"Well there's no denying it."
The girls were gathered together in the lair in front of the Element's case; where the Element of Generosity was glowing in a steady power.
"So this means..." Sunset said, turing to Rarity.
"You have your superpower!" Pinkie cheered, giving Rarity one of her signature hugs.
"ARE YOU KIDDING ME!? Again!?" Rainbow shouted to the heavens....only to notice the nasty looks she was receiving from her friends. She immediately put her arms behind her and smiled nervously while blushing. "Uh...I mean, good for you Rares." she said, giving a nervous chuckle.
"What's with all the shouting?" Celestia asked as she and Luna entered.
"Rarity got her power!" Sunset informed them. Luna put a finger to her chin in thought.
"Does it have anything to do with what the students were saying happened earlier?"
"Well...yes." Rarity blushed. "It was an accident, truly! Applejack accidentally spilled coffee on me and I made a diamondy thing appear out of nowhere, which normally I'd be excited about. I mean, the facets were just perfect, and the—"
"Rarity" AJ shouted to get her back on track.
"Oh, sorry. It knocked Applejack over and then it disappeared!"
"How unusual..." Luna wondered. "Can you try making one again? And this time hold it still?"
"Alright..." Rarity held out her hands and focused, and just like before a giant diamond like shield appeared. Unlike before, Rarity focused on keeping it in place.
"Incredible.." Celestia uttered as everyone gathered to examine it.
Twilight tapped it with her finger. "It appears to be incredibly durable, just like a real diamond!"
"Oooh! It's shiny! I can see my reflection!" Pinkie then proceeded to make goofy faces in it and laughing at them.
Rarity then began experimenting with it, turning it sideways and moving it up and down. Then, after finding a clear path, moved it forward only for it zoom ahead and sliced itself into a wall, breaking a small decorative statue.
Seeing the stern looks from her Principal and Vice Principal, Rarity blushed, grinned nervously and made the diamond disappear, leaving only statue remains and a long, thin hole in the wall.
"Well aside from some... focus issues, I'd say you've got a good handle on it so far. We'll work on it today during training." Luna said.
"On to other matters...the mayor has asked for your assistance again." Celestia informed them, much to their surprise.
"What's going on?" Twilight asked.
"There have been several reports lately of a creature inhabiting some of the rivers nearby. It hasn't done any real damage and nobody has been hurt yet aside from some frightened fishermen and some stolen objects. Bait, fishing poles and such. Since you girls have garnered a reputation for handling situations such as these..." Celestia trailed off, as everyone understood what she meant.
Twilight went into thought, recalling everything she knew about water creatures. "Do you think it might be some kind of river monster?"
"But river monsters aren't native around here." Sunset said, recalling her knowledge of the subject.
"Maybe it came from the Everfree Forest?"
"That is a possibility." Luna included. "We want you girls to investigate right after school. We'll inform your club teachers and coaches of your absence. Right now it's time for you girls to head to class." gestured towards the door.
"Sweet! More monster fighting!" Rainbow cheered on her way out.
"We're not going to fight it unless we have to Rainbow. Hopefully we can just figure out why it's here and get it to leave peacefully." Twilight explained, causing Rainbow to groan.
"Oh, the poor thing's probably just lost and scared!" Fluttershy teared up imagining the poor creature being far from it's home and family.
"Oh! Oh! This is going to be so much fun!" Pinkie said excitedly.
"I just hope it won't get too messy. It took me forever to find the right outfit after today's...incident."
AJ rolled her eyes at her friend's behavior. "Oh come on Rarity! I told ya I was sorry! Besides, you tossed me into a wall right afterwards. So, we're even."
And so the girls went throughout the day attending their classes while mentally preparing themselves for what's to come.
Right after the bell rang, the girls loaded themselves into Rarity's care and into Fluttershy's van and went off.
"I spent training and lunch doing calculations regarding the sightings..." Twilight explained once they were on the road.
"Nerd..." Rainbow whispered.
"...and all the data I've collected points to the river going into the Everfree as our best chance of locating the beast. Most of the sightings are around that general area and if it is from the Everfree, that's the only point where it can come and go." Twilight pointed to the map and directed Rarity and Fluttershy to the closest spot they could go.
Once they got to the area, Twilight asked AJ to unload her equipment from the back of the van.
"What is all this stuff?" Aj asked, carrying several stacked boxes with ease.
"Of just some fishing poles, bait and other things the creatures been known to go after. I figured we could use it as bait."
"And the rest?" Rainbow eyed them suspiciously.
Twilight just grinned. "I'll show you when we get there."
After several minutes of walking, the girls finally reached the spot Twilight had picked out. AJ set the boxes down and Twilight went over to one of them and unpacked it, still grinning.
"Girls, I'd like to present to you...the creature finder 2000!"
Twilight held up what looked like a metal brief case. The others just stared at her, unsure of what to make of it.
"Huh?" was all Rainbow managed to get out.
Twilight opened the case, revealing it to be some sort of laptop-like device with a screen, several buttons and a long stick attached to a cord.
"I came up with it myself a while back to track life underwater. And now I'll finally get to use it!" Twilight squee'd and began setting it up near the river's edge.
"I must admit Twilight, that is extraordinary!" Rarity said, amazed at what her friend had come up with.
"Thanks! I invented it a while ago to help whenever my dad took Shining Armor and me fishing." Twilight finished with the case part of it and them promptly dropped the stick part into the water.
"And now...we wait."