As the Grand Galloping Gala draws nearer and nearer Rarity continues her usual work at her shop and home Carousel Boutique. She levitates gems she collected over the weeks and months and places them on a new dress she is working on.

"Perfect!" Rarity said as she finishes. Just then the bell in her front door rings signaling a customer entering.

"Coming! Welcome to Carousel Boutique, where every garment is chic, unique and magnifique." Rarity said as she closes the curtains for her new dress as she approaches her customer but as she sees who her visitor is she gasps in total shock to see a taller female pony with a blue mane and tail wearing a white pop fashion clothing and a thin top hat.

"Sapphire Shores! The pony of pop!" Rarity shouts in disbelief.

"Good afternoon, Miss Rarity!" Sapphire greeted in a singing pop like voice.

"You yah... Y-y-you know my name?" Rarity asked shakingly by the unexpected surprise.

"Well, of course I do, darling. I make it a point to know all of the up-and-coming designers and Clothes Horse magazine simply raved about you." Sapphire explained as she looks around the places clothes.

"Oh my stars. If I'm dreaming, do not wake me up. How may I help you, Miss Shores?"

"Oh please, call me Sapphire."

"[giggle] How may I help you, Sapphire?"

"Well, as I'm sure you know, I'll be touring all of Equestria with my latest concert, Sapphire Shores' Zigfilly Follies so I need to look seeensational! Ow!"

"I have just what you need. Sapphire Shores, prepare yourself for the pièce de résistance de la haute couture. I used every last diamond I found on this one garment." Rarity said as she presents her new attire she just finished. As she removes the curtains the clothing shines and sparkles with sapphire and ruby diamonds on a white pop dress which made Sapphire's eyes and mouth open wide in awe.

"[gasp] And it is spectacular! I'll take it." Sapphire said.

"Really?" Rarity asked in delight.

"Oh yes, and five more, each done up in a different jewel."

"Beg pardon?"

"Costume changes." Sapphire said and Rarity looks in her jewel chest remembering that it is all empty with not a single diamond in it. She then faints in exhaustion.

"[chuckle] Yes, I do have that effect on ponies." Sapphire said to herself as she walks out the door for Rarity to get started on another project that maybe too close to call.

-Main music plays-

Later that afternoon Rarity gets Spike to help find her enough jewels in any color to work on her designs. While Rarity tracks the gems with her magic Spike pulls a wagon to gather the valuable rocks.

"Oh my gosh! Sapphire Shores! The pony of pop! She is awesome! I mean, she's gorgeous, talented and-heh..." Spike quickly stopped after seeing Rarity giving him an offended look.

"And not even half the pony you are. I mean, you're ten times more gorgeous and talented and..." Spike rambled on.

"Spike, a lady is never jealous." Rarity assured as she concentrates her tracking spell.

"Eh, of course not. But were you totally flipping out or what?!"

"Ladies do not 'flip out', Spike. However, I was quite in awe. I need to find more jewels than ever before to decorate her costumes. O, aha!" Rarity shouts after finding some diamonds underground.

"Did you find some?" Spike asked.

"Yes, Spike! Right there!" Rarity pointed at the ground where the diamonds are and Spike starts digging like a dog. As he dug the hole he couldn't help but drool at the sight.

"Ooooo! You look so delicious..." Spike said in delight after licking his lips. He picked them up and was ready to eat them.

"Spike! I promised I'll give you gems to snack on, but we need to collect more first or I'll never be able to make these outfits for Sapphire." Rarity reminded and Spike takes the jewels to the cart with a disappointed expression on his face.

"Hm... I will miss you, my sweets." Spike said to the jewels.

"Come along, Spike. We have many jewels to find." Rarity called as she resumes her findings.

"At your service, my lady." Spike bowed and followed with the cart filled with their first batch of diamonds. When they came across another spot Spike digs up the spot only to get the jewels in his mouth like a dog but realized Rarity's expression and spit out the gems onto the wagon. Spike sniffs the diamonds mesmerized by their scent.

"Spike!" Rarity called snapping Spike out of his trance after seeing Rarity finding another spot digged with his tail like a shovel since it had the curvy point like one and loaded the cart with another pile. As they continue to dig up precious rocks Spike uses tail like a jackhammer this time making it faster to dig. Soon the whole cart was overloaded with jewels which made Spike drool even more as he stares at the sight.

