Equestria Girls: A Black Rose by any Name

A Black Rose by any Name...

Chapter 3: Canterlot...

Daring Do was regaining her senses after crossing the rift, it felt strange but one thing for sure it didn't act like the rift she once crossed, once her vision cleared she could see hooves before her and looked at herself with a smirk “The daring pegasus adventure is back in business” she chuckled lightly and realised something instantly when looking around. “Wait something off...” she saw the crystals in the walls and some walls made of it.

She heard moaning and turn to see two stallions lying there as they started to wake, one was pale yellow with a jacket and hat on with quite the long mane and tail, with a red apple on his flank “That must be Braeburn which means” she turn to the yellow pegasus starting to wake as well, he had cream and black mane and tail both quite long like Braeburns but with a hit of orange on the front of the mane and wearing a jacket and the cutie mark was of three lightning bolts “Flyer for sure” she whispered with a smirk.

Daring Do saw them now awake “Ok guys take it easy you will find your bodies to be strange and unusually” she reinsures them so they don't panic on their sudden changes, but she was concerned about where they are and had a bad feeling exactly that location is. “Before anything turn your attention to my voice”

Electuroo look to her with a shock “Auntie y-yo-you...”

“A Pegasus pony yes, not first time either, but good to feel young again though” she smirked “Now your one too” she points a hoof to his back

Electuroo turn his head seeing a snout in his field of vision “Whoa! This is crazy I got wings” he open them a little. “Oh that is weird... I never felt muscles like that before... auntie why am I a talking pony with wings?” he turn after watching as he flex the muscles in the wings and now asked Daring Do about the reason he looked the way he did as he tried to stand up falling over on his back.

“It part of this world, humans don't exist so the magic turn you into the respective dominating race specially in this area of the world.” Daring Do explained and turn to Braeburn trotting on the spot enjoying the feel “I see somepony enjoying themselves”

“What not to enjoy, these hooves are amazing, ya seeing this” he carried on trotting on the spot and then did a proud trot around them “Sweet and... arg!” he trips over tumbling around hitting a crystal wall with a thud both closed their eyes from the impact. “Ow...”

Electuroo stood up on the four hooves shaking a little as he tried to get use to them. “Rather stand on two Daring... this is too weird...”

“Yeah it is but fun!” Braeburn chuckled rolling over. “Ah bet ma and pa at Sweet AAAPPPAALLOOOSSAAA!!! Orchard” Electuroo sure heard a neigh in it but chuckled seeing how he jumped up on his hind legs waving his forelegs both landing back on all fours. “*cough* erm love it... sorry ah didn't expect to well y'all know...”

“I think it was pretty awesome” Electuroo chuckled slowing walking around with help from Daring Do. “Auntie where are we? I don't see any corridors we entered”

Daring Do looked around as she gave him a helping hoof to walk “No we not where we should be, I am sure of it...”

“Then where are we Daring Do?” Braeburn adjusted his hat a little. “This look like some old looking crystal mine”

“Indeed it is, we in what called the Canterlot Catacombs, we directly under the capital of Equestria, that the land we in” Daring Do explained to them looking around “Which means getting out is going to be tricky but not impossible” she looking around to try and figure out how to get out. “Once you two learn to walk on your hooves we will work together to find a way out, no one goes alone, got it?”

“Yes ma'am” both replied

“Good” Daring Do carried on to teach them how to walk on all fours for about ten minutes, she was pleased on their progress.

Electuroo flapped the wings a little trying to get use to them “Auntie am I going to be able to fly with these?”

“Yes but not right now, first things first is getting out of here” Daring Do explained then look to the area “But for us to be thrown into this place she must of put a booby-trap in the rift with some form of magic, most likely a misdirection teleportation spell” Daring Do theorized the idea about how they got there...

Braeburn looking at himself as they started to make their way through the catacombs “It would explain why mah head is killing me”

Daring Do knew she had one too from the pain she felt “It a side-effect of the teleportation that was used on us, trust me I been there a few times myself” they continued to walk seeing some of the crystals looked damaged or blown away. “Hmm this was done quite some time ago, about a year or two from the detail of these burn marks, a unicorn offence magic from the look of it”

Electuroo saw a feather that was in no better condition “Auntie look at this”

She took a look and nods “Indeed two years ago, it seem something happened here about that time, which means we on the right track of getting out of this place”

Braeburn chuckled they turn to the western pony “Y'all said track, well ya got tracks” he tap it with a hoof “And might ah saw a mine cart to boot or shall ah say hoof” he smirked learning on it with his foreleg standing on his hind legs with a grin. “Y'all thinking what ah'm thinking?”

Daring Do grinned “You bet ya hat kid I do” She checked the cart out and tapping it a few times. “Look good enough, everypony aboard”

“Everypony? Don't you mean everybody?” Electuroo blinked a few times.

