Chapter 8
"Without killing we aren't animals, without mercy, we aren't human", Anonymous
Oh…uh…hm.. I'm sorry I kept you waiting there, friend. It's been terrible having to wait so long to tell you the story and having to stop halfway through each time. I'll try to finish it up soon, since by now you are probably loosing interest, besides I saw you twiddling your thumbs last time. Oh now look at me, rambling on when I could be telling you more about the war.
Rarity levitated a stick and marked an ex in the ground while two other unicorns with chipped horns dug the other marks. The unicorn work camps actually weren't that bad. Well…maybe I should explain more about the unicorn camp, the unicorns each do work harvesting things (diamonds, types of rocks, fruits and vegetables etc.), and they are fed only soup and water, treated without respect and depending on their cutie mark, their horns were snapped off. Rarity had to mark where the diamonds and emeralds or jewels would be.
"….and that is why, blue should never go with orange…" Rarity rambled at she levitated the stick and marked the places with jewels. Following behind her digging them up was Vinyl Scratch and Amethyst Star. Rarity was rambling as she walking around, much like when she was kidnapped by those dogs. The earth ponies learned to ignore it over time. Soon after the day's work they had the wagon from her back. The whole place was covered in dirt and holes, passed out unicorns and a few Earth Ponies. Rarity looked around and soon noticed not only her, but everyone else had this paper bracelet on their hooves.
She walked up to a yellow pony named Banana Fluff and asked politely, "Darling, where did you get that completely dapper bracelet?" she unicorns looked at each other's wrists and noticed on them was a number, Rarity was number 67 and Banana Fluff was number 73. Banana Fluff just shrugged and trotted off to where they were all being served cold soup and water. Some unicorns had their coats clean, since they were already caught, but a few kept them dirty. Either that or with the job assigned they were given made them dirty all the time. Rarity got on the camp a few weeks ago after a long and smelly train ride.
She got back into her hut were there sat more than enough unicorns to count. She saw all kinds of sadness, but none cried. Then, she saw something she never saw in a long time. A hat? She felt her heart jump and she walked a bit faster over to it and her eyes water when she saw who it was. A orange earth pony, no horn. Apple cutie mark and narrowed but beautiful eyes. Applejack. Rarity ran over and skidded on the floor a bit and said, "Applejack! What on earth-", "Oh pipe down Rarity!" Applejack snapped back. But it wasn't long until her sneering look turned into a smile of joy. She tipped her hat at Rarity and said, "Hows it going Rarity, nice to see ya again" Rarity smiled back.
"Oh goodness! How is my little Sweetie Belle?" Rarity said while running in place almost. Applejack snickered, "Shes fine last time I checked, she was with Applebloom and Scoots" Rarity let out a sigh of relief. When she was put on the camp she didn't look to find Sweetie Belle for she didn't want to see that Sweetie was in such an awful place as that. Rarity looked up and it was night time. She sighed and said they had to get back in. Once they got in they saw Vinyl tapping on the floor doing a beat. One of the unicorns leaned over, "Vinyl will you stop? We're all tired" Vinyl kept tapping and said in her loud voice, "Aw chill out! I just wanted to liven the place up"
Applejack looked around. She was only hear because of the unicorns hiding in her shed, if she was a lesser pony she would of blamed the unicorns for getting caught or gotten mad at Rainbow Dash for possibly telling on her. But instead she let out a laugh and walked over to Vinyl and started tapping on the floor too to make a better beat. Vinyl jumped up a bit, "Aw yeah! That's more like it!" the other unicorns soon all rolled over on their beds and started listening. Rarity cleared her throat, "may I?" she asked. The other unicorns were now knocking on wood or clapping their hoofs to add more to the rhythm.
The sound soon sounded a bit like the song from when they did that one play about how Equestria was found. But of course Vinyl was making it sound more jumpy and fun. Rarity sat down and lifted her head and began to sing. Rarity's voice was beautiful, singing solo. An earth pony kicked the door around the end of the song and yelled "QUIET DOWN IN THERE!" then they all instantly stopped. Some looked around in fear and others rolled up in balls to pretend to sleep. Applejack lid down on the floor since all the beds were taken up. Rarity had a bed of course since her constant whining about the dirty floor got her one. Applejack soon felt herself floating up and she yelled a bit in fear. "Oh shush" Rarity said as she levitated Applejack up to her bed.
Applejack sat on the bed and Rarity was curled in a ball like a foal. She looked over at Applejack and sighed a bit, "No friend of mine is sleeping on the floor," she said and went back to trying to sleep. The word friend made Applejacks eyes tear up. "Friend" she thought to herself. Friends with a unicorn again, friends with anyone again. She remembered Pinky Pie and Applebloom and her friends. Were they ok? Was she going to be ok? She wasn't sure. But she was okay now, barely snuggled into Rarity lying on a bed made of hay and a sheet. She was, okay. She began to wonder if the rest of the world was going to be ok, is the rest of her used to be friends, going to be okay. Was Applebloom and her other friends right now, or will ever be okay.