Chapter 2 is here! We delve into the past of my OC, Crescent moon, and Fluttershy gets to play with Rarity. I am still currently updating it, but I still want to thank all of you who took the time to read my story! Every Pm and review means the world to me! Thank all you beautiful people, and enjoy chapter 2!
"I'm just so excited Opal! Fluttershy and I finally get to have some girl time! Ever since Sweetie Belle went missing I've spent a lot of time here alone. . . Then Fluttershy and I had such a terrible fight. . ." Rarity brushed through her purple curls slowly. The fashion obsessed mare threw on a small ruby necklace and checked herself out in the mirror. "I know Sweetie Belle loved this necklace. I have to agree with her taste, it is quite beautiful. Don't you think so, Opal?" Opalescence was not as happy as Rarity was to leave the house and had went into hiding. "Opal, darling! Come out we shouldn't be rude and make poor Fluttershy wait for us!" Rarity checked all around the boutique but couldn't find her skittish pet anywhere. "Fine, Opal. You win. I won't be out too late, I promise!" The white unicorn packed her saddlebag with all sorts of beauty materials and headed out the door. Almost halfway to Fluttershys house, Rarity was stopped by a very flustered Angel Bunny. "Why hello, Angel!" Rarity greeted him by rubbing her muzzle on his small head. "Where's Fluttershy? Isn't she usually with you?" Ignoring the question, Angel starting pushing on Rarity's front legs in attempt to make her go back to the boutique. The little bunny pushed as hard as he could, but as expected, she didn't budge. "I know we aren't close but you don't need to be so rude to me, Angel!" Rarity gently pushed him aside and continued her path to Fluttershy's cottage. I hope she isn't too mad at me for being late. . . The white unicorn finally arrived at her small friends cottage. Slowly trotting up to the door, her eyes were turned towards the everfree forest. A rush of uncertainty ran through her body as she watched a cloaked pony quickly enter the forest with a large sack. Who was that and what are they doing? Rarity stopped in her steps and shook her head to herself. Don't be so silly, Rarity! I'm sure it's just Zecora going back to her hut. She's always collecting strange things for her potions and whatnot. . . After my visit with Fluttershy I'll head over to her hut and she if she's seen Sweetie Belle. Fluttershy was peering out her window, anxiously watching Rarity just stand there. What is she doing out there? She's wasting precious time! Fluttershy eagerly opened her cottage door and warmly greeted Rarity. The white unicorn was still focused on the forest but shook her head to snap out of it. She put on a smile and hugged her small friend. "Hello, Fluttershy darling! I'm so happy to finally be able to spend time together with you! I'm truly sorry I couldn't get us an appointment at the spa today. . ."
"Oh please d-don't worry about it Rarity. I-it's okay." Rarity slowly trotted into Fluttershys cottage and set her saddlebag down, her mind still set on the pony she saw near the forest. "I'm so happy we could spend time together today. I-I was worried that you w-wouldn't want to see me, Rarity. . ."
"Oh nonsense, Fluttershy! I know we had a nasty fight, but that shouldn't keep us from trying to make it better. You are one of my best mare friends after all!" Rarity gingerly sat on the small green couch. "Y-you're right, Rarity." Fluttershy joined her friend on the couch. "Oh, have you seen my Angel Bunny today? I haven't seen him since this m-morning and I'm getting really w-worried."
"Well. . ." The white unicorn took a sharp breath as her eyes wandered out the window to avoid Fluttershy's hard stare. "I may have seen him on my way here. . ." Fluttershy sprung off the couch and tackled Rarity to the floor. "You know where my Angel Bunny is? Tell me where he is now!" Rarity squirmed out from under her small friends tackle and brushed herself off. "I do not know where he is right now, but that was truly uncalled for, Fluttershy." The yellow pegasus realized that she lost her temper and hid behind her hair in shame. "I-i'm sorry, R-rarity. . . I'm just so worried about Angel. I don't want him to get h-hurt out there. . ." As she spoke small tears formed in her aqua colored eyes. Rarity saw Fluttershys tears and instantly hugged her as tightly as she could. "I'm sorry I didn't bring Angel back home. . . This is my fault." Fluttershy slightly uncovered her face and stared over to the kitchen. "N-no. . . It's my fault. . .H-he got mad at me this morning because I didn't have time to make his favorite salad. He's such a stubborn bunny. . ." The violet maned mare loosed her grip on her friend and locked eye contact with her. "None of that is your fault, darling. He is stubborn at times yes, but he loves you with all his little heart. Just like me and all our other friends do." Fluttershy gave a small smile and sniffled as Rarity hugged her tightly. Rarity stood up and used her magic to open her saddlebag. "I figured since we couldn't go to the spa today that we could have our own little spa day here!" Fluttershy wiped messily at her tears away and gave a small smile. "That's an amazing idea, Rarity. B-but I want to go fix my mane while you set everything up. Is that okay?"
