Violet was packing up her money into her bag in her room. She only wore her hippie peace sign necklace with a black string lace and silver charm, since she was into that stuff, and that was all she planned to wear for the occasion. Violet wasn't really the dress and makeup type, the only jewelry she wore was the hippie peace sign necklace she owned, and she wears it whenever she isn't at school, since jewelry is not allowed at her high school. As soon as Violet would get back home on a school night, she would put on her necklace straight away and wouldn't take it off until she left for school the following morning. On weekends and school breaks, she'd wear it all the way through and wouldn't take it off once, not even in the shower or when she was asleep. Violet was truly obsessed with it.
She also wore it (and nothing else) the time she went to The Grand Galloping Gala with Lulu, when they won tickets from a radio show. It was the best day of Violet and Lulu's life, they both got to meet The Elements Of Harmony and even The Royal Sisters Celestia and Luna. Violet's mother Cherry also tagged along that night to make sure she didn't dance or interact with any stallions.
Violet knew that her mother was going on a business meeting to another city in Equestria, but wasn't told which city it would be. Las Pegasus was two hours away from Whinnyapolis so Violet had to leave her home handy to be in Las Pegasus for 5pm. It was currently 2:45pm so Violet had 2 hours and 15 minutes until she was going to meet up with Race. She then heard Lulu knock on the door with the taxi ready and waiting for her. Violet ran up to the door with her bag and saw Lulu waiting at there.
"Hey Violet, have you got what you need?" Lulu asked.
"Yep, just a bunch of money I saved up, safely stored in this bag. Thank you so so much for helping me out with this secret date. I really appreciate it and I owe you big time for this" Violet replied.
"I'd do anything for you bestie. Have an amazing time Vi, I'll see you at school on Monday. Love you bunches." said Lulu, as she and Violet gave each other kisses on the cheeks.
"Love you too Lu, see ya on Monday!" Violet shouted as she got into the taxi, waving goodbye to Lulu.
Little did Lulu know, that she had just said her final goodbyes to her best friend.
Two hours later, Violet finally arrived at Las Pegasus, and her jaw dropped to the ground. It was pretty much "Fun City" in her eyes. Violet thanked the taxi puller and stepped out of the cart, staring around in amazement. This was Violet's first time in Las Pegasus, and she absolutely loved it.
For the next 15 minutes, Violet walked around Las Pegasus, gazing in astonishment at the all the giant skyscrapers, the loud pop music, and the flashing lights. The constant insanity of Las Pegasus intrigued and amazed Violet. Violet kind of wished that she lived here, but on the other hoof, she would be away from her friends and family she loved so dear.
Violet arrived at the Las Peagsus Fun Zone after walking around for a short while, and the Fun Zone was INCREDIBLE. The place was essentially a giant indoor amusement park with nonstop things to do, see, eat, and drink. There were rides, shows, games, restaurants, walkthrough attractions, stores, it was a place of never ending enjoyment.
Race was waiting patiently next to the line for The Wild Blue Yonder rollercoaster. After waiting for the past half hour, he saw Violet in the distance.
"Vi!! I'm over here!!" Race shouted over the loud crowd.
Luckily, Violet just about heard his voice and seen him waving at her.
"Ray!!" Violet shouted back, which is the nickname that she and Lulu had given him.
Violet and Race ran up to each other and gave each other a big hug. They were both very excited for their date and couldn't wait to get started.
"You look amazing as always Violet, and it's nice to see you wear your hippie necklace again. I haven't seen you wear it since Hinny Of The Hills." said Race.
"I actually wear this necklace whenever I'm not at school, so I wear it a LOT. I'm kind of a Hippie nerd in a sense, I absolutely love that type of stuff. I'd never take this necklace off if I could, but our school just HAS to have it's dumb "no jewelry" rule. As soon as I'm done with this school, this thing won't ever be leaving my neck again." Violet replied with a cute giggle.
"Yeah, I remember you telling me on our Hinny Of The Hills theatre night out. It's a cool necklace regardless, and I love getting to see you wear it." Race replied back.
"Well if you were allowed into my house, you'd never see me without it." said Violet.
Race gave a warm smile as he didn't want to reply and continue the small talk, and instead wanted to start the date.
