Disclaimer: Happy Thansgiving everyone! I hope you're all enjoying the story thus far, but with the conference coming up, it'll make things difficult for me to work on this story between the first through the fourth of December, but I'll definitely work on it when I have free time. Also, I've gotten some suggestions for some new characters to come into the story, where and when they come in I have worked in an episode where they come in where Spyro will have a reason to go to the specific city that the new characters will meet him. Until then, all rights for My Little Pony, The Legend of Spyro, Star Wars, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Kingdom Hearts is reserved to their original creators and companies as I am not the original creator. The use of names, items, and locations is used for entertainment purposes only. Thank you all again and thanl you CRabbit for the suggestions and hope you all enjoy.


Chapter 180: Daring Don't

It was a almost a week after Spyro and his friends got back from Wakanda and Spyro was busy working on some new armor, though the process was longer than he had originally planned, he eventually got the process correct after getting it wrong multiple times and needed to seperate the liquid metals using sound and specific magnetic frequencies that only affect one metal or the other, that way he wouldn't waste a drop of either metals. As he was working on mixing the metals, he heard something zooming outside, thinking nothing of it, he kept on working on the metals until whatever it was zooming outside flew inside, Spyro looking at what it was as his eyes widened, getting slammed by a rainbow colored blur and realizing it was Rainbow Dash that flew into him and she looked excited as she flew around his garage.

"Four more months!" Rainbow Dash shouted, landing in front of Spyro as she bounced around. "Four more months! Four more months! Oh, I'm so excited!"

"Excited for what?" Spyro asked, getting up.

"The next edition of Daring Do is coming out in four more months!" Rainbow Dash shouted.

"Uh, Daring who?" Spyro asked, shocking Rainbow Dash.

"Are you serious!?" Rainbow Dash shouted, getting in his face. "Daring Do! One of the most awesomest pony in the entire world! She's an adventurer who goes around, getting artifacts and defeating Ahuizotl left and right, nabbing the items he's going after before he could!"

"Sounds a lot like Indiana Jones to me." Spyro said, going to his terminal and looking at the readings. "He's an Archeologists who goes to ancient temples and dig sites to locate artifacts, much like your Daring Do, but he ends up fighting a lot of bad guys and evil organizations to get the artifacts, most of which have magical properties. Like the Arc of the Covenant for example, which was stored away on a secret military site as it was too dangerous for the public."

"Wow, does he have a book series as well!?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"He's actually got a movie series." Spyro said. "I'll have to show you. But... I never took you for the reading type RD."

"You kidding!?" Rainbow Dash asked. "I love reading! When I read the first book of her series, I was hooked instantly! Why didn't anypony tell me how awesome reading was!?"

"As they say, nothing beats a good book." Spyro said, looking to the metals mixing.

"What the heck you doing anyway?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Mixing Beskar with the Vibranium that we got from Wakanda." Spyro said. "The viscosity of the Beskar and it's ability to absorb thermal energy and disperse it, combining that with the Vibranium and it's ability to absorb and redistribute the kinetic energy it absorbs, thanks to Shuri who showed me how to do that, it makes a very powerful armor. The strength of both metals while cancelling out their weaknesses."

"Ugh, too much geek." Rainbow Dash said. "You really need to loosen up, you know? You've been spending way too much time in here working on that stuff."

"Rainbow, Malefor has access to Beskar now and I need to be ready for it." Spyro replied. "And for him. So until I perfect the armor, I have to keep working until I'm satisfied."

"Well, while you're doing that, I'm going to continue to wait until the book finally comes out." Rainbow Dash said. "I wonder what kind of amazing adventure she'll be on now! Will she finally find the Fortress of Telecon!? only to cntend with it's impenetrable arrow defense and if so, could her quick wits, her skill and courage possibly carry the day!? Or will her next adventure bring her face to face with the fast and horrible Ahuizotl himself!?" Spyro allowed her to have her moment of being a fan girl, leaning against the console as he watched and listened, watching her zoom around in the garage. "Will she cower!? Turn tail and run!? Or will she fly at him full force, knowing full well, against all odds, that the greatest challenge that she had ever faced was no match for-"

"Look out!" Spyro shouted.

Rainbow Dash snapped out of her fantasy as she saw she was heading for the machine that was mixing the Beskar and the Vibranium, trying to slow down, but was still going too fast as she slammed into an invisible barrier, sliding down the force field and falling to the ground as miniature versions of Daring Do were flying around her head.

"Ow." Rainbow Dash said. "What hit me?"

"That would be my Ray Shield." Spyro said, pointing to the orb of liquid Beskar and Vibranium continuing to mix as he helped her up. "I managed to salvage one from an old Separatist dreadnaught when I was out patrolling the Star Wars universe a few days ago. It maybe old, but it's efficient."

"Ugh, more sciency stuff." Rainbow Dash said, looking annoyed. "If we ever have a kid, I hope they aren't as geeky as you."

"Heh, we'll see RD." Spyro said. "Anyway, I'm going to need your necklace and everyone elses. I need to melt down the old armor and make new armor with the Vibranium and to update the insulation in the armor to where they can withstand the heat."

"Yeah, yeah, whatever." Rainbow Dash said, taking her necklace off and giving it to him. "Oh, I can't wait! Only four more months! EEEY!"

She then dashed off, leaving Spyro alone in the garage to look at her trail as she flew away, making Spyro shake his head as he got back onto the terminal and started work on a newer version of the armor for his friends. After a few days, Spyro was finishing up the new armor for Rainbow Dash, putting the finishing touches on it before pressing the gemstone on the necklace, allowing it to store itself inside of the necklace before removing it from the mannequin, getting to work on his necklace as he looked at Rainbow Dash's.

"AIVA, is the necklace working prooerly?" Spyro asked.

"Confirmed sir." AIVA replied. "The integration of Vibranium into Beskar armor is successful. The armor now has the ability to absorb and store kinetic energy to redistribute it later at the users will."

