Here's the next chapter, and here we have the last of the first half of the story, enjoy.


The group arrived at the next destination, what looked like the inside of an ancient tomb.

" Now, Rainbow Dash, I hear you're a fan of a certain explorer, was her name Daring Do", said Antoine.

" Absolutely, she one of the best", said Rainbow Dash.

" Well I guess you're in luck, because this challenge is for you, entering the tomb, you must walk along the wall ledge, without falling off, until you reach the other side, and claim the key", said Antoine.

" That sounds easy", said Rainbow Dash.

" However, there's a twist", said Antoine.

" Figures", said Rainbow Dash.

" Once you enter, a gate will close, once you've gotten the key, you can unlock the gate, and leave the room", said Antoine.

Rainbow Dash then gave Passepartout her last token, and then she started to crawl inside the tunnel

" You have two and a half minutes, starting, now", said Antoine.

Rainbow Dash then entered the tomb, and once in, the gate closed.

" If you don't get the key, you'll remain a prisoner", said Antoine.

Rainbow Dash looked at the room, and it looked genuinely like one of Daring Do's stories.

" It remind me of this one story, Daring Do was walking long the ledges, trying to get across a pool of alligators", said Rainbow Dash.

She began walking across the ledges, however, she felt herself pushed off by the wall, and she landed on the mattresses covered in fog.

" I should've known there was another catch to this", said Rainbow Dash, making her way back to the start.

" Okay, second try, here I go", said Rainbow Dash.

She began walking on the ledge, keeping hold of the ropes and bars attached to the wall.

She was doing better than her last attempt, she even made it past where she previously fell.

However, what she didn't suspect was getting knocked off, by a fake axe.

" Dammit", cursed Rainbow Dash.

" You have under a minute and a half left", said Antoine.

" Okay, third times a charm", said Rainbow Dash.

She made her way back, and began climbing around the ledge.

Fluttershy then arrived.

" Did I miss anything", said Fluttershy.

" Not really, we're still at five keys", said Twilight.

Rainbow tried her third attempt, however, she misplaced her foot halfway, and fell off, again.

" Are you alright Rainbow Dash", said Applejack.

" Yeah I'm fine", said Rainbow Dash.

" You have one minute left, and this might be your last chance, if you fall, you probably won't have enough time to try again", said Antoine.

Once Rainbow Dash made her way back, she began to walk across the ledge, for the fourth time.

She got herself closer, past the halfway point on the ledge, and past the axe.

" 30 seconds left", said Antoine.

Just as he said that, Rainbow Dash managed to get the key, and she jumped off the ledge, and made her way back, unlocking the gate as she made her way out.

" Well done Rainbow Dash, you made it out in time, and that's another key earned, six keys, only three more to go", said Antoine.

Snips then approached the group, wearing a leather jacket, and a hat, just like daring do, and he was also carrying a whip.

" Where's your friend", said Applejack, knowing Snails isn't around.

" He's busy, anyway, I'm here", said Snips, passing a scroll to Antoine.

" King of Silence, I was hoping for Silent Knight instead, anyway, it's getting close to noon, let's get going", said Antoine.


" Ooh, and just as I thought I got her, she made it out, and she won another key as well, that reduces the maximum number of penalties from six to four", groaned Fouras as he watched the team move to their next challenge.

" And only three challenges remain for this first half of the adventure", he said.


The next room the group arrived at, looked like the outside of a medieval castle.

" Fluttershy, I hear you're the world champion in a silent game", said Antoine.

" I am, yes", said Fluttershy.

" This challenge isn't a lock in game, in there, you'll take part in six different actions, you must complete four in order to win the key", said Antoine.

" To complete an action, you must keep the noise to a minimum, inside the room is the king of silence, make enough noise to wake him, and that's an action failed, you're only allowed to make two mistakes, make a third, and you fail the challenge", said Antoine.

" But there's also another twist, this is a two player challenge, and as there are six actions, and you have six girls with you, one will help you out in each action, taking in turns, and you get to pick which order they enter", said Antoine.

