































MY LITTLE PONY II 
"Read It and Weep" 


**EDITED**






















TEASER 

SC 1 -EXT. GRASSY FIELD IN PONYVILLE - DAY 

Twilight Sparkle is returning from the marketplace with a satchel of groceries. As she strolls along the path, she sees Pinkie Pie and Rarity looking up at the sky. She approaches them with curiosity. 

1 TWILIGHT SPARKLE (LOOKING UP)
Hey Rarity. Hey Pinkie Pie. What
are you looking at? 

Pinkie pie points up a hoof. 

2 PINKIE PIE 
Rainbow Dash! 

Twilights head starts to follow along with Pinkie Pie and Rarity as they track their swiftly moving friend. (*** Please Note: We never see RD in the teaser. We stay on her friends  as they watch her off screen.***) 

3 PINKIE PIE (CONTD)
Isnt she the most daring devil...I
mean the most devilish darer? I 
mean... 

4 RARITY 
Shes...DAZZLING! 

5 PINKIE PIE 
Oooh--yeah thats a good word. 
Shes...DAZZLING! 

Rainbow Dash does incredible loops, spins, and leaps, and the other ponies eyes and heads follow in the same pattern. Their remarks are in unison. 

6 PINKIE PIE, RARITY, TWILIGHT SPARKLE 
Ooohhh. Aaaaaahh. 


Their eyes continue to look up and down, side to side, the heads move right, then left. 

Then, all of a sudden, their smiles turn to frowns. 

7 RARITY 
Uh oh!... 


8 TWILIGHT SPARKLE 
Oh no, oh no,... 


9 PINKIE PIE 
Ay yay yay yay yay!... 
The viewer watches all three ponies eyes and head travel from the sky... to the ground. Then theres a giant offscreen: 


10 SFX ( RAINBOW DASH O.S.) 
<<<CRASH!!!>>> 

The ponies wince. They slowly open their eyes. 

11 PINKIE PIE 
So much for dazzling. 

END OF TEASER
 
ACT ONE 
FADE IN: 

SC 2 -INT. PONYVILLE HOSPITAL - DAY 

As the camera fades in, so do the ponies voices. The ponies
are huddled around a bed. 

12 APPLEJACK 
So shes going to be okay? 

13 FLUTTERSHY 
Im so worried! 

14 PINKIE PIE 
Is her face going to stay that way? 

As the camera trucks in, the ponies divide, revealing a Rainbow Dash, dressed in a hospital gown, sitting grumpily in a hospital bed, her wing and shoulder bandaged, and a bandaid on her head. (Design Note: Rainbow Dash should look silly in her bandages, not like she is in pain.) 

15 TWILIGHT SPARKLE 
How is she, Doctor? 

The DOCTOR enters. 

16 DOCTOR 
Shes going to be FINE. Luckily she
has friends like you who got her
over here in a jiffy. 

17 RAINBOW DASH (GRUMPY)
How long do I need to lie here?
Ive got things I need to do.

18 DOCTOR 
Well, that all depends on your
recovery. But Id say a few days
minimum. 

Rainbow Dash cant believe her ears. 

19 RAINBOW DASH 
A few days!! I thought we were
talking another hour or two, tops.
Are you joshin me?! I feel FINE! 

On fine she throws out her arms. Then quickly she winces and bends one in close to her chest. 

20 RAINBOW DASH (CONTD)
..mostly... (earnestly) You guys
have to get me outta here. Im 
gonna climb the walls! 

21 PINKIE PIE 
Oh! Just like a spider! Did the
crash somehow give her super duper
spider powers? 

The Doctor walks away as he responds. 

22 DOCTOR 
No, nor did it give her amazing
healing powers. She needs to stay
in bed for a few days. 

23 RAINBOW DASH 
(under her breath)
A few days... Might as well be a
few months! Or a few years! 

24 FLUTTERSHY 
Its not so bad, Rainbow Dash. 

25 APPLEJACK 
I bet the chow here is hoof lickin 
good! 

26 RARITY 
And the hospital gowns ...they
...they match the curtains! 

27 PINKIE PIE 
And look! You have a roommate! 

Pinkie Pie pulls away the curtain divider, revealing a pony in a full body cast. Hold for a long beat as the roommate stays still and says nothing. 

Rainbow Dash pouts and looks away from her friends, outside the window. 

The ponies look at each other, worried. Twilight spots a rolling book cart nearby. She recognizes a book and excitedly pulls it out, tossing it onto Rainbow Dashs bed. 

29 RAINBOW DASH (UNINTERESTED)
Whats THIS. 

30 TWILIGHT SPARKLE 
Rainbow Dash, meet Daring Do, the
Heroine from Corral Cove. 
Rainbow Dashs POV of the book. The cover is heavily illustrated in a dramatic fashion akin to a romance novel. 

31 RAINBOW DASH (V.O.)
(reading)
Daring Do and the Quest for the
Sapphire Stone 

32 TWILIGHT SPARKLE 
This is the first story in the
series. I own all of them! 

Rainbow Dash scoffs and crosses her hooves. 

33 RAINBOW DASH 
NO THANKS. I SO dont read. Im a 
world class athlete. Readings for
Eggheads like you, Twilight. No
offense. But I am not reading.
Nooooo way. Its UNdeniably, 
UNquestionably, UNcool. 

