Equestria Girls: A Black Rose by any Name

A Black Rose by any Name...

Chapter 5: What to Do...

Slowly walking through the streets Electuroo was trying to make sense of what happened exactly, not only two ponies look similar to those he seen or met once but had the same names, Daring Do also seem a bit startled by this but knew that for some unknown reason her and her nephew was one of a kind and not have parallel versions of themselves unless she counted the 20 years of life she had in the past and made a name for herself in this reality counted as anything.

Electuroo decided to put a theory to a test “I saw something on the map, what exactly is Appaloosa? A town or something?” he asked the two mares.

Twilight showed her casual smile “Sure is a town, it home to some country ponies, one of them is a cousin to a friend of ours”

“Yeah Applejack's crazy cousin Braeburn gave Twilight and the others some crazy 30 second tour, I would of loved to see that but the whole buffalo thing was a bit crazy” Rainbow Dash chuckled “At the end it was all solved and now ponies and buffalos get along at Appaloosa, neat right?”

Electuroo was amazed how much they just gave and it was a gold mine for him and Daring Do “I say it is, the most exciting thing happens where I live is when trying to keep out of the way of the bullies at my school...”

“Wait what?” Daring Do took this chance to head to the library as Rainbow Dash and Twilight stopped and turned to the stallion.

'Good one nephew, now keep them busy'

Electuroo saw their reaction with Rainbow Dash speaking out with surprise. “It true, I get picked on all the time, even the others join in calling me by my name in a weird tone of voice sounded that my own disability is at fault for whom I am...”

“Don't you think that kind of harsh?” Twilight frowned

Rainbow Dash shook her head “if it anything like flight school then I have to say some of the young fliers would pick on ya, they did with Fluttershy till I stepped in and after all these years later they still call me Rainbow Crash, so I know how it feels”

Electuroo sighed “I have a friend that stick by me and he suffers because of it...”

Twilight got curious about the disability he spoke of “What exactly is your disability if you don't mind telling us”

He tap his hoof on his head “It to do with my learning and such, it takes me a lot of effort to learn new things, my spelling and grammar is just as horrible too. But on a plus side to it my imagination is hyper active for writing my own little personal stories to drawings and I am pretty good a maths too,also like staring at the night sky wondering what out there beyond the world, keeping a open mind and kind of into those things that natural happen without any aid. You could all me a multi hobbyist”

“Don't forget flying since that the core to your cutie mark right?” Rainbow Dash point her hoof to his flank.

Electuroo nods “Sure is when I get them working again” he knew that wasn't true but he had to play along and buy his aunt time...

Twilight wanted to put his maths to the test “Alright here a question for you, what is the square root of 93?”

Electuroo thought about it sitting there on his flank moving his hooves around working it in his head “I think it 9.643... that if I remember it right...”

“This is mostly right” Twilight beamed “So you can remember things like that huh?”

“Well long term is pretty good but short term is another problem”

Rainbow Dash looked at him with front legs crossed “Well then you should know how to use your wings”

Electuroo realised this and knew she just found a hole in his story. “Right...” he knew he had to try he saw how she took off with a few flaps and gave it a try opening them up he flapping his wings a few times feeling the strength in them he felt his hooves leave the ground as he hovered above it a few feet. “Whoa...” he looked down with armament then he settled down slowing the flapping till he was on ground again. “Is that proof enough?”

Rainbow Dash was just grinning “Guess the right kick in the flank was what you needed”

Electuroo stared at her in disbelief “You tricked me!?”

“Sure did and it worked didn't it? It got your nerves going and your wings pumping right?” Rainbow Dash put her hoof on his chest “So how does it feel? Awesome right?”

He look to her hoof on his chest and back into her eyes... he couldn't stop looking at them but turn his eyes down a little “It did feel awesome but no one part from my only friend and family helped me out when I needed it...” he sighed pushing her hoof off his chest. “It just hard accepting that you helped me... a complete stranger...” he looked away feeling sadness well up deep inside.

Twilight look to Dash and back to him “Well we can change that by being your friend Electuroo and get to know you”

Rainbow Dash put a wing over him “Yeah, so stop sobbing like a foal and smile”

Electuroo raised his head looking to them both “It been while since I made friends this fast, the only other time was my pal...”

