Just what happened to Fluttershy inside of the Rainbow factory? (event inside Sonic the Stallion) this story tells just that. Warning, it may change your image of the rainbow factory, beware.

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Now to the story…

Pre: Tails and Fluttershy make their way into the Rainbow factory and find out just what kind of place it is.

Chapter 1: Within Factory Walls

The Rainbow Factory has always been shrouded in such mystery. No one outside of those walls knows just what goes on the inside (they wouldn't want some other ponies taking there methods would they, not that any-pony would). The only indication that any-pony is in the factory at all has always just been the massive amount of rainbow resonance that comes out of those side pipes. Any-pony that works there has been sworn to secrecy, and nopony else has ever dared to go inside unattended, until today of course.

Around the edge of the building walked the little fox, Tails, newly changed since he entered Equestria. By his side was the pegasus Fluttershy, still a little unsure that she even wanted to be anywhere near the factory, let alone go inside.

"Alright," said Tails, "There has to be another way inside, somewhere. I doubt that there just going to let us come in the front door."

"Miles," Fluttershy whispered, "are you sure that we have to do this. I mean, do we really, really, have to go inside there," Fluttershy kept looking up at the factory walls, and the more she did, the more terrified she made herself feel.

"The worker pony brought the emerald inside of the factory, so we really don't have much of a choice," Tails answered, "why?"

"It's just, I mean, I've never really been inside the factory myself, but some of the things that I've heard about it are just a little… scary."

"Scary? How scary can a place that specializes in making rainbows be (I still don't get that), where did you hear these things exactly?"

"I just heard them from some-ponies around Ponyville."

"Well do they work at the factory?"

"I don't think so, but from what I've heard, some-ponies think that inside, the workers could make the rainbows colors… by taking…"

"Fluttershy, listen, anything bad that you've heard about this place are probably just a bunch of rumors. People… or ponies, will say anything about things that they don't know about, you can't just believe everything that you hear." Tails words didn't seem to be calming Fluttershy very much, "Besides, if anything bad really is going on in, I'm sure we can handle it."

"Are you really sure?" Fluttershy, was still a bit uneasy

"I'm positive, just stay close to me, and I promise that everything will be just fine, trust me."

Fluttershy was finally beginning to calm down, much to Tails pleasing, "Ok, I trust you."

"Good now…," as Tails continued to scan the building, he finally found just what he was looking for, "ah, there," Tails drew Fluttershy's attention to a single 'employee only' entrance on the side of the building, "That's our way inside, come on," Tails heads to the door.

Fluttershy followed close to Tails back, like he had instructed; just a little surer that things weren't going to go completely, catastrophically, unimaginably wrong. (That's what she thought anyway)

Tails and Fluttershy were able to keep out of sight as they worked their way through the inner workings of the factories corridors, looking inside of room after room for any sign of the emerald.

"It has to be around here somewhere," Tails said with a little, absolute irritation in his voice.

"Miles, couldn't we have just brought Twilights Looking-glass with us?" Fluttershy pointed out, "that's how the girls and I found the blue emerald in Zecora's hut."

"Well…, the thing is, Twilight's looking-glass, was kind of… disassembled."

"What?"

"I was trying to make an improved version of it, but I didn't have enough time to finish it, so we're just gonna have to use our own eyes." Fluttershy had a look on her face that said 'nice going genious,' "come on, we already know where it is, all we have to do is find it, how hard can that be." Tails and Fluttershy kept looking through the factory, until they eventually got to the factory core.

"All right, this must be the factory's center. If the emerald is anywhere, it…must be…here." Tails said while going into shock.

"Miles," Fluttershy said in concern, "are you ok? What's going… oh…my dear Celestia."

She couldn't believe what she was seeing either.

