My Little Pony: The Human Chronicles

Episode 10: Fashion Victims

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Recap: Last time, when Sophia made her arrival to Ponyville, she realized that Toby has been praised as the local hero. At the library, Twilight found out that the gem Sophia found is an Element of Harmony but the book didn't have information about it. To make things worse, a giant chimera started rampaging throughout Ponyville. Toby insisted Sophia to stay despite her persuasion to fight with him. She headed back inside the library and saw the six Elements of Harmony: Magic, Kindness, Honesty, Laughter, Loyalty, and Generosity. Her gem started to glow bright and it gave her not only stronger powers but also a whole new look. While fighting the chimera, Sophia conjured up a yellow beam made of pure energy and surrounded by two smaller blasts that gave Toby the chance to defeat the fire-breathing two-headed monster. After the fight, Sophia realized that she represents the seventh Element of Harmony: Wisdom. But there are more adventures to come...

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Toby and Sophia stood perfectly still in the middle of Twilight's library, their eyes glued on a large box with large square, circle and triangular shaped holes in it. Next to the box were a triangle, square and circle shaped blocks and standing near them were Twilight and Spike themselves.

Toby and Sophia looked at the puzzle nervously, sweat dripped from their faces while Spike looked absolutely confident in them.

"Come on, Toby and Sophia, you can do it!" he told his human friends.

Toby and Sophia turned to Twilight for encouragement.

"It'll be ok," she assured him "Just remember what we practiced,"

Toby sighed "Ok, here goes,"

Toby did his usual hand signs and his palms began to glow with a light blue aura. Sophia did the same thing Toby did but her palms glow a yellow aura. The square shaped box then began to levitate, Toby and Sophia carefully maneuvered the square shaped block to the square shaped hole and struggled as they tried to gently place it in.

"That's it you two, you got this!" Spike told him.

"Just two more pieces…" Twilight Sparkle urged him.

Toby and Sophia then began to move the circle shaped blocked and gently placed it in its hole.

"Yes!" Toby exclaimed.

"Alright, just one more!" Spike declared.

Toby then began to levitate the triangle shaped block upwards.

"Come on, come on…" Spike chanted.

"Almost... there," Sophia said slowly.

Toby and Sophia attempted to move the triangle shaped block to its hole but then Toby suddenly got a throbbing headache. He cried out in pain.

"Toby? Are you ok?" Twilight Sparkle asked him concerned.

The triangle shaped block then begins to shake and rattle in mid air, as if it were in the middle of an earthquake.

"Uh oh…" Spike said slowly.

"It's too much…" Toby said in a strained tone "Can't… control it…"

The block shook so much that suddenly it went flying into the ceiling then started bouncing off the walls of the tree.

"Down!" The unicorn cried.

Everypony ducked under something as the triangle shaped block continued to bounce all around them. Just then somepony opened the front door, it was Rarity.

"Good morning…" Rarity started, she screamed before she could finish as the triangle suddenly embedded itself in the door near her.

"Oh my… you sure know how to make somepony feel welcome, don't you Tobias and Sophia?" Rarity remarked.

Toby groaned as he got out from his hiding spot. "How'd you know we did that? "

"You really expect me to believe that Twilight was the one who accidentally sent a triangle flying all over the room and nearly chop somepony's head off?" Rarity asked him with a raise eyebrow.

Sophia looked around "Good point…" she agreed.

Toby then noticed a tear below his left armpit "Aw, man!"

"What?" Spike asked.

"That triangle ripped my shirt…" Toby moaned.

"Is that bad?" Twilight Sparkle inquired.

"Yes! This is the only one I brought to this world!" Toby proclaimed, "Or haven't you noticed the fact that I've been wearing the exact same outfit, since I got here?"

"Another good point!" Spike added.

Rarity gasped sharply. "This is only shirt you brought!?" she exclaimed dramatically.

"Yeah… didn't I just say that?" Toby questioned.

"Oh this will not do! This will simply NOT do at all!" Rarity stated. "We can't have you walking around town with that gaping hole in your shirt! It's an undignified spit in the face of fashion!"

"Ain't that the truth…" Toby muttered.

"We must go to my boutique at once and make you some more outfits!" Rarity declared.

Toby then started to get nervous. "Uh… I don't think that's necessary, I mean I don't like this hole either but…"

"It's officially out of your control darling!" Rarity said. "Besides, doing this will give me more ideas of clothes to design,"

A light blue aura appeared around Toby as he is suddenly lifted upwards.

"Hey!" he cried.

"Come along darling, we have much work to do," Rarity told him as she made her way out the door while magically dragging a reluctant Toby away. He pressed his fingers against the floor and only left fresh claw marks on the wood as Rarity continued to drag him.

"No, no, no! HELP ME!" Toby shouted to Twilight and Spike desperately he and Rarity left the library. Sophia, Twilight, and Spike exchange stunned glances. Sophia looked at her own clothes and noticed a small tear on jacket's sleeve and another on her skirt.

"I need new clothes, too," she said, "Rarity, wait for me!" Sophia shouted before running up to her.

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Toby and Sophia soon wound up inside Rarity's boutique. They looked around the clean room in awe. The room is stocked with materials and supplies such as mirrors, dress form mannequins shaped like, unsurprisingly, ponies and had a fancy vibe to it.

Toby whistled. "This place sure is… posh," he remarked.

