//------------------------------// // Episode 26: A Dog and Pony Show: Gala arc Part 19 // Story: My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic With Reiner and Bertholdt Season 1 // by TheUnknownPhantom5 //------------------------------// Rarity stood in her work room, finishing up her latest project. "Perfect". she said just as the door to her shop opened. "Coming! Welcome to Carousel Boutique, where every garment is chic, unique, and magnifique." Rarity began to say, only to stop, and gasped at the pony who just walked in. "Sapphire Shores! The pony of pop!" Rarity exclaimed as said famous pony stood in her room. Sapphire Shores smiled at Rarity. "Good afternoon, Miss Rarity!" She greeted. Rarity just stood still in shock, and could only stammer in response. "You yah... y-y-you know my name?" Rarity asked. "Well, of course I do, darling. I make it a point to know all of the up-and-coming designers and Clothes Horse magazine simply raved about you." Sapphire Shores responed. "Oh my stars. If I'm dreaming, do not wake me up." Rarity said to herself, before turning to Sapphire Shores. "How may I help you, Miss Shores?" Rarity asked. "Oh please, call me Sapphire." Sapphire Shores replied. Rarity giggled before responding. "How may I help you, Sapphire?" She asked. "Well, as I'm sure you know, I'll be touring all of Equestria with my latest concert, Sapphire Shores' Ziegfilly Follies, so I need to look seeensational! Ow!" Sapphrie Shores responded. Rarity smiled, and led Sapphire over to the dress she had just finished. "I have just what you need. Sapphire Shores, prepare yourself for the pièce de résistance de la haute couture. I used every last diamond I found on this one garment." Rarity said as she showed the popstar the dress. Sapphire gasped in delight upon seeing it. "And it is spectacular! I'll take it." She exclaimed. Rarity gasped. "Really"? she asked. "Oh yes, and five more, each done up in a different jewel." Sapphrie replied confusing Rarity. "Beg Pardon". Rarity asked. "Costume Changes". Sapphire Shores replied. Hearing that, Rarity realized this wasn't going to be easy, and to make matters worse she was all out of gems. So as of that very moment all Rarity could do was faint. "Yes, I do have that effect on ponies." Sapphire Shores chuckled to herself as she left the store. As soon as she was gone Rarity got up, and looked at her empty jewel box. "Alright don't panic Rarity, all you need to do is get more jewels, you can do this". She said before gulping. "I hope". Rarity, and Spike walked through a patch of land searching for gems for Sapphire Shores dress, the whole time Spike was gushing over the fact that Rarity was making a dress for someone so famous. "Oh my gosh! Sapphire Shores! The pony of pop! She is awesome! I mean, she's gorgeous and talented and". Spike said before stopping, and chuckling to look at his crush. "heh... and not even half the pony you are. I mean, you're ten times more gorgeous and talented and" "Spike A lady is never jealous". Rarity reassured him. "Eh, of course not. But were you totally flipping out or what?!" Spike asked. "Ladies do not "flip out", Spike. However, I was quite in awe." Rarity explained. "However, I was quite in awe". She admitted. Rarity then began to focus on what they needed to do. "Oh, I need to find more jewels than ever before to decorate her costumes". She lit her horn, and was able to find some gems. "Oh, aha"! "Did you find some"? Spike asked. "Yes Spike! Right there"! Rarity replied. Spike went over to where Rarity pointed and dug up several gems. He admired how amazing they looked, and began to think how delicious they would taste. "Ooooo! You look so delicious..." He stated. "Spike! I promised I'd give you gems to snack on, but we need to collect more first or I'll never be able to make these outfits for Sapphire." Rarity reminded him. Spike sighed as he gave the gems to Rarity. "Hm... I will miss you, my sweets." "Come along, Spike. We have many jewels to find." Rarity called. "At your service, milady." And so Spike and Rarity kept searching for more gems. Rarity would use her gem finding spell to locate them, and Spike would dig them up. They did this for about half an hour. Soon Rarity felt she had plentey of gems. She was especailly greatful to Spike for helping her. "You've been very patient today, Spike. And for that you get the finest reward. This is from me to you." She said as she gave a shinny blue gem. Spike took the gem, and admired