"Excellent." Spyro said, putting the necklace in his coat pocket. "I'll work on my armor once I get back. Right now, I'm going to give Rainbow Dash her new armor. And check to make sure she didn't get herself checked into the asylum."

Spyro walked out of the garage and took off into the air, heading straight for Ponyville to try and find Rainbow Dash, which he didn't have to look very far as he could sense her excitement from the entrance of the town, following it all the way to the library, which he wasn't surprised as she was going on and on about the new book to her favorite series for days now.

"Three months and twenty six days!" Rainbow Dash said, hopping around. "Thre months and twenty six days!"

"Hey Rainbow Dash." Spyro said, landing next to her.

"Oh, hey Spyro!" Rainbow Dash said excitedly. "Aren't you excited!? Only three months and twenty six days until the next edition fo Daring Do comes out!"

"Yeah, I can tell how excited for it you are." Spyro said, smiling at her. "Here, I brought you your armor." He then took the necklace out and levitated it over to her, putting it on her as she touched it. "It now has Vibranium mixed into it. Meaning it can now absorb kinetic energy that comes from being hit and redistrubites it as you see fit. Basically, you punch someone and if you want, you can send them flying."

"Sweet!" Rainbow Dash said. "Does it do anything else!?"

"I'm afraid that's it." Spyro replied. "Absorbs kinetic and thermal energy and provides greater protection from both Vibranium and Beskar weapons. So, how long until you can get your book?"

"Only three months and Twenty six days to go!" Rainbow Dash said, swuealing like a fan girl. "I can hardly wait!"

"I'm not even sure you can make it that long." Spyro said.

She then burst into the library where Twilight, the both of them walking in when Pinkie blew a noise maker at them, confusing them both as they looked around and saw that the entire place was decorated with party balloons, streamers, had some party food, and music playing, Twilight getting some punch for herself and Octavia as she looked ot them.

"Oh, there you two are." Twilight said. "So glad you could finally make it."

"Uh, what the heck is all this?" Rainbow Dash asked. "And why is everypony here?"

"Well duh, we're having a holiday party!" Pinkie replied, blowing another noise maker into their ears, which Spyro covered his and hissed, making Pinkie worry. "Oh, sorry Spyro. I forgot you got more sensitive ears than most other ponies."

"Eh, don't worry Pinkie." Spyro said. "And, if I may ask, what haoliday is it anyway?"

"National Random Holiday Party day!" Pinkie replied.

"Of course it is." Spyro said.

"Does she always throw random parties like this?" Octavia asked. "I'm not complaining or anything, but is this normal?"

"Don't worry darling, I've never heard of it either." Rarity said, sipping the cup of punch. "But the punch is quite tasty."

"Hopefully Gummy hasn't been in it." Spyro joked. "Anyway, I'm glad you're all here in one place. I need to ask for your necklaces. I need to make some upgrades to them."

"Oh, no problem darling." Rarity said, removing her necklace.

"Wait, wait, wait, why the heck did no pony invite me!?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Ah came and invited ya personally." Applejack said, giving Spyro her necklace. "But ya'll were too busy reading the last Daring Do book for the twelfth time and Spyro was too busy with whatever he's been doin' to come."

"Yeah, well, in three months and twenty six more days, I'll be able to read the next one." Rainbow Dash said, taking a cup of punch to drink it.

"Oh, I thought you heard." Twilight said, passing her necklace to Spyro. "The release date for the book got pushed back another two months."

That news was enough to make Rainbow Dash spit her drink out, which Spyro used the force and caught the liquid, putting it back int Rainbow Dash's glass as she looked to her friend.

"Two more months!?" Rainbow Dash asked. "But I've waited for so long already!"

"Well, you're going to need to wait a little longer RD." Spyro said. "I mean, two more months won't kill you."

"But it will!" Rainbow Dash said, shaking Spyro as she said it. "Look at me? I don't think I'll make it."

She then fell onto floor, smacking belly and face first onto the hard wood floor while everyone looked at her as Pinkie put a party hat on her.

"You know, I can actually believe that." Spyro said, gettin Fluttershy's necklace.

"Did they give a reason why it was being pushed back two months?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Not really." Twilight replied. "All they said was the author, AK Yearling was unable to complete the book on time and had to push back the release date by two months."

Rainbow Dash looked annoyed, getting up and giving Twilight an evil eye as she passed cupcakes around to everyon there.

"How could you possibly know all that before anypony else did?" Rainbow Dash asked. "I mean, i'm the series biggest fan!"

"I'm just as big of a fan as you." Twilight replied.

"And I actually got into reading he series myself." Octavia said. "It's pretty good."

"And if you remeber, I'm the one who introduced you to the series." Twilight said.

"Oh, right." Rainbow Dash said. "Sorry."

"AK Yearling mighyt be one of my favorite authors." Twilight said. "And I know everythign about her. Where she grew up, which school she went to inorder to study literature, where she wrote her first ever Daring Do book-"

"Do you know where she lives!?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Uh, no, no I do not." Twilight replied. "But I think I can find out through asking around or through the Force. Why do you ask?"

"Don't you get it?" Rainbow Dash asked. "The reason she isn't able to finish the book is because she's dealing with some everyday nonsense that is preventing her from finishing the book that that I... er, I mean, fans aren't able to read the book asap." Spyro and Twilight rolled their eyes at her logic. "Think about it, we can help her out with her laundry, get her groceries, cook her meals-"

"Rainbow, slow down." Spyro said, interrupting her. "I doubt it's any of those things. I mean, the authro of this story has a job and he still finds time to write what happens." Everyone looked at Spyro like he's crazy, the world pausing as he looked to the readers, looking miserable. "Great, I broke the fourth wall again. Honestly, I really need to stop doing that."

The world resumed as he looked back to everyone else, who were still starring at him, but brushed it off and looked back to Rainbow Dash.

"Look, the point is, we can help her with whatever she needs help with, that way she has more time to write her book. Rainbow Dash said.

"I don't know Rainbow." Spyro said. "Authors usually prefer to have their privacy. Helps them to focus on what they want to write and helps them to think of ideas for their books. I mean, my favorite book series is Percy Jackson and The Kane Chronicles and the authors likes to have a quiet place to think and write."