"Why thank you," Rarity said as she magically used a pair of scissors to cut a piece of fabric.

"By the way Tobias and Sophia, I am so glad you agreed to let me make you two some new clothes!" Rarity stated.

"I never agreed to anything!" Toby protested but his cries fell on deaf ears as Rarity continued to prepare.

"Now, first I want to do some measurements so I can make your new clothes," Rarity told him.

"Uh… Rare? Are you sure about this?" Sophia asked the unicorn.

"But of course! You two just look ridiculous wearing the same clothes all over again and to be quite honest, a bit smelly," she said making Sophia give her a stink-eye and Toby's eyebrow twitch with a look of annoyance.

"But not to worry, for Rarity is on the case!" Rarity declared.

"Ok then…" Toby said nervously.

Rarity approached Sophia first and asked her, "So, Sophia, what kind of clothes would you like?"

"Well, I like clothes that suit my persona: girly-girl and bright colors. Plus, they'd go perfect with my necklace," Sophia answered, gesturing to her butterfly necklace in the end.

"Oh, I know just the thing you'd like!" Rarity said before she levitated some measuring tape. Sophia had her arms raised while she said her height, shoe number, and the measurements for her chest, waist, and hips. After measuring, Rarity wrote them down in a book and she looked back and forth to make sure her work is spot on.

For several minutes, Rarity was making Sophia's new clothes while Sophia could only do nothing but wait. When Rarity was down, she showed what she had made. It was a cute red dress made of lace and gentle materials. Around the top is thin black material to tie the top around her neck, matching the big black pieces of material covering her top. The skirt is puffed with "petal-like" flaps on top of it, decorated with small black polka dots to make it resemble a ladybug's wings. Along the bottom of her skirt is black material hem. Rarity also made red open-toed heels with small black bows at the front.

"Wow, Rarity, the dress and the shoes are amazing!" Sophia said, giddily.

"Go ahead. Try it on," Rarity insisted.

All happy, Sophia raced to another side of the boutique to change her clothes. When she was done, she now looks more beautiful than before. Her hair is now completely let down, but it now has a headband braid. Toby couldn't help but stare at her in amazement.

"You really outdid yourself, Rarity. Plus, garden-themed clothes are so this year!" she said.

"I'm glad you liked it, Sophia," Rarity replied.

Rarity walked up to Toby next, she inspected him by walking around him, she looked up to his face.

"Oh my, you really need a trim for your hair Tobias," she said, almost demanding.

Toby stuttered. "W-w-wait! you said y-you just wanted to measure my clothes!"

Rarity shook her head. "Darling, Your hair is simply a mess, it's badly cut and your hair is greasy. Whoever cut your hair anyway?"

He rubbed his now shaggy red hair. "Well… my Dad rarely has time to take me to the barber so I cut it myself," he replied "I still do that now, even here,"

The Pony lifted her hoof. "I...I see, I am terribly, terribly sorry about that Tobias, You... you uh… did your best…" she reassured.

Toby waved it off. "It's okay...you...you can… cut my hair if you still want to…" he sighed. This made Rarity's eyes sparkle.

"Yes!" she screamed with joy, her horn glowed which made a stool float over to Toby. she putted it down next to him. "Sit down please dear."

He slowly took his seat while Rarity gathered her materials.

Rarity had her glasses back on, she used her magic and floated the scissors to his hair, the scissors snipped his hair off as they fell to the ground. She was humming a tune whilst cutting.

"And now for the grand finale!" Rarity cried dramatically as she spun Toby around in his chair.

"Whoa!" he cried as he spun around and around. Rarity snipped and snipped away at his hair and then when he finally stopped, his hair was now somewhat shorter and much neater. His eyes roll around for a minute before he managed to shake off his dizziness and look at his hair.

"Holy Guacamole! Awesome job, Rarity!" Toby remarked "You're way better than any barber from my world!"

Rarity smiled. "Why, I am very flattered, thank you very much, my dear,"

When Toby got off of the chair Rarity stepped back to admire her work.

"That is looking much better, now let's measure you so I can make your clothes for the future, you should have a wonderfully colorful shirt. No, No, you need to choose, yes choose your own color." Rarity said.

"Red, white and blue is fine. There the colors of my country," Toby explained "Oh, and If your really gonna make me outfits I'd like them to go with my cap, it's sort of my trademark,"

"As you wish darling," Rarity nodded, she magically levitated the measuring tape again "Now... let's get to measuring you, shall we?"

Toby was lifting his arms, turning and saying his height and shoe number which Rarity found fascinating. She finished her measuring and wrote them down in the book again,

"Are you done yet?" Toby wondered.

"Patience, darling" Rarity told him "An artist must not be rushed,"

"Ok…" Toby said slowly.

"Alright, I believe I have done it!" Rarity declared "Now hold still…"

Rarity magically put a stand in front of him and her as she began to work on getting him into his new outfit. Multiple sounds were heard from behind the stand, especially Toby's shouting.

"D-ah, ow, oh, hey, wow, watch it, whoa!" he cried.

When Rarity pushed away the stand Toby was now wearing a whole new outfit. It consisted of a light t-shirt with dark blue sleeves, blue denim jeans, a brown belt and red and white sneakers. Toby looked at himself in the mirror and started to admire his new clothes.

"Holy Guacamole! Not bad!" Toby said impressed.

