A Hero Of War (UNEDITED)

by DontWakeTheNeighbour


Daring

Rainbow Dash was now only a few hundred yards away from her destination. She was still looking at the light that caught her attention, she noticed it was coming from a large cave and it have a blue tint to it. She spread her wings and slowly descended, breathing deeply as she lightly adjusted her altitude. She loosened off her legs before she landed on the solid ground.
She retracted her wings before examining her surroundings, she felt. .... Optimistic. Rainbow Dash always wanted to do some exploring by herself, mainly because of her being a huge fan of Daring Do, who was always the lone ranger in the stories she read. Rainbow Dash quickly looked around her to make sure nopony was around before excitement started to well up in her chest. Seeing the coast was clear, Rainbow posed before saying.

"This looks like a job for. .... Daring Dash!"

She giggled to herself before she slowly walked towards the mouth of the cave. As her eyes adjusted to the darkness inside she froze, looking in awe. Inside the cave was large stone sculptures of ponies she had never seen before, covered in jewels and standing proud.
This only fueled Rainbows fangirl excitement even more. It was exactly like something out of one of Daring Do's adventures. But then Rainbow Dash paused before thinking to herself. 'Is it really a good idea to go by myself? .... What if there are monsters inside?' She then shook her head, ignoring her nerves as she pressed on, looking at every sculpture she passed.

"I can't wait to tell the girls about this!"

Rainbow Dash's confidence then grew as she began to jump from rock to rock inside the cave, commentating herself as she leaped across the room. 'Daring Dash, knowing danger could be moments away, she leaps, fearless across the dark corners of the dungeon. She would never stop, she will never tire until she finds. ...... Uh. ...... Hmm. Oh oh! THE CRYSTAL GOBLET!! Yeah!!'
Rainbow Dash was lost in her imagination as she threw herself into the air, spreading her wings, closing her eyes, she felt fr-

*Thud!*

Yeah that was dumb.


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Rainbow Dash crashed to the ground, shaking the dark cave around her.

"Oww. .... Urgh. My head."

She blinked as her vision slowly cleared, all of a sudden a gust of wind stroked her coat, sending a shiver down her spine. She was no longer Daring Dash. She looked around before she started to get nervous. Just then she a blue flashing light to her right, she darted her head towards the source just as it disappeared.
She slowly got back onto her hooves before she walked towards where she saw the anonymous glow. She then saw it again, now she could confirm it wasn't her mind playing tricks on her. All of a sudden an odd buzzing noise caught her attention, her ears perked up as she then saw a dark figure run in the tunnel in front of her. Rainbow Dash jumped back, her eyes widened, she could have sworn it was a pony by the way it was running. Was it in trouble, why was it running.
After a few moments of silence Rainbow Dash found the confidence to run down the tunnel, if somepony was in danger she was the only mare who could help. She continued to charge down the passage as her heart was racing, her legs throwing her forward before she entered the dungeon. Hovering in the air, Rainbow Dash scanned for the mysterious pony before she quickly gave up and landed back on the ground.

"Hello?!" She shouted, her voice echoed through the cave as she began to follow the path in front of her. She looked around, she saw more statues crowding the room around her, they seemed more dazzling then the last ones. Even more jewels covered them, the statues themselves were gold plated, standing tall, looking at th-

*Thump!*

"GRR!! Not again! .... Whuh?"

She looked at what she just bumped into, instantly she was confused, she couldn't tell what it was. It looked rather out of place for it to be a treasure or a statue, she stepped back, tilting her head as she looked at the particular object perfectly in the centre of the room. She tried to figure out what it was but she had never seen such a thing before. It was wooden, tall, square. .... And.

"Blue?"