Author's Notes:

Since we're still at Night Four, a rather bad night and with good reason given how Day Four had ended recently, not to mention that it's now focusing more back onto the protagonist in spite of the title I'd picked for it, this will be a tedious backtrack to the turn of events that had been unleashed since that day before thanks to the word count.

Seeing that I'm still fortunate to retain my skill and sanity over the year spent writing on FIMFiction, I'd like to say thank you all for sticking with me despite the troubles; writing has become one of my favorite passions since grade school and the world of fanfiction influenced such.

Anyways, this is the part of the story where something really crazy happens, ergo one of the very reasons why it's for mature readers: the whole purpose of this is to highlight the dangers that the two are still facing in the pursuit of regaining their true happiness; however, for those who are squeamish, stop at the words "OH SWEET CELESTIA" and skip to "Hah… hah… hah…" so as to not ruin the overall reading experience or skip the chapter altogether, whatever goes your way.

It was a dark yet clear night that was hanging over the whole wide world beneath the skies; however, this simple fact alone didn’t mean that the inner storms all around had subsided. Amongst the environments that were shrouded in blackness, there was only a forest where some of the hoots and chirps perched throughout the woods in a synchronized harmony of ambiance. Aside from the moon and stars that dwelled in their heavenly realms alongside the clustering fireflies that traverse between here and the earthly plains, a singular flame stood out and about.

Rainbow held it on a thick stick as she trekked across the enrapturing scenery that was around her; following behind was none other than Pinkie trailing off by a few centimeters of distance.

“Rainbow, I’m scared, but not as much as I was last night; still, I don’t like this place one bit…” the pink pony whimpered as she looked at what was lurking about in the dark woods they were in.

The cyan pegasus rolled her eyes and kept sight of the flame that was held in place and thought, “glad that Fluttershy’s still asleep when we left; she would’ve been crying harder than Pinkie at the sight of a small flame.”

“I hope we get to my mom soon; I can’t stand the the pain she’s enduring any much longer…” Pinkie sighed sadly, holding onto Rainbow very closely as they were walking along in the dark, “I wish my dad was here; he would know what to do…”

“How can you be sure about it; what if your dad’s dead or something worse happened to him?!” the cyan pegasus responded in annoyance.

The pink pony let go of her friend’s body and simpered about, “what if he’s still alive? Either way, I gotta know about somehow; I remember that they were still on the rock farm when I left long ago.”

“That’s besides the issue here: how would you even know that your father is still the man as he were today, let alone alive…?” Rainbow asked, stopping in her tracks to face Pinkie as once with a mixture of worry and angry, “the caribou took everything from us: our homes, our lives, our friends; what makes you think they wouldn’t take him away?!”

“Because I know my father as much as I can even remember him: he never did anything bad to me at all; he never even made me put glass in my vagina like one my former masters had done…” the pink pony answered, let loose a discharge of tears fall to the earth beneath the hooves.

The cyan pegasus looked away from the very sight of it but still heard her friend crying aloud; this made the former speak under breath, “man, could she'd been serious about this; oh, why would you care? She’s a red collar after all and so are these traitors like Cadance, Twilight and Rarity; and yet, Fluttershy… never betrayed me… Even she stuck up for me back at the competition even though she made nervous about it; then again, all she was trying to do was remind me of who I am, or rather was before they came along. Come to think about it, Fluttershy never even asked ‘what was I doing all alone without a master’ like all the other red collars said; then again, who the fuck would have the audacity to say that I need a master at all, especially one that would have shoved their dick into me all the time…?”

“Then again, I don’t mind if mom and dad refuse to take me back after what I'd done…” Pinkie sniffled about as she now looked onto the twigs and leaves nearby Rainbow’s hooves, “besides, it’s as if I’d betrayed the family more than I’ve betrayed myself as the Element of Laughter, more than I’ve betrayed my best friends, but even more than all of Equestria itself…”

“Oh… I didn’t think that you would be saying something like that after all that had happened…” the cyan pegasus had commented as the pink pony wiped the tears out of both true blue eyes.

Soon, the crying had subsided as Pinkie began to start moving again, albeit slowly as she spoke, “why wouldn’t I…? Ever since I’d regained a part of myself long ago, I’ve been hearing voices telling me of how I’d kept ruining Equestria and the people who’d supported me and my talents. I was so easygoing and weak when they'd taken over Canterlot back in the past; besides, I’d already told you earlier that morning about how these stallions’ lives were ended at my hands. From that very day forward, I’d ended up using myself as an extension of that tyrant king will: I’ve helped made Ponyville into the second biggest town capital of the land in sex tourism, turned the Sugarcube Corner into the biggest whorehouse all around in record time no less, and I do not even want to get started on what I did to… Applejack before I'd met you again…”

“Don’t even worry about it; she told me the whole story the night before…” Rainbow interrupted at once, “I didn’t hold it against you but right now we need to go and get your mom tonight; after all, this is what you wanted to do tonight…”

“You’re right, Dashie: mom’s out there in dire need of some help and we’re gonna give it to her; let’s go…!” the pink pony exclaimed, taking her sorrow and turning it into anger as she was now thirsting for resolution thereof.

The cyan pegasus watched as her dear friend had stormed right past the former with absolutely little care in the whole wide world whatsoever; while this gone on, a faint smile appeared at once. Of course, even the most cherishing of such purest feelings hadn’t been able to last long as Rainbow returned right back to frowning before walking on, this time following after Pinkie. Aside from the haltertop that was on the pink pony’s body, the cyan pegasus was already aware of the significant state of dishabille that they were in; however, this was a rather small facet. After all, the only real matter of concern on their minds was how much the return trip back would turn out: its intent and purpose, a simple search and rescue with a standalone complex. The environment that had provided them such luscious Zap Apples earlier ago that day changed: along with ever–present threats lurking around and about, the lacking visibility was treacherous. Even the torch remaining firmly in Rainbow’s grip was also risky in itself given the elemental composition that dwelled with nature’s scenery and the vulnerable qualities thereof alongside.