"Of course that's alright, darling. Every pony should always feel and look their best!" Fluttershy trotted slowly up to her room, laid on her bed and deeply inhaled her blanket's scent. "Ah Rainbow Dash. . . You make such a wonderful blanket." She wrapped herself inside the cyan fur and giggled. "And soon, Rarity will join you, making my blanket even better." The yellow mare sat up still wrapped in her cyan blanket and looked over to her dresser. Tanks shell was hollowed out and full of various treats for her animals. Fluttershy smiled to herself. "I can't wait until all of my friends can be here with me all the time. I get so excited just thinking about it!" Fluttershy snuggled back into her blanket for a while and widely smiled. "Speaking of friends. . . Rarity is still downstairs waiting for me. . . How should I get her to play? She would never agree . ."
Downstairs, Rarity was getting a bit impatient waiting for Fluttershy to come back. Just as the violet maned pony was about to call up to Fluttershy, a cloaked mare burst her way into the cottage. The mare deliberately bumped into Rarity, pushing her to the floor. "How rude of you! What do you think you're doing?" Before she could get any reply, the mystery pony threw a hoof straight into Rarity's chest, knocking her to the floor once more. The cloaked mare sat on top of Rarity to keep her from running and repeatedly smashed her hoof into her face. Once Rarity was no longer fighting to escape, she slowly pulled her hood down and spit on Rarity's face."You don't deserve to be in the hooves of my beautiful Fluttershy." Crescent Moon got off Rarity's limp body and stared at the mare on the floor, watching the dark red drain from her beaten face. The red maned unicorn dragged Rarity down the stairs to the basement and hastily strapped her to the metal table. Crescent Moon heard hoofsteps coming down to the living room, so she ran up the stairs as fast as she could. Fluttershy crept her way back the stairs with a big smile on her face expecting to see Rarity, but was disappointed when she wasn't there. "Rarity? Where have you wandered off to?" The yellow mare searched the cottage for Rarity, but found her servant Crescent Moon. "Where is Rarity? You know I was dying to play with her today! You better not have scared her off. . ." The white unicorn got on her knees in front of Fluttershy and locked eye contact. "I'm sorry, Fluttershy. I took care of her for you, she's in the basement waiting." The yellow mare took a deep breath and looked down at the blood on the floor. "I thought I told you to never interfere with my work. You have disobeyed me once again, Crescent Moon." Fluttershy angrily smashed her hoof into Crescent's face, throwing her down to the floor. "I-I'm sorry. . . Fluttershy. . ." Crescent spit blood on the floor as she watched Fluttershy open the door to the basement and disappear. The red maned mare held her burning cheek, coughed and smiled lightly. "My beautiful Fluttershy. . . don't ever change. . ." The yellow mare trotted halfway down the stairs and stared at her friend tied to the table. "I can't wait to play with you later, Rarity. I have a little reunion waiting for you! " She giggled as she went back up the stairs, turned the light off and closed the door softly.
Rarity woke up a few hours later, head throbbing, confused to where she was. She looked around for any sort of clue as to where she was, but couldn't see anything other than pure darkness. "Is any pony there?" As expected, she didn't get any sort of an answer. The white unicorn struggled quietly in the darkness until she heard hoof steps coming from the floor above her. After a few minutes, the door creaked open and the fluorescent lighting snapped on. Surprised by the light, Rarity closed her eyes and listened to the approaching hoof steps. "Ugh, you're such a disgusting creature. I don't even see why Fluttershy even wants you. . ." Rarity's eyes barely opened, but it was just enough for her to see the other mare in the room with her. The red maned mare turned her head in Rarity's direction and gave a disgusted look. "Unicorns are pitiful and worthless." Crescent moon walked over to Fluttershy's rusted tool box. While digging for a decent tool to use, she caught a glimpse of her reflection and stared up to what was left of her horn.
