*Yells very loudly* Hello and welcome every pony, to the intro of the one story that tries to act like a TV show! I'm here with my co-host, Trixie, and we will be reporting in for all of your intro needs! Trixie, who are things on your end?!

*Camera pans to a video screen, showing Trixie to be somewhere that's not the intro*

Trixie: Why are you yelling like we're in a news room?! It's just an intro!

*keeps yelling* An intro that we maintain for entertainment of our viewers! In other news, Zombies VS Lovebird Ponies! As we left off at that scene of action, we saw Blitz take down the Tank and Rainbow Dash get taken somewhere by a Charger! We will now show you the outcome of said events! TRIXIE! REVEAL TO THE AUDIENCE THE SPECIAL REPORT!

Trixie: Can you be shut up?! It's annoying enough that Trixie has to take care of those three- *CRASH!* fillies in my own home...

Sent in from Gakuseiakira: Trixie watch the CMC for one whole day. noon to noon.

THAT IS CORRECT VIEWERS! AS OF YESTERDAY AT NOON, TRIXIE HAS BEEN WATCHING THE CMC WITHIN HER OWN HOME! WILL SHE SURVIVE?!

Trixie: I know my house won't...*realizes that every reader still sees her* I-I mean, of course Trixie can last long enough! Besides, as of right now Trixie only has...*checks watch* an hour to go! And their still alive!

Scootaloo: Hey, watch out Theo! *CRASH* Oops...Hehehe, Sorry!

*Theo jumps up and glares at Scootaloo, pulling out his katana to fight her*

Trixie: No Theodore, don't hurt her! Trixie's responsible for her safety!

Sent in from Gakuseiakira: I also dare her to take away Theo's katana for an hour.

Trixie: You want Trixie to do WHAT?!... Wait a second, you're the same reviewer! Why you little... *sighs* I have no choice though do I?...

*She then levitated Theo's katana out of his paws, tucking it under her hat which she was wearing. This making Theo drop to his knees and go wide-eyed. Trixie and all three CMC looked at him in caution*

Trixie: I'm sorry Theodore, but you can't have your katana while some pony else is in the house. Please don't be-

Theo: WAAAAAAAAAAA! WAHAHAHAHA! *Theo starts bawling his eyes out, being even louder than Rarity's shriek and Pinkie's trumpet right in front of your ear combined*

Maybe now would be a good time to mute the vision while we do the top comments! *I then get out a remote and press mute, making all the screaming and crying from Trixie's house silence*

3: Christ's Disciple. Hey it's cool! Besides, I'd honestly have a rough time choosing between them too. Well, between Do and Mr. S anyway. Mare Do-Well just... isn't that good towards me.

Button Mash: *Comes into view* Hey, what's that other part on his review? Something about you and Trixie-*I quickly put my hand over his mouth, keeping him from saying it*

SHUSH! If any pony acknowledges what the dare is, then me and Trixie will be forced to do it! And we do not want to make a pairing of me and Trixie! And as for the rest of the audience, please ignore what I just said! Besides, we have another dare to do since you're here Button! *snaps fingers and a TV, with the newest HayStation Console appears out of thin air*

Sent in from dazza the lucario (dazza): i dare you to play call of Equestria Pon Opps 2 with everyone's favorite button mash!

Button Mash: YAY! *theme music plays in background as he jumps over to the screen getting the first player controller an setting up the game*

While he sets that up, let's go ahead and look at the second comment!

2: Justus80. You do have a point. Mr. S is my pony version of Batman. And I am a HUGE Batman fan!

Button Mash: Says on your memory space that you've gotten both Arkham games! WOAH! And you've even 100% Batman Arkham City!

Hehehe... Yeah, I did. As for Daring Do, here's a shocker... I've never seen an Indiana Jones movie. So Daring Do's the closest I've gotten! Everything I've heard about Indiana is AWESOME, but... Every time I get close to buying the movie or something, I can never get it! It's like RD with Apple Cider!

Still, let's get the last comment!

1: VintageThunder98. A collage of them all huh? Interesting! Still, where did the 'Ms.' part come in from?... Oh well, it's probably obvious to every pony else.

Button Mash: Games all set up Zeke! And I got your favorite class set up too!

Woah, really?! *goes over and looks at set up of weapons* Wow, you did get it right! Right down to the traits and abilities too!

Button Mash: Yep! Of course a load-out for a shotgun class is pretty easy to do. Now let's do this! First to kill the other five times in the game wins!

*As soon as the game loads, Button throws a throwing knife into the air. Killing me from half-way across the screen*

WHAT?! NO WAY! *Button then finds me and uses a sticky bomb, killing me a second time and getting all of his stuff back with scavenger. He then does the same thing with the knife and bomb, killing me two more times!

Hold on! At least let me get a shot- *SPLAT* off...

Button Mash: HAHA! I killed you by making the care package land on you! BEST! KILL! EVER!

...RAGE QUIT! *throw controller onto the ground in anger*

Button Mash: Pfft... Newb.

Whatever! Let's just see how Trixie's doing and end the intro! *takes remote out and un-mutes vision of Trixie, CMC, and the still loud crying Theo*

WOW, THEY'RE STILL VERY LOUD! GUESS WE'LL GO AHEAD AND LEAVE THEM BE! GOODBYE TRIXIE!

Trixie: WAIT! Please don't leave me here! I can't take another-

Sweetie Belle: Hey Trixie? What's with this weird table lamp thing? *She asked over Theo's loud crying, tapping a very odd looking blue lamp*

Trixie: DON'T TOUCH THAT! IT IS THE ONLY THING I HAVE LEFT OF MY FATH-*CRASH*

*After Trixie's lamp shattering all across the floor, the whole room went silent. Trixie staring at it in complete shock. Her left eye twitching greatly*

Well uh... *I said, now talking calmly* I think now would be a good time to leave Trixie and the others be... Bye Trixie... *the vision fades away, leaving just Zeke* Well uh... Enjoy the chapter every pony... And prey that the CMC make it out of Trixie's house alive. See you next time.

Intro Area Decorations to Date: A very realistic sky with a sun in the middle, A baby pony-sized T-Rex with a top hat named Dino, the TARDIS, a giant golden statue of Stepony (Pony Stephano) who is wearing a Trixie shirt, a silver Lucario statue standing right next to Stepony, a baby ninja bear with a ninja mask and wooden katana named 'The Intelligent and Creative Theodore' (Theo), and a TV with a HayStation hooked up to it.

Disclaimer (As told by Trixie): Zeke does not own MLP. All he owns is this idea, Blitz, Dino, RJ, Theo, and anything else that he's personally created throughout the story. That not including the three background characters that belong to three of the readers that read this story!

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Rarity's POV

As we all walked through the streets of Ponyville towards todays assembly, or at least, the one Mr. S thought said there would be, we were all quiet. Pinkie Pie and Applejack were pulling the wagon the thief was in, neither of them sure of what to say. Rainbow Dash was complaining to Fluttershy about how annoying it was that she wasn't allowed to fly. To which Fluttershy listened politely.

Twilight was the one that was in deep thought though, writing something down non-stop on a few sheets of paper. No doubt about the fact that they were all about what had happened. Probably notes that she wanted to present to the public.

"And that's why every pony, we need to enforce these rules!" We all heard Misty Glance yell out while she was on the left side of the stage, at a podium. While opposite of her was Mayor Mare on the right side of the stage, also at a podium. She was silent for now, but she definitely was not happy as she glared at Misty Glance. Not to mention, the mayoral staff standing off to the sides and in front of the stage.

"If we just let any pony leave Ponyville, then the thieves could very easily slip away! Not only that, but if any of them could so happen to be pegasi, then they could simply fly away as well!" Misty argued, not looking like she wanted to give up her curfew.

"And I'm telling you that it is not fair to the residents of Ponyville!" Mayor Mare argued, speaking up against Misty Glance from her podium with a determined look. "By issuing this curfew, you're not only keeping the thieves in check by the best of your abilities, but you're also punishing the rest of Ponyville in the process! Look at all of them!" She said, gesturing towards the crowd. "Can you honestly say that every single one of them are the four thieves?!"

