"Well Miss Sparkle, your results have come back, and I have good news for you." Nurse Redheart walked in on a very nervous Twilight Sparkle in a hospital gown. She had clearly been nervous as she turned around in half a second from pacing the floor of her little hospital room.
"Yes?" Twilight Sparkle said quietly, full of hope.
"You're not pregnant, and your tests came back negative for any STD's." She read off the paper.
"Is there any problem...down there?" She asked.
"We did see a little bruising, and the hymen is broken so unfortunately there clearly was vaginal penetration." She said in a somber tone. "However, that's the worst of it, no permanent damage."
"I see..." Twilight Sparkle sighed. In the back of her mind she had really hoped that he didn't really "do" her. She had kept wishing that maybe he had passed out and just kinda slipped it in slightly without causing any real damage.
But there was no question now, he really had gone all out, and she hated herself for it.
"I know you feel like it's your fault, dear, but it really isn't. And if you wish we can file a police report with the Equestrian law enforcement, but we need your permission." She picked up a clipboard and rested it on her hoof in front of her.
"I'm sorry, but I don't know who it was." She said.
"Miss Sparkle, sexual assault is a serious crime." Nurse Redheart said sternly. She clearly wanted Twilight to confess who it was that did this to her, but Twilight couldn't bring herself to talk. She really didn't remember anything about the night of the deed.
"I'm really sorry, but i honestly don't remember a thing. I was drugged and I didn't even get his name. I just know he was tall and had a dark, brown coat. That's all." Twilight said frustrated and scared. Nurse Redheart put a hoof on her should to assure her it was ok to calm down.
"It's fine, Twilight. Just remember it's not your-" Nurse Redheart didn't manage to finish her sentence as Rainbow Dash burst in through the door.
"Twilight! Everything ok?"
"Miss Dash! You are to wait in the lobby until Miss Sparkle's visit is over!" Redheart scolded her.
"I'm ok Rainbow Dash, I'm not pregnant! And no diseases either, just bruised." Twilight said with a little more enthusiasm in her voice this time.
"So did he really?" Twilight nodded sadly. "Oh, right. Well I'm just glad you're ok now, Twi." Rainbow turned around to leave. "I'll meet you back in the lobby on the way out, ok?"
"Alright, Miss Sparkle, simply pay the receptionist on the way out and you're free to go." Nurse Redheart smiled.
"Thank you." She smiled as she walked out of the room.
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Sugarcube corner wasn't as busy it normally was today, but it still had some business going on. Lyra and Bon Bon were ordering a cake when Rainbow and Twilight walked in.
"Oh, hi Twilight. Feeling ok?" Lyra asked as she turned around.
"Yes, I am. Thanks for asking." Twilight smiled.
"I heard about what happened. You know, you should try finding a marefriend, if you're into that sort of thing. I mean, I've seen you eyeing Dash every now and then, and you wouldn't end up getting pregnant or that sort of thing." Rainbow Dash blushed a bit as Twilight simply looked on confused. Bon Bon, however, simply rolled her eyes.
"Oh don't listen to her, Twilight, you obviously like the boys." She chuckled. "Perhaps a little too well." Bon Bon winked. "Oh, Mrs. Cake, is it ready yet?" She called into the kitchen.
"Almost done!" Mrs. Cake called back.
Did Bon Bon not know what had actually happened, and that Twilight didn't mean to do it? It was possible that the rumor had been distorted a bit, but she didn't want to call her on it. It was bad enough knowing she had been raped, she didn't want to relive the details. She had done that enough today.
"Here ya are." Mrs. Cake hauled in a lovely, round, pink cake with sprinkles with the words "Happy Birthday, Mommy." on top. "Hope your mother enjoys this, Bon Bon. It's one of my better small cakes." She said with a smile. Bon Bon tied a ribbon around the box and Lyra levitated it beside her.
"See ya around, Twilight. Hope you get to feeling better. And remember what I said~" Lyra smiled as they went on their way. Just as they left, an older colt walked in who looked like he was new in town. Blue coat, pegasis, black mane and a bow and arrow as his cutie mark, Twilight and Rainbow had to admit he looked pretty interesting.
"Welcome to Sugarcube Corner! I don't think I've ever seen you before." Mrs. Cake said from behind the counter. The colt brushed his mane and smiled politely.
"Hello, ma'am. My name is Sharp Shooter. I'm new in town from Cloudsdale, and was wondering who I could talk to about buying a house?" Sharp Shooter said softly. He looked around the room before meeting Twilight and Rainbow, whom he waved to nicely. "Hi there." He smiled.
"Umm, hi." They both said in unison. Twilight felt a little uneasy, but figured she could at least talk to other colts without the same result. Rainbow Dash, however, was practically smitten.
"Eyes on the prize, kiddo." Mrs. Cake chuckled. "You'd have to discuss that with the royal guards or the mayor in town hall. Until then, maybe our Miss Twilight could provide you with shelter until you can make the arrangements." She looked to Twilight, who looked to Rainbow Dash.