"So, what do you wanna do first...boyfriend?" Violet asked, feeling extremely happy that she finally had a boyfriend and got to spend a whole night out with him.
"I was thinking that we could start off our date by having a ride of The Wild Blue Yonder. I've been on it a few times before, it's really fun!" Race exclaimed.
Violet looked at the roller coaster and shook in fear as sweat came dripping down her head.
"Ummmm...I've never been on a roller coaster before. They've always looked so terrifying to me...do I have to?..." uttered Violet.
"Oh come on Vi, it'll be fun. Besides, you're with me, and I won't let anything happen to you on this!" replied Race.
After a few minutes of coercing, Violet agreed to go on the roller coaster. The couple waited in line for 45 minutes until they finally reached the station. At the station, Violet was shaking like crazy in complete fear.
"Sweet Celestia please help me.." Violet muttered under her breath.
"Don't be scared Violet, it'll be fun. You'd kick yourself if you backed out right now." said Race.
The cart finally reached the station and Violet and Race stepped inside the vehicle. As they pulled down the bars, the safety announcement played over the speakers.
"Attention riders, to ensure your safety here at the Las Pegasus Fun Zone, please keep your hooves inside the vehicle at all time. There will also be no eating, drinking, smoking, or filming without permission whilst riding the ride. Have a fun time, and get ready for The Wild Blue Yonder!"
After hearing the announcement, Violet braced herself for the experience, and Race gave her an assuring pat on the hoof that everything was going to be fine. The ride then ran its course and did everything that a rollercoaster would do. It went fast, had many loops, and gave the riders an extreme feeling of G-Force. When the ride was done, Violet and Race jumped out of the cart in complete happiness.
"That...was....AMAZING!!!" Violet shouted as she jumped up and down.
"I know right!? I told you you'd love it!!" Race happily replied.
"Okay, what next?" Violet asked, excited for the rest of the date.
For the rest of the date, Violet and Race did pretty much everything. They seen all the shows, went on all of the rides and attractions, played on most of the games at the arcade, bought a bunch of stuff from each other from some of the stores, and had a nice meal at the restaurant.
"Mmmmm, that hayburger sure was delicious, cost a lot of bits though." said Race.
"I prefer to have a fruit salad over a hayburger. Hayburger's are good but I find them a bit overrated." Violet explained.
"So, before we say goodbye to each other and go home, I was thinking that we could go to a back alley and make out for a few minutes. I think it would be a good send off to the date." said Race.
"It's risky but I'm up for it since my mom isn't around." announced Violet.
Violet and Race finished their meals and put their dinner trays on the table and their leftover food in the trash. Afterwards, they headed out of the fun zone to try and find a quiet back alley way where they wouldn't be spotted by anypony.
Unfortunately for Violet and Race, they were unaware that Cherry's business trip was in Las Pegasus. She was heading from her final meeting of the day back to her hotel for a nice relax and good nights sleep before she headed back home to Whinnyapolis tomorrow morning. Violet was constantly on Cherry's mind and thought that Violet and Lulu were on a girl's day out to Canterlot, since that's what Lulu's mother told her, Cherry believed she could trust her best friend.
As Cherry was heading back to the hotel, she seen somepony in the distance who she thought looked a lot like Violet, head into a back alley with some stallion she's never seen before. Cherry became very curious, since the pony looked identical to Violet in her perspective....the thing is....it was Violet, but Cherry was currently unaware. She walked over to try and find out if it was Violet, she knew that she would have to apologise if it was somepony else.
"Do you see anypony?' Race asked Violet.
Violet looked left, right, and up behind her but couldn't find anypony around. She gave a nod to herself before turning back around to Race.
"Nope, we're good. Let's do this." Violet exclaimed.
Violet and Race then had a deep and passionate smooch with each other. They both felt wonderful, they loved each other very much and couldn't be happier to be with each other at this very moment. Tonight would be a night that they would never forget.
Then it happened....
All of a sudden, Violet heard hoof steps from behind. She stopped kissing Race and turned around to see.....her mother....
Violet almost died of a heart attack. She couldn't believe her very eyes, her mother caught her kissing a stallion. Violet knew that she was gonna be severely punished for this, but tried her best to act cool. Her best night ever was about to be completely and utterly ruined, there's no way she would be able to see Race out of school ever again after tonight.
