The next day, Sun, Sand Wind and the other caretakers, and the orphans are having some breakfast. Many of the people in the orphanage like having Sun around because of her kind heart. As they eat, they are discussing on what they need to do today.
"So I understand that you have a few things to do?" The headmaster of the orphanage, Cynder says.
Cynder's around his fifties, and has veredian skin, glowing light yellow hair and a mustache, blue eyes. He is wearing a white shirt, with dark gray pants, he is also wearing a small red hat on his heat.
Sun nods her head, and says, "Yes. I want to check out what is happening at Somnambula's statue to talk to that man. Then we're going to the museum to talk to them about the necklace. Finally, we're going to the police station and see if they can help me get back home."
"But not to worry, Papa Copper and I will come with her," Sand Wind replies.
"Thanks, but I don't want to take up your time," Sun says.
"Not to worry, we're going to help you explain everything to what happen. And see if the police can help you with your troubles," Papa Copper says.
Sun smiles, and says, "Thanks you."
Around the same time at the hotel, Twilight and the girls are dressed and eaten breakfast. Of course, some of them are making sure they're prepared.
"Do you think we have everything?" Rarity asks.
"Well, we bought some water bottles, sandwiches, and snacks from the store downstairs. We also got maps of the area, our phones charged, and everything we need for our search," Applejack says.
Adagio asks, "So we know who is with who and where we're searching?"
"Right. Falling Star, Spike, Fluttershy, and I will look around the northern part of town," Twilight says.
"Pinkie, Nina and I are searching at the east where the statue of Somnambula is at," Rainbow says.
"Right," Nina replies.
"My sisters and I will cover the west part of down where around the bazaars," Aria says.
"Applejack, and I will look at the south part of town," Rarity replies.
"And we all have our supplies and our phone is charged," Fluttershy says.
Twilight declares, "Alright girls, we know that Sun is somewhere in the city, and we know she is with few of the locals. Let's
find our friend."
"Yeah!" Everyone in the room cheer.
After having breakfast at the orphanage, Sun, Sand Wind, and Papa Copper exit the building.
Sun asks, "So which way is to the statue?"
"The statue should be this way," Sand Wind says pointing to the direction.
"Well then, let's be on our way," Papa Copper says.
Sun, Sand Wind, and Papa Copper begin to go down the road to see the people who will be gathering at the statue today.
Finally after a an hour of walking, they finally reach the statue of Sonnambula that is crumble into pieces. Sun is shocked to see the damage that has been done to the statue. It seems that the man wearing the brown cloak is beginning talking to the people who has gather today. Just then, Sun recognised not one, but three people in the crowd. She sees Aqua Drop and Apple Merchant among the crowd. However, at the farth part of the crowd, she can see A.K Yearling here, and is looking very sad.
"I wonder what Ms. Yearling is doing here? And… why is she looking so sad?" Sun asks herself.
Sun's thoughts is cut off when she hears Sand Wind call out, "Aqua, Apple, over here."
The two men turn around to see her, Sun and Papa with them.
"Ah, Papa Copper, Sand Wind, what a nice surprise," Apple Merchant says with a smile.
"And I see Sun is here with you," Aqua replies.
Sun turns to Aqua, and says, "Hi Aqua, is nice to see you here."
"It's nice to see you here too, but I thought you were going to take care of your troubles," Aqua says.
"Yeah. But I wanted to see if I can help with your Daring Do trouble," Sun answers.
"That's nice, but I don't think you can help us with this problem. But it's nice that you decided to put our problem first
before yours," Aqua says.
Confused, Apple Merchant asks, "What sort of problem? Are you in some kind of trouble?"
"Actually, I am in trouble. And I'm worried that I'm still in trouble," Sun answers with a sad mood.
Sand Wind can see Sun is still sad about what has become of her, and decides to explain, "You see, Sun was actually from
Canterlot City and was abducted recently, and manage to escaped her capture."
"Really?" Apple Merchant asks in shock.
"I'm afraid so," Sun answers.
Then Papa Copper adds, "What's more, Sun ended up having possession of Somnambula's neck, and it's possible that the men might have stole it. From Sun's testimony, we believed the men were after the treasure inside."