"Why thank you, darling," Rarity said complimented "I must say it's some of my best work, wouldn't you?"

"No doubt!" Toby nodded. "Plus I'm just amazed how talented you really are, Rare. Not many people in my world are like you, in fact I don't think there's anypony quite like you,"

Rarity smiled. "I am flattered, thank you very much,"

Toby returned the smile, then he and Sophia noticed an unfinished dress behind him.

"What's that?" Sophia asked.

Rarity saw that he was staring at the dress. "Oh that? That's just an old dress I have been meaning to finish but I can't quite decide whether I want the colors to sizzle or… fizzle,"

"We go with sizzle, oh and a few little gems couldn't hurt. Also, just make sure you don't use chocolate brown. That shade should only be used for accents," Toby told her.

"My, my, you certainly know a lot about fashion, Tobias and Sophia," Rarity remarked.

Toby shrugged. "I guess we just have a good eye for color, that's all,"

"Say… do you think you can pick up some supplies for me?" Rarity asked. "I'm about to start a whole new line of Spring dresses and I'd like you to help me with it,"

"Well…" Sophia started to say before Rarity magically levitated a bag of bits in front of them, "Sure! We'd love to, we'll be back in two shakes of a lambs tale!"

Toby bowed, "Madam,"

The two humans sped out of the room. Rarity giggled to herself and went back to work. As she did so, three pairs of evil eyes watched her from the window and chuckled evilly.

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Later, Toby and Sophia were walking back towards Rarity's boutique carrying large amounts of heavy boxes while Spike walked next to them carrying a small amount.

"Hey Spike, thanks again for helping me carry these fabrics to Rarity," Toby told him.

"No sweat Toe and Sophie, couldn't let you do all the heavy lifting," Spike said. "By the way, nice clothes,"

"Thanks, and we actually still are doing all the heavy lifting," Toby pointed out, "I mean literally, we're actually lifting all the heavy stuff here,"

"Hey, baby dragon here," Spike stated. "Besides, your super strong, sue me,"

"That whole 'baby dragon' thing is a total copout, you know that?" Toby asked.

Spike nodded. "The point is, I'm glad to help,"

"Yeah, I knew as soon as I mentioned Rarity you'd come running," Toby said.

"So what? I'm desperate, sue me twice," Spike stated.

"Yeah… on that note, take this from somepony who cares about you; she is so out of your league!" Toby told him bluntly.

"Is not!" Spike protested defensively.

"Is to," Toby stated.

"Is not!" Spike repeated.

"Is to!"

"Is not"

"Is to!"

"Ok, this is getting old!" The human boy said wearily.

"You're telling me!" The dragon nodded. They stopped in the middle of town.

"My point is, Rarity's way too old for you dude," Toby told him.

Spike shrugged. "Ah, age is but a number,"

"Yeah… and although I'm not sure what her age number is I'm pretty sure it's higher than yours," Toby said.

"Hey, a dragon can dream can't he?" Spike asked.

"Well to protect your heart from breaking into a thousand little pieces I suggest you wake up and find a girl your size AND age," Sophia said.

"Gee, thanks for the vote of confidence," Spike grumbled.

"I'm sorry, I just don't want you to get your hopes up, attempt to ask Rarity out only to get shot down like a zeppelin," Sophia stated, Spike looked at her confused, "Hey, you guys tell me bits and pieces of your lives, I tell you bits and pieces of mine,"

Spike shrugged. "Fair enough,"

"Just Pinkie promise me that you won't try anything with her that might end up hurting your feelings, ok?" Toby asked him.

Spike sighed "Ok…"

"Thank you," Toby smiled

"But I'm still gonna try by the way." Spike added.

"Aw, how nice to somepony so undeterred by things like… REALITY." Toby said, bluntly.

"Thank you." Spike said, he turned and saw that they were approaching the boutique "Oh, look! We're here!"

As they got close to the door, Rarity stepped through it to greet them, she looked like she had just applied some makeup.

"Hello you three," Rarity said in a slightly flirtatious manner.

Spike's jaw dropped to the ground as he started to drool and his eyes took on the shape of hearts. Even Toby and Sophia had to admit she looked very pretty.

"Wow. You, uh... look... different." Toby said flustered. "Going out somewhere?"

"Oh no, no, not at all," Rarity replied.

"Then… why did you apply makeup to yourself?" Sophia questioned.

"Well why not? Is it a crime to look beautiful every second of the day?" Rarity inquired.

Toby nodded. "Good point. Anyway, sorry it took so long, there were more fabrics than we thought so we asked Spike here to help us carry some of them,"

"Aw, well that's very sweet of you Spikey-wikey," Rarity cooed as she kissed Spike on the cheek affectionately. Spike chuckled to himself, love sick. Toby rolled his eyes while Sophia couldn't help but giggle.

"Ok… where do you want these?" Toby asked.

"Just bring them inside, follow me," Rarity told him before walking back into her boutique.

Toby turned to Spike. "Hey, Spike,"

He then noticed that Spike was still frozen in a state of lovesickness and groaned, annoyed.

"Spike!" he shouted.

"Wha-what!?" Spike cried, startled as he snapped out of his trance.

"Could you hand us those last bits of fabric so I can bring them in?" Toby asked.

"Uh, yeah, sure," Spike said as he tossed the boxes of fabric he was carrying onto the stack boxes of fabric that Toby and Sophia were already carrying.

