The Poseidon Adventure

The hallway the group was standing in was big enough for them all. The walls were painted yellow, while the floors were painted brown. the ceilings were white and had several 4 lights that were brightly lit. Opposite the kitchen door was the door to the passenger hallway. On the side of the room was the stairway. Flipped over it revealed aflat bottom that looked more like a slide.

"How are we going to get up there?" Granny Smith asked.

"We can't all climb that?" Money Bags said.

Celesta and the rest walked in, overhearing the conversation. She looked at the stair case and grabbed hold of the railing. She then put all her weight to her feet as she pulled herself up the slide. Mac decided to join in and followed her up. The two looked around for something to use. Something like a rope to pull the others up. Mac a door at the that was a few feet from the stair well. He tried to pull it open but to no avail.

"You're not going to find anything in there. That's the crew's galley." A voice said from behind.

The two looked behind them to see Flash and Sunny coming out of the entrance to the passenger area. Celestia just smilled.

"Glad to see you two made it. Anyone else with you?" She said

"They're down the hall. How about you?" Flash said.

"Yeah. 26 others and we're trying to get them up the stairs. You have any rope or anything."

"Here, wait a second." Sunny said. And with that she went back out into the hallway. A minute later she came back in with a rope in her hands. It was part of the lifelines that hung from the rails. The three looked in wonder.

"Here" Sunset said "Try this."

"How did you get that?" Mac said.

Sunset reached in he pocket and took a small army knife revealing the blade to the trio.

"Never leave home without one." She said.

Flash just chuckled, always aware of his friend's antics. Mac and Celestia each took an end of the rope and tossed it down the stairs. It was just long enough to reach the bottom where the others were waiting.

"Alright" Celestia said "Luna, Joe, you two are first I need you."

The two got in the loop made by the rope and made their way up the slope while the two at the top pulled them. They got to the top with ease, but Luna didn't feel at ease.

"I take it out of the 30 people here, I'm going to be the bitch who helps you with everything. Am I right?" She said.

"If you want to put it that way 'sis'" Clestia said agitated, "then yes, you are. Now shut up and help out here. Joe, Flash you come with me."

The professor grabbed Joe and put his arm around the back of her neck to give him some leverage. His leg was still in bad shape due to the gash so this assistance was a lot of help. The two then made their out into the passenger hallways. Sunset stood by and watched them go. She then turned towards the stairs and made a decision.

"I'm heading down." She said. "I'm going to see if there's anyone else in the hallway down there."

Before anyone could say anything she sat down and slid down the slope into the crowd. She quickly brushed past them all and walked into the hallway behind the door. Mac and Luna, decided to let it go and get back to work.

"Ok, send the kids up first." She said. "Then we'll work from there. Send them up 2 at a time.

"I'll go help them up." Flash said as he slid down the stairs. As he got to the bottom he looked around at the crowd, thinking how long it would take to get them up. He looked at the 6 younger kids in front of him.

"Alright, like she said, the kids first." He pointed at Sweetiebell and Applebloom, "Alright, you two are first." He pointed out Scootaloo and Diamond Tiara, then Silver Spoon and Spike. "Alright let's get started." He looped the rope behind the backs of Applebloom and Sweetiebell. Soon they were on their way up the slope, the duo at the top pulling on the rope while the two kids held on to it and tried to keep their balance. They mad it up the stairs with almost complete ease. Soon the next two were up, and the next two. Now it was the older sections turn.

The search for a way up was going nowhere fast. The minute they stepped out into the hall they encountered a mass of wreckage on their left. Still they tried to move towards the back, where the next staircase to Broadway was. The stairwell was about 100 feet away from the others. But when they got there they saw a massive hole and a mountain of wreckage that stretched to both sides of the ship. Making things worse was the fact that, peering through the wreckage, they could see the stairwell, torn completely apart.

"Well." Celestia said to Joe.

"That blocks us from the aft one as well. There are three more, but." Joe said.

"But what?"

