Rarity sat up in bed still thinking about last night. He was kind, but at the same time seemed kind of weird. She had noticed it when he had a sudden change in attitude when those ponies brought her back from the artshow. That was the least of her problems. She's been here for three days, and already she wanted to go home. She didn't want another bad thing to happen.
This all dates back too two weeks ago. Applejack walked into Rarity's house and saw Rarity out cold on the ground. Applejack immediatly rushed Rarity to the hospital as fast as she could. When she woke up she saw the rest of the mane six, two of the Cutie Mark Crusaders, and even her parents. Which was strange since they are usually on a bussiness trip of some sort, and they where all staring at her. The doctor came in and told Rarity that she had been out for three days. There was something that caught everyone's attention though. The doctor said that she nearly had a heart attack due to too much stress. He than said she isn't allowed to work for five weeks. Which got Rarity extremely upset since she had deadlines that needed to be made all over Equastria, but Twilight made sure they knew why they wouldn't be reiceving their dresses. The only pony that hasn't heard was her little sister Sweetie Belle. That was all two weeks ago.
Clanky Gears huh? Rarity thought. There was something about him that she couldn't figure out. Did she like him? Maybe that was it. Hopefully when she goes home she will still have a way to contact him. She begin to wonder how Sweetie Belle was doing and if Twilight was OK. With everything that has been happening, Rarity hasn't been herself lately. She just had to get away from there, even if she had to putt up with blueblood.Blue Blood, just thinking of his name made Rarity vomit a little in her mouth. A little hit job won't put her down that much, even if she is overreactive. She will get revenge somehow, but she can't. Hurting a royal was highly against the law. That is exactly what Rarity wants to do.
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Clanky Gears walked to the door Rarity was behind and knocked. Rarity heard the knock and opened the door. Rarity gasped at what she saw. He looked more different than before. His mane was shorter, his tail was well groome, and his cutie mark was finally visble. Three gears. That would of been to simple to predict. He made a gesture with his hoof, and said,"Well, let's go." Clanky begin walking to a taxi outside the small motel while Rarity followed at his side. Walking out of the motel was the last thing she wanted to do today. She didn't know why, but she felt something odd today.
Clanky and Rarity piled into the taxi right after telling the driver where to go. This was a big city and she knew it was gonna be a long ride. She was still worried , but only a little. The stallion steering the taxi begin running at full speed. If she wanted to change her mind, she lost the chance no later than a second ago.
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Twilight streched out her wings and layed her head down. Rarity was right, Sweetie Belle has been quit a handful lately. Luckily, her and the crusaders where out strolling trying to find new adventures that will give them there cutie marks. These three days she has had a lot of trouble sleeping. Sweetie Belle was just too enerjetic. At first it just started with a broken window. Twilight didn't mind that much since according to her after all her and her friends have been through, that was normal. Than it became a few torn pages, many many things broken that where impossoblie to break, and a letter from Celestia on how to watch foals. What they did that got Celestia's attention, she didn't know. She didn't want to know. She just wanted Rarity to hurry up and come back.
She knows Rarity hasn't been herself lately. Everypony knew and where worried. By everypony it was literally everypony in Ponyvillie. Just last week Lyra HeartString went to go ask Rarity to make her a dress, but on the way she heard some ponies talking and kind of felt sorry. They all felt sport. Which just made Rarity want to get away from it more. Well this will all be over in a few weeks.
"Come on Scootaloo, do it." Said Apple Bloom as the three crusaders where finding out new ways too earn their cutie marks.
Scootaloo looked down with a look of fear, but came over it and said, "Well... OK." She than jumped from a far height onto a tetartotor. A gigantic rock than flew over their heads and hit a tree bringing it down.
"Well making a lifesize game of pinball wasn't our best idea," said Sweetie Belle."
In front of them where a bunch of obsticules that the rock was suppose to use to direct. Many of the objects where destroyed do to many different attempts. All failing. They all looked at the mess they made and still couldn't believe nopony could hear any of the commotion. They have been setting up and reconstructing for weeks now and not one was a success. They could ask Pinkie Pie if she could get Maud Pie to come and help since she knows alot about rocks, but nopony has seen her for days. Nopony knew where she was.
