Broken Diamond
by Chocovich
Chapters
Chapter 1: Blueblood's Revenge
Chapter 1: Blueblood's Revenge
Blueblood paced back and forth in his room, waiting for one of his personal guards to return with news that he so hoped to hear. If they told him what he wanted to hear, then his plan for getting back at Rarity for humiliating him at the Grand Galloping Gala would be complete, and nothing would be able to stop him. He remembered what she had done to him at the Gala, the burning humiliation he felt as everypony mocked him for being told by a common Unicorn. Just as he resumed his pacing one of his favorite guards opened his door, a blank look on his face, which worried Blueblood. What if she had managed to evade him?
"Sir, we found her heading out of Ponyville in a carriage" the guard said, no emotion in his voice. As far as he knew this Rarity pony had done something horrible to Prince Blueblood, and that's why they were told to find her. Blueblood smiled toothily and trotted past the guard, not saying a thing. When he was halfway down to his own carriage he turned around.
"Are you coming or what?!" Blueblood shouted more of a demand than a question, and the guard immediately ran to his side, knowing that the last pony that didn't do so got fired without his benefits being given to him. As soon as the guard was there Blueblood climbed into the carriage, heavily implying that the guard was going to be the one to pull it. After some annoyed grunting from the guard they were off to find Rarity's carriage, and as they drew closer to it Blueblood began to go over his plan.
Back at the Gala this little pony was oh so interested in me, and was accepting almost anything I did to her. It was quiet obvious that she wanted to bed me, so I think I should give her what she wants..., Blueblood thought as an evil smile crept across his face, one that would never be seen by pony eyes. The guard that was pulling Blueblood shouted up to the pony that was pulling Rarity, and they both slowly stopped. The guard pony led the carriage driver away as Blueblood stepped out onto the dirt path, making his way over to Rarity's carriage.
"What is it, why are w-" Rarity froze when she saw Blueblood instead of her driver at the door, "You!"
"Oh, why yes, it's me" Blueblood said with a creepy smile, "and soon, you will get to really know more of me..." Rarity shouted in terror, her driver quickly running up to the door, only to get his teeth bucked out by Blueblood. Normally he would hate to have gotten his hooves covered in anything, let alone blood, but right now he didn't care. A bit of blood on his hooves would be nothing compared to what would be on another part of his body in a few seconds. All that anypony would ever know of Blueblood's actions that night was a loud shriek, howling through the night.
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"Rarity!" Spike shouted as he wandered outside of Ponyville. When he heard the howling he could tell something wasn't right. After checking the boutique he headed to the outskirts of Ponyville, looking high and low for any signs of Rarity. As Spike finally came close to where Rarity was he saw a carriage leaving in a hurry, and his first instinct was to try and stop it, but it was just too fast for his short legs.
"RARITY?!" Spike cried as he saw the Unicorn's unconscious body laying in the ditch, beaten and bruised. Without thinking Spike attempted to lift her up, but she proved to be too big for him, and they both ended up further in the ditch. Spike tried to get back to his feet, and his hand touched somewhere it should never have gone, and all it managed to do was make the situation even more dire than it had been before.
"Oh no..." Spike said as he started to break down, but his sadness was soon replaced by rage. Someone had attacked Rarity, and soiled the beautiful diamond of a pony that she had been. In his mind Spike was beating himself down, believing that if he had just shown up a few minutes earlier, or had been with Rarity at the time, this wouldn't have happened, and she would be safe. With his anger giving him some extra strength Spike managed to pull Rarity onto his back, and with her weight on his back he began the long walk to Ponyville Hospital.
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As Rarity came to she heard a subtle beeping noise, as well as some muffled sniffling beside her. When she finally opened her eyes she found herself staring at a pale white ceiling, a small pink fluff sticking up from her chest.
"She's awake!" Pinkie cried as she felt Rarity move, the pink fluff that Rarity had seen actually being Pinkie's fluffy mane. Pinkie's outburst brought the attention of all the ponies, and one very tired dragon, to Rarity. They all attempted to convey their worry for Rarity at once, but it came out as a mess of words, so they took a deep breath and let Twilight speak for all of them.
"Rarity are you feeling okay, we're all so worried" Twilight said, barely managing to keep herself composed as she did. For a short moment Rarity was confused, but as she thought about it the night's events came rushing back to her, and there was only one image in her mind, and that was Blueblood's face. Without warning she began to cry, her mind constantly replaying what had happened to her, over and over, every feeling, smell, touch, and taste coming back with the memory. As she cried a doctor came into the room and asked that everypony leave Rarity alone for a while, which they did, although reluctant at first. The last one out of the door was Spike, and with one last sad look at the mare of his dreams, he shut the door, knowing that things will never be the same for her again.
