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Chapter 34: The Mysterious Mare Do Well

It's moning at the Golden Oaks Library and Charles d'Artagnan is reading his comic books (yes he likes comic books). The comic he is reading is about his Favorite comic book hero 'The Masked Pony'(1). "...And they run off in the sunset! The End. Man It never gets old reading these." Charles said after reading issue #88 (yes that number). When he heard a familiar screech he turn and he saw his Pet Golden Eagle Zeus "Oh Zeus there you are I was reading My Favorite comic book hero 'The Masked Pony'." Zeus screech. "'The Masked Pony' is comic book character is a dashing purple-clad masked outlaw who defends the ponies of the land against tyrannical officials and other villains." Charles explained to Zeus. Zeus screech. "How long?! I was an fan ever since I was young." Charles explained to Zeus. He said upon recalling one memory that took place in his time prior to him joined the Musketeer ponies of the royal Guards. Charles is young and went into the Gaspony comic book store The owner is named Comic Strip An adult unicorn stallion with Comic Strips as a cutie mark and Charles is one of Comic Strip's best customers "Well... Well... Well if it isn't Charles d'Artagnan one of my best customers!" he said. "Hi Comic Strip got any new comic books yet?" Charles asked. "As a matter of fact I do." Comic said as he 'took' out a new comic book with a pony that wears Purple and black with a M on the cape buckle, a hat and below was a mask that covered the entire face on the cover. "What is this comic?" Charles asked. "It's an new Comic Book called The Mark of Marro By Johnston McPony." Comic explained. "What's it about Comic Strip?" Charles asked. "It's about a noblestallion who defends the ponies of the land against tyrannical officials and other villains." Comic explained. "Wow! How much dose it cost?" Charles asked. "10 bits!" Comic answered. "Man that's cheep!" Charles said "Good thing I have enough!" Charles then bought the issue #1 comic and he say goodbye to Comic Strip and arrive home says hello to his parents and went to his room to read his new comic book. When Charles done finished reading his comic book. He was amaze at it. "Wow I can't wait for the next issue!" Charles said. "So I went Comic Strip's shop each month to get an new Marro book. Marro is also called 'The Masked Pony' and he became my Favorite comic book hero." Charles told Zeus.

Later that day...

Charles is walking thew Ponyvile saying hello to everypony he meet. Man I wish it would great to do all those incredible feats like 'The Masked Pony' did He thought. Charles thoughts were interrupted when He heard a young filly's voice nearby. The voice sounded as if it was echoed. "Help! Help!" Charles heard again it came from the old well with broken planks of wood nailed onto the top. Charles quickly raced over to the well and looked down. Through many feet down, He could see a small faint filly crawled at the bottom. "This looks like a job for 'The Masked Pony'! - but since he's not around, I guess I'll have to take care of it myself.(2) Don't you worry I'll save you!" Charles shouted.

Charles started backed away and gets into his charging position. "One for the bits, two for the show, three to get ready, and four to... Geron—Oww!" Charles started to jump into the well but suddenly there was a flash of blue that crashed through the well, causing him knocked back and land on the ground. Other ponies had walked towards where he was at. Twilight and Pinkie Pie had walked towards the well, asking him what happened. "Charles, what's going on?"

"I don't know…"

Fluttershy walked towards him as well from behind. "Charles? Are you okay?" She asked, helping him up.

"Yeah…" He dusted himself off. "There is a filly stuck in the well, but—

The same flash of blue flew out with the filly holding on to her back. It was Rainbow Dash! She had flown towards them and landed, allowing the dirty filly to hop off her with leaves, mud, and scratches on her. The ponies that surrounded the scene immediately began cheering. "Wow. What's with this crowd?" She muttered. "Uh, thanks everypony. It was really no big deal."

The saved filly walked up to her. "To me it was! You're my hero, Rainbow Dash!" Her comment caused the ponies to resume cheering as Rainbow Dash could only look at them embarrassingly in the good way. Rarely, she blushed and flew away.

"That Rainbow Dash sure is something." Scootaloo had also seen the scene and commented. Charles noticed she was wearing some sort of wig of Rainbow Dash's mane on her mane. Snips and Snails were also by her, wearing Rainbow Dash shirts.