"Those men wouldn't dare. It's a long standing rule of our town that no one is allowed to enter the pyramid. There are dangerous traps inside," Apple Merchant says.
Sun nods her head, "Yes. Aqua told us about the pyramid being dangerous and that an ancient evil was sealed within it."
"That is correct," Apple Merchant says.
"That's okay. I know that I'll be able to get back home or that my friends will find me. You could say that I'm never going to lose faith and hope in them," Sun says.
Apple Merchant smiles, and says, "Sounds to me like you really care for them."
"Yes. They mean more to me than anything," Sun says showing a sad smile on her face.
"You know, you kind of remind me of Sonambula in a way. She care for her friends and the over villagers, and she never gave up hope," Apple Merchant complements.
"Thanks," Sun replies.
Then she asks, "You know, I remember reading about her being the wife of Hasin, and rule along with him, but I don't
really know how she became a legend."
"Maybe you can tell her the story?" Sand Wind suggests.
Apple Merchant chuckles, and says, "I be delighted to."
Then he narrates, "A long time ago, this village fell prey to an evil Sphinx who demanded most of their crops."
Flashing back centuries ago, giant purple cat with wings. The monster is wearing a two different shade purple headdress with a gold crown, a light purple band on one leg, and a gold on the other, and wears a gold and dark purple necklace. Terrazign the old village.
"Like her fellow villagers, Somnambula didn't have much, but she used what she had to keep others from giving up hope." Apple Merchant narrates.
Then shows of an old woman who doesn't have enough to buy bread. Somnambula decides to give up her pearl necklace, and buy bread for the old woman.
Just then the prince along with his guards arrive who have seen the good deed Somnambula has performed.
Apple Merchant narrates, "The son of the Pharaoh, Prince Hisan, was so moved by her compassion that he decreed nopony would go hungry again."
After Prince Hisan declares to the people, he goes with his father and guards to confront the beast.
"But when Hisan stood up to the Sphinx, the beast captured him, telling the Pharaoh the only way to get Hisan back was
to solve her riddle," Apple Merchant adds.
The monster grabs the prince takes him to the pyramid where he monster of holding him captive.
"Nobody would volunteer to save the prince. Nobody except Somnambula," Apple Merchant adds.
During the story, the citizens were scared, and not willing to save Prince Hisan. Sonambula steps in, and decides to go.
She then runs across the desert to the pyramid where the beast is in. After running through the halls she come across the Sphinx waiting patiently.
Apple Merchant narrates, "The Sphinx gave her the riddle,"
"I shine brightest in the dark. I am there but cannot be seen. To have me costs you nothing. To be without me costs you everything," The Sphinx says, giving her the riddle.
"As Somnambula thought of the hardship she and her fellow villagers had experienced, she instantly knew the answer," Apple Merchant continues.
"Hope!" Somnambula shouts.
"The Sphinx was so enraged, it seemed she might still refuse to release the prince, so Somnambula asked her for one more challenge. But if she accomplished it, the Sphinx would leave from the kingdom forever," Apple Merchant says.
There it shows the Sphinx is outrage to hear the woman solve his riddle. Somnambulism announces that she will take another test and make the sphinx a kind of bet.
"The Sphinx quickly agreed, asking only that Somnambula walk to the prince across a deep chasm... blindfolded!" Apple Merchant says.
The Sphinx show Sonambula her challenge. She sees the prince is tied at a pillar across the bridge and over green glowing slime. He then put a blindfold over her eyes so she can't see.
"Further, the Sphinx had Somambula's arms tied behind her back," Apple Merchant says.
The Sphinx has ropes on Somnambula's hand and are at her back. The beast evilly laughs, and pushes the young woman towards the bridge.
"But Somnambula never lost hope! She knew she'd need to make a leap of faith to save the prince," Apple Merchant says.
Somnambula grows weary about unable to use her eyes, and her arms to get across, and she wonders about taking that first step. But she never gives up, so she jumps on to the bridge, and tries to listen to the Prince's voice.
Then Apple Merchant says, "Guided by the sound of the prince's voice... she easily made it across."
The prince calls out to Somnambula as he sees her crossing the bridge. Soon enough, she is able to reach the other side where the prince is. The sphinx roars in outrage, and flies out of the pyramid, never to return.
