Restless Afternoon

Sandy strained with all his might- he focused his attention on the rock, willing it to rise. He could feel his magic working- it's like a hand reaching out to pick up the rock. It kept pulling away when it tried to lift the rock. But this time, he put all his thought into it- all that mattered was Sandy and the rock. A green field surrounded the rock, and it rose a few feet off the ground. He could do it! He was a unicorn but he thought he just couldn't do magic! But it turned out he could! He immediately dropped the rock and went zipping around the wood, energetically telling everypony he saw he could do it.

"HeymisterIcandomagicIthoughtIcan'tbutIcancauseIlifteduparocksee?"

That was the gist of it; nopony could reply because the moment he said it he zipped away. That is, until he ran head first into a Pegasus that had just landed. He didn't hurt her, as he was just a colt but he recoiled, his head spinning.

Sandy sat there, dazed for a moment when he he saw the pony he'd run into. He saw she was looking for her glasses, so he sheepishly picked them up and hoofed her them.

"Sorry, I got a bit excited- just learned I can do magic!"

After he remembered that, he was off again, zipping around in every direction. Sandy never ran out of energy- some said he could run fast enough to power the entire town on a treadmill.

His mind then switched to his other love- treasure hunting. He was off to find a tomb full of treasure! Of course, he had never actually found one but did Daring Do ever give up? No! She kept trying until she succeeded! And that's what he was gonna do. With a gasp of delight, he realised that his magic would be very helpful! Shifting debris and taking the treasure from a distance to avoid traps! It would be excellent!

Sandy saw the Pegasus he had bumped into earlier flying above him.

"Can'ttalknowofftofindtreasureinparkleftbytheknughtsofthethirdjourney!"

He had to find that treasure! It was very old and valuable. It would be a great story for the papers- 'colt, 8, finds ancient treasure buried under park. Is now richest pony in all equestria.'

He'd be daring do- the best adventurer ever! Only in real life! He'd read stories about an arrogant, wisecracking pony who went on tons of adventures with his friends, and sandy wanted to be just like him. After all, his friends were practically brothers Sandy.

He zipped off to a statue and started voicing all over it in search of the hidden entrance to the tomb.

Sandy stopped a moment. He decided he needed an assistant in his adventures! Daring Do surely didn't need one, but sandy was just starting out. He turned to her, and calmed himself so he could talk normally.

" Well, ok. My names Sandy. I'm looking for the treasure of the third journey- after a big journey once made, a knight of canterlot buried the riches he found on his travels in these woods. I'm looking for them. It'll besomuchfuntofindallthetreasureI'llbefamousandit'llbegreat!" He breathlessly exclaimed, his energy coming back.

It'd be so much fun to find the treasure! He'd be so rich, he could buy all the candy he could ever want! His eyes shone at the thought of it all. That sugar.....

"Yaaaaaay!"
Sandy was elated- it would be brilliant to go on an adventure, especially since older ponies normally took no interest in his treasure hunting.

"Ok, let's go! Deep in this wood, there's the tomb of an ancient warrior, who had all his riches buried with him! We"ll go and get it! It'll be a great adventure, just like daring do!"

He galloped off deeper into whitetail wood, determined to find a tomb he had invented in a split second.

Sandy was happily trotting through the forest- he hadn't a clue where he was going but it would be fun nonetheless! It was starting to get a little dark though.

Searching around, Sandy found a a small clearing. Perfect for a campsite! He looked back to mist, and called over.

"This looks like a good campsite! I say we set up here!"

He thought for a moment. There was something Sandy was forgetting.... Mum and Dad! He quickly focused his magic on a feather and pad he had in his bag. He wrote a letter explaining what he was doing, then called on the mailmare. She was a Pegasus, so she quickly arrived at his location, took the letter and flew off.

Now that was dealt with, he started looking around for sticks for a fire.

Mist nodded setting her bag down and then quickly zooms over the woods back into Ponyville. A few minutes passed on, coming back with... a lot of stuff using the clouds as carts hovering over to the spot and drops down where Sandy is.

Supplies, two sleeping bags and a nice cozy tent for two setting the it up first hoofing the nails into the ground, using her tail and that spin attack to cut the trunks down to make some seats around.

Sandy smiles- this mare was really helpful! He got the firewood and collected some stones, putting them in a circle. He put some sticks in as well, then used two more to light a fire. His dad had taught him that. He took some marshmallows out his saddle bag and put one on each stick he had used to light the fire. He passed one to Mist then put his own in the flame.

"So, have you ever been on an adventure like this?" He asked.

