It’s been at least two days since the founding of the Equestrian Squad. Mac and I are going to help run it with Jake and Chance. We won’t be recruiting anyone for a while till we understand what is entirely going on.
“Molly, what is on your mind?’
I look up from reading the foal free press. I am kind of confused why they call it such. I read about the princess forming a new group called the Equestrian squad to fight problems friendship can’t beat.
“What is on my mind Mac? I don’t know what to think. I was worried we would lose Muse after what you pulled two days ago but no I noticed ponies are trying their best to help us raise Muse and some are offering to help us with her magic training.”
Mac sighs, shaking his head.
“Molly, you haven’t spoken to me much since we got back. I want you to be truthful with me. Are you upset with me?”
I shook my head. I have to find a way to tell him I am not upset.
“No, I am not, I am just thinking so much. We got little Muse here and I want to make this world peaceful for her to grow up in. So she will never have to watch another one close to her die like her mother.”
We hear the door open and Muse comes in after school and Muse comes in. She looks like she has been crying. I don’t know why my mother's instincts fully took over. I quickly go to her while Mac comes over as well setting down a pen and paper so she can write what’s up.
“Muse what happened?”
Muse lifts the pad and pen in her magic writing down. She shows it to Mac and me.
“I got insulted by a mare named Spoiled Rich. Because I was playing with her daughter.”
Mac read it out loud. I look over at him. I have no idea who this Spoiled Rich is.
'Who would name their child Spoiled?’
I glance at Mac. I agree with him. It's kind of strange to name your kid after something like that. Muse wrote more. Muse writes more on the pad of paper. I take it from her after she is done. I read it out loud to Mac.
“I don’t want my daughter to be socializing with a pony whose parents aren’t even ponies. I don’t care if they helped protect this town. I have heard their story they’re vermin that don’t deserve to be treated like normal creatures.”
I stand there staring at the words. Many don’t seem to understand a trigger in this world. The biggest reasons Mac and I became gangsters are because of ones like her who look down on us. At first at least to me, it was innocent then we got worse. I regret much of what we did but I have a feeling I need to speak to Princess Twilight.
“Mac, can you please stay here with Muse? I know Discord is going to be showing up soon to tell us the best ways to get into Crystal Cove. But I need to take care of this before it gets worse.”
Mac sighs, lifting Muse into his arms. I rip out the two pieces of paper, giving the pad and pen back to Mac. He heads to the kitchen smirking.
“How about we have another training of your cooking Muse. Come let's see what we can make for you and our neighbors, hmm?”
Muse giggles nodding her emotions going back to happiness. I could still tell she is crying from the pain of what was said to her. I open a compartment in my leg, I set the two pieces of paper in the compartment in my leg and close it up.
“Howdy Molly!”
I look over at the apple cart waving at Apple Bloom.
“Need any apples for Muse?”
I shook my head.
“I will come back later. I need to speak to Princess Twilight so if you can save me a few please.”
My main focus is meeting Twilight. I get to the door after the walk. I did stop a few times to say hello and to greet some who were kind enough to speak to me. I knock on the door a few times and the door opens up. Starlight stands at the door with a smile on her face.
“Molly, are you here for our cup of tea?”
I laugh softly, shaking my head.
“No Starlight I thank you again for making a tea that I can taste. I am here to see Twilight. Is she in?”
Starlight nods.
“Yes, she is having a meeting with the others. I doubt they will care if you come in. Follow me since I even get lost here still after being here for so long.”
I follow her through the castle to get to the throne room. When the door opens the six mares go silent looking at me and Starlight. But they all have happy smiles on their faces. I know Mac and I didn’t do a good job of being friendly two days ago, at least they’re kind gals.
“Twilight Molly has something she needs to talk to you about.”
Twilight keeps sitting on her throne.
“Alright, and since you’re a friend Molly you don’t need to hesitate with coming in here if you need something now what can I help you with.”
I walk to the table and put down the two pieces of paper on the table and Rarity reads them. The look of anger on her face.
“What?! That is downright rude.”
Rainbow Dash flies above Rarity and reads what is said.
“Whoa. Twilight you need to read these.”
Twilight floats the two papers over to her and reads them loud enough to her friends.
“I got insulted by a mare named Spoiled Rich. Because I was playing with her daughter.”
Twilight shrugs her shoulders at first.
“It seems normal for MRS Rich.”
Rarity snorts.
“Twilight read the second one.”
Twilight reads the next one.
