//-------------------------------------------------------// Daring Do: And the Divine Crown of the End -by Diamond-ChiVA- //-------------------------------------------------------// //-------------------------------------------------------// Diamond meets Daring Do //-------------------------------------------------------// Diamond meets Daring Do This all started on a bright and sunny day in Ponyville, a purple alicorn name Diamond-Chi comes flying in, she recently became an alicorn, and now she is known as "The Princess of Tai-Chi". She was flying all over Equestria on patrol, she's been doing it everyday since she became an alicorn, her job now is to protect Equestria at any cost. But then again, she is really excited. For the past 3 weeks, Rainbow has been telling her an adventurous pegasus named Daring Do, and Diamond has been reading the Daring Do Books since then, and now she became a big fan of her. When she was flying on patrol, she sees Rainbow Dash, and Pinkie walking along, and she started to smile. When Pinkie and Rainbow Dash were walking together, Pinkie sees Diamond on patrol, Pinkie started to wave and call out to her. "Hey, Diamond!" said Pinkie excitedly. Diamond flew down to them and landed. "Hey, Pinkie, RD." said Diamond. "How was the patrol?" asked Rainbow. "It was good, although nothing bad has been happening, since, you know, a few months since I became a princess, you know?" said Diamond. "Well... I'm sure it will happen eventually, I mean, you are the Princess of Tai-Chi after all." said Pinkie. "That's true. So whatcha doing?" asked Diamond as she looks at both of them. "Oh I was just about to get the Equestria News." said Pinkie. "And I was about to stop at Daring Do's place, wanna come?" asked Rainbow. Diamond became shocked a little when she heard that question. "Nowthatwould be great." said Diamond a little excitedly. "Come on, then." said Rainbow as she spreads her wings. "We'll see ya later, Pinkie." said Diamond as she spread her wings. Diamond and Rainbow started to fly to Daring Do's place. "Bye!" said Pinkie as she waves and continues walking to the pony who has the paper. Rainbow and Diamond flies to Daring Do's home in the Everfree Forest. As soon as they got there, Rainbow and Diamond goes to the front door, and Rainbow knocks. A.K. Yearling aka Daring Do opens the door. "Hey, Rainbow... who is she?" asked AK Yearling as she looks at Diamond. "I'm Diamond-Chi, or you can just call me Diamond." Diamond introduced. "I recently became a fan of you." she said as she rubs the back of her neck a little nervously. "Oh.. how did you start becoming a fan?" asked AK Yearling. "Rainbow has been telling me about you for the last 3 weeks, AK, and ever since I read the books, I was seriously love when you go on adventures like this." said Diamond. AK smiles on what she heard. "AK is actually Daring Do." Rainbow whispers into Diamond's ear. Diamond became shocked, looks at Rainbow, then at Daring Do. "Oh... my... god." said Diamond starting to get excited. "I know, right?" said Rainbow a little excitedly. "It's amazing!" said Diamond excitedly. "Heh... would you two come in?" said Daring Do as she looks around to see if her enemies are coming before she walks away from the doorway. Rainbow and Diamond enters her home. "Daring, I gotta say, your place is amazing, specifically ongoing adventures like this." said Diamond. "Heh, thanks." said Daring Do. After a few hours on getting to know each other, Rainbow decided to go back home cause' it's late. "I better get home, I gotta get up in the morning for the Wonderbolts' training." said Rainbow as she spread her wings getting ready to fly. "Ok, see ya, Rainbow." said Diamond as she waves to her. Rainbow goes out of the home, and flies back to her own home to get some rest. Diamond looks out the window, and sees that it's getting late. "Oh god, I didn't realize it's that late. I better get home, it was really nice meeting you." said Diamond as she spreads her wings and waves at Daring Do. “Oh god, I didn’t realize it’s that late. I better get home, it was really nice meeting you.” said Diamond as she spreads her wings and waves at Daring Do. “Same to you, Diamond.” said Daring Do as she waves at her. Diamond flies back home. As soon as she got there, she lays down on the couch. Omg, I just met Daring Do, and now it's the best day of my life... I wish I would go on the adventure with her, then that way, I can be in the book too.Diamond thought before she went to sleep. To Be Continued //-------------------------------------------------------// Diamond Spies on Dr.Caballeron //-------------------------------------------------------// Diamond Spies on Dr.Caballeron The next day, Diamond decides to go on patrol. After a few hours going all over Equestria, but hasn’t found any problems. Until when she was flying in Everfree Forest close to where Daring Do lives, she started to hear voices in distance. She follows the voices, and she sees the 3 ponies gathering together, so she sneaks up on them, and hides behind the bush, listening to their conversation. “When we find the Divine Crown of the End is as good as mine.” said Dr. Caballeron. “But sir, how exactly are we gonna find it?” said Biff. “There’s a book about the crown in the Crystal Empire library. I sent Withers to get it, he should be back any minute.” said Dr.Caballeron. When Diamond peeked out to see who it was, and she sees the 3 stallions, but one of them seemed familiar to Diamond. Hmm… this pony looked familiar. Diamond thought. Flashback. Rainbow was telling Diamond about the evil stallion Dr. Caballeron. “Dr. Caballeron is an enemy to Daring Do, he would do anything to get himself rich, or try to defeat Daring Do once and for all.” said Rainbow. “Ok, that’s gotta be awful. What does he look like?” asked Diamond curiously. “He has a short, blue greyish mane, he has brownish gray skin, and his face looked like it’s shaved. Oh and he wears a red with polka dots bandana” said Rainbow. End of Flashback Diamond peeks out again and looks at the brownish grey stallion. He had a shaved chin, the short blue greyish mane, and a red polka dots bandana, like Rainbow said. It was none other than, Dr. Caballeron and his gang. “*Gasps* It’s… Dr.Caballeron and the other ponies must be his gang. But why would he want the crown.” Diamond whisperly asked herself. Withers comes back, but didn’t get the book. “Did you get the book?” asked Dr. Caballeron. “No, somepony already got the book.” said Withers. “*Growls* Wait, nopony has checked out the book since the crown thing has happened. Who could’ve gotten the book?” asked Dr. Caballeron. “Well… I was able to get information on who it is, she doesn’t know the name of the pony who took it, but I do know that it’s a purple alicorn with the dark pink and gold mane.” said Withers. “Hmmm… then all we need to do is find that pony and make her tell us