注：本章提及的邦比、“热气球驾驶者协会”等内容均在《天马无畏之云中禁城》里提及过。

天马无畏抬起了她的蹄子，在半空中举了一会儿，好像还在重新思索是否应该进去，但他们已经来到这，只能去试一试邦比会不会愿意帮忙了。她轻轻地敲了敲那扇红色的木门，门很快就开了，前来迎接的是一位比较邋遢的陆马，灰白色鬃毛上戴着一顶大礼帽。

无畏一看到他就笑了，他看上去真是一团槽。“邦比，老朋友。”

“无畏？”邦比也认出了她，两眼顿时放光了。“可真是惊喜啊！”他上一次见到她还是在小马国南部的“热气球驾驶者协会”那会面的时候，他们在午餐时畅聊着，无畏告诉他自己是如何根据他们在云幻乡的冒险写了本冒险小说，但那至少是好几年之前的事了。

“来请进请进！”他挥了挥蹄子，摇摇摆摆地走进了屋子。他回头看到了一旁的云宝黛茜，顿时差点掩饰不住自己的恼怒。“那是谁？”

无畏解释道：“她是我的朋友云宝黛茜。”而云宝只是微微地点了点头笑了笑，没有出声。无畏坐到了一张紫色凳上，向云宝挥了挥蹄，也示意她坐下来。“别担心——我是完全信任她的。”

“好吧，既然你都这么说了。”邦比小跑到厨房，端了两杯梨汁出来。他把一杯递给了无畏，看起来他似乎想把另一杯留给自己喝，但他还是递给了云宝。“所以，这次你想来打听什么宝藏呢？”

无畏从衬衫里掏出了云宝小时候画的那张潦草地图，在桌子上展开。“这个地方你有印象吗？”

“雷电丛林？”邦比眯了眯眼睛，拿蹄子摸索了一下，一种奇怪的表情出现在他的脸上。“你为什么想去那？”

“这个，因为据说那里埋藏着一个古天马族的宝藏，叫做好运——”

“石榴石。”邦比跟着补充道：“可以让好运的事降临到你身上的宝石，对吧？”云宝黛茜和无畏都惊了一下，面面相窥着。所以他确实知道她们要去寻找的宝藏！云宝可以肯定西拉诺还一直怀疑过停靠在这是否能得到什么线索，但事实证明这一切都是值得的。

“这是真的吗？”无畏惊叹了起来，直到这一刻她都还没意识到她想去找到一件这样的宝物是如此地强烈。

“如果丛林还在的话，那宝物肯定就在。”邦比站了起来，一瘸一瘸地走到了一个装满黄色羊皮卷的蓝色前，那篮子也是用蓝丝带紧紧地捆着。他翻遍了所有的卷轴，挑出来一卷。“在我还在跟‘棱镜’一起冒险的时候，我画了这些地图。因为我那时候每天都要花上好几个小时在空中观察着各处才能做出这些来。当然这做久了的话也是会有点乏味，你知道吗？”

这时云宝感觉邦比刚刚是想直接跟他说话，她点了点头，展现出自己对他的故事很感兴趣。“可不是嘛！”

“当我遇到那股风暴漩涡时，我当然会画个地图去研究它。”邦比把他的卷轴直接盖在了云宝在学校里画的那张潦草地图上，整张地图就像活了一样，上面有小山还有山谷，银色的溪流蜿蜒流淌过田野，还有散步在各处的小村庄。地图的左下角就是一群狂风大作的乌云，跟云宝的那张几乎一样。“我当然还会把船停在附近的村庄，去询问过那里的小马这异常天气的来源。”

云宝现在坐到了她的凳子边上，感觉如果她再稍微倾斜一点，就会倒在地板上了。“他们说了什么？”

“那里几百年来都是这样，都是因为有一群天马们找了一匹强大的独角兽给整个丛林施了个天气魔法，这样就可以好好保护藏在那里的珍贵石榴石，传说雷云是没办法直接穿过去的。”

