Chapter 4: Demands and A Plan

The Diamond Dogs look worried as they walk down stairways to the lair of the one who employed them. Their boss is not going to happy about their failure. Now they're arguing as to figure out how to tell him...and who would have the guts to even do so!

"Ohh, the boss won't be liking this." Rover groans in concern. "Who's going to tell him?"

"Well, I ain't telling him. I didn't mess the job up." Spot grunts a bit. He nods to Fido while adding, "You tell him!"

"What?! Why me?! Why should I tell the boss," Fido protests in alarm, "Why not Rover tell him?!"

"Tell him what?!" Rover ask Fido right back in concern and fear.

"That we messed up job to kill whiny pony!" His colleague exclaims at one, much to their leader's annoyance.

"Ugh! You two numbskulls always blame one another!" Rover groans as the Diamond Dogs reach the door to the lair itself, "Fine! I will be telling him. He won't like it, I promise you two that!"

Rover opens the door quietly and peeks into the room. His boss is waiting behind his desk, out of uniform. The villain is the most nastiest pony in Equestria who wants to take it over. The no one will suspect of....

Awww, who am I kidding? You know that it's Boris, right?

As Rover came in and closes the door, he gulps nervously, "I'm back; Greetings, oh great evil boss!"

Rover gulps some more as Boris came over to him, speaking sternly, "You know....it doesn't look good especially since only one minion show up." The villain leans right onto the Diamond Dog, making him more nervous. "Isn't that right, Rover?"

Outside, the remaining two dogs are trying to hear what's going on. Fido mumbles, "Me can't hear anything."

"All I'm hearing is hearing steps and clomps." Spot remarks to Fido in agreement.

The two Diamond Dogs decided to peek through the keyhole...then saw a familiar glaring eye glancing out at them. The two minions scream in alarm as they get hit by magic and got pulled right through the keyhole, in cartoon fashion, forcing Fido and Spot right into the room and being dropped right near their boss.

"Uh, hey Rover," Fido said to Rover sheepishly.

"So how did it go?" Spot ask Rover nervously.

Rover's knees shake. His boss frowns as he demands, "Boys, this better be good!"

"Oh, well, you told us to do it and we did what you told us to do." Rover said to Boris, making him grin a bit.

"Ah, good; so how did it gone?"

"We did it, we dropped safe on the whiny pony princess!" Spot answers Boris proudly. Needless to say, Boris looks shocked and disbelief upon hearing that.

"What," Boris demands in shock to Spot upon hearing that. He angrily blasts the three Diamond Dogs, knocking them down hard, "Idiots! I didn't tell you to drop a safe on her! I told her to 'keep her safe'! Honestly, why do you even think I want to get rid of the one thing that could guarantee my ruler of this country and Twilight Sparkle?!"

"Oh good. Good news is that we missed her." Fido explains to Boris happily, assuring him that Rarity wasn't killed.

"Yes, yes. At least whiny pony is still alive, right?" Rover asks Boris with a sheepish smile.

Boris slaps his forehead while snapping, "Why I hired you three dumb mutts is beyond me. Listen up, I got a plan...and it doesn't involve killing the princess. I want you three to kidnap her!"

"Oooh, goodie," Spot exclaims eagerly, but looks worried. "But won't we have to deal with the pony's whining?"

"At least give her muzzle so we don't have to hear her talk!" Fido exclaims to Boris in agreement. The Diamond Dogs hate to hear Rarity's annoying whining.

"Right, right; Give us muzzle so we can put princess in mines and..." Rover pauses a bit then looks confused. "Wait, does this involve any type of celebration?"

"Idiots! It's opera and it's tomorrow!" Boris scowls angrily as he points to a poster of the upcoming opera involving pirates that is hanging on a wall nearby. We hear singing some out of nowhere. Boris arches an eyebrow, looking confused.

"Uh....did we hear singing?"

"Don't ask. Brian brought that poster and ever since then, that kept happening. Anyway, the princess must be gone by that time or I won't become king!"

"Oooooh," The Diamond Dogs said with stupid nods. But they look confused, much to Boris's annoyance. The three Diamond Dogs obviously didn't get what he was trying to tell them; Time to punish them for that as well as for their previous mess up.

Boris turns around and yells out, "Lieutenant Brian Tenny! Front and center!"

A stallion gallops into the room, saluting to his boss. It is an Earth Pony with an Aqua blue fur, a pink sharp mane and tail, orange eyes, a green collar, and his cutie mark has birthday presents. His name is Brian Tenny, Boris's second-in command.

"Oui, mon capitaine," Brian exclaims, saluting Boris while smiling. "I am ready and willing to do your bidding!"

Boris points a hoof at the Diamond Dogs, demanding, "Throw these mutts into the Pit!"

"Aye, aye, captain!"

"Wait! No, not the Pit! Anything but that," The Diamond Dogs all scream out in fear as Brian goes near a cloth lever and grabs it with a devilish look on his face.

"See ya, doggies!" Brian laughs as he pulls the lever.

Soon the trap door opens underneath the Diamond Dogs, causing them to scream as they fell in. Looks like the trio of mutts are no more, fallen into the abyss below...that is until, after a moment, Rover, peeks his head out and looks around.

"Hey, this isn't so bad." Rover said in surprise. Boris sighs in annoyance. One day, he's gotta get that Pit dug deep enough.

