Sunlight read the inscriptions on the globe and noticed they were coordinates. He suddenly had an idea and headed for the Castle of Frienship. He entered the room where the Cutie map was located and activated it using a spell Twilight gave him. He entered in the system the coordinates written of the globe. The map zoomed on the Everfree Forest.
“Well, shit” said Sunlight.
Later, Sunset and him were at the entrance of the Everfree forest.
“Not only did the door location had to be in this infernal forest, said Sunlight. But it also had to be in the most dangerous and hostile part of it. We might need a guide to help us get through this forest. Oh, let’s ask Zecora!!”
He and Sunset went to Zecora’s hut and was about to knock at her door. But suddenly. Zecora opened it abruptly, letting a thick, smelly, green smoke.
“Not the worst thing i smelled” said Sunlight.
“I didn’t know such a smell could exist, said Sunset. What were you making in here, Zecora?”
“I was working on a new perfume, but as you can see, it ended just like i presumed, she answered. What brings the two of you to my hut?”
“We need a guide to navigate in that cursed forest, said Sunset. We thought you could help since we think you know a lot about this forest.”
“I do know my way around Everfree, said Zecora. But my services are not free. Tell me where you want to go.”
Sunlight teleported her to the Cutie Map and zoomed on the forest of Everfree. He entered the coordinates and the map automatically zoomed in the precise region they needed to go.
“You are definitively not lucky, said Zecora, As this part of the forest can drive anyone to insanity. Going there, I wouldn’t recommend, as this place could be where you meet your end.”
“We get it, said Sunlight. This is a very bad place for ponies. The question is, can you show us the way?”
“Yes, she answered. And while you’re at it, would you please get those rare ingredients for me? They are located in the same zone as the place you have to be. Consider it like the fee for my services.”
“At least half of those ingredients are highly hazardous to get, said Sunlight, reading the list. And the other half of those ingredients are just plain dangerous themselves.”
“You know what those ingredients are?” asked Sunset.
“Sure i do, he answered. I am quite the expert in botany. I am also an expert in geology and an expert in biology.”
“I will collect the ingredients myself, no need to worry, said Zecora. All you need to do is cover my back from dangers that might come at me. It’s the least you can do in exchange for my services.”
“Why not, said Sunlight. Fighting is always fun”
Sunlight brought them back to the hut. Zecora entered her home to grab some tools and then rejoined the duo.
“Follow my lead” she said.
The trio walked for a couple of hours in the forest before arriving to their destination. The globe started vibrating and glowing.
“The key is acting weird, said Sunlight. It’s probably because we are close to the entrance of whatever that key is supposed to let us enter in. But first, we should probably help Zecora before continuing our quest.”
Zecora pointed them a strange looking fruit hanging on the highest branch of a creepy looking tree.
“Help me get on top of that tree, said Zecora. So i can collect this fruit danger-free.”
Sunlight used his nature magic to make vines come out of the ground. The vines grabbed Zecora by the waist and back.
“I actually had a dream about vines, said Zecora. Those vines were viciously tearing up my insides”
Sunlight, not amused by the obscene comment, made the vines disappear and instead created a earth pillar that lifted her at the top of the tree. At the moment she grabbed the fruit, a giant Roc appeared from the sky.
“Well well, we meet yet again, said Zecora. How many times must i teach you this lesson, birdbrain.”
Sunlight swapped place with Zecora with his teleportation spell. He looked at the bird with a serious stare.
“Begone” he said.
Black coulds magically formed above the Roc. Shortly after, a series of lightning bolts hit the giant bird. The predator fell on the ground, burned and lifeless. Zecora walked on top of the bird and spit on it.
“That stupid bird will give me weeks worth of meals, she said. He gave me so much problem, glad his fate is sealed.”
She went to collect the next ingredient of her list, a crimson red flower that was protected by a giant Crimson wasp. Sunlight crushed the insect between two boulders.
“You’re so brutal, said Sunset. Why so much violence all of a sudden?”
“Well, i have to justify the Teen rating this story was given” he said, burning the corpse of the wasp.
“The rating of what? She asked. What are you talking about?”
“Forget it, said Sunlight. You’re the last person i want to see breaking the Fourth Wall.”
Zecora continued to collect the ingredients on her list and Sunlight continued murdering senselessly the violent creatures coming at the shaman.
“That was the last creature you had to fight, said Zecora. Thank you for your assistance, Sunlight”
“You’re welcome, he said. Will you be okay on the way home?”
“Of course, she answered. You don’t need to worry. This forest have no secret for me. Please pass by my hut when you’re done, my dear. I’ll give you a reward for your help of earlier.”
She smiled at him and walked away. Sunset let out a loud sigh.
“Moving on, she said. We have to find that entrance.”
As they got closer to the door, the globe was glowing brighter. They finally located the entrance a few minutes later. Sunlight immediately used a clairvoyance spell to dispel what he was certain to be an illusion. He was right and a heavy metal door appeared out of nowhere. The globe flew off out of Sunlight’s magic grasp and shot a magic beam at the door, which then opened. The globe then flew high in the sky and exploded. The duo entered and they saw a chest in front of them. Sunlight opened it and grabbed the map that was inside.
“If that map tell the truth, said Sunlight, Then our mother last known location is in a small village at the north of Equestria.”
“I can’t believe we will finally meet her, said Sunset. Oh...I have so much questions to ask her.”
“Don’t get you hopes on too much, said Sunlight. We don’t know if we will find her alive or dead there”
“That would be pretty cruel if we find out she died” said Sunset.