"Thanks. Well I better get going, Rarity and we have some work to do and we do not want to keep the lady waiting," Toby said, "See ya around,"

Toby started to walk in.

"Yeah, but I thought we could…" Spike started before Toby closed the door in front of him "Hang out…"

Spike looked through the window and saw Toby, Sophia, and Rarity laughing and taking out various pieces of fabric. His eyes narrowed with jealousy before walking off.

Back in the boutique, Toby, Sophia, and Rarity were laying out the many of the fabrics out in front of them. They stood in front of them, ready to go.

"So… what do you need all these fabrics for anyway?" Toby asked Rarity.

"Oh, for the Grand Galloping Gala of course, darling," Rarity replied

"The Grand Galloping Gala?" Sophia echoed confused.

"Oh, it's a marvelous celebration in Canterlot Castle hosted by the Princess herself," Rarity explained.

"So… it's like a big party?" Toby questioned in an interested tone.

"I suppose you to could say that," Rarity said. "Although… the last time me and the girls went to the gala it… may have gone… out of control…"

"What happened?" Toby inquired.

Rarity's mind flashed back to the last time she and the Mane Six went to the Gala and how all their plans were trampled and squached, especially how she learned just how much of a pain Prince Blueblood was, not wanting to relive that horrid moment again, she shook it out of her head.

"You don't want to know… trust me," Rarity assured him.

Toby shrugged. "Ok. Well hopefully this time the gala won't be so… 'chaotic',"

"I know it will, because your coming with us this time," Rarity told him.

"Really?" Toby and Sophia asked, surprised.

"Yes, and I trust you'll be able to keep everypony under control?" Rarity questioned.

Toby nodded. "We'll do our best. Now… all I'll need is a nice suit,"

"And I need the best dress, Rarity," Sophia added

"Well, that's what these fabrics are for after all, plus I need a new dress of my own as well," Rarity stated.

"Sweet! But uh… Sophia and I don't know how to sew… at all," Toby admitted.

"Come now you two were able to master apple bucking with Applejack, I trust you'll be able to master sewing as well," Rarity assured him "Just follow my lead and you'll have a fancy new suit in no time at all!"

"Sure!" Sophia agreed.

"Okey, dokey, then!" Toby chirped.

"Now… shall we get started darling?" Rarity asked with a smile.

Toby held up a pair of scissors and Sophia a ruler and a tailor's chalk, "We shall!" they said.

And with that the three got to work on making themselves some new outfits for themselves. Toby and Sophia followed Rarity's movements and patterns as she cut, sewed and stitched each piece of fabric so well Toby and Sophia thought that she had been doing this for years, and he'd be right.

They each held up a different type of fabric in front of themselves, using their magic and studied it, seeing if it would be the right kind of fabric to use in an outfit. Of course, most of them got the same result;

"No, no, no, oh! Goodness no." Rarity said as she inspected several fabrics.

Toby was doing the same thing, "Nah, nah, nah, NO! Oh, heck to the no!" he muttered.

Sophia also did the same thing, "Meh, nah, no, tsk, not really. Heavens no!" she said.

When they finally picked some fabrics that they did like they both went to different parts of the room to try them on.

Rarity put on a magenta dress. "Good," she said.

Toby put on a sweater vest and khakis. "Too preppy," he said.

Sophia put on a white dress with a blue sash around the waist. "Too simple," she said.

Rarity put on an amethyst dress next. "Better!" she nodded.

Toby put on a black and white suit with a black tie. "Trying too hard," he stated.

Sophia put on a Spanish flamenco dress with the colors of red, black, and yellow. "Good but a little bit too spicy," she stated.

The third dress Rarity put on had a reddish-violet color along with a few sparkles. "Dazzling!" she exclaimed.

The third outfit that Toby put on next looked something like some slacker would wear, it made him frown. "Not trying hard enough!" he grumbled.

The third dress Sophia tried on has an aqua shade along with roses along the bottom of the skirt and teal high heels. "This dress is the one just right for me!" she exclaimed.

The final outfit Rarity put on was colored royal purple, had sparkles, a few small diamonds as well as a few ribbons, Rarity's eyes lit up. "Perfect!" she declared.

Toby tried on five more outfits at once and were each very similar to the looks of his friends "Too Rainbow. Too Twilight. Too Applejack. Too Fluttershy. Too Pinkie, but surprisingly very comfortable," he admitted.

Eventually he settled with an outfit that consisted of a red jacket over a white undershirt, a blue bowtie, dark blue trousers and ruby red dress shoes. Toby smiled satisfied. "Now that's more like it!" he said.

They stepped out of their dressing rooms to show off their outfits and they looked very impressed with each other.

"Well, I must say, we look awesome!" Toby remarked.

"Indeed, and you look handsome in that suit, Toby," Sophia told him.

"And I must say, you look ravishing in that dress, Sophia," Rarity complimented.

"As do you my lady, as do you," Toby nodded. "Just… don't tell Spike I said that…"

"Why not pray tell?" Rarity asked.

"Uh… you might not know this but… Spike has a huge crush on you," Toby told her.

"Oh, believe me, darling, I know," Rarity assured him.

"How… never mind, it actually doesn't surprise me, I mean everypony else knows and he's pretty much oblivious to that fact," Toby stated. "Also, don't tell him I told you about it, he'd kill me,"

"Do not fret, darling, I shall not utter a word," Rarity nodded.