Rainbow Dash is taken aback by the chuckles from the others. 

34 PONIES 
Ha ha! Uncool? Hee hee! 

35 APPLEJACK 
Is she serious? Who doesnt like to 
read a bang-up tale from time to
time? 

36 RARITY 
Why a good book is almost as
magnificent as silk pajamas on a
Sunday morning! 

37 TWILIGHT SPARKLE 
Reading is for everypony, Rainbow 
Dash! 

38 PINKIE PIE 
Yeah, I love reading, and my head
isnt even close to the shape of an
egg. Its more the shape of an
apple, or maybe a orange. But a big
orange! More like a grapefr--

PONY NURSE #1 comes in and cuts Pinkie Pie off. 

39 PONY NURSE #1 
Alright, my little ponies. Rainbow
Dash needs her rest. Youll have to 
come back tomorrow! 

The ponies are ushered out. 

40 APPLEJACK 
Dont fret, Rainbow Dash. Youll be 
in apple pie order in no time! 


Twilight leans into Rainbow Dash.


41 TWILIGHT SPARKLE 
I think youd like Daring. Shes a
lot like you --- adventurous,
fierce, and UNdeniably, 
UNquestionably UNSTOPPABLE. 

Twilight exits, leaving Rainbow Dash alone with the book on her night stand. She willfully looks away from it and out her window. We see what she sees - The hospital is next to a park, where various ponies are enjoying themselves, having picnics, flying kites, throwing a ball around. Cut around to see Rainbows face plastered up against the glass, longing to be outside.

She turns away from the window and looks at the wall clock, which reads 1:00. The second hand moves slowly, and the clock tick tocks slowly and loudly. 

In a MONTAGE, Rainbow Dash tries to speed time along. The tick tock of the clock continues in the background. 

1) Rainbow Dash pushes the nurses button. Pony Nurse #1 walks in. 

42 RAINBOW DASH 
Um, my pillow needs fluffing. 

2) Rainbow Dash draws out flying maneuvers (like a football play chart) on a small blackboard with her chalk. 

3) Rainbow Dash tries to pick up a conversation with her roommate, the pony in the full body cast. 

43 RAINBOW DASH (CONTD)
To get to the other side. (pause) 
Get it? Get it? 

The pony does not move. 

44 RAINBOW DASH (CONTD)
See, ... the chicken.. get it?
...he crossed the road?... 

Still nothing. 

45 RAINBOW DASH (CONTD)
Nevermind. 

4) Rainbow Dash tries to balance a carrot on her nose. 

5) Rainbow Dash pushes the nurses button again. Nurse #1 walks in. 

46 RAINBOW DASH (CONTD)
Um, my pillow needs fluffing... 
again. 

6) Rainbow Dash plays a game of Tic-Tac-Toe with herself on  the blackboard. She fills in the final square. Somehow neither X nor O has managed to win. 

7) Rainbow Dash tries to balance a carrot, apple, celery stalk and head of lettuce on her nose. 

8) Rainbow Dash calls the nurse in again. 

49 PONY NURSE #1 (UNAMUSED)
Your pillow needs fluffing? 

50 RAINBOW DASH 
No. My back is itchy. 

10) Rainbow Dash plays a game of Hangman (or Hangpony?) with 
herself on the blackboard. 

Shes managed to guess only one letter and the hangman is complete. She erases the board angrily. 

51 RAINBOW DASH (CONTD)
AAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!! 

She looks over at the wall clock which reads 1:15. 

Her jaw drops and holds for a beat. Slowly, reluctantly, she moves her eyes towards the book on the night stand, almost as if she doesnt want it to see her looking at it. 

52 RAINBOW DASH (CONTD)
<SIGH> 

She opens it up to the first page, and begins reading contemptuously and with an uninterested tone. 

53-55 RAINBOW DASH (CONTD)
As Daring Do trekked through the
tropical jungle, the wet heat
sapped her energy and slowed her 
every step.

If only she could escape this
oppressive atmosphere and fly up
into the cool blue sky! But her
crash landing in the jungle had
injured her wings and she was
grounded for a few days. 

(to herself)
A few days! It might as well be a
few months! Or a few years! 

Rainbow looks at her surroundings and damaged wing with disdain. 

56 RAINBOW DASH (CONTD)
Im right there with ya, sister!
SC 5 -EXT. TROPICAL JUNGLE - DAY  (no scenes 3 or 4)

56a RAINBOW DASH (CONTD)
(reading again)
The mosquitoes buzzed loudly; the
macaws cried from the high trees
canopies. 
 
The viewer is swept into the book (shown in italics
throughout the script). 

Daring Do moves through the jungle. She looks exactly like Rainbow Dash but her coloring is different. Her body is a golden brown and her rainbow mane is all shades of yellow and brown. She is dressed in khaki button-up shirt and shorts. 

57 RAINBOW DASH (V.O.)
(a little more interested tone)
Yet all of these distracting noises
were not enough to cover the sound
of the predators following her 
every step. 
 
She stops in her tracks as a tiger leaps out of the bush, blocking her path! Daring turns to go in a different direction but a panther leaps out! She turns again and a cheetah appears! Then a bobcat!
 
Daring Do leaps over fallen trees, dives under thick vines, and darts back and forth over the tall grasses, narrowly escaping the slashing claws of the pursuing jungle cats. 

