Well I got nothing to do except reading one of my favorite Manga series, My Hero Academia. It's like everyone's favorite anime series, and I've seen all the heroes. I even have all three seasons in one disc. I gotta watch it with everypony tonight or so.
Ahh, reading this makes me feel relax and good. It's been a week since we held that Best Pet competition and Rainbow accepting Tank the Tortoise as her new pet. What's better is that Kaede gotten a new pet as well, which was Rosy the cat. Apparently, Rosy took a great liking towards Kodiak and they became fast friends...well actually, more like they have a brother and sister relationship.
"You know, you don't have to keep reading those comics of yours all day." I turned to Mason, who was busy sweeping the kitchen floor.
"First of all, this is a Manga, totally different thing. Second, these are one my favorite things to do besides playing video games and such." I responded, turning the page. I always love reading mangas like this series.
"And I would rather take a nice nap." Kodi added as he let out a yawn. He was laying on my lap, eager to take a nap at least. I smiled at him before softly rubbing his back, much to his relief.
"But still, it's a nice day outside." Mason pointed out.
"Really? Then why are you sweeping the floor?" I asked with a raised brow, putting my Manga down.
"He's got you there big brother." Carrie pointed out, playing with the two squirrels, along Kaede and Rosy.
Mason smiled at her and said "Well I'm planning on buying some more grocery from the store."
"But the only one who has the bits is me, Mason." I pointed out. "After all, I have the job as a painter here in Ponyville."
"Really? Though I haven't seen you paint anything lately." Kaede said, looking at me with confusion.
"Well I do that sometimes when I get a request from anypony around here." I replied with a smile before resuming on playing the game.
"Oh, well even so. I still think that you should at least spend more outside." Kaede said with worried.
"Yeah! I mean, why not hang out with Fluttershy?" Kodi suggested.
"She's busy tending with her animals, and she told me that whenever she's doing that, I mustn't go there and disturb her nor the animals." I explained.
"Oh..." Kodi smiled sheepishly before getting up and stretching his back before walking over to Rosy, Nate, and Maddy. "Well even so, I rather play outside with ya, dude."
"Don't worry Kodi, after I'm done playing with my Manga, I'll go outside and play with ya. It's a promise boy." I assured before putting my eyes back on the Manga, continuing off where Izuka begins his training with All Might for the big entrance exam for the U.A.
I then noticed both Carrie and Kaede looking at each other with smirks while Kodi was playing around the Rosy and the pet squirrels, which made the husky laugh as he felt being tickled by Rosy.
"Why do I highly doubt that?" Mason sighed before hearing a knock on the door. "Huh? Who could that be?"
"I got it!" I assisted as I got up and put my Manga down in my pockets. Since it was hot today, I decided to take my sweater off, so I was wearing my Pac-Man T-shirt. Anyway, I headed over to the door, opening it and revealed to be Rainbow Dash. "Oh hey Dash, what's up?"
"Just hanging out!" Dash replied, giving me a fist-bump, or hoof-bump. Whichever comes first. "So anyway, I came to you because there's a little something I need for you to do."
"Oh really? What's that?" I asked curiously.
"I need you to paint a portrait of me!" Rainbow exclaimed with a big smug grin on my face while I looked at her surprisingly.
"A-A portrait of you?!" I exclaimed. Okay, since when Dash wants me to paint her a picture of her?!
"What's this all about Rainbow Dash wanting you to paint a picture of herself?" Kaede asked as she and the others walked over to the door with confusion.
"You didn't hear?!" Rainbow exclaimed, looking at us in shock before pointing over to our left, seeing a huge crowd of ponies wearing a bunch of rainbow wigs on their manes, and Scootaloo was among of them.
"We love you Rainbow Dash!" They shouted, which made Rainbow make a cocky and smug look on her face.
"See that? That's my fan club, all rooting for me for saving a filly from a well, along with a baby filly nearly falling off a cliff." Rainbow explained, catching us by surprise.
"Whoa, really?!" Kodi said in amazement while Rosy meow'd at her, also impress by Rainbow's achievement to save the day.
"That's so cool! I guess that explains why you gain so many fans, huh?" Carrie asked with a giggle.
"Nah, I opened the Rainbow Dash fan club just earlier ago this morning." Scootaloo explained before saying "Even right before she saved the day in the first place."
"Wow, everypony here must really love Rainbow Dash." Kaede said, sweat-dropping a little.
"You don't know half of that." I whispered to her with a smile before turning to Dash and said "But I guess I'll do it for thirty bits."
"Yeah yeah, I'll pay ya after you finished up with the paint." Rainbow assured, waving it off.
"Rainbow Dash, don't take this too far." Mason sighed, much to our confusion.
"What in the hay are ya talking about, Mason?" Mason looked at her with a stern look and replied "Doing heroic jobs is a good deed, but getting too cocky and too overconfident about it will only lead you to consequences. You need to know what a true hero means."
"Yeah! This is my big brother you're talking here." Carrie added with a giggle and a smile.
"Hey! Rainbow Dash is a true hero!" Scootaloo shouted.
"Yeah! She can go super duper fast by the speed of light!" One of the ponies from the crowd exclaimed.
"And she stopped two disasters from happening when she saved those ponies!" Another member of the crowd pointed out, which made Rainbow smug at Mason and said "You see that Mason? The crowd speaks for themselves. I'm a hero!"
"Okay, but remember my advice. You need to learn about the duties of a hero and realize the importance of one. I'm talking about this from experience." Mason said, crossing his arms.
"Oh right, you were a bodyguard for a cute girl, right?" Kodi said, much to Mason's embarrassment.
"R-right..." Mason replied, nearly covering his face, which was blushing red. Oh my, guess he's thinking of Elena, right?
"Well you did protected her from numerous times." Kaede added. "So I guess it makes sense why you would talk to Dash about being a hero."
"Of course, it is my responsibility to make sure that my sister and young mistress are okay." Mason said with a stern and serious expression.
"Whatever." Rainbow rolled her eyes. "But anyway, right now, I better get going and making sure that somepony needs me for another-"
"AHHHHHHH!" What the heck?! That sounded like somepony was in danger.
"Huh?! Did you all hear that?!" Kodi gasped.
"Yeah! Sounded like it was coming out of Ponyville!" Kaede exclaimed while I noticed Rainbow putting out an excited smirk on her face.
"Yes! Time for Rainbow Dash to save the day!" Dash exclaimed before blasting off, leaving a rainbow trail behind.
"Come on everypony! Let's go see Rainbow Dash go and save the day for the third time!" Scootaloo shouted as she and the other fans cheered before running back to town. For the third time? Just how come I haven't heard about this?!
"Same with us." Carrie said.
"Yeah, I'm eager to see what's going on as well." I agreed, putting up a determined look before heading back inside and grabbing my Hacking Gun and heading back out. "Now come on gang, let's go!"
"Right behind you Ren!" Kaede said with a smirk.
"Same here." Mason nodded before his two pet squirrels jumped back inside of his scarf while Rosy jumped onto Kaede's shoulder. We then moved out and headed back to Ponyville in order to find out what's happening. Ooh, I just hope we get there in time.
Just what's going on?! We finally arrived to the scene at the center of town, seeing everypony gazing at a bunch of elderly ponies hanging onto the rail of the balcony as it began to fall from the roof.
"Oh no! Somepony needs to save them!" Carrie gasped.
"Don't worry, I got this." I said, grabbing my Hacking Gun and setting it on 'Move'. Unfortunately, before I could use it, a familiar rainbow-colored appeared before the scene.
"Never fear, your friendly neighborhood Rainbow Dash is here!" Rainbow Dash announced from above us. She immediately flew towards the balcony as it immediately broke, causing the elderly ponies to fall off till Rainbow caught it from below before it fell as she slowly placed it on the ground. After that rescue, everypony began cheering for her, making Dash grin bigger.
"Wow, she really likes getting praised." Kodi said in surprise as we all nodded in agreement.
"Tell me about it, I have a feeling that she enjoys the praising more than the saving." Kaede said.
"Exactly, this is what I fear when Rainbow Dash told us about this." Mason sighed, pinching at the bridge of his nose.
"Rainbow Dash! Rainbow Dash! Rainbow Dash!" The crowd chanted, making Dash dancing around, enjoying the crowd's cheering for her.
"Okay, I know Dash loves to boast about things, but I think she's taking this too far." I said with worried, getting deadpanned expressions from the gang.
"You think?" I gave Mason a sheepish smile before noticing the others and Jamie by the scene.
"My oh my, such boasting." Rarity scoffed.