"You've been very patient today, Spike. And for that you'll get the finest reward. This is from me to you." Rarity offered a big sapphire gem to Spike with his mouth open ready to eat it but stopped and took it after hearing Rarity say 'from me to you' which made Spike stare at Rarity.

"Is something wrong, Spike?" Rarity asked as Spike sees the one he secretly admires sparkle with her eyes fluttering which made him smile dreamily.

"No. It's perfect." Spike said happily holding the gem to his chest. Rarity's horn suddenly glowed again and started forcing her to a new direction.

"Oh, bring the cart, Spike. There are more over here." Rarity ordered as she walks to the next destination.

"For me. From Rarity." Spike said to himself dreamily. As Spike follows Rarity a paw behind a bush open the branches to see Spike pulling the cart full of jewels.

"Yesss, gemsss. Gemsss! Our preciousss gemsss! He is the gem hunter. With him we can have all those gems and more! Let's get the dragon." a whispering groggy voice whispered.

"Spike! Where are you?" Rarity called.

"What? Who is that?" the voice said again and turns it's attention to the source of the caller.

"You know, it's terrible to keep a lady waiting." Rarity said.

"Coming!" Spike said and digged the spot Rarity was at.

"I think we're really going to strike gold this time. So to speak. [laugh]" Rarity joked.

"Jackpot!" Spike confirmed pulling out more of a handful of jewels.

"Oh, it's not the dragon we want. It's the pony!" the voice corrected.

"The pony..." two other whispering voices repeated.

"Well, Spike, I think that's all we can do for today. And these will certainly get me well on my way with Sapphire's outfits. Why don't we start headi-" Rarity was then cut off as her horn started glowing radiantly again.

"Oh! What's this? Another jewel. Oh, strange. It's in the trees. Oooo... Ewww! Uh... uh... Good day, gentle... uh, fellow. I am Rarity and this is my friend Spike." Rarity greeted nervously after coming across a finely cut orange diamond on a collar of a grayish dog with a red jacket in the bushes startling her. Spike too was nervous and forced a wave.

"And you are..." Rarity asked.

"A diamond dog." the dog answered jumping out of the bushes and approached the two menacingly.

"Oh really? Oh well, that explains your fine taste in jewelry. I mean I-I know diamonds are a girl's best friend and now I know they're a dog's best friend too, ha ha ha. So, um, [cough] are you out hunting for gems as well?" Rarity spoke nervously as she and Spike backed away.

"Yes. We hunt."

"Uh... we?"

"We hunt for gems. But you are a better hunter. So now we hunt... for you!" the dog said threatingly and two holes were being dug from behind the cornered two and popped out two more dogs a bigger and buffer bluish dog with a tan jacket and black collar who sends Spike falling to the ground and a smaller tan dog with a gray jacket and too has a black collar. Rarity notices the big dog behind her and screams just barely ducking before the dog could swipe her. Spike then used his tail as a jackhammer on the smaller dogs tail thus making him jump and yelp in pain. He uses his strength and pushes the big dog out of the way.

"Run, Rarity! Run!" Spike ordered which she did but Spike got pushed down to the ground by the bigger dog. As Spike regained his focus on to saving Rarity he quickly grabbed the leg of the big dog which made him trip as he tried to move and slapped his paw on the smaller dog's tail making him fall as well.

"Spike! Come on! Hurry!" Rarity called.

"Gotcha!" the mid sized dog shouts as he jumps out of the burrow and grabs ahold of Rarity.

"Waah! Spike!" Rarity screeched.

"Got him, Rarity! I got him!" Spike said as he struggles to hold the big dog but the dog used his strength in his back heels and hurled Spike up to the tree branch getting his top scales stuck on the branch.

"Haha! Nope!" the big dog mocked.

"Sorry, scaly one." the small dog said insultingly and the two rushed to catch up with the mid sized dog who has Rarity in it's possession.

"Wait! Rarity?" Spike called.

"Unhand me this instant, you ruffians. Stop! Put me down, you scum! You rough-!" Rarity struggles to get out of their grasp as she throws name calling at them. Spike manages to free himself out of the branch but realizes Rarity's situation.

"[gasp] Rarity!" Spike gasped as he rushes to try and save her.

"Spike! Ah, dirt! Aaaaah, Aaaaah!" Rarity screams in horror as the three mutts drag the struggling pony down to the hole with Spike arriving too late.