it for a few minutes. "Is something wrong Spike"? Rarity asked. "No. It's perfect." Spike replied. Rarity smiled, then she felt her horn locate even more gems. "Ooo, bring the cart, Spike. There are more over here." She said. Spike admired his gift. He knew he couldn't eat that gem, no mater how tastey it looked it was a gift from Rarity. "For me. From Rarity." Spike whispered. He then went to catch up with Rarity. However unbeknownst to Spike, he was being watched from the bushes. "Yesss, gemsss. Gemsss!" A voice whispered. "Where"? Asked another voice. "Preciousss gemsss!" The first voice said watching Spike. "He is the gem hunter. With him we can have all those gems... and more! Let's get the dragon". The figure told his allies. But before they could move Rarity's voice called out. "Spike! Where are you"? "Wait who is that"? The first voice asked. "You know, it's terrible to keep a lady waiting." Rarity reminded Spike as he came over to where she was standing. "Coming" Spike said. Again Rarity used her spell to locate some gems. "I think we're really going to strike gold this time. So to speak." So to speak. she chuckled as Spike began to dig up the gems. "Jackpot"! He exclaimed. The figures hiding in the bushes, having seen the whole thing realized that Rarity, using her spell was the one finding the gems, not Spike. "Oh, it's not the dragon we want. It's the pony!" It said. Spike put the gems inside the wagon that he and Rarity had brought with them. Now Rarity was certian she had enough gems to complete Sapphire Shores dress. "Well, Spike, I think that's all we can do for today. And these will certainly get me well on my way with Sapphire's outfits. Why don't we start headi..." Rarity began, when all of a sudden her horn started glowing again. "Oh What's this? Another jewel"? She asked in confusion as her horn led her to a tree. "Oh... oh, strange. It's in the trees?" She pondered. All of a sudden a face of a creature popped out of the leaves startling Rarity. "Oooo— eww!" Rarity exclaimed as the creature jumped out of the bushes reavling itself to be some type of dog like thing. "Uh... uh... good day, gentle... uh, fellow. Uh, I am Rarity and this is my friend Spike." Rarity chuckled nervously. Spike just chuckled nervously. Rarity turned back to the dog lie creature and smiled nervously. "And you are"? She asked. "A Diamond Dog". the thing replied. "Oh really? Oh well, that explains your fine taste in jewelry. I mean I-I-I know that diamonds are a girl's best friend and now I know that they're a dog's best friend too, ha ha ha." Rarity admired as the Diamond Dog crept towards her and Spike. "So, um, you're out hunting for gems as well?" she asked. "Yes, we hunt". The Diamond Dog responed. "We"? Rarity asked in confusion. "We hunt for gems. But you are a better hunter. So now we hunt... for you!" The Diamond Dog said as two other Diamond Dogs jump out of the ground, and tried to grab Rarity who screamed and ducked. Spike jumped on one of the dogs tail, and used his own tail to jab into it repeatdly. The dog yelped in pain as Spike shoved the largest of the three back. He then turned to Rarity. "Run, Rarity!" He told her as the largest dog shoved Spike to the ground. Rarity did as Spike told her, and ran away. The big dog tried to go after her, but Spike grabbed him by the leg causing him to fall on top of the smallest one. Rarity turned back to Spike. "Spike! Come on! Hurry!" She yelled. But then the first Diamond Dog leaped out of the ground in front of Rarity. "Gotcha"! He exclaimed. He grabbed Rarity as she screamed. Spike was still holding on to the big dog. "Got him, Rarity! I got him!" He strained. The big dog however just kicked his legs up, and sent Spike into the tree. "Haha nope". He mocked. "Sorry scaly one". The small one said. "Wait! Rarity?" Spike asked as he fell out of the tree only to see the Diamond Dogs leap down the whole with Rarity as she tried to get out of their grasp. "Unhand me this instant, you ruffians. Stop! Put me down, you thugs! You brutes!" She yelled. "Rarity". Spike gasped. Rarity tried to get out of the whole, calling out for Spike. "Spike! Ah, dirt!" She yelled, but the Diamond Dogs grabbed her face and draged her down. "Aaaaah, Spiiiike!" She screamed as Spike went over to the whole in a panic. "Which, what, where?" He stammered. "Save Me"! He heard Rarity scream. "Nooooooooooo!" Spike yelled. Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Reiner Braun, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and Bertholdt Hoover all ran to the area where Rarity was taking. Spike was on Twilight's back breathing into a plastic bag, Twilight looked up to him in concern. "Spike, can you breathe now?" She asked. Spike panted. "Yes.... I think so". He replied. "Good. Now tell us what you know." Reiner told him. "Yeah. 'Cause all you said earlier was..." Rainbow Dash stated as a flashback showed Spike coming up to all of them in a panic. "Aaaah! Rarity... woods... jewels... dogs... hole... taken... Save her!" "Not a whole lot to go on there, sport." Applejack stated. "Sorry. Rarity and I were in the woods looking for jewels when these creepy guys showed up." Spike explained. "Creepy guys"? Asked Bertholdt in confusion. "They called themselves the Diamond Dogs. They grabbed Rarity and disappeared down a hole in the ground." Spike said. Applejack's face became full of determination after hearing that. "Well, this sounds mighty easy. Just take us to that there hole and we'll save Rarity." She told Spike. However when they arrived they saw that their were now a bunch of holes as oppose to one. "Holy moly, that's a lotta holeys." Pinkie Pie exclaimed. "Clearly they knew we were coming". Reiner stated. "Well what do we do"? Asked Fluttershy. "The only thing we can do, go through ever single one of these holes until we find the right one". Reiner replied. "Reiner's right everypony! Let's get started." Twilight stated as she walked up to one of the holes. "Hello"? She called down. All of a sudden a pair of eyes looked up at Twilight startling her. She gasped in shock as a bunch of dirt was thrown into her face. Then some more dirt hit Reiner, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Bertholdt, Fluttershy, and Spike. Twilight realized that the Diamond Dogs were covering up all the holes so that the Mane 8 wouldn't be able to chase after them. "Quick! We gotta get down one before they're all filled up!" Twilight exclaimed as they all tried to get into a hole. "Oh! Oh my. Oh, oh!" Fluttershy stammered. Pinkie Pie tried jumping down one, but was stopped by the piles of dirt. Applejack tried to force her way through, but the eruptions of dirt coming from the ground was two strong. "We can't muscle through it!" She exclaimed. Rainbow Dash however wasn't going down so eaisly. "We'll see about that". she stated as she flew towards one of the holes as Reiner attempted to stop her. "Rainbow don't"! He yelled, but it was too late. Rainbow Dash flew down towards the hole, but that one too was covered up by dirt, forcing her to stop. "Whew. Heavens to Betsy. Now I'm used to pickin' myself up and dustin' myself off, but Rarity won't even touch mud 'less it's imported." Applejack stated. "Oh, Rarity". Twilight sighed as she and the others imagned Rarity in a cage. "Oh, woe is me! Whatever shall I do? Ah! Dirt, dirt! Get away, dirt! Oh! Make it stop, make it stop! Ah! Filthy, disgusting dirt. It stings, it burns. Help! Oh, somepony save me, save me!" They all imagned Rarity saying. "We can't just stand around and do nothing, Rarity needs us". Reiner stated. "That's right, we gotta save her". Applejack agreed. "But how, they blocked up all the holes". Fluttershy pointed out. "Don't mean we can't dig em out". Applejack replied as she, Pinkie, Reiner, Fluttershy, and Bertholdt all started to dig. However one of the Diamond Dogs came up behind Pinkie, and pulled her tail hard. "Ow"! She yelped in pain. Another one then came up picked up Fluttershy, and threw her onto the ground. "Oh"! She cried. Both of them then threw dirt into Bertholdt, and Reiner's faces "Ugh"! Groaned Reiner. "Blech"! Cried Bertholdt. Spike tried to run through the mounds in an attempt to find any openings, but he was tripped by one of the dogs. Meanwhile Twilight, and Rainbow Dash were both trying to dig through more mounds when two of the Diamond Dogs popped up from the mound that was in the middle. "Get em"! Rainbow Dash exclaimed as she and Twilight charged towards them, but they ducked back into the hole causing Twilight, and Dash to crash into eachother. The Diamond dogs kept messing with the ponies, and Spike until they were all too exhausted to even move, and were soon all panting on the ground. "All those scary monsters popping up everywhere. Oh, poor Rarity must be terrified." Fluttershy said as they once again imagined what Rarity was going through. In their imagantion Rarity was in a dark room and the Diamond Dogs were poping out