After looking through the vast library of ancient texts, the Alicorn duo had found several more books relating to the Twilight Princess. They now had enough information to prepare for the event in question, but one question still plagued them.

"Where is she?" Midnight asked in an annoyed tone as he looked over a large map of the dragon nation. He and Celestia were now in Twilights library in Ponyville, looking over various maps that the young unicorn had made during her travels around the globe to find the spell to release Midnight from his stone prison.

Twilight had painstakingly drawn the maps herself with the aid of various other beings that were familiar with the areas in question. Over the time she had been traveling, she had seen a lot and heard countless stories of various areas. Taking the opportunity, she would write down all of the information, and then place it inside of Midnight's stash portal to be safe.

Currently, the three ponies were skimming slowly over the dragon nations map that Twilight had made. The only problem they were having though, was with finding the exact location of where the Twilight princess had been buried. After being in diamond for so long and then flowing through an underground river of magma. There was no telling where she would have ended up.

Even with the most powerful of magic, nopony could have scanned these underground rivers of lava that moved below the tectonic plates covering the world. For all they knew, she could be right under-hoof and they would never know. The only course of action would to be to prepare for the worst, and hope for the best.

The dark Alicorn gave an annoyed snort as he hovered above the large map covering a large section of the floor. The map had been enchanted by Twilight herself to show the exact elevation of the land and even put into color the areas that were wooded, baron, or covered in rock and lava from active volcanos. I was a site to behold considering that 3D graphics had absolutely nothing on this kind of realism.

"Night, I'm sorry to say that we may not have any luck in locating where this being will show up from. The underground rivers of magma from the dragon nation run all through the entire globe. You are essentially trying to find a needle in a haystack. I think our best option would to prepare for the event. You can make multiple clones of yourself and send them out around the globe to see if anything pops up." Twilight stated as she looked worriedly toward her stallion.

"As much as I would love to do that, I can't. My clones are only good for a specific amount of time before they end up disappearing. It also puts a lot of strain on me as well. The more magic I put into each clone the longer they will last of course, but I am only limited to a specific amount of magic before I turn back into a human. Since finding out about my leeching capability toward any and everything around me, I don't want to risk hurting anyone, or thing just to satisfy my curiosity. So for the time being, we will need to send out scouting parties around the globe and advise the other nations of what is to come." He sighed as he landed next to the lavender unicorn and rubbed his tiny frame up against her leg, she smiling down to him and giving his head a quick peck.

"Night, I'm sure you're aware of our standing with the Griffon nation since our last encounter with their now dethroned king. Ever since that time, he has tried to regain his standing and return to the throne. However the Elders have kept him from doing so through various means. One such thing being in turning his own son against him." Celestia sighed at thinking of having a child turn against their only parent.

"Regardless, we should let them know since it was one of their kings and his son that imprisoned her in the first place. We can only hope that if it comes down to it, they will do it once again." Midnight stated rather coldly as he thought of when he had fought the griffon king before almost killing him.

The trio continued looking over the maps for a short while longer before a yawn escaped Twilight signalling that they had reached their limit for the day. Although the two Alicorns were not tired in the least, now having the energy of youth behind them. They decided to call it a night and head back to their respective homes. Celestia teleporting to the castle, as Midnight curled up with Twilight in her bed. It would be a long night for all of them, but maybe the morn would bring something better.

"Put your backs into it you lazy dogs!" Fido shouted toward several larger dogs that were digging wildly into the hardened ground. Ever since their encounter with Midnight all those years ago, they had taken the opportunity to dig from just outside of Ponyville, to countless miles away in every direction. The clan had broken into several groups, all heading in different directions to see if they could find better mining grounds for gems. One of the groups however managed to dig far enough underground to go under the ocean before making it into the dragon nation. Although it had taken many years to traverse that distance, along with non-stop digging. They had arrived around twenty miles inland into the nation of the giant dragons.

All around them were countless, massive, lizards that breathed fire. Having the ability to sweep them up in an instant for an easy snack. But for dragons, Diamond dogs were no tasty treat. They were creatures that would work with the dragons to help procure gems for them to eat. A happy dragon, being fed by many Diamond dogs, would defend them in order to keep their bellies full. During the past couple of years, the dogs had found an ally. That ally being one of the largest earth dragons they had ever seen.