Coming to a clearing, she gallops through a rapid stream, the cats close behind. Water sprays everywhere as she gains a little distance. She continues back into the jungle. 

Again she is darting through thick brush, over branches, under leaves, gaining a little distance from her enemies. 

All of a sudden, she stops dead in her tracks, as the dirt at her hooves crumbles and tumbles over a 200 ft. cliff! She  looks behind her and the cats are swiftly approaching. She looks everywhere for a way out. 

Then she sees a vine. Just as the cats leap to attack, she grabs the vine in her teeth and sails over a giant gulch. She lands safely on the other side. She is splayed on the ground with her hair tussled and out of breath. But as she looks up at something, she smiles. Widen to reveal an ancient temple in the middle of the jungle. 

Rainbow Dash narrates this last passage. 

58 RAINBOW DASH (V.O.) (CONTD)
(breathless)
Safely landing on the other side,
Daring finally allowed herself a
moment to breath. She turned around 
and found herself face to face -

59 RAINBOW DASH 
--<GULP>--with the long lost temple 
that she had sought tirelessly for
over 60 days and nights! 

SC 6 -INT. PONYVILLE HOSPITAL 

Rainbow Dash is splayed on bed with her hair tussled just like Daring Do. She GULPS and regains her breath as she finishes the chapter. 

Rainbow Dash quickly looks up from her book. 

60 RAINBOW DASH (CONTD)
I hate to admit it to 
myself, and would really hate to 
admit it to my friends, but I love
this story. I...I... I love 
reading. 

Dramatic music sting as we cut close on Rainbows face. 


61 RAINBOW DASH (CONTD)
IM AN EGGHEAD!!! 

END OF ACT I 

ACT II 

Act two opens up already in the book. 

SC 8 -INT. TEMPLE IN TROPICAL JUNGLE - DAY  (no SC. 7)

62 RAINBOW DASH (V.O.)
The smell of decay and danger hit
Daring Do as she peered into the
dimly lit entrance of the ancient
temple. 


Daring Do carefully and quietly enters the dark, musty temple. 

It is dimly lit by flaming torches on the walls. She begins to travel down a hall. Suddenly she hears a <CLICK> and ducks off screen. A battle axe flies in and plants itslef in the wall right where Draings head was. She comes back on screen. 

63 DARING DO 
Whew! 

She continues to walk down the hall. Again she senses something and quickly jumps up, with all four hooves planted against the walls in the narrow corridor. A section of floor collapses beneath her. She looks down and sees dark waters below with alligators chomping their jaws! She leaps to over the hole and continues her journey. 

She enters a wider hallway, and notices a room at the end that is brighter. She smiles and begins to speed up. She inadvertently steps on a tile, triggering a series of boobytraps. Arrows, swords, and darts fly out of the walls as  she leaps, jumps, and dives around them. Then spikes begin to pop out of the floor, one at a time, and she swiftly maneuvers around them. As hatches swing out from the ceiling on a pendulum, she rolls away from them. She finally rolls into the open room, and quickly gets to her feet. And there, in the middle of the open room, Daring Do sees the sapphire statue, glowing in an almost mystical light! 

SC 9 -INT. PONYVILLE HOSPITAL - DAY - CONTINUOUS 

<KNOCK KNOCK!> 

Rainbow Dash quickly looks up just in time to see the door opening. She shoves the book under her covers and pats down her blanket. She throws a quirky smile on her face. 

Twilight Sparkle and Fluttershy come in. 

64 TWILIGHT SPARKLE AND FLUTTERSHY 
Hi Rainbow Dash! 

65 RAINBOW DASH 
Uh, hey.. guys! 

66 FLUTTERSHY 
We thought wed come and cheer you 
up. 

Twilight places a board game box Sky High on the bed. 

67 TWILIGHT SPARKLE 
We brought your favorite board game-
Sky High! 

68 FLUTTERSHY 
We know how much you like to win. 

Rainbow Dash looks at the bump under her covers where the book is hiding as Twilight sets up the game. The gameboard looks like a Battleship Game, where there is a wall in between the two sides. Rainbow Dash is on one side and  Twilight and Fluttershy are on the other. Instead of the battleships, the pieces are clouds, ponies, & birds. 

In this scene, Rainbow Dash is faking her emotions so they are exaggerated and change quickly. She is trying to push the game along so she can get back to her book. 

69 TWILIGHT SPARKLE 
You go first, Rainbow Dash. 

70 RAINBOW DASH 
(smiling)
No, no, you first! 

Twilight Sparkle raises an eyebrow then shrugs. 

71 TWILIGHT SPARKLE 
Alright, um, Cloud 3. 

Rainbow Dash fakes disappointment. 

72 RAINBOW DASH 
Oh shucks! You rained on my
cumulus! (smiling) Go again! 

73 FLUTTERSHY 
Um, Sky 5? 

74 RAINBOW DASH 
Whoah, you got me again! You found 
my seagull! 

75 TWILIGHT SPARKLE 
Cloud 2? 

76 RAINBOW DASH 
Oh no! You zapped my weather pony! 

77 RAINBOW DASH (CONTD)
Ooh, you stung my bumblebee! 

78 RAINBOW DASH (CONTD)
My Thunderbolt! 

79 RAINBOW DASH (CONTD)
And thats my last cloud. You found
it! I guess you guys win! I lose! 

Twilight Sparkle and Fluttershy just sit there, dumbfounded. 

