ShadowStorm88

"A small part of him should be disagreeing with this" he thought to himself. Sneaking into the restricted section of the lirbary was a good way to get one thrown into alotta trouble. That, and as good as he was; he didnt want to go and suffer the Princess's wrath. He gulped at the sight of Celestia and Luna, an evil smirk on both of there faces as their horns powered up with magic, about to blast him outta exsitance. Shaking his head, he thought "That's only if you get caught". Turning to face Crescent, he tried to get rid of his worry by putting on some bravado. "Oh it sounds good alright..that is if you can distract the guard look enough" Val teased, patting Crescent on the back.

Valoren nodded, as he agreed "Yeah, if things are good then we can hid out there. But if things are bad, then...HEADS UP" Val shouted as he shoved Midnight back, avoiding having her cleaved in two by a musuclar pony wielding a battle axe!! Leaping at the pony, Val kicked the axe out of his hooves, as he put up his own as the two started to have it out!! Ducking, and dodging from the ponies punches, and kicks at him; Val reached up as he grappled the pony, and tossed him onto his back. Raising his hoof high into the air, he attmepthed to axe kick the pony, but was tripped onto his backl. Rolling aside, Val jumped back up as he started to block, and deflect away the ponies attacks; looking for an opening so that he and Midnight could get away properly. Grasping the ponies left hoof, Val reared back as he slammed his overtop the ponies head, knocking him out.

Feeling for the bartender, Val briefly went into his own little world; thinking about what he said. These ponies must be operating through some sort of ranking system. Commanders in charge, or a leader that commanded them. But who was commanding these thief's? For what purpose was he having these things stolen. Was he simply an eccentric pony who had far too much time on his hooves? A million ideas ran through his head, and all of them bad as he grunted "I wonder if I were to find a member, if we could get them to tell what we wanted them to kn...". He was interupted by Dazzle as she spoke about the possiblites of this being like a Daring Do book!! He loved Daring Do yeah, but a small part of him was apprehensive to all this. "Oh, and thats where your friend is now" Val asked, a slow smirk etching his features at the mention of ancient ruins. That defeintly appealed to his adventerous side, as he thought to himself what wonders could await them?

"Oh, well we are on the outskirts of Canterlot, where right over there" pointed Val at the giant dome shapped buidling in the middle of Canterlot. "Is the library, the biggest one in all of Equestria" nodded Val to Crescent. Turning back to face him, he explained "What were looking for in there is most likely gonna be hidden in the restricted section though, so it wont be easy to get to them". A sneaky grin slowly echted onto his face, as he commented "But then again, if everythin in the world was easy; then that would be no fun at all. No challenge is the worst sorta thing for me".

Sitting up, Val let out a sheepish laugh as his head spun slowly, as he saw stars. "Ah heh heh, I didnt put those eggs in that basket, I was framed". Shaking his his head to get rid of the stars, he looked over at the stunned, and kinda silly looking Crescent. Gasping, he trotted up to him as he slowly poked his side. "Err, are you feeling okay? Sorry about that, I guess I need to control my speed abit more but I had really wanted to win" chuckled Val weakly, as he rubbed the back of his mane embarrased.

"Aww, thats a real disappointment" Val complained aloud, as he shook his his head in sadness at the sight of help wants for adventures on the notice board posted outside of Sugarcube corner. Or lake thereof really. It had been two weeks since he had gone on a real adventure, and he wasnt bored out of his mind. He was going completly crazy!!! For some ponies, they had a means to keep themslves business and entertained. By doing various chores, and exerceries to keep one's self happy. For Valoren Seeker, his means of happiness we're adventures!! Going to many different places, meeting many new friends, uncovering and recovering artificats that were exotic and rare for either just the sake of the adventuring. Infact, an adventuer for him wasnt completle without various traps, horrible monsters that wanted to kill, or destory something, and a ticking clock of a race against time; complete with an epic climax. Looking up, he remembered what happened when he had to escort a pair of zebra couple all the way back to there homeland. It had been a long trip, mostly cause of the bad weather. Constant storms were raging all around, the wind had become dangerously high, and it was getting hard to see. That, and with the dimaond dogs constantly chasing after the Zebras; wanting to get there horrid paws around the dimaond's they were transporting. To say that he had been exhausted after the entire ordeal was over would be the understatment of the millenieum. But he was pleased though he had been able to help, and get some bits along the way. But now here he was, two weeks later and no pony wanted help. Lowering his head in depression, Val turned away from the notice board as he went to get himself some lunch.

