What happens if Rainbow Dash didn't try to stop Mare-Do-Well? What happens is a long journey to find her, with lots of twists and turns. Starts off like in the episode, but takes a quick turn. Written in the context after the fall of Chrysalis and during the Mare-Do-Well episode.

Yet another Mare Do Well aftermath story.

Two days after the Mare Do Well incident, Rainbow Dash is feeling pretty rotten about her friends and their actions. But hey, it’s no big deal. Sure she’s feeling betrayed, alone, depressed, forgotten, and all that jazz, but nothing’s going to come of it. Right?

I mean, it’s not like there’s some evil nightmare entity that feeds on pain and loneliness and uses these emotions to turn ponies into monsters…

...oh wait.

Rainbow Dash is feeling like a total loser. The town has forgotten about her, her biggest fan is into this new hero, and her friends are laughing at her pain. But instead of confronting this Mare Do Well at her parade, Dash decides to just go and sulk at home before heading off to bed.

Sure she’s feeling down and abandoned, but that’s no big deal. It’s not like there’s some kind of creature in Equestria that can feed off a pony's pain and loneliness to turn them into monsters, right?

…oh wait.

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Canceled as of 8/3/2014

Rainbow Dash is the hero of the town. She has saved many ponies, and she is very, very proud! But what happens when...

Another hero emerges?

Dash soon learns that this new hero, "Mare Do Well" is really her friends, and this upsets her. Could they really have betrayed her like that?
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(based off of Mysterious Mare Do Well) Enjoy:)

A short story written to answer the following question: Why wasn't Starlight Glimmer included in the episode "28 Pranks Later"?

Dash gets angry at MDW and goes into a furious rage over how much she is being shown up.