Dark slowly opened her eyes but closed it again due to the light shining bright. As her eyes adjusted to the light, she reopened wide and turned her head to look around the place she was in. Dark groaned in pain because the bones needed to be stretch. She tried to move but something was restraining her legs.
"What the?" Dark looked at what was straining her and it was hoofcuffs. She tried to yank it but the hoofcuff won't break. Suddenly, she started coughing, then hacking while her chest made a sharp pain like somepony kept on hitting it over and over. She felt weak after that but recover slowly.
"Good morning Dark. I'm not sure it's morning or not, I've been in here for 2 days maybe, without food." A male voice greeted weakly. Dark eased her coughing and looked at somepony in the shadows behind the cell bars.
"Lucky? Is that you?" Dark asked. She then heard neighing in front of her. "Wild?"
"Nice to finally meet you Dark." A male voice said again, weakly. He moved up and Dark confirmed that it was Lucky.
"Lucky... what's going on? What is this place?" Dark asked, becoming worried.
"I think you will found out soon enough." A neighing sound began again.
"Wild? Please tell me that's you." Suddenly, another light came on, brighter than the other one and brighten the room. Dark closed her eyes for a few seconds until she reopened them back up. She looked around again and saw Wild restrained like Dark and on a table, laying on her back. Dark looked at herself and saw that she was also on a table too. She then saw Lucky in the cell with his ribs showing under his flesh. And last but not least, the boss.
"Hi Dark. Nice to see you again." The boss said.
"You." Dark glared at him, making her eyes look devious. "When I'm out of this horsecrap, you are going to turn into a horsecrap and use my hooves to RIP YOU IN HALF!" Dark suddenly coughed again, causing her to spit the white goo. The boss just laughed.
"You think you will do that to me? How pathetic. If you keep on talking, this little filly will get many burning scars as she wants. That will make my day." The boss said.
"No. You wouldn't dare." Dark started to yank the hoofcuff violently. "If you touch her, I WILL KILL YOU!" Dark growled. Lucky's eye widen from the word she used 'kill'.
"Kill me. I guessing that's another strike. One more strike miss Dark and she gets it." The boss said. Wild neighed.
"Why are you doing this? Tell me, we all don't deserve this. What made you that evil to do all this?" Lucky asked.
"Because I want to get my revenge."
"By who, Dark?" Lucky asked again.
"Me? How the hay did I do something to you!?" Dark asked with a little confusion.
"You don't remember Dark. Remember in school when you always bully me everytime I'm always in school? Huh! Do you remember Dark!" Dark looked at the boss in confusion.
"The one you always call me a... DORK!"
Soon, Dark's realization came and remembered. "Brocky? Wait, that's you?"
"You finally remember dork." Brocky came closer. "You RUINED MY LIFE EVERYWHERE I GO! And don't forget that you hurt my feelings when I told you that I'm giving my father a flower. You crumpled my flower and told me that my father is gay. MY FATHER IS DEAD!" He yelled.
Dark stared at him in silence. She then broke it. "Brock, that was years ago. I'm... Sorry-"
"It's too late for sorry... You deserve how I feel when you lose someone and someone you like most." Brocky trotted towards a pot with coals, glowing orange inside. He took a thick metal stick that has a shape at the end glowing orange with a handle on his mouth.
Dark became frantic and raged started to build up. "No! Don't you even DARE!"
"Brock, just think about this!" Lucky exclaimed.
"Strike three Dark." Brocky then shoved the metal on the side of Wild's belly.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-!" Wild screamed loudly in pain and squirmed violently, trying to get away from the metal that was burning her flesh, going through her.
Dark's blood boiled with rage and her eyes made red mist coming from her glowing iris. "ARRRRRGHHHHHHH!" Dark broke the hoofcuff easily and flew in full speed at Brocky. Brocky flew back, knocking the pot on the table and coals crumbled out of the pot. Brocky hit the wall hard on his back, knocking the air off from him. Dark stood over him and grabbed his neck. She crushed it, choking Brocky to end his life. She punched him hard again and again, making everything on his face bleed. She kept on punching him non-stop until she slammed him down towards the floor and continue her rapid hard punching.
"DARK STOP!" Lucky yelled. Dark didn't listen and kept on punching him with her two forehooves. She then threw him up and buck him in his face.
"DARK STOP PLEASE! DARK!" Lucky yelled at Dark. Dark still didn't listen. She put one hoof up and aimed at Brocky's face, ready to punch him again.
"DAAAAAAAAAK!" A loud shrill cry came. Dark stopped her hoof and looked behind her.
"DAAAAK!" Wild cried again. Dark stood there, looking at Wild that was bleeding from her side belly. She looked back at Brocky who was now unconscious and losing blood. She put her hoof down. Her eyes stopped creating red mist and stopped glowing. Suddenly, she fell down coughing and hacking as her chest pain became intense. Her vision started to fade away and went darker until she fainted.
...
Dark slowly opened her eyes and saw a white ceiling in front of her vision. She glanced left and right and noticed that she was in a room.
"Hola Dark." Dark quickly shot a glance at somepony standing next to her all of a sudden.
"Lucky?" Dark groaned, putting her head up and moving her upper body towards the wall. But suddenly, her chest started to ache. "Ah..."
"Dark be careful, you're not in a good state right now." Lucky said, worried.
"How did I ended up... here and... where am I?" Dark said while she tried to conceal her cough. But it made it worse in her chest.
