On the day the siblings started the adventure, Pinkie Pie and her family threw them a good-luck-for-the-adventure party. Of course, Rainbow told that to all of her friends, and it was obviously Pinkie’s idea. Before they left, Rainbow Dash had given them a map to find their way to Daring Do’s home.
“Don’t get yourself too stressed, okay?” asked Soarin.
“You two should know how to take care of yourselves,” said Rainbow Dash.
“I can see your toughness from the time we attended a camp several years ago,” said Melody to Greenie. “Now it’s time to show everyone what you’re made of!”
“Heh-heh, I know that.”
“Don’t forget to tell me your thrills!” Pizza cried to Thunder.
“Don’t worry! I’ll give you something that’ll make you feel jealous!”
“You bet!”
In a while, the siblings were on their way. Along the way, they passed jungles, rivers, streams and deep valleys and gorges.
“Whoa, that’s pretty…” gasped Thunder upon looking at the scenery.
“Just gotta see these once in a while. Can’t let these go to waste, though.”
The siblings need to walk for a while after flying to rest their wings. Of course, you won’t expect them to be the best fliers of Equestria by flying all the time, huh?
After an hour of travelling based on the map, the siblings eventually came across a small, sturdy house within the forest.
“So are we there?”
“Most likely. That’s what it stated on this map.”
Greenie knocked the door. There was no answer.
She knocked again. Still there was no reply.
“How can we find out if anypony’s at home?” asked Thunder.
“Don’t worry. We can check from the windows.”
They looked through the windows, but there was nopony inside.
“Shall we just enter?” Inquired Thunder as they returned to the front door.
“It’s risky. But we’d still better check it out.”
Greenie turned the knob. Surprisingly, it wasn’t locked. The door creaked as it moved.
Thunder held his breath as he feared that the owner would rage at them.
“Hello? Anypony in here?” Greenie called. There was no answer.
“Maybe we should just get inside and check it out,” suggested Thunder.
Obliging him, the siblings quietly sneaked into the house, at the same time closing the door so as not to let the owner know somepony has broken into. Inside, they found the house in a complete mess.
“Oh man,” sighed Thunder, appalled by the sight. “Does she know how to keep everything tidy?”
“Don’t bother about that now,” dismissed Greenie. “We gotta check out this place.”
The siblings searched everywhere. They came across a study with a writing desk, with papers lying around.
“This must be where Daring Do does her books,” assumed Greenie.
“Whoa, check these out!” cried Thunder as he came across some antiques and artifacts.
“Be careful, don’t touch them,” warned Greenie. “You won’t know what might happen.”
“Understood!”
Suddenly, they heard the sound of hoofsteps.
“Uh-oh, somepony’s coming!” exclaimed Greenie.
“What can we do?”
“Let’s hide… up here!”
As the siblings hovered above the ceiling, they saw a brownish-orange pegasus stallion with black mane and tail and a dagger as his cutie mark entering the room in a hurry.
“Darn… where is it, where is it!?”
He was too busy packing his equipments that he failed to notice Greenie and Thunder watching from above.
“Who is he?” whispered Thunder.
“I dunno. Might be Daring Do’s guest or something?”
He stayed in the room for five minutes before he left the house. The siblings descended from the ceiling.
“What can we do? He looks desperate,” asked Thunder.
“I think he needs help,” said Greenie. “Maybe we should follow him to see what he’s up to.”
“But what if he refuses?”
“We’ll just try our best. Let’s go!”
The siblings raced out of the house. A few minutes later they caught up with the stallion.
“Err, excuse me…”
“What do you want?” he growled at them.
“Err, we want nothing.”
“We’re just wondering what’s wrong with you.”
“Me? I’m alright all the while! Just that I have some important stuff to do!”
“Oh uh, what’s your name?”
“Why do you want to know?”
“Err, just knowing only, that’s all.”
“It’s Fearless Fray, OK? Now I got really serious business to do!”
He huffed off in a huff, but then Greenie zoomed in front of him again.
“Are you sure you don’t need any help?”
“I don’t need help from busyponies like you, OK? I work alone!” And he stormed away.
“Oh jeez,” said Thunder. “He’s one tough guy.”
“I don’t care. I’m still gonna follow him anyway!” said Greenie, undeterred.
