"Come on, Rainbow!! Fight me!!" Celestia yelled.

"Princess. I can't do this. I serve you, not fight you."

"I don't care!! My orders are to fight me!! And fight me you bloody shall!!" Celestia rose the golden sword and pointed it towards the cloaked pegasus.

"For crying out loud, your highness!! It's against The Creed to fight you!!" Rainbow replied as she stood her ground. Not even flinching from the princess's mighty voice.

Princess Luna, Cadence, Twilight and the girls just stood by the thrones. Unable to process what was happening.

"Rainbow Dash!! Prove to me you can fight! Fight for Equestria!" Celestia began to charge at the assassin. Fluttershy yelped as she saw the sword point right at Rainbow. But Rainbow didn't move from her spot. However, she threw something small and silver. Looking almost like swirly stars. Celestia stopped abruptly. Confused by her actions.Then she looked at her sword. The bright gold blade fell to the floor in pieces. All that the Princess held was the bronze handle.

"....b-b....h-how? This is made of celestial gold and bronze. The only thing that can destroy it will be moonshine silver."

"Or Nebula Metallum. Equestria's most hardest and rarest metal. Only a few ponies own this metal, including me."

"But assassins don't have them! They have have bracers and daggers!"

"Seriously? Ya just think we just go around stabbing ponies with blunt knifes. Oh Celestia! You are an idiot!" Rainbow smirked as she flew over and picked up the thin stars. "Many assassins don't have these. Only a couple have them as they are higher assassins than the others." Rainbow stopped dead in her tracks. "I-I err...mean they used to be...no assassins have these anymore. They are probably in a dusty draw as their owners fear when a deadly attack will come." Rainbow trotted towards the doors. "I must practice for-...Lightning Dust?"

"What? She's not here." As Rarity finished her sentence, the doors blasted open.

"RAINBOW!! THE FILLIES HAVE BEEN TAKEN!!" The teal pegasus yelled.

"What?!"

"I was looking after them, and then Applebloom asked for a drink. When I brought the cups in, three stallions were in the room. The unicorn one just smiled and said something in some wierd language and disappeared. Along with the earth pony, and the pegasus stallion flew off with the fillies." She said quickly.

"Which way did he go?"

"Towards The Everfree Forest."

