Hmm, it seems like these parts are being uploaded in half the time as the last one was. :P Ah well, here's the penultimate part to chapter three!

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Part 6: An Unexpected Rescue

Big Macintosh and Amethyst Star eventually arrived at Golden Oak Library. They could see the magic shield.

"Twilight must've been expectin' Scattered Marbles to show up," observed Big Macintosh. They walked up to the shield and he knocked on it.

"Who goes there?" said Pinkie, oddly dressed like a general, also wearing sunglasses and a mustache.

"Pinkie, it's us," sighed Big Macintosh.

"Can we come in?" asked Amethyst Star.

"Oh, why didn't ya say so?" asked Pinkie, "Twilight, you can let them in! It's Big Mac and Amethyst!"

"You mean my big sister's here?" asked Dinky eagerly.

"Got that right," grinned Pinkie Pie. Twilight undid the shield so Big Macintosh and Amethyst Star could be let in.

"Hi, big sis!" Dinky cried, running up to hug her sister.

"Thank Celestia you're safe," smiled Amethyst.

Unknown to the group, Boomer had found Scattered Marbles and the two secretly followed Big Macintosh and Amethyst inside the library.

"Aha!" Scattered Marbles shouted as soon as they were in and the barrier was back up, "Found you again, Butterscotch!"

The pale yellow colt gasped and hid behind Applejack in fright.

"How did you get in?" snapped Vincent.

"We followed your two friends in," said Boomer.

"Now onto business," said Scattered Marbles, "give us Butterscotch, and we'll let you go."

"Never!" snapped Rainbow Dash, "You'll have to kill us first!"

The adult ponies stood defiantly in Scattered Marbles' way, refusing to move.

"That's just like you to let other ponies fight your battles for you, Butterscotch," sneered Boomer, "weak and pathetic."

Before Fictionary could shout at Boomer and tell him how selfish he was, somepony else did the talking for her…

"Shut up, Boomer!" snapped Butterscotch, "Just shut up! I am sick and tired of being pushed around by you. You call yourself my brother! Ha! Brothers are meant to look out for each other, not make each other feel unappreciated. You're nothing but a bully and a liar!"

The library was dead silent; nopony had ever seen Butterscotch so angry before.

"Well… you've got guts after all," Boomer grinned in a devious way.

"Alright, Butterscotch!" cheered Fictionary, hugging the colt in a wheelchair.

"Oh, isn't that right!" snarled Boomer, "Cheer for the weakling!"

Before anypony could say anything, Boomer shot past the grown-ups, grabbed Fictionary and raced out the door.

"Let's see how you manage without your fillyfriend, Butterscotch!" he cackled.

"You bring my sister back here this instant!" shouted Vincent.

"Attaboy, Boomer!" called Scattered Marbles, "Make that brother of yours suffer!"

Then he felt somepony smack him on the back of the head.

"You irresponsible, pathetic excuse of a father!" snarled Vincent, slamming him against the book shelves, "How dare you encourage that idiot son of yours Boomer to harm my sister! If Butterscotch was my own son, I would show him all the love and care in the world he deserves!"

I wish you were my father too, Vincent, thought Butterscotch.

"We've gotta save her!" cried First Base.

"You four come with me," said Vincent, pointing to Butterscotch, Dinky, First Base and Amethyst, "the rest of you make sure Scattered Marbles doesn't follow."

And with that, Vincent, Amethyst and the three foals raced off to the rescue.

"Get something to hold him," said Twilight as Scattered Marbles began to pick himself up.

"Where do ya think yer goin', huh?" asked Applejack, twirling a rope around with her tail.

"Oh, pooh," groaned Scattered Marbles. He tried to make an escape, but Applejack's rope tied his wings down to his torso and he was pony-piled by Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie, and Big Macintosh.

"You're not going anywhere, you freak!" said Rainbow Dash.

"Oh, yes, I will," Scattered Marbles snapped, "once I break free, I'll-"

"Shut up!" snapped Applejack, smacking his face.

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Meanwhile, Boomer was racing through town with Fictionary on his back.

"Put me down you bully!" she snapped.

"Shut up, girly!" snapped Boomer, "Keep squirming and you might end up with a rather unpleasant fall!"

Suddenly, Boomer heard the sounds of wings flapping other than his own. He looked back and saw Vincent, Dinky, First Base, Amethyst and Butterscotch chasing him.

"You give back my little sister, you stupid brat!" shouted Vincent.

