//------------------------------// // Chapter 5: First Steps to You Destination // Story: Sun's Equestria Girls Adventure: Daring Magic // by Pinkie Pie Sweets //------------------------------// Back in Princess Twilight's castle, the news about what happen to Sun has strike Twilight and the girls very hard. The main ten of Canterlot High vsit the princess and her friends, to see if they can help her. "I can't believe somepony would do somethin' this terrible," Pony Applejack angrily replies. "And at the Daring Do Convention too. Sun was so excited about it," Pony Rainbow says. "I don't think a Daring Do Convention is something the girls want to hear right now," Pony Rarity sternly replies. Human Fluttershy calmly says, "Now mares, try not to act like a, little fillies right now. My friends and I are on an important mission." "She's right. Our friend is abducted, and must be very scared right now," Princess Twilight says. Then she asks, "Twi, do you have the map of your world?" "Got it right here," Human Twilight answers, holding the map. Then Princess Twilight asks, "Falling Star, you still got Sun's journal?" "Here it is," Falling Star answers, holding the book. Pony Pinkie asks, "Why do we need a map for?" "And why you need Sun's journal?" Human Rainbow asks. "Yeah. Do you know where she went?" Human Pinkie asks. "No. Not yet anyway," Princess Twilight answers. "Huh?!" Both human and pony react looking confused. "I don't get it," Sonata says, looking clueless. "Don't worry Sonata, I think Princess Twilight has an idea,"Adagio says. "Right," Princess Twilight says. Human Twilight then places the map on the table, and unroll it so it's nice and Falling Star puts Sun's journal on the map. The young dog, Spike asks, "Is it going to work?" "This is Princess Twilight we're talking about. I'm sure what she's doing is going to work," Spike the dragon answers. "I can only hope it does," Nina sadly replies. Dragon Spike pats Nina, and says, "Don't worry, we'll find her." Princess Twilight and Starlight use their magic to hit the map and the book, causing the book to float into the air, and the map to shine. Suddenly, a bright symbol of a shimmering sun of red and yellow appear on the map, and slowly moving on the map. The others are amazed and in shock, "Woah!" "That's amazing," Human Rarity says. "Indeed," Pony Rarity agrees. Then Aria does, "What did you do?" "Princess Twilight and I use our magic on Sun's journal so it can track her on the map. Right now, it's showing you where Sun is right now," Starlight explains. "Are you saying that we're able to track Sun with the map?!" Pony Pinkie asks in shock. "Exactly," Princess Twilight answers. The girls begin to smile, and see that luck is on their side right now. Human Twilight happily says, "Thank you Princess, this is just the help we need." "It's no problem. Sun is my friend as well," Princess Twilight says. Then Starlight says, "And before we forget. You're able to use the map to zoom in on her location. You just unable to see her, just her symbol." "That will do," Human Applejack says. Looking at the map, they can see the symbol moving upward. Human Twilight then, uses her fingers to help zoom on the symbol. When they get closer, they can see the symbol is moving at the side of a train track. "It looks like Sun is close to a train track, but it seems to be somewhere on the east side from where Canterlot City is," Human Twilight says. Human Rarity gasps, "You think she's on a train?" "I don't think so. The symbol on the map is moving rather slow, almost like Sun is walking at the side of the track," Human Twilight says. Then Human Pinkie asks, "does that mean Sun manage to get away from her captures! Yay Sun!" "Could be," Falling Star replies. "Does it say where Sun is going?" Human Rainbow asks. Human Twilight looks at the map, "Judging by the direction she is going, Sun seems to be heading to… City of Somnambula." "Somnambula! That's way far from Canterlot City!" Human Rainbow exclaims. Then Pony Pinkie says, "Hey, Rainbow and I were there just two weeks ago!" The ten human girls look at the pony Pinkie with confused looks. "What you mean?" Human Fluttershy asks. "Long story," Pony Rainbow asks. "Well, we know where Sun is heading, and we know where to so. So let's go to Somnambula, and get our friend back," Rainbow says, looking determined. Princess Twilight walks to Twilight with a big brown bag, about a side of a basketball floating by her magic. "What's this?" Aria asks. "I thought it will be a good idea for you to take this. I'm unable to come because of an important event is coming up in Canterlot so I'm unable to come. So I've decided to give you something to help you out," Princess Twilight explains, levitating the bag to Human Applejack. Applejack opens the bag, and gaps, "Woah nelly!" The others look in the bag, and gasp to see gold bits and gems inside. "I remember that gold and gems give you a large amount of money, so I thought I at least help with your transportation and other need," Princess Twilight says. Human Fluttershy worriedly asks, "Princess Twilight, are you sure about this." "Yes. I don't feel right about taking your money," Human Rarity says. "I understand why you feel this way, but please, this is for Sun. I may not be able to help in person, but I want to at least help whatever I can," Princess Twilight says. "If you're sure about this," Applejack replies. Princess Twilight nods her head in reply. Human Twilight calmly says with a