ground. When she turned around, she noticed the arrow lying on the ground. She was about to tear it up when she noticed the symbol on the arrow's feathers. An eye with three lines going vertically through it. Immediately she recognized it. It was the symbol of an old brotherhood she was an enemy of… in her old life. She looked at Opal and sighed. "I never knew they would return. I thought they were all gone from my life forever." She said in bitter hate and grief. After burying Fluttershy's body. When she returned home, she immediately went to her room and opened the old box she hid in her closet. In it was a black cloak with a hood. Next to it was a bow and a sheath of arrows. She wrote a letter to Sweety Bell and gently place it on her bed. Then she put the cloak on and covered her head with the hood as she strapped the sheath to her body. She grabbed her bow, silently went downstairs, and walked out the door into the cold, dark night. In a matter of minutes, she was in the Everfree forest once again.