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// Daring Do: The Motion Picture 
// Story: Friendship is Epic - Book 3: Blessings of the Night 
// by FlareGun45 
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One faithful day in Los Pegasus- wait, hang on a second. They’re calling in Las Pegasus again? Make up your mind, Hasbro! I mean it’s where Applewood is, it should be Los! Whatever. One faithful day in LAS Pegasus- mmh- Galactic Studios was having a meeting to think about their next movie.

“Filles and gentlecolts.” The head of the company started the conversation. “Welcome to Galactic Studios! Now we’re here to discuss what shall our next movie be. As you may realize, our last movie was quite success, a true comedy! But now, it’s time to create an adventurous new movie, and this movie is from a famous storybook. Jerry Jam, take over.”

A purple stallion with a smooth hair-style stood up and said in an Australian accent, “Oi! Good afternoon! My name is Jerry Jam!”

”I told them that already.” The boss interrupted him.

“Of course, mah mistake, sir.” Jerry Jam corrected himself. “This new movie I have in store comes from the famous storybook series known as Daring Do. As you know, I am a huge fan of the Daring Do stories, so I have decided to write up a new movie series based on the famous stories! It’ll be just like the Daring Do series. We start off with the Sapphire Stone story, Daring Do breaks her wing and crash lands in the jungle. She finds the temple, takes the stone, gets hit by traps and escapes. But now this time will be different. I mean yes, they all will happen, but there will be more story that takes place before Daring arrives at the jungle. It would turn out that Ahuizotl and Daring actually meet before the events of the Daring Do story.”

Jerry passes out the script to everypony in the room, and they all seemed rather impressed of the unique storyline that Jerry added to the story. They all commented on the fascinating job that Jerry did to the story and all agreed that they should give it a try. “So, it seems the crew seemed to like your story, Jerry Jam. For all in favor of making this movie, say I.” the boss requested.

“I!” almost everypony in the room said.

“Eye!” one of the other ponies in the room yelled out, holding a plastic eyeball.

“For those who decline.” The boss added.

“NEIGH!” one of the ponies that looked more horse-like said.

“The eyes have it! It’s settled! The time has come to create Daring Do: The Movie!” the boss said.

“Thank ya, sir! Really, ya don’t know how thankful ah am of this!” Jerry said excitedly.

“It’s no problem at all, my boy!” the boss said. “Now, if you would be so kind, I have a director that’ll fit perfectly for the job. He’s new, but he’s good!” the boss said.

“And who might this director be, if ya don’t mind me askin.” Jerry requested.

“That would be we!” a pony said in an Elmer Fudd accent as he stepped into the room.

“Who might you be?” Jerry asked.

“This is Director Hellman Mayo. I have seen some director work he did, and I must say I am quite impressed with his directing skills.” The boss said.

“I am wonfidant that we will be a wery weffective team, Wister Wam.” Hellman said.

“I know he has a funny accent.” The boss whispered to Jerry’s ear. “But don’t worry about it. If he says ‘wut’, it actually means ‘cut’, if he says ‘waction’ he means ‘action’, just follow the W’s.”

“Got it, sir!” Jerry whispered back.

“Now go out there and make a work of art, my boy! Make us proud!” the boss said, patting Jerry on the back.

“Ah won’t let you down, boss!” Jerry said as he stepped outside with Hellman. “So, Mr. Mayo.”

“Wease, call me Wellman.” Hellman requested.

“Ok….. Wellman.” Jerry teased.

“You know what I wean.” Hellman said grumply.

“Right, right, sorry. Now, I’ll need ya to study this script. We also need a good cast. I’m sure our producer can whip up a great cast!” Jerry said.

“Mind if I find the actor for Waring Wo?” Hellman asked.

“Not a problem at all, mate! Be sure ya email the producer saying so. Ah also hope ya know what you’re doing.” Jerry said.

“Won’t worry, Jer! Ol Wellman knows wexactly what he’s dwoing!” Hellman said smiling at him.

“If ya say so!” Jerry said as he walked off to get to work on the movie. Hellman lifts his eyepatch revealing his cybernetic eye and he chuckles evilly. “Wext stop: Wonyville!” 

Meanwhile in ‘Wonyville’, heh, I was sitting in my trailer watching TV with Crèmepop, who is cuddling on my shoulder as we watched. “We now return to the Adam’s Family on PNT.” The TV announcer said. Adam Sandler was watching TV in his house in the movie as the doorbell rang.

“HONEY?! CAN YOU GET THE DOOR?!” his wife yelled.

“I’M BUSY!” Adam yelled back.

“Oh, shoot, dear!” his wife said fussily as she (who also played as Adam Sandler wearing a dress) walked over to the door to open it. She opens the door, and a cop stands outside with the son of the family who was played by Adam Sandler, who was wearing a leather jacket and a hat was leaning against the cop.

“This your son?” the cop asked.

“Oh no! What happened?” the wife asked.

“He was caught putting gum underneath the tables at Chuckie Cheeses.” The cop said.

“Again?!” the wife complained.

“The trash bins were full!” the son whined.

“Oh good grief! I am so sorry about this, officer!” the wife said, taking the son.

"Hey, no matter. It's not every day you see a whole family played by one comedian that plays in alot of movies with David Spade! You take care of yourselves now!" the officer said as he walked off.

“Hey dad, can I borrow 40 bits?” another girl played by Adam Sandler asked.

“I told you, you’re not going to that concert! I don’t want you to throw away your thongs to a bunch to a teen band that are not going to treasure them.” The dad said.

“Relax, dad! I’m throwing out my blouses.” The daughter said.

“Oh, in that case…. Have fun!” the dad said, giving her a 40-bit bill.

“Thank you, daddy!” the daughter said excitedly, giving him a hug.

“How do they do that?” I asked.

“How do they what?” Crème asked.

“How do they get the same actor to play as multiple characters?” I asked.

”Simple: They’re changelings!” Crème said.

“No, that’s crazy! Everypony knows they used the magic mirror pond at Everfree.” I said. Just then, the doorbell rang. “WATER, CAN YOU GET THAT?!”

“WHAT AM I, YOUR SERVANT?!” Water yelled back.

“AS LONG AS YOU’RE LIVING IN MY TRAILER, YES!” I yelled.

“I’M POLISHING MY HOOF-NAILS RIGHT NOW!” Water yelled.

“LIKE THAT’S SO IMPORTANT!” I yelled sarcastically. 

“YOU’RE WATCHING A MOVIE, THAT’S LEAST IMPORTANT!” Water yelled.

“YOUR MAKE-UP WILL BE THERE WHEN YOU GET BACK! I DON’T WANT TO MISS THE MOVIE!” I yelled.

Water groaned. “FINE!”

“You know, this movie is actually on Netflix, you can pause it.” Crème said to me.

“Shhhh.” I shushed her, winked at her, and then we both chuckled mischievously.

Water went over to the door and used the security camera eyeball outside to see who it is, and it was Blaze. Water then opened the door for him and said, “Hey, Blaze! What’s up?”

“Hey, Water! Not much, I just got back from training a few Wonderbolt cadets. Is Flare home?” Blaze asked.

“Of course you ask for Flare, nopony cares about poor little ol Water Gun.” Water complained.

“No, no! It ain’t like that at all!” Blaze said.

“No, I understand, Flare is big reputation around here, and I’m just his sister who so happens to live with him.” Water said grumpily.

“Don’t take it the wrong way, Water.” Blaze asked.

“Just get your plot inside and go see him.” Water demanded, feeling offended still.

“Uhh, ok.” Blaze said as he walked inside and into the lounge.

“Hey, Flare! Hey, Crèmepop!” Blaze greeted.

“Hey, Blaze!” Crème said.

“Sup brah?” I asked.

“Just came back from training cadets. What are you up to?” Blaze asked.

“Watching Adam’s Family!” Crème said.

“Yeah, we were actually looking for Addam’s Family, you know with buh-duh-duh-dum.” Snap, snap. “Buh-duh-duh-dum!” Snap, snap. “Buh-duh-duh-dum, buh-duh-duh-dum, buh-duh-duh-dum!” Snap, snap. “But instead we found this, and it’s hilarious!” I said.

“I see! Anyways, I was asking if you two have any plans tonight?” Blaze asked.

“NO! I DON’T HAVE ANY PLANS, THANKS FOR ASKING!” Water yelled from the bedroom.

I just rolled my eyes and said, “No we don’t, brah. Why?” 

“Well, since Candy Cotton went to go hang out with the Cutie Mark Crusaders, and Pinkie offered to look after Rose so she can spend time with the Cake’s kids, Rainbow and I thought we could hang out here tonight and have some fun!” Blaze suggested.

“That’s a great idea, Blaze! Crème and I never been on a double-date with you and Rainbow before!” I said.

“That’s because the only double-dates you’ve been in with us was with Pinkie.” Blaze said.

“Right. You in, Crèmey?” I asked.

“Sounds like fun! I’m in!” Crème said.

“AND OF COURSE NOPONY INVITES ME!” Water yelled.

“IF YOU HAVE A DATE YOU CAN JOIN US! DO YOU HAVE A DATE?!” I yelled.

“YES!” Water yelled.

“WHAT’S HIS NAME?!” I yelled.

“MEADOW SONG!” Water yelled.

“I THOUGHT YOU BROKE UP WITH HIM?!” I yelled.

“I DID! BUT I CAN TRY TO GO BACK WITH HIM!” Water yelled.

“THEN DO SO!” I yelled.

“UHHH…. ON SECOND THOUGHT, I THINK I HAVE PLANS WITH WIND RACER!” Water yelled.

“Well, regardless, Crème and I would be happy for you and Rainbow to come over!” I said.

“Awesome! I’ll see you tonight! 6?” Blaze asked.

“AM or PM?” I asked.

“I said ‘tonight’, what do you think that means?” Blaze asked sarcastically.

“How am I supposed to know? You didn’t say AM or PM.” I said. That night finally came, and Rainbow Dash and Blaze were standing outside waiting for us to open up. Crèmepop does the honors in answering the door.

“Blaze, Rainbow! Good to have you both here!” Crème said.

“You said it! This night is going to be awesome!” Rainbow said.

”You can say that again!” Blaze said.

“Nah, once is good enough. I want to give myself energy to beat any of you in all the games that Flare’s giving us tonight!” Rainbow said, smirking at Blaze.

“Oh yeah? We’ll see about that!” Blaze said.

“Looks like we’re going to have come competition! Come in! Come in!” Crème said, letting them in. “Flare’s in his bedroom getting ready.”

“I didn’t know he’d be like his sister of getting ready.” Blaze teased.

“The saddest thing about it is: All he’s trying to do is find the right vest.” Crème said.

“I dunno, guys! Which vest do you think I should wear tonight? I am so nervous! You think they’ll like my choice?” I asked my fish.

“You think they’ll care?” Piddles asked.

“Of course they’ll care, Piddles! If you are to have a great night, you have to look the part!” Pearl said.

“I dunno why he’s having such a fuss of this. All his vests look exactly the same.” Rainbow said.

“No! What about the one that we saw before with the dark spot?” Darrel asked.

“That was a grease spot, it doesn’t come with the fashion. He just spilled something on it and now it’s stained.” Rainbow said.

“Poor vest.” Pearl said.

“How about this one? This one make me look fat?” I asked, as I leaned a vest against my chest.

“They all look the same! What’s his problem?” Dorthey asked.

“Nah, I can see this one has a little sauce stain on it.” Pearl said.

“Wow, you really have good eye sight, Pearl.” Yoyo said.

“When you’re a fashion lover like me, you’d understand.” Pearl said.

“C’mon, Flare! Hurry up! We’re waiting for you!” Crème yelled from the other side of the trailer.

“Be there in a minute, babe!” I yelled. I put on the vest I had in my hooves and zoomed out of my room.

“And he took the stained one.” Pearl complained.

“Why you complaining? Stains may look my fashionable than those blank vests with nothing on it.” Piddles assumed. 

“Maybe it won’t matter. Maybe nopony will notice.” Rainbow assumed. I joined up with the others in the lounge, and I took out two white boards because the game we’re going to play is Pictionary, a game where ponies have to guess what the drawer is drawing.

“You know, I am disappointed that I won’t be able to celebrate my Aunt Beretta Gun’s birthday tonight. The shop has been so exhausting today!” I said.

“I know, but at least you can call her on the phone!” Crème said, trying to comfort me.

“Yes, it’s just that in all the years I’ve known her, she’s never had the opportunity to receive my admiration. I was excited to see the look on her face when it finally happened.” I said.

“You’re unbelievable.” Rainbow Dash said to me.