" I pick Pinkie Pie for my first action, Rainbow Dash for my second, Rarity for my third, Twilight for my fourth, Sunset for my fifth and Applejack for my sixth", said Fluttershy, giving Passepartout her remaining token.

" Now remember, you have three attempts, and as you've chosen Pinkie Pie for your first action, she'll join you now", said Antoine.

Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie then entered the room, to find a skeleton wearing a knight armor, and around him is a rotating table.

On the first table is two bowls of soup.

" First action, consume three spoonful's of soup each", whispered Fluttershy.

" Oh boy, that means they have to avoid making slurping sounds", said Applejack.

Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie each grabbed a spoon, and with one spoonful, they put in their mouths, careful as to not slurp it, and Fluttershy swallowed carefully, fearing that even swallowing with a gulp can make them fail.

Pinkie Pie let out a slurp, almost giving it away, but nothing happened, she then swallowed with a gulp.

*GULP*

The lights turned red from the loud gulp, and the king of silence leaned forward, frightening the two.

" I'm sorry but that's your first mistake, but don't worry, you still have two chances left", said Antoine.

Once Pinkie Pie left the room, Rainbow Dash entered, and the table rotated, this time, revealing two glass bowls full of water, one is hot, and the other is cold, full of ice cubes, inside the hot bowl, are two coins.

" You must both pick up a coin, and place it in the other bowl", said Antoine.

Rainbow Dash dipped her finger into the bowl, only to pull out, gritting her teeth so she wouldn't scream.

" Damn that's hot, fair warning Fluttershy", said Rainbow Dash.

She dipped her hand back into the bowl, and picked up the coin, carefully.

Once she got it, she pulled her hand out, almost making a sound.

" Don't drop the coin, it'll make a clang on the glass", whispered Fluttershy.

Rainbow Dash dipped her hand into the cold water, it may have cooled the burn at first, but it wasn't as pleasant.

Meanwhile Fluttershy placed her hand into the hot water, however, as she did, she let out a yelp, causing the lights to go red, and the king of silence to awaken again.

" Woah", Rainbow Dash yelped as even she was a little startled by the creepy skeleton figure.

" Sorry", said Fluttershy.

" Don't worry Fluttershy, you still have one final chance, but remember, you can't afford to make any more mistakes", said Antoine.

Once Rainbow Dash left the room, Rarity entered, and the table once again began to rotate, revealing a candle, in a rusty metal case, with holes.

" You must blow the candle to succeed", said Antoine.

The pair tried to blow the candle as silently as they could, but it was difficult.

But luckily, they were able to, thus one victory.

" Well done, that's one down, three to go", said Antoine.

Once Rarity left, Twilight went in.

The table rotated, and it shows a champagne bottle.

" You must open the champagne bottle", said Antoine.

" How are earth are we going to do that, without making any noise", whispered Twilight.

At first, Twilight peeled off the aluminum wrap, and Fluttershy untwisted the wire.

Now it was the cork, keeping the bottle in place, Twilight slowly began to move the cork.

Eventually, the cork was removed, but to their surprise, no noise was made.

" Excellent, that's two down, two to go", said Antoine.

Once Twilight left, Sunset went in, and the table rotated, this time, what was shown next is another glass bowl, filled with marbles.

" There are two cards buried in the marbles, you must remove them both from the bowl", said Antoine.

" Okay, I think I see one, if you want Fluttershy, you can get that one, and I'll get the other", said Sunset.

Fluttershy then moved her hand into the bowl, careful as to not move the marbles, should any of them clink, will spell disaster.

Luckily nothing went wrong, as she successfully removed her card, and Sunset eventually did the same for her car.

" That's three, well done, only one more to go, this final action decides everything", said Antoine.

Once Sunset left, Applejack went in, and the table rotated for the last time, revealing wind chimes.

" You must move the wind chimes", said Antoine.

They picked up the chimes, however, the ringing woke the king.

Applejack and Fluttershy left empty handed.

" Never mind, you did your best", said Antoine.