"Hey, Crescent!" Fluttershy smiled brightly and tackled her young friend. "I'm so happy you could come over today!" Crescent hid behind her short red mane and dug a hoof into the ground. "I wouldn't miss your birthday for the world, Shy." The yellow pegasus sat up and brushed a hoof through Crescents mane. "Why are you hiding your horn again? Every pony thinks its beautiful just like you are!" The white unicorn turned her head away and blushed at Fluttershy's compliment. "You know why it's hidden away. . ." Fluttershy moved her hoof away slowly and pouted. "Your dad isn't here you know. . . He shouldn't stop you from being a unicorn just because he doesn-" The cottage door swung open and Fluttershy's mother trotted out. "Fluttershy! Show your friend in the house please! There are other guests here to see you!" Fluttershy stood up and reached a hoof out to her friend on the grass. "Here let me help you out!" Crescent reluctantly grabbed the yellow hoof in front of her and pulled herself up. The two fillies trotted up to the house and as Crescent reached for the door, Fluttershy blocked her path. "Shy, what are you doing? Your mom wants us in the house. . ."
"We're not going in until you fix your mane. It's my birthday and all I want is for you to be happy. . . I know you'll be happier with your horn free like every pony else." Crescent opened her mouth to protest, but backed down and sighed. "I can't, Shy. . . My dad will be so angry at me again. . ." Fluttershy wasn't taking no for an answer and pinned her white friend to the ground. The white filly didn't bother to escape as her friend moved her mane around. "Hmm. . . This needs something. Come with me!" Fluttershy dragged her friend into bathroom and grabbed a pair of scissors. "Can you use your magic on these?" Crescent stared at her reflection in the mirror and shook her head. "I'm not allowed to use any magic. . ." The yellow filly grabbed the scissors in her mouth and started snipping at her friends red hair. Again, Crescent didn't fight it, she just let Fluttershy do what she wanted. After a few minutes of snipping, Fluttershy grabbed a black hair pin with her muzzle and pinned the back side of Crescents hair to the right. "Look in the mirror, Crescent!" The white filly looked into the mirror on the wall and smiled. Her once spikey and messy mane was now smooth and out of her face. Crescent pushed her left swept bangs into her eyes. "I really love it, Shy." Fluttershy smiled brightly and pushed her friends red bangs back to the side. "Keep it out of your face. If not for yourself, do it for me. Okay?"
"But what will my dad say? He will be so upset that my horn is showing. . . He might hurt mama again. . ." Fluttershy hugged her friend as tight as she could. "What's done is done, Crescent. He can't do anything about it." The yellow filly pulled away from the hug and wiped a tear away from Crescents face. "I'll protect you no matter what happens, okay?" She brightly smiled, bringing great comfort to Crescent's worries.
Rarity watched as the white unicorn sat on the floor and softly cried. "W-who are you?" The red maned mare snapped back into reality and stood up quickly. "What's it to you!?" Rarity flinched at her tone of voice and turned her head aside. "I honestly have no idea where I am but I would highly appreciate it if you untied me. Most preferably, now." Crescent made direct eye contact with Rarity's deep blue eyes and spoke calmly. "Now that you're here, you're destined to die. There's no escaping your fate, Rarity. Fluttershy wants you, and now she finally has you. But first, I'm going to make a few. . . renovations" Rarity's eyes widened in fear as she listened to the mare calmly and slowly speak. Crescent moon smirked at the helplessness in the mare before her as she stared at Rarity's horn. "You unicorns all think you're better than all the rest of the ponies, just because you were blessed with magic." Rarity slowly looked up to the white mares horn and opened her mouth to speak, but was quickly shut down.
"Don't you dare speak!" Crescent snapped at Rarity but immediately quieted her voice. Fluttershy is still sleeping. . . She would punish me again for sure if she knew I was down here without her. Crescent winced as she touched her bruised cheek. "Now as I was saying before you rudely interrupted me," The white unicorn looked at the shiny saw on the table behind her and looked into it. Crescent stared intently into her scarred reflection and gave a disgusted face. She sighed and turned back to the mare behind her. "Anyways. . . Rarity, is it? You'll now know how it feels to be an ugly, worthless unicorn." She went to grab the saw again, but noticed a pair of old scissors nearby. The red maned mare smirked as she grabbed the large shears instead of the saw. "Let's play with these first. Your horn can wait until later, Right?" Rarity took a deep gulp as her body was flushed with fear. Crescent grabbed onto a part of Rarity's purple mane and deeply inhaled its flowery scent. " Mmm. . . I bet you treasure having such a beautiful and long mane. . . It does suit you very well. . . Too bad. . ." The white mare smiled widely as she slowly opened the scissors and put it near Rarity's mane. "Don't you dare touch me with those disgusting scissors! I am not a thing for you to toy with!"