"Oh come on, what's the worse we could do?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Besides, if she doesn't need our help, she can always say no. Am I right?"

Spyro had a bad feeling about what Rainbow Dash had suggested, looking to the rest of his friends, which most nodded at her logic while Spyro looked to Twilight and Octavia, seeing how hesitant they were about the idea, but knew it would be impossible to talk Rainbow out of something when she set her mind to it.

"Well, I guess it'll be ok." Twilight said.

"Of course it'll be ok." Rainbow Dash said. "Now, we just need to find that address and see what we can do to help her."

Rainbow Dash then zoomed out of the room, leaving everyone in the library as Twilight shook her head at her friend as she got to work looking for AK Yearlings address so they can calm Rainbow Dash down. While she did that, Spyro was working on finishing up his armor upgrade, integrating the Vibranium into his armor and following the same process he did when he did it the first time and got it to where it could absorb kinetic energy and store it, moving onto anothger suit of armr, but Rainbow Dash came and got him, pulling him out of the garage as Twilight found Yearling's address and started their way to her house, goinf through forests and across mountains until they came to a remote area of Equestria, looking back and seeing that Pinkie was drawing a line behind them with red paint, which everyone just ignored her as they went.

"See, Spyro was right." Twilight said. "Why else would AK Yearling be out here if not to have some privacy. We should respect that."

"I spotted the house!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed. "We're super close! This way!"

Everyoen then ran after Rainbow Dash, leaving Spyro, Twilight, and Octavia behind as their friends galloped after Rainbow Dash, Spyro face smacking himself, not believing Rainbow Dash and the rest of their friends. they trotted after them to make sure they didn't overwhelm AK Yearling, but when they arrived, the house looked to be ransacked, broken windows, tossed furniture outside, even the door looked like it was about to fall off of it's hinges from where they stood and looked.

"What happened here?" Octavia asked.

"Looks like someone intruded on AK Yearling's privacy already." Spyro said. "And by the looks of it, they intruded pretty hard."

They walked tot he house, which Rainbow Dash knocked on the door and caused it to fall from it's hinges, landing on the ground with a loud thud, eveyrone looking in to find that the entire inside was completely ransacked as well, smached furniture, vases, bookshelves pulled down, books scattered everywhere, the entire inside was completely ruined.

"Phewy, somepony reall trashed this place." Applejack said as they walked in.

"Yeah, they really did." Spyro said, looking around. "They were desperate to find whatever it was they're looking for."

"Maybe, or..." Pinkie said, diving into the pile of ruined items and popping out with a pot on her head "AK Yearling is just a terrible, horrible, unbelievable slob!"

"Oh, I hope AK Yearling is alright." Rarity said, looking to a broken mirror.

"Oh, what if something terrible happened to her!" Twilight said. "She might be hurt, or worse!"

"I know!" Rainbow Dash shouted, scattering a pile of clutter. "There maybe no more books!" Everyone looked at Rainbow Dash, clearly unamused by her only caring about the books as she smiled nervously. "I mean, I am worried about her too, but still..."

"Calm down everyone, AK's probably fine." Spyro said, walking around. "The place is trashed, yes, but there's no blood on the floor, the walls, or on the ceiling. Meaning she's probably fine."

"You would be right on that." A voice said.

They all turned to the doorway to see who it was that said that and saw a dark yellow pony wearing a dark magenta cloak and grey hat with red glasses, walking in and looking at them.

"A... K... Yearling?" Rainbow Dash asked, making a squeaking noise as she gave a silly face, everyone looking to her.

"We didn't do this!" Twilight said. "We swear?"

"Then what the heck happened to my house?" She asked, trotting in and looking around for something.

"We just got here." Applejack replied. "We don't know."

However, Yearling didn't seem to care as she tugged on the carpet Applejack was on, Spyro rushing over and catching her before glaring at Yearling.

"Hey, careful!" Spyro shouted. "Pregnant mare here!"

"Oh, sorry." Yearling replied.

She then continued to look through her ruined stuff, looking for something while Rainbow Dash was trying to get a sneak peak at the next book, seeing her favorite author come by and pretended to act normal as she rummaged through a shelf.

"So, clearly this isn't the best time..." Rainbow Dash said, trying to act cool. "But I just got to say how much we all love your books."

"You're right Rainbow Dash, now isn't the best time to go all gaga over your favorite author." Spyro said.

A moment later, Yearling looked down and saw what she was looking for, a book that Rainbow Dash was sitting on, so she tugged the book out from underneath her, sending her flying away as she looked at it, seemingly relieved that it was ok until she put it down, putting in a combination before the horseshoe symbole on it started to glow, opening to reveal a gold ring, breathing a sigh of relief as she picked it up, but Spyro felt a sudden tingle go down his spine when he saw it, not likeing the looks of the ring.

"It's safe." Yearling said, putting the ring in her cloak.

"Ok, now that's out of the way, maybe now's a good time to ask how we can help her move the new book along a little faster." Rainbow Dash said, pushing the typewriter to Yearling as she cleaned up. Spyro was beyond upset with Rainbow Dash and how pushy she was in wanting the new book to be finished, Yearling glaring at her as Spyro used his teeth to grab her by the ear, dragging her outside much to her embarrassment while Rainbow Dash said ow a bunch of times as he dragged her outside, Twilight and everyone else following after them both as he let her go when they were outside, Rainbow Dash rubbing her ear as he let go. "Geez Spyro, what was that for?"

"You know why Rainbow Dash." Spyro said. "AK Yearling made it quite clear she wanted to be alone and you pushing her to continue writing the book while her entire home has been completely wrecked is not a subtle way to make her continue working."

"Spyro's right Rainbow Dash." Twilight said. "She clearly wants to be alone. We should respect her wishes."

"Uh, then why are those guys breaking into her home?" Octavia asked.

