Rarity glanced around her room, she must be certain she was alone! She had sent Sweetie Belle off to trick-or-treat with the Cutie Mark Crusaders and thankfully her plan could come into fruition! She dashed to her window and closed the blinds, not even the moon may see what was about to transpire. After not just double but triple checking to make sure she was completely unobserved she opened her wardrobe. Pushing aside a myriad of fashionable dresses, she rapped the back of the wardrobe lightly three times. She paused as nothing happened, then quickly knocked three MORE times with a little more emphasis however the door remained resolute! Not one to go away easily Rarity gave one fabulous grunt and "knocked" her hoof right through the wall. Seemingly satisfied she hoof chopped a space for herself, there was no time to wait! Nightmare night wouldn't last forever and she had important business to get down to, namely the cape of a certain Cranky Doodle's. She walked briskly through the well lit halls of her secret lair, all boutiques had secret lairs after all! Rarity had adorned hers with glowing gems of a sort, she referred to them as earthstars seeing as they glimmered and twinkled like those in Luna's sky. As she admired her gems she quickly found herself at the hub of her lair, The Rari-cave!, She happily trotted over to her costume in the far corner, A wide brimmed purple hat, light blue goggles, a form fitting black latex suit and regal cape? Yes her costume was simply fabulous!
Oh, the mysterious mare do well costume was her best design as of yet. She had ran through quite a few in her pursuit of a perfectly fashionable outfit. Black canary, cat suits and even this one rediculous red white and blue one with a tiara! I mean honestly, what was she thinking!? But no, this one was perfect. She had even managed to dupe her friends into wearing it and with their silly good deeds she had quite the reputation! On her last heist she walked out with the earrings and none were the wiser! At the the thought of heist Rarity's day dreaming was cut short. She had a job to do after all. Quickly suiting herself up Rarity glanced around looking for.. Aha! There it was! She had only eyes for her trusty escape hatch, the most valuable part of any lair! However as she opened the latch a faint beeping was heard. Rarity smiled as the familiar sound reached her ears, it was always something good.
After pressing her ever convenient receive button she spoke "This is marshmallow, whats your reading fabric?" A faint crackling was heard before a voice squeaked back "Target is within sight, Rooster went ahead to scope out the area but she needs your hel- Whadda'ya mean Sweetie? Who's rooster? Scootaloo is trapped in there!" Rarity rolled her eyes beneath her mask. Applebloom was the Cutie Mark Crusaders latest member. They were originally a two pony covert operation devoted to Rarity for recon and intelligence, Rarity certainly thought they were a better duo but it was their organisation and they seemed to like her. Besides they did share the same mark. Its true, the cutie mark crusaders did indeed have a cutie mark, stealth. Which was why their cutie mark was invisible! Well, she thought Applebloom shared the mark.. How were you supposed to tell otherwise? Rarity dismissed it, it was what made their organization completely covert and undetectable. They could never find their cutie marks because they always had them and any questionable activity could be written off as the pursuit of a cutie mark! Genius!
But now was not the time for her to sit and think about how clever she and her operatives were, One of them was in danger! Rarity dashed through her escape hatch, reappearing behind sugarcube corner. utilising some nearby trashcans, mere props! She dare not soil her hooves on actual trashcans! Those were filthy! Once again smiling at her genius Rarity leaped to the nearest rooftop and scanned the horizon. her smile widened as her eyes locked onto a certain Cranky Doodles' house. She had heard that the donkey in question had an awful lot of trinkets, baubles and jewlery. Normally she disregarded anything the pink one said but later that day fabric walked into her boutique with some strange artifact that snowed in a miniature world when shook. Clearly it must be highly magical and as such Cranky Doodle suddenly became a pony or rather donkey of interest on her list. She leaped across the rooftops allowing her costume to conceal her against the night sky. The effect was doubled tonight for if anyone were to even see her they would just assume it was a pony in a nightmare night get up, genius! So much so infact that Rarity complimented herself the entire way.
She leaped down to the soft grass below as she spied fabric and green apple, dressed festively for the occasion of course. Fabric decided now would be the correct time to brief her, fabric was the clever one and Rarity liked her, like a sister you could say. "Rooster went to investigate fifteen minutes ago but we havn't heard a thing! Can you rescue her, please Rari- marshmallow?" Fabric blurted, staring at her with those unnaturally large eyes and criminally adorable pout. Fortunately for her little operative Rarity was the element of generosity and she supposed it would be generous to help a trapped filly on her way to the loot. With a decisive nod rarity dashed to the side of Crankys house, tapping her utility belt that, before rarity got her hooves on was exclusive to Luna's dark knights. She smiled as she remembered the memory, that poor guard wouldn't be able to walk for a week! Nonetheless out popped her trusty glass cutter and with a few deft strokes there was a hole perfectly shaped for one fabulous pony.
