Diamond came back to her home with a smile on her face; she couldn’t believe that she met AK Yearling, aka Daring Do herself. She happily sighed, and sat down on the couch, grabbing her diary, which she had left on the couch. She used her magic to get a quill, dipping it into ink, before she opened her diary to the empty page, and started writing.
‘Dear Diary, nothing has been going on during patrol today, as usual, and I thought this day wouldn’t be any more interesting than it was, but today it really was more interesting! Rainbow took me to AK Yearling’s Place, the author of Daring Do book series, and I didn’t know til’ now, but thanks to Rainbow Dash, I found out that AK Yearling was Daring Do herself! I was shocked and amazed at the same time, it’s phenomenal. I mean, that’s something I never knew about AK Yearling, it was awesome. When I started to find out that AK was actually Daring Do herself, it seriously made me think, that, maybe, just maybe, someday I can be in one of her adventures, and maybe end up on one of her books in the series. That, would be the best thing that happened to me in my entire life. Even though having my family back would be the best thing, but, being on a Daring Do Adventure, would be the second best thing. I hope things get better in life, especially when I have my bestest friends on my side.’
Diamond closed her diary, and, seeing that it’s getting late, she went up to her room. As she did so, she saw Amethyst in bed, sleeping. Diamond smiled, kissed Amethyst’s forehead, and placed a blanket over Amethyst. Amethyst smiled in her sleep. Diamond then looked at the moon from her window, before she headed to bed and went to sleep. As a few days went by, Diamond started to have dreams of her and Daring Do going on the same adventure over and over again, on an adventure trying to find a crown, known as ‘The Divine Crown of the End’. Since Diamond kept on having dreams about that, it got her to think.
‘Could that crown actually be real?’ She thought about it the next morning, and then she and Amethyst went to Twilight’s castle to see if she has any book or scroll that had information about it. She knocked on her door, a few seconds of waiting later, Spike answered the door, and he was kinda shocked when he saw Diamond and Amethyst.
“Oh, Diamond, Amethyst… this is unexpected.” said Spike a little nervously as he rubbed the back of his neck a little with a bit of a blush.
“Hey Spike, um, is Twilight home?” Diamond asked.
“Uh, yeah, come on in.” said Spike as he hand-motioned, telling them to come in.
Diamond and Amethyst walked into Twilight’s Castle and looked around.
“You know, it’s actually been a while since we’ve been into Twilight’s castle.” said Amethyst.
“Yeah, the last time you two were here was when Diamond was trying to protect everypony in Ponyville when Tirek attacked.” said Spike.
When Spike said that, it reminded Diamond of that one day that her family died. When Tirek started blasting Ponyville, Diamond tried to protect them by getting ponies to safety from the blast, when Diamond saw that her family was trying to get out of Ponyville, but didn’t noticed that Tirek was blasting their way. Diamond saw that it’s heading their way, and got in front of them, and uses her magic to shield them from the blast the best as she could. And because of how powerful Tirek’s blast, her horn was starting to burn, and started to hurt Diamond. Her mother, Musical-Chi, noticed it, she really didn’t want her daughter to sacrifice herself for trying to protect her own family, Diamond-Chi is the only daughter in her family, not to mention was in the middle of their age. Diamond sacrificing herself trying to save her family, was the last thing that she would let Diamond do. As much as Diamond would want to protect them, her mother wanted her to continue on, ever since she just became an alicorn a few weeks before Tirek started to come back. With those thoughts coming to Musical-Chi, and the way Diamond’s horn was burning from her shield getting hit by the blast, Musical then pushed Diamond and the others out of the way, which made the shield disappear, and when Diamond turned her head to look at her mother, she got blasted, and was disintegrated. Diamond stared in horror, knowing that her mother is gone, before looking at Tirek with a death glare, when she did, her new friends, Rainbow Flash, Sweet Dreams, Lightning Flash, Musical Star, and Pencil Heart came in to help her out, they were rainbowfied before they got there, thanks to Twilight and her friends, Diamond’s dad Electric Fixer then hugs Diamond in comfort. Diamond was trying to hold the tears back as she hugs him back. Her brothers then joins them in a hug to comfort her.
“Come on, let’s make sure everypony else gets to safety.” said Electric as he got her to look at him.
They then went off to make sure that the other ponies in Ponyville are safe. The past about Tirek reminded Diamond, and her ears kinda drooped with a frown. Spike and Amethyst looked at Diamond, realizing what Spike said had gotten her upset, and they both placed their claws around her.