The siblings quietly followed Fearless Fray, but they kept a suitable distance so that he would not notice them.
They followed him until they came upon an enormous temple-like structure. Greenie zipped to his front.
“You again!” growled Fearless. “What do you expect from me?”
“Well uh… nothing, but…”
“Help again? I said no, NO! Get it!? Let me say this to you one more time: I… work… alone!”
With that he stormed into the fortress.
“I just had the worst feeling,” said Thunder. “Something’s not gonna be right for him.”
“You’re right,” agreed Greenie. “If he keeps refusing us I can’t imagine what would happen to him!”
Then they were rudely interrupted.
They heard shouts coming from inside the fortress.
“What’s going on!?” exclaimed Thunder.
“I dunno! We’d better hide up here!” responded Greenie as they sought refuge on top of a tree. The next thing they saw, Fearless came out with a pack of guardsponies.
“Idiot! How could he just barge inside like that? Now he almost got busted!” cried Thunder, appalled by his act.
“Nice criticizing, but let’s follow him to see what’s he up to.”
Fearless was so fast that he had left the guardsponies behind, but he still didn’t notice Greenie and Thunder tailing him.
“Didn’t think he’d fly as fast as us!” cried Thunder.
“We’re lucky that we got some Wonderbolt training!” replied Greenie. “Who would’ve gotten faster than him?”
Fearless eventually came to a rest at a clearing, yet he still did not notice Greenie and Thunder watching him. Before he could give a sigh of relief, a tiger, a black panther, a lynx and a cheetah suddenly appeared before him, growling. Without thinking twice, Fearless wrestled with the wildcats.
“Cool…” gasped Thunder while Greenie watched the battle wide-eyed.
Suddenly, a white cat appeared from nowhere. Fearless was suddenly distracted by the cat that he failed to maintain his guard. The tiger struck him by his head and he fell down, groaning in pain as the wildcats pinned him down.
The siblings gasped with shock to see their target defeated.
To make matters worse, a dog-like creature appeared from the bushes.
“My, oh, my, didn’t think you would be easily defeated, huh?” said the creature.
“Isn’t that Ahuizotl?” asked Thunder.
“Oh, gosh, it’s him!” cried Greenie. “Looks like Ahuizotl’s the real thing, too!”
“Ahuizotl…” began Fearless. “Look, I’m going to defeat you, I’ll-”
“What’s the rush, Fearless Fray?” sneered Ahuizotl. “Let me tell you something. A pony called Daring Do foiled my plans to conquer the universe several times already. Don’t you think you can be as good as her?”
“Daring Do… is my mom!” argued Fearless.
From the tree branches, the siblings cried with surprise.
“Wait, did he say… ‘mom’!?” cried Thunder.
“I can’t believe it! My mind is totally blown! I’ve figured that out all that while!” exclaimed Greenie, holding her cheeks.
“Shh! He’ll hear us!”
“Oh, sorry.”
“So she’s your mother?” asked Ahuizotl. “My, oh, my, what luck to me!”
“I’m going to continue my mom’s legacy. My general mission is to stop you once and for all!”
“Oh, don’t you think you can stop me?” laughed Ahuizotl. “I failed to kill your mom all the while, but I can consider myself lucky tonight! Sleep well tonight, and tomorrow, enjoy my funtime…” With that, he led away Fearless in ropes, with the cats following him.
“This is terrible!” exclaimed Thunder. “What are we gonna do!?”
“Refusing our help to me is unacceptable,” declared Greenie. “What’s more, seeing Ahuizotl capturing him, that is too much!”
Thunder stared at her. He had never seen his sister so angry to see a pony turn down one’s offer, leading to his defeat.
“Big Sissey, what can I do now?”
“OK, right now all we need to do is to follow him,” Greenie explained her plan. “When we know what’s he going to do, I’ll tell you what to do next.”
The siblings quietly followed Ahuizotl. A while later, Ahuizotl reached his destination. It turned out to be the fortress that the siblings came across earlier.
“So that’s where Ahuizotl lives!” said Thunder.
“Now that we know it,” continued Greenie. “We need to find a way to break into the place, and we can get Fearless outta here!”
“How?”
“Follow me! I know just what to do!”