"Something special." They finished while Scootaloo nodded.

The crowd eventually dispensed as Twilight, Applejack, and Fluttershy remained with Charles.

"Wow…Rainbow Dash is pretty amazing for saving that little filly." Twilight announced.

"Yeah!" Pinkie Pie hopped. "She was all like WOOSH! WAM! WOOSH!" She made fast gestures, basically depicting the scene again.

"That was mighty crazy, swooping in to save that little filly. Yee-haw!" Applejack added as well.

"I was going to save that filly!" Charles said but then he started thinking for a moment. "…you don't think she will let it get the best of her, do you? She is Rainbow Dash."

The three of them looked at each other, questionably.

"I hope not…" Twilight replied.

"Well, we don't we all get some breakfast over at the café? I'm sure you're hungrier than a pig on feeding day!" Applejack suggested, directing at Charles.

"Sure." He answered, regaining his smile.

They walked to the café where they ordered their breakfast. While they eating breakfast they heard a mare scream out loud, piercing through the whole town. Charles, Twilight, Fluttershy, Applejack, and Pinkie Pie quickly looked to see a baby carriage on the loose…with the baby still in it. It was heading towards the end of a jagged cliff. Charles got up and said "Girls I'll be right back." and he used his Pegasus speed and began running after the carriage. His chances were slim of catching the carriage, but it was worth a try.

The baby was still a little further up the hill and Charles was close to the end. He could see it continuously cry. Charles began sprinting as fast as he could to catch it, but the same blue pony flew by and grabbed the handle with her teeth. Afterwards, she planted her hooves on the ground and pulled back in an effort to stop the fleeing carriage. She had halted not only the carriage, but the baby's crying as well before it fled off the edge of the cliff. The ponies who had been watching the terrifying and suspenseful scene at the bottom of the cliff immediately began cheering.

Rainbow Dash noticed and began blushing and rubbing her head again. She bowed while in the air and waved. After, she looked towards the baby and gasped. Charles raise an eyebrow, He quickly rushed over to the carriage and looked inside. "Oh no! There's something wrong with the baby!" Charles observed inside to see a baby with a blank expression as it just stared in confusion at them. There's nothing wrong with the baby… However, her comment immediately caused the other ponies to gasp and quit cheering. Rainbow Dash picked up the baby and revealed it to the other ponies with a grin. "She's not cheering for everypony's favorite hero, Rainbow Dash!" Everypony cheered once again. Rainbow Dash flew over to the mother and was about to give the baby back, but cameras began flashing near her. She looked back to see paparazzi and instead, flung the baby and turned back, causing the mother to catch the baby and look at Rainbow with an irritated expression. The girls had caught up to Charles and looked at Rainbow Dash's rising fame with a blank expression, except Pinkie Pie who retained her smile.

"There just aren't enough words in the dictionary to describe Rainbow Dash's awesomeness." Scootaloo, with her Rainbow Dash mane, repeated her expression as Rainbow Dash continued to pose for the camera.

"I can think of a few new words…" Twilight announced softly.

"And I bet 'modest' is not one of them." Applejack responded, annoyed, as Rainbow Dash flew up into the air and blew kisses to everypony. After, she created a cloud logo of her cutie mark and sped off.

"No, but she is kinda awesome." Twilight added.

Charles noticed Pinkie Pie happily waving back as Rainbow Dash left the scene.

After breakfast, Charles, Twilight, Fluttershy, Applejack, and Pinkie Pie began having a stroll through town.

Suddenly, they began hearing cracking and splintering of wood in front of them. Panic followed as other ponies walked towards the scene to see what was going on. They looked to see a group of four elders hanging on to the rail of the balcony as it began to fall from the roof.

"Never fear, your friendly neighborhood Rainbow Dash is here!" Rainbow Dash announced from above them.

"Just go!" Charles exclaimed, causing her to flinch and fly towards the scene.

As the balcony was heading towards the ground, Rainbow Dash quickly grabbed it from below and lightly placed it on the ground. Predictable, the ponies began cheering and Rainbow Dash began sucking in more pride. After, Rainbow Dash flew up in the air above them as they continued to chant her name. "I can't hear you!" She placed a hoof near her ear, purposely wanting to hear a lot more.

