Thievery slipped into a new state of anger that rivaled the failed wedded-to-be's next to her. "What was that?" She asked, a stiff smile on her face as her eye twitched. Twilight stood across from her on the other side of the room, a high head and a puffed out chest, all matched with this fire in her eyes that was too familiar for her liking. She huffed a laugh. "I think I heard you wrong," Thievery shook her head, just knowing the stupidity of the wedding had to be getting to her. "I almost thought you said 'that is unforgivable', you know, as if you'd do something about it."
Twilight didn't waver. Thievery's shoulders dropped as The Dragon Lord next to her sneered. His irritated stare told her she was being an idiot, and that Twilight did, in fact, say and act like that. She shook her head. "No, no, no, this isn't how this works, Twily."
"You're right," Twilight said coldly, making Thievery's ears perk up with a smile on her face. "You have ruled over Equestria for too long," she continued, Thievery's spirit dropping at the words. Twilight took a step forward, the yellow mare behind her wore an amazed stare. Twilight spread her wings, her eyebrows furrowed and her mouth a thin, unbothered line. "You've hurt my friends and me for too long."
Thievery waited for a comment on the nickname. It never came.
Twilight stomped her hoof, the sound against tile snapping in the room. Her fire sat on the very mare that took everything away from her, living up to her horrific name. "And this is the beginning of your end," she said, her wings falling slowly and revealing all of the determined faces behind her, all the rage fueled stares, all the Harmony-promising eyes. Thievery couldn't be sicker.
Her world was spinning out of place, she could've swore that all these years, she haunted the mare in front of her. And now Twilight stood here, proving her entire life's purpose a farce. All of that mixed with seeing the mare she loved and her friends go against her, especially on a day that was filled with love.
Her eyes faded into a violent red as magenta buzzed around her horn. "So... um, Twily? What's the plan?" Pity asked nervously from somewhere behind her, glancing at The Dragon Lord's tail, that already pushed Trickery away, get closer to her. She glanced back up and could sense the anger radiating off of the alicorn. Her fur dulled and her somewhat fluffy mane fell back straight as she adverted her, now dirty blue, eyes away.
"Easy, we kill them," The Dragon Lord hissed, narrowing his eyes on the enemy and feeling nothing but hate and disgust. It could've been any other fucking day, but no, the pony-princesses wanted to fuck with him on his wedding. He didn't care that they were back, his drawn claws and pendulum-swinging tail were for Vanity's ruined day.
A pew floated over their enemy, coated in light blue. He glanced at his, sadly still, fiancée, her chest rising and falling as she breathed heavily and he couldn't be happier she was trying to keep herself under control. But her self-control lost the battle as she swung the pew over their heads, taking steps forward with it. The Elements ducking and glancing up. He lunged forward, landing on his stomach, and grabbed her hind leg through her dress and prayed to Dragon Lord Torch he didn't mess with her perfect dress. "Stop," he ordered, knowing that no matter how angry he was, this was a serious threat, and Thievery called the shots.
The pew slammed against the wall, shaking the remaining glass out of the windows as the arms and a leg fell off. The pew fell as she whirled to him, teeth bared and narrowed eyes sending a shiver down his spine. "Why?" She hissed, leaning closer to him and making his stomach turn in fear. Tears welled in her eyes and she shook her head and looked to the Elements.
"I agree with the failed groom," Chaos mentioned, rubbing it in that they didn't get married and probably wouldn't for a while. He snapped his claw, though nothing happened. "I could simply snap them out of existence. Though I doubt that would go well with half of you, so let's get rid of the problem," he cooed, only to cower behind Merciless when Vanity shot her stare at him.
She took a deep breath before looking back at The Dragon Lord. "This day couldn't get any worse," she said simply, and calmly. She slowly turned to their rival with furrowed eyebrows. She swallowed. "Twilight, darling?" She said with a shaking voice, her hooves shaking just as much and as he picked himself up, he pulled her closer to him.
Thievery stepped ahead of them, her head ducked down with her vicious stare on the Elements. Her stare was only on Twilight, she couldn't look anywhere else and didn't want to. Her battle wasn't with Harmony, or Equestria. It was with Twilight, and she licked her lips at the thought of seeing that despair filled stare again, she craved it and needed it and would stop at nothing to get it. "We have the beasts," she said harshly, her tone dripped with disgust at even the thought of Twilight coming out on top.
