Quote Originally Posted by Rater202 View Post

A thought occurs to me, what if the Gems are not in their stated location?

it is entirely possible that some aspiring treasure hunter or tomb raider stumbled across it already. or one could be in a Dragons Hoard, or worse, it's belly. What then?
Myth blinks, then scowls. "Possible, if unlikely. I will consider possible solutions, though I am fairly sure that nopony has found this first gem." His scowl eases up. "Primarily because his journal was written in archaic Sea Pony. I believe I am one of five ponies alive today who still speak it, and two of those are the Princesses. The odds of anypony having stumbled on it this way are remote."