The duo left the place and headed back to the entrance of the forest.
“Head for Ponyville, said Sunlight. I’ll head for Zecora’s hut. Gonna grab the reward she promised me.”
“I must not get the wrong idea, thought Sunset. I bet that reward will be a rare concoction or some magic totem. Zecora wouldn’t fuck my brother, wouldn’t she?”
Sunset directly teleported back to Ponyville. Sunlight teleported in front of Zecora’s hut and was about to knock when he remembered something.
“Oh right, he said. I forgot she can’t teleport back to her home instantly like me.”
The hut’s door opened.
“Back so soon?” Asked Zecora.
“How did you get home so fast without a teleportation spell?” asked Sunlight.
“Let’s just say that Everfree is full of magic portal you can use, answered Zecora. I can show you a couple, sometimes, but try not to abuse.”
“So, about that reward?” asked Sunlight.
“It is waiting for you in my hut, she said. Come in, i made a delicious hot pot.”
Sunlight entered. He saw a bowl of the hot pot on the table.
“Eat as much as you can, sweetheart, she said. Oh, i notice you came alone, Where’s your sister?”
“Probably in Ponyville, right now, said Sunlight. So, about that reward?”
“Oh, yes, your reward, It’s inside the box you see on the table” said Zecora.
Sunlight opened the box and saw a phial of sparkly golden liquid.
“It is pure concentrated magic, said Zecora. One drop of this liquid will give you a tremendous amount of magic energy, really quick. With that, you’ll be able to fully use your magic power. It took me a whole month to make it, and many trials and errors.”
“Thank you so much, Zecora, he said. With this, No more cheep tricks and underhanded tactics. I will finally be able to fight my opponents fair and square”
“Well, i’m happy that you like it, she said. And before you go, i might give you and your sister a visit.”
“That would be great, said Sunlight. Have you ever thought of leaving this gloomy forest for another, much better place?”
“More than once, actually, said Zecora. Living in this place can be a real pain, honestly. But i just feel like i wouldn’t fit among ponies. Because i’m of a different species.”
“Oh, i have an idea, asked Sunlight. Why don’t you come living in our world? You would fit just right in among the masses! Your medical knowledge would be valuable there.”
“What makes you think i would want to leave this world in the first place?” answered Zecora.
“I’ll leave that answer to you, said Sunlight. That subplot went on for far too long. I have to return to Ponyville or else Sunset might get the wrong idea about this reward.”
“The way i said it did sounded a tad sexual” said Zecora.
“Well, i wouldn’t have minded being rewarded by you with sex, to be honest” said Sunlight.
“Oh my, said Zecora, embarrassed. You really mean it?”
”If this story was rated M, thought Sunlight. We would have started fucking right about now. Unfortunately, this is a Teen rated story and we’re nearing the end of the chapter, so i’ll have to cut to me and Sunset heading to our next destination... Right now.”
Sunlight and Sunset were about to leave Ponyville.
“I can’t believe she gave you something so valuable, said Sunset. And here i thought she would just give you, you know, her body, as a reward”
“Did you, though? Said Sunlight. You must know by now that even if she did paid me in sex, i would have refused...Right?”
“I mean, there is nothing wrong with having a quickie once in a while” said Sunset
“You do you, said Sunlight. Between spending time with you and your friends, honing my hand to hand combat and fighting techniques, updating my gadgets, watching anime, working part time and going to school, i barely have any time for self-pleasure. And it’s perfect that way. I’ve sworn to myself to never have sex with girls again.”
She gave him a sceptical look.
“Okay, fine, i did have sex with boys, while being a girl, said Sunlight. One time with the entire football team, You should have seen the mess after we were finished. Never doing it again, though... My poor butthole felt sore for days”
“That explain why they performed so well in the last regional Football tournament, said Sunset. Sacrificing your cheeks to boost the team morale, you’re a true hero...He he he”
“He he he he, said Sunlight, also amused. Okay, enough jokes, we have a long way to go before reaching the village were our mother supposedly lives in”
“You’re right, she said. We wasted enough time, let’s finish this quest!!”
After 4 days of walk, which had been painful for the duo, Sunset and Sunlight were finally arrived at the village indicated on the map.
“There we are, said Sunlight. After beating the hell out of countless monsters and making our way through way too much obstacles. We finally made it!”
“But our efforts are going to be rewarded, said Sunset. We finally get to meet our real mother!”
They entered the village and saw no sign of life, only decaying houses and blooming vegetation.
“Of course, said Sunlight. This village is totally, utterly, completely desert. Judging by the look of the houses and all that vegetation, i’d say this village had been abandonned for at least a decade or so.”
“The message did said that this was her last known location” said Sunset.
Sunlight was trying to contain his rage.
“Before you burn down this village, said Sunset. There is maybe a lead to where she might have gone.”
Sunlight used his cloning spell to create 10 copies of himself. He then send them looking in the village for anything that could help them find a lead.
“Hey, everyone, said one of the clones. I found a lead!!”
“Good job, Sunlight, said the real Sunlight. You really are the best!”
“Thank you, said the clone of Sunlight. You’re amazing too, Sunlight!!”
“Okay, everyone, said Sunlight to his clones, get you asses back there!! We found what we were looking for. You did a good job, all of you!! You’re dismissed!!”
The clones disappeared. Sunlight gave a look at what seemed to be a diary. One belonging to their mother...They looked at each other and read it together.