"Rainbow Dash!" The crowd continued to chant as she threw her hooves up in the air. "Rainbow Dash! Rainbow Dash!" She was now starting to dance ridiculously. "Rainbow Dash! Rainbow Dash! Rainbow Dash! Rainbow Dash!"

"Call me silly, but this whole hero thing might be going to Rainbow Dash's head." Twilight commented at the scene.

"Might?" Charles questioned.

"You may be right, silly." Pinkie Pie added, causing Twilight to narrow her eyes as she took it literally. "Come on. Let's go eat at Sugarcube Corner! I bet that will cheer us up!" She began bouncing away as the others followed.

"Are you coming, Charles?" Fluttershy asked him.

"Mm-hm." Charles nodded and he followed.

Later at Sugarcube Corner...

"And then, I zoomed into the well." There were many ponies near a platform, all wearing Rainbow Dash merchandise. Charles and the girls were watching from the back. Pinkie Pie's smile that was replaced with an irritated look instead. "I knew it would be dark and dangerous, but I didn't let that stop me. Danger's my middle name. Rainbow 'Danger' Dash." She pulled the shades that she was wearing down to her eyes. "Thinking back on it, I acted pretty awesomely heroic this morning."

"Awesomely heroic this morning and awesomely arrogant ever since." Applejack finished with an annoyed look on her face.

"Mm-hm." Twilight, Charles, and Pinkie Pie agreed.

Rainbow Dash placed a hoof on Applejack's shoulder and brought her closer to her. "Hey, Applejack. How'd you like to be immortalized as my friend?"

"Immorta-what?"

Applejack was bombarded with the flashes of the pictures as she tried to release Rainbow Dash's grip on her. On the other hand, Twilight walked over to Spike, who was wearing a reporter's suit and hat and writing in a notepad, and looked at his work. "Are you taking notes?"

"Yup! I've been hoof-picked by Rainbow Dash herself, to write her autobiography!"

Once Applejack had freed herself, Rainbow Dash continued to strike poses as Scootaloo watched joyfully from the side. Applejack walked away, sticking her tongue out and shaking her head in disgust.

"Umm, autobiographies are supposed to be written by the pony they are about..." Twilight replied.

Rainbow Dash noticed this and responded as the cameras continued flashing. "Maybe for your normal, run-of-the-mill ponies. But I'm far too busy saving lives to stop and write. That's why I hired Spike as my ghost writer."

Pinkie Pie, who was eating a whole cake nearby, yelped out loud. "Spike's a ghost!" She fled out the door, causing the shop to remain in silence for a moment.

"...Anyway. Spike here writes down everything I say. Don't you, Spike?"

Spike began writing down those words. "Don't... you... Spike. Got it!"

"This way, I can stay focused on performing those acts of bravery that nopony else has the guts to perform." I rolled my eyes and shook my head. Really? "Yep, it takes guts. But it also takes brains." As she continued talking, fillies rushed over to hug her for a picture. "And sometimes a big lunch and a nap. Being a hero is surely not for everypony, but I'm up to the challenge. Now if you excuse me, I have some more rescuing to do." She began walking out of the shop as the many ponies followed her.

"Okay… this has gone far enough." Applejack commented.

"Well, what should we do?" Twilight asked. "It's going to take something much more than her to stop this."

This got an Idea from Charles "That's it!" He exclaimed. The girls look at him, wondering what he was excited about. "Everypony, meet me back at The Library!" Afterwards, He then ran out the door.

The girls looked at each other and shrugged.

When the girls arrived, Charles quickly motioned for the girls to come in. Once inside, he closed the door and looked at Twilight. "Twilight, you said that in order to stop her bragging, we would need something much more than her, right?"

"Yeah…?" She answered with a puzzled tone.

"Well that's it! We'll all make a new hero! One that is only in it to protect the citizens of Ponyville!"

All of the girls became interested in the idea and began chattering about it.

"That's a great idea, Charles. But what do you mean 'make a new hero'?"

"Well…" He began walking around. "We'll need someponies to be the hero at different times."

