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// 34. A Magically Dazzling Find 
// Story: A Dazzling New Life: High School Edition 
// by Joshua the Dragonslayer 
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It was the next day and the Dazzlings had stepped out of their cabin and made their way over to the campfire to meet up with everyone else. They were on their third day of camp and the girls were ready for what was Camp Everfree going to bring for them. Once the girls made their way over to the campfire and meet up with the rest of their class, the Dazzlings talked to their friends as they waited for Gloriosa and Timber along with Celestia and Luna to tell them what the plan was for the day. 

Walking out the doors, out came Gloriosa, Timber, Celestia, and Luna. Students ended their conversations and paid attention to the teachers, they wanted to hear what the activity for the day was going to be. Gloriosa looked at all the students and gave them a warm smile. "Hello and good morning everyone!" Students greeted her back with smiles and waves and hello's of their own. Gloriosa smiled and looked at the students. "Today's activity is going to be a treasure hunt! Me and the others have hidden all sorts of treasures all throughout the forest. Teams of three will walk around the forest trying to find treasure, the more treasure, the more the points!" Kids started chatting and looking around seeing who they wanted to team with in the treasure hunt. While everyone else did that, the Dazzlings just smiled and looked at each other, they didn't have to think about who they wanted to team with. When there were literally three of them and their teamwork had helped them in the past so many times, it wasn't even a question of who they were going to be with. Gloriosa saw that everyone had found their team and was standing with them. "Alright then, the groups will be split into fours. Follow a teacher with your team and when the signal is given, you're free to roam around the forest looking for all the treasure hidden beyond the forest." Everyone nodded their heads and one team at a time, started heading in their own directions. The Dazzlings nodded at one another, determined to win the treasure hunt. Without another second being wasted, the girls started following Celestia and all the other teams who followed behind her.





Once all the teams got into their positions and got the signal from their teachers, all the teams started to disperse throughout the forest trying to look around for all the hidden treasure. The Dazzlings took off in a different direction from the other teams, hoping that while everyone went one way, they could find all the other treasure in other parts of the forest. The treasure was marked with papers letting the students know what was and wasn't treasure. Celestia, Luna, Timber, and Gloriosa watched around as kids ran around the forest looking and finding all the treasure while also making sure everyone was okay. 

The treasure hunt was going on with a flurry as kids started to find all the treasure left and right. Joy had jumped into the lake and found some treasure underwater, which she was very happy about, getting wet was worth it for her. The Dazzlings who were searching the forest had each been able to find some treasure of their own. Looking at all the treasures they were finding, they had a strong feeling that they were once again going to win a team competition. Others such as Derek and Dean were working together as brothers hoping that they would make a good team just like the sisters. Frizzle to the surprise of her teammates was using her magic to suddenly make the treasure appear, however, since she was still learning she was having a bit of trouble making the treasure appear and not something else. Phoebe being one with nature was able to somehow listen to what nature was telling her which led her to find treasures that were in tricky spots to find. 

Dawnshine, who was supposed to be with her other teammates, had gone off course and started walking around the forest, she had other plans about some measly treasure hunt. She was still on the search for those geodes she had heard about, and to her, that was the only true treasure hiding in the forest. 'No matter what, I'm going to find those geodes and use them to my desire! While everyone else is on some stupid treasure hunt, I'm going to be hunting for the actual treasure that'll matter in the end! This forest is big but with all this free time I have to look around, surely I'll be able to find the geodes! And then... I'll get my revenge!' Continuing to walk through the forest, Dawnshine started to laugh to herself, she was going to find the true treasure no matter what. 





The Dazzlings had walked far into the forest, and as they were walking around, Adagio saw a tree that looked very familiar. "Uh, guys?" Sonata and Aria stopped and looked over at Adagio. "Isn't that the tree that you marked so that we knew where we were going?" Aria looked over at the x mark on the tree, she had put a mark on the tree so that the girls knew where they were going, however, it seemed that it didn't help. Adagio looked at Aria's shocked expression and sighed as she smacked her forehead. "Great, we're lost!" Out of anger, Adagio started to run away from her two sisters and somewhere inside the forest. 