"No, but that's exactly the point!" She argued, trying to stress her view on things. "We don't know who the thieves are, and because of that, have no choice but to act with strict enforcement towards every pony until they're caught!" She added.

Mayor Mare then glared, getting angrier at Misty by each statement. "Do you even have any compassion for Ponyville?! You need to think about how they'll be affected too!"

"That's just it Mayor Mare." Misty retorted with a frown. "You have too much remorse for them! You need to grow a backbone and actually act upon responsibilities!" She ordered, not even trying to be discrete about her insult. "That being said, the curfew will remain in power until something is done about the four thieves." She said in conclusion.

"You mean like this?" Twilight spoke up, all seven of us, Spike included, then started stepping forward with the wagon and thief in tow. As we got close to the audience, it started splitting down the middle. Letting us all pass through and get to the stage.

"And who is that?!" Misty asked, pointing to the thief with some shock.

"This is one a them thieves y'all are talkin' about." Applejack told them, jerking her head towards the thief as a way to gesture towards him.

"But, but... When did you catch him?! And why did you break curfew?!" She demanded answers, getting off stage and walking over to us. Somehow mad that we were able to catch one of the thieves.

"We didn't." Fluttershy said, speaking up. But the moment Misty glared at her, she stepped right back down. Me coming between them to keep Misty from glaring at Fluttershy.

"It wasn't our faults that these ruffians came in and tried robbing the very library we were all staying at for the night. We simply showed them the door before they could make off with any of the books." I defended.

"What's this note?" Mayor Mare asked, turning attention back to the thief. And after reading it, she got a look of deep thought. "Mr. S hmm?" She asked, thinking out-loud about the signature at the bottom.

"Who's Mr. S?!" Misty asked with anger, trying to take the note from the thief's face. Only, it was still stuck there. And it wasn't coming off any time soon unless we tried to rip it off. And even then, we'd only get some of the corners off while the rest stayed glued to his face. "And what's with this paper?!" She asked, only getting angrier.

"It says to pour water down his face." Mayor Mare stated, turning towards the rest of the mayoral staff and nodding towards them. One of them then going to get some water for us to use.

"And why should we just do as this 'Mr. S' says?" Misty asked, not trusting Mr. S at all.

"Well he did bring a criminal to justice. Besides, what's the worst that could happen by pouring a bucket of water down his face?" Mayor Mare asked, that staff member coming back with a bucket of water. Rather quickly I might add.

Rainbow Dash then took the bucket and flew above the thief, pouring the water over his face. This made the note that was stuck to his face, along with that stick that he still had in his mouth the whole time, fall to the ground.

"I can see again!" The thief yelled out in excitement. "Once that bottle hit my face, my eyelids wouldn't open back up and my mouth got glued closed or something! Making me taste that nasty stick all night! Thank you every. Pony..." He said, just now realizing that he was surrounded by so many glares.

"So, do you want me to bring him in for questioning?" One of the staff asked, him being the Chief of Security. Not to mention, the only security since Mayor Mare didn't have enough funding for any pony else to help.

"Yes, right away." Mayor Mare approved, the Chief of Security putting him in hoof cuffs and starting to take him away. But not before we all came to a stop as we heard some pony else yelling out in pain.

"OW! Stop it you little brat, that hurts! OW!" We all looked towards the pony that was making the sound, wondering just why he was being hurt and who it was. And following the sound of his voice, we spotted him on the top of a roof. Along with a little filly that was fighting him off with a small metal object that was in her mouth. Using it as a weapon.

Finally, she tripped him with the weapon, making him grab the edge of the roof with his hooves to keep him from falling. Though, that wouldn't last long.

The filly then balanced the metal object on her back as she walked up to him. "Hey there, little filly! You know when I called you 'brat'?" The stallion asked, trying to sound polite. "I meant that in a nice way! You know, like a compliment! You believe me, right?!" He asked in desperation.

The filly simply shook her head no and pulled out a note and a small bottle much like the one Mr. S had before. And putting a drop of the goo onto the back of the note, she stuck it to the stallions forehead. This also making him lose his grip. Sending him into a hay bale below him.

"Wait a second, I remember that stallion!" Twilight yelled out. "That's one of the thieves from last night!"

This made the Chief run over and cuff him as well, along with making the rest of us look up towards the filly just to see who she was. Only, she was in a costume, so it was impossible to tell who it was. The only features about her was that she definitely was a young filly, and she had a horn as well.

The costume was completely orange with no design or pattern on it at all. The only thing about the costume to note was that it allowed the fillies red tail and mane show. Not only that, but at the spot where the eyes should be were covered with a different material. Red to match her tail and mane. In a way, it was just like the Mare Do Well costume, except simpler and allowed the mane and tail to show. But other than that, there was no striking differences. Making it impossible for me or any pony else to realize just who she is.

"Hey, there's something on the note." The Chief said, ripping it off the thief by force. Leaving a small bit of paper stuck to his forehead with the goo that kept it there.

"Well, whatever does it say?" I asked, all of us wanting to know.

"It says," The Chief started, reading it word for word.

Dear Ponyville,

As you have all witnessed, we have now brought forward two of the four thieves.

As for who we are, is none of your concern. Just stay out of our way.

-Robin and Mr. S

"Hold on you up- there?..." Misty Glance yelled out to where we all spotted, who I guess was 'Robin', but she was already gone. Without any trace either.

After a few seconds of us all looking around for Robin, Mayor Mare spoke up. "Well then, I guess that solves our little burglar problem." She said with a confident grin.

"What?!" Misty asked in surprise. "Y-you think that two costume wearing mental cases running around Ponyville is safe?!" She asked, caught off-guard.

"Well, they already turned in two of the four thieves. It's only a matter of time until they turn in the other two. Besides, they're not doing anything wrong according to the rules. Are they?" Mayor Mare asked, looking at Misty with a raised eyebrow.

"Well... I guess..." Misty started, trying to find something.

"Well?" Mayor Mare asked again, smirking a little with her question.

Misty sighed in defeat, both of them knowing the answer. "No. No, there isn't any rule against them."

"Yes. So, we will put our trust into them. As for every pony else, the curfew is here by ended!" Mayor Mare yelled out to every pony.

"YAY!" The audience of ponies all cheered out. Us included as we were glad that the curfew lifted before it got even more out of hoof.

"So..." Rainbow Dash started as she went up and landed in front of Misty with a smug grin. "I guess that means that you'll have to give Scoots her scooter back huh?" She asked rhetorically, rubbing it in Misty's face.

But Misty didn't even bat an eyelash as she just started walking off, leaving calmly. "I'm afraid that I have no idea what you're talking about miss." She said, pretending that she never even took the scooter.

"What?!" Rainbow Dash asked with a very angry look on her face. "Get back here and give Scoots her scooter right now!" She said, trying to fly after her.

"Hold on Rainbow Dash." Twilight said, using her magic to stop Rainbow Dash in mid-air by her tail. "Something tells me that going after her won't help anything."

Rainbow Dash grumbled in annoyance before giving up. And once Twilight let her go, she just landed back on the ground.

Seeing that Rainbow was pretty upset, Fluttershy came over. "Um, Rainbow Dash?... If you want, you can help me take care of my animals to try and get your min off it... If that's okay with you..." She offered.

Rainbow Dash sighed but nodded, that being the best idea for her to think of. She didn't want to go to Scootaloo empty hoofed after all.

"We better hurry back to our homes to check up on everything too." Twilight told all of us. "Besides, who knows just what they might have stolen before coming to the library." She reminded all of us.

"Twilight has a point. I'll see you later every pony." I said, now walking off to check on my boutique. I'm sure it would be fine though. After all, would those two thieves really come after two places in one night? Not to mention, both places being on opposite ends of Ponyville?

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Button Mash's POV

As I sat at the sandbox in the playground of the school house, working on a sandcastle, I had a frown on my face. Why? That's easy. My favorite arcade game at the park got all messed up!

