After Rainbow Dash and Juniper Montage revealed that the relics went missing, the aforementioned girls, Canter Zoom, Sunset Shimmer, Twilight Sparkle, Rarity Belle, Fluttershy, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Spike, Jaune Arc, Brent Dark, Wesley Bryans and Marshmello are seen gathered around the village setting.
"I wanted to check them out again up close, and they weren't there!" Rainbow explained in panic.
"Oh... what a disaster...'' Jaune muttered sarcastically with a blank look.
"This can't be happening!" Canter yelled in distress, ignoring Jaune's sarcasm, "What are we gonna do?!" he asked in desperation as Juniper looks at him in concern.
"Couldn't you just get the prop department to make new ones?" Sunset suggested.
"That sound simple enough but I think there's some sort of procedure in making those props." Wesley stated.
"The young man is right..." Canter affirmed in agreement, "... the missing relics were personally approved by A. K. Yearling!" he exclaimed in frustration, "We could have new ones made but we can't use them until Miss Yearling has given them her official stamp of approval!" he stated, "You think it'd be easy to reach someone who is always holed up in her office writing but Miss Yearling is a very difficult woman to track down." he finished explaining.
"I-It'll be okay, though, right?" Rainbow asked nervously.
"Chestnut's contract with us is almost up, and with Mount Vehoovius collapsing, and now this." Canter listed off, "I fear we'll have to stop production altogether!" he admitted in dissapointment.
"But-but you have to finish this movie!" Rainbow exclaimed in desperation, "Think of all the Daring Do fans who'll be so disappointed if you don't!" she pointed out.
Twilight then steps forward, "Are you sure there's nothing you can do to-?" she tried to say when they heard a crash somewhere, much to their surprise.
Canter turns to them, "Ah... I'm so sorry..." he apologized with a stressful look, "Please excuse me." he pleaded before walking off, Juniper gave them a nervous smile before following his uncle.
"Poor guy..." Brent muttered in concern.
"I really feel bad for him." Wesley added.
"So, what the fuck should we do now?'' Jaune asked.
Twilight let's out a hum, "There was trouble with one of the costumes when we first arrived..." she noted, "A set that was fine yesterday just collapsed and now, the most important props in the movie have been stolen." she listed off, "I don't think these are just coincidences." she claimed with her arms crossed.
"Me, neither." Sunset said in agreement while looking at the display case, "All the things that have gone wrong on set have put production on hold." she pointed out, "It seems to me like someone is going to a lot of trouble to make sure this movie doesn't get made." she pointed out.
"Well... while Daring Do has a lot of fans, it also had a lot of bashers." Brent pointed out, "And bashers would sometimes go overboard with their hate and would do anything to ruin stuffs that other people like.'' he stated.
"Who would want to-?" Spike tried to ask when suddenly, Fluttershy let's out a gasp.
"Oh, dear!" Fluttershy exclaimed in realization while turning to Rarity, "You don't think..." she started.
"Oh, no-no-no-no."Rarity stammered quickly in reply while waving her hands, "Certainly not!" she stated rather defiantly.
Everyone stares at them in confusion as Sunset motions her hand for them to speak, Fluttershy then spoke, "When Rarity, Jaune, and I followed Chestnut Magnifico to her trailer, we overheard her saying something about shutting down the movie..." she explained.
"Yes, but she said she wanted something shut down." Rarity pointed out quickly, "We don't know that she was talking about the movie." she claimed.
"I agree with Rarity." Jaune said in agreement, "I don't think Miss Magnifico is the type of person who'll sabotage a movie out of frustration.'' he stated.
Pinkie then zips next to them, "Maybe she's just really mad that they're always running out of her imported butter praline crunch bars." she suggested earning her a look of confusion from the others.
Sunset then pulls out the candy wrapper that she found earlier, "Bon Mot butter praline crunch bars?" she inquired.
"Those are the ones!" Pinkie confirmed with Marshmello nodding agreement.
"We, uh... may have tried a few ourselves..." Spike admitted with a sheepish look, "Heh.." he chuckled nervously.
"We found this on the Mount Vehoovius set right before it had collapsed." Sunset explained.
Twilight then spoke, "It sure seems like all signs are pointing to Chestnut Magnifico as the one causing all the problems around here..." she noted, "However as Rarity and Jaune pointed out... she might actually not be responsible of this.'' she stated.
"I don't know who's behind this or what's going on..." Rainbow chimed in, "... but the first thing we need to do is find those relics." she stated.
"I agree." Twilight concurred, "The relics were here earlier and if Chestnut is behind this. then they must still be around here somewhere." she declared.
"Chestnut Magnifico is an acclaimed actress!" Rarity exclaimed, "She'd never do something so dramatic!" she affirmed in defiance.
"An actress? Dramatic?" Sunset mused sarcastically with a smirk, "Never." she snarked.