“I know.” I said.

“Alright, Pictionary! What are the teams?” Blaze asked.

“How about boys vs. girls?” Rainbow suggested.

“Oooooh that hardly seems fair, but whatever team I’m not on has the decided disadvantage.” I said.

“Once again, unbelievable.” Rainbow said in an annoyed tone.

“Once again, I know.” I said.

“Alright, round one.” Rainbow said as she showed me the card that says what we have to draw.

“Got it.” I said as I looked at it.

“Ok. Ready? Go!” Rainbow yelled as she started drawing a cube of some sort.

“Uhh, box?” Crème guessed. “A window?” As for me I was drawing a bunch of circles on sticks with rectangles in the background.

“Batman!” Blaze guessed. “Batman and Robin! Uh, Wonder Twins plus the monkey. Wonder Twins plus the monkey and Batman!”

“Uh, gift? Uh, present?” Crème guessed.

“Present! Yeah!” Rainbow yelled as her and Crème both cheered.

“Ooooh, Blaze! Now how can you not get that?” I asked him.

“Uhh, how in the universe is that a present?” Blaze asked.

“It’s not A present, it’s THE present! Look, there’s you, me, there’s Rainbow, Crème. We’re playing Pictionary – in THE PRESENT!” I explained to him.

“Oh my Celestia we’re gonna kill them!” Rainbow said to Crème. So it was Blaze and Crème’s turn to draw while Rainbow and I tried to guess. They both started drawing some circle figures with dots inside the circle.

“It’s an olive pizza with extra cheese, thin crust, along with Rao’s Homemade Spaghetti sauce!” I guessed.

Blaze turned around with an awkward face and said, “No.”

“It’s olive pizza with extra cheese, thin crust, along with Rao’s Homemade Spaghetti sauce WITH diced up veggies inside!” I guessed.

“It’s not a type of pizza.” Blaze said.

“It’s an open burrito with little chunks of corn inside along with a hint of Tabasco Hot Sauce, cheese, lettuce, sour cream, and fresh homemade guacamole made of fresh avocados from the market.” I guessed.

“No!” Blaze said in an annoyed tone.

“It’s a chocolate chip cookie!” Rainbow guessed.

“YES!” Crème yelled as the two mares cheered.

“How can you miss that?!” Blaze complained.

“HEY! If you want somepony to guess chocolate chip cookie, you draw a glass of milk next to it.” I corrected him.

"Rainbow got it!" Blaze complained.

"Yeah, only because I eliminated all the obvious answers." I said to Blaze, then I turned to Rainbow and said, "You're welcome!"

Round 3, it was Rainbow and mine’s turn up at the boards again; I started drawing some sausages first and showed it to Blaze. “Uhh, sausage?” Blaze guessed. I started giving hoof signals showing that he was close and he kept guessing. “Bratwust? Oh, a hot dog!” I just facehoofed because he was getting colder to the answer.

Rainbow Dash however was just watching; she wasn’t drawing. “Dashie, you gonna draw something?” Crème asked her.

“Relax, we got time, this is so fun!” Rainbow said and chuckled. Next, I drew a bowl of soup right under the sausage and showed it to Blaze.

”An alien spaceship?” Blaze guessed. I smirked at him, because he was nowhere close. “I dunno, an unidentified flying liverwurst?”

“Now?” Crème asked Rainbow who was still not drawing.

“Soon.” Rainbow said.

Just then I drew ovals right below the bowl. ”C’mon, brah! I am spoon feeding this to you!”

“I dunno, a squished parasprite?” Blaze guessed giving up hope on ever getting the answer.

“Alright, I had enough.” Rainbow said as she started drawing a hoof and scribbled at the end of it.

“Hoof…. nail….. polish?” Crème guessed.

“Yep!” Rainbow said as the mares cheered.

“NO! NO! The word is Polish!” I corrected them, and by Polish I meant the country not ‘polish’ as in nail polish. I started explaining my drawing. “See? POLISH sausage, and the Flaki tripe soup created in the Middle Ages of POLISH cuisine, and finally if that wasn’t enough, which it should’ve been, these ovals are Traditional POLISH smoked cheese.

“Excuse me, Flare, but the word is ‘polish’. See? Small P.” Rainbow corrected me as she showed me the card.

“Oh. So it is. I guess we both share the blame on this one.” I said to Blaze.

Meanwhile, outside, Spike was just getting some sending some scrolls over to town hall when suddenly he runs into the CMCs. "Hey, watch it!" Spike yelled, unaware that it's them.

"You watch it, bud!" Scoots yelled.

"Scootaloo?" Spike asked as he puts down the scrolls. "Oh, hey girls!"

"Howdy, Spike! Whatcha been up to?" Apple Bloom asked.

"Just delivering these scrolls to Mayor Mare. What are you girls up to?" Spike asked.

"We're just about to go get some dinner." Sweetie Belle said.

"Can't go crusading on an empty stomach, would we?" Scoots asked.

"Hey! What are you girls taking so long?!" Candy Cotton yelled.

"Just talking to Spike!" Sweetie yelled.

"Well hurry it up!" Candy yelled.

"Since when was Candy Cotton a part of the crusaders?" Spike asked.

"Oh she isn't part of the crusaders, she just likes to hang with us for fun." Scoots said.

"I thought ya said ya wanted her to hang with us because ya requested Rainbow Dash to have her hang with us?" Apple Bloom asked her.

"Shhhh! Don't tell him that!" Scoots whispered.

"Well, I can see you girls are a bit busy right now, so I'll just be on my way." Spike said.

"Wait, Spike, look at that!" Scoots pointed out.

"At what?" Spike asked.

"Over at the wall, the poster." Scoots said, pointing on a poster on the building.

"Actress wanted for the staring character of the new movie: Daring Do: And the Quest for the Sapphire Stone." Spike read. "Hey, isn't this Rainbow Dash's favorite book?"

"Sure is!" Scoots said.

"Rainbow reads it to Rose and I all the time before we head to sleep!" Candy said.

"Hey! Maybe Rainbow Dash can go sign her up to play as her!" Apple Bloom suggested.

"That's a great idea, Apple Bloom! Rainbow Dash would be an awesome Daring Do! If you can compare them, they actually look alike!" Scoots said.

"Now that you mention it, Rainbow Dash does look like Daring Do a bit." Sweetie said, looking at the poster.

"You should go show this to Rainbow Dash right away!" Scoots said, giving Spike the poster.

"You're right! But she's right now having a double-date with Flare and Crèmepop." Spike said.

"You gotta show this Rainbow Dash!" Scoots yelled at Spike shaking his shoulders. "She'll be famous, she'll become the legendary Daring Do! YOU HAVE TO SHOW THIS TO HER!"

"Ok, Scoots, ok!" Spike said, feeling a little disturbed from Scootaloo's yelling.

"Run, Spike! Run as fast as you can!" Scoots yelled. Spike started running over to my trailer like what Charlie did on Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (the old one, not the newer one with Johnny Depp). 

Once he got to my trailer, he falls on the ground, holds his knee and painfully moans, "Sssssss! Ahhhhh! Sssssss! Ahhhhhh!"

Meanwhile back inside our trailer, the four of us were about to start our next game. "Alright, glasses on." Rainbow said to Crème and Blaze as they took out their Where's Waldo books, so it would be more difficult to find him. "Find Waldo!" she said, starting the race, and they both started.

"Hurry up! Find him! Find him!" I yelled at Blaze.

"I'm trying! Don't yell at me!" Blaze yelled.

"For Wizard of Hope's sake! He's wearing a hat, glasses, and a red stripe shirt!" I reminded him.

"I know what he looks like!" Blaze yelled at me.

"Oh there he is! I found him!" Crème yelled in excitement.

"YES! We win again!" Rainbow cheered.

"How can you not find him?!" I asked.

"Because he's hard to find!" Blaze yelled. "If he was easy to find, the books would be called THERE'S WALDO!"

Time to start our next game. Rainbow and I spun around on two toy lightsabers. "57.... 58.... 59..... that's 1 minute!" Blaze said. Both Rainbow and I got up, Rainbow fell over and Crème helped her up, and we both walked to our white boards to do long-division.

"Long division! Long division! Go, go, go!" Crème said.

"Remember, show your work." Blaze reminded us.

On my board I tried to write a 2, but it got all scribblely out of my dizziness. "I'm ok! I'm ok!" I said as I fell on the ground pulling the white board with me. "Not ok."

"C'mon, get up! We can't lose at math!" Blaze yelled.

"57!" Rainbow yelled.

"YES!" Crème cheered as they both hoof-bumped. For our next challenge, Rainbow and I were about to wrestle.

"Ready.... set.... WRESTLE!" Crème yelled as Rainbow flipped me over at the first second and won instantly.

"1, 2, 3, Rainbow wins!" Crème yelled.

"If this game included magic, I would've kicked your flank already!" I pouted at Rainbow.

"Welcome to Ponyville, 'brah'." Rainbow smirked at me.

"Don't use my own slangs against me, sista!" I glared at her. 

Now for our final round we all placed our hooves behind our backs, and had four blueberry pies in front of us. Rainbow discussed the rules. "Standard state fair pie eating contest rules are: No hooves, or magic-"

"Or wings." I added. "You know, I just realized I'm the only one here without any wings."

"First one to clean the pan wins." Rainbow said.

"On the count to three." Crème said. "One.... two-"

"Wait!" I interrupted her. "I'm a little concerned. Should I take off my vest before eating this. I don't want to get it stained."

"Dude, your vest is the same color as the pie, I don't think anypony would notice." Blaze said.

"Besides, there's already a sauce stain on it." Crème added.

"What?! I thought nopony would notice!" I complained.

"Brah, we haven't won a game all night, so you either stuff your face in that pie, or I'll stuff that pie in your face!" Blaze threatened me.

"That's rude." I said.

"1.... 2.... 3.... EAT!" Crème started the pie eating contest and we all stuffed our faces in the pie and started eating them all up.

Spike barged into my trailer and said, "Hey guys, I find this movie addition flyer."

"NOT NOW!" we all yelled at him and continued eating up the pie.

"But Rainbow Dash, this is important! Galactic Studios is looking for somepony to play as Daring Do in the new Daring Do movie they're developing." Spike said.

"OH! OH! Blueberry in my nose! Blueberry in my nose!" I yelled.

"Snort it down and keep eating!" Blaze yelled at me. I snorted down the blueberry and I continued eating my pie.

"Wait just a second. Time out." Rainbow said, and we all stopped. "Did you say Daring Do?"

Spike started to laugh really hard. "You should really see your faces right now!"

I looked at us and I laughed along. "Yeah we do look funny, don't we, brah?"

"Let me see that flyer." Rainbow requested as Spike gave her the flyer and read it. "Well what do you know! Somepony is looking for a pony to addition to play as Daring Do in the new Daring Do movie!"

"That's awesome! You should totally addition!" Blaze suggested.

"Me? Nah! I'm in Wonderbolts Academy right now." Rainbow said. "Besides, I'm probably not as awesome as Daring Do."

"Oh yeah? Well you do look alot like her." Spike said.

"I do?" Rainbow asked as she looked on the picture of Daring on the flyer, then taking a mirror and looking at herself. "I don't see the difference."

"Here." Crème gave Rainbow a napkin so she wiped the blueberry pie mush out of her face.

"Oh now I see it!" Rainbow said. "Wow! I never noticed that before!"

"So if you do a little recolor, dye your hair and your coat, put on Daring's outfit, and you'd look exactly like her!" Blaze said.

"That's awesome!" Rainbow cheered. "I'm gonna go addition right away! I'm gonna be a star!" Rainbow had stars on her eyelids, cheered in excitement, and ran out of the trailer to go addition.

"You're leaving in the middle of a contest, that means you forfeit and we win!" I yelled at her. "Woo hoo! We won, Blaze!"

"Not just that, Rainbow is gonna be a star!" Blaze said.

"Shouldn't she be in outer space to be a star?" I asked.

"Typical Flare." Crème said and giggled.

"Wow! Rainbow Dash a main character on the big screen! Now that is news to share with the others!" Spike said as he too ran out of my trailer to tell his friends.

"Flare, I think I can see a bright future within my wife! Not only is she close to being a wonderbolt, but she's gonna be an actress!" Blaze said excitedly. “What puzzles me is, why couldn’t get they get the actual Daring Do to play the part?”

“Aw c’mon, Blaze, you think she actually exists?” I asked.

“Rainbow said she does.” Blaze said.

“Oh yeah? Does she have any proof?” I asked.

“Rainbow was on the cover of the last book.” Blaze said.

“Yeah, and?” I asked.

