Rarity's business is starting to drop a bit. Time to fix that... with the help of her friends.
Rarity has been struggling to keep Carousel Boutique afloat with how popular her friends have become. To the point that customers are not going to Rarity's store to see her friends. She was proud at first, but soon anger took over. And she has to take a stand before her store, is closed down for good.
It was a very very rainy afternoon in the little town of Ponyville. Rainbow dash and her crew had just brought a scheduled storm to help with crops, Sugarcube Corner had opened its doors to ponies looking to seek shelter from the storm.
Twilight’s castle had also allowed ponies to spend time on the ground floor to seek warmth from the storm for those who had been caught outside.
Rarity was sitting in the living room of her boutique, watching the rain roll down her windows. She had also opened her doors to ponies who wanted to come inside from the sudden storm. But no one had come in yet, it was just her, Sweetie Belle and Opal. The white unicorn sat with her younger sister at her side, she normally enjoyed listening to the rain and watching it create unique patterns on the windowpane. But this time it wasn't as interesting to Rarity, as she had other things on her mind.
Her friends had all become so popular over the last couple of years with their unique ways of presenting themselves. Obviously Twilight was the princess of Ponyville, so she would obviously become popular with her new reputation. But everyone else had become really popular too, even applejack, and it was beginning to affect business.
Her friends were driving ponies away from her boutique and causing her to have a massive downgrade in sales. It was frustrating admittedly, but she wasn't about to let jealousy get the better of her. Her friends were having their moments in the spotlight, they deserved it.
“Rarity? Are you thinking about your friends again?” SweetieBelle spoke up, snapping rarity out of her thoughts. “If you’re that worked up about your friends taking your customers away, then why don't you do something with your fashion line, involving your friends? Like a shirt about nature to represent fluttershy and her animals, since they're so popular now, it would only make sense to capitalize on it all.”
SweetieBelle pranced around the room as she did this, smiling wide, thinking her idea was the best idea she had ever come up with. Rarity put a hoof to her chin in thought and smiled softly.
“Sweetie, I think you may be onto something. I can keep my friends' popularity alive, while bringing customers in again, to help get the business back onto its hooves! Plus, given my schedule, i may have just enough time to design a new line of outfits ready for the fashion show coming up in manehatton in a few months! Sweetie Belle thankyou, this is an amazing idea!” Rarity gave an excited squeak, wrapping her front hooves around her sister in a tight embrace.
With that, Rarity set to work, making her way to her bedroom to draw out some designs, one outfit to represent her friends, while still having that classic rarity flair to it that ponies seemed to enjoy. A few days went by, and she had already made the first 3 dresses. They were made to represent Applejack, Twilight and Fluttershy.
Applejack’s dress was more of a corset with a long skirt. Allowing ponies to show off their front legs with the outfit, the whole outfit matching Applejack’s fur colour. The rim of the skirt had a fluffy boa stitched to it, with sparkly, red apple pins put into it. The outfit was topped off with some green apple earrings and short, leather boots that were a very very pastel green to match the earrings.
Twilight’s dress was a ball gown, with a veil that flowed behind the pony as they walked. The underside of the veil had a layer of resistant fabric to it, so nothing got caught on it or stained it. The dress itself matched Twilight’s mane colour, with the seams being stitched with thread that matched twilight’s mane highlights. Accessories were a star shaped necklace, with silver shoes that had white stars on them.
Finally, fluttershy’s dress was a pastel yellow to represent her fur colour. With fake vines stitched along the torso seam, and going up the shoulders to make the straps. This outfit was a shirt with a short skirt, fit with some shorts underneath, just in case it got too breezy. The shoes were a nice pink to represent Fluttershy’s mane that went up to the middle of a pony’s legs. These shoes were topped off with a faint, stitched pattern of butterflies to represent her cutie mark.
“Perfect!! The first dresses are up and ready to be seen! What do you think Sweetie?” Rarity asked excitedly, turning to her sister with a prideful smile on her face.
“Rarity, you know that ponies will love your designs no matter what. But, personally, I really like Applejack’s dress you’ve made. Because it looks like you put a mix of applejack AND sweet apple acres into it.” Sweetie pointed this out, and rarity gave a nod, her smile getting wider as she admired her work with her sister.
“But, it's like you took your friends, and made them into clothes!" Sweetie Belle joked. Both unicorns chuckled at the remark as Rarity opened her boutique for ponies to come in and see her work in progress fashion line.
As the days went on, a few ponies came in, but it seemed like no one wanted to buy anything, saying it was “the same old dresses, different colours”. The aggravated unicorn decided to give her undivided attention to one dress at a time, starting with twilight.
About 2 weeks passed, so many designs wasted, so many resources used on dresses that would never sell… With no successful sales coming in, and money going down the drain, rarity began to get more and more frustrated at her friends, for driving customers away. It was almost like she didn't exist anymore now that the others had become so popular with everyone, to the point that nopony was even coming in to browse anymore. But Rarity had 1 more idea in mind.
Knock Knock Knock. Knocking echoed throughout the crystal hallways of Twilight’s castle. Spike answered the door, only to be greeted with a very angry rarity, dark bags under her eyes, no makeup on, and a couple of split ends in her mane. It almost looked like she was in a rush to get ready for the day, and forgot to pretty herself up.
“Uh, hey Rarity, are you feeling ok? You look a little tired.” Spike asked, concern in his voice as he looked at his crush.
“Yes I'm fine dear, just having a bit of a struggle lately at the boutique. Which is actually why I'm here.” Rarity explained, giving the dragon a dismissive wave and a kind smile. “Anyways… Is twilight home? I need to speak with her about a rather pressing matter on one of my designs. I feel like she'll be perfect for it.”
Spike tilted his head before shrugging with a nod, inviting the unicorn inside as he ran ahead to grab twilight. After a couple of minutes, the purple alicorn flew down to her friend, smiling wide. “Rarity! Good to see you, Spike said you needed me for something?” Twilight exclaimed, landing elegantly in front of the white unicorn.
“Its wonderful to see you too Twilight, and this matter is somewhat urgent. I need you to come to my boutique, I'm working on a design that has star constellations in it, and I need you to come and see how accurate they are.” Rarity explained through gritted teeth, Twilight had become one of the more popular ponies of the friend group, and for good reason of course, but that didnt stop Rarity from needing to hide her frustrations.
Twilight’s eyes lit up, her wings flapping excitedly as she nodded. “Of course!! Let me grab one of my books on constellations! I'll be right back!” With a squeak, she flew off into the castle library to grab the book in question.
Spike looked at Rarity after hearing her give a small sigh, seeing that she now had a rather annoyed, if not disgusted look on her face as she waited for the alicorn to return. He didn't question it, things weren't going so well for her, it's better to not pry her on it. Twilight came back with a saddle bag with her book in it and smiled wide, rarity immediately snapped back to her welcoming face and turned to lead the way to the boutique.