It's…beautiful," Tails said as he looked on at the intricate workings of the factory. At the factories top was a hanging crystal, refracting a light beam coming from a magnifying glass-like skylight, creating six colored beams of light (do I really have to tell anyone the colors of the rainbow). Around the factory's work area stood dozens of worker pegasi, upon hanging walkways or on the ground, within what looked like a large maze of multi-colored light rays bouncing off of mirrors across the walls and sealing. On the ground, laid a massive, spherical-machine, where the ends of each beam of light seemed to enter through six separate panels. The machines lower half had six massive pipes that let out the six resonance colors into long basins leading to the outside. On the basins edge stood more pegasi looking closely at the flowing resonance, probably searching for any impurities.

"This place is amazing, and…very colorful," Tails said, looking at the factories layout in wonder.

"So this is how they make the rainbows around Equestria," responded Fluttershy

"I still don't get why any-ponies would have to make artificial rainbows, but the way they do it is remarkable. Turning the light waves into pure liquid molecules is genius, I have to remember that for when I get back to my lab."

Fluttershy started to snicker at Tails thought, until she noticed something in the distance. "Miles," she got his attention, "Look up there," Fluttershy pointed her hoof up to the top most walkway, just under the suspended crystal, were a black pegasus, with a spiky-white mane, was walking with the red emerald in his hoof.

"That's the worker, and he's still got the emerald," Tails pointed out

"Okay, well I guess we just have to go get it then," Fluttershy tried to fly up to the walk-way

"Hold it," Tails stopped her before she got too far, "remember, we can't let them know that we're in here, that's kind of an important part of sneaking in."

"But if we can't be seen, how are we supposed to get the emerald out of here?"

"We… I, I don't know, just give me a minute I'll think of something." Tails looks back at the walkway while he tries to find a way to sneak the emerald out of the factory.

On the top walkway, the pegasus with the emerald takes it to another pegasus with a bright red coat and straight brown main who was standing under the refracting crystal.

"Light!" the red pegasus shouted as he noticed the black, "there you are, what took you so long."

"I'm sorry boss," Light responded.

"Is that it?" the boss pointed to the emerald in Light's hooves, "damn it Light, can't you even do the simplest task."

"What you mean? I did exactly as you ask," Light was both scared and unsure of what his boss could mean.

"I told you to grab a refraction crystal to replace this one," the boss draws attention to crystal, noticeable worn from being under such intense heat for such a long period of time, "how in Tartarus are we suppose to run the machine on that?"

"We were out of refractive crystals sir, but then I spotted this in the town square. I know that rubies don't refract the light we need, but this one seems different, let's just try it."

"For your sack you had better be right, go plug it in."

"Yes sir," Light worked his way to the crystal.

Fluttershy and Tails kept watching the walkway without being spotted by any-pony. "What are they doing up there," Fluttershy asked as the pegasus began to exchange the crystals.

"It looks like… oh no," Tails said, knowing just what was going on, but not what was gong to happen next.

Light removed the worn crystal and held the emerald up to the light, letting it shine its light before he could even place it. The light emanating shined right into his eyes and Light could feel its influence over him. "Light, what are you doing, just place the gem already, and get back to your post," the boss shouted, but Light was too deep into the emerald to care. As his eyes were glued to the emerald, they began to lose their color and faded into a dark, empty, black. "What's wrong with you? Are you trying to assure that this factory has no resonance to work with?"

"No resonance," Light finally spoke up, "That's not possible… the resonance is everywhere, it can never be lost," Light soon noticed a pile of thin rods leaning on the railing to his side.

"Radiant Light, what in Tartarus are you talking about?"

"The resonance," Light grabs one of the thin rods, "It's all around us, in everything, and… in every-pony."

"Are you insane? Just place the damn ruby and get back to your station before I…" the boss was interrupted by the sensation of the rod being shoved clean through his collar bone. "Ugh…" as the boss began to slowly bleed out, Radiant Light just stood there and smiled hard as he shoved the rod farther and farther into his ex-boss.

Next chap: there's a reason that this story is rated M

This story is of a single event so it won't be that long, but expect it to get kind of messy (and again, Sonic the Stallion, unless you want to be completely lost in this story). This story will be completed before the weeks end.

Until Then…