Well, not really messed up. You see, apparently last night one of those thieves mom was talking about broke into the arcade machine at the park I always play. When the arcade repair pony came by, he said that the engine thing was taken out of it! And now I couldn't play Pony Kong until they bring in a new one!

And with every pony else playing the other machines, that left me to do something else. And with mom not thinking it was really all that okay of me to go with her to that assembly thing, she told me to stay at the schoolhouse.

Stupid mayor assistant! Why can't she just get a bunch of ponies to round up the thieves?! It'd hurry things up a lot faster! Not to mention, let us be allowed to go back to doing what we want! Besides, it's not that dangerous out here anyway. Because if they only come out at night, then why try and do so much stuff at day? There aren't exactly any pony screaming for help around here.

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" Okay, maybe I spoke too soon about that. I looked up towards Ponyville where I heard the scream, kind of worried about why some pony would scream that loudly. It sounded like they were in trouble too!

"I wonder what's going on…" I said out-loud, standing up from my sandcastle to try and get a better look of Ponyville. In attempt to get a better look at Ponyville from where I was.

But the second I stood up, the most random thing happened. Some pony fell out of the sky and landed right on my sandcastle! I spent like seven minutes on that thing too!

"Hey! You destroyed my sand castle!" I yelled out in anger, mad that some stupid pegasus had just jumped out of nowhere and- wait.

As I looked at the foal that landed on my sandcastle, I realized three things. One, it had to be a filly. Two, she was in some kind of pure orange superhero costume with red mane and tail. Along with the costume part that was over her eyes being red as well. And finally three, she was actually a unicorn!

"What-wait-how-huh?!" I sputtered in complete surprise, wondering just how that worked! I mean a Pegasus foal I can believe falling out of the sky. But a unicorn foal?! No way!

The filly, which had not even gotten off my ruined castle yet, turned towards me with her head lowered a little. Making it appear like she was sorry, even though she didn't say anything. And without even one word, she turned and ran towards the town as fast as she could.

But I wouldn't let her get away that easily. Not without some kind of actual apology or something more than just some kind of sad look towards me. "Get back here!" I ordered, chasing after her to make her apologize.

But she just ignored me as she got some weird pole thing off from on top of her back, which was held there by a strap or something. But the moment she got it out, it unfolded into something else that I couldn't really recognize.

So after it unfolded, she jumped on it and started going down the hill we were running on and to Ponyville twice as fast as before. And even though it was really cool looking since it was red like her mane and had the word 'Razor' written on the part she was on top of, I just kept running after her. Not giving up so easily. That, and I had nothing better to do since the arcade was still out of the question.

"You're not getting away that easy!" I yelled out, determined to make her stop and actually say sorry for what she did.

Only, as I chased her down the hill I was going a little too fast and wasn't paying attention. So after getting tired, I tripped over a rock and started tumbling down the hill. Not able to stop myself from tumbling down either.

After falling down so far, I landed in a bush at the bottom of the hill. Luckily breaking my fall and keeping me from getting too hurt. Poking my head out of the bush to try and figure out just where I was, I saw that the Carousel Boutique was right in front of me. But that wasn't all either.

I saw that in front of the dress maker's shop was some stallion unicorn that looked pretty tough was standing just outside the door with the owner of the shop, Rarity I think her name was, floating above him thanks to his magic. That wasn't all either. Rarity was also tied up with rope around her hooves, making it hard for her to run away. Even if she tried to just undo the knot with her own magic.

"So you think that you can take me on huh?!" The stallion asked, looking right at the filly I chased down here. "Well you might've brought in my pal, but I'm not falling for your tricks!" He yelled out as he got in a fighting stance. His stance kind of reminded me of the fighting game Mortal Dragon Kombat.

The unicorn filly on the other hoof didn't say anything as she simply folded back up that red 'Razor' thing and put it on the sheath that was on her back. Then she got in a fighting stance too. Making me know that something really action-packed was going to happen.

The stallion then threw Rarity onto the ground a little ways away. Causing her to grunt in pain from hitting the ground. Her hooves still all tied up too, so she wasn't getting up anytime soon.

"Untie me this instant you ruffian! This is no way to behave towards a lady at all!" She yelled out, nagging at her kidnapper. I glared a little at the stallion from inside the bush, not wanting to be seen. But that's when I got an idea. They don't know I'm here yet! So maybe I can sneak over and untie Rarity. That making me helpful! Then it'll be as if I'm a hero in a video game!

So as the two unicorns stared down, I started shuffling the bush over towards Rarity so that way I could get her free and get her out of here. That way it'll be easier for the unicorn filly to fight off the stallion.

"You know, I just thought of something." The thief said out-loud. This making me stop moving and look out from inside the bush. Not wanting to be found. "I know she just told me to take some pony that was at that library last night and turn her in, but something tells me it just might be better to turn you in instead. After all, you and that other freak are to blame for two of us getting caught." He said, charging up a magic spell.

But the costumed filly didn't care as she simply looked towards the sun, acknowledging that it was already sundown. As soon as she noticed that, she turned back towards the stallion quickly. Now suddenly in a hurry.

"Oh, don't worry about that girly." The thief mocked. "The sunset is the least of your worries right now." At that moment, the magic on his horn turned into sparks. Eventually turning into electricity.

I took this moment to move over towards Rarity, not wanting to be around much longer for whatever happens. As I did though, the thief laughed at the filly's slight jump of surprise. "Yeah, thought that thug friend of yours was the only one that could shoot lightning huh?! Well get a load of this!" He yelled out, firing a bolt of electricity at her as if it was some kind of ironic joke.

But apparently it didn't matter to her as she just lowered her head towards the ground, having her horn angled right towards the fast approaching bolt of lightning. However, instead of hurting her or any other reaction like that, the lightning just got… absorbed. As if her horn was some kind of lightning rod or something. Only, now her horn was sparking with the electricity of the lightning. Showing that now she was in control of it.

"W-what?!" He asked in shock. "How did you do that?! No pony that young can ever catch a lightning bolt! No pony!" The attacker yelled out, very confused by what had happened. He was expecting it to shock her, or at least make her jump out of the way.

And he had a point too. Making lightning with magic, or clouds when you look at it with a pegasus point of view, was something that could be done. Even if it was really hard because of what lightning was made out of. But catching a bolt of lightning with magic? That was almost impossible. Only really good unicorns with a lot of guts to practice catching lightning bolts had a chance to catch lightning. Well. At least that's what Ms. Cheerlie told us when we were learning about unicorn magic in class.

But not really caring about all that science stuff, I silently cheered at how amazing it was to see something like that. Yeah, I didn't know much else about magic other than the normal stuff we learned in school, but it was still amazing to watch some times.

Getting past that though, the filly then jerked her head forward. Releasing the lightning attack and redirecting it right back at the thief. Who didn't have enough time to get out of the way. So instead he made an aura shield in defense.

Sadly for him, it didn't help that much. Because when the bolt of electricity hit the shield, it made a small explosion. Stopping the lightning, but destroying the shield in the process. The shockwave of the blast then sent the thief into the wall of the Boutique. And with him having rammed into the wall, he was stunned for a good few seconds at least. So much so, I could almost hear the words 'Finish Him!' play off in the back of my head.

But that was all the time I needed. With him stunned, I jumped out of the bush I had used for cover and ran over to where Rarity was trying to use her magic to get free of the rope. Sadly, that was only making it worse since she wasn't able to see what the rope really looked like.

But I did though. Not to mention with all that practice on the arcade machines, I was able to untangle the ropes in just a few seconds. And mom says that the games are just a waste of time! Yeah right, I'm saving lives with my video game skills!

So as I was helping Rarity, the filly quickly ran over to the thief, taking out a bottle of weird looking orange goo stuff. She then poured some of it on the thief's front two hooves, putting them together and making them stick like glue. Glue that the thief couldn't break free from no matter what he did. Not even magic helped.

As soon as it was over and Rarity was out of the rope, I saw the filly standing over the thief in victory. And thinking about how she redirected the lightning an then just owned that thief, there was only one word that I could think of to say.

