It was a dark night in the land of Equestria, and waiting at the entrence to the Everfree Forest was a pony with a dark hood over her head. Then a little orange filly with a moderate cerise mane, grayish purple eyes, and no cutie mark, named Scootaloo approached the pony who lifted her hood and revealed her face. "You are late." Princess Luna said in a stern tone. "A thousand apologies, O patient one." Scootaloo said. "You have it, then?" Princess Luna asked. "I had to slit a few throats, but I got it." Scootaloo said as she took out half of a purple sphere from her small bag. When Princess Luna reached for it, Scootaloo yanked it back, and said "Ah ah ah! The treasure!" Then, a red bolt shot at Scootaloo who jumped back and dropped the half of the sphere.

A young mare with a pale cornflower blue mane, dark grayish violet eyes that glow red occasionally because of her alicorn amulet that she wears on her gray cape with a hood on it, and a magic wand for her cutie mark named Trixie who is Princess Luna's apperentice picked up half of the sphere with her magic and gave it to Princess Luna. "Trust me, my little filly." Princess Luna said as she took out the second half of the sphere from her bag. "You'll get what's coming to you." "The great and powerful Trixie agrees." Trixie said. Princess Luna then connected the halfs of the sphere and it became one sphere. It then started glowing blue and it spun around a couple of times before it took off into the Everfree Forest.

"Quickly! Follow the trail!" Princess Luna shouted as she, Trixie, and Scootaloo ran into the forest to follow the sphere. They ran & ran, and even ran across a bridge until the sphere went underground, and the ground shook, rose up, and took on the form of a dog-like creature named Ahuizotl who has his mouth open that serves as an entrance to the cave. "At last, after all my years of searching, the Cave of Wonders!" Princess Luna said grinning. "Oh, wow." Trixie said in amazement. "By Celestia." Scootaloo said in the same amount of amazement as Trixie. "Now remember, young filly." Princess Luna said to Scootaloo. "Bring me the statue. The rest of the treasure is yours, but the statue is mine." Scootaloo grins and walks to the entrance. "And be careful! Danger could be lurking behind every nook and cranny!" Trixie said before whispering to her mistress "Jeez, where'd you dig this foal up?" Princess Luna shushed her as if she was telling her to be quiet.

Scootaloo reached the cave, but once she stepped onto the mouth, she was blown away by Ahuizotl who asked in a deep rough voice "Who disturbs my slumber?" "I-I-I-It is I, Scootaloo, a humble theif." Scootaloo said trembling in fear. "Know this. Only one may enter here." Ahuizotl said. "One whose worth lies within. A diamond in the rough." Scootaloo questionly turned to Princess Luna who said "What are you waiting for? Go on!" Scootaloo hesitated, taking one step at a time. With great apprehension, she planted her hoof down on the step inside the cave, and closed her eyes. When she opened them, nothing happened. She sighed in relieve but then Ahuizotl roared. Scootaloo screamed and tried to escape but the entrance to the cave collapsed on her. "NOOOOOOOO!" Princess Luna yelled as she shielded her eyes and Trixie was blown over from the wind. "Seek thee out, the diamond in the rough." Ahuizotl said as the sphere rose from the ground, splitted in two, and fell to the floor.

Trixie coughed a couple of times before she shook the dust off of her, and stood up. "I can't believe it." Trixie said in anger as she picked up the two halves of the sphere with her magic. "I just don't believe it! We're never gonna get a hold of that stupid statue! Just forget it! Look at this. Look at this. I'm so ticked off that I'm shedding!" And she was shedding some hair from her mane before it stopped, and she gave Princess Luna the two halves of the sphere. "Patience, my apprentice, patience!" Princess Luna said as she placed the halves of the sphere in her bag. "Scootaloo was obviously less than worthy." "Oh, there's a big surprise!" Trixie said extremely sarcastically. "That's an incred-I think the great and powerful Trixie is gonna have a heart attack and die from that surprise!"

Princess Luna simply rolled her eyes as Trixie said "What're we gonna do?! We got a big problem here, a big prob-!" Trixie could not finish her sentence because Princess Luna used her magic to pinch her lips shut. "Yes, indeed we do." Princess Luna said. "Only one may enter. I must find this one, this...diamond in the rough."