around her. "Give me the baubles"! The smallest one exclaimed. "Ah!" Rarity yelped "Give me the beads"! The largest one jumped. "Aah"! Rarity yelped. "Where are the trinkets"?! The leader demanded. "Aaaah"! Rarity screamed "Where is the treasure"! All of them jumped infront of Rarity causing her to faint. "Oh poor Rarity what are we going to do"? Twilight asked. It was then Spike noticed something. It was another hole that wasn't filled up yet. However he new that if he just tried to jump into the hole they would just close it up, so he came up with a plan. "I got it! I'll save you, my sweet." Spike said as he pulled the gem that Rarity had given him out of his pocket. He then grabbed a fishing line, attachted the gem to it, and threw it down the hole. "Spike, what are doing"? Reiner asked. "These guys love gems, and if we just tried to jump down that hole, then they would just seal it up, but if they see a jewel come down, then I'm sure they'll take the bait". Spike explained. "Ah, I see". Reiner replied. "Spike, it's very noble". Twilight began, but Spike shushed her. So she began to speak more quietly. "To sacrifice the gem Rarity gave you". She told him. "Ah Rarity. My damsel in distress". He sighed as he imagined himself as a strong knight in shining armor coming to save a fair princess. I shall save you. Show yourselves, you dogs! You curs! he called out to them before seeing them. Ah. There you are, you mangy mutts." "Who are you calling mutts?! Unleash the hounds"! The leader ordered as he blew a dog whislte. A bunch of guard dogs came charging from all directions, but Spike used his spear, and tail to whack them all away. He then turned to the three main dogs. "Now where is lady Rarity"! He demanded. The dogs, cowering in fear pointed to a cage. Spike charged towards it, and broke through with his spear. There inside was Rarity in a princess gown. She was delighted to see him. "Spike! I knew you would save me!" She said. "Nothing could stop me, milady." Spike reminded her. "Ohohohoh, Spike. You are my... hero." Rarity said. They then both moved in for a kiss. Then Spike was taken out of his fanasty by Applejack. "Hoho there, lover boy." She chuckled. Spike blushed, and smiled. All of a sudden, something strong pulled on the fishing line. "Whoa! Whoa whoa whoawhoawhoa... I got a bite! I got a bite!" He exclaimed as he was pulled towards the hole. Applejack went to help Spike, and grabbed him by the tail. "Hold on there, little fella." But she too was starting to be pulled into the hole causing Twilight to come after them "Applejack"! she cried as she was draged into the hole. "Twilight"! Rainbow Dash exclaimed. "Come on Bertholdt"! Reiner told his friend as he followed after the others. "Right"! Bertholdt replied and went with Reiner both of them diving into the hole, and leaving Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy who then also went after them. "Oh my goodness, oh my goodness..." Fluttershy stammered as she jumped in. "Wait for me"! Pinkie Pie exclaimed. Soon all of them were sliding down the hole, all of them screaming in fear. Well except for Pinkie Pie, who of course was having fun. Eventually they made it down, and were in the Diamond Dogs hide out. "Ha ha, it worked! We're in! Now we can finally save Rarity!" Spike exclaimed excitedly. However there was one problem. There were mutliple tunnels, and no one knew which one led to Rarity. "Um... which way do we go?" Bertholdt asked. Realizing the situation Spike once again through his arms into the air, and screamed. "Nooooooooooo!" Currently Publicly Avalible Information Dimaond Dogs. Canine like creatures, as their name suggest they love gems, and jewels of any kind, and they have a knack for finding them. However they prefer someone else look for the gems for them. "Damnit what are we going to do"? Reiner asked. "I don't know". Twilight replied as she looked at all the different holes. "All these tunnels... how are we ever gonna find Rarity?" She asked. "Guess we're just gonna have to start going down them one by one." Applejack suggested. "That could take forever! There's gotta be way to narrow it down." Rainbow Dash pointed out. "But how are we going to do that"? Fluttershy asked. "Yeah, those things could have taken Rarity down any one of these tunnels". Bertholdt replied. That was when Spike got an idea. "I know! I bet they've taken Rarity down the tunnel with the most gems." He stated. "But Spike, Rarity is the only one who knows how to