"Which, what, where?" Spike stuttered nervously.

"Save me...!" was all Spike heard from Rarity as the cry for help echoed through the hole.

"NOOOOOOOOOOO!" Spike screamed into the air in shear horror. Later Spike got the rest of the group and they rush to the location Rarity was kidnapped as quick as they can.

"Spike, can you breathe now?" Twilight Sparkle asked as Spike inhales and exhales in a bag after a panicking situation.

"Yes... [pant] I think so." Spike said catching his breath.

"Good. Now tell us what you know."

"Yeah. Cause all you said earlier was..." Rainbow Dash said reminding the panicking behavior moments ago.

"Aaaah! Rarity... woods... jewels... dogs... hole... taken... Save her!" Spike shouted in panic.

"...What?" Zach asked in confusion as the rest also gave confusing looks.

"Not a whole lot to go on there, sport." Applejack said as they sprint.

"Sorry. Rarity and I were in the woods looking for jewels when these creepy guys showed up." Spike explained.

"Creepy guys?" Twilight repeated.

"They called themselves the diamond dogs. They grabbed Rarity and disappeared down a hole in the ground." Spike said.

"Diamond dogs? I know them, they're dogs that usually dig deep underground to find valuable diamonds. The only thing is they are very greedy when it comes to them and they stop at nothing until they get the jewels they want. All we have to do though is get the hole and find them." Zach explained.

"Well, that sounds mighty easy. Just take us to that their hole and we'll save Rarity." Applejack ordered.

"Um, Spike? Which hole?" Zach asked uneasily and as the rest of the gang caught up they gasped to see whole field of holes.

"Holy moly, that's a lotta holeys." Pinkie Pie quoted.

"They must've known we would come and try to rescue Rarity. This is going to be more tricky than we thought. Come on, girls! Let's get started." Zach ordered and the group went down to search each hole.

"Hello!" Twilight called in one of the holes. Just then a growl and a pair of yellow eyes opened in the darkness which made Twilight gasped. Suddenly the hole began pouring out dirt like a geyser getting Twilight's face dirty. The same thing happened with the rest of the group and each hole began filling up in dirt hills.

"Quick! We gotta get down one before they're all filled up." Twilight ordered.

"Oh! Oh my. Oh, oh!" Fluttershy tried to get to a hole but each one near her began filling up immediately. Pinkie bounced her way to a hole looking like she was going to enter it but the hole filled up just as she was about to. Applejack rushed to an open hole just as the dirt starts shooting at her trying to force her way in as hard as she could but the dirt geyser proved too strong and sends her flying.

"We can't muscle through it!" Applejack said.

"We'll see about that." Dash said and flew down to a hole as she gains speed trying to get in while flying down. But the dirt filled up already stopping her in her tracks.

"Huh. Heavens to Betsy. Now I'm used to pickin' myself up and dustin' myself off but Rarity won't even touch mud 'less it's imported." Applejack stated.

"Oh, Rarity..." Twilight sighed and started having an imagination of Rarity as a damsel in distress trapped in a rocky cage.

"Oh, woe is me! What ever shall I do?" Rarity cried and stepped in dirt pile.

"Ah! Dirt, dirt! Get away, dirt! Oh! Make it stop, make it stop! Ah!" Rarity screams as she tries to get away from dirty places but continuously bumping into dirty places.

"Filthy, disgusting dirt. It stings, it burns. Help! Oh, somepony save me, save me!" Rarity cried which made the group even worrier.

"We gotta save her." Applejack said.

"But they blocked up all the holes." Fluttershy reminded.

"Don't mean we can't dig 'em out. Come on!" Applejack ordered and started digging the piles of dirt and so did the rest of the gang as they started digging which was working at first. But then the small dog popped out of one of the dirt piles behind Pinkie and was not going to let this happen and pulled Pinkie's tail and let go making a whip out of it.

"Ow!" Pinkie shouted in pain which caught Zach's attention.

"Hey!" Zach yelled and tried cast a levitating spell on the dog with his unicorn powers but was too late as it dropped back into the pile. The bigger dog then appeared behind Fluttershy and just simply grabbed her tail lifted her up and dropped her to the ground. Spike tried to reach for another hole to dig but was caught tripping by the bigger dogs leg. Both the small and big dogs pop out of a dirt pile behind both Twilight and Dash. The two turned to see the dogs.

