Daring Do and the temple of Earth

I glared at him. I saw him before... but where? I thought some more about it, not noticing that he had walked up to me."You're the mare that hurt my son," he said, I could hear the anger in his voice. I then recognized why he looked so familiar. He was the father of that colt that hurt the pegasus filly.

" I didn't hurt your son. I was defending a filly, that your son hurt," I yelled stomping my hoof on the floor to show my anger. The memory of her being hurt came back to me. Hoofler rolled his eyes, obviously not believing my story. Some colts could be such idiots.

"Sir, I would like to take this mare into my custody, I am sure she could be of some use to us. I have been looking at her ancestors and I have discovered that they helped create the Crystal Empire," One of the goons said. Hoofler looked interested.

"Pfft. I knew that already, it's no big deal. Besides, the art of making crystals is long lost," I said trying not to look desperate.

"Please don't lie to me, can't we all just get along," Hoofler tried to look innocent. I replied by spitting at him. Then, I pushed him towards the hot coals that created the steam. All of them were shocked. All of them rushed towards him.  Then everypony in the engine room was helping him up. He was the only one who saw us escape.

We started to run away, but Silver came up with a better idea. We unhooked the train car with all the goons in it. Then, we rolled it over to this abandoned outpost. Tea Cup hacked into the interface so that we could make an announcement to the entire train. "ATTENTION PONIES, THIS IS YOUR SAVIORS SPEAKING, CAN ANY STRONG EARTH PONIES OR PEGUSI COME UP TO THE MAIN ENGINE ROOM TO HELP US PULL THE TRAIN. ALSO, WOULD ANY UNICORNS THAT KNOW THE FEATHER WEIGHT SPELL PLEASE CAST IT. THANK YOU. ALSO DO YOU HAVE ROPE? WE MAY NEED IT, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY, ALSO, COME UP FRONT. HAVE A NICE AFTERNOON."

Tea Cup then slammed down the speaker. A loud screeching could be heard throughout the train.  We all covered our ears. "TEACUP," I shouted. She looked at me a saw my face. My anger was 100% directed at her.

"Uh oh," was all she said before I leapt on to her. I held her down and snarled. Tea Cup's face was so scared, it was hilarious. I stifled a laugh, but then Daring, Silver, and I started laughing like there was no tomorrow.

"You should have seen your face. Bwaaahaaaaa*," Daring giggled before rolling on the floor. Tea Cup just rolled her eyes. "Ha ha, very funny,"

~3 hours of yelling at stallions later~

"I can't believe we did it. I am so tuckered out." Tea Cup wiped some sweat off her face. "Well all you did was yell, while we did the pulling. That was so hard, but we finally reached Ponyville. I says on the map here the old castle is nearby. That is where the map to the crown is being held." Daring said. We all walked towards the main area of the town.

"Maybe we should get some supplies while we are here," Silver suggested pointing to a Forest Survival stand. We all started to walk towards it. There was a Cliff Stix energy bar advertisement beside the entrance. "Ok. we should split up to get some necessities," Silver suggested. "3, 2, 1, GO!". We all galloped off in different directions in the store. I grabbed an all weather tent fit for four and some Cliff Stixs' for us to eat.

We met up at the entrance of the store. We all piled up our findings. Daring brought rope, carabiners, four backpacks, and a map. Silver brought a hammer, some tanks of vaseline,  an attachment for the vaseline, and food to last about two weeks. Tea Cup brought a cast iron pan, a regular pan, forks and spoons, four cans of soup, and some thermoses. I brought a tent, four sleeping bags, two lanterns. We were ready.

"That will be 200 bits ma'am," The sales pony said. He was an earth pony with a light brown coat and a dark brown mane. My wings flared. 200 bits was way too much, I estimated 125 bits.

"100 bits," Daring argued.

"175," Said the sales pony with his gruff voice.

"135 bits and no more. I can always find a better store," Daring said, trying to get him to agree.