"Call me silly, but this whole hero thing might be going to Rainbow Dash's head." Twilight commented.
"And being more boastful and prideful than she already is." Jamie added.
"Might?" Applejack asked, looking at them with a deadpan expression.
"You may be right, silly." Pinkie added with a giggle, causing Twilight and Jamie to narrowed their eyes at the pink pony.
"Hey everypony!" I called for them, gaining their attention as Fluttershy said "Oh hi Ren, we didn't see you all there."
"Neither did we." I replied with a grin.
"Though you're all probably wondering about Rainbow's...pride of being a hero, right?" Kaede added, which everypony nodded.
"Yeah, she only did three rescues and she's taking this too far." Jamie said with worried. "I mean, isn't being a hero means about caring about the citizens and doing it for good?"
"Well yes, that is correct." Mason nodded. "But that doesn't apply Rainbow Dash."
"Oh right...after getting to know you guys, I realize that Rainbow Dash is a pony who loves getting fame instead of doing it for good."
"Hey, don't worry you guys, I'm sure that this will blow over." I assured with a grin. "How about we get something to eat?"
"Yeah! Let's go to Sugarcube Corner! And it's all on me!" Pinkie smirked before dragging us all back to Sugarcube Corner in less than one second.
"W-what the?!" Jamie gasped, checking his surroundings. "How?!"
"It's Pinkie, that's all you need to know." Kodi answered with a light chuckle.
"Yeah, but her randomness does bring us a smile to us all." I chuckled as we sat down before Pinkie rushed off into the kitchen and came back with a bunch of sweets.
"Now that's what I call fast service." Kodi smiled, which I nodded in agreement before taking a bite of a muffin.
"So guys, what are we gonna do about Rainbow Dash?" Carrie asked in worried.
"Well like Ren said, this all will blow over." Fluttershy reminded her.
"But...this is Rainbow Dash we're talking here." Kaede pointed out, feeding Rosy a cupcake.
"Yeah, and the way how she's acting now, I think her ego is going way too far." Jamie added, eating a chocolate-chip cookie.
"Agree, I think Rainbow Dash needs to calm her ego down." Twilight nodded in agreement.
"Exactly!"
Suddenly, we heard the door opened, revealing Rainbow Dash and a bunch of her fans walking into the store as Rainbow said "And then, I zoomed into the well! I knew it would be dark and dangerous, but I didn't let that stop me. Danger's my middle name. Rainbow 'Danger' Dash."
"Since when?" Carrie whispered to her brother, who shrugged and sighed. Soon, Dash put on some shades and made a relax position before saying "Thinking back on it, I acted pretty awesomely heroic this morning."
"Right..." Mason rolled his eyes. "More like acting awesomely arrogant to me."
"Mm-hm." Twilight and Pinkie agreed.
"Well I can understand you guys feeling angry towards her, but she's still a good friend to us. I'm sure she won't take it that far." I assured till Dash grabbed ahold me and pushed in front of the crowd.
"Hey Ren. How'd you like to be immortalized as my friend?" Dash asked, much to my confusion.
"Immorta-what?" Unfortunately, I was bombarded with flashes coming out of the camera as I tried to release my grip from her.
"You were saying?" I heard Mason asked, before seeing the raised brow from him. Soon, I noticed Spike wearing a reporter's suit and hat, along with a notepad in his hands.
"Spike, why are you dressed as a reporter?" Kaede asked.
"And are you taking notes?" Twilight added.
"Yup! I've been hoof-picked by Rainbow Dash herself to write her autobiography!" Spike grinned.
Once I was able to free myself from her grasp, Rainbow continued making poses in front of the crowd while I walked back to the group and said "Okay, you guys were right. She's taking this too far."
"Yeah, way too far." Kodi agreed.
"More importantly, did you say that Rainbow Dash assigned you to write an autobiography?" Jamie questioned, which Spike nodded. "But shouldn't it be Rainbow Dash to write this instead of you?"
"I don't follow." Spike raised a brow.
"He means that autobiographies are supposed to be written by the pony they are about..." Twilight clarified.
"Y-yeah, exactly. T-thank you Twilight." Jamie smiled while blushing a bit.
Rainbow overheard what we're saying as she responded "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, who was busy eating a cake, paused before spitting out the cake and exclaimed "Spike's a ghost?! AHHHHH!"
With that, she immediately ran away out through the door while we all stared at what just happened.
"...What?" Kodi asked.
"No comment." I said with a sweat-drop.
"...Anyway..." Rainbow turned back to us with a smug look and said "Spike here writes down everything I say. Don'y you, Spike?"
"Don't...you...Spike. Got it!" Spike winked after writing down everything in his notepad.
"This is just ridiculous." Mason face-palmed.
"This way, I can stay focused on performing those acts of bravery that nopony else has the guys to perform." This really can't be happening? Come on Dash, I know you're better than this. "Yep! It takes guts. But it also takes brains." Rainbow smirked before being surrounded by small fillies, eager to get a picture of her. "And sometimes a big lunch and a nap. Being a hero is surely not for everypony, but I'm up to the challenge."
"She does realize that we also save the day sometimes, right?" Kaede whispered to Rarity, who nodded in agreement.
"Now if you excuse me, I have some more rescuing to do." Rainbow then flew out of the shop with many of her supporters following after her.
"Great, she's taking this way too far." Mason growled.
"But maybe Dash will drop all this?" Carrie assured.
"Sorry Carrie, but Rainbow Dash isn't the type of mare to drop things like this." Rarity said.
"Well there's gotta be something we can do, right?" Kodi asked in concern.
"Yeah...we need to teach Rainbow Dash a lesson about the importance of helping others than boosting her ego." Applejack said, wanting to put an end to Rainbow's ego.
"Agreed...but what?" Kaede wondered.
"Yeah..." I rubbed my chin in thought, wondering that as well. Ponies here just love treating Dash like a hero....wait, a hero....That's it! "Guys, I think I just came up with something."
"Really?" Kodi said in surprise. "What is it?"
"This!" I exclaimed, showing off My Hero Academia Manga, much to their confusion.
"A Manga?" Fluttershy asked curiously.
"Yep, a 'My Hero Academia' comic. It's about a boy named Izuku Midoriya going to a school where they trained kids into superheroes. They're born with powers people called 'Quirks'." I explained with a tooth-eating grin.
"And how does that exactly work?" Rarity asked.
"Wait..." Jamie thought for a while until he smiled softly and said "I think it could work!"
"What?!" Applejack asked in surprise.
"Think about it. Rainbow Dash is being treated as a hero, but what if another hero came and tried to steal Rainbow's reputation?" Jamie proposed, getting everyone to realize what he and I meant.
"What a great idea! This could actually worked." Twilight said with a grin.
"But we don't know any heroes." Fluttershy reminded us.
"We don't need to find heroes, we'll just have to create our own." I said with a smile.
"Create our own hero?" Kodi said in surprise.
"Hmm...well maybe me and Rarity can make up some costumes, so that's not a bad idea." Kaede shrugged.
"Good thinking Kaede darling." Rarity smiled gleefully. "We'll make exquisite costumes that you all will extremely love."
"But wait, if we're gonna create a hero of our own, who's gonna be the hero?" Carrie wondered.
"Yeah..." I thought for a while before gazing at Mason, which he soon noticed.
"What?" He asked in confusion.
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking, Ren?" Twilight asked with a smirk, which I nodded and replied "If you're thinking on what I'm thinking, then yes Twi."
"Seriously, what...oh no, please don't tell me that you're thinking of me being the hero, right?" Mason asked in confusion.
"But big brother, you have all the strengths and skills to be one! I know you can do it!" Carrie cheered while her brother looks at her with a hesitant look on his face.
"Carrie, I admired your enthusiasm, but there's no way I can be a hero. I'm simply just a personal bodyguard to the heir of a rich family."
"Come on! Please!" Carrie begged.
"She's right, you know. Besides, if you don't want to be the hero, I'll do myself." I said with a grin. "After all, I always wanted to be a superhero."
"Well I'm glad you're on board with this, Ren." Jamie said with a meek smile. "But...are you even sure you can handle any obstacles in the way?"
I looked at him for a second, realizing that he was right. "Well...can't use my Hacking Gun due to Rainbow might soon figure out who my identity is."
"And I don't even have the skills or powers to fight my way through trouble." Kaede added.
"Well, guess Mason is the only candidate left." Applejack said with a smile, causing Mason to groan.
"Don't worry Mason, you'll do fine." Kodi encouraged.
"He's right! You'll do awesomely out there!" Pinkie exclaimed, appearing right in front of him while she caught us off-guard.