“I don’t want my daughter to be socializing with a pony whose parents aren’t even ponies. I don’t care if they helped protect this town. I have heard their story they’re vermin that don’t deserve to be treated like normal creatures.”
Twilight sets down the paper sighing.
“This is sadly what you will meet in our world, Molly. There are many elites just like her who will insult because they have the power to do so. But I know who can talk with her husband AppleJack. Can you please take her to Filthy Riches store please?”
Apple Jack nods, waving her hoof for me to follow. I make sure to scoop up the two pieces of paper before I do so. I followed her to Filthy Riches store. I have heard Filthy Rich is extremely kind and respectful, unlike his wife. Filthy standing behind the counter looks up to Apple Jack
“Ah, Miss Apple Jack, how can I help you?”
Apple Jack smiles.
“I need nothing right now and no need fer trading. Hav ya met Molly yet?’
Rich looks up to me.
“Ah, one of the heroes who saved our poor little town. What can I do for you?”
I sigh feeling no air leave my robotic mouth. It’s hard to feel like I can breathe when I am not. I don’t want to upset this very kind pony. I have no choice though I need to tell him what his wife said.
“I got two notes from Muse. I would like you to read them unless you’re too busy to read them.”
Filthy Rich smiles, taking the notes from my hand and putting them on the counter he reads them a frown forming on his face. He turns to look at me. I can tell he is not happy with his wife.
“I am sorry about Spoiled. She used to be the same way with Apple Jacks' sister when our daughter played with her. Calling her and her friend's blank flanks.”
I am confused about what is wrong with being a blank flank?
“Forgive me, I don't mean any harm or anything here. But what is wrong with being a blank flank? Without one it gives you more time to find who you are and not try to hurt yourself getting a mark you will have for the rest of your life.”
Apple Jack chuckles.
“Ah to fillies and colts Molly blank flank is an insult. At least it seems to be an insult. I am unsure why many use it as such.”
Filthy glances at Apple Jack.
“Could I bug you into overseeing the store while I head home to talk with my wife?”
Apple Jack shrugs her shoulders.
“Sur why not.”
Filthy sighs shifting on his hooves. I could tell it wasn’t going to be easy to talk to his wife about this. With his hoof, he asks me to come. I followed him to the large house in town. I look around and see the large house.
“Um forgive me Filthy, this looks like a nasty eyesore in this town.”
Filthy stares at the house a moment. He looks at me then back at the house he chuckles softly shaking his head.
“You aren’t the first to say this. My wife acts like this is Canterlot. It’s not and the unicorn elites wouldn’t even want anything to do with her since she ain’t a unicorn. There would be some who would, it takes a lot.”
I sigh, stroking my head.
“I thought the rich elites in my world were confusing and tried everything to put ones like me down. Truthfully Filthy ones like your wife caused me and Mac to take up a life of crime to get back at them. I regret much of what he and I did in our world. It’s why he is and I want to redeem ourselves by raising Muse right.”
Filthy smiles opening the door going inside I go inside with him.
“It looks like she is home. I am going to go talk with her when my daughter comes home. Let her know I am upstairs talking to her mother.”
I sat down on his couch. He heads upstairs knocking on a door and all I hear is silence. I look around. It's been a while since I have been in a beautiful home like this and not trying to steal everything. The door opens and closes. I hear hooves trotting into the front room.
“Mom, I am home.”
A little filly with a Tiara on her head walks in. She stops looking at me. After a few pregnant moments, I think she knows why I am here. She comes over to the couch sitting beside me. We look at each other. I look back down to the floor.
“Is it true you used to be an evil creature in your world?”
I lift my head looking over to the filly, a weak smile forming on my face. Nodding I explain my entire life and Mac's life and what happened to us and us fully getting turned off and put back on to take over Mega Kat city and causing Chance and Razor to get here.
“Mac and I regret everything we did. It’s why Mac and I are raising Muse to redeem ourselves. Many in our world would think we have no right to be redeemed. I would agree but you ponies are respectful and kind and then I heard how your mother treated Muse.”
The filly sighs.
“I used to be nasty and awful to others like her for a long time. Her mother and Muse moved here before the cutie mark crusaders gave me the guts to stand up to my mother. I did see she wasn’t able to talk so I tried to insult her and use every insult in the book. It didn’t phase her, she just smiled at me.”
I chuckle softly.
“Little ones like her who are mute are used to being treated like a joke to others around her. I think the issue she had was with what your mother said. Is what she said about Mac and me. I don’t blame her for what she said. But saying that to a little one who lost her mother during the Storm King attack is it wise?’