Val grinned as he put on the speed as he saw Crescent disappear for a moment. Determined to not lose so easily, Val kicked up his speed as he hopped hadnt fallen too far behind. Last thing that he wanted was to get beaten so easily by Crescent. However, it seemed he didnt need to worry too much as he saw Crescent come into view. Eyes widdening, he thought "NO WAIT STOP, SLOW DOWN" Raising his hooves as if trying to stop himself, he collided against Crescent, sailing through the air before landing in a pool of nearby water.

Just as Val reached the end, his cockiness got the best of him as he tripped over and rock; and sailed; going face first as he skidded across the dirt. Raising his head up, he shook it in a cartoonish manner as he blushed lightly as he watched Sandy go past him; having beaten him. Getting to his hooves, he chuckled "Heh heh, looks like yah got me" he chuckled playfully to her as he grinned at Sandy playfully.

Raising a brow, Grit leaned in close as he got a good look at Dazzle. "You sure got alot of questions, how do I know that your not working with them eh" he said in a low voice. Going to defend his friend, Val shot back "How do we know your not working for them"? Seeing the pegasus stare him down, the tough stallion chuckled "Fair enough. I used to run a business of selling quality cider that was so rare, that even ponyville dosent have a supply of it. It was one of the most popular drinks here; I called it "Miracle Cider". Then his voice went low. "Course the Illusive heard about it, and then cleared out my stock, including the list of ingridents to make the Cider, so I got nothing now, but standard drinks". "Ahh, too bad" Val nodded in sympathy to the guy, as he whispered "Whats in the Icy badlands" to Dazzle.

Val blinked as he had been eager, willing, and able to fight these new ponies. But when Midnight started to knock away at a tree, this caused the pegasus to look at him in complete confusion. Hearing her call for his aid, Val trotted next to her as he started to knock away at the tree; hoping to make the nest fall. Though he had no idea how this was going to help them, seein as how the ponies were gettin closer and closer. "I hope you know what your do..WHOA" Val shouted in alarm as the nest fell and whatever was waiting in the nest, popped out. "Okay, clearly you do know what your doing" Val commented as he started to run with her.

Grinning like a cocky foal, Val looked back to see how far he had left Crescent in the dust, but was surprised to see no sight of the pegasus at all. "Wow, I guess Ima too good" grinned the adventurer. Feeling a poke on his side, Val looked to where he had been tapped but saw no sight of the pegasus. Feeling another tap, Val looked to his other side; but once more he saw no sight of anypony. Grinning cheekily, he turned to catch sight of the guy as he pointed dramatically "YOOU" as he watched him pull ahead. "Nuh uh, you wont beat me so easily" Val called to him, as he started to speed up more and more to catch up with the speedsters.

Valoren swived and swerved through the jungle, evading the zebra tribe they just encountered. He couldnt help but wonder what other sort of freakish creatiosn would attack them. The last thiing he wanted was to step his hoof down, and find himself standing over a giant, pony eating mouth in the ground. His wild imagination was running rampat, so he hopped that wouldnt be the case and that he would be able to help his friend out of this jungle saftley. Suddenly, a group of other poneis rushed towards them, one muscular looking. Thinking it was more enemies, Val skidded to a halt as he put his hooves up in a fighting stance.

"Let's Val smiled at his new friend, or at least who he thought was his new friend. Trotting down the street for a few moments, he looked up as he noticed that the sky was already getting dark. A small part of him wondered that if it would be acceptable if he were to call for Princess Luna, and ask if they could get a lift to the moon as that would make it eaiser. But Crescent had said he watned to fly to the moon, so that's what he wanted. Seeing the library, he blinked to himself "Ahh, i got an idea to make this abit funner". Grinning, he talked really fast "Let'sgorace,readysetgo" BOOM!! He took off!!

