"So Colgate gave you that maid's outfit?" I asked her.

"Yep! She thought you and I would like it."

"It was great!"

"Don't lie. I saw the nosebleed. Was it that good? The outfit I mean?"

"... no comment."

"Hahahaha!" It's great to hear Vinyl's laugh.

[I just thought of something. It's about Cold Iron.]
<What?>
[Well... he's hard on the outside but we beat him with David's speech. So why don't we kill him from the inside?]

"Well... You see Beta." said Vinyl. I stopped walking and looked at her. "If he's going through more training than we might not be able to talk him out this time."

"How did you do that?" I asked her.

"When we connected last night I saw your little angel/devil things going on."

"Their my consciousnesses. And their both badass."

"Of course they are. I never said they weren't. Theirs Pinkie now!" said Vinyl pointing at the pony entering the kitchen of the Corner.

"Do we have a plan?" I asked her.

"We don't just go up and talk to her?"

"OH... I wanted to be like Snake and sneak in their."

"I don't know who that is but try it." I nodded and ducked into the bush and appeared behind a tree. I stuck my head out and looked left and right then climbed the tree jumping off, doing a roll, and landing beside the door when Pinkie stuck her head out.

"Hiya!" she said.

*long gasp* OH MY GOD!" I fell back into the bushes. All I heard was Vinyl in the back laughing.

"Nice one Pinks!" she said getting a hi five from her.

"Are you okay Bass?" asked Pinkie.

"Oh you remember me. Huh. Alright than. We can get straight to the point. Pinkie we need your help."

"With what?"

"Let's do this in private." She welcomed us into her home. I took a seat on the couch and was glared at by the Cakes. "Oh sorry! Don't mind me!"

"Who are you?" asked Mrs. Cake.

"I'm the man whose trying to help." Pinkie and Vinyl came in and sat down beside me. "Alright. Pinkie we have a new threat. Do you remember the Nightmare?"

"Who?"

"The woman who possessed Luna. Nightmare Moon?"

"Oh that nightmare. Silly filly!" She gave me a light tap on the arm and I gave her a dead stare.

"Don't call me that ever again." I told her and a frown took over her face. "Anyways. She, a evil warrior named Cold Iron, and others are trying to kill us all!"

"*gasp* When?" asked Mr. Cake.

"We estimated two months." said Vinyl.

"And you know this how?" asked Pinkie.

"We're working with the princesses to fix this. I need you, Pinkie. And all your friends to help us. The elements are needed along with the princesses and myself to stop these enemies."

"What can you do again?" asked Vinyl. "Besides get injured?"

"I can keep Iron busy for a while until the orbital friendship cannon is ready." I told her. "And he use a cheap shot to hurt me. Not very manly at all is he?"

"Guess not." she said with a smile. I had my goofball mood back in action.

[Is it me or do I feel...]
<...Swag?>
[That's it... swag...]
{I want a banana right now.}

"So. Here we are. I have my good buddy Hindsight talking to Rarity and..." Pinkie put her hoof on my mouth.

"The Hindsight?! The hero of Canterlot!" Pinkie had a big smile on her face. Vinyl and I looked between each other and her and back again.

"Come again?" I asked her. She left and came back in the same second with a paper. It was a picture of David talking to Dark Steel and I was removed from the picture. "Aw... I thought I did better than that."

"Next page." said Pinkie. I turned it and read the headline out loud. "Perverts in Canterlot. Reports came in and Fleur-de-lis was peeped on by local idiot. After a fight with the Cold Iron witnesses say that Bass Strings was thrown into Fleur's house and... *sigh* caused trouble. Really?! How can they post this?" I asked them. "Whose the writer... oh..." I turned it around. It said 'Big Red Publishers.' on it. "That's why." I knew that jerk would return.

"Who is he?" asked Vinyl.

"The asshole who gave me the stitches. All because I launched a wet paper ball at the Prince."

"That was so funny!" said Pinkie laughing. "It was... on TV. I recorded it." She put in a tape and we all looked at the large television set displaying the picture. There was no sound but me banging my hoof on the table pointing and yelling at the prince. He made a snide comment and I used magic to build that little spoon-a-pult and throw the ball at him.

"BWAH HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" I busted out laughing. Can't keep it in anymore.

"That wasn't funny." said Mr. Cake. "You could have hurt his feelings for all we know."

"What?! Did you hear what he said to me!" they all shook their heads no. "Than that's why I look like the jerk." Vinyl put her hoof on my shoulder and I looked at her. Her face was puckering and she was trying not to laugh. "Vinyl was it that funny?"

