Island of the Lost

Dear diary,

Today me and my friends are going on a vacation. All six of us entered a lottery for tickets to San Franciscolt. Earlier today, we found out that one of us had won! I'm packing my bags now. Not too heavy. It will be about a five day trip. I've packed my toothbrush, my hairbrush my- oh look at me! I'm making a checklist in my own diary. Of course I'll be packing you! What would I do without you? I won't have to worry about anypony nosing into my belongings either, since I'm rooming with Fluttershy. Spike had to stay behind though. I need somepony to take care of the library while I'm gone. Sunset Wonder has been busy, so I couldn't ask him. But San Franciscolt is a big city, I don't think Spike could handle it anyways.

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Twilight picked up her diary and placed it in her neatly arranged suitcase. She closed the case and placed it at the bottom of her stairs. She looked about the library, no Spike in sight. "Spiiiiiiiiiike!"

"What is it?" Spike asked, emerging from another room.

"Are you going to be okay while I'm gone?"

"Yes. I'll be fine."

"Alright, just don't eat any ice cream."

Spike grumbled under his breath "It's not like you'll be here to stop me."

"Don't eat any ice cream."

"Okay." Spike groaned.

"It's late Spike, why don't you get to bed."

"Alright."

Spike climbed up the stairs, reaching the top and waddling over to his basket. He crawled into the basket and pulled his blankie over him. Twilight smiled. She trotted up the stairs to her own bed, hopping inside and pulling her cozy covers about her. They had just been washed and smelled clean and slightly flowery. It was nice. Twilight closed her eyes and imagined the trip. Rarity was probably going to tan on the beach. Rainbow Dash was probably going to try her hoof at surfing. Fluttershy might be watching for sea wildlife. Pinkie Pie would definitely throw a beach party. Every day. Applejack would definitely get on a bus and head up to Neighpa Valley to see the orchards. What was Twilight going to do? Twilight turned to her bedside table and leafed through the pamphlet she had received. Now she remembered, she was going to visit the many museums in the area. Twilight rolled back over into her comfortable position. She closed her eyes again and dreamed.

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In the morning Twilight checked her suitcase to make sure she hadn't forgotten anything. Twilight had gotten up extra early to cook Spike a pancake breakfast. She closed the suitcase and picked it up. She opened the front door and trotted outside. She closed the door behind her and trotted through the morning streets of Ponyville. Mist hung in the air. Twilight spotted movement out of the corner of her eye.

Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie had already met up with each other and were on their way to the train station. They spotted Twilight and called to her. Twilight Trotted over to them. They began walking and talking of how excited they were to go on a trip with their best friends. The train station came into view. Rarity, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash had already arrived and were waiting for the train, which would be there any minute. Twilight talked with her friends until they heard the rumbling of the tracks.

The train powered into the station and stopped at the platform. The six ponies entered the train and took their seats. The destination was one they took often. Canterlot. Why were they going to Canterlot? Because Ponyville didn't have an airport.

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The six ponies arrived in Canterlot. They grabbed their luggage and exited the train. The excitement leaking from their forms almost made the train ride seem shorter than normal. It was about noon now. The six friends had to get to the airport by one o' clock else they be late.

The six trotted through the busy streets of Canterlot. The posh ponies pushed past the six friends. Not all Canterlot ponies were rude, just some. Twilight ignored their plight and continued towards the airport. The building was now in sight. The airport was quite the spectacle. A large glass foyer greeted the six ponies on their way to the plane. The central hub of the airport consisted of more glass, held up by stone arches. Potted plants of all kinds made the place seem all the more airy. The six ponies trotted up towards the front desk. Twilight Sparkle greeted the pony behind the counter. "Hello I'm-"

"Do ya have a ticket?"

"Yes."

"Lemme see it." Twilight gave the pony her ticket. The mare examined it and gave it back. "Alright then Miz Spahckle, whatcha wanna do is go down the hall until ya come ta gate 'B', then hand the ticket ta tha guy workin' tha turnstile. He'll let ya in and ya can board the plane."

"Thank you."

The pony at the desk gave her a dismissive wave. Twilight and the others followed the instructions given by the pony and eventually came to gate B. The turnstile pony asked for their tickets and punched them with a hole punch. He handed back the tickets and unlocked the turnstile.

Inside the waiting room. Twilight checked the time and turned to her friends. "alright everypony, we've got fifteen minutes, so grab a snack and whatever else you need to take care of."