"Fine, 135 bits it is," He said. Daring got out her purse and counted out the bits. She placed 135 before him. He took the bits and gave us our items. Silver grabbed a backpack and placed all the items she got  in a backpack. We copied her example. We put the things we found and put them into our packs

"I am renting a house from one of my good friends in Ponyville. Her name is Applejack and she run Sweet Apple Acres. We'll be sleeping in her barn. Also, we are going to eat dinner with her family," Daring said. We trotted in the general direction of the farm. On our way there, we saw a big red stallion with a green apple cutiemark.

"Hey. Big Mac, it's me A.K.," She shouted waving to him. "I am heading to S.A.A. and I was wondering if you could help carry our stuff." Daring pointed to me and Tea Cup.

"Eeyup," Big Mac came over and took of mine and Tea Cups pack. He placed them on his back like it was nothing.

It was five minutes before we reached Sweet Apple Acres. I heard a quiet buzzing before I saw a trio of fillies tackle me. They looked pleased that they had 'captured' me. "Applebloom, Sweetie Bell, Scootalo, why are you tacklin' our guest. She and er friends are very busy," A yellowish tan pony said, trotting up to us. "Ah am so sorry 'bout their behavior. Ah don't know what got into em," She said with a thick southern accent. "Now y'all scat," She shooed away the fillies. She held out her hoof for me to grab. I took hold of her hoof and she pulled me up without breaking into sweat. "My name is Applejack, and ah see you already met Big Macintosh, but most just call em Big Mac. The fillies the tackled ya here were the, what were they called again? The Cutiemark Crusaders? That bunch of fillies are always gitten into trouble," She said.

"That's all right," I said, opening my wings. I started to take off, flying into the darkening sky. In the west was the warm sun setting. To the east was the moon rising. Above me were the stars of the night. I loved flying in the night. It helped calm me when I was in a new place, and this wasn't any ordinary house. This was Applejacks house, she is an Element of Harmony. She and her friends were famous. They stopped Nightmare Moon, they saved Equestria from eternal chaos with Discord. The Tree of Harmony, they found it after they saved Celestia and Luna. My parents told me the legend about it, saying that we were responsible for the Element of Harmony.

"Crystal dear, we are about to tell the story of the Tree of Harmony,"

"OK!," I flapped my little wings and landed in front of the warm fire. Mom handed me a crystal mug filled with hot chocolate. I took a sip, afraid that I would burn my tongue again. But I didn't, the temperature was just right.

"Long ago, before the time of Celestia and Luna, before Discord, there was a small kingdom made of crystals. It was known as the Crystal Empire. As the rulers of the Kingdom, our ancestors had to help  fix housing and made the currency. Making crystals was their talent. Soon they were no longer needed. They stepped down and made way for a new ruler. A few days later, the new ruler disappeared, and a new pony was elected. His name was Sombra. A gray coat with a black mane, he had a gray horn that was tipped red. After a few days of his rule, he showed his true nature. His eyes were green with  purple smoke coming out of each eye.  He drove everypony into slavery and-,"

"Get to the part about us creating the tree," I interrupted. "I don't like the part about the father dying, it's too sad."

"Okay," She paused before clearing her throat and starting again. "When the son was reunited with his mother, they decided to create a powerful weapon to protect all life and keep harmony. They wanted a powerful device to help defend things from evil and to represent harmony. It took six long days before they finally finished it. But to make it powerful, they needed six lives to power it. One pony was as honest as could be. Another was loyal to the bitter end, leaving no pony behind. The third showed compassion to all things big and small. The fourths' generosity was so great, that she was willing to give all her things to others who needed them more. A pony who brought smiles to all gave herself up, so that the smile would last forever. A unicorn unlike no other was the last. Her magic ability was unmeasurable. Uniting them all, they gave up their lives for the good of all. They called it, the Tree of Harmony."

I landed on the ground and went towards the barn too sleep. I got my sleeping bag an placed on the ground. I was not hungry, only tired. A chorus of "goodnights and sweet dreams" came out. I laid my head on the makeshift pillow. Closing my eyes, I started to come to the land of dreams. A new day will bring new strength.