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" she cackled and fell on the floor laughing. "It was! Ha! HAHAHAHA!"

"You alright down there?"

"Hah hah... hah... yeah..." I held out a hoof. "But I prefer the couch." I pulled her up for a hug. She kindly accepted it and got in her usual hugging position on me.

"I wander what Sight is doing..." I asked the sky.

Meanwhile...

"Rarity I need-" She threw a ribbon at David and he caught it.

"No time! I need to finish my work!"

"You don't understand! I need your help!"

"Like with your friend's fashion? I saw you and Bass earlier. Why does he wear a harness?"

"To hold his guitar."

"Ah. Well it could use a bit of polish."

"Why are we talking about this. I need your help as a Element of Harmony!" She froze and stared at him.

"So... for what?"

"Theirs an evil threat on it's way and If you don't help us... than we'll all die." David said sadly. His face showed only sadness. "I don't want anyone else getting hurt Rarity. I need you and your friends and the princesses and Bass to help me."

"I'm more into fashion and beauty..." said Rarity stroking her mane. "But I'll destroy anyone who hurts my friends!" she yelled at Pinkie volumes. "Sorry about that. Would you like a bit of tea?"

"Oh tea sounds great!" David's smile returned. "So you'll help me?"

"On one condition. You need-" Pinkie blocked the camera with a sign. 'Sorry' it said 'Odd secret can't be given away. Or it will be spoiled FOREVER!'

"I can do that." said David.

Meanwhile...

Vinyl and I left the Corner with a plate of cookies.

"I thought you didn't like sweets." said Vinyl.

"Yeah. But I love peanut butter. Oh banana nut! My favorite!"

"You'll go ape for bananas." said Vinyl with a smirk.

"That's not funny."

"Sorry."

"No I mean the human race evolved from monkeys." I told her putting another cookie in my mouth. "Oh these are great!"

"So you'll go human for bananas?"

"Hell yeah I will! No where in the world did David get to?" We looked over and saw him running from the boutique. "Ah speak of the devil."

"Guys. I got Rarity."

"We got Pinkie." said Vinyl. "Let's get Fluttershy together. And carefully I might add. She's a little..."

"Shy?" I asked her.

"No. More like scared of everything that could pose as a potential threat. Like you two." We both looked at each other and raised an eyebrow.

"David looks nothing like a threat. And how could I be one?"

"She's probably read the paper. You know. Peeper in Canterlot on the loose!"

"Alright! Let's be nice!" I began walking. "Allons-y!" David grabbed the hair on the back of my neck.

"No you don't. Rarity wants to see you."

"What sort of deal did you make?" I asked him.

"Deal? What deal!"

"David... really?"

"Just go." I began walking towards the boutique.

"Fine. Leave me a banana cookie!" I yelled at them. Rarity better not make me look good. I always look good. Also who makes a deal like that? We just laughed at Pinkie's. Oh. Right. She's the Element of Laughter. So us laughing made her happy. Clever...

{Boys your awfully quiet.}
[Rarity... she's gonna... Rarity... no...] Beta was in a fetal position.
<Sorry 'bout that. Poor baby is scared of needles.>
{Really? How?}
[We're all different!]
<I'm scared of prostitutes that want to kill us.>
{Yikes. Now that is scary. I still have toxiphobia.}
[I see the spider queen.]

"Where!" I yelled turning 360 degrees. "Don't see her..."

<So anything poisonous scares you?>
{It's not that. My body has this instinct and if I see something venomous than I'll kill it.}
[So you can't run?]
{Can't run. It sucks. Don't know why I do it.}
<Because your scared. But unlike other humans you'll actually stand up to it.>
{So...}
[<Your brave!>]
{In that case. Man up Beta. We're seeing the queen of the thread.}

Meanwhile...

"So he's a threat?" asked David.

"Well... I was in his mind and I saw he has so much power inside and he's not even showing it. Alpha and Beta act like..."

"Supports. To control him. That's right... Oh well. Let's see Fluttershy. He'll visit Applejack for us."

"Alright. I wander what he's doing?"

Meanwhile... again...

"Ah! NO!"

"Stop squirming!" commanded Rarity. She literally removed the magical harness from my body. How?

"You stabbed me!"

"Because you moved!"

"Alright. I just need to stay... calm..." I sat in the chair when she clamped me down. "Not calm NOT CALM!"