"We'll win again," she said, ignoring the frantic buzzing of emotions she generalized as anxiety bubbling up into her throat. Twilight raised one eyebrow calmly and Thievery didn't know how she was standing still.
She heard claws scrape across the floor with hoofsteps and flaps of wings. She knew her 'friends' all stood around her, and she could feel something course through her. She didn't care what it was, but her horn buzzed with it as a twisted smile found it's way onto her face, even though she wanted to puke. Twilight almost looked more upset at the smile, when she used to fall apart at the sight of it.
They were ready to rid Equestria of Harmony, ready to get rid of their looming 'is this still an issue?'. Harmony was going to end in another world, and they couldn't be more delighted to do it and welcome Equestria into the darkness they'd make it. After the bearers of The Elements of Harmony, they'd find the Tree of Harmony and chop it down. Equestria's hope for Harmony would end, it was already decided.
As Thievery moved to push her hoof forward, she was slammed against the wall. Her body burst with pain, her back having been the reason for the flower covered arch to topple over, and her torso being crushed by something she didn't know. The wall felt unfamiliar and hurt as her wings pushed against it, the thing crushing her torso forcing the air out her lungs.
She winced before peeking her eyes open, seeing the ballroom stretch out in front of her, her unbearably determined enemy marching towards them. Her eyes searched their surroundings, her mind racing for a plan.
She looked for her allies and she saw them fighting against the thing that held them against the wall, though nothing was there. She pushed against it, it only tightened and caused for her to bare her teeth. She noticed Twilight's active horn and looked for magenta, blowing air out of her nose when she didn't find it. "What did you do?" She sneered, leaning against the binds and inhaling sharply in pain as it pushed back.
The yellow mare threw a small, empty bottle into the air, catching it in her hoof and tossing it behind her, light green magic catching it. She did this all with a smug look on her face that reminded her of her retched, unloving, cold-hearted, traitor, she-dog self. Controlling rolled her eyes, though the air was already forced out of her lungs at how much she pushed and didn't listen. "And what's that?" She growled, Thundersmoke sitting lazily next to her, wondering how she led an entire military with a brain like that.
He looked around curiously, glancing at the windows and the doors. He turned to her. "Shouldn't the guards have been here by now?" He asked her, though he didn't think she could talk.
"Thunderlane's taking care of them," an orange pegasus said confidently, a puffed out chest matched with a smug grin that mirrored the yellow mare next to her. He rolled his eyes and banged his head against the wall, knowing he should've gone after the grey weasel.
The zebra looked around, smiling to herself as she pointed at the flowers on the ground, a white unicorn with a bob next to her coating them in green magic and throwing them on the ponies stuck to the wall. Controlling had enough will power to shake the white and blue flowers off of her face, the petals and flowers stuck to something that quiet obviously wasn't apart of her.
Trickery looked down, seeing shadows on the few petals that were lower on their bodies, the flowers sitting an inch or two in front of them. She did this all while she plastered herself against the wall in hoping of not aggravating their binds, and avoiding Apple Bloom's stare. "They're like invisible ropes?" She asked, glancing up at the zebra that seemed familiar. The zebra nodded, she raised an eyebrow. "How'd ya do that? You ain't got no magic and ya don't look like ya got a magic amulet thing like Flutters."
"Great," Controlling chirped breathlessly as the ropes once again tightened on her. She got the hint and tried to lay as flat against the wall as possible. It barely worked, but she could breath somewhat now.
"Amulet?" The zebra asked. She looked to the younger white mare and nodded. Merciless followed the conversation lazily, but now she was listening and now she fighting as light green covered her black collar with a pink gem. "I think it is something that would be useful to get."
Merciless fought, the ropes tightening as her collar was trying to be pulled off of her neck. "No, fuck you," she growled, tapping her hoof against the wall as she kicked, waiting for something to happen. She watched as the collar was ripped off of her. Her eyes narrowed before she tossed and turned against the binds until she felt more wrap around her throat. She growled. "That... goose thing should... be eating your faces... off," she said, wincing and staring down at the invisible thing she felt pushing against her.
It only allowed her to breathe a little, but she couldn't think to wonder why as her blood boiled. Chaos sat next to her, his stare slowly moving to the little filly that took away one of the only things that wasn't an animal that Merciless cherished. He saw red. "Don't worry, darling," he started calmly, his fingers moving together to snap. "I'll get us out of here," he continued before snapping, everyone waiting to be free of their invisible binds.