find gems." Twilight told him, only for Spike to turn, and smile at her. "No, Twilight. You, and Mr. Braun can! You two can copy Rarity's gem-finding spell." He told her. Twilight gasped in realization after hearing Spike say that. "Oh my gosh! You're right! Rarity showed Reiner". Twilight remembered. "That's right, back when were exploring in that cave". Reiner replied. Soon he and Twilight lit up their horns, and soon enough were abel to find the tunnel that had the most gems, and was most likely the one Rarity was down. "That's it. You two did it, Twilight come on"! Spike said as he jumped on to Twilight's back. Soon all of them ran down the tunnel to find Rarity. "We're coming, Rarity. We'll save you. Just hold on". Spike thought to himself. Rarity meanwhile was at the end of the tunnel, cornered by the Diamond Dogs. "Oh please, Diamond Dogs. Please let me go." She begged. "No"! The Smallest one replied. "You're our precious little pony." The Biggest one informed her. "Forever! Muhahahaha!" The Leader laughed. "But whatever do you want from me?" Rarity asked. "Gemsss!" The leader answered. "Yes! The gems. The jewels." The Smallest one replied. "Find them! All of them"! The biggest one demaneded. Realizeing that was all they wanted, Rarity felt a little more at ease, thinking that maybe if she found what they wanted then they would let her leave. "Oh? Is that all"? she asked. The leader nodded his head, he was quickly getting annoyed though. Rarity then used her gem finding spell, and found a small pile of jewels a few meters away. "There. A lovely pocket of jewels are right there. Now, if you'd be so kind as to show me the exit?" She asked. However the leader just laughed at her. "Good! Now, dig them up, pony!" He ordered. "What? But you said you wanted me to find the gems." Rarity said. "Yes. Find, and Dig!" The smallest one replied. "Dig"? Rarity asked. "Yes. Dig." The largest Diamond Dog told her. Rarity however did not want to did, but she didn't know what the Diamond Dogs would do to her if she refused. Then she came up with something. Rarity went over to where the gems were, and began to dig, horrbily, and very slowly as the Diamond Dogs waited. Eventually though they began to get impatient. "What are you doing? We said dig!" The largest one stated. "Forgive me, but prior to you so rudely dragging me into your dirt pit, I had a pony-pedi and I am not about to chip a hoof because you dislike my style of digging." Rarity informed them, and continued to slowly dig. The leader of the Diamond Dogs was growing more and more frustrated with Rarity's poor digging skills. Finally he had enough. "Oh, for goodness— Fine! Just stop. Stop"! He exclaimed before turning to the guard dogs. "Dig, dogs! Dig! And fast." He ordered. The dogs did as they were told, and dug up the gems. Rarity smirked thinking she had just gotten out of doing any hard work, however the Diamond Dogs had other plans for her as the largest one grabbed a chain, and began to walk over to Rarity. "She won't dig, she pulls." He said as he put the chain on her back confusing Rarity greatly. "I beg your pardon, but what, pray tell, are you doing?" Rarity asked. "Others will dig. You will haul the wagon." He told her. "Prrrecious pony-pedi will be preserved." The smallest dog replied as he and the largest one began to adjust the chain on Rarity's back. "Well, somebody certainly needs proper nail care. When was the last time you two had a manicure? You're scratching up my coat with those jagged things!" She complained as the two dogs were digiging into her fur. It got so bad that the leader was getting very frustrated. "Please be quiet!" He practicly begged her, only for Rarity to gag in disgust. "Good heavens, what is that smell?" She asked, annoying the leader even more. "Smeeeeeell?" he asked, leaning closer to Rarity, his paticene getting very thin. Rarity just smirked in response. "Ah, mystery solved. It's your breath." She mocked him. Rarity was now getting on the leader's last nerves, he thought this would be easy, but it wasn't. "Enough! Search, pony!" He ordered. Rarity sighed as she began hauling the cart, and using her magic to find where the gems were. However, she made sure to complain about every single detail of the tunnels, and situation she was in, much to the Diamond Dogs annyonace. "Well, since you insist... but I must say the working conditions in here are simply dreadful. Musty and damp, it's going to wreak havoc on my mane. And this air