Camp Everfree. A beautiful summer camp where the Mane 7 lived their most interesting adventure to date. Though, Sci-Twi and Sunset Shimmer were mostly involved.
The girls acquired new powers such as Rarity’s shield, Sunset Shimmer telepathy, Rainbow Dash’s ultrasonic speed, Pinkie Pie explosive sprinkles, Fluttershy talking to the animals, Applejack’s super strenght and Twilight’s telekinesis. Thanks to these, their pony powers escalated to a whole new level and defeated the wicked abomination of Gloriosa Daisy for good.
After that, all the campers managed to raise sufficient funds and save Camp Everfree from Filthy Rich.
Two months later, Sci-Twi and Sunset Shimmer decided to return to the Camp on Saturday very early with the mission to make some new investigations related to the crystals’ origins.
“Here we are. Once again in this wonderful place.” Sunset smiled and took a deep breath of fresh air.
“And we can come here whenever we want. Read a book, enjoy the camping activities, swim in the lake, and have a nice picnic with our friends.” Sci-Twi listened to the birds chirping.
“Yeah. It’s lovely.”
“Shall we have a picnic before we go back to the cave and study it more?”
“Sure. Why not. After all, we woke up very early to come here.”
Twilight extended the mantle over the soft green grass. Sunset Shimmer puts the basket and opened it. It contained delicious sandwiches and sweet apple juiceboxes, plus two cupcakes from SugarCube Corner.
“Bon apetit!” Sunset chuckles, so does Twilight and eat.
The day was specially sunny today. There were a few small puffy clouds and the air was nice and fresh. A small flock of parrots flew above their head at certain altitude, singing altogether a fantastic melody.
The girls shared a pretty nice conversation related about different subjects like how Sunset Shimmer tried her best to gain everyone's trust, why Sci-Twi is always doing a wide variety of research, the battle against the Dazzlings and their best moments at the Friendship Games.
"Speaking of which, it still makes me curious why a cave would contain 7 magical geodes." Sunset Shimmer thought for a second after eating the sandwich.
"That's a good question. We are unsure of its origins. There's so many answers we need. What about if these crystals come from a different era?" Twilight wondered.
"Or were guarded inside an ancient temple or sanctuary."
"Whatever the theories comes to our minds, we have to get back in there and investigate even further."
"Are you sure about this, Twilight? We don't want our friends worry about us more than we already did."
"I appreciate your counsil, my best friend. But is a risk we have to take. Will you cooperate with me, Sunset Shimmer? Friends to the end?"
Sunset didn't have another choice. She let out a small sigh and nod.
"Friends to the end. Let's do this together."
"That's the spirit." Twilight let out a wide smile and stood up. "There's no more time to waste. Let's pick this up and proceed towards the cave."
"Right!"
Both cleaned up the area and threw the trash in the nearby bin. Sunset told Twilight that she is leaving the mantle and basket in the cabin nearby.
After that, they walked to the Crystal Cave and entered.
"Ok, here goes nothing." Twilight was anxious but with determination to achieve her goals. She kneeled in front of the crystal spire and with her fingers checked the entire base but with no results.
"Found anything yet?"
"No. Usually the altars have some sort of secret entrance when you sense a soft air breeze."
"Right. You do that with the rest of the cave walls while I try for look for a description or something like that."
"Good idea. Keep me informed."
"Will do."
Both searched relentlessly through the entire cave but with no good results at all.
"Jeez! There was nothing! What kind of investigating we are doing, seriously?" Sci-Twi was so upset upon find nothing.
"Hey! Calm down, please. We have to be patient. We have to be... WHOA!" Sunset's left leg sank abruptly into the cave's dirt. Sci-Twi quickly notice that.
"Sunset! Hold on, I'm coming for you!" Twilight grabbed both of her arms with force and pulled her to safety. "Golly! That was a close call for sure. Are you hurt?"
"I will be ok. Thanks for worrying."
"Don't mention it."
Both girls noticed that the dirt was slowly pouring into the not-so-clear hole.
"Looks like we found ourselves a secret!" Sunset Shimmer chants happily. "I'll be back with a shovel. It won't take long."
"Oky doky. I'll be waiting for you." Sunset Shimmer leaves the cave trotting back to the main area of the camp.
Twilight tried to dig with her bare hand, but the dirt cakes under her fingernails.
"Ugh! I shall better wait for a shovel."
She walks away from the sinking dirt to clean herself. It doesn't take too long when everything begins to shake violently. Twilight gasps horrified and tries to flee but the quake was way too strong that she couldn't hold her balance and falls face first. The small hole suddenly starts to grow at an alarming rate, slowly revealing what appears to be an underground chamber. Sunset Shimmer came back quickly to witness the event and this time pulled back Twilight to save her from a very high fall.
Finally, the quake starts to cease slowly and a staircase begins to form downwards step by step.
"Twilight! Look!"
Both took a glance at the newly formed underground chamber. The first thing they saw was pure cristaline and a cobblestone bridge leading to some mysterious place.
"I. Can't. Believe. This." Twilight seemingly can't believe what she is seeing. "Sunset Shimmer. I want to ask you a favor"
"For my best friend, I'll do anything for you."
"Promise me that you will not tell anything about this to our friends. I want to keep this moment as a sacred life record."
"Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." Sunset Shimmer does the Pinkie Pie Swear in a cute and funny way. Twilight couldn't stop laughing at it, ending it with a nice smile.
"Thank you so much. Now, let's proceed to our discovery"
"Let's do this, Twilight!"
The girls walked down the stairs carefully.
"It's getting cold down here. Although, is not that bad." Said Sci-Twi calm.
"You may be right. But keep in mind that we are going below the surface, so it's not the same, my friend."
"Thanks for the tip." Sci-Twi chuckles and smiles at Sunset after descending the stairs.
"You're welcome. Now, let's see what's in store for..."
Both gazed at something very unique.
"Us." Twilight finished the sentence.