Breaking the pattern of hoots and chirps, some heavy trampling now came into the mix, prompting Pinkie to guess out aloud, “more patrollers are coming along; we better move fast if we want to save her…”

“No shit, Pinkie…!” the cyan pegasus exclaimed as she and the eponymous traveler started to pick up the pace already, “as much as I want to ditch this flame, we can’t lose our way back here.”

“You’re right; we need to see where we are going…” the pink pony replied as she looked at the small flame.

Rainbow was still catching up to Pinkie and said, “at least at this rate, the darkness will give us enough of a cover to – OH SWEET CELESTIA…!”

It wasn’t long until the cyan pegasus was lifted off the ground within less than ten seconds flat, quickly dropping the torch onto the moist soil where the flame was snuffed out within earshot. The pink pony turned around to find something the light provided by her dear friend no longer as it were previously; however, a faint glint of moonlight gave the former a fraction of sight, narrowing the true blue eyes further close to comfort: a set of climbers restraining the latter tight. Even though that Pinkie seen nothing but darkness around her, she could make out the fact that as Rainbow was being held hostage by the hostile fauna: with the latter’s arms and hooves stretched apart, two of the vines soon invaded the lower orifices of the inguinal area without any warning as they'd made their way into them as the former now gotten her mouth stand agape.

“What do you mean–––” the pink pony’s reply suddenly stopped short as she found the cyan pegasus having more of climbers sliding onto the latter’s bosoms; this made the former shout, “RAINBOW!”

“GET THESE FUCKING THINGS OUT OF ME…!” the titular captive screamed as two of the vines started repeatedly drilling in and out her body repeatedly.

Pinkie shook to and fro as Rainbow began hurling expletives within the dead air in the process; as this was going on, the former’s vision became dim as a new voice came about all at once, “well, what are you even waiting for? Your friend does need your help after all, you know…”

“How do I do that; what if I end up hurting her…?” the pink pony whimpered suddenly as she watched the cyan pegasus in front being explored by the plants, “it’s too dark to see it clearly…”

“PINKIE…!” Rainbow cried as the climbers pushed into her slick body before pulling out of there at once to repeat again.

As the eponymous witness looked on in a daze, she heard the voice overlapping the subject’s snarls, “she’s already getting hurt anyway, tortured by the plants that you’d whored yourself out to long ago just like you’d done with the other stallions and stags; heck, even you’d been helping your friend Applejack turn into one just like you…”

“Please stop saying that; why must you torture me so…?” Pinkie wept fearfully, shaking her head from left to right repetitively as the tears fell onto the earth, “not even Fluttershy would even say such things you did…!”

“PUT… ME… DOWN…!” the cyan pegasus grunted loudly with a heavy breath as the pink pony noticed how the former’s body became continuously moist with the tainted dew from the vines.

With a pair hands over the flopping ears, Pinkie still listened to the hostile voice take over where Rainbow’s shrieks left off, “you heard her; no use in having a friend losing a brain like you did long ago. You want that resting on your conscience along with all the others; is this how your mother would want to remember you on her dying day: her dearest daughter grown up into the Caribou’s biggest whore in all of Equestria, let alone Ponyville mind you…?”

“Leave mom out of this mess…!” the pink pony sobbed as she’d started to breathe in more deeply than it'd done long before, “just… please… leave… her… ALONE...!”

At this point on, the climbers that had worked their way into the cyan pegasus started to release her, radiating a vermillion glow from within as smoke poured out. Soon enough, it has metamorphosed into that of small flames, causing the plant to shriek instantaneously in a pitch higher than of both Rainbow’s screams and Pinkie’s whimpering combined, the latter’s eye color changing to accompany the faint glow from her eyes for a split second before returning to normal. As a result from this, the vines had split off thanks to the clash of elements as their lengths were greatly cut down by many units of measurements.

“Hah… hah… hah… my ass is sore now; any second longer and they could’ve came into me…” the cyan pegasus groaned, now getting back onto her hooves at once slowly as she caught her breath.

The pink pony came back to the real world and noticed how her friend became covered in the slimy dew that emanated from the climbers, choking out, “are you alright, Rainbow…?”

“Barely… I don’t know about that traitor Rose, but I rather not stay in that forest any longer…” the eponymous listener panted about in response, slowly back away from where the plant was, “we must keep moving; these patrollers could have heard me screaming by now thanks to whatever the fuck that thing was that tried to have their way with me…”

“I’m sorry… it’s just that–––” Pinkie sputtered before being interrupted by a light slap in the face; this made her recoil in shock as she covered the afflicted area at once.

Rainbow gripped her fingers back except for one, using it to point forward and whispered lowly, “the next time someone or something tries to shoot their load into my mouth, don’t you ever leave me hanging again… okay?!”

“Dashie… I didn’t know–––” the pink pony tried to speak before paying attention to the glare that the cyan pegasus gave off, “understood…”

“Good, now let’s go; after what I’d gone through just now, I don’t wanna wish this on anyone…” Rainbow said as she started to regain focus on walking again, returning to the order of operations where Pinkie had briefly taken over. The pink pony simply stayed still as she rubbed the side of her face that was searing with pain before slowly taking a small step in the direction where the cyan pegasus had just went earlier. Needless to say the very least, what had happened earlier was now serving as proof for what was at stake for the two little ponies in the tall dark forest.