//------------------------------// // Rarity's Perspective // Story: Betrayal // by Hazel_Hester777 //------------------------------// I woke up by the smell of Sweetie’s Belle’s cooking. Oh, I could never get tired of her burning the ingredients at the crack of dawn. I decided to go downstairs as much as possible before she sets the whole house on fire. As much as I love my sister, I could almost never trust her to cook. As I walked down, I passed by my cat, Opal. “Good morning, Opal” I greeted her. She meowed in response. I just decided to go on and see my sister in the kitchen. I finally found her nearly burning what looked like toast. Oh, Sweetie Belle. “Good morning, Sweetie Belle” I greeted her. “Good morning, sis” she greeted back. After I convinced her that I should make our breakfast, I made sure she got a good, healthy treat right enough to start the day. She volunteered to clean the dishes, which I trust her with. After that, we both got ourselves ready for the day ahead of us. She had to go to school, and I had to do…well…my own business. “Be back before dark, Sweetie Belle” I reminded her. “That is, if you’re Crusader friends have a meeting today” “I will, sis” she told me before leaving. Truth be told, I had no work to do for today. I remember the fact that Twilight told us we’d all have a meeting later today at the Castle. I also recalled that she and Spike had a sleepover last night with Fluttershy and Bunny. Oh, how I just wish Twilight declined. No, not because I didn’t want Spike around Bunny. It’s because spending her time with…Fluttershy. Make no mistake; I love Twilight, I do. But I never got to tell her that. Why? Because she was inlove with my best friend, Fluttershy. And Fluttershy loves her back. The princess of Friendship, of all ponies, fell inlove with a shy caretaker who is afraid of her own shadow! She deserves somepony so much better, a dressmaker known all throughout Canterlot, perhaps? I could try, but the last time Pinkie Pie did without the realization of a Love Poison ended up summoning a demon. I can’t even try to say those words without a certain apprentice guarding her Mistress to keep them together and “protect the balance”. I swear, Bunny’s matchmaker skills are questionable. It like one couple disrupted could kill them. But then I thought, does a match still have to be precise if one of them is dead? Bunny didn’t mention anything like that. And last time I checked, she did the Exorcism pretty well. Today was just perfect to test something about “balance in couples” as Bunny called it. Me and Fluttershy were going to the Spa today before heading to the meeting. Bunny has a job at Ponyville Police as a Sniffer Rabbit. And one thing I knew about Ponyville Spa that none of my friends didn’t: the ponies working there have been offering various extra “services” to costumers, especially their best ones. And I even had a sleeping drug inhalant mixed in a fur conditioner. Now, it was time to set things up. ________________________________________ Everything was set, all I had to do now was wait for Fluttershy at the Spa and when she falls asleep, I’ll be able to do the rest. It wasn’t very hard to convince Aloe and the rest of the crew to do my bidding. I just paid them all a large amount of bits I had been saving up, and they even agreed on keeping this all secret. Especially since I am a more frequent customer than Fluttershy. I hid myself in a nearby tree, just waiting for Fluttershy to come. I finally caught sight of her and her little yellow self. Bunny wasn’t even with her, perfect. I watched her very closely as she neared the door. I was about to think she would open the door, but then she stopped for a brief moment and looked behind herself. I hid behind the tree immediately so as to avoid getting caught. I stayed there for a few seconds until I heard the door swing open. I peeked out and saw that she went inside. I slowly walked out of my hiding place and got to a window to see if it had all taken place. It turned out to be much quicker than I expected, but she did fell asleep from the inhalant. I watched in anticipation as they dried off Fluttershy’s coat. Finally, I went inside to claim her. They promised not a word about it to anypony else as I dragged her away. All that’s left now is to have a little chat and teach a lesson to Fluttershy. And, after she is no more, Twilight will finally be mine. ________________________________________ I waited for a long time for Fluttershy to wake up from the effects of the inhalant. I must’ve used too much since it took her a while to come to. I was getting impatient with her, and the meeting would start very soon. I swear, when she wakes up, I’ll make sure it will be her last time. I know this was cruel, but desperate times call for desperate measures. I failed a lot of times previously with Trenderhoof and Prince Blueblood; I will not fail to get Twilight. I finally heard something in the dark basement. Why did I bring her to the basement? Obviously, I wouldn’t