"Oh and one more thing," Toby added.

"And what is that, Tobias?" Rarity asked.

Toby looked at her seriously. "Please don't hurt my friend,"

Rarity met his serious look and looked at him sincerely. "Darling, that is the absolute last thing I would ever do to poor little Spikey-wikey,"

"Thank you," Toby said. "Oh and here's a bit, a little thanks for helping us learn how to sew,"

Toby and Sophia flipped two bits over to her, which she caught with her magic, Rarity immediately recognized. "But… these bits I gave you earlier,"

Toby nodded. "I know, we're just being generous,"

Rarity smiled at Toby, touched.

"Well, we better go, we thought I'd hang out with Spike later today," Sophia told her before she snapped her fingers and she changed into her regular outfit. Toby spun around like a mini tornado, when he stopped he was back in his usual outfit.

Toby gave her a two fingered wave. "See ya!"

Toby and Sophia zoomed out the door, Rarity opened her mouth to say something but closed it and shook her head with a smile. As she trotted away to do some more sewing, the pairs of evil eyes from earlier look in through the window and managed to open it. A dog like shadow stretched out across the room.

"Shh! She's right in here! Smash and grab!" The dog like figure said in an whispering tone. Two more dog like figures popped up and laughed evilly.

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Somewhere else in town, Spike was stomping through the streets with a look on his face that was a mixture of jealousy, annoyance and anger. Toby and Sophia zoomed up to him, oblivious to his friend's anger.

"Yo, bro!" Toby smiled as he and Sophia held up their hands, Spike just walked past them without a word.

Toby turned to him. "Hey, don't leave us hanging,"

"If only," Spike muttered under his breath.

Toby ran up to him. "You ticked or something?"

"Like you care," Spike said angrily.

"I do! You're my friend! Now tell me what's wrong," Toby said to him.

Spike spun around to face him. "Alright fine, but first let me ask you something,"

"Shoot," Toby said.

"What's your deal?" Spike demanded.

Toby looked very confused. "What do you mean 'deal'?"

"Don't play innocent with me, Toby!" Spike told the human.

"Whose playing?" Toby asked even more confused.

"Did you or did you not hang with Rarity for more than an hour and make dresses with her?" Spike asked him.

"Yeah, so?" Toby replied.

"Boy, you are a piece of work," Spike said folding his little arms.

"What are you talking about?" Toby questioned.

"You like Rarity too, don't you!?" Spike demanded angrily, which attracted a few ponies attention.

"What!? NO!" Toby protested. "Why would think that?"

"The way you guys talk to each other, how you have so much in common, you're trying to steal from me, aren't you?" Spike questioned even further.

"Spike, relax, I'm not interested in Rarity. We're just friends and she's just like a sister to me just like all the others," Toby assured him. "And by the way, how can I steal her from you? She's not your either, no matter how much you want her to be. I'm sorry if that makes me look like a jerk, but it's the truth!"

"We'll keep your truth to yourself!" Spike shouted before he started to storm off.

"Spike, hold up!" Toby called out as he and Sophia chased after him.

Meanwhile, back at Rarity's boutique, Rarity herself was just putting her new dress on a pony shaped manikin, she admired it for a minute before suddenly much to her shock, a dog like creature jumped over the manikin and landed in front of her..

"Surprise, whiny pony!" The creature spoke with a high raspy voice. It stood tall about a foot taller than Rarity, was near Toby's height and it had charcoal gray fur, lime green squinted eyes, ridiculously large paws with black and dirty claws, large forearms which joined to small upper arms, a small tail. His face and ears were thoseof a bat, and he wore a red vest like top with pockets on each side, and a black collar with diamonds encrusted into oddly considering his menacing appearance. Finally he had a pink nose. His name is Rover.

Rarity screamed. "Oh no, not you again!"

"That's right, and you're not going anywhere until you help us get our gems!" Rover told her as he approached her threateningly.

Rarity backed up ."Please! I'd much rather bathe in dirty mud than help you. Now if you would be so kind as to remove yourself from in front of me, then I won't have to become violent." Flicking her mane.

"Well, isn't that brave of you pony. But I don't think you will be going anywhere any time soon." Rover told her. "Isn't that right Fido? Spot?

Suddenly two more dogs appeared. The first was a big dog who stood taller than the first one quickly grabbed onto Rarity. He had all pale grey fur with the same ridiculously large paws and also arms, deep grey claws, and he hunched over as he stood. He wore a charcoal vest with pockets on each side as well and a larger black collar encrusted with diamonds. He had sun yellow eyes, black nose, and had a head and face like that of a gargoyle. His name is Fido

The smallest of the three had pale brown fur, also large paws with shorter arms, and small black claws. He wore a light grey vest the same as the other two with a pocket on each side, and also a black collar with diamonds embedded in it. He had pale yellow eyes, a black nose, and his face resembled a bulldog. His name is Spot. He also grabbed Rarity.

Rarity gasped. "Release me at once you ruffians!"

Rover approached Rarity evilly while rubbing his paws together evilly.

Elsewhere, Toby was still trying to talk some sense into Spike who seemed determined not to listen to a word Toby said.

"I don't get it bro, so me and Rarity have a lot in common, what's the big deal?" Toby asked him.