“Who is your friend any way? You keep talking about him but nothing about who or what he look like” Twilight stated

“Yeah, so what is his name?” Rainbow Dash joined

Electuroo knew he couldn't say it. Then it was time to spring open the jack in the box “Where did my aunt go?” he spoke looking around even he knew where she ran off to.

Twilight looking around as well “We must have been too engrossed in talking to notice she went ahead of us” forgetting about the question she just asked.

“I bet my aunt already at the library” Electuroo start heading back there.

“Wait for us, I want to spend more time with the famed Daring Do!” Rainbow Dash raced after him as he galloped to the castle.

Twilight rolled her eyes “So much for going home this afternoon” she runs after them.

Daring Do...

During the time she departed from the two ponies and Electuroo to get back to the library double time, she entered it to find Braeburn where she left him and sighed happily “Braeburn”

He turned to her putting the book down “Howdy Daring, where did y'all run off to, ah couldn't find ya anywhere in the library”

“I ran into Princess Twilight Sparkle and to make things worse this world it parallel to our own...” Daring Do showed the map pointing her hoof to the town “Guess who lives in that town...”

Braeburn look to her then the town “Ya telling me there another me there... one that comes from this world?” Daring Do nods “Aw nuts...” Braeburn got the picture in full. “Then what we going to do? Ah came to help mah compadre and now this? Ah can't do anything if ah spotted by him or anyone that might mistaken me for him”

“I know... I wish I knew this from the beginning but I didn't!” Daring Do put her hooves over her head with a groan. “I am sorry for this Braeburn...”

“It swell mah friend how was we suppose to know?” Braeburn replied then recalled something “Mah cousin did say something about a pony princess when she was last round, but wasn't sure what Applejack meant but it, ah just thought it was one of those dance crown things like the Wondercolts of Canterlot High and...” he paused

Daring Do also heard that word “I think we just past boring point... Black Rose played as right into her hands... she had a feeling we could come after her but didn't expect to lose the crystal on route to here... Braeburn till we know what to do can you go back to your room and wait for me and Electuroo?”

“Then what will we do after that Daring?”

“No idea... till I am very sure to spill the beans about Black Rose in our world, we have to lay low and come up with a way to not only find the Stardust Crystal... but also find a way home.” Daring Do explained. “Now get to your room and wait for me and Electuroo ok?” he nods and leaves quickly as asked.

Daring Do look to the books he had out and scrolls they was off ruins and all seem to had a connection or two between each of them but all been explored inside and out from the details she could see while checking out the details inside them “Just doing a quick check it just more dead ends... how can a crystal slip out of her hooves and go completely missing just like that? The crystal is purer then any crystal around... not even I dragon could eat that...”

“Strange as that sounds why?” Daring Do turn to see Twilight, Rainbow Dash and Electuroo behind her with Twilight asking the question.

Daring Do took off her pitched hat and look to the books “The crystal is very old, if any dragon found it they wouldn't even dare eating it”

Rainbow Dash look to all the scrolls and books on ruins “Going on a new adventure huh? That be awesome to come along on one of those!”

Daring Do laughed at her thrilled Rainbow Dash was but she knew she had to burst her bubble “The ruins I checked in these books all been looked through inside and out, heck most I been in when I was in the past, have a look at the name in each report that written in these books”

Rainbow Dash open it and quickly scans it to find Daring Do's name on it “Whoa this the real deal... but how come I never saw this before?”

“I can answer that Rainbow Dash, you don't read 'egg head' stuff only Daring Do stories remember?” Twilight explained that very simple reason. “I knew of Daring Do from the fictional series and from the other books such as this I read. There the real deal Daring and the fiction Daring. Both have similar traits to each other but in the end the real deal Daring before us is about...”

“20% more awesome then that of the stories!” Rainbow Dash yelled

“SHHHH!!!” came a reply from many ponies glaring at Rainbow Dash

Rainbow Dash put her hooves over her mouth “Hehe sorry”

Electuroo pick up one of them with his hooves “Wow did you really find all these temples, ruins and such through out the jungles, deserts and mountains?” he flipping over the pages looking at the images in them. “I have to agree with Dash, you are 20% awesome when looking at this, mum said you was always on the go when younger but this, it mind blowing”

Daring Do rubbed her hoof on Electuroo's mane “Kid if anything you are, your my nephew and no matter what those stupid idiots think of you back at home you are more then them and they know it”

“Got to admit that one, I showed the bullies when I was yougner at flight school how much better I was to them” Rainbow Dash said with pride.