"Not a chance, four eyes!" snapped Boomer.

Just when Vincent was about to grab hold of him, Boomer kicked him in the face, causing his glasses to fall off and hit the ground.

"Oh! I can't see!" groaned Vincent. From his point of view, everything looked blurry. He flew down to the ground and started looking for his glasses.

"I'll stop that brat," said Amethyst Star as her unicorn horn began to glow with a brilliant raspberry magic aura.

"No, Amethyst!" cried Dinky, "You could hurt Fictionary too!"

At that moment, Boomer kicked a flowerpot down from a windowsill heading for Dinky, but First Base jumped in front of her, taking the hit. The pot hit First Base on the head, knocking him out cold.

"First Base!" cried Dinky.

She and Amethyst stayed behind to see if he was okay. Now it was only Butterscotch left.

"Keep going, Butterscotch!" called Amethyst, "Fictionary needs your help!"

Butterscotch didn't need telling twice; he wheeled after Boomer fast as wheels and front legs could let him. He was determined not to lose the filly who'd made a difference in his life.

"Not giving up, eh?" said Boomer, "Fine. You want her so badly, go get her!" And he threw Fictionary into the air with all his might.

"Fictionary!" cried Butterscotch.

With every ounce of strength he had, Butterscotch jumped out of his wheelchair and started flapping his good wing, determined to save his friend. It was dreadfully difficult, but he refused to let it stop him.

Just as Fictionary was about to hit the ground, Butterscotch threw out his front hooves and caught her.

"I gotcha!" he gasped.

However, with the extra weight she put on him, Butterscotch found himself falling and the two foals landed right in a bush! Luckily, they weren't harmed except for a couple of scratches.

"Thanks for saving me, Butterscotch," said Fictionary, "that was very brave of you."

Without warning, she kissed his face, causing Butterscotch to blush red and his wing to spring open. Boomer was most outraged.

"I can't believe it!" he snapped. He was just about to attack them when…

"Where do you think you're going?"

…Boomer found himself hit by a blast of magic. He fell to the ground with a thud, and scowled.

"I'm gonna pound whoever did this to me!" he snarled.

"Guess again, you little brat," sad Amethyst Star, trotting into view.

Vincent followed close behind, having found his glasses. They were slightly scratched and dirty, but otherwise undamaged. He was furious at Boomer.

"How dare you foalnap my little sister!" he snapped.

"Oh, she was your sister?" Boomer said rudely. He was still trying to act like he knew better, but the others could see past that.

"Yes, she's my sister, you little worm!" snarled Vincent, now face to face with Boomer, "Nopony harms my sister and gets away with it!"

Boomer scooted himself into a corner to avoid anymore of Vincent's anger. At that moment, Filthy Rich trotted up with a rather angry Diamond Tiara beside him.

"There he is, daddy!" she said angrily, pointing to Boomer.

"Uh oh…"

"My daughter says that Scattered Marbles is your father and that you've been allowing him to beat up your brother," said Filthy Rich firmly.

"And he lied about loving me just because he wanted my money!" added Diamond Tiara.

"Ah, well, erm…" Boomer was too intimidated to lie.

"I will inform Miss Cheerilee about this," continued Filthy Rich, "I don't think she'll be happy with you, Boomer."

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Back at the library, Scattered Marbles was still struggling to get free. Suddenly, there was a knock at the door.

"I'll get it," said Twilight, trotting over to the door. When she opened it, standing there was a rather tough looking reddish-brown unicorn stallion with a dark brown mane and dark green eyes. He wore a royal uniform, but it looked rather rugged and scraped. Instead of a helmet like the other guards, this one had what looked like a hunter's cap.

"'ello, Princess Twilight," he said with an Coltney accent, "name's Whiplash – royal prison guard, executioner, and bounty hunter at your service."

"Er, pleasure to meet you," Twilight said with a nervous tone.

"Heard you had a foal abuser around," said Whiplash, giving a fierce glare at Scattered Marbles, "hope you won't mind me taking him off your hooves for you."

"Please take him as far away from Ponyville as possible," said Rainbow Dash, "and can you make sure he never harms Butterscotch again?"

"Exactly what I had in mind!" said Whiplash darkly, "Come on, you!" He used his unicorn magic to take away the still tied-up Scattered Marbles and dragged him away, closing the door behind him."

"Ya know that guy, Twilight?" asked Applejack.

"I've heard of him from Shining Armor," explained Twilight, "Whiplash loathes foal abusers with a burning passion. Some say he was bullied in his youth that made him who he is. He's even willing to kill criminals despite Princess Celestia's objections."