Rainbow sped out of the room.

~~~

"Let us go ya jerk!" Applebloom screamed as the stallion flew off, with the three fillies in tow.

"Yeah!! What do you want with us?" Sweetie demanded.

"Shut it!! Otherwhise, I'll throw you in midair and watch you fall!" He yelled as he scowled the fillies.

"Not on my watch!" Rainbow Dash sped up next to the stallion.

"But...how....how did ya get here so fast? We're miles away! We're above the Everfree!!"

"I'm Equestria's fasest pegasus. That and you've captured my sister and her friends." Rainbow kicked the stallion in the side. He lost his grip on the fillies, and they were sent flailing towards the ground.

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" They all screamed as they plummeted.

They then stopped falling, and began to hover.

"Don't worry girls. I've got ya." Rainbow assured as she turned back to the Canterlot Castle.

"Oh no you don't!! I have orders to kill you!!" The stallion flew next Rainbow. And instead of pursing her, he raised his bow from his side and fired the arrow towards Rainbow.

"Rainbow!! Look out!!" Scootaloo warned as she held tight to Rainbow.

Rainbow swerved but the arrow still struck her. She yelped out in pain as the arrow shot straight through her wing. Slowly, they began to fall towards the ground.

"Ha! Falling to your death!! The irony as you are a pegasus!!" The stallion cackled.

Rainbow ignored him as she had bigger problems. She had to protect the fillies. She kept her wings open and gently glided down. As soon as her hooves touched the ground, she sat down. Scootaloo ran over to Rainbow and hugged her.

"Thank you Rainbow!! Thankyouthankyouthankyou!!"

"Ah! Your welcome kiddo!! But-aahh-p-please let go!! That hurts!!" She whined.

Scootaloo quickly let go of her idol.

"I'm so sorry! I didn't mean-"

"It's okay Scoots."

"Oh for the love of shadows!! Why won't you die?!" The stallion screamed as he landed. "You didn't die when your parents died! You didn't die when Celestia to tried to kill you!! You just don't die!!" He pointed his bow and arrow at her. "But now, you can die now. As they all say, a downed pegasus is a dead pegasus." He smirked.

Rainbow Dash stood up.

"Girls, stand behind me."

"The last assassin. And I will be the one to kill her."

"No. I will!" The earth pony from before emurged from the bushed. "I will kill her!! Her blood is rightfully mine!"

"Shut up, you noobs!! She's mine, of course!! But I won't kill her. She will be my slave. My very...saucy slave." A unicorn appeared with a sword held in his magic.

"Wait a minute!! She can't be yours, Demon Horn!! Especially not like that!!" The pegasus retourted.

"Who said she was yours? Can't you see that I will be the one to kill her." The earth pony replied.

"Why kill her, Boulder? When we could have our way with her?"

"Flicker!! Keep your gob shut!!" Demon demanded.

"Why? I was the one who shot her. I should kill her!"

While the three stallions bickered, Rainbow facehoofed.

"Oh sweet celestia." She muttered. "Come on girls. Let's go." She ushered the three fillies away.

"And where do you think you are going?" Another unicorn asked.

Immeadiately, Rainbow's eyes shrunk. Her heart began to beat faster and faster.

"Long time, no see...Rainbow Dash." He smirked. "Boys! Stop now!! You nearly let the enemy get away!"

"We're sorry, sir." The stallions apologised.

"Now, of course, you know the plan. We either keep or kill the fillies, but Miss Dashery stays alive." He walked towards Rainbow, while she tried walking away. "You're mine. The rest of your pitful life will be as my slave. As I said, many years ago, I am a very lonely stallion."

"N-n....no...nonono!! You stay away from me and the girls!!" Rainbow shook her head.

Night Stinger licked his lips.
"What's the matter, Rainbow? You will be pleasing your parents. You don't want to disappoint them, do you?"

"No! I don't! But they don't want this to happen!" She wailed.

"Boys. As a treat, you can have the three fillies. Nice and fresh." He smirked as he turned to the scared Crusaders. The three stallions shared evil glares as they walked to the girls.

"Nonono! You leave them!!"

"Rainbow! What are going to do to us?" Scootaloo asked as the unicorn picked her up.

"Take me! Take me instead! Please. Just don't hurt them. They're too young." Rainbow's eyes began to blur with tears.

"So very loyal of you. Defiantely a leader of The Creed. Tis a shame it shall end." Night Stinger's horn glowed. And so did the arrow in Rainbow's wing. She screamed as the arrow began to tug at her wing. "Lovely. A grounded pegasus is a dead pegasus. Boys. Leave the fillies. We can have this sexy mare instead." He pulled harder at the arrow, and Rainbow's screams became louder. "Better not do this too much. We want you awake when we have our fun." He pushed Rainbow Dash to the ground. His horn dimmed, along with the arrow.

Rainbow looked up at the fillies. They all wore the same look of confusion and fear. She saw them as their tears fell to the ground. She saw them shiver and shake from the fear.

"Come on boys. Time to have some fun." He turned to the three stallions. Awaiting their treat. But no sooner had Night Stinger turned his head, a dagger was was shoved into his chest.

"SIR!" The stallions cried out.

"L-Little bitch! Get her! Get her now and kill her!! Do whatever you want to her when you get her, just get her!!" He barked.

Rainbow galloped to the fillies and threw them on her back. She flapped her wings, hoping to gain flight. Her weak attempts failed as pain shot through her. She whimpered as the arrow cut through her delicate wing.

"Once we get you, we're going to hurt you." The pegasus cackled as he soared after them.

"And the fillies!" The earth pony yelled.

"And you're going to watch them. In pain." The unicorn fired more arrows.

"Rainbow! Wha are we gonna do?" Applebloom asked.