The girls were confuse "Huh?!"

"Well I can't do it all alone I need you girls help with it."

All of the girls began agreeing joyfully. Twilight said "Okay we'll do it!"

"Great!" Charles exclaimed and ran over to Rarity. "Rarity, do you think you could make costumes for our new hero?"

"I would be honored! But I need a drawing of the costumes." Rarity said.

"I'm already one step ahead of you Rarity." Charles said as he ran up stairs he came back with his The Mark of Marro issue #1 in his Telekinesis spell.

"What's this?" the girls asked.

"It's the first issue of my 'The Masked Pony' comics." The orange stallion answered.

"Charles I didn't know you collect comics?" Twilight asked.

"It was before I became a Musketeer Pony. So Rarity think you make five costumes now from the cover?" Charles asked.

"I'll get started on it right away!" Rarity answered as she took the comic and rushed out of the library to begin working on the costumes.

"Knowing Rarity, she'll probably be done with it in an hour, tops." Charles responded and giggled a bit.

"So… If we're going to have to save anypony in trouble before Rainbow Dash gets there? How are we supposed to do that?" Twilight asked.

"I'm already one step ahead of you Twilight! Thanks to Pinkie's Pinkie Sense we'll be able to forecast the kind of disaster that will happen." Charles answered.

After some time had passed with the further debriefing of the plan, The ponies that is going to play the hero walked to Rarity's boutique to see how far she was with the costumes.

"Hi, Rarity." Charles announced as they walked in. "We just wanted to see how far you were with the costumes."

"They'er finished!" Rarity responded and presented the costumes. Each five costumes was basically colored in dark violet and navy blue. There was a hat and below was a mask that covered the entire face. There were eyes colored light blue to hide the real eyes behind the costumes. There were more things about the costume, especially a long cape that touched the floor. There was a big M on the middle of the costumes. "What do you think?"

"Exactly like 'The Masked Pony' design great job Rarity!"

"Thanks Charles."

Pinkie Pie suddenly and began shaking. "Oh! My Pinkie Sense! There's trouble!"

"No time!" Charles exclaimed and all of the girls immediately began placing him into the first costume.

Once Charles was totally in the costume, he looked in the mirror and grinned.

Pinkie Pie began shaking more fiercely now. "It's getting close!"

"Let's go!" costumed Charles called and began led the girls out of the boutique.

Costumed Charles and the girls arrived in town, while keeping hidden from others, and noticed a line of ponies, wearing Rainbow Dash merchandise, waiting to get autographs from the one and only. An angel white pony with a blonde mane and tail had just walked up to Rainbow Dash with a paper held by her mouth. Rainbow Dash had a pencil with what she was proudly going to sign the paper with.

"There you go." Rainbow Dash stated.

"Someday, I wanna be just like you!" The little filly replied.

"Aim high, kid, but don't aim for the impossible." She fluttered her mane.

Out of nowhere, they heard a sudden scream. They looked up to see a hot air balloon that had been torn and was now heading towards the ground. "Help! Help!" The pony screamed. They noticed Rainbow Dash continue signing autographs, aware of the situation, but too proud to handle it right away.

"There's my cue! Wish me good luck." Charles said to the girls as he began climbing a nearby house to the rooftop. After, He jumped over to another house, passing Spike below him. Then, he jumped towards a house with a cherry on the top, and then another one with a jester's hat. Finally, he reached one that was covered in hay and jumped towards the hot air balloon when it was near the ground. When he caught up to the pony in distress, he held out his hooves and picked her up, taking her with him. They both landed safely on the ground. Charles could see that Rainbow Dash had took the top part of the hot air balloon instead and crashed in a nearby tree. He turned his attention to the hot pink mare with the blonde mane and tail and helped her up from the ground. The crowd that had gathered around them began cheering, but Charles definitely didn't have any plans to boast whatsoever. After seeing the former distressed pony smile, He turned around and began heading out of the area.

After Charles had reached a mountain which the sun shone brightly on, he did looked back to see the crowd, even the mayor, look back at him mysteriously. Charles had also noticed Twilight there as well, with a "Good Job" look on her face. Charles turned away removed himself from sight.