"I don't need to explain myself to you pony girl stealer!" Spike stated angrily as he turned to face him. As they continued to argue, they started to gather a crowd around them.

Toby folded his arms and frowned. "You wanna start something? Is that it? Is that what this is about?"

Toby enlarged his fists while Spike growled. Sophia could only watch them helplessly. The crowd began to chant 'Fight!' over and over until a loud scream catches their attention.

"What was that?" Sophia asked.

"It sounded like one of the girls!" Spike realized.

"Well it's not Rainbow, she's not a screamer… not Pinkie Pie, the scream doesn't sound that goofy," Toby mused. "It sounds more like…"

A minute or two passed before it finally dawned on the girl and the two boys.

"RARITY!" The three of them cried.

They zoomed over to Rarity's boutique as fast they could, hoping to save their friend.

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Sophia, Toby, and Spike ran as fast as little legs could carry them, zooming past multiple buildings and several of the townsfolk until they finally arrived at the Carousel Boutique where much to their shock they saw the Diamond Dogs with Rarity tied up, gagged and thrown over Fido's shoulder. Spike recognized them.

"You guys again?" Spike asked.

"It's the dragon!" Spot exclaimed.

"Friends of yours?" Toby asked.

"Who are they?" Sophia asked.

"They call themselves the diamond dogs, they were after Rarity once before!" Spike told him.

"That's right little dragon, now it's payback time!" Rover stated.

"I don't think so garbage breath!" Toby said as he charged towards Rover at full throttle, but Fido managed to back hand him and send him flying into Spike and Sophia. All three of them across the ground. Rarity cried out to the boys, but her screams were muffled by the gag in her mouth.

"Are you sure we should take her again?" Spot asked.

"Yeah, I don't think I can handle her constant blabbering and complaining." Fido added.

"Doesn't matter, if she can't speak, she can't whine and if she does try to escape we'll just hurt these two some more just to get her to shut up," Rover told them.

This made Rarity give scream out of a muffled scream of fear and panic. She struggles to free herself from Fido's grip but to no avail.

"Come on, let's go," Rover told them.

All three of them began to dig a long tunnel underground, dragging Rarity down with them. Rarity manages to move the gag a little further away from her mouth and screamed out to the hurt boys.

"HELP!" Rarity cried out before being dragged down.

After regaining consciousness, Toby, Sophia, and Spike ran over to the edge of the hole and looked straight down.

"Rarity… NOOOOO!" Spike screamed towards the sky, which hurt Toby's ears quite a bit.

"MUST you?" Toby asked him annoyed.

"What do you expect? I'm in shock here," Spike pointed out.

"Where the heck did they go?" Sophia wondered.

"Probably down to their mining tunnels so Rarity can find more gems for them like before," Spike replied.

"Aw man… Now I don't mind getting dirty every now and then but I know for a fact that Rarity won't even touch mud unless it's imported!" Toby stated.

Spike turned to him angrily. "This is all your fault!"

"How is this my fault?" Toby exclaimed.

"I don't know… it just is!" Spike stated bluntly.

"Alright, look, I'm sorry alright?" Toby asked "I know you've been feeling jealous and left out ever since me and Rarity bonded over our love of fashion but believe me when I say that the only feelings I have for her are merely platonic just like the others,"

Spike sighed. "I know… and I'm sorry I acted like a jealous jerk… it's just so frustration how your able to hang out with her so well and you feel so at ease around her,"

"That's because he doesn't have romantic feelings for her, you do," Sophia said. "And he's sorry if some the words he said to you earlier hurt your feelings… it's mainly because… well… you know that thing that prevents you from saying certain stuff?"

Spike nodded. "Yeah?"

"Yeah… I don't have that…" Toby admitted. "Plus, I'm still new to having friends so I'm not that sure what I'm supposed to say to friends due to the fact that I've never had some before you guys…"

Spike smirked. "So this is out guilt off huh? I say I messed up and you say you messed up more… Look Toe, we've both made big mistakes but we have to get over ourselves, forget this whole fight and get the job done

Toby nodded. "Oh yeah. Ok, now listen up, you and I are gonna have to put our differences aside,"

"To save Rarity," Spike finished. "And from here on out I got you back bro, just promise me you got mine to,"

"You have my word," Toby promised. "So soldier, are you ready for a rescue mission of epic proportions?"

Spike saluted. "Yes, sir! Let's do it! Now commencing Operation: Save Rarity!"

Toby smiled. "Let's go,"

The two humans and dragon stood in front of the hole, then they jumped down the hole and into the darkness, to save their friend.

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Deep beneath the town and in the mining lair of the Diamond Dogs, Rarity already had a tight harness attached to her which in turn, was attached to a rolling and empty crate. She also had a gag in her mouth that prevented her from speaking.

The Diamond Dogs were all standing nearby, watching her vigilantly and evilly. Rover held up a whip.

"Alright pony, get to work and find our gems!" Rover ordered "Hee-yah!"

Rover smacked her with the whip which made her jump and start to move across the area, her horn glowing as she searched all over for gems.

Spot snickered evilly. "This is brilliant! Now that the whiny and prissy pony can't speak she can't annoy our ears off!"

"Yeah, and she'll get more work done!" Fido added.

"Exactly! And so long as nothing and nobody else tries to save her we'll be up to our armpits in gems!" Rover declared. All three of them moaned happily and licked her lips hungrily.

