An Angel from the Deep

  Roxanna and Squirt were blasted from their spot and shot through the wooden base. Luckily, they had very few injuries. The water reflected the smoky haze that remained in the air. Roxanna splashed beneath the storming waves in search of the ponies. She was horrified when she saw the sea spirits had multiplied and were separated into groups to drown their prey. "You vile creatures!" she hollered. She sped up to a group who held the pink pony. She released the power of her voice unto her foes. It trapped them in an inescapable bubble, which when popped, rid the spirit inside. She did this for every group, and sang another spell to produce a force field around the ponies so they could breath. After the battle, she rose to the surface and set off towards the shore, a place she'd never been.

  Once she got there, she carefully released the ponies onto the sand. They were currently unconscious, but Roxanna could see them trying to breath. Squirt washed up on the sand behind her. "Roxanna, quick, hide before they see you!" She turned to her octopus friend and smiled. "Don't worry, Squirt. They haven't awoken yet." She gazed upon each of the colorful creatures, each of them with torn outfits and some sort of injury. Roxanna got out her harp and sat it on her lap. "I will watch and care for them until they awake, then I will go. They are such wonderful beings. I wish I didn't have to leave once they awake." She relaxed herself on the moonlit beach; her long, thick, brown hair was waving in the breeze. The tune she began to play on her harp seemed to mix with the sound of the waves. Her voice rode along the winds of the seashore.

"Rest now, my child.

It's time to go to bed.

Settle down your fins,

and lay your woozy head.

May the currents of the night

sweep you to a place

where everything is wonderful

and troubles are erased.

Rest now, my child.

Don't make another peep.

It's time to close your eyes

and go to sleep, sleep, sleep."

  "Twi, you guys, please tell me you're here!" It was about ten minutes since another noise besides Roxanna and Squirt were made. The mermaid was startled to hear the dragon's voice. She and Squirt quickly jumped