Slipping inside the first thing she noticed was just how dark it was. The house, while being large for a ponyville residence was absolutely quiet.. Too quiet. But then, suddenly! Rarity prepared for the worst... darting her eyes about quickly before she sighed in relief, usually bad things happened when it was "too quiet". The fashionista tiptoe'd about Crankys house however much to her great frustration there was no loot OR Scootaloo. Rarity let a quiet groan of frustration escape, at the sound a small scraping could be heard. Rarity froze, her posture shifted lower so that she could fight or run at a moments notice. She held that pose for as long as she could until her muscles screamed at her to move. Thankfully the house was quiet once more, sighing in relief Rarity looked to the bookcase. She had found that you could often tell a lot about the pony from his literature and she found it all the more entertaining to know who she was stealing from. As she grabbed the book a faint click could be heard and the bookshelf rotated to reveal a hallway! Rarity's eyes widened in shock... Honestly who is THAT cliche! She would need to have an extensive talk with Cranky, this was a crime against villainy!
She trotted down the dimly lit hallway, Rarity sighed, it was another thing she would have to yell at him for, These were the basics after all! Weave after weave and turn after turn, Rarity was beginning to get a bit bored, this maze wasnt complex at all! Always follow the left! However her rantings were not to be as she stepped into a rather spacious room and lying at the center was Rooster! Rarity had to bite back the need to rush in blindly to help, Ackbar had taught her better and she knew a trap when she saw one. "Oh please, darling. Did you hoenstly expect this to work? Just come out now!" She yelled with all the intimidation she could muster. Fortunately a slow clapping filled the air around her and the jackass of the hour stepped forth. A knobbly old donkey, surprisingly fabulous cape, out of date tux and... "OH MY WORD!" Rarity screamed in horror "That is the most OFFENSIVE wig I have EVER seen!" so much so that she felt her strength draining, unfabulosity! Her only weakness!
Fortunately, Cranky with his pride wounded, retreated back to the shadows with another clap. However before Rarity could make another move, hooded figures slipped away from the shadows. Rarity rolled her eyes, "NINJA's!?" She screamed "THERE IS A SPECIAL RING OF TARTARUS FOR PONIES WHO EMPLOY NINJA'S" she would have said more had she not had to deflect a kick to her face. In the next instant she was being assaulted by the black robed ponies. Fortunately ninja logic had not improved at all and they rushed to meet her one on one. A jab to the side was parried and the attacker was easily dealt with a fabulous backhoof. The next attempted another jump strike only for Rarity to side step and incapacitate another ninja with a swift kick to the groin. Rarity was no stranger to combat, she had taken on a manticore before and this was just childs play. While rarity weaved through the melee, Rooster inched torwards the far wall Maybe if she could reach the light switch she could help marshmallow!. She was bound and gagged but that didnt mean she couldn't worm her way! She crawled as fast as she could. So determined to reach that wall she was that when a hoof kicked her in the side she was caught completely off guard. She stared teary eyed at the form of Cranky Doodle, a fabulous moose-stache seemingly grown since she last saw him.
He cackled, twirling his moustache. He desperately needed a train and a tophat. But those could come later, he had to steal this filly before- "OH. IT. IS. ON." Rarity screamed. Both Scootaloo and Cranky looked up to see a demasked Rarity surrounded by piles of unconscious ninja, One strand of purple stuck out of her perfectly groomed mane. She glanced at it and then back to Cranky. He could've sworn that her eyes shone red. What happened next Scootaloo closed her eyes for, she was just a filly after all. When it was quiet, Scootaloo saw rarity, alone, adjusting crankys cape to her costume. Her horn glowed for a brief moment before Rarity was replaced by a diamond dog. Said diamond dog stared at its paws, looked horribly disgusted and then changed into a giant boulder. The boulder wore what was quite possibly the most magnificent pokerface she had ever seen before returning to Rarity who seemed positively delighted. She walked over to Scootaloo and finally untied her, buzzing her wings happily Scootaloo jumped up, wrapping her arms armound Rarity. "You were wonderful, dear!" Rarity said as she hugged the excited filly back.
"Rarity, what just happened? Was that the cape? Ohmygosh that's so awesome! Can we go get our post heist cupcakes now, huh, can we!?" Scootaloo was hopping up and down at this point. Rarity nodded, a grin surfacing and strolled passed the unfortunate ninja's and out of the house to the open streets outside, letting the crusaders reunite and so that Rooster could tell the story.
Nightmare night seemed to have been in full swing as they joined it. Rarity even thought she had saw Luna herself! Though that was probably just her eyes playing tricks on her, she certainly hoped so anyways. Rarity was relatively sure that the moon pricness would be aware of her theft and no amount of fancy hoofwork would let her escape or fight a princess. She stirred herself out of her thoughts as they neared the cakes nightmare night stand an idea came to her. She dashed into a nearby alley and once again channeled her magic into the cape of creation, this time with one specific form in mind.
"Evening mr.cake, mrs. cake" Pinkie said to the older pair. "If it wouldnt be much trouble do you mind putting 3 cupcakes on my tab? I've three little fillies who deserve a well earned treat!" The cakes peered at Pinkie and then to the three glowing crusaders behind her. They had been worried before when celestia herself walked into their bakery and informed them that pinkie appeared to have eaten a rotten cupcake and was babbling some nonsense that she created everything. Now she was politely asking for more cupcakes, worrying about a tab that didnt exist and not even taking one for herself! "Uh.. Sure thing, Pinkie.. They're on the house.." Was all they could muster as they watched her smile and walk, not bounce, away torwards Raritys boutique with her charges in tow.
"Honeybunch?"
"Yes, dear?"
"Do you think she'll be alright?"
"I hope so"
They both exchanged a worried glance