Everyone looked up to see three stallions on the roof of AK Yearling's home through an open window, which everyone rushed to the window and saw as the three stallions surrounded AK Yearling, but as they surrounded her, she threw off her cloak, threw her hat at one of them while smacking the last one with her glasses, knocking him down and what they saw surprised them all as AK was a pegasi wearing a green adveturers outfit with a safari hat, her mane six different shades of grey and had the gold ring on her side, looking at the intruders while Rainbow Dash and Twilight were completely shocked by what they had just seen.

"AK Yearling is Daring Do!?" They said at the same time, looking back at AK Yearling and the intruders.

"I can't believe it." Twilight said, watching the event in front of her happen. "AK Yearling and Daring Do are one pony an the same!? My mind is officially blown!"

"Eh, I knew it all the time." Rainbow Dash said, everyone rolling their eyes at her.

They watched from the outside as Daring Do fought the intruders, holding the ring as one of them nabbed it and knocked her back, causing her to kick the ring and grab it, ducking as another tried to grab her, rolling away as they all dogpiled her, stirring up some dust as they fought and ended up knocking the large gold ring into the fireplace, where it got red hot, one of them motioning for him to grab the ring, but Daring Do used her whip and got the ring, tossing it into a pitcher of juice and cooling it off as she grabbed it.

"So much action!" Pinkie said.

"I gotta say, she's an amazing fighter." Spyro said, watching her fight. "She's handling them pretty well. Maybe she won't need out help."

Daring Do was backing away, the ring in her mouth while holding a chair while backing away, trying to keep them at bay as she backed herself into a corner.

"Daring Do!" Rainbow Dash shouted.

Daring Do looked at Rainbow Dash and all her friends, which distracted her from the ponies trying to steal the ring from her as they all dog piled on her again, causing the ring to fly out of her mouth and land in her doorway, which another stallion stood on the ring, who was a Earth pony stallion with green eyes; a slicked-back, dark gray mane with a streak of lighter gray, a grayish coat, and a cutie mark of a gold skull with a gem inserted in one of its eye-sockets, wearing a off-white shirt with sleeves rolled up and a reddish-brown ascot with white polka dots. He picked up the ring as his men pinned Daring Do to the ground, who glared at the stallion as he spun the ring.

"Many thanks Daring Do." The stallion said. "And as you surmised, our earlier search for this little trinket proved to be... unsuccessful. Thank you for finding it for us."

Daring Do tried to go after him, but her leg gave out, causing her to fall down and look at him.

"Give it back Caballeron!" Daring Do said.

"That's Dr. Caballeron to you." The stallion said.

"He's in book four, Daring Do and the Razor of Dreams." Rainbow Dash said. "He wanted to partner up with her in the book."

"I know, but she said no." Twilight said. "I can't believe it! The real Daring Do and the real Caballeron!"

"Can you two focus for a second!" Spyro said. "The ring that Caballeron's holding, I sense some kind of magic coming from it."

"Let me guess, Ahuizotl hired you to get the ring from me?" Daring Do asked. "If you give him the ring, his hold over the fortress of Talacon will last for eight hundred years and all of Equestria will suffer as foretold in the prophecy!"

"Well, you're right about him hiring us." Caballeron said. "I'm going to seel him the ring and then retire from Archeology in splendor and in riches."

"Caballeron you fool!" Daring Do shouted, he henchponies holding Daring Do back. "You're dooming everypony to eight hundred years of heat!"

"To the market henchponies!" Caballeron shouted.

"Where do you think you're going?" Spyro asked.

Caballeron looked to the doorway and immediately got socked in the eye, getting sent flying backwards while the henchponies looked, immediatly bombarded by ice and wind, getting frozen to the spot or pinned to the wall while Daring Do looked to the door, seeing Spyro standing there as he walked in and helped her up off the ground.

"You ok?" Spyro asked.

"I'm fine." Daring Do snapped, putting her leg into a splint before lookign to him. "Thanks for knocking that idiot out. He'd have doomed this valley and possibly all of Equestria to eight hundred years of unrelenting heat."

"That's what the ring would have done?" Spyro asked.

"One of many, yes." Darign Do replied as everyone walked in. "Once all the rings are together, the entire valley will be consumed by unrelenting heat for the next eight hundred years, turning this place into a barren wasteland."

"Yikes, glad I stepped in when I did." Spyro said.

"I don't need anypony's help." Daring Do said. "I work alone."

"Which suits me just fine." Caballeron said.

Everyone looked out and he tossed a container at them, filled with a green gas that Spyro didn't want to find out what was in it, leaping forward and grabbing the vial as the archeologist and his minions ran away, fleeing wiht the ring as everyone rushed out.

"Great, he got away with the ring!" Daring Do shouted, turning to Spyro. "Why didn't you stop him when you had the chance!?"

"I didn't want this to hit the floor and break." Spyro said, holding the vial up.

Daring Do groaned as she snagged the vial and opened it, scaring Spyro as he pushed everyone back, but the gas smelled vile, thinking it was poison, but Daring Do smelled it, gaging a bit before tossing it.

"It's Caballeron's cologne." Daring Do said. "He did that trick to me once before. Hence, why I work alone."

Daring Do then flew away, going after Caballeron and his henchmen before they could sell the ring to Ahuizotl and doom the area to eight hundred years of heat, everyone looking at one another in fear.

"We have to go help her!" Rainbow Dash said.

"Rainbow, you heard what she said." Twilight said. "She works alone. She doesn't need our help."

"But we can;t stay here and do nothing!" Rainbow Dash said. "Do you even know what's at stake here!? Ahuizotl has taken contro of the Tenochtitlon basin since book three!"

"True, but in book four, she defeated him and retrieved the Amulet of Atonement." Twilight said. "Dispelling the dark magic of the Quetzalcoatl Empress and thus protecting the basin with the radiant Shield of Razdan."

"But the shield is vulnerable to the Rings of Scorchero!" Rainbow Dash said.

"But have you forgotten that the rings are scattered to the four corners of Tenochtitlan?" Twilight asked. "Thus rendering the dark enchanment useless!?"