Spot then remembered something "But uh… what about the dragon and those… creatures?"

"The ones they call 'Toby Morrison' and 'Sophia Lawrence'?" Rover asked.

Fido nodded. "Uh-huh, that's them!"

Rover waved a paw, uninterested. "Please! They're no threat to us! Besides, neither of those three fools are dumb enough to come down here!"

As they were speaking, Toby Morrison, Sophia Lawrence and Spike themselves had just dropped into the long and dark tunnels after jumping down the large hole in the ground. When they landed all they could see was pitch blackness and nothing else.

"Man it's dark, I can't see a darn thing!" Toby remarked.

"Don't panic, everyone," Sophia stated.

Spike screamed. "Ah! Something's got my arm!"

"That was me! Sorry!" Toby hissed. "Hey… hey I think I found a wooden branch on the ground,"

"Why would there be a branch in an underground cave?" Spike questioned.

"Who knows, who cares? Just light it," Sophia told him.

Spike breathed out from green fire which lit the tip of the branch that Toby was holding, lighting up the area they were standing in.

"Much better!" Toby stated. "Now come on, Rarity may not have much time!"

Toby walked ahead, Spike and Sophia followed him.

"Uh… Toe? Shouldn't we have gone and got Twilight and the others for help?" Spike asked.

"There was no time, besides like I said Rarity may not have much time and I don't want to waste it running back in forth," Toby explained "Plus… they might have sealed up the hole by the time we got back,"

"Good point," Spike nodded. "But uh… how do we find her?"

"Well how'd you find her last time?" Sophia asked.

"Well… Twilight mimicked Rarity's gem finding spell and it lead us to the place with the most gems and sure enough… there she was," Spike replied "Hey! Maybe you two can mimic her spell as well!"

"Haven't you been paying attention? We've only learned a few spells and that gem finding one isn't one of them," Toby told him.

"Well… what about the teleportation spell?" Spike suggested.

"We've only been able to teleport ourselves and only along sightlines. Which makes escaping out of a windowless, underground tunnel somewhat difficult," Toby pointed out in a deadpan and blunt tone.

Spike's face fell. "Right…"

"But don't worry, I don't think finding her will be that hard," Sophia assured him.

"How do you know?" Spike inquired.

"Well first those tracks on the ground are still fresh," Sophia said gesturing to the paw and hoof marks on the ground in front of them "Plus… listen,"

Spike listened closely and intensely until finally he heard a whipping sound, followed by a muffled cry.

"Rarity!" Spike cried, he quickly ran off down a tunnel to save his crush.

"Wait up!" Toby called out as he followed him.

Spike ran and ran till he saw a large metal door in front of him. He pulled on the handle but quickly found out it was locked. He then backed up and increased his speed as he decided to charge into it. But before he could Toby and Sophia grabbed him and hid him and themselves behind a large rock.

"Are you crazy?" Toby asked him "Do you want every Diamond Dog in this entire maze to know that we are here?!"

"Ok, fine, what's your brilliant idea then?" Spike questioned.

Toby stepped out from behind the boulder. "Watch and learn,"

Toby walked up to the door, pressed his back against the stone wall next to the door and knocked on it. One of the Diamond Dog's guards opened the door.

"Yes?" he asked.

Toby then slammed the door shut right in the dog's face, a few crashing noises were heard before Toby opens the now unlocked door, looked out it and saw that the guard dog was slammed against another rocky wall, unconscious.

He turned to Spike and gestured to the door. "After you,"

Spike walked right through the door. "Thank you!"

Toby and Sophia followed him. "Ok, so far, so good," the latter said.

"Yeah, Rarity's gotta be close," Spike stated.

"Definitely, and those Diamond Dogs are probably gonna be there too…" Toby mused "Taking all three of them by myself is gonna be tricky…"

Toby thought for a moment before an idea struck him. "Say… how hard are your scales?"

"Uh… pretty hard, Rarity once used me as a pin cushion and I didn't feel a thing," Spike admitted.

Sophia shrugged. "Good enough for us,"

Spike looked at him confused. "Why?"

"You'll find out," Toby smirked.

They walked further and further down the tunnel till they reached another metal door where behind it, the whipping and crying was the loudest.

"Rarity! She's gotta be behind there!" Spike said, he looked through the small hole in the door and saw the Diamond Dogs whipping a now crying Rarity. "They're hurting her! What are we gonna do Toe?"

"We'll use your head," Toby said simply.

A few seconds later Toby and Sophia were charging towards the door holding Spike's tiny body like a battering ram.

"But I don't want to use my head!" Spike screamed as Toby and Sophia continued to charge towards the door, preparing to knock it down, get inside and save Rarity from the horrendous Diamond Dogs.

On the other side of the room, the giant crate Rarity was dragging around was now filled up with gems. So much of them that the Diamond Dogs struggled to contain their excitement.

Spot giggled. "Yes! Soon we will have more gems than ever before!"

"Excellent! Then after this area we'll move on to the next and the next… till all the gems in Equestria belong to the…" Rover started to say but before he could finish, there was a loud 'thud' against the door, catching everypony's attention. The metal door fell off its hinges and hit the ground hard.

Toby stepped through the dust still holding Spike like a battering ram, whose eyes were rolling around and around, dizzy.

"Knock, knock," he said.

"You!" Rover cried.