When Charles assumed it was clear, he hurried back around town to Rarity's shop. He entered and was immediately greeted by the others.

"Charles, that was great!" Twilight exclaimed.

"Yes! Splendid!" Rarity added as well.

"Thanks…" Charles responded, slowly catching his breath. "What happened after I left?"

"The mayor declared us 'The Mysterious Mare Do Well'." Twilight answered.

"Great!" Charles said.

Fluttershy also greeted him. "Charles! You were so amazing."

"Thanks…" He said as he got out of the first costume. "Sooo... Who's next?" Charles asked.

"Twitcha Twitch! Twitcha Twitch!" Pinkie Pie sounded and shook.

"What's the disaster this time Pinkie?" Charles asked.

"There's a runaway carriage." Pinkie answered.

"Applejack you'er up." Charles said as he immediately began placing Applejack in the second costume.

Twilight, the now not costumed Charles, and Pinkie Pie led the now costumed Applejack towards the runaway carriage.

"There!" Pinkie Pie pointed while continuing to shake. the four ponies looked and notice the carriage, carrying apparently tourists, was also on the loose and heading through town uncontrollably.

"Applejack!" Charles exclaimed.

"Ah'm on it." she replied and began heading towards the end where she would meet them. On the way, she saw Rainbow Dash leisurely fly up to them, most likely announcing her catch phrase, but the tourist at the end cut her off in order for her to realize what's really happening. Afterwards, she flew to the front where it looked as it had broken off and planted her hooves on the ground. She tried to stop it, but instead, she lost control and failed. She could only remain lying down as she stared at the runaway carriage.

Finally, Applejack had made it and jumped in the middle, facing them. She ran towards the carriage and planted herself on the front, using both of her hind hooves to stop the carriage. However, She was taken along with the carriage towards the edge of the cliff, but she could feel it slowing down. She had stopped just at the end and released a heavy breath. The ponies in the former loose carriage began cheering. Before they could possibly start questioning her, she quickly ran off and hid away, just like Charles did.

Back at Carousel Boutique...

"Nice job Applejack." Charles said as he got her out of the second costume.

"Thanks." Applejack said.

"Sooo... Who's next?" Charles asked.

"Twitch! At the new building they're making!" Pinkie Pie alarmed.

"And I know the perfect pony for the job." Charles said as he immediately began placing Pinkie in the third costume.

Twilight and Charles led the now costumed Pinkie Pie watched, hidden, as the construction went on. The pony working the machine grabbed a large piece of lumber from the ground with the hook and began moving it. After a while, smoke erupted from the machine and suddenly began going insane. Rainbow Dash was flying and saw this from below. Pinkie Pie looked at Charles and he nodded, causing her to begin to move to the scene.

"Never fear, your friendly neighbor- whoa!" Rainbow tried to exclaim but the rope holding the large piece of wood had tore and almost smacked her. Instead, it slammed into the building, forcing the other workers to jump off. The supplies and support in the building began shaking and soon fell everywhere. One of the female workers was running away. Rainbow Dash flew to her and tried to present her catchphrase again, but failed as objects continued to fall out of the sky. Pinkie then jumped on top of the machine, causing one of the workers to exclaim and point at her.

She jumped off and began galloping towards the construction site. Her Pinkie Sense told her all of the falling items and swiftly dodged each of them as she jumped and maneuvered. She hopped onto a roll of barrels and began using them to move through the area. Afterwards, she continued to run, dodging each object that fell. She headed towards one of the workers that was too scared to run as he cowered in the middle of the destruction. She picked him up and took him outside of the danger zone. There were several other workers left. She quickly dodged each object, sliding under other obstacles and picked up those ponies as well. Just as had placed them in the safe zone near their co-workers, the entire building had collapsed and crumbled to the ground. They all smiled at her as she looked at them to make sure they were okay. However, she was interrupted by Rainbow Dash.

"Well, Mare Do Well," She spoke, causing Pinkie to turn her head and look back at her. "…or should I call you Mare-Do-Slow?" She rolled her eyes and continued looking at her with narrowed eyes, but she couldn't see her expression anyway. "You're gonna have to pick up the pace if you wanna compete with me, 'cause I move like lightning."