"Quit your bucking blabbering!" Crescent sliced the scissors through a thick lock of curled purple hair. Rarity felt her hair fall from her head and she continued to loudly protest. "Stop it, please! I will be the laughing stock all over Equestria now! Please, stop!" The red maned mare snickered quietly as she cut through more of Rarity's mane. Hot tears fell from Rarity's face, as she suddenly remembered she still had her magic. The purple maned mare activated her blue glow and struggled to yank the scissors from Crescent. Once the scissors were in her possession, she threw them across the room at the cement wall, causing them to shatter on contact. The white unicorn was both shocked and angry at the same time. "You shouldn't have done that, Miss Rarity. . . It would've prolonged the pain you're about to experience. . ." The white unicorn turned to the table behind her and grabbed the saw. Crescent held it to the tip of Rarity's still glowing horn and pushed down lightly. "Using your magic wont do anything for you now. This blade was enchanted by Zecora herself, It was made to keep ruthless unicorns like you from using your magic." Rarity's blue glow diminished in strength and eventually, extinguished. She started to panic, knowing that her last chance of escape was gone. "Please. . . please don't do this to me. . ." Crescent pushed harder on the blade and smirked. "Begging won't help you. And you know, for being the element of generosity you're being pretty selfish by keeping your horn all to yourself." The white unicorn started sawing through the horn slowly, savoring every dark drip of blood that fell onto Rarity's snow white coat. The purple maned mare screamed out in pain as the blade tore through her slowly. Crescent laughed out deviously, trying to hide small tears in her own eyes. The white unicorn finally stopped the blade near Rarity's blood stained coat. Rarity's heart was beating out her chest as hot tears streamed down her face. Crescent slowly twisted the blade around in Rarity's horn, attempting to remove it. The purple maned mare screeched out as the blade slowly made its way out of her horn. Once the blade was free, Crescent admired the red shine on it and gave a small laugh as she threw it aside. "Now back to what we were doing before you so rudely interupted."
"Y-you're a m-monster. . . a disgrace to a-all pony kind!" Crescent smiled as she dug for a substitute for the scissors that Rarity broke. "All unicorns are. I never wanted to be this way, but I can't control something like that. The only thing I can do is take care of them. All of them. . . Starting with you, Miss Rarity." The red maned unicorn smiled as she pulled out a small scalpel and returned to sloppily chopping at Rarity's mane. Rarity continued sobbing as she felt her mane fall slowly to the floor. "I don't care how much Fluttershy will punish me for this. . . It's worth all the pain she could give me." Cutting the final curl, Crescent put the blade down and admired her work. "Suffer in peace while you can. Fluttershy will be here later for you." The red maned mare snickered to herself as she trotted to the stairs. She softly walked up the stairs, closed the door and turned the lights off. "Come back and untie me you stupid mare! I'm a lady for Celestia's sake!" Crescent ignored Rarity's yelling and snuck out of Fluttershys cottage into the brisk night. "For being a proper lady like you say, you've got quite the mouth on you." She mindlessly wandered to a nearby pond, sat down, and put her back hooves into the chilled water. "I really don't even see why Fluttershy wants her. She's so stuck up and annoying. . ." She let her mind wander as she stared into a bright clump of fireflies in the night sky.
"You know the rules young lady! You can't just do what you want, Crescent Moon! You know better than to do something as stupid as that! Now every pony knows that you're a unicorn!" The young white filly ran in terror and hid in her room as her father banged on the door outside. "You have disobeyed your mother and I for the last time! You're grounded to your room until you can somehow fix what you have done!" Crescent curled up in her blankets, trying to block out her fathers hateful screams. She eventually drifted off to sleep, but was woken up to the sound of her parents fighting again. Curious, she crept out of her room and halfway down the stairs. All the way down the stairs she saw her parents in the living room. Crescent hid behind a chair and listened to their screaming. "It's your fault for even letting her go to that party! I bet that you knew she would do something stupid like that! It's because of you that shes a disgrace to this pegasi family!"