Raising a brow, Grit shrugged as he slowly went to make some juice. "Sure, I know about them. They come in here all the time" he responded slowly as he placed the glass down in front of the unicorn. Locking eyes with the two, he explained "They call themselves "The Illusive Squad, a group of ponies that search high and low for valuables and treasures". Returning to cleaning, he snorted "Course unlike most, these ponies dont have any morals. They take what they want, and hurt anypony that gets in there way. Nothing matters to them accept for reaching there goal". Valoren stared at this pony with shock, amazed that these guys were so well known. If they were well known enough for them to go around, hurting others and takign that they wanted; then they werent exactly saints. "Why are they called "The Illusive Squad? If ponies know about them, how can they be...". "Mostly from the fact that whenever the local law tries to capture them, they always escape. It dosnet matter what they do, somehow they get away; hence the name" Grit muttered.

"It is amazing yes, but its sad at the same time since I'm always on hte move, and dont have alot of time to spend with them. I want to change that though, so I can be happier with myself" Val soflty admitted. As the Zebras surrounded, Val responded "Okay, this isnt right. I dont know about you, but Ive never met any of these kinds of zebras" as he noticed them standing on two hooves. Instead of hooves holding the spears, they looked more like fingers as Val blinked "What sorta creautres are they"? As he eyed around for a way out, he smiled as he got an idea. Reaching into his satchel, he slowly removed a shiny gem up towards the sun, the gleam blinding the zebras.. Taking Midnights hoof, he whispered for her to follow as he led her throught the crowd of zebras.

Valoren smiled in response as he was led to the pegasus's hoome. It certaintly had been awhile since he had been to Canterlot. Walking into Crescents home as he waited for him to return, Val thoguht long and hard about what he was promiseing to Crescent. A way to the moon...sounded almost fantasty. But hey, to one that was all powerful and able to wield magic so powerful that they could alter the moon and sun, that musta seemed easy. For one ordinary like Val however, it seemed like a dream. But dreams could come true if one fought hard enough for them. That's what Val learned when he left Cloudsdale, and went off into the world ot become an adventurer. He learned about what sort of things were out there, and what sort of other ponies that were out there. He had to wonder to himself however, if he would be able to keep finding what he wanted forever. Looking at the sword, Val blinked as he grinned in awe "Wooooooww, that is so cool"!!! Taking it in one hoof, Val backed up as he grined; tossing the blade up into the air as it spun like a saw. Catching it carefully as he landed, he handed it back to Crescent. "Really cool sword" Val nodded.

Val watched Crescents reaction to the mention of libraries as he couldnt help but roll his eyes in respone. Val himself was abit of reader, mostly of adventure stories or whenever he wanted to discover a new location. Grinning lightly in response as he chuckled "Heh heh, trust me it wont be that bad. Just going over some charts, maps, encyclopeadia...heh, kidding" Val grinned as he chuckled lightly in response. Hearing, he nodded "Do you even have to ask? Course I'll go along with ya!! I love adventures". He was tired from his last adventure, but he would let the pumping adrenaline fuel him for this new one.

"Wow, thats quiet a story" Val nodded in admiration. This guy was definatly driven, Val had to give him that. But did that mean that he would be able to succed? "HMmm" Val mused as he put a hoof to his chin. "In order to fly to the moon, I would suggest trying to talk to Princess Luna, but thats out because of how busy she is" Val admitted. A slow smirk etched his features, as he commneted "However, that dosent mean its not impossible. I think that the first best thing for one to do is to go to the canterlot library, and look up something related to what your asking: A device that will allow one to fly to the moon. Once we know what it is, we go for this item, and retrieve it. That way, you'll be able to go the moon with no problem at all" beamed the pegasus, now starting to get excited talking about going on a possible adventure. Realizing he was getting ahead of himself, he blusehd "That is all in theory I mean uhh".

Nodding in thanks to the two, Geary wondered what exactly was the plan. They were nearing the cave, and he couldnt help but wonder what exactly they were gonna look for? "Umm, what are we looking for anywho Pip? Treasure, or some lost city" Geary quesitoned as he put a hoof to his head in wonder. As they arrived at the caves entrance, Geary looked up as in his imagination the cave entrance looked like a skull. "OOOooo, spooky" Geary grinned lightly. Raising his sword into the air at the idea of being attacked by undead skelletions, vicious monster, and spooky spirits!!!

