And while Rainbow Dash is trapped in the props closet, we head back to the pudding-coated city setting where Sunset Shimmer, Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rarity Belle, Applejack, Spike, Brent Dark, Jaune Arc, Wesley Bryans and Marshmello are still trying to get the net off them.
"Get your foot off my face, Arc!" Wesley demanded.
"Then get your face off my foot, Wes!" Jaune retorted.
"Hold on, everyone, I'll get us outta here!" Brent declared before pulling out a handkerchief from his sleeve and one flick, the cloth suddenly turns sharp as Brent quickly uses it to cut the net, setting them all free.
Sunset stood up with a sigh, "Good work, Brent.'' she complimented, "Nice way to use your powers.'' she stated.
Brent smirked, "It's my Epithet after all.'' he replied while flicking the sharpen cloth back to normal, "Sharpening.'' he mused.
Brendan "Brent Dark" Williamson
Sharpening
Sharpens Any Kinds of Objects!
Stamina: Lv. 5
Proficiency: Lv. 5
Creativity: Lv. 5
Applejack then stood up, "We have to find Rainbow." she stated while looking around.
"I don't see how..." Rarity spoke, "She moves so fast, she could be anywhere on the lot by now." she pointed out, "Why she felt it necessary to wear the geode that gives her super-speed to a movie set, I'll never know..." she grumbled while Pinkie, Spike and Marshmello are checking out the spilled bucket of pudding.
"I wish I'd brought mine." Sunset admitted, "One touch and I'd be able to see Chestnut's memories and get to the bottom of this whole thing." she noted.
"I know how to find Rainbow Dash!" Pinkie exclaimed getting everyone's attention, "Follow the pudding!" she declared while holding a wad of it upon her finger which she immediately ate as everyone looks at her in confusion. Pinkie pointed her finger to a trail of pudding tracks, "See?" she pointed out while Spike sniffs on it.
"Follow me!" Spike beckoned before running off to the door with Marshmello behind him.
"You're a genius, Pinkie Pie!" Twilight complimented.
"I know!" Pinkie sheepishly replied in agreement.
"C'mon! This way!" Sunset beckoned.
"Let's hunt them down!" Brent exclaimed.
And with that, Sunset, Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy, Brent and Wesley ran out of the room while Pinkie, Twilight and Jaune stayed behind for a bit as the party girl grabs the bucket of pudding and stuffed it into her hair, freaking out Twilight and Jaune on the process.
Pinkie shrugged her shoulders, "Eh, for the road!" she admitted as the trio followed the others.
Meanwhile back in the props closet, Rainbow continues to bang on the door, "Help! Anyone!" she called out. She then tried to push the door when suddenly, the door opens outward, causing her to stumble forward and fortunately, she landed on someone's chest, breaking her fall.
"Oi? You okay?'' a voice asked.
Still clinging on her savior's chest, she looks up and saw Marcus "The Kane" McGee looking down at her. Marcus is currently wearing a black hooded long-coat over a white over-sized shirt, black skinny jeans and brown rubber shoes. He has his hands up and on his left hand seems to be a bobby pin.
Upon seeing Marcus' handsome features, Rainbow can't helped but blushed, "I-I'm fine...'' she uttered in reply.
"What the heck are you doing in there anyway?'' Marcus asked with a raised eyebrow.
Before Rainbow can utter a reply, the others arrived, "Rainbow?!" Applejack called out.
"Guys!" Rainbow exclaimed in joy.
Brent then took notice of the guy next to her, "Marcus?'' he called out in surprise.
"Sup.'' Marcus greeted with a blank look, "Welp! I better get going.'' he said while looking at Rainbow, "Try not letting yourself getting trapped in a closet next time around.'' he advised before walking off.
Everyone watches him go when Rainbow spoke, "W-Who is that?'' she asked with red tints on her cheeks.
Wesley then spoke, "That's Marcus "The Kane" McGee, Eddy's adopted brother and leader of the New Age Avengers." he replied, "Seriously, Rainbow Dash? He's like one of the most popular guys in Vanguard Academy!" he pointed out, "How come you never know of him?'' he questioned in disbelief.
Rainbow rubs the back of her head, "Hehe... never really bothered to know those stuffs...'' she admitted nervously.
"By the way... what just happened?'' Jaune asked.
Rainbow then explained that the dark figure got away while locking her in the props closet before Marcus got her out, she then shows them the missing costume that she found from the closet.
"I say we head back to the scene of the crime." Applejack suggested, "Maybe there's somethin' there that could lead us to the relics." she said while petting Spike's head.
