New Life in Equestria

by jkreader


Chapter 10 - Off to the Crystal Empire (Rewritten)

Chapter 10 - Off to the Crystal Empire

*Joshua’s P.O.V.*

We all woke up at 6 o’clock. I was still tired from waking up in the middle of the night from my bad dream, but I was still excited about meeting Twilight’s brother and sister-in-law.

“You feeling better, Joshua?” Twilight asked me while we were having breakfast.

“Yes, I am,” I said, “You and Nyx helped me a lot last night after my bad dream.”

“We were happy to help, Joshua,” Twilight replied, “You know you can always come to us if you need anything.”

“Thank you, Mo... I-I mean, Twilight,” I said. I... almost called her mommy, I thought to myself. What made me almost do that? Twilight had been taking care of me for a few days, just like Mommy and Daddy did before I came here. Am I okay with calling her “Mommy?” I asked myself.

After we finished breakfast, we picked up what we packed and walked to the train station. While Twilight was buying tickets for us, we saw Rainbow Dash flying towards us.

“Hey there, guys!” she said, “What’s going on?”

“We’re going to the Crystal Empire, Rainbow,” I said.

“Awesome!” she said, “You’ll have a great time there. By the way, Joshua, I wanted to give you this.” She then pulled out a book from her bag and gave it to me. It had a picture of a tan pegasus with a black mane and tail wearing explorer clothes in a jungle. Her cutie mark was a compass. There were big words on the front cover.

Daring Do and the Quest for the Sapphire Stone,” I read out loud.

“It’s the first book in the series I told you about. You’ll like Daring Do, Joshua,” Rainbow said, “She is undeniably, unquestionably, un-put-down-able!”

“Thank you, Rainbow Dash,” I said, “This looks cool.”

“Trust me, it is,” Rainbow replied rubbing her hoof through my hair, “Give my best to Shining and Cadance!” She then flew off. Twilight then came up to us carrying four tickets in her magic.

“Was that Rainbow you were talking to?” she asked.

“It was,” Nyx said, “She gave Joshua the first Daring Do book to read.”

“Well, at least you’ll have something to do on the train ride. It takes a long time to get to the Crystal Empire from Ponyville.”

“How long does it take?” I asked.

“About five hours,” she said, “Don’t worry, that book will keep you occupied.” She then gave us all our tickets. Then there was a loud whistle, and we saw a train coming up to the station. It stopped in front of us and the passenger doors opened. Ponies started walking out of the cars.

“Next stop, the Crystal Empire,” the conductor pony said.

“That’s us,” Twilight said, “Come on you three.”

We all walked onto the train car, gave the conductor our tickets, and sat down. As the train started moving, I opened up the Daring Do book Rainbow gave me.

Rainbow was right; this book was amazing. Daring Do was an explorer pegasus and treasure hunter. She crashed in the middle of a jungle and hurt her wing bad. She was then surrounded by jungle cats, but she escaped from them by swinging on a vine across a ravine. When she landed, she was face to face with the temple that held the Sapphire Stone. When she went in, she had to dodge a lot of booby traps. Finally, she found the room where the Sapphire Stone was. She stopped when she saw a floor with tiles of pictures of animals. She kicked a rock onto one of them, the tile sunk into the floor a little bit, and arrows came out from one side of the room.

Twilight?

I stopped reading, looked up, and saw two unicorn adults. The stallion was blue with a darker blue mane and tail. His cutie mark was a yellow crescent moon with a smaller white one inside. The mare was light grey with a purple and white striped mane and tail. Her cutie mark was three purple stars in a triangle. Twilight had a big smile on her face when she saw them.

“Mom! Dad!” she said running up to them and hugging them.

“Are those her parents?” I asked Spike. He nodded his head. Nyx jumped off her seat and ran over to them as well.

“Grandpa Night Light! Grandma Velvet!” she said.

“Hello Nyx, sweetheart,” the mare said.

“Hey there Nyx,” said the stallion.

“What are you two doing here?” Twilight asked.

“Same as you apparently, Twilight,” the mare replied, “We’re going to visit Cadance and Shining. By the way, Princess Celestia told us about this human child you’re taking care of.”

“Can we see him?” said the stallion.

Twilight nodded her head and turned to me. “Hey Joshua, come over here a minute. I’d like you to meet my parents.”

“Coming,” I said putting the book down. I got down from my seat and walked over. Twilight placed a wing on my back when I stood next to her.

“Mom, Dad, this is Joshua,” Twilight said, “Joshua, this is my dad, Night Light, and my mom, Twilight Velvet.”

“It’s nice to meet you both,” I said.

“Nice to meet you too, sport,” Night Light said, patting my shoulder.

“How have you been doing in Ponyville?” Velvet asked.

“I’ve been doing good,” I told them, “After Princess Celestia brought me to Ponyville, Twilight
and Nyx showed me all of their friends, Pinkie Pie threw me a welcome party, and Spike took me gem hunting yesterday.”

“Sounds like you’ve been having fun so far,” Night Light said.

“Were you reading a Daring Do book before we came in?” Velvet asked.

“Uh-huh,” I said, “Rainbow Dash gave it to me before we left. It’s awesome.”

“What are you up to right now?”

“Right now, Daring is in the room where the Sapphire Stone is, and trying to solve a puzzle,” I said. We soon all sat back down in our seats, and I kept on reading. The rest of the book was really amazing; Daring figured out that all the animals on the tiles were predators except rats. She walked on all of the rat tiles and made it to where the Sapphire Stone was standing, but when she picked it up, the room started breaking apart and filling with lava. She got out, but a strange looking creature named Ahuizotl captured her, placed her in a dungeon with snakes, bugs, needles, and quicksand, and took the Sapphire Stone for himself. Daring Do got out of the trap by flinging her hat to move the lever and reverse it. That was a great move. She found Ahuizotl again and took the Sapphire Stone back. And so, with Ahuizotl defeated, and the sapphire statue secured...the world was safe and sound once again, thanks to Daring Do!

“Wow!!” I said when I finished, “Rainbow Dash was right! This book is awesome!”

“Daring Do and the Griffon’s Goblet is the next book in the series,” Twilight said, “I think you’ll agree that it’s just as enjoyable as that one is.”

A whistle blow from the train made me look out the window, and I saw what had to be the Crystal Empire.

Music

Investigation ~ Opening 2009 - Miles Edgeworth: Ace Attorney Investigations

A Walk in Andante - Kingdom Hearts