As with the ponies of the world, there were dragons that were similar in the type of ponies that lived amongst Equestria. Like with ponies, the dragons had the earth type, flying type, magic type, and the extremely rare type that would have all of those abilities together in a single dragon. The Diamond Dogs however, had managed to dig into the burrow of a large earth dragon that had been napping for some time. After the dragon had captured one of the dogs, it noticed the collar that it wore, and the gem that was held within it. some negotiations were made, and the dogs would be allowed to stay in the dragons dwelling, and be protected, as long as they supplied him with gems.

Currently, the entire cave was working on a path they had come across that led into a cavern of molten rock. It had been carefully monitored and scouted by a small group of dogs some time ago. Many different cache of gems had been located within it, including diamonds and sapphires. However, they were currently digging up a huge gem that they had come across by accident. A rock had fallen from the ceiling of the cave and came crashing down onto a large concentration of coal, splitting it open to reveal a large diamond within. The diamond was at least twenty feet in diameter, and the dogs knew that the dragon would love to have this delicacy in his claws. A diamond this size is considered the sweetest candy to any dragon, and highly coveted. Some have even been traded for females of the dragon race, or fought over by the more powerful of dragons.

But now, these Diamond dogs were about to finish digging out the largest diamond they had ever found. But there was one slight problem that they had not managed to see until quite a bit of it had been uncovered. Many of the dogs washed the surface of the diamond clean as they all began to look at it in awe.

"What is it?" One of them spoke up as he tilted his head slightly trying to figure out what type of creature it was.

"Don't know, but dragon might find it appetizing also." Another chuckled as he waved to a group of large dogs to finish clearing the rubble away before pulling it out of the ground. Although the diamond was huge, it was extremely light. Maybe even only several hundred pounds at most.

Once the diamond had been pulled from the ground, the dogs placed it onto a large cart before they began pulling it through the cave. Several other smaller dogs were on the cart, washing the diamond thoroughly as they were slowly tugged along. After about an hour, they had reached the den area of the dragon, Fido being the head dog of the group, stepped forward to the large dragon that was staring quietly out of the cave before giving a large yawn and baring his massive teeth.

"Master?" Fido spoke out as he came up to the large dragon, giving a slight bow, my dogs have found a large gem that we would like to offer as payment for your continued protection for the next several months."

The dragons head slowly lifted from the ground as it turned its massive eyes to the dog, giving a slight snort before opening its mouth to speak.

"Several months you say? My my, that must be quite the gem you have managed to dig up then." He gave a throaty chuckle causing the dog to give a nervous smile.

"Very well then, bring it to me. I will see if it is worthy of several months worth of protection." He smirked as he propped up his head up onto his taloned paw. The dog gave a quick whistle that echoed through the cave, signalling to the small group to pull the cart around the corner and into view. Once it began to round the corner, the dragons eyes went wider and wider upon seeing how huge the gemstone was. Fido jumped out of the way as several large blobs of thick saliva hit the ground near him, giving off a loud hiss as it began to slightly dissolve the ground it had hit.

"Me takes it that you likes the gem." Fido grinned, rubbing his paws together but paused and shrunk away slightly as the dragon glared toward him.

"You've done well in finding this, scrumptious little thing, for me." He grinned evilly toward the dog, but paused as the gem got closer, letting him notice the creature that was trapped within it. "What's this?" He stated as he reached out toward the cart causing the dogs to scatter as hte gripped it and lifted it up to just a couple yard from his eye as he starred into the gem.

"We not sure. Creature was in gem when we pulled it out of ground master." Fido spoke up as he looked up to it."Possible creamy filling?" He chuckled slightly.

"Creamy filling huh?" The dragon stated in mock sarcasm before laughing loudly to the dog. The laugh echoing loudly through the cave before trailing off into its depths. "Very well then dog, since your clan has found such a marvelous gem, along with it's 'creamy filling', and making me laugh. I agree to give you six months of protection for this, along with my daily meals. Far more generous than you have asked for." He smiled down to the dog who smiled back, the rest of the dogs barking loudly in approval as well.

"Master is too kind. We go back to digging now, will have your dinner out shortly." Fido stated as he bowed before quickly making his exit.

The dragon sat the giant diamond down onto the floor in front of him as he lay down in front of it. Giving the gem a long lick, he pulled his tongue back into his mouth as it gave off a few sparks.

"Hmmmmm, it seems as if this gem was enchanted for some reason. He thought quietly to himself before licking it again, sending out a few more sparks of magic. "What creature would be so dangerous that the populace that imprisoned it would resort to diamond as its prison?" He hummed again as he continued licking it.

"It doesn't matter, Once I have finished tasting my treat, I will eat it as well. Creamy filling indeed." He chuckled as he continued licking it like a huge lollipop.