Author's Note

Another day, another adventure!

Welcome back friends and readers alike!

So now the epic quest of Daring Do and Trixie Lulamoon continues after a short rest. Now we begin the epic quest i promised from so long ago!
\Sorry for the delay, just wanted to finish a few other fics before continuing.

Hope you enjoy!

Chapter 5 Out to Sea or Sky

As Daring ran through the streets of Manehatten, her eyes burned with righteous fury that rivaled that of Celestia's sun. She thought of how she would make Fleur beg and plead before delivering her to Death himself. Oh, she was mad, and in her mind rightfully so. She plowed through groups of ponies and shoved carts out of her way as she made a bee line to the docks.

Trixie had trouble keeping up with the golden pegasus. While very fit and athletic, she was still a showmare first and athlete second. Even in her peek condition Daring had years more experience in physical fitness. Her little hate filled rage also helped.

Trixie apologized to everypony Daring plowed to the ground as she past, earning some confused looks from the ponies she assisted.

As she finally reached her friend, Daring made a mighty leap into the air over a cart as Trixie skidded right into the side of it. The cart toppled over as Trixie flew over it like she was catapulted over it, landing in a mares cabbage stand.

"You fiend! You monster!" the green mare yelled at her face. "Yo-you destroyed my cabbages!"

"Ma'am, Trixie apologizes for your cabbages, but-"

"TRIXIE LET'S GO!" Daring swooped down, taking hold of the blue unicorn flying off without missing so much as a beat. "WE HAVE To GET TO THE DOCKS! QUIT SCREWING AROUND!"

As she lifted up over the city, the ponies turned to the size of ants as they soared through the sky. A few minutes later, Trixie spotted Fleur dashing down the street with a set of saddlebags on her. Pointing to the fleeing unicorn, Trixie called to get Daring's attention.

"Down there! I see Fleur!"

"Where!?"

"She turned left heading towards the south docks!" Trixie affirmed pointing, making daring turn to peruse. "If we hurry we might be able to catch her!"

Daring darted down towards the alley where Fleur fled down. She landed placing Trixie a few steps back and hid around the corner, Trixie stayed close behind. The golden pegasus took a quick glance down the alley, spying on the tall unicorn mare as she glanced around to get her bearings before darting down another alley towards the docks.

There they saw her board a large ferry as it departed for the open sea. Daring could have easily caught up with it but remembered she had Trixie to carry if she did. Going to the designated dock area the two mars came across a younger mare pegasus. She was sky blue with a white mane and wore a leather flight jacket.

The mare was sleeping on a small chair leaning back against the wall of a building with the number 12 on it in big yellow numbers. Daring fluttered over to the mare and tapped her on the chest. When the mare didn't respond she tapped her rising chest, again no response. Finally having enough the golden pegasus gave Trixie a mischievous grin she put her back leg behind one of the supporting legs and pushed it from under the other fall.

The young mare flailed and gave a high pitched squeal. "Dah hell dis?!"

"Hey wake up sun shine." Daring said looming over her.

"Ugh. I's doo early." she groaned rubbing her head groggily.

Trixie glared at her golden friend, walking over an d helping the mare up.

"Tanks friend." she said to Trixie.

"Think nothing of it miss." Trixie dusted her off. "We need help."

"Aye and help is what I can do! How can I help you?" the pegasus jumped straight up her wing tips fluttering as she gently glided to the floor with a big happy grin.

Daring stepped forward shoving the paper Fancy Pants gave her into the pegasus face. The mare went cross eyed trying to read it but only saw a blur of paper and black. "What's this?" she took the paper in hoof reading it. Once again she donned a big smile nodding. "Oh! I'd be glad ta help! Come! Come! Let me show you my fa- I mean my ship!"

The pegasus led Daring and Trixie into a large warehouse. It was very worn and torn from years of abuse and weathering with no real maintenance done to it. The mare opened two large doors that were as tall as the warehouse at about fifty feet tall, but one got stuck halfway.

"Damn these old doors!" she swore kicking the stuck door, rattling it loudly.

Trixie rolled her eyes and used her magic to assist the struggling pegasus, easily opening the doors. As the door flew open, the mare fell to the ground completely unaware the unicorn helped opening it.

