Dragonfire 🌩 On The Wings Of Thunderbird⚡️

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.
We pillage, we plunder, we rifle and loot.
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.
We kidnap and ravage and don't give a hoot.
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho

The next morning, Pipsqueak returned to Equestria, via the portal between the magical world and Earth.

In a flash of blinding white light, the young boy appeared in the Friendship Castle, within the portal's room, eagerly walking to Celaeno's guest room in the castle.

"A-hoy, captain!" Pipsqueak greeted in pirate talk, knocking on the door. "Tis be a new day of adventures for us!" Pipsqueak anxiously waited for the next few minutes for Celaeno to answer. But only silence greeted him. "Um, Celaeno?" Pipsqueak spoke up in worry, in his normal voice. "It's me. First mate, Pipsqueak. Are you okay in there?"

When he didn't receive an answer, again, Pipsqueak knew something was up and started to worry. Turning the knob, slowly and carefully, Pipsqueak quietly took a peek, before opening the whole door ajar to find the room empty.

Celaeno was nowhere to be seen. All that is left of her is unfinished book of Salem's Lot by Stephen King, which was kept open, on its pages, on her bed.

"Huh, I wonder where she is?" Pip thought out loud, when a figure stood by the doorway.

"Hey Pip," Twilight greeted, startling the boy.

"AAH!!!" Pipsqueak screamed, before he rapidly beat his chest to ease his rapid heartbeat. "Don't ever scare me like that!" Pipsqueak berated the lavender alicorn.

"You're right. I'm sorry," Twilight apologized.

Regaining his composure, Pipsqueak asked, "Have you seen Captain Celaeno?"

Twilight frowned sadly, looking to the sides, before she looked back up at Pip, "Come on, I'll show you," She beckoned, with her wing.

With that, a wave of anxious worry washed over Pip as he followed Twilight, through the castle halls, before they arrived out the front door, to a scene that looked as if there had been a scuffle. All over the ground, there were tracks of claws and lines that had kicked up the dirts. No doubt, they are Celaeno's, which indicate she had been outside of the castle. However, what really grabbed everyone's attention was the appearance of scorch marks that had painted the scene, all over the place.

Pipsqueak was confused, "What happened here?" He asked.

"I wished I knew Pip," Twilight answered. "But we're doing everything we can to find out."

Pip then felt a tap on the shoulder, as he looked to see a saddened Rainbow Dash, carrying a familiar brown hat, with a red feather, which appeared to have its tip singed, slightly.

"This was all we could find of her," Rainbow frowned, before gently giving the hat to Pip.

Pip was distraught, and tried hard to deny it. But the truth remains. Captain Celaeno was missing.

"CAPTAIN CELAENO!!!" Pipsqueak called, echoing through out all of Ponyville, and to some extent, Canterlot and the Everfree Forest.

When Love Takes You In

Since that awful day, everyone have all searched far and wide, for their missing parrot pirate friend. But they've found no hide nor feathers of the anthro parrot.

This doesn't sit well with Pipsqueak as he once again, finds himself feeling lonelier than ever.

Pipsqueak has always felt this way, ever since his parents died. Even in the company and presence of his friends, the little boy continues to feel incomplete at the absence of a parental figure. All of that had changed, ever since he first met Captain Celaeno. After the two of them got the chance to know each other, and bonded, he hasn't felt alone since, until now.

On a cold dark night, Pipsqueak was tossing and turning in his sleep, as he began to have a dream. In his vision, Pipsqueak was on a huge ship that was sailing across the rough waters of a huge ocean, with the waves crashing and bashing, rocking the ship from side to side. Then, appearing before him, at the helm of the ship, was the dreamy apparition of Captain Celaeno.

"Captain Celaeno?" Pipsqueak asked. "Captain! Captain!" Pipsqueak broke into a run, as he runs up to the parrot, and they both wrapped their arms around each other in a hug.

"Aye, tis be good to see ya Pip," Celaeno said, as she returned the hug.

Remembering the hat he had been holding onto, Pipsqueak broke up the hug as he held it up to the parrot, "Here. I've got your hat," Pipsqueak said.

"Thank ya Pip," Celaeno was about to take back her hat, when a clap of thunder struck their ship, and the parrot was blasted off the deck.

"CAPTAIN!!" Pipsqueak screamed, running towards the parrot.

"PIIIIP!!! HELP ME!!!" Celaeno squawked in fright, falling into the waters that tossed her around, before she was carried up into the dark clouds above.

"CAPTAIN!!!!" Pipsqueak screamed, running in vain, trying to save the parrot. But it was no use. The young boy was snatched up by the waves, as they carried him farther and farther away from the parrot, who disappeared into the clouds, followed by a crack of thunder.

The last thing Pip saw was the outline of a huge menacing bird that flapped its wings, emitting a bright clap of thunder with every wingbeat as it flew away from him.

At last, Pip came to the shores of an island.

"Greetings, Pipsqueak," a small blue alicorn greeted.

Pipsqueak was aghast, "Princess Luna?" He asked.

"The Boots of Courage have chosen you for a reason," Luna began. "There's not much time to waste. You need to master up your courage, if you're going to save Captain Celaeno."

"Captain Celaeno?!" Pip exclaimed. "Where is she?"

"Celaeno is alive," Luna continued. "You need to go to her. Go. The Thunderbird will take you to her. Go. Go," Luna repeated the last words before Pipsqueak woke up with a start.

"The Thunderbird will take me to her," Pipsqueak repeated. "But what does that even mean?" He asked. Taking one last look at the pirate hat the parrot had left behind, Pipsqueak soon had a look of determination, as he picks up the pirate hat, "If it means finding Captain Celaeno. Then I'll do it." Putting that hat on his head, Pipsqueak looked at himself in the mirror, looking confident, "Wherever you are captain, I'm coming!" He saluted.

He's A Pirate