Walking into the shop, rarity closed the door, locking it behind her and twilight, much to the princesses confusion. “Sooo where’s this dress rarity? I can't wait to see your amazing designs again!” Twilight said with excitement, hopping on the spot as she turned to her friend.
“It's in the basement darling, I wanted to keep it as a surprise from other ponies, since they all seem to be watching me work through my bedroom window with the assistance of pegasi or magic.” Rarity explained, trying her best to sound convincing. Twilight gave an understanding nod and followed rarity down into the darkness of the basement.
“Rarity? How am I meant to see the dress in this light? Is there a light switch anyw–!” Twilight was cut off with a sharp blow to the head with something. She fell to the ground unconscious, with a loud thud. “Sorry twilight… But I need to take a stand if it means I can get my business up and running again.” Rarity said to herself in a monotone voice, as she put down the steel bat she had.
Sweetiebelle had bought it when she and the other crusaders were trying out playing baseball to find their talent. Sometimes that little filly could really come in handy.
Twilight awoke with a groan, she tried to sit up, but realized that she was unable to. A light suddenly flickered to life above the alicorn, causing her to squint heavily. Once her eyes adjusted, she looked down at herself, and realized that she was strapped down to a table of some kind. There were straps holding down all 4 of her legs, 2 others holding her wings open and another strap rested over her belly, keeping her completely still. Her head was the only thing free to move around. After a moment, her breathing became shaky, as she called out into the mysterious room. “Hello? Rarity? Where am i?!”
“Ah you’re awake darling! Good to know…” Rarity responded, but her tone was cold, careless, and malicious. She walked over to twilight, standing over her.
“Rarity, what's going on? Why am I tied to this table? Where’s spike?” Twilight had so many questions and rarity cut her off with a groan.
“Twilight you talk way too much. Don't you ever learn to shut up? Or was it your voice that caused you to become so popular with everypony all of a sudden?” Rarity spoke through gritted teeth, her ears folded back as she paced a little bit in front of Twilight. The purple alicorn looked around, trying to figure out where she was. It was a storage area that was cleared out to make room for what looked like a tool set, with more fashion equipment, such as sewing machines, unused thread, spare fabric, you name it. Along with 4 mannequins lined up in a row, each one having a letter scribbled on the flank. R was first, then D, then F, and finally, T.
“Look, I'll keep this short, so listen up and try to understand… See, I am sick of you all getting ganged up on. You have caused my business to go downhill. You have driven customers away, and I am beginning to run out of money to keep my business alive, as well as keep a roof over Sweetie Belle's head. Plus, that little filly gave me a little idea!! Why not make clothes, inspired by my friends?” ] Rarity spoke with a smile, and a rather excited tone. She then picked up a needle with her magic, letting it fly through the air.
Twilight let out a confused whimper, before trying to ignite her horn to teleport away. But let out a blood curdling scream as pain shot through her head where her horn should be. “Missing something?” Rarity asked, as her magic picked up something on the wooden table beside her, it was Twilight’s severed horn.
Twilight looked down at herself, noticing dried blood had run down her chest from the wound and had now clotted into her fur. “Rarity this is crazy! You can't do this! I'm your friend! I thought you were happy for us!?” Twilight protested, her ears folding back as tears began to cloud her vision.
“Oh I was, I was so very happy that you were all beginning to get recognized for your talents, as well as becoming so well known for saving Equestria. I was extremely happy for all of you. In fact, i couldn't help but feel a sense of pride, that my closest friends were having their moments in the spotlight... Until it began to affect business. Now I need to be a bit more selfish in order to keep myself stable financially. I'm sure a smart pony like yourself can understand.”
Rarity explained. Her eyes filled with annoyance, as she slowly walked toward the purple alicorn, her magic putting the severed horn back on the table. “Now, how about we fix a little something first? That consistent talking of yours”
Rarity held up the needle from earlier, beginning to thread a thick white thread into Twilight's face, beginning to swiftly sew Twilight’s lips together.
The basement was filled with blood curdling screams, but the needle worked quickly to cross-stitch the purple alicorn’s lips together, silencing her. Twilight’s whimpers became muffled as more tears flowed, staining her cheeks. Rarity simply smirked as she put the bloody needle down and took a step back to admire her work. Small rivers crimson flowed from twilight’s punctured lips and down her neck.
“Muuuch better. See Twilight? Doesn't that feel so much better to give your voice a bit of a rest?” Rarity asked with a wicked smile. Rarity then turned her back to twilight, walking over to her tool box and taking out a black marker.
Taking the cap off, she walked back over to Twilight and began drawing small lines over Twilight's body, she was making a design plan… out of her skin.
Twilight attempted to reason with the white unicorn, but her muffles fell upon deaf ears as Rarity continued to work. “Now I have something to work with.” Rarity said, mostly to herself. Before walking back and taking out a large pair of fabric scissors from the toolbox and walked back toward her friend slowly, speaking up again.
“You know Twilight, you can use pretty much anything to make clothes, but I've never used an actual pony before, this will be an interesting experience for me. I'm so glad you decided to be so generous with helping me, especially with your busy schedule.” Rarity spoke in a soft, friendly tone, smiling wide as she placed her front hooves either side of Twilight’s torso, just below her wings. Before the purple alicorn could try to protest, she let out a soft yelp as a slight sting ran through her left wing. She looked over to see that rarity was aligning the scissors blades with the base of her wing. Twilight’s eyes opened as wide as they would go, her pupils shrinking to pinpricks as she tried to scream, plead, beg rarity to spare her. But once again, they fell upon deaf ears.
“Did you know twilight, that fabric scissors need to be sharpened often? It's a good thing I sharpened these before you arrived, or we'd be here for a lot longer. Now hold still, i don't want to make a messy cut...” Rarity commanded, she was getting a kick out of this, as the scissor’s blades closed over the base of twilight’s wing, beginning to saw through the skin, muscle and bone.
Blood splattered over the joint, as well as some landing on rarity’s face. Twilight’s silenced screams rang through the basement, sounds of squelching and ripping of flesh could be heard, as the blades swiftly made their way to the wing bone. But that is where the scissors began to struggle. Rarity spent a good minuet trying to saw through the bone with her scissor blades, all the while, Twilight’s crying and whimpering persisted, as a river of blood ran down the slanted table, making a small puddle on the floor under Rarity’s hooves.
After a while, Rarity gave up, putting the scissors down and taking the wing in her teeth. With a sharp pull, a snapping sound could be heard, followed by another scream. The wing was quickly broken off of twilight’s body. Rarity took a small breather and put the severed wing down next to Twilight's horn. After a moment, Rarity gave a small sigh, and turned back to Twilight, her wicked grin returning to her face, her ear giving a small twitch as she slowly approached the crying alicorn.
“I won't lie.. I'm not too sure how easy it is to clean blood off of things, but I'm sure a nice cocktail of stain removers should do the trick, what do you think?” Rarity spoke up, as she watched the blood drip down from the wing, to the floor. She couldn't help but stare, she seemed almost, entranced by it. Watching the beautiful shade of red fall to the floor. Shaking her head out of her trance for a moment, she had an idea, and went back upstairs to the main shop.