I'm really not comfortable with thisTwilight thought to herself as she searched for the words to say. After everything, having a colt living with her, even for a little while, was terrifying.
"Don't worry about it, Miss...Twilight was it? I've heard about you. Student of the Princess Celestia, that's a tremendous honor. I would be flattered to visit sometime. Maybe you could tell me about your adventures." He smiled. "Oh, I'm Sharp Shooter, it's nice to meet you." He extended his hoof. Twilight met his and shook. She was happy, considering this time a colt told her his name. Rainbow Dash simply continued staring in awestruck romance.
"I'm Twilight Sparkle, and this is my friend Rainbow Dash." Rainbow Dash looked up immediately.
"Marryme! I mean-Hey, what's up?" She corrected herself, sweating just a bit.
"Haha, I'm not ready for marriage at all, but it's nice to meet a lovely mare like yourself." He smiled as Rainbow Dash blushed madly.
"I would love if you came over sometime, maybe the three of us can hang out." Twilight said nicely.
"Oh great, thank you. I look forward to it. I have to go find a place to sleep for the night, so I'll see you later." Sharp Shooter said before he took his leave. Rainbow Dash bolted after him once he was out of sight.
"Wait! You can sleep with me! And I mean that both ways!" Rainbow Dash comically shouted as she gave chase. Rarity walked in as Twilight was ready to order.
"Well, already planning your next night conquest?" Rarity said coldly towards her. Twilight froze in her tracks as she approached her. "I saw how Rainbow Dash was fawning after him, but he was quite taken with you, even going so far as to come to the library later. We all know what happens when you're alone with colts, don't we?" Rarity stood in front of her. Twilight couldn't believe what she was hearing as one of her best friends essentially called her a slut to her face. How could she even say that?
"Rarity, it's not what it looks like. I was just being friendly." Twilight said quietly, trying not to sound too defensive.
"Oh puh-lease. We know how friendly you get, the whole town knows. Rainbow might have told us the situation one way, but those listening in have made other assumptions, ponies from the party who saw a little more than what you're saying, including myself." Rarity closed the distance between them. "You dancing your pretty little flank off, flirting with a stallion you didn't even know, and finally going home with him after you get drunk. I'm having quite a hard time believing the whole 'slipped a pill into my drink' story you both are playing." Twilight backed away, but Rarity kept getting closer.
"In fact, I wonder how many other stallions you've been with. You seemed to attract that one easily enough, I wonder if the whole 'not ready for sex' routine the other night was actually correct."
"Rarity I told you I didn't want to have sex, I wasn't even awake. I was-"
"You were careless, and you're supposed to be the smart one. You know, you think you're all innocent, but I know you're not. You're nothing but a...a...a slut!" That last word cut down to Twilight's very soul. Her own best friend, somepony she cared so much about, just called her something so ugly. Tears poured down Twilight's face as she started to whimper and looked to the floor.
"I'm a slut...Ok." Twilight whispered. "I acted a little foolishly at a party I went to with friends, tried to make a few friends, and maybe find a colt friend. You know, normal stuff, fun stuff." She shook with fury as she spoke. "But you know, the fun ended when I got sick to my stomach from a strange drug put in my drink, was taken to a strange apartment and stripped naked, and to make the night complete, a stranger decided to fuck the shit out of me, and I couldn't do a damn thing about it." She raised her head as tears fell down her face. "So yeah Rarity, I'm a fucking slut!" She turned around and bucked Rarity hard in the eye, knocking her backwards into a stand full of cakes.
"Ow, you little bitch!" Rarity wiped the frosting and cake mess out of her mane. "What happened to you to make you this way?!" Mr and Mrs Cake came running out of the kitchen to see the mess the two had made in the main lobby of Sugarcube Corner.
"Dear sweet Celestia, what happened?" Mr Cake yelled as their twin babies started crying in the other room from the commotion.
Twilight turned back around to face her, the tears beginning again.
"You know what happened?" Her voice broke from crying, "I was raped!" She took off running through the door and down the street of Ponyville through the crowd of ponies. Tears still fell fresh from her eyes as she heard the familiar whispers coming from the ponies. Each one was filled with hurtful words, all untrue, and all venomous and spiteful.
Oh, it's her.
I heard she likes to take random strangers to her library, that's why Spike is gone so much.
Come on guys, you know she didn't mean to do it.
Are you kidding? She was practically asking for it at that party. Did you see that dress she wore?
But she doesn't normally wear clothes.
Twilight made it to the library and shut the door tight behind her. Locking it, and turning out all the lights, she was lucky that Spike was gone to Canterlot on royal business, she really didn't want him to see this. No books, no scrolls, no letters to the Princess, Twilight Sparkle laid down in her bed and finally broke down crying.
"Please, make it stop..." She cried as she soaked her bed with tears.