where it is.” said Rogue. “I like the way you think, Rogue. Split up, and find her.” said Dr. Caballeron. Dr. Caballeron and his gang splits up to find Diamond. Diamond now realizes that she’s in terrible danger. Oh man, this is not good, I gotta tell Daring Do! Diamond thought, and she flies to Daring Do’s place. To Be Continued //-------------------------------------------------------// Diamond gets Help //-------------------------------------------------------// Diamond gets Help As soon as she got to Daring Do’s place, she lands and knocks on her door. Daring Do answers with a little tired look on her face. “Diamond? *groans* Don’t you know what time it is?” asked Daring Do. “Sorry to wake ya up, Daring Do, but I need to talk to you, it’s important… it has something to do with Dr.Caballeron.” said Diamond. Daring Do became shocked, she looks to see if Dr.C is watching, pulls Diamond into her home, she double checks just to be sure, and sighs in relief before looking back at Diamond. “This better be good.” said Daring Do. “*sighs* Ok.. one question before I explain… have you ever heard of The Divine Crown of the End?” asked Diamond. “You mean the crown that almost destroyed Equestria once?” asked Daring Do. “That’s the one, Dr.Caballeron is after it. That crown can actually can work on anypony, earth pony, pegasus, even unicorns and alicorns.” Diamond explained. Daring Do became shocked once again. “If Dr.C puts it on, there’s a chance he might try to destroy you.” said Diamond. “Yeah, well, the only problem is I don’t know where it is, there’s a chance that Caballeron might get there first.” said Daring Do. “Dr.C doesn’t know where it is-” said Diamond. “But he can, and there will be bad chances once he-” Daring Do interrupted. “Daring! Let me finish. *sighs* Dr.C doesn’t know where it is… but I do.” said Diamond. “What?... How?... How do you know?” said Daring Do a little shockingly. Diamond then takes out the book with her magic. “I got this book from the Crystal Empire library.” said Diamond as she puts the book in front of Daring Do. “This book has the information on the Divine Crown of the End , and this also has the information on where to find it. Page 50.” Daring Do turns the page to page 50, and looks in the second paragraph, and reads it. It said ‘The crown is hidden somewhere in the Forest Hidden Temple, and nopony has found it since then’. And then looks at Diamond. “Uh… how does it tell me where it is?” asked Daring Do. Diamond takes the book, goes outside and looks around to see if Dr.C is spying, but the coast was clear. “Come with me.” said Diamond as she spread her wings and goes up high where they can see the whole jungle. Daring Do follows her. “See that temple over there?” said Diamond as she points to the Temple, 4 miles from home. Daring Do looks at the Temple that she’s pointing at. “Yeah?” said Daring Do as she looks at her again. “That’s the temple on where the crown is.” said Diamond. “Seriously? That’s unexpected.” said Daring Do a little shockingly. “That’s what I thought too.” said Diamond. Diamond and Daring Do flies back into Daring’s home. “Ok… as long as Dr.C doesn’t that you have the book, we should be fine.” said Daring Do. “That… might be a problem.” said Diamond a little nervously. “Why?” asked Daring Do. “Because they know.” said Diamond. Daring Do was shocked again. “Because Dr.C sent one of his gang to go get the book, and Dr.C knows that I took the book, they don’t know the name, but they know what I look like. So there’s a chance, that they’re after me cause’ they want the book.” said Diamond. “Well.. as long as they don’t find you, we should be fine.” said Daring Do. As soon as she did that, 3 of Dr.C’s hench ponies busts into Daring Do’s home. “W-What the?!” said Diamond shockingly. “Dr.C, the purple alicorn, she's here!” said Withers. “And she’s allying with Daring Do!” said Biff. Dr.C walks in the scene. “Well, well, well. If it isn’t Daring Do, and she’s allying with the purple alicorn. The pony who has my book.” said Dr.Caballeron with an evil smirk. “It’s not even yours to begin with, Dr.Caballeron.” said Diamond. “It will be once you hand it over the book, purple alicorn.” said Dr.Caballeron. “Now hand it over!” The three hench ponies are in position to tackle her with Daring Do. Daring Do, and Diamond looks at each other and nods. “So you can get the crown and keep for yourself, not a chance.” said Diamond. “Fine.” as Dr.Caballeron as he whistles to tell him to capture them. The three hench ponies starts to tackle them, unfortunately, Diamond uses her magic to teleport herself and Daring Do out of the home before they get a chance to capture them. As soon as Diamond and Daring Do got out of there, Dr.C looks behind him. Daring and Diamond started running. “Don’t let them get away!” said Dr.Caballeron as he run after them. The three hench ponies goes after them with Dr.Caballeron. To Be Continued //-------------------------------------------------------// Diamond and Daring Do Working Together //-------------------------------------------------------// Diamond and Daring Do Working Together As the ponies are running from Dr.Caballeron, Daring Do looks behind her. “They’re catching up!” said Daring Do. Diamond looks behind her as well, and they both tried to run faster. Diamond thought on what to do to get rid of them, until a few seconds later, Diamond got an idea. “I got an idea, it’s gonna be crazy, but this can work.” said Diamond. “What’s the plan?” said Daring Do. “Your gonna have to hide the book, while I led those goons away from you.” Diamond explained. “Are you crazy?!” asked Daring Do shockingly. “I know it sounds crazy, but you have to trust me, after all, Dr.C is after me, cause’ of the book I have.” said Diamond. “But where am I gonna hide it?” asked Daring Do. “Hmm… every tree looks the same, so look for the tree that’s different from the others, once you find it, there’s should be a secret compartment in the tree.” said Diamond. “Ok, but what if you get captured?” asked Daring Do. “Oh they’ll never get out of me. I’m almost impossible. If I don’t, I’ll come looking for you once I lose them.” said Diamond. “Ok,, let’s do this.” said Daring Do. Diamond flips over her, as soon as she got to the middle of the flip, she throws a book in her bag, once she’s landed, Daring kept going, but Diamond made a turn, and Dr.C and his hench ponies followed her. Stay safe, Diamond. Daring Do thought as she keeps going, and starts searching for a tree that’s different from the others. Back with Diamond, as soon as she got far enough away from Daring Do, and a little further away from Dr.C and his gang, she turned and hid in the bushes. Dr.C and his hench-ponies turned and kept going (even though they don’t see her). Diamond peeks out and starts searching for Daring Do. Back to Daring Do, she got to the bridge where RD, and her friend Quibble Pants fell