Daring Do: And The Divine Crown of the End

Inside the Temple (Part 1/4)

As soon as the door closed, the inside of the temple started getting dark, making it hard for Diamond and Daring Do to see. Diamond then tried to use her magic to light up the room, but apparently, this temple was cursed, preventing unicorns/alicorns from using their magic. Daring Do turned to Diamond, seeing that Diamond was trying to use her magic, but she couldn't.

"Uh, what are you doing?" Daring Do asked giving Diamond a confused look.

Diamond sighed, as she gave up trying to use her magic.

"I was trying to use my magic to light up the room, but I'm guessing that this temple was cursed, preventing unicorns and alicorns from using their magic." said Diamond as she looked at Daring Do.

"A temple that's cursed, preventing unicorns and alicorns from using their magic? Well, that's just great. Hmm... " said Daring Do as she tried looking around in the dark to see if there's a torch or something which would help them to see inside the temple.

Diamond put her hoof in her bag, searching for the flashlights she had in there, just in case something ever prevents her from using her magic. If there's the one thing she knows about any kind of mission she has, it's that she always has to be prepared. Diamond was able to find the two she kept in her bag, just in case one of them runs out of battery.

"It's a good thing I packed some flashlights, then." said Diamond as she took them out.

Diamond gave one to Daring Do. They turned them on, allowing them to see some of the hallway.

"Stay close, and watch your step. Who knows what kind of traps this kind of temple has?" said Daring Do as she looked at Diamond cautiously before carefully walking down the hall.

Diamond nodded, understanding on what to do, before carefully walking with Daring Do down the hall. As they were carefully walking down the hall, Diamond looked around, kinda amazed at how ponies would make a temple just as beautiful as she imagined they would look in the Daring Do books. When Diamond was looking around, Daring Do had a confident glare on her face, as they kept going. But soon enough, Diamond accidentally stepped on a tile which caused a lot of arrows to shoot from the walls. Diamond noticed them, and jumped back, dodging the arrows. Daring Do instantly turned around as she got shocked about it, and went up to Diamond.

"Wait a second.." said Diamond as she looked at the easily set off trap tiles.

"What's wrong?" Daring Do asked, a little concerned.

Diamond sees a pebble close to both of them, she gave a tap to the tiles, and one of them set off the arrow trap again, hitting the other side of the wall. Daring Do and Diamond were shocked, and Diamond gulped, a little frightened from the arrows.

"I guess most of the tiles set off the trap." said Diamond as she looked at Daring Do.

Diamond sighed, trying to calm down, before having a confident glare on her face.

"Hmm.." said Daring Do as she looked at the tiles, trying to figure out how to get through them without setting it off.

Diamond then started doing the same thing. Most the tiles set off the trap by shooting tons of arrows from the side of the wall, but some of them are safe for them to walk or crawl on. As they continue on down the hallway, Diamond was still looking around, carefully, and on the alert, in case if there was another trap on the ground. With that, while Daring Do was walking, she's looking for a way out of there, but then trips over something. Diamond goes up to her, and sees that Daring Do has tripped over a tripwire. After a few seconds, the ground started to shake, as Diamond got Daring Do back on her hooves as they looked around.