Chapter 2: The Bad News, and the Worse News
Chapter 2: The Bad News, and the Worse News
As they waited outside Rarity's room the girls started to talk, looking over at Spike from time to time with extremely sad eyes. They knew how much he cared about Rarity, and for him to have been the one to find her after whatever happened to her. Eventually Spike caught on that they were looking at him so he started walking away. Even though he knew they were just trying to protect his feelings by not openly discussing what they thought happened around him, he still knew what was going on, and it still hurt. As Spike turned the corner his left leg gave out, a lingering effect of carrying Rarity all the way to the hospital on his back when she weighed four times as much as him. The pain caused him to remember what he had seen, smelled, and felt, causing him to collapse onto the ground. If only I had gone with her, then this might not have happened! Spike shouted inside his head, about to start attacking himself when Twilight put her hoof on his shoulder.
"Spike, are you okay?" Twilight asked, giving him a genuinely worried look.
"I don't know..." Spike said quietly as he pulled himself up off the ground, his leg barely managing to keep him up with how weak it was. He shrugged off the tingly feeling it was giving him and went to sit down, only for Rarity's doctor and a pair of nurses to go running past him into her room. His eyes opened up immediately and within a few seconds he was in the room as well, watching as the nurses checked Rarity's vitals. Spike felt like his world was coming down around him, but once the doctor let out a sigh of relief he knew things were okay, for now.
"That was close Rarity, you need to stay still in that bed, too much movement and you'll open your wounds, or rip off your monitors again" the doctor said as he checked off something on Rarity's medical sheet, putting it back as soon as he was done. When he turned around he saw Spike, who had been watching with wide eyes.
"Rarity, do you know this dragon?" the doctor asked, making Rarity look towards Spike, which seemed to take a lot of effort from her. She smiled weakly at Spike before turning towards the nurse that was making sure everything had been hooked up correctly.
"Can he stay here?" Rarity asked, the nurse giving Spike a look before smiling at Rarity, nodding to say yes. Once Rarity had looked back at Spike he walked over, just as Rarity let her head fall back into the pillows. Without saying anything Spike put a claw on Rarity's hoof, getting her to turn her head to look at him.
"Hello Spikey-Wikey" Rarity said, sounding a little loopy from the pain medicine that they had just given her. Spike could feel his heart twisting in his chest. He was happy that she wanted him to stay there, but it killed him to see her the way she was. Rarity seemed to notice this so she moved her hoof up just a bit, so she could rest it on his arm, making him look towards it.
"Spike?" Rarity asked, causing Spike to smile sadly, "Can I tell you something that I don't want anypony else to know?" Spike was completely caught off guard by her question, causing him to almost jump out of his seat. Thankfully the nurse had left just before that so no pony but Rarity saw it.
"Sure, but, why me?" Spike asked quickly, "I'm nothing special, and I'm sure Twilight or the girls would-"
"I know you were the one that brought me here Spike" Rarity said, making Spike shut up immediately as she put a hoof on his cheek. He gave her a look that basically begged the question that he wanted to ask.
"How?"
"When you were carrying me I woke up, just enough to know that it was you, and that you were crying" Rarity said, her own eyes welling up with tears, "I heard what you said, about how you..." There was silence in the room as Rarity's hoof fell back down to Spike's arm, and the silence would have stayed were it not for the girls peeking their heads in from the hallway.
"Is everything okay?" Applejack asked quietly, getting a sweet smile from Rarity.
"Yes, everything is fine, but, there's something I need to tell all of you" Rarity said, pausing to look at Spike, "And it's about what happened" The five girls quickly trotted up to Rarity's bedside, all of them interested in what she had to say. Once they were all settled Rarity began to speak.
"What happened was..." Rarity said, her voice cracking as she remembered every detail of it, "I was raped" All of the mares in the room gasped, the five of them looking between each other in surprise.
"By who?" Fluttershy asked worriedly, but Rarity just shook her head.
"I can't remember right now, the doctor's said I might have forced myself to forget it, and..." Rarity took a big gulp of air so she could steady herself, "I got pregnant because of it" Everypony, including Spike, just stared wide eyed at Rarity, all of their eyes slowly narrowing as they each thought of what they would do to the pony that did this, and Rarity knew it.
"I know it's horrid, but please, I just want to forget about it" Rarity asked, almost begging, causing all of them to calm down immediately, "Now, could I please be alone for a little bit, I think I want some time to rest" All six of her guests nodded, and before Spike could leave she touched his neck with her tail, making him turn around. When he looked at her she mouthed the words "Thank you" and "We'll talk later, I promise". With that she turned back into her pillows, pushing her head into it so that she could fall asleep, even with the images of what happened running through her mind. Outside the room everypony was very quiet and reserved, even Pinkie, and so they all decided to head home, except for Spike. He was determined to be there for Rarity, so he sat there in the hallway for the entire night, just waiting for morning to come.