cause’ of the mishap on it, as soon as she got there, she spot a tree, that is different from the others, all of the trees have 6 leaves, but this tree has 3. She looks for the secret compartment, when she found it, the hatch opened, she puts the book in it, and it closed. Daring Do started flying searching for Diamond. Diamond founded Daring Do just as soon as she started flying. “Hey, Daring Do!” said Diamond as she called out. Daring looks at Diamond and flies to her. “Did you lose them?” asked Daring Do. “Yeah, their stupid thinking that I kept going.” said Diamond. Daring Do chuckles a little. “Did you find the tree?” asked Diamond. “Yeah, all the trees has 6 leaves, but one has 3.” said Daring Do. “That’s good.” said Diamond. “Come on, let’s get that crown.” said Daring Do. Diamond and Daring flew East, as soon as they got close to Daring Do’s home, they kept going once they saw the temple. When they got to the temple, they land, and looked around in case if Dr.C was following them, and the coast was clear. “We’re clear.” said Daring Do. “That’s good.” said Diamond. “So how do we get in?” asked Daring Do. “The book said that one of the bricks on the wall is the secret entrance to the bottom of the temple, that’s where the crown is.” said Diamond as she looks for the brick that has the secret entrance. “Ok.” said Daring Do as she looks for it with Diamond. Until eventually, Diamond finally found it, on top of the doorway, she pushed it and the temple door opened, she looks around to see if Dr.C is coming, and he was coming this way. “Uh.. Daring Do?” said Diamond nervously as she points that Dr.C and his hench ponies are coming. “Let’s go! Hurry!” Daring Do exclaimed as she ran in the temple. Diamond flies in the temple and the temple door closed on time before Dr.C could get in. “They got in, Caballeron, should we try to open it?” asked Rogue. Dr.Caballeron growls a little before he evil smirked. “No, let them get the crown, when they come out, I got a plan once they’re out.” Dr.Caballeron explained. “What do you mean? With the purple alicorn around Daring Do, it’s gonna be impossible to capture her.” asked Withers. “All we need is that purple alicorn. Once they get out, and be seperated, the purple one, will be in for a surprise. Rogue, go find a file that shows everything about that alicorn. Specifically, her weakness.” said Dr. Caballeron. “Yes, Caballeron.” said Rogue as he goes to find the file. Dr.Caballeron evil chuckles. “That pony is gonna get what’s coming to her.” said Dr.Caballeron. To Be Continued //-------------------------------------------------------// Inside the Forest Temple //-------------------------------------------------------// Inside the Forest Temple Back inside the temple. Diamond tries to use her magic to lighten up the place, but it’s blocked like it’s under a spell or something. “It’s not letting me use my magic.” said Diamond. “Ohh.. I forgot to mention that this temple actually prevents unicorns and alicorns from using their magic.” Daring Do explained. “Oh, now you tell me.” said Diamond. “How are we gonna see? It’s dark in here.” she asked. “Hmmm… there should be some light here somewhere. “ said Daring Do as she starts to look for it. Diamond starts to look for a light somewhere. Daring Do then sees the torch light coming on her right. “Diamond, follow me, slowly, but carefully. There could be traps somewhere in this temple.” said Daring Do as she walks to the torch light. Diamond nods and follows Daring Do carefully in case if there’s traps where they can’t see it. When Daring Do and Diamond got to the light, and they see a lantern hanging on the wall. Diamond grabs the lantern, and gives it to Daring Do, she holds the lantern handle in her mouth. “Stay close, and watch your step, who knows what kind of traps there could be in this temple.” said Daring Do as she continues walking down the hall. Diamond nods, watches her step, and stays close to her in case of traps. It took them an hour down the hall of darkness, but they were getting closer to the end, cause when they did so, Diamond sees sunlight at the end. “Daring, I see the light.” said Diamond as she points at the light in the left corner of the hallway. “Nicely done, Diamond.” said Daring Do as she smiled. Diamond smiles, as soon as she did that, she tripped over a tripwire. Diamond looks behind her and she sees she tripped over a tripwire. “Uh oh.” said Diamond getting a little scared. The lach on the ceiling went down, and a boulder rolls down, and it starts rolling towards them. “Oh No!” said Diamond shockingly. “Come on, quickly!” Daring Do exclaimed as she hurry to get her up. Diamond and Daring Do makes a run for the light. The boulder was getting closer to them, when they got to the end, they leaped through it, the entrance was too small for the boulder to fit, and it made the boulder stop. Diamond and Daring Do looks behind them and sees that the boulder has stopped. “Phew. That was.. too close.” Diamond relievely pants. “Now I know to look out for traps in these kind of temples.” Diamond and Daring Do gets up from the ground and looks behind them again, and Diamond is starting to feel kind of ashamed, and Daring Do puts her hoof around her. “Hey, it’s ok, everypony makes mistakes.” said Daring Do as she looks behind her. “We’ll find another way out later, right now, let’s just find the crown.” “*lightly sighs* Ok.” said Diamond gave in a little sad smile. Diamond and Daring Do continues walking. While their walking, the place they stumble was more beautiful than any other temple Daring Do has ever seen, and how Diamond imagines it. “I gotta admit, this temple is more beautiful than I ever imagine.” said Diamond. “That’s one thing I can agree on.” said Daring Do. Diamond and Daring Do kept going on through the temple, until they see the stairs that goes down, but there was sign right next to the stairs, and its written and Japanese. They both go up to the sign. “I… I actually can't read it for once. This is Japanese language. I've read every language, but Japanese.” said Daring Do as she tries to read it and looks at Diamond. “Your lucky I can.” said Diamond. “Let’s see.” Diamond starts reading it. It says: “Down these stairs and you will see. The chamber that contains the crown under the sea. If you sing the right tune to cheer up a sea pony, the crown will be set free.” “So… what does it say?” asked Daring Do. “It says: ‘Down these stairs and you will see. The chamber that contains the crown under the sea. If you sing in the right tune to cheer up a sea pony, the crown will be set free.’” said Diamond. “A sea pony? These ponies used to live in this temple before this was hidden away.” said Daring Do. “What does it mean by ‘the right tune’?” “I don’t know, but looks like we’re about to find out.” said Diamond as she looks at her. Diamond and Daring goes down stairs, and when they got there, they walked upon the room with some Cherry Blossom flowers hanging everywhere, and Sacred Lotus flowers flowing in the water chamber. “Wait.. so we actually have to go underwater to get the crown?” asked Diamond. “Guess so.” said Daring Do a little confusingly. “If this place wasn’t anti-magic proof, I would bring up air bubbles for us to breath in.” said Diamond. “Hmm.” said Daring Do as she looks around for something for Diamond and herself to breath underwater. “Well… I don’t think we can get the crown, cause’ I don’t see anything for us to breath underwater with.” said Daring Do. Diamond then remember on what Zecora gave her in case if it was something important that is deep underwater. Diamond looks in her bag, and she pulls the pills out of there. “Maybe this will help.” said Diamond as she shows her the pills bottle. Daring Do looks at the pills bottle. “Pills?” asked Daring Do confused. “Not just pills. My friend Zecora gave me these pills in case of something important that is deep underwater. 