“I guess I never thought of it that well.” Blaze said.

“Exactly! Daring Do is just an urban legend. Or as I call the story: a Wonderbolt ad.” I said.

"I'm so proud, Blaze! Rainbow is certainly living the dream she never thought of actually doing!" Crème said.

"I know, it's amazing!" Blaze said.

"And what makes an amazing actress?" I asked.

"Practice?" Blaze asked.

"Noooo." I said as I winked at him.

"I dunno, what?" Blaze asked.

"An amazing agent!" I said.

"Now, Flare, I don't know if that's correct." Blaze said.

"But Rainbow cannot be accepted in a movie without a possum grade awesome agent, and you know who'll make a great agent?" I asked.

"Photo Finish?" Crème asked.

"No! Me!" I corrected her.

"That sounds like a great idea!" Blaze said.

"So you're leaving town AGAIN, huh? And leaving me in charge of your shop, all alone?" Crème asked upsettingly.

"That's not true, Cremey! You got Lyra and Bonnie!" I said, trying to comfort her.

"Yeah, but they're not you." Crème said, snuggling me.

"I'm sorry, Crèmey." I said.

"No, no, you obviously aren't interested in me that much, you just wander off leaving me behind." Crème said in denial.

"That's not true! Look, being an agent, I'll get alot of money for us!" I said.

Crème started to groan upsettingly.

"Don't worry! I'll call you every day!" I promised.

"Sure, that's what they all say." Crème said angrily as she marched over to one of the bean bag chairs and sat on it, pouting.

"You wanna come with me then?" I asked her.

"No... somepony's gotta look after the shop." she said.

"I'm serious, you can come!" I said.

"No, no. It's fine." she lied.

"You sure?" I asked.

"Of course I'm sure." she said.

"You know when mares say that, I know it's not true. You can never impress them, like my first marefriend." I said. A cutaway shows me with the most popular mare at my school Blueberry Pie; as well as my ex-marefriend.

"You're so beautiful!" I said to her.

"No I'm not, I'm ugly!" she said.

"Ok fine, you're ugly then." I said.

Blueberry slapped me and yelled, "HOW RUDE!" then she runs away crying.

I look at the screen and a TV announcer said, "The following joke was brought to you by: Mares!"

"MARES: We can't understand them." a choir sang in the background. The cutaway ends.

"Well, let's get going! WAIT! I can't take Rose with me on this trip! It could be dangerous! You know how towns like L.P. are. I need a foal-sitter." Blaze said.

"Maybe you can just stay with her." I suggested.

"But I can't leave Rainbow! I have to go to provide support." Blaze said.

"I'll be with her, don't worry! Besides, don't you have Wonderbolt cadets to look after?" I asked.

"Flare, I'm going." Blaze said.

"I'll look after Rose and Candy for you." Crème offered.

"Thanks, Crème, but you don't have to." Blaze said.

"Really, it'll be an honor!" Crème said then glares at me.

"Alright, well.... thank you!" Blaze said.

"Alright! C'mon, Blaze! Let's head over to the audition to wish Rainbow luck!" I said. So the two of us went with Rainbow to the place where the auditions are taking place. 

Once we got there, Snips and Snails were over there singing a duet of Summer Nights by Grease. The director Mayo Hellman facehoofed himself and said, "Uhh.... good.... WEXT!"

"Did we get the part?" Snips asked.

"Yeah did we get it?" Snails asked.

"Uhh.... don't call us, we'll call you. WEXT!" Mayo yelled.

"Alright! We're gonna be on Equestrian Idol!" Snips whispered excitedly at Snails.

"Our singing was hooooot!" Snails said in a high-pitched voice.

"Ugh! Winally! The only weason I wasted out all these bits and dyed my wair!" Mayo said to himself. Just then Rainbow zooms in posing for the director. "Name and woll you're auditioning for."

"My name is Rainbow Dash, and the roll I'm playing as is Daring Do! It's my chance to re-inact her awesomness, coolness, radicalness, and not to mention my friends thought I'd do a pretty awesome job with knowing I got her stunts, and her looks!" Rainbow said, showing off to the director.

The director chuckles suspiciously. "W’of course you do! Now, show we what you got!" the director requested.

Rainbow stretched out her legs, and crouched down walking across the room and said, "As I made it inside the temple, and nearing the Sapphire Stone, I thought I would be in the clear, but suddenly I STOPPED and saw some dart traps on the walls. I knew I wouldn't let this lone obstacle get in the way of me retrieving the Sapphire Stone, because someone within the jungle, there is an entity that wants to use it to gain power. So in my efforts of getting the stone, I decided to dare my do and WHY-YA!" Rainbow cried as she done a punch of daring stunts without her wings, some dodges (not the vehicle-kind, the physical-kind), some spins and landed on her hooves looking up ahead. "As I breached the obstacle, I sighted up ahead - the Sapphire-"

"That’s pwerfect!" Mayo interrupted her.

"Excuse me?" Rainbow asked, stopping her acting.

"Well done. I seen wenough. Don't call us, we'll call you." the director said.

"What, that's it? I hardly did anything!" Rainbow complained.

"Wi've seen wenough, wet out." the director demanded.

"GET OUT?! Why I outta-" Rainbow said angrily, but Blaze came in and stopped her.

"Rainbow! Calm down! This director just said he'll call you. You did very good!" Blaze said.

"Just to be clear, I thought it's the producer that hires the actors, not the director?" I asked.

"R-right, Blaze. I'm sorry." Rainbow said.

"It's ok, let's just go home and get some rest." Blaze said.

"Don't worry about a thing! Wauditions are always this short." Mayo said.

Blaze stopped and looked at the director suspiciously for a second. "That voice. I heard it somewhere before."

"What are you weaf? Wet out before I wall security!" Mayo yelled.

"C'mon, Blaze." Rainbow said, taking his hoof and walking out. Blaze just looked at the director, and saw his eyepatch move a bit, and he heard it make a mechanical sound.

Later on, Blaze met me and the Noble Six over at the Bistro to get something to eat. "Did anypony see that post for that prototype water fresher?" Aqua asked us, "It's pretty great, the scientists at Clintwood Corporation said-"

"'Ey, spoiler alert! Spoiler alert!" Engie interrupted.

"What?" Aqua asked.

"Don't ruin it for me, partner! Ah printed out a PDF to read on the potty!" Engie said.

"On the 'potty', what are you five?" Psyche asked.

"It's a potty, what do you call it?" Engie asked.

"Toilet!" Psyche said.

"That seems a little vulgar for the dinner table, doncha think?" Engie asked.

"Oh, and 'potty' is ok?" Psyche asked in a country accent.

"Potty's innocent! Potty's adorable!" Engie said.

"What do you do on the potty, wee-wee?" Psyche teased.

"If ah don't have to boom-boom." Engie said.

"Guys! Not while I'm eating!" Blaze yelled.

"Uh oh, Blaze is having attitude issues again!" Crystal said in a teasing voice.

"Ya alright, mate? Ya seem a little tense." Aqua said.

"Well, first I lost my appetite, thank you Psyche and Engie." Blaze said.

"No problem, partner!" Engie said happily, saluting to him.

"And second, I'm worried about Rainbow." Blaze said.

"Tell me days you're NOT worried about Rainbow." Crystal said.

"Dude, don't worry about her! She's gonna do great on her act!" I said.

"Wait, what act?" Crystal asked.

"Ponies are auditioning for the Daring Do movie, and Rainbow just auditioned for it." I said.

"Oh sweet! I love Daring Do!" Crystal said excitedly. "I'd play the part, but I already got a part as a spokes pony for a documentary about background ponies."

A cutaway shows Crystal recording herself making a documentary about background ponies. "Hi, I'm Crystal Iceblast! You may have heard of me as the pony that caused winter in Ponyville in the middle of summer after leaving my freezer open after leaving it outside plugged in, but there are things you might need to know about background ponies. First off, background ponies are somewhat OCs created by a development crew. Some of them have names, and some don't, but there's no need to complain about the names of those simple ponies. You may know Bon Bon as Bon Bon, but her merchandise says she's Sweetie Drops, and Berry Punch, they call her Berryshine, and let's not forget about Caramel who is called Caramel here but his merchandise says Chance-a-Lot, and who could forget Sapphire Shores having merchandise that makes her look like a re-color of Twilight Sparkle?"

"What I'm saying is, sometimes minds are changed, and sometimes the developers just follow along, like Lyra is still named Lyra, but the thing is, everypony is very creative in finding names and personalities for the unnamed ponies, but that decision stands with the developers and the developers alone, since it's their world, then they make the rules, and there's nothing you can do about it. Just be happy for what Hasbro gives you, they work so hard on making sure the fans are happy. They even adopt some of the fandom at times. Don't expect everything to go your way, bronies. Be happy for what you got, I mean if it wasn't for you, this world would've ended after Twilight's coronation. Just be happy, and love and tolerance, my friends! Don't forget about that phrase. I know alot of you did, and I quite ashamed. Good night, everypony!" The cutaway ends.

"No, it's the director. I don't trust him." Blaze said.

"Blaze mah friend, directors are supposed to look suspicious. It's who they are. Ever met Alfred Hitchcock?" Engie asked.

"Engie, he just directed a movie called Suspicion. Does that automatically mean he's suspicious?" Psyche asked.

"It could. With a movie name like that, anything is possible!" Engie said. "How about that movie they named 'A Space Odyssey'? That movie had nothing to do with a Honda van."

"It's his voice, I heard his voice before, and I don't like it." Blaze said.

"So his voice sounds like Elmer Fudd? Big deal! Are there any other ponies that make that voice?" I asked.

"Uhhh, Dr. Steelhoof, remember?" Blaze asked me obviously.

"Sounds like Steelhoof? Ya mean that cybernetic pony we met at Mareami, one of Swinebutt's goons?" Aqua asked.

"Yes! The crazy scientist that wants to cut me open because my species is very rare." Blaze said.

I" dunno, brah. I don't see much of Swinebutt in Steelhoof." I explained. "He'd have a red 'S' scar on his eye if he were working for him, unless he's Darth Flare."

"None of Swinebutt's goons had the 'S' on their eyes." Aqua corrected me.

"Maybe they do, they just blocked it." I thought.

"Nah, ah don't think so." Aqua thought.

"I'm just worried." Blaze said.

"Here's what you should do, Blaze. I think you should tell Rainbow about this. Maybe Steelhoof might be trying to use Rainbow to get to you if you think this director is him." Psyche suggested.

"Exactly! Rainbow isn't safe in his hooves. Ya gotta warn her, and make sure she doesn't go!" Aqua said.

"And miss out on an opportunity like that?!" Crystal reminded us.

"What other choice does she have?" Aqua asked.

"Dude, we're gonna be there with her. She should be safe!" I said.

"I dunno." Blaze said.

"Tell her, Blaze. Ya gotta do it. Steelhoof might be leadin ya into a trap. Ya can't risk that chance." Aqua said.

"Now hold on, Aqua. What makes all of ya believe that this director is actually him?" Engie asked.

"Because he sounds like him, that's his only reason!" Crystal said.

"I suppose I shouldn't make accusations without proof." Blaze said.

"Ya going with her right? I believe ya can keep her safe." Aqua said.

"Yeah, brah! With the two of us, nothing can stop us!" I said.

"I'd die before I let harm come to her!" Blaze swore.

"Well, ah wish ya all the best of lucks! Ah have to stay home and clean up the basement." Engie said. A cutaway shows Engie sitting on his couch at home playing some games on his console while his robot cleans up his basement.

Sensors failing! Bleech detected! Cannot clean sensors! Require assistants!" the robot yelled.

"Will ya keep it down?! Ah'm nearly done beatin the final boss!" Engie yelled.

"Gasoline detected on the floor, commence match-lighting protocol." the robot said.

"Aww sick! That is some painful cry!" Engie said, commenting on the final boss on his game. Then Engie's basement suddenly explodes.

"Wow! That grenade explosion sounded pretty realistic!" Engie said. The cutaway ends.

Later that night at Rainbow's house, Rainbow Dash was reading the third Daring Do story to Rose and Candy. Rose and Candy fell fast asleep in the middle of the story. Rainbow smiles at them, gets up with Blaze and was about to walk out, but suddenly the phone rings and wakes them both up. Rose starts crying, and Candy groans. "UGGGHHH! STUPID PHONE!" she yelled and throws a pillow at it, but misses.

"You answer the phone, Rainbow. I'll calm Rose down." Blaze said, picking her up and starts rocking her.

Rainbow goes over to the phone and answers it. "Sup?"

"Wello? Wis is Wayo Wellman." the director on the phone said.

