Equestria Girls: A Black Rose by any Name

***A Black Rose by any Name...

Chapter 2: Making the Call...***

Explosions rip through the air as a lady wearing a dark oivine vest and trousers with pockets on the on both with a tan pith helmet with a dark olivine band with a doable bag on her back wearing thick leathered hiking boots for all types of terrain dodged fire and falling rocks taking a leap over a gorge.

She turns to the falling path behind seeing it fall collapse into rubble brush some of her grey rainbow scaled hair back from her face. “Now for...” the phone starts ringing.

“Cut Cut! CUT!!!” the director yelled out slamming his pad to the ground “Daring how many times have I told you not to bring that blasted phone on set! You know how much it cost to run these shoots!”

“Blueblood shut the heck up, this phone on me for emergences only so get off my back” Daring Do snapped at him.

“My word I won't be spoken like that at all! Not at all!” he said with a hint of disgust

Daring Do turn to him “Then find another ex-explorer slash action actor” she replied and walks off to answer her phone.

“Gah! I hate working with that blasted women!” he sat back down rubbing his head “Someone get me a aspirin!”

Daring Do answered her mobile phone “Hello this is Daring Do”

“Hey auntie it me Electuroo”

“Well now I am glad you called, that guy was driving me crazy...” Daring Do sat down. “So what can I do for my favourite nephew?”

“Well that what I called for auntie... it kind of about the Stardust Crystal... it been stolen”

Daring Do eyes was pin pricks “Say what!?” she got back up “tell me what happened kid...”

“Well it was my birthday and mum gave it to me... but then this lady called Black Rose took it and chased her to the ruins, she escaped through some rift”

Daring Do heard those words “Rift? As in magical?” no reply “I know of Black Rose... I had so many run in with that women...” Daring Do look to the director who was still moaning “No one steals from my family and gets away with it! I will be by the evening, get ready for adventure nepthew because this is one place you will experience like no other because I been there”

“Braeburn coming too, I told him he can”

“I had a feeling you be dragging your only friend along for the ride. Alright, I be there soon as possible and thanks again kid, you saved my rump on this one” Daring Do chuckled

“Rump? In horse rump?”

“Yes I will explain when I get there, bye” she hangs up the phone and put it in her pocket “Sorry Hoity Toity but family comes first” Daring Do drop the pack heading out the door pulling out her keys.

“Ma'am where are you going?” a man came up to her.

Daring Do open the door to her green jeep up “A family emergency, tell Blue I be back soon as possible” she closes the door starting the engine up and drives off from the studios leaving the man standing there with jaw open with shock at what just happened and the fear on his face looking to the door knowing he going to get it in the neck about Daring Do darting off like that... again.

Crystal Town...

Electuroo was glad his mum Stardust wasn't staying at the ruins but he kept about Daring Do his aunt hidden, he didn't want her to know as he and Braeburn did a little soccer after high school with the the principle whom had blue hair with blue shorts and white t-shirt with a whitish grey skin and blue trainers on with the picture of a shield and set of stars on the t-shirt.

Electuroo and Braeburn wearing some sport gear ready to do some practice with the principle

“Alright you two your ready for training?” he spoke out holding a whistle up

“Yes Shining Armour we are” Electuroo replied.

“Eeyup time for some soccer!” Braeburn grinned

“Do ten laps for a warm up and then we will start with some long range passes ok?”  Shining Armour blow his whistle and they started doing the laps.

A lady wearing blue jeans with light blue t-shirt with dark violet, moderated rose and pale gold hair with a slight pinkish skin and on the t-shirt she had a crystal heart on it. “Hello Shining how your favourite two soccer players doing today?”

“Hello Cadance and they just started their training but I noticed they seem to be distracted as if they looking out for someone” he said to his wife and the vice principle of the school.