Rarity then went toward her kitchen, grabbing a bucket that was used in emergencies in case of any leaks. Pausing for a moment, she looked out of the window, seeing ponies walk past. With her magic, she closed all of the curtains in the building, just to be sure no one saw what she was doing, and went back to work. “I'm baaack!” Rarity called into the basement, and Twilight once again, gave a whimper and tried to reason with Rarity.
Rarity once again ignored her silenced friend and placed the bucket at the end of the table, letting the blood flow into it. With a chuckle, she grabbed her scissors and mounted the table again, getting ready to saw through her remaining wing. Working quickly this time, she broke the other wing off with relative ease.
Placing the second wing on the table, she looked back at her friend, putting a hoof to her chin in thought. Before having a small Eureka moment and running back upstairs. While Rarity was gone, twilight looked down at herself. Covered in blood from her own wings and horn, tears continued to fall down her face, and she laid her head back on the table, staring up at the ceiling. Her ears folded back as she began to openly sob, thinking about Spike and how he would need to fend for himself now. She began to think of Celestia and Luna… and her friends. One of which has now turned against her, and was going to take her own life for her own personal gain.
“Aww no need to cry Twilight!” Rarity spoke up suddenly, causing Twilight's attention to snap back to Rarity, a look of hopelessness in her eyes. “Think about it like this... You aren't going to die in vain. You will be helping me of course, and that’s what I thought the princess of friendship did, help her friends.”
Rarity’s face twisted into a psychotic grin, as she pulled out a pair of electric razors, turning them on. She began to shave twilight’s head, making quick work of her mane and tail, leaving her as just a purple pony. Putting the discarded hair in a small box for later, she then picked up a scalpel and walked back to her friend. Before noticing that the blood splattering from her wing breakages had obscured the plan she had made previously, she went back to grab the marker, a small groan sounded from the white unicorn as she tried to remember where she had put it.
This was twilight’s chance, with a deep breath, she began to try and part her lips. Opening her jaw as wide as she would go, and cutting her lips to ribbons in the process. Small grunts and whimpers escaped the purple pony, and more tears ran down her face, but she bared with the pain as she tried to take back her ability to speak.
But soon enough, the stitching fell to the ground. Blood began to fill twilight’s mouth, so she leaned her head down to avoid choking on it, before speaking up. It was slightly gurgled thanks to the pools of blood filling her cheeks, as well as the fact that her lips were now somewhat useless. “Rarity!!!!”
Rarity turned around with a surprised look on her face. Seeing the stitching now on the ground, and Twilight's lips now shredded. She couldnt help but feel a it impressed.
“Rarity please!! Don't do this! I need to take care of Spike!! And the princesses will notice I'm missing, as well as our other friends! You’re setting yourself up for failure, just let me go, I can just say I was in a freak accident or something! My mane and tail will grow back, my face will heal, and i'm sure celestia and luna can find a healing spell for me, it'll be like nothing ever happ–!!” Twilight was cut off once more, as rarity's horn lit up and pulled twilight’s tongue out of her mouth, holding it there.
“Twilight i must say im surprised, but i dont think i gave permission to speak did i?” Rarity spoke with a slight chuckle, as she made quick work of cutting twilight’s tongue out with her scalpel. Twilight’s screams rang through the room, and blood flooded down her body and down the table, landing in the bucket below. "Scalpels make such quick work of flesh and skin dont they? I'm glad i was able to grab one from Ponyville hospital. They let me have it and told me its great for finer details in fabric. And it really does the trick! Not just on clothes!" Rarity exclaimed, smiling wide at the stainless steel tool she held with her magic.
Rarity then gave a sigh, looking at the mess on Twilight's body, and how much blood covered up the plan she had drawn earlier. Now she couldn't even see where she was supposed to cut.. Looks like she’ll just have to make do with winging it. In 1 fluid motion, the scalpel was plunged into twilight’s chest, making a hollow cut out of the blood covered hide, prying the skin away from the muscle. Twilight continued to scream and cry and splutter. Coughing up blood over rarity’s head and shoulders, but she ignored it for now, as she began to make quick work of skinning her friend for the final material she needed.
This process took a while, and twilight didn't bother protesting. Instead, her eyes began to roll back, and her head fell limp on the table, as she slowly began to bleed out.
Once she was done, the entirety of twilight’s front was void of skin, and at this point, all life had faded from the princess. Rarity took this as an opportunity to flip twilight over, and get the remaining skin from her. Before taking all her gathered materials and making her way to her work room.
Ponies were beginning to gather around the carousel boutique as they saw a brand new design in the window of the display. It was a purple body warmer with a nice folded collar. With a pink star cutie mark on each side. It had a set of wings stitched to the shoulders and a dark blue seam stitched into the front. The mannequin wearing this design also had a set of socks, some dark blue wool socks. With pink and purple highlights in it, topped off with a purple spiked earring and a set of yellow, shining shoes.
The perfect design to represent Twilight Sparkle… And the perfect way to start her new line…
Rarity was walking around the lobby of her store, seeing the sea of customers coming in to admire her new dress design. The white unicorn then made her way behind the register, giving ponies copies of the dress, with the same set of shoes.
“I must say Rarity, your dresses are making an amazing comeback for business” Fancy Pants spoke up, deciding to visit Ponyville as a casual getaway from the busy life of Canterlot.
Rarity gave a proud smile as she handed a copy of the twilight dress to his wife, who had just made a purchase. “Why thank you Fancy Pants, it's always lovely to see you, might I add.” Rarity said with a coy chuckle.
Both unicorns exchanged fancy small talk, mixed with giggles and tapping of hooves as they exchanged pleasantries. After Fancy Pants, as well as the other ponies piled out of the shop, rarity decided to close early, putting a sign on the door saying she needs to restock in dresses, as ponies had already bought out her current stock, much to her surprise.
Having customers back, admittedly, was rather nice, and she was finally making profit to keep her business, and her home life, afloat. But who knows how long the twilight dress alone would last with keeping customers piling in. She needed more ideas, and more dresses for more variety for ponies.
She then began to notice that a lot more ponies were beginning to get pets, small critters like bunnies, birds and small cats. Fluttershy had suddenly boosted in popularity, perfect. Before she could come up with a plan, she heard a knocking on the door. Answering the door, it was Spike, standing there looking rather tired.
“Hey rarity.. Have you seen twilight? She hasn't been around the castle lately and i'm beginning to get worried.” Spike asked, his little ears drooping down, his eyes looking rather sore from being awake for so long.
“Oh, she didnt tell you? She was making her way to the crystal empire for a royal meeting. She said she would be back within a month or so.” Rarity responded, thinking quickly on her hooves for an excuse to explain where twilight went.