"Wow…" I said in amazement, her jumping a little as she heard me, not to mention noticing that I had witnessed the whole thing.

Finally, I was able to say something else. "That was totally awesome!" I yelled out like a fan-colt. But I didn't care. "It was like I watched a video game fight in real life! Not to mention, you got a Flawless Victory against that jerk!" I kept cheering.

She just scratched the back of her head. A little embarrassed that I thought what she did was all so cool. Still, she didn't say anything about it. I don't think she was shy or anything, but that just made the whole thing cooler.

"What's your name anyway?" I asked, wanting to know at least that much. I mean come on, that much wasn't so hard to ask for right?

She looked away a little, debating whether or not to say it. She then looked at the sun. Which was already starting to go down. This made her stand at attention a little more before turning back to me. Pulling out 'Razor' or whatever it was.

"My name… Is Robin." She answered in a calm, but slightly deep, monotone voice, able to scare any pony that was going up against her. It was almost as if she was unaffected by anything she was about to take on. Making it seem all the more cooler!

She then opened up Razor and got on it. Turning the handle and making a familiar noise start to turn on, though I couldn't figure out just why the noise was so familiar. Either way, she moved Razor forward a little bit with just one push of her hoof on the ground, this making it zoom off by itself without any help. No magic, no wing power, she didn't even keep pushing her hoof on the ground to make it go. It just went on itself..

After she left though, I could only say something else to myself. "Woah..." Button Mash said, amazed by what he saw. "Where did she come from?..." I asked in awe.

"Well... No pony knows." Rarity answered with a shake of her head. Now filling in a few answers for me. "All any pony knows is that she calls herself Robin. Her and this 'Mr. S' has been helping us with the thieves in Ponyville. With this one caught, that only leaves one left." Rarity explained to me. That being pretty much all she, or any pony else, knew.

The thief tried to break free or yell at us, but with the goo still keeping his hooves from leaving. Not to mention some goo over his mouth to keep him from opening his mouth and yelling at any pony.

"Mr. S? Who's that?" I asked, sounding kind of annoyed by the name. Although I couldn't really figure out why.

"He's a stallion much older than Robin, who is a unicorn as well. We've only seen him once, and that was at night. So I'm not sure just what he looks like. Nor do I know just why he's helping us out. All an pony knows is that he's even more mysterious than Robin. Not to mention, he's a little off-putting because of how he took care of the thieves." She said, not really sure what to think of him herself.

After hearing all of that, I stopped getting annoyed. Instead, I was kind of curious about just who this 'Mr. S' was. Not to mention, if they were kin of freaky and silent, then why are they helping with all of this?

"Anyway, I'm afraid I must take care of this thief by bringing him in." Rarity told me, sounding a little resentful about doing so too. But I didn't care as an idea ran through my head. Until all those thieves were gone, no pony was going to fix the arcade machines! So that meant that I had nothing to do until that was done. Meaning that maybe I can do something else in the meantime. Like for instance…

Getting that idea, I quickly ran off to find the others. Because if I was going to do this, I was gonna need some help. And I only know three ponies that could keep a secret this big!

Sadly, when I left I forgot that Rarity and the tied up thief were still here. Rarity had managed to use her magic to get the thief into a small wagon to bring him in, but it took a large amount of her magic to do so. Meaning that she was drained of her magic for a while

"Oh, Button Mash was it? Could you be a dear and help me-" But as she turned around, she saw me turning the corner of the street. Long gone from the Boutique already.

"Well…" Rarity sighed as she went back over to the cart with the glaring thief inside. Who was tied down by an old tattered sweater that had been destroyed by Sweetie Belle by accident. "Guess I'll have to bring in the thief by myself… And pull the wagon." She said with dismay, hooking herself up to the wagon and walking it down to City Hall. It already getting straining for her. Not to mention, the sun was just about down. Meaning that I had to hurry and get the others.

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Later That Night

As the moon stayed in the sky, only it and a few lights from the houses still on here and there, me and the others stayed in a decent sized bush. All looking out for Mr. S. Even if I was still a little ticked that it took so long for the others to get here.

"Look Button, it wasn't our fault. I mean, by the time you got to my house it was already dark." Rumble told me, being right next to me as he looked around in the bush along with me, Sweetie Belle, and Featherweight. He had a point though. By the time I had came up with an excuse to stay out of the house this late, not to mention get my three friends here to come along, it was like three hours after the moon had gone up.

"What are we doing here anyway?" Sweetie Belle asked. "You never told any of us."

"Well I had thought of something." I told them, being quiet so we wouldn't be found. "No pony knows that much about Robin or Mr. S. So, I thought that maybe we should try and figure something about them." I told them with a smile before going back to looking for him.

"WHAT?!" They all asked at once, not even trying to be quiet.

"Shush!" I shushed them, frowning at them and reminding them just what was going on. "Don't you guys know what we're doing? If we're found out, than we're gonna be in big trouble! We need to stay quiet!" I whispered to them all.

"Well why are we doing this?!" Sweetie Belle asked, being quiet now.

"Well, I couldn't do it by myself. And I needed to get some help from friends that I could trust. Because when we're done with this, I need to know that you guys won't say anything." I answered to them.

"You're only doing this because your favorite arcade game down at the arcade got smashed, aren't you?" Rumble asked me with a frown. Every pony had heard of the arcade machine that got broken into, and every pony knew it was my favorite. Not to mention, I had the top five high scores. Take 'ILSR'! Have fun in sixth place!... Hey wait a second, that jerk did those four letters on purpose! No wonder every pony started laughing when I said his name out-loud!

"No, that's not why." I told Rumble with a frown. "It's because when I met Robin, Rarity told me that no pony knew anything about her or this 'Mr. S'." I explained.

"You met Robin?!" Featherweight asked with great, but still quiet, excitement. "Did you get any pictures of her?!"

"Well, no..." I said with a frown. "But I still got to watch her kick that bad guy's flank! He got totally owned!" I explained with a ton of excitement.

"Still doesn't explain why you wanted all of us to come with you." Sweetie Belle explained, getting us all back to the point.

"Oh, right." I said, shaking my head. "Well, I figured that we could try and find out about them. Then we could try and make some bits off of it." I told them, revealing my master plan.

"Some bits? What made you so greedy? You usually don't care about getting bits since your mom gives you like twenty silver bits a week to spend on the arcade machines." Rumble reminded me.

"Yeah I know, but she said that was the only game thing she'd give me bits for. She told me that I had to save up bits if I want to get a HayStation." I told them. But knowing that they'd al need reasons, I thought up some stuff really quick. "Besides, you guys need bits too. Featherweight can get that new camera he's been talking about for so long. Rumble can get a wing power thingy to try and get better than his big brother Thunderlane. And finally, Sweetie Belle can try and get her Cutie Mark by doing this, and save up money to try other stuff." I explained to all of them, everything piecing together.

And by the look on all their faces, it definitely worked. They all looked ready to help raise bits for all of us to get the stuff we all wanted. "One problem though." Featherweight told me with a frown. "Even though I manage the Foal Free Press, we can't just buy story ideas. It's not allowed. And as a reporter, I just can't go and let some other newspaper buy the story. Sorry Button Mash." He told me with a frown.

"Aw nuts..." I said, frowning at that news. With Featherweight as my friend I can't just go behind his back. And even if I did, I'd pay for it in the paper. Gabby Gums Column was not nearly as gossip-y as before, but they still put in minor stories once a week to try and keep it around for something that's either important or for fun. And I do not want to be the next headliner.

"But," He said with a smile. "That doesn't mean we can make our own little story." He said with a smile. "It could be a pamphlet, flier, comic book, anything like that and I'll be glad to help. I can even have it advertised in the next paper!" He told me, giving us some good news. Now I know it was a good idea bringing Featherweight along!

"Okay, I guess that this would be a good idea." Sweetie Belle agreed. She was a little hesitant though since this meant that she couldn't tell the other CMC. But still, I think it'll be okay. "So, what do we do?"