80 FLUTTERSHY 
But Rainbow Dash, you..you..didnt 
even get a turn. 

Rainbow Dash smiles. 

81 RAINBOW DASH 
You win some, you lose some! 

82 TWILIGHT SPARKLE 
But you dont lose some. I dont
think youve ever lost a game of
Sky High! 

Rainbow Dash looks up at the clock. 

Rainbow Dash fakes a big <YAWN>. 

84 RAINBOW DASH (CONTD)
Thanks for coming! 

She shoves the badly put away game into Twilights arms. 

Rainbow Dash cant help but glance down at the book bump under the covers. Shes not paying attention to her friends. 

85 TWILIGHT SPARKLE 
..But yesterday your were
desperate for things to do. 

86 RAINBOW DASH 
(snapping out of it)
Do? Who said anything about Daring
Do? I told you, Im not interested
in reading. Its naptime for me. 
Im zonked. 

Rainbow Dash lets out another big <YAWN> and points to her mouth while looking at Twilight. 

Twilight is a little confused and suspicious but begins to walk out the door. 

87 TWILIGHT SPARKLE 
Alright then... 
88 FLUTTERSHY 
Glad we could cheer you up. 

89 RAINBOW DASH 
And that you did. Look at me! All
cheered up! 

Rainbow Dash holds her hooves to her cheeks and makes a wide  grin. The ponies walk out the door, and Rainbow Dash removes the fake grin and lets out a huge <SIGH> of relief. Rainbow Dash pulls the book from under her covers and eagerly opens it up. 

90 RAINBOW DASH (CONTD)
Daring Do stood at the entrance to
the central temple chamber. At last
she was face to face with the 
legendary Sapphire Statue.

SC 10 -INT. MAIN TEMPLE CHAMBER - DAY 

Daring Do sees the statue in the middle of the chamber. Its a good 25 feet from her. She looks at her surroundings, knowing it isnt as easy as walking across and grabbing the 
statue. 

She inspects the walls of the chamber. They are filled with intricate patterns. She also notices small holes in the walls. 

Looking around she sees slits in the walls and the floors. There is a painted border continuing around all the walls. As she looks closer, she notices that it is a repeating pattern of animals: Lions, Wolves, Cats, Eagles. 


93 DARING DO (CONTD)
There must be a pattern here....
What do all these animals have in 
common? 

Daring Do looks around the floor, and sees a dark square border about a foot in front of her, wrapping around the entire floor. Inside the border is a series of tiles, and in  each tile, she sees each animal. Then she notices that in  addition to the lions, wolves, cats, and eagles, there are rats. She figures it out. 

94 DARING DO (CONTD)
Aha! Those animals are all 
predators. Except... 

Camera zooms in on a rat tile as her hoof comes down on it. 

95 DARING DO (CONTD)
...rats! 

Pause. Nothing happens. So Daring Do carefully places another hoof on a rat tile. Safe again. She grins confidently. 

Daring finally reaches the Sapphire Statue, picks it up and drops it in her satchel. She sighs in relief and relaxes for a moment. 

96 DARING DO (CONTD)
<sigh> 

But in her relaxation, she accidentally steps backwards, and her hoof lands on a wrong tile. It begins to sink down. The chamber begins to shake. Part of the ceiling begin to fall in. 

91 DARING DO 
Booby traps... 

She quickly leaps away to avoid some celing debris, only to  land on another non-rat tile. Desperately trying to reach the border of the floor (where the tiles stop), she jumps from sinking tile to sinking tile. She leaps for the border, but falls short. 

92 DARING DO (CONTD)
More booby traps..! 

She scrambles with her front legs to hold on to the edge, as a giant cavernous pit which was once the floor, opens up into blackness.

Suddenly her satchel buckle slips and the statue rolls out. Thinking quickly, she kicks the statue with her hind leg. The statue sails over and lands directly into her mouth. She scrambles up onto the border of the floor that remains and dashes off screen. 

SC 11 -EXT. TROPICAL JUNGLE - DAY 

Out of breath, she gallops out of the temple just as the roof caves in. She collapses outside in a heap. But before she can celebrate, she sees a pair of monstrous boots in front of her! 
SC 12 -INT. PONYVILLE HOSPITAL - DAY - CONTINUOUS 

<KNOCK KNOCK!> 

Rainbow Dash snaps out of the story. She all tangled up in her sheets. She gets herself untangled with some effort and once again shoves the book under her covers, just as Pinkie Pie, Apple Jack, and Rarity come in. 

97 PINKIE PIE 
Helloooo Rainbow Dash! 

98 RARITY 
Hows our patient doing today? 

Apple Jack pushes open the window. 

99 APPLEJACK 
We need to get some fresh air in
here! Youre looking sweatier than
a pig wrangler on a summers day! 

Rainbow Dash quickly wipes her brow. 

100 RAINBOW DASH 
Well, guys, thanks for visiting,
but-

Pinkie Pie hold her hoof up in a stop gesture. She then
starts making other strange movements. 

101 RAINBOW DASH (CONTD)
Uh, Pinkie. Why are you acting like
a mime? 

102 PINKIE PIE 
Im not acting like a mime. Its
Charades, silly! 

Pinkie Pie hops over to the other end of the room. 

