//------------------------------// // Rescuing Daring Do // Story: Megan the Adventurer // by Catrina37 //------------------------------// Ch. 5: Rescuing Daring Do On their way to Daring Do and the treasure, Ahuizotl is busy flirting with Megan, who is uninterested in him. “So does Celestia know you use the sun for your hair? Because it looks so radiant to me,” he says flirtatiously. “Blech! Like I haven’t heard that pick-up line before,” Megan says with disgust. “Well try this one. If beauty is a gemstone, you would be the diamond to end all diamonds.” “And if I was on a roller coaster, I’d hurl,” Rainbow Dash shouts with a disgusted voice from the sack. “Nobody asked you!” an insulted Ahuizotl says. “Quit flirting, Ahuizotl!” Jet orders while driving the cart, “We need that girl to give us directions! Where to next, Megan?” “Just keep going up the stream. There should be an opening up ahead.” After that, Ahuizotl puts his hands onto Megan's tied-up hands Jet and the henchponies do as she says and go upstream. Little do they know is that Magellan is flying over them, guiding Twilight and her friends. Through a small hole in the sack, Rainbow Dash notices Magellan flying and can see the others in the distance hiding behind some trees. “Sit tight, Megan,” she whispers, “Magellan has brought help.” “I hope so,” Megan whispers back, “I’m not liking the way Ahuizotl is hitting on me.” Although, while she sat, she couldn't help but notice the gentleness of Ahuizotl's hand resting on her tied-up hands. She felt shocked on the inside. If there is one thing she knew about villains in some of the stories she liked reading, it was that the villain has always treated the girl roughly. Ahuizotl appeared to be doing the opposite of rough. Much to her continued shock, she felt...like she liked how he was treating her at the moment. **** Twilight takes out a telescope and sees Rainbow Dash and Megan riding with the bad guys. “I see them,” Twilight says, “They are heading upstream in that canyon.” “What in tarnation could they be after?” Applejack asks while scratching her head. “Daring Do was on an expedition searching for the lost gold of Quetzalcoatl, a legendary treasure trove that was hidden in the canyons of Appleloosa,” Twilight theorizes, “They must be after that and her.” “Then we must hurry,” Rarity says as they run to the canyon. **** The bad guys continue upstream with the prisoners in tow until they make it to a cave opening. They go inside as Magellan secretly perches himself on the bottom of the buggy. They make it to the opening where the cave-in happened. “This is it, but the entrance is blocked,” Megan says. “No problem for my henchpony Kaboom, my dear,” Caballeron says. The porkpie pony takes his hat off, revealing himself to be a unicorn. He uses his horn to blast the entrance open, showing Daring Do and the treasure, much to an excited Caballeron, who rushes to the treasure and starts swimming in it. “Daring Do!” Rainbow Dash calls as she and Megan rush up and hug her. “Am I glad to see you two,” Daring Do says. After the trio finish their hug, Daring Doo looks up to see who was accompanying Rainbow Dash beside her. "You must be Megan," Daring Do says in realization. "That's right. It's really nice to meet you, Daring Do," Megan says, offering Daring Do a handshake. "It's nice to meet you, too," Daring Do says while accepting the handshake, "I'm so glad Rainbow Dash has you for a friend." “As am I, Daring Do!” Ahuizotl says as he and Jet show themselves. “What are creeps doing here?!” Daring Do grimly says after looking to where they are. “Sorry, Daring Do, but it was the only chance we have at saving you,” Megan says sadly. “Now we can contact Grogar,” Jet says, “You guard the ponies and the girl while I do that.” Ahuizotl reluctantly follows his order while Jet magically gets hold of Grogar.