//------------------------------// // Descent // Story: Mare-Do-Well: Dark Reflections // by VampDash //------------------------------// "Hurry up will you!" The thug asked his friend who was busy cracking a safe. Thanks to the new moon from Luna the two criminals were perfectly shrouded in darkness. Unfortunately, for them, so was a certain famous superhero. "What's the big deal any ways with this Mare-Do-Well everyone's talking about?" The safe cracker asked his friend. "I almost forget that you're new here you moron. Mare-Do-Well is the resident superhero that the cops don't seem to do jack to stop her but instead they let her fly around and beat ponies like us up." the thug responded. Neither had noticed the shadowy figure that landed almost right behind them. Sneaking up on them, she got next to the thug who narrated some of her life story "Who are we talking about?" she whispered. The thug was about to respond when he realized who spoke. Slowly he turned his head, hoping and praying he was wrong. His face was soon looking into the blue eye of Mare-Do-Well "S'up?" she asked."EEEKKK!!" Screaming like a little pony, he quickly surrendered. But his accomplice just looked at her with a look of disappointment. "Really? You're the one that's got criminals shaking in their hooves? Please I could beat you in no less than ten seconds." He said. That's my line thank you. Mare-Do-Well thought to herself. The idiot threw the first punch-only to have it deflected and his face on the receiving end of a right hook to the face and was knocked out cold immediately. She turned to his friend who was still shaking in fear of what the hero could do to him. "BOO!" the costumed hero shouted, causing the thief to trip on a stool. Hearing approaching sirens, she took off through the opening in the ceiling. 'Bout time they got here she thought to herself. She soon landed on the front doorstep of her cloud house. Once she got inside she took off her mask and shook out her prismatic hair. "Whew. What a night." Rainbow said. She took off the rest of her outfit and then hung it up in her secret closet. She turned around and saw the only two trophies she regretted ever getting: A claw from the griffin terrorist Razorbeak, and the mask of Shadowbolt. With the image of the psychopathic mare invading her thoughts,she headed to bed, hoping this time for pleasant dreams. But....... The feeling of wind brushed through her feathers as she and Lighting Dust, another rookie from the academy, flew side by side, neck and neck until Lightning accidentally rammed into her hard enough to dislocate her wing. She looked up and at first saw Lightning racing down to help her but then was scared to see that she had on her Shadowbolt outfit and was laughing crazily. "I HOPE YOUR WINGS STILL WORK DASHIE!" She heard her yell before she was met with darkness She snapped her eyes open and saw that she had only fallen to the floor and was covered in cold sweat. After making sure she hadn't hurt herself she got back up and sighed heavily. "I'm sorry for failing you Lightning" Rainbow whispered and soon felt tears in her eyes. She was about to go back to bed when she noticed what time it was. OH SHOOT I'M GOING TO BE LATE! she thought as she flew out her front door heading to Twilight's library. Rainbow hoped she wasn't too late as she nearly busted down the door knocking on it and soon found it opened by none other than Spike. "Hey Rainbow you just made it. Twilight's in the other room." He said with a smile on his face. "Thanks short stuff." She said and proceeded towards the basement entrance. She opened it and yelled down "HEY TWILIGHT I MADE IT!" "AND AS USUAL YOUR LATE!" She heard Twilight shout back. Even though she was a big egghead, she was still an awesome friend.And today she wanted to see Rainbow for a different reason; she had discovered a new spell and she wanted to tell Rainbow all about it. As Rainbow bounded down the stairs she couldn't help but wonder what new spell her friend discovered. She soon made it down the stairs and saw an especially happy Twilight Sparkle nearly hopping up and down just like Pinkie Pie. "Guess who found a new teleport spell?" Twilight teased and Rainbow merely rolled her eyes in amusement. "Let me guess.... you egghead?" She said jokingly and got a look that said some days you're just no fun. "Yes I just learned a new spell party pooper. But what's so cool is that not even Starswirl got to this one! He wrote it down but never casted it." Twilight said with a little too much enthusiasm. Rainbow backed up a little knowing that any new spell could have a certain... backlash to it. "Gee that's great and all Twi but I mean how far off are we talking here?" Rainbow asked her friend. "I don't know isn't that exciting?!" Twilight said, once again, with more enthusiasm than necessary when talking about a spell that could send her friend possibly to the center of the planet. When she saw the worried look on her friend's face she toned down a little. "I'm sorry Rainbow but you know I get excited when something like this occurs." She said and brushed some of her hair out of her face. "Tell you what I'll study more on the spell and you get ready okay?" she suggested to her and got a confused look from Rainbow in response. Twilight rolled her eyes at the look on Rainbow's face "You didn't think I just called you down here just to show off did you? And besides who knows how long it'll take for me to recharge the spell?" She told Rainbow. This perked her right up and immediately she sped off towards her home to pack a few things. Some food and drinks and also a little... souvenir for emergencies only of course. When she got back to the library she saw Twilight looking into a scroll with the eye sight of a hawk. "HEY TWILIGHT!" Rainbow shouted. It snapped her friend right out of her trance and also a prompt slap as well. "Rainbow you should know better!" Twilight exclaimed. Twilight explained to Rainbow that, from what she gathered, it transports other ponies not just from place to place it also can do the same with dimensions. This excited Rainbow even more and she wondered what it would be like to see what another her would look like. After the exchange was over Twilight began to cast the spell and out of no where a portal appeared. "Wish me luck Twi!" Rainbow shouted as she headed through the vortex but almost immediately something was wrong. The first thing was that the portal was actually falling in on it's self and the other was that she swore she heard Twilight's voice cracked and broken almost whisper "Help me," that was all she remembers before she looked down and saw that she was plummeting towards solid ground. Thinking on her hooves Rainbow spread her wings and, along with some praying, tried to land safely and she eventually found a roof top to land on. Rainbow soon lived up to her old nickname of "Rainbow Crash" as she made what could've been the most amazing crash landing in history. Eventually she got back up and saw that, for some reason, she was in what looked like Canterlot but it wasn't sunny like when she left Twilight's library. In fact it didn't look very bright or dark at all just...dusk. It was honestly creepy if Rainbow was going to be honest to herself. she eventually found her saddlebag, which fell off during her descent, and opened it to make sure she had everything and breathed easier when she noticed nothing was missing. She then found a nearby mare wearing what appeared to be a mourning clothes trotting down the street. "HEY!" she shouted to the mourning mare who turned around and immediately started to pick her pace up as though she was trying to avoid her on purpose. Rainbow eventually just flew over and stopped in front of her "Hey what the hay was all that about? I just wanted to know where I was?" She asked the weird mare who responded with a answer that chills Rainbow to the bone this day "You- you should be dead."