The Experiments Of Twilight Sparkle [READ WARNINGS]

Chapter 4

"I don't own you any answer!" replied the orange, pigtailed pony.

"Applejack. Answer me, and I'll set you free."

"...I... I don't know..."

"Thank you for you truthful answer, element of honesty. I, however, am not that element. I'm not going to set you free."

"I figured that."

Suddenly, AJ felt her mouth and tongue move against her will. "Of course I'm your pal Twi. I'm so grateful we're doing this together. But I do hate these three other losers."

Rainbow and Rarity did not expect this from Applejack. Twilight informed them, "Oh, don't worry. She still loves you all dearly. I made her say that with these rods. Just having some fun. Teehee."

She pressed a button and turned a dial on the control device in her hoof. The top plate was pushing down on the reluctant pony. All Rainbow Dash and Rarity could do was to watch in dread. Their hearts were racing. They did not want to lose another chance to break free from this nightmare. "Don't let that jerk keep control over you! Show her who's boss!" Rainbow Dash cheered AJ on.

"We know you can fight it!" Rarity said, trying to boost enough confidence into the struggling pony. AJ was trying her best to move away from under the square metal plate. But the bioelectricity from the rods were to strong. She had no choice but to have Twilight force her to push up on the platform.

300 newtons were no problem. "Very good. You're stronger than I thought." The experimenter mocked. She turned the dial and the meter at the top read 445N. "More." Twilight turned the knob and the meter went up to 574N. It was now getting a bit hard to hold it up.

"Add a little more and you count to four," Twilight happily sang. "Remember that? Oh, that Pinkie Pie!" Twilight turned the dial. 671N. AJ was getting sore. She turned the dial continuously without stopping, but at a very slow pace. The arrow on the meter moved passed the 712N mark. Than the 756N and 801N marks. As it hit the 885N mark Applejack's muscles were incredibly sore. Very, very tired and in such pain, she wanted to just lie down on the floor and rest so badly, but that wasn't going to happen.

After seeing the amount of force she had to go against, AJ's friends doubted that she could leave the platform, or even survive. Were they about to lose another loved one? They didn't believe it. In just one night, their lives were turned completely upside-down. Their Pinkie Pie, tortured and killed. And now Applejack was on the verge of dying. Everything they thought they knew about their friendship with Twilight was washed down the drain. Just a few hours ago, they considered the purple unicorn as one of their closest, dearest friends. And now they were sad with her, angry with her, and afraid of her.

934N. 979N. She didn't know how much more she could take. The force was pushing her to her very limit! 1023N. 1080N. She felt she could not handle anymore. 1103N. 1134N. 1183N. She heard and felt her bones and spine crack. The others could not stand to watch, yet they couldn't turn their heads. Their eyes were filled with terror as they watched with horrible anticipation of what was about to happen.

Twilight wrote down on a scroll the weight at which AJ's skeleton started to break. Then she kept going. 1201N. 1245N. 1289N. Applejack was hurting greatly as her bones further broke under such pressure. It was as if she was having an enormous backache of immense pain that was progressively worsening. Twi turned the knob a little further till it reached 1339N. And, SNAP! AJ's back broke in two, "AAAOOOUUG!" Her fellow captives cringed and screamed at the sight. Oh, how they screamed!

She fell to the floor, only to have the top plate smash into her face and break her nose. Her screams of pain were muffled by the crushing metal surface. Her skull bone as well as her rib cage cracked in several areas. The Unicorn wrote down the force at which her spine broke in two, "1339N. Aaannnnd done!...hmm... I wonder." She continued to increase the simulated weight. The pressure was so extreme, that the orange earth pony's ribs shattered into over a dozen pieces. The fragments punctured the lungs. She could no longer scream. She could only sound a muffled cry. "You should be very proud of yourself Apples." Applejack could barely hear the scientist speak. "You contributed your life to science. I know I'm proud of you."

There was massive internal bleeding. All she could think about was the pain... until her skull fractured into about 12 sharp pieces and cut through her brain. Her life functions faded. She shared the same fate as Pinkie Pie. Death.