The ponies continued trotting down the dark, dank corridor. Shaking at every scream. This was a horrible place. They still couldn't believe such a place existed. While the ponies quivered in fright, two unicorns kept their guard. Along with an amber earth pony. One unicorn, the pristine white one, held her carved bow. Hovering beside her with her aura. She was at the back of the group. In case of an attack, she would protect the back. Beside her was her fellow friend, the apple farmer. She had no weapons on her, as she insisted on hoof to hoof combat. And finally, the cloaked unicorn lead the group. Being the trained assassin, it was her duty to protect the princess. At all costs.

The unicorn at the front was brought to a stop as a large shadow of a pony stood before them. And he was big. Bigger than Applejack's brother, Big Macintosh. Although a unicorn, the shadowed pony looked like he could snap them all in one flick of his hoof.

"Wha in tha name of Equestria, are ya doon ere?" The unicorn grunted. The others hid behind the assassin at the front-including Discord-as the stallion boomed. His voice echoing down the corridors.

"We are here to see Sir Flicker Flame." Lyra raised her head. To see the pony, but the light didn't touch him. Leaving his features hidden among the darkness. Despite her eagle vision, she still couldn't see the stallion's face. The torches by them and died down. Leaving the ponies in complete darkness. Only the dim light of the torches behind gave any light. The unicorns and alicorn were too scared to think of using a illumination spell, despite it being really easy.

"Well, master is busy." He answered. Still not moving. Making the assassin grow frustrated. She could just kill him now, but, he would take all of her energy.

"Busy with what?" She simply asked.

"Busy doin' his favourite thing. An he said he'll be longer as he has got his favourite pony." He replied. The others had a small idea who Flicker's favourite pony would be. And began to panic inside. That monster could be doing anything to her right now.

"Excuse me,"

"Buster. I'm Buster, Sir Flicker's assistant. Ah help him with the prisoners." He raised a hoof to his chest, and even in the dark, it looked like he was grinning. Grinning that he helped such a pony as Flicker. And he seemed pretty proud of it.

"Okay, Buster. It is very important that we talk to Flicker. It's a matter of life and death. So please, take us to him." Lyra demanded. The option of killing him still rolling around her head.

The bulky unicorn thought for a while. He moved closer towards the ponies, the light now revealing his features. The others noticed his kind smile and his gentle eyes. They no longer shivered. They stood up straight, now they knew who they were talking to.

"Okay. I'll let ya. Come this way, your highness." He bowed before the alicorn before turning and leading the group further down the corridor.

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The girls and Discord were led up to a large, wooden door. Inside they heard the cracking of a whip. Followed by a gasp of pain. The girls knew who that pony was. They had come to save her, and bring her out of this horrible place.

"I said, who is your master?" A stallion inside yelled.

Silence. No one said anything.

"Stupid mare." The stallion yelled as another crack rang through the ponies' ears. This time the mare inside moaned in pain. Feeling her flesh get pierced by the metal tip of the whip.

"Answer me! Who is your master!?" He demanded.

"...y-y-you...." Everypony heard the weak and cracked voice of their once confident friend. Feeling sorry and guilty. While they slept peacefully, ate their meals, and played in Celestia's sunlight, their friend who protected them and granted them their freedom, was here.

The whip cracked again. This time, the mare was louder in her gasps of pain. They heard crying from inside, and could only imagine the pain she was in.

"Say it again! I couldn't hear you!" The stallion shouted whipping the mare multiple times. Everyone winced at every crack. They felt sick. At how somepony could do this. How somepony could torture another for fun. To actually enjoy seeing others in pain. It made them feel sick.

"Ah...y-y-you are my m-master...." The mare croaked. Choking on her own blood. They heard her cough and splutter, and the droplets of blood splattering to the floor.

"Good. Now, what do you do when master is torturing you?"

"T-t-thank him." The mare croaked. Coughing again.

"Good. Seems like you're finally learning. Stupid mare really. You should have broken ages ago."

The unicorn stallion by the door shook his head, and glanced at the ponies behind him. All bearing sickly looks. He banged his hooves against the wood. Making the unicorn inside yelp.

"Yes. What is it?" He asked through the door. He already knew who it was, but he just wanted to make sure. Only one pony would interrupt him doing torture times.

"Ya have visitors, sir." Buster stated. He heard his master groan in reply.

"Tell them to go away." He huffed.

"It's important, sir. Tha princess is ere."

"Which one?" He sighed.

"Tha pretty purple one. The one with tha cute fringe." As Buster answered, Twilight's cheeks burned like a stove. Nopony had ever called her pretty. Except her mother, but never by a stallion.