"Whoa Pinkie! You nearly gave me a heart attack!" I said in surprise.
"Really? How can I give you a heart attack? That's just silly Ren." Pinkie chuckled, causing me to sweat-drop while Jamie looks at her with a shocked look and exclaimed "How?! Is nobody here questioning on how did she appear right in front of us?!"
"And how many times did we have to tell you? It's Pinkie Pie, that's all you need to know." Twilight reminded him.
"Y-you know that's something I won't accept, right?!" I shook my head at Jamie exaggerating something so minor about Pinkie's randomness. Well actually, it's not that minor at all.
"Anyway..." Rarity turned to Mason with a smile and said "Mason, you have the qualifications to be the hero figure. If it makes you feel comfortable, me and Kaede will make another hero costume so that one of us can accompany you."
"Well..." Mason was still unsure about this decision until Carrie looks at him with a smile, which made Mason returned that smile back on his face. "Alright, I'll do it. I got no choice anyway."
"Exactly! You'll be an awesome hero like All Might!" I exclaimed with a grin.
"...Who?" Fluttershy asked curiously, causing me to sigh and said "I'll explain that later. In fact, after this is all done, we'll have a movie night to watch the entire season 1 of My Hero Academia."
"Well, I'm kinda not a big fan of anime..." Jamie muttered, not showing off enthusiasm about it.
"Oh trust me, once you all see this show, you'll learn to love anime." I winked while everypony rolled their eyes at me.
"You really love anime, do ya?" Kodi asked with raised brow and a smile.
"Exactly boy." And I shall never stop watching them for as long as I can live.
Later
Mason's POV
....I knew this was a bad idea. We all were at Rarity's shop where she and Kaede were preparing the two costumes for us to wear to teach Rainbow Dash a lesson. But the moment they were done wearing them, they presented it to us. The first costume was obviously for a pony, which was basically colored in dark violet and navy blue, along with a hat and a mask that covered the entire face. There were eyes colored light blue to hide the real eyes and had a big 'M' on the middle of the costume.
The second costume was entirely black with a little mix of red in it. It had a white leather fox mask and a dark cape, and the suit in question had a dark red full body jumpsuit with a black belt, elbow pads, knee pads, and black gloves, along with black boots.
"...You have got to be kidding, right?" I questioned.
"Come on Mason, me and Rarity worked very hard on them." Kaede said with a sigh. "Besides, this is what Ren described for us to use."
"Oh really?" I looked over at the boy, who chuckled sheepishly as he replied "W-well, this costume was base from Izuku Midoriya from My Hero Academia. He's my favorite character, okay?"
"Yeah but, it does look ridiculous." Jamie pointed out before gazing at the first costume. "Although, this one definitely looks very well."
"Why thank you Jamie." Rarity said with a smile. "Me and Kaede worked very hard on it. Though, I'm not sure about the second one."
"Well Ren gave me the description for it while I was a costume maker, so I gave it a try. I also added the mask just to conceal your identity." Kaede explained.
"Wow, well this costume is...something." Kodi said in surprise. "But who's gonna wear the first costume? It obviously can't be Ren. I mean, it looks like it can be worn by a mare."
"Well obviously." Twilight said, walking over to the first costume as she examined it. "Me and the other girls will be taking turns to use it to protect the citizens of Ponyville. That way, we can use our magic in different situations."
"Yeah...that sounds like a good idea." Jamie nodded, smiling over her. "And...you might look good with it, Twilight. As a friend, that's all!"
"Uhh..." Twilight looked at him weirdly as he began laughing sheepishly before hiding his face with a notebook, but I heard him muttered "So embarrassing..."
"Riiight..." Applejack cleared her throat before saying "So anyway, just remember that when there's trouble, we're gonna immediately put on these costumes to save somepony's life before Rainbow Dash does."
"And that way, she'll learn her lesson about the importance of being a hero." I said, crossing my arms before gazing at my 'costume'. "Though...do I really have to wear that?"
"Hey, if you don't wanna wear it, at least let me try it on." Ren offered.
"Thanks, but no thanks. I understand if this was your idea, but I need to talk some sense out of Rainbow Dash about the responsibilities of being a hero. It's not about glory, but for caring and protecting the good people...or ponies."
"Yeah, I guess so." Ren sighed.
"Don't worry Ren, I'll make you another costume." Kaede sighed before smiling at Ren, who was excited to hear.
"Wow! Thanks Kay!" Ren thanked while I shook my head and grin at him. He will always be a little kid to me.
"But wait, we're gonna need to survey the area to find trouble first, but how?" Jamie wondered.
"Don't worry! You can leave it up to me!" Pinkie offered, standing in front of Jamie, catching him off-guard. "I'll just use my Pinkie Sense! That way, we can find trouble anytime!"
"P-Pinkie Sense?" Jamie questioned. "What in the world is that?"
"Oh, it's just Pinkie Pie predicting things through her body." Fluttershy explained, shocking Jamie.
"W-w-w-what?! There's no way someone can predict something based off of body spasm!" Jamie exclaimed.
"But it's true! Even I witness it!" Kodi retorted.
"Really? I never knew you could do that." Carrie said, blinking in surprise. "Do you think you can do that, Pinkie? Pretty please?"
"Sure! Just right about now, my tail is twitching!" Pinkie grinned, showing us her tail twitchy. Me, Kaede, and Jamie looked at her with sweat-drops. Just how in the world is she doing that with her tail?
"Okay, this is just ludicrous! I'm not believing that-OW!" Jamie was hit in the head by a potted plant, which fell off on top of a shelf that was coincidentally over his head.
"Oops! So sorry Jamie! I guess I should've moved it away." Rarity said with a worried look while Jamie wiped off dirt off his head.
"It's okay Rarity, I'm okay." Jamie sighed. "Though, I still don't believe it, but I shall write this down in my journal to remember this!"
Jamie immediately took out his pen and journal before writing them down notes about Pinkie's Pinkie Sense.
"No way! That couldn't have happened, right?" Kaede asked.
"Well I believe it! I mean, we've seen magic everyday and flying ponies along with cute fuzzy creatures, right big brother?" Carrie reminded with a smile, causing me to sigh. Well she's not wrong there.
"Well...alright." I sighed.
"Oh don't worry Mason, I think you'll look dashing once you get over the...designs, that's all." Rarity chuckled sheepishly while I shook my head and decided to test it out. I grabbed my costume and entered the dressing room. Five minutes later, I came out and allowed the others to see what I looked like.
"Whoa, you look amazing. I guess I shouldn't have doubted you, Mason." Kodi said with a smile.
"Yeah! It's a real masterpiece thanks to me!" Ren grinned.
"Yet me and Rarity worked very hard with our designs." Kaede pointed out, glaring at Ren, who smiled sheepishly at her.
"So anyway, you look very well Mason, and maybe more manly if I saw those muscles of yours." Rarity said with a happy sigh.
"Maybe next time...." I assured, but I knew that I wouldn't because it'll just be embarrassing just to flex my muscles in front of women like that, or mares. "Anyway, who's coming with me then?" I asked.
"Ooh! Ooh! Pick me! Pick me!" Pinkie offered, waving her hoof around.
"Are you sure about that?" Applejack asked, having doubts of this.
"After seeing all the craziness from her, I highly doubt it as well." Jamie agreed, also having doubts of having me team up with Pinkie.
"Oh don't worry. Pinkie will be useful. They'll work together like in Sonic Heroes." Ren said with a smile, confusing the mares.
"What's a Sonic Heroes?" Twilight asked, much to Ren's surprise.
"You guys seriously never played video games here before, do ya?"
"Of course we have them." Twilight replied. "But we're too old for those kinds of things."
"You're never too old for video games, Twi!" Ren exclaimed.
"Can we just get over it and just let Pinkie come with me?" I asked in irritation. "You girls will take turns after one rescue."
"Seems fair to me." Kodi agreed.
"Yes, but maybe I should be left out." Fluttershy said in worried. "I-I mean, what if I fail and-"
"Flutters, don't worry." Ren assured, patting her on the back. "I believe in ya and I know you'll do successful."
Ren gave her a kiss on the cheek, causing her to blush and giggle.
"A-alright, I guess I'll give it a shot." I smiled over at them, seeing how their getting along. Their relationship reminds me of my relationship with Elena. I wonder just how she's doing...I don't know how long it'll take for us to wait for our way back home. I...I just want to be with Elena...she must be really worried without me...
"HEEEEEELP!" What the heck? Did somepony just called for help?!
"Uh oh! Looks like you guys need to go now!" Twilight exclaimed.