"But I feel the anchors may have broken away and flooded the anchor lockers."

"So what your saying is that the bow may be flooded by now."

"Exactly. Also I think the boiler that exploded could have rendered the mid-forward staircase useless as well."

"I see. Well that leaves the central staircase."

"Correct. But there's a problem with that too. It stops just below the ballroom."

"Which means it's going to be harder to get on."

Joe just nodded.

"Well, we'll either try to find a way on it, or find an alternate route." She said. The two the proceeded forward.

Back down below, Sunset continued her search through the hallway. It was almost pitch black with the exception of a few dim emergency lights. She walked through with almost complete ease, heading towards the bow. She stopped on the way at the sight of one of the rooms. All it said on it was 'FIRE STATION' upside down. There were three of them on each deck. Hoping to find something to help her see better, she broke open the closet with one swift kick.

"And they said I'm not that strong." Sunset chuckled. "Well I'll have to tell them about this the next time I visit them."

She proceeded into the closet hoping to find a flashlight. She felt around in the darkness for anything. She finally grabbed ahold of something. It had the handle of a bucket, but it definitely felt a little heavier. She felt along the box-like shape until she found the switch. Light immediately flooded the room.

"AHA! Found you, you little bastard!" She said. Looking around she found some more rope, and flashlights. She hung about 5 flashlights on the rope wrapped the rope around her right shoulder. She proceeded back into he hallway with the flashlight in her hands. The light illuminated the entire corridor, revealing debris, small mounds of wreckage, several small holes, as well as over a dozen bodies. She continued forward.

"Hello!" She called out. "Is there anyone down here?" She paused and looked around, she was about 15 feet from where the dim lights suddenly ended. The light sounds of sloshing penetrated the dead silence. Pointing her light down the hall she could see the water slowly creeping towards her. The hallway clutter moved around freely in the rising tide. The one thing that stood out to her was the body she saw. The woman had purple hair, and an orchid colored dress, with an open suitcase with several wigs and dresses in her hand. Knowing she was quickly running out of time, she proceeded back towards the stern. She was about halfway back when she heard more noises. It sounded like footsteps. Then a voice.

"Alright ladies watch you step now." The voice said. Looking behind her she saw a light coming up behind her. She immediately turned around the rest of the way and saw a small group of people, her flash light revealed the man and two women in the group.

"Hello?" She said.

Celestia and Joe continued their way down the hall. They had just passed Sunset's party when they heard the sound of banging. Getting closer the sound was accompanied by the sound of people talking.

"Come on you son of a bitch, give!" A female voice said. The two rounded a corner and saw three people trying to break open a door. Both suddenly feared the worst.

"Is that the door to the stairway?" Celestia said. The three turned around. It was the musicians, Octavia, Rising Star, and Vinyl Scratch. Celestia met them several times on the cruise.

"Yeah, that's the door." Joe said.

"If you're trying to get through that door, forget it." Octavia said.

"We've been trying to get through it for the past hour." Star said.

Celestia suddenly checked her watch. The three weren't kidding, it was now 1:17 a.m. She then walked over to the door. It was open only a crack, but it was enough for her to see partially into the stairwell, just enough to see something blocking the door. Gathering up their strength the 4 decided to make one last attempt to break it open. Joe still sat out due to the gash in his leg

Octavia gave the signal. "Ok 1...2...3!"

The 4 ran towards the door at full speed. They rammed the door with all their strength but bounced off it like a bunch of rubber balls. Celestia got up off the floor and just shook her head at the door.

"Well, what now?" Vinyl said.

"There's no other way up from here." Joe said.

"There's always another way up Joe. We just need to find it." Celestia said.

Octavia looked around, rubbing her head, and saw something that looked of interest.

"You mean like this?" She pointed out. It was a grate with a large grey metal hatch behind it.

In the time the three were gone, Luna and Mac got over half the group up the stairs. There was about 8 left at the bottom, Flash, Night Light, Velvet, their daughter and her friends, the ladder 5 of whom refuse to leave before everyone else is up. Night and Velvet were next in line.

