Daring Do, intrepid pony explorer, was tied to the boat mast, her wings tightly secured by a dirty rope while around her, the Lipizzan sea roared with fury, wave after furious wave hitting the deck. Daring squinted her eyes and saw the treacherous Captain Hooked Hoof approaching her.

“Are ya afraid, Mrs. Do?” he asked with a scratchy voice.

“You won´t get away with this,” the heroine responded.

“I reckon I have,” he gloated showing off the fabulous Crown of the Crystal Princess.

“That belongs in a museum!” Daring retorted.

“So do you!”

Just then, a powerful wave raised over their heads and…

****

“Booooooring!”

“It´s not boring, Scootaloo!” Sweetie Belle retorted.

“Yeah, what´s so wrong about it?” Apple Bloom asked.

“They do nothing but talk! It´s all blah blah and blah! Where do we get to the good part?” Scootaloo asked.

“In a minute! Daring has to escape the storm, lead a mutiny and fell in love with the handsome second mate who was being forced to serve Hooked Hoof to protect his little sister!” Sweetie Belle said with hearts on her eyes.

Scootaloo almost puke at this.

“Why does she has to fall in love with the second mate?” Apple Bloom asked.

“Because it´s a pirate story! All good pirate stories have romance in it!”

“Lameeee! Pirate stories are boring and full with all that fuzzy love stuff,” Scootaloo said, making Sweetie´s cheeks inflate with anger. “We need a story full of action and suspense and action and combat and action!”

“What do you suggest?’ Apple Bloom asked.

****

Daring Do walked into the temple of the three headed monkey where a magical gem was guarded. She carefully step into the chamber, ready for any trap in the floor but she didn´t count that ceiling  was already filled with the most deadly of traps…”

****

“Spikes?” Apple Bloom asked.

“No! Ninjas!”

*****

The ninjas descended in dozens, wave after furious wave of masked ponies, armed with katanas, shurikens, nunchakus, tonfas and…

*****

“Oh come on! That's just silly! How many weapons can they carry? And you're ripping off my story!” Sweetie Belle protested.

“Ninjas can carry dozens of weapons,” Scootaloo said, crossing her arms.

“And how do they fit them in their pajamas?”

“They have pockets! And they're not pajamas, it´s a keikogi!”

“Girls! I have an idea for a story…”

*****

Daring Do steps into the desert town of Dodge Junction and then…

*****

“NO!” both fillies screamed.

“What?”

“You´re making it a cowboy story!” Sweetie Belle said.

“So?”

“Nopony likes cowboys! They´re boring, Apple Bloom!” Scootaloo said.

“They´re not!”

“They´re at least better than ninjas…” Sweetie Belle murmured.

“You take that back!”

“Cowboys are cool!”

“Ninjas are better!”

“Pirates are awesome!”

Rainbow Dash sighed. Maybe the idea of creating a Daring Do fanclub wasn´t so great, especially when Twilight´s suggestion of a fanfic event turned out like this.

“Uh, rainbow…”

“Yes, Spike. What is it?”

“Would you take a look at my fanfic? It´s about Daring´s adventures with her new dragon sidekick, Scales!”

“Jeez, where did you come out with such an origi-” But Rainbow didn't finished the sentence. Spike looked genuinely proud of what he made. “Well, at least you're the only one who managed to finish a story…”

Rainbow start reading while Spike beamed with joy and the Crusaders kept arguing in a corner.