1 pill will give you air in your lungs. Plus, you would have the ability to talk underwater too, and no oxygen tank needed.” Diamond explained. “Did she said when is it gonna wear off?” asked Daring Do. “She said once you taken the pill, and once you get underwater, it will start to work, but when you get up to the surface, it wears off.” said Diamond. “We can do it as long as we need to.” “Perfect.” said Daring Do. Diamond takes out 2 pills, and gives one to Daring Do, and they both swallowed it. “Come on.” said Daring Do. Diamond and Daring Do goes underwater, and the pills’ effect is starting to work on them, they can start to feel the air in her lungs. “How are you feeling?” asked Diamond. “Pretty good, actually, I can actually feel the air in my lungs.” said Daring Do. “That means it’s working.” said Diamond. Diamond then seeing the golden light on her right. “Daring, you seeing this?” asked Diamond as she points at the light. Daring Do looks at the golden light Diamond is pointing at. “That’s gotta be the crown, cause’ no other jewelry or anything valuable would be shining like that.” said Daring Do. “Come on!” Diamond and Daring Do swims to the direction on where the light is coming from. As soon as they got there, they see the crown, they try to swim to it, but then the laser cage came out of nowhere and blocked them from getting it. “Who dares to try to take the crown?” said ???? To Be Continued //-------------------------------------------------------// Meet the Princess of the Underwater Forest Temple //-------------------------------------------------------// Meet the Princess of the Underwater Forest Temple Diamond and Daring Do turns and sees a sea pony on a throne and 2 sea pony guards pointing spears at Diamond and Daring Do. “Y-You must be the sea pony that still lives here.” said Daring Do as she points at her. “Yes.. I am. I’m Princess Mythical, the princess of this hidden temple, also the guardian of the crown. And who are you two, and why are you trying to take the crown?” asked Princess Mythical. “Im Daring Do, I go on quest to find hidden things and take it to the museum, your majesty.” Daring Do introduces herself as she bows. “And I’m Diamond-Chi, your highness.” Diamond introduces herself and bows as well. “Wait.. you mean the Diamond-Chi? The know who’s known as the ‘Princess of Tai-Chi’?”asked Princess Mythical. “The one and only.. Wait.. you actually know me?” asked Diamond. “Yeah. Of course I do.” said Princess Mythical. Diamond tries to swim to Mythical but the guards stopped her. “Let them go, it’s ok.” said Mythical. The guards looks at each other then moves the spears from in front of her, and Diamond swims to Mythical. “How did you heard about me?”asked Diamond. “My aunt, the queen of the hippogriffs, heard about you from your friend, Twilight Sparkle, she told me how amazing you are protecting Equestria.” said Princess Mythical. “That explains it.” said Diamond. “So what are you and your friend doing here?” Princess Mythical asked. “We come for the crown, it’s an emergency.” said Diamond. “Like protecting emergency, or something?” Princess Mythical asked. “Yes.” said Diamond “Caballeron is after the crown and wants it for himself.” said Daring Do. “Plus, how did you and the guards become… like that?” she asked. “First let me ask you this, how could you two ponies breath underwater, this temple is magic proof?” Princess Mythical asked. “We used these pills *shows her the pills* that allows us to breath and talk underwater.” Diamond explains. “Wow.” said Princess Mythical a little shockingly. “Hmm.. well.. I guess we can show ya, since we haven’t seen anypony visiting here in a long time.” said Princess Mythical as she gets out the magic pearl that the queen gave her while she’s away. She uses the pearl and the magic starts going on Daring Do and Diamond turning them into sea ponies like them. Daring Do was shocked in amazingly kind of way, and Diamond was laughing in excitement. “Woo!” said Diamond excitedly. “This is amazing. I've never been a sea pony before.” said Daring Do excitedly. “Not me either, when you swim, it feels like your actually flying but in underwater.” said Diamond. “Really?” Daring Do asked as she tries swimming, and was way faster than flying in the sky. “Wow, that’s so cool!” “I know, right?” Diamond asked. “The only problem is I don’t have any friends other than my guards here, it’s very lonely here.” said Princess Mythical. “I wish we can stay here, but we can’t, we need to have the crown, and get going, before Caballeron gets it.” said Daring Do. “Oh… sure… yeah ok, I just need a few minutes, then I’ll change you back so you can get back.” said Princess Mythical upsetly and swims off to be alone. “*sighs* The princess has been lonely for years, and it’s been awhile since she had guests.” said Storm Wing. “I know you two have to get the crown and go, but she’s really upset and we couldn’t get her to cheer up, couldn’t you two stay for a little longer?” asked Hurricane Talon. Daring Do then started to have an idea. “Listen, we can’t stay-” said Diamond before she was interrupted by Diamond. “Oh no, no-no, that guard is right.” said Daring Do. “What?” asked Storm Wing confusingly. “Huh?” asked Diamond. “Yes she’s upset right now, and the sign did say that we have to sing the right tune in order to cheer up, and we still need a plan to get out of here, since the entrance has been blocked, a few more minutes wouldn’t make a big difference.” said Daring Do as she swam with Diamond a little bit. “And Diamond, you told me when we first met, if there was one thing you hate, is seeing any of your friends upset, even new ones, right?” “Yeah?” said Diamond as she’s listening to Daring Do. “You like cheering up ponies almost as Pinkie, and if there’s anypony that can show a time of her life other than Pinkie, is you, Diamond.” said Daring Do as she pokes her