Warning: Torture, disturbing imagery, blood, and a very sadistic Twilight ._.
X.X
The castle gave off a foreboding sense of dread the closer both Rarity and Trixie got. Both unicorns only fixing their eyes on the ancient black structure embedded into the mountain face. The steps leading up to the main entrance, a pair of large double doors with vinelike patterns carved into it, seemed to go on forever. The night went on like normal. By now the moon was midway in the starry sky. Obscured by clouds as they tore away from the large white sphere in the sky.
Rarity wanted to go home. She really missed her friends. Her family. Spike...
She couldn't help but wonder how the baby dragon was holding up. She didn't regret telling him about her secret mission before she went off for training. It was enough to ease the little dragon into knowing why she would be gone for a while. She honestly didn't know how long she would've been gone if she wasn't in this situation right now. The white unicorn suddenly heard huffing beside her and turned to notice that Trixie was slowing down. Huffing and panting as though she had just finished a marathon.
"Trixie..." she whispered low enough for the blue unicorn to hear.
The blue unicorn raised one ear up slightly before turning her entire head to look at Rarity with droopy eyes. "What?" she whispered back. Sounding as though she could drop any minute from exhaustion.
"Don't give in..." Rarity said. "You must stay strong. You have to find a way to endure whatever Sombra has in store for us.
"Easy for you to say..." Trixie grumbled as she struggled to stay awake.
"Hey! Hurry it up you two!" Braeburn snapped at them. Clearly looking impatient. Rarity shot the stallion a glare, but wisely said nothing in retaliation.
"R-Rarity..." Trixie gasped. Her legs beginning to wobble. The chains not helping one bit. Rarity immediately got to her side to stable her walking. A hint of a smile appeared on Trixie's lips. For once showing gratitude towards something.
They soon arrived to the castle. The double doors opened with a loud groan. Both unicorns suddenly cried out in surprise when sacks were suddenly placed over their heads. Both of them screamed, only to be told to shut up by Braeburn. Rarity felt herself being torn away from Trixie's side and started to struggle in her chains.
"Rarity? Rarity?" Trixie cried frantically as the guards led her in the opposite direction.
"Trixie!" Rarity cried back, "TRIXIE!"
Trixie's voice suddenly seemed very distant. Rarity was panicking so much that she couldn't concentrate hard enough to use her magic. She was clueless as to where the guards were leading her. Everything was dark; mixed in with the blurred glows of what she believed to be candles. She couldn't make out the moonlight that shone through the large arched windows to their right. Rarity gasped frightfully when she heard a door open and she found herself walking down a spiral staircase. She squeaked in fear when she heard the door slam close and it echoed eerily around her.
She nearly fell forward once they reached the bottom. Having not noticed the last step. Luckily she managed to catch herself in time before one of the guards barked at her to keep walking. She hadn't known how long she'd been walking until she heard what sounded like another door open. She cried out when she was suddenly shoved in and fell to the cold floor. Panic started to fill her when she suddenly heard the door close behind her and frantically tried to get on her hooves.
"W-wait! Aren't you going to remove the sack? Come back!" she cried. It didn't even take Rarity a second to realize that she was now alone. She couldn't help but think about Trixie. She wondered where the blue unicorn was. She didn't expect them to separate them. The white unicorn then swallowed nervously. She has a feeling that this is something far more then just an interrogation.
"My...this isn't the kind of reunion I had in mind." a voice suddenly purred.
Rarity froze. She didn't even hear them come in! "W-who's there?" she called.
There was a soft, faux gasp that soon followed. "Rarity, I'm hurt! How could you not recognize my voice?" The entire cell suddenly fell completely silent. So silent that one could hear a pin drop. Twilight smirked and slammed the door shut behind her before using her magic to lock it. Grinning when she saw her former friend flinch in reaction to it. "But no matter." she then giggled, "It'll make things much more funner for me!"
What? Rarity wanted to ask before she suddenly felt herself being lifted off the floor and suddenly slammed onto what she guessed was a chair. Her front hooves being forcefully chained from behind. The white unicorn gasped for air as soon as the sack was removed and the dim glow of a torch greeted her. It took a full minute for her mind to finally settle down after all the thoughts that were frantically rushing through ceased.