“No everypony kid, we are ponies after all” Daring Do said helping Bareburn into the cart with Electuroo climbing in. “Does that make sense?”

“I think so... can we just find the crystal and go home... I hate not having hands” he stared at the hooves he had when climbing into the cart.

Daring Do chuckled “I know what you mean kid, I felt the same way, but till we find the crystal and where Black Rose used to get here we can't do much about it” he nods “Ok all hold on tight” she pushes it and jumps into the as it rolls off down the track. “Just hope there is no holes in the track for a mine being this old...”

The cart hits a twisting turn going round and round as it gained speed down the downward spiral rail as it carried on to pick up speed down it “YEE HAW!!!!” Bareburn cried out enjoying the ride with Electuroo covering his pony ears.

“Ow ow ow!!! Bareburn these stupid ears are very sensitive!!!” Electuroo yelled at the farm boy turn farm pony.

“Opps sorry” Braeburn grinned sheepishly the big grin Electuroo knew all too well with a roll of his eyes.

Electuroo gasped at what was coming up as the cart went up hill “Erm Auntie what usually happens when you say something about things that not so good?”

“You mean about my remarks about the...” Daring Do saw the track “Aw nuts...” she turn to him “Quickly get his right foreleg and open your wings when I say!!!”

“But...” Electuroo was looking at her then back at the fast ending track.

Daring Do took Braeburn other foreleg “Don't but me kid just do it when I say!”

Braeburn gulped looking to both Electuroo and Daring Do then ahead “Ok Daring...”

“NOW!!!” He opened his wings as Daring Do opened hers too.

The cart flies off the tracks and they glide above with Braeburn looking down at the ground far below “Wooo wee this is amazing! Ya flying! Electuroo ya flying!”

“More like gliding with style, can you stop fiddling around I can't keep on course!” Electuroo said back to him and saw the ground coming fast “Ahhhh!!”

CRASH!!!

All three in a pile against the wall from the crash landing. Daring Do rolled over onto her four hooves dusting herself a little “Nice going kid, you did good for a first”

“Thanks Auntie” Electuroo smirked getting up and dusting himself off too.

Braeburn look to the track that was broken “Woo wee look at that” they turn to see the distance they covered “Nice glide and that was fun too, how about we do it again?”

“Lets say we did and don't...” Electuroo press his head against Braeburn's

“Yeah ah can see what ya mean” he chuckled nervously pulling away a little. “So where are we now?”

Daring Do checking around seeing some support beams and another feather or two that looked years old “I say we on the right track”

After a few hours of walking through the catacombs they finally come to a source of light and Daring Do noticed something as they got to a opening a bunch of flowers completely weltered and the paper looked very crumbly too on the stone ground.

Electuroo look to it tapping it and fell apart into crumbling dust “That was something that a bride would have wouldn't it auntie?”

“Sure would kiddo” Daring Do turn to the opening and saw some stairs. “It seem we found our way out of the catacombs”

Braeburn looked up them “There a source of light, which mean it gave light to the whole catacombs?”

“It sure seems that way... I wouldn't want to be here at night” Daring Do looked around then up the stairs “I will take lead, you two keep behind me ok?” They both nod as she leads them out of the caves and up the stairs with the sound of clopping from their hooves as they slowly made their way up...

Canterlot Palace...

A few guards was doing their rounds walking through the halls of the palace using their horns to light up the corridor as night sets in, looking to the left and right the two guards split down the two corridors to make sure that everything is fine and safe for the royalty that resided in the walls of the palace.

A wall slides across with Daring Do peering through it with a flash light on and holding it with her front hoof shining it down the hall way then turning it off placing it in her saddle bag “Alright Elecutroo, Braeburn it clear” they slowly came out with her looking around.

“Where are we?” Electuroo looked out a window and gasped “Wh-wh-whoa....” he heart raced as he saw how high they are and looking right down into a landscape. He felt sick to his stomach feeling unsafe.

Daring Do looked out seeing the moon raising “quite the view isn't it”

“Boy howdy it sure is, it almost like the view ya see from the Crystal Spire” Braeburn heard the sound of hooves they turn to the direction of it “Erm we better get moving there someone coming”

“Agreed, follow me” they nod to her and they quickly moved around the corner to only run into another pony but not any pony... Daring Do recovered her senses and saw whom she and the two ran into and it was no other then Princess Luna whom stared back at them, the night princess was not too pleased.

Princess Luna got up and glared at them “Who are you and what are you doing in the royal suite of the Canterlot Palace!?” she said glaring at them all “Explain fast or we will have to lock you for trespassing!”

Daring Do never quickly got up “Erm you see... we... well...”

“GUARDS!!!”

Electuroo spoke up “Please we not trying to trespass or anything of the sort! We got lost inside the catacombs below!”