want anypony else walking in and seeing what I was up to. My reputation would be ruined. “Hello, darling! So glad you could make it!” I called out atlast. “Rarity, where am I? Why can’t I move?” Fluttershy asked. “Well, that’s because you’re strapped down, darling” “But, why? Rarity, what’s going on?” “Oh, Fluttershy, you’re always the curious one! No worries, I just need your help so may be able to chat with Twilight” “Wait, why Twilight?” Oh, she’s making me mad. “Because, my darling Fluttershy, well, I need to make my point” “Rarity, come on, this isn’t funny.” “Then why were you laughing?” Before I could answer, Rarity grabbed the cloth and whipped it off the cart. On the cart was a tray containing various sharp medical tools and knives, carefully organized and wickedly sharp, as well as a large medical bag. I could tell she was panicking now, I could hear her hyperventilating. “You can’t do this, Rarity! I’m your friend! Rarity please, I’m sorry if I did anything to you. I didn’t mean it. Please let me go. I promise I won’t tell anybody.” “Oh, Fluttershy, we can’t turn back now.” I saw her tearing up, perfect. “Aww, don’t be sad, Fluttershy,” said Rarity. She sobbed and writhed in her bonds as I picked up a scalpel. She didn’t even notice me approach her with it. I could tell all she was thinking about was the mare I wanted. She finally paid attention to me when I positioned the blade on her chest. “Rarity, what are you doing?” she asked fearful. “Oh, this should work well” I said, before I began to cut through the flesh of her cutie mark. She screamed in pain as I cut through her flesh and cut out the thighs of where her cutie mark was. I decided to make thing worse by waving both pieces infront of her as she cried. I finally put both down on the table. “Rarity, please no” I heard her. “Why are you doing this?” “Because, dear. You know we each have our little secrets of why we are what we” I then came closer, and whispered to her the truth and reason why I did this. “And here’s my little secret; I want Twilight” She was really afraid now, I could tell. She even looked as though she was shivering from fright. “The bleeding in your flank will eventually kill you, and then, Twilight shall be mine!” I cackled out. “And don’t worry, darling. I’ll make sure none of your fur goes to waste when I turn it into a coat” Her head snapped up. “A coat?! But, why would you turn me into a coat?!” “Well, Fluttershy, it’s obvious that there are some things which Twilight likes about you physically. I, for one, believe she just loves you for your color. Come to think of it, apart from Bob Bon who is already dating Lyra, you seem to be the only one who is yellow. And Twilight just adores Celestia, whose sun give off that majestic yellow light. So, it makes sense that, she only loves you for your color because you remind her of Celestia’s sun” Those words seem to strike her well in the heart, and I could tell she was already losing too much blood. “That’s…not true” “Oh, darling, it’s too hard to accept what is true” I could tell she was getting weaker as her skin color seemed to pale. Atleast that means when I turn her into a coat, it make it look like it’s not hers. This was getting better. Soon, Twilight will be mine, all mine! Though, I wonder, if Fluttershy dies, does this mean I either get Bunny or she goes home? If it’s the latter, atleast that meant there will be no annoyingly child-like aliens bothering me. If it’s the former, I could always use her to help me with the work. Sure, its slavery, but her race is called Servant. I then noticed something popped out of nowhere on Fluttershy’s neck; a red pepper-shaped necklace. I had no idea where it came from, but Fluttershy just blew on it for as hard as she could. “Nice try, but it’s too deep down here that nopony could hear you” I mused. But I was so wrong when there were knocks on the door. It was very fast and loud, like there was an angry mob outside. After a second of pounding, it broke open, sending large parts of the door flying. It was a relief to see who came; the Police, and Bunny with them. I can tell they were all led by her when she heard it. That necklace must’ve been given by that alien! “Attack, Sniffer!” one of them yelled out. Bunny ran towards me, I tried to stop her by throwing needles at her, but she managed to dodge every time. She must owe that to the fact that she is part-cat for her reflexes. I screamed in pain as she bit my hoof. She must’ve made her fangs sharp as she dared because it was piercing my skin! “Bunny, get off me!” I yelled as I tried to shake her off. But I began to feel woozy. Did she add sleeping potion in her fangs today? Because I fell asleep as she released me. The last thing I saw before I blacked out was the face of the angry Servant before me. ________________________________________ The next thing I knew when I woke up was that I was no longer in the basement of my Boutique. Sure, it looked gray in here, but still wasn’t like that of my basement. I was still