"Get 'em!" Dash shouts and the two starts charging for the two but as they go for the catch the two evaded the attempt and the two crash right into each other. Applejack then notices the middle sized dog appear in a dirt pile near her with a clever smile which made her form a serious look of determination. She reaches for the dog while using the pile she is on as support for her hind legs but misses. It appears again in another pile nearby and Applejack reaches out for it only to miss it again and again and again and again. Pinkie tries to catch the big dog but was found again pulled by the tail. Each attempt only find themselves being tripped, pulled by the tail, missing them from the dirt piles, and dodging every attempt they throw at them. Zach tries one more time on catching the middle sized dog on a land pile but lands on the pile with his stomach too with no success. He groaned in defeat and let himself roll down the hill panting hard along with the others.

"Well... [pant] they're more clever... [pant] than we thought." Zach admitted.

"Oh, those scary monsters popping up everywhere. Oh, poor Rarity must be terrified." Fluttershy said which made Twilight moaned worriedly as they imagined another situation of Rarity being terrified from the dogs popping out unexpectedly demanding her riches.

"Get me the baubles!" the small dog demanded.

"Get me the beads!" the big dog ordered.

"Get me the trinkets!" the mid sized dog joined.

"Where is the treasure?!" the dogs demanded in unison which made Rarity faint over dramatically and the group returned to reality.

"Poor Rarity. What are we gonna do?" Twilight asked worriedly.

"Well, if I'm correct about mines, they can't simply plug up all the holes, they need oxygen, they need air to breath. Which means they must've left at least one hole opened to use as an air shaft. But the question is, where is it?" Zach asked and Spike looked around and just like that he spotted the open hole and immediately formed a plan.

"I got it! I'll save you, my sweet." Spike announced and pulled out the sapphire Rarity gave him and rushed to the hole leaving the group puzzled.

"Huh?" they all asked in unison. Spike grabbed a fishing pole and lowered the string with the diamond wrapped around to lure the animals.

"Spike, it is very noble of you..." Twilight complimented.

"Shhh!" Spike cut off Twilight.

"[quieter] ...to sacrifice the gem Rarity gave you."

"Oh, Lady Rarity. My damsel in distress." Spike said dreamily and day dreamed of himself saving his secret love.

"I shall save you. Show yourselves, dogs! You, curs!" Spike demanded in a deep voice two times bigger and buffer wearing knight armor and a red cape with a lance in his claw his left claw posing heroically. The three dogs then appeared in the shadows of the caves.

"Hah. There you are, you mangy mutts." Spike insulted.

"Who are you calling mutts? Unleash the hounds!" the mid sized ordered and blew on a dog whistle which got the attention of a pack of armored bull dogs and charged for the dragon coming in all directions as he stood there without flinching or moving a muscle. As the dogs draw nearer and prepared to attack Spike made his move and swung his lance at them and swiped a group of dogs. He even used his strong tail to swipe away a few. Without even trying he merely swung his lance at the dogs without even trying sending them flying. Then a larger unit of dogs come charging and Spike used his fire breath which burned a couple of the dogs tails and they got the message and retreated accepting defeat. Spike then cornered the now terrified dogs with his lance up against the rocky wall.

"Now, where is Lady Rarity?" Spike asked and the three pointed at the same direction pointing at a prison cell and Spike charged it breaking threw the steel door. He then sees Rarity under a green, white, and purple light wearing a frou-frou styled dress.

"Oh, Spike! I knew you would save me!" Rarity cried in joy.

"Nothing could stop me, my lady." Spike assured politely.

"Oho, Spike. You are my... hero." Rarity said and puckered her lips in a kiss which Spike returned and the two were ready to join their lips in a kiss until Spike snapped back into reality and realized he was inches away to kissing Applejack who gave him an unsure look.

"Hoho there, lover boy." Applejack teased which made Spike smiled at her sheepishly. All of a sudden the pole started pulling forcefully which pulled Spike closer to the hole.

"Whoa! Whoa whoa whoawhoawhoa... I got a bite! I got a bite!" Spike shouted and was ready to fall until Applejack and grabbed his tail with her mouth trying to pull him back.

"Hold on there, little fella." Applejack said and tried to pull back but the force was too strong and was pulling her down as well.

