Dark Side trotted alongside Rarity through an open plot of dirt. His right eye was covered in bandages and he had to walk on a mini stilt on his leg. His face had a few bandages on it and he had an angry or annoyed expression on his face. With Dark Side it could be anything. He stopped trotting and focused his annoyed glance on his marefriend.

"Y'know it's not exactly good for me to be walking and I have two leg injuries." He said in a mix of sarcasm and anger.

"Dark Side! How dare you take that tone with me! Bullying little ol' me, just because I wanted to take a walk with my lover!" Rarity said in her usual mix of sarcasm and formality. She swiped her head to the left to signal to Dark Side that she was done with the subject.

"If we're 'just on a walk' then why do you have me looking for gems? And why in hell would we take a walk in an empty plot full of holes? Kinda counterproductive don't ya'think y'know?" Dark Side said, making an attempt to ascertain his point. In response, Rarity turned and looked at him quizzically, putting a hoof to her chin.

"Well, darling, when you say it like that it makes me seem a bit stupid." Rarity said, avoid doing Dark Side's gaze. She knew what he would look like.

Dark Side grinned a small grin as he lifted a Hoff and shook it side to side quickly, as if it was a disapproving human digit. "Keh heh heh. It seems you see my point, judging by how your ignoring me."

Rarity scratched the back of her mane and looked back at him with a guilty grin on her face. "Heh... sorry Dark Side."

Dark Side sighed. "Its alright. It's probably just the sudden shock of being injured that made me so... angered." She hugged him as the two kept walking. "Hey, there's something below here..." Dark Side said as he blended down to investigate the ear-like thing sticking from the ground.

"Earth Style! Headhunter Jutsu!" Dark Side heard this as his back hooves were grabbed by hairy individuals. He was pulled into the ground with His head poking from the altered rubble. His eyes widened as he analyzed the situation. A giant gray dog came into his as sight of vision wearing a brown vest. Both of their eyes locked as Dark Side struggled to maintain his composure.

Rarity, on the other hand, was running for dear life. Unfortunately, a small dog wearing a collar was too fast for her and captured her with virtually no sweat.

"I thought we had a deal Diamond Dogs!" Yelled Rarity angrily.

"We did, but we had a much better offer for your heads. One measly diamond would not account for the large sum Lord Madara played us." Said an ominous raspy voice, as a third Diamond Dog dug itself upward from the ground. It had a massive sword on its back, and it's green eyes sent chills down Rarity's spine.

"You've gotta be kidding me. Why is it always me?!" Yelled Dark Side angrily. "I swear if I wasn't in this dirt all three of your asses would be mine!"

"I'm sure they would, Dark Side. But, we have a pretty little surprise if you still believe that." Rover said as he pulled his sword from his back. It had a small circular cut on the top, while the dark gray body of the sword shone in the sunlight. Afterwards, Fido, the large dog, pulled out another sword, this one wrapped almost entirely in a paper-like material, except for a part at the top, where it seemed blue skin was poking out. Finally, Spot, the small one, pulled out a sword, this one looking like a regular sword except for a brown snake design on the handle.

"Wha---! Man eater?! Sameheda?! And Snakeskin?! How did---?"

"Madara gave us a little, uh, consolation for doing this.' Rover said with a devilish smile.

[Back at Fluttershy's Cottage]

Starshooter picked up his small cup, containing tea. The sugar he put in there melted within seconds. He sipped it, the warmth somewhat soothing his anxious personality. He put the cup down with a delighted sigh.

"Oh, um, is something wrong?" Fluttershy asked, hoping the tea she made was adequate.

"No, nothing's wrong, with your tea, at least. Um, Fluttershy, have you heard of sibling intuition?" Starshooter asked Fluttershy.

"Isn't that where you can sense mentally whether something is wrong with your siblings? Kind of...mentally?"

"Yes...I think I'm having that right now. Does Rarity have any enemies or rivals?" Starshooter asked, worry filling is expression.

"None that directly come to mind. Maybe the Diamond Dogs?" Fluttershy guessed, recalling the events of that incident almost a year earlier.

"And where did they go?"

"I heard Rarity sy they'd be looking for ge---" As the realization hit her, both Fluttershy's and Starshooter's teacups hit the ground and burst open, allowing the brown liquid to escape onto Fluttershy's floorboards. They both darted out of the house a almost knowing dangerous afoot.

Little did they know, someone was waiting for them to show up. Two twin brothers hired by Madara...

Author's Note

Yeah, I know. Not that long of a chapter. But chapter's are not gonna be too long anymore, unless college gives me a break :/ I promise eventually ill write a special two parter detailing Rainbow Dash's powers, but that's in the future. Gotta move forward right?