chest. “Well… that is true.” said Diamond with a little blush. “So come on, let’s show her the best time of her life.” said Daring Do. “One question, can you sing?” asked Diamond. “To be honest… I haven’t sung in a long time, since I was a filly.” said Daring Do. “Can I hear your singing, Daring Do?” Diamond asked. “Promise me you won’t tell anypony?” Daring Do asked. Diamond nods yes. “I pinkie promise, cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye.” said Diamond as she does her pinkie promise moves. “You got it from Pinkie, did you?” Daring Do asked. “Yes, it means to never break a promise, no matter what.” Diamond explains. “I see. *takes a deep breath and lets it out* Ok.” said Daring Do as she’s about to sing. Daring Do starts singing a part of the song of an Indiana Jones theme, her singing was so beautiful and it Diamond and the Sea guards in a shock. “Well?” Daring Do asked. “D-Daring… your… your singing voice is amazing. That’s something i’m never gonna forget.” said Diamond a little excitedly. The Sea Guards giggled. “Not us either, it’s amazing.” said Hurricane Talon. “Heh, thanks.” said Daring Do while scratching the back of her head. “This actually can cheer her up, but i’m gonna need your help.” said Diamond as she places her arm around Daring Do. “What do I have to do?” Daring Do asked. “You mean what you and the guards can do.” said Diamond as she makes a sign to tell them to come here. The guards goes to them. “Ok here’s what we can do.” said Diamond as she tells them to gather round. They gathered, and Diamond whispers to them what to do. The scene switches to Princess Mythical and she was sitting on a rock, about to cry. “I-It’s probably for the best.” said Princess Mythical as her voice started to crack. As soon as she’s about to cry, Diamond makes Mythical look at her. And she starts singing “One Small Thing” with Daring Do and the guards while swim-dancing. After the song, the princess got real excited. “Woo!” said Princess Mythical as she starts laughing. Diamond and the guards started laughing with her. “Yes!” said Diamond and Daring Do as they hoof-bump. “Thanks, Diamond, I really needed that laugh.” said Princess Mythical thankfully as she smiled. “It’s our pleasure, your highness.” said Daring Do as she bows with Diamond. “Soo… if it’s not a problem, is it ok if we have the crown now?” Diamond asked. “You did sing in the right tune, so yes, as you please.” said Princess Mythical as she points at the locked away crown. The laser cage disappeared, and the crown started floating. Diamond grabs it. “Thank you so much, your highness.” said Diamond thankfully. “It’s my pleasure, a deal is a deal.” said Princess Mythical. “Can I ask you something, before we go?” asked Diamond. “Absolutely.” said Princess Mythical. “Is there another way out of this temple? The giant boulder is blocking the way out.” asked Diamond. “Hmm… well there is another way out. Guards, show them the other way out, once you get there use this pearl to change them back to normal.” said Princess Mythical as she gives them the pearl. “Yes, your highness.” said Storm Wing. “Follow us.” said Hurricane Talon as they both swam to another way out. “Wait! Before you go.” said Princess Mythical as she swam to Diamond and Daring Do. She takes out the changing necklaces and gives it to them. “Take these necklaces, as a thank you, it allows you to change to a sea pony anytime you like.” she explains. “Thanks, Princess.” said Diamond. “No problem, good luck on your journey back, and thanks again.” said Princess Mythical as she swam to her throne. “Thanks, nice meeting you.” said Daring Do as she and Diamond swam to catch up with the guards. “You too Daring Do.” said Princess Mythical a she sat down and happily sighs. “Such nice ponies.” The scene switches to a secret underwater tunnel where the guards, Diamond, and Daring Do are swimming in. Diamond couldn’t help but think about Princess Mythical and Daring Do looks at Diamond. “You ok, Diamond?” Daring Do asked. “Hmm? Oh yeah i’m fine, I just can’t stop thinking about Princess Mythical. She shouldn’t be down here all alone, she should come up to the surface and explore.” said Diamond. “Maybe she will, someday. These things take time.” said Daring Do. “Ok, here’s the way out.” said Storm Wing as he points up. Diamond and Daring Do looks up and sees the way out by the light, not far to get up to the surface. “Uhh, Diamond, is the pills gonna wear off once we return to normal?” Daring Do asked. “I’m afraid so.” said Diamond. “Once we switched back, we’re gonna need to hold our breaths and hurry up to the surface.” “Ok.” said Daring Do. “Whenever your ready, sir.” said Diamond. The guards looks at each other and nods, they use the pearl to change them back to regular ponies, as their turning back to regular ponies, they started holding their breaths. As soon as Diamond and Daring Do got turned back, to regular ponies, they quickly swam up to the surface. They both gasp for air, and got on land. The guards got up to the surface, and got to them. “Follow that path down there, and when you see the 2 paths, make sure you take the right path, then you take a left path, and you should be out of the temple in no time.” said Hurricane Talon. “Thank you, sir.” said Daring Do. “It was really nice meeting you two.” said Diamond as she waves to them bye. “You too, Daring Do, and the Princess of Tai-Chi.” said Hurricane Talon as the guards bow and goes back to the underwater kingdom. “Ok, Diamond, let’s get out of here.” said Daring Do as she runs to the exit. “Right behind you.” said Diamond as she ran with her. To Be Continued //-------------------------------------------------------// One Small Thing (Cover Lyrics) {Not a Chapter} //-------------------------------------------------------// One Small Thing (Cover Lyrics) {Not a Chapter} [Diamond-Chi] Hey, now, don't be sad I know we cannot stay But we've got a couple minutes And a little time to play [Princess Mythical] I know you have important things So it's okay, just go [Daring Do] But we can still pick one small, little thing To do with you, y'know! [Diamond-Chi] One small thing doesn't seem like a lot [Daring Do] One small thing, work with the time you've got [Diamond-Chi and Daring Do] Soon, one small thing becomes two After two, perhaps another few [Diamond-Chi] Then one small thing is not so small [Daring Do] One small thing can be the biggest thing of all [Princess Mythical] All right now, since you're here Let's see what we can do Swim with the flow until you go Together, me and you [Diamond-Chi] I've got necklaces for everyfish So what else do ya got? [Princess Mythical] Well, we could play the bubblefish You'll like this one a lot! [Diamond-Chi and Princess Mythical] One small thing, it's a good place to start Daring Do, Hurricane Talon, and Storm Wing (Just one small thing) [Diamond-Chi and Princess Mythical] One small