"Who?" Rainbow asked.

"Wayo Wellman? The director for Waring Wo?"  Mayo reminded her.

"Ah! What's up Wayo Wellman?" Rainbow teased.

"Pwease don't do that!" Mayo complained.

Rainbow chuckled. "Sorry, dude. What's up?"

"I have made my deciswion. I would wike to for you to pway as Waring Wo for the new wovie!" Mayo said.

"Really? Is this a prank call?" Rainbow asked.

"No! W’of course wot!" Mayo said.

"Really now? Hmmm. Where should we meet then?" Rainbow asked.

"We begin fwilming at Galwatic Studios in Was Wegasus tomorrow!" Mayo said.

"I see, well..... I can't afford a ticket." Rainbow lied.

"Won't worry, we're paywing for weverything!" Mayo said.

"Alright, dude you got a deal! But hold on, I can't go without my 'agent' or 'lawyer'." she said winking at Blaze.

"We'll let them covered too!" Mayo said.

"Well, I'll see you tomorrow then! Bye!" Rainbow said as she hangs up.

"So did you get the part?" Blaze asked.

"Of course not!" Rainbow said angrily.

"Oh..... I see." Blaze said. Rainbow just glares at Blaze, but then she smiles and says, "Just kidding! Of course I did! We're going to Las Pegasus tomorrow to start filming!"

"I'm so proud of you, Rainbow!" Blaze said excitedly as he hugged her.

"And I'm bringing my agent and LAWYER with me!" Rainbow said winking at him.

"So Flare's the agent, but.... the way you said lawyer. Wait, I'm gonna be your lawyer?" Blaze asked.

"BINGO!" Rainbow said.

"Why can't I go as your husband?" Blaze asked.

"Filming companies don't normally like to pay for the family, because they're not really worth to them, so if I say you're my lawyer, and Flare as my agent they won't have any problems, or suspicions!" Rainbow explained.

"Makes sense to me!" Blaze said. "Who told you that though?"

"Twilight, who else?" Rainbow said, chuckling and rolling her eyes.

"Right." Blaze said, chuckling along.

"Wait..... you're..... going somewhere?" Candy asked, standing outside her bedroom door.

"Of course we are! But where we're going is super important!" Rainbow said.

"More important than Rose and me?" Candy asked, glaring at her.

"Well, I...." Rainbow stuttered.

"We're supposed to stay together, because we're family!" Candy yelled with tears in her eyes.

"But, Candy, Rainbow got a job as an actress." Blaze said.

"AND YOU THINK THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN US?! TAKE US WITH YOU!" Candy yelled.

"I'm sorry, Candy, we can't. Las Pegasus isn't really the safest town in Equestria. Not a town for you and Rose." Blaze said, kneeling down, putting his arm around her.

Candy slaps his hoof away and yells, "YOU BOTH NEVER SPEND ENOUGH TIME WITH ROSE AND ME! IT'S LIKE JUST THE TWO OF US AGAINST THE WORLD, RIGHT ROSE?!" Rose just sits there in her crib, sucking on her hoof. "See? Look how nervous she is!"

"Please, Candy, just listen!" Blaze said, but Candy just gave Blaze an ugly look with tears in her eyes. Blaze turned to radio and said, "Well, we just can't leave them here alone."

"But Crèmepop already promised to look after them!" Rainbow reminded him.

"Wait, Auntie Crèmepop?!" Candy asked.

"Yeah." Rainbow said.

Candy smiled and said, "Actually, on second thought, you guys have fun! We'll be fine, right Rose?" Rose just sat that continued sucking on her hoof, then takes it out and wipes her mane back like a cool pony. Then she smiles at Rainbow, Blaze, and Candy and puts on sunglasses.

"Well then, I guess that solves that problem!" Blaze said.

"I can't wait to tell my friends!" Rainbow said excitedly, picking up the phone again.

"This will be a fun trip, Rainbow! I can guarantee it! I just hope..... that.... director..... hm." Blaze said, but he stopped talking and just walked into his room.

The next morning came; the three of us were packing up the taxi carriage so we can be on our way to airport, but first we were saying our goodbyes.

“Listen, Candy. Do everything Crèmepop says, alright?” Rainbow told her lil sister.

“Don’t worry, Dashie! I will!” Candy said, as she hugged Crèmepop’s leg.

“I dunno why you said those things about Candy being trouble, she’s an angel!” Crèmepop said to Rainbow as a halo was floating on Candy’s head. Rainbow was confused for a sec, because Candy was never so passionate about her or Blaze, but whenever Crèmepop or I was around, she was very sweet and loving, but that’s a story we’ll get to another time.

“I can’t believe you’re gonna be a star, Rainbow! I know your dream was to be a Wonderbolt, but being Daring Do seems to be an even bigger dream, huh?” Crystal asked.

“Sure is, Crystal! Just wait until the camera sees me doing my awesome stunts! Ponies aren’t gonna know the difference between me and Daring Do.” Rainbow said, flying in the air and does a couple of flips.

“No wonder they picked ya for the part!” Aqua said impressively.

“It’s like you two are long lost sisters.” AppleJack said.

“Dashie!” Pinkie yelled, tackling Rainbow.

Rainbow chuckled and said, “Relax, Pinkie! I’m not going to leave without saying goodbye!”

”Oh, I know that! Just wanted to ask, do you have your phone?” Pinkie asked.

“Yes.” Rainbow said, showing her.

“You have your camera?” Pinkie asked.

“Yes.” Rainbow said, showing it to her.

“You have your tape recorder?”

“Yes.”

”You have your tape recorder camera?”

“Yes.”

“You have your camera phone?”

“Yes.”

“You have your tape recorder phone?”

“Yes.”

”You have your tape recorder camera phone?”

“Do you have your Spitfire plushie?”

”Yes- wait! Shhhhh!” Rainbow quickly covered Pinkie’s mouth and blushed, then she whispered, “I told you we were supposed to never speak of that plush again!”

Pinkie started mumbling, but then Rainbow took her hooves off of Pinkie’s mouth, and Pinkie said, “I know, but you can’t sleep at night without it you told me.”

“I’m never telling you anything again.” Rainbow said, facehoofing herself.

“Hey Fluttershy, thanks for looking after our pets while we’re away.” Blaze said.

“It’s no trouble at all.” Flutters said smiling. “I never took care of a perfectly healthy phoenix before. Any advice you need to give me, Blaze?”

”Nah. Apollo mostly takes care of himself. He just likes somepony giving him orders. I don’t know why though.” Blaze said.

“It’s my duty as a pet, master.” Apollo said to him.

“Not many ponies like it when they feel like you’re their servant or something.” Blaze told him.

“I wish I could speak phoenix like you, Blaze. I mostly can talk to woodland creatures. That’s about it.” Flutters said. “Hey, Flare? You need me to check on your fish from time to time too?”

“Apollo likes to hang out with them. He can handle it.” I said.

“Also, Fluttershy, you know how to take care of ol Tank here, right? I mean, if you need any specific instructions, I can always give you some pro-tips.” Rainbow said. “Actually, maybe I should take him with me.”

“Rainbow, relax. I took care of him before you did. You adopted him from me, remember?” Flutters asked.

“Oh…. Right. Duh!” Rainbow said, bopping herself in the head.

“Rainbow Dash, wait!” Rarity yelled, pushing out her clothes hanger full of outfits.”

“I don’t need any of those outfits, Rarity. I told you that!” Rainbow said.

“I know, I know. Just try on this safari outfit I made. It really suits your inner-adventure!” Rarity said, showing Rainbow the outfit.

“I’m fine, Rarity!” Rainbow said, feeling annoyed.

“How about just trying on the hat?” Rarity asked.

“She said she’s fine, Rarity. The studio will provide her the outfit she needs.” AppleJack said.

“Well, be better get going. I have a movie to make!” Rainbow said.

“You’ll do awesome, Rainbow Dash! I can’t wait to see you on the big screen!” Scootaloo cried excitedly.

“I can’t wait to see you in the audience!” Rainbow said to Scoots, winking at her.

I gave Crèmepop a kiss and she said, “Call me when you get to the airport, ok?”

“Don’t worry, Crèmey. I will!” I said.

“And before you take off.” Crème said.

“Well, I can’t do it while I take off. All electronics gotta be off.” I said.

“And when you land.” Crème added.

“Sure.” I said.

“And when you get to the hotel.” Crème said.

“Crèmey, relax! You’re starting to sound like my mom!” I chuckled.

“Isn’t that why you’re with me? Because I’m like your mom?” Crème asked smiling.

“No!” I yelled, but after a few moments I said calmly, “Yes.”

“Love you!” Crème said, giving me another kiss.

“Bye Flare! Don’t stay away too long!” Candy said, hugging my leg.

“I won’t, Candy. Take care of Crèmepop for me, alright? She always likes to get into trouble.” I whispered teasily at her.

“Shut up, Flare!” Crème teased, pushing me.

“C’mon, c’mon! We’re gonna miss our flight.” Blaze reminded us.

“Alright, alright, I’m coming!” I said as I went inside the taxi with Rainbow and Blaze.

“Bye, guys! Stay safe!” Twilight yelled.

“See y’all on the big screen!” Engie yelled.

“Bye, Flare! I’ll miss you!” Candy yelled.

“Bye, Candy!” Rainbow yelled.

“Yeah, bye, Rainbow.” Candy said not very excitedly. So the taxi carriage started pulling us over to the airport.

“Alright! Time to head to Las Pegasus!” I said excitedly. “This would be a great chance to play Applewood Swingin on my Ipod!” 

“Ever been to Las Pegasus, Rainbow?” Blaze asked.

“Went there a few times.” Rainbow said. “Once to see a Wonderbolt show, and one to locate trouble for Twilight the time she saw her, how to I put this…. ‘future self’, and the rest of the times I just fly pass it. You ever been there?”

“Yes.” Blaze said. “Once to COMPETE in a Wonderbolt show, once as a model hired by Photo Finish, and the rest… flying with you pass it.”

“Really? I never realize. You’re always behind me everytime we fly there. This is why I am the best flyer in Equestria!” Rainbow said.

“Then why am I a wonderbolt, and you’re not?” Blaze asked mischievously.

“I’m still a cadet. Don’t worry, Blaze. I’ll be a Wonderbolt soon. I may even take Spitfire’s job.” Rainbow said. “Better yet, I’ll be a Wonderbolt GENERAL!”

Blaze chuckled, shaking his head. “I’d love to see the day.” 

“Well you guys have fun with your flying, I’m going to enjoy being in the spotlight!” I said. “You know what the three of us should do? We should do a montage of us working out, trying to lose weight while Applause plays in the background, and we drive a Kia Soul to the Xiao Ma Theater.” 

A cutaway shows a montage the three of us as Applause by Lady Gaga plays in the background.  First it shows the three of us jogging on the beach all chubby, then it shows Rainbow Dash doing sit-ups in a gym, then it shows Blaze lifting weights wearing a T-Shirt that says ‘All Mut, No Gut’. After that it shows another pony on a computer drawing a sketch of the Kia Soul, then it shows the three of us in a Yoga class stretching out our legs and spines, and then it shows Blaze jumping rope real fast, then it shows me on a treadmill checking out the mares exercising beside me, but I lost concentration and I tripped and fell on the treadmill. After that, Rainbow doing sit-ups while holding a ball, and that pony that was drawing the Kia was making a 3-D display of it. 

The next part of the montage showed me wearing goggles and a bathing cap, about to do laps in the pool while my trainer keeps track of the time I swim for me. I jump into the pool while the music in the background gets a bit blurry, but the music goes back to normal as the next part shows the Kia maker fixing up the prototype of the vehicle. The next exercises in the montage shows the three of us working really hard to lose weight. Blaze was jump roping faster, and I practiced boxing. After that, the three of us were at the saloon, getting our hairs dried by the big hair dryers. I check my watch and we all nod. We turn on the lights in the room the Kia Soul was held, we all went in and drove to the Xiao Ma Theater while everypony was waiting for us to appear.

“Look! There they are!” a mare cried out as we stopped and we all got out of the car wearing tuxedos and sunglasses. We walked on the red carpet, posed at the crowd, Blaze kissed a mare’s hoof, I took a picture with a group of mares, and as we walked inside the theater, I looked back at the Kia Soul we were driving, and the words ‘Totally Transformed’ appeared above it, All-New Soul, and then the Kia logo appeared. The cutaway ends.

“We better get ourselves fat before the night of the red carpet, then lose the weight fast!” I said to Blaze and Rainbow. 