Nothing happened and he raised an eyebrow as he glanced down at his paw. He tried snapping again and nothing happened, next, he tried his claw. Nothing. He couldn't even form the fluff on the end of his tail into a makeshift claw to try and snap with that. "What the?" He asked, glancing over and seeing Merciless's stare on him, a petal that was on her mane sitting in front of her muzzle. He only assumed it was wrapped around her face and that was her sign to stop fighting it.
Thievery glanced up, not feeling anything in her horn. She tried teleporting away and her ears fell as nothing happened, she was beyond annoyed. "So some hippie zebra can make a herb thing that creates invisible ropes that move depending on their victim, and limits magic?" She asked, glancing up at the crowd.
"Herbs can do a lot, if you use what you've been taught," the zebra said proudly, stepping in front, next to Twilight and the little yellow mare Thievery was ready to rip the head off of. "This world is made of magic, and can do just about anything, the results for some can be just as tragic."
"What did she say?" Trickery asked Pity who shrugged her shoulders.
"What has happened we are not here to end," the zebra said with a smile, too confident for any of their likings. "We simply have a message to which you must attend."
Thundersmoke nodded towards Controlling with a nervous stare down at the flowers that marked their binds. "So that's why Dash can still breathe?"
"It's Captain Rainbow Dash to you," Controlling hissed breathlessly as she kicked a hoof and winced as the rope tightened sharply around it. "And you'll keep to it... if you wanna keep breathing."
"Yes ma'am, Captain Dash."
"Rainbow Dash!"
"Yes ma'am, Rainbow Dash," Thundersmoke said smugly, feeling a sense of pride as Controlling hung her head, the action sending a white flag his way. He looked to the Elements expectantly, relief flooding him at the idea that they weren't going to die.
Vanity turned to The Dragon's Lord's worried stare on her tightening dress. "Burn it! It's a plant, isn't it?" She hissed, wanting out of these binds and wanting to ruin the face of the zebra in particular. She didn't want anything to ruin her dress, it was already hard enough looking at their ruined wedding ceremony. Oh, and feeling the air fail to fill your lungs wasn't preferred.
Before The Dragon Lord could respond, Trickery leaned over past him, letting Vanity see her. "Don't you dare, Spike."
"It'll get us out of this mess!" Vanity shouted, kicking her hooves until the binds were getting so tight she couldn't kick them anymore.
"We ain't fire-proof like y'all are, princess," Trickery shot back, though neither of their words were reaching The Dragon Lord's ears as Trickery's leaning caused for the ropes to push her against the wall.
Twilight stared up at them, her hooves itching with anxiety as her mind ran with questions like 'why aren't we ending this now?'. She knew the answers to every question, but something felt so wrong. Especially that fake, lovesick stare Thievery was giving her. She grimaced at the sight and stomped her hoof, the alicorn rolling her eyes and looking away, giving up the act with a sneer. The mare smiled at Pity, and the crowd was overall less tense at the idea that they hadn't lost the fight that easily.
She wanted them gone now, she wanted Equestria back now, she wanted her friends unconditional happiness now. She wanted Luna to wake her up from this nightmare only to let her greet Celestia's sun and feel Cadence's love and her own friendship wash over her. It was almost making her sick as her body felt weightless and heavy at the same time, her stomach turning with her bodies feeling of different gravities.
But Zecora's plan was flawless, in thought at least. She needed to follow it, even if it pained her knowing those faces ruled over Equestria. She glanced at Apple Bloom as the mare looked at Zecora. "Zecora, we need to hurry this up, don't we?" Apple Bloom asked, wide and trusting eyes on her mentor instead of her sister. Applejack waited for that look and hung her head slightly when she didn't get it, looking away.
Zecora nodded, glancing up at the now relaxed enemy. Fury pumped through her, these ponies were the cause of her family's agony, and she didn't want to stand for it. But she had to. She looked to Twilight with a smile. "I am glad you are back, I think you are able, now, to lead this attack," she nodded slowly, as if passing on the leadership role to Twilight.
And Twilight took it with a strong heart as she stepped ahead of the others, all eyes on her. She puffed her chest out and looked up at each of their enemy, she felt like a member of Equestria's harmony again. She felt like a beacon of hope even if she knew it was all of her friends existences that filled her to the brim with wants to succeed and to bring Equestria back.
