The next night, Mare Do Well continued her search for Scootaloo, carefully scouring the city, but keeping watch for any criminals.
Unfortunatley, the search was cut short as an explosion went off by the bank. Mare Do Well quickly got there as fast as she could but when she got there, she noticed that the front of the bank was left untouched but an area of sidewalk in front of it was scorched, there was also a trail of some strange glowing substance leading towards the ponyhole. Mare Do Well followed it down into the sewer and began walking around, disturbed by the stench. She followed what traces of the glowing substances she could find and it took a good couple hours before she came across a path that lead her to the city's water supply resevoir.
In the room, Mare Do Well spied the zebra she had encountered the other night standing next to a giant container. Mare Do Well carefully stepped in but in vain, a trap went off spraying some kind of powder into her face causing her to fall unconcious. Before she fell, she saw the zebra looking in her direction.
When she came to, she could barely move at all and couldn't feel the ground. When she opened her eyes, she saw that she was dangling over the resevoir tied up in chains connected to a lowering machine. She tried wriggling and the zebra said, "Struggle, but despite your wishes. Soon you'll be sleeping with the fishes."
Mare Do Well tried using magic to sever the chains but nothing seemed to happen.
"Your situation does not look well. That powder blocks all magic spells."
"Why are you doing this?" Mare Do Well asked.
"You ponies with your superior pride, forced me down here to hide." the zebra said, walking over to the container. "Poison Joke, in powdered form, will spread through the water like a swarm. Then all of you will see, the pain that you have caused me."
"Look, I'm sure it was a misunderstanding." Mare Do Well said, trying to sympathize with the zebra walking towards the lowering machine.
"You, however, will not know, for you will submerged below." the zebra said, pushing down a lever, as the machine started lowering Mare Do Well into the water. All seemed hopeless for her...
"HIYAAAAAAAAH!" all of a sudden, Scootaloo came out of nowhere and delivered a nasty kick to the zebra's face, knocking her on the floor. "Don't worry Mare Do Well, I'll save you!" she said, switching the lever back.
The zebra got up and said, "Foolish child, you've sealed your doom. You shall join her in her watery room." The zebra pulled out a potion, but before she could throw it, Scootaloo delivered another kick to her face, knocking her out cold. Scootaloo, taking a minute to figure out the machine, managed to get Mare Do Well to safety.
"Thanks Scoots, but how did you find this place?"
"I followed you of course."
"Well, I've been looking for you." Mare Do Well said.
"Really?"
"Because, I can give you a great home." Mare Do Well replied.
Scootaloo gave Mare Do Well a suspicious look.
"I know how this looks, but if I wanted to don't you think I would have already?" Mare Do Well asked.
"Good point." Scoots said. "Okay. So where do you live?"
Within an hour, Mare Do Well, carrying Scootaloo was flying up to the mansion.
"Hey, isn't that the Vinyl Scratch mansion?" Scootaloo asked.
"Yup." Mare Do Well replied.
"Why would she want to adopt me?" Scootaloo asked.
"I just know." Mare Do Well added as they went in through the secret entrance.
"Wow. Does she know you've set up camp back here?" Scootaloo asked.
Mare Do Well took off her mask and placed it in the case, her magic now working again, and turned to Scootaloo, saying, "Yeah, we have an understanding."