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// Chapter 11 - Beware of the Diamond Dogs 
// Story: My Little Smash Bros: Clashing Worlds 
// by supermariosoniclover 
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Back with Pit and crew, they are walking along the Island in search of a Chaos Emerald. Rainbow was telling the other guys about Tirek.


"This Tirek guy sounds like he means business."


"Well from what you said about Hades, it sounds like he and Discord have a lot in common."


Palutena raised an eyebrow.


"But didn't you say Discord's been reformed?"


Fluttershy smiled softly, almost in a motherly tone.


"That's right." 


"But if he still was his old self, could you imagine what would happen if those two worked together?"


Palutena didn't seem worried about this. After all, Hades has been defeated for good! Right?!


"Well I don't think we have to worry about Hades for a while since he's been defeated."


Dark Pit smirked.


"Just wait until the next sequel. Or maybe a few chapters."


Pit suddenly felt alarmed.


"Hey! You don't mean that, do you?"


Palutena chuckled.


"I'm sure Pitoo was just joking around, Pit."


Dark Pit pouted.


"I really wish you'd stop calling me that..."


Suddenly, Yoshi started to sense something.


"Hmm?"


Pit walked up to the green dinosaur.


"What is it, Yoshi?"


Yoshi started to sniff the air.


Dash was confused.


"Uh, what's he doing?"


"I think he caught a scent of something."


"So he's part dog too?"


Palutena explained to the others that Yoshi can catch a scent of, practically anything.


"Yoshi's nose can catch a whiff of anything. Even fruit."


"Yoshi Yoshi!"


Yoshi then ran off into the distance.


"I think we should follow him."


"Then let's get moving! No time to waste!"


Sonic zoomed off with the amount of speed he still had. However, Dash was able to stop him before he got out of reach.


"Woah, there! Slow down. Don't you think we should let Yoshi lead the way?"


Sonic sweatdropped.


"Right, heh heh. Sorry. Lead the way!"


They found Yoshi who had stopped right in front of a cave. Well it looks like they made it!


"Whu-whu!"


"It looks like this is the place."


Fluttershy stared at the cave in front of them with frightened eyes.


"I-in there?"


RD rolled her eyes at her pegasus friend.


"Relax, Fluttershy. It's just a cave."


Pit contacted Viridi.


"Viridi, what can you tell us about this place?"


"Hold on, let me go through the archives. Here it is. This is the Bandit Cave. Bandits are like Shy Guys except, well they steal things. So I'd watch my back if I were you. These guys gave Yoshis a lot of trouble when they were escorting Mario as a baby."


Flutters meeped. 


"You mean this cave is full of thieves?"


"Pretty much. But don't worry. As long as you don't have anything valuable, they won't hurt you."


Shadow, whom has stayed quiet for a while, decided to just get a move on.


"I'd like to get moving if I were us right now! I'm sensing a Chaos Emerald in the area."


"Maybe the Bandits found it." 


"If that's the case, then odds are if what Viridi said about those Diamond Dogs is true, the Bandits might be working for them."


Dash started thinking about this logically.


"It would make sense. All those 3 ever care about are diamonds of all shapes and sizes." 


"If we find them, we'll find the Chaos Emerald."


Fluttershy covered her face with her mane in panic.


"I really don't want to go in there, um, if you don't mind."


"Fluttershy, whatever's in there could help us find our friends."


"But it's full of thieves!" 


Palutena comforted the poor Pegasus.


"Don't worry, Fluttershy. As long as we stick together, we'll be fine." 


"Plus, Yoshi can just eat them. Not to mention me and Pitoo have our trusty weapons!"


"What he said."


Fluttershy reluctantly agreed to come along.


"Well...okay. I'll do it!"


Rainbow Dash hoof bumped her friend. (BROHOOF! XD)


"That's the spirit!"


"Alright, Shadow. Where should we go?"


Shadow folded his arms and pointed his finger forward.


"...straight ahead."


"Keep a very close eye on your surroundings. You never know when Bandits are going to---"


Suddenly, a bandit appeared out of nowhere, and grabbed Pit's bow.


"Hey! My bow! Get back here!"


"I got it!"


Sonic homing attacked the bandit, with the bow flying back towards Pit.


"Thanks, Sonic." 


"Looks like that Bandit got away. If those Diamond Dogs didn't know we're here, odds are they will now."


Pit sighed.


"So much for that."


At the heart of the cave, 3 Diamond Dogs named Rover, Spot and Fido, have recently found a very shiny looking diamond, what is also known as a Chaos Emerald, which is unknown to them, and they have just been notified of the intruders.


"So those ponies are here?"


"What are they doing?"


Fido caressed the Emerald like a baby.


"They must want this shiny diamond we found."


Rover jumped into a fighting stance.


"But we won't let them get it!"


"We must make a plan to stop those ponies."


"There's something special about this diamond. If they want it, then we can't let them take it!"


Rover ordered the group of bandits.


"Keep digging for more diamonds, Bandits! We must have all of them!"


Back with our heroes, they have started feeling very close to their destination.


"We're getting close. I can feel it."


Dash just realised something.


"Haven't you noticed that we haven't been ambushed by Bandits since that one attacked us? I think this is a trap."


"Then we have to keep our eyes open."


Suddenly a hand pulled a rope that shut the gang inside of a cage. The creature jumped out, revealing himself as being Fido.


"We finally got you ponies!"


Fido scratched his head at the unknown creatures.


"...And, um, who are you exactly?" 


Spot put his finger to his chin in thought


"I think two of them are hedgehogs, but I don't know about those monkeys."


Dark Pit was outraged.


"I'm sorry, what?!"


"Calm down, Pitoo."


"Um, what my friends here are, um, trying to say is that glowing diamond you have is theirs. So if you would just let us out of this cage so we can have it back and be on our way, that would be nice. I-if that's okay with you, I mean..."


Rover went wide eyed.


"NO! This diamond is ours! We found it!" 


"It has a strange feel to it. It makes us want to find more!"


Fido started to grin like an idiot.


"So we found these masked guys and made them dig for more!"


Shadow shook his head.


"Then you've just been wasting your precious time and energy."


Fido crossed his arms and frowned.


"What do you mean, hedgehog?"


"That 'glowing diamond' is called a Chaos Emerald and there's only 7 in existence."


"You lie! You're just saying that so you can keep all the other glowing diamonds!"


"Trust me, this guy knows his Chaos Emeralds. He's telling the truth."


RD put her front hooves up in a fighting stance.


"You better let us out of here or else!"


"Or else what, pony?"


"Or else you'll be in for a world of hurt!"


Spot laughed.


"You can't hurt us! We're out here, and you're in there!"


"But your mooks forgot to steal our weapons!"


Pit aimed his arrow at the cage door, releasing the lock. The group made their way out of the cage.


"Nice shot, Pit!"


"Thanks, Lady Palutena!"


"Now give us back the Chaos Emerald or we'll make sure you don't recover from what's gonna happen!"


"NO..."


"...We'll never give you..."


"...Our precious!"


Suddenly the Chaos Emerald started glowing.


Rover looked frightened.


"What's happening to us?"


Palutena looked in horror.


"Oh no."


Sonic had his eyes agape and his mouth wide open.


"This can't be good..."




*TO BE CONTINUED*