So we finally made it to the Canterlot International Airport, turned in our bags, got checked, but Rainbow seemed to have a problem while getting checked, her saying she’s gonna be a famous movie star, but airport security didn’t care, we almost missed our flight, but we did make it, and we flew all the way to Las Pegasus International and got our bags.

“Ah, Las Pegasus! Not as awesome as Cloudsdale, but it is pretty nice here!” Rainbow said.

“Yeah, well you guys go there, I’m staying in the Earthbound Las Pegasus. I left my jetpack at home, but at least I remembered to go to the pharmacy and get more of those Walk on Clouds pills.” I said.

“It’s gonna take some time to getting used to the time change here. It’s 2-3 hours earlier than Ponyville here.” Blaze said.

“Yeah, at home it’s lunch time, but here, all the fast food joints are still serving breakfast.” I said.

“Excuse me, are you Miss Rainbow Dash?” a pony that looks like a shoffer asked.

“The one and only!” Rainbow said.

“Ah, Director Mayo Hellman sent me to come get you. Welcome to Las Pegasus! I’ll be taking you over to studio so you can sign your contracts and everything.” The shofar said.

“Awesome! This is my lawyer, Phoenix Wing, and my agent, Crimson Blast.” Rainbow said, introducing us to the shofar.

“Aww, what? That’s not the name I chose!” I whined.

“Well, it’s better than Agent 47.” Blaze said.

“Agent 47 is a leet name! It suits me better.” I said.

“So you want everypony to think you’re a hitman?” Blaze asked.

“No, they’ll think I’m an agent! Welcome to Applewood, brah!” I said.

“Please follow me to the limo.” The shofar said.

“Awesome, a limo! I remember when we went to Mareami and got a limo there and sang ‘Welcome to Mareami’. Maybe this time I’ll swing ‘Applewood Singin’.” I said.

“Don’t you mean ‘sing Applewood Swingin’?” Blaze corrected me.

“I thought I said that?” I asked.

“No, you said ‘swing Applewood Singin’.” Blaze said.

I started laughing really hard. “Really? I can’t believe I said that! I did not even notice! That’s funny! This was more unexpecting than when I had dinner with the Three Little Pigs!” 

A cutaway shows me eating dinner with the Three Little Pigs in their brick house. “Mmm! This dinner is amazing!”

“It should be. The wood on the fire was actually the debris from my house. I wouldn’t want it to go to waste.” One of the pigs said.

“So you three gonna be living together now?” I asked.

“For the time being. I’m actually thinking of building my new house from the leftovers of London Bridge.” One of the other pigs said.

“Well, I gotta say this food sure tastes really good! What is it?” I asked.

“Well, let’s just say, don’t ever try to destroy the houses that belong to my brothers, or try to pretend to be Santa Paws and climb down the chimney with a lit fire.” The owner of the brick house said. 

I just shockingly stopped eating and said, “I think I lost my appetite.” The cutaway ends.

So the limo driver took us to Galactic Studios, and we saw ponies creating sets for the Daring Do Movie. “Wow!” Rainbow said excitedly. “This is going to be so awesome! All the props look so realistic! But who’s going to be playing as Ahuizotl?”

“Oi! We’re actually gettin’ Mike Mares to play as him. He’s goin’ to be computer animated by the time he’s in his Aztec form.” Jerry Jam said, pointing to Mike Mares in his Ahuizotl outfit.

“Mini-me, you complete me!” Mike Mares said, holding a small figurine of Ahuizotl. 

“Hello, I’m Jerry Jam. I’m the wrote who wrote this film.” Jerry said to Rainbow Dash, shaking her hoof.

“Well, Jerry, I must say, you are SO AWESOME!” Rainbow said in a high-pitched voice as she placed her hooves on her cheeks, and making a duck face. “I love the Daring Do series!”

“So do I! Can’t stop reading any of the books, ever!” Jerry said.

“Me neither! When I’m finished with a book, I always like to read it over again! I can’t believe you decided to make a movie out of this book!” Rainbow said excitedly. “You know, I actually met Daring Do in person!”

“What? No way!” Jerry gasped.

“Yeah way!” Rainbow said.

“That is amazin’!” Jerry yelled in excitement.

“There she goes again.” I whispered to Blaze. “Showing off, and telling others she met a fictional character from an unrealistic story.

“Have you even read the books yet?” Blaze asked.

“No, but I did see some reviews online.” I said.

“Anyways, I can’t wait to begin filming!” Rainbow said excitedly.

“I know! I’m pretty psyched about it too!” Jerry said.

“Psyche? Where is he?” I asked looking around.

“He means, excited.” Blaze corrected me.

“Ah! Right!” I nodded.

“I’m going to be playing as Daring Do in this movie!” Rainbow said.

“Oh? You must be Rainbow Dash then!” Jerry said.

“What was your first clue?” Rainbow teased.

“Director Hellman was right! You do look a lot like Daring Do! Just dye the hair and the coat, and you’d be an exact replica!” Jerry said, observing Rainbow.

“Thanks, Jer! So, what do we do first?” Rainbow asked.

“We have to go see the head of the company and sign some contracts. I’m taking these two are your agent and your lawyer?” Jerry assumed, checking us out.

“I’m the agent! See me talking on my cell phone? That proves I’m the agent!” I said, holding my cell phone towards my ear.

“I’m her lawyer, Phoenix Wings.” Blaze said, shaking Jerry’s hoof.

“Pleasure, Mr. Wings! Please follow me. The boss is waiting.” Jerry said. So we all followed Jerry upstairs to see the head of the company, whom was waiting for us upstairs. The four of us entered the room, I was mumbling on my cell phone, and the boss was waiting for us. Oops! I forgot to mention, Blaze and I were wearing tuxedos, I was wearing sunglasses, and he was carrying a briefcase. It proves as a disguise for us. Rarity gave them to us yesterday; she has a lot of disguises in her wardrobe! I wonder what else she has in there? Maybe a whole kingdom with a lion as a king, and soldiers that are half-man, half-horses. I’m a horse, and I think that’s creepy. 

“Ah, Miss Rainbow Dash! Welcome to Galactic Studios!” the boss said happily.

“Nice to meet you, Mr….” Rainbow said, hinting she wants to know his name.

“My name isn’t important.” The boss said. “Director Hellman really outdone himself this time! You make a great Daring Do! Then again, it turns out our director is also our producer it seems!” the boss said and chuckled.

“A producer and a director as the same cybernetic pony. Interesting.” Blaze said and nodded.

“I do not know what you mean by ‘cybernetic pony’, and frankly, I could care less. What I need you to do Miss Rainbow Dash is to sign this contract.” The boss requested. I know what you’re thinking, why does he keep calling her ‘Miss’ Rainbow Dash? Most ponies think Rainbow Dash is single. Nopony would want a pony to be married to a freak like Blaze. Their words, not mine.

“Hang on, Miss Dash. I should take a close look at this contract. I should see if there are any ‘fine prints’. Trust me, I had to learn that the hard way when I was a model for Photo Finish.” Blaze said, taking the contract and reading it over. I just kept blabbering on my cell phone, but nopony knew I wasn’t actually talking to anypony. I just wanted to look good as an agent.

“See any flaws in there, Phoenix?” Rainbow asked.

“Well, I do see something in here saying putting all your trustings to the Director, and doing ‘whatever he says’. I don’t think that’s right.” Blaze said.

“It’s a fact about movie productions, Mr. Wings. The director is in charge of everything in the set. Unless I’m there, then I’m the big-boss!” the boss said.

“I know, but having the director being the boss as the main point of this contract seems pretty suspicious to me. I don’t think you should do this, Rainbow.” Blaze said.

“Whoa! Who made you the expert in movie production rules?” Rainbow asked.

“I’m your lawyer, remember? I’m supposed to be the expert of contracts. I know what contracts are all about, Rainbow.” Blaze said.

“Miss Dash, may I remind you that this job can only come once in a lifetime? Don’t you want to be a star?” the boss asked.

“Of course I do! Being Daring Do is like a dream! I mean, I’ve always wanted to be a Wonderbolt, but…. I think Daring Do is pretty much of a bigger dream now that I think about it.” Rainbow said, taking a pen.

“Exactly! Who wants to be a Wonderbolt? You never fly alone when you’re a wonderbolt. You always do stunts in a group. But when you’re a star behind the camera, all the attention gets focused on you, sweetheart!” the boss explained.

“Now that you put it that way, I think  being Daring Do sounds a lot better than being a stupid wonderbolt!” Rainbow said.

“WHAT?!” Blaze yelled.

“Hold on.” I said while talking on the phone, then I asked, “Rainbow, you want your suite to have a hot tub?”

“Of course I do!” Rainbow said.

“Of course she does. What were you thinking? You stupid or something?” I asked while talking on the phone. “I swear. I am surrounded by a bunch of morons sometimes! This is Rainbow Dash we’re talking about! REMEMBER THE NAME, BRAH!”

“Rainbow, I’m telling you. This is a corrupted contract. You shouldn’t sign it.” Blaze suggested.

“But think about all the fame you’ll get! The Wonderbolts would be envious of YOU, instead of you being envious to them.” The boss said.

”Rainbow, my life may depend on this!” Blaze said.

“Oh, so this is YOUR life we’re talking about, Phoenix? Ha! I made my choice, I’m in!” Rainbow said, signing the contract.

“Excellent! An initial here, and here, and here, NOT HERE, print your name here, the date, and one more initial here.” The boss said. “Ok! Wow, I see you put a little smiley face after your name! I like that! We begin filming tomorrow morning at 8. Enjoy yourself! Welcome to the team, Daring Do!”

“Ohmygosh, ohmygosh, ohmygosh, ohmygosh, ohmygosh!” Rainbow said excitedly while shaking the boss’s hoof.

Blaze facehoofed himself, then heard a ‘Pssst’ behind him, and he saw Director Mayo behind him, lifting his eyepatch, revealing his cybernetic eye. Blaze was biting his lip, and was about to go after him, but Rainbow stopped him by giving him a hug and she says, “I’m Daring Do now, Phoenix! I’m Daring Do!”

“Huh? Oh, that’s… great! I’m proud of you.” Blaze said, feeling worried. He knows Steelhoof is here playing as the director. He just has to keep a close eye on him. Just then, while I was talking on the phone, it started ringing.

“Wait, Crimson, were just talking on the phone, how can it being ringing?” Rainbow asked.

“You weren’t talking to anyone, were you?” Blaze asked.

I just embarrassedly answered the phone, and talked to Crèmepop who was on the other line. “Hey, gorgeous! Yes, I’m on my way to the hotel now. I actually called them in the airport, but I wanted it to look like I was talking to them now. Makes me look more like a leet agent. No, I did not hear any gunfire. I’m not in those kind of neighborhoods.”

So the three of us went over to the hotel. We stayed at a very nice Hilton hotel suite, showing a view of the Applewood sign. Our room was very big and fancy. It has a hot tub, separate rooms, and it even has those refrigerators full of snacks and soda! Not to mention this room also came with some towels on the bed that were shaped like elephants! This place has everything! 

The night I was relaxing in the hot tub still wearing my sunglasses, while Rainbow was reading her script, and Blaze was folding his suit and putting it away. “Rainbow, you know anything about show business?”

“Of course I do, Blaze! It’s easy! Just read the script, remember it, and do it! Simple is that! Get to be paid a lot as well! Great money so we can take care of Candy and Rose!” Rainbow said.

My phone started ringing again and I answered it. “Agent 47, the best agent ever! How can I help you? No, I’m not a hitman! Then call Boba Fett, he’s a hitman! Bounty Hunter, hitman, same thing.”

“Why you so worried about me, Blaze? You think I’m gonna get hurt or something? I’ll be fine!” Rainbow said.

“It’s not that. It’s just that director. I think that director is that scientist pony that wants to dissect me, Dr. Steelhoof.” Blaze said.

“What makes you think he’s him?” Rainbow asked.

“That accent kinda gave it away, but I saw his cybernetic eye under his eyepatch. I think he’s using you to get to me.” Blaze said.

“Don’t be silly, Blaze! A scientist is never that desperate. Besides, you defeated him, you destroyed his lab once!” Rainbow said.

“Actually, Rose destroyed his lab, and not just that, he’s been going after me my whole life after he noticed I’m a draconian.” Blaze said.

“Well, if that’s the case, we better be extra careful. But I already signed a contract. I’m gonna be Daring Do. It’s a dream that nopony else can live! You can’t let me quit this dream, Blaze! I’ll never have a chance like this again!” Rainbow begged.

