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// Alternative Ending #1: Surrealism 
// Story: Truly Done 
// by Skylarking the Stargazer 
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Grinning, she pushed the book forward. “I think you’ll know me better through this piece of autobiography. It will answer my career shortfall and my emotional trauma in the later stages of my life.”

“Again, Daring Do, why do you think I would bother to care? I would rather have you dead than anything else.”

“Because I know you won’t.”

With his tail lashing furiously through the air, Ahuizotl covered his face and dragged the book closer to his feet. He then picked it up before walking away from his arch-nemesis. Panicking, Daring grabbed a rope and swung it perfectly onto the Aztec’s tail.

“Stop.”

Not turning back, the mythical beast smiled and raised his head up into the fierce sky. Daring Do dared to ask more,

“Where do you think you’re going?”

“That, you will have to catch me first to the next ancient treasure.”

“Oh? You mean the Enchanted Artifacts? With those sapphire bracelets on your arms, I’m guessing it’s in Seaquestria?” She pretended to put on her hat and tore off her covered scars on a clear costume made of plastic wrapper. Her coat is now recovered with her younger self, healthy and purified.

Curse you, Daring Do...

Ahuizotl tried to suppress his anger and continued walking away. “Matters not if you can’t catch me after your fatiguing legs, Daring Do.”

She mocked an elegant mare’s pose, a smirk drawn across her lips. This time it wasn’t in desperation or sarcasm.

“Oh really? Care to testify?”

I can’t believe you played me into this childish drama of yours...

“Go on first, Ahuizotl, I’ll eventually beat you to it again.”

But it doesn’t make sense! You were absent for years without tracking me down. You’ve grown old! So why are you stopping me all of a sudden now, Daring Do?!

In a snide manner, she continued, “Is it really over for Miss A.K. Yearling? I knew you would miss me so dearly. Isn’t that right, Ahuizotl the immortal?” 

Ahuizotl suddenly turned back and lunged forward at the defenseless mare. Already in preparation, Daring dashed forward and ducked at the same time, trimming under the ferocious animal by a nose length. Before the beast can do anything else, she tsked and stifled a giggle.

“Thanks for switching places with me, now I’m the one closer to the treasure’s location, even if it was only a ten-step difference between us and Seaquestria is still miles away.”

I will not let you forget this day!

Daring Do swung with the rope and hopped off the shimmering rocks, painting herself with the searing sundown as she soared through the misty forests near Van Hoover. Roaring into the heavens, the legendary beast of the Aztecs chased after her, as nightfall drew to a close.

Maybe... She thought to herself, I should retrieve my hat first.