"Well, Featherweight, you said that you're kind of good at drawing right?" I asked, to which I got a simple nod. "Good. Sweetie Belle can right down everything that know about them. And Rumble. You and me are gonna look for Mr. S." I told him, this being the important part.

"Found him." Rumble whispered to us all, even though I didn't pay attention.

"Now, I know it might take a while." "Found him." "But I think that if you look for him from the sky-" "Found him." "And I look for him on the ground-" "Found him." "then we might be lucky enough to find him and-" "SMACK"

At that moment, Rumble smacked my head into the ground to keep me quiet. "I said, I found him! He's right up there on that roof." He whispered, pointing towards the roof ahead of us.

"Good..." I mumbled as I dug my face out of the ground, my mouth full of dirt because of it. But I just shook it all off and spit out the dirt. "Okay. Featherweight and Sweetie Belle? You two go ahead and wait back at the park near all the games. Me and Rumble will follow Mr. S." I told them, taking charge since it was my plan.

"Got it. Good luck." Sweetie Belle said, running off. Featherweight turned back towards us though.

"It's risky to go unprepared. Take this." He said as he gave me his camera, quoting The Legend of Zebra as he did. This making me take it more seriously.

I nodded and he ran to catch up to Sweetie Belle. Leaving me and Rumble to watch Mr. S. And see just what he does. Anything cool would be great. Maybe even a picture or two of him beating up that last thief! Even if he was just eating a sandwich or something, I think it be good enough! Every pony would love to know something about him! And if we could make something out of it, than it'd be a win-win situation for us all! Every pony finds something out about Mr. S, and I get a HayStation!

Oh yeah, and the others get the stuff they want too!

So me and Rumble just stayed and watched Mr. S, who was just standing on top of the roof across the street. Scanning the city for signs of that last thief. Or anything else bad happening. And when he does find something, it'll almost be greater than the time they had that arcade tournament!...Almost...

"So when's he gonna do something?" Rumble asked, getting bored already.

"Oh don't worry Rumble. It's only a matter of time..." I said, holding the camera so I could take a picture whenever I needed to. And I'll gladly wait all night just to take this picture...

---

3 Hours Later

I was shaking with the amount of anger I had built up in me. Three hours! For three hours this stallion has just sat there doing NOTHING! I think I know just what the 'S' stands for now! SNORE-FEST! Could he be any more boring?! Is he even awake?! Is he paying attention to anything?! He makes loading screens feel like a party!

"Button...Calm down dude..." Rumble said, barely awake.

"Calm down? Calm down?!" I yelled out right beside Rumble, making him jump up from how loud I was. "Why should I calm down?! We've been watching Mr. S for three hours now, and he's been SO boring! I'd rather be sitting at home right now, watching a flower grow! It's this boring!" I continued to yell. Not even caring a little if he heard me or not.

"Be quiet dude! He'll hear you!" Rumble yelled at me quietly, now afraid of getting caught.

"Yeah right! I don't even think he's paying attention to anything!" I said, taking the camera off from around my neck. "I bet that thief is making all the robberies he can right now with how lazy this stallion is!" I yelled out, throwing the camera off to the side in anger. Knowing it was durable enough to take the hit and not break.

But as it hit the ground, it took a picture. Making the flash go off to reveal that right beside us was the same unicorn we were talking about.

"Lazy, am I?" He asked in a slow, menacing deep voice. Which was sounding very intimidating right now since he had appeared out of nowhere.

"AH!" Me and Rumble yelled out in utter terror, jumping back and tripping over one another. Leaving us at the mercy of the same unicorn that had just heard us call him lazy, boring, and deaf.

"What are you four up to?" He continued to ask, looking right at us. And I could tell that through his mask, he was glaring right at us.

"F-f-four?..." I squeaked out in fear, not even daring to stand up with how scary he was. Rumble doing the same by staying on the ground right next to me. Shaking just as much as me.

"Yeah." He answered. "You two. The Lightweight. And the filly." He answered, moving closer so we could see just what exactly he looked like.

He was a unicorn and had on a costume just like Robin's. Except it was all black and he had a white mane and tail. Along with the eye part of his costume being pure white. Making it look like he had no pupils at all. The only thing that was notably different was that he had a second tail. Both of them looked like animal tails too. Fox tails to be more clearer. They were laying lifeless though, not affected by the light breeze at all even though his mane moved slightly. Over all, he looked terrifying all right. But you could only get a look at him if you were right in front of his face with how dark it was at night.

"You... You know about them?" Rumble asked, scooting back and getting up. Not daring to run, but just getting off the ground.

"You're not very quiet." He answered simply. He then looked at the camera. "Why take pictures?" He asked, not daring to lower his guard or sound any kinder.

"W-we weren't taking pictures of you!" I told him, getting up and jumping next to Rumble. "We took pictures of... plants!" I lied.

"For three hours in one bush?" He questioned, knowing it was a lie.

"We uh...We didn't..." I said quickly, trying to come up with something.

"Tell the truth." He took a step forward, looking right at my face. "Now."

"Okay! Okay! We wanted to take pictures of you to make a comic out of you and Robin! That way we could save up some bits and help Ponyville know about you at the same time!" I gave in, not wanting to make him angry at all.

At that moment, we all heard the sound of glass being smashed. Coming from the park! "Oh no! The arcade machines!" I yelled out, that being the only thing worth stealing at the park.

Mr. S didn't even say one thing as he ran off at great speeds. Going just about as fast as Robin did on Razor. We tried to keep up, but it was impossible. Even with Rumble flying, he only went about half as fast as Mr. S. Meaning that we didn't have a chance at keeping up.

About a whole minute later, we finally got to the park where the machines were, only to see that everything was already done and taken care of. Pony Kong, my favorite arcade machine which had already been broken into was on the ground. The screen shattered and spread around the machine. Making it unsafe to even go over and mourn at. Now they were probably going to just throw out the machine all together. Meaning that I might not even get a chance to play that game again!

"Hey Button Mash, look at this!" Rumble told me, looking at a piece of wood that had been put into the ground. A piece of paper on it with some quick writing written onto it.

"What's it say?!" I asked, running over in hopes of getting some answers. He then read out the note word for word, letting both of us know what it had said.

Dear four foals,

Next time, don't try something dangerous like this again. Especially if it's late at night and there are thieves around.

I stayed on that rooftop for three hours to make sure you weren't attacked. Stay out of my way.

Also, I took your camera. You'll get it back soon enough.

-Mr. S

After reading that, we both frowned at our attempt to learn anything about Mr. S or Robin. We screwed up, and now we were back at square one. Not to mention, now we lost the camera. What are we gonna do now?

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? ? ? POV

As I got back to the secret location, I took off my mask. The thing killing me with how tight it was. Oh well, at least it was all over with.

"Hey, you're back." Robin said as she came up, not having her mask on either. Of course, with us being just outside of her house we didn't have any risk of being discovered.

"Yeah no kidding." I said, not using that deep scary voice. It was all to stay more intimidating anyway. Besides, those two colts needed to know just how scary it all really was.

"So I'm guessing that means that you caught the last thief." She guessed, sitting on the porch outside.

"Yep. Stuck him to the end of the flagpole at City Hall. He's not getting down until tomorrow morning. Meaning, we caught them all." I told her, coming over and sitting on the porch as well.

"Great. Can't wait to have all this put behind us. I'm gonna miss being a hero though. It was so cool." She said, not wanting it to end.

"Maybe you won't have to miss it. That fan of yours you were talking about tried to spy on my with some of his friends." I told her.

"I said I was sorry! I didn't know that he followed me down that hill and saw the whole fight! I thought that was still halfway down the hill by the time I was done!" She apologized, knowing how I felt about any pony figuring us out.

"It's fine, it's fine." I said calmly. "I'm not mad anymore. Besides, turns out he had a great idea. He and his friends want to make a comic about us." I told her, holding up the camera I brought with me. "What do you say? Feel like posing for a few pictures to help them out?" I asked with a small smile. Liking the idea of it all.