"Applejack!" Twilight shouted and went to help Applejack and tried to help pulling them back but still wasn't strong enough.

"Twilight!" Zach shouted and tried to help as well but too was getting pulled.

"Zach!" Dash came in and even her flight power wasn't enough.

"Oh my goodness, oh my goodness..." Fluttershy stuttered worriedly and started joining the rest.

"Wait for me! Wheee!" Pinkie cheered as she grabs Fluttershy's tail the gang finally falls into the deep hole. The group holds on tight to each other as the pole pulls them deep with the earth. They then come across a gap of a fall and jumped falling right on the other side with Pinkie riding Fluttershy 'wheeing' as they go. Finally they came to another hole in the ground and one by one each falls to the ground landing on top of each other while shouting in pain as they land on the ground.

"Ha ha, it worked! We're in! Now we can finally save Rarity!" Spike cheered.

"Um... Which way do we go?" Twilight asked and the group notices there were again multiple holes around them.

"Oh no." Zach muttered.

"NOOOOOOOOOO!" Spike screamed to the air in the same manner as earlier. As the gang regained their balance and dusted themselves off they explore the cave to search for their missing pony.

"All these tunnels... How are we ever gonna find Rarity?" Twilight asked anxiously as they moved.

"I can't even get a clear sense of her. The walls must be interfering with my abilities." Zach said.

"Guess we're just gonna have to start going down them one by one." Applejack mentioned.

"That could take forever! There's gotta be way to narrow it down." Dash whined.

"How and with what? It is a maze in here, who knows where they'll lead?" Zach mentioned.

"I know! I bet they've taken Rarity down the tunnel with the most gems." Spike suggested.

"But Spike, Rarity is the only one who knows how to find gems." Twilight said.

"No, Twilight. You can! You can copy Rarity's gem-finding spell."

"Oh my gosh! You're right! Rarity showed me how she did it a while back. If I can just remember..." Twilight said and started concentrating as hard as she could. In just a second her horn flashes a light and then the group started seeing gems everywhere in the tunnels leading to a certain pathway.

"Hey, I can see them! Twilight, you did it! I knew you could!" Zach cheered giving Twilight a big hug.

"Oh, Zach, stop it." Twilight giggled and Zach broke the embrace still smiling.

"Come on! We're coming, Rarity. We'll save you. Just hold on." Spike cheered while on Twilight's back and the group starts galloping toward the gem trail. Rarity meanwhile backs away from the dogs who corner her to the wall.

"Oh please, diamond dogs. Please let me go." Rarity begged fearfully.

"No!" the small dog rejected.

"You're our precious little pony." the big dog said.

"For ever! Muhahahaha." the mid sized dog laughed.

"But what ever do you want from me?" Rarity asked.

"Gemsss!" the mid size dog answered.

"Yes! The gems. The jewels." the small dog added.

"Find them! Find them all!" the big dog ordered.

"Oh! Is that all?" Rarity asked and started searching for a pile of hidden gems with her magic in the ground and found a spot where she marked it with an x on top of it using a twig.

"There. A lovely pocket of jewels are right there. Now, would you be so kind as to show me the exit?" Rarity asked but a dog guard comes over with a spear pointing at her.

"Good! Now, dig them up, pony." the mid sized dog ordered.

"What? But you said you wanted me to find the gems." Rarity reminded.

"Yes! Find and then dig." the small dog said.

"Dig?" Rarity repeated.

"Yes. Dig." the big dog said irritably and Rarity had no choice but to comply to their demands. She groaned and started scraping the ground but weakly and moaning as she goes making the dogs blink confusion.

"What are you doing? We said dig!" the big dog reminded irritatedly.

"Forgive me but prior to you so rudely dragging me into your dirt pit, I had a pony pedi and I am not about to chip a hoof because you dislike my style of digging." Rarity countered and continued digging in the same manner.

"Oh, for goodness. Fine! Just stop. Stop! Dig, dogs! Dig! And fast." the mid sized dog ordered and a pack of dogs started digging the spot which made Rarity smiled satisfyingly.

"She won't dig, she pulls." the big dog said approaching Rarity with the small dog with a harness and mining cart in their paws.

"I beg your pardon, but what, pray tell, are you doing?" Rarity asked as she backs up to the wall again.

"Others will dig. You will haul the wagon." the big dog said.

"Prrrecious pony pedi will be preserved." the small dog mocked as he puts the harness on her.