The Cutie Mark Crusaders decided they where done with this project and clean everything up. After hours of work, they headed back to their club house to think of yet another "brilliant"idea. All they could come up with in weeks was that dume rock idea. They didn't get it, every time they tried to find a way to get their cutie mark, it either got them in trouble, hurt, or had to he'll fix damages to the small town.
Sweetie Belle looked around the small room of the club house and said"Alright girls, we need to figure out a new way to earn our cutie marks cause so far the only things we got on our flanks so far where bruises and dirt. What do we come up with?"
Scootaloo put a hoof up to her chin and said, "We could become comedians."
Sweetie Belle ignored that and turned to Apple Bloom, waiting for her answer."We could peel apples." Apple Bloom suggested.
Sweetie Belle sighed and said,"Going back to Scootaloo."
Scootaloo raised a hoof to indicate that she needed a second to think. "We could find more ponies our age with no cutie marks and ask them to join us."
Sweetie Belle turned back to Apple Bloom and said,"Apple blo... wait? That might actually work. Good thinking Scootaloo."
Scootaloo gave a thanking nod to Sweetie Belle's reply. "Alright, so it's settled than, we will..."knockknockknock. The three looked at the door. Sweetie Belle walked to it and said,"Who could that be?" When she opened it she gasped in surprise...
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"This is good," said Clanky to the stallion steering the taxi. They both got out and Clanky tipped the stallion.
Calnky walked to Rarity's side and Rarity said," What are we doing here? I thought we where going to go to the manetional park."
Clanky looked her in the eyes and spoke."There has been a change of plans."
Rarity put on a look of confusions."Are we still going?"
Clanky continued to look and smile at Rarity as he answers her question,"Why yes. Just a change in location."
"Where?" Asked Rarity.
"Here," He said to her question.
They both walked up to a large shady building. It seemed well put together, it was white, and looked about two storied, maybe 3 storied. For a nice house there was a bunch of paint coming off. Clanky reared up to the door and knocked. A few seconds later a mare opened the door and gestured to come in. When they got in the very first thing Rarity noticed was all the ponies, but that wasn't all there where griffons. She even noticed three changlings. Which was odd since the last and first time she saw a changling they where trying to take over Equastria.
"AEH! Clanky Gears, last time I saw ya you where in a cart accident. I'm still surprised you made it out without a scratch." Said a brown stallion.
He turned to Rarity and said,"Who's this little whore?" Rarity scoffed in anger. She wanted to slap that grin off him, but the last things she wanted to do was start a fight at a reunion and when she just got here.
Instead she held it back and said,"Beg pardon?" Clanky stared at him also with a look of anger.
"Big D, you should not treat a mare that way. Use precise language if you will." Big D just shrugged and said nothing. Clanky turned to Rarity and said,"Why don't you have a look around?" Rarity was still too angry to talk, so she just did what he asked and went up the stairs that where in their path.
Clanky looked at everyone and the room and said,"She will be becoming a new member, her name is Rarity." It was short, but everyone understood completely.
Big D got up from where he was sitting and said,"Why would someone like her join us? I can see why you chose her since she has a nice flank and all, but just look at her mane. What does she brush her hair twice an hour or something?"
Clanky rolled his eyes than answered him"She seems a bit different if I may presume. She has craft skills that should help us very much. And no I did not choose her because she has a "nice flank," it just sounds like she knows a lot on what she does."
A griffon than put a smile on his face and said,"What if she knows too much and doesn't want to join' can we have some "fun" with her?" Clanky once again rolled his eyes and answered the question."I will have to think on that, she seems too nice of a mare, and doings somthing like that might just tear her apart."
A mare behind him than scoffed and said,"Oh, so your becoming soft now huh? We are Equastria's largest gang and everyone of us in here wouldn't mine making a pony suffer."
Clanky could not believe what he was hearing. He knew there was nothing he could say to convince them, so he said the only thing he could."So be it. If she doesn't agree than you can do what ever you want to her, same goes for all of you."
That put a look of satisfaction on the face of everyone in the room. "Well I hope she chooses the wrong idea," said the griffion,"cause I haven't gone without sex in months."
