The Pirate Master

It had been a day since the events of the siege. Rusty had memories that repeated several times. He couldn't believe his friend Shadow had died that day. He had been sad for a long time, and he couldn't get over with it.

Trixie woke up. She noticed she had been knocked out. She didn't know for how long, though. Trixie also noticed she wasn't on her ship anymore, but on somepony's else.

"Hey, what have you done to Trixie's ship?" Trixie asked one of the crew.

"We destroyed it, took the parts of it to repair ours, and now we're travelling home," the pony answered.

"WHAT?!" Trixie shouted angrily. "Who?!"

"I believe that is me," Rusty answered. "Welcome to The Crusador, Trixie."

Trixie looked at Rusty. She couldn't believe she got defeated that easily. Trixie always thought that she was a great pirate. "What do you want?" she asked.

"Well actually... there's a small thing I would like to get an answer for," Rusty said. "And i believe you can answer it."

"Trixie will not talk," Trixie said. This didn't bother Rusty. He still thought he would manage to get her to talk. Then he suddenly looked at the gold medallion she wore.

"What is this?" Rusty asked while taking the shiny medallion.

"It's gold... never heard of it?" Trixie said. "Clearly you aren't as smart as Trixie thought you were."

"The pirate captain named BlackTooth had the same medallion as yours. He was a pirate master, so it wouldn't be too hard to guess you were one," Rusty said.

"So you've heard of them... the pirate masters. Trixie has never heard of anypony that dared fighting them. What did you do to him?" Trixie asked.

"I've killed him," Rusty answered. This made Trixie surprised.

"Killed him?" Trixie asked, almost if she didn't catch what he said. "Hah! Nopony have ever killed a pirate master before," Trixie said.

"Well, I did. I plan to find them all and bring a stop to their piracy," Rusty said.

"You seem so sure of yourself."

"I am sure that with the help of the royal navy, we can defeat them all," Rusty said.

"If what you say is true, then there's only two pirate masters left. BlackTooth and Trixie may have been easy to defeat, but the other two is a tougher challenge," Trixie said.

"I don't care. It isn't about who has the strongest ship or the largest fleet. The pirate masters WILL be defeated. I know so," Rusty said. "Also, don't be so happy about me sparing your life. I will tell Princess Celestia of what you have done."

"You're a weird kind of pirate," Trixie said.

"That's not true, I am a captain of the royal navy. I'm not a pirate," Rusty said.

"The one with a pirate master's medallion will become a pirate master himself," Trixie said. "You board ships, kill ponies. How can you say that you're not a pirate?"

"I'm not a pirate, that's it," Rusty said.

Rusty went to the wheel and began thinking for himself. 'Celestia got to know of what had happened. This is important, and the information about two pirate masters left... I better watch out for Trixie, in case she plans on doing something. I don't know if I can truly trust her...'

They sailed to the Ponyville Docks. When docking The Crusador, one of the crew went to Rusty. He was a white coated earth pony with black mane and emerald green eyes. He began to speak to him. "Rusty, I am sorry for what happened to Shadow," he said, trying to make Rusty feel better.

"Don't think about it. There wasn't anything you could have done," Rusty said.

"I could have tried fighting harder. Shadow was a close friend, even to some of the other crew," he answered. "The name's White Sail, by the way."

"Hi White Sail, I've never known any of the crew unless Shadow," Rusty said. "But it's nice to meet you.

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Celestia was angry of the news she got, but she felt also sad. "I'm sorry this happened, Rusty. I should have tried figuring out there would be a lot of pirates."

"It must have been the pirate masters. They may have been the ones sending out ships to attack," Rusty said.

"Rusty, I am very sorry for the death of Shadow. If there is any..."

"It doesn't matter now!" Rusty said.

"Rusty, I'm serious. As a princess, I will grant you permission to use three of my ships," Clestia said. "Have you heard of the HMS Solar?" she asked.

"Yes, I have. It is one of the strongest galleons the royal navy has," Rusty answered.

"Tell me when you will need it," Celestia said. "You may go now."

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"Where shall we travel next?" White Sail asked.

"I don't know," Rusty answered. "The location of the two remaining pirate masters are unknown, but we will just have to travel until we find them. How much time will it take to repair The Crusador?"

"It will take about the whole day," White Sail answered. "But I think you may want to upgrade it some more?"

"I plan on having it as the size of a frigate. We should also get advanced cannons for it," Rusty said.

"Those pirate masters you we're talking about... They have some strong ships, don't they?"

"Yes, that is true, which is why I want The Crusador to be prepared for fight," Rusty answered. "I think we'll have to travel in five days, then start the journey."

"Um, exactly where, Rusty?" White Sail asked.

Rusty thought for a moment before answering. "To Manehattan."

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While preparing The Crusador, Rusty looked to the side. He saw the HMS Solar that was going to sail with them. He also noticed the other two royal navy ships, which were frigates, if he was correct.

"Full sail, everypony, let's set sail for Manehattan!" Rusty ordered, making The Crusador travel at a fast speed towards Manehattan, followed by the three royal navy ships.