Once Somnambula is able to get the rops off of her wrists. She unties the ropes that keep Hisan in place, and the prince takes off the blindfold. The two then give each other a hug, glad to see each other. Then then look up to see the hole that the Sphinx flees.
After that, Sonnambula and Hisan are back with the pharaoh and his guards.
"The Pharaoh asked how Somnambula prevailed, and she explained that she had always hoped she could make things better for her people and that hope had carried her through," Apple Merchant adds.
Somnambula explain on how she is able to succeed and save the prince,
"The Prince replaced the pearls Somnambula gave up with a string of glowpaz," Apple Merchant says.
Prince Hisan gives Sonnambula a glowpaz necklace, and places it on her neck.
"And around her neck, they glowed bright enough to light the entire kingdom," Apple Merchant adds.
Soon Somanbula's necklace begins to glow so bright that the whole kingdom is seeing it.
"Forever after, glowpaz became our symbol of hope," Apple Merchant says, finishing the story.
Sun smiles, and says, "That is a very nice story. And I can understand why Somnambula's necklace, and the glowpaz mean a lot to you."
"Yes. So you can understand why we were upset when they were stolen," Sand Wind says.
"I think I do, but I still like to try and help you. After how nice you are to me it's the least I can do," Sun says.
Sun walks past the crowd to see if she can talk to the man at front of the statue. Once she reaches the front she can see the man is talking to the citizens.
The man announces, "Here it is! The remains of your– I mean, our Somnambula statue! Now that Daring Do has destroyed it, tell me, where will we hang our glowpaz?"
The people talk about how upset they are for what Daring Do has done, and they believed that she is the one who has stillen the necklace and glowpaz.
Sun raises her hand, and questions, "Excuse me?"
The man looks down to see Sun looking up at him. The citizen look confused and whispers among themselves. In fact,
they are also talking about Sun being the resemblance of Somnambula's daughter.
"Yes. What can I do for you?" The man asks.
"I think the real question is what can I do for you? What did Daring Do do to you that have you upset with her?" Sun clarifies.
"And why would you like to know?" The man questions.
"Well, maybe if I can understand your problem, then I can help you and the others with your conflict with Daring Do," Sun answers.
Everyone talk among themselves again to hear what Sun is planning.
The man calmly says, "I'm afraid we do not require your help. We're doing fine on your own."
"Really? Because from the looks of it, you all don't seem to be solving the real problem. You do have the right to be upset
with her for destroying the statue and other property, but staying mad at her isn't the answer," Sun explains.
"Let's not forget about the glowpaz. She left sometime after the wreckage, and the glowpaz and Somanbula's necklace is gone," The man says.
"Yes. I was told on why the necklace and glowpaz is so important. But, just because Daring Do caused damage doesn't mean she was responsible for the robbery. To be honest, I don't think Daring Do is responsible for the robberies at all," Sun replies.
Everyone becomes shocked to hear what Sun says.
The man asks, "Why do you believed she didn't do it? Why are you defending her? And why do you want to help us with it?"
"Because, I simply have hope for her to doing good and not bad. I may not know her personally, but I was able to know her in a way that shows her not being a villian. I'm never going to give up hope that she was only trying to protect people and ancient artifacts," Sun says to the man.
She then face to the people, and says, "You see, I don't believe Daring Do meant to do what she did. I believe she was really trying to help protect your treasure from those who wanted to steal it. I think Daring Do just need to know that even though she is trying to help, she still responsible for the actions and need to fix the mess she caused. But staying angry and doing protests isn't going to fix the real problem. You all don't have to believe me or anything, but I want to think on how Daring Do will feel if she isn't who you think she is because I think she will listen to your voices if you explain it to her."
Everyone is shocked to hear what Sun has says to them. Even Papa Copper and the others are amazed to hear Sun's speech. At the far back of the crowd, can't help but shed tears at Sun's speech. Soon everyone begin to depart as they talk among themselves.
Sand Wind comes over, and says, "Sun, what your saying is… amazing."
"Yeah. You really have faith in Daring Do even though you don't fully know her and standing up to everyone here," Aqua says.
"Thanks, but I was just saying what I believe," Sun replies.
"Still, you sure your word really touch us," Apple Merchant says.