"Yeah! Good luck big brother and Pinkie!" Carrie cheered. "And please be alright."
"Carrie, I'll be fine." I assured, ruffling her hair a bit, which made her laugh. "Besides, this is your older brother you're talking about."
"Yep! He's like a ninja!" Pinkie added, causing us to give her weird looks. I'm not going to bother to correct her that I'm nothing like a ninja.
"Anyway..." Twilight cleared her throat before turning to us. "Now hurry before it's too late!"
"Don't worry! I'm already prepared!" We turned to Pinkie, who was already wearing the costume, much to our surprise.
"B-b-b-b-but..." Jamie looks at her in shock, probably having a minor stroke right now.
"Whoa! Calm down Jamie!" Kodi said in surprise while Twilight came over and patted him on the back and said "Don't worry, trust me, I've been through what you've gone on."
"Okay, we'll be back! Let's go!" I said with a determined look before putting on my mask. I can barely see through this thing, but I think I'll be alright. "Oh wait, please take care of Nate and Maddy. Here."
I let both my two squirrels out of my scarf as they jumped out of my scarf, and onto Carrie's shoulders. After that, I gave Rarity my scarf for safekeeping.
"Please take care of them. They're very special." I said with a serious look.
"You got it Mason!" Carrie nodded.
"Same as well, darling." Rarity smiled as I turned to Pinkie and said "Let's go Pinkie!"
"Okie-dokie-lokie!" Pinkie nodded, but I think she's smiling through that mask she's wearing. We immediately ran out of the Carousel Boutique, but it was lucky for us that nobody bothered to see us as they were looking at the sky, which we noticed before seeing a hot air balloon about to fall down with a pony in it.
"Crap!" I muttered. How am I supposed to go up there and save her?!
"Quick Masey! Jump onto the rooftop and try to save her before she falls!" Pinkie exclaimed, pointing to the rooftop. I realized what she meant and nodded before jumping and climbing to the rooftop, along with Pinkie as we reached to the top and we began jumping over roof after roof till we jumped high as we could and with Pinkie's help, we managed to grab the poor pony out of there before it came crashing down. I firmly held the pony in my hands before we landed on the ground, softly putting her down.
“Are you okay young mare?” I asked in worried, which made her smile and said “I am! Thank you so much mister!”
I nodded before me and Pinkie began leaving the area, but as we reached a mountain, which the sun shone brightly on. We looked back at the crowd, even the mayor, looking back at us in amazement.
“We really did awesome!” Pinkie whispered to me, which I nodded before noticing Ren, Jamie, and Twilight, who gave us a look that told us that we did a good job. Well, I don’t know about you, but looks like we need to get out of here before ponies start asking questions.
We immediately got out of the scene, leaving everypony with questions of our appearance, but hopefully that they don’t know the obvious that it’s me.
Later
As soon as we recruited back to our home-ship, where everypony else met up with, we discussed what happened.
“You were amazing big brother!” Carrie cheered. “I told ya you make an awesome hero!”
“Same here dude.” Ren added with a grin before patting me on the back. “I kinda guess I couldn’t make it out, but l’m sure I’ll get a chance. Maybe being your sidekick.”
“Yeah…no.” I shook my head, disappointing Ren before turning to Twilight and Jamie and asked “So what happened when me and Pinkie saved the day or whatever?”
“Apparently, after you rescued that pony from the crash, the Mayor dubbed you as the ‘The Mysterious Masked Justice’ and the other your partner ‘The Mysterious Mare-Do Well’.” Twilight explained.
“Masked Justice? Mare Do-Well?” I asked with an incredulous look. Are you kidding me right now? What kind of superhero name is that?
“Ooh! This is awesome!” Pinkie bounced around the living room in a merry way.
“Well yeah, and after you guys saved her, I noticed Rainbow scoffing at you two saving her and boast about going to be a better hero than them.” Jamie explained with a worried look. “Ooh, this could be tough. Who knows what could happen.”
“Well, you got the Mysterious Mare-Do Well and the Masked Justice on the case!” Twilight grinned.
“Yep! We’ll do great!” Kaede added.
“And hopefully it’ll teach Dash a lesson, but in a hilarious way.” Kodi chuckled. “I mean, I think after you two rescue that pony from falling out of the sky, she might’ve been jealous.”
“I was thinking the exact same thing.” Applejack laughed.
“Well I’m glad that rescue is over for now.” I sighed, sitting down on the couch. “Guess I’ll just wait till the next time trouble shows up.”
“While at it, maybe you should come up with some cool catchphrases?” I looked at Ren with a raised brow and asked “Catchphrases?”
“Come on Mason, every hero comes up with awesome catchphrases! I mean, now that you and the girls are going to be heroes, I was thinking maybe come up with awesome lines and catchphrases.” Ren explained with a grin.
“But we’re just temporary heroes.” Jamie pointed out. “I-I mean, this is only teaching Rainbow Dash a lesson about being a hero, right?”
“Well true, but it’s pretty fun doing it.” Fluttershy admitted.
“You’re right about that. It is pretty fun doing this.” Twilight grinned, causing Jamie to softly smile and said “R-right…I see why not.”
“Thanks, but no thanks. I’m not good at coming up with stuff like that.” I said, lying down on the couch while looking over at the ceiling.
“Well I guess I’ll come with stuff like that.” Ren shrugged.
“And I’ll help too!” Carrie offered. Why don’t those guys bother to listen to me?
“You guys…” Kaede sighed with a smile while she fed Rosy some milk. Though, I’ll have to admit, this ‘hero business’ really is something. Actually, come to think of it…
“I’m now realizing this, but nopony is questioning that Masked Justice stands and looks human, you know?” I pointed out.
“Oh yeah, I forgot about that.” Twilight said. “Apparently, the moment everypony saw you and Mare-Do Well, apparently they thought it was another human, but Ren had to make up a little lie that it was an alien warrior from the far lands of Equestria, and surprisingly, it worked.”
“Really?” I asked, giving Ren with an incredulous look.
“What? I had to do something. Think of it as concealing your identity. Every hero needs a backstory, either tragic or not, it was worth it. Your welcome by the way.” Ren grinned. I couldn’t help but smirk at him, even as a clueless boy, he’s got my back. I admire that.
“Uh oh! Twitcha-twitch-twitch-twitch!” Pinkie called, showing us her twitchy tail.
“What the heck?! She wasn’t kidding?!” Jamie exclaimed.
“Of course she didn’t.” Kodi said bluntly. “I mean, you did seen it before, right?”
“Right, but I think that hit in the head caused me to have my memories fuzzy.” Jamie admitted with a sweat-drop. “But anyway, you need to go now!”
“Fine!” I nodded, grabbing my costume and immediately putting it on, along with the mask. “So who’s going?”
“I’ll go!” Applejack offered. “You might need me along the way.”
“Alright.” With that, Applejack took off her hat and put on the Mare-Do Well costume before we ran out of the home-ship and rushing into town without anypony noticing. We looked through the alleyways till we saw a carriage carrying a bunch of pony tourists in there as it was rolling through town in an uncontrollable way.
“Why is today having so much trouble than it usually does?” I questioned.
“No time! Let’s just go!” Applejack exclaimed, pushing me out along with herself in front of the scene. Unfortunately, Rainbow Dash flew into the scene and flew next to the run away cart. I can already hear what they’re talking about as Rainbow said “Never fear, your friendly neighborhood Rainbow-”
“Excuse me, uh, do you think you could skip your catchphrase and just hurry up and save us!” One of the ponies in the cart shouted. Really Dash? A catchphrase? She still needs to learn about being a hero.
“Ugh, fine! Picky, picky.” Rainbow rolled her eyes before flying in front of the cart in attempt to stop it, but it backfired. “WHOOOOA! AAH!” Unfortunately, she was instead ran over by it, lying flat on the road with the carriage marks all over her.
“…I almost feel mighty bad for her.” Applejack shook her head.
“Same here.” I sighed, almost about to have a headache due to Rainbow’s stubbornness on getting fame. “Come on, let’s go finish the job and fast.”
“You said it, partner!” Applejack nodded as we jumped into the scene and faced the run-away carriage. Alright, remember your training, Mason. You endured ton of stuff like this. This shouldn’t be a problem, besides you got Applejack by your side. After witnessing her strength on knocking some apples out of a tree, this shouldn’t be a problem. “You ready Mason?”
“Ready as I’ll ever be.” I said with a smirk before we charged towards the carriage and planted ourselves in front of it, and before you know it…OOF! We were being pushed by the carriage along with itself, but I can feel it slowing down. As soon as we managed to stop, the ponies poked their heads out of the window and started cheering loudly for the rescue.
