//------------------------------// // Kids These Days... // Story: Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon Rape the Cutie Mark Crusaders // by Yukito //------------------------------// Within just one day, the act of rape had become the newest fad in Ponyville Elementary Schools, thanks in no small part to Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. It had become the newest craze to try to rape your friend in new and imaginative ways, and it was certainly getting harder and harder with foals expecting to be raped at any given moment. Cheerilee walked into her classroom the following morning expecting bright smiles and high spirits. “Good morning, class!” she sang as she approached her desk, ready to take names, only to find that one filly was not quite as chipper as the rest. “Dinky Doo? Is something the matter?” Cheerilee asked the crying filly with a worried frown. “S-Snips and Snails… raped me…” Dinky Doo sniffed. Cheerilee froze. “What?” she asked in a shaking tone. “Ah, don’t be such a baby!” Snips shouted. “Yeah! You should’ve seen it coming!” Snails argued. Cheerilee looked up to the two usually goofy yet well-meaning students with a look of absolute shock. “What?!” Dinky Doo slammed her hoof onto her desk and turned to face the two angrily. “Ooh! I am so going to rape you two later!” Cheerilee turned back to Dinky Doo with an even greater look of shock. “WHAT?!” As confused and concerned ponies filed into the town hall in the middle of the day, Cheerilee and Mayor Mare took their places at the podium established at the front of the room to prepare for their emergency town meeting. When it seemed that everypony was gathered, the doors were closed and Mayor Mare cleared her throat. “Fillies and gentlecolts, it seems that a matter of upmost urgency has been discovered and brought to me regarding the safety and well-being of our foals.” Many ponies in the audience muttered anxiously to each other. “Miss Cheerilee, if you would please tell everypony what you told me earlier.” Cheerilee nodded and took the stand. “Parents, legal guardians and Ponyville council members, today I was forced to end school early and send all of my students home because of something very alarming that happened during my morning roll call.” “If this’s about my daughter being raped, I demand we hang the lil’ filly responsible immediately!” a disgruntled stallion in the audience shouted, earning some shocked gasps from the ponies around him. “You are Twist’s father, correct?” Cheerilee asked. The stallion nodded. “What do you mean by-” “What d’you think I mean?! My daughter came to me last night an’ said: “Dad, Berry Pinch raped me last night! Can you help me rape her please?”!” The crowd started mumbling to each other until a mare on the other side stood up. “My son came to me last night and told me the other foals ganged up to rape him!” The crowd was almost in an uproar. Mayor Mare managed to calm everypony down and Cheerilee continued. “Yes, yes. I’m afraid that it is all true. Today, a young filly whose name I will leave out for now reported to me that two of the kindest colts in my class raped her, and then threatened to rape them back.” “Don’t forget mah sister!” Applejack shouted from the back of the room, with Rarity and Rainbow Dash to either side of her, all three looking very cross. “Mah sister an’ her friends told us they got raped by those rich fillies yesterday, an’ then they were plannin’ ta do the same back to ‘em!” “It seems that ‘rape’ has become something of a very weird, very disturbing trend in the school,” Cheerilee said. “Fillies and colts are reportedly being raped left-and-right, and their only attitude to it is mild annoyance and a plot to, as I have been informed it is called, ‘return-rape’ the assailant or assailants.” “How could this happen?!” “This is outrageous!” “What’s wrong with kids these days?!” “I have half a mind to-” “Now everypony, please!” Cheerilee pleaded, sensing a lynching about to start at any moment. “For now, we are planning a thorough investigation into the matter! We don’t know who started this or how it originated, but at the very least it doesn’t seem as though anypony has been severely harmed or scarred! That being said, the best thing that you can do for now is to keep your child safe at home and be them for him or her! Explain to them why rape is wrong, and especially, ensure that they are not blaming themselves if they are a victim!” “For now, the school will be closed until the root of this matter has been dug out and we can be sure that the ‘rape fad’ is put to an end,” Mayor Mare said. “Please keep your children indoors and remain calm whilst we investigate the matter. Thank you.” As angry and concerned ponies filed out of the town hall’s doors to return home, the three ponies leading the investigation – Applejack, Rainbow Dash and Rarity – took the stage. “I’m so sorry to hear about what happened to your sisters…” Cheerilee turned to Rainbow Dash, “… and fan.” “It ain’t yer fault, Cheerilee,” Applejack said. “It was them darn rich fillies. They’re always causin’ trouble fer-” “Miss Applejack, I understand your rage,” Cheerilee said, “But please remember that there are always two sides to every story.” “You said that the Crusaders were the first victims of this whole ‘rape fad’, correct?” Rarity asked. Cheerilee solemnly nodded. “That’s what I have been able to piece together.” “Then what should we do?” Rainbow Dash asked. “For now, I wish to speak to them myself,” Cheerilee said. “Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon should be at their homes. We’ll speak to them afterwards.” “The Crusaders are over at the farm,” Applejack said. “Figured they wouldn’t wanna be alone at a time like this.” “Then let’s go.” “It can’t be!” Applejack shouted as she looked up at Apple Bloom’s bedroom window, wide open and with a rope of connected blankets hanging down and reaching to the ground. “This is bad,” Cheerilee muttered as she examined the small hoofprints leading away from the farmhouse. “Wherever could they be?” Rarity asked. “Oh, I do hope they aren’t doing anything drastic.” “Didn’t you say… that they wanted your help with raping Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon?” The group fell silent. Suddenly, Rainbow Dash bolted into the air, blowing dust into the other mares’ faces. “RAINBOW DASH!” Applejack shouted to her friend as she flew off. “Let’s follow her!” Cheerilee said. The other mares nodded in agreement and they all ran after the rainbow trail in the air. ‘Please, girls… Please don’t do something you’ll regret!’