“How did you get my number anyway? My number is not under the Hitman category, it’s under the restaurant category.” I said to the pony I’m talking to on the phone. “I am an agent! Yes, I am a restaurant owner too. Flare’s Pizza Parlor! My name IS Agent 47! But my name is Fla- you know what, nevermind. Goodbye.” I hung up. “Phew! I almost gave away my disguise.”

“Alright Rainbow, alright. But I’m staying with you the whole time, alright?” Blaze asked.

“If that’s what it takes.” Rainbow said.

“Alright, I know you’ll do good, Dashie! I don’t want to disturb your dream. I am proud that you got this job!” Blaze said.

“Thanks, Blaze!” Rainbow said, giving him a hug. Blaze was still worried of what Steelhoof might do. Regardless, we did have a great breakfast that morning! I know Rainbow is going to spend her time working, and Blaze is keeping an eye on Steelhoof, but me, I’m having the time of my life! This is an awesome vacation! Probably the best I ever had! We went back over to the studio to start our first day of filming! Director Mayo and Jerry Jam were over there waiting for us.

“Ah! Our star has awavied!” the director said.

“Hello, Director Hellman!” Rainbow said.

“Pwease, call me Wayo.” Mayo requested.

“Alright, Wayo. What do we do first?” Rainbow asked.

Mayo sighed and said, “NOT WAYO, WAYO!”

”That’s what I said!” Rainbow said.

Mayo sighed. “Whatever! Our first wart of the wovie takes place in a wungle, not the wungle from the Waring Wo story, a different wone. Wis is a different tweasure. Werry, show them.”

Jerry walked up to us and showed us a vase of some sort with a big red ruby on it. “This here is the Ruby Vessel, a treasure made by the griffons during ancient times. Now this isn’t the real one, it’s just a replica, but Daring Do must go into this temple and try to retrieve it. It’s not as intense as the temple that you’re used to. Daring uses her wings most of the time. In this movie, she realizes that she doesn’t need her wings to be awesome, but she doesn’t realize it until the original story. Not just that, Ahuizotl used to be a pony before he was in his Azetc form, and he’s Daring’s partner.”

“Yeah I know, it was mentioned that in the third story. I never realized that until then.” Rainbow said.

“Exactly! Since this is a movie, the book felt a little short, so we make the movie a bit bigger.

“What does Ahuizotl look like?” Rainbow asked.

“Like this.” Jerry said, showing us a picture of him, and it was a picture of a purple pony that looks like a female version of Psyche.

“That’s a mare, not a ‘him’.” Rainbow said.

“Sorry, that’s my sister, Jelly Jam.” Jerry said, putting up the right picture. “Here he is!”



“Ah that’s much better!” Rainbow said looking at the picture looks like blue earth pony with blonde hair and yellow lines on his face.

“Hey that looks like my friend Rush!” I said looking at it. “Not, not you.” I said to the pony I’m talking to on the phone. “I’m talking about the main antagonist of the story, but that’s beside the point. The game I want in the hotel room is Mancala, not chess. Chess is for nerds.”

“Alwight then! Time to start wilming! Weet us at Wudio 2 so we can get started.” Mayo said.

“Awesome! Well, wish me luck, Phoenix!” Rainbow said, following Mayo to Studio 2, and Blaze followed.

“You’ll need it.” Blaze said. Blaze and I were waiting inside the studio for Rainbow to show up from the Dressing Room. 

“Flare I’m worried about Rainbow. You met Steelhoof, can he be trusted?” Blaze asked.

“Hang on, Blaze I’m on the phone.” I said to him, then I said to the pony on the other line, “There needs to be vase on the table next to the fruit. Every table needs a good vase. I got a vase on my table, don’t I? Well of course you don’t know, you don’t know where I live. You don’t even know what town I live in! Umm, consider yourself lucky for that one.”

Blaze sighed and said, “Whatever.”

”Hold yourselves, ponies! Daring Do is in town, ready for action!” Rainbow asked as she walked into the studio, posing, all dressed up like Daring Do.

“Whoa! Who are you? Where is Rainbow Dash?” Blaze teased.

“No Rainbow Dash here! Only Daring Do!” Rainbow said.

“I gotta say, you look incredibly awesome, Rainbow! I don’t even recognize you anymore! You look totally identical to Daring Do!” Blaze said.

“I know I do!” Rainbow said.

“Yeah, the soap in the bathroom, the soap should be carved. Don’t use that soap that gives you dry skin, use the moist kind. I hate it when my skin is dry.” I said on the phone. “Ok, yes, this isn’t about me, this is about Rainbow Dash, but she hates it too.” Blaze punches me in the arm. “Ow! What?”

“Compliment on Rainbow’s new look!” Blaze demanded.

“Huh? Oh Rainbow’s here?” I asked.

“Yes, she’s Daring Do, remember?” Blaze asked.

“Oh right. Lovely outfit, Dashie.” I said, then I went back to talking to the pony on the phone. “Ok, the shampoo. It should be both shampoo and conditioner. I don’t- I mean, Rainbow doesn’t want to waste her time using two separate bottles to wash her hair.”

"Weady to take waction, Wainbow Dash?" Mayo asked.

"Ready as I'll ever be, director! Let's do it!" Rainbow shouted excitedly.

So Rainbow Dash went into the set to get started. Rainbow got a bit of flying insects in her large intestine at the moment, but I'm pretty sure she's ready to do the job. The director yelled "Action!" and we watched as 'Daring Do' done those awesome acrobatic stunts to get inside the temple and take the treasure. It's not as impressive as when you see it in the movie, but it's quite alright. At least Rainbow Dash's stunts aren't fake, and she doesn't need a separate stunts-pony to do the stunts for her. After a whole day of shooting, but not the kind of shooting that gets you killed, we were just about to leave the studio.

"Phew! For a first day of shooting, it can really take alot out of ya!" Rainbow said to us.

“Yeah, even Mike Mares did an awesome job as Ahuizotl!” Blaze said.

Mike Mares, who is still in his Ahuizotl outfit started walking out of the studio screaming; “WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY SWAMP?!”

“Jungle, Mr. Mares. It’s what are you doing in my ‘jungle’.” His agent corrected him.

"I'm just so glad we were able to get 34 minutes done in the movie already in one day! If we keep this up, we'll be out of here in no time!" Blaze said.

"B-but I don't wanna leave! Not yet that is. I like it here!" I said.

"Then why don't you move here then?" Rainbow suggested.

"C'mon, I got friends, a marefriend, a business, and fish at home, I can't live here. Besides, I'm afraid of the earthquakes." I said. Just then my phone started ringing again. "Hang on a sec, brahs." I answer the phone. "Terry! Yeah, we finished shooting. We need to get reservations of the most exclusive celebrity restaurant in the whole city! Somewhere that has those fancy Canterlot-like food."

"Wainbow Dash!" Mayo called out and walked towards us.

"What's up, Mayo?" Rainbow asked.

"We were such a wuccess today, weren't we?" Steelhoof asked.

"We sure was!" Rainbow said.

"I wave a reposition for you." Mayo said.

"Alright, let's hear it!" Rainbow listened.

"We have a scene waking place in night time. So we'll weed you to stay late for this wext scene." Mayo requested.

"Oh, well..... I was already planning to have dinner that my agent made reservations for." Rainbow said.

"Well, that'll wave to wait. I weed you tonight!" Mayo demanded.

"Well.... if that's how it has to be, then sure I'll do it!" Rainbow said excitedly.

"Excuse me, Mr. Director, but my client says she needs to head over to dinner. It's quite important." Blaze said.

"Wister Wings, way I remind you that we signed a wontract." Mayo said, showing us the contract. "Wubject 6, subwuction 7, no matter how the wircumstances are the wirector has full wesponsiblily to the wactors. I'm in charge, and whatever I say woes!"

"Sorry, Blaze, he's right. The contract says so." Rainbow said.

"Will you excuse us, Mr. Director?" Blaze asked.

"Go ahead." Mayo said, walking out of Rainbow and Blaze's sight.

"Blaze, what's wrong with you?" Rainbow asked.

"What's wrong with me? What's wrong with you?" Blaze asked. "You can't let this director tell you what to do."

"He's in charge if the big-boss ain't around. I'm sorry, Blaze." Rainbow said.

"Alright Rainbow, fine. As long as I stay here by your side the whole time!" Blaze demanded.

"Blaze, I can take care of myself, you're not my bodyguard!" Rainbow said angrily.

"Steelhoof is dangerous!" Blaze said.

"This director is not Steelhoof! If he was Steelhoof, why didn't he capture you yet?" Rainbow asked.

"Because he's waiting for the right time. Look, I can't let you do this anymore if this is the way you're gonna act." Blaze said.

"Listen to you! You're trying to pull me away from my dream! I knew that was gonna happen!" Rainbow yelled.

"Your dream is to be a Wonderbolt, Rainbow! Not a silly fictional character!" Blaze corrected her.

"What makes you think Daring Do is fictional?" Rainbow asked.

"Look, my point is, I just want you safe is all." Blaze said.

"Oh yeah? I can prove to you that I can be safe, even if you're not around! So how about you just leave, and I'll prove to you that I can take care of myself!" Rainbow yelled, poking Blaze's chest.

"I'm not going anywhere!" Blaze yelled.

"I'll call security then." Rainbow said.

"You wouldn't dare!" Blaze said.

"Try me!" Rainbow yelled.

"Alright, fine! If I don't see you at the hotel tonight, I'm coming right here to save you! I'm telling you, that director is bad news!" Blaze said.

"I'll take your word on it, but you're not taking me away from my dream! I maybe a movie star now, but I'm still Rainbow Dash, the most talented flier in Equestria!" Rainbow said.

"Fine then. C'mon, Flare!" Blaze said angrily as he started walking out of the studio grounds.

"I'll have to cancel those dinner reservations then." I said, as I followed him and was about to call the restaurant to cancel the reservations.

Blaze turned around and took one last look at Rainbow Dash and the director as they both went inside the studio, Jerry watched as well, and he knew something was up. You know, there was something weird about that Jerry Jam character. He looked really familiar to me. Have I met him before? Hours went by, and we were all at the hotel. I was enjoying some hot cocoa, and I was also on my laptop, searching up some new threads.

"I don't know, Flare. I just don't know." Blaze said.

"Are you blabbering about that director again?" I asked.

"No. I'm talking about my mother." Blaze said sarcastically.

"Was that sarcasm?" I asked.

"No." he said sarcastically.

"Ah, well your mom is a very nice dragon. You have her eyes!" I said.

"Yeah, I get that alot. But that's beside the point. Rainbow is endanger." Blaze said.

"But doesn't Steelhoof only want you?" I asked.

"He might use Rainbow to get to me. Why else would Steelhoof try so hard to keep Rainbow away from me?" Blaze asked.

"I dunno, but Rainbow has an interview with Colt-han Thursday night. He maybe freaky, and always come on after Big Bang on TBS, but at least we're getting Rainbow to be famous! Am I the best agent or what?" I asked.

"You're a great agent, but who knows if this is all just a set-up? I'm going back to the studio to get Rainbow back!" Blaze said as he was about to walk out the door.

"Blaze, wait! C'mon, it's only been 5 hours, and Rainbow hasn't called you, big whoop! This is Las Pegasus we're in right now, brah! Enjoy your stay while it lasts, because it's all gonna go away in time. We'll be going back to boring ol Ponyville soon, and I'd rather enjoy my time here!" I said, leaning back on the chair.

"Well you do that. I'm gonna go look for Rainbow." Blaze said.

"You do that. I think I'll go for a walk in a little while around Rodeo Drive. Row-DAY-Oh! Daaaay-oh! Daylight come and me wan' go home!" I sang. Just as Blaze opened the door, Rainbow was standing outside, about to insert her keycard.

"Oh, Rainbow. You're back. I was just about to go get you." Blaze said.

"Yeah, I'm here in one piece! One of the crewsmen tried to pounce me, but I was able to take care of myself, just like I said, and I gotta say, filming as Daring Do is as awesome as always!" Rainbow said, smiling.

"That's awesome, Rainbow! I dunno what to say!" Blaze said excitedly.

"Hmmm, how about," Rainbow starts teasing Blaze's voice, "Gee, Rainbow! You're tougher than I thought! You may be the one learning filming, but I'm not one that learned a lesson! I'm so stupid, Rainbow! Duhhhhh!" Blaze had a very confused look on his face, and Rainbow pushed him aside and walked into the bathroom. "You make me sick, Blaze! I'm gonna go throw up." Rainbow slams the bathroom door.

Blaze looks over at me as I was laughing really hard. I said, "She sounded exactly like you!"

"Oh shut up, man." Blaze said angrily as he walked out of the room and slammed the door behind him.

