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// The Capture 
// Story: The Tale of Evil Rarity 
// by RarityFigma 
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	Twilight created a magic barrier just as the tails descended on her. The tails wrapped around the pink sphere she encased herself in desperately trying to envelop her. The typhoon of fabric blinded the purple mare. She could see nothing but the wriggling white tails all around her. Twilight gritted her teeth. Maintaining the barrier was growing harder and harder. Suddenly the tails buried under Twilight’s barrier. The tails then proceeded to toss Twilight and her barrier into the air. The fear from the flight broke the purple mare’s concentration. Her barrier vanished as Twilight began to fall into the grip of the waiting tails. The unicorn fired a laser into the mass of tails. Twilight’s beam impaled one of the oncoming tails. The damaged tail flew to the ground like a cut flower. The other tails began to writhe as they felt pain. The now wriggling tails missed Twilight. However the stress of firing the strong magic blast left the mare momentarily dazed. Twilight didn’t realize how fast she was falling until it was too late. The purple pony crashed to the ground. 
Fluttershy saw Twilight in her peril, but was paralyzed by fear to move. It wasn’t until Twilight screamed in agony upon impact that the pegasus jumped from her hiding place. Fluttershy raced to her friend’s side. “Twilight! Are you okay?” Fluttershy shouted. The purple mare was lying on her right side trembling with her eyes closed. One of Twilight’s back legs seemed to be twisted and she was bleeding from no clear wound.
“Fly away Fluttershy!” Twilight yelled. The yellow pony looked shocked.
“But I can’t just leave you!” Fluttershy yelled back. 
Twilight forced herself to move. She stared up at Fluttershy with a serious face. “Leave Fluttershy!” Twilight screamed. “Go get help!” 
Before she could say anymore one of the tails enveloped Twilight and dragged her away. Fluttershy almost fainted. She turned and jumped into the air to escape. However another one of the tails grabbed Fluttershy by her own tail and yanked her back toward the melee. The pony let out one more scream before the tails too completely enveloped her body.  
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Rainbow Dash and Applejack raced through the Equestrian countryside. The sun was almost fully set and the pair could waste no time. A letter from Princess Luna from only a few days ago foretold that tonight would be the full moon in months. Dash had dared Applejack to go with her to see the full moon in the Whitetail woods. Applejack was apprehensive at first, but her day with Rainbow Dash had been so wonderful that she just couldn’t let it end.
“Pick up the pace AJ,” Rainbow Dash shouted as she cut in front of Applejack. “Or do you want to lose to me on foot?!”
Applejack focused. “Oh I was just givin ya a headstart is all!” With that the orange pony overshot Rainbow Dash. The blue pegasus clenched her teeth before increasing her own pace. Had the leaves been in season they would be falling in droves in response to the pair’s thundering charge. Despite having entered the woods, neither pony wanted to admit defeat and stop. They ran through the woods just as they had only a few years ago during the annual competition. However, this time there was no cheating, no refs and no Twilight. The race was a battle of strength between each determined pony and  the pair wouldn’t have it any other way. 
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“Fluttershy, Fluttershy” The yellow pegasus shivered. Her eyes slowly opened. “Your awake, thank Celestia.” Fluttershy looked in the direction the voice came from. She saw Twilight. The purple mare seemed to be floating next to her. This was when Fluttershy began to regain her other senses. She quickly realized she couldn’t move. The pegasus looked up to see chains locked around her front legs. Upon looking down, Fluttershy noticed there were even more chains around her hind legs. She tried to flex her wings only to feel that they too were chained to the wall.
“Where… where are we?” Fluttershy said as she looked around the room. They were in a cave illuminated only by Twilight’s horn. Sharp rocks were protruding from the walls and ceiling. Fluttershy could feel some of the jagged cave rock digging into her back. She did her best to ignore the pain as Twilight began to speak.
“I don’t know where we are,” Twilight said quietly. “I only woke up a few minutes ago myself.” The unicorn twitched as a line of blood ran down her body. The wounds she sustained earlier were still open. Twilight’s head dropped a bit allowing Fluttershy to get a better look at her horn. It was glowing, but there was something wrong with it. Twilight’s horn had a growth on it. It was a like a random bulge that pulsated with veins and stress lines. Fluttershy was repulsed, but she still decided to ask.
"What… is that?” The yellow pony asked.
Twilight looked up at Fluttershy with a frown. “I wish I knew,” She said with a sigh. Suddenly the pair heard footsteps, a pony’s footsteps. Each turned in the direction of the sound only to see Rarity. Her horn was glowing brilliantly fully illuminating the room. The pair only then realized that to Fluttershy’s right were Pinkie and Spike. Each was also chained up, but both weren’t moving. Twilight grew enraged. She shot a death glare at Rarity, who for the first time since Twilight had seen her today was smiling.
“What are you?!” Twilight screamed at the white unicorn. “I know you’re not Rarity!” The accused pony began to chuckle. Fluttershy gulped and Twilight tensed up. Rarity laughed for a few minutes more before she finally managed to face her captives. 
“Well I guess there’s no reason to remain silent anymore,” said the pony that appeared to be Rarity. Both Twilight and Fluttershy grew wide-eyed. It was Rarity’s body, but the voice sounded different. It wasn’t the cheerful classy accent they were used to, but rather a raspy older mare’s voice. 
Twilight regained her focus. “What do you want?!” She shouted at the pony. 
Rarity grinned maliciously. “Oh you’ll do nicely indeed.”