"For the sake of the ancestors, there's a good chance Ahuizotl already has the other rings and Daring Do found the last one, safe guarding it from him until we showed up and ruined everything!" Spyro shouted, getitng them to stop. "And if that's so, we're wasting time and giving Caballeron time to get ahead of us to meet Ahuizotl and sell him the freaking ring!"

"You gotta admit, Rainbow Dash and Spyro both make excellent points." Pinkie said.

"Sounds like we're way over our heads." Octavai said.

"Eh, that sorta normal around here." Applejack said.

"Ok, but we'll need to come up with a carefully thought up plan." Twilight said.

"I'm coming Daring Do!" Rainbow Dash shouted, flying after her.

"That's not a plan!" Twilight shouted, groaning as she looked to Spyro. "Spyro, can you please make sure that she doesn't go getitng herself hurt?"

"Not a problem Twilight." Spyro replied. He unfurled his wings and flew after Rainbow Dash to make sure nothing bad happened to her, following the rainbor trail she left behind to find her talking to herself about how she was going to approach Daring Do. "Rainbow, wait up!"

Rainbow Dash looked back and saw he was approaching her as she flew.

"Oh, hye Spyro, coming to tag along with the awesome, most amazing adventure with Daring Do!?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"I'm just wanting to make sure you don't end uo hurting yourself." Spyro replied. "You need to slow down and think for a moment."

"You're right." Rainbow Dash said. "I need to think of what I'm going to say and how I can help Daring Do with her awesome adventure and get the book written!"

"Rainbow Dash!" Spyro exclaimed as she zoomed ahead of him, making him face smack himself as he flew down and landed next to her as she walked along to find Daring Do. "Rainbow, slow down and think. She prefers to work alone because she might not want anypony to interfere with her work or she knows a lot of things and doesn't wish to share them, so maybe..." Spyro looked at Rainbow Dash as she was talking to herself, trying psych herself up and smack herself while also psyching herself out as she mumbled to herself. "Hey, are you even listening to me!?"

"Huh, oh, yeah, every word." Rainbow Dash said. "I'm just so excited to go on an amazing adventure with Daring Do!"

"Ugh, why do I bother?" Spyro asked, walking ahead of her. "Look, our primary focus is getting that ring away from Caballeron before he can sell it to Ahuizotl and bring eight hundred years of scorching heat to the entire land, not to go all googly eyes for-"

He didn't get to finish as he was tackled by someone waiting in the bushes, rolling around before kicking them up and jumping up, attempting to kick them away, but whoever it was dodged his kick and the two of them landed, starring at one another and ready to fight when they saw it was only Daring Do, who looked equally as surprised to see them as they were to see her.

"Oh, it's you two." Daeing Do said.

"Glad to see you too sunshine." Spyro said sarcastically as she walked away.

"Wait, don't go!" Rainbow Dash said. But Daring Do just rolled her eyes as she walked away, Rainbow Dash trying to psych herself up again, which Spyro just rolled his eyes and went after Darign Do, leaving Rainbow Dash behind to fan girl over the adventurer. While he walked, Daring Do was sneaking around, trying to remain inconspicuous as she remained low and hid behind trees, which Spyro rolled his eyes as he walked behind her, but a moment later, Rainbow Dash popped up, spooking her. "I am such a huge fan."

Daring Do just groaned, walking away as Spyro walked after her, noticing him before turning to address him.

"Will you stop following me!" Daring Do said. "I don't need your help!"

"But, we just want to help." Rainbow Dash said. "I promise I... I mean, we, can be a huge, huge help if you give us a chance."

"I... work... alone." Daring Do said, walking away from them.

"Please, let us team up with you just this once." Rainbow Dash said, on her knees as she crawled after her.

"My work involves secrets." Daring Do said. "And because of it, you don't know who you can trust. So it's better you don't trust anypony."

"Just because you can't trust some, doesn't mean everypony can't be trusted." Rainbow Dash said.

"Look, I don't have time to argue/" Daring Do said.

"Then don't." Spyro said, walking next to her. "If Ahuizotl get's that ring, then all of Equestria will suffer eight hundred years of unrelenting heat and that's something I will not allow to happen. You need help and whether you like it or not, we're helping."

"What are we waiting for then!?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Let's go!"

She then took off into the air, making both Spyro and Daring Do face smack themselves as they continued on their way, following the explorer wherever she was going to. Night fell across Equestria and they had finally arrived at the spot that Caballeron and his minions were camped at, eating some hay while the three of them peaked out from behind the bushes to spy on them.

"Looks like they decided to have an early dinner before making their way to the market place." Rainbow Dash said.

"I doubt that." Spyro said as Daring Do got some mud on her face. "I have a feeling they're going to meet Ahuizotl here since everyone knows him as an evil being, he won't show his face in a populated town or village."

"Then how are we going to get the ring?" Rainbow Dash asked, looking over to see Daring Do cover herself in mud and flatten her hat. "Oh, I see. You're going to ambush them like you did in book for in the Arabian caves. Oh, or maybe that neat trick in book three where you swooped down and knocked three guys out with one swing!?"

"Or maybe in the you should keep quiet!" Spyro said subtly, grabbing her tail and yanking her down. "If we're caught, we'll loose the ring."

"Not with you around." Rainbow Dash said, getting up. "You're a pretty good tracker. You can track them down no problem. So, what kind of ambush as we going to do?"

However, instead of saying anything, Daring Do held up a big bag full of bits, surprising them both at how big the bag is.

"I think she's going to buy the ring back." Spyro said.

Darign Do walked out from behind the bushes, Spyro and Rainbow Dash watching from behind the bush as she walked up, tossing the bag to the ground and getting the four stallions attention, eyeing the bag of bits greedily.

"I have been lead to believe you have procured an item of great importance and value." Daring Do said, doing her best to do a male voice. "Perhaps you might have it for sale?"

"Oh, well, I did have another buyer originally." Caballeron said, looking at the bits as he brought out the ring. "But he's not here, so, we have a deal."