云宝黛茜很困惑：“如果小马们都没法直接穿过去，那要怎么才能去找到那珍贵的宝物呢？”

“我想肯定有一些天马们的特殊穿行技巧，你们应该会有点头绪吧？”邦比耸了耸肩，伸蹄去看了看地图。

“特殊穿行技巧吗？”无畏绞尽脑汁想了起来。大多数天马应该都能做一些简单的飞行特技，但她不确定怎样的特技才能穿过一堵无法突破的风暴墙。“这根本没有任何头绪啊。”

“反正是难倒我了，无论如何我是不会靠近那个雷电丛林。”他开始卷起地图，但无畏拦住了他。

她俏皮地问道：“你介意我们可以借去用用吗？”

老陆马回答道：“我想这应该是没啥害处。”她把蓝丝带系上卷轴，扔给了无畏。“你要知道，你在追寻的可是个不可能实现的目标！”

“我想我们是可以办到的。”无畏笑了笑看向了云宝，她把地图塞给她，对她眨了眨眼睛低声道：“你就把它带回船上吧，船长一定很着急了。”

云宝有点失望地回道：“你不一起来吗？”

“我就算了，”无畏坚持道：“我也不能来一趟就这么走了。”她指了指邦比，他看起来挺想来偷听她们谈话，他也不是很善于隐藏。“与其坐着船飞到天上去冒险，还不如多花点时间来陪陪老朋友！”听了这话，邦比笑了起来。云宝也明白了，如果小蝶或是云宝跟她多年没见后突然来拜访她了，她肯定也会很希望她们能留下来，直到能确保以后还能再见。

“好吧！那以后再见了！”云宝出门后喊了一声，然后就飞向城外去找海盗们。十分钟后，无畏和邦比看到了一艘飞艇从城外起飞，消失在云层中。但当那艘船上的五彩羽翼展开时，无畏的朋友顿时有了很大的奇怪反应。

邦比绝望地叫了起来：“那就是你刚刚说的船？！”他跺着蹄咬紧了牙关。“这简直是不可理喻！”

“我-我不明白。”

“他们就是曾经抢劫过我和棱镜的海盗们！我把地图给你，你却为了帮助他们？”