“Hey, at least you have friends by your side.” said Spike calmly as he tried to cheer her up.
“And have dragons who always got your back, Diamond.” said Amethyst.
Diamond sadly smiled a bit.
“That’s true.” said Diamond as she looked at both of them.
Spike and Amethyst smiled at Diamond.
Diamond took a deep breath then lets it out as she, Spike, and Amethyst walked into the map room, and they saw Twilight sitting by the map table.
“Twilight?” said Amethyst as she and Diamond walked up to her.
Twilight turned to see Diamond and Amethyst walking up to her, and she smiled.
“Oh, Diamond and Amethyst, this is unexpected, how was the patrol coming along?” Twilight asked as she got up from her chair.
“Not bad, although nothing bad has been happening, since Tirek was defeated.” said Diamond.
“Well, I’m sure it’s gonna turn up soon.” said Twilight as she smiled.
“Rainbow told me the samething.” said Diamond.
“How are you, Amethyst?” Twilight asked as she looks at Amethyst.
“I’ve been pretty good, starting to get better on my bow and arrow skills. Pretty soon I should be full pro on it, and maybe help Diamond with her patrol.” said Amethyst with a smile.
“Someday you will, Amy.” said Diamond as she rubs Amethyst’s head.
“Was there something you needed?” Twilight asked.
“Oh… yeah, um, ever since Rainbow took me to see AK Yearling herself a few days ago, I’ve kept on getting dreams of me and Daring Do going on adventures, but from the last 3 days, I kept on dreaming the same adventure on finding a crown… what was it… umm… the Divine Crown of the End?” said Diamond as she tried to remember her dreams.
Twilight was shocked by what Diamond had said on what's been going on with her, and when Diamond said ‘The Divine Crown of the End’, that’s what got her shocked. From the looks of it, Twilight knew of that kind of crown.
“‘T-The Divine Crown of the End’?” Twilight asked.
“Yeah.” said Diamond. “I was wondering if you have some kind of book or at least a scroll about it.”
“Well… I don’t know if I have that, but we can sure look. Spike, could you get Starlight in here, please?” said Twilight as she looked at Spike.
“Sure thing, Twi.” said Spike as he went to get Starlight.
“Speaking of Starlight, how is she doing with her friendship lessons?” Diamond asked.
“She’s doing great, she’s starting to get the hang of this friendship thing.” said Twilight with a smile.
“That’s good. So, let’s see if we can find the information on the crown.” said Diamond.
“Right, you search the top and I’ll search the bottom.” said Twilight as she started to search for a book about the crown.
“Got it.” said Diamond as she flew up to the top shelves to search for the book with her.
As Twilight and Diamond started looking for a book or scroll that had information on the crown, Spike came back into the map room with Starlight.
“Twilight, you said you need me for something?” Starlight asked as she looked at Twilight, she then noticed that Diamond was right next to her. “Oh, Diamond, what are you doing here?”
“Oh, hey, Starlight.” said Diamond as she looked at Starlight.
“Oh good, you’re here, Starlight. Me and Diamond need help searching for a book that has the information about the ‘Divine Crown of the End’.” said Twilight.
‘Divine Crown of the End? I haven’t seen that book in a long time.’ Starlight thought before she answered with a question.
“What for?” Starlight asked.
“I kept on having the same dream for the last few days, of me and Daring Do going on an adventure, finding the ‘Divine Crown of the End’. And I wanted to find out if it’s real or not.” Diamond answered.
“Oh, ok.” said Starlight as she helped Twilight search the middle part of the book shelves.
After a few hours of searching, they couldn’t find the book with the information on the crown.
“I’m sorry, Diamond, but I don’t seem to have the book on the crown that was in your dream.” said Twilight as she looked at Diamond with a frown.
“It’s ok, Twilight, I understand… thanks, anyway.” said Diamond as she walked out of her castle with Amethyst.
As they got out of Twilight’s castle, Diamond felt a little upset, but as soon as they were about to walk home, Diamond began to think.
‘That crown has got to be real, it’s been in my dreams for the last three days. Hmm.. I’ll search every library in Equestria to find it if it’s the last thing I do.’ Diamond thought with a confident glare.
“Amethyst, why don’t you head home, and I’ll meet you there later? I just gonna get some fresh air.” said Diamond as she looked at Amethyst.
“Ok, I’ll see ya later, I guess.” said Amethyst as she ran back home instead of walking.
