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// Dictator 
// Story: A Hero Of War (UNEDITED) 
// by DontWakeTheNeighbour 
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“…. Mnn. ….. M-mff. …. Mm? MMF!! …. HMMMMMF!!”

Dash woke up to find herself surrounded by darkness, upside down looking up into the air. Her mouth was gagged by a cloth, soaked with her drool. The only evidence of life was the light coming through what appeared to be stitches, and the movement of whoever was carrying her, bobbing up and down, sending shockwaves of agonizing pain to course through her body as every muscle under her flesh was burning.

“MMMMM!! MMMMF!!”

Rainbow Dash quickly gave up, a throbbing pain in her head was slowly getting worse and worse with every failed attempt to scream aloud. She quickly found herself out of breath, she started to concentrate on her breathing as she listened to the ambiance surrounding her.
She hear people roaring, people cheering, the noise was almost unbearable and was not helping her terrible migraine. The Pegasus then attempted to move her legs before she realized they were bound together. Her heart sank, she began to whimper as the riot outside her fabric prison raged on.
She could barely think she was so exhausted, her fur was still soaking wet from when she collapsed in the woods, her nose was running, she felt sick, she was alone. Then the noise began to fade, she heard a door open, seconds passed by before the door slammed shut from behind, instantly blessing her with the gift of peaceful silence with nothing but footsteps to listen to.
Despite the fire in her legs, Rainbow Dash began to pull at whatever was holding her feet together, she squirmed as she heard another door open, then she heard that German language she had grown to fear. She now knew a man was carrying her and now he wasn’t alone, she tried her best to understand what was being said, but she didn’t understand a single word, apart from;

“Gesundheit”

Rainbow Dash faintly smirked as she remembered Andy telling her what it meant but then she snapped back into reality, she was finding it hard to concentrate. She then heard yet another door open, this time she could hear other people in the room, she could smell fresh wood burning as it warmed the room. The movement stopped, Rainbow Dash waited, hoping something mig-

*ZIP!*

The bottom of the bag opened up, almost blinding her with daylight as she fell onto the ground like a wet sponge. The floor was solid, cold and polished wood, if she wasn’t, so tired or gagged she would have screamed the house down, but all she could muster was a weak groan. Her ears started to ring as she started to shiver on the cold floor.
Her eyes were closed tight as she listened to the silence in the room. She was laid on her side as she tried throwing her legs forward and back, trying to right herself, but she was still disorientated from the fall. She opened her eyes, seeing she was surrounded by humans before quickly closing them again, the bright light was still too much for her head to take.
She couldn’t struggle anymore, she let herself go limp as she attempted to open her eyes again, the pain had subsided as her eyes adjusted, she quickly saw three tall men in suits in her blurred vision. They began to talk amongst themselves, Rainbow Dash had completely given up, her only conciliation was the thought of why would they bring her in as opposed to leaving her to freeze in the rain.
A surge of heat then caught her attention, her eyes darted around the room for the source, there was a large fireplace in the room, she used her legs to roll herself onto her belly before she slowly started to drag herself across the room. Little by little, centimetre by centimetre she dragged herself closer to the fire, every refreshing wave of heat more and more fulfilling with every move she made. She kept moving until she was laid next to the fire, she curled up on the floor as her body began to cease shivering.
She looked back at the men in the room, her vision was clearer now, she could see the dumbfound looks on their faces, but one man on the far right didn’t react at all. Rainbow focused her gaze on him for a while, she could see that the man was missing an arm and he had a large patch which went over his right eye. Rainbow Dash looked at his clothes, she recognised the red material on his sleeve, bearing that strange logo she had seen so many times before.

“Mrr! Mmmmf! MMF!!”

She tried to speak nut the drool soaked cloth was making it a herculean task to just breath. Then a door opened, she looked to her right as dozens more men walked into the room, all dressed in dark suits as a distinctive individual walked in. Rainbow Dash squinted, the man was wearing a brown suit, wearing the same logo on his sleeve as the others, this man was now walking up to her.
In a commanding tone he shouted something, Rainbow Dash was still trying to focus her vision so it wasn’t blurred, he was marching too fast for her eyes to adjust. Just then two suited men walked up to her and grabbed her legs before pulling her off the ground, carrying her away from her cherished fireplace. Her head felt heavy as she was held upside down, before she knew what was happening she found herself face to face with the suited individual, those dark eyes looked to be staring into her soul.
She could see him as clear as day, every paw in his skin, every wrinkle in his face and:

“Mmm? …. Hmm. …. Hmhmhmhmmmhm!”

The man looked confused, he looked around, was this creature. …. Laughing at him? …. He reached out and untied the cloth before pulling it out of her mouth.

“Mmhmh- HAHAHAH!! …. HAHAHAHAH!!”

Rainbow had tears in her eyes, her stomach was starting to hurt she was laughing so hard. The man protested she couldn’t understand what he was saying but that only made her laugh even more. She tried everything to supress her laughter but it was no use, not until a hand grabbed her mane, pulling her closer. Rainbow at his point had stopped laughing but she was trying everything to keep it that way.
The room fell silent as he spoke again, his questionable tone helped her understand what he was saying.

“Y-y. …. You- *Snort* …. What’s that thing on your mouth?!! BAAHAHAH!! …. Oh my Celestia!! …. Y-y-you look like such a dork! AHAHAH!!"

She couldn’t hold back her laughter anymore, she once again broke out in snorts and giggles as she pointed at the uniformed man’s moustache. His face was a mix of confusion, surprise and blind anger, Rainbow Dash knew it probably wasn’t a good idea to make fun of him but she couldn’t care less.
The uniformed leader shouted again, this time the soldiers holding her legs had let go of her, letting her body fall to the ground. It didn’t take long for that smile to be wiped off her face as she wailed in pain. The man leaned down and kneeled before looking at her with a menacing scowl. Rainbow Dash was no longer laughing.