"Actually, she saved all of us! We owe her our lives!" One of the workers reacted.

Rainbow Dash grew an immediate frown and fell to the ground. Pinkie began running off, but the ponies had been chasing after her as they cheered.

Back at Carousel Boutique...

"Nice job Pinkie!" Charles said as he got her out of the third costume.

"Thanks." Pinkie Pie said.

"How long do We have to keep doing this?" Twilight asked.

"Just until we teach Rainbow a lesson, it shouldn't be too long." Charles answered. He then looked at Pinkie Pie, expecting another twitch already, but she didn't receive one. "Feel anything?" He asked.

"Nope!" She smiled and closed her eyes.

"Darn."

Fluttershy rushed up to Charles. "You're okay?"

"Yeah." Fluttershy giggled and slightly blushed.

"Hm…I'm starting to feel something…" Pinkie Pie announced.

"What?" Charles asked, immediately looking at her.

"I'm sensing some sort of 'your friend is being really dumb and is trying to make things better for her when she's actually making it worse' thing here…"

"…could you simplify that…?" Charles questioned, confused.

"…you might want to check on the dam…"

"Okay time to do this Twilight, Fluttershy come with me." Charles said as he immediately began placing Twilight and Fluttershy in the fourth and fifth costumes respectably. While Charles put on the first costume but didn't put on the hat. Twilight was confuse "Charles what are you doing?" She asked under her mask.

"Before I was assigned to you Athos taught me a special Magic aura color change spell so when you use your magic to fix the dam you pass your hat over to me to make me look like you had Teleported." Charles answered under his mask.

"Charles why did you have me in the costume?" Fluttershy asked under her mask.

"When I left the scene you will do a flyby." Charles answered under his mask.

Pinkie Pie, the now costumed Twilight, Fluttershy, and Charles rushed over to the dam and noticed nothing major. Charles did spot a small crack, but nothing that Pinkie Pie seemed to be talking about. Twilight, Fluttershy, and Charles looked at her and she returned a shrug. Charles continued observing until saw Rainbow Dash stroll by. She heard the water drops and rushed over to it, gasping. "If the dam breaks, the whole town will be flooded! Looks like Ponyville needs a hero!" She flew over to the crack and placed a hoof on it, causing Charles did a 'face hoof'. "Easy peasy. My game is officially back on. If only somepony were here to pat me on the back." She released her hoof and began patting herself on the back. "Eh, guess I'll have do it myself."

All of a sudden, the entire dam broke and released a storm of water on Rainbow Dash, dragging her towards the waterfall. "Help!" She screamed. Charles nodded to Twilight and She quickly jumped out and began heading her way towards Rainbow. "Help!" When Twilight arrived by the river, she quickly grabbed a nearby log and placed it on top of the flowing water. She held it down with her hoof. By the time Rainbow Dash can flowed by, she caught hold onto the log and exhaled a breath. However, when she looked up, she wasn't thankful that Twilight had saved her. "You?" Twilight narrowed her eyes in annoyance from this and began ignoring her. "I suppose you want me to thank—"

Twilight 'levitated' her hat used her Magic to fix the dam, rocks and chunks began to press towards the broken dam "You gotta be kidding me..." Rainbow said. Finally, the last two pieces glued into the cracks and remade the dam, good as new.

Charles now using his Magic aura color change spell and his Magic aura color is now magenta-colored like Twilight's. Ponies nearby him cheered thinking that he is Twilight. After Twilight 'puts' the hat on Charles' head he placed a hoof near his head and saluted to them, running off once again. Fluttershy now her turn as she flew past Rainbow Dash very fast, causing her to twirl in a daze. Rainbow Dash crossed her forelegs together and returned an annoyed expression.

Later at Carousel Boutique...

After Charles, Fluttershy, and Twilight got out of their costumes.

"I can't congratulate you enough, Charles." Twilight announced.

"Thanks." Charles said.

"Hey everypony! Let's celebrate at Sugarcube Corner! YAY!" Pinkie Pie excitedly exclaimed and left the building in a flash without waiting for a response. They all shrugged to each other and followed her.