"You know it!" She said, jumping up. I put the camera down and picked up my mask. "I am so glad that we won't have to stop being the Heroes of Ponyville!" She said excitingly.

"So you're the two so called 'heroes' huh?" We froze in place and turned to wear we heard the voice. Shocked that some pony had found us.

"You!" Robin yelled out, looking about ready to fight her. "You're the one who made every pony angry!" She yelled out in rage.

"And you two are the ones who have been taking care of the situation when you weren't permitted to." She answered in a calm yet annoyed tone.

"What do you want?" I demanded, getting in between the two and keeping this from turning into a fight.

"Simple. You two ruined everything I have set up to help this town." She answered, taking off her glasses and cleaning them off with a small rag before putting them on. "And now you're going to make up for it."

"What makes you think that were going to do that?!" Robin asked, jumping on my back to see her.

"Because, you both have broken multiple laws within Ponyville. And I don't mean disturbing the peace as your little acts of 'heroism'. Even before that, you have broken some rules. And because of that, I can personally see that you will be banned from setting hoof into Ponyville ever again." She told us. "That is. Unless you do everything I say." She told us. This telling me exactly what she was getting at.

"No way! We'll never do your dirty work you-" At that moment, I put a hoof over Robin's mouth, keeping her from egging on the mare in front of us any longer.

I sighed, knowing that we had no choice but to go along with it. "Fine." I surrendered for the both of us. "We'll do just as you say. Seeing as we have no choice." I told her with a frown. Then I glared at her, saying her name as if it was poison itself and nothing but. "Misty Glance."

---

The Next Day (2 P.M.)

Twilight's POV

"Come on you guys! You're slowing me down!" Rainbow Dash yelled out from ahead of the group, flying over us. The only reason she was even in sight of all of us is because she was staying with the rest of the group.

"Hold yer horses Rainbow, we're a comin'!" Applejack yelled out as she ran with the rest of us. All of us going towards the train station. Blitz was scheduled to come back today, and we were all excited about it for multiple reasons.

Applejack and Rainbow Dash wanted to know how their friends/family at Appleloosa were doing, and if they had sent anything back with Blitz to give to them. Me, Fluttershy, and Rarity were mainly interested in just why he went to Appleloosa of all places, along with what bionics he had worked on since it was kind of a mystery to us all. And as for Pinkie Pie, she was ready to throw a 'Welcome Back to Ponyville' party for Blitz. Which explains why she was bringing her literal Welcome Wagon along with her.

"I hope Blitz brought back some souvenirs!" Pinkie said in glee, wanting something from Blitz's trip if he brought anything.

"I don't think he'll have anything to bring back with him." I told her, running at a brisk pace beside her. Pacing myself. "Appleloosa doesn't have all that many exports, remember." I reminded her. At the moment, all they had were there apples. It was still a new town after all. It would be a while before they find something worth exporting.

"Not to mention, it is a little barren for vacationing." Rarity added. "I wonder what made Blitz want to go there of all places..." She asked towards no pony in particular.

"Never mind that, we're finally here!" Rainbow announced as we came up to the station. And right on time too, because the train was just a minute away from pulling into the station. Where every pony could be let out.

"Why, hello every pony." We all froze in place and turned to the side, only to see Misty Glance walking over.

"What are you doing here?!" Rainbow Dash asked, flying right in her face. To which me and Applejack moved her back with magic and rope respectively.

"Well, I just wanted to see who was coming down to the train station today. I felt like announcing something personally since I wouldn't really be given proper respect at the third assembly in a row." She told us, cleaning her glasses nonchalantly as if to keep eye-contact with us.

"Well we don't wanna hear it." Applejack said with a frown. "Every time you talk, it's ta take away somethin' a ours. Us more than any pony." She told her.

"There's a simple explanation as to why I did that." She said, putting her glasses on. "There is a record on everything that has happened on Ponyville. And on it, nearly every problem has been solved by you." She told us.

"That is most certainly the case." Rarity said with a nod. "But with that in writing, why try and keep us from doing what we appreciate?"

"Because, all of you catching the four thieves would have gotten in the way of my plans." She said with a slight glare.

"And... What plans are those?..." Fluttershy asked, a little afraid to ask.

"I don't have to answer." She said, upright avoiding the question. "Anyway, I just wanted to tell you about your friend that is to be arriving soon. You see, I'm afraid that-"

"We do not want to hear it." I said with a little authority. "If you wanted to keep us from getting in the way of whatever you had planned, fine. But if you think that we'll just sit and listen to you tell us something about us not allowed to see Blitz come back to Ponyville, then you can hold the explanation." I told her, not wanting her to say anything to us about this.

She simply had an uncaring look as she turned around. "Fine. So be it. Have a nice day." And with that, she left. Without so much as a final glance towards us.

"Some pony got a bad case of the Grumpys." Pinkie said with a frown.

"You said it Pink." Applejack agreed. "But never mind that, the train's here." She announced to us, making us take our minds off of Misty and whatever she was going to tell us.

As soon as the train got here, we watched as ponies started getting off and onto the train. More ponies getting on than off, for obvious reasons. That much we expected to happen. But there was one thing we didn't expect. No pony was getting off from the train at all. The conductor was there, of course, but that was it. Blitz was no where to be seen.

"Well this seems a little odd..." Rarity commented. Some of us just nodding along with her.

"Are you ladies waiting for some pony?" The conductor asked, coming up to us.

"Yes. Our friend is coming from Appleloosa. Is this the wrong train?" I asked, unsure about it at this point.

"No. This train made a few stops at different towns. Including Appleloosa. But when word got out of the thieves in Ponyville, any pony that was planning to come and visit got off at a different stop. Maybe your friend got off somewhere else to avoid the thieves too." The conductor said, guessing the reason why Blitz wasn't on the bus.

"That ain't right." Applejack said. "Blitz wouldn't just high-tail it off to another town to stay away from just a few thieves."

"Yeah." I agreed. "Besides, the thieves have already been taken care of. So why would any pony-" I froze as I thought back to what Misty Glance said not two minutes ago. 'I felt like announcing something personally since I wouldn't really be given proper respect at the third assembly in a row.'

"She never told any pony outside of Ponyville that the thieves were caught!" I yelled out, figuring out just what she was going to tell us.

"What?! No way!" Rainbow Dash said in shock, not thinking of that possibility. Misty announced to every pony that there were thieves. Going as far as to deliver the message to other towns as well. But when they were caught, Misty never appreciated that. In fact, she didn't even like it at all. So it was a fair bet that she never told any pony that the problem was taken care of. But that doesn't explain why Blitz isn't back yet. Could it be that they won't let him come to Ponyville for his own safety or...

But I wasn't able to try and think of another solution as a terrified shriek of terror came from Ponyville itself. Loud enough only to last about five seconds though before it ended abruptly. As if some pony had silenced whoever was shrieking as soon as possible. Still, it was loud enough for all of us to turn towards Ponyville in pure surprise, now curious and a little scared as to why some pony screamed like that.

"What in Celestia's name was that?!" Rarity questioned in utter surprise, looking off towards town where it had come from. All of us doing the same in confusion or terror of the loud scream.

"I-it sounded like it came from the center of town..." Fluttershy recognized. "Maybe we should all go home until it's taken care of and-"

"Woah! T-twitchy twitch! Twitchy twitcha twitch!" Pinkie yelled out, twitching all over the place.

"What is it Pinkie Pie?!" I asked, all of us looking to her now as she kept on twitching.

"D-d-d-d-don't k-k-know! B-but it's tell-l-l-ling me that there's gonna be a big dozy! A dozy starting at the M-m-Mayor's Office!" She said, hardly able to talk right with how much she was shaking.

"Well what are we waiting for?! Come on!" Rainbow Dash said as she flew off. The rest of us running right behind her to get to the middle of this.

It didn't make any sense though. All the thieves had already been caught. And if that wasn't it, then what else? No pony would scream that loudly in the middle of town. Near the hill at the edge of town, Everfree Forest, maybe even from up in the clouds, but never in the middle of the city. Something was definitely not right here. It seemed like everything was so calm and peaceful now that the thieves were taken care of. So what was left?