However, as he was giving the ring to Daring Do, there came a roar from the background, the minions running away while Caballeron froze in place, from the forest came a large creature of unknown origin with pointy ears, a large snout, a prehensile tail and a hand at the end of the tail, glarring down at Caballeron while Daring Do glared at him.

"I'm guessing the ugly looking guy there is Ahuizotl?" Spyro asked.

"That is indeed him." Rainbow Dash said.

"Give me the ring!" Ahuizotl shouted.

Caballeron dropped the ring and grabbed the bag of bits, running away, leaving Daring Do and Spyro in the bushes while Daring Do dove for the ring, getting it and her disguise falling off as the two of them got into a fight.

"Be cool Rainbow Dash, be cool." Rainbow Dash said. "She can handle it."

"The ring, Daring Do." Ahuizotl said, approaching the explorer. "Give it to me!"

She raised his arms up and brought them down to smash her, Darign Do dodging the attack as she landed a distance away from him, smiling.

"Now Ahuizotl, you know I love you." Daring Do said, slipping the ring over her head and on her neck. "But you know I ca';t give you the ring until I've properly proposed."

That joke ended up making Spyro laugh, the world pausing as he fell to the ground and kicked the air laughing aa looked to the reader.

"Ok, that was a good one!" Sopyro said, laughing as he got up. "I gotta remember that one for the future."

The world resumed as he looked back, Rainbow Dash smirking at the remark as Ahuizotl chuckled as he got up.

"Very amusing Daring Do." Ahuizotl said. "Because my friends have a proposal of their own."

He snaped his finger on the hand that was at the end of his tail and a bunch of jungle cats, A tiger, panther, leopard, and a lynx jumped out, followed by a regular house cat as it hissed at Daring Do, making Rainbow Dash sweat as she got nervous while Spyro got ready to help fight as a little yellow Tweety Bird came in, looking to the readers like he did in the cartoons.

"I tawt I taw a putty tat!" Tweety said.

"You're in the wrong cartoon Tweety." Spyro said, snapping his fingers and teleporting the bird away.

He then looked back and saw that Daring Do was backing away, the cats approaching her, the felines glarrign at her as she glarred back, smiling at them.

"Bring it!" Darign Do said.

The panther was the first to lung for her, but she instantly uppercutted it, knocking it out in one hit while the tiger lunged, the mare jumping over it and kicking it in the head before jumping over and hitting the leopard, smacking it into the bushes as the Lynx got in a scuffle with her.

"Oh, come on Daring Do!" Rainbwo Dash said. She then spotted her hat, reaching for it when she got an idea, reaching for her necklace when she got an idea. "Daring Do, catch!"

"Rainbow, no!" Spyro exclaimed. She then tossed the necklace over Ahuizotl, which he spotted Rainbow Dash as Spyro jumped for the necklace while Daring Do was mopping up the floor with the cats. Spyro managed to catch the necklace as he skidded over to Daring Do, who took down the tiger as Spyro got up. "Dang it Rainbow Dash, don't go throwing away your-"

He turned and saw that Ahuizotl had just caught Rainbow Dash, holding her using the hand on his tail while both ponies looked at him in shock, getting pinned and tied up somehow by the cats as he approached.

"Don't worry guys, I'll help you!" Rainbow Dash said.

"Don't bother!" Daring Do said as Ahuizotl tossed her away. "You helped out plenty."

"Well, what a pretty little trinket." Ahuizotl said, taking Rainbow Dash's necklace and putting it on his wrist. "Not bad."

"Shoot." Spyro said.

Both he and Daring do got picked up and were being taken away to an ancient temple in the distance as the sun was rising and Rainbow Dash looked up, seeing that her idol and her coltfriend were caught as she lost hope.

"What have I done?" Rainbow Dash asked.

A little later, the rest of the Mane Six had finally caught up with her, finding Rainbow Dash sitting on the ground looking depressed as they ran up to her.

"Oh Rainbow Dash, thank goodness you're alright." Rarity said.

"Rainbow, what happened?" Twilight asked. "Where's Spyro?"

"Captured." Rainbow Dash replied. "He and Daring Do have been captured by Ahuizotl and it's all my fault."

"But, how the heck could he have gotten Spyro?" Applejack asked. "He's much too strong to get caught."

"I took my necklace off and threw it to Daring Do to help her." Rainbow Dash said. "Spyro flew after it and got caught. Now Ahuizotl has them both and he's got my necklace."

"What!?" They all shouted.

"Did he activate it!?" Twilight asked.

"No, no he didn't." Rainbow Dash replied. "He doesn't know about the armor in the necklace, but ti won't be long before he figures it out."

"We have to go help them!" Octavia said.

"How?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Look at the good my help did." She then got up and started to walk away, leaving her friends behind. "Let's just go home. Spyro will get himself free and save the day again."

"We can't quit now!" Applejack said. "She needs our help more than ever before."

"Helping her is what got her and Spyro caught in the first place." Rainbow Dash said. "You and Spyro were right Twilight. She really didn't need our help. I should have respected her privacy."

Twilight walked up to Rainbow Dash, seeing how upset she was as they walked.

"Look, there's more going on here than meets the eye." Twilight said. "In every Daring Do book, there always is. We can't turn our backs on her now."

"She doesn't want my help Twilight." Rainbow Dahs said.

"Perhaps, but she might need it anyway." Twilight replied.

"No, she's better off alone." Rainbow Dash said, continuing to walk.

"Awm that doesn't sound like the Rainbow Dash we know." Applejack said.

"Yeah, where's the Rainbow Dash that would help anypony at the drop fo the hat!?" Pinkie asked, hugging her.

"Or pit helmet." Rarity said. "As the case should be."

"She should be at home!" Rainbow Dash said, pushing them away. "Where she should have stayed in the first place."

Rainbow Dash walked away from her friends, leaving them alone as she made her way back to Ponyville while her friends stood there, watching her leave.

"You know, it's fine to look up to your idol." Twilight said. "But you ended up putting her so high up on the pedastal, you can't even see your own worth anymore."