is stifling, suffocating. And when I try to take a deep breath, the stench of all you dogs makes me nauseated. You look and smell like you haven't bathed in weeks. Have you never heard of soap? You could all do with a good round of soap and water." Rarity told them as she stopped. "Oh water, oh water, I'm terribly thirsty. Could I please have some water?" She asked just as the smallest of the diamond dogs finally lost his patiecnes and held his ears. "Good gracious, I can't take this anymore. Be quiet, pony!" He demanded causing Rarity to become more annoyed as well. "And that's another thing. I would appreciate if you stopped calling me "pony". I am a lady and I wish to be addressed as such. So you may call me "Miss" or "Rarity" or "Miss Rarity". She told them. Just as the leader got more aggitated. "Enough! Your whining! It-it-it hurts!" He complained. Rarity just looked at him confused. "Whining? I am not whining. I am complaining." She told them. "Do you want to hear whining"? She asked as she began doing just that. "Thiiis iiis whiiining! Oooh, this harness is too tiiight! It's going to chafe. Can't you loosen it? Oooh, it hurts and it's sooo ruuusty! Why didn't you clean it first? It's gonna leave a staaain! And the wagon's getting heeeavy, why do I have to pull it? She whinned as the Diamond Dogs all held their ears in annyonce. "Aaah! Make it stop!" The smallest one begged. "Stop whinning"! The leader demanded. "But I thought you wanted whiiining!" Rarity stated still in that whinny voice. The leader, finally having enought fell to his knees in defeat. "Geh! We'll do anything, pony!" He said, but quickly corrected himself when he saw the glare Rarity was giving him. "Oh, uh, uh, we'll do anything, "Miss Rarity". He chuckled nervously. "Anything"? Rarity asked. Soon Rarity found herself being pampared while the Diamond Dogs did all the work for her. Sure she still used her magic to find the Gems, but now she was being treated with the respect a lady should be treated with. She smiled as she was given some water. She looked at it and sighed. "This water is hardly sparkling. But I suppose it will have to do." She stated. Meanwhile the three main Diamond Dogs were now pulling the wagons with the gems inside of them, panting, and sweating do to how heavey they were, then the leader stopped all of a sudden. "Wait! Why are we doing this"?! He asked "To stop the awful noises from the pony's mouth, remember"? The smallest one reminded him. This made the leader grimice. "That Bitch! Thinking she can order us around, and take over our tunnles". he murrmered to himself before turning to the other two. "This is ridiculous! Letting a pony order us around. What are we? Mice or dogs?" He asked. The other two heasaitated before answering "Dogs". They muttered. The leader smiled, please with their response. "Dogs do not pull. Ponies pull. Let her make the awful noises." He stated as he went over to Rarity. Rarity was standing off in the corner enjoying her drink, and watching as the dogs did the work they had tried to foce her to do, but she was completely shocked when she felt the leader of the Diamond Dogs put the chain back onto her. "What the hell do you think you are doing"?! She demanded to know before noticing that her water had been spilled. " Hey, you spilled my drink." She informed him, but then she remembered how she got them to do what she wanted, and immediately started whinning again. "Not sooo tiiight!" However the leader no longer cared about Rarity's whinning, he was done being pushed around by a pony so he just smirked at Rarity. "Ha! Make the noises all you want. But move while you make them. Hyah, mule!" He ordered slapping Rarity in the process. Upon hearing herself being called a mule Rarity turned to the leader. "Did you just call me a... mule? She asked lips quivering and eyes filling with tears. The leader just looked at her in confusion. "Ehhh"? He pondered. "Mules are ugly. Are you saying that I too am ugly?" Rarity asked before bursting into tears as the leader just stood there in shock not knowing what to do just as the other two Diamond Dogs came over. "What are these noises"? The smallest one asked. "He called me ugly!" Rarity wailled. "No! Mule! I said mule!" The leader said trying to defend himself. "An old ugly mule! And it's true! Just look at me. I used to be beautiful, but, but nooow..." Rarity stated as she continued sobbing. "No, no! You're still beautiful, po... uh, Miss Rarity." The biggest