Pirates of Equestria: Curse of The Black Pearl

As soon as Rainbow Dash set foot in the building, she knew that she’d found a blacksmith shop.

There’s bound to be something in here to help me with these cuffs, thought Rainbow.

Just then, she heard the clink of a bottle hitting the ground. Rainbow turned to find a passed out unicorn stallion dressed in blacksmith’s attire. After making sure he was effectively conked out by poking him and yelling, Rainbow set to work on breaking the cuffs.

She placed her hat on a small anvil and grabbed a hammer and began trying to break the cuffs against a larger anvil… unsuccessfully.

Rainbow looked around and saw that there was a donkey hooked up to  a set of gears. Grabbing a superheated poker, Rainbow poked the donkey in the backside with said poker.

“Yeow!” cried the donkey, who happened to be somewhat blind. He began to make the gears turn and Rainbow Dash  hung the chain of the cuffs on a gear that spun sideways. A larger gear broke the chain.

All right, now then, I’d better- thought Rainbow, before the doorknob turned. Hide!

Rainbow managed to conceal herself just before Shining Armor came in.

What the heck? thought Shining Armor as he went to stop the donkey from turning the gears.

“Something hot poked me in the behind!” complained the donkey.

Shining Armor payed this no attention and went to see his partner, who was still fast asleep.

“Right where I left you,” said Shining Armor with a smirk.

As Shining Armor turned towards the anvil to start work, he saw that the hammer was out of place.

“But you’re not where I left you,” muttered Shining Armor.

He then saw Rainbow’s hat. Before he could grab it, a sword slapped his hand.

“Don’t touch my hat,” said Rainbow Dash.

As Shining Armor backed away from Rainbow’s sword, he said, “You’re the one the soldiers are hunting. The pirate.”

“You know, now that I get a good look at you, you seem kind of familiar. Have I ever threatened you before?” asked Rainbow.

“I tend to try to avoid familiarity with pirates,” said Shining Armor.

“I see. Well, it’d be a shame to put a black mark on your record, so if you’ll excuse me,” said Rainbow as she turned away. Out of the corner of her eye, Rainbow saw Shining Armor grab a nearby sword. Turning back towards Shining Armor, Rainbow said, “Do you really think this a wise move? Crossing blades with a pirate?”

Shining Armor held his blade a little higher. “You threatened Miss Mi Amore,” he hissed.

Rainbow ran her blade along Shining Armor’s. “Only a little,” she said.

Rainbow swung her sword at Shining Armor, who parried the blow with his own. For the better part of five minutes, the two ponies fought backwards and forwards.

Finally, Rainbow grinned. “You certainly know what you’re doing, I’ll give you that much. Excellent form. But, how’s your hoofwork? Say I were to step here,” she said, stepping to the right as she spoke.

Shining Armor mirrored the movement and was able to block Rainbow’s swing.

“Very nice. And now, I step again,” said Rainbow.

As she moved to the left, quicker this time, Shining Armor again mirrored the movement and blocked the attack.

Rainbow struck two quick swings, both of which Shining Armor blocked, before putting her sword away. “Laters,” she said as she made her way back to the door.

Shining Armor, with a little help from his magic, threw his sword into the door latch, preventing it from being opened.

Rainbow Dash grabbed the sword and began trying to remove it, but quickly found she couldn’t.

“That is a nice trick. Unfortunately, you are once again between me and my exit. And now,” said Rainbow, drawing her sword again. “You don’t have a weapon.”

Shining Armor quickly grabbed a superheated sword from the nearby melter.

“Uh-oh! Not again!” said the donkey, who then began to turn the gears again.

Shining Armor and Rainbow Dash began clashing blades again. After Rainbow disarmed Shining Armor, Shining Armor grabbed another sword from a spinning station.

Rainbow looked around at all the swords. “Who makes all these swords?” she asked Shining Armor as they fought.

“I do,” said Shining Armor, who swung his sword at Rainbow while he spoke. “And I practice with them three hours a day… even on holidays.”

Rainbow smirked as she swung her sword at Shining Armor. “You really need to find yourself a mare,” she said.

Shining Armor grabbed a second sword as the fight continued into a sword-lock.

“Or maybe the reason you practice three hours a day 365 days a year is because you’ve already found one, but are unable to woo said strumpet,” said Rainbow, who then frowned. “You’re not a eunuch, are you?”

“I practice three hours a day so that when I meet a pirate, I can kill them!” said Shining Armor as he broke the lock.

The two ponies fought their way onto a small two wheeled trailer. They continued to fight until Shining  Armor stuck one of his swords into a link of the chain of Rainbow’s broken cuffs. Shining Armor then stuck the sword into a board on the rafters.

Rainbow continued to fight one-handed, and managed to knock Shining Armor off the trailer by hitting him with a loose board. She then tried to get the sword her chain was stuck in loose.

Although she managed to get loose, she fell on to the trailer and sent Shining Armor, who had just gotten back on the trailer, onto the rafters.

Rainbow Dash flew up to the rafters and continued the fight, eventually disarming Shining Armor and knocking him back to the ground. Rainbow flew down and grabbed a bag of molding sand and sent a burst of the contents into Shining Armor’s face.

As the momentarily blinded Shining Armor stumbled around, Rainbow got behind him and pulled out her pistol.

Realizing what just happened, Shining Armor said, “You cheated!”

“Pirate,” said Rainbow, pointing at herself with her free hand.

No sooner had she said than Royal Soldiers began trying to break down the door.

Shining Armor grabbed a small hammer and stood in front of the back door.

“Get out of the way,” said Rainbow.

“No!” said Shining Armor.

“Please move!” said Rainbow.

“No! I refuse to stand aside and let you escape,” said Shining Armor.

Rainbow cocked the pistol. “This shot isn’t meant for you,” she said.

Just then, Rainbow was hit in the back of the head with a cider bottle. Holding the broken bottle was Shining Armor’s partner.

“Ow,” said Rainbow as she fell on her face, knocked out.

Almost at the same time, the soldiers broke through the door and surrounded the unconscious Rainbow Dash, muskets at the ready.

“Well done, Mr. Smith,” said Lightning Dust. “You’ve assisted in the capture of a dangerous fugitive.”

“I can’t take full credit. I merely finished her off. It was Shining Armor here who held her off,” said Smith.

“Well, then, good job, Mr. Sparkle. Well, I trust everypony will remember this as the day Captain Rainbow Dash almost escaped. Take her away,” said Lightning.