The group disbanded in all directions. Twilight grabbed a bagel and cup of coffee since she hadn't actually eaten breakfast yet. Some odd feeling inside her told her to get something else. She returned to the counter with a medium sized bag of salted peanuts and a large bottle of water. She stored these in her suitcase and headed off in a different direction. Something else inside her told her to turn around. She did so and saw the gift shop. She headed towards it.

Inside the gift shop she looked around. She saw some more things she had the urge to buy for no apparent reason. She bought a bag of preserved fruits (since ponies don't eat beef jerky), a first aid kit, and a Swiss army knife. Why was she buying these things? She would never need this stuff, but something compelled her to do so. At the counter she paid for her purchases, also throwing in a disposable lighter. She left the shopping area before she started buying anything else. Fluttershy caught up with her. "Twilight...umm...I hate to be nosy, but...umm...when did you start smoking?"

"I don't smoke."

"Then why buy a lighter?" Fluttershy got even quieter "are you an arsonist?"

"No."

"I'm sorry Twilight, I didn't mean to pry."

"It's okay Fluttershy. I don't understand why, but I've been compelled to buy all this random stuff."

"I understand. I actually bought some pretty strange things too. I bought an emergency radio and a bottle of water. When am I ever going to use an emergency radio?"

"In an emergency?"

"Well yeah...but you know what I mean."

"Are you ready to get on the plane?"

"I guess so."

Fluttershy and Twilight boarded the plane. The plane was relatively empty. Not many ponies traveled by air, especially if they could fly on their own. On the plane was a family of four and a business pony. The rest of Twilight's friends were already on the plane.

The pilot got on the intercom "Alright ponies. uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. We are going to San Franciscolt. uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. the weather is nice there. uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. We are looking at a clear flight."

Twilight sat back in her seat. The flight was going to be about twelve hours, so they all had time to kill. Twilight opened her suitcase and pulled out a book. She eyed the supplies she had purchased. She felt foalish for letting herself impulsively buy these things. Was it really impulse? What could be foreshadowed? Twilight closed her suitcase. She opened The book she had brought. She closed the book and frowned to herself. Jungle Survival 101. Why did she bring this book? She remembered, it was the only book in her library she hadn't read. She smiled to herself, this was all silly. Nothing bad was going to happen. Twilight re-opened her book and read through chapter one in an hour. The pilot came back on. "Uhhhh. Yeah, remember when I said the flight was going to be clear. Don't panic, buuuuuuuut I might have been wrong." Twilight looked out the window. Storm clouds.

The flight path brought them past the city of Daylas, Equestria's number one producer of storms, and around this time of year, the entire midwest needed a big rain quota for their crops. The pilot had obviously not been aware of the time of year. He came back on "Yeah. We aren't gonna fly through that. I'm gonna try to-" The plane rocked "Uh oh.". By this point Fluttershy had completely lost it. "UH OH!? WHAT DOES HE MEAN UH OH?!" She pulled out a paper sack and began breathing heavily into it. She finally just became completely overwhelmed and passed out. Twilight looked out the window. She saw smoke. Smoke meant fire. Something was definitely going wrong. Twilight closed her eyes to calm herself. She felt the plane dip slightly. Her eyes shot open. She looked out the window again and saw a parachute. The pilot had jumped. They were on their own.

The plane went into a spiral. On occasion it glided off in one direction, and they were over the Gulf of Mexicolt before splash down. Hitting the water awoke Fluttershy. She grabbed the supplies she had bought and headed for the door.

"C'mon Twilight!"

"I'm coming!"

Twilight grabbed her suitcase and began galloping towards the door. Fluttershy opened the door and they got out. The plane was beginning to sink. Twilight didn't look to see if anypony else made it out. She just swam. She eventually saw land. Her and Fluttershy were very lucky. They managed to get to land. They watched the plane begin to sink. They watched their friends get out, but then the worst possible thing happened. The plane exploded. Debris shot into the air and an inferno engulfed them. Fluttershy gasped and began to cry. Their friends were dead.

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Dear diary,

Today my friends died. Nopony knows we survived the crash. We found out that the emergency radio was damaged by the sea water. We'll have to survive until somepony comes to check out the scene. That'll be a minimum of five days. We are definitely on an island. The plane crashed to far away from the maneland for us to even consider swimming there.

I hope Spike is okay.