one said trying to reassure Rarity, but she didn't belive him. "You're just saying that!" Rarity cried. "No, you're still pretty and... and..." The smallest began to say before nudging the leader who quickly tried to say something encouging as well. "Oh, uh, uh, nice. Yeah." He said. "I don't believe you! You never liked me". Rarity wailled as the leader just sighed in defeat. "Oh, I've had just about enough of this!" He groaned. Meanwhile the others were kept following the tunnel as Twilight, and Reiner kept using the gem finding spell. "We're getting close. I can feel it." Reiner stated as they kept running. As they got closer they could hear Rarity's cries of despair. "It's coming from down here. Come on!" Spike exclaimed. The group kept on running until they came to a caged door, behind it they could hear Rarity. "She must be in there. Let's go!" Rainbow Dash stated, but before they could make their move the guard dogs jumped on all of their backs. "More work horses"! One of them grinned evily as they tried to put ropes on the Mane Eight's mouths. Applejack however wasn't planning on going down without a fight. "Hoh, doggies. If you can take this bull by the horns, you better be ready for a ride." She stated before she started jumping and around wildly in an attempt to buck the dog off of her. She then turned and urged the others to do the same. "Come on, ponies! Kick 'em up, kick 'em out. Buck 'em up, buck 'em down." Applejack ordered. The others quickly followed Applejack's lead and soon they manged to buck the guard dogs off of them, and they ran off. "Yeehaw! Get along, little doggies!" Applejack cheered. After that was done Spike jumped back onto Twilight's back, and grabbed a spear like object. "I'm coming for you, milady. Hi-ho, Twilight! Away!" He exclaimed causing Twilight to angrily look at him. "And just what do you think you're doing"?! She asked. "Please, Twilight. Just give me this." Spike begged. Twilight just sighed. "Eh... fine." The group then ran towards the doors, crashing through them. " Lady Rarity, I'm here to save you!" Spike exclaimed. However he and the others were complelty shocked to see the Diamond Dogs running towards them. "Save us! Please, save us! Make it stop! Please!" They all cried out confusing the group. "Excuse me"? Reiner asked in confusion. "So picky". The smallest one said. "And critical." The biggest one said. "She won't stop talking". The smallest one continued. "And Crying". The biggest one replied. "We , uh, give her back. Yes." The leader stated as Rarity walked over carrying a cart of gems behind her. Spike was over the moon to see that Rarity was alright. "Rarity! You're safe!" He exclaimed. Rarity smiled at him. "Why yes". She said before looking at the others". Hello everypony, you're just in time to help me". Rarity stated. "Help you with what"? Asked Applejack. "These"! Rarity answered turning to a bunch of carts filled with jewels. Spike looked at all of them in amazment. He then turned to the Diamond Dogs. "You're letting her leave with all these... jewels?" He asked. "Yes take them, her, and get out"! The leader exclaimed. "Please"! The smallest one begged. Soon the group was out of the tunnel making their way back to ponyville. "I can't believe you found all these gems!" Pinkie Pie stated. "Heh. I can't believe you tricked all those dogs." Rainbow Dash replied. "Reminds Bertholdt and I of a couple of girls we know". Reiner said. Rarity just smiled at her friends. "Just because I'm a lady doesn't mean I cannot handle myself in a sticky situation. I had them wrapped around my hoof the entire time." Rarity stated. "I can't wait to write to Princess Celestia to tell her what you taught me today." Twilight told Rarity who looked at Twilight in confusion. "Me? What did I teach you?" She asked. "Just because somepony is ladylike doesn't make her weak. In fact, by using her wits, a seemingly defenseless pony can be the one who outsmarts and outshines them all." Twilight replied. " Hm... "outshines" is right. Now you have enough gems to cover Sapphire Shores' costumes." Spike said as he ate one of the gems. "Not if you eat them all, Spike." Rarity replied causing the others to laugh. Preview Fashion photgrapher Photo Finish wants to make Fluttershy a model causing Rarity to become Jealous. Meanwhile Fluttershy doesn't like the attention she is getting, however both are unable to say anything out of fear of hurting the other's feelings, Next Episode. Green isn't Your Color