thing, and we don't seem so far apart Daring Do, Hurricane Talon, and Storm Wing (Don't seem apart) [All] Soon, one small thing leads to more It's so much more than there was before Just one small thing, and you will see The start of something big for you and me [Diamond-Chi] One small thing [Guards and Daring Do] Just one small thing [Princess Mythical] Or a tall thing [Guards and Daring Do] Just one tall thing [Diamond-Chi] Or a sing thing [Guards and Daring Do] Just one sing-y thing [Daring Do] Or a bling thing [Guards and Princess Mythical and Diamond-Chi] Just one bling-y thing [Diamond-Chi] A conga thing [Guards and Princess Mythical and Daring Do] Yeah, a conga thing [Daring Do] Or a longah thing [Guards] Just one longah thing [Diamond-Chi] A blue thing, true thing, you thing Daring Do and the Guards (Oooh-oooh) [Princess Mythical] A whee thing, sea thing, me thing Daring Do and the Guards (Oooh-oooh-oooh!) [Diamond-Chi and Princess Mythical] So many things and everything until our time is done There's one small thing for each and everyone! [Princess Mythical] One small thing, so much we can create You and me, we started something great It's so amazing, look around At all the happy sights and sounds One small thing is big, it's true You did this all for us I just wish there was one small thing An extra special kind of thing [Princess Mythical and the Guards] That we could do for you... [All] One small thing! //-------------------------------------------------------// The Fight / Making a Decision //-------------------------------------------------------// The Fight / Making a Decision Diamond and Daring Do follows the guards’ instructions on how to get out of the temple, they took a right path first, then the left, and they made it out of the temple. “I didn’t even think they would have another way out.” said Diamond. “Probably we wouldn’t have gone this way.. If you didn’t set off that trap.” said Daring Do. “Hey! That wasn’t my fault, the temple was so dark I couldn’t see anything.” said Diamond. “Besides, if we haven’t cheered the Princess up, we wouldn’t have the crown right now.” “I actually didn’t wanted to sing, but it was worth getting the crown.” said Daring Do. “What are you talking about?” Diamond asked. Daring Do then started to get nervous a little and started to sweat. “Wait… you did this, so you can just get the crown and not worry about the Princess? You didn’t want to show her the best time ever. You just wanted me to distract them!” said Diamond starting to yell. “*sighs and started to glare* I never would've done it, but this isn’t Equestria! We can’t just keep singing songs, and try to make friends and expect for everything to workout. It’s not enough, we are not enough.” said Daring Do a little angrily. “No, Daring Do, we stuck together, I had a feeling she should come out more, and we were gonna get the help we needed, the only thing that stopped us, was you.” said Diamond as she points a Daring Do. “Well I’m doing the best I can to protect it. It’s always on me, I’m the one Caballeron wants, I always work alone.” said Daring Do as she turns and walks away a little. “You’re also the only one who doesn’t seem to trust her fans!” Diamond yelled. “Well maybe I would’ve been better off without any fans like you!” Daring Do yelled at her face. Diamond gasps and her pupils started to shake and hangs her head down with her ears drooped on what she said. “Don’t bother coming to my home, and don’t bother seeing me again.” said Daring Do as she walks away from Diamond. “B-But.” said Diamond as she reaches for her. “I don’t want to see you again. Goodbye, Diamond.” said Daring Do. Daring Do began to run off back home. “Daring Do, Wait!” Diamond yelled hoping she would wait. But Daring Do kept running off leaving Diamond behind. Diamond then felt tears coming to her eyes, and runs off more deep into the forest. After a few hours of running, she finally stumbled by the bridge where Daring Do actually hid the book. Diamond looks at the tree with the 3 leaves, opens the secret compartment, sees the book, places her bag down, but then heard a clunk in her bag, she opens it and sees that she still has the crown. “I-I can’t believe I still have the crown, I must’ve forgot to give it to her.” said Diamond as she looks at it, then at the book. She glares, and takes the book with her, and flies straight home with both the book and the crown. As soon as she got back, she places the bag in the attic close to the photos of her with her best friends. She gets out of her attic, and lays on her bed, with her face lying on her pillow, and started crying. A few seconds after she started crying, there was a knock on her door. It was Rainbow Dash and Pinkie, she opened the door. “Uh.. Diamond?” said Rainbow Dash as she peeks in, and looks at her. Rainbow closes the door and goes up to Diamond. “Diamond, you ok?” Rainbow asked as she places her hoof on Diamond’s back. Diamond looks at Rainbow with her eyes a little red and puffy from crying, then Rainbow started sitting on the bed right next to her. “Woah, Diamond what happened?” Rainbow asked concernedly. “What’s the matter?” “Yeah, why are you crying?” Pinkie asked. “*sighs* It’s a long story, Rainbow, but I don’t want to explain it.” said Diamond as her voice cracks a little. “Come on, you can tell us, Diamond.” said Pinkie as she rubs Diamond’s back in comfort. “*sighs* I can’t say it, girls, but I can show ya.” said Diamond. Diamond then started grabbing Rainbow’s and Pinkie’s heads. “Woah.” said Pinkie as she got her head grabbed and being pulled close to Diamond. “H-Hey, what are you-” said Rainbow as she got her head grabbed and being pulled close to Diamond. Diamond then uses her magic to show Rainbow her memory that was in her head. After the flashback, Diamond stops, and Rainbow looked shocked, and Diamond whimpers. “Woah… Diamond, I…” said Rainbow shockingly. Diamond just sighs again. “I can’t believe Daring Do would say that to you.” said Pinkie with a little glare. “*sniffles* I know.” said Diamond. Rainbow then gave her a hug, and Diamond started crying on her shoulder. “It’s ok.. everything’s gonna be ok.” said Rainbow as she rubs her back in comfort. Pinkie strokes her mane in comfort. After a few minutes of crying, Diamond then started to calm down, gently pushes her away, and wipes the remaining tears in her eyes. “One question, what was that thing that you and Daring Do were carrying?” Rainbow asked. “Yeah, I’m curious about that.” said Pinkie confusingly. “*sighs* Come with me.” said Diamond as she gets up. Diamond, Rainbow, and Pinkie goes up to her attic, Diamond gets out her bag, and shows her the Divine Crown of the End, and the book about it. “Woah..” said Rainbow shockingly and amazingly. “Ooohhh....” said Pinkie shockingly and amazingly. “This is the Divine Crown of the End, this crown actually tried to destroy Equestria once