Looking around, Sandy didn't see much of interest. Just the trees around them. He had heard a story of a filly having an encounter with some zombie ponies who at first seemed normal, but thought cutie marks were a curse. Didn't sound true, but Sandy liked a good story nonetheless. He wished he could get his cutie mark but he supposed it would come with time.

As soon as Sandy saw the picture, he was filled with excitement. He'd always thought it was just Equestria, and wasn't much really beyond it. But just by looking at the picture Sandy could tell this place was pretty far away. And the these Kirin! Half dragon, half pony? They'd be so cool!

"Canwegocanwegocanwegocanwegoitsoundssoamazingandfunandcool!"

Sandy started zipping all around the campsite with sheer excitement. Think of all the other places there could be! Neighpon could just be the beginning! What if the other places to see? If Sandy could find them, get them to visit Equestria and then get the Equestrian ponies to visit these far off lands, he would be hailed as the greatest adventurer of all time!

He was about to continue when he fell to the ground, asleep from the burst of energy.

He dreamed of himself as a knight, turning up to the gates of a great castle. The king would no doubt welcome him, where Sandy would tell him of his homeland of peace and prosperity and be rewarded handsomely to guide the King's men there to visit! And then Princess Celestia would surely reward Him as well for finding these great ponies!

Sandy opened his eyes, and was off like a shot. First, breakfast. He went down to a little stream- he'd been in these woods a few times so he knew where the basic survival stuff was. At the stream, Sandy took a mini fishing rod out of his saddle bag. He tried his luck, but realised that firstly it was running water, and you can't rod fish as fish don't have time to bite. Secondly, it was a toy rod. He wouldn't get that far without bait either.

He sighed. He wanted to be useful though, and he was really hungry. He then had an idea. He strained his horn, working his magic. A bead of sweat trickled down from his forehead. Finally, with one lady grunt of exertion Sandy managed to levitate a couple of fish out of the water to eat. He cheerfully brought them back to the camp, ready for breakfast. Then he realised that ponies can't eat fish. He grunted in frustration, throwing the fish back into the river.

He decided to just get the general plant life- he picked up daisies and grass and the like for breakfast, and he had no idea how to cook them. Maybe miss mist could cook them. Then again Sandy's mum was an awful cook. Still, never hurt to ask. He galloped to Mist and shook her awake.

"Miss Mist, can you cook?"

Sandy ran into the tent and grabbed the ingredients Mist had requested. He rushed out again and lay them down in front of her.

"So, what are you cooking?"

After getting his answer Shy darted around a set of trees. He started shaking one- he hoped to get the cones out of one of them. He liked to collect them- he had no idea why, but he did. He picked some off the ground and put them in his saddle bag. He also went down to the stream and held his water bottle in the flow to fill it up. He observed his surroundings. It was so peaceful he could actually calm down a little. It was silent aside from the flow of the water.. He saw the occasional Pegasus flying over head, on a journey no doubt.

The mailmare popped down to sandy and handed him a letter. He opened it, reading that it was fine what he was doing as long as he was with a trustworthy adult. Mist seemed fine. She was certainly really nice. He payed the mailmare, put the letter in his saddlebag and trotted back to Mist.

Sandy read the letter happily. Good, it was OK what they were doing. He was then blindfolded. At first he thought it was an attack, but he realised it was just Mist. Bit drastic, but she was probably doing it for a good reason. It was a bit boring being forced to wear a blindfold for 45 straight minutes but he knew it would pay off.

He sat in the chair, still blindfolded and took in the aroma of the food. It smelled brilliant! He took off the blindfold at Mist's instructions and his eyes lot up at the meal before him. It looked amazing- he loved seaweed! And the rice looked appealing too. And the soup looked brilliant as well! He would've stuck right in if he hadn't listened to Mist.

"This looks excellent! What word do we need to repeat?"

Sandy did as Mist instructed, putting his hooves into the position she showed him. He then said "Itadakimasu" and bowed with his eyes shut. He then dug right into the food.

It was absolutely brilliant. The seaweed was better than candy (which was a huge compliment- this kid is practically drip-fed the stuff) the tea had this curious edge to it- he wasn't a big tea fan, but this brew was great! The soup tasted kind of similar to his grandad's- AKA excellent. The vegetables and daisies tasted as they sounded- like vegetables and daisies. Not much to really say on that. The rice was the best part- it was like every grain was a tiny little capsule of taste. Beautiful. Just beautiful.

After scoffing the nosh, Sandy looked at Mist.

"ThatwasthebestthingI'veevertastedthankyouthankyouthankyou!!!"

He hugged Mist for the delicious meal.

"Now, should we get going? We have a temple to find!"