smile smile, "Thank you." "It's no problem. I can only hope Sun is alright," Princess Twilight says. "We hope so too," Adagio replies with a sad look. The girls exist through the portal with the bag of money, map, and Sun's journal. When all of them are at CHS, the girls and two pets go off on their journey to find their stolen friend. Still walking along the track, Sun is now walking on it because the sand is making it hard for her feet. Sun can see that it's already starting to get dark, and not sure how much longer it will be until she gets to a city. Just then, she hears a whistling sound coming behind her, and knows that a train is coming. Sun quickly get off the track in case the train is coming her way. Suddenly, some strange screeching sound comes along. Sun then sees that a strange train is coming to a stop. She sees that the train only has three cars: red, blue, and green, and the engine is black. A train conduction wearing an eye patch looks out, and asks, "Hey, what's a little kid like you doing out here?" "I'm… I'm trying to find a city to call home. Do you know where the nearest city from here," Sun slowly answers. "Well, there is a city down the track," the man says. Suddenly another man opens the red car. The man has brown skin, and black curly hair. Then the blue car opens, and two more people come out, and they're twins. They have pale white skins, and light blonde hair. The boy has green eyes, while the girl has blue eyes. Finally, the last green car opens, and a big muscular red man comes out. He also has gray eyes, and wild purple hair. There is also a small man wearing a top hat, who has light green skin, and bright green eyes. The man with the curly hair, asks, "Hey Puffer Pete, what's going on? Why did we stop?" "Sorry, Fur Root, but I found this young lady out in the middle of nowhere," The conductor names Puffer Pete answers. "A girl you say," The man, Fur Root says. "Um yeah," Sun shyly answers. Fur Root gets off the car and walks to Sun, he politely says, "Hello my dear, what a nice girl like you doing out here." "Well, I… I was at the Daring Do Convention with my friends and school club and we were having a great time," Sun explains. "Daring Do you say," the young boy says. "We love Daring Do," the girl replies. "Now Elf Cup, Beanie, let the girl finish," Fur Root says. "Sorry," the twins reply. "No, no, it's alright… but, um… but I was stolen away by this man Caballeron, who said something about having an ancient necklace, and I just…" Sun explains. "Sounds to me like this guy is a loon," Fur Foot remarks. Then he calmly says, "I Fur Foot will help you, ms…" "Um, my name is Sun," Sun replies. "Sun, that's a nice name. You hear my name is Fur Root, and you see Elf Cup, Beanie, the big guy is Bronze, and the little man is Tiny." "It's nice to meet you miss," Tiny says. "We're knows as the Train Railers, a band that loves to travel by train," Elf Cup explains. Then Fur Foot says, "And we will gladly help you." "Thanks you," Sunsyas. With that Fur Foot helps Sun on the train, and the others closes the car. Puffer Pete then starts the train and start hitting the rails. At the station, the train that Sun is on earlier has reached their destination, and Caballeron is not happy to hear what has happened. "What do you mean she has disappeared?!" Caballeron demands. "We looked into the car to check on her, and she was gone," the man with the sunglasses says. "We looked all over the cars, but couldn't find her," The man with the brown vest adds. Then the man with the fedora says, "And the window was open, so we also assumed she either sneak to the next car or… jump off the train." "We need to find that girl with the necklace before Daring Do does. Tomorrow, we'll start looking for the girls, and we'll make sure she won't escape again," Caballeron says, looking very angry. The four men nod their head and leave the car. Caballeron begins to wonder about Sun's escape. She managed to unlock the cuffs, and was able to get out through the window. It further proof that she is an agent of Daring Do. I must find her with the necklace, and the pyramid before Daring Do comes and find out," Caballeron says to himself. Early in the morning, the train Sun is riding on is still riding on the track. She happily sleeps, and glad that she is able to find help along the way. Suddenly, she hears loud ringing sound, and that ends up slowly waking her up. Sun walks up to see Elf Cup shaking a bell around. Sun yawns, and says, "Morning Elf Cup, what's going on?" "Well, I make breakfast early in the morning because after we're done, we do some band practice," Elf Cup answers. "Oh," Sun replies. Sun ends up with an idea, and asks, "Elf Cup, if you don't mind… can I help out with breakfast. I want to take you for helping me." "Sure. and maybe while we eat, you can tell us about yourself," Elf Cup says with a smile. Sun and Elf Cup begin to make breakfast for everyone, especially for Bronze. From what Elf Cup has explain, Broze is kind of a big eater. The two end up cooking a great breakfast meal. As they eat, Sun has explain to Fur Root and the others about her time at CHS, but leave out the part with Equestrian Magic activity running around. The gang are amazed to hear Sun's story. "Sounds to me that you had a great life there. I'm sorry you were stolen away from great friends," Fur Root says. " those guys did was so uncool," Beanie says. "You said it," Tiny replies. Then Elf Cup asks, "What are you going to do? You