"H..hey mom...what are you doing here?..." Violet quietly and slowly asked, trying her best not to show any fear in her voice, but was doing a terrible job.
"No young lady, I think the real question here is, what are YOU DOING HERE!!???" Cherry screamed at the top of her voice.
Violet and Race both fell to the ground and were both shaking in complete and utter fear.
"YOU BETRAYED ME!!! HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME VIOLET, AFTER ALL THE SACRIFICES I'VE MADE FOR YOU!!???" roared Cherry.
"Mom...please...you're going over board...please stop shouting..." Violet said quietly.
"DO YOU BLAME ME FOR GOING OVER BOARD!!!?? I THOUGHT I COULD TRUST YOU, MY OWN DAUGHTER, MY OWN FLESH AND BLOOD. YOU MADE A SACRED VOW, VIOLET, A SACRED VOW!!!! YOU ARE IN HUUUUUUUGE TROUBLE YOUNG LADY!!! THE GROUNDING YOU ARE ABOUT TO FACE WILL BE UNREAL!!!" Cherry screamed.
Violet started to cry whilst on the floor, knowing that her life was now going to be a hard, terrible one. Race then stood up and walked over to Cherry, to see if he could attempt to calm the storm. Violet looked in both fear and amazement. He thought Race was either the bravest pony ever, or the stupidest pony ever to try and confront her mother.
"Ma'am, please don't be mad at Violet, she did nothing wrong. It was completely my fault and I 100% take the blame for this. I asked her out on a date and I was the one who came up with the idea to have a make out session in private. I peer pressured her into doing this, and she refused many times before I finally convinced her to do it. Please don't get mad at her, I'm the one you should be mad at." Race spoke up bravely.
Cherry couldn't believe it. She thought that Race had the actual nerve to think he could tell her what to think. Cherry was now incredibly pissed off.
"You little piece of SHIT. Thinking you could take MY own daughter away from ME!! You are about to experience a world a pain you ASSHOLE!!" Cherry screamed.
Cherry then head butted Race forcefully into the wall. Race fell to the wall and then fell onto the floor. Cherry kicked Race in the stomach multiple times, which soon made Race cough up blood and and breathe as if he were out of oxygen.
"Race!!" Violet cried with tears in her eyes as she watched her former boyfriend get brutally beaten in front of her.
Cherry eventually stopped kicking Race as he was on the floor suffering. Then right after, Cherry picked up his body and pinned him up against the wall, and then did the unthinkable....
Cherry murdered Race....by stabbing her horn through his chest....
Race's body then fell to the ground again, and he wasn't moving with his eyes closed. Violet was completely silent, but her jaw was wide open. She seen her former boyfriend and best friend be brutally beaten and murdered by her own mother, right in front of her eyes.
Violet broke down, she fell to the ground and hugged his corpse, crying her eyes out.
"HOW COULD YOU DO THIS MOM!!?? WHAT IN THE NAME OF CELESTIA IS WRONG WITH YOU!!?? HE DIDN'T DESERVE THIS!!!!" Violet cried as she continued breaking down.
"HE WAS GOING TO CORRUPT YOUR MIND YOU STUPID GIRL!!! HE WOULD HAVE MADE YOU INTO HIS SLAVE, AND THEN BEAT YOU WHEN HE FELT LIKE IT!!! I WARNED YOU ABOUT THESE CREATURES, THEY WILL PREY UPON YOU AND TORTURE YOU!!! I DIDN'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN TO YOU!!!" Cherry cried back.
"YOU DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HIM!!! HE WAS A GOOD PONY!!!" Violet yelled.
Cherry had nothing else to say. She was enraged with her daughter, and knew that grounding would not be a good enough punishment for her. In her eyes, Violet truly needed to learn that what she did was wrong. Cherry then remembered a place where Violet would best be sent to, and learn there that what she did was wrong. She knew what she had to do.
"Violet, don't be scared when you wake up. I'll see you soon..." Cherry announced.
"What?..." Violet asked, confused as to what she was implying.
Cherry's magic glowed brightly, until it was all Violet could see. Suddenly, Violet was in complete darkness, and couldn't see a single thing, as she then went to sleep.
When Violet would wake up....she would wake up in a new, terrible place.