Chapter 3: Giant Problem
Megan and the Pegasi are traveling through the canyon when they came to the bottom. Cave entrances coated the cliff walls, and the wind currents came from every direction. Megan shivered and wrapped her arms around herself due to the coldness of the winds.
"BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!" she says aloud, "I-I should have brought that sweater Rarity gave me."
Finding how cold Megan had seriously become, Fluttershy dug into her backpack and got out a light-yellow scarf. Then, she took it to Megan.
"Here, Megan. My scarf should keep you warm," Fluttershy said, "You need it more than I do."
Megan took the scarf, wrapped it around her neck and said, "Thanks, Fluttershy."
"You’re welcome. I'm not the pony of kindness for nothing."
A golden twinkle suddenly caught the corner of Rainbow Dash and Daring Do's eyes. They look up the top of a ledge and saw where the twinkle came from.
"What's that up there?" Rainbow pointed her hoof to the ledge.
Daring Do got out her binoculars and looked up. To her surprise, she saw it was the Idol of Boreas.
"It's the Idol of Boreas!" Daring said as she hugged Rainbow Dash.
Hearing what Daring Do said, Megan and Fluttershy rushed by the side of their friends.
“We found it?” Megan asks.
“Yes.” Daring Do says after letting go of Rainbow Dash.
The friends cheer in victory, knowing now that they have found the Idol, even before Ahuizotl could. Or so they thought.
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On the other side of the cave wall, Ahuizotl and his cats were still scouting around for the Idol. The only difference from before was that while they did, Ahuizotl’s thoughts were on something or someone else in particular.
‘I wonder what Megan could be doing at the moment as she coexists peacefully with her friends?’ he thought, ‘It warms my heart to know that the lady of my dreams is living a life that isn’t like mine.’
He warmly smiled as he thought about Megan, and his heart fluttered as he remembered his time with her at Manehattan, which was the last time they saw each other.
His thoughts on Megan were interrupted when Princessca spotted something at the top of a nearby ledge. She meowed and pointed her paw up as she attracted her master’s attention. Seeing where his cat was pointing, Ahuizotl looked up and gasped with bewilderment when he saw a golden twinkle at the top. He took out a telescope to see if it was what he hoped it would be, and when he saw it, he gave a joyful cheer.
"The Idol of Boreas!" he yelled, "I'm back in Grogar's good graces!"
The lynx was about to make a jump for the Idol when Ahuizotl stopped him.
"Not this time, Snowy," Ahuizotl said as he pushed him aside, "This is something I have to do myself. I'm very experienced in rock-climbing. Besides, you're too light to handle the air currents."
And just like that, he began to climb. His mighty paws and feet grasping every rock they could grab.
Ahuizotl's pet cats looked on with concern as he climbed up to the ledge.
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On the other side, Megan was climbing up the cliff wall with the pegasi watching her.
"Are you sure you want to do this, Megan?" Daring Do said, "Rainbow Dash and I can just fly up there and get the idol."
"The air currents at the top are too strong for you guys to fly up," Megan said, "You wouldn't be able to reach the idol without getting blown away."
"She does have a point," Fluttershy said.
"Besides, we're doing this to protect the griffons from Grogar. That's more important."
“Okay then. Just be careful.” Rainbow Dash said.
“I will.”
Megan continues to climb up the ledge. As she did, Fluttershy flaps behind her in case she needed any help. The air currents below the top were not as strong, so it was okay for the pegasus to follow.
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At the other side, Ahuizotl climbed the mountain with ease. Years of taking lessons in mountain-climbing have really paid off for him. His perfect climbing slipped away from him though when he accidentally slipped his foot for a moment. But it didn’t take long for him to carefully replant his foot on the stone and keep climbing.
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As Megan continued to climb on her side of the mountain, she too having taken some rock-climbing lessons back on earth, she too had no trouble overcoming the stone. But then, she nearly lost her grip when a rock broke off from her hand. But she soon regained her grip and kept going.
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Both Megan and Ahuizotl climbed over ledges and rocks from opposite directions, neither of them knowing that they were going after the idol at the same time. They continued to climb until they are within reach of the idol, Megan being the first to make it. Megan grabbed it as she looked at Fluttershy.
“I got it!” she says.
"I got it first, Daring Do!" a familiar voice said.
"Daring DO?" Megan raised a brow.
Megan turned, and to her shock, Ahuizotl was across from her, holding the idol from the other side. Ahuizotl was also shocked, but when he saw that it was Megan, his shock turned into pleasure instead.
"Megan! Fancy meeting you up here!" he flirted as he leans toward her.
When Megan saw the look that he gave her, she felt a little shy about it and looked away, as she did not expect to see him at this moment. But her heart fluttered upon seeing him again.
Ahuizotl suddenly lost his footing again, as well as his grip on the idol after a rock broke off from his size and weight. He fell down the cliff wall screaming as he did.
Megan was aghast. Her mouth agape from what just happened. Ahuizotl just fell off of this mountain! She wanted nothing more than to help him and make sure he was alright. But first, there was an idol that needed to be recovered.
Finding that it was stuck, Megan pulled onto the idol. With one last hard tug, she got it out from its current position.
Then, with no problem, she hopped onto Fluttershy's back. They flew down, and Megan gave the idol to Daring Do.
"Good job, Megan!" Daring Do praised.
"Thanks, but we got an even bigger problem!" Megan said, "Ahuizotl is here! And he fell off the cliff wall while he tried to grab the idol!"
"And we should care, why?" Rainbow Dash said.
"Rainbow, he could be hurt!" Megan said.
"I'm with Megan!" Fluttershy stuck up, "We have to help him. It's the right thing to do."
The four suddenly felt a huge rumble beneath their feet. The rumbling got louder and louder. The four girls turned around and saw something that greatly terrified them. Three giant, one-eyed monsters were coming from a cave up top. The monsters jumped down and roared at the girls, causing them to scream.