"My fault?! It's not my fault that you don't let her ever leave this house! I wanted her to have fun for once in her life! You're the drunk idiot that's never around for his little girl!" Blue Moon drank another shot of whiskey and slammed the glass on the table, causing it to shatter beneath his hooves. "We both know damn well that that worthless filly ain't mine. Get your damn head out of the clouds, Harvest!" The drunken stallion stumbled his way across the room and slammed his large hoof into his wife's chest. Harvest's dull orange body was thrown across the room and into a large framed picture. The young unicorn came out of hiding and ran to her unconscious bleeding mother. With tears in her blue eyes she laid her head on her mother's chest and tried to talk to her. "It'll be okay mama, I'm here for you. . ." Blue Moon felt horrible for Crescent seeing what he did to Harvest, and tried to hug his daughter. She screamed out and instantly rejected him."You hurt mama for no reason, daddy! Its not her fault I got a mane cut, It's mine!"
"So. . . You're taking the blame for what your worthless, lying, cheating mother did? Then you can take her punishment!" Blue moon threw his hoof into his daughters unwilling face, knocking her out cold. Crescent woke up in her bed, feeling cold except the heat radiating from her left cheek. The young unicorn crept out of bed and listened through her door. Faint hoofsteps were coming towards her room. Startled, Crescent ran up to her bed and hid underneath the covers. "Crescent?" The door creaked opened slowly and some pony walked in. Her eyes adjusted to the darkness and she made out the face belonging to the voice to be her father. "Daddy? What are you doi-" Blue shushed her with his hoof before she could finish her sentence. "It's alright. Don't be scared, Crescent. . ."
Crescent laid down on the ground and cried to herself for what seemed like forever. Exhausting herself through crying, she eventually closed her eyes and let sleep take over her shaking body. A few hours passed and Celestia's sun was finally rising. The dull brightness disturbed Crescents sleep, she rubbed her eyes hoping the light would just leave her alone. Once she realized that the light wasn't going to leave any time soon, she sluggishly picked her body off the grass and started walking towards Fluttershys cottage. Crescent listened and observed the nature around her as she walked slowly. Birds chirped softly as they flew in the orange sky just above her head. To fly was always my dream. I wanted to impress my father and maybe even make him proud of me. If he was proud of me, maybe he wouldn't have been so mean to me or my mom. . . The white mare kept her head down, keeping her eyes on the dew covered grass beneath her white hooves.
"Some pony, please, get me out of here!" Rarity's body was near complete exhaustion from all her attempts to pull free from the ropes, and her vocal cords were practically torn to shreds from all her screams of protest and anguish. The taste of blood took over her mouth, but even then she still refused to stop. Somewhere in the back of her mind, she knew that Fluttershy wasn't a part of this and somepony would soon come to save her. Before she could belt out another word, the familiar florescent lights abruptly flicked on. Anticipation took over Rarity as she blindly stared in the direction of the cement stairs. The hoofsteps were slow, making sure to hit every step before reaching the room below. "W-who's there? F-fluttershy?" Rarity turned her head to the side and coughed, spitting crimson onto the floor.
"Isn't it rude to spit on other pony's floors, Rarity? I thought you were a well mannered mare, but I guess I was wrong to think that." Fluttershy finally hit the last step, stopped, and stared at her mutilated friend. She took a deep breath to calm herself and pulled her cyan blanket up higher. Rarity's eyes readjusted enough for her to faintly see a bright yellow and blue coat coming towards her. "Rarity? I wish you would talk to me. . . I bet its so lonely down here. . . in the basement of my cottage " She smiled brightly at her friend and tugged at her fur blanket again. Cottage.? Am I really in Fluttershy's basement.? No. . . This can't be true. This is all just a vivid nightmare, r-right? She finally opened her eyes fully to see that, indeed, Fluttershy was standing next to her, with a huge smile plastered on her face. "Oh, so you are awake! I'm so excited to start our spa day!" The purple maned mare tried to speak up, but just coughed again. She turned her head to the other side of the table and closed her eyes. I'm going to wake up. I'm going to wake up. I'm going to wake up. . . Please, Princess Luna, just let me wake up!