"Oh, my. You haven't changed a bit, Rare. Is that a new haircut? Oh, no, wait. It's not. Still sticking to the pathetic curls as always." Twilight tsked in the darkness.
"W-who are you?" Rarity snapped. Her voice quivering. "Show yourself you coward!"
In the blink of an eye, Rarity suddenly received a sharp slap. A stinging feeling that lingered on her now red cheek. Rarity fought back the tears that threatened to fall and desperately wanted to caress the red mark. But she couldn't even move her hooves.
"There. Now that finally shut you up." her attacker said.
Rarity narrowed her eyes in the direction of the voice and felt a rage being to ignite in her. A rage she's never felt before in her life until now. No pony's ever slapped her before. Nor did she ever think it would happen. As a foal, her parents would often discipline her by taking away her dress up kit and sending her to her room for a few hours. It seemed like nothing now, but it certainly did the trick.
"Who are you?" she asked again. Her voice cracking slightly.
A giggled answered her. Followed by a wicked cackle. "How long has it been. A year? Two? Oh, I don't know. I've not been keeping track as of late. But perhaps an adorkable egghead like myself would've known anyway."
Then it hit her. Rarity felt her lips quiver and she suddenly found herself lost for words as her captor finally stepped out of the shadows. Revealing an armored alicorn. Despite all of the changes in her appearance, Rarity immediately recognized the smile on her face. The same one she would've seen every day whenever she and their friends met up.
"Twilight Sparkle?" she asked softly.
Twilight's right eye twitched at the mentioning of her former name, but managed to maintain her current composer. "It's Twilight Terror now, Rarity. Sparkle didn't sound all that threatening or foreboding." she said. Talking to her in the fashion she use to do when they were friends.
"No... It can't be..." she heard Rarity suddenly whisper.
"Pardon?"
Rarity looked up at her with a sullen, confused expression. "We all thought you were dead. We saw the tower crumble before our own eyes! We didn't think anypony would've survived!"
Twilight narrowed her eyes at the unicorn with burning contempt. "So that's why none of you came to my rescue? Because you all thought I was fucking dead!" she screamed. Angrily stomping her hoof to the floor and leaving a small dent. Rarity pressed herself back against the chair in pure horror when she noticed her eyes suddenly glow green with purple smoke coming out from the corners. Reminding her a lot of Sombra.
"T-Twilight..." she said shakely. "W-why are your eyes like that? What did King Sombra do to you?"
A dark smirk appeared on Twilight's face as she glared wickedly at Rarity. "He helped open my eyes, that's what." she said as she walked over to a wooden table hidden in the shadows. "He made me realize that you and the others care nothing for me. That all of you abandoned me because of all the danger I put everypony through." Twilight spoke softly as she looked through the variety of knives and other tools with a half-lidded gaze.
Rarity gave her corrupted friend a quizzical look. "What? We didn't abandoned you. We would ne-"
"DON'T SAY IT!" Twilight suddenly screamed. "DON'T FUCKING SAY IT!"
Rarity immediately shut her trap and merely looked at the alicorn with a frightened look. Just what did Sombra do to the friendly, book loving unicorn she once knew? More so, how the hell did she become an alicorn? Twilight must've gone through serious business in order to earn her wings. Twilight seemed to calm down a bit and she turned back to the table. Hovering her hoof just above the tray of tools.
"What's your greatest fear, Rarity?" Twilight asked as she examined a knife casually before placing it back on the tray.
"What?" Rarity asked. Her voice quivering.
"Don't tell me you fear nothing, now. Everypony has something they fear. Whether it's death or rejection." Twilight swung her head over to the unicorn and gave her a disappointed look. "Seriously, Rare. I expected better from you."
Rarity narrowed her eyes and frowned. Twilight saw this and laughed. Her cold voice bouncing off the stone walls of the cell. She picked up a scalpel and happily twirled back to Rarity with an excited smile on her face. "We're gonna have so much fun!" she giggled happily. Sounding more like an excited filly than anything else.