"You remember… I'm touched," Sophia said sarcastically. "Now do yourselves a big favor and let our friend go… or else,"

"Or else what human?" Fido asked with a smirk.

Toby smirked back. "I was hoping you'd ask that. Ready Spike?"

Spike gave him a thumbs up and positioned himself like a weapon as Toby and Sophia charged towards the Diamond Dogs. Before the three dogs could react Toby and Sophia whacked all three of them using Spike like a mace, swinging him widely and impressively.

Fido then recovered and loomed over the two humans, who threw Spike over them. Spike then used his tail like a jack hammer and began hammering away on Fido's tail. He cried out in pain before Toby gave him an uppercut upside the jaw while Sophia kicked him in the stomach. Spike bent down as Fido tripped over him and hit the ground hard.

Spot charged towards Toby like a rabid dog but all Toby had to do to stop him was put his right palm on his head, hold him back and let him swing away.

"Don't worry boss! I'm wearing him down!" Spot assured Rover.

"Yeah, I'm exhausted," Toby said sarcastically before releasing Spot and allowing Spike and Sophia to blow back Spot with a gust of green flame and a beam made of energy and flowers. Spot hit the wall hard.

"Uh-oh!" Rover squeaked as the two boys and girl faced him. Toby cracked his knuckles in anticipation.

Rover quickly regained his composure "Alright you two vermin, you may have held off my brethren, but how will you fair against me?"

As Rover growled, foam began to pour from the corners of his mouth. Toby simply smiled a small smile.

"Simple. We don't need to," Toby told him "Ready Spike?"

Spike ran over the left side of the mining area "Ready!" he said.

Toby ran over to the other wall, Rover looked confused, as did Rarity.

"Heads up, flea bag," Toby said before he and Sophia pounding on the right wall, then Spike pounded on the other wall. The entire area shook like an earthquake, the stalagmites above them shook before falling down and imbedding themselves all around Rover, as if he were trapped inside a make shift cage. Rover could hardly believe what had just occurred.

"Yes!" Spike cheered. "We did it! We stopped them all!"

Toby smiled proudly. "And that is what we humans like to call… bringing down the house!" he said before bowing.

After knocking an angry Rover out cold with one punch, Toby then turned his attention to Rarity, he quickly unhitched the harness and removed the gag from her mouth, allowing her to speak.

"Rarity, you ok?" Toby asked concerned.

"I… I think so," Rarity said.

Spike quickly hugged. "Rarity! Your safe!"

"Yes, yes I am. Thanks to you three," Rarity smiled, both Spike ,Sophia, and Toby smiled back, complimented.

"But you must tell me how you were able to find me so fast," Rarity stated. "The last time these mongrels caught me it took Spike and the girls like… forever!"

"Well after we patched things up we jumped in after you and as for how we found you well…" Spike started.

"Spike managed to find their tracks AND your cries of distress," Toby finished.

"Really?" Rarity asked surprised.

"Really?" Spike echoed a bit confused.

"Yep, it was his plan to rescue you all along, he planned the WHOLE THING. We were just the uh… tag-along characters," Sophia admitted.

"He did?" Rarity said impressed.

"I did?" Spike repeated, even more confused, Toby nudged him and Spike then got what he was trying to do "I mean uh… yes, yes I did, and I'm really glad you're ok Rarity,"

Rarity bent down to Spike's height level, staring into his soul with love. "Oh Spike, you may have scared me a little but I cannot be angry at you for rescuing me. Thank you so much my dear Spikey-wikey." she said before leaning forward and planting a kiss on the baby dragons cheek.

Spike's entire body went stiff from Rarity's kiss. He blushed like a red tomato. "A-A-Any time R-Rarity." He stuttered.

Toby rolled his eyes in amusement and nudged his friend playfully. "Smooth moves, buddy,"

"Nice one, Spike," Sophia replied.

"Well, now that that fiasco is over I suppose we ought to bring all these gems with us as well," Rarity stated "After all I did find them all by myself, of course,"

"Yeah, against your will I might add," Toby reminded.

"Details, details," Rarity said "Now hold on while I get ready to carry this back up to the surface,"

"Oh, no, no, no! We'll carry it back up to two should go on ahead," Toby told them. "We'll be right behind you, although it'll be far behind you and it will take me a long time to catch up. So you two will be stuck together, alone, for a long time."

Spike and Rarity looked at each other and blushed brightly.

Rarity didn't take her eyes away from Spike's, she smiled. "So… Spike, want to come with me back to my boutique for some… tea?" she asks sweetly, making Spike's heart flutter.

"YES!" Spike exclaimed loudly before regaining his composure "I mean… sure, why not? Let's go!"

Spike and Rarity walked off ahead. Spike looked back towards Toby with a wide grin, who gave him a thumbs up and a smile as a response. As they exited, Toby grabbed the cart before a thought popped into his head.

"Hmm… I wonder what their kids will look like?" he wondered, he thought for a moment before shuddering, "Man that breaks so many laws of nature! But hey, love is love as I'm told although I'm still never having kids,"

"Me too," Sophia agreed.

Toby and Sophia then began to pull the cart out of the mine and followed the dragon and the pony close yet far behind with smiles on their faces.

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Author's note: Sophia's new outfit is inspired by Tylie's Ladybug Look outfit from La Dee Da. I wanted Sophia to have a part in this chapter so I changed the speaker of some lines.