The covered tile felt cold and unfamiliar under her hooves, and she wanted nothing more than for it to be familiar again. She wanted to stand here and dance at the gala as she thought of ways to make it more entertaining for the Princesses in a way that didn't ruin it. But now, ruined gala's were a thing of the past, and her body felt heavy again. It felt there and grounded, the tiles beneath her hooves cold and hard, the ruined ballroom behind her marking the abrupt end to a ceremony.
The ponies on the wall in front of her switched their gaze between the ropes and her, waiting for her speech. Her heart swelled, her stare sat on the crowd, and her wings spread, sitting in a way that guaranteed their enemies few of her friends and her friendship. Everything felt right, as if fate had lined up these events perfectly like a solar eclipse.
Twilight nodded and her horn activated, magenta seeping outwards from her hooves and changing the ballroom with it's movements as it stretched across the floor and climbed the walls, ending on the chandeliers tipped with red fire.
The tiles changed from their plain, neutral white to their old white and dark grey checkers. A red carpet rolled out over the floors, the walls deep color turned even deeper as the light blue curtains became a deep magenta, almost red. The Dragon Lord's tail swung violently as he looked over the room, even following it up to the chandelier that she changed. He snarled. Vanity's jaw hung open at the sight before the rope wrapped around her muzzle, muffling a scream as she kicked and fought, the ropes tightening and letting even less air in.
Thievery simply stared, she had already disliked Vanity's and The Dragon Lord's changes, but those were understood. But now, this encounter was unexpected and unwanted, mixed with their failure to deal with a little rotten zebra. And it was all topped off with her precious castle changing back to it's disgusting Harmony castle room. She tried not to let it get under her skin, but now all four of her hooves were flattened against the wall as she squirmed in an attempt to get out of their binds.
"You all are an enemy of Equestria," Twilight started, shaking Thievery out of her anger. Vanity's muffled screams went unheard as weight sat on her shoulders, but when she looked, nothing was there. She hung her head, it was the looming feeling of failure and disappointment that sat over her. She hated it as she narrowed her eyes on Twilight. "A strong one," Twilight continued with a high head and a unfaltering voice.
"And I was chosen to protect Equestria," she said, her wings falling onto her back as her stare settled on Thievery. Thievery would've been happy to have the alicorn's attention, but it wasn't the attention she wanted. It was recognition as a leader, not a heart-breaking addiction she couldn't shake. "I am a bearer of the Element of Harmony Magic, and my Element came to life when I remembered the friends I made," she said with a glance back at her friends and a small smile.
She turned back to Thievery with a harsh stare and furrowed eyebrows, Thievery's body went cold as her eyes widened. "Harmony reigns over this world, and it was rediscovered and given the ability to be held again because of my friends and our friendship," she said, her voice void of any emotion but pure determination. She looked to her left and her eyes widened as Applejack stepped next to her, looking up at their enemy without even a look at her.
"Y'all monsters took me away from my little sister and took away our hope," Applejack said, baring her teeth and wincing at the words. She shook her head. "But I don't care much 'bout that, I care more about you takin' the hope and Harmony away from everypony in Equestria," she said, stomping her hoof down. It was all lies and it made her stomach turn. Taking away her ability to watch her sister grow and raise her was the worst crime, but she didn't think that fit the 'Harmony for Equestria' bill.
Pinkie Pie bounced onto the other side of Twilight. "Yeah! And you meanies got Mr. Cake working for that dirty guard of yours," she said, her stare mostly on Controlling. She puffed her chest out, hoping she didn't ruin this good speech they were going to give off of a whim. Her hooves shook. "No ponies laugh anymore and I wanna make them laugh again!" She said as she fought the urge to look over and see if Twilight was shocked in a good way or a bad way. She held her tongue, thinking she did good.
Fluttershy stepped next to Applejack, anger filling her as she thought of the dangers and pains they'd all gone through. She only imagined Equestria held a stronger burden and she couldn't take it. Memories of how hard Discord had tried to cheer them up and had tried to make them feel better for the sake of their happiness filled her mind and she stomped her hoof, furrowing her eyebrows. "You will leave Equestria," she said, flying up to their height, seeing Merciless' raised eyebrow on her. "We will protect Equestria, and that means getting rid of you."
