Chapter 20: Search for the fourth Emerald Part 1
"Alright, so where should we look first?" Tails looked at JetStream who stopped not to far ahead of him, Tails looked left to what seemed to be a barn in a field, "Well, how about we go check that barn before we go in-town?" Tails nodded.
"Yeah." they both walked up to the front gate, where they walked in looking around a little suspiciously, one pony, looking down at them through the window decided to go down there instead of calling them from the window. JetStream knocked on the barn doors.
"Hello...? Is anypony here?" soon after, hoofsteps could be heard against the aged wood, JetStream decided to stand back.
"Who's knockin'?" JetStream stood higher.
"Uh, me..." he smiled sheepishly, the filly looked right.
"Oh my, I've never seen somethin' like you." Tails laughed lightly.
"No, you haven't." there was a pause, this filly looked a little older than JetStream. Every cubic inch defined "southern".
"So, is there a reason you two are here?" JetStream nodded.
"I was hoping to ask you a question." the filly smiled.
"Ask away." JetStream and Tails looked at each other.
"Have you seen anything of a stone, perhaps, a shiny one?" the filly shook her head.
"Well, no. No Ah haven't." JetStream looked toward the ground.
"That's too bad." at one moment, a young red stallion appeared from the right side, it caught the filly's attention.
"Hey, Mac...!" the red pony lifted his neck.
"Hmm?"
"Have you seen any, shiny stones lying around somewhere?"
"Eenope..." the filly turned back to the group as the other grabbed a hay bale and walked back.
"Sorry, you two, I could ask my Ma... But she's asleep and doesn't want to be awoken." JetStream nodded.
"But thanks for the help." he smiled.
"Oh, yer welcome." JetStream and Tails then turned around toward the entrance as Tails sighed.
"Oh well, now where?" he looked around carefully. JetStream looked at Tails curiously.
"Hey, Tails..." he looked at JetStream.
"Yeah?"
"So that machine of yours can detect Emeralds?" Tails nodded.
"Yes, it can. But something is jamming it." he sighed and his head fell as he finished the sentence. JetStream suddenly stopped.
"... Whoa..." Tails looked back to JetStream.
"What is it?" JetStream pointed to the green leaves looming over nearer buildings.
"Right, there... is that a giant tree?" JetStream wondered. Tails looked at JetStream as he started to jog.
"Then lets go." JetStream slipped as he started to go into a trot.
"Wait... up..." they soon passed the buildings and where on the inside of Ponyville, a lot more ponies were visible, "This town is more busy then anypony could expect..."
"JetStream, the tree's over here." Tails headed toward what seemed like a big tree planted next to the dirt paths, "... Amazing..." he felt the sides, "It's so smooth..." he knocked on the tree a couple of times, "And really thick too." Tails looked at the rings the tree produced, 'This tree must be more then a thousand years old.' JetStream walked up beside Tails.
"What are you doing?" Tails jumped.
"Uh, n-nothing... let's go inside." Tails entered first, and JetStream followed after and he was amazed at what he saw.
"All I see are a bunch of books..." Tails was astonished.
"This must be a library, carved into a tree..." Tails decided to take a look around, "... How to cook. How Equestria was formed. History of Equestria... Now there's something I could read..." JetStream searched around as well.
"Ah-ha! Sonic Rainboom..."
"Ahem..." Tails and JetStream looked toward the entrance, there Sonic was standing, "Gentlemen..."
"Hey, Sonic." Tails responded.
"What are you two doing?" Sonic asked as they walked to the door and past him. He started tapping his foot once JetStream walked back in, "Come on, JetStream." he pulled a book from the shelf, "I'm coming, hang on." Sonic looked at JetStream as he passed, and suddenly stopped. Sonic rolled his eyes and walked in the library, and walked out just as JetStream turned. Sonic held a tough, plain brown, leather saddle-bag by his hand, "Gonna need this?" JetStream nodded.
"Yeah." Sonic tossed it and the saddle-bag landed perfectly on his back. He then put the book in the left bag. They all soon continued their search for the Emerald. Sonic caught up to JetStream.
"What did you get the book for?
"No immediate reason..." JetStream smiled, he thought the idea of wearing a saddle-bag would be cool to wear anyway.
~~~Chapter End~~~