103 PINKIE PIE (CONTD)
I act something out without talking
and you guess who I am! Ok, here we 
go! 

Pinkie Pie begins to make a scooping motion with her hooves. 

104 APPLEJACK 
Uh, yer pulling up veggies--youre
a crop picker! 

Rainbow Dash is trying to be a good sport but eyes the book
bulging under her cover. 

105 RAINBOW DASH 
Um, youre separating the clouds; 
youre a...a... weather pony! 


106 RARITY 
Youre selecting exquisite gems for
your next smashing fashion line.
...Youre ...me! 

Pinkie Pie rolls her eyes and stops dead in her tracks. 

113 PINKIE PIE 
Gee whiz ponies! I mean, what does
it take? Im practically screaming
it out to you! 

114 APPLEJACK 
Well, obviously we havent got a
clue Pinkie Pie. 

115 RARITY 
So why dont you enlighten us? 

Pinkie does all her different pantomimes again. First she 
scoops. 

116 PINKIE PIE 
Im a ditch digger whos digging a
pool. 

She starts the diving motion. 

117 PINKIE PIE (CONTD)
That I then dive into for a swim. 
She starts making the disco motion. 

118 PINKIE PIE (CONTD)
Before I go out dancing! DUH! 

The other ponies look at each other. 

119 RAINBOW DASH 
(deadpan)
Gee. I dont know we didnt get
that. 

120 PINKIE PIE 
No kidding! 

Just then, PONY NURSE #2 walks in with a food tray. Tonights food is pretty yucky looking.  

121 PONY NURSE # 2 
Ok, now, dinner time for Rainbow 
Dash. 

Rainbow Dash is so thankful. 

122 RAINBOW DASH (FEIGNING SINCERITY)
Oh just in time! I am SO HUNGRY! 


123 RARITY 
Well, dont mind us, Rainbow Dash. 

124 APPLEJACK 
Yeah, go ahead and eat up! 

Rarity, Apple Jack, and Pinkie Pie stand there, smiling. Rainbow Dash takes a big scoop of food and shoves it in her mouth. She makes a big deal about eating it as grossly as possible. Mouth open. Lips smacking. 

125 RAINBOW DASH 
<Obnoxious eating sounds> 

Rarity, Apple Jack, and Pinkie Pie recoil from flying food bits and quickly leave. 

126 RARITY 
Uh, on second thought--

127 PINKIE PIE 
Well see you tomorrow, Rainbow
Dash! 

128 APPLEJACK 
Sometime between meals. 

As soon as the ponies leave, Rainbow Dash spits out the food into a nearby potted flower which instantly sags. 

129 RAINBOW DASH 
<YECH!!> 

Rainbow Dash pushes the dinner away and grabs her book. She begins reading out loud, in a dramatic and serious tone. 

130 RAINBOW DASH (CONTD)
You thought you could evade me and
capture the relic for yourself! But
you were sadly mistaken, Miss Do! 

SC 13 -INT. TEMPLE DUNGEON - DAY 

131 AHUIZOTL 
And now you shall meet your doom! 

An unseen figure holds the relic that Daring Do had just acquired. Ha ha ha ha ha! he laughs maniacally. 

SC 14 -INT. PONYVILLE HOSPITAL - EVENING 

Rainbow Dash stops and looks up from her book. 

132 RAINBOW DASH 
Whoah! Whos this dude? 

SC 15 -INT. TEMPLE DUNGEON - DAY 

There stands, Ahuizotl, Darings nemesis. This supernatural, Aztec-esque villain is a doglike creature, with small monkey hands. A hand is also connected to its tail, and it boasts very pointy ears. (Character can be found in mythology literature). 

Daring Do has been tied up, and lays struggling on an altar-like table in a cold stone dungeon in the temple. 

133 DARING DO 
You wont get away with this,
Ahuizotl! 

134 AHUIZOTL 
But I already have! 

Ahuizotl waves the relic at Daring Do and makes a quick exit from the dungeon. 

Daring Do observes her surroundings. Again, that ominous rumbling noise occurs. 

135 DARING DO 
Not again! 

Daring quickly looks to the side walls as they start moving towards her! Spikes poke out of the walls. Cobras squeeze out of other holes and cracks in one of the walls and slither towards her. Spiders crawl out of the cracks on the opposite wall. 

Daring Do feels the altar shake. It begins to sink! She tries
her best to look below her. 

136 DARING DO (CONTD)
Quicksand! 


She struggles with all her might to loosen the ropes, but they will not budge. The altar sinks slowly but steadily into the quicksand. 

137 DOCTOR (V.O.)
Rainbow Dash? Rainbow Dash? 


SC 16 -INT. PONYVILLE HOSPITAL - DAY 

Sitting up under her covers, next to a firefly lamp, Rainbow
Dash realizes somepony is calling for her. 

138 DOCTOR (V.O.)
(sing songy)
Rainbow Dash... 

Rainbow Dash quickly appears from under the covers, her mane
tussled, darkish circles under her eyes. 

139 RAINBOW DASH 
Oh, good even--

140 DOCTOR 
--morni-

141 RAINBOW DASH 
--morning, Doc! 

Rainbow Dash looks out the window and realizes the sun is shining. The Doctor notices the lamp still glowing under the covers. 

142 DOCTOR 
Have you been up all night? 

143 RAINBOW DASH 
Uh --- Of course not! 

Rainbow Dash taps the lamp and it goes out. 