“我…呃…我…”无畏顿时哑口无言，显然也不知道该说什么好。

英文版：

Daring Do lifted her hoof and held it in midair for a moment, as if she were reconsidering what she was about to do. But they had come too far not to find out if Brumby could help. She knocked softly on the red wooden door. It swung open to reveal a scruffy stallion with a top hat squashed down on his graying mane.
Daring Do smirked at the sight of him. He looked like a mess. “Brumby, old pal.”
“Daring Do?” Brumby’s eyes lit up with recognition of his friend. “What a surprise!” The last time he’d seen her was during a visit to the southern bit of Equestria to meet with the Aeronauts Society. They’d caught up over lunch and she’d told him all about how she’d written a book based on their adventure in Cirrostrata. But that was at least a few years back.
“Come in! Come in!” He waved his hoof and waddled inside. He looked back over his shoulder at Rainbow Dash, unable to hide his annoyance. “Who’s that?”
“This is my friend Rainbow Dash,” Daring Do explained. Rainbow Dash gave a tiny nod and a smile but didn’t say a peep. Daring Do sat down on a purple stool and gestured to Rainbow Dash, who did the same. “Don’t worry —I trust her completely.”
“All right, if ya say so.” Brumby trotted to the kitchen and returned with two glasses of Alto Terran pear juice. He passed one to Daring Do and looked as if he was going to keep the other for himself, but then gave it to Rainbow Dash. “So what do ya want to know ’bout this time?”
Daring Do reached into her shirt for Rainbow Dash’s sloppily drawn fillyhood map and unrolled it on the table. “Does this place ring any bells?”
“The Thunder Jungle?” Brumby traced it with his hoof, narrowing his eyes. A sense of darkness shrouded his face. “Why do ya want to go there?”
“Well, supposedly there’s this ancient Pegasus treasure called the Good —”
“Fortune Garnet,” Brumby finished. “The gem that makes great things happen to ya, right?” Rainbow Dash and Daring Do perked up and looked at each other. So he did know about the treasure they were looking for! The pirates were going to be so excited when the ponies returned with actual information beyond a filly’s map. Rainbow Dash had been able tell that Celaeno had been doubting this little pit stop, but it was all turning out to be worth it.
“So it’s real?” Daring Do marveled. Up until this moment, Daring Do hadn’t realized her doubts about finding such a relic were so strong.
“If it still exists, then sure it is.” Brumby stood up and hobbled over to a basket brimming with yellowed scrolls. They were rolled up tight with blue ribbon. He pawed through the collection and selected one. “Back in the early days of traveling around in the Reflector, I dabbled in cartography. It only made  sense  since  I  was  watching  the  landscape  from  above  for  hours everyday. Gets to be a bit a tedious after a while, ya know?”
It felt as if he was speaking directly to Rainbow Dash, so she nodded to show she was interested in his story. “Totally!”
“When I came across that swirling mass of a storm, of course I tracked it on my map.” Brumby rolled out his own scroll on top of Rainbow Dash’s scribbly version from school, and it was as if the map had come to life. There were hills and valleys, silvery streams snaking through the fields, and tiny villages dotted throughout. In the bottom left corner of the map was the blustery black cloud. Just like in Rainbow Dash’s version. “Of course I had to land my ship at the nearest village and ask ’em about the unusual weather.”
Rainbow Dash was now perched on the edge of her stool. If she leaned any farther, she would have toppled to the floor. “What did they say?!”
“That it had been that way for hundreds o’ years, all on account of some Pegasus who had a powerful Unicorn cast a weather spell on the jungle, so he could  hide  and  protect  his  precious  garnet  there.  Legend  has  it  that  the thunderclouds are impenetrable.”
Rainbow Dash was confused. “If nopony could get through it, then how would he get to his precious relic?”
“There’s some special Pegasus weather trick that only a few of ya can do, I guess?” Brumby shrugged and reached for the map.
“A trick?” Daring Do racked her brain. Most Pegasi could perform simple weather maneuvers, but she wasn’t sure what move would allow one to bust through an impassable wall. “That doesn’t make any sense.”
“Beats me. I’d never go near that Thunder Jungle, anyhow.” He began to roll up the map, but Daring Do interrupted him.
“Do you mind if we borrow that?” she asked slyly.
“I suppose there’s no harm in it,” the old stallion replied. He tied the blue ribbon back around the scroll and tossed it to Daring Do. “But just know you’re chasin’ an impossible prize!”
“I think we can manage.” Daring Do laughed as she turned to Rainbow Dash. She held out the map, gave her comrade a little wink, and whispered, “You take this back to the ship and go ahead. I’m sure the captain is getting anxious.”
“You’re not coming?” Rainbow Dash replied, crestfallen.
“I am,” Daring Do insisted. “But I can’t just show up and leave already.” She gestured to Brumby. He looked as if he was trying to eavesdrop, and he wasn’t really very good at hiding it. “I should visit with my old friend for a bit.  I’ll  fly  to  meet  the  ship  in  the  skies!”  At  this,  Brumby  smiled  and Rainbow Dash understood. If Fluttershy or Applejack had shown up to visit after not seeing her for years, she would demand that they stay until they were all caught up.
“Okay! See ya later!” Rainbow Dash called out and took off to find the pirates  at  port.  Ten  minutes  later,  Daring  Do  and  Brumby  spotted  the magnificent airship take off and disappear into the clouds. When the colored feathers  of  the  ship’s  sail  extended  out,  Daring  Do’s  friend  had  an  odd reaction.
“That was the ship you were talking about?!” Brumby cried out in despair. He stomped his hoof on the ground and gritted his teeth. “This is an outrage!”
“I don’t understand—”
“Those are the pirates who robbed me on the Reflector! Did I just give ya my map to help them?”
“I… uh… I . . .” Daring Do was at a loss for words and, apparently, her own good sense.