Once they arrived, Twilight, Fluttershy, and Charles sat at the table while Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Applejack began getting their desserts. Pinkie Pie placed a plate with a cupcake before them before rushing to stack a plethora of sweets on her place.

"We really did a lot of work today." Twilight said.

Everypony nodded and agreed.

Suddenly, the bell rang and in came an excessively annoyed Rainbow Dash. Without a word, she pounded the ground with her hooves and laid down on a nearby staircase. The girls and Charles looked at each other with a smirk on their faces.

"Gotta hand it to the girl," Applejack began as she was grabbing some sweets and placed them on a plate on her back. "…that Mare Do Well sure can pull off some pretty heroic feats."

"I must say, I was impressed by that spell she used to fix the dam. Seems like something like that would take quite a bit of study." Twilight announced, but directing it mostly to Rainbow Dash. Rainbow Dash who was beginning to look highly annoyed as she looked towards them from the stair rail. She groaned and turned her head away, placing her hooves behind.

Fluttershy smiled brightly and joined in on the fun. "She really cares about everypony's safety."

"Have you seen her costume?" Rarity exaggeratedly asked as she walked towards them with a teacup. "It is to die for! If you ask me she's a hero of fashion."

"And she's modest and humble." Applejack added. "She lets her actions speak for themselves. Gotta admire that."

"I don't have to admire that!" Rainbow Dash shouted. "I don't think she's all that great!"

"She's... great." Spike wrote down.

"I didn't say that." Rainbow Dash rushed over to Spike and assured.

"Sounds like somepony's jealous." Twilight explained.

"Who, me?" Rainbow Dash asked, looking back.

"Rainbow Dash is jealous." Spike wrote.

"Don't write that, Spike!" Rainbow Dash yelled at him, causing Charles and the girls to laugh.

"Correction: Rainbow Dash is very jealous." Spike repeated.

"Fine! Laugh all you want, but I'll be the one laughing when I prove to you all that I'm just as good- no, that I'm a better hero than Mare Do Well!" Rainbow Dash flew out of the shop. Charles and the girls shrugged it off and resumed their chatter.

Later at the town square...

Charles is once again in the first Mare Do Well costume because The mayor is having a thank you parade for Mare Do Well in a few minutes. Charles and the girls had plan to reveal everything about Mare Do Well to Rainbow Dash.

"Welcome to Ponyville's first, but surely not last, thank you parade, in honor of our city's greatest hero, the mysterious Mare Do Well!" The mayor announced, causing Charles to rip through the banner and present himself.

The crowd cheered. Charles scanned the crowd for Rainbow Dash, but like he predicted, she easily confronted him. "The mysterious Mare Do Well, huh?" She asked him face-to-face, causing the ponies in the crowd to gasp. "So what are you hiding? Let's see how mysterious you are without that mask!" Rainbow Dash tried to bite the fabric and rip it off, but Charles swiftly dodged it by pulling back his face and followed the plan: run

Charles jumped off the platform and headed towards town.

After Charles run from Rainbow Dash; Applejack, Pinkie, Twilight, and Fluttershy put on the other Mare Do Well costumes and went to town.

Charles turned right at a corner and continued. He didn't stop. He didn't really look back to see if Rainbow Dash was behind him, so he continued galloped, randomly turning straight at the curves and corners. Applejack, Pinkie, Twilight, and Fluttershy join in making it more confusing for Rainbow Dash. When Charles stopped by a building, he noticed Rainbow Dash looking around for Mare Do Well. He grew a sly smirk and whistled to gain her attention. She quickly turned around and saw him, beginning to fly after him. He reached a dead end; instead, he climbed the wall by swiftly jumping on the bricks that stuck out a bit in a rhythm. Rainbow Dash arrived at the wall when he was already at the top. He ran down a flight of stairs and immediately fell to the ground. To make Rainbow Dash to think she chase after Mare Do Well in the wrong direction Charles used his Invisibly Spell Pinkie then shows up and stood up and whistled, irritating her but at the same time having fun with her. Pinkie fled as Rainbow grew angry. After a moment of running, Pinkie looked back and didn't see her at all. Pinkie slowed to a walk and lightly panted as she looked around.