“Phew…” I said in relief before looking back, only to find myself and Applejack near a cliff, much to our surprise. "Okay seriously, how did we not noticed this?"
"I honestly have no idea." Applejack shrugged before we disappeared from the scene and jumped over some hills, making sure nopony was looking out for us. We arrived back to the alleyway, and saw no pony was following us.
"Good job dude!" We turned around to see Ren and the others walking over to us with smiles on their faces. "Way to go stopping that crash!"
"Thanks, I guess." I replied as me and Applejack took off our masks. "Although, what the heck is up with all these troubles happening today?"
"That I wonder too." Jamie agreed. "Though I'm glad that you two are alright. When we see you two were gonna go down along with the carriage cart, I was so worried, but I guess I just have to believe in you guys."
"That's sorta nice to hear." I smiled.
"Yes, and you're quite more stronger than I would have imagine, Mason." Rarity said, smiling over me. "But you know, you had us worried when we saw you two nearly gonna fall, thank goodness that you're still alive and well."
"Thanks, I guess." Applejack replied with a shrug.
"Ooh! Ooh! Twitchy!" Pinkie called, directly pointing to the other side of town. "And it's coming from over at the construction site!"
"At a construction site?" Jamie asked in shock. "Uh oh, you guys better get going."
"Fine, but who's turn is it?" I asked.
"Don't worry, I think Applejack might be helpful in it again, so good luck." Twilight smirked.
"And remember, good luck and come up with a cool catchphrase!" Ren grinned while I gave him a soft smile at his childish and put back on the mask and said "Sorry, but that's not my thing. This is just something we need to do in order to get Rainbow Dash to learn her lesson about being a hero."
"Okay..." Ren sighed before me and Applejack headed out to the other side of town, heading straight into the construction site. We finally arrived to the site, seeing building materials falling out of the sky, and the construction working ponies running around in panic.
"Alright, let's get this over with." I said in a deep dark tone, which Applejack noticed.
"What's up with the voice?"
"Just something to make sure nopony here identifies my voice." I answered before making our move. As we ran into the scene, we saw Rainbow Dash here as well, attempting to save them while stating out her stupid catchphrase, but got cut-off due to being too many objects stopping her. Oh for god's sake! Why can't she just stop doing that?!
"You grab the two workers over there, I'll grab the other over here!" I called, which 'Mare Do-Well' nodded as we ran towards the help the workers. Before one of the objects fell on them, I managed to grab them and move them out of the way before it fell on top of them. I kept side-stepping my way out of the falling debris and moved out of the way, along with Mare Do-Well, who also had the two workers as well before the building collapsed into pieces.
"Thank you so much Masked Justice and Mare Do-Well!" One of the worker ponies said in joy.
"It is quite alright." Me and Mare Do-Well nodded.
"By the way, we noticed that you walk on two. Are you a human?" The workers asked, but I shook my head and replied "No, I'm just an alien warrior from the far ends of Equestria."
I feel real embarrassed on saying that right now in front of them.
"Oh, so that orange maned kid was right, he really is an alien!" So they just believed it? That's it? Huh, these ponies are too naive to fall for anything.
"Well Mare Do-Well and Masked Justice..." Oh great, and looked who decided to finally show up. We turned around to see Rainbow Dash walking towards with a smug look on her face while the fifth worker that she managed to save at least seemed pretty heartbroken. "...Or should I call you Mare Do-Slow and Masked Injustice?"
Me and Mare Do-well looked at each other and shook our heads. Looks like Rainbow Dash still hasn't learned her lesson, hasn't she?
"You're gonna have to pick up the pace if you wanna compete with me, cause I move like lightning." Rainbow boasted.
"Actually, they saved all of us! We own them our lives!" One of the workers exclaimed, which made Rainbow make an immediate frown and fell to the ground.
"Thank you, but I was just doing my job." I said, keeping up with my deep dark voice. "I'm just looking out for everyone and making sure they're safe. Unlike you."
"Wait...what you say to me?!" Rainbow got back up and glared at me. I know she can't see my eyes through this mask, but she must've saw through my narrowed eyes and stern look I was giving her.
"Tell me, what's the meaning of a true hero?" I asked.
"Duh, it's...uh..." Rainbow rubbed her cheek in embarrassment, unable to answer that.
"Until you learned what it truly means, you'll never be a hero." I said as Mare Do-Well and I began running off, and I looked back to see Rainbow with an angry look and the construction workers chasing after us. Okay, that's it! Time to go back home!
Later
"Ugh...." I muttered, laying down on the couch in our comfy home.
"Don't worry Mason, you take some rest for now." Rarity used her magic to cover me with a blanket, which I accepted.
"Thank you." I smiled while the others were discussing what to do now.
"Looks like Rainbow Dash is nearly breaking. I think it'll time for her to realize the error of her boasting ego." Jamie said, writing some notes down in his journal.
"Yeah! Just now, everypony is starting appreciating Mare Do-Well and the Masked Justice." Kodi pointed out, looking out the window with his tail wagging. Apparently, everypony over at Ponyville were holding a fandom convention out there in honor of Mare Do-Well and the Masked Justice for our heroic deeds, despite us having the same amount of rescues Rainbow Dash did today. Like seriously, are these guys more naive than Ren?
"Yeah! I even gotten like 50 requests to pain them portraits of Mare Do-Well and the Masked Justice." Ren said, finishing up the final touches of his painting before showing it off to us. I glanced at the painting of his, which made me feel impressed by it. It showed the two superheroes of Ponyville on top of a building and standing in a heroic pose.
"Wow, that's amazing!" Carrie said in joy.
"Yeah, I guess business is booming, eh?" Kaede chuckled, which made Ren grinned. I soon got up from my chair and look at them with a serious expression.
"Guys, are you sure this is part of the plan? Getting appreciate for the work and getting an amount of glory?" I asked. "We're supposed to wear these outfits, pretend that we're heroes, and save pony's lives. I care for the citizens, not all this honor and glory and such. It's not my thing."
"Yeah, he does raise a good point." Fluttershy agreed, which made everyone a little sad about that.
"You're right Mason, sorry if we've acted this way." Twilight apologized.
"Wow, I feel like we turned into Rainbow Dash for a second there." Ren said in worried.
"More reason why we need to put an end to this." Kaede said in determination.
"Ooh! Ooh! I feel another twitch!" Pinkie exclaimed, much to our shock.
"Really?! Where is it coming from?!" Jamie asked in worried.
"Probably somewhere where somepony accidentally did something too stupid and is trying their best to fix it up, but is making things worse than before."
"....What?" We all asked in confusion.
"...You might want to go and check the Ponyville dam." She clarified.
"Alright...let's get to it." I said, putting back on my mask.
"I'll come along." Fluttershy said, surprising us all. "I-If you all want me to or not..."
"Actually...you might be useful, along with you Twilight." I said with a soft smile, surprising them all before they all nodded with determined looks. Fluttershy immediately put on the Mare Do-Well costume and I gotta say, I can't even tell if that's even her.
"Alright, I guess I'll come too. Just in case the dam overflows too
"Alright, p-please be safe you three." Jamie warned us. "B-but if you want, I guess I-I'll come too..."
"We'll be fine." I assured as me, Fluttershy, and Twilight immediately ran out of the place, leaving everypony behind.
"...So wait, we have a dam?" Ren asked in confusion.
Huh, well this shouldn't be too bad. We finally arrived to the Ponyville dam, and only found a small crack on the wall. Should be easy enough...
"If the dam breaks, the whole town will be flooded! Looks like Ponyville needs a hero!" Huh? Oh crap...her again. What's Rainbow Dash doing here? We looked over and saw Rainbow Dash placing a hoof on it, causing me to face-palm. She can't be seriously, is she? "Easy peasy."
Unfortunately, the moment she did that, it only made the crack more bigger that it was before.
"Oh my god..." I muttered in annoyance, seeing Rainbow only making things worse than before.
"My game is officially back on. If only somepony were here to pat me on the back." Really? Apparently, she took her hoof off the crack and patted herself on the back. Did...did she really took that phrase literally?
Suddenly, once she released her hoof out of the way, the dam immediately broke into pieces, sending a wave of water on Rainbow Dash and dragging her down.
"Help! Help!" Rainbow shouted.
"Quick! We need to save Rainbow Dash!" Fluttershy exclaimed, which I nodded and asked "Think you can carry me?"
"N-no, I'm not that strong." Well that's just great.
"I can try to use my magic to carry you Mason!" Twilight assured. "Now go!"