Rarity was walking down the hallways of the wondrous building. It was much bigger than her home, but not as quit put together. She heard some coughing going on in some of the rooms, but she didn't want to go snooping around on sompony's property without their permission. She than heard a voice calling out to her."Hey, hey you."
Rarity turned around and saw an orange stallion. She wen to his direction and stopped when she got abouthree feet in front of him."You a new member?"
That got Rarity's attention."Member? Of what?" The stallion put a face on that seemed to discomfort Rarity.
"You know, the gang."
That's when Rarity heard it all."Gang? What do you mean gang?" She heard hoof steps coming from behind her and turned around. Standing there was Clanky Gears himself. He gestured her to go inside the room the stallion was standing in. She didn't like it, but she wanted an explanation.
"What does he mean gang?" She said.
Clanky said nothing and gestured for the stallion to tell her."We are Equastria's largest gang. I suppose you are someone who was brought here to be made part of it I bet. My you are very lucky, most of the ponies we bring in here are usually tied up and are wearing sacks on their heads. You must really like this one Clanky."
Rarity thought for a moment for if this was a prank than laughed and said,"You are quiet the jockster darling, however could you make something like this up?"
Clanky smiled than said,"I didn't. This is all real. If you don't believe me than look at the wall to your left."
Rarity looked and her eyes quickly fled the scene. There on the wall, where several pictures of ponies massacred, slautered, butchered, murdered. Rarity didn't want to think of the word. There where photos of ponies burned to death, stabbed to death, tortured to death! She let out a scream loud enough for the whole block to hear. She wanted to get out she wanted to hide, but she couldn't. She was on the second floor with the door blocked and a risky jump from the window.
The orange stallion than got hold of her than pinned her down. Rarity tried to get out of his grasp but couldn't. She did the only she could think of, she to hold of a dresser with her magic and slammed it into his side. The amazing impact brought him through the wall and in the next room. Rarity than made a run too the door, but just before she could Clanky got a hold of her."Calm down!"
He said,"If they knew what you where doing right now they would do terrible things to you." That didn't convince Rarity so he through her to the ground and got on top of her to keep her pinned. That's when she noticed a knife under the bed. She tried to reach for it but couldn't. Clanky than stated,"You have till the count of three to calm down! One... Two...Thre..." Before he could finish that, Rarity used her magic to throw the knife in his right eye. Clanky screamed as he felt the extreme pain. Rarity didn't have time to think. She heard hoofsteps coming from the hallway. Without second notice, she jumped out of the window.
She landed in a rose garden with a soft thud. When she got up she noticed that she injured her hoof. She didn't want to think of that right now, she just wanted to go home. Rarity than became dizzy for a second but shook it off. She worked her way to the street where she saw a stallion and his cart. She limped her way towards him and begin to plead."Please sir," she whispered as she begin to crawl,"I need help." Before she could say anything else the stallion put her in the cart as he realized what was going on. He saw the gang make the way out of the building. Without anyother choice, the stallion pushed the cart down hill and jumped on. The cart rolled nonstop.
When they got far enough the stallion pulled a string and the cart seized to a stop. Rarity looked up and noticed that the stallion was hovering over her."What happened, do you want me to get help?" He said. For now Rarity didn't want any help. Instead she said,"Just take me to the train station. After you drop me off there I need you to go to the police." The stallion looked confused. He couldn't understand why she wasn't wanting to have the safety of custody, but he looked at her and understood completely. She didn't feel safe here anymore.
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The cart stopped in front of the train station dropping Rarity off. Before Rarity took another step, he stallion spoke,"wait, miss. I need your name so I can tell the police." She sighed and said,"Rarity, my name is Rarity." The stallion nodded.
The stallion than begun to move again and said,"Take care Rarity." Than he was gone. Rarity didn't waste any time getting on the train. She quickly bought a ticket and borded it. When the train took off, she looked out the window and saw Big D looking right at her direction. Lucky the train left the station before he could do any thing. Rarity signed in reileif, than begin to feel a little dizzy. Every thing became blurry as the last thing she saw where ponies standing over her. She than fell to the floor breathing heavily and before any pony could do anything, she past out...