The Pirate Master

In a place in the mountain near Canterlot...

"Reports from one of BlackTooth's crew, captain," a pony said.

"What is it, Purple Vine?" a dark voice asked.

"They wrote BlackTooth got murdered by a pony named Rusty," Purple Vine answered.

"What?! He died?!" the dark voice asked, getting angry at those news.

"Well, that's unfortunate."

"SHUT UP!" the dark voice said, making silence fill the room.

They were in a dark room with a lot of guards. There were currently only two ponies sitting near a table and a pony standing next to one of them.

"He wasn't so special anyways. I kind of expected this to happen."

"It is important that we take care of what is happening to our group, Yellow Gear."

"Hmm, the worst that could happen would be if Trixie would tell anything. It says in the reports that Trixie got taken by Rusty and his crew," Yellow Gear said.

"What are your orders, Darkness Blade?"

"This captain is going to pay for what he has done!" Darkness Blade answered with rage.

"I can take care of him sir. But I will need some of your ships to do so. My ships are busy trading," Yellow Gear answered.

"Yellow Gear, I know you want to prove yourself worthy, but I'm not sure if you are qualified for the job. This captain took both BlackTooth and Trixie," Darkness Blade said, while thinking about the situation.

"I know that if we use both of our fleets, we can manage to do this," Yellow Gear assured.

"Hmm, alright. I'll let you use some of my ships. Let me know when you kill the captain."

"Alright. Our scouts have informed us that captain Rusty is going to travel to Manehattan. Other important news is that he has docked many times at the Ponyville Docks."

"I assume that's an important place?" Yellow Gear asked.

"Let's give that town a little visit, shall we?"

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Meanwhile on the other side of the ocean...

It had been a day since Rusty and the crew left Ponyville Docks. Rusty didn't know what he would do when they reached Manehattan, but he would try to search everywhere until he would find the pirate masters.

Since yesterday, Rusty thought of having a quartermaster. He decided this day that White Sail could be one.

Rusty learned a lot about White Sail. He had shown Rusty that he was a good sailor, had a decent knowledge of ships and could watch out for things in the distance.

Rusty managed to get to know other ponies on The Crusador. For example, the pegasus colt named Cold Wind and the pegasus mare Evening Rain.

Rusty would try to keep track of the crew's mood. With the help of White Sail, he managed to do that fine.

Other things crossed Rusty's mind. He missed his family, mostly his brother. Rusty had been very busy lately. He thought of traveling back home when he was done with this. That was all that he wanted.

The strong wind made The Crusador sail fast across the sea. There were some big waves.

Cold Wind had managed to tell Rusty when to slow down so the Royal Navy ships could keep up with them.

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Inside the captain's office...

Rusty looked at a map he had. 'hmm, if we continue at this speed, we will arrive at Manehattan in about a day or two...' Rusty thought to himself. He didn't notice White Sail entering the room.

"When will we arrive sir?" White Sail asked.

"Don't call me sir, you can call me Rusty."

"Okay, Rusty. I just wondered when we would arrive at Manehattan."

"The wind is strong now, so don't expect to have the same speed to Manehattan. I think it will be around two to three days," Rusty answered. He didn't have much else to say. "I'll tell you when we are close."

"Alright, Rusty. I'll tell this to the crew."

Rusty still had some questions in mind that he wanted to ask White Sail, but decided to ask later. For now they had to find the pirate masters.