"Twilight's right." Octavia said. "She's up in that fortress now with Spyro and tey both need our help. You wouldn't be who you are if you gave up now."

"Neither would any of us if we gave up now." Twilight said, walking to Rainbow Dash. "So, you with us or not?"

Rainbow Dash looked at her friends, who were ready to do what they must, smiling as she nodded her head, going with her friends to help save Daring Do and Spyro. In the temple, below the surface, Spyro and Daring Do were strung up, their legs restrained to a wall with a pool of hungry piranha's below them, Daring Do doing her best to free herself.

"Surrender now Ahuizotl!" Daring Do shouted. "Or else I'll be forced to take you down!"

A moment later, Ahuizotl came out from a sidfe passage, laughing at her threat as he looked at them.

"Oh, Daring Do, i will so miss your amusing laughter jokes." Ahuizotl said. "And you little hybrid, you will share in your friends fate. Now, if you excuse me, I have to go and commence the ring placing ceremony to bring forth eight undred years of unrelenting, swealtering heat!"

He laughed as Daring Do looked at him in horror as he pulled the cord, causing the water to start to rise and allow the Piranha's to try and get at Daring Do, who struggled to get out while Spyro just smiled.

"That all that overgrown water opossum got?" Spyro asked, heating his legs up and melting the metal. "And here I thought he was supposed to be smart. He didn't even count on my being here in the first place."

"Well we wouldn't be here if your friend hadn't gotten caught!" Daring Do said, getting one of her legs freed, but it started to weigh her down. "This is why I prefer to work alone."

"Why don't you want others to help you?" Spyro asked, flying down to her.

"Because of how dangerous my work is." Daing Do replied, pulling out the other shackle and weighing both hind legs down. "I don't want to put others in any of the danger that I put myself in when I'm exploring these ruins and looking for artifacts." She then pulled out the third shackle, hanging on by a single shackle as she looked at Spyro. "I just want to make sure no pny else get's hurt in my adventures."

"I can understand that." Spyro said, flying in front of her. "I was the same you know? I wanted to keep my friends safe and make sure they didn't part take in any of my adventures either, but then I realized that I don't need to be alone. When you have friends by your side, any adventure is not only a lot more fun, but you can have others who you can depend on to help you."

"Like your friend Rainbow Dash?" Daring Do asked.

"She may not look like it, but she's one of the most dependable ponies you could have ever met." Spyro replied. "She's loyal and she's brave. If you gave her a chance, and gave others a chance, you'd see that having friends with you is a great thing to have in any situation."

Daring Do looked at him like he was crazy, lookign down at the water as the last of the shackles was coming out, sweating as it came out, but Spyro and to their surprise, Rainbow Dash flew down and they both caught her, Daring Do looking up at them both and seeing them lift her up and out of the pit, setting her down on the path as she smashed the shackles off, looking to them.

"I was about to save myself you know." Daring Do said, breaking the shackles off.

"Of course you were." Rainbow Dash said, smiling. "I just thought you might need this."

She then slid Darign Do's hat to her, which she was surprised to see it again, picking it up before looking to Rainbow Dash.

"Thanks, but as I've mentioned, I work alone." Daring Do said.

"Lucky for you, we don't." Spyro replied. "And we would never leave a friend behind."

Darign Do looked at the two ponies in front of her, giving a smile at the both of them before they rushed down the hall to get to the main chamber. In the chamber, Ahuizotl was getting the ceremony ready, a couple of tribe ponies holding it while the others hit the bottom of their spears on the ground, eagerly awaiting for the ring to be place on the statue that others were on.

"Drop the ring Ahuizo... whatever your name is!" Applejack said.

They then charged towards Ahuizotl, who grabbed the ring and was about to place it on the spike witht he rest, but Pinkie jumped up and snagged it, swinging it like a hula hoop before tossing it in Applejack's direction.

"Get the ring you fools!" Ahuizotl shouted.

Applejack caught the ring, kicking it into the air as a couple of guards ran at her, which she jumped up and got it again, running to keep it away from them, but one of the tribemen tripped her, causing the ring to fall into his hooves as he tossed it to Ahuizotl, but Fluttershy caught it instead, flyign away with it with Ahuizotl chasing her, but Twilight ised her horn to get the ring from her friend, teleporting away right as Spyro, Rainbow Dash, and Darign Do got to the chamber, seeing their friends play keep away with the ring while Daring Do looked to the massive statue in the center of the room.

"Quick, this way!" Daring Do said, the three of them runnign with her. "If we can remove the giant ring on the bottom, the fortress will collapse."

"You two work on that." Spyro said. "I'll keep Ahuizotl busy."

"No time!" Daring Do said. "We need to get the rings off that statue now!"

The three of them got to the statue and while their friends kept the guards and Ahuizotl busy, they got busy removing the rings off of the statue itself, doing it one at a time and as the rings got larger, it got harder and harder to lift them, even with Spyro's strength the rings were heavy. As the guards finally go the last ring after knocking Pinkie away, they threw it to Ahuizotl, who caught it and started to laugh, everyone looking at him in horror, but the temple then started to shake, pieces and large chunks falling off as he looked to the statue, seeing them removing the final ring as the temple started to collapse.

"NO!" Ahuizotl shouted. "Stop them!"

"Oh no, we've been made!" Rainbow Dash said.

"I got this!" Spuyro exclaimed.

He let go f the ring, leaving it for Daring Do and Rainbow Dash to handle as the guards ran to them, which Spyro pressed the gemstoine on his necklace and the armor surrounded his body, providing protecting as one of them thrusted their spear, but the spear splintered as he did that, the kinetic energy from the thrust being absorbed by the hit, making Ahuizotl look at the necklace he had on his wrist, smiling as he watched Spyro fight his minions, allowing himself to be hit every now and again as the kinetic energy was absorbed, dodging and smacking some gyuards around before he leapt up and slammed into the ground, releasing the energy and sending them flying everywhere, surprising Daring Do as Ahuizotl approached them.

"I must say, your a good fighter." Ahuizotl said. "But this neckalce I now wear, it's the same as what you have!"