"Aria! Wait!" Running after her sister, Sonata and Aria quickly ran after Adagio. "Adagio!" Aria and Sonata raced after Adagio going further and further into the forest. They dodged trees and vines as they continued to chase after their sister. The two girls ran after Adagio for what felt like forever until they saw Adagio standing before a clear spot in the forest as she was looking at something. Aria and Sonata jumped out of the forest and panting as they walked up to Adagio. After arriving at their sister, Sonata fell to the ground on her back as she panting viciously to catch her breath back and Aria took a seat on the ground to get her breath back. 

"Adagio... never... do... that... again!" Aria yelled catching her breath. Aria then looked at what Adagio was looking at and gasped as she too started to stare at the scene above her. Standing up and walking over to Adagio's side, Aria still looked at the scene before her. "Wow, that's beautiful!" Adagio could only nod her head as she looked at what was in front of her. In front of the Dazzlings was a tall tree, that stood taller than all the trees. It was bursting with life and looked much more greener and stronger than all the other trees around it, rather, than all the trees in the forest. 

Taking out her camera, Adagio took a picture of the tree and smiled. The tree was beautiful, the most amazing tree the girls had ever seen. "Wow, that tree is so big and cool looking!" Adagio and Aria turned their heads to see Sonata who had finally got up from the ground and was now looking at the tree. The two girls laughed to themselves and smiled, but they fully agreed with what their sister had said. Sonata smiled as she looked at the tree but then saw something that the other two hadn't. "Hey, look! There's an entrance to the tree!" Adagio and Aria looked over, and sure enough, there was an entrance to the tree. "I'm going in!"

"Sonata wai-" Adagio, who had tried to stop her sister, was too late as Sonata quickly ran into the entrance of the tree. "I guess we better follow her." Looking over to her sister, Adagio was surprised to see nothing but thin air, she looked around and saw Aria running inside the tree. "Wait for me!" Adagio quickly ran over and followed her two sisters. 

Once Adagio walked into the tree she saw her two sisters looking at four shining stones on some rocks. One rock had a golden stone, one had a violet stone, one had a sky blue stone, and the final one had a purplish-black stone that was radiating an eerie aura to the Dazzlings. Each of the three previous stones was calling out to the Dazzlings, almost asking them to take them, and, they did. Adagio took the golden one, Aria took the violet one, and Sonata took the sky blue one. Looking at the stones more thoroughly, Sonata realized what they were. "Their geodes! Just like our moms and her friends!" Adagio and Aria looked at Sonata and then back at the stones. Their eyes widened, Sonata was right, they were geodes! Just then, the sound of a bell rang throughout the forest, most likely the treasure hunt was over and it was time for everyone to head back to camp. 

Adagio looked at her two sisters and they looked back at her. "Make sure no one finds out about these. We'll figure out what to do with these later, but for now, we have to head back to camp before anyone thinks something happened to us." Sonata and Aria nodded their heads, and the Dazzlings started making their way back to camp, with their new geodes in their pockets. They were so busy with what they found, they completely forgot about the fourth geode.





Dawnshine had walked around the forest for hours and had a clue about where the geodes could be. "Ugh, maybe the rumor about the geodes was just a myth." Dawnshine heard the bell ring and growled as she kicked a tree. "Great, I've been looking all day, and for nothing!" Dawnshine started making her way back until she saw something in the corner of her eye. Following her instincts, she decided to head over to what she had seen. When she got closer she saw the big tree, she looked at it in surprise. "Wow!" Looking at the tree, Dawnshine then saw the entrance and decided to explore. Walking inside of the tree she looked around in surprise. 

"Dawnshine... behind you...." Dawnshine turned her head trying to find the voice, but she saw nothing. However, she did happen to see a stone that was laying on a rock, as she got closer Dawnshine smiled brightly, it was a geode!

Picking it up, Dawnshine smiled to herself. "Finally.... after so long, I found you! You have no idea how much trouble you've given me trying to find you! But now that I have you..." Dawnshine smiled, already thinking about all the things she could do with the geode in her hand. "I can have my revenge on everyone who has wronged me! I can get back at the Dazzlings and with the whole rest of Canterlot! And then..." Just then Dawnshine's eyes shined a purplish-black. "I will take control over this pathetic world and rob it of all its magic, and then I will return back to Equestria and take control of that world as well!" Dawnshine started to laugh, her laugh echoing throughout the forest making everyone hear. "Oh, I'm going to enjoy all the fun we're going to have with each other! We'll take over this world! Geode and human!"