Return of Evil and A New Beginning

Twilight, Spike, and Rainbow Dash walked into the castle when they heard a noise coming from the basement.

“Wh, who’s in here” Twilight exclaimed.

“Who do ya think” Dante responded. The three looked at each other in confusion. Dante never stepped foot in the basement, they didn’t think Dante even knew of the basement.

The three walked down the stairs to see Dante at the laboratory holding to test tubes, both with a clear liquid in them. The three panic.

“Dante” Twilight exclaimed “Put those down immediately.”

“What’s in those glasses he’s holding” Rainbow Dash asked.

“I don’t know” Twilight replied “but whatever they are might blow up the whole room. No, Ponyville itself.” Dante looked at the panicking trio in annoyance.

“No” Dante responded. He held up the right tube “this one has NaOH” he then held up the left tube “and this one has HCl.”

“Still” Twilight responded “That hydrochloric acid will hurt you.” Dante looked at her displeased. He then poured both liquids in a glass beaker.

“Oh no, these chemicals, they’re melting me” Dante said sarcastically. When both test tubes were emptied, he put them down on the table, picked up a glass stirring stick, and then began to mix the two compounds together.

“Twilight” Rainbow Dash began to panic “what’s he doing?”

“Relax Rainbow” Spike began “he’s just making salt water. Nothing will explode.” Rainbow Dash stopped to think.

“Hey Dante” she began “why don’t you just pour some salt in some water?”

“Because using two chemicals that can do severe damage to my body to make a simple ingredient sounded fun” Dante said as he was mixing the two substances. When Dante finished mixing, he picked the beaker up and took a sip of the new substance. After tasting the awful taste of the liquid, he spit the liquid out. “Aw, that tasted awful.”

“Why did you even do that” Rainbow Dash asked. Dante shrugged his shoulders.

Spike then coughed up a letter.

“Huh” Twilight began in wonder “I wonder what Celestia wants.” She picked up the letter with her magic and began to read it. Dante, Rainbow Dash, and Spike gathered behind Twilight to read along. Twilight gasped “We have to go” she exclaimed before running towards the stairs.

“What is it” Dante asked as the four of them followed Twilight up the stairs.

“Celestia said that the Canterlot Art Museum was robbed last night. A precious vase was taken.” They ran out the door of the castle.

Celestia was pacing back and forward in the castle courtroom as the four ran in to meet with her.

“Yo, Celestia” Dante started “what’s up? What’s this about a theft?”

“I’m glad you decided to join” Celestia said with a smile of relief “we would need your ability for this mission.”

“Celestia” Twilight started “do you have any information on who did these heists?”

“Not yet. Luna is now gathering information on the scene as we speak. We’ve tried to look at surveillance footage, but the criminal in question cut the chords of the cameras, so we couldn’t identify what this pony looks like, assuming it even is a pony.”

“So what do you want us to do about all of this” Dante asked in a critical tone.

“I want you three to go on a steak-out within the museum overnight. Hopefully we can capture this criminal” she looked at Rainbow Dash “you can join them as well if you want, Rainbow Dash.”

“An overnight stay at a museum to catch an expert in the thieving arts” Rainbow Dash said to herself in excitement “sounds like fun!”

“And by we” Dante began to say “you most likely mean not you.”

“I have other important matters to attend to. I will meet up with you again when you guys capture this criminal. But until then, we will be separated.” The four ran out of the room. “But before you go, make sure you get your rest, you have a long night ahead.”

“So, you stop us just to tell us to get some sleep” Dante questioned.

“I know I don’t have to tell Twilight, but I know that you like sleep in on important businesses.”

“Yeah, well, I assure you that I will not sleep through this assignment. That’ll show you.”

Later that night, Twilight, Spike, and Rainbow Dash have finished setting up a home base within the museum while Dante was asleep. Rainbow walked up to the sleeping elf and hit him upside the head.

“Hey sleepy, wake up” she yelled. Dante rubbed his head.

“What if I’m awake and you’re asleep” Dante asked.

“I, uh, what?”

“I don’t know, I’m too tired to make sense.” Dante got up and walked out of the entrance “I’m gonna find the drinking fountain.”

Later on, Dante was standing in the entrance while Twilight and Spike were watching surveillance monitors and Rainbow Dash was sneaking around the museum to capture the crook away from base. A loud shatter from a display room in the back of the building. Rainbow hastily flew to the location while Twilight teleported her and Spike to the scene. Spike shined his flashlight at the being, only to find out that it was Dante.

“Dante?” the three shouted.

“He-hey guys. What’s up” he asked.

“I thought you were standing at the entrance of the base” Twilight stated.

“That was just a shadow clone. I needed a decoy so I can place this expensive vase that was stolen back on display.”

“So, you know who stole it” Rainbow Dash asked.

“Yeah, I stole it.”

“What?” they all yelled.

“Why did you steal it” Twilight asked.

“Because I got bored, so I decided to rob this museum.”

“So, you steal things out of boredom” Spike asked.

“Yeah, maybe I should look into some sort of hobby.” The three of them paused, giving Dante a frustrated look,

“No, really” they all said.

“Wow, you guys are really in sync with each other” Dante pointed out.