"Oh no, he saw how it works!" Rainbow Dash said.

"What, you mean the necklace?" Daring Do asked.

"It's just something to carry the armor in!" Rainbow Dash replied. "Spyro made indestructible armor out of two metals, Beskar and Vibranium! It can absorb the energy fron the hits and he can redistribut it when he sees fit!"

"That would have been nice to know sooner!" Daring Do said.

"And with this, I will defeat Daring Do and destroy the world!" Ahuizotl said.

"He laughed maniacly as he brought his arm up, pressing the button on the necklace as everyone got ready to face an armored bad guy.

"DANGER!" The necklace said, confusing them.

"What?" Ahuizotl asked, pressing the button again.

"DANGER!" The necklace said, making Spyro smile as he stood there while he kept pressing the button. "DANGER! DANGER! DA-DA-DA-DANGER!"

"Why won't this thing work!?" Ahuizotl asked.

"That's part of the upgrade I put in the necklace." Spyro replied. "It's scanned Rainbow Dash's genetic code, meaning it will only activate for her. And if someone else tried to use the armor and pressed the button too many times, well..."

"DANGER!" The necklace said, Ahuizotl looking at him as he pressed it a couple more times. "DANGER! GOODBYE!"

The necklace then exploded, causing Ahuizotl to yell out in surprise as Rainbow Dash and Daring Do got the last ring off of the statue, causing the entire temple to split and fall apart as everyone got out, the entire temple collapsing on top of Ahuizotl and his minions as everyone fled, but they dug themselves out, which he looked to the sky as he watched the two pegasi fly away.

"DARING DO!" Ahuizotl shouted. "I WILL HAVE MY REVENGE!"

A distance away, Daring Do and Rainbow Dash had gotten to a safe place, tossing the ring into a chasm and causing it to break and sdhatter into many different pieces as they flew there.

"Gotta admit, I would have never been able to do this without you or your friends help." Daring Do said, extending her foreleg to shake hooves, but Rainbow Dash hugged her, which she was surprised, and returned the hug before getting Rainbow Dash off of her. "Now, if you excuse me, I got a book to write."

She then flew of into the sunset, leaving everyone alone at the canyon as they all group hugged, heading back home after having a long day of adventuring and savng the world again. The next day, Spyro had just finished his upgrades to the girls necklaces and was going around, returning them so they can get used to it, all the while heading to Rainbow Dash;s house after finishing up her necklace and knocked on the door, the cyan pegasi opening it and seeing her friend there at the door.

"Oh, hey Spyro!" Rainbow Dash said. "Come on in!"

"Thanks." Spyro said, walking in as she shut the door, which as he entered, he saw Octavia sitting on Rainbow Dash's couch, reading one of the Daring Do books and surprising him. "Octavia?"

"Oh, hey Spyro." Octavia said. "I was just doing some reading on Daring Do's book series. It's amazing."

"I bet it is." Spyro said.

"Not as amazing as being apart of the adventure!" Rainbow Dash said. "But I was so focused on how awesome Darign Do was that i forgot how awesome I was, throwing me off my game and nearly getting her hurt."

"Well, at least at the end of the day, we beat another bad guy and the world is now safe." Spyro said. "Oh, I almost forgot." He pulled out Rainbow Dash's new necklace, which she took and put it on immediately as it started to glow. "There, that's better. And don't go letting other ponies try to use it, otherwise it's going to explode."

"Don't worry, i won't." Rainbow Dash said, actvating it to get a feel for it again.

"And I have one for yu as well Octavia." Spyro said.

Octavia closed the book, walking over and seeing a silver necklace with a pink gem in it, taking it and putting it on as it clicked, the gem glowing as it suddenly activated, a suit of silver Beskar and Vibranium armor appearing on her with pink gemstones on the shoulders, looking herself over and marveling at it as she looked to Spyro, obviously smiling under the helmet as it retracted so she couls ee him.

"Thank you Spyro." Octavia said, clearly happy. "This is the best gift anyone's ever given me."

"Oh, it's no big deal Octavia." Spyro said. "You're one of us now, and that means you're going get some of the same gear and training as everyone else. Starting tomorrow."

A moment later, there was another knock at the door, which Rainbow Dash went over to see who it was, opening the door to show that it was the mail pony with a package.

"Package for Rainbow Dash and Spyro." The mail pony said.

Rainbow Dash took both packages and opened them, revealing they were the next edition of the Daring Do Series, shocking them both.

"No way!" Rainbow Dash said. "The next edition of Daring do!?"

"But how?" Spyro asked. "No way she could have gotten that written so quickly in just one night. I expected us to get it a week before everyone else. You know, like how it was written in the... nevermind. It's how the author dictates the story I suppose."

"Eh, don't sweat it." Rainbow Dash said. "What matter is that we got it! I'm so excited!"

Rainbow Dash was squealing in pure joy, Spyro shaking his head at her as he looked at the cover of the book, finding that it had Daring Do on the cover, but also Rainbow Dash and Spyro as well, standing in front of the temple that they were in yesterday, admiring the artwork as he was about to leave, but Rainbow Dash stopped him and looked at him nervously.

"What;s up RD?" Spyro asked.

"Oh, I was wondering if... if..." Rainbow Dash said, blushing a bit as she was trying to get the words out.

"You're wondering if I would like to read the new book with out, right?" Spyro asked.

"Well, yeah, sure." Rainbow Dash said, her face red from embarrassment. "But... you don't have to if-"

He then silenced her by kissing her on the lips, which she was surprised, but didn't push away, closing her eyes as she enjoyed the moment before he ended it and they looked at one another with affection.

"It's a date." Spyro said.

They both walked into the living room where Octavia was at, Spyro giving her his copy so she could ready with them while he and Rainbow Dash laid together, Spyro using his magic to levitate the book and open it while Rainbwo Dash lied down on him, both looking at one another and giving each toher another kiss before looking back to the book to start reading the story and what Daring Do, A.K.A. A.K Yearling, wrote about during their adventure yesterday and how everything went down.