//------------------------------// // Assembling the team // Story: A Royal Quest // by Primary213 //------------------------------// "This can't be right." Princess Celestia said to herself as she looked at a clipboard. "Nopony wants to be part of this mission? We need a team to rely on. Guard!" Celestia said. One guard came in and saluted her. "What can I do for you princess?" He asked. "This mission that I sent out, nopony wanted to do this mission?" She asked. The guard put his right hoof down and looked back up at her. "Well Princess, to be honest, it seems like that would be an impossible mission." The royal guard replied. Celestia was thinking about what to do next. She wasn't really coming up with any good plans. Then, her face lit up and she smiled. "I have a perfect idea. Guard, send the pony by the name Rainbow Dash. If anypony knows anypony up for this mission, it would be her." Celestia exclaimed. The guard saluted her and flew out of the room. ---------------------------------------- "My princess, I have arrived with Rainbow Dash." The guard said as he walked into the room with Rainbow. Celestia looked at them both and smiled. "Thank you guard. You can leave us be." She replied. The guard walked out and Celestia got off the throne and walked up to Rainbow. "Hello Princess, you needed to see me?" Rainbow asked. "Yes Rainbow, I have a mission that is unlike no other. I need you to go to the mountains east of here and kill King Sombra. He has risen to power again and is being ruthless and trying to expand his evil empire." Celestia said. Rainbows jaw just dropped to the floor, literally. "Princess, that king isn't just a pony you go up to and defeat him. He does practice dark magic and I don't think I could beat him alone." Rainbow replied. She just looked at Celestia with a crazy look. "Ah yes, I wasn't expecting you to do this on your own. That is why I am asking you if you are willing to do this mission for me and in return, I will offer a team of professional adventurer ponies. With all of your minds and skills put together, you ponies will be unstoppable." Celestia explained to Rainbow. It made more sense to Rainbow Dash now and she happily shook her head in agreement to Celestia's offer. "Don't worry princess, I am a great pony for the job!" Rainbow happily said as she flew up and hovered in the air over Celestia. "That's good to hear Rainbow Dash. Now go ahead and get prepared for this mission back home. Being whatever you think it is you need to bring, and meet here again in a week ok?" Celestia said to Rainbow. Rainbow saluted Celestia and flew out of the castle with excitement. Celestia picked up a pen and a piece of paper with her magic and wrote down four ponies names. "Guard, find these ponies and tell them the same I told to Rainbow Dash. Make sure they know what the mission is and to meet me here in a week." She said as she gave the letter to him. He grabbed it with his mouth and saluted her. As he ran off, Celestia looked a little concerned knowing how dangerous of a mission they were attempting. ------------------------------------------------- After the week had gone by, Rainbow was ready to meet the other ponies in her team and see what they were like. When she had arrived, there was a sign outside that said the ponies for this "job" had to meet in Celestia's main room. Rainbow read it and walked into the castle. When she made it into the room, it was empty. Nopony was there, not even Celestia. "Well, looks like I am the first one here." Rainbow said to herself as she dropped her saddlebag next to her as she sat down. She was ruffling through her stuff as she heard the door open to the room. Another pony came in. It was Spitfire, captain of the Wonderbolts. "Oh my gosh! Spitfire! Your here for that mission too!?!?" Rainbow asked as she stood up. Spitfire looked over at her and smiled. "Yeah, one of the guards told me to meet up here for the mission. I knew I would be up for it." She said confidently. Spitfire and Rainbow were just talking to each other as the next pony strolled in. "Who are you?" Spitfire asked as they both were looking at pony. He just stood at the doorway and closed the door slowly. He turned and looked at the two pegasi. "Why my name is Doctor Hooves." He replied to Spitfire in a British accent. Rainbow and Spitfire both looked at each other confused at why he was here. He was just a regular earth pony and he had a saddlebag on with some weird looking devices inside. "So, um, what do you do exactly?" Rainbow asked. The Doctor put his stuff down and looked at them both. "It would be rather difficult to explain to ponies like you, just know I am a very intelligent pony that can think his way out of any situation." He replied. They still didn't understand why he was here. Spitfire and Rainbow just