Spike seemed to accept this answer, but not without a small frown on his face, hanging his head a bit. “I'm sorry Spike, I know Twilight tells you everything. But after she was here helping me with my dress design, she seemed to be in a bit of a hurry to get going.” Rarity explained, further spinning her web of lies.
Spike simply gave another nod, walking away and making his way back to the castle. Once Spike was out of sight, she took this moment to make sure the coast was clear before making her way to Fluttershy's cottage.
Fluttershy was seen flying around her cottage, taking care of her animals by doing her rounds of feeding everybody. As rarity approached, Fluttershy was feeding her brown bear friend some salmon. Rarity walked up to the yellow pegasus, smiling softly “Fluttershy?” Rarity called out, causing the pegasus’ to turn around, still holding the basket of fish.
“Oh!! Hello Rarity!” Fluttershy called out with a smile, putting the basket down and flying over to greet her unicorn friend. “I hope you aren't too busy, I need your help with something back at the boutique” Rarity explained, giving her friend a hug as she spoke. The shy pegasus gave a nod, before asking about what she needed help with.
“I'm designing a new dress for my new fashion line. For the fashion show I'm having in Manehattan soon? I'm working on my 2nd dress, and I need help choosing which colour of fabric to use. You seem to know things about different colours, do you mind coming with me to see which ones will work best?” Rarity explained, which confused the pegasus.
“Why can't you just tell me about the fabrics, and have me choose that way?” Fluttershy asked, tilting her head.
“Oh uh…” Rarity paused before coming up with an answer. “The fabrics have different textures, and you need to touch them as well as look at them.” Rarity explained, finally coming up with an answer.
Even with the strange pause, this seemed to convince the pegasus, and she nodded again, following the unicorn back to the boutique.
Once they arrive, rarity explains that the fabrics she needs fluttershy to look at are upstairs in her bedroom. Fluttershy makes her way upstairs, as Rarity closes the door and locks it behind them, closing the curtains to block out all light from the main shop of the boutique.
Following the pegasus upstairs, she ignited her horn, picking up a thick roll of fabric with a wooden inner tube, this fabric was a deep red, almost blood red.
In rarity’s bedroom, fluttershy was looking around, confused about where the fabric choices were, spreading her wings as she made small circles of the room, thinking rarity had just not brought them out yet. After a few minutes, she heard Rarity walk into the room, turning to face her friend.
“Hey rarity there you are! Where are the fabric choices? I can't seem to see them anywhere.” Fluttershy asked, tilting her head.
“Oh, I have them right here.” Rarity explained, making the pegasus look around once more in confusion. “Red… Or yellow…?” Rarity asked, before hitting Fluttershy as hard as she could over the back of the head, with the roll of fabric. The wooden pole in the middle of the roll delivers the most amount of force to bring the pegasus to unconsciousness.
Fluttershy awoke in a dimly lit up storage room, her ears folding back as she attempted to look around. As she moved her head around, she noticed the sound of a chain echoing through the room.
Looking down at herself, she notices that she is chained to the floor by a thick metal collar. Giving a loud yelp, she begins to pant, her breathing getting rapid and heavy, her ears folded flat against her head as she attempts to pull against the chain. It was no use, she’s stuck tight. Looking around for a way out, she notices that the mannequins lined up all have initials of her friends on the flanks. The “T” mannequin has a dress on it already, a purple dress, with dark blue socks and golden shoes. Streams of crimson ran down the legs of the plastic pony, creating a small puddle below.
Fluttershy’s eyes adjusted to the dim lighting of the room, and noticed that the dress was wrinkled, dried, and old. Before squinting at the dress, realising that the dress was made of skin. Twilight’s skin.
The yellow pegasus let out a deafening squeal, as she attempted to fly away, and look for an escape, only to be yanked back down by the collar. Seeing rarity in the middle of the chain, holding it in her teeth, before allowing it to drop to the floor.
“My dear sweet fluttershy. I cannot thank you enough for agreeing to help me.” Rarity spoke with a coy smirk on her face, walking in circles around the cowering pegasus. The unicorn locked eyes with Fluttershy as she stood on her tail, encouraging a soft yelp to come from the pegasus.
With a soft smirk, Rarity walked over to her table of tools, taking out an old sewing machine. It still worked, but it was easy to get things jammed inside. “I’ve already used wings for one of my outfits. So it's probably for the best that i don't repeat ideas too many times. So I have no use for your wings. But I can't risk you flying hard enough to escape. But let's face it, you can't escape. But just to eliminate that risk…” Rarity explained, as she picked up the machine, bringing it over to the shivering pegasus.
Fluttershy’s guard was fully up, as she stared at the machine in confusion. As the unicorn places the sewing machine beside Fluttershy, she speaks up again, in a cold tone. “Now… I need you to cooperate… Or am I going to have to use force…?”
Putting 2 and 2 together, Fluttershy let out a scream, before attempting to take flight. With a snarl, Rarity used her magic to grab fluttershy by her wings, dragging the struggling pegasus back toward the machine. ”Such a shame darling… And here I thought you’d be a bit smarter than this…” Rarity spoke as she slammed Fluttershy onto the ground, pinning her onto her back by her wings.
“RARITY! PLEASE!!! I WON'T TELL ANYONE OF THIS!! JUST PLEASE DON'T HURT ME!!” Fluttershy pleaded with her friend, tears beginning to flow down her face, as the machine roared to life.
The pegasus’s screams rang throughout the room as the machine began to sew her wings together. Blood splattered over the machine, as the pegasus’ screams continued to ring through the room, as she slowly lost her ability to fly.
Rarity also took out an electric razor and shaved off Fluttershy’s mane and tail right off the bat while the shock was still there. “Now… While I was collecting material from twilight, it was very difficult collecting the material I needed when I got to her hooves. So I suppose I should handle that while I'm here. I will be right back dear, I'm sure Sweetie Belle has something in her closet.” Rarity spoke up as she began to walk away from her whimpering friend, making her way into the shop again and shutting the door.
While Rarity was away, the yellow pegasus began to openly sob, trying with all her strength to pull away from the chain, hoping to break it. Even without the assistance of her wings. The yellow pegasus continued to yank and pull at the chain, beginning to sob harder when she realized nothing was working.
“Please!! Just break!! Please!! I don't want to die here!” Fluttershy whimpered out, to no one in particular. After her energy was spent, she let out a frustrated scream, a blood curdling scream that no pony had ever heard before, before she sat back down, her head hanging toward the floor and crying again.
Once Rarity returned with what she was looking for, she noticed the state fluttershy was in, and how the chain was pulled tight against the ground, seeing she was trying to escape.
“Oh fluttershy, even in this state you try to escape? That's just cute.” Rarity spoke up with a chuckle as she made her way back to the table, leaving what she was looking for at the door for now.
The yellow pegasus looked up at Rarity as she tried to see what she was doing. She heard a click, a soft hiss, and saw a red glow slightly illuminate the wall in front of the white unicorn. Rarity then turned back to Fluttershy and sat down beside her, almost as if she was deep in thought.