The guard ponies stood before them with no exit. “What where you doing down there in the first place!?”

Braeburn bows a little “Howdy y'all highness and we ended up down there after chasing a thief, she had a good day head start on us and used some crazy spell to change the gate ways path so we ended up in the catacombs”

“Thief you say? All I know you could be thieves...”

“My auntie never steals! She the one and only amazing Daring Do! They greatest aunt in the world! Why would she or us steal!” Electuroo snapped at the princess

“No one speaks to Luna in such a manner I am the princess of the night and...” Luna paused turning to Daring Do “Daring Do?”

“Yes that is my name, ex-adventure at your service” she took off her hat and bowed.

Luna gasped with almost a squall “Oh my gosh you are really are Daring Do... my eyes can not believe what I am seeing...” then a pause “Did that yellow pegasus called out aunt?”

“Yes he did, his my nephew the son of my sister Stardust, you see he asked for my assists on tracking a thief that stole a crystal that been part of the family line for 6,000 years and I couldn't say no to family special when it comes to my sisters kid Electuroo here” Daring Do replied explaining with some confidence in her voice.

Luna was now speechless “Princess do you want us to take them away?”

Luna shook her head “No this is Daring Do, we can not possible think of a action as that. Please continue your rounds and I will take care of our guests” the four guards nod and go off on their way. “Daring Do this is a real pleasure to meet you in pony, I read all your action stories”

Braeburn whispers to Electuroo “Action stories? Ah thought they was movies, really amazing movies at most”

“Yeah me too, maybe they don't have TV here” Electuroo whispered back.

“No TV aw come on how y'all manage to get around without TV...” Braeburn grumbled a little. “That mean no computers...”

“Tell me about it”

Luna saw the two stallions talking to each other in a whisper “Is there something we should know?”

Both turn to her and laugh nervously “Erm nothing ma'am... we just never met y'all before”

“How is your hair doing that wavy thing, it awesome” Electuroo changes the subject looking at Luna's mane “And the tail too, is there some magic involved?”

Luna smiled sheepishly no pony spoken of her mane and tail before “Y-yes of course young one, it sort of stands out cause I rule the night of Equestria”

“That cool, I always like looking at the stars, I imagine sometimes and wonder what beyond our world and what mysterious that waiting to be discovered” Electuroo beamed and looked out the window. “It also peaceful...”

Luna felt warmth from his words and smiled proudly “I will over see this matter this time around, I do not know how you came to be in the palace but knowing you Daring Do you will keep that as a mystery.”

Daring Do put her hat back on her head “You know me all too well Princess Luna, you have me surely at a disadvantage”

“Then we will have to change that, I will let my sister know of your arrival in the morning, for tonight you can reside within these walls and rest...” Luna turn to him as he was still staring out into night sky in a world of his own right now, she could sense his day dreaming even with his eyes open and blinking, she could feel the imagination in full swing.

Daring Do shook her head “All kind and well Princess I can not accept that... that would be imposing on you and your duties, it kind enough for you to over look the matters that happened but staying here over night it just don't sit right...”

Luna just turn to her “It either that or I do have the guards throw you in the dungoen, I did say you, your nephew and his friend are guests did I not?”

Braeburn turn to Daring Do “Come on Daring what the harm? We all pretty beat from walking all over the place in that here catacombs”

Daring Do sighed “It not much of a choice is it?” she glance to the night princess

“No”

“Then I have no choice to accept your invite to stay here in the palace” Daring Do put her hoof out and Luna took it with a gentle shake. “Guess you be showing us to the rooms too?”

“Indeed we will” Luna turns and start to walk and turn to Electuroo “You can gaze at my night from a perfect view at one of the rooms, if you wish”

Electuroo blinked and turn “Huh? What?”

“We said 'you can gaze at my night from a perfect view at one of the rooms, if you wish'” she repeated

“Rooms?” he turn to Daring Do

“Yep we staying here for the night”

“Isn't that really cool?”

“Yeah it does” Electuroo smiled then turn to Luna “Thank you Luna it very kind of you” Luna nods and shows them to their rooms.

After being taken to each of their own rooms, Electuroo was the last walking over to the balcony he stared out into the fresh cool air of the night, he could see the city below and the mountain side that the palace sat against then turn his gaze to the town in the distance with the night sky in clear view. “Amazing...” he pulled out the camera, after almost dropping it a dozen times he manage to set it up and take a photo of the view. “The Principle sure going to love this” he put the camera away and place the bag and jacket together by the wall.

Electuroo look to the bed “Wow first night in this amazing well and I get to sleep in style” Electuroo grinned and laid down on the bed putting the covers over himself tucking the wings in. “Just hope we find a way home though... that Black Rose if auntie Do is right has sent us way off course... she could be any...” he yawns as he eyes grew heavy “where...” he let his eyes close and falls asleep...