Applejack then spoke, "Well, she might do somethin' like this if she was tryin' to get out of workin' on a movie she didn't want to do." she pointed out.
"Why don't Fluttershy, Pinkie, Spike, Marshmello, Mister Immortal and I follow Chestnut Magnifico and see if we can find anything out?" Sunset suggested before walking forward with a serious expression.
"Let's do it!" Pinkie exclaimed with a hop.
"Who are you calling 'Mister Immortal'?" Jaune demanded in annoyance.
As the group of six walks off the set, Twilight then spoke, "In the meantime, we should look for the relics." she pointed out with the remaining members of the group.
"Where do we even start?" Applejack asked while tipping her hat, "It's not like there's some mysterious, thievin', cloaked figure we can chase after and say, 'Hey, tell us where you're keepin' the relics!'" she pointed out when suddenly a dark figure is seen sneaking around the alleyway.
"You mean like that one?" Rarity asked while pointing a finger at the dark figure.
The dark figure turns to them in shock that they were spotted, "Hey!" Rainbow shouted, "Stop right there!" she demanded angrily as the dark figure took off. The rainbow-haired athlete then activate the powers from geode before running off in extreme speeds, leaving a gust of wind while messing the girls' and Brent's hair on the process.
"Gah! My do!" Brent cried out at his messy dreadlocks.
"Glad that I'm wearing a bonnet." Wesley mused. The girls and Brent looks at each other before running off, "Hey! Wait up!" he called out when he notice something below, "Agh! My shoelaces!" he complained before kneeling down to tie his shoelaces which causes everyone leave him behind.
Rainbow then began to chase the dark figure around the backstage area, the chase then continues outside where the dark figure once again eluded the rainbow-haired athlete, after a few minutes of chasing, Rainbow arrives at one part of the backstage area, looking around for the dark figure.
"I can't believe I lost that guy!" Rainbow exclaimed in disbelief as the others arrives with Rarity panting heavily, "My crystal gives me super speed but I guess being awesomely fast doesn't help when the person you're chasing knows their way around better than you do." she grumbled in annoyance.
Wesley then caught up with them, "Hey! Did you caught the thief?'' he asked.
"Sadly, no." Twilight replied.
Then Sunset, Fluttershy, Marshmello, Jaune, Pinkie and Spike arrives, "Hey, guys." the bacon-haired girl greeted with a wave, catching everyone's attention.
"Any luck findin' Chestnut?" Applejack asked.
Jaune shook his head, "She's nowhere to be found.'' he replied.
"But we did find a cupcake fountain!" Pinkie cheered while pulling out a cupcake from her hair before gobbling it while Marshmello brought out a whole tray of cupcakes.
"Then we got lost and somehow ended up here." Sunset said, "What have you guys been doing?" she asked.
"We spotted this super-suspicious cloaked figure, but the guy got away." Rainbow explained before crossing her arms in anger, "They're here somewhere..." she grumbled.
Then a man with a distressed look on his face arrives and saw them, "There you are!" he chimed in, "W-Where are your costumes?" he asked with a stuttered tone, "We've got to hurry!" he exclaimed while placing his hands on Applejack and Rainbow's shoulders, "I-I-I'm so gonna be fired if you aren't ready." he stammered, "The director wants to shoot in three minutes!" he finished before pushing them off.
"Uh, sir, I think you're..." Brent tried to say but they're long gone, "... mistaken.'' he finished.
"What's up with that?'' Wesley asked in confusion.
"Let's go and see." Jaune suggested with Marshmello nodding in agreement.
Moments later, the girls and Spike found themselves wearing different superhero costumes on a city street setting with various film crew around, much to their confusion and discomfort.
"Uh, I think there's been some kind of mistake..." Applejack voices out as Brent, Wesley, Jaune and Marshmello arrives on the set and upon seeing the girls in their attires, they began to laugh out loud like a group of hyenas.
The director then noticed something amiss, "Wait, wait..." he said while taking the binocular around his neck and using it to look at the girls on the set, "Who are these girls?" he asked the same man next to him.
"They're the Power Ponies!" the man replied with an anxious grin, causing the director to groan angrily while pinching the bridge of his nose, "I'm fired, aren't I?" he guessed in realization while slouching down.
"So, fired." his employer replied bluntly.
Stan Lee, whom is working as a cameraman, let's out a chuckle, "Well... if you ask me... I'll have those girls take the role.'' he mused.
The girls looks at each other in confusion when Applejack took notice of the cloaked figure lurking in the alleyway, "Hey!" she cried out while pointing towards the dark figure, "There she is!" she pointed out.
Everyone began to ran towards the dark figure as Rainbow and Pinkie tried to squeeze their way into the alley but got stuck on the process, much to former's discomfort while Pinkie smiled sheepishly.
And with that the chase is on!
"Should we help them?'' Jaune asked.
"Nah... I had enough running for the day." Brent replied.
