Prologue
As Daring-Do’s wings finally heal from her crash landing into the Lost Temple Jungle, Daring-Do decided to finally stop hooving it, and tested her wings by flapping them a couple of times before she finally decided to take off into the air. As Daring-Do began flying again, she was so ecstatic since her hooves started hurting her for the past few days since she escaped from Ahuitzotl with the sapphire stone. As she flew out of the forest she saw that she was close to the border of the forest, where as far as the eye could see, was just ocean, and waves being created and destroy on the shore of the forest, then she smiled as she flew back to Equestria, her hometown that she hasn’t visited for the past five years.
Then while Daring-Do was flying home, in the other side of the world of Equestria was an earth pony with a long mane and tail the color of snow with green highlights, with one braid hanging in the middle of her tail. She also had a chestnut color fur all over her body, and her eyes were the hue of lavender with a look of someone who is very content with her life as she held her head up high to take in a breeze that occasionally comes through the deserts of Egypt as she did so her mane and tail were whipped up by the wind, which made the coins coming down from a circlet that she wore to fly up a bit and fall. Then when the breeze ended, she turn around because everything was oh -so –quiet, a bit too quiet for her taste, but as she turned around she just shook her head before saying, “A sandstorm, you have got to be kidding me gods, a sandstorm when I am just about home!”, then she smiled, and started galloping like no tomorrow, she heard the sandstorm picking up speed, so she galloped faster. Then after a few minutes she heard the sandstorm gradually failing, as she look ahead, she smiled, as she saw that Kiya had sent some of the Egyptian black stallion guards to help her out as they use their unicorn magic on the sandstorm, while they were doing that some of her friends came, and open the back gate for her to enter into the city of Cairo, her homeland.
As she enter her hometown, she went straight to a café shop, and stop in there a bit a she was drinking some café, she pick up a book that she found on a table, it was a book about an earth pony such as herself it was a pony named Daring-Do, after a while she saw herself getting sucked into the story, that after a few hours, she was surprised when a tail was tapping her back. When she turn around she saw a smiling, warm face looking at her, it was Kiya, her ‘sister’, well a cat that was the same height and size of her, but Kira still saw and called Kiya, her sister, who was also the ruler of Egypt.
“You know Kira; I was starting to worry about you my sister, tell me please of your adventures, I am very curious indeed, were you successful? And did the Gods kept you safe from harm?” asked Kiya purring as she lay down on the floor with her front paws crossed as she looked at Kira with a smile on her face.
“Aah Kiya, it has been five days, and I have missed you so, yes the Gods were kind to me, they kept me safe till I reached the entrance of the back gate, thank the Gods that the Egyptian guards were there slowing the sandstorm for me to have time to enter Cairo. Yes, sister I was successful, and I have save the first look for you, Kiya” said Kira smiling at the cat whose fur was as dark as concentrated amber, and with bright, green eyes. Then Kiya open a satchel which was hanging from the belt she was wearing, when she open the satchel, what Kiya saw was a magnificent crown headdress, which was made out of gold, and had emeralds and onyxes cascading down, and decorating the crown also.
“ Here take it, I have no need, and I think the Cairo Museum doesn’t need right now new artifacts, they still have to clean and reorder the whole museum to sit the statues I have brought back and those other artifacts. It’s a sisterly gift of sorts” said Kira as she place it on the head of Kiya, who purred happily, and smile even more at her ‘sister’ Kira, who always had a special place in her heart, since strangely enough, she does consider Kira as sister and family.
“Aye, sister! You are just too sweet, and sentimental, and that is what I really like about you, you had always put family first ever since, we told you how you came into our family’s life, I was just a kitten, and when they told me your story, I felt sorry for you, but look at us now sister, you are a successful treasure hunter and adventurer, and I am the ruler of Egypt, we have made Cairo into a safe place for creatures and ponies a like to live in peace, and harmony.” Said Kiya as she touched an emerald that close to her face, and smiled at Kira as she was also thinking about the stories she and Kira heard about the legendary emerald, and how when they were young and carefree, Kira promise to her that she will find the emerald for her, when she was younger, and even still today, she thought that was a sweet sentiment that her ‘sister’ gave her.
“Thanks Kiya! Yes adventuring is what I do, and everyone here in Cairo, since I have started has been going to the museum, and has finally taken an interest into our family history, but also the history of Egypt. And now look it has been a good solid five years, and since then people have taken an interest in my adventures, and achievements, because of my deeds, and not from what social status I am in, haven’t you heard the stories being pass around here about my adventures? It is unbelievable, I didn’t ask for this, I was just doing my job, and yet these people make tall tales now about how I have defeated a monster cobra to who knows what other crazy stunts they think I have pulled.” Said Kira at first excitedly and then with a soft, thoughtful tone of voice, before it turn into a tone of laughter and contentment, which was also added with some shakes of her head.
After what seem like days have pass, oh was it months, thought Daring Do, she saw something that she thought was a tower of a castle, and as she kept on flying she saw that she was nearing Canterlot, she laughed, as she said out loud to herself, “I am here, finally, and things haven’t changed one bit” thought Daring Do, as she landed in the plaza of Canterlot, and like always many ponies, mares, colts, stallions, unicorns, and Pegasus were busy with their own business, so she was relieved that no one was going crazy that she was here in Canterlot, and she began to keep a low profile as she walked toward the castle.
But before she could get to the gates, she was close to the train station as she went to see if anything there change, then a stallion got off the train, which was headed for Ponyville, and came to her smiling before asking, “Are you the Miss Daring Do, the most famous treasure hunter and explorer of Equestria?”
As Daring Do listen, she was in a bit of shocked that someone recognize her, not like it surprise her in any way, shape, or form, but still it felt nice to be recognize, then just a famous, supposedly fictional explorer, so she smile before saying in a proud voice, which was of course, full of pride, and sincerity, “Yes, I am Daring Do, the renown treasure hunter/ explorer of Equestria, I have to ask, do you need something, usually people ask me for autographs, you are one of the few, who hasn’t ask for anything just yet”, which she ended her answer with a bit of a suspicious, but light tone of voice.
“Nice to meet you Miss. Do, actually in all honesty I don’t need anything, I am a worker from the Ponyville museum, and I was just on my way back home, I just came from a meeting with Princess Celestia about our museum, and I was trying to get permission to go on a journey to an exotic wonderland, in other words Egypt to see if the ‘Legendary Emerald’ still exist, and if it does to bring it to the museum, but Celestia even though she is interested, she thinks it will be a waste of resources, and ponies so I am going home to see if there is another way that we can get people to help out with this problem. But since I am talking about it, how about this idea, What about you help us, you are perfect for the job, it will make a wonderful story on how you, Daring, may I call you Daring, like many I am a big fan of yours and of course, your work, my daughter owns all of the books about your wild adventures. Oh dear, I am so sorry, for getting off topic, but will you think about helping the museum? And where you planning to go to Ponyville, if you were, you could come with me, the people in the Museum will love to see you in person, since we have been one of many museums, who you have donated your treasures to” said Black Song as he boarded the train, and smile a very warm smile toward Daring Do, who surprisingly enough, surprise herself, and enter the train also. But she told herself that she will come back to visit Celestia as soon as she is done checking out her hometown, which she hasn’t seen for five years straight. As soon as the train departed, just as soon the last ponies came in; she sat down on one of the chairs inside the train. Unbeknownst to her someone was watching her from one of the chairs in the back, while trying to look like she was listening to her friends; this female pony was looking at her in awe as if she couldn’t believe that it was Daring Doo, this pony who was looking at Daring was no other than Rainbow Dash….