"I got you now!" Pinkie heard from behind and quickly turned to see Rainbow Dash charging at her. She tackled Pinkie to the ground, causing them to roll for a while until she finally stood on top of Pinkie. She placed her hooves on Pinkie's so she wouldn't be able escape her grasp. "Alright, Miss Mysterious! Mystery..." She grabbed Pinkie's mask with her teeth and pulled it off. "…solved!" She immediately yelped when she saw Pinkie's narrowed eyes staring at her. "P-p-p-p- Pinkie?! Whudda- hud-d-duh- hud-d-duh- huh?!" She was obviously surprised and highly shocked to see Pinkie. Then a another Mare Do Well comes up and pull her mask revealing to be Twilight. "Twilight?!" Rainbow said. Then a another Mare Do Well shows up bu this time from the roofs and jumps down and pull her mask revealing It's Charles. "Charles?!" Rainbow said surprised. Then a another Mare Do Well shows up but this time from alleyway and pull her mask revealing to be Applejack. "Applejack?! There were four of you?" Rainbow asked.

"Yup, we all played Mare Do Well at different times." Twilight answered, smiling afterwards.

"I was the one who save Cherry Berry in that hot air balloon thanks to my training from Aramis." Charles exclaimed.

"I stopped the carriage bus with these babies. Bucky McGillicuddy and Kicks McGee." Applejack exclaimed as she show her hind legs.

"I saved the construction workers with my Pinkie Sense." Pinkie Pie exclaimed and her tail began twitching. She pushed Rainbow away as a pot fell and crashed on the ground.

"Sorry!" A mare from the window apologized.

"It's alright." Pinkie said.

"And I used my magic to fix the dam." Twilight exclaimed as she 'levitated' her hat.

"Ooh, ooh! And I did the flyby afterwards." Fluttershy added.

"I made the costumes." Rarity presented herself. "Fabulous if I do say so myself!"

"And Charles came up with the idea." Twilight added.

Rainbow Dash walked off with a saddened expression on her face. "I don't understand. Why? Don't you want me to be a hero?"

"Of course we want you to be a hero." Twilight responded.

"But a real hero doesn't brag." Applejack winked.

Rainbow Dash looked at her friends and turned slightly embarrassed. "Uh, I guess I did start to brag a little…"

"A LITTLE?" Rainbow's friends exclaimed with angry looks.

"Okay, a lot…"

"Celebrating your accomplishments is natural." Twilight walked up to her. "But..."

"...Rubbin' them in everypony's face is not." Applejack finished.

"Yeah, the only thing that should be rubbed in anypony's face is chocolate cake." Pinkie Pie immediately began slurping loudly and licking her lips and face. The rest of the group looked at her with awkward expressions.

"I think we're getting off topic here." Applejack announced.

"What we're trying to say is, it's great to be really good at something, but it's important to act with grace and humility." Twilight presented.

Rainbow Dash thought for a moment and widened her eyes. "Ohhhh. That makes loads more sense. Yeah. You're right. And I guess I should've also acted with grace and humility when others outshine me. Like Mare Do Well." She pointed both of her hooves at her friends.

"Sounds like you've got a letter to write to Princess Celestia." Twilight stated.

"Already got it covered." Spike came from out of the blue. "As your ghost writer, I've already penned a letter to the Princess."

"That's nice of you, Spike, but I really wanna write this letter myself."

"Aww, come on, I wrote the whole thing already!" Spike whined and presented the scroll to her.

"Okay…, let's hear it."

Spike cleared his throat. "Dear Princess Cel—

"Look out!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed, interrupting Spike. "It's a real ghost!" She pointed behind him.

Spike began yelping, but Pinkie Pie joined him after, screaming as well, they screamed out loud and fled, causing the girls and Charles to laugh out loud. Rainbow Dash noticed that Twilight brought a quill and scroll to her with her magic. Rainbow Dash grabbed the feathery part of the quill with her teeth and looked at the scroll. Before she began writing, she winked at both Twilight and Charles.

Notes:

(1) 'The Masked Pony' AKA Marro is a parody of the fictional character Zorro.

(2) This line is from the Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny cartoon Bewitched Bunny.