Author's Notes:

Hello everyone!

So now we have a big problem. Ponies are going around punishing Carrot and anyone who stands with Trixie. So what will our lovely and daring pony mayor of Ponyville do next?

I had trouble writing this story but thanks to Arries of Avlon I was able to get out of my slump and now I present the end of the sixth day to you!

Enjoy!

As always, read, rate, love and tolerate!

Mary stormed out of her home determined to put an end to all the madness that had befallen her quaint town. She was quite disturbed by the news brought to her by Trixie, Carrot Top, and Platinum about ponies rioting and destroying property. All because of that stupid amulet.

What was it with her town that made it a magnet for disaster after disaster?

Now, Ponyville being so close to the Everfree Forest had it's fair share of troubles, but it was never anything they couldn't handle. In truth, this use to be a quiet town with little to no excitement. That was until about a eight months ago when Twilight Sparkle first arrived for the Summer Sun Celebration. That was when things really spiraled out of control.

She thought back to the earliest days that Twilight spent in Ponyville. One of her earliest incidents involved some doll that she enchanted, infamously named the Smarty Pants Dilemma, it was easily one of Mary's most embarrassing moments in her life. Oh, was she ever glad that her unprofessional behavior was long forgotten from all that.

A she past over an old bridge she thought back to when Spike, the resident dragon, went through a greedy growth spurt and terrorized the town. It cost a lot of bits to fix everything the young dragon destroyed. It was no where near the damage caused by the most recent fight, but it was a solid second place compared to the damage the Alicorn Amulet caused.

She thought hard about these incidents as they came and went, as she walked past a group of ponies carrying banners. She didn't see what was on them, being to concerned with getting to her destination. She was on her way to see Twilight Sparkle at the local library. She knew that the unicorn was a student of Celestia's and had hoped she'd be able to get some backing.

But she was stopped short by an angry mob that was blocking the street, about halfway to the library, just outside the town hall.

She thought long and hard as she altered her path and began heading into the center of Ponyville. Her destination, Ponyville library.

She was passing through the market when she noticed a large group of ponies heading in her general direction with angry looks on their faces. They chanted together saying,"drive out the demon witch!" Several carried the banners Trixie had Rarity make over a week ago with her icon on them, but now they had red paint crossing over the faces. Several ponies held signs that read, "Drive out the witch!" Others had vulgar statements about Trixie, and most disturbingly several were about Platinum and Carrot Top as well.

Mary frowned at the sight of the ponies. Never in her entire life had she even seen such a thing. While it was nice for a change to see the citizens banding together against a common foe, she would have liked it if they had grown a spine not on Trixie. She trotted over to the group and a single pony ran up to her half way.

"Roseluck, what is the meaning of this?" The mayor demanded, gesturing to the group.

Roseluck held up her hoof and the mob stopped dead in its tracks.

"We're going to show that, arrogant blue bitch, that she can't come to our town and destroy it, not once, not twice, but THREE times!" the mare shouted, enticing shouts of agreement from the crowd. "We won't allow an outsider to come and subjugate us!"

"Yeah!"

"Drive out the demon!"

"Let's hang her by her hooves! Neigh! Saw off her horn!"

"Peace citizens of Ponyville!" Mary called trying to calm the group.

The group slowly stopped its frenzy and all eyes focused on the mayor. She felt tense. She hadn't felt this way since she first arrived in Ponyville to run for mayor years ago. Now, here she was trying to quell the same feeling of dread she felt so long ago.

Steeling herself, she stood before the crowd ready to try and reason with them. Ponyville had always had some of the most reasonable ponies Mary had ever met. She hoped they weren't too far gone to be reasoned with.

"Citizens of Ponyville! I urge you to lay down your arms and return home peacefully. Trixie has paid her dues and is not a threat to you anymore!" she said to the crowd. "I promise you what happened a few days ago was a terrible accident that involved several ponies and it HAS been taken care of!"

Roseluck stared incredulously at the mayor. She knew Mary hired Trixie as her assistant, but never thought much about it until now. Anger swelled in her face she she invaded Mary's personal space.

"And just what do you mean it involved several ponies?" the rose pony asked. "It sounds to me like you're trying to cover it all up. Again."

"How dare you-"

"No! How dare YOU!" Roseluck yelled back, pushing Mary. 'You always cover up for the biggest screw ups because you don't want to lose your position! The Gabby Gums thing! Now you cover for Trixie... wait a minute."

The cream colored pony ran back into a nearby house and a minute later came back out with a news paper recognized by all of Ponyville. "Gabby Gums article #177: The Great and Powerful Trixie Secrets revealed!" The pony yelled smacking Mary with it. "You've been covering for Trixie the whole time! You even went so far to make a random stallion out to be a criminal and Trixie a victim! I can't believe I never made the connection!"

Mary was shocked at the absolutely false allegations against her. She furrowed her brow and stood her ground as the crowd began to chatter among itself.

"These are lies and I won't stand for it! I'm not covering for anypony! Trixie was a victim of circumstances and I won't let you victimize her for it!"

Another pony stepped forward from the crowd, it was Bon Bon. The cream earth pony swung her blue and pink mane to the side glaring at the mayor. Mary took note that her closest friend Lyra was nowhere to be seen. Bon Bon made her way over to Roseluck and stood beside her, puffing out her chest.