"Awh, now that's no fun! We have to do our spa day together so you can't just ignore me like this!" The yellow mare dropped her blanket down to her shoulders and gripped onto Rarity's head, trying to turn it back in her direction. Rarity gritted her teeth as she resisted Fluttershy, making the yellow mare impatient. Fluttershy used all the strength she had, and slammed Rarity's head into the table, earning a deep cracking noise from her neck. The white mare cried out as her face hit the metal table below her. "See isn't that better? Now we can finally start our spa day!" With a scalpel in her mouth already, Fluttershy made a quick deep cut into Rarity's right side. Needles of pain shot through Rarity's body as she screamed out. "Hush your bucking mouth! I just put angel bunny to sleep and if he wakes up I'll have to go back upstairs and It'll ruin our day entirely!" Rarity continued to yell out with tears streaking down her once elegant face. An agitated Fluttershy used a hoof to cover Rarity's mouth and pressed down as hard as she could. "I thought I just told you to shut up, Rarity." The two mares locked eye contact as Fluttershy used her other hoof and shoved it into the incision on her side. The white unicorn cried out again as her body jolted upwards, causing the cut to widen and bleed more intensely. Fluttershy removed her hoof from Rarity's rapidly bleeding side and held it near her white face. Without hesitation, Fluttershy smeared the blood thoroughly on the white unicorns face as she giggled to herself. "This is my favorite kind of facial, Rarity! I'm so happy we can finally do something that I want to do!" She continued to paint the crimson onto Rarity's face while humming a soft song. Rarity tried to resist Fluttershy's motions, but was only awarded with more shocks of pain.
"P-please s-stop. . ." Fluttershy stopped her blood painting with sad eyes and a frown on her face.
"Why should I stop now? You're not enjoying our time together are you, Rarity?" Rarity remained quiet. "I was having so much fun and we hardly even began. . ." Fluttershy gave a malicious smile and shrugged to herself. "Oh, well. It's pretty difficult take pity on such a self centered mare, and besides, it's much too late to even think about letting you go. I've got to keep this a secret, ya know?" The yellow mare winked and shot her smile in Rarity's direction. The white mare furiously struggled against her restraints as Fluttershy's small hoof slid back into the incision. She pulled her red covered hoof out of Rarity's shaking body with extreme caution, as to not ruin her pristine coat anymore than she already had. Fluttershy continued to spread the thick liquid onto Rarity's until her face was completely covered in red. She dabbed her once yellow hoof in blood on last time and put a thin line around Rarity's neck. The yellow mare stood back with a smile across her face as her attention was drawn to a bucket beneath the table. Rarity had stopped resisting and watched Fluttershy through half opened eyes. Fluttershy lowered herself to the bucket and spoke to herself as she examined its contents carefully. "It's a shame you had to go to waste like this. . ." She spilled the bucket onto the floor, releasing its rotten smell into the air. The white unicorn inhaled the putrid smell and without a second thought, retched onto the table below her. The small mare backed out of the way and picked up her fur blanket off her shoulders to cover her muzzle from the mixing odors. The door leading upstairs slammed shut, startling Fluttershy. She quickly pushed the sound off without a second thought as she picked up the bloody flesh, putting it into a new bucket. Once she felt satisfied with the pieces she collected, she turned her attention over to Rarity. Fluttershy smirked to herself as she watched the white mare stagger her breathing, and whine out when she tried to move in any direction. "Now, don't you go anywhere while I'm gone okay, Rarity?" The yellow mare smiled wider as she picked up the small bucket with her muzzle and headed towards the concrete staircase. Rarity remained still as she closed her eyes, listening to her captor's small hoofsetps. The light flicked off and the door shut slowly, leaving Rarity in pure darkness once more.
"Are you already done with her, Miss Fluttershy?"
"Don't be ridiculous, Crescent! I'm just getting started!" The excitement in Fluttershy's voice shocked Crescent, but pleased her just the same. "I have a few things I need to do up here first though. . . You should go downstairs and watch her. She hasn't resisted much and may put all her power into trying to escape. We can't have that now can we?" Crescent said nothing in return as she bowed down in front of Fluttershy and nodded.
I owe my life to you and I will do all I can to keep you happy, Fluttershy. The white mare stood back up and slowly headed to the basement door. Crescent sat in front of the door with her head low, listening to Rarity cry out for help. She took a deep breath, turned on the light switch, and reached for the golden doorknob. The white mare opened the door and started to trot down the stairs, until she was greeted with an all too familiar stench. Trying to hold back her gagging, she spoke silently to herself. "I cried out for help once too. . . Nopony came to save me, I had to lay there and suffer. Just like you are right now. . ." Crescent sat down on the stairs and stared in Rarity's direction, with sadness building in her eyes.