The door clanked as it was unlocked. As it opened, a red head popped out from behind the door. Smiling to the princess, who was drawn out of her daze and glared at the unicorn. She remembered her friend's cries of pain a few minutes ago, and felt anger towards the unicorn. Cold, hard, bitter hate.

"Princess Twilight Sparkle. Very nice to see you. But, I'm slightly busy right now." He chuckled lightly. Even with the evil glares digging right into him. His smile faltered.

"So am I. We need to see you. It's about Mistress Rainbow Miriam Dashery." The princess said sternly.

The red unicorn stood in silence. Then smirked as he turned his head inside the room.
"Your friends are here."
He creaked the door open. As he did the other gasped. Their loveable assassin friend was chained to the floor. Her ragged wings spread out. Her blood pouring from her wounds. Blood dripped from every part of her. The scarlet liquid dribbled down the rusted chains. The chained mare looked incredibly weak. Her eyes were half closed. Her sore, pain filled eyes.

"Smile, will ya. Your friends have come to visit you. It maybe the last time you'll ever see them." The others trotted in the large room, their eyes glued to the unicorn stallion and the chained mare.

"Maled-d-dictionem...s-super peccatores per...det animam, spuria, diabolica." She hissed. Spluttering on her blood. As soon as she spoke, a red hoof was marked across her cheek. Causing her to yelp.

"You are not to speak, unless spoken to. Understand?"

Rainbow weakly looked up at the stallion, not speaking at all. She refused to talk. And this only angered Flicker. He raised his hoof and slapped the mare again.

"I said, do you understand?" He growled. But the mare still refused to speak. Everypony watched as the unicorn walked up to the pegasus mare's tied up wings, as his horn lit up.
"Oh dear. Thinking you can disobey me, just because your stupid friends are here." The mare's wing was suddenly lit up with the same aura, as the unicorn grinned. "I can play that game too." His aura pulled on the stained red wing, yanking a few feathers out. Rainbow winced but this was only little to what he was doing earlier.
"Come on, Dashie. Your friends want to hear you scream." He teased. This time, he grabbed a small meat knife. It was a knife exported from the Gryphon Islands. As they have a more varied diet than ponies. Especially meat. Anypony who saw this knife could tell it came from the Gryphon Islands, due to the carvings of griffins on the wooden handle.

The knife hovered over, just above the cyan mare's stretched wing. The others were unsure whether the stallion was actually considering hacking the wings off the assassin. However, the determination in his sickened eyes and his evil grin only secured their worries. Before anypony could object, the knife was shot down. Lodging itself into the joint of feathered wing. Blood dripped and spurted from the wound, where the knife was. The pegasus cried out in pure agony. She felt the heavy metal pierce through her skin. There wasn't much connecting the wing to the pony's body. Only bone, veins and tendons. But, she could feel the blade slash through and chip the bone. Hot tears built up in her sore rose eyes. She squeezed them shut as the pain blasted through her.

She cried out again as the knife was lifted out. Feeling the metal drag itself out. The knife was stained with fresh, dripping red blood. The unicorn laughed as he was about to plunge the knife back into the wing, until a light violet aura stopped the knife. Everyone gasped as they were still shocked from earlier. The unicorn holding the knife looked up to an angered alicorn. Her pink eyes burning with pure burning fury.

"Leave. Her. Alone." She growled through her gritted teeth. Her horn glared brightly as she flung the knife into the wall, shattering. The stallion staggered back as Twilight's rage grew. She was so sickened by him. She wanted to kill him. She wanted him dead.
"She doesn't deserve this."

"Of course she does. She's a dirty, filthy, murdering whore. She deserves every second of this." Flicker grunted. Grabbing various weapons, and pointed them towards the alicorn.
Suddenly, a pony in a white cape struck the stallion. Pushing him to the ground. His head bashed against the dirt coated floor with a sickening thud. The pony glared and held him down as he struggled.

"BUSTER!! ARREST HER!! ARREST ALL OF THEM!!" He screamed.

"No. Stay. We are here to release Rainbow Dash from her imprisonment."

"She stays! She is a killer!! You have no authority to release her!!"

"Yes. Yes we do. And it's right here." Discord hissed as he transformed back to his usual self. He felt intimated by the others, so decided to become his god like self again. He held a small book, that bore the symbol of the Creed. Hovering it above his claw.
"The proof is right here."

Author's Notes:

Here's next chapter. Took ages. Also,

MERRY NEARLY CHRISTMAS!!!!

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