"That was really good! Hey, Rainbow!" I shouted out as I was continuing to laugh while I talk. "Can, can you make an impre-impression on me too?"

Blaze walked outside the hotel and walked the Las Pegasus streets, walking the Walk of Fame, showing the names of the greatest celebrities in the world, but I believe you might already know that. If not, where have you been? While Blaze was walking the Walk, seeing all these tourists, and ponies dressed up as mascots and celebrities to either gain attention or money, he started mumbling to himself. "That Rainbow Dash doesn't know what she's getting herself into! She's endangering herself and more importantly HERSELF! Oh, and there's me too. Jeez, she's being more reckless than the time we snuck into Magic World."

A cutaway shows Rainbow, Blaze, Candy, and Rose waiting in line to buy a ticket to get into the Magic World theme park. "Why are we standing here buying a ticket?" Rainbow asked.

"How else are we supposed to get into the park?" Blaze asked.

"Look at these prices! Costs like 100 bits for each of us!" Rainbow complained.

"But it's all worth it once we get inside." Blaze said.

"It's not really worth it right now. What if we get ripped off?" Rainbow asked.

"I say we should sneak inside the park!" Candy suggested.

"Candy, isn't that.... stealing?" Blaze asked.

"It ain't stealing if you ain't taking anything! We're just going inside. This is like paying a toll booth when we're on the interstate. Instead of going through the toll booth, we go to the nearest exit, and find a way around!" Candy suggested.

"That's my sister!" Rainbow said mischievously.

"So how we gonna get inside without any security noticing us?" Blaze asked. Just then, Rainbow, Blaze, and Candy, along with Rose on Blaze's back start stealth flying over security, and nopony even noticed them coming in.

"We did it! We got in before getting caught!" Candy cheered.

"We sure did!" Rainbow said excitedly.

"Well, I suppose it worked this time." Blaze said.

"Ooo, look! Ice cream! Let's get some ice cream!" Candy yelled.

"Right behind you, sis!" Rainbow said as she bought herself and her family four ice creams that costed 25 bits each.

"Ok, so we snuck into the park without paying tickets for 100 bits, but we still buy ice cream that cost like the same amount?" Blaze asked.

"POPCORN!" Candy yelled. Rainbow paid 25 bits for popcorn for her whole family. The cutaway ends.

As Blaze was passing Bugs Bunny's star on the walk of fame, even though I don't get why a cartoon character is on the walk, a strange carriage rides pass him. Blaze doesn't notice it though, and the carriage arrives at the hotel. Some weirdly dressed ponies went out, ambushed a couple of hotel employees and took their uniforms.

Back at the room, Rainbow was watching TV, and I was on the phone with the ponies that run the Queen Haytifah show, because Queen Haytifah is asking for an interview with Rainbow Dash. "So tomorrow morning, you want Queen Haytifah to interview my client Rainbow Dash?" I asked the pony on the phone. "Well it's an honor, but do have to have Tom Cruise come on before us? Well you see, the reason is, Tom Cruise has an authority of the mind, while Queen Haytifah has an authority of the body. Those two don't go together. Having Rainbow Dash come AFTER will just completely mess everything up. We don't want my client's first reputation to the open world to be a bad one. In that case she won't do it, I'm sorry. Oh? You're desperate, huh? Then Rainbow Dash comes on first, got it? Awesome! See you at 9!" I end the call.

"Gotta hand to ya, Flare! You're doing a great job as my agent!" Rainbow said.

"Listen to you, a few months ago when Twilight came back from the human world, you didn't know what the word 'hands' meant, now you think you're expert. You know how long it took me to know what the word 'circumstances' meant? I was 22 years old, Dashie! 22 years old!" I complained.

"Oh just take the stupid compliment!" Dashie demanded.

"Alright, 'thank you', you happy face now?" I asked.

"Very." Rainbow said with a 'not-caring' tone. Suddenly, we heard knocking on the door. Not the type of knocks I was hoping for.

"Who is it?" I yelled.

"Housekeeping." a pony said on the other side with a squeaky voice.

"Nice try, it's the middle of the night, and we did not order housekeeping." I said.

"We have those chocolate mints we put on the pillows." the pony said on the other side.

"CHOCOLATE MINTS!" I shouted in excitement. I stood up quickly and ran towards the door and opened it. There were a couple of strange ponies. One was beige and was wearing an undershirt and headband, and the other was orange and was wearing a black hoodie. "I don't see any chocolate mints. What is this?"



"Move away, agente! We're here for the rainbow pony." one of the pony gangsters with a Mexicolt accent said.

“Yeah, homie! Move!” the orange gangsta pony demanded.

"Rainbow pony's not here at the moment. Please leave a message after the beep. BEEEEEEEP!" I said.

"Get this idiota out of our way." the gangster demanded.

"MAGIC LAWS! MAGIC LAWS!" I yelled as one of the gangster ponies were about to knock me out. "THE POWER OF POLKA COMPELS Y-" but before I could finish, I was knocked out by one of the ponies, and the gangsters moved into the room and surrounded Rainbow.

"What the hay is going on?" Rainbow asked.

"Our boss wants to see you, señorita." one of the gangsters said.

“Yeah, we go where nopony can hear you halla!” the orange gangster said.

"Sure, I'll go, but you only can- IF YOU CAN CATCH ME!" Rainbow was about to fly fast out of the hotel from the balcony, but she crashed into the sliding glass door and fell. The gangsters stuff a bag over Rainbow's head, tie her hooves, and carry her out of the hotel. Rainbow struggles and shakes around to get free, but even though she is stronger than me and lots of other ponies I know, the rope knots were too tight, even tighter then AppleJack's knots. The ponies throw Rainbow into their carriage and take her away. 

After an hour or so went by, I don't really remember for sure, Blaze returned to the room. He saw the room's door was a crack opened. He got worried and went inside quickly, and saw the hotel room a completely mess. "WHOA! What the?!" Blaze yelled as he looked around the room. "Rainbow?! Flare?!" he called for us. He didn't know I was laying on the ground in front of me, and he trips over one of my legs. I passed out in the closet so I suppose it wasn't easy for him to see me. "Flare? FLARE?!"

I yawned shortly after and sat up. "Sup brah? Nothing like a nice nap, huh?"

"What?" Blaze asked.

"Where are those chocolate mints?" I asked.

"What chocolate mints?" Blaze asked.

"The chocolate mints those gangsters promised me." I said.

"What are you talking abou- GANGSTERS?!" Blaze yelled.

"Yeah, they looked like gangsters." I said.

"WHERE'S RAINBOW?!" Blaze yelled.

"She was lying on the bed last I checked. I can't remember why I'm lying on the ground. I should've napped on the bed." I said. Blaze checked all around the room, also saw some cracks on the sliding glass door.

"Oh no!" Blaze panicked.

"Oh no is right! Where are those chocolate mints?" I asked.

"The sliding glass door here is cracked! It looks like Rainbow tried to escape. STEELHOOF!" Blaze yelled.

"C'mon, man! Always blaming Steelhoof. He's after YOU, man. Not Rainbow." I corrected him.

"I told you. He'll use Rainbow to get to me! I should've kept a closer eye on her! I gotta go save her!" Blaze flew out of the room quickly, leaving me there all alone.

"No thanks, I don't wanna go with you. I'd rather enjoy the time I have left here, but thanks for asking." I said sarcastically. Blaze started flying fast all the way back to the studios to look for Rainbow. Blaze got so worried about her.

"Aw man! I knew this was going to happen! This is more worrying than what Rose does when I play peek-a-boo with her.” Blaze mentioned. A cutaway shows Blaze and Rose in the kitchen, sitting at the table, and Blaze was playing peek-a-boo with her. Rose was teething on her spoon, and Blaze blocks his eyes and says, “Where’s daddy? Where’s daddy?”

“Daddy?” Rose said.

“Nope. Daddy’s gone.” Blaze said. Rose looked around the room suspiciously, and as Blaze says, “HERE HE IS!” Rose was holding the cookie jar, and nearly places a cookie in her mouth, but she then holds the jar and cookie behind her back and smiles embarrassingly. “Ooooook.” Blaze said. He blocks his eyes again and says, “Where’s daddy? Where’s daddy?” and after a few seconds he goes, “HERE HE IS!” and the whole kitchen was a mess. “Wow, you’re a fast little filly.” Blaze said shockingly. “Let’s see what else you can get.” Blaze blocks his eyes a third time and says, “Where is daddy?”

Just then, Rainbow Dash flies into the room and says, “Blaze, I’ve just finished placing the hail storm above Daisy Drive, and- WHAT THE?!” Rainbow sees the kitchen a mess and yells, “BLAZE! Where are you?! I leave the house for five minutes, and you leave Rose unattended!”

“Rainbow, I’m right here.” Blaze said, removing his hooves from his eyes.

“AAAAH!” Rainbow panicked. “How did you do tha- I wasn’t scared!” The cutaway ends.

Blaze flies inside the studio and looks around for Steelhoof. “COME OUT, STEELHOOF!” Blaze yelled. “WHERE ARE YOU?! WHERE IS MY WIFE?!”

Inside Director Hellman’s trailer, Steelhoof was just polishing his cybernetic hooves and said to himself, “Ah, it is weautiful. Wis wovie is going to be a sensation; and soon, I’ll be wable to winally wapture Waze Woldheart.” The Director looks at himself in the mirror and says, “Ah, my dear, with you as bait, Waze will wave no choice, but to wome to you, and I’ll be wable to wapture him, finally!” the director started chuckling to himself, but as that was happening, Blaze kicks down the director’s door and marches inside.

“Alright, Steelhoof! The gig is up!” Blaze yelled.

“What are wou walking wabout, Wister Wings.” The director lied.

“Don’t play dumb with me, bro! I know your secret! I knew it all along! You disguised yourself as a director to get to me!” Blaze yelled.

“Well, Waze Woldheart, you are certainly a smart one.” Steelhoof said, removing his eyepatch, revealing his cybernetic eye.

“Eww! Put the eyepatch back on. That eye always gave me the creeps!” Blaze said.

“Oh, wokay.” Steelhoof said, putting his eyepatch back on. “Wit is too swoon, Waze.”

“Too soon, huh? When did you think you were going to expect me?” Blaze asked.

“I have this lovely twap for you, and you have fallen wight into it!” Steelhoof said as he tilts one of the bottles on the makeup counter, and presses a button, placing a cage over Blaze.

“NO!” Blaze yelled.

Steelhoof laughed evilly and said, “It is a wood wing wat I wave this to wact as wood wait!”

“A ruby?” Blaze asked, looking at a ruby on the floor.

“Yes! As my wesearch went, I heard that wubies are a dwagons best fwiend.” Steelhoof said.

“It’s true, I like rubies. They’re really delicious.” Blaze said.

“Now that I have you, I’ll get to finally cut you open, and see what kind of wesearch I can send to the world, and I: Woctor Weelhwoof, can be the most famous Biologist in all of Equestwea!” Steelhoof yelled and laughed.

“You might have me now, Steelhoof, but I DEMAND you RELEASE MY WIFE!” Blaze yelled.

“Welease your what now?” Steelhoof asked.

“Don’t play dumb with me, Steelhoof. It was bad enough you were playing dumb with that director disguise.” Blaze said. “WHERE IS MY WIFE?!”

“How should I know?” Steelhoof asked, shrugging.

“I saw it from the start, I just didn’t act quick enough. I let my little Dashie down, and now you kidnapped her so you can finally capture me. I am such an idiot!” Blaze said in tears, banging his head on the cage.

“Wait…. What?” Steelhoof asked curiously. He started laughing really hard.

“What’s so funny?” Blaze asked.

“Oh, Woldheart, I find you very amuwsing!” Steelhoof said as he continued to laugh, and wiped a tear from his cybernetic eye which caused it to surge. “Whoa, I gotta be careful on my waughter.”

“This isn’t amusing, Steelhoof! It’s illegal! Release me and Rainbow Dash at once!” Blaze yelled.

“Woldheart, it’s only you that I want. I did NOT widnap your wife.” Steelhoof said.

“What?” Blaze asked.

”The wuby was my bait. I heard about this part for Waring Wo the Wovie, and I would know your wife would want to pway that wart. That’s when I posed as a diwector so I can use her to get to you.” Steelhoof explained.

“But….. that’s impossible. My wife has been kidnapped by gangsters!” Blaze said.

“I don’t like widnapping, wokay? I would nevah do that.” Steelhoof said.

“Oh yeah? You remember kidnapping Crèmepop a few months ago?” Blaze asked.