The deer looked at Sherlock as if he had grown a second head, wondering if Sherlock was either on something really strong, or if he was simply stupid. "Back out...are you kidding me...after all that trouble making, jerk has done to me?!! There is no way in hay that I am gonna sit aside whilst you get revenge on Discord!! I want first crack at him for what he did to me" Val stomped his hoof in annoyance. Sitting back, he commented "Oh dont worry, I'll act like he's the one who has all the cards in his hands. Fool him into believeing that he can do whatever. All Im hoping is that I dont get altered any further then I am right now. As enlighting as this experince has been, I'd rather resemble a pegasus again". Eyeing Sherlock, he asked "Killed huh? Well, either we beat him now and turn the whole world back to normal. We get killed, and then no pony can stop him. Or the last and probably worse; he alters us, and we become silly parts of the background. Im sorta betting on us stopping him today".

(From seven to three, how depressing . Oh well, I'll just do mah best to keep rp active ^_^ ) Blushing with pride at the praise he was recieving, Geary nodded as he commented "Thanks guys". Hearing of Lights plea for a wooden sword, Geary bopped his head up and down. "Okay" agreed the earth pony as he reached up and grabbed another think branch. Vanishing in another cloud, the sounds of the stick being sleeked down, and then bang!! There he was with another sword. "Here you go" smiled Geary as he handed the sword to Lux. Wishing that they had something that would make them more authentic pirates, Geary put a hoof to his chin as he tried to think. Blinking, he grinned with delight as he commented "OOo, another idea"!! Reaching into his satchel/bag, he removed the sheet that he had been useing for formulas for his earlier idea!! That was for teen, no fun Geary!! Drawing a symbol of three foals, all with swords pointed up at the sky on the sheet; he then took another long stick and placed it through the sheets side; making it resmble a flag. "Heh heh, how's this" asked the eager Geary.

Val stepped over some of the drunken ponies, obviously having tasted abit too much of the ol cider. Wondering who would be the best to speak to, Val looked over at the busy barkeep who was obvioulsy getting alotta buisness today. "The bar keep would be our best bet" Val nodded to Dazzle as he approached the bar. Sitting down, he called over for the barkeep who was tough looking pony, really muscular wiht a rough looking gotee and messy hair. "Can I help you" he asked the two, as he was cleaning some glasses with a free hoof.

"Ahhh, alot of friends. Some of them closer then others. Its been awhile since Ive seen them though since there speard all over Equestria. I have a dragon friend that lives in the Badlands, a Zebra warrior that resides in Unyasi. Yeah, but its hard for me to keep up with meeting them all since my travels usually keeps me from one place for too long. I'm really trying to change that though so that way I can be around my friends more often, like Im trying to find somewhere where I can have a permeant home". SCracthing the back of his neck, he smiled weakly "Havent found..WHOA"!!! He was surprised as suddenly multiple things jumped down above from the trees, surrounding the two of them at high speed. Val then found himself staring at a wall of spears, pointed at him and Midnight; being held by...Zebras???

Seeing the sheepish look on the guys face, Val shrugged as he gave a weak smile before patting him on the back. "Its no big deal, we all have pretty wild dreams when were young. I for example, wanted to see if I could discover others world's that exiscted apart from Equestria when I was a foal. A world that had none of the creatures that lived in Equestria". Chuckling, he smiled "Havent found any proof to such a thing though to be honest". Blinking, he then said "Yeah, like I was saying, Im pretty sure that it is possible for a pony to fly to the moon. Its gonna require something, and its gonna take one to be fast...real fast".

As she said this, Val couldnt help but think of his own friends as he wondered to himself how they were doing...wait...what friends? Or at least memorable ones?? As a travelver, he would go to many different exoitc places and lands, discovering new things everyday and meeting new ponies. He would befriend these ponies, spend time with them for awhile and then vanish. He would come back and visit but not for very long. He hadn't seen any of his own childhood friends for along time soo..in a way that made him sad because he hadnt been around anypony well known for quiet some time now. Looking down casted at this; he gasped when he saw a tear roll down his friends cheek. "Hey hey, whats wrong" Val asked concerned.