//------------------------------// // Chapter 3 // Story: Equestria Girls: The Mare-Do-Well Returns // by Time Agent pony //------------------------------// Next morning, Trixie waked to CHS, she was a little tired from her outing the previous night, but she felt good that she had managed to help someone on her first excursion as the new Mare-Do-Well. When she entered the high school, some of the students were talking about Mare-Do-Well's return. "Well, it seems that I've made quite a splash," Trixie thought, "Mare-Do-Well seems to be getting popular every minute." All throughout the day, Trixie couldn't wait for the school day to end so she could get home and put the Mare-Do-Well suit back on and do some more superheroing. She also thought about, adding some flare and piazza to her superhero spectacle, something to really spice things up. Some time later, Trixie had an idea of what she could add to the Mare-Do-Well persona to make it her own. As soon as the final bell of the day rang, Trixie was out of the classroom and out of the school front door. Once she was back home, Trixie changed into the Mare-Do-Well suit and once again headed out. Elsewhere. "Alright, everyone," the lead bank robber declared, as he and his two partners pointed their guns at patrons of the bank and bank employees, "remain calm and you all get to walk out of here, alive." While this was happening, the fourth member of the group was busy hacking into the bank vault door. One of the hostages tried to reach for a nearby wall phone, only for a warning shot from the lead robber to hit the phone, destroying it. "Now then," the lead bank robber said, "does anyone else what to be a hero?" Now even more frightened, no one moved or even breathed. "Thats what I thought," the lead bank robber smiled, as his compatriot singled to him, having managed to crack the code the bank vault. As the four prepared to entered the bank vault and plunder all the riches inside, then suddenly an M shaped projectile flew out of nowhere, striking the vault door keypad, causing it short out and the bank vault to close before the thieves enter the vault. "What the?" the lead bank robber exclaimed. As if in answer, a voice spoke seeming from nowhere. "Halt your endeavour, evil doers," the voice ordered. "Oh, really?" one of the lead bank robber's partners retorted, "who says?" "I AM THE TERROR THAT STALKS CRIMINALS IN THE NIGHT," the voice answered, "I AM THE TINY CAR IN THE PARKING SPACE YOU THOUGHT WAS EMPTY, I AM THE MARE-DO-WELL!" With that, there was a burst of smoke and the Mare-Do-Well appeared, the patrons of the bank and bank employees were in awe and confusion, some recognised her from the rumours they had heard, while others looked on in an amazement at the heroes arrival. "Who do you think you are?" another of the lead bank robber's partners asked, "dime store Batman?" "Again?!" Mare-Do-Well replied, really frustrated at the robbers comment, "do I look like Batman to you?!" The robbers all exchanged looks with each other before drawing there guns. like before, the bullets bounced off the Mare-Do-Well, though she still dodged most of the bullets. After which, she throw a small cartridge at the robbers, after which they started to itching uncontrollably. "Feel the itch of justice," Mare-Do-Well stated. Now that the criminals were distracted, Mare-Do-Well proceeded to subdued the robbers and ensure that they were secure until the police were called. "Thank you," one of the hostages said, as the robbers were taken by the police custody. "But, who are you?" one of the bank staff asked. Under the mask, Trixie smiled, this was it her moment to make an everlasting impression on the citizens of Canterlot City. "I AM THE UNMITIGATED DEFENDER OF JUSTICE!" she declared, striking poses, "WHO TOLERATES NO EVIL, I AM THE MYSTERIOUS MARE-DO-WELL AT YOUR SERVICE!" she finished, striking one last final dynamic pose. Everyone look on in stunned silence, some unsure how to comprehend the sight they had just witnessed or how cheesy the Mare-Do-Well performance was. "Nailed it," Trixie thought, as she surveyed the sea of faces before her. There was some murmuring from the crowd, some questioning that if this Mare-Do-Well was the same as on the new from the previous night. "Anyway, I must be off," Mare-Do-Well continued, "my city needs me." With that, Mare-Do-Well activated her grapple line and swung off. Over the course of the next few weeks, Mare-Do-Well went to deal with criminal after criminal. Everything from pickpockets to carjackers, after some time Mare-Do-Well moved on to taking on the costumed side of crime. She battled against small time costumed criminals like: Killer Moth, Jack O'Lantern, Polka Dot Man and The Orb. The more criminals she bagged, the more praise and attention Mare-Do-Well received, though the news and the onlookers still didn't think much for Mare-Do-Well pontificating and flamboyant approach to crime fighting. The next day. Sunset Shimmer and Twilight looked at a video of Mare-Do-Well's foiling the bank robbery, recorded by one of the onlookers, on one of the computer at the library at CHS. "You think we made the right choice?" Twilight asked, as she watched Mare-Do-Well posing dramatically, "she's treating the suit like its a toy and not taking anything seriously." "Well, Starlight wanted Trixie to have the suit before she returned to Equestria," Sunset replied, "she believed that the Trixie here is the same as the Trixie she's friends with back in Equestria, so despite our better judgment we must honour her wishes." "Yeah, I guess you're right," Twilight agreed, "good thing we locked the suit's more advanced features behind the Training Wheels protocol, though." "Oh, definitely," Sunset nodded, "with the way Trixie's acting, I dread to think what would happen if she had the suit's full potential." "Agreed," Twilight said. With that, the bell rang for class and Twilight and Sunset logged off the computer and exited the library. On the way to class, Sunset and Twilight bumped Trixie. "Why hello, fellow heroes," Trixie said, "I'm sure you and everyone else in school have seen or heard of the amazing exploits of our mysterious and magnificent new protector Mare-Do-Well, me." "Yes we have but Trixie..." Sunset began. "And hasn't she been doing so much good since she returned," Trixie continued, ignoring Sunset's attempt to critic her statement, "why I wouldn't be surprised if the Justice Force offered Mare-Do-Well membership on their team." "TRIXIE!" Sunset said, stopping Trixie from coming any further. "Me and the girls have to admit," she carried on, "so far, you ARE doing a great job, but..." "But what?" Trixie retorted, "I thought we had an understanding. You leave the small-time criminals and mobsters to ME, I leave the giant monsters, natural disasters and alien invaders to you and your super-powered little club." "I was going to say, you should be very careful," Sunset continued, "about not letting the positive attention go to your head and cause you to forget about the innocent people you're supposed to be protecting. Unfortunately, it seems at least half of that is too late." "What are you talking about?" Trixie carried on, "There's not a street punk or costumed criminal in this city that isn't afraid of the Mare-Do-Well. The small timers that think that they can slip through the cracks because you have to stay focused on the fate-of-the-world tier bad guys are definitely thinking more than twice, which is a VERY good thing. And all those innocent people are loving it too." "That's not the point I'm trying to make," Sunset sighed, "have you every heard the of the expression 'with great power comes great responsibility'?" "What's that suppose to mean?!" Trixie demanded, "Mare-Do-Well gave me their suit, so I could carry on their legacy, me, Trixie the great and powerful! You don't think I can handle the life of a superhero, you're jealous because I've become more popular than you and your little super-powered circus!" Before Twilight or Sunset could answer, Trixie stormed off. Sunset and Twilight stood in silence for a moment. "Maybe you were right, Twilight," Sunset said, "maybe we did make the wrong choice in giving Trixie the suit." "Let's just hope the situation doesn't escalate," Twilight replied, "otherwise we might have to get involved." "I only hope Trixie doesn't discover the Training Wheels protocol," Sunset uttered, "or her already big ego will sky-rocket."