Before she suddenly gave a loud “ahah!!” and stood back up, taking out some nails and a hammer, pinning her friend to the floor again. A soft giggle sounded from the unicorn as she picked out a set of 4 nails and a rubber mallet. Fluttershy continued to openly sob as she looked up at the tools, as the nails aligned up with fluttershy’s upper front legs, and the flanks of her back legs, avoiding fluttershy’s cutie marks. Rarity gave a wicked smile as she began to slam the nails into Fluttershy’s legs. She let out a loud shriek as she was nailed to the floor, the pegasus openly sobbing again as more liquid crimson flowed down Fluttershy’s limbs, forming small puddles on the floor. Some splashing over Rarity’s face.
Fluttershy continued to struggle against her new binds, even as pain shot through her limbs. Once the pegasus was nailed down, rarity took a step back to admire her work, the blood of her legs now forming puddles on the ground, staining her fur.
The yellow pegasus looked at the nails in horror and began to feel dizzy, her eyes rolling back as she suddenly fainted from shock…
Coming back to reality about 2 hours later, Fluttershy noticed a soft stinging sensation on her torso. As her vision stopped swimming, she noticed there were small streams of smoke flying through the air above her. It didn't smell like the type of smoke from a fire.
Confused, the pegasus looked around for the source, before looking down at herself. There was a lot of skin missing from her stomach, and the raw muscle was covered in developing blisters. Rarity had begun to skin the pegasus alive, and she had castrated the wounds to prevent her from bleeding out before she woke up.
Fluttershy let out a loud, sharp gasp. Which caught the attention of the white unicorn. “Ah hello fluttershy! Welcome back!! I hope you don't mind but I decided to get a head start on gathering the materials I need to make my next outfit.” Rarity chirped with a soft smile, her horn lit up as she was holding up a scalpel, covered in old and now fresh blood.
Fluttershy let out a gut wrenching scream, causing her voice to become extremely horse by the end of it. She was shaking from head to hoof, sobbing uncontrollably, making the exposed muscle in her stomach spasm with her rapid breathing. Rarity gave an eye roll as she waited for the pegasus to realize that there was no way out of this. “Well that was quite the performance darling. But I really need to get this job finished. But if you wish, I can give you a chance to escape… Even in this state” Rarity said with a smirk, her horn illuminating, and pulling the nails out of her hooves with ease, causing the pegasus to wince as the clotted blood was pulled away, causing the bleeding to start anew.
The unicorn then pulled out a fireman’s axe, and swung it down sharply. The pegasus’s eyes shut tightly and flinched, before she heard a loud clanging noise ringing in her ears. Slowly looking over, Fluttershy saw that rarity cut clean through the chain that held fluttershy to the ground. The pegasus slowly got up, her wings still sewn together, the only option she had was to run. Attempting to ignore the pain in her legs, she ran as fast as she could toward the exit, climbing the stairs.
Rarity watched as the shy pony made her way to the exit, before rearing up on her back legs, using the forward momentum as she came back down to throw the fireman’s axe at fluttershy.
The blade embedded itself in the back of fluttershy’s head, her body immediately going limp as a river of deep red flowed down the wooden stairs to the ground below. Rarity placed a bucket at the bottom of the stairs to catch the blood, as the unicorn walked toward the new corpse of her friend. Beginning to harvest the materials needed for her next design.
Ponies gathered by the shop window once more, as a new design had been released. A nice, pastel yellow shirt with pink butterflies on each side. A thin fabric skirt, that was a nice forest green, looking like a leaf skirt. The shoes were a pastel pink, with more pink vines making their way up the fore hooves of the mannequin. On the statue’s ear, was 3 small butterfly earrings. The 2nd design… perfect to represent the element of kindness herself, and her love of nature.
Rarity was cleaning up her mess from her awdeal with Fluttershy, making her way up the stairs with the collected organs and blood from her “play time”. Due to how much her wings were flapping, her mane had developed a very unkempt look. Split ends had formed from all the stress and chaos of keeping her boutique running, and her curls had come undone, letting it hang at its natural length. Her eyes were sore from so many late nights, and she had some pretty big bags under her eyes.
As she made her way to the kitchen to dispose of the waste, she heard her letterbox flick open, and the sound of paper hitting the ground.
Turning around, she saw a small bundle of letters sitting at the base of her door. Putting the bucket down, she walked over to the door and used her magic to pick up the letter stack, flicking through them. There were a few bills, an advertisement for a new cupcake recipe at Sugarcube Corner, and a letter that had her address written by hoof.
Curious, rarity put the other letters on the counter nearby and opened it carefully. Opening the folded paper inside, the writing was rather scruffy, but it was still readable. It read
“Dear Miss Rarity. On behalf of the Wonderbolts team, we would like to commission you for a new uniform for each member of the Wonderbolts. We would like each uniform to have a unique colour accenting them, in honour of Rainbow Dash and her success in Ponyville. You will be paid in full as soon as the uniforms are complete. Thankyou for your time. Signed - Spitfire”
Rarity stared at the letter wide eyed. Before her pupils shrank to mear pinpricks, and a smile began to spread across her face. Her next playmate had just been unknowingly announced.
She put the letter down and picked up the buckets again, taking them to the kitchen and throwing them into the sink. Turning on a switch as the plug hole began to grind up the organs and blood into a messy pulp and go down the plug hole.
A few days had passed, and she had been buying fabrics and needles and string left, right and centre, to restock her boutique, as she was beginning to run low. She had also bought a bunch of new, stretchy fabrics to get started on the Wonderbolts uniforms, so they were skin-tight on the pegasi, but also breathable.
She had bags stacked everywhere, on her back, in her teeth, she carried more with her magic. It had gotten to the point where she couldn't see where she was going, and bumped into somepony with a loud “oof!”
“Oh my goodness i am terribly sorry. Are you alright?!” Rarity asked in a start, rubbing her head and looking at who she had bumped into. She had accidentally walked into Rainbow Dash, who now had a bag of feathers on her head and some of the fabric had come unraveled from its tube and laid across the pegasus like a fluffy blanket.
“Heheh, don't worry about it rarity. It looks like you’re rather busy here. What are you doing anyways? Big restock?” The pegasus asked with a friendly smile as she helped Rarity put the materials back into their respective bags.
“Yes, I'm restocking the boutique of fabrics, and I'm also gathering some new items for an outfit commission I had received from somepony.” Rarity explained quickly. She thanked Rainbow Dash for her help, before picking up the bags with her magic and trying to arrange them in a way so she could see, and so she didn't cause too much of an obstruction to anypony nearby.
“Actually, Rainbow Dash, while you’re here. Do you mind helping me carry some of these bags? They’re a real hassle and I don't think I'll be able to make it back to the boutique without bumping into anypony else.”
Rainbow Dash agreed with a smile, and took half of the bags, while Rarity carried the other half. They managed to get to the carousel boutique quicker than Rarity had thought. “Thank you so much Rainbow for your help. Do you mind bringing them inside? I can show you where to put them” The unicorn asked for a smile as she opened the door for the pegasus, who went inside before her.