"Or... we could let the culprit lead us to them!" Twilight proposed with a smile.
"How?" Rainbow asked with a raised eyebrow, "I just told you we didn't see who locked us in there." she pointed out.
"I've got a pretty good idea that she's the thief." Twilight claimed with a smile.
"She?'' Brent repeated when his eyes widen in realization, "Oh! 'Her'!" he exclaimed.
"Who's 'her'?" Wesley asked in confusion.
"You'll find out soon." Brent replied, "So, what should we do, Twilight?'' he asked.
Twilight nodded, "I had a plan.'' she said, "But we're gonna need Canter Zoom's help to catch her." she mentioned, looking over at the former pony.
Later that day, the gang are seen gathered around the village setting alongside Canter Zoom, Chestnut Magnifico and Juniper Montage.
"You found this in a supply closet?" Canter asked while holding up the dress.
"We didn't find the relics." Twilight admitted, "But we don't think the thief has had a chance to take them off the lot yet." she reassured, "We wanted your permission to search the Tricorners Village set from top to bottom." she explained while Pinkie and Marshmello are seen searching the place with magnifying glasses in hands, "Maybe we'll find a clue that would lead us to where they're hidden." she suggested.
"Of course." Canter replied in agreement while handing the dress to Juniper, "Chestnut, I need you to get into hair and makeup..." he advised while holding up a clipboard, "As soon as we get the relics, we're gonna start shooting again!" he declared pumping his fist.
Chestnut scoffed, "We'll see." she uttered before walking off.
Juniper looks around with a grim expression when her uncle spoke, "Juniper, can you do a smoothie run?" Canter advised getting her attention, "I'm sure all this sleuthing is gonna make everyone thirsty." he noted.
Juniper saluted, "Absolutely!" she complied before running off.
A minute later, we see the dark figure running somewhere backstage and approaches a crate, opening it and pulling out the relics when the hood came off, revealing the figure to be none other than Juniper.
"I told you all it wasn't Chestnut!" a voice spoke, much to her shock while dropping the relics on the process.
Juniper turns around to see Jaune, Rarity and Applejack looking at her with smug expressions, then Sunset and Wesley arrives with disapproving looks. In panic, Juniper picks up the relics, "Look!" she said coyly, "I found the missing relics!" she claimed.
"Because you're the one who stole them!" Sunset pointed out.
Canter then arrives with Twilight and Brent, "She... she wouldn't..." the director chimed in.
"She would..." Twilight spoke, "And she did." she confirmed, "What she didn't expect was for Rainbow Dash to come to the Tricorners set before she was able to sneak them off to a safer hiding place. So she was forced to hide them in the first place she could find but she knew she couldn't leave them there, so the first chance she got, she tried to sneak them away. Unfortunately for her, we spotted her! But Juniper knows 'every inch of this place like the back of her hand' and was able to trap us and lose Rainbow. For a while but when Rainbow managed to figure out where she'd run off to, she locked her in a closet with a set of keys that gives her access to 'just about every door in this place' ...which gave her the time she needed to hide the relics here." she explained.
Rainbow scoffed, "When did you figure out it was her?" she asked.
"I started to piece things together when you locked in that supply closet and remembering Juniper having the keys." Twilight replied, "But I knew Juniper would never admit she was the one who had taken the relics." she said with her arms crossed.
"Unless, of course, she was caught in the act of trying to move them again!" Sunset pointed out with a smug grin.
"Which is why I told you to send her on that smoothie run." Twilight said towards Canter, "So she'd think she had the opportunity to get the relics off the lot where we'd never find them." she explained.
"So... instead of searching the Tricorners set, you all were secretly following me here..." Juniper deducted in realization.
"Awesome deduction, Twilight." Brent complimented, "Ever thought of becoming a detective?'' he asked with a grin.
Twilight tips her glasses, "Thank you but I'm more of a scientist.'' she replied while grinning back.
Canter then got into Juniper, "Why would you do this?" he asked, evidently shock from the revelation.
"I'm sorry! Okay? I'm sorry." Juniper quickly apologized, "I just can't stand Chestnut!" she admitted angrily, much to Canter's surprise, "She's always eating all the peanut butter praline crunch bars, which are the only candy bars I like!" she exclaimed in frustration as Pinkie and Marshmello secretly ate the said crunch bars.
"That's the most childish reasoning that I've ever heard.'' Jaune commented with a blank look.
Canter pinches the bridge of his nose, "He is right." he said agreeing with the immortal, "That's hardly a reason to go—" he tried to say but was interrupted when Juniper got onto his face.