"This will just be a second. I promise you'll like it, sweetie." Crescent smelled alcohol on the stallions breath as he started kissing on her chest. "W-what are you doing, d-daddy? I'm not sure that I l-like this. . ." Blue Moon ignored her pleas and he continued. He trailed his muzzle down her small body to her marehood. Each time he made contact with her creamy fur, she shivered in fear. "I promise you'll like it. It will show you how much daddy loves his little filly." The hall lights flicked on as soft hoof steps approached Crescents bedroom door. "Blue? What are you doing in there?" Crescent knew the voice belonged to her mother, so she screamed out for help. The drunken stallion shushed his daughter and let go of her body. In less than a second, Harvest burst through the door, scared to know what she may find in her daughters room. "What's going on in here?" Blue Moon chuckled and kissed his daughters small forehead. "It's alright, Harvest. I just told her a scary story and she thought you were a monster. Right, Crescent?" The white filly hid under her covers, unsure of how to answer her flustered mother. Harvest felt very little relief, but went with the story regardless. "You have to stop scaring her with your stories, Blue. She's just a filly. Please wait until she's older, okay? We don't need Pony Protective Services taking her away because you keep scaring her. . ." The door closed softly while her mother's voice trailed off. Crescent reluctantly poked her head from under her covers and touched her chest gently, confused on how to feel.
Tears pricked her eyes and she rose the volume of her voice slightly. "Fluttershy is making somepony very special for you right now. . . You're gonna love her, I know I did. . . She was so young, so tender. . ." Rarity remained motionless as the mare in the room continued to talk too quietly for her to hear. Crescent slowly sat up from the stairs and made her way down to the blood covered floor. She wiped away small tears and covered her mouth as she looked around at the size-able chunks of flesh scattered across the floor. Crescent's eyes trailed up to the once beautiful mare, bound to the blood covered table against her will. Rarity opened her eyes just enough for her to see the white mare staring at her without any sign of movement.
"W-what are you l-looking at? I-if you're not gonna h-help me then just b-back off!" Crescent scoffed and turned her attention to cleaning the floor. Rarity's eyes welled up with tears of pain as she looked around the room for any means of escape. Her eyes darted across every inch of her cement prison, but nothing was going to be of any use to her. The once unicorn mare threw her body upwards against the chain restraints and cried out in desperation. "I never did anything to deserve this, Celestia! Nopony deserves to die like this! I beg of you please, Luna, Celestia, save me from this hell!" Every part of her thrashing body burned with fear and intense pain. Crescent ignored Rarity, determined to finish her job and keep Fluttershy happy. The white mare cried out with all her lung power a final time before heavily collapsing on the table. Rarity's eyes stung through all her tears, as her vision blurred, then blacked. The red maned mare dropped everything and scattered over to check Rarity's pulse and breathing. The mare under her ear took a deep breath as her heart bumped in her chest slowly. Crescent gave a sigh of relief, but was quickly brought back into panic. Rarity's side was pouring with liquid, indicating that her final minutes where approaching. The panicked mare pushed her hoof against the wound to slow the bleeding as she tore a piece of fabric from a clean rag. She pushed the rag against Rarity's side and tied it around her slim waist. Crescent's body shook as she tended to the wound with great care. I know Fluttershy wants to be the one to finish you off, not me. . . The wooden door leading to the basement opened with small hoofsteps to follow.
"What's going on down there, Crescent? I heard screaming down there! You better not be messing with my work again!" Crescent removed her makeshift bandage and threw it aside before Fluttershy came into view, holding a small plate in between her teeth and a box balanced on her back.
"I wasn't interfering with your work again, Miss Fluttershy. She freaked out like you said she would. She stopped before I could do anything. . ." Fluttershy placed the silver plate on her work bench and dropped the box to the floor before checking every angle of Rarity's almost limp body. She stopped near her slowly bleeding incision before waving her hoof towards the door.