"I agree," Papa Copper says.
Sun turns around to see that the man is gone. She looks around to see the man walking down an alley.
Sun turns to the others, and says, "Can you excuse me guys? I need to take care of something."
"Sure," Aqua replies.
Sun begins to run after the man, and try to get her answer.
Meanwhile, Rainbow and Pinkie are looking at the east side of town, and are reaching the statue. They are surprised to see the statue crumble to the ground.
"What happened here?" Rainbow asks.
"Yeah. It looks like it got hit by a wrecking ball," Pinkie says.
Pinkie notices some people, and says, "Let's go ask them to see if they see her."
Rainbow and Pinkie come up to the group of four.
"Excuse me, mister," Rainbow replies.
The man turns around to reveal Papa Copper, who is with three more. Sand Wind, Apple Merchant, and Aqua Drop.
"Hello young lady, what can we do for you?" Papa asks.
"We're trying to find our friend. She has amber like skin, red and yellow hair, and tell like eyes," Pinkie says.
Rainbow shows the picture, "She looks like this."
The four adults take a look at the picture, and are surprised.
Sand Wind smiles, and says, "I get it, you must be Sun's friends."
The two girls become surprised to hear it.
"You saw her?!" Pinkie exclaims.
"Do you know where she is?" Rainbow asks.
"Yes. She went down the alley to talk to the man about his problem with Daring Do. Plus we were going to museum after that," Sand Wind says, showing the girls the way.
"Thanks," Rainbow says.
Then the girls run off to find their friend.
Sun continues to follow the man until she find him.
Sun calls out, "Mister! Sir! Wait!"
The man turns to see Sun is running towards her. What's more, she is still wearing Somnambula's necklace.
The man says, "Yes."
"Um, sir, you still haven't answer my question. What did Daring Do do to get you upset with her, and to cause this whole protest you are trying to create?" Sun asks.
"Only… everything! The man answers, taking off his cloak to reveal his true face.
Sun gaps and exclaims, "Doctor Caballeron!"
"Yes, Sun. When I heard rumors about a girl resembling Somambula's daughter, I saw her portat to reveal your face. I knew that you had to arrive to the city," Caballeron says.
Caballeron laughs, and says, "I would never guess that you decided to come to me trying to help me, but not to worry, for you are going to help me."
"I'll never help you. You wanted to steal the treasure and the serpent stone," Sun sternly says.
Caballeron smirks, and says, "Somehow I knew you will say that."
Caballeron whistles loud, and Sun is stunned to find herself surrounded by his men.
In the alley, Rainbow and Pinkie are trying to find Sun. they are rather confused to have no see her.
Just then, they hear a loud screams, "Help!"
The girls become shocked to hear the voice.
Rainbow says, "That's Sun!"
Rainbow and Pinkie race to find Sun. From the screaming, Sun must be in trouble. They slowly look around the corner, and gasp to see what is happening. They see Sun getting tied up, gagged by the mouth, and is being dragged away by four men, with the fifth man leading the way.
Rainbow question, "Is that Doctor Caballeron?"
"And he has Sun," Pinkie worriedly says.
"We gotta help her, but we need help," Rainbow says.
"You say you need help," A woman's voice says.
The two girls turn around to see A.K Yearling who is in her Daring Do costume.
"Ms. Yearling, thank goodness you're here! Sun has been abducted by those men, and one of them look like Caballeron from your book," Rainbow explains.
"Actually, my books aren't entirely fact. That's man is Caballeron, and your friend is in big trouble," Mrs. Yearling says.
The girls gasp in shock.
"What do you mean?" Rainbow asks.
"Well, for one; I am the real Daring Do, and that A.K Yearling is my pen name," Ms. Yearling explains.
The girls exclaim, "What?!"
"We don't have time to explain, your friend is endanger, and we need to go after them," Daring do explains.
Rainbow says to Pinkie, "Pinkie tell the others that we found Sun and she's in trouble. I'll go with Daring Do to get your friend back."
"Right," Pinkie says.
Pinkie runs over, and bring out her phone to call the and Daring Do run after Caballeron and his henchmen. Rainbow is on a mission now, knowing that her friends is in terrible trouble. She only hope she isn't too late.