A New Voyage

The three young mare's stared up at the giant before them. It was Fluttershy who broke the silence, "W-whitebeard? Your name is... Whitebeard?"

"Ah, well.. that's what everyone calls me; I'll have you know, that name has quite a bit of power behind it. But in truth, my birth name is Edward Newgate" the old stallion responded, meeting her eyes.

"..Newgate?" Rainbow mimicked, starting to recover from the bizarre attack she'd endured. "heh, what kinda goofy name is 'Newgate'?"

"Tch, cheeky brat.. and after what you've just experienced no less.. got quite a mouth on you, don't ya?" He grinned.

Rainbow smirked back "Oh, you don't think I was bothered by that weirdo air thingy you did do ya? HA puh-lease," she said, moving to stand on her own four legs.

"Easy there Dash," Applejack admonished, making sure her friend was stable before letting go "Fella just got calmed down, don't need neither'a ya'll gettin' riled up," Rainbow only muttered in response. Applejack then turned to the Old Stallion. "So uh.. Mr.. Newgate? What exactly brings ya to Ponyville? I hope ya ain't here to start no trouble.." She said with a twinge of unease.

" 'Ponyville'?.. The hell's that?" he asked.

"Ain't ya never heard of it?" silence and a tired stare was all she got in response. "Well, it's that little town over yonder." she pointed a hoof to direct his gaze in its direction "Right nice place, with respectable ponies.. and peaceful.. for the most part"

"Mm, well unless the whole place is filled with brats like her, I doubt you'll have to worry" he said motioning to Rainbow Dash.

Fluttershy and Applejack both felt a sigh of relief escape them, Rainbow however glared at Newgate.

"..Then again" he started catching all three's attention "I suppose if more of those demons from that forest come after me.. heh, things might get a bit exciting" That statement put them all on edge. "Demons"? What on earth is this old pony talking about? Before any of them got the chance to ask however, they became aware of  his departure.

"Hey, hold on a second! What'd ya mean by that? Wait!" Applejack called starting after him.

"Why should I? If they really are after me, I don't feel like wasting time standing around chatting with little kids" he called back, never once looking back, nor slowing down. Though he was only walking, his longer legs propelled him across the grassy expanse quickly, and Applejack had to run to catch up to him. Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash however remained behind.

"Man, what a jerk. Just let him try and cause some trouble, now that I know he can do.. whatever that was, he won't catch me off guard again! Next time I'll really let him have it!" Rainbow Dash boasted while throwing a few jabs in the air.

"Do you think its okay to let Applejack go after him alone?" Fluttershy questioned

"mm, yeah I guess I'd better fly after them. Though, if you want to stay that's fine. You're probably worried about your animals right?" Rainbow turned towards the yellow pegasus who did seem to have an air of concern about her.

"oh.. w-well.. I should probably.. I mean.. you both might need help and.." she tried to respond, unable to deny how on point her friend was.

"Ha, no offence Fluttershy, but I don't think you'd be too much help. Especially not if you're mind is focused on your pets." Rainbow placed a hoof on Flutter's shoulder "Look it'll be fine, Applejack and I can handle it." She said with a sincere and confident smile.

Fluttershy hesitated for a moment before returning a smile of her own. By the time she had made it back to her door, Rainbow Dash was already gone.

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"How in the hay.. One second he's right in front of me tellin' me off, the next he's gone.."

Applejack currently paced through Ponyville's street's looking for the old giant.

Despite her pursuit and attempts to sit him down to talk, the old stallion had continued on to Ponyville's outskirts. It was here that she took her eyes off him to survey the town. Due to the earthquakes, the streets seemed mostly empty; there were a few clean up crew's here and there, but most ponies had returned to their homes to tend to their houses personally.

"well, at least if he does start somethin', nopony'd get caught up in it.." she had thought. However upon looking back to where Newgate had once been, she discovered he had vanished. A quick survey, and a spin revealed that he was nowhere to be seen.

"wuh.. I.. GAH!!" she grunted, before running through the town, hoping to find him before any trouble was caused.

Nearby however, hidden just out of sight on the side of a house, Whitebeard couldn't help but snicker. "Hmph, I snuck right up behind that bastard admiral.. what makes you think I couldn't escape you, little brat? Treating me like a lost child.." he whispered. The sound of a window opening caught his attention. He turned and met the gaze of a young light tan pony, with a dark blue and pink mane, quite obviously surprised by the enormous pony right out side her window.

"....." she exclaimed.

"....." he responded.

Her expression changed to one of unamusment as she shut her window, and closed the curtains. Newgate continued to stare for only a moment, then he turned away and began walking down the first road he saw.

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"Bucking geese.. I don't care what Fluttershy says, they're spawns of tartarus" Despite the speed with which she took off, a run in with a rather irritable group of water fowl led to Rainbow Dash getting slowed down, if only for a minute or two.

She was now hovering in the air just above Ponyville, and was scanning the area bellow for Applejack and the big white jerk. She spotted Applejack speedily trotting through the streets, but there was something amiss. No giant pony.

"What? Did he escape? Jeez, guess I'd better find him.. "  While he may have claimed he wouldn't cause trouble, Rainbow didn't trust him as far as she could throw him.. which admittedly wasn't very far, which only strengthens her point.

"Okay.. so" she began to think as she soar through the sky above trying to locate the large pony. "Plan A: fly down and regroup with Applejack to find him.. no, I can see things better from up here.." She flew a bit lower, just below the clouds.

"Plan B: fly down and ask around if anypony's seen him.. but it doesn't look like there are too many ponies out right now besides the workers.. and even if there were, it'd take too long to ask every single pony.."

Still scanning, she caught sight of the library, and Twilight levitating a bunch of books around her, while checking some weird machine. "Plan C: have Twilight teleport him to us.. wait.. can she do that?" Rainbow paused where she was to ponder this. "I mean, she's done it with Discord a couple times.. it'd probably work with him.. maybe.." she shook her head and discarded that plan, and looking down saw Pinkie suddenly spring up next to Twilight, nearly giving her a heart attack.

"heh.. oh, plan D: have Pinkie find him. She can probably sniff him out with that sense of hers.. though, that would just lead to her wanting to throw a party for the jerk.." thinking for a moment, she discarded that plan as well before taking off again to continue searching. "dang.. plan E is.. eh.."

"WHOA HO HO! Look at YOU!" an amused cry suddenly came from down below.

"Huh?" Looking down she saw a starry eyed worker pony, and two other ponies staring at Newgate, who looked none too pleased. She stared for a moment "Plan E: Rush down there at full speed, ram that jerk and knock him out."

Down below Newgate forcefully pushed the gawking pony out of the way, to which she grinned

"Plan E, it is."