[Oh god oh god!]
<Dustin! I'm going to get you out of there man!>
{There's just no point! Leave me!}
[We can't! Your a brother to us! We go together!]
[{<As brothers!>}]

"All finished." said Rarity with a large smile on her face. I looked in the mirror to see I was wearing a brown suit with gray stripes and a blue undershirt. Their was a midnight blue tie underneath the brown vest. She also had a fancy brown duster coat. "Very handsome. Now for my next trick!" She grabbed a bottle and dipped a paint brush in it and put it across all of my facial scars.

"Ah! That stuff burns! What is it!"

"It's a new potion I've been working on. I want to help scar victims like you out."

"Aw... ain't that swee- OW SHIT!" She more of it on and than grabbed a towel and wiped my face.

"*gasp* You look beautiful!" She handed me a mirror and showed me my scar-less face.

"Very nice. Very nice indeed. How did you do that?"

"Magic! Also beauty is my specialty."

"And this suit is a lot nicer than the harness. What did you do to that?"

"I removed it's magic and added it to your clothes." She put the guitar on my back and we watched as it wouldn't fall. "Charm spell. That's what it's called. I hope you don't mind if I take notes?"

"Not at all! Vinyl will love this."

[I look so handsome! So fucking handsome!]
<Your like the next David Tennant.>
{Explain.}
[You just need brown hair and brown eyes.]
{I got the hair... oh wait. No I don't. OH well. I like it like this.}
<We can make an exception.>

"Hey Rarity. Did you meat Hindsight?"

"Oh yes! What a wonderful colt. I see why the princess like's him so much."

"Yeah?"

"He's charming, kind, caring, and selfless. I want my prince to be like that."

"He's more like, an um... jumpy bunny. But he's a great friend. And for future notice. Stay away from Blueblood."

"Why? He's so handsome and gorgeous!"

"Those are the same thing. He's a rude jerk. Trust me on this."

"Fine. I'll listen to the handsome stallion in front of me. How is Vinyl and the others? They don't visit much anymore."

"She's great! Octavia, Derpy, and the Doctor too. I haven't seen Lyra, Bon-Bon, Colgate, or Berry Punch in a while though."

"Oh they all live in Ponyville darling!"

[So Lyra and her GF have been just hanging with us for fun?]
{Looks like it. Colgate... I remember the suicide thing...}
<And you got Vinyl to play Assemblage 23! Why did she jump?>
{It was... I don't know actually... Let's ask David.}

"Thanks for the suit Rarity."

"I want you looking your best when you fight evil!"

"Thanks! I want to come here for each of my services involving beauty!"

"It would be my pleasure." She opened the door for me. "Ta ta. And take care!"

"You too. Bye." I walked out and she gently closed the door behind me. Unlike Twilight on the other... hoof. Hmm. Still not use to that.

<She's in love with you!>
[Never again!]
{Please... there so many others out there like... um...}
[Big Mac?]
<Applejack has him.>
[...]
{... Never say that again. Like ever.}
<Sorry.>

Time to get the kindest pony of all to help us!

Meanwhile... Yes... again! Seriously!

"NNNOOO!" Fluttershy yelled running through her house and gently opening the windows and jumping out of them. She bumped into me on the way out.

"Hello my dear Shy!" I said putting a hoof over her and making her walk with me. "Isn't this world just so great and beautiful and peaceful?"

"It is! I love it so much!"

"Well if you don't help my friends and I... than world goes BOOM..." I said quietly in her face stretching my front hooves out like a bomb. "So what do you say?"

"In that case. I'll help. As long as I don't have to fight."

"I would never do that to someone like you." Vinyl and David came around the cottage. "Hey guys! I convinced her to help."

"Uh... you look... great..." said Vinyl moving her glasses and rubbing her eyes. "Is that you?"

"Course it's me! I just look better!"

"What did Rarity do to you?"

"She fixed my image. The suit matches my accent."

"No scars... no harness... just wow." said Vinyl coming for a hug. "Yep. Your real." We all turned to Fluttershy. "Sorry for just barging in and asking you to fight Shy."

"It's okay Vinyl. I didn't know it was such a bad threat. Who is it?"

"The Nightmare." I told her. "And everyone under her command. She's after Hindsight here." I pointed to him. "He's got the future powers I tells ya!"

"Okay than. What of my friends?"

"You know the plan already?" asked David.

"Well I can't do much good on my own. I need my friends to back me up."

"You have them. You also have us and the princesses on your side." I told her. She nodded in joy.

"Great! How long?" she asked.

"Two months." we all said in unison.

"Okay. Does anyone want tea?" she asked. We all looked at each other.

"Yeah sure!" I said walking in first.

"It'd be great." said Vinyl.

"Thank you." said David. It's like one big giant circle of tea.