"Gee golly!" remarked Apple Bloom, "Ah've heard of ponies who won't tolerate bullyin', but that's just beyond ridiculous!"

Then suddenly came a cry of pain from outside. The grown ups looked out the window and saw Whiplash using his magic to bend Scattered Marbles' wings.

"Stop it!" the dark yellow stallion cried, "That hurts!"

"Good!" shouted Whiplash in a sadistic tone, "I want it to hurt! I want you to feel the same pain you inflicted on your son, you worthless freak!"

Whiplash then used his magic to throw Scattered Marbles against a nearby wall over and over. Fluttershy squealed in fright and looked away; as much as she hated her brother now for bullying Butterscotch, even seeing somepony cruel like Scattered Marbles being tormented was painful to watch.

"You think he's going to kill him?" asked Scootaloo.

"Spare me the thought," groaned Sweetie Belle.

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Once Whiplash was done slamming Scattered Marbles into the wall, he dropped him to the ground.

"Is… is it over yet?" Scattered Marbles groaned weakly.

"Far from it," came the sadistic reply. Whiplash then charged up his horn and was just about to fire it at Scattered Marbles when…

"Whiplash, stop!"

The reddish-brown stallion turned and saw Shooting Star along with the rest of the guards, and standing among them was none other than Princess Celestia herself. It was her presence that made Whiplash stop what he was doing.

"Princess Celestia," he said, bowing in respect, "what brings you here?"

"Whiplash," said Princess Celestia sternly as she trotted over to him, "may I ask what you were doing to this stallion?"

"I, er, was teaching him what happens if you abuse foals," he chuckled nervously.

Princess Celestia didn't respond; she simply raised an eyebrow.

"Eh, why am I the only one laughing here?" Whiplash asked in confusion.

"Whiplash, it is unacceptable behavior to physically harm anypony in public no matter what they have done," said Celestia firmly, "do you remember me telling you that with the last foal abuser that was arrested?"

"Y… yes, I do. My apologies."

"Try to keep it under control next time," said the Princess.

"Scattered Marbles," said Shooting Star as he approached, "by order of Princess Celestia, you are under arrest for the crime of foal abuse."

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As the guards dealt with the weakened stallion, Celestia went to the library to speak with Fluttershy.

"I'm so sorry I didn't tell you sooner," Fluttershy immediately burst out, "I was too afraid of the consequences… Oh, I didn't know better…!"

"Fluttershy," said Celestia kindly, "you should never be afraid to report abusive activities. The sooner you do, the less likely it will be worse."

Fluttershy felt better after hearing this. Then she spotted Vincent, Amethyst, Dinky, First Base, Fictionary and Butterscotch coming into view.

"Oh, thank goodness you're all safe," Fluttershy gasped in relief, "what happened?"

"Ya should have seen this!" remarked Fictionary, surprisingly upbeat despite narrowly avoiding what could've been a gruesome end for her, "Butterscotch saved me at the last moment, and he was only on one good wing!"

"He did?" asked Sweetie Belle.

"It's no joke, Sweetie Belle; Boomer let go of me while he was in the air, and I thought I was done for. But Butterscotch jumped off his wheelchair and saved me from certain doom!"

"Your nephew is a hero, Fluttershy," said Amethyst Star.

"Yes, indeed," agreed Vincent, "he proved that despite his disability, Butterscotch knew to confront the face of danger and risk his life to save my sister, and for that, I'll always be grateful." He even tousled the young colt's mane as he said that last bit.

"Where's Boomer?" asked Scootaloo.

"Diamond Tiara's chewing him out for lying," said Dinky, giggling slightly, "I also hear that her father told Miss Cheerilee about what he's done; Boomer's going to be expelled."

"Good riddance, that's what Ah say," said Apple Bloom.

"Oh, and First Base?" Dinky said, "I'm really sorry about the hot sauce incident. We never meant to burn your mouth on purpose; it was just that some plans we had got mixed up by accident. I know you probably wouldn't want to speak us again, but at least, will you forgive us?"

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Will First Base forgive the fillies for giving him hot sauce? What will become of Boomer and Scattered Marbles? Where will Butterscotch go? Only one more part of chapter three to find out!

Also, if you haven't heard, Robin Williams has recently passed away, suspected to be a suicide. Let's now take a moment of silence for another recently departed famous figure... (How many people are dying this year, honestly?)