Rarity then closed the door behind the 2 of them, silently locking the door. She then led the blue pegasus into her bedroom where even more bags of fabric laid in an unorganized pile.
“Wow Rarity you sure have been busy! You’ll be set for months with the amount of materials you have!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed with a surprised tone, looking around at the piles of bags, while placing her own bags down in an empty spot on the floor for now.
“Yes, I wanted to plan ahead a bit. I had a large boost in sales! And I thought I'd add as much material as I could after I had paid my bills. I just have one last thing to add….~”
“and what would that b–?!?”
Rainbow’s sentence was cut off as she was hit on the front of her head with a large shopping bag filled with gemstones. Swung at enough force to knock her unconscious.
About 3 hours passed before Rainbow Dash woke up. She was strapped down to some kind of table by her hooves. Metal straps held rainbow’s hooves tightly to the table, creating small indents in her skin with how tight they were. A small stinging sensation ran across Rainbow's face in small waves, as Rainbow Dash's nose was broken from the impact of the gem filled bag.
The pegasus tried to flap her wings in a panic, attempting to escape. But only ended up screaming in agony as many waves of pain flew through her back. Looking down at herself, she saw that there were some bloody stumps, fresh blood pouring down the table she was strapped to, staining her fur and flowing into a bucket below her hooves.
The pegasus let out a terrified scream before looking around the darkened room frantically. Seeing the mannequins that lined the room. 6 of them lined up beside each other with no outfits on, and 5 others, 2 of which had outfits on already. A purple body warmer with socks, and a yellow, nature themed dress with pink, butterfly shoes. The mannequins had strange, faded red marks all over them, almost as if someone had spilled wine on them.
“Ah hello Rainbow, good to see you’re awake!” Rarity perked up, walking over to her bound, wingless friend.
“RARITY WHAT’S GOING ON?! WHY AM I TIED TO THIS TABLE!? WHERE ARE MY WINGS?!?!” Rainbow Dash yelled at her unicorn friend. Her ears folded back as her eyes began to fill with tears, her body shaking as she saw her friend's face twist into a frightening, smiling expression.
“That’s quite simple rainbow dash. You know Spitfire don't you? The leader of the Wonderbolts?” Rarity asked in her usual calm tone. Rainbow Dash gave a slow nod, her ears folding back as far as they would go, as rarity’s horn lit up, holding up the letter from earlier. “Well, I received a lovely commission letter from her. Asking for a new uniform for the Wonderbolts! They wanted them to be in honour of you, for your amazing victories of saving Equestria. They wanted them to look like you. So I thought… Why not use you as a reference?” Rarity’s grin returned to her face, and she chuckled slightly, as Rainbow Dash managed to put 2 and 2 together. She began struggling in her binds and calling out for help. Trying her hardest not to flap what was left of her wings, to avoid putting herself through any more pain.
“Call out all you want dear. Noone’s going to hear you, a lovely friend of mine lended a hoof in soundproofing the basement!” Rarity explained with a cackle, it was a scary cackle, it shook Rainbow to her core. Before Rainbow could speak, her words were cut short with screams of agony as rarity plunged a sewing needle into the flank of the pegasus’s right leg. Drawing a deep line across the middle of Rainbow’s cutie mark.
“I won't be needing these for the outfit i have to make, as they need to be more uniform than dazzling. Unfortunately. Such a waste of such amazing, neon colours. Oh well” Rarity said softly with a sigh, before dragging the needle further down her leg. Skin folding under the needle’s movements like ripples in water. Liquid crimson flowing down the pegasus’s leg, flowing into the bucket below and filling the basement with the faint sound of trickling liquid.
She did the same on the other side, causing the pegasus to scream in agony once more. Rainbow Dash’s face was now soaked in tears, once rarity pulled the needle free of the newly exposed muscle.
“R-rarity… Please… Don't kill me! I dont w-want to die!” Rainbow pleaded between sobs. Her voice is now very hoarse from screaming.
“I'm afraid I don't have much of a choice, Miss Dash… No other store had the colour of material I needed to represent you! And you’re the perfect reference!” Rarity replied, finishing off with a sly giggle, before turning away, putting the needle in a rickety old sink to wash later, and opening a nearby drawer.
Her horn lit up again, and as she was turned away, Rainbow tried struggling against her binds, letting a few whimpers slip as she moved, her open back wounds rubbing against the splintery wood of the table she was on.
“Dont worry Rainbow Dash… Those binds aren't going to let you go anywhere, any time soon… I can promise you that.” Rarity explained all this, all while her back was turned to the pegasus. Before turning back and holding up a rather new potato peeler, a kitchen knife, and another bucket.
“Now hold still, this will get messy…” Her smile spread further over her face, her pupils shrinking to mere pinpricks as she laid the bucket down beside the already half filled one. Before putting her front hooves on the table, either side of Rainbow’s waist.
Aiming the knife at Rainbow’s chest, the blade slid perfectly down Rainbow’s torso, making a very deep cut, but not deep enough to hit any vital organs. The blue pegasus gritted her teeth as she let out more grunts of pain, before she looked down at herself, seeing Rarity slip the blade of the knife between the layers of skin, and the muscle, separating it perfectly.
Seeing this made Rainbow sick to her stomach, and she turned her head away from the unicorn, as Rarity began skinning her friend alive. Rarity’s bloodshot eyes locked with rainbows, as she used her magic to force Rainbow to watch the ordeal. Her smile became crooked, and manic, and the basement began to fill with small giggles as rarity took her time, pulling the skin from the muscle.
During this, Rainbow Dash continued to plead with her friend, begging for her life, as more tears flowed down her face, and more blood flowed down the table, collecting in the buckets below. These pleas fell on deaf ears as Rarity continued with the operation. Making her way down rainbow’s torso and back legs, before making her way up her chest, toward her neck.
By the time Rarity’s operation had reached Rainbow’s chin, rarity was now covered in blood, her pupils still tiny pinpricks and her mane was even messier than it was before due to all the sharp movements of her head.
Rainbow however, had slipped away long before this. Bleeding out fully into the 2 buckets below. The pegasus’s head hung limp against her chest. With a shrug, rarity undid the binds on the pegasus, letting her corpse slide down the angled surface. Loud, squelching noises could be heard as the weight of the corpse began to slide down the wooden table, onto the floor. Leaving a large blood splatter mark on the ground below it.
Moving the buckets, rarity then picked up the body and laid it on its front, continuing the skinning procedure. Using the potato peeler on the tougher parts of her friend’s corpse, such as the skull and around her hooves, as well as any joint areas like the elbows. until all that was left was a pile of muscles, bones and organs.
Rarity even shaved off Rainbow’s hair and tail. “well they wanted different colours did they not?” The unicorn said, mainly to herself before taking her “materials” upstairs to be washed, sorted and prepared to be made into the uniforms.
