Newbie Artist Training Grounds XV

Day 21: Draw a pony bouncing back / making a comeback

Cookie and Syntax's explorations don't always lead to them finding the treasure they were after, and sometimes they even find evidence that somepony else has been there before them and found it first. It's a dampener on the mood, certainly, especially if they've had to go through a lot to make it to that point (Cookie getting herself through tight squeezes, traps and puzzles to get past and solve, etc.), but what they started adventuring for in the first place was getting out of their stuffy and predictable lives in Canterlot to seek new thrills. Treasure is just a bonus. A nice bonus, but a bonus.

They're willing to admit as much to Pastel, and she still gets to hear stories about those adventures, which is what she likes most. =)