blew him off and went back to talking. It was about ten more minutes until the next pony showed up. She opened the door and slammed it closed with her rear hooves. When they all looked over to see who it was, they were all amazed to see it was Daring Do! "What! Daring Do! I didn't even know you existed, no offense." Rainbow said as both the Doctor and Spitfire shook their heads to agree with Rainbow. "Yeah, usually nopony thinks I do, and I like to keep it that way. Only a myth and in books, nothing else. But I actually go on exotic missions like those very books describe." Daring Do replied. Rainbow just stood there in awe. The Doctor walked forward and started examining her very peculiarly. "So Miss Daring Do, you have to be a very well good adventurer much like in your novels then, huh? Also, you seem to keep calm in sticky situations." The Doctor asked her. "Yeah, I am the best pony adventurer in all of Equestria and I stay hidden on purpose, I came out simply because we need to help the princess and I am willing to do this task for her." She replied to the Doctor. "We will see how good of an adventurer you actually are Ms. Do." The Doctor replied. She just looked at him for a little but, and they both decided to sit down. All the ponies in the room were talking about how each of them were to work together. "Well, seeing that this mission is mostly adventure and also combat intanglement, I believe I would be suited as a perfect leader." Spitfire exclaimed. She walked in front of the other ponies and closed her eyes and smiled at the other ponies. "Woah hold on, you don't even know a single thing about combat. I believe that it is I, who should be leader of this team." Daring Do said as she stepped forward next to Spitfire. Spitfire looked at her angrily and grunted. "Oh and I supposed Ms. Independent over here would make a perfect team leader." Spitfire replied. Daring Do looked at Spitfire with hatred in her eyes. As they stared each other down, they heard the door open and another pony walked in casually and sat down. "Hey I know you, your Mare Do Well." Rainbow said as the mare took a seat. She looked at Rainbow confusingly. "Hey, wait a minute, you turned out to be my friends, so you aren't real." Rainbow said suspiciously. Mare Do Well cleared her throat as she looked at Rainbow once again. "I am actually a real pony. Your friends got the idea from a comic book that stars me in it. I had seen it and apparently eyewitnesses of my actions had made a comic of me for ponies to read but I am, in fact a real pony." She replied. Her voice seemed ominous and sort of monotone. All the ponies in the room just looked at her and decided the story was believable. "Well, you seem like a very experienced pony indeed Mare Do Well." The Doctor said as he walked up to her and was looking at her for anything unusual. She just looked at him for a while. "What is he doing here?" She asked as she pointer her hoof at him. The other ponies just looked at each other and laughed. Doctor just looked at her and walked away frustrated and was mumbling something to himself. The door opened and two royal guards came in. Behind them, Princess Celestia walking in and looked at the five ponies. They all automatically jumped to all four hooves and saluted the Princess as she walked in. "I must first say thank you to all five of you. I almost thought that there was nopony that would be up for this mission until you give came up." Celestia said as she walked to the center of the room. The all stood in line and looked her as she began to talk. "Now this mission isn't going to be easy, I hope you know that. This king isn't easy to beat, but I trust you ponies and all your skills." Celestia had said. They all stood in pride and looked at each other. "Princess, just a quick question? How do we overpower a king with the ability to use dark magic?" Daring Do asked. Celestia smiled and used her magic to get a device that looked like a type of firearm, but it went around a pony's back. "This is the only way to contain Sombra before he gets away again. Can I trust you ponies to complete this objective?" Celestia asked. "Consider it done Princess. We will stop this king before he escapes once again." Mare Do Well said. All the ponies nodded their heads in agreement and stood pridefully in front of the Princess. The Princess gave Rainbow Dash the weapon. "Now, you ponies leave tomorrow. Gather your things and be prepared for a battle and a long adventure." Celestia replied. The ponies saluted her and some of them left right away. Daring Do and Spitfite stayed at the castle be aide they had already brang their supplies. The ponies were about to jump into a endeavor that would change all of the ponies perspectives on how to fight and overcome a leader that was considered undefeatable.