groggy from the bite Bunny gave me, but I managed to get up. Oh, how I hate when that Servant gets so protective. When I stood up, I finally got a good point to see where I was, jail. I looked around to find the usual things you would if you were put in jail; a bed, a mirror, and the door with a protective glass. What bothered me though was that I didn’t even get a trial. I peeked out the window to see that there were guards outside. “Hello?” I called out from inside. “Keep it quiet, miss” one of them said. How rude! “Don’t I get a trial?” I asked out loud. “No” “But, why?” “You tried to committed murder, and jail is the direct punishment for so. Especially since it was on somepony close to one of our comrades” “Is she dead?” “Not sure, but we can bet ten bits that our comrade is in a weeping state right now” “You sent me in here without trial, how inhumane!” “Murder is inhumane, and punishable. You should be lucky that they didn’t say to kill you, or that the victim is dead yet” I huffed in anger at that. I didn’t even know what to think anymore. Sure, I nearly killed Fluttershy because of a fit of jealousy, and maybe even Bunny is crying a flood of tears now. But still, I was beginning to question myself: did I really have to do it? Fluttershy was my best friend, and I was hers. But she stole the mare I loved! But, I could always just move on. But, I could never get back Fluttershy if I killed her for real. And even if she did live, I don’t think I could ever show my face to her again. As if things couldn’t even get any worse. I felt something suddenly pin me to the side of the room, it felt like little paws. I looked around, there was nopony there. It felt like there was an invisible force just pinning me in anger. I blinked again, only to find myself in a new scenario. This looked like a cemetery, as though a funeral just occurred. I looked to see who it was, it no other than Bunny. She didn’t look like her normal self, she had black eyes rather than her normal cerulean and she was growling angrily. “LOOK AT WHAT YOU DID TO HER, RARITY!” she yelled in anger, her tone no longer like her cute and sweet one. It sounded just like a lion’s growl. I just laughed nervously. She didn’t seem to listen. “YOU THINK THIS IS FUNNY?! WHEN I’M DONE WITH YOU, YOU’LL SO REGRET THAT YOU KILLED FLUTTERSHY!” “Fluttershy’s dead?” I asked in fear. “But, I thought that it didn’t get her all the way through” “DON’T YOU GET IT?! WHEN YOU CUT HER IN THE THIGH, YOU CUT A VITAL NERVE AND NOW SHE BLED TO DEATH WE THOUGHT SHE WAS FINE UNTIL IT GOT WORSE AND MADE ITSELF KNOWN! IF YOU DIDN’T LET YOUR JEALOUSY GET THE BEST OF YOU, SHE WOULD BE FINE AND NOW…” she then bared her fangs and got ready to bite my neck. “…YOU’LL HAVE TO TELL HER WE SAY HELLO!” I didn’t want to see this. And I couldn’t believe that even something as cute as Bunny could suddenly go savage. I braced myself for her fangs to make contact, but it never came. I opened my eyes again to see that I was back in the prison cell, and Bunny was gone. I breathed heavily from fear. Was that all a message? I looked down to see a small book at the door. How did that get there? Who put it there? I approached it and opened it to see the contents. What I saw inside made me cry. There were photos of me and Fluttershy spending time together. There was the day at the Spa, the time at the Gala, even when we went to the Crystal Empire. I flipped through the pages until I came across a note in the back. It read: Dear Rarity, Thank you so much for all the times we’ve had together. You are the best friend a shy mare like me could ever have. I just know nothing would ever be put over our friendship. Your friend, Fluttershy I sobbed hysterically at all that. She was my best friend, and I chose to kill her just because of a crush? I’m the worst! “Oh, Fluttershy!” I cried. “My closest and best friend, what have I done?” I looked up to see a small butterfly suddenly landed on my nose. It flew off and I got a good point to see its color: pink wings and cyan body, just like her cutie mark. I watched as it flew away. “All the rest of time I could’ve spent with you was wasted, plotting, and even bleeding you to death!” I sobbed at what I had done. I just knew that may have been why Bunny ran savage a while. Then something clicked at my brain. “Wait” I called over to the guards. “What if she is proclaimed alive?” “If she is, then it will be her choice to release you by forgiveness. But it’s a big ‘if’ considering you tried to kill her” I looked down and held the book close. I knew what I had done. But, I still have to pray. I prayed that she will live, and forgive me. Not just because of freedom, but I just want her back. I promised myself that if I made out of this, I would tell her I’m sorry. ________________________________________ For the past few weeks, I just stayed there without hearing from any of my friends. I just kept waiting and praying that everything would be alright. I had no idea what was going on at the Hospital that day.