"You're in the hospital right now. You fainted from Brocky's basement. How did you fainted? The doctors said that the blood pressure was too high which caused your heart to stop suddenly and made the blood pressure go very low. They put a peacemaker to pump your blood evenly." Lucky explained.
"They also said that you have bacteria build-up in your chest area followed by your foreleg. Care to explain how that happened?" Lucky finished.
"Bacteria build-up? I don't how I got that." Dark said. She started coughing. It stop for a few seconds.
"They said they found a bite mark that has bacteria in it."
"Lucky please. You are making my head hurt."
"Dark this is serious, it can cause disease or something. The doctors were just in time to give you a vaccine and antibiotic."
"Oh." Dark tried to remember how she got bit that caused the bacteria to build-up. She pondered but stopped when she realized Wild was not with her.
"Wait, where's Wild?" Dark asked.
"Who?"
"The filly. Where is she?".
"You named her Wild?"
"Yes, now tell me!"
"Easy Dark, she's in the next room being taken care of."
"Is she alright?"
"Yes. I'm surprised she learned so fast. She used magic to get herself out and came towards you, trying to wake you up. She got me out of that cell and I carried you until I found help."
"She used magic!?" Dark said, surprised. Lucky nodded.
"She also said my name." Dark started to shed a tear.
"Dark, are you about to cry?"
"You don't know how much it means to me. She said my name. Her first word. Now she's using magic... I'm proud of her." Dark shed more tears, feeling proud and grateful for Wild. For all the things she took care of Wild made her feel like her daughter. The ball; the bowl of salad; freeing her out of the cell; laughing in the shower; the toilet. All those good times made her happy. Her past life were hard and she pushed all that away. She don't even care how she looked when ponies look at her in fear. It's already thrown from her past and she kept continuing her life with a happy smile all because of her friend Lucky and Wild.
Lucky gave a hug to Dark which was surprising for Dark because Lucky never hugged her before. It was not just a regular hug but a hug that was telling both of them a friend who cares about each other.
"Thanks Lucky. I needed that." Dark complemented.
"You're welcome." Lucky pulled out of the hug and trotted towards the door. "Sorry if this was sudden, but I have to go. My wife is probably waiting for me."
"Before you go, what happen to Brocky?"
"He's being recovered in canterlot. The mayor send the royal guards to go there."
"Okay and one last thing."
"What?"
What is your wife's name?"
"Wildfire. I gotta go. See ya."
"Bye." Dark then thought. "Wildfire. Hm. I think my Wild is more Wild than her. *chuckles* Wild... welcome to your new wild life."
…
Dark and Wild got out of the hospital early on the next day since Wild was not behaving well and Puddle came to see both. Wild was laying on top of Dark's head giggling and playing. Haze was just standing next to his mom with a disapproving face. But when he saw Wild, he moved back behind his mom. Puddle felt Haze moving behind her. So she used her left hindleg to push Haze on the side.
"Hi Dark. I see you're well, and so is uh... Wild right?" Puddle greeted and asked.
"Yes, her name is Wild Nature."
"Awesome name. Puddle paused. She accidentally used her accent. "Sorry, I'm still trying to stop using it."
Don't worry. Just keep on practicing. Right now, I'm hungry. You wanna grab some lunch?"
"Sure girlfriend. *chuckles*" All four walked towards the center of Ponyville while Wild went close to Haze. Haze became nervous and kept on walking while he looked straight. Wild went behind him and started to sniff his flank again. Haze's eyes went narrowed and galloped away from Wild. Wild started to chase him... again. Dark and Puddle started to laughed.
"Heelp meee." Haze whined in fear while he's being chased. The two mares chuckled.
Two unicorn guards saw what they were finding for and went up to the two.
"Halt." One guard said. Dark and Puddle looked at both of the guards in confusion and a little fear.
"Yes?" Dark asked. One guard came in front of her.
"You are arrested for committing murder to the name of... Brocky."
"WHAT! I DIDN'T MURDER HIM! He tried to kill me!"
"You come with me young lady." The guards then used magic grasp on Dark and carried her.
"NO! LET ME GO!" Dark started to fight back but her chest started to hurt again. She grasped her chest while the pain started to become intense.
"Guards stop!" Puddle stood in front of the guards. "She didn't murder anypony. She was defending herself and her child." Puddle protested.
"Are you part of this situation."
"N-No."
"Then leave and stay out of business."
"No." Puddle scolded at them. The unicorn guard cast a spell on Puddle and she stood stiff. Puddle became terrified and tried to move but she couldn't.
"MOM!" Haze shouted. He galloped towards his mom and tried to help her but he couldn't do anything. The guards kept on moving and went towards the pegasi guards.
Wild came up to the unicorn guards and bit one guard on the hindleg. The guard flinched and lose his concentration on magic. The other guard still had his magic grasp on Dark and the pegasi guards flew up towards Dark to put her in the chariot. Meanwhile Wild continued to bite the guard but stopped from a sudden grab. It was the guard's magic that held her in place. Wild whinnied for Dark while Dark was strapped with magic hoofcuffs and took her to the chariot. Haze just stared in horror while Dark was being hostaged by the royal guards. Puddle was desperate to move but she still can't until the unicorn guards left. Wild was still being held and she tried to get out of the magic grasped. But then, she focused her magic while her horn started to glow dark yellow. She then disappeared in a flash.
"She teleported!" The guard said. He used a spell to find where Wild teleported and the results came.
"She's in the Everfree Forest."