Cadance watched them seeming to be keeping eye on the road as some cars go by “Indeed it does, I did hear that Electuroo lost a crystal to the thief Black Rose”

“Black Rose... really that no good for nothing lady stole his crystal...” Shining sighed. “Well I will talk to him during the training, care to watch?”

“Sure” she kissed him on the cheek and sits down on the stands.

After the laps they started doing passes and that when Shining Armour choose to ask “So Black Rose stole something of yours?”

“Yeah” Electuroo replied passing the ball with a long range kick to Braeburn with him hitting it on his chest and booting it back over. “Sir do you think it worth going after someone that stole something that been in the family for 6000 years?”

Shining Armour turn to him as he passed it over to Braeburn “Did you say 6000 years? That is one old crystal... how did it came to be in the family for so long?”

“I don't really know” Electuroo caught the ball on his knee bouncing it up and giving it a boot back to Braeburn once more. “All I know I am the 161th to get it... but now it stolen... mum seem to be really uncertain about why someone would go to the trouble to steal it and run into some rift in the ruins”

“Rift?”

“Yeah is some weird thing in the ruins, no one knows anything about it but my aunt seem to know when I called her... she talked of something like that happening eight years ago, she said that she'd lived a life 80 years in a past for 20 years then return to here as if only seconds passed, that why she retired her hat from exploring and turned actor for the Daring Do Adventures movies” Electuroo explained to him holding the ball under his arm.

Shining Armour look to Braeburn coming over to them and he look to his wife whom smiled slightly “You know what kid, if this crystal is really important and Black Rose ran into this rift to take it with her to where ever it is, go after her and get it back, it part of who you are, your family” he put a hand on his shoulder. “Tell me one thing you know of the crystal first?”

“I know is fell from the skies and suppose to be magical but no one really seen anything magical from it” Electuroo shrugged “So you think it worth me and Braeburn to go after her?”

“Yes, but for now let finish off our training?”

“Yes sir” he smirked with a salute.

“Good on you now let see your long range shots at the goal, both of you, first to score five wins” they nod and went on to practice.

Cadance stood by Shining Armour “Did I hear you say to them to go after her?”

“Yes”

“Well I hope you know what your doing because if Stardust ever find out your going to have to deal with a very upset mother” Cadance replied with a smile

“Oh... I didn't think of that” Shining gulped

Stardust...

Stardust stood in the Crystal Spire looking out to the ruins in the distance with Sombra standing by her looking out with her as the crystal heart spins behind them with the humming sound of the machine running the electro magnets to hold it in place and cause it to spin. “Your thinking about what they discovered aren't you?”

“Yes” Stardust turn to him “me and my sister found something about this magical rift... it leads to a alternate world where myth and legends are well... true”

“So I heard from my own research team” Sombra said to her “I believe that Electuroo should go after her to get it back”

Stardust sighed turning back to the window putting her hands on it “I knew that was coming up... he still in high school... I can't just...”

“School over for another year after today, I believe he should go and I do believe your sister coming to town”

“Daring Do, yeah she is, my son called her right away, she been there before” Sombra stared at her in shock. “Family secret so keep your mouth shut ok?”

Sombra nods “Lips and sealed” he did a zip motion with fingers. “So what do you know of this world from what your sister told you?”

Stardust sighed “I can't really say, wish I could but she doesn't talk about it but other it truly magical”

“Well then let them go” Sombra said putting a hand on hers. “You did turn my heart of greed to a something that really cares, you made it possible Stardust so let them have a chance to do something that really matters”

“Alright Sombra you win...” Stardust put her other hand on his and they stood together watching the sun set with the light creating the aura effect in the skies above the Crystal Spire...

Later that Night, Crystal Empire Ruins...

A green jeep speeds down the dirt road into the ruins coming to a sliding stop before a group of people standing by the gates. Daring Do steps out of the jeep lifting up her back pack putting it on. “Hey sis long time no see” Daring Do gives Stardust a big hug and she returns it.

