The morning after her conversation with Celestia, her regiment was packing up. The tents were being packed up and loaded into carts, while the wall and trenches were filled in and left in a pile for the Equestrians to do with what they wanted. The Maniples organized into formation, officers going through the ranks to ensure unit cohesion.

Rainbow herself was talking with her family. They wanted to visit her, to see her home in Creui and meet her family. Rainbow agreed, and they packed up suitcases to go. Rainbow was on a higher point on the road, with her family, and with Vexillum. "Trust me, you'll love it", she said. "The Parks, the Cliffs, the bathhouses."

"Bathhouses?", Rumble questioned.

Rainbow said, "Trust me, it's great. You haven't lived until you've had a Pryhan bath."

"It sounds great!", Scootaloo said.

"It is", she said. "Listen, I gotta go check up on the troops. Make sure everything is ready to go. Just wait here."

"Ok, honey!", her mom said.

Rainbow rolled her eyes and took off over the regiment. Occasionally, she had to adjust something with her swagger stick, but all in all, it was a picture-perfect image of a Pryhan regiment. Content with the state of her regiment, she flew back to her family, Vexillum, and the forces of the First Maniple. She landed next to them, and said to the Cornifer of the First, "Sound the March."

The demigryph nodded, lifted up his horn and sounded the call to the march. Almost as one, the Maniples turned, forming a solid, unbroken march column. Then, to the barked step orders of their Centurions, they began to move out, a massive line of soldiers heading down the mountain.

"Magnificent, isn't it?", she asked.

"It's certainly awesome", Scootaloo said, jaw slightly agape.

Her dad said, "Ok, yeah. I'll agree with Scoots; that's pretty cool."

"Heh heh. Yep", she said. "Well, now we can get up to the front of the column, or just fly above it. One of us will-"

"Rainbow!", a voice cried out. Rainbow and the group whirled around, seeing a group of ponies run out of the city gate. This group of ponies included a farmpony with a Stetson hat, a unicorn with a curly, fashionista style mane, a pink mare with curly, bouncy mane, and a yellow Pegasus with a long, sloped mane. Rainbows' eyes narrow.

"You, you go on ahead. Some of you are gonna have to carry Vexillum but you can go on ahead." They all just nodded and took off, her dad and Scootaloo carrying Vexillum underneath them. She then turned back to her former friends, adjusting her swagger stick and straightening up as they got close. "Oh, hi! Fuck off."

That sent them grinding into a halt. "Listen, Rainbow, we-", Applejack said.

"Let me stop you right there", she said. "Three things. One, I hate you all, and you can go suck on a shit. Two, yes, I forgave Twilight. No, I'm not forgiving you. Because she had an excuse, and you have nothing. Three, no matter what you say, you can't convince me to forgive you. So, just fuck off and leave me alone, you degenerate, scum-sucking mongrels." She straightened up, putting her swagger stick under her arm. "So, thank you, and have a nice day." She then turned around and began to walk away.

"Wait, please!", Pinkie cried out. "Wait, let us explain!"

Not even looking back, she replied, "Don't care. The bug queen didn't manipulate you, so you have no excuse."

Rarity tried next. "Come on, darling! We just want to make it up to you!"

"Like I said, don't care."

"Ah, ah can get ya some cider!", AJ said. "Zap apple jam! Anything ya want!"

"Attempted bribery of a Pryhan officer. I'll ignore it, but just know that it carries a sentence of three years service to the IPS if convicted."

Lastly, it was Fluttershy's turn. She said, much louder than she usually spoke, "We're sorry!"

That made Rainbow grind to a halt. "What did you say?"

Looking a bit hopeful, Pinkie said, "W-what?"

"You heard me, you empty-headed bitch. What. Did you. Say?", she said, eye narrowed.

"We're sorry, Rainbow. We're sorry for everything. Please", Fluttershy choked out, the others sounding their agreement.

Rainbow, in reply, let out a chuckle. Then, a series of light giggles. Then, she began to full-on laugh. "Oh, that's a good one." Finally, she turned to face them, swagger stick held out. "Are you fucking kidding me?"

"What do you-"

"Shut it, you narcissistic prick." She stepped forward, her talons chinking on the hard-packed dirt road. "Are you seriously trying to say 'you're sorry', after all of these years?" They didn't respond, so she continued. "Well, I'M sorry, but that doesn't cut it."

She then leaned down, eye level with the crying Fluttershy. "Does 'sorry', make up for the ten years I was away from my family? Does 'sorry', make up for the scars I bear, not just on my face, but along my whole body? Does 'sorry', make my legs and my eye come back? Does 'sorry', make it so none of this ever happened? That I wasn't tortured and raped by a bunch of degenerate, lecherous scum? That I had to kill, to scratch and bleed, just to stay alive? That I became a fucking soldier, perhaps the furthest thing from what I wanted to be? Does 'sorry' make up for anything?"

Fluttershy said, "B-but we-"

Rainbow, snarling and growling like a dog, swung her swagger stick at her. The carved eagles head slammed into the side of her face, sending her falling back, a small streak of blood running out of her cheek. As the rest of them gripped onto her, she started yelling. "ARE YOU THAT FUCKING DENSE!? I JUST SAID I FUCKING HATE YOU! GROW A FUCKING BACKBONE, AND FUCKING DEAL WITH YOUR OWN MISTAKES! SO, GO DIE IN A HOLE, AND JUST FUCK OFF!"

She composed herself, once again straightening up. "Vale, proditores, protervi seductores exierunt in mundum, et ego illi, exilium acti. Ut det vobis remissio quaeris deum, you'll reperio quod tibi a me." She spread her wings, and took off, leaving them as a speck on the horizon.

*-Goodbye, traitors, decievers, and those I have exiled. May the gods grant you the forgiveness you seek, for you'll find nothing from me.