About a week had passed since that day, and Rarity had spent every waking hour making these uniforms. A knock on the door of the boutique could be heard, and rarity made her way downstairs from her bedroom, where the uniforms were being made. She had managed to get the blood off of the “material”, as well as herself, before she had even begun. Though her eyes were still bloodshot, and her mane was very messy now, almost like someone had brushed through it, backward.
Opening the door, she was greeted by the leader of the wonderbolts: Spitfire!
“Ah! Spitfire, good to see you, I hope the trip here was ok!” Rarity beamed to the pegasus, inviting her inside.
“Haha, it was alright rarity, good to see you! Though, are you feeling ok? You don't look so great.” Spitfire commented with a hint of concern in her voice. Following the unicorn inside, she adjusted her saddle bag, eyeing up the unicorn again.
She always remembered seeing rarity as a very pretty unicorn, with a very well kept mane and plenty of makeup on.
“Oh this? I'm alright dear, I haven't had much time to take care of myself is all! I wanted these uniforms to be perfect! And you’re just in time, I just finished adding the finishing touches to them!” The unicorn said with the most excitement Spitfire had ever seen since she met Rainbow Dash.
Leading Spitfire upstairs, she did a somewhat grande reveal of 6 Wonderbolts uniforms. Each one having a fluffy, neon coloured accent, all of them making up the colours of Rainbow Dash’s mane. The ends of the legs were also dyed in a dark pink to represent Rainbow Dash’s eyes, and the main body parts of the uniform were the exact same blue as Rainbow Dash’s fur colour.
Spitfire looked at them in awe and wonder, taking a look at the uniform she was going to wear, which was the red one. “Rarity… These are amazing! They’re perfect! I have no idea how you managed to pull it off so easily! I knew I could count on you!”
A small blush played rarity’s face at the praise, and she gave a distinguished chuckle before taking the uniforms off of the mannequins to hand to Spitfire. In exchange, Spitfire gave Rarity a big bag filled with bits. And the shocked look on Rarity’s face was all the thanks Spitfire needed. Before giving a salute and flying back to the Wonderbolts training grounds to show the rest of the team their uniforms.
She knew making a line about her friends was a good idea.
Rarity gave a sigh, looking around her bedroom after Spitfire left. Rainbow Dash did sadly go to waste on those uniforms, and there was no material left to add to her line, and she would soon lose customers if she didnt act quickly.
Before she could think any further, she caught a glimpse of herself in the mirror. Her pupils small, her mane a mess, and her well-groomed fur, now all shabby and mezzy. She had bags under her wide, sunken eyes. And she looked a bit skinnier than normal. She looked like a farm animal.
Farm animal…? Rarity might have just had a light bulb turn on in her head…
With a loud, deafening cackle, she decided to pack her saddle bag, and make her way to Sweet Apple Acres. But before she could leave, Sweetie Belle called out her name.
“Rarity? Have you seen my– woah. Are you alright? You’re a mess! You hardly ever let yourself get like this!” Sweetie Belle’s tone changed from curious to concerned as she saw the state of her big sister.
“Oh, I'm perfectly fine sweetie Belle. I just haven't got much rest due to having such a big commission with such little time.” Rarity explained, there was a ring of truth to that lie. She hadn't been sleeping much. Her mind was too full of ideas of what to do with her outfits. But, she had plenty of time to finish that commission, and she even sent a letter to Spitfire almost 2 whole days before the uniforms were done.
“Well if you say so… Where ya going?” Sweetie asked in a rush, wanting to distract herself from the state her sister was in.
“I'm going to Sweet Apple Acres. I need to pay Applejack a visit. Though it is a private matter, do you want to come with me and see Applebloom?" Rarity asked with a smile. “Why don't you go to the new fair in town? Pinkie’s the host, im sure they’d let the 3 of you in with a nice discount” Rarity continued, hanging SweetieBelle a small bag of bits for her and her friends to spend at the fair.
Sweetie Belle gave an excited nod, accepting the bits and putting them into her bag, before going with Rarity across Ponyville to Sweet Apple Acres.
In the field, they saw Applejack, Big Mac and AppleBloom bucking away at some trees. Sweetie Belle started to get more and more excited as she saw her friend, and trotted ahead a bit.
“Hello Applejack!!!” Rarity called out, catching the attention of the 3 farm ponies. AppleBloom immediately ran over and hugged Sweetie Belle, with Applejack and Big Mac close behind “Well howdy Rarity! Hey Sweetie Belle! What’re ya’ll doin’ here on the farm? We weren't expectin’ guests.” Applejack greeted with a smile, followed by a simple “eeyup” from Big Mac ”And… are ya ok rar? Ya dont look so great? Have ya been sick or somethin’?” Applejack asked, eyeing the unicorn up and down, looking at her shriveled state. Gently putting a hoof to Rarity's forehead, checking her temperature. Rarity gave a simple nod and gently moved Applejack' hoof away from her face.
”Im perfectly fine Applejack, ive just been very busy. And we're here because, Pinkie is hosting the annual fair in town, and we were wondering if AppleBloom would like to go with Sweetie Belle” Rarity responded with a kind smile.
”Oh!! Can ah go AJ?! Can ah?! Can ah?! Can ah?!” Applebloom asked, hopping in a circle around the farm pony.
“Aw shucks Applebloom.. Ya know its Harvest season…”
“Well that’s also why I'm here, Applejack. I was thinking, if Applebloom and her friends go with Big Mac, he can supervise the children and make sure they don't get lost, and I can help out a little bit. I'm sure the harvest will go a bit smoother if I help out with getting the apples off of the trees.” Rarity offered, pulling out a pair of large scissors to help cut the apples off of the tree nice and cleanly. It saved Rarity from getting her hooves dirty, and she was able to keep up the generous act to avoid suspicion.
Applejack pondered for a moment, and out of the corner of her eye, she saw Applebloom, SweetieBelle and BigMac, all giving puppy eyes to her, With a sigh, she gave a smile and nodded “Well. Alright, Ah don't see the harm in it. You 3 go have fun.”
The 3 ponies all smiled wide at each other, before running to Scootaloo’s house to invite her to tag along. Once they were out of earshot, Applejack gave a suspicious look to the unicorn, who had already set to work at getting the apples off of the tree. She cut multiple stems of the apples with the scissors from 1 tree, putting them neatly in the basket, before moving onto the next.
“Ya know, ah appreciate the help and all Rar, but ya hardly ever do this, why now?” The farm pony asked with a skeptical squint of her eyes.
“I'm not allowed to surprise my friends?” Rarity responded bluntly while dropping the next tree load of apples into the basket.
This seemed to get Applejack to back off, with a roll of her eyes, she went back to bucking, and rarity went back to cutting.
The sun was setting over the horizon as the unicorn and earth pony brought the last batch of apples into the barn, and Applejack closed the doors with a sigh.