Rarity's eyes widened with horror as a creepy, wide crescent shaped grin slowly stretched itself on the alicorns face while her irises shrunk to the size of marbles. "I am going to enjoy breaking the likes of you." she said in a slow, ominous tone that would've made foals cry. Rarity gulped and began to struggle weakly in her chains. She threw her head back as far as she could and shrieked when she felt a sudden pain in her skull. Barely catching a glimpse of Twilight's curved horn glowing a dark aura as she casted a spell on her.
"Go to sleep, Rarity." the mare cooed.
Rarity's world went black after that.
Rarity found herself surrounded by a crowd of ponies. Royals to be exact. The mare watched anxiously as Celestia examined the dress she had worked very hard to make for her. The alicorn suddenly looked over her shoulder and, to her surprise, glared at her with disgusted eyes.
"This dress is a DISASTER!" she spat. Taking Rarity by complete surprise and causing her to recoil back in fear. Celestia used her magic to tear up the dress before her eyes before having the shredded cloth rain over the white unicorn. "You called that a dress? That is perhaps the worse excuse for a dress I've ever seen!"
Rarity looked up at Celestia with frightened, sorrowful eyes. "I-I'm sorry, Princess! I don't what went wrong. I-I followed your request exactly as you said!"
Celestia snorted and rolled her eyes. As if annoyed. Around her, Rarity noticed that the ponies were laughing at her rather mockingly and cruelly. Calling her names that shouldn't even be said to a mare. Rarity sniffled and felt herself close to tears as the laughter grew colder and colder, and the insults slowly turned into death threats.
"Stop it! Please!" she screamed. Clutching her head with both of her hooves in an effort to block out the laughter and threats. She then looked up at Celestia with pleading eyes. "Please give me a second chance, Princess! I'll try harder. I promise!"
"Don't make promises you're not going to be able to keep, Rarity!" the princess spat Rarity's name as though it were a bad taste in her mouth. She then turned and left. Leaving Rarity at the mercy of the crowd.
"Princess! Wait!" Rarity cried. Reaching out for the alicorn princess as the crowd viciously forced her on her back. Allowing the males to surround her and give her sinister, hungry looks. Rarity screamed as they came for her.
Rarity's eyes snapped open as she screamed herself awake. Only to scream louder when she felt Twilight suddenly run a scalpel down her cheek. Swiftly leaving a thin, bleeding cut behind.
"Daaaaaaawwwww. What's the matter, Rarity?" Twilight asked in a mock concerned voice. "Did you have a bad dream?"
Rarity found herself panting and in tears. She let out another scream when she felt Twilight carve the outline of a heart around her cutie mark. Digging into her fragile skin and causing some blood to leak out. She whimpered when Twilight suddenly brought her face up to her's. That psychotic look still present as she held the slightly bloodied blade directly in between her eyes. Rarity could only wince in disgust and horror as she slowly ran her tongue up the bloodied blade.
"Mmm." Twilight said fondly as she licked her lips of any blood that remained. Savoring its taste. "Your blood taste like sweet sugar mixed with honey." she gave Rarity a sadistic look. "I must simply try more."
Rarity didn't even have a second to protest before she felt an agonizing pain coming from the right side of her flank. Twilight had carved an even deeper heart shape around her cutie mark. Sucking and licking the blade as though it were a popsicle. She giggled when she saw the look on Rarity's face and expertly wrapped her tongue around the cold metal.
"If I were a vampire, I would've sucked you dry by now." she purred.
"T-Twilight..." Rarity whimpered. "W-why are you doing this?"
But instead of answering, Twilight simply grabbed her skull and yanked her forward until the tips of their noses were touching. "Are you grateful for the life you have, Rarity?" she asked slowly.
"What does that have to do with-AIIIIYYYEEEEEE!" she screeched when she felt Twilight's grip tighten. "Y-yes." she whimpered. Twilight then laughed a bone-chilling laugh.
