Daring Do Adventures: Daring Do and The Sapphire Stone

Chapter 2: “Coco Pie’s Bazaar Trades and Goods.”

Daring Do rushed to the town square where her friend and supplier,Coco Pie had set up shop. Coco was a green earth pony,with a fluffy mane and a cupcake for a cutie mark. She was a traveling sales pony,and a collector of strange items. She had wandered marketplaces and back alleys all over the world. Whenever daring needed something strange and she needed it quick,she usually went to see Coco.

Daring arrived at Coco’s stand to see her friend making a sale to a young colt. “Coco. Hey Coco!” Daring called. Coco looked over to her friend and smiled sweetly. “Hey Daring! Give me a second.” Coco said in a sugary sweet voice. She turned back to the colt. “Okay,so that’s two purple yoyos for the dancing windmill. Deal?” Coco asked the young colt,who was pondering her offer. “Uhh…Deal!” the colt answered,picking up what appeared to be a small souvenir windmill model with a face, legs and a top hat, that was made in the pose as if it was tap dancing. Coco smiled her trademark smile and waved goodbye to her satisfied customer. “Okey dokey! Please come again!” she called. Daring smiled and walked up to her stand. “How's Business?” she asked. Coco smiled as she put her two purple yoyos on a shelf behind her. “Oh its great! You wouldn't believe the price for thumbtacks recently.” She said happily. Daring chuckled. “Ill bet. Hey,you got a moment? I need an airplane.” Daring asked. Coco began to unload a box of t-Rex figurines onto her counter. “An airplane you say?” she wondered aloud. “I got one but it needs a tune up. Or twelve.” Coco said. “Where you headed?” she asked cheerfully.

“The Amazon.” Daring said with a smile. Coco seemed confused by this statement. “You mean the Amare-azon?” She asked.

“Nope,Amazon.” Daring said again.

“Oh,the Amane-azon?” Coco asked.

“No. The Amazon.” Daring said once more. This time clearer.

“You mean The Equine-Azon?” Coco asked.

“NO,I mean-“ Daring started.

“The Pony-Zon?” Coco asked.

“No,I mean the AMAZON coco,what is with you?” Daring asked annoyed.

“Ohhh!....The Amazon. I thought all our place names were supposed to be pony puns.” Coco stated.

Now it was daring’s turn to be confused. “Supposed to be what?” She asked Coco. Coco winked at no one in particular. “Oh never mind. Sure,I can get you the plane,but what'll you give me?” Coco asked,raising a an eyebrow. Daring smiled. “Oh I've got just thing for you Coco. She rifled through her bag. “I found this on my last dig.” She said pulling out a 24 karat gold toothbrush with diamonds inlaid in the hilt. Daring dropped the treasure onto Coco’s counter. “The Pharaoh Amantep's Toothbrush.” Daring stated proudly. Coco’s eyes lit up like neon lights. “OOOhhhhh! Nice!” She cooed over the item. Coco went back and took down a set of plane keys from a rack then tossed them to Daring. “It’s the blue biplane at the docks.” Coco said with a smile. Daring pocketed the keys. “Careful though,its pretty rickety.” Coco warned.

In fact the plane was VERY rickety.