Rainbow groaned as she thought about what a week in jail meant. "Ugh, I'm gonna miss the race tomorrow!"
"It's only for a week, sugarcube, we'll find a way to pass the time." Applejack said as she grabbed a harmonica that had been left under the pillow and began playing a happy melody.
Rainbow just laid back on the bed.
Suddenly, the wall of the cell was hit by a huge impact, bursting open the entire area to Applejack's side as a massive rhino-like creature came in. Applejack jumped and made a "weagh!" sound as she got onto the bed for safety.
Rainbow got ready to fight.
Sandbar hopped off the creature and turned to the two with a smirk. "We're here to bust you two out and stop Neighsay!"
The creature then turned into Ocelleus, revealing the other 4 close behind. In unison, they shouted "Yeah!"
Applejack looked at them worriedly. "Now let's not do anythin' rash, everypony. We just gotta grab Neighsay so he can't persuade Celestia the school has to be shut down."
Rainbow rolled her eyes. "Whatever, let's go!"
Quite soon after they'd left the center of Canterlot, they found themselves face to face with a large group of royal guards led by Shining Armor, Ember, and Garble, all in quite a bit of armor.
Shining spoke up. "Give up! Thorax and Rutherford are waiting ahead; you have nowhere to go!"
"Never!" cried Rainbow Dash, as she tackled him. Applejack quickly joined in to buck Garble, while Smolder and Yona together held off Ember. The fight became a chaotic mess, and soon Rainbow found herself and Ocellus split off from the main group.
Ocellus took the form of a Hydra and swallowed up two guards. Two others begged for mercy, but Ocellus seemed not herself, apparently due to the extra heads taking over with animal instincts.
"Wait, stop!" cried Shining while he and Rainbow were wrestling.
"Stop what? Everypony knows Celestia has her own mirror pool; they're just clones!" said the pegasus as the hydra continued to rampage, gobbling up several more guards.
Shining suddenly seemed to give up on Rainbow, much to her disappointment, and let her put him in a headlock. "Yeah, but they're given years of training together before they become guards! They're just like everypony else! You've gotta stop her, please!"
Rainbow groaned and released him. "Fine! But she's 50 feet tall and not in a listening mood...can you turn her back to normal first?"
Shining nodded. "I know a spell if you can keep her in one place, but what happens with them still ins-"
"She'll spit 'em out...or poop 'em out! Now get ready to zap her!" Rainbow said as she flew around the hydra, earning an irritated screech.
Shining charged up his horn, and soon fired a blast that, after some seconds, made Ocellus return to normal form...with an incredibly bloated belly.
Rainbow cheered as she hugged the changeling, trying to squeeze from the top as the guards seemed to be more towards the rear. "Rainbow Dash...it hurts...so much..." was all the poor changeling could say in between groans.
As Ocellus farted in desperate constipation, Rainbow giggled like a schoolfilly. "And I thought I overate! Now just relax and push, they'll come out and then we can kick flank the old-fashioned way!!" Ocellus didn't seem convinced, but Rainbow figured a kiss would help, and gave her a smooch.
A sudden squelchy explosion, which Rainbow figured must be the guards' exit, threw the two back and momentarily broke the kiss.
"I forgive you." Ocellus said with a rather raspy voice.
"Had to be done, sorry." replied Rainbow, who noticed Ocellus seemed a bit lighter even than before, but was distracted by a long tongue going fishing. She wasn't the sort to care whether it was still platonic, and took it as a challenge, responding in kind. Once they established a rhythm, Rainbow looked curiously towards the guards, only to notice that there were bits of changeling ichor everywhere...and Ocellus' rear end a ways away. The pegasus' eyes went wide as she began to worry, kissing slower, now more in goodbye than celebration. During all this, Ocellus' mouth and tongue had steadily weakened, and now there was...nothing. The changeling's eyes glazed over, leaving a loving, yet sad expression. Rainbow pulled free of the kiss in horror and froze, dropping to the ground.
Rainbow was weak. So very weak. She began to sob in the fetal position, still holding half her student as the guards shackled her hooves.
The sound of a cell door slamming behind her brought Rainbow to her senses. She looked around, spotting Applejack on the bed, Sandbar peeing into the toilet, and Silver Stream behind him, sitting against the bed.
"Where's Ocellus?" Applejack asked.
Rainbow couldn't bear to look at her. "She didn't make it."
Applejack sighed. "Not sure whether Yona did, she got a nasty gash."
Before they could dwell on the matter, Sandbar's rear let out a brassy burst that made blew Silver Stream's mane.
He flushed, then turned around, blushing, and went wide-eyed as he noticed her. "...oh, I am so sorry, I forgot you were there!"
The hippogriff looked confused. "Sorry?" She realized it after a moment, then shrugged and smiled. "Oh. It's just gas. Besides, it's more interesting on land; in Seaquestria, it's bubbles, which are tickly. Who likes tickly? I want my mane to sway in a breeze!" she giggled a bit as she finished her explanation.
Sandbar and Applejack shared a look of disgust, as this was a bit much even for them. "So that's why you do it in class. Guess Seaquestria is...different." said Applejack.
Rainbow herself was broken a bit out of her sulking by slight disgust. "Still...in your eye?"
Silver Stream sighed and turned her head, revealing her right eye was bandaged. "They said it'll heal, but it got cut deep by Garble's claws."
"He would've done a lot worse, but I broke his neck. 'course, Ember got so mad he was dead she cut Yona open...she was bleedin' pretty bad." said Applejack solemnly.
Rainbow then heard heavy footsteps approaching the bars.
Chancellor Neighsay spoke up. "If all of you are done acting like schoolchildren who just discovered the dietary effects of beans, I am here to inform you that Yona is fine. I was able to save her and stop the Yaks from destroying the city. Unfortunately, Prince Rutherford is now with Garble and Ocellus, and I fear Yak-Pony relations will be at an all-time low..."
"But...but...why would you save Yona? Don't you hate non-ponies?" asked a shocked Rainbow.
"I do not hate them, I merely think that we should stay in our own countries and not pursue this folly of trying to give them our precious information. I would hope that in the future you avoid causing any more catastrophes...it's a real shame what happened to Ocellus. I will see you at the next trial." he said as he stormed off before anypony could respond.
"Maybe we misjudged him a little, sugarcube." Applejack said.
Rainbow groaned loudly and nearly smashed her head against the bars. This is the worst day of my life. she thought.
This turned out to only be true because she specified day. While Applejack, Sandbar, and Silver Stream together made for quite a good cuddle pile, Rainbow's dreams were much less pleasant. She found herself in Canterlot, time frozen, with only herself and Ocellus.
"No, don't do it!" said the dream Ocellus.
"I won't! I won't!" cried Rainbow...but then her hooves wrenched forward on their own accord, grabbing onto the changeling's head; within moments, they had ripped it off. Rainbow awoke screaming and thrashing a bit, trying to get away from her own hooves, which woke up Applejack and Sandbar.
"You okay, sugarcube?" asked Applejack.
"...bad dream...bad, bad dream..." said Rainbow with tears in her eyes.
"I'll see if the guard can get you some cider." said the farmpony with a smile.
Rainbow found the drink little comfort, despite the guard saying that he was doing them a favor with such a luxury.