144 DOCTOR 
Well, Ill be quick. 

Rainbow Dash smiles, looking at the book lump under the 
covers. 

145 RAINBOW DASH 
Yes. Quick would be best. 

146 DOCTOR 
Congratulations, Rainbow Dash!
Were checking you out of the
hospital! 

147 RAINBOW DASH 
(worried)
What? Checking me out? Later today? 

148 DOCTOR 
No. 
Rainbow Dash is relieved. 

149 RAINBOW DASH 
<sigh> 

150 DOCTOR 
Right now! 

151 RAINBOW DASH 
Right now?! What? Right now, right
now? 

152 DOCTOR 
Right now, right now! 

A group of nurses come in, and swarm Rainbow Dash. A nightgown comes off, a comb and brush come in. The audiences view is obscured by the nurses. 

153 RAINBOW DASH (OBSCURED)
Oof! Hey! Wait! Ow! Oh! Im not 
ready! 

Before she knows it, shes being escorted out, the book still
under the sheets!  

154 RAINBOW DASH (CONTD)
But-- but... 
She is shoved out the front door. The doctor and nurses wave 
to her.

155 RAINBOW DASH (CONTD)
But I dont feel better! 

156 DOCTOR 
Now take it easy, Rainbow Dash!
Remember to stay off that wing for
a week! 

The hospital door closes between her and the staff. 

157 RAINBOW DASH (TO HERSELF)
How am I supposed to take it easy?!
HOW WILL I EVER FIND OUT WHAT 
HAPPENS TO DARING DO???? 

END OF ACT II 

ACT III 

SC 17 -EXT. PONYVILLE - DAY 

Rainbow Dash is pacing back and forth in front of the hospital, upset. 

158 RAINBOW DASH 
Is Ahuizotl going to get away with
the statuette? Whats going to
happen to Daring? 

Rainbow thinks for a beat. 
159 RAINBOW DASH (CONTD)
Aha! Twilight has a copy of the
book! But I cant ask her after I 
called her an EGGHEAD n all! 
....OH! This is making me sick all
over again! 

And that gives Rainbow Dash an idea. 

SC 18 -INT. PONYVILLE HOSPITAL - PATIENT ROOM - DAY 

Rainbow Dash sits in a small room on a patient bed, very casually waiting. This is not a hospital room but a room in the clinic area. 

As soon as the Doctor walks in, Rainbow Dash immediately changes her attitude, pretending to be in severe pain. 

160 RAINBOW DASH 
<Over-the-top fake pain noises> 

161 DOCTOR 
Rainbow Dash, what are you doing
here? Anything wrong? 

Rainbow Dash rubs her head. 

162 RAINBOW DASH 
Well, I think I need to come back 
to the hospital pronto. 

163 DOCTOR 
Oh? Well lets take a lookie then, 
shall we? 

The Doctor examines the little scrape on Rainbow Dashs forehead. 

164 DOCTOR (CONTD)
Doesnt look like theres anything
wrong there... 

165 RAINBOW DASH 
(thinking quickly)
Well, um, my wing! Its still 
hurting, Doc. 

The Doctor goes to examine her wing but touches the other one first. Rainbow Dash fakes pain.

166 RAINBOW DASH (CONTD)
Oh, ouch! Right there. 

167 DOCTOR 
I was touching your good wing. 

Rainbow Dash tries to fix her mistake. 

168 RAINBOW DASH 
Well, uh, right, well, I think that
ones hurting now, too. 
Dr. Doctor raises an eyebrow at her, suspicious. 

169 DOCTOR 
I think I know what the trouble is-
A severe case of Lazy-itus. 

170 RAINBOW DASH 
Lazy-itus? Oh no, is that bad? Do 
you need to admit me right away?
Can I have my old room? 

Dr. Doctor smiles. 

171 DR. DOCTOR 
After spending some days off in the
hospital, its normal to resist
returning to work. 

SC 19 -EXT. PONYVILLE HOSPITAL - MOMENTS LATER 

The door opens and the Doctor and the nurses push Rainbow Dash out. 

172 RAINBOW DASH 
But you got me all wrong, doc! Im
not being lazy-

173 DOCTOR 
Youre fine Rainbow Dash. Give it 
some time and youll be right back
in the swing of things! 

174 PONY NURSE #1 
Good day, Rainbow Dash. 

175 PONY NURSE #2 
Take care! 

Rainbow Dash is back to square one. She stands there,
frustrated. 

Just then, a wagon from the local florist pulls up. He saunters out and grabs a large bouquet of flowers. He walks past Rainbow Dash but then stops. 

176 FLORIST 
Oh, I almost forgot! 

He puts the bouquet down next to Rainbow Dash and turns back to go to the wagon. He looks for another floral arrangement. Rainbow Dash looks down at the bouquet. 

Rainbow Dash takes the bouquet inside...

177 RAINBOW DASH (os)
(low voice just like the florist)
Ahem. 

179 RAINBOW DASH 
Um, floral delivery for, uh, Room 12?


The Nurses boot her out again! Shes left there in front of the hospital. The sun is going down. 

186 RAINBOW DASH (CONTD)
This is bogus! What am I going to
do? Ill never get to sleep without
knowing what happens to Daring Do! 

This gives Rainbow Dash and idea. 