"Ha! That'll show you door!" she flew up striking a cocky pose looking at the offending door. "That'll teach you to mess with Skyhook!" she declared laughing before flying into the darkened warehouse.

Trixie and Daring stood at the entrance to the warehouse wondering what the little pegasus was doing. Not more than a few seconds later they got their answer. From the back of the warehouse, a row of lights lit up in a row, followed by the next row, then the next, so on and so forth, until the whole warehouse was lit up revealing a large airship.

Trixie and Daring had seen airships before, but this one was like no other. It was as long as the entire warehouse and just as tall, but one part, a large fin like section at the rear of the ship was submerged in water. The hull was shaped like a tuning fork with the bridge clarey on the top 'prong' and the other below just above the water line. It had a midsection where the fork like structure attached to two massive engines in the back with giant shield like structures on each one. Along the hull was a series of several smaller structures that covered every angle of the ship, they looked like cannons but weren't traditional cannons by the look of them.

The two ponies stared in awe of the ship as Skyhook, came flying down beside them looking up at the ship with pride.

"Nice ins't it? It's my pride and joy! The most advanced airship in the world!" She flew up to a long bone colored structure that ran through the center of the ship like a claw pierced it. "This here is the main gas chamber! Made of reinforced steel! No longer will birds come flying by piercing it and spelling certain doom to us!" she then flew to the window of the warehouse glaring at a seagull perched atop a wooden dock pillar. "That's right! I'm talking to you, you shithawks!"

"Squaw!"

"BAH!"

She retreated to the two mares who finally found their voices. "So, you like?"

"Are you sure it'll fly?" Daring asked looking at the metal behemoth. She ran a hoof over the surface feeling the cold steel. "It most weigh a ton!"

"Actually it weighs more along the range of 600 tons. It's all steel!" she said proudly.

"How's that possible!?"

"Magic." she whispered waving her hooves in a mysterious manner sliding down a ramp into Daring's face.

"Sounds good enough for Trixie. now about Ahuizotl?"

That snapped Daring out of her stupor. "Right! yes! We need to launch immediately!"

"Nope! We aren't leaving until we discuss payment!" Skyhook said cutting them off.

"But we need to stop Ahuizotl! He's going to destroy the world!" Daring yelled at her shoving her to the side. She then felt a tug on her tail. She turned to see Trixie holding her back with her aura.

"Daring... How much?" the unicorn asked.

"How much? Let's see..." she trailed off for a few seconds thinking. "How about 50?"

"50?"

"50 thousand." Skyhook clarified.

"50 THOUSAND!?! What kind of shit rate is that?!" Daring leapt for the pegsus but came short due to Trixie's hold on her.

The showmare stepped forward, pulling out a large bag of bits and throwing them to the ground near Shykooh. "We can pay you 30 thousand now, plus another 30, when we get back."

The young pegasi's eyes went wide seeing the bag before her. She knelt down and lifted up the bag counting the bits inside. After a minute she closed the bag grinning. "Alright ladies you got yourselves a ship. Welcome aboard the Prometheus." she shook Trixie's hoof.

Skyhook then put the bag in her jacket and lead them up a ramp and into the airship. From outside the ship was massive, but being inside made one respect the giant metal behemoth. The corridors were simple metal surfaces with large windows on the hull to see outside, and the supports were so close that they had to walk in a line to get by.

There were ten crew ponies running about the ship doing various tasks until they reached the bridge. It too was very simple and bare. The bridge was semi circular in shape, with the rounded edge serving as the front with a larger glass dome and the pilot seat was at the front on a suspended frame where the dome went beneath him.

To the left was a communication station, and to the right was a navigator station, and in the center was a large chair where Skyhook took a seat. Trixie and Daring took positions beside the young pegasus. As she barked orders to the crew.

"Alrighty then everypony! Let's get the show on the road! Or in this case the sky!"

With that the Prometheus was up in the sky in seconds following the smokey trail of a large ferry heading out to sea.

Trixie and Daring knew this was it. It was time to face Ahuizotl and save the world, but neither could predict what the outcome could be....