We nodded before I jumped down, feeling Twilight's aura surrounding me as I swooped down as Fluttershy and I managed to grab Rainbow Dash out of the water while Fluttershy put down a log in front of the flowing water. With that, I softly put Rainbow Dash on the ground, much to her joy.
"Phew, I thought I was a goner there!" Rainbow sighed in relief before looking up, seeing me flying in the air, much to her shock and anger. "What the?! YOU?! Oh so this is the part where I thank you, huh? Well forget it! No way I'm thanking you and Mare Do-Well!"
"I don't want to be thanked. I was just doing my job." I replied in a stern tone. "That's the importance of being a hero. Caring for others instead of receiving fame and glory."
"Blah blah! Who cares?!" Rainbow scoffed before narrowing her eyes and asked "Hey....you look familiar..."
"Umm..." Before any of us could say anything, we saw a bunch of rocks and trees blocking the Ponyville dam, completely making the water stop flowing. Looks like Twilight managed to stop the dam. That's a relief.
"Huh?! How?!" Rainbow gasped before noticing Mare Do-Well flying in the air. "Did Mare Do-Well did that? What? Is she an alicorn or something?!"
Technically, that was Twilight using her magic, but since nopony realizes that, it makes sense for them to theorize that Mare Do-Well might be an Alicorn.
"Hey wait a minute..." She slowly turned to me with a suspicious look on his face. "Did you do that?"
"....No." I replied before running off and jumping into the forest tree branches, disappearing along the way while avoiding Rainbow Dash. Hopefully, she doesn't learn the truth.
Later
"That was awesome Mason!" Ren cheered.
"Yeah yeah, whatever. Don't praise me. Just doing stuff what a hero would've done." I said, drinking some water. Soon after restoring the dam, we regrouped back at Sugarcube Corner, enjoying...let's just say, a victory snack.
"You really don't like to be praise, do you?" Jamie asked.
"Yes."
"But why not? I understand that you don't like being thanked, but why?" Kaede asked curiously. I sighed and replied "It's...not who I am."
"But sometimes people and ponies gotta thank you for your heroic deeds, big brother!" Carrie grinned.
"Yeah, but I don't wanna turn into a glory-hogging fool like Rainbow Dash." I sighed.
"Speaking of which, seems like she's starting to have doubts on doing the hero business." Twilight said with a smile. "This really was a great idea, you guys. Now hopefully Rainbow Dash will learn the importance of being a hero."
"Yeah, but thank goodness we managed to save her before she was swept away in the water." Fluttershy said in relief.
"Yeah, good thing Twilight managed to fix the dam." Ren grinned.
"Yeah, your magic is really powerful! You need to teach me!" Jamie begged, which made Twilight sweat-dropped and smiled nervously at him.
"W-well...I'm not sure it's possible due to you guys having no magic inside of ya. But maybe we can conjure different spells that I've always wanted to try." Twilight offered, taking a bite of a muffin.
"Yes Twilight! That would be wonderful! Thank you for the offer!" Jamie nodded excitedly, causing us all to give him sweat-drops. This guy acts like Twilight...
Suddenly, we heard the door opened, revealing an extremely annoyed Rainbow Dash walking in, along with Spike. He's still doing the autobiography thing? Doesn't he even get tired out?
"Oh hey Dash! What's up?" Ren asked with a smile.
"Just...feeling...awesome right now..." Rainbow grumbled, walking past him before pounding her hooves on the ground and laying near the staircase with a bumped out expression.
"Poor Dashy, she's seemed real sad." Kodi said in worried.
"Meow..." Rosy said, feeling bad for her as well.
"Don't worry Rosy, I'm sure we can cheer her up." Kaede assured.
"Right..." Applejack nodded as the mares made smirks on their faces. "Gotta hand it to those two heroes...that Mare Do-Well and Masked Justice sure can pull off some pretty heroic feats."
Are they trying to insult Rainbow? Hmm, come to think of it...Rainbow Dash will face a challenge whenever she feels insulted...hmm, I see what they're trying to pull here.
"Yeah, I gotta say that they're really something." I said with a small smirk on my face. "They're quite the heroes."
"Yeah, I was even impressed by that spell Mare Do-Well used to fix the dam. Seems like something like that would take quite a bit of study." Twilight said aloud, hoping that it will make Rainbow Dash feel determined again.
"They really care about everypony's safety." Fluttershy smiled brightly.
"Yeah, thanks to them. Ponies been making tons of request on making some arts of them, and I've been making tons of bits." Ren said, showing us a jar filled with bits. Huh, I'm impress that he managed to make a lot of paintings in time for his clients.
"Yep! They're so cool looking!" Carrie added.
"They're truly awesome." Kodi agreed.
"Yeah, they're really...umm...something." Jamie chuckled nervously.
"And have you seen their costumes? Pretty sweet." Kaede smiled.
"I was thinking the exact same thing, darling!" Rarity grinned as she walked over to our table with a teacup floating in mid-air due to her using her magic as she said "It is to die for! If you ask me, they're a hero of fashion!"
"And they're modest and humble." Applejack added, giving me a wink. "She let her actions speak for themselves. Gotta admire that."
"I don't have to admire that!" Rainbow shouted. "I don't think she's all that great!"
"She's...great." Spike wrote down, upsetting Dash as she exclaimed "I didn't say that!"
"Rainbow Dash...are you jealous?" Kodi asked, surprising her.
"Who, me?" Rainbow asked in shock.
"Rainbow Dash is jealous." Spike wrote down, annoying Dash as she exclaimed "D-don't write that, Spike!"
This caused everyone, except me, to laugh.
"Correction Spike: Rainbow Dash is very jealous." Ren added, which Spike nodded.
"Sure Ren!" Rainbow growled angrily at us as she looked back at us and said "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, I'm a better her than Mare Do-Well and Masked Justice!"
"Rainbow Dash..." I looked at her with a serious expression and said "Don't you even hear yourself? I think Mare Do-Well and Masked Justice have something that you don't have?"
"And what's that? Having everypony admire them?!" Rainbow scoffed, crossing her forelegs. I let out a sigh and clarified "No, that they care about others. You know, heroes don't always fight just to be famous. They do it in honor and protecting the ones they love so much. I know this by experience due to my bodyguard services with Elena."
"Yep! Big brother is a real hero Rainbow Dash!" Carrie added with a light giggle.
"Fine! Make all the good arguments ya want! I just don't want those two show-offs trying to steal all my fans!" Rainbow exclaimed.
"Rainbow Dash, that's not what Mason-"
"Not now Kay! I'm going get all my pride back, no matter what!" With that, she took off out of the shop, leaving us with worried and concern expressions.
"Do you think we might've gone too far?" Jamie asked.
"Yeah, we were only doing that just to encourage Rainbow Dash, but seems like we encouraged her too far." Rarity admitted.
"Yeah, seems so." Kaede sighed. "Hopefully that she doesn't do anything too stupid."
"...Somehow, I highly doubt that." I sighed, crossing my arms.
"Yeah, this is Rainbow Dash we're talking here." Applejack reminded us.
"Well, let's just hope things doesn't get in the way between Mare Do-Well, Masked Justice, and Rainbow Dash." Kodi said, hoping that it wouldn't happen. But something told me in my heart that it was gonna happen.
The Next Day
...Well, there's still nothing in this room. After yesterday of those string of events of being heroes, it was starting to get late as we headed for bed. I got some rest, but as I woke up from 4:00 A.M., I headed back to the white room from Ren's room, examining it for clues. The five pods that we appeared from...these must have the answers, right? I don't remember what happened or how I ended up in this place. All I know that I'm stuck here till we find some way to get to our world. But just how long?
Suddenly, I was found around town, but find the castle's town was nearly in ruins, each destroyed by the ones that are fallen down from the skies. The meteors...
"Big brother...I'm scared." Huh? Was that...
"Mason! Why is this happening?!" I felt myself being hugged as I looked down to find myself hugged by Elena and Carrie, who were crying in fear and held onto me.
"I don't know...but at least we managed to get everyone evacuated." I assured, hugging them back. Wait, what am I even saying? Suddenly, we saw another meteor crashing down somewhere near us. We gasped upon feeling another one crashing down into town. These meteors caused our town to be destroyed! Sure I was able to save everyone from this disaster, but it destroyed our home!
"Hm?" Carrie looked over, spotting where the last meteor that just fell down. She immediately ran over to the scene.
"Carrie! Wait!" I called as me and Elena chased after her till we saw her staring at the meteor, and strangely enough...it was glowing. It had this red color, and didn't look that much ominous, and was the size of our heads.