"Well, somebody certainly needs proper nail care. When was the last time you two had a manicure? You're scratching up my coat with that jagged things." Rarity complained as the two dogs overgrown claws scratch Rarity.

"Please be quiet!" the mid sized dog ordered at Rarity's face which made her face squinch.

"Good heavens, what is that smell?" Rarity asked in disgust.

"Smeeeeeell?" the dog repeated which made Rarity discover the smell.

"Ah, mystery solved. It's your breath." Rarity pointed out and the dog turned and to a quick breath to his paw and smelled which made him realize how bad it really smelled but came back to his senses.

"Enough! Search, pony!" the dog ordered and Rarity started marking the spots where the jewels are located and started rambling which made the dogs even more annoyed towards her.

"Well, since you insist... But I must say the working conditions in here are simply dreadful. Musty and damp, it's going to wreak havoc on my mane. And this air is stifling, suffocating. And when I try to take a deep breath, the stench of all you dogs makes me nauseated. You look and smell like if you haven't bathed in weeks. Have you never heard of soap? You could all do with a good round of soap and water. Water, water, I'm terribly thirsty. Could I please have some water?" Rarity asked as the wagon starts filling up.

"Good gracious, I can't take this anymore. BE QUIET, PONY!" the small dog demanded in pure madness.

"And that's another thing. I would appreciate if you stopped calling me 'pony'. I am a lady and I wish to be addressed as such. So you may call me 'Miss' or 'Rarity' or 'Miss Rarity'."

"Enough! Your whining! It hurts!" the mid size dog cried.

"Whining? I am not whining. I am complaining. Do you want to hear whining? Thiiis iiis whiiining! Oooh, this harness is too tiiight! It's going to chafe. Can't you loosen it? Oooh, it hurts and it's sooo ruuusty! Why didn't you clean it first? It's gonna leave a staaain! And the wagon's getting heeeavy, why do I have to pull it?!" Rarity started whining like an immature crying child demanding for something. The dogs were doing anything they possibly do to stop the unbearable crying like diving into a cart of jewels or covering their ears as hard as they could.

"Aaah! Make it stop!" the small dog screamed in desperation.

"Stop whining!" the mid sixed dog ordered.

"But I thought you wanted whiiining!" Rarity said in her whining tone.

"We'll do anything, pony!" the dog said and was literally on the ground in begging position. However Rarity gave him an unimpressed look and realized his mistake.

"Oh, uh, we'll do anything, 'Miss Rarity'. [nervous laughter]" the dog corrected in a more kinder tone.

"Anything?" Rarity asked in a dreamy tone. Soon the whole cave was redecorated in golden ribbons and banners in a throne room kind of fashion not similar to Princess Celestia's throne however. While the dogs pull the gem carts Rarity enjoys herself with two guard dogs fanning her with feathered fans while she drinks water out of a golden grail sitting next to her on a standing rock slab.

"Oh, this water is hardly sparkling. But I suppose it will have to do." Rarity said in a royal like tone. The dogs began panting and took a break after pulling the heavy loaded carts.

"Wait! Why are we doing this?" the mid sized dog asked in realization.

"To stop the awful noises from the pony's mouth, remember? [whines]" the small dog reminded and was about to imitate Rarity's whining until the mid sized dog cut him off by placing his paw onto his mouth.

"Yes, yes, I know. This is ridiculous! Letting a pony order us around. What are we? Mice or dogs?" the dog asked.

"Mi... dogs?" the two dogs quickly answered which got an annoyed expression from the mid sized dog.

"Dogs do not pull. Ponies pull. Let her make the awful noises." the dog said and soon Rarity was found getting tied back on the harness and spilled the drink.

"What are you doing? Hey, you spilled my drink. Oh! Not sooo tiiight!" Rarity began to whine again but this time the dogs are not affected by it.

"Ha! Make the noises all you want. But move while you make them. Hyah, mule!" the mid sized dog ordered slapping Rarity's flank and Rarity widened her eyes in disbelief after hearing the name.

"Did you just call me a... mule?" Rarity asked in denial and the dog looked around realizing what he had done.

"Ehh..." the dog said uneasily.

"Mules are ugly. Are you saying that I too am ugly?" Rarity said with watery eyes and began crying herself to the ground.

"What are these noises?" the small dog groaned.