At the same time, Snips and Snails approached the group, Snips walking like he was on a horse, dressed up like a king, while Snails was dressed up like a medieval servant, banging two empty coconut shells together.

Snails then picked up a trumpet, and began blowing at it, only for no sound to come out.

Snips then gave Antoine another scroll, and he read it.

" The next challenge will take place out at sea


Fouras chuckled.

" They are still liable to getting four penalties, and only two challenges remain, noon is nearly upon us", he said.


The girls arrived at the second to last destination for the first quest, the outer area of the fort, next to them is a case with a key inside.

" That case is locked with a combination, the code has been written and placed in one of those bottles", said Antoine referring to the bottles in the ocean.

" If Twilight got the tower riddle wrong, you guys wouldn't be doing this challenge, instead of you will be swimming for the key after it's been thrown into the ocean", said Antoine, pointing upward, and everyone looked to see the tower.

" Now, this is the penultimate challenge for this first mission, and you're still three keys short, but I can tell you this, there may or may not be a possibility, the next challenge after this will have two keys to play for", said Antoine.

The challenge started, and after Twilight gave Passepartout her token, she began climbing down on the nets.

" I would've just jumped down, it's very deep below", said Rainbow Dash.

By the time she was in the water, Twilight began swimming for the bottles.

" Only one of those bottles has the combination, the rest contain blank pieces of parchment, if you run out of time, the key will be out of reach", said Antoine.

Eventually, Twilight opened a bottle, and pulled out a slip, revealing some numbers.

" 9-1-3", shouted Twilight.

Sunset then dialed the numbers on the lock, and then it unlocked, and once removed, Sunset opened the case and grabbed the key out.

" And that is key number 7, only two more keys to go, but only one challenge remaining", said Antoine.

It was then Snails approached Antoine, and gave him the last scroll.

" Museum, AKA, Mission impossible, well, it's nearly noon, and this is our final challenge, Twilight while you get yourself dried, the rest of you follow me", said Antoine, going back into the fort, with the others following.


Fouras grumble furiously as he watched the group go back into the fort.

" Now the team are only liable to getting up to three penalties", said Fouras.


The group arrived at the final room of the first quest, and it looks like a museum.

" Rarity, you have the final token, so this challenge is for you, up the ladder, you'll enter through a small latch at the door, and inside the room is a series of obstacles, go through the obstacles, without treading on the floor, until you find the key, as I mentioned earlier this may be a double key challenge, and I'm right, first off, the first key is inside a case", said Antoine.

After Rarity gives her last token to Passepartout, Antoine then gives Rarity a magnet, " Use this to remove the lid, you'll have not only the key, but also a combination to a chest which has the second key, once you got the keys, you must get out the same way you came in, also don't touch the floor, because it's connected to a security alarm, which will automatically lock the door", said Antoine.

Rarity then entered the room, at first she climbed onto a shelf, then walked across hanging onto a picture frame, until she was onto a seat, then she hung onto a chandelier.

She steps onto a box, and then laid onto a hammock, until she approaches the case.

" Don't drop the magnet either", said Antoine.

And so, carefully, she used the magnet to remove the lid from the case, and she grabbed the key.

" Now you still have plenty of time, but do you want to take the risk for the last key", said Antoine.

" I'm going to go for it", said Rarity.

" Very well then", said Antoine.

Rarity then picked up the combination, then moved to the chest, and dialed the combination numbers, finally, she opened the chest, and grabbed the second key.

" Excellent, you did use up half your time, if you can hurry back, you'll make it just in time", said Antoine.

Rarity then crawled back on the hammock, and made her way back to the chandelier, however, her hands lost grip and she dropped to the ground, the alarms blared as steel doors slammed shut, trapping her in.

" Well, Rarity's now a prisoner, and the team is still two keys short, all the tokens have been used, now normally Mr Boo would've taken her to the dungeons, but as it's now time to face the hall of judgement, he'll take her there straight away, and we will ourselves head there as well", said Antoine.


And that's it, the story is half done, the team are still two keys short, and Rarity is held prisoner, until the next chapter, peace.