The filly shakes her head.
“If I was the old me still I would be going after her just like my mother. You and the other three kats risked your lives for us. I am sorry about what my mother said. She gets it in her head that being rich like we are she has a right to insult and treat others like they’re below her.”
I think this world is not much different from the world where I am from Mega Kat city did so much to those who are down on their luck. The rich elites tried so hard to be above us all and not all of them wanted it to be that way.
Filthy finally comes back down. Spoiled Rich is right behind him. She sits in the chair looking upset but Filthy sits beside his daughter. I could tell the talk didn’t go well. Spoiled looked upset and I have a feeling she felt she had a right to speak as she did.
“Have you been trying to assault my daughter kat?”
Filthy coughs.
“Dear please.”
I laugh loudly.
“No, I have been talking to her. Also, Mac and I made a rule if any of the families we stole from had children we didn’t steal from them. If children got hurt then it wasn’t right. Our world wasn’t as peaceful as this world is and many are always at each other's throats and many in the dark wanting to take over the city.”
Spoiled Rich snorts. I could tell she is ready to do a big insult to get me upset and angry. Maybe to try to prove to her husband and daughter that I am a monster. So I am waiting for the moment she would go all out on me. She shifts in the chair. I know it’s coming.
“Forgive me if I don’t see you as worth getting to know. You’re not even flesh and blood, you're a worthless contraption that I could demand to be taken apart and then your little Muse taken from you and given to a proper mare.”
I smirk.
“So she could turn into a bitch like you?”
She gets off her chair staring at me like there is about to fight. I look over to Filthy and Diamond winking at them both.
“How dare you?! You should be kinder to your betters!!”
I laugh loudly.
“My betters? If you’re my betters then wow I fear for your world. Now you listen to me and listen good pony. I don’t care about your social standing or how you rich ponies lead your life. You made Muse upset and cry. I will say this only once. If I have to come back to you and teach you a lesson of humility I will do it. You understand?”
The mare's face turns red with not only anger but flustered and I can tell I pushed a button. She grew angrier. She was about to yell and shout at me but strange magic took her mouth away and she tried to gasp. Discord shows up laughing loudly and giggling.
“Ooooo such lovely chaos I would ask you to keep it up but Molly I found your way into Crystal Cove. I can get you and Mac in there but you will be on your own. Oh, and I am sorry Mister Rich, I didn't mean to make your wife look like a fool.”
Rich shrugs his shoulders.
“My wife is a good mare; she just allows her standing to get above her. Now Diamond, why don’t you go get Muse we might need to take care of her while they’re away.”
I glance at Filthy.
“Will you make sure your wife treats her with the respect a mute little one deserves?”
He nods. I nod to him while Diamond gets off the couch. Looking at me waved her hoof at me and trotted out of the house.
“Now if you excuse us I need to take her and Mac to the junkyard.”
Discord snaps his fingers and I am sure he gave Spoiled her mouth back. I show up in the underground base of Jake and Chance. Mac shows up beside me and he looks around. He seems confused.
Jake is working on some of his weapons and Chance is working on the Jet. Shadow Rose does what she can to help the two of them. But they stop what they’re doing when they see Mac and me. I am sure they aren’t surprised to see Discord.
“So I take it Discord found a way to get into Crystal cove?”
Discord nods.
“Yes I brought them here so you could give them the armor for them you were working on.”
Jack nods as he heads to his workshop and a few minutes later he has what looks like gangster coats and hats in his lap. He gives them to us and we put them on. It’s like our own clothing back when we tried to take over the city.
“Now it’s time to get you two there before these creatures get too powerful even for you. I will keep everypony up to date.”
Discord clicks his claws and we appear near the cut-off docks near the coastal city. We see the wall around the city and looking around we see rock being moved and inside is a passageway. Looking down at it. It looks like an old smuggler's cave.
“This cave from what I saw used to be used as an old smuggler's cove for the earth pony tribe before the three tribes fully got connected into one big group. Now, this is where I can only go. I can't do anything else. I am told if you don’t come back in at least four days then Celestia will come with her sister and her army.”
Discord vanished and I looked at Mac. He nodded as we turned our hands into our guns as he and I went down into the cove. I don’t know what to expect Mac and Me are either on the way to being heroes and redeeming ourselves in the eyes of Jake and Chance or to our end we shall see when the time comes.
Tune in next time for the next chapter of Swat Kats. What will happen? Will something worse happen did Discord give Spoiled Rich her mouth back? Find out that and much more next Kat chapter same kat story.