"Oh, you're such a good liar, Rare." she said fondly as she walked over to her tray of tools. Setting the scalpel down to pick up a bigger knife instead. She held the knife up to Rarity's face for her to get a better look. The white unicorn could only shiver in intense as she gazed at her slightly distorted reflection on the stainless steel blade. "You're just like every other pony who's lied and betrayed me. And now... I finally have the chance to start my revenge!"
Without warning, she dug the tip of the knife into the thin cut she left on Rarity's cheek earlier and viciously pulled down. Replacing the thin cut with an open gash. Rarity screamed in sheer agony. Finding it hard to do so without having to stretch her mouth. She felt the muscle still holding her cheek together pull each time she moved her jaw. Her salty tears causing it to sting in pain.
Twilight laughed in sadistic amusement. Giving her former friend a gloating look before bringing the knife over to the heart outline around both her cutie marks and did the same thing. The alicorn let out a soft, shakey moan. Fueled by Rarity's screams and pleas as she maimed her. She even laughed in sheer delight when she got some blood on her. Lapping most of the blood off the knife, Twilight returned to her tray of tools and placed the knife down.
Rarity weakly lifted her head up to see her picking up an old looking hacksaw. The white unicorn swallowed hard as sinister possibilities rushed through her mind. Twilight noticed the fearful expression on her face and giggled playfully.
"T-Twilight...please..." Rarity whimpered as she wept quietly. "I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry for what happened to you. We didn't know. Honest!"
Twilight silenced her with a harsh slap across her wound. Rarity cried louder from the pain as her cheek swelled. "Shut that fucking trap of your's before I decide to saw off one of your limbs; which is actually something I plan to do later. But first. I want to see you break." Twilight then viciously grabbed her horn and placed the hacksaw against it.
Rarity's widened with horror and she desperately tried to shake her head. "Nononononononono." she pleaded repeatedly. "Nonononononono. Please. Don't do this, Twi! This isn't like you!" Rarity pleaded frantically. But it only motivated Twilight to proceed what she was about to do. In rapid movement, the alicorn proceeded to saw her horn off. Pumping her arm as fast as she could to dig the blade into the rough horn.
Rarity wailed for Twilight to stop. Attempting to move or shake her head would result in another slap across her open wound. Already her cheek was swollen to a point she couldn't even move her jaw any more. There was a loud crack before she felt her horn suddenly being pulled of her head. She then gasped in horror when Twilight showed her her severed horn.
"I think I'll keep this as a trophy." Twilight said as she examined the white horn. "Plus I'm getting very tired. I used up most of my strength earlier for my beloved king." Twilight giggled at the fond images in her head. She then gave Rarity a sadistic grin before walking out of the cell and slamming the door behind her.
Leaving Rarity to sob and cry as blood and tears rained down her face.
...
Trixie hugged her knees against her chest after hearing Sombra close and lock the door behind him. Tears pouring down her face as she whispered repeatedly to herself. Saying "stop it" over and over again as images from her nightmare lingered in her fragile mind.
I have to get out of here, she thought. I have just enough strength to find Rarity and get us back to Ponyville at least. It's not safe for us to be here anymore.
As Trixie shakely got back on all fours, she threw up. The nightmare Sombra forced her to endure for what felt like hours took a major toll on her. Using her wrist to wipe a bits of vomit off her mouth, she concentrated on getting to Rarity. During her torture, she had heard her anguished screams outside her cell. Mustering all of her remaining strength, Trixie prepared to teleport to Rarity's location.
"Hang on, Rare..." the blue unicorn grunted weakly. Struggling to even stand. "I'm coming to the rescue. And I'm getting us the hell out of here."
She teleported.
X.X
O_o
Normally I don't write Physical Torture. But it was necessary for this chapter. Sorry Rarity! :(
Northgalus2002: Thank you so much! And don't worry; answers to your questions will come eventually. ;3 And yay! Cupcakes! (Hopefully they're not Pinkie Pie's XD)
Lusaphira: Hope you liked this chapter! :) And don't send Nightmare Moon after me! XD
PrincessMidnightMoon: Thanks! ^-^
Ms. Moonshoes Potter: Yeah... Sorry if the Psychological Torture was bad.
Fan: Here's the reveal!
Wild Heart1997: Thanks! I hope this chapter's good.