Twilight used her magic to pull up a piece of paper and look to it “Wow that really beautiful is that the Stardust Crystal?”

Electuroo nods “Yeah it been in the family for quite some time, about 6000 years, most of it here say now but one thing that kept is the song behind the crystal... a song my mum sung to me and my sister all the time when I was younger...”

“From the start it came to us

Falling through the night

Shining silver light

Take the darkness away

*Electuroo flying above them as he sung with the ponies in the library starting to sing the verse with him like chorus*

Shining Stardust, shining light

Upon the light we shall dream tonight

Oh stardust crystal bring us hope

Friends and Family the one the same

*Electuroo flies down and around the shelves twisting around as he sung the next line*

From the heavens it came

From the light it fell

Shining and burning sky

It came to us at a magical moment

Night will never be the same

*The ponies all join in again*

Shining Stardust, shining light

Upon the light we shall dream tonight

Oh stardust crystal bring us hope

Friends and Family the one the same

*Electuroo hovers near the ceiling the part the stars was painted on with strange effects of stars shooting across as he sung*

From that night things changed

Path was set through crystal of the light

Imagination, magic and love

Crystal powers through the heart

Awesome and amazing it is true

*The ponies all join in again*

Shining Stardust, shining light

Upon the light we shall dream tonight

Oh stardust crystal bring us hope

Friends and Family the one the same

*Electuroo steps out of the shadows as he sings the next part and steps back into the dark on the verse after with him standing between Twilight and Rainbow Dash with Daring Do by Dash as he continued to sing*

One step to the light

One step back to the night

Balance of one and balance of two

Two divided by one

One is the same

*The ponies all join in again*

Shining Stardust, shining light

Upon the light we shall dream tonight

Oh stardust crystal bring us hope

*The ponies singing dies down to with only Electuroo to say the last verse*

Friends and Family the one the same”

Daring Do watched as he closed his eyes singing out the last note in a very soft and quieting voice till the music that she heard seem to die away to nothing. She was looking around puzzled where the music came from but she was amazed about his singing voice... she never seen him sing like that ever in her whole life...

“Oh my gosh that was awesome!” Rainbow Dash beamed “You was flying around singing that cool song and everypony even joined in! I must say you really got a awesome song Electuroo!” she punch him on the foreleg with her hoof.

Electuroo rubbing it feeling a little embarrassed “Th-thanks... I don't really know what came over me...”

“It perfectly fine, your song was really touching” Twilight said to him “I wish we could stay some more but me and Rainbow Dash got to get going, or we will miss our train, it nice meeting both of you though”

“Same here” Elecutroo replied with a smile. “I think I feel better now” he breathe lightly. “Not sure why I sung that and everyo-pony joining in like that but I felt alive... very magical in here” he put his hoof on his chest.

Rainbow Dash put her hoof around him “Don't think that not going to get you off from my flying lessons rookie”

Later...

Rainbow Dash and Twilight with Spike was heading back to the train station after saying their goodbyes to their new friends, Rainbow Dash  still treasuring the book that was sighed by Daring Do in pony. “Wow you two got to meet the real Daring Do?” Spike asked them both

“Sure did and I have to say she is awesome” Rainbow Dash replied feeling so over thrilled by the idea of meeting a pony she only knew was in a story and now in real life.

Twilight got the tickets “I got admit it was amazing to meet the real deal, even after telling Princess Celestia about her lie she seem to know it already, guess somethings never surprise her”

Spike picked up a box from the bag and open it to show a silver shimmering crystal in it “I can't wait to give this to Rarity” he put it away feeling proud to finding such a beauty and pulls the bag to the train. “I can't wait to get home”

“Same here” Rainbow Dash yawned a little “Next time you ask me to tag along Twilight, I think I will pass, seeing Daring Do is sweet but the last five days been really dull and boring to say the least”

“Whatever you say Rainbow, let get on before we miss our ride home” Twilight gets on with the other two and the train leaves for Ponyville.

Black Rose watches the train leave with a dark smirk on her snout “So that where the Stardust Crystal is? Well this just got interesting... but being among the element bearers is going to make my task on getting it a little bit more difficult then I originally planned...” Black Rose look to the palace “Only a minor set back...”