by somepony. But years ago, Starswirl the Bearded hid it away into a Forest Temple which is 4 miles away from Daring Do’s home, hoping that nopony would find it. So when I found out that Dr.Caballeron wants it, I got help from Daring Do, when we got into the temple, we found an underwater kingdom under the temple. Me and Daring Do were turned to Sea ponies and-” Diamond explains but gets interrupted by Rainbow. “Wait hold on… You.. and Daring Do.. turned to Sea Ponies?!” Rainbow asked as she got very excited. “Yep.” Diamond answered. “Wait.. I thought the queen is only able to turn ponies to sea ponies.” said Pinkie. “That’s what I thought.” said Rainbow with her eyebrow raised with Pinkie. “The queen must’ve given the pearl to the princess, when she had to go somewhere or something.” said Diamond. “You mean, Princess Skystar? She has her own kingdom? How is that possible?” Pinkie asked. “No, she didn’t, there was another princess inside the temple. Her name was Princess Mythical. The queen must’ve have a second princess.” said Diamond. “Wow.. 2 princesses, that’s new.” said Rainbow. “That’s something I can agree on.” said Diamond. “So does Daring know you still have it?” Pinkie asked. “No, she doesn’t, I would, but we got into a fight, and she doesn’t want to see me again.” said Diamond as she hang her head down a little with her ears droop. “What?” Rainbow asked. “Yeah.” said Diamond. “Hmm. Well hopefully she’ll come to her senses.” said Rainbow. “Yeah, cause’ that was rude.” said Pinkie concernedly. “Me too, Pinkie.. Me too.” said Diamond as she looks at both Rainbow and Pinkie. Pinkie goes up to Diamond, and wraps her arm around her. Diamond looks at Pinkie and gave in a little smile, and Pinkie smiles back at her. “Listen, I gotta go, I have a wonderbolt training I need to go to, I’ll see ya later.” said Rainbow as she’s about to walk out. “Ok, see ya later, Rainbow, and thanks.” said Diamond with a little smile. “No problem, Diamond.” said Rainbow as she flies out of her room leaving Diamond and Pinkie alone. Diamond looks at the crown and the book, then goes to her window looking outside with Everfree Forest and sees the Forest Temple she went to. Should I give the book and the crown to Daring Do, or should I keep it safe and not give it to her? Diamond thought. What do I do? What am I gonna do? “I don’t know what to do.” said Diamond. “Maybe you should take it back to Daring Do.” said Pinkie. “But what if Caballeron tries to get it from me before I give it to her?” Diamond asked. “Hmm.. good point.” said Pinkie. “I don’t what I should do, Pinkie.” said Diamond. Pinkie and Diamond starting singing on what to do. After the song, they both look at each other. “Think about it, Diamond. Ok?” Pinkie asked. Diamond nods yes. Pinkie leaves and Diamond stays by the window for a while. Maybe I should give to Daring Do.. but then again, I should keep it til’ Caballeron never returns for it. Diamond thought before going to bed. To Be Continued //-------------------------------------------------------// New Adventures have Begun //-------------------------------------------------------// New Adventures have Begun The next day, Diamond decides to go to Daring Do’s place, and maybe talk to her about yesterday. She was about to knock, but she started to have doubts on what to do. Should I? I mean, she did tell me not to see her again, but.- Diamond thought, but then started to hear a Daring Do voice in the distance. What? But.. I thought she was home… hmm.. something’s not right here. Diamond thought as she looks through the window to see if she was there, but she wasn’t. Diamond then started to get worried, and flies to go find her by the sound of Daring Do’s voice. Daring Do hasn’t gone far, Diamond has found Daring Do tied up close to the Hench ponies, Withers and PickPocket with Dr.Caballeron in front of them. Diamond listens to their conversation on why he captured Daring Do. “Your not gonna get the information out of me, Caballeron.” said Daring Do as she tries to struggle. “We shall soon see about that.” said Dr.Caballeron with an evil smirk. Diamond gasps as she heard on what's going on. She then thinks on how to save her. When she spotted a rock, she started to have an idea. She flew to the rock on the ground, grabs it, and hides in a bush close to them. Diamond throws a rock a few feet away from them. As soon as it made the crunching sound, Dr.Caballeron and his hench ponies looks around to see what was that noise. “What was that?” Withers asked. “It's probably Diamond-Chi!” Pickpocket exclaimed. “Find her, they both have the information we need.” said Dr.Caballeron. Dr.Caballeron and his hench ponies splits and starts looking for Diamond, leaving Daring Do all alone tied up. When Diamond saw that they left, now it was her chance to get Daring Do and get out of there. Diamond flies and grabs Daring Do and flies her to a safe place far away from Caballeron and lands, putting Daring Do down, and uses her magic to free her from the ropes. “Are you ok?” Diamond asked in concerned. “*groans* I thought I told you that I don’t want to see you again.” said Daring Do with a glare. “Your welcome for the save, if it wasn’t for me, you would’ve been tortured by Caballeron, making you tell him where the crown is.” said Diamond with a smirk. Daring Do groans and looks away, but Diamond did have a good point, if it wasn’t for her, she would’ve tell him where it is, and Equestria would be in grave danger. She then started to feel bad on what she said to Diamond yesterday, so she looks Diamond with a feel bad look on her face. “*sighs* Diamond… I… I’m sorry for what i’ve said yesterday, I should’ve dealt with it, instead of getting mad about it, and yell at in front of your face.” Daring Do apologized. “It’s ok, Daring Do, it wasn’t your fault that you got mad, needed to lose steam, totally understand, but try not to do it in front of my face again ,ok?” Diamond asked with a little smirk on her face. “*chuckles* sure thing. But I don’t get it though, after what i’ve said to you, why did you save me?” Daring Do asked. “The words you said might have hurt, yesterday, and it got me upset, but that doesn’t stop me from protecting Equestria at any cost, even devin ones like Caballeron.” said Diamond. “What are you saying?” Daring Do asked confusingly. “*sighs* What i’m trying to say is, just because somepony was mean to you, doesn’t mean they won’t stop coming to help. Mean or not mean, I still come no matter what.” said Diamond. Daring Do then started to smile confidently. “You know, Diamond… that’s one thing I like about you.” said Daring Do. “R-Really?” Diamond asked confusingly. “Yeah.. cause’ your always there for your friends, and be there whenever they needed help, and not to mention love going on adventures.” said Daring Do with a smirk. Diamond smirks as well. “That’s what I also like about you, you love going