Diamond then started flying, searching every library in Equestria to find it. She started with the library in Canterlot, but after a few hours of searching, it wasn’t there, so she decided to head for the library in the Crystal Empire. After an hour of searching, she found a book that was a lot different from the others. She levitated it with her magic, brought it to her, and opened the book; when she read it, it was actually the information on the crown.
‘T-This is the one, this is the book I was looking for.’ Diamond thought as she looked shocked/amazed.
Diamond checked out the book, and headed back home. Even though she just became an alicorn, she didn’t want to become loyalty like the other princesses, but she does attend the special events they had to do as princesses, having a place to live, and having great friends, it’s what truly matters to her. As soon as she got home, she sat on the couch, and began reading the book of information about the crown, as the flashback comes in.
‘The Divine Crown of the End: this crown is ancient, but dangerous. It once almost destroyed Equestria, in the possession of the Pony of Shadows, when the Pony Shadows started using the Sprite of Twilight Staff, which was activated by the Crystal Infinite Amulet, destroying everything in sight. If he kept it up, he would’ve conquered and taken over Equestria, but Starswirl the Bearded wasn’t having it,and he and his friends were able to stop the Pony of Shadows, before they were sent into limbo with him.’
Diamond was fully shocked when she read it.
“W-Woah, I-I had no idea that this crown was not only dangerous, but ancient.” said Diamond as she turned the page, in the next 2 pages, it showed a picture of what the crown looked like, and information on how to use it. Diamond was shocked on what it looked like. “It almost looks like Twilight’s crown she uses with the Elements. Hmm.” Diamond put her hoof under her chin like she was thinking as she read the information on how to use it. Amethyst then came walking in from the staircase.
“Diamond?” said Amethyst, calling to Diamond tiredly.
Diamond looked at Amethyst.
“Amethyst? What are you doing out of bed?” Diamond asked, a little concerned.
“I was asleep til’ you kinda woke up with the reading.” said Amethyst as she rubbed her eyes with her paw.
“Oh, heh, sorry about that.” said Diamond with a smile.
“It’s ok, what were you reading about anyway?” Amethyst asked as she came downstairs going up next to Diamond.
“Oh, um… you know the dream that I kept on having from the last 3 days about me and Daring Do going on adventures?” Diamond asked.
“Yeah, you said there was one treasure you kept on trying to find in your dreams, what was it, the Divine Crown of the End?” Amethyst asked as she sat right next to her.
“That’s the one, while you were at home, I searched every library in Equestria to see if it was real, and it was, I found the book about it at the Crystal Empire Library.” Diamond explained.
“Woah, really? Can I see it?” Amethyst asked.
“Sure.” said Diamond as she gave the book to Amethyst.
Amethyst took the book from her, and started reading the information on it, when Amethyst was done, she was fully shocked and amazed.
“Wow.. that’s kinda amazing… but why is this Pony of Shadows using those to destroy Equestria years ago?” Amethyst asked as she looked at Diamond.
“I don’t know, but I do know that it’s dangerous, and probably should be left alone.” said Diamond.
“But what if somepony wanted it so bad, like wanted to sell it for a fortune or keep it for itself until it’s ready to destroy Equestria?” Amethyst asked.
Diamond thought about it for a few seconds.
“You may have a good point.” Diamond sighs. “Well, maybe I should keep the book to myself, so it doesn’t fall into the wrong hooves.” Diamond closed the book; as she did so, an old piece of paper fell out of the book, and she looked at it. “What the?” Diamond used her magic to levitate it and opened it up: it was a half of a map to the crown. Diamond was shocked again.
“What is that?” Amethyst asked as she looked at the paper as well.
“Oh my Celestia, this must be the map to the crown.” said Diamond in amazed.
“It looks like it was cut or ripped in half.” said Amethyst. “I wonder where’s the other half is at.”
“Wait… something on this map looks familiar.” said Diamond as she noticed something on the map.
Diamond flew outside, went up high, close to the clouds, and she looked at the map, seeing the picture on the temple on where the crown is. Amethyst followed her out and flew up to her. Diamond then looked around, and saw that the temple was only six miles from Daring Do’s home.
“Well… that’s unexpected.” said Diamond as she kinda looked confused.
“What is?” Amethyst asked as she looks in Diamond’s direction.
“It’s six miles from Daring Do’s home.” said Diamond.
They both then looked at the sunset, and that the moon is coming up, seeing it’s getting late, they flew back into her home. Diamond yawned.
“We should get some sleep, Diam. You got patrol tomorrow, and I gotta be up early in the morning for my bow and arrow practice.” said Amethyst.