“That was different. I felt that I wad no choice. I knew that Swinebwutt can welp me finally captuwrue you, so I had to work for him. I wasn’t too fond of the widnapping pwart of the plan.” Steelhoof said.

“So if you didn’t kidnap Rainbow, then….. who did?” Blaze asked.

Meanwhile, inside the main studio building, Rainbow Dash regains consciousness while hoof-cuffed onto a chair. “Ugh…. What happened? Where am I? What’s going on?! Who’s responsible for this?! Show yourself!” Rainbow yelled.

“Ah, Miss Dash! I am pleased that you could join me in this small meeting I have in planned for us.” The big boss said as he walked out of the shadows.

“Big boss?!” Rainbow gasped.

“Yes, and thanks to my wonderful, clients….” The boss said, pointing to the gangsters that kidnapped Rainbow.

“When you gonna pay us, homie?” the orange gangster asked.

“I can finally get you to sign the next part of my plan.” The boss said.

“What plan?” Rainbow asked.

“The plan I have for you, of course!” the boss said. Rainbow tried to pull the cuffs off her hooves, but she wasn’t strong enough.

“Ah, ah, ah!” the boss said in a high-pitched voice. “No escaping until I have discussed my plan.”

“I am sooooo not in the mood for your blather.” Rainbow said.

“Silence!” the boss yelled. “Galactic Studios is running low on profits, so I must take necessary precautions to make sure we stay in business. I’m going to force you to work for the studio for free. Your acting career will last as long as you live.”

“Blaze was right. There was something weird going on here. I should’ve listened to him.” Rainbow said to herself.

“Well, a lesson learned is lesson earned, my dear!” the boss said. “Now, I must contact my client. Since you’re working for this company FOR FREE now, I must take measures that could be….. pretty painful.” The boss said.

“Painful?” Rainbow asked.

“My client, Dr. Steelhoof has this chip he can install into your brain. If you don’t follow your orders, you will receive a nasty shock.” The boss said mischievously.

“Dude, this is illegal! You can’t do this!” Rainbow yelled. “I’LL FIGHT YOU IF I HAVE TO!” Rainbow tries harder to get free from her cuffs, but she was still unsuccessful.

“Foolish rainbow pony, this is Galactic Studios, and I run it all! This is one of the most successful companies in all of Equestria. If this business somehow falls down into the Earth, it’ll be your life you’re throwing away!” the boss yelled. “Daring Do: The Movie is our best bet of keeping this business alive. This movie will be a sensation, and the company will return to it’s rightful glory! Then I will be rich, and there is nothing anypony can do to stop us!”

“Not if I have anything to say about this.” A familiar voice said from outside the room.

“Excuse me? I asked for security not to invite anypony in.” the boss said.

“A pony that relies on other for protection? How pathetic!” the pony said as she walked into the room and it was revealed to be A.K. Yealing.

“Daring D- I mean, A.K. Yealing!” Rainbow said in excitement.

“Miss Yealing? What an unexpected surprise. What are you doing here?” the boss asked.

“I’m here because there is an unfortunate affair I have to deal with.” A.K. said.

“Oh yeah; and what might that be?” the boss asked.

“You, Mr. Boss!” A.K. yelled at him.

“Me? I don’t understand.” The boss said curiously.

“You are the manager of this company, are you not?” A.K. asked.

“No, I-I think you’re mistaken with somepony else.” The boss said nervously.

“A.K. Yearling, it is soooo cool to have you here!” Rainbow said excitedly.

“It’s really good to see you again, Rainbow Dash. How did you enjoy the latest book?” A.K. asked.

“It was to DIE for!” Rainbow said.

“Don’t jinx it!” the boss yelled at Rainbow.

“You have no rights to enslave your actors to save a quick buck, Mr. Boss; and you also have no rights to create movies that you do not have the rights to make!” A.K. yelled at the boss.

“What are you talking about?” the boss asked.

“The copyrighted laws of making this movie. I did not give you permission to make a movie out of MY stories. If you would’ve notified me, maybe we could’ve made a deal, but instead, you go around and steal other stories from hard-working authors!” A.K. explained.

“Ok, you got me. I don’t have the rights to make the certain movies my company makes, but you have no proof of it! I am a powerful stallion, Miss Yearling. There is no force that can arrest me.” The boss said.

“Oh I wouldn’t say that.” Jerry Jam said as he entered the room.

“Jerry Jam?” Rainbow asked.

“JER?!” the two gangster ponies gasped.

“Yes, and- wait…”Jerry stopped as he looked at the gangster ponies. “Orange Swirl? Cesar Salad? What are you doing here, mates?!”

“We do what we’re paid to do, amigo.” Cesar said.

“Yeah, homie. What are you doing?” Orange asked.

“My job.” Jerry said. “I’m also here to finish this case. Mr. Boss, you are under arrest for copyrighted violations, and kidnapping.” Jerry said.

The boss started laughing. “HA! Don’t make me laugh! You’re nothing but a writer.”

“Nope, that is just my undercover job. I’ve been keeping an eye on you ever since I started working here, Mr. Boss. Now I finally caught you right-hoofed, and you’re going to jail.” Jerry said.

“Oh yeah? What are you going to do about it?” the boss asked.

“This.” Blaze said, hovering behind him. The boss turns around and sees Blaze with an angry look. “This is for kidnapping my wife, and knocking out my best friend!” Blaze as he throws a punch at the boss’s face, and the boss gets knocked out. Blaze then says, “It’s just been revoked!”

“Speaking of copyrights, I’m going to sue this pony for every bit he has.” A.K. said.

“Oh yeah? For how much, Miss Yealing?” Jerry asked.

Just then, Mike Mares (who is still in his Ahuizotl costume), places his tail pinky near his mouth and says, “For 100 billion dollars!”

“What how about those two?” A.K. asked, pointing to the two gangsters.

“Jerry… since when were you a fed?” Cesar asked.



“It’s a long story, mates. I’ll talk to you about that later. I won’t arrest you two, because you’re my friends, but you two gotta get outta here, now!” Jerry demanded.

“You have a lot of explaining to you, home-boy!” Orange yelled.

“Yeah, Jer. We gotta know how long you’ve been hiding this secret from us.” Cesar said as the pair run away.

Later that morning, the police arrive and arrested the boss. Blaze, Rainbow, A.K., Jerry, and I were chatting it up in the middle of the studio grounds. “Nice work, Rainbow Dash, Blaze Goldheart, and Flare Gun for helping us arrest this boss.” Jerry said. “He’s been in FDA’s most wanted for a long time.”

“Whoa, whoa, whoa. What did Flare do to help?” Blaze asked.

“A.K. Yealing gave me a call, asking for a hitpony. This was certainly the last time I go by the name: Agent 47.” I said.

“Yeah, I needed to hire a hitpony for help for my next adventure.” A.K. said.

”You’re asking ponies to help you?” Rainbow asked.

“I learned that from you, Rainbow Dash.” A.K. said, smiling.

“A.K. I actually like that name. I have a relative with the same first name!” I said.

“Yeah, your agent mentioned something about Galactic Studios making a movie out of my books. I had to see what all the fuss was about. That’s why I’m here.” A.K. said to Rainbow.

“Well, this is a nice place, huh, sista? Las Pegasus. Doesn’t have as much heat as Mareami, but it’s very pretty, and it’s also where you’ll find most of the celebrities that’ll soon go to rehab.” I said.

“Well, now that that’s under control, please allow me to properly introduce myself.” Jerry said as he takes out his badge. “Jerry Jam, FDA.”

“FDA?” I asked.

“Friendship Detection Agency.” Jerry said.

“What kind of organization is that?” Blaze asked.

“It’s Equestria’s primary elite force, fighting against disharmony and hate. Princess Celestia created this organization right after Nightmare Moon was banished.” Jerry explained. “Disharmony and hate have been flowing a lot that year. It was the same year Discord came to power, and when King Sombra enslaved the Crystal Empire. Now, this task force will make sure Equestria stays in peace.”

“Sounds awesome!” Rainbow said.

“It is, mate. It really is!” Jerry said. 

“Jerry Jam… wait a minute… it’s starting to come to me.” I said. “You’re a Jam! You settled the war between the Guns and the Leafhorns when they were fighting for Mareami grounds. Aren’t you Blueberry Jam’s descendent?”

“That I am, mate, and you’re actually one of the reasons I joined the FDA.” Jerry said.

“Really? Why?” I asked.

“That one time in fifth grade, I was there, watching you getting beat up by Herb Leafhorn. There was nothing I could do. I just watched you getting beat up.” Jerry said. “I’m sorry I wasn’t there to help you, mate.”

“It’s all a thing in the past, brah. Herb and I are friends now.” I said.

“So I figured, counting he’s a part of the Friendship Mafia now. I saw him in action during that bank heist back in Mareami.” Jerry said. “I found this FDA agent, and I discovered the agency, and I joined. I’ve been assigned here in L.P., mainly to watch over night club owner Elusive.”

“That’s Rarity’s cousin, right?” Rainbow asked.

“He talks about a Rarity a lot, so… yeah, pretty much.” Jerry nodded. “I also befriended a couple of gangsters; the duo that kidnapped you, Rainbow Dash, Orange Swirl and Cesar Salad. They were friends of mine back in Mareami. They’re a dangerous pair, but I let them get away with crime… a little too much, might I add.”

“So what’s going to become of the Daring Do movie now?” Rainbow asked.

“Well, this news has already been released all over the internet. I guess we have no other choice but to finish it!” A.K. said.

“AWESOME!” Rainbow yelled in excitement. “I was totally afraid this movie would be cancelled. I’ve always wanted to see this movie on the big screen! Now I don’t have to be an egghead like Twilight anymore.”

“But this time....” A.K. takes off her disguise and she reveals herself as Daring Do. “I’m playing the leading role!”

Blaze and I were in shock. My jaw dropped to the ground. “Daring Do?” Blaze asked.

“The one and only!” Daring posed.

“You’re….. real?!” Blaze asked.

“See? SEE?! I told you, Blaze! I told you!” Rainbow teased.

“You told me, huh? Well…. I certainly told you it wasn’t safe here! But did you listen to me? Nooooo. You just had to go sign that contract, and get yourself kidnapped.” Blaze said.

“You’re right, Blaze. I’m sorry. I guess I got so caught up in the dream, and I was so excited of all the fame I was going to get, that I didn’t think about how dangerous the staff here really were.” Rainbow said.

“Speaking of which, what happened to Steelhoof?” I asked.

“Oh he’s been taken care of.” Blaze said mischievously.

A cutaway shows Steelhoof in his trailer, laughing really hard, and shorting out his cybernetic eye even more. “I… I…. I wan’t wontrol my waughter! WAZE WOLDHEART, I WILL WETURN FOR YOOOOOO- HA HA HA HA! Why wid you wave to be so dwarn fwunny?!” The cutaway ends.

“Well, Rainbow, to also be honest. I was being a little overprotective over you as well.” Blaze said.

“It’s no problem, Blaze.” Rainbow said as she hugged him.

“Well, Rainbow, I just got off the phone with Queen Haytifah, and she wants the world to know your story.” I said. “Aren’t I the best agent ever?”

“You sure are, Flare.” Rainbow said as she places her hoof on the Blessings of the Night that was hanging around my neck, and it started to glow. “Thank you for being there for us. Without your agent skills, we wouldn’t gotten in contact with A.K. Yearling, and I’d probably be dead.”

“Aw c’mon, Rainbow! I’m the one that knocked the boss out epicly.” Blaze complained.

“Meh, anypony could’ve done that.” Rainbow said, winking at him.

“Well, mates, I must be on my way now. Duty calls.” Jerry said.

“The bathroom is over there if you need to go duty.” I said, pointing to where the bathroom is.

Jerry chuckled and said, “I have the feeling we’ll be seeing eachother again soon. You’re Flare Gun, right?”

“No, I’m Crimson Blast.” I said.

“No need to hide your identity anymore, mate.” Jerry said. “Anyways, I must congratulate you and your friends for taking out the Body of Evil. If you ever need the FDA’s help, you can always give us a call.” Jerry hooves me over a card with the FDA’s number.

“Thanks, Jerry. I really appreciate it.” I said.

“This particular moment could go great for my next story.” Daring said.

“Hey, Daring, when do you think your next book is coming out?” Rainbow asked.

Daring chuckles and said, “Be patient. I just published the last one a couple of days ago. Give it time. Besides, the story will only go on if there’s anything to write about.”

“Miss Do, you’ll notice that all the sharks have laser beams attached to their heads. I think that every creature deserves a warm meal.” Mike Mares as Ahuizotl said as he places his tail pinky near his mouth.