“Same to you Daring Do” she pulled away and turn to Electuroo and Braeburn whom was set to go. “We going to be your send off and wish you and the boys the best of luck getting the crystal back and bring that women Black Rose to justice”

“Auntie Do it great to see ya” Electuroo gave her a big hug and she returned in kind.

“It great to see you too Electuroo” Daring Do replied with a smile giving him a light punch on the arm afterwards. “And this must be Braeburn, pleasure to meet you kid” she put her hand out to him

He took it with a shake “Nice to meet a famous actor like y'all self ma'am, ah'm a fan of the movies ya made”

“That good but where we going it will be adventure like no other, this world be strange, questionable and I will have to teach you two a few things how your bodies will work there too” Daring Do explained to both of them

Electuroo rubbed his head a little “What do yo mean by that Daring?”

“Oh you will find out once we cross the void, speaking of which” Daring Do turn to Sombra “Care to show us in?”

Sombra smiled “Sure thing Daring Do, please follow me” they all head into the ruins walking down some steps “This part of the ruins been sealed off for almost six years now, it became too risky for anyone to work here since there was strange things that no one could explain and the walls are very unstable due to their age” he explained as they entered the main chamber. “This is the corridor leading to the other world”

Daring Do looked at each of the statues around the entrance “Makes perfect sense to have a magical rift here, but I am surprised no one accidentally crossed the void” then she turn to Sombra “Or they have and refuse to work here again”

“Only strange sounds but we knew were all the crystals that was stolen came to” he said to her “As you can see they all here accounted for” he points to each of the statues.

Daring Do looked at them carefully studying each of them. “Now it does make sense... the strange sounds was a echo from the other world, a rip that opened and closed, not stable for anyone to cross I might add but with these crystals the gateway is complete” Daring Do removed on and they saw a small flash “See” and she put it back in and another semi glow. “Best to keep these in Sombra”

Sombra rubbing his head “Alright, I will make sure no one remove the crystals to keep this gate way opened... what exactly is the name of this corridor?” he turn to Crystal Shield

The police officer pulled up his tablet and looked at the data “The Crystal Arch sir”

“A fitting name for a gate way to another world” Electuroo crossed his arms.

Sombra turn to Daring Do “Well this seem to be goodbye for now, take care ok?”

“Will do” Daring smirked.

Shining Armour gave Electuroo a camera “Take some photos for me ok? I would love to see what on the other side of this void”

“Sure I think I can do that” Electuroo put the camera away. “And I be back for the new term sir”

“You better be kid” Shining Armour smirked.

Braeburn turn to his parents “Guess this is bye for now huh ma, pa?”

“Indeed sugar, please take care of y'all self and Electuroo, he is ya best friend and counting on ya”

“Don't worry ma, as the saying goes 'us Apples stick together' and ah for one see him as one of us” Braeburn replied giving them both a big huge.

Daring Do stood before the corridor “Stardust I promise that I will keep your kid safe, you have my word”

“I know you will Daring Do, take care of yourself too ok?” Stardust said and turn to them “You two better go before I change my mind”

“Mum I be seeing you ok?”

“You sure will my sweet” Stardust gave him a farewell hug.

They soon prepared and start walking down the corridor waving to the others standing at the chamber as the adventure is about to begin as they came to the part the room started to twist and turn with walls misshaped and ceilings going all wavy above them. They soon stood before the rift in front staring at it they all looked to each other with a nod they took each other hands and with one big step they vanish in a flash of light crossing the rift and into a whole new adventure...

Suddenly everything started to shake the people gathered so the rift pulsing out of control and then a huge explosion of energy sends them flying they all on the ground coughing as the dust clears to their horror the tunnel that the trio just went down and through the rift was gone... all was left was rubble and the echo of something laughing evilly that got some of the guards spooked and ran out of the ruins as fast they could... the others just got up coughing and staring at the five statues one that stood out most of all gave Sombra the creeps for sure the statue with the red ruby unicorn horn...