"I don't need you anymore. Leave my sight immediately, Crescent." The white mare bowed her head and walked her way up the stairs as quickly as she could. Fluttershy leaned into Rarity's ear and flicked it with her hoof as she spoke. "Your little nap is over now, Rarity. Wake up you worthless mare!" Rarity remained still, despite Fluttershys words. With her annoyance growing, Fluttershy slammed her hoof onto Rarity's chest. Her exhausted body jolted upwards, causing blood to spurt from her nose as her deep blue eyes snapped open. "Now that you're awake, shall we continue our spa day? You're already looking more beautiful than before. . ." She chuckled to herself as she turned to grab a small cracker off the silver platter and popped it in her mouth. "I brought us down a few things. No spa day is complete without hors d'oeurves you know!" Fluttershy grabbed another cracker and placed a slice of meat onto it. "Would you care for some? It's my special recipe, blank flank bread topped with some succulent bloody Belle. You should try some, its the sweetest thing you'll ever put in your mouth!" Her words bounced around in Rarity's head, but they didn't make a bit of sense to her. "She wandered off to the everfree forest and I kindly let her in. We played a bit and she was screaming out your name. . . That is, until I silenced her forever. I thought it would be nice to have a little family reunion before you took your last breath. . ." Rarity burst out in tears and pulled at her restraints, letting out an ear splitting scream.
"Y-you monster! She was just an innocent filly! You're a disgusting mare for even laying a hoof on my sister! You've always envied our beautiful and classy family! You're nothing more than a typical Ponyville-" Her sentence was cut off by the thin bread being forced down her throat. Rarity threw her head aside and spit her mouthful of unwanted food onto the freshly cleaned floor. Fluttershy sighed and picked up the small wooden box from the floor.
"I figured you wouldn't want to partake in the food. . . That's why I came prepared." She opened the box to reveal ten razor sharp needles, a camera and a small jar filled with a deep purple liquid. The white mare watched as Fluttershy pulled out a single needle and carefully dipped it into the jar. Fluttershy pushed the needle's length deep into Rarity's stomach as she winced out in agony. "Every time you reject me I'll push in another needle dripping with poison joke, It's that simple." The yellow mare smirked as she put together another cracker to feed Rarity. " It's not deadly to the exterior of your skin, but underneath can cause serious problems. Now open wide. . ." Rarity pushed her head upwards, rejecting Fluttershy's twisted creation once again. "Hmph. I guess you'll just have to learn the hard way, Rarity." The yellow pegasus carefully prepared another needle and turned to Rarity, deciding where to insert it. Her eyes wandered over the white body before her until she came to the red line wrapping around Rarity's delicate neck. Fluttershy stuck the purple tipped pin in the middle of the line and smiled. "This is such a delicious payback. . . Remember when Big Mac couldn't sing in the Ponytones and I was the one to take his place? I was always doped up on poison joke because of your selfish desires. After it all was done I became sick with withdraws, everyday is still a living hell for me, because of you. You never really cared for me, you just wanted me to do your bidding. . . I never wanted to be a model but you pushed me into it, now its your turn to be my model." Rarity screeched out as her body was flushed with an intense burn through her neck, connecting to the pin lodged in her stomach. "Time to start your dream of becoming a model, Rarity." The yellow mare smiled as she pulled her camera out of the box and put its thick strap around her neck. She brought it up to her face, turned on the flash and snapped a quick picture. The sudden flash of light blinded Rarity, causing her to shut her eyes. "Open your eyes! A true model would never shut her eyes during a photo shoot, didn't Photo Finish teach you anything?" Fluttershy took a few pictures before dropping the camera, letting it hang around her neck. "As beautiful of a model as you are, this still needs something. . . something breath taking." After a few moments of thought, she jumped in excitement as devious ideas poured into her mind. Rarity choked on her staggered breath as she watched Fluttershy wander to and open a small closet door. The yellow mare quickly dug through everything inside until she found her ideal prop and pushed it out of the small room. She continued pushing it until she was by Rarity's side once more. "This will add so much warmth to this picture." Fluttershy picked up the white filly's head and smiled widely as she carefully placed it next to Rarity's. "You two always did look alike, despite the fact that she was a blank flank. When the Cutie Mark Crusaders came over she always talked about you, and It warmed my heart to know that you were so close."
"S-sweetie Belle? I-" Seeing her sister's jaw less head sent her emotions swirling, leaving her in a complete state of pure shock. Rarity's stared into her sister's dull green eyes and starting sobbing. Fluttershy smiled as she admired her work and brought the camera back up to her face. The white mare buried her muzzle into Sweetie Belle's mane and inhaled, hoping to find a scent that could remind her of life before she was trapped here. The bright camera flashes continued as Rarity cried into the mane messily strewn before her. With each picture Fluttershy's smile grew, but she still felt like something was missing.