adventures as much as I do, but mostly trying to protect the treasures in Equestria, from the sellers, or try to use it to hurt the ponies in Equestria.” said Diamond. Daring Do got a little shocked, but... surprised at the same time. “That’s the first time anypony has said to me.” said Daring Do. “You know, don’t tell anypony, but you and me should do this more often, you protect the ponies, and I protect the treasure, you and me should do this more often.” Diamond then smiles on what Daring Do said to her. “Come on, we should get out of here, before Caballeron finds us.” said Daring Do. “My thoughts exactly.” said Diamond. They both started heading to Daring Do’s place. After a few minutes of walking, Daring Do then realizes that she wanted to know why is Diamond-Chi heading for her home when she was captured by Caballeron. “Uh, Diamond?” Daring Do asked as she looks at Diamond. “Yeah?” said Diamond. “Why were you going to my place, even though I was captured?” Daring Do asked. “Well because… wait, how did you know I was going to your place?” Diamond asked as she realizes she somehow knows that she was going to her place. “Heh, I had my ways. So, why were you going there in the first place?” Daring Do asked. “Well… I wanted to make sure that you were ok, and… and…” said Diamond started to get nervous. “And what? Is there something wrong?” Daring Do asked. “Nothing is wrong it’s just… *sighs* There was another treasure to it other than the crown.” Diamond revealed. “What?” Daring Do stops and looks at her with a little shock. “Yeah, when I woke up the next morning, the book was actually glowing, when I looked in it, turned to the page that glowed, it said that there’s another treasure that controls the crown.” Diamond explained. “Guess I didn’t notice it, til’ I read the rest of it.” What they didn’t know is that 2 of Caballeron’s henchponies Withers and Pickpocket was spying on them, hearing the whole thing. “Hmm… does it say on where to find it?” Daring Do asked. “Yeah.. its all.. Well.. *sighs* You know that temple that Rainbow Dash and Quibble Pants lead Caballeron to?” Diamond asked started to remember. “You mean the Lost Temple of Chicomoztoc?” Daring Do asked. “That’s it. There’s another temple close to it. It’s really not that far from there.” said Diamond. “We can get to it if we hurry.” Daring Do smirks. “Then there’s no time to lose.” said Daring Do as she runs for the temple. Diamond runs with Daring Do to the temple. Withers and PickPocket evil smirks and heads back to Caballeron. Caballeron and Biff comes back, but didn’t find Diamond. “Where could she be?” Biff asked. “She already got Daring Do free.” said ?? Withers and PickPocket got back to them. “But there is another treasure to the crown.” said PickPocket. “There is, is there?” Caballeron asked with an evil smirk. “Yeah, she said it’s close to the Lost Temple of Chicomoztoc, not that far from there, but we do need to get there first if we want to get it.” said Withers. “Great job, you two.” said Caballeron. Rogue comes back with the information on Diamond’s weakness. “I-It took me a while to find it.. but I got the information on her weakness.” Rogues pants. “More than great, what is it?” Caballeron asked. Rogue whispers to Caballeron on what it is. As soon as Caballeron heard it, he was shocked a little, but then evil smirks. “Oh she is, is she?” Caballeron asked. “And since she would mostly know where it is, this would be more easier than I thought. *evil cackles*” he said. To Be Continued //-------------------------------------------------------// Diamond Researches //-------------------------------------------------------// Diamond Researches It’s been 3 days now since Diamond met Daring Do, she’s been getting dreams, about her and Daring Do going on an adventure on finding a crown, but not just an ordinary crown, it’s a special crown, this crown is known as “The Divine Crown of the End”. This crown in description is the crown that can actually give anypony the magical powers that nopony has ever imagine. It works on anypony, earth pony, pegasus, even unicorns and alicorns. But it became dangerous when somepony used and it almost destroyed Equestria with it, so it has been hidden and nopony has seen it since then. So, Diamond got up, and searches in every library in Equestria to see if it’s true. Diamond starts with Twilight’s castle, Diamond flew to the castle and knocks. Starlight opens the door. “Oh, hey Diamond, what’s up?” said Starlight. “Is Twilight around, I need to talk to her.” asked Diamond. “Sure, come on in.” said Starlight. “Thanks.” said Diamond as she walks in the castle with Starlight. “So what do you need help with?” said Starlight. “Well… I was wondering if Twilight has a book about the Divine Crown of the End.” said Diamond. “The Crown of what?” asked Twilight as she comes in and sees Diamond and Starlight. “Hey Twilight.” said Diamond. “Hey, Diamond. What do you say? The Crown of what?” asked Twilight. “Oh.. I said the ‘Divine Crown of the End’. I was wondering if you have the book about it.” said Diamond. “Hmmm… I haven’t seen the book in a while… hmm… let me see if I can find it.” said Twilight as she flies to the bookshelves to see if she can find it. A few hours on looking for the book, Twilight couldn’t find one. “Im sorry, Diamond, but I don’t think I have a book about that here.” said Twilight. “Oh… that’s okay. Thanks, anyway.” said Diamond as she walks out a little sadly. As soon as she got out, she started flying. No, I can’t give up now, there’s gotta be a book about the Divine Crown of the End somewhere, I just know it. I’m gonna keep searching even if it means taking all day and night to find it. Diamond thought. Diamond flies to the Canterlot Library, and goes in to find the book. After a few hours on looking, she hasn’t find anything about it. So she walks out, and flies to the Crystal Empire Library. This has gotta be it, cause’ it’s the last library in Equestria . Diamond goes inside to find the book. After an hour, she finally found the book about it. She reads it. After another hour on reading. She became real shocked about it. “Oh my god, I didn’t even think that the crown can be so valuable, and it could also fall into the wrong hooves. Hopefully nopony would try to take it to become powerful.” said Diamond. Diamond checks out the book, and flies back home. As soon as she got back home, she started reading more on the Divine Crown of the End, specifically on where it is. After another hour later, she found that it’s in the Everfree Forest in a forest temple. “What?” asked Diamond a little confused. Diamond flies out real quick and goes up high to see if she can find the temple, once she found it, she also found out that is 4 miles away from Daring Do’s home. “I’m surprised, it's actually 4 miles from her home.” said Diamond. Diamond flies back into her home to get some rest. To Be Continued