The Dragon Lord rolled his eyes, opening his mouth to comment, but a rope wrapped around the top of his snout, pulling it shut. He looked as Rarity had stepped next to Pinkie Pie and he couldn't imagine that white mare with purple hair could be anything but an absolute mess on the face of the planet. "I agree, you've all been here for far too long, taking everything you want!" She said and huffed as she looked away. "I would say that's not very generous at all!"
Rainbow Dash flew over Twilight, her fire bubbling into her throat as she looked behind her and saw a scar-covered Scootaloo looking up at her, but there wasn't any amazement in her eyes. Rainbow Dash looked to their mirrored selves, fury and rage pumping through her veins at the very idea that the monsters in front of her took Scootaloo's youth out of her life. "We're ending this and taking back Equestria," she said. "And we're gonna bring Harmony with us." She flew down, squeezing into her fellow Elements next to Twilight.
Thievery rolled her eyes and huffed an amused noise. "Oh, please," she started, eating up how much more furious they all seemed to become at that comment. "You're the Elements of Harmony, you have magic that connect you to said Elements that give you the ability to wield and carry out the will of said Elements," she said, watching Zecora nod at her question when the Elements didn't seem interested in answering her.
She leaned back against the wall calmly, sending a quick glare down at the ropes and seeing something that looked like an edge. "Since we also have an Equestria, what stops us from having something similar to those Elements you think give you such an advantage?" She asked, grinning maniacally when she saw their hopes shatter the tiniest bit. She wanted more. "Daybreaker and Nightmare Moon learned that, in our world, there are Pillars of Disharmony," she said confidently, seeing Twilight was unaffected by her words. She bared her teeth at the sight.
"Wait, what?" Trickery asked, though she was ignored.
"And after research, there were Pillars of Harmony as well, and those who put those virtues in place were named the Pillars," Thievery continued, seeing Applejack avoid her stare and glance at her sister. She felt a crown on her head, though she knew one wasn't there. "Saying as nopony in our world cares, there were no Pillars," she said before leaning forward, staring at each of the wavering or unconnected gazes and eating up those worried, shaking mouths. "Until now."
Trickery shook her head. "You've been talking to the rulers? And didn't tell us?" She asked, looking over at Thievery's power hungry eyes. "Again?" Thievery rolled her eyes at the question, though she noticed all of her allies looking at her accusatorily.
She groaned. "What would you even have said to them? Nightmare Moon and Chrysalis are best pals now, that's new!" Thievery said, feeling a certain ball of dislike form in her stomach as they teamed up against her. "I would've told you! But those idiots have no idea what the Pillars are," she said, fighting their glares and feeling as if she was losing the fight. She rolled her eyes and looked to Pity, expecting a comforting look, but all she got was the pure look of disappointment the pink mare was able to give her. She hung her head and snarled at Twilight's amused look. "What's so funny?"
Twilight's smile beamed, any faltering hope was solidifying into pure guarantee. "Last time we fought, you made it seem as if you were all friends, that you had the same power as we did," she said, smiling widely as she looked over her friends questioning looks. She nodded and looked back up at Thievery. "But it's not true friendship, meaning, we do have an advantage over you."
Thievery's blood was boiling as she shot each of her 'friends' daggers through a glare. Each of them avoided her stare with, either, guilt or irritation to cover the guilt. Twilight's stomped hoof brought her attention back. Those eyes held gold and her mouth spoke a liquid version of it. It was pure, unfaltering hope and pride and strength Thievery didn't feel like she could break through. "We have the power of Friendship," Twilight said with her chest puffed out.
Thievery looked over and saw edges of what looked like rope on Trickery's, Pity's, and Thundersmoke's muzzles. Chaos also seemed extremely annoyed as his entire face was covered in very light colors of green. She turned to Twilight and hissed. "We deserve this, and you beasts won't take this away from me! You won't steal what I've stolen!"
The little yellow mare stepped in front, making Thievery flick her tail in irritation. This mare held the same air Twilight did, and that was unbreakable confidence. "I don't know what it's like in your world," Apple Bloom said, looking next to her and smiling as Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo stood next to her, Spike joining them with his chest puffed out, making The Dragon Lord sneer at the sight of his younger self.
"But theft and selfishness ain't gonna let ya win in this world and we're gonna make damn sure it doesn't," Apple Bloom bit, Zecora and Applejack both taken aback by the, no matter how minor, curse.