don't' have money or a phone." "I was hoping to find the closest town, and see if I can find any means of getting home," Sun explains. "Well, the closest town on our current location is Sonnambula, we were heading to the opposite direction," Fur Root says. "It's okay. I can walk from where we need to part," Sun replies. "You sure? From where we separate at the fork of the track, it will be another two to three ours on foot from there," Bronze asks. "Well, at least you're in a way wearing the appropriate clothes in the city," Tiny says. Sun looks at her clothes, "Yeah. I supposed to be Somnambula. I don't' exactly have other clothes." "Still, I wonder if my friends are looking for me, I don't exactly know how to get back home. I must end up being stuck around here for a long time," Sun sadly replies. The five look at each other with sad look to see Sun is showing sadness in her eyes. Then the friends have an idea. Elf Cup, Beanie and Tiny begin to look for things in a draw. They bring out a long red skirt and a scarf, then a yellow shirt, and red shoes with yellow rhinestones. Finally they bring out a brown bag. "We're going to help you a little. We have some old clothes and things we don't use anymore, so you can have these," Tiny says. "Oh, um, you don't have to do that," Sun says, looking surprised. "It's alright. You look like a nice kid, and you help Elf Cup made a fabulous breakfast. So we want to thank you for that," Fur Root says. "Um thank you," Sun replies. Fur Root takes the bag from the two, and give them to Sun. He then says to Sun, "Listen kid, I know that you feel lost, and alone out here. And the city is still miles away." "Yeah," Sun replies. "And you feel like you're stuck," Fur Foot replies. "Yeah," Sun replies. Then he asks, "But you have great friends?" "I do," Sun answers. "Then that is the way for you to keeping going, knowing how much your friends mean to you. Knowing how much they miss you. And to have hope that you can keep going until you get to them," Fur Root says. Then he says, "Now listen here." Fur Root: Sunny, get your chin up. Things could be worst. You could have your feet stuck down in the Earth. But I don't see no roots growing from your toes. Just two very little feet. And they're revving, revving, revving to go! Fur Root opens the car has reach the fork on the track. Sun, Fur Foot and the gang get out of the train car. Bronze, Elf Cup, Tiny, and Beanie: Take the first step. Fur Root: And soon you will see. Bronze, Elf Cup, Tiny, and Beanie: (soon you'll see) All: Just how brave your heart could be. Look on up, to the sky. Take that first step. And kiss your fears goodbye. Bronze pull the switch, switching the track, and Pete moves the train to the left fork of the track. They all continue to sing as the train move along the track. Fur Root shows Sun the track on the right, "This track will lead you to Somnambula. Keep going down that track, and you will reach your destination." Sun smiles to see her destination and know that she still has a chance to get back home. Fur Root: Destiny is calling. So listen up please. And you could feel the rhythm down deep in your knees. One foot, then the other. Your journey has begun. Sunny, believe it You're ready, ready, ready to run. Bronze, Elf Cup, Tiny, and Beanie: (Take the first step) Fur Root: And soon you will see. Bronze, Elf Cup, Tiny, and Beanie: (Soon you'll see) All: Just how brave your heart can be. Look on up, to the sky. Sun and the band sing as they dance and play some of their instruments. They then jump and they all pretend to walk. All: Take that first step. And kiss your fears goodbye. Fur Root and the others continue to sing, as sun begin to walk along the right fork of the track. Bronze, Elf Cup, Tiny, and Beanie: (Soon you'll see how brave your heart can be) (Look on up, to the sky) (Take that first step and kiss your fears goodbye) The band sings as they march into the car, and see Sun is continue to walk down the path. All: Take the first step, and soon you will see Just how brave your heart can be. Look on up, to the sky Take that first step Fur Root: Sunny we believe in you… The band go into the car, and closes the door as they continue to sing. Pete start the engine and go along the left track to their destination. Sun continues to walk along the right train track with a smile on her face. She feels that she has the courage to keep going to Somnambula. The hope that she and her friends and family will see each other again. She is full of courage, friendship, and hope because she feels that her friends will be able to find her. As she walks the trail, she doesn't know that the necklace of Sonnambula is beginning to show a low glow. At the city airport, the main ten and two pets are waiting to get on the plan. They check the map to see that is indeed going to the City of Somnambula. They manage to switch the gems and coins for money, and get the tickets to the airport close to their destination. As they walk on the plane, they all think about Sun, and hope they are okay. For a minute, Twilight assumes, she sees Ms. Yearling on the same plane line as they do. She then begin to think about what Applejack has said about her not being honest about something, but wants to think more about Sun's safety. They girls show their tickets, and the pets in pet carrier, and they enter the plane. Sometime later, the plane has taken off, and flying out of Canterlot City to Somnambula, hoping to find their special friend.