//------------------------------// // Oh buck off // Story: Backwards: Insanity is not Sane // by chewyrainbow //------------------------------// The mare, who was known as Court Case, trotted up to Dash. "State your full name." "Rainbow Day Dash, but you already knew that." she sneered. The pale pink mare wrinkled her nose, "What is your birth day?" "The same as the last time you asked. Want me to change it?" Twilight leaned over and whispered into her ear. "Don't overdo it!" "Fine, March 13 1993." Rainbow rolled her eyes. Court Case nodded. The judge looked at her, "Rainbow Dash, state your plea." The cyan mare opened her mouth to speak, but instead got a mouthful of Twilight's tail, "She is pleading not guilty by reason of insanity." "The mare looks fine now," the white stallion spoke in a deep bellowing voice. "Well," the purple unicorn stuttered, "She is now, but...she wasn't." Court Case chuckled under her breath. "I'm fine, just, something was wrong!" Dash stomped her hoof down on the table annoyed. "Care to explain?" his eye brow lifted in question. "Well, I-I'm not sure." her gaze swept in panic to Twilight. The pegasus wasn't sure what had ACTUALLY had happened. Court Case raised her snout in the air and stepped forward. "May I present my first charge for the court?" "No objection." The pink mare cleared her throat and stepped up the Rainbow Dash, papers in mouth. "Do you recognize this picture? Or anything of such?" The picture was stomach churning. Dash recognized it alright, but not in that way. Pinkie Pie, Applejack, and Rarity were literally nailed to the wall. Skin dangled down in gnarled strands, the flesh surrounding the ribcage was half gnawed on, and half decomposed. The skin itself was shriveled and caked with dark, almost black, blood splatters. She almost turned away as the fear flooded inside of her. The pain reacted like oil in water, twisting together but never combining. Holding back everything, she looked onward. If she did, this would give them reason to believe that she did do this. "Answer me, do you recognize them?" "I do," the cyan pegasus spoke clearly. "Is that so? Now, recall how you know them to the best of your memory." "You found the ponies...in Fluttershy's cottage," she winced when she recognized her mistake, but continued. "I know them because I saw the whole thing." There were gasps from the crowd and jury. "Would the defendant continue?" GavelHoof looked down with intent eyes. "Yes, your honor. I saw it, all of it. I was there. Fluttershy kept me there to, I wouldn't have made it if Twilight hadn't have come and got me out." He nodded and turned to the purple pony, "And why, Miss Sparkle, why did you not report this to police officials, or the Princess? Your papers state your her personal student, is this true?" "Yes sir, but I'm afraid the reason I didn't report this was out of fear. Fluttershy represented the Element of Kindness, and she was one of my closest friends." "Indeed, but this is no excuse to overrule murder, if the statement Miss Dash made is true." "Judge GavelHoof, I know I made a mistake with that, but please understand. I took Rainbow Dash to my house to help her, when I had finally gotten her out she couldn't see pen drop without jumping out of her coat. I was trying to think things through, but...I waited to late. One day I had decided to leave the house to help Fluttershy. I had no idea that the defendant had gone outside while I was gone. When I returned, I found her standing over the mail-pony." "So are you saying that she did murder Ditzy Doo?" the Judge twitched his ear. Twilight turned to Rainbow, and nodded to her. "Y-yes, I did, but I can explain!" Rainbow Dash blurted. "Then please do," GavelHoof's facial expression was unreadable. "Objection, your Honor." Court Case yelled holding her hoof out. "Sustained." "If the pony in question is pleading that she did do so, why is she changing her story?" Court Case's head was tilted sideways as she walked slowly forwards. "I-I wasn't changing my story! I was never asked about Ditzy, but I was in the process of explaining." Rainbow Dash's voice was quivering. "Then now," the pink mare stepped up with more pictures, "Explain this!" Dash looked at the picture of the grey and yellow mail mare, a red indention was placed on the right side of her head. "I thought she was Fluttershy..." "That's your excuse? You thought it was some-pony else so now your going to throw rocks at her?" her voice was raising. "She looked like Fluttershy! What else was I supposed to do? I watched all of my friends die right in front of my face because of her! I almost lost my own, and the insanity of it all put me into paranoia, and got me stuck with the guilt of everything. I heard voices in my head, I had dreams, I had nightmares, it all continued until Fluttershy came to Twilight's house and tried to kill both of us!" she blurted out ever word, tears pouring down the side of her face. The jury and crowd stopped in an awkward silence that continued, not stopping until a door opened. In stepped two blue stallions, pulling a silver cart.