"Can you tell me more about this Captain Metalwing" Twilight asked as she flew beside a pacing Rainbow Dash?
"Well, that's kind of hard" she spoke, placing a hoof on her chin "the story has been told for a long time and a lot of the details are foggy, not even the type of pony he was isn't very clear. I personally think he was a pegasus like his crew, but some say he was a unicorn, or even an earth pony, which I think is ridiculous because from the stories I heard, there ship was either made of storm clouds, or was on storm clouds".
"Is there anything like favorite traps or anything that might be useful for our treasure hunt" Spike spoke from the back of Twilight.
"Not really, most ponies just focus on what he did, rather than what he left behind. I think were almost there" she spoke, pointing to a familiar looking mountain.
"It's pretty convenient that the mountain where the dragon was trying to sleep happened to be where Metalwing stored his treasure" Spike commented.
"Maybe there was a scent of treasure that he could pick up on" Twilight theorized.
"Well, whether it was coincidence or not doesn't really matter now, according to the map, there should be a cave around the base".
"Are you sure, I don't remember seeing a cave around here the first time we came here".
"Well, according to the map we should be seeing it soon" Spike spoke, holding the map as it flapped about.
"Well all I see is a wall" Rainbow Dash spoke, pointing at a flat wall where the cave was supposedly.
"That's odd, the map says it should be here" spike spoke, placing a hand on the wall. As he did, the wall started collapsing into blue flames. As it finished they noticed that the blue flames had flowed into the back of the map.
All three of them gave a wow "maybe he was a unicorn after all" twilight commented.
"Alright guys we need to stay alert" spike spoke as he walked forward "we need to be wary of any kind of trap, like arrow traps, pit traps, saw blades, actually it's probably just regular blades since it was centuries ago". Spike then noticed the lack of hoof steps "guys why did you…" it was only after he turned around that he noticed the many horse height arrows along the upper part of the wall to his right. He also noticed the indents in the floor and the shocked faces of his two pony friends, he gave a nervous chuckle "I guess he didn't expect a small dragon to pass by".
"Ok, let's just fly over" Rainbow Dash spoke, ready to fly.
"Hold on, there might be trip wires up there" the caution came from twilight.
"How are you going to get over here" Spike spoke near a door way.
"Hm" Rainbow Dash and Twilight both put a hoof on their chin, when Rainbow Dash had an idea "How's your gliding"?
After a quick glide they were all next to the door "now, let's try this" Spike spoke, holding the map in front of the door. Just like the wall, it vanished into flames.
"I guess this map is pretty important" Rainbow Dash observed.
"Yeah, let's move ooooonnnn…" Twilight's sentence fell as they gazed into the next room, a room full of pegasus skeletons.
"Twilight, do you see any traps" Spike asked, gazing around the room that seemed smaller than the gala hall.
"No, and my spell isn't detecting any traps" Twilight spoke as her horn finished a detection spell.
"Then let's move fast, I don't want to be in here too long" Rainbow Dash passed on to the next door.
"Do you want me to carry you over" Twilight asked Spike?
"N-no, I'm f-fine" Spike stuttered as he moved along holding the map as tight as he can. As he walked forward, Twilight following on foot, he accidentally tripped on a bone. As he yelled, his grip loosened and flew out of his hand. He got back up and dusted himself off "sorry, I'll get it".
Spike jogged forward to find the map, and he found it rolled up and resting in an open mouth of a dead pegasus. With a shiver, he reached to grab it from the side of its mouth. It closed down, blue flames coming from its eyes. Spike screamed, backing away from the rising skeleton. He backed into Twilight, who was shaking in fear. It finished pulling itself together, flames coming from its ankles, eyes, and it had a mane and tale of blue flames. In this moment of suspense, it would be real jerkish to stop this part right her_.
