Gotenks did it

When the wish crusaders walked out of the underground chamber, the light was almost blinding, but it was also welcoming, after being starved of oxygen and natural sunlight.

"Hey guys, I'm starving, what about you?" asked Trunks, there was a rumble of bellies as a response

"Twinkletoes is right. We need energy!" said Scootaloo

Everyone dumped out their supplies to look for a lunch bag. Inside each supply bag was a somewhat large bag of candy. Trunks was going to say something but then he decided he was okay with candy. Goten was particularly excited because Chi-Chi only had fruits and vegetables for snacks, that and she was scared to see a saiyan on a sugar hype.

"Where did you get all this?" Goten asked, with his mouth stuffed

"I know people." responded Apple Bloom, who had gotten it from Pinkie Pie.

After eating a whole bag of candy, it might be good to record that if you get five young ones on a sugar rush, the results will not be pretty.

"Alright, girls and freaky aliens. We're on a mission for wishes, next we have to go to the jungle!" Apple Bloom giggled for no apparent reason, and they ran in zig-zags, loops, and anything but a straight line.

"I don't get it, there's no jungle!" Apple Bloom was indeed looking at the map upside down, and they actually hadn't moved much farther from their original spot.

"You're reading it wrong, gimme that!" said Trunks, grabbing the map, then Scootaloo secured it by ramming into Trunks,  Sweetie Belle used magic to levitate it to her, before getting tickled by Goten, who grabbed the map in midair.

"Nah-nah na boo boo!" teased Goten, who was floating up above with the map in his hand. But as we all know, all sugar rushes must come to a screeching halt at one point, and that point was when all five wish crusaders had fallen asleep at almost the same time after having the sugar hype of the century.

To describe what happens next, is almost painful to type. The vast land of Equestria is very whimsical, but whimsical doesn't always translate into "absolutely safe" in most situations, because in reality, there are very few places that can promise you that there will be no kind of danger ever. Now think about our main characters' situation right now: unattended, lost, unconscious, and next to a jungle, not much good can come of this.

"Ugh, what's going on? Why am I upside down? What the- I can't move!" said Trunks, the rest of the wish crusaders were awoken by this, and they were similarly confused.

"Shut up, kid! You're a miner now!" said an armored creature, who looked vaguely like a dog, but with a muscular human body. As Trunks looked around, with what little space he had, there was an entire army of the armored creatures, surrounding them.

Trunks understood what was going on now, after falling asleep, he and the rest of the wish crusaders were left out in the open, the creatures took advantage of this, and kidnapped them and took them to the wild jungle. The cutie mark crusaders were tied up with ropes, and he and Goten were tied with steel chains, and they were all dangling over a tree.

"Now that the maggots are awake, we can put them to work in the underground mines. Grunt number 76! Untie them!" commanded one of the higher-ranking creatures.

The wish crusaders' current situation offered hope, but only a little.   They were untied, but they were still surrounded by almost an entire army of armored thugs.

Then, after scanning the area around her carefully, Sweetie Belle's eyes got misty, lips blubbering, and started crying.

"What are you doing? You're gonna get us killed!" snapped Scootaloo

"Just follow my lead, I've heard about these guys." said Sweetie Belle, the rest of the wish crusaders agreed, but only because they didn't have any other options. Reluctantly, the wish crusaders began to bawl, cry, and whine.

The plan was working so far, the hundreds of armed creatures surrounding them cringed and moaned. However, the success wouldn't last for long, so Trunks enacted the second part of the plan.

Trunks innocently walked up to one of the diamond dogs and asked politely: "Mister, can I tell you something?"

"What, is it, maggot?" snarled the grunt

"Buster cannon!" the ten-year old saiyan then clasped his hands together to form a ball of ki, what followed was similar to a game of bowling. The ki was the ball, and an unlucky row of thugs were the pins, and it cleared a path for escape.

"Go! Go! Go!" said Trunks, who started running in the cleared path, Goten and the CMC followed.

"After them! I don't care if they're dead or alive!" bellowed a high-ranking commander

The jungle's thick plants were only a nuisance for the wish crusaders in the heat of a chase, panic filled the air.

"Crap! We've hit a dead end!" said Trunks, pointing towards the rapidly rushing river in front of them.

"Maybe with magic, I can split the river so we could walk through!" said Sweetie Belle, and as soon as she said that, her horn glowed of a supernatural purple aura, and a narrow solid path revealed itself through the middle of the river. Hesitantly, the wish crusaders walked through.

Sweetie Belle's nose twitched, and then she held her breath, looking like she was desperately trying to hold something in.

"Sweetie Belle, you look like you're gonna throw up, what is it?" asked Apple Bloom

"It's nothing just- ah-ah ACHOO!" Then, there were four simultaneous cries "NO!", Sweetie Belle had lost control of her magic and the rapids came rushing in. They had a very small chance of survival. They had lost consciousness from shock.

Trunks woke up in an unfamiliar place once again. Thankfully, he wasn't dead or kidnapped. He saw a pony with golden yellow fur with black hair smirking down at him.

"Hey kid, you awake?" asked the pony

"I'm not dead? But how?" asked Trunks, looking at his surroundings frantically for an answer

"I saved your flank, and your friends. What were you thinking? Fillies really shouldn't be caught up in this stuff." said the pony

"Hey, it's none of your business!" scoffed Trunks

"Well it is now. Wait a sec, empty your pockets, kid!" Trunks pulled a shriveled, but still readable map of the directions of the mare's might

"How did you get a hold of this?" questioned the Pony

"Don't ask me. She got it." Trunks pointed towards the still unconscious Apple Bloom

While waiting for the rest of the Wish Crusaders to wake up, Trunks explained his whole story of how he got in Equestria and how he ended up looking for the Mare's might in the first place. Despite the oddness of it all, the pony was completely unfazed.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I haven't introduced myself. I'm Daring Do, treasure hunter. Pleased to be your acquaintance, Trunks." said the pony

Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, and Goten woke up. The cutie mark crusaders were particularly excited, seeing one of their role models in person was a big deal to them. Goten watched in utter confusion.

"Ahem, girls. About the mare's might, why not make a game out of it?" said Daring Do

"Cool! We get to work to work with Daring Do!" said Scootaloo

"Umm, No. I was thinking we have a bit of a race. Whoever gets all the gemstones first wins gets the wishes! At the end of the game, whichever team gets more gemstones, that team gets the wishes." said Daring Do

All five wish crusaders nodded in agreement, and Daring Do galloped off.

"Wait!" cried Apple Bloom

"What is it?"

"I always thought you were a filly tale. Are you.. the real one?"

She tipped her hat and smiled "I'm the real deal, kid." and she continued on her way.