187 RAINBOW DASH (CONTD)
....which may not be such a bad
thing... 

SC 21 -EXT. PONYVILLE HOSPITAL - NIGHT 

It is midnight, and everything is quiet and dark outside of the hospital. Some window lights are turned off. Some nurses leave by the front entrance. 

Watching 10 ft away behind bushes, is Rainbow Dash. When the  nurses are safely gone, Rainbow Dash creeps out of the bushes. She is wearing all black, with a hoodie. She pulls  the hoodie over her head and eyes and begins to look for an  open window. 
She quietly climbs through the hospital window, without making a peep. She sneaks behind beds, where patients are sleeping. She creeps down the hallway. (Where ever possible, her actions should mimic Daring Dos as she entered the temple.) When she gets to room 12, she smiles. 

She quietly opens the door, and moves away the curtains, where a new pony patient is sleeping. But she doesnt see the book anywhere. She looks on the nightstand, carefully under  the pillow, and finally under the bed. Aha! Theres the book, resting right under the bed! 

SC 23 -INT. TEMPLE DUNGEON - DAY 

Daring Do, tightly wound in ropes, struggles unsuccessfully, all the while continually sinking towards the quicksand. The  walls, snakes and spiders are all closing in. No matter how  hard she tries, she cannot free herself from the rope. 

224 DARING DO 
It feels like the harder I struggle, the tighter the ropes get! 

Daring Do struggles more as she is only inches away from the
quicksand. Then she hears a voice. 

225 SPIDER 
Help! Burglar! Burglar! Someone is
trying to steal my slippers! 


SC. 23a -INT. PONYVILLE HOSPITAL -NIGHT

Rainbow Dash is startled out of her reading. She looks behind her book and around the room for the source of what she swears was another person's voice. A fearful patient raises a crutch in self-defense.

189 RAINBOW DASH 
Im not trying to steal your
slippers! Im TRYING to steal this
book! 

Rainbow runs for the door. But (just like Daring Do) she stops in her tracks as Nurse# 1 leaps out, blocking her path! Rainbow turns to go out a different doorway but Nurse # 2 leaps out! She turns again and the patient leaps out of bed in one corner of the room! Then the Doctor appears (out of nowhere) in the other corner! 

Suddenly, Nurse #1 darts forward. 

190 PONY NURSE #1 
STOP THIEF! 


Rainbow Dash swerves out of her way, drops the book and dashes through the newly clear doorway. But as she is doing  so she knocks over a serving cart full of plates and cutlery which scatters along the floor in front of her. She attempts to fly over it, but realizes that her wing is still injured. 

191 RAINBOW DASH 
Ow! 

She is grounded! And the nurses and doctor are right behind her. 

Desperately trying to reach the end of the hallway (like Daring Do trying to escape from the animal tile room in the temple) Rainbow jumps from open area to open area around the spilled cutlery. Shes almost there when a security guard appears in front of the exit. She leaps over him (like Daring Do leaping to escape the pit) and runs out of the hospital. 

Rainbow Dash gallops through town, being chased by the nurses and security from the hospital, all shining flashlights at her. All of the ruckus wakes up ponies. 

As Rainbow Dash gallops by, Pinkie Pie sticks her head out of the window, wearing a pink sleeping cap. 
192 PINKIE PIE 
Hey! No one invited me! 

Rainbow Dash gallops past Raritys house, waking her up. Rarity comes out clutching her silk kimono. 

193 RARITY 
Hasnt anyone heard of beauty
sleep? 

Every time Rainbow Dash turns a corner, she seems to have more flashlights shined on her, and she must go the other  way. 

Finally, near the Library, Rainbow Dash comes to a screeching halt as Twilight opens the door in front of her. All of the hospital staff surround her. The Doctor shines a flashlight in her face. 

194 DOCTOR 
Rainbow Dash? What in the world is 
going on? Why are you stealing
slippers? 

Pinkie Pie joins the group. 

195 PINKIE PIE 
Yeah, if you put on slippers you
wont be able to climb the walls 
with your sticky spider feet! 

Rarity, Fluttershy and Applejack show up. 

196 APPLEJACK 
Whats all the ruckus? 

197 PINKIE PIE 
Hmm, Id say its more of a fracas
than a ruckus. 

198 TWILIGHT SPARKLE 
Whats going on, Rainbow Dash? 

Slow truck in on Rainbow Dash as she squirms.. She takes a deep breath. She knows she must come clean. 

199 RAINBOW DASH 
<sigh> I snuck into the
hospital...because...well, Im an egghead! 


200 RARITY 
Pardon? 

201 FLUTTERSHY 
What? 

202 PINKIE PIE 
Whatchoo talkin about Rainbow Dash?! 

203 RAINBOW DASH 
There, I said it. Im an egghead.
See, I was trying to get back into
the hospital to finish the last
chapter of-

Twilight interrupts. 

204 TWILIGHT SPARKLE 
Daring Do and the Quest for the
Sapphire Statue! 

Rainbow Dash nods. 

205 RAINBOW DASH 
You got me. 

206 TWILIGHT SPARKLE 
Wow. I knew the book was good but I
didnt know it could drive a pony
to petty theft! 

Rainbow Dash explains. 


207 RAINBOW DASH 
Good? Try awesomely amazing! That
book is UNdeniably, UNquestionably, 
UN-put-down-able. But then I had to 
put it down! I was sent home before
I could finish it. 

