//------------------------------// // Chapter 2 // Story: A Queen's Final Revenge // by Little Wood //------------------------------// A Queen's Final Revenge Chapter Two Rainbow woke up, and she could tell this was going to be a good day. She jumped out of bed and walked over to the bathroom for her morning hygiene. Contrary to popular belief, Rainbow did care about the way she looked. Rainbow opened the door to her bathroom. It wasn't anything special. The room was about 8x12 with a sink on the left wall, her porcelain throne on her right, and her shower on the far wall. She walked over to the shower and turned it on, made sure the water was nice and jumped in. She loved the shower, the cool sensation of the shampoo on her head and tail, the warmth emanating off water, but the the best part was the simple feeling of the water running down her body. She jumped out of the shower grabbed a towel off the rack and used it to dry herself. After she was dry she grabbed her toothbrush, squirted some toothpaste on the end, and began to brush her teeth. For one fleeting moment she saw something in the mirror and her eyes went wide. She saw what looked like a changeling, but it couldn't be a changeling, they had expelled all the changelings. She whipped around to see it, but when she looked behind her it wasn't there. She looked all around the room but the changeling was nowhere to be found. "I'll have to ask Twilight about that later." she spoke to no one in particular. She finished brushing her teeth keeping ready to whip around at any moment trying to get a good look at that changeling if it were to come back. It never did. She brushed her mane and decided that she was hungry. So she walked through her bedroom out to the hallway and on her way to the kitchen. "I really should put something up on these walls, there so bland, so white." she said to her self as she walked to the kitchen. When she got to the kitchen she knew something was off, she just couldn't put her hoof on it. The fridge was in the same place as it always was, right next to the sink and counter. All the shelves were still in order, the table was still a mess. She'd just have to figure it out later. Right now she was hungry and there was a box of Wonder Bolts calling her name. She flew up to the top shelf, grabbed the box of cereal, and poured a good amount into a bowl. She went over to the fridge, grabbed the milk, and poured some into her bowl. As she was going in for the first sugary bite there was a knock at the door. "Really, I swear some ponies sure got timing.", she got up from the kitchen table and walked the short trek to the front door. When she opened the door she saw someone that she was not expecting this time of the morning. "Derpy what are you doing here." "Well duh I'm delivering mail." the wall-eyed mare said somewhat confused at the question. "Yea, I could figure that out, but why so early." "Because this letter says rush delivery." the mail mare stated mater-of-factly. "Well here's your mail", she handed her a envelope with a seal that Rainbow was sure that she'd seen before ,"I have other deliveries to make. It was nice talking to you." Derpy said as she flew off clumsily. Rainbow hadn't taken her eyes of the letter since it was handed to her, trying to remember were she had seen that seal before. She decided that maybe she'd think of it once she saw what the letter was about. She walked into her home while she opened the envelope and pulled out the letter. She wasn't even half way through the letter before she fainted. The letter fell to the ground. It was covered in various legal stuff, but that wasn't the for Rainbow's fainting. What had caused her to faint was the bold print at the top of the page. You, Rainbow Dash, Have Been Cordially Invited To Join The Wonderbolts. __________ Rainbow woke up a few minutes later with a headache and some important news. She picked herself ,and the letter, off the floor with such speed that it was no wonder that was being invited to join the Wonderbolts. She flew at top speed to Twilight's library. When she got to the library all her friends were already there, much to her convenience. Rainbow walked in the door and immediately knew something was wrong. Pinkies hair was flat, Applejack's hat was soaked with tears, Twilight's hair was singed from when she had undoubtedly lost control of herself, Rarity was in the corner holding Sweetie close to her, and Angle was patting Fluttershy on the back as she cried. "Hey guys what happened, you all look like somepony died." At the mention of death all there teary gazes fell upon her, and she could tell she'd hit the nail on the head. "That's just it Rainbow somepony did die. In fact alot of ponies died. Some crazed stallion ran into Dodge City Elementary and killed twenty-six ponies. Twenty of them were just foals Dash. Foals filled with hopes, dreams, and ideas and now they're never to be realized. Never to see the light of day." Twilight said just barely keeping the tears and anger out of her voice. For a moment Rainbow saw something that she really didn't like. Where Twilight was standing just a moment ago was the same purple changeling she had seen in her mirror earlier that morning. Rainbow blinked once in confusion but when her eyes opened Twilight was right where she should be and the changeling was nowhere to be found. ' That was weird. i might have to ask Twilight about that sooner than I thought.' While she was thinking to herself in the doorway all her friends had gotten in a big group hug. Rainbow decided to join them in the comforting embrace. She had to get the idea of this mad stallion off her mind because the more she thought about it the more she wanted to kill him herself. "Well girls this may be bad timing but I got some great news.", she said her excitement growing with each word. "Sugar cube, I think all of us could use some good news right now." Applejack spoke solemnly. "Well I don't want to brag but" ,she handed the letter to Twilight, "I am the newest member of the Wonderbolts." They all stood in place, seemingly shell shocked. Pinkie was the first to speak, "Dashie you're leaving us?" "What I are you guys talking about, I would never leave you." "Well actually you would, if had read the rest of the letter then you would have realized that the first tour start in a week and ends next year. Non-stop trip." Twilight said with irritation evident in her voice. "Come on guys I'll be back. I'll write letters." Rainbow said desperately. Then suddenly she saw it again. She saw the purple changeling. She also saw Twilight was no where to be found. One by one all her friends disappeared and where replaced by changelings. Slowly, the changelings began advanced on her. "Don't leave us Dashie." "Yea Dashie don't leave us." "Darling why don't you stay for tea instead." "Please stay Dashie...if that's ok with you that is." "There's no need to leave sugar cube why don't ya stay." Five of the changelings said as that advance on her. Rainbow noticed, from the corner she had backed into, that the purple one hadn't moved. She just sat there with a smirk on her face. That smirk was the last thing she saw before it all went black. __________ Rainbow's eyes fluttered open. Wow, that was some dream. What did I eat last night. She continued to think about the dream until she realized something very important. She was floating upside down in some sort of purple liquid. Well Pinkie really outdid herself this time. If this slimy stuff wasn't purple I'd think I'm in a changeling cocoon. Suddenly Rainbow heard a familiar voice coming from the shadows on the other side of the room. "That's just it, this isn't one of Pinkie's pranks, you are in a changeling cocoon. Mine to be exact." "This isn't a changeling cocoon. Changeling slime is green." How the hay did she know what I thinking. "Oh my sweet Rainbow Dash, so brash, so bold, and oh so easy fool. You fell for my trap so easily. I thought for sure I'd have to come up with some kind of back up, but no you fell for it. Hook. Line. And sinker. "Hay, you saying I'm stupid." Rainbow yelled at her mysterious kidnapper. "No. But I must say, you must really be afraid of your parents if just the mention of a way out worked with out any extra convincing." "Well what do you expect I'm a foster kid meeting her parents for the first time. Now if you would be so kind get me down from here." she spat. You could almost taste the venom in her voice, but somehow she managed to say it politely. "If you so insist my child. You're done cooking anyway." said the mysterious stranger with a mocking tone. Rainbow's captor broke the cocoon allowing the purple liquid to drain out, while she levitated out the young pegasus. The lights in the room suddenly flickered on hurting Rainbow's eyes. She prepared herself to fight, but the sight before her froze her in place. The purple changeling from her dream, standing there right in front of her, mocking the rules of reality. But what she saw next shocked her even more. The changeling had levitated a mirror over to them, and put in front of her and said this, " How do you like your new look Dashie." Rainbow looked into the mirror and saw a changeling. A changeling that looked allot like her, because it was her.