”Ya know, ah truly appreciate your help Rarity, means a lot. Ah apologise for this mornin’ it just took me by surprise that ya wanted to help in something ya normally see as dirty and unsophisticated.” Applejack put quotation marks along the word “sophisticated” with a playful smile, which caused Rarity to chuckle a bit too.
”Yes I agree this isn't exactly my go-to activity to pass the time. But I wanted to give Sweetie Belle a good time, especially since I've been so focused on my next line of outfits. It seemed to be the best for both of us to get out of the house.” Rarity explained with a smile, nudging the basket she had got next to the large pile they had put up.
“well, ah'm sure they’ll be amazin’ rar, they always are comin’ from ya. By the way, what’s ya next outfit gonna be? Ah’m curious.” Applejack asked as she locked the door from the inside, there was a door on the other side of the barn that connected to the kitchen of the main building, so she wasnt too worried about the 2 of them being locked in overnight.
”Well.. How about I show you…?”
As Applejack was about to ask what she meant by that, she turned and was greeted with Rarity’s crazed face, inches from hers. She was even more of a mess now because of the work they had done, and the bags under her eyes seemed more prominent now.
Applejack gave a gasp, her eyes widening at the crazed look in Rarity's eyes. She wanted to cry out for help, but Rarity tackled Applejack to the ground, standing over her, and taking a needle and thread out of her saddle bag. making quick work of sewing Applejack's mouth shut.
Applejack started tearing up as Rarity stood over the silenced farm pony with a bunch of tools that were dotted around the barn. She picked up a scythe, hedge trimmers and an axe. ”You see Applejack. My line of work is… lets say… exhausting. You should know, you’ve been in my hooves before when that prissy purple princess swapped our curiemarks around!”
Rarity blurted out with a cackle, before she continued explaining what she was doing. ”So i decided to make a line of outfits about our friends, to celebrate their most recent successes. And lets say… they’re REALLY drawing in the customers! I’ve never been so successful before! I need more success! And why not make my next outfit, inspired by you!”
Outfits? About our friends? Is that why Applejack hasn't heard from her friends in the last few weeks?!
Applejack pushes rarity off of her, and attempted to buck at the door behind her, only to be greeted with a stabbing pain in her back legs. Letting out a muffled scream, she tried to lower her hooves, but she couldn't get them to the floor. Looking back at her hooves, she saw that she had bucked the blades of the hedge trimmer. Rarity had levitated them in the bucing path of Applejack's legs. The blades were embedded into her frogs, going all the way down to the hinge that allowed the blades to meet in the middle, where the handles began.
Applejack began to cry in fear, her back legs were now rendered useless, and she tried to drag herself away from the crazed unicorn. But Rarity seemed to be one step ahead of her.
”You see Applejack, all of our friends, aside from Pinkie, have been made into clothes! And now you’re next! You and the others are going to bring me so much money to provide for SweetieBelle! I can pay off my bills, I can have customers like me again!” Rarity explained with a cackle, the cackle echoed throughout the barn, and shook Applejack to her core. She was a tough pony, but seeing the most distinguished unicorn in all of ponyville, reduced to a crazed, laughing mess. Was enough to frighten her.
Before Applejack could try to protest through her stitches, she let out a muffled shriek of agony, as Rarity ran the blade of the scythe along her spine, leaving a large, freely bleeding gash from her shoulders to her hips.
A large blood puddle began to form on the hay floor below the farm pony, and she had already begun to grow weak from the blood loss. The unicorn stood over Applejack with a smirk, as she raised the Axe, ready to swing.
But Applejack managed to muster up the strength to turn onto her back, catching the axe blade between her front hooves, stopping it inches in front of her face. The unicorn scowled, her hair falling into her face. She gave a frustrated grown “Curse this hair! I can't see a thing like this!” With close to no hesitation, she ripped the blades of the hedge trimmer free from Applejack’s hooves quickly, causing the farm pony to scream out in pain again, as the muscle was exposed to the air.
Applejack then looked up at Rarity through teary eyes, witnessing her cut her mane and tail to a very short length without any second thought. She gave another cackle and opened the blades again, now covered in blood and hair, before aiming them over Applejack’s back leg.
The sounds of squelching, grinding and splatter noises filled the barn, along with more pained screams, as Rarity began to cut Applejack’s left back leg off. Blood sprayed over the orange pony, and Rarity’s front. Staining the 2 of them with Applejack's life essence.
Once she was done, Rarity then repeated the action with Applejack’s other back leg. The farm pony continued to scream in agony as she tried to escape, before Rarity lifted up what was left of Applejack’s body with her magic. Lifting her into the air.
Rarity then let out what seemed to be a battle cry, before stabbing Applejack in the back of the head with a barbed metal hook that hung from the ceiling. Applejack’s eyes opened wide as the last of Applejack’s life faded from her body, her legs and head going limp as she hung there. Blood dripping down and making a 2nd puddle in the hay down below.
A few hours had passed, and Rarity made her way out of the barn with her saddle bag more full than when she arrived. Blood was dripping out of the bag and down the backs of her legs, leaving small drip trails out of the barn, thankfully the dripping stopped before she got back into town.
She made her way into the boutique to wash up, put the newly acquired materials into her storage, and make her next outfit. Designing a body-warmer-like suit, with a green undercoat, and fitted with a brown hat with an apple broach on the collar.
As the moon rises over the horizon, the CutieMark crusaders and Big Mac were just getting back to the barn, all 4 of them laughing away as they showed each other the prizes they had won, as well as the goodies they had bought to eat.
“sure was nice of Pinkie to let us into the fair with only a few bits huh?!” Applebloom beamed as she adjusted the mini cowboy hat she had won at a cart race. Sweetie Belle, scootaloo and Big Mac all agreed with a unionized “eeyup!”
After they said their goodbyes at Sweet Apple Acres gate, Sweetiebelle and Scootaloo were about to leave, when they heard a loud scream come from the barn. It sounded like AppleBloom and BigMac. The 2 fillies turned on their heels and sprinted back to the barn. only to be greeted with what Big Mac and Applebloom saw, and they too screamed.
Hanging from the ceiling by a metal hook, was a mass of muscle, void of organs, skin and anything vital. The hooves were slowly slipping off of the joints where the muscle joins together. Blood was still freshly dripping to the ground.
The remaining Apple Family members burst into tears, they knew it was Applejack. How did they know? Because there was a singular, cowboy hat, sitting on top of the muscle mass’s head.
”Did you bring the next batch?” The pony behind the bakery counter asked. In the darkness of the main lobby of the cafe.
“Of course I have… You really think i’d fail to supply you with the goods?” Rarity responded coldly. Placing the bucket of organs on the counter, along with what little blood she had collected.
”Hm… Not as much icing mix this time…” The pony said, looking inside the blood bucket
Well, I had to work quickly before the rest of the Apple Family returned…”
”Yes I kept them as distracted as I could.” The pony responded before accepting the buckets and putting them under the table, giving rarity a bag of bits for them.