Thievery fought against her, coloring green, binds, kicking with whatever room she had. "Kindness and Honesty can't beat cruelty and selfishness! That's not how it works!" She fought, anger boiling within her. She couldn't stand it as her chest felt tight from more than just her binds. She'd succeeded, for once in her life, she didn't disappoint and it rewarded her with whatever she could imagine. She couldn't take having that stripped from her.
"I don't deserve this," she said, hanging her head and only looking up to give Twilight wide eyes. Twilight took a step back, her front falling at the sight of red eyes turning to the warmest, softest purple she'd ever seen. "Don't take this from me," Thievery begged, wincing and biting at the air when her binds got tighter, making her notice a transparent light green with dark green sparkles surrounding it.
Thievery's stomach felt empty as she tried to breathe and felt as if she wasn't as her binds let such little air in. Her world was spinning, her head felt light, everything was falling out of view, except Twilight. A successful version of herself, a successful, happy version of herself she promised she would have chosen in a different world. Her throat felt tight as she shook her head. "You know I don't deserve this, can you really punish ponies built from their surroundings?"
Her heart swelled at Twilight's wide eyes, obviously considering the question. She wanted that care from herself so badly it was digging under her skin. And Twilight's ever softening features were giving her that and she felt as if she had all of the air in the world.
But her world fell apart again at the hardening look, furrowed eyebrows and frown telling her she'd lost. She hung her head as she prepared for Twilight's words to echo in her ears. "If you questioned what you were doing, you would've told me," Twilight said, thanking Celestia that Thievery was blocking her view of those soft, lavender eyes. "Falling to your death, knowing I'd catch you just to prove your control over me doesn't count."
Thievery bared her teeth, she could feel her hold on Twilight fading, and she didn't want that. The mare could even admit her failures in front of her friends, without fear they'd judge her, without fear they'd find out their beloved Princess loved the enemy. "I have friends to protect, and I won't let you manipulate me into forgetting I can do that, not again," Twilight said. And just as expected, they echoed in Thievery's ears and that was all she could hear.
But instead of the edges of her vision blurring, it hardened, air filled her lungs, as the binds didn't feel nearly as tight. Her horn electrified, her eyes turned the darkest crimson they'd ever been as she looked up at Twilight and flashed a toothy grin. "Fine, Twilight. Then our little deal... it's off."
She saw Twilight's confusion and her smile grew. "I'll murder you and all of your friends in cold blood. Of course, your friends are first," she said, as the binds weakened even further. She saw the yellow mare whisper to Zecora and the group started backing away, the pegasi gravitating towards the windows. The green ropes slithered off of her friends muzzles, except Vanity's.
"I won't let you," Twilight said as the ropes slowly vanished from their hind legs. Thievery tried to wrap weak magic around the green ropes, but it wouldn't cover the expanse of it, and it wouldn't let her access just one part of it. Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Twilight, Spike, and Scootaloo flew out of the windows. Thievery tried to teleport herself out of the binds, but that didn't work either and she growled as Twilight didn't even look back at her.
The ropes fell off of their hooves, slowly disappearing from their torsos as the earth ponies and unicorns ran out of the door. Zecora and Apple Bloom were the only two that remained, though Apple Bloom was slowly walking backwards, hissing at Zecora before she ran out at Sweetie Belle and Applejack's call. Trickery tried lunging past the ropes for her, but, alas, she still couldn't move.
The binds slipped off of their torsos, Thundersmoke and Controlling catching themselves in the air with their wings as they scowled and lunged towards the window, magenta grabbed the ends of their tails and silently told them not to go. Trickery fought the urge to race after Apple Bloom and tell her... something... anything. She mostly wanted to apologize and admit defeat.
Pity and Thievery simply fell, allowing gravity to have it's way with their bodies. Thievery glanced at Pity and smiled softly, huffing an amused noise as the mare did the same. The Dragon Lord caught Vanity as she fell, her dress disappearing in a blue flash before she hit his claws, as if she knew he'd catch her. Merciless tapped her hoof against the wall and waited until something caught her, she was disappointed as she hit the ground.
Zecora was a hoofstep from the door, she could see Apple Bloom's tail down the hallway. But the doors slammed shut in front of her, and light blue magic wrapped around her body and pulled her rapidly across the floor. Air left her lungs as she looked up at a furious bride.
"Hello," Vanity said softly before her features hardened into pure, unbridled hate. "You fucking hippie, zebra bitch."