So I snuck back into the hospital,
and, well, you know the rest. 

Everyone nods, understanding. 

208 PONY NURSE #1 (TO DOCTOR)
It is a pretty good book. 

209 DOCTOR (TO NURSE #1)
I couldnt put it down! 

Her ponies friends comfort her. 

210 TWILIGHT SPARKLE 
Well, Im glad thats all this is
about! 

211 APPLEJACK 
Theres no reason to go around
causing a ruckus

212 PINKIE PIE 
Fracas. 

213 APPLEJACK 
Causing a fracas just because you
like to read! 

SC 22 -INT. LIBRARY - NIGHT 

Twilight Sparkle levitates the book from its bookcase down to the her, Rainbow Dash, and Spike. 

214 TWILIGHT SPARKLE 
Like I said, I have every book in
the series, and you can borrow them
all! Any time you like. 

215 RAINBOW DASH 
Thanks Twilight. Im sorry I made
such a big deal about all this. I
was just too embarrassed to admit I
liked reading after I gave you such
a hard time. I thought reading was
just for smart ponies like you. 

216 TWILIGHT SPARKLE 
Rainbow Dash! Just because youre
athletic doesnt mean you arent
smart! 

Spike strikes a muscley pose. 
217 SPIKE 
Yeah. Just look at me. 

The ponies ignore him. 

218 TWILIGHT SPARKLE 
Reading is something everypony can enjoy! If they just give it a try. 

219 RAINBOW DASH 
Yeah, I get it. I shouldnt knock something until Ive tried it. 

220 TWILIGHT SPARKLE 
Thats a great lesson. And it would make a great letter to the princess. 

Rainbow Dash looks over at Spike. 

221 RAINBOW DASH 
Did you get all that? 

222 SPIKE 
Yeah? 

223 RAINBOW DASH 
Great! You write the letter. I gotta finish this book!! 


Rainbow Dash grabs the levitating book in her mouth and hightails it out of there. 

CUT TO: 

Daring Do closes her eyes and goes into a special meditation, relaxing instead of struggling. She sinks under the sand until there is no movement. After a beat, she leaps out of the sand, freed from the ropes. 
 
She is safe, but only for a moment! The spiked walls continue to close in. She looks up an notices that there is a small air hole. She looks around but there is no way to get up there. The snakes and spiders are all crawling towards her from opposite sides. As the walls come towards each other, Daring realizes she can use the spikes like rungs of a step ladder. Just as the snakes and spiders are about to reach her, she leaps up and out of the way onto a spike. The spiders and snakes go into battle with each other! 
 
She leaps onto a higher spike on the opposite wall, and then to an even higher spike on the first wall. She does this swiftly all the way up to the ceiling, and just as the spikes close in on her, she wriggles through the air hole. She has escaped the dungeon! 

SC 24 -EXT. TEMPLE ROOF - DAY - CONTINUOUS 

Daring Do brushes herself off. 

229 DARING DO 
Another day, another dungeon! 

She runs off looking for a way to climb down from the temple. 



SC 25 -EXT. JUNGLE HIDEOUT - DUSK - CONTINUOUS 

Ahuizotl sits in his outdoor compound, surrounded by his resting jungle cats. He admires the sapphire statue in his hands. Its eyes glisten. 

Behind him near the ground, an unknown pony dressed in worn out khakis, a button up shirt, and a leather hat, is hogtied and hanging from a horizontal pole. 

230 AHUIZOTL 
With Daring Do out of the way, the
world will suffer mightily at my
hands, and there is nothing YOU,
Nebraska Ned, can do about it! 

Ahuizotl stands and raises the statue high in the air. 

231 AHUIZOTL (CONTD)
I AM VICTORIOUS!! Ha ha ha! 


Just then Daring Do swings on a vine and snatches the statue out of his hands. 

232 DARING DO 
Ill take that! 

She swings off screen, calling out for Nebraska Ned. 

233 AHUIZOTL 
What?!!???? 

As she swings back in, she ducks her head under the pole and lifts Nebraska Ned. She hoists him up over her shoulder and swings off screen again. 

234 AHUIZOTL (CONTD)
NOOOOOO!!!!!! 

From a far away hill, Daring Do calls out. 

235 DARING DO 
Better luck next time, Ahuizotl! 

236 NEBRASKA NED 
If there is a next time! 

Daring pulls out the relic from her satchel as she looks back at the jungle. Nebraska Ned is just finishing untying the ropes from his hind legs. 

240 AHUIZOTL (O.S.)
Curse you Nebraska Ned! Curse you,
Daring Do!!! 

241 RAINBOW DASH 
And so with Ahuizotl defeated and 
the Sapphire Statue secured,... 





SC 27 -INT. RAINBOW DASHS ROOM - MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT 

242 RAINBOW DASH 
(reading)
...the world was safe and sound 
once again. Thanks to Daring Do. 

Rainbow Dash takes a deep breath and looks away from the
book. 

243 RAINBOW DASH (CONTD)
AAAHHHHHHH! THAT WAS AMAZING!!! 

Rainbow Dash hastily grabs the next book from the stack:

247 RAINBOW DASH (CONTD)

(reading)
Daring Do and the Griffons Goblet 

(giddy whisper)
Awesome!!!! 

End of Act III - The End 