---

As we arrived at the mayor's office, we saw that Misty Glance was already there. Telling the rest of Ponyville what had happened with almost no remorse at all. And not wanting to hear it from her, we went ahead and walked into the office ourselves. And the Chief of Police let us in without so much as a care in the world. As if he was told to let us in beforehoof.

But as we got in, we saw Nurse Redheart inside talking to the mayor, who had an ice bag on her head. It looking bruised and painful.

"What happened here?!" I asked, the rest of us in shock as we all gathered at the doorway of Mayor Mare's office.

"Please, not so many of you! Mayor Mare needs some space. She has some head trauma and it wouldn't be best for all of us to surround her!" She instructed us.

The others backed out of the room, leaving me to try and find out what happened.

I looked around the room to try and answer the obvious myself. And seeing the damage the furniture and room had itself, there was definitely a small fight in here. Items from the desk, namely papers, were now scattered across the room. Two of the legs of the desk on one side were broken, and the floor board that was under that side of the desk was loose. There were unidentifiable hoofprints on the floor as well. All made because of some ink that spilled under the attacker. They led from the door, around the room, and towards the window. Which was now shattered from the inside. Meaning that whoever did this had escaped through the window.

"Ugh..." Mayor Mare said, starting to get out of her daze. It was then that I noticed just what had knocked her unconscious. A large potted plant, big enough for a small foal to stand in, had been smashed over top of her head. The plant, dirt, and pieces of vase all around the mayor.

"Mayor!" I yelled out, going over to her. Careful not to step on the potted plant remains on the way. "Who did this to you?!" I asked, needing to know.

"It...Not...Fwend Ayars..." She said, stumbling over her words and pronunciation. Making it so I was not able to make much sense of what she was saying.

"Fwend Ayars?! Who's Fwend Ayars?!" I asked her, trying to have her say it once more, but a little more clearer. With every pony else wanting to know as well.

"Quick, get inside the room!" I heard Pinkie whisper to the others before somehow pushing them all into the office at once. Coming in behind them, she closed the door and looked around.

"Hey, what did I say?!" Redheart questioned Pinkie, glaring at her. "You all can't be in here at once! Get out of the room, no-" At that point, Pinkie covered Redheart's mouth with her hoof.

"Quick every pony! Through the window!" She whisper-yelled to us, pointing towards the broken window. She then jumped over and opened it up. Making a few loose pieces of glass fall out of the frame before it opened completely. But with it opened up now, it was safer to jump through. Despite the glass around the floor and the fact that we were on the second story window!

"Pinkie, do you honestly think that we're- WOAH!" Before Rarity could finish explaining, Pinkie picked her up and threw her out the window without so much as having a problem with lifting her.

"Oh my!" Fluttershy yelled out, Pinkie throwing her out next with great speed.

"Pinkie, are you insane?!" I asked, now shocked at just what she was doing. The fall from that window had to hurt Rarity and Fluttershy, yet Pinkie didn't care as she turned to Applejack.

"Now hold on there missy, I ain't budgin' till ya tell us just what's goin' on in that head a yers." She said with a frown, holding onto the side of the broken desk for good measure.

But when we all heard a familiar voice, we understood. "And you saw all six of them come into the office without asking, correct?" We heard Misty ask what we could only guess was the Chief of Police as we heard their hooves walking closer to the door.

"Geronimo!" Applejack whispered aloud as she jumped through the window, now fully understanding what Pinkie was up to.

"Look out below!" Pinkie Pie whispered out to the others as she jumped to. Leaving just me and Rainbow Dash.

Seeing that Rainbow Dash was waiting for me to go to, I quickly turned to Nurse Redheart and the Mayor, who was starting to do a little better. But just barely.

"Please tell them that we were never here." I begged quietly before turning towards the window. I gulped and started running towards the window, slipping on some ink myself in the process. This made me slide into the window frame, going through and spinning out of control in mid-air. Just barely able to see that I was about to land in a bush. I braced for impact and fell into it, only to be met with a softer landing than I had originally hoped for.

"Huh?" I asked no pony in particular as I opened my eyes and looked around. Only to see the others surrounding me. And directly under me was a mattress that was completely hidden from view thanks to the bush that was around it.

"Sush!" Pinkie shushed me, covering up my mouth even though I had barely said one thing. She then moved the leaves just a little so we could see the window we all had jumped out of. Or in Rarity and Fluttershy's case, thrown out of.

And directly above the frame was Rainbow Dash. Who didn't have enough time to jump out behind me. So by the time Misty got into the office, all Rainbow Dash could do to hide was balance herself on top of the window frame. Not wanting to fly since the wing from flapping her wings would give her away.

After a few seconds of Misty and every pony else still in the office talking, she looked out the window. We stayed hidden in the leaves, but Rainbow just looked nervous about being discovered. Luckily for her, Misty only scanned the area from left to right, albeit thoroughly.

But since she didn't see us, she looked a little unconvinced. But without any trace of us, she started going back into the room and away from the window. This making Rainbow Dash sigh a relief. Sadly, she did so a little too loudly.

Misty stopped in place as me and Pinkie saw her left ear twitch lightly at the sound of Rainbow Dash. She then quickly jumped back to the door and looked upwards in one motion, not making any noise to alert whoever she thought may have been hiding. And that's when she spotted her just above the window seal!

She spotted The Elusive Nothingness that had been hiding above her the whole time! Gasp! The horror!

But seriously, there was no sign of the rainbow mane mare anywhere in sight. And seeing that no pony was hiding above her either, she furrowed her brow in thought before going back in and closing the window. Which was a waste of time since it was shattered. She just had a slight look of annoyance as she used her magic to levitate a curtain in place to block out the view. This keeping her from looking outside as well. And as Rainbow heard Misty talking from directly under the window seal, she sighed in relief. Inaudibly this time to be safe.

After flying over to the big bush we were all in, we all jumped out and ran off to avoid getting caught before it was too late.

"Pinkie, how did ya know that there was a mattress hidden under that bush?" Applejack asked with a confused look.

"I always hide mattresses in bushes near windows. You know, if any pony ends up tripping out of window from partying too hard!" Pinkie explained, using her own logic to answer the question.

"Outside the mayor's office?" She questioned further, even more confused.

"Don't bother questioning it Applejack." Rarity told her. "Just be glad that the mattress was clean after all that time it must've spent out in the weather."

"Except for the inky hoofprints that were on it." Pinkie reminded us with a nod.

"Good point. Those ink prints were rather... Wait, ink prints?" Rarity asked, not seeing those before. In fact, none of us but Pinkie saw them since we were all so focused on the window.

"Yep! Ink prints! See?!" Pinkie asked, gesturing towards the bush. And looking towards it, we could see that there were hoof prints leading away from the bush.

"How come we didn't notice those?..." Rainbow Dash asked in confusion, wondering how Pinkie had seen them when no pony else did.

"That must be from the pony that attacked Mayor Mare..." I said in thought. Not sure about if it was or not. Obviously it was. The only problem was, did the attacker leave the prints on purpose? They'd be hard to miss, so why would they leave them?

"Well if they are, then what are we waiting for?! Let's go!" Rainbow Dash said, following the prints from above. The rest of us followed too. But after about a minute of walking, we saw that the prints led outside of Ponyville and around. Meaning that the attacker tried to circle Ponyville to try and get to wherever he was headed.

We all sighed after seeing this, knowing that it would take a while to follow the tracks. Still, we weren't about to let whoever did this get away! Because no pony hurts the mayor like that and gets away with it. No matter what.

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Button Mash's POV

"Finally, we're done!" I said in relief, sliding to the ground in relaxation. After working all morning in the newspaper room under the school, we had finished working on all of the comics. At least Featherweight was nice enough to let us use the news room to make the copies, because it would've taken FOREVER to write and draw all forty comics!

"What do you mean we're done? We still have to try to tell every pony about them, and sell them." Featherweight reminded me, him and the others walking over.