"Girls, I need you hold on. And tight. It's gonna be a bumpy ride." The bleeding assassin began beating her wings once more. Ignoring the pain, she furiously flapped them. Little by little, the hovered into the sky. But only for a couple of seconds.

"Rainbow!! Stop!! You gonna run off that cliff!!" Sweetie cried as she pointed to the gap.

"Do you trust me?"

"Err...yeah." The girls answered, confused.

"There she is!!" The unicorn yelled.

"She's going to jump!!"

"Coward!!"

Rainbow jumped. The fillies screamed as they fell. Her cyan wings flapped her wings. They stopped falling, and they began gliding.

"Flicker!! Catch her!! Now!!"

"I'm on it!" He zipped towards the injured pegasus mare.

"He's coming, Rainbow!!"

"Don't worry." Rainbow sighed and closed her eyes. "Just ignore the pain. I can do this." And with one quick beat, they began to fly faster.

"Dammit!! How can you still fly?" The stallion roared.

"Nearly at the castle. Nearly at the castle."

As if things couldn't get worst, two more pegasus ponies appeared.

"At last you guys. Now quickly! She's getting away!!"

The two ponies nodded and followed Rainbow.

"There's two more of them." Scootaloo gasped. Rainbow tried to go faster, but the arrow buried itself deeper into her hurting wing. Her nose began to bleed and she coughed up the vile red liquid. Her vision became blurred as she started to fade out of consciousness.

"Wait! Ahh!" One of the pegasi fell. His chest gushing out blood.

"Who are they?" Applebloom asked. Rainbow Dash ignored her as she blacked out. But the screams from the fillies awoke her again. She continued to glide.

"We are here to help you." The voice called. A pony in a white, red and brown cloak glided next to Rainbow.

"Thunderlane?" She croaked as she turned her head.

"Don't worry ma'am. We're to help."

"But-but you resigned. I orde-"

"We didn't resign. We may have said yes, but we didn't. We couldn't just leave The Creed. And we couldn't just leave you." The grey stallion smiled, as a mare fluttered over.

"Hello ma'am." Cloudkicker grinned. "Those buggers won't be back for a while now." She sniggered, however, she stopped as she looked at her leader. "Ma'am?"

"Please. Don't worry about me. Just take the fillies."

CloudKicker quickly took the girls and placed them on her back. But as soon as the fillies were off of her, she blacked out. And fell.

"Rainbow!" The fillies shrieked.

"Don't worry! I'll get her." Thunderlane assured as he flew downwards.

Quicker and quicker Thunderlane closer and closer to the falling assassin.

"Come on! Almost there!" He yelled at himself. He reached out his hoof, and grabbed the end of her cloak. He flapped his wings to stop himself falling any further. He pulled the mare up, and rested her in his fore-legs. Thunderlane slowly fluttered up to Cloudkicker.

"Do you think she'll be okay?" Cloudkicker asked.

"I don't know. She's most likely to have blacked out from shock."

"How?"

Thunderlane pointed to the arrow in her wing. The scarlet red blood that now stained her normally bright cyan coat and feathers.

"Oh."

"Look! We're nearly there!" Sweetie Belle squealed.

"And there are the others!!" Scootaloo cheered.

As the Cloudkicker landed, she was surrounded by guards.

"State your purpose." One of them barked.

"Guards! Lower your weapons!" Celestia called as she trotted up.

"Dashie!!" Pinkie skipped behind Celestia. "Where's Dashie?" She looked Cloudkicker.

"She's up here." Thunderlane stated. Pinkie and the girls gasped as they saw Rainbow Dash huddled up in Thunderlane's fore-legs. "She rescued the fillies, but she was injured. That's when we helped her."

"Oh Sweetie Belle!!" Rarity ran up to the little white filly, who was jumping off Cloudkicker. "I was so worried and so scared! I'm glad you're okay!" She hugged and smothered her younger sister.

"Applejack!!" Applebloom galloped over to the orange mare.

"Applebloom! Are ya hurt? Do ya need anything? Are ya okay? Did they hurt ya?" Applejack questioned as she inspected her sister.

"Ah'm fine, sis. Thanks ta Rainbow, Thunderlane an Cloudkicker."

"Yeah! Those big bullies said that they were going to use us for something." Scootaloo said as she hopped off.

The mares and princess's eyes opened wide as they had an idea of what they were saying.

Rarity burst into tears. "Oh Sweetie Belle!! They were going to do horrible things to you!! To my sweet little sister!! Why would they do that?!" She wailed.

"Ah tink tha unicorn one, tha one who bossed tha others around, name was....Night Stinger." Applebloom pondered.

Cloudkicker and Thunderlane's mouths dropped open wide.

"N-Night St-Stinger?!" They both stuttered.

"Why? What's wrong?" Twilight asked.

"He's the founder of our enemy. He's the one who killed the original leaders of The Creed. He's the one that-"

"Raped Rainbow." Twilight whispered.

"I guess she told you. She must really really trust you."

"She's only told me, Applejack and Twilight. Fluttershy and Pinkie were asleep. And Celestia was eavesdropping." Rarity added.

"Still. She has never told anypony. We only found out because we were eavesdropping."

"That and Derpy found her diary." Cloudkicker sniggered.

"Come on. We must put her down, and get the arrow out." Fluttershy soothed. "It must be really hurting her."

Thunderland nodded as he followed the others. While the girls were discussing matters and were smothering the fillies. The grey stallion hovered as held on to his leader. He looked down at her. She looked so peaceful.

"T-T....Thank.....you..." Rainbow whispered before blacking out again.

Author's Notes:

Whooowee! This was a long one!! Sorry if it seems a bit rushed. I stayed up all night, and I'm tired. Right, I need help! I don't know whether to make this into ThunderDash shipping as well. Give me your opinions. I think it'll do well as a ThunderDash story.

Pugnatorum, Persequimur, Ruentes-Fighting, Chasing, Falling