"You'll be right behind us, right sweetie?" Velvet said.

"In a few minutes mom." Twilight said.

"Alright, bring them up." Flash said.

Just as the two began making her way up the stairs Sunset had finally returned from her little journey.

"I found 3 more." she said walking into the room. Right behind her was one man and two women, one of whom looked all to familiar to the girls.

"Fluttershy!" the girl's said in synch. They ran over and hugged their friend.

"Oh were so glad you're alright sweetie." Rarity said.

"It was so scary." Fluttershy said. "I was coming back from my room. The next moment I was falling, then I blacked out. Next thing I know, I was waking up in the dark, and everything was shaking. Oh I was so scarred. Luckily the doctor and his friend found me."

"I was coming back from the bow" Sunset added. "When I ran into these guys. I told them about our little journey and led them back here."

Coco Pommel, the third of the small group spoke up.

"You were heading towards the bow? Did you see my friend Suri? She was heading back to her cabin to get some things."

"What did she look like?" Sunset asked.

"Oh, she has light skin, purpleish hair, usually done up in curls, she was wearing an orchid colored dress, it was almost the shade of her skin."

Sunset froze up for a second. She remembered seeing someone like that floating in the water. She didn't know what to do.

"I did see her and...I'm sorry Coco." She said with a sigh. Coco didn't know what to say.

"I told her not to go back for those damn things." Is all she could say. There was a small moment of silence with the group.

"Well let's not dilly-dally any longer then." The doctor said. "Let's head on up. You girls go first."

"Come on Coco." Twilight said. "You can come up with me."

Flash gestured the two to go first. Both got in the loop and proceeded upwards.

After breaking off the grate and unscrewing the bolts from their holds, the hatch was opened. The 5 looked through the opening to see a small circular tunnel almost 2 yards wide.

"What is this?" Star said.

"It's an air duct." Joe said. "This leads to a central shaft. From there it leads to exit's on each deck."

"So we have our way up." Celestia said. "You guys get anyone who wants to come. I'm gonna go back and get the others."And with that she went back to the stairway.

Rainbow and AJ had just made it up the stairs. Now Whooves and Pinkie were beginning their trek up, the doctor bringing up the supplies that Sunset brought. Next would be Fluttershy, the Flash and Sunset would go last. As the doctor and Pinkie made it to the top the sound of footsteps caught the ears of the three below. Suddenly, out of the doorway way stepped a woman. It was Nurse Redheart, soaked to the bone in a combination of oil and seawater. The three could tell she was in a panic.

"You guys gotta get the hell out of here." She said. "The water's coming u-"

Fluttershy then screamed at the top of her lungs. Sunset and Flash turned around and saw the water rushing through the door and up the stairway.

"HURRY UP WITH THE ROPE!" Flash yelled out.

"THE WATTER'S COMING IN!" Sunset yelled.

Up top the Mac and Luna quickly sent down the rope. Celestia burst into the room.

"What the hell's happening?" She demanded.

"The room's flooding." Someone said.

Fluttershy kept screaming as Flash and Sunset threw the rope around Redheart.

"SHUT UP DAMN IT!" Sunset yelled, trying to get her in the rope. "Get a grip you big crybaby!"

Quickly the two were hoisted up. Now for the last ones. The room was quickly filling up. Supplies from the kitchen littered the water, pots and pans were made into makeshift boats the lights on the celling began to short circuit, giving off flashes like cameras.

"Hurry up and get us out of here!" Flash yelled. The rope came down and the two got in the loop. "Hold on! Pull!"

Finally the two were hoisted up out of the rising water and after what felt like an eternity they reached the crowd. Everyone back together, the professor retook control.

"Alright everyone, don't panic. Follow me, it's this way." She said.

The crowd the proceeded down out of the stairway and down the hall. Sunset and Flash were the last two out. Looking behind them they could see the water rising over the staircase. Hoping to bide more time, the two shut the door.