After The Gala

Author: Brollyhero93
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Chapter 2: Sleeping Beauty

Her crying was heard pretty far, but it didn't unfortunately reach Canterlot. She kept crying and screaming for help, it was the only thing she could do. Her dress was ruined beyond imagination and her whole body was beaten completely. Everything had been taken away from her, nopony could save her now, or that's what she thought. Her crying had echoed up to the skies, and struck somepony who had been flying there. It was fate, but a little bit of luck also. Soarin' was flying back to his HQ, and was enjoying some pies that he had stolen from the castle. "Oh boy... These are so awesome! I just love this stuff so much, Ha-Ha!" Soon he could hear the crying.

"What's that?" He couldn't distinguish what it was on the road, but he still went to check, because it sounded hurt. After he landed on the ground, he dropped his pies immediately and his eyes started to water uncontrollably. "Wh... What!? Oh no..." He went closer to the destroyed looking mare and kept on denying the whole situation. "It can't be... No, no, no, no, NO!!!" He then noticed that it was Rarity. "NOOOOO!!! NO, NO, NO!!" He kept screaming those same words over and over again, hyperventilating with sorrow at the same time. He carried her torn body off the ground, and onto his lap. He then leaned his head on hers and cried his eyes out. "This... Can't be.." He cried like he never did before, and hugged her like she meant the world to him. "Who.... WHO DID THIS TO YOU!?" He noticed that she had already passed out. Soarin' gave up on being angry, and just carried her home.

There wasn't a single moment where he wouldn't look at her. His body was focused on flying her home, but his eyes had attached their gaze on Rarity's the whole time. Different thoughts were going through his head, who did this to her, what did they do and lastly why? Tears started to erupt from his eyes, they flew off his eyes like pearls, and they shined nicely in the moonlight. Also, the speed that he was going with was extraordinary. He was going so quick that nopony wouldn't be able to see him. He had to get to Ponyville as quick as possible. When he finally arrived at Ponyville, which only took him about 1-2 minutes, he tried to find Rarity's home. It was still midnight, so there weren't anypony around at that hour.

"Where the hell is it?... He tried to find it, but it was harder than he could imagine, but soon he found this one particular looking house that looked like a circus tent. He went to take a closer look, but as he landed on the ground, he carefully placed Rarity on the ground, put his head under her body and swiftly threw her on his back. He then trotted in front of her house, though he didn't know that this was her house at first. He noticed a sign on the house, it said: "Carousel Boutique, where everything is unique and magnifique!" Or that's what he read; the font was very fancy looking. He then noticed that it said that Rarity is the owner of this place. "Oh thank Celestia....!" He sighed in relief. He tried to open the door, and for his surprise, the door was open.

Rarity was lying on her bed, her wounds had been taken care of rather okay, and her ruined dress was drying in the bathroom. Soarin' was trying to get familiar with these new surroundings and actually adapted pretty quickly. He wasn't too sure, as to who resided in this house besides her, but he still did the best he could to take care of her. "When are those girls gonna come back?... He thought out loud. Soarin' then sat right next to her, and looked at her with eyes of pity. "Who did this to you?..... And how can anypony ever do something like this to a pony so beautiful?..." He shed a few tears, but quickly wiped them off.

"I'm gonna go to sleep now, Rarity.." He was too tired to continue further, but was soon hit by his own hoof. "What are you saying Soarin'!? Leaving a tormented lady alone like this, shame on you!" He sat next to Rarity again, and this time held her hoof. "I will not leave your place..." He then kept looking over her, nonstop.

Princess Celestia heard a sound coming from the main hall. She interrupted Twilight, and went to check who it was. She noticed that it was just Blueblood, but she still wanted to know why he was out so late, he never was out so late. "My, my... What are you doing up this late? I thought that at this hour, you would usually go to sleep?.." She said that as a joke, but Blueblood took it a little seriously. He had, of course done a terrible thing, and was still feeling diabolical.

"Shut your whore mouth! I can go whenever I want, at any hour I want! You go speak with your loser friends; I don't really give a damn!" He looked angrily at Celestia, and also stomped a hoof on the floor.

"Alright, alright. I understand..." She looked down in disbelief. Why was he acting so violently nowadays? He had insulted her and Luna almost every day, and had hired many prostitutes for himself. She had already lost all hope on Prince Blueblood, but she still treated him like a member of a family. "But... You have to understand that you sometimes talk a little too rude at me and Luna. Do we really deserve all this?" Blueblood laughed a bit and kept on making fun of her.

