Shattered Harmony: True Terror comes In Packs

by NightmareTRXY32


the Revelation

Celestia had never told anypony before that she had nearly married somepony in the past. As Twilight's words stung her in her heart, she coldly revealed a part of her past that she had never wanted to confront again, nor reveal to anypony else. She could still remember the sound Sombra's blade made as it impaled her lover's skin. She could remember how much he suffered through it all just to tell her that he was glad to of met somepony like her, and despite their backgrounds, that it meant everything to him that she stayed by his side. Twilight watched as her friend and mentor broke down in front of everypony.

She realized that Celestia's past was nothing for her to throw jabs at. She never went through the burden of banishing a loved one, all the while regretting it for over a thousand years. She didnt know the pain of watching the friends that Celestia had made in her years, watching them die while she never grew old. She also never knew that Celestia and Luna had to bury their own parents in the Crypts beneath Canterlot. Twilight noticably lowered her head and apologized for the harsh words. She clearly didn't mean any of it, Celestia could tell by how remorseful Twilight had felt afterwards. She accepted Twilight's apology, and still insisted that the two of them come back with the others to the hospital. They all assured Rainbow Dash and Twilight that no one would harm them when they got back.

Back in the Pysche Ward

Twilight's screams echoed through the hallway of the Hospital. They were taking her back to that padded room again. She tried to kick and break free of her 'captors' the orderlies, but had no success at all. She watch as they escorted Rainbow Dash to a room of her own. She could hear them tell RD everything would be resolved shortly and they would let her go.

'NOOOOOO!," Twilight raged, " LET ME GO, I HAVE TO BE WITH HER, SHE NEEDS ME!," She continued to scream, regardless of fruitless her efforts were. They tossed her back into that room and locked the door. She found she couldn't use her magic at all. They had erected a dampening field around her 'cell' and an anti magic restraint had been placed around the collar of the straitjacket they had put her in.

This had to of been Celestia's doing when it came to the anti magic field. They didn't want to her to become a hazard to anypony around her. Two doctors came into Rainbow Dash's room and explained that she was being treated for some kind of magic contamination. They told her that was all they were aware of and that there was no need for alarm. What they didnt say was that Celestia also wanted them to hold her overnight.

She could tell though, there was something wrong. Everything that they were told was a partial truth. Rainbow Dash was seperated from Twilight and put into a padded room of her own for an over night observation. They told her that she'd be free to go soon after some tests were run. That never happened. Oh yes, they run tests. But on Celestia's ORDERS, She was to be held for observation. Apparently Celestia and their other friends had noticed measurable changes in Rainbow Dash's personality when she was with Twilight. She seemed to not want to leave her side, and when AJ tried to seperate them with Celestia's help on the way back, Rainbow Dash DECKED her. She had never done anything like that to the cowpony in all the years they had been friends. Celestia started to become convinced that something to do with Twilight's magic was overtly affecting Rainbow's judgement.

"LET ME OUT, I HAVE TO MAKE SURE SHE'S OK!!," Rainbow Shouted inside the padded 'cell'. That's what she called it at least. It felt like a prison cell. She had a phobia of being confined in small rooms like this. No pony had ever known why. Part of it had to do with her family life. She never told anypony other than Twilight that her mom left her on her father's doorstep one evening. She never saw any pictures of her mother as a foal, so never had any idea how she was. She never wanted to feel isolated like that again, so she took up racing as a way to make herself feel at ease.

"What's her condition Doc," AJ asked the doctor on call at the facility.

"She seems to be unstable still,"he paused as he said this," and she tried to take out one of the orderlies when they came to check up on her."

"She also kept shouting she needed to make sure Ms. Sparkle was ok, and that we weren't harming her, which i tried to assure Ms. Dash that we weren't." He could tell Applejack was concerned as he explained everything to her.

AJ turned to see the most unexpected visitor walk through the door to the hospital. It was A.K Yearling ( Daring Do). Everypony there was confused as to what a pony of her stature was doing there. She walked past Applejack and right up to the doctor.

"Why am i hearing that Rainbow Dash was committed?," she asked in that raspy, yet stern tone she was known to have.

"Um, Its for her own good, Ms Yearling," This doctor knew Ms. Yearling from years ago, but she apparently didn't recognize him. He figured out though why she was here and asking about Ms. Dash.

"Is there any chance i can see her, maybe i can get through to her or something," Ms. Yearling asked hesitantly.

"Of course, right this way," The Doctor turned back to Applejack and told her not to tell anypony what he was about to say.

"I wont tell a soul Doc," She was the most honest pony after all. If somepony told her something in confidence she made sure no one else would find out.

Back when they had first encountered Ms. Yearling, AJ had secretly made a mental note that the Adventure pony and Rainbow Dash bore a striking resemblance to each other. Applejack had thought at the time that maybe they were related and didn't know it. It wasn't exactly her place right then to come out and say something about it, so she kept it to herself.

"All i can tell you is that Ms. Yearling is a blood Relative of Ms. Dash," he looked at her as he said this," No pony else can know, not even Rainbow Dash, i dont know what the revelation would do to her state of mind." As soon as he said that he turned and walked Ms. Yearling to the room RD was being held in.

As soon as she walked through the door to the room, Rainbow Dash bolted to her feet in shock and surprise. Yearling turned to the doctor and whispered something RD couldnt make out. He turned back to her and stated that she was being released under Ms. Yearlings care. Rainbow Dash wasn't sure what to make of it, but as long as it got her out of that cramped room, she was fine with it. Yearling told her that they had promised to release Twilight the next day. The reason they both had been held there for observation was because Celestia believed that Twilight's magic been altered and thus was affecting Rainbow Dash in an unseen way.

Later that evening, they released Twilight when they felt she had calmed down enough.

"She was going through a tough time after our friend Starlight died," RD told her Idol," That and she was swearing that she had heard voices in her head." when she said that A.K. looked worried. Rainbow Dash then turned to her and asked how in the world was she able to convince the doctor to let her go. Only close family could.. do .. that. Rainbow Dash looked back at A.K. and saw that the tan pegasus was holding back tears.

"what, what's wrong A.K. ?", Rainbow was in for a shock as the adventure pony looked her dead in the eyes.

"I'm your mother."She said it. All these years later and she had finally let it out, nearly crying in between letting those specific words come out.

"You... This must be a joke or something," RD didn't believe her," Did Pinkie put you up to this?" The cyan colored pegasus let out.

"Rainbow.." A.K.started to speak, but RD cut her off halfway.

"My mother left me when i was a foal,"She spat.

"I know, i couldn't care for you then, you think this was easy for me? Ever since you ran into me during that incidient involving the rings of Scorchero, I finally realized that i needed to find you and tell you the truth. I dont expect you to forgive me right away kiddo, but i needed you to know that i regretted my decision everyday of my life. Every waking hour when i was writing a book, i was thinking of the mistakes in my life.

"I.. i need to go." and with those words Rainbow Dash bolted off in the direction of her cloud home. When she knew she out of sight, she changed directions and flew to Cloudsdale. There was a certain other pegasus she need to talk to. Her father, Rainbow Blitz.