"He called me ugly!" Rarity cried.

"No! Mule! I said mule!" the mid dog corrected desperately.

"An old ugly mule! And it's true! Just look at me. I used to be beautiful, but, but nooow..." Rarity wailed.

"No, no! You're still beautiful, po... uh, Miss Rarity." the big dog quickly assured.

"You're just saying that!" Rarity cried.

"No, you're still pretty and... and..." the small dog stuttered.

"Oh, uh uh, nice. Yeah." the mid sized dog said.

"I don't believe you! You never liked me!" Rarity continued to wail and the dogs began covering their ears as hard as they can. This was the last straw for them.

"I have just about enough of this." the mid sized dog declared. Meanwhile the rescuing ponies were still following the trail of jewels hoping to find their missing friend.

"We're getting close. I can feel it." Twilight said. Just then they hear Rarity's crying coming from nearby.

"It's coming from down here. Come on!" Spike said and the group came across a steel door.

"She must be in there. Let's go!" Dash ordered but before they could they were mounted by guard dogs and they tied ropes around their muzzles.

"More workhorses." one of the guards said.

"Ho, doggies. If you can take this bull by the horns, you better be ready for a ride. Come on, ponies! Kick 'em up, kick 'em out. Buck 'em up, buck 'em down." Applejack began to try bucking off her rider like in a rodeo and the others got the idea.

"Giddy up!" Zach shouted and the rest of the group began doing the same. Soon they managed to get them all off their backs and send them running away.

"Yeehaw! Get along, little doggies!" Applejack cheered. Suddenly they heard rattling going on from the other side of the caged door and Spike hops on Zach's back and rips out a rock spike from the ceiling looking like a lance from his daydream.

"I'm coming for you, my lady. Hi-ho, Zachary! Away!" Spike shouted with confidence.

"Excuse me, but what do you think your doing?" Zach asked in a slightly offended tone.

"Please, Zach. Just give me this." Spike begged.

"[moan] Fine. But you owe me." Zach gave in and whined like a horse and galloped his way through the cage literally breaking it to pieces.

"Lady Rarity, I'm here to save you!" Spike shouted but was surprised to see the three kidnapping dogs coming up to them begging for help.

"Excuse me?" Twilight asked coming in with confusion.

"So picky." the small dog said.

"And critical." the big dog added.

"She won't stop talking."

"And crying."

"We, uh, give her back. Yes." the mid sized dog said and Rarity comes over from behind the dogs with a mine cart full of jewels."Rarity! You're safe!" Spike cheered and rushed over and embraced her.

"Why, yes. Hello, boys and girls. You are just in time to assist me." Rarity said.

"Assist you with what?" Applejack asked.

"With those." Rarity looked behind her and the rest saw multiple mining carts filled with diamonds and gems from every color, shape, and size.

"You're letting us leave with all these... jewels?" Spike asked dreamily.

"Yes. Take them. And her with them." the mid sized dog order as him and the other two hid behind some rocks shaking in fear.

"Please!" the small dog begged.

"Why, how kind of you." Zach thanked mockingly and each of the ponies hooked themselves up to each of the carts and took their leave with the dog whimpering and moaning at the sight of their gems disappearing from their sights. Soon they were out of the cave from the side of a mountain near the location Rarity was kidnapped.

"I can't believe you got all these gems!" Pinkie said excitingly.

"Heh. I can't believe you tricked all those dogs." Dash chuckled.

"Just because I'm a lady doesn't mean I cannot handle myself in a sticky situation. I had them wrapped around my hoof the entire time." Rarity said.

"You sly pony you." Zach complimented with a sly smile.

"I can't wait to write to Princess Celestia to tell her what you taught me today." Twilight said.

"Me? What did I teach you?" Rarity asked confusingly.

"Just because somepony is ladylike doesn't make her weak. In fact, by using her wits a seemingly defenseless pony can be the one who outsmarts and outshines them all." Twilight said.

"Hm... 'Outshines' is right. Now you have enough gems to cover Sapphire Shores's costumes." Spike said as he lies on a cart eating some gems. As he was about to take another bite Rarity uses her magic and swipes the jewel away from him just the moment he was about to eat it.

"Not if you eat them all, Spike." Rarity said and the whole group laughs. From the lesson they all learned that day is to never underestimate a character by their behavior or reputation for they can be a blessing in disguise.