A Long Shot

by Near Miss


Chapter 5

"Would Starlight Glimmer know any more about this, um... artifact?" Long Shot asked.

"No!" Trixie responded instantly, "You can't tell her Trixie is looking for it."

"But why not?" Long Shot asked.

"Because," Trixie blurted out, her eyes darting from side to side, "She just can't know. But you can trust me, it's Totally Legit."

"That's okay, but, how do we find it then?" Long Shot asked. Trixie shrugged, clearly lacking any further guidance.

"What if," Spleens started, "We use the enchanted map that Starlight Glimmer gave us?"

Lacking any better plans, Near Miss and Long Shot nodded, after which Spleens trotted back out of the CASTLE OF FRIENDSHIP to go retrieve the map. Once Spleens had left the building, Trixie quietly whispered, "So, she's a good changeling, right?"

Long Shot glared angrily at Trixie and was about to speak before Near Miss got between the two, while saying, "Spleens is bright green, loves hugs, and thinks farts are funny, I think we'll be fine."

Just after Near finished speaking, Spleens returned, gently carrying the map in her mouth before setting it down and unfolding it on one of the tables Trixie had been practicing her magic trick with. "Map," Spleens asked gently as the others gathered around, "Could you please show us where Hoofdini's wand is?"

The map shimmered for an instant before going blank and then drawing a path overlooking a canyon labeled Gallifrey Gorge. Inside the canyon were what looked like the outlines of many buildings. At the center of the map, inside the largest of the buildings was a gently flashing x.

"Well, we know where it is," Near said, "Now how do we get there? Since you don't want Starlight Glimmer to know, I'm guessing she can't telepoof us there." Trixie shook her head before Near continued, "And you can't send us there yourself either can you?" This produced another head shake from Trixie.

"Well Girls," Near said before making eye contact with her friends one after the other, "I guess we're hoofing it."