"Yeah! You deserve all that I throw at you two. You're nothing but tools for me to use! I use you for important errands, and missions. And there is nothing you can do to me! Ha-Ha! Now please go and lick all your friends’ cunts! Ha-Ha-Ha! Oh, and by the way, I will be inheriting all this when I become king!" He then ordered two young maids to carry him to his room. They obeyed him, like their lives depended on it. Celestia shed some bittersweet tears and sniveled a little bit. She was hurt again, just like every day. Twilight and her friends unfortunately had heard their conversation, and were utterly shocked.

"Princess! How... How can he talk to you like that!? How can you let him!?" Twilight's face showed utter anger, confusion and sheer disbelief for all this. Was this prince really going to become the next king? "Do.. Do you endure him every day?"

"Yes, that's right..." The princess looked down, and tears dropped on the floor.

"Why that... HOW CAN HE TALK TO YOU LIKE THAT!? I'll show him!" Applejack stopped Rainbow Dash, and gave her a concerned look. Dash stopped her own little fanfare immediately, but still wanted to give that snotty prince a lesson. "I... I just don't understand how a relative can talk to another like that..." Even if Dash was quite a brute, she still had a very kind heart, and was almost heartbroken to see the kind princess suffer like this.

"What a mean, mean, meanie-pants!" Pinkie exclaimed, whilst stomping her hooves on the floor. She was oblivious from the fact that a being even more mean than Gilda lived in this world. She then grinned her teeth. "Nopony says things like that to the princess!!" She was trying to storm into Prince Blueblood's private quarters, but Dash stopped her.

"I understand your feelings Pinkie, but please.. Not you... I don't want you to be angry at anypony, you do not exist in this world for that reason!... Understand!?" Dash was keeping Pinkie still, and looked straight into her eyes. She meant every word of it.

"Okey, dokey, lokey..." Pinkie looked down, and felt sorry as to what she just said...

"Thank you Rainbow Dash... That makes me feel so much better.." Celestia looked up, with her eyes closed. She sighed deeply and then gave everypony a smile.

"What, princess?" Dash and the rest of the ponies looked confused, but they were starting to feel calmer, when they saw the princess smiling.

"I thank you for defending me. You really are the element of loyalty... She then gave her a quick hug, at which Dash blushed a little.

"Why.. Thank you princess... Those words mean a lot to me.." Dash made a soft-toned smile and brushed her own, colorful mane a little in embarrassment.

After a moment of silence, the ponies decided to go home finally, it was still midnight, so they should just go back home, before morning arrives. Celestia ordered a carriage for them, but this time it would bring them home in 10 minutes, it was an aerial transport. "Farewell, my student, may we meet again someday!" Celestia waved her hoof and bid them farewell. She was rather happy about the mishaps of the gala, and enjoyed spending time with her dear friends. But alas, Blueblood had to come and almost ruin it all for her. She scorned him, but still cared about his well-being. But, something was not right, she thought.

"Bye Princess! Take care now!" Twilight said.

"Never mind that there rotten-apple prince; jus' live your life in peace. Ya' hear!?" Applejack blurted out. Celestia smiled after what she said.

"Oh, be careful princess...." Fluttershy whispered, and Celestia was rather confused as to what she just said.

"My dear, what did you say? I couldn't hear it!"

"She said that you should be more careful princess! Please do!" Pinkie yelled out, as she was almost hanging from the carriage. Dash and Applejack quickly grabbed her back into the carriage. Celestia gave a small laugh at the zany pony's antics.

"Oh, Pinkie.... He-He..." Dash had eyes of concern about the princess's situation, when they would be gone. She felt that something would happen to her, but she then thought about the fact that the princess had survived many, many days like this, so she should be fine. And besides, she was the princess for crying out loud! What possibly could happen to a powerful pony like her?

"Bye Princess! It was a cool party!" Dash was happy that she met with at least some of the Wonderbolts, but was still kind of disappointed by the fact, that Soarin' had to go back to the HQ and Spitfire to Fillydelphia. Celestia gave them her final goodbyes and went back inside the castle.

Spike was sleeping on Twilight's back, and she herself wanted to sleep too. How nice it would be to just go to sleep, after such a crazy gala, she thought out loud.

Soarin' heard knocking on the door. He went to check who it was, and then noticed that it was just a mare. He took a closer look from the door's peephole, and saw one of Rarity's friends. It was Fluttershy. She obviously wanted to see how Rarity was doing with her new dress. "Oh no.... What should I do..? What should I say?..." Soarin' was starting to panic a little, but then toughened up and opened the door. He was ready to explain everything to her. As he opened the door, Fluttershy was about to scream, but Soarin' grabbed her inside the Boutique, and quickly closed the door.