She leaned over and whispered something into Rose's ear, earning a disgusted look from her. Rose looked over to the mayor as if sizing her up and looked like she was appalled by her very sight. Mary felt very self conscious from the intense glares she received from the two.

Rose stepped up and pressed her hoof to the mayor's chest. "You are with her!?"

Mary tilted her head unsure of what she meant. "What do you me, 'with her'?"

"YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN!" Rose accused shoving Mary with both hooves this time. "You're dating Trixie!"

Now Mary could see where this was going.

"Yes, I admit i'm in love with her. And two others I might add." she added before Rose could speak. "I can vouch for her as can several others."

Bon Bon stepped forward with a smirk. "Yeah, I know. Lyra told me all about your little herd you've got going on. Must be nice to have all the mares to yourself and I bet they're getting 'political favors' aren't they?"

Now Mary was beyond angry. She stepped forward pushing Bon Bon back wit her head, making her push back to stand her ground.

"Now see here you piece of-" she pushed catching herself before she gave into her base desire to insult the mare. "Don't you dare accuse me of being some common whore. What's between me and my herd mates is my business. Not yours, not Lyra's, and certainly not all of Ponyvilles!"

"So, you admit to playing favorites!?" a voice cried form the crowd.

"She's one of them!"

"Impeachment! Impeachment I say!"

"Everypony please be reasonable-" Mary tried to calm the group down but was met with stiff resistance.

Roseluck pulled over a box from the side of the market and stood atop of it, Bon Bon by her side. "You see everypony! It's as I said before! Mary Goldmane, mayor of Ponyville is nothing but a cheap whore who uses her position to not only give favors to others, but she manipulates them into doing her dirty work! Then she covers up her mistakes by shifting blame on others!" Rose held up the Gabby Gums article to emphasize her point. "She's been covering things up from the start! Spike's rampage! The parasprites! Now Trixie, arguable her biggest cause she can't control her urges!"

"That's a lie and you know it, Roseluck!" Mary yelled in her own defense. "I never used my position for any gain, nor to fave sexual favors from anypony!"

Roseluck however, was ready for this one. She turned to face Mary, her eyes locking with the angry green ones.

"Oh, and I hear you slept with Maud Pie. The famous Canterlot Geologist! I'll bet you had her come out to say this was a random rock monster attack or even a natural disaster! Something about the, fault lines or some junk!"

"That's a false accusation and has no premises and you know it Rose! Why are you doing this? Aren't we friends, Rose?" Mary tried pleading with her. "The lunches, and all the fun we had with everypony? Does this not all mean anything to you? To any of you?"

Several ponies hung their heads low. Shame donned their faces, but Rose then turned to the group. "She's trying to manipulate you all! She's using the guilt trip maneuver! She's trying to shift blame again! Don't you see!?"

Several ponies in the group still looked unconvinced.

"Roseluck is right!" Bon Bon said, coming to aid her friend. "She even covered up the whole thing! She's trying to divide us knowing she can get to you by using the whole, 'I thought we were friends' thing!"

"That's not true! I'm friends with half of you here!" she pointed to a stallion in the group. "Iron Hoof! We went to school together years ago! I was there when you got your cutie mark in iron forging! Daisy! I helped you start your flower business back when it was just you me, and Ticker!"

Mary then turned to face the others. "And what you did to poor Carrot Top was uncalled for! Destroying her home and her entire livelihood! Shame on all of you!"

The two ponies in question looked torn. They didn't deny what was said, but fear of rejection from the group meant that they, like Carrot Top, would be targeted as well. Fear gripped them as they decided to look away from their friend in her time of need.

Mary looked distraught when they looked away, but Bon Bon and Roseluck gave her cocky grins.

"Don't you see mayor? You can't cover this one up." Rose said, wrapping her arm around Bon Bon, kissing her. "We've banned together to stop your unfair treatment and will see to it that all involved are punished for their crimes."

Mary slumped on her haunches, but her gaze never left Rose's. She stared with all the hate she could muster at the moment at the two cream colored ponies. She tried to rack her brain for a peaceful solution, but came up empty.

Rose and Bon Bon circled around her like two sharks ready to strike a helpless wounded prey. Sensing their victory they pressed on.

"You can't win this time Mary." Bon Bon said in her ear.

"You'll never cover this one up. We intend to make Trixie and you pay for what you did, and any who stand with you." Rose threatened. She then softened her face as she stood in front of the mayor. "And nothing you do will stop the truth from being heard!"

The crowd cheered as Bon Bon hugged her, a triumphant look on her face. Mary sighed shaking her head. She couldn't believe things spiraled out of control so badly. Had she been playing favorites this whole time? Was she really as bad as they said she was? Normally ponies don't say such things unless there's some hint of truth behind them. It was true she covered up the Gabby Gums paper fiasco, but that was for the good of Equestria since it involved one of the Elements of Harmony.

No, that was a lie. She knew it was to save face for Igneous Rock Pie. She used her position to help him and soften the blow to his reputation. Rose was right about that one, she did do it as a favor to him. But it was for the stallion she loved so long ago. She glanced up seeing the two weren't going to relent she decided drastic measures needed to be taken.

Mary took in a deep breath calming herself for what she felt she had to do next. Bon Bon and Roseluck raised their hooves silencing the crowd as they waited to hear what Mary had to say.

"I have a proposition for you all." Mary declared. "One I think you all with agree to."