Suddenly, the phone rang nearby. Brian picks it up and answers, "Hi! You reached the evil lair of Boris; Brian Tenny speaking!"

"No, you dope! Don't tell them the 'evil' part!" Boris snaps angrily to Brian. Last thing he wants is trouble from any heroes finding out his true nature...if they haven't figured it out by now!

Brian listens to a bunch of gibberish on the other end. The stallion understood, gasping in concern, "Whoa! It's the princess!" The minion quickly punches a button nearby, lighting up a silhouette of Rarity with a crown on her, causing the alarm to go off.

"Oh great; Just what I don't need..."

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Rarity is angry; she is waiting impatiently for Boris to arrive, watching the musketeers march around while singing their song.

Musketeers: All for one, hey!
All for one and one for all!
Musketeers sing!
All for one and one for all!

Boris, in uniform, arrives on the scene, bowing to the princess graciously. She snaps, "About time! What took you?"

Boris, although a bit irritated by Rarity's tone of voice, chose to ignore it. He spoke up, "Princess Rarity. It is so wonderful to see you on this fine day. Tell me, for what do I owe the privilege of you summoning me up here?"

"I want bodyguards and I want them now!'

"Wait, what?"

"And it won't be any bodyguards, the Musketeers ones!" Rarity adds. She motions to a musketeer named Rainbow Dash practicing as the musketeers sing in a military like style.

Villains, bad guys run in fear,
When they see the musketeers!
Saving Rarity is our duty.
Mess with them we’ll kick your-

Rainbow uses her sword to stab the practice dummy as the Musketeers adds a 'Uh!' to their song. Boris looks rather nervous. His Musketeers are the best in all of Equestria! If he even gives the princess any of them, all his plans to be king would be ruined

"Err, your Highness, the musketeers are too busy keeping the castle safe, along with anywhere else in the whole kingdom." Boris spoke to Rarity in concern. "And..."

"Wait, what are you waiting for?" Rarity demands to Boris sternly. It's obvious that the mare doesn't want to hear any of her captain's excuses. She wants a bodyguard now!

"Right; No problem; let me check my schedule..."

Boris uses his magic to pull out a calendar from his pocket. On the schedule, there are events marked: 'Tuesday: Kidnap the Princess' and 'Wednesday: Become King and Married Twilight'. He then grins a bit as if pretending to be taking the princess's request.

"Well, Tuesday and Wednesday is filled up." Boris said to Rarity with a shrug. "Would next Tuesday help?"

"Look, I was almost killed today and I rather not tempt fate again!" Rarity snaps angrily to Boris, making him yelp. "Now, you either get me my musketeer bodyguards in 10 minutes or you are going to be looking for a new job in 11!"

Boris looks more concerned. Now he has to get some bodyguards for Rarity or the villain will be out of a job...or worst, she will get suspicious about why he isn't giving her any bodyguards. Boris needs a plan. The villain knew that his best musketeers would ruin his plans...but...if he were to send any worst...or in this case, any pony who isn't a true musketeer at all...

'This is all-too-perfect! Now is my chance to become King. But....Princess Rarity will need some bodyguards. I can't risk losing any of my own troops. So who should I send? I need some miserable, worthless slobs who'd be certain to fail the first chance they got--.' Boris thought to himself carefully. What slobs would he use for his plan?

Suddenly Boris notice something on the windows nearby: it's those janitors and the newbies, cleaning them while on a roped stand. Pinkie is singing sadly as she and Pinkamena are pulling on the rope to make the stand itself go higher during the cleaning progress.

Pinkie: Pancakes, cornflakes, scrambled eggs

"Pinkamena, better be careful." Golden Heart said to his sister in concern as she and Pinkie kept on pulling on the rope. He is worried that the two would end up pulling too hard.

Buttered toast and apple jam.
Tonight it’s meat I hope it’s Spam

"Hey, hey, watch out!" Spike exclaims in worry. But it's too late, Pinkie and Pinkamena pulls on the rope too hard and it's causing the stand to lose its balance.

"Oh no," Ben exclaims in worry and alarm.

"Whoa!" Pinkie exclaims in alarm. The stand begins to break, causing it and everyone on it to fall right into the bush below.

"YAAAAH-HOO-HOO-HOO-HOOEY," The five on the stand screams as they hit the ground hard. That was rough!

'Wait a minute. Of course! Why didn't I think of that before?' Boris thought as he gave a devilish smile. Turning to Rarity, he spoke up, "Princess, I think today's your lucky day! I got just the ponies for you. Well, most of them are ponies. One of them, well, he's..."

"I don't care what he is; just bring him and the ponies to me! And you better hope they're the right ones!" Rarity scowls angrily to Boris as she heads back into the palace. "Thanks to your incompetence and arrogance, even things are being the worst thing ever!'

"Grrr, I will show you 'worst thing ever'..."

Boris holds two of his upper fore legs close together, pretending to crush Rarity's head with them. Of course, when she turns back to him with a glare, the villains tops what he's doing in time, whistling innocently.

Author's note
Looks like Boris has an evil plan and Spike and his pals are a part of it. In the next chapter, the heroes became musketeers (unofficially) but will they make good first impressions on Rarity and Twilight, especially since the princess saw what could be her true love at last? Read, review and suggest.