"Wow..." Carrie muttered.
"I've never seen a meteorite like this." Elena said, surprised by the glowing meteor.
"Yeah..." I nodded before bending down and attempting to touch it.
"Hey big brother, what are you doing?" Carrie asked curiously.
"I don't know why, but this thing is just...there's something off with it." I replied, before placing my hand on the rock. Suddenly, the moment I touched it, I was immediately zapped and began feeling something coming out of the meteor!
"Mason!" Carrie gasped before trying to get my hand out of the rock, accidentally placing one of her arms onto the rock and began feeling the effects as well.
"Mason! Carrie! What's wrong?!" Elena asked in shock. "CARRIE! MASON!"
AH! W-what was that? Was that another memory? Probably Princess Luna managed to unlock another piece of our memory. Strange though, is it even our memories? I don't remember anything of what I just saw. The castle's town being destroyed into ruins, and that meteorite....just what was that? Oh well, won't be able to find anything just staying around here.
I took my leave out of the white room, coming back to Ren's room before noticing that Ren and Kodiak weren't in here anymore. Must've woken up. Well at least he isn't slouching around like a hobo. As I left Ren's room, I found him, Carrie, Kaede, and Jamie talking with the girls.
"Oh hi Mason! There you are!" Pinkie waved at me, noticing me and gaining the others' attention.
"Mason! Where were you?!" Carrie asked in concern. "When I woke up, you weren't there! I-I thought you were gone. Not after that nightmare I had!"
"Nightmare?" I asked in confusion.
"We came by to let you guys know that there's going to be a ceremony to appreciate the joy of Mare Do-Well and Masked Justice." Fluttershy explained. "But once so, Ren opened the door and we heard a scream, and ran upstairs to your room, finding Carrie awoken and crying."
"I felt so bad for the darling, but stroke us weird that you weren't around." Rarity said with a raised brow.
"I was in the white room." I answer honestly. "But I never heard a scream. I swear."
"Really? That scream was really loud." Ren pointed out.
"Yeah, almost like a ghost." Kodi added before shivering in fear.
"They're right...Hold on, white room?" Jamie asked in confusion.
"It's the room where we awakened. I was hoping to find some clues, but didn't found anything, but I didn't hear a scream at all." I explained.
"He's telling the truth. I can see it through his eyes." Applejack said.
"Well alright, but how come you didn't hear the scream?" Twilight wondered.
"Maybe the white room is soundproof?" Kaede suggested.
"Whatever...Carrie, I'm sorry if I wasn't around-AH!" Carrie immediately hugged me, letting some tears out.
"I was so scared! I had this dream that we were back home and apparently something destroyed our homes, and we saw something fall down into town, and I went over to look over it but once you and I touched it, we got hurt. I was so worried what happened to you!" Carrie cried. What? Everything she described...
"Carrie...what was this thing that fell out of the sky and what we found in your dream?" I asked curiously, wanting to confirm my suspicions.
"I don't know...I think it was this glowing rock." Carrie answered, wiping away her tears while I widened my eyes in shock.
"But...just a moment ago, I just had that vision." I said in shock, confusing the others. "Everything Carrie described, that was the same exact thing I just visioned while investigating the white room. I...I don't understand."
"Is it another part of your memories, sugarcube?" Applejack asked in worried.
"Guess so, but this is strange." I wondered. "Carrie dreamed about this while I saw it as a vision...just what does it mean?"
"I don't know, but I'll send a letter to the princess to tell her about it." Twilight assured. "Though, I'm glad that you're comforting your little sister."
"True, it's nice to see you two get together." Rarity smiled.
"Yeah..." I nodded before looking down at Carrie and said "Sorry if I wasn't around."
"I-it's okay." Carrie wiped away her tears and smiled softly at me. "Just please don't leave me again."
I nodded, accepting her promise.
"By the way Mason, before you showed up and while we comforted Carrie for ya, Twilight and the girls said about a ceremony to appreciate Mare Do-Well and Masked Justice, and wants them to be there." Ren explained, much to my surprise.
"Really?" I asked with a raised brow.
"Rainbow Dash might come over there, so that's when we need to put our plan into action. Time for her to realize what the importance to help others." Twilight grinned.
"So how are we gonna do this?" Mason asked.
"We can't fight back, that's not hero material for someone getting jealous of you." Jamie looked down, getting worried about that.
"Don't worry, because I got a plan." Twilight assured.
"Well I hope this plan will be alright." Kaede said with a soft smile.
"Meow." Rosy nodded, sitting on Kaede's shoulder. Yeah, same here. It's time for Rainbow Dash to learn the importance of being a hero.
Later
Well this is something. Apparently, Twilight explained the plan over to us, step-by-step. When me and Mare Do-Well sees Rainbow Dash, we need to run before she tries anything to reveal our faces to the public. Seems like an easy plan, but outracing somepony who's really fast, that might be a challenge that I can handle.
Soon, me and Pinkie, disguised as Mare Do-Well were on stage behind the curtains before peeking out, seeing everypony in town together for this. I saw Ren and the others along in the crowd, probably for back-up to let me and Pinkie know where Rainbow Dash is.
"Wowie zowie! Everypony is here! Even Pipsqueak!" Pinkie said in joy.
"Keep quiet, it's about to start." I said sternly, which she nodded. Soon, as we waited, Mayor Mare made her announcement.
"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 and the Might Masked Justice." With that, both me and Mare Do-Well to jumped out of the banner right before I put back on my mask. We were introduced by everyone. Though, I never liked to be praise, it's not my style.
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 and the Might Masked Justice." With that, both me and Mare Do-Well to jumped out of the banner right before I put back on my mask. We were introduced by everyone. Though, I never liked to be praise, it's not my style. "So tell us, how do you feel like being the town’s hero.“
Mare Do-Well looked at me, gesturing that I should go and speak. Alright, I guess maybe I should let them know how I feel. I walked over to the mic as Mayor Mare stepped out of the way, allowing to make myself some room.
“Umm…” I tapped onto the mic, hearing its loud screech throughout town, causing everypony, including Mare Do-Well to cover their ears in pain. “Right…anyway, greetings citizens, I am Masked Justice, and I would like to say that it’s an honor to be appreciated by you all.” Everypony cheered at me before raising my hand up, signaling them to silence. “But this is all so nice, I do not wish to be appreciated, me and Mare Do-Well was only doing our job. Being a hero doesn’t mean glory, honor, pride, money, or fame. It means protecting all those who you love and would sacrifice anything for their sake. We’ve done this for a while since yesterday, and I have inspired many of you ponies to one day to remember these words. Those are the words of what a hero means.”
After my speech, everypony paused at what I said, looking at me until one of them started clapping their hooves, and before you know it, the crowd began rooting and shouting happily. Seems to me that they got the message, I guess.
“Yes, thank you for your message, Masked Justice.” Mayor Mare thanked with a smile before I moved out the way as she got back on the mic. “Now then everypony, I hope you all that lovely piece of advice from the Mighty Masked Justice. Now then, let us thank the heroes who saved many pony lives, the mysterious Mare Do-Well and the Mighty Masked Justice.”
Everypony cheered while Mare Do-Well, or Pinkie, looked at me and winked. Huh, what’s she winking for?
“The mysterious Mare Do-Well and the Mighty Masked Justices, huh?” Oh, now I see what Pinkie was winking. We turned around, heading up face-to-face with Rainbow Dash, making the crowd gasp. “So what are you two hiding, huh? Let’s see how mysterious and might you both are without those masks!”
And this is our cue to leave. Before Rainbow could try to take the fabric off of us, me and Mare Do-Well immediately jumped out of the way and jumped off the stage before we ran away.
“Get back here!” Rainbow exclaimed as we headed straight down the alleyway with her tailing us behind. Soon, me and Pinkie took many twists and turns around the place till we stopped and peeked out, seeing Rainbow Dash looking around in search of us.
“Hey, let’s play a trick on her. This is the best game of tag I’ve ever played!” Pinkie whispered to me, causing to roll my eyes. Though, I’ll agree on the first part on trying to get her our attention. I let out a whistle, gaining her attention as she flew down to get us. Me and Mare-Do Well ran ahead and straight to a dead end.
“Hmph!” I smirked before jumping and climbing over the brick wall by using the bricks as stepping stools. The moment we reached to the top, we immediately ran out through the stairwell and jumped down before seeing Rainbow Dash heading our way. Mare Do-Well and I made our escape, and good thing Rainbow Dash wasn’t paying attention to know where we went as she headed the wrong way.