"And I was mad at you for casting her as Daring Do!" Juniper exclaimed, "I mean, I have told you over and over again how badly I wanted to play Daring Do, and you just ignored me!" she explained in anger.
"Another childish reasoning." Jaune chimed in.
"But, Juniper, you're too young!" Canter pointed out, "You don't have any experience!" he added.
"I know!" Juniper admitted, "But I thought if enough things went wrong, Chestnut would maybe back out of the movie and then... you would give me a chance..." she confessed with her hands held together.
"Not only did you jeopardize the production, endanger the safety of the actors and the film crew..." Canter listed off, "... but you also lied to me and took advantage of my trust!" he exclaimed in disbelief that his niece would do something like this.
"I know..." Juniper replied while rubbing her arm, "A-And I'm sorry..." she stuttered in apology, "I never meant to hurt anyone and I was going to return all the props, just as soon as Chestnut quit." she stated, "I hope you can forgive me." she begged with her head down.
Canter sighed, "You're my niece, Juniper, so of course, I can forgive you." he replied while placing a hand on her shoulder, making her smile a bit, "But I'm sorry to say you're no longer welcome on the set!" he admonished while pulling her aside, "And it'll be a long time before I consider allowing you back here!" he exclaimed angrily while snapping her fingers as a bulky security guard came over, "Keys!" he demanded as Juniper reluctantly gave back the keys to him.
As the guard escorts Juniper towards the exit, the girl spared one last glare towards the girls and the guys, shocking the girls on the process while the guys remained calm but had one thought in mind.
This isn't the last time the Rainbooms will be dealing with Juniper.
As Juniper left the place, Chestnut arrives, "Canter, there you are!" she called out with laugh, "So sorry I'm not in makeup, but I've just gotten a call from my agent." she mentioned, "I no longer have to work on that ridiculous documentary about nests next month, I swear, when they approached me, I thought they wanted to do a documentary about my organization for homeless animals and not on various nests around the world!" she noted with a roll of her eyes, "Completely misleading!" she clarified, "But no matter!" she reassured walking towards the director, "That's all behind us!" she stated while wrapping her arm around his shoulders.
"Does this mean...?" Canter spoke
"No more scheduling conflict!" Chestnut cheered while poking his nose, "I can extend my contract and continue filming Daring Do." she assured which made him smile. She then noticed the props on Wesley's arms, "Hey, are those the missing relics?" she asked.
"Yes!" Canter confirmed, "And I don't think we'll have to worry about them disappearing again and it's all thanks to our visitors from Canterlot High and their friends." he said in gratitude, "First you save Camp Everfree, now the Daring Do movie..." he listed off, "Y'all are certainly on a roll." he admitted.
"Heh, heh..." Rainbow chuckled, "Uh, speaking of roles..." she mused, "Don't suppose you've got any extra parts my friends and I could play?" she asked as everyone gathers around her with eager faces, "You know, heh, as a reward for saving the day?" she mentioned.
Canter then observes them by using his hands to frame them before smiling, "I think we could figure something out." he replied as everyone had an excited look on their faces.
Bzzzttt...
Later on the set of the village, Chestnut, now in her Daring Do characters, is seen running around with one prop clinging on her waist.
Along the way, she ran passed by the girls and boys acting as extras in the movie, wearing attires appropriate for the settings including Marshmello whom is wearing a turban.
After passing by Pinkie, Spike, Twilight and Brent, she came across Fluttershy when another actor appears on set, causing Fluttershy and the extras to run, "You will give me the Sword of Altoriosa!" he declared with a staff in hand which then glows a bright red as her own ancient relic glows as well.
"I don't think so, Stalwart!" Chestnut retorted.
"Have it your way!" the man exclaimed, "Hostium prihobore..." he chanted causing a swirl of energy to appear above the orb on his staff, "Give up, Daring Do!" he demanded, "The Sword shall be mine!" he bellowed while letting out an evil laughter as her relic flew towards him, much to her chagrin.
Chesnut then heard a whistle, she turns to see Rainbow tossing a curled up whip which she caught and with the sound of a snap, she threw it out and struck the staff right out of the hands of her foe which made the items fall to the ground.
"This is so awesome!" Rainbow's voice exclaimed in the midst of the scene as the actor slouches down in annoyance.
"Cut!" Canter yelled from his chair as the crew had a look of frustration on their faces, "Again?!" he cried out as Rainbow had an excited look on her face.
Rainbow then noticed her friends looking at her disapprovingly with Brent even holding a plaster in hand, "Uh, sorry..." she apologized with a sheepish look.
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.