"Ugh...More work? Can't we have an arcade break first?" I asked, tired of all the work. We had worked from early morning until now with these comics. And while they were really cool, I was getting so exhausted from the amount of work.

"This was all your idea. So, you have to help us." Rumble said as he walked up.

"Okay fine..." I said, standing up to see Sweetie Belle loading them all into four wagons. One for each of us.

"There. We each sell ten comics. That'll make it a little more fair." She said, coming to an agreement. "Now how much are we selling these for again?..." She said, tryin to remember.

And seeing that I only had to sell out ten of these things, I went over to a wagon. Thinking it was easier than I thought. "Three silver bits each. And if we sell all of these comics, we'll get twelve gold bits already!" I said in victory.

"Woah. How'd you figure that out so fast?" Rumble asked, impressed.

"What are you talking about it's easy. I mean, I memorize like twenty combos in arcade games, so it's easy to just count up bits." I explained, not seeing how that was hard.

"Is that all?" Featherweight asked sarcastically with a friendly smile. Showing me it was a joke.

"Very funny. Now come on every pony! We got comics to sell!" I said, getting back to the real mission.

"Got it." Rumble said with a nod, now turning towards us to act as leader. "Sweetie Belle? You start selling around your sister's Boutique and the marketplace. Featherweight? You go around the houses and try selling them door to door. I'll try to sell them to any pegasi flying around, and Button? You just sell around the schoolyard and park. You know a lot of ponies around there, so it'll be easy for you. Now, let's go!" He told us.

We all then made for the door, bringing each of our wagons with us. Good thing the door that let out of here was a ramp too, or else that would've been harder to do. Either way, we all made it out okay and checked to make sure that none of the comics fell out. And after counting mine, I got a really great idea!

"Hey, how about a contest?!" I asked them all with excitement, thinking it was a pretty good idea.

"What kind of contest?" Featherweight asked, curious as to what it was.

"Who sells all the comics the fastest?! First one to finish selling all ten and come back here, gets to take five silver bits from the other three!" I told them, thinking it was a great idea! Besides, when I win it'll let me get closer to getting my very own Haystation.

"What?! That's not fair! You're selling them around the schoolyard! How is it easier for us?!" Sweetie Belle asked, not convinced.

"Does it look like any pony's around?" I asked her, gesturing towards the playground around us. Only to see two or three foals here. Also there was Ms. Cheerilee, but still. "There's not even five ponies here. Besides, I don't think all of them would have three silver bits on them." I reminded them.

"Good point. Alright, you gotta deal Button! You better be ready to lose five silver bits!" Rumble said, getting a little excited about the chance for more money.

"Well, I guess it's fair then. Besides, you still need to sell them at the park too, so we're all even here." Sweetie Belle agreed, seeing how it was all good.

"Great! Then let's start in three! Two! One! GO!" I yelled out, making each and every one of us run off towards where we needed to go. Rumble flew up and got a small cloud, bringing it down to put the wagon on so he could fly it around better. Sweetie Belle and Featherweight on the other hoof, just started running off in directions to start selling the comics as well.

This just left me at the schoolyard to sell the comics. And looking around, I spotted a few ponies like earlier. Snips and Snails talking to each other about something, and some pony just sitting on a lone swing. Alone.

And I did not want to see Snips and Snails until I was leaving for the park, in hopes to keep them from asking me any questions about the comic. And since the lone pony was on the way to Ms. Cheerilee, I went to the lone pony.

"Excuse me." I said, heading over with a small smile. Trying to be polite as I sold the comics. Though wanted to be fast so I wouldn't lose the bet.

But even though I spoke up kind of quietly and from a little ways away, the foal jumped from on the swing. Stuffing something into her pocket. When she looked up, that's who I saw who it was.

"Oh, hey Scootaloo!" I said with a grin, still trying to be friendly to help sell the comic.

"Oh, hey Button. What do you want?" She asked, a little nervous. But I ignored it and just continued on.

"Well, me and some of my friends made these comics and are trying to sell 'em. You want to buy one?" I asked, showing her the comic.

She took it and looked at it, frowning a little. "What is it?" She asked, a little curious. Though she looked a little angry.

"It's called, 'The Shadow'! Cool name huh?!" I asked rhetorically. "We got the idea from those two heroes that were going around. You know, Mr. S and Robin?" I asked her, knowing that she knew about it.

"Oh yeah, her..." She answered, looking angry all of a sudden. Angry about Robin I was guessing.

But this made me just frown a little, dropping the whole friendly act. "Yeah. What's wrong with that?" I asked, defending her and the comic itself.

"Really? Isn't it obvious?!" She asked me. And when I just looked confused, she continued. "That jerk stole my bit!" She yelled out at me.

"Stole your bit?! Robin wouldn't steal any pony's bits, what are you talking about?!" I asked, now glaring at her.

"Not that bit! I mean she stole my act!" She corrected, meeting my glare. And seeing that I still didn't get it, she told me in a different way. "Don't you see how she rides around?!" She asked me.

"Yeah! On that 'Razor' thing! What about it?!" I asked, not getting how that had anything to do with Scootaloo.

"What's about it, is that the Razor thing is a scooter!" She yelled at me. "Every pony knows that I'm the one that rides a scooter around Ponyville! And now that the new secretary lady Misty Glance took my scooter, some pony thinks that they can just be the one with the scooter!" She complained towards me, talking as if I had some way to fix it.

"Well you know what?! It doesn't matter! She's still really cool with it! Besides, she's not trying to steal it from you! That's just plain out stupid! After all, she needs a way to get around doesn't she?! And so what if it's a scooter?! Maybe she got that from you, but thought it was so cool that she wanted a scooter for herself! Ever think of that?!" I snapped, yelling at her to defend Robin's name. And to be honest, I couldn't even remember half of what I had just said after that either. All I knew is that Scootaloo was jumping the shark with what she said. Robin wouldn't do something like that.

"Woah..." Scootaloo said, drawing back from me with surprise that I had said all that. "You're defending her that much?" She asked me, sounding almost confused.

"Yeah...So what?" I asked, now calming down because I had yelled too much already. And with the fact that I couldn't even figure out what I was saying, showed me just how angry I was getting. "She's done nothing but help Ponyville without even asking for anything back. In fact, if I found out that she was even taking a few things for herself, I wouldn't even care. No pony's even thanked her for helping out." I concluded, still defending Robin. And I meant every word of it too. Even if I didn't know why I jumped straight to that.

But wanting to stop all of this, I went ahead and turned to go towards Ms. Cheerliee's room to try and sell her a comic. "Sorry I bothered you. Bye." I said, not looking back.

"Wait." She said, making me stop and turn towards her. She fished for something in her pocket and pulled out one gold bit and tossed it to me. "I'll buy a comic book."

I stared at the gold bit in shock, trying to figure out just why she had given that to me. "Uh... The comic's only three silver bits." I told her in confusion.

"Keep it." She said, taking a comic from the wagon. "Consider it sorry for yelling." She told me, walking off in thought with the comic in tow.

"Huh...Thanks!" I said, loud enough for her to hear me. "Okay, guess I said something right..." I said to myself before pocketing the gold bit and heading off to the school room. Only to see Ms. Cheerilee standing in the doorway.

"Oh hey Ms. Cheerilee!" I told her, surprised to see that she was outside now.

"Hello there Button. Mind telling me what you and Scootaloo were arguing about? Anything I can help solve?" She asked, trying to be helpful about it.

"Nah, it's all good now. I'm selling comic books and I guess I said something that made us both calm down." I answered, still curious as to what it just was. And speaking of, where did Scootaloo walk off to anyway?

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Man is Misty Glance getting on my nerves! I mean, I hate her because of how she's an antagonist yet...I'm proud that I had created her... Dang it Misty! Oh well, that's what happens whenever an author creates a villain that isn't supposed to be liked by the audience. Comes with the territory I guess.

Well, I hope you all have liked this episode so far, and I will see you all next chapter for the final part! Goodbye every pony!

QotC: Who would you rather have as a mayor? Mayor Mare? Or Misty Glance?