In a noir-like city street setting, we see Houtarou Oreki, Rima Mashiro and Miyako Gotokuji looking around when the dark figure and the girls ran past them, much to the trio's confusion.
Then in a royal throne room setting, we see Maki Nishikino, Hanayo Koizumi and Rin Hoshizora checking the throne when the dark figure and the girls ran past them which baffles the three girls.
Then in a colorful city streets settings, we see Hisui Hearts, the Ultimate Impostor and Stahl posing on two cars displayed on the set when the dark figure and the girls ran past them with Pinkie then sliding on one car's hood, causing the alarms to make noise, Pinkie flinched and ran off while Hisui brought out a remote and turns the alarm off.
Then at a spaceship settings, we see Sting Eucliffe and Alain sitting on a pair of crates while checking some flyers when the dark figure and the girls ran past them, Rainbow looks fine while the others were getting tired from running.
"What's up with them?'' Sting asked.
"I don't know and I have no plan of knowing." Alain replied.
They then all went through the doors to another stage while breathing heavily and panting as they had finally stopped with Pinkie leaning against Rarity.
Applejack looks around, "Uh, what's this place supposed to be?" the cowgirl asked as everyone found themselves in a city setting with buildings coated by brown substances.
"And where did she go?" Rainbow demanded.
"She must be around here somewhere." Twilight pointed out while Pinkie looks around in excitement, "Wherever here is..." she added.
Pinkie lets out a gasp before turning around with a hop, "Are you kidding?!" she exclaimed, "This is the set of Stormy with a Side of Pudding!" she exclaimed in excitement.
"Stormy with a side of what, now?" Applejack asked with a perplexed look on her face.
"Uh-ugh, it's only my all-time favorite movie!" Pinkie grunted in reply as everyone stares at her in confusion with Rarity smacking a hand on her face, "I've tried to get you all to watch it, like, a kazillion-billion times!" she screamed in frustration when she realizing something, "I've heard they use real pudding!" she noted in excitement before zipping over to the wall and fingering a smudge to taste it, "Oh, they do!" she said happily while licking her lips.
"Ugh!" Rainbow groaned, "We're running out of time!" she exclaimed, "We're supposed to be hunting down the missing relics and catching the bad guy and not eating pudding!" she complained.
Unbeknownst to them, the dark figure is seen behind one set, "We're trying." Twilight reassured as the dark figure holds up a net with a grin, "Maybe we should make our way back to the Daring Do set." she suggested, "There might have been some clues we missed." she pointed out.
Then Brent, Wesley, Jaune and Marshmello arrives at the set, "Hey girls!" Brent called out, getting their attentions, "You managed to catch whoever that was?'' he asked.
Sunset shook her head, "Sadly, no.'' she replied.
"Men... how fast is that guy is?'' Wesley wondered out loud.
Suddenly, the dark figure threw the net over and caught everyone except for Rainbow, as everyone let's out a yelp while trying to get the net off them, the rainbow-haired athlete took notice of the dark figure at the doorway before running off.
"Don't worry!" Rainbow reassured while activating her powers by grasping her geodes, "I've got this!" she declared while still zooming away, knocking over a bucket of pudding, leaving a trail on the process.
"Sure, Rainbow..." Jaune muttered with a blank look, "... we'll leave things to you.'' he grumbled in annoyance.
Meanwhile Rainbow arrives in another part of the studio, "I saw you come in here..." she grumbled while walking around carefully, "Where are you?" she asked before spotting the dark figure rushes-by and entering a room. Rainbow then enters the room and was greeted by the sight of numerous props, she carefully looks around and got startled when she spotted a fake monster in the corner, causing her to yelp in surprise before she sighed in relief. She then took notice of an open locker in the back and noticed a red and orange dress that was hanging inside of it, "Hey!" she yelped before grabbing the dress, "This is just like the outfit Daring Do wears in the nightclub scene." she pointed out, "But what's it doing here?'' she asked herself.
Unbeknownst to her, the dark figure sneakingly ran towards and slowly closes it, letting a creak on the process which caught Rainbow's attention, the rainbow-haired athlete turns around to see the dark figure closing the door shut.
Rainbow quickly ran forward, "Hey!" she called out before grabbing the handle and tried to get the door open but to no avail, "Er, ergh!" she grunted while struggling to open the door, "Hello? Anybody out there?" she called out while shaking the doors once more. She let's out a sigh before sitting down on a box while crossing her arms. Then an idea came to mind, "No problem!" she quipped, "We'll just call our friends and let them know...'' she was saying looking over her attire when she realized something, "Oh...'' she let's out a groan while smacking a hand on her face, "Except we can't because security took all our phones and tablets when we got here..." she grumbled in disbelief. She then grabs the handles and began to shake it once more, "Help! I'm trapped in here!" she called out while banging the door.
A/N: Inspired from someonestupED, damnlastwords, Hope the Victor and Ace Neptune. All OCs and concepts not created by moi were given permission for me to use by it's respected creators.