Chapter 2
"The soul of mercy, is better than the soul of revenge", Angelina Elise
Ah! It's you again!I must be honest I wasn't expecting you to come back so soon. Well here we are, on the second chapter already. There's only a few more left to go, so don't worry I won't bore you with my story much longer. I hear many stories about Ponyville now, not many speak of the wars. Oh goodness, I'm sorry, but I must continue with the story.
Sweetie Belles dirty hooves tapped on the ground. She hated the feeling of having so much dirt on her, but she had to do it to blend in. The more she'd walk, the closer she got back to the boutique, the closer she got to the boutique well… the more she'd feel the need to panic. Rarity was inside pacing when Sweetie stepped in. Immediately she heard Rarity yell "Oh! Sweetie Belle! My darling sister! I'm so sorry!" she ran over and hugged the tiny unicorn. Sweetie Belles expression stayed blank as she felt Raritys arms around her and the tears rub off on her face, cleaning off some of the dirt, "Can't you ever forgive me? I'm so dreadfully sorry! It was the only thing I could think of! When you ran away I was so worried you have been attacked! OH! Attacked! I couldn't stop thinking that something had happened…" Rarity continued doing her monolog as she held her little sister.
An hour later, Rarity was brushing Sweeties mane to get the dirt out. Rarity sighed and put the comb down, "I AM sorry, Sweetie Belle… Please if there is anything," she turned Sweetie around, "ANYTHING I may do, do make you forgive me…" Sweetie Belle looked up at Rarity. Rarity's coat was covered in dust and bits of dirt. She didn't like to mess up her coat, but she had to do this to survive. Her mane was messy and choppy, split ends and no big curls like she once had. It made Sweetie a bit sad to see her older, posh and kind of coy sister looking like this. But, Sweeties vision blurred a bit with tears and sadness. She said in a firm voice, "Give me my horn back."
Rarity rubbed her eyes with her hooves and replied, "But I can't! And it's not totally gone," she pointed at it with her hoof, "See it's only dented a bit... Well uh... We can get Twilight to fix it! Sh-she's good with magic! She can do anything, Twilight can. Darling, its fine!" Sweetie got up on all fours and snapped back, "It's NOT fine! You tried to cut my horn off!" Rarity got up on her hooves as well, "It was all I could do! The Land Ponies look for unicorns! If your horn was gone they'd think you were some regular smelly Earth Pony! I was trying to help you!" Sweetie Belles tears rolled down her face now, tears of sadness and anger. She yelled back at Rarity and her voice squeaked, "I'd rather be dead!"
Silence. Nopony said a thing. Rarity stepped back a bit, then Sweetie Belle continued, "That's right! I'd rather you would of killed me than let me live in this terrible place! Earth Ponies, Pegasus and Unicorns have lived in harmony for years, why the sudden hatred between them!? For the love of Celestia, I'd rather you kill me than a Earth Pony! Not because I hate them… Because they were my friends! What about Applejack and Pinkie Pie!? They're Earth Ponies and they were your best friends and yo-" Rarity snapped back in half a yell, "I don't know Sweetie Belle!"
Sweetie Belle stepped back hearing Rarity scream. Rarity barely ever raised her voice, she screamed a lot, but never did she raise her voice this much at Sweetie, "I know you think since I am the older sister, I should know everything… I should tell you everything is going to be okay… But I shan't lie to you, my sister. I don't know what happened…Personally I think Earth Ponies put themselves on too low of a pedestal and feel the need to prove something," she looked away towards the window, "But it has always been like this. Us unicorn have always thought of ourselves as the better race of ponies since we can harness magic. Pegasus and Unicorn always did show off their natural superiority to the Earth Ponies. But I think it's because the Earth Ponies are jealous of our magic,"
"That's not true though," Sweetie Belle said, no longer in tears. Rarity turned back and looked down at Sweetie Belle, "What isn't?" she asked, Sweetie replied, "Just think about it… Pinkie Pie can eat whole cakes in one bite and be nice to ponies who have been mean to her… sh-she can smile all the time even though she had a rough past. Applejack harvested half of Sweet Apple Acres by herself and still helped out everypony she could, she's nice to everypony and is honest and loyal even and she treats everypony with respect even when they don't deserve it. Octavia makes beautiful music without even trying, Carrot Top who harvests almost all the vegetables for ponyvill… you don't think that's magic?"
Rarity opened her mouth to say something, but heard the door to the boutique being kicked. Rarity turned back to Sweetie and her horn glowed and she levitated a bread knife, "I'm sorry Sweetie" then all Sweetie heard, was a snap. Just like that, her horn was gone. Snapped clean off. Sweetie let out a large scream in agony and fell to the floor and held her head. She looked up and three Earth Ponies barged into the boutique yelling out random things, "We found some!", "Here we go!", "Over here!"
The Earth Ponies grabbed Rarity and she fought back, Sweetie watched in fear as she watched the land ponies tugged and pulled her sister out the door as she screamed. The biggest stallion yelled back, "Alright, break her legs, she's being too stubborn" the second stallion turned and bucked her leg, giving it a big snap and it bent backwards. She cried out again with tears down her face, "Sweetie Belle! I'm sorry! I love you, I loved you before you were even born! It was a blessing having you as my sis-"she was kicked in the side of the head, and her head fell. Her body went limp and the land ponies dragged her out. One of them looked back at the young filly and said, "It's alright, this Unicorn won't hurt you anymore"
Silence again. Sweetie Belle sat on the floor staring at the open door where her elder sister was dragged out. She then turned and ran, she wasn't sure where she was heading, until she thought of her two best friends, Applebloom and Scootaloo. Opening her eyes wider she turned a bit and ran to the tree house.