Sweetie ran as fast as she could to the train station. She had been lucky, the changelings chased her but thanks to Rainbow Dash, she made it away. Twilight and the others have had her back for years, no thanks to Rarity. “Why couldn’t you have been there for me, why did you have to be so selfish and leave me?” Sweetie asked no pony in particular. She had been traveling for hours and finally arrived home in Ponyville via the train. “At least I don’t have to live with her.” In the distance Sweetie could hear crying and immediately ran toward the sad cries. Where she ended up was odd since there shouldn’t be anypony there. “Who is at the library?” Sweetie made her way into the library and saw something that made her very angry. “Rarity, what the hay?”
Rarity jumped in shock at hearing Sweetie Belle. She turned from Greyfire to look at her sister. “Sweetie, how are you sister?”
Sweeties jaw dropped, how could her so called sister ask something like that? “How am I, HOW AM I!? How do you think I am you coward? I was kidnapped by the changelings, betrayed by the stallion who I thought liked me, and my sister was too busy babysitting to come help me, how do you think I’m doing?” She was ticked off with her sister. She also hadn’t paid much attention earlier to what Twilight had said about Crush. “At least I know your friends care about me. I didn’t have to ask them to come get me; they just came which is something that you should have done. You’re so selfish.”
“Sweetie, not in front of Greyfire please.” Rarity quickly got her son to leave the room not that it would help with the way Sweetie Belle was screaming.
“You are unbelievable, you care more for a stranger then you do your sister.” Sweetie started to walk away but stopped when she heard what Rarity said. “What?” She didn’t just hear what she thought she heard, did she?
“Sweetie, he isn’t a stranger, Greyfire is my son.” Rarity flinched seeing her sisters’ face. Sweetie Belle was shocked and hurt even more now then before.
“Your son, that’s why you left me alone for three years, so that you could go and screw around because I highly doubt your married Rarity.” Sweetie Belle waited for Rarity to answer but didn’t get one. “You have nothing to say for yourself do you? You can just stay out of my life!”
“Sweetie, I didn’t leave to do that, I left because, because” Rarity stopped for a second to think and then continued. “I left because I got pregnant, I couldn’t fight in the war in my condition and I was too ashamed to say anything.”
Sweetie began feeling bad now for all the mean things she had said. She had thought the same thing as Twilight. She really thought that Rarity was raped. “You were; I’m so sorry. Why didn’t you tell me?” If Sweetie Belle had known, she wouldn’t have been so harsh. She went to give Rarity a hug but Rarity pushed her away gently. Sweetie gave her a confused looked.
“I wasn’t raped Sweetie, I chose to and I was too ashamed of myself for getting carried away. I was afraid that you would think that I did that to replace you as my sister, that I didn’t love you. I-” Rarity tried to explain but her sister stopped her. Sweetie Belle was angry again.
“Stop, just stop. You taught me about being responsible, I saw you be just so, so often but now you’re just a hypocrite. I may not have gone with you when you left but if you would have just told me, I wouldn’t hate you like I do now. In a way, I wish that you had been raped, at least then you would have an excuse for being such a chicken.” Sweetie let some tears drop before she spoke again. “I will love your little colt because he deserves it but it will be a long time before I can love you again. I will happily watch him when you can’t and be the family member that I wanted you to be for me. I hope that you can be for the young colt that you weren’t for me. I will do whatever I can for his sake, not yours. It will be a long time before I do anything for you, do you understand me?” Rarity said something very quietly. “Speak up so I can hear you!” Sweetie raised her voice.
“Yes I get it ok, I get that I’ve been a terrible sister to you.” Rarity burst into tears and turned to leave when a large crash was heard from upstairs. “Greyfire!” The two sisters yelled and ran upstairs. Once upstairs, they found that Greyfire was gone. “GREYFIRE!” Rarity screamed and searched frantically for her son. There was a hole in the side of the building but she had hoped that maybe Greyfire was just hiding. Unfortunately, he wasn’t anywhere to be found.
Sweetie stood there for only a second angrily. “I’m going after him, we don’t have time to waste, well I don’t anyway. I don’t know that you even care about him enough to go after him, you didn’t care enough about me to tell me the truth.” Sweetie Belle took off down the stairs.
Sweetie ran and ran at full speed even when her muscles screamed for her to stop until she came to the other side of the Everfree Forest though she had no idea if Greyfire was even taken in that direction. “Greyfire, I‘m coming.” She collapsed onto the ground, she lost her strength. She continued to try though and she wouldn’t stop until she found him. Her vision became blurry and her muscles were sore. She had stopped sweating twenty minutes ago. “I can’t give up, I have to help him.” She fell to ground and blacked out.
“Rainbow Dash, go get Crush.” Twilight stood up after being rescued by her rainbow friend and spread her wings. “I’m good Rainbow, now go get Crush.”
Rainbow nodded and flew off in the direction that she guessed Crush was taken while Twilight flew in the opposite direction. Rainbow moved through the tunnels and could hardly see. The only clue that told her where Crush was taken were the torches that had been lit in certain tunnels but this was really only a hunch. Still, she didn’t have a whole lot of options and it wasn’t like the torches gave off enough light to see well which would have made the other tunnels that much worse to go through. Soon the sounds of talking could be heard. “Gotcha.” Rainbow sped up as fast as she could in the confined space. Soon she came to a large room with a guillotine and other execution devices. Crush had a rope around his neck and was about to be hanged. “Oh no you don’t.” Rainbow whispered as she flew as fast as possible without going rainboom inside the confined area. The changeling executing Crush kicked the stool from beneath him just as Rainbow reached him and pulled him from the noose. “You ok?”
“I’m fine, how is Sweetie Belle?” Crush asked taking off his disguise revealing a purple changeling with a dark blue mane and tail.
“She isn’t happy with you and she may not want to talk to you but she is fine nonetheless.” Rainbow flew back the way she came with Crush in her hooves. Soon she made it back into the main room where they had entered and exit giving the others permission to leave.
“Move it, we have who we stayed for.” Twilight yelled as the group ran outside the cave while kicking some changelings to the side.
It was midnight before the group arrived back in Ponyville. “Applejack, I hate to ask but can you take Crush in for tonight.” AJ agreed and left with Crush following close behind. The whole group except for Rainbow and Crush had been injured. They all had scratches and bruises but were ok nonetheless. “Thank you, all of you, goodnight and before you ask, I will check up on Sweetie Belle, she should be here.”
“Just remember Twilight, if you need anything, just give us a call.” Rainbow Dash and the others left once they received a nod from Twilight.
Twilight went into her home and up the stairs into her room where the spare bed was but didn’t see Sweetie Belle. “Sweetie Belle, SWEEEEETIE BELLLLLE!”
“Twilight, it is alright, Sweetie is with Zecora.” Twilight turned to see Luna standing right behind her.
Twilight put a hoof to her chest and let out a relieved sigh. “Thank you, I appreciate the news but why is she there?”
“Greyfire was captured, Sweetie, I can only assume went after but exhausted herself. She is dehydrated but otherwise ok. Rarity is with her.” Twilight nodded.
“Thank you again, I can rest somewhat easy now at least. Still, I will have to take care of finding Greyfire in the morning. Goodnight Princess Luna.” Luna replied with a goodnight of her own and left. Twilight sat down on her bed and immediately fell asleep.