“Hey!” I called, gaining her attention. Once she realized that she’s been heading the wrong way, she growled angrily as we immediately ran out of there, but as we kept running, I looked back and saw that she wasn’t following us.
“Strange…where did she go now?” I wondered.
“Got you both now!” What? I turned around only to see Rainbow Dash charging at us. Oh my god-OOF! She tackled us both on the ground and held us before using her teeth to pull both of out masks off at the same time.
“I got you now Mr and Mrs Mysterious! Mystery….Huh?” The moment she took off our masks, she widened her eyes in shock upon seeing me and Pinkie Pie.
“Surprise?” I asked, shocking Rainbow completely.
“M-M-M-M-Mason? Pinkie Pie?! What the…huh? Huh? Huh?!” Seems to me we really shocked her with the truth.
“Were you surprise Dash?” We turned around to see the others coming out of their hiding places, shocking Rainbow Dash even more.
“Twilight? Carrie! Rarity! Fluttershy! Applejack? Ren? Kaede? Jamie?! Kodiak?! What the hay is going on here?!” Rainbow demanded.
“The same reason both Mason and Pinkie are here.” Twilight answered, smiling.
“Yep! Twilight and the other girls were Mare Do-Well while Mason cosplayed as Masked Justice due to his skills of being a bodyguard.” Ren answered simply.
“B-but…how?”
“They all had a part to play.” Jamie answered. “Like for instance, Pinkie used her Pinkie Sense to save the construction workers, Applejack used her legs to stop the carriage bus, Fluttershy was the one flying around and saved you from drowning, and Twilight used her magic to fix the Ponyville Dam.”
“Yep! Just used the old Pinkie Sense!” Pinkie grinned before noticing her tail twitching. “Oh, by the way, Jamie, duck.”
“What? OW!” Jamie was hit in the head by a fallen potted plant, which made us look up to see a pony wincing to see him get hurt.
“Sorry!” The pony apologized.
“It’s alright…” Jamie sighed sadly.
“I don’t understand…why?” Rainbow asked. “Don’t you want me to be a hero?”
“Of course we want you to be a hero.” Twilight said.
“But a real hero doesn’t brag.” Applejack winked and gestured her hooves towards me and themselves. Rainbow Dash looked at us before getting off of me and became slightly embarrassed.
“Uh, I guess I did start to brag a little…” Rainbow admitted.
“A little?” Kaede asked with a raised brow.
“Okay, a lot…”
“Rainbow Dash…” I spoke up, looking at her with a stern look. “We did this because we needed you to realize the error of your ways. I was the personal bodyguard of Elena, and I never loved being praised by others because I might turned into someone who’ll be arrogant and don’t show any care to anyone but myself. Remember my message earlier back at the thank you parade, a hero isn’t someone who gloats, brags, or tries to become famous, a true hero is someone or somepony who cares about others, and would sacrifice themselves in order to protect the ones we love, and I would never leave anyone like you guys behind.”
“Mason…” Rainbow Dash looked at me, realizing that I was right.
“Mason’s right.” Ren nodded. “Celebrating your achievements is natural. But…”
“Rubbing them in everypony’s face isn’t.” Kodi finished.
“Yeah, the only thing that should be rubbed in anypony’s face is chocolate cake.” Pinkie said, slurping loudly and licking her lips and face, causing us to giver her weird looks.
“That’s…not the point there.” Jamie said, sweat-dropping.
“What we’re trying to say is that it’s great to be really good at something, but it’s important to act with grace and humility.” Twilight explained.
“Ooooh.” Rainbow said, realizing that we were right. “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 and the Might Masked Justice.”
“Just so you know, this wasn’t my idea for a costume.” I said, glancing at Ren, who returned a sheepish smile.
“Yeah, I had a feeling about that. Especially seeing him in action and hearing that ridiculous backstory.” Rainbow rolled her eyes.
“Hey!” Ren shouted.
“She’s right about that.” Applejack nodded.
“We should’ve done Mare Do-Well instead of having both in it.” Rarity admitted, shocking Ren.
“Oh come on! I thought it would be an awesome idea to be heroes! Man, you guys are no fun.” Ren sighed, crossing his arms in a huff.
We all laughed and smiled happily to hear that we’ve managed to learn something new today.
“Sounds like something that could be used as a friendship report.” Kaede said.
“I agree Kay!” Twilight nodded. “Spike?”
“Already got it covered!” Spike came out of the blue, much to my surprise. Seriously, was he waiting for that moment to be called or something? “As your ghost writer, I’ve already penned a letter to the Princess.”
“That’s nice of you Spike, but I really wanna write it myself.” Rainbow said with a smirk.
“Aww come on! I wrote the whole thing already from what Mason said.” Spike complained.
“Okay, let’s hear it.” Rainbow offered, which Spike nodded as he cleared his throat and began reading the letter as he said “Dear Princess Cel-”
“Look out! It’s a real ghost!” Rainbow yelled, causing Spike and Pinkie to scream in fear and run away, which made us all laugh.
“Well…” I said, picking up the letter that Spike dropped. “I guess we’ll just send it later on.”
“In the meantime, let’s head back to the home-ship and have sleepover like we promised.” Ren said with a smirk.
“Really? You really want us to watch your favorite show Ren?” Fluttershy asked in surprise.
“Yep Flutters, I gotta keep my promise. Think of it as a little gift from me to you.” Ren shrugged.
“I never watched an anime before…” Jamie muttered. “I guess I’ll give it a try.”
“And all this talk about heroes and stuff makes me wanna see it as well!” Carrie agreed.
“Same here!” Kodi nodded as Rosy, who was laying on Kodi’s back, meow’d in agreement.
“Well then, let’s go home and go watch some My Hero Academia! I have all the seasons!” Seriously, where do you get this stuff and how can your parents afford all this childish stuff? Oh well, glad to finally get out of this costume at last.
Later
Like Ren promised, we watched over My Hero Academia, which I’ll admit…it’s amazing. We were at the home-ship’s Living Room watching it and I was back in my usual attire. It's good to be back in my old outfit.
“Oh dear, isn’t this show too violent?” Fluttershy asked in worried.
"Well true, but you get used to it. As long as the show doesn't get too violent." Ren answered. "Though, I've never seen it go that far before."
Apparently, we were by the second episode of season 1, seeing the main character, Izuku Midoriya trying to save the school bully, Kacchan Bakogou from trouble.
"I am quite curious to know about human anime." Twilight said in amazement. "I need to know how does humans come up with such animation."
"If you want, I'll teach ya!" Jamie offered. "I-I mean, if ya want."
"Hey wait, since when did yo know about this stuff?" Rainbow asked.
"She does raise a good point." Rarity agreed.
"And didn't you say that you don't know so much about anime?" I added with a raised brow, much to his realization.
"Right..." What's his problem? I wonder why Jamie's acting so weird lately...unless...
"Anyway, I gotta go do something. Be back by five." Ren got up from the chair and headed over to his room. Hmm...wonder where's he going?
"Hey big brother." Carrie called for me. "Wasn't it amazing to be a hero for once?"
"I don't know about it, I'm just glad to be out of that costume." I said in relief.
"Yeah, but you were still awesome as ever." I couldn't help but smile at my sister. I guess she does raise a good point. I did look awesome on helping those people despite me wearing that ridiculous outfit....Good lord, I'm starting to turn into Rainbow Dash.
"I'm back!" We turned around to see Ren, wearing my hero costume, only it was smaller than my size. "It is I, the Mighty Masked Justice! So what do you guys think?"
We all looked at him with surprised looks before cracking some smiles and laughed.
"Gotta say, you look kinda ridiculous in that Ren!" Rainbow laughed. "I prefer if it was Mason and not you!"
"Exactly what I was thinking!" Kodi laughed.
"Yeah, like I said, I made Ren another costume for himself, but seeing him in that costume is so amusing." Kaede chuckled.
"Hey!" Ren exclaimed. "Why is it that I'm always getting the boot?!"
"Sorry Ren, but for once, I agree with them. I prefer to be in that costume than you are. Which is ironic since you came up with the idea." I smirked, much to Ren's annoyance.
"Let's just...continue watching the show." Ren grumbled before sitting back on the couch with Fluttershy, Twilight, Spike, and Jamie. You know, they were right about one thing, this show really is amazing, plus seeing Ren in that outfit makes me think it was a good idea for him not to wear that. Oh well, at least it was fun while it last...not that I'll admit. I can imagine just how Elena would say if she ever dare saw me in that outfit. But besides that, I can't help but wonder...that vision. Carrie had the same thing, but in her dreams. How can that be? Are we somehow...connected?
To Be Continued