“Rainbow. . .” a voice rang. “Rainbow. . .wake up. You have a purpose to fulfil for me.”
Rainbow Dash shot up out of her sleep. Her breath came in short burning bursts. It was just a dream. She thought to herself as she looked around her room. Deciding to walk off her nightmare, she made her way to the door and cracked it open. The hospital hallway was empty, despite the two night nurses sitting at the front desk.
Rainbow started to walk to the front desk, keeping her head down. Why am I still dreaming about her? I thought Twilight said I was cured. Her feet stopped her at the desk. “I had another nightmare.”
The nurses looked at eachother before the shorter one asked, “About Celestia?”
Dashie nodded, not trusting her words.
“Oh dear,” said the taller one, “I’ll call the therapist up right away. Go back to your room and we’ll send her down when she gets here, okay?”
“Thank you.” Rainbow whispered before turning back down the hallway.
I remember the feeling of sheer intense pain all over my body. She was screaming something; I think it was about murder.
“Rainbow Dash, no! You can fight this!” Fluttershy yelled through the blockage in my mind. I knew then that it was serious. Fluttershy never yells. “Come back to us!”
I wanted to come back to my body but something was holding my inner self back. The Loyalty I had was beating against my conscience, be loyal, be loyal!, but my Element was useless against the power of the Princess.
“Loyalty is dead.” she formed the words through my mouth. “Kindness, Generosity, Laughter, Honesty. . .Friendship is dead!” she made me laugh. “You are all so pathetic. Are you so naive to think that by simply killing King Sombra you eradicated his hate? It is more alive than it has ever been! It lives within us all as battle of cowardice and power rages within us. Queen Celestia has opened my eyes to that power.”
“The power of Friendship is stronger than hate!” Twilight argued. “and Magic is all the more powerful because of it!”
Celestia made me turn to her, our eyes locking as I took a step towards her. “Did you not understand me? Friendship is dead Twilight Sparkle. Your Element is Magic, but not just any magic; The Magic of Friendship. And since our friendship is dead your Element is useless.”
“Dashie. . .” Fluttershy hung her head, holding back her tears, “you know that’s not true.”
“Oh, but it is! Celestia will show you. She will show you all! And if you do not accept her rule, than you will die!”
“Rainbow!” Rarity’s mascara was running down her cheeks. “You would not kill us. Not the friends you hold so dear.”
For a moment I had gained my body back. She was right; I would not kill them. I loved them too much to let Celestia harm them. “Girls, I-” before I could continue, the Queen pushed me back out. She finished my sentence for me, saying, “I have no friends.” and then she made me take flight.