Diamond placed the map in her bag with the book.
“Yeah, your right.” said Diamond.
They both then goes upstairs got into their beds. The next morning, before sunrise, the scene then switched to in front of Diamond’s home. Diamond and Amethyst then goes through the front door, Diamond was wearing the bag that has the book and the map on her back as they looked at each other.
“Good luck on your patrol, Diamond.” said Amethyst.
“Good luck on your bow and arrow practice, I’ll see ya later.” said Diamond.
They bro-hoof/punch each other, before they flew off on both separate directions to do their own things. The scene then switches again to Diamond flying on patrol: there was nothing going on in Ponyville, so she decided to fly by the forest where Daring Do lives. When she did so, she then started to hear voices in the distance.
“So, Daring Do is after the artifact that would actually help me make a bundle? Sounds interesting, please, do tell me more.” said Caballeron in the distance.
When Diamond heard the voice, even heard the words ‘Daring Do’ in the distance, she couldn’t help, but feel suspicious about that.So she decided to fly to the direction on where the voices are coming from, after a few minutes, she sees four stallions in a campsite, and when she looked at them from above, one of the stallions looked familiar to her. She landed quietly a few feet from the campsite, and then hides behind the bushes trying not to make a sound, as she peeks and listens to their conversation.
“‘The Divine Crown of the End’, this crown was actually used by The Pony of Shadows, he uses it to destroy Equestria with the other artifacts, I don’t know what are the other artifacts are, but I do know it helps activate that crown in order to destroy Equestria.” PickPocket explained to Caballeron.
“A 3-Part treasures, huh?” Caballeron asked.
Caballeron chuckles evilly.
“Daring Do has half of the map, all we need to do is get the other half of the map first, then get Daring Do in order to get the rest of it.” said Caballeron.
Diamond hid as soon as she saw that one of the stallions looked familiar, and she started to think.
‘One of those stallions looked familiar… what did Rainbow say on what Caballeron looks like?’ Diamond thought as she placed her hoof under her chin like she’s trying to remember.
*Flashback*
Rainbow Dash was in Diamond’s home talking to her about Daring Do; on what she does on her adventures, but mostly describing Daring Do’s enemies, ‘Ahuizotl, and Caballareon with his henchponies’.
“Caballeron’s working for Ahuizotl, but he’s mostly trying to retire by trying to sell ancient treasures to the highest bidder., or try to keep it for himself.” said Rainbow Dash as she paced back and forth.
“Wow, ok, that’s low, even for him. So, if you don’t mind me asking, if I was seeing Daring Do on one of her adventures, what would Caballeron look like?” Diamond asked.
“Well, Caballeron is an earth pony, with a little black and greyish mane, and he would be wearing a khaki shirt with a kind of orange and white polka dotted .” said Rainbow as she looked at her.
*End of Flashback*
Diamond remembered what Caballeron looks like, so she peeked out a bit again, and looked at that one stallion, the stallion that had a little black-greyish mane, and he was wearing a vest with a red and white polka dotted scarf. She hid again with a whispered gasp.
‘It’s Caballeron, and the other stallions must be his henchponies, if he’s after the crown, then that’s not good. Wait, there’s only three of his henchponies? There’s supposed to be four, where’s the fourth one?’ Diamond thought before peeking out again.
The four stallions that were there are Caballeron, PickPocket, Biff, and Rogue. Withers was gone, trying to find the book, but then he came back with some information.
“Did you get the book?” Caballeron asked with a smirk.
“I’m afraid not, somepony already checked it out.” said Withers.
Caballeron then started to glare.
“But I was able to get information on who took it.” said Withers. “I don’t know the name of the pony, but I did get information on what she looks like. She’s a purple alicorn with the dark pink and gold mane.”
“An alicorn, huh? Hmm… if she has the book… she must’ve gotten the other half of the map to the crown, and must’ve went to find Daring Do.” said Caballeron with an evil smirk. “Split up and find her, we can’t have her tell Daring Do about this.”
As soon as Caballeron and his henchponies started searching for her, Diamond snuck off to Daring Do’s place.
‘Oh this is not good, because now I’m in danger, and now I know that Caballeron is gonna try to get the map from her. Wait… if I have one half, and Daring has the other half of it… this could be my chance to help Daring Do get the crown first. I gotta go tell her about this, hopefully Caballeron doesn't find me first.’ Diamond thought as she started to have a confident glare on her face. As soon as she was far enough away from them, she started running to Daring Do’s home.