Rainbows and choices

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I flew above the carriage while Rainbow Dash pulled him. I was lost in my thought. Until Spitfire started screaming out of the blue. 'Hey, get us out of this thing! Or at least tell us exactly where we are going! You bastards!' She cried. 'Go and silence her.' Dash said to me. I flew to them. 'Shut up and sit down!' I shouted in a hoarse voice. The nerves and fear made my voice hoarse, but that worked out well. That way they could not immediately recognize my voice. 'What are you going to do about it, huh!' Called Spitfire. I turned around and kicked hard against the side of the carriage. The carriage shook violently. Cloud Walker, Fleur Flowers and Terra Darder sat down, but Spitfire, who standing, fell over by the shaking the carriage. If looks could kill, I would have not been here anymore. I was shocked for a moment when I saw Spitfire looking at me with so much hatred and anger in her eyes.

My gaze wandered to her cutie mark. I remembered how she got it. Shortly after she saw her first wonderbolt show. That was the moment when she was certain that she wanted to become one herself. She had been stunting for hours and had become better and better. Then, during an open training a week later, she did the hardest and coolest stunts she knew. Then her cutie mark appeared. The wonderbolts had told her she was too young for the academy, but they had remembered her name and admitted her when she was old enough.

Cloud Walker sat next to Spitfire. His cutie mark was a cloud. He received it on a school trip to the Weather factory. They were all allowed to try to make a cloud. Of course, without experience it was very difficult. He was the only one who could made a cloud and got his cutie mark.

Fleur Flowers sat next to my brother. She had received her cutie mark in Ponyville, even though she was originally from Cloudsdale. She had told me the whole story just a year ago. When she first came to the ground, she found the flowers so beautiful that she decided to stay on the ground. She ended up in ponyville and helped with the flower shop. She was still too young to officially work, but she always continued to help there and soon got her cutie mark. A beautiful flower.

Terra Darder sat next to Fleur. When I thought about it, I actually didn't know how she got her cutie mark. I bet on an archaeologist or something, because otherwise her cutie mark would be very dark. A skull and a bone.

I shook my head and flew back above the carriage. I couldn't take it any longer to look at them. Although the flight took hours, we were way too fast at the Rainbow factory. The carriage was brought in and I followed Rainbow Dash. Far too quickly Dash and I were in front of the Failures group. 'Who do you think you are!' Called Spitfire. Rainbow Dash was surprised. No one just interrupted her in the middle of a sentence. She sometimes paused in her story to let failures say something or look at their response, but never had anypony interrupted her in the middle of a sentence. 'If you want to know.' Dash said with a smile and pulled off her mask. A confused murmur came from the Failures group. 'You? I'm the one who made you a wonderbolt! How can you do this? Wonderbolts are loyal to each other and help each other! I hereby throw you out of the team! ' Called Spitfire. Rainbow Dash laughed. 'Good luck with that. I don't think you're a wonderbolt yourself right now. Even more, you will never see the other wonderbolts again. Maybe it's a good idea to start with you then.' She said and she nodded at me. I gave her a nod to a few workers who all flew off at Spitfire and managed to secure her to the machine with some struggle. 'Oh, Spitfire. I think you want to look your murderer in the eye the moment she kills you, right.' Dash said and she gave me a sign that I had to take off my mask. I sighed. Of course Rainbow Dash wanted to know how strong I was towards my sister. I was slowly getting tired of Rainbow's testing. I pulled off my mask and stared straight into Spitfire's eyes. Behind me I heard the unbelieving reactions of my brother, Fleur and Terra, but my attention was focused on Spitfire's eyes. I saw her heart break when she looked at me full of sorrow and disbelief. 'Black Blue? No, it can't be you. You're my little sister. I care about you. You would never do this. Come on. Don't you recognize me?' Said Spitfire. I heard the sadness and fear in her voice. 'I told you to flee. But no. You had to follow the rules again. Look where it took you. Of course I recognize you. Of course you care about me. But you are still wrong. I will certainly do this. And I'm no longer your sister. I'm not family of worthless, horrible FAILURES!' I said while I kept looking Spitfire in the eye. 'Do you have any last words?' I asked full of hate. I should have seen it coming. I got another flashback from Scootaloo. "You have beautiful eyes." I shook my head and brought my concentration back to Spitfire. A tear rolled down her cheek. 'Since when is your reputation more important than your family?' She said. 'Since I no longer can have a both.' I said with a little laugh. Without taking my eyes off Spitfire, I pulled the lever to turn on the machine. I closed my eyes. I still couldn't stand it. Not with the person I loved. It was done in a few seconds.

'Next one.' Said Dash. 'Today only we will take two examples. Why don't you unite your brother and your sister?' I felt hatred. I hated Rainbow Dash so much right now. I hated the Rainbow factory. I hated everything. But I had no choice. The Rainbow factory is for the greater good. The workers hung Cloud Walker on the machine. I didn't want to be here any longer, so I decided to do it quickly. 'Final words?' I asked cold. Cloud Walker looked into my eyes. 'Who are you and what have you done with my little sister?' He asked. 'I told you. I'm not family of worthless, horrbile FAILURES!' I pulled the lever and closed my eyes. My ears had just gotten over Spitfire's screams when my brother's came in. I didn't look. I only listened.