"This is getting utterly absurd," complained Twilight as she squeezed through a particularly thorny patch of vines that tugged at her mane and tail. Fighting them off like the brave hero she was, Twilight got tangled on a rather large thorn and stomped her hooves angrily. "These freaking thorns are seriously getting on my nerves! Gah!" She kicked the bejeezus out of the poor vine until it was crumpled and limp. Once she’d shirked it off, she asked, "Are we even close to being there yet?"

Wielding a dulled machete in her magic (since Twilight wouldn't let her sharpen it), Trixie puffed out her chest triumphantly as she cut down the last swath of vegetation before her, revealing a vast canyon overlooked by ominous cliffs. "Why yes, Twilight, yes in fact we are here.” She then added, under her breath, “No thanks to your incessant whining."

Twilight rolled her eyes. "Whatever, let's just get this thing and be done with it. Who the heck hides their family fortune in a secret hollowed-out volcano lair anyway? And why in Celestia's name is it way the crap out here?" Shoving aside a nosey squirrel and stepping over some more vines, Twilight said, “What, you guys couldn’t find a hollowed-out volcano a little closer to… well, anywhere?”

"Tsk tsk," said Trixie, clicking her tongue. "Those are questions best left for another time. For right now, let's simply enjoy the moment. And for the record, no. This was the nearest volcano. Turns out they’re not as common as you might think.”

"Screw that," said Twilight, finally escaping the vines and heaving herself up onto the rock Trixie was standing on. "I just want to be done with—what the?" Her eyebrows furrowed as she looked out over the canyon with not a volcano in sight. "I thought you said we were here?"

"We are.”

"Then where's the volcano?"

"Over there." Trixie pointed to the tiniest sliver of a mountain peak poking above the treeline in the distance. "Just past the horizon."

Twilight rounded on Trixie, her eyes going wide. "You said we were here!"

"We are here, but the volcano is there.” Trixie cocked her head to the side in confusion. “I didn't say we were there, did I?"

"Well, then where's here!?" asked Twilight as she threw her hooves into the air.

"Here is how we get to there,” said Twilight, motioning walking from one point to another with her hoof. She looked at Twilight. “Do you understand, or should I explain it slower?”

"Oh, for the love of—I'm going home. This is stupid." Twilight turned around and started walking back into the jungle she'd just left, leaving Trixie standing alone on the rock.

"Aww," said Trixie, hiding her chuckle, "don't be like that. We've only got another three days to go."

“Ughhhhh…”

Trixie covered her mouth as she laughed quietly. “Don’t worry. She’ll be back,” she said to no one in particular. “She always comes back.”