She was whimpering and struggling to set herself free, but Soarin' shut her mouth with his hoof and told her to stay quiet for a while. "Don't scream like that. This isn't what it looks like, don't you remember me?" She took a closer look, and noticed that it was the Wonderbolt that ate all that cake with Pinkie and Spike. He was just hard to identify, without his trademark uniform.

"Soarin'?... Is that you?.." Her eyes widened with hope and she gave a deep sigh of relief, when Soarin' took his hoof out of her mouth.

"Oh come on... You made my hoof all slobbery.." He wiped the drool on his coat.

"Oh, I'm sorry.... By the way.. What are you doing here?.." She blushed a little and then curiously raised her eyebrow.

"You won't believe this, but I.... Well um..." He looked away in dread. He actually didn't want her to know the truth, but he thought that having another pony besides Rarity to comfort her, would be a good idea. He was indeed alone with her and it made him feel kind of weird. "Well it's just that... I found Rarity lying on the road.. All beaten up.." His eyes started to water a little as he said those words, and so did Fluttershy's.

"What?.... What do you mean?.." She put her hooves over her mouth and waited for his answer, which was probably going to shock her.

"Well uh... Come and see...." He brought her to the room where Rarity now slept. Fluttershy couldn't hold all her feelings, as she saw the poor mare sleeping like an innocent beauty, but at the same time was suffering severely. She went next to her, leaned her head on Rarity's stomach and cried her eyes out. Her tears stained the covers, her own dress and also Rarity's face.

"Oh Rarity.... What happened..." She kept sobbing, as Soarin' joined with her. Both hugged each other, and were afraid about Rarity's future. "Tell me what happened... Please.." He let go of Fluttershy and walked around the room telling her that he didn't know the specifics, because Rarity had already passed out, when he found her, but he felt that somepony attacked her.

"I have a strong feeling that somepony, or someponies attacked her, probably raped her and then beat her up. As cruel as it sounds, I have this strong feeling that it's the truth..." He closed his eyes, everything felt wet inside them, he was just about to cry some more. He knew that Fluttershy would soon start to sob even more heavily than before. He opened his eyes and saw Fluttershy pressing her head up against her own hooves and crying uncontrollably, she was also denying it all by shaking her head.

"It can't be.... How can anypony do something like this?.. How...Why..?" She now looked at Soarin' and wanted him to come hug her once more. Soarin' immediately came to her and embraced her tightly.

"I don't know... Fluttershy.. I don't know....!" Both were sobbing heavily, and not noticing time passing by. The sun was already rising from the horizons and both of them were sleeping on the floor together. All the crying and hugging had worn them down, and their body warmth had soothed them to sleep. Fluttershy woke up, and noticed the rising sun. She felt exhausted from all the crying, and also noticed how the male Wonderbolt had been sleeping with her. She smiled gently and now turned her gaze at Rarity. Her eyes didn't water up anymore, because she knew that Rarity was still alive, and that meant everything to her. She was safe and was even able to be saved, even if her wounds were kind of severe, Ponyville had all kinds of remedies that could heal her up. But, of course, her mental scars are a lot harder to heal, she thought.

She nudged Soarin' with her muzzle and the male Wonderbolt woke up rather quickly. "Where is she? Is she still sleeping?" He inquired. She nodded and stood up. He too stood up and now both of them saw the element of generosity, still sound asleep. "When she wakes up, I'm going to find out who did this to her. The one who did it, will fucking die..." Fluttershy looked worriedly at Soarin', but then agreed with him. Nopony deserves to live, after doing such a crime. Nopony. "Hey, by the way..." He looked at Fluttershy, who was still trying to fathom all this. She then looked at him, and listened what he had to say to her. "I took care of everything. I washed her dress, and put it hanging over there. I also took care of her wounds..." She smiled and gave him a kiss, and then embraced him.

"Thank you Soarin'... You're a true gentlecolt..." She was very happy that such an amazing stallion like Soarin' existed. She was actually starting to fall for him. But, she kept those feelings as a secret from him, and wanted to tell him later.

"Now then, Fluttershy... Let's get your remaining friends here, okay?" She didn't want them to come here, just yet, but she then understood that they had to know about this. She agreed and now both of them went to get the other mares. They started with Twilight Sparkle, because she was a mare, that didn't freak out about something like this so easily. She was a pony with a cool head, and that's what the both of them were after. After they left the house, Rarity was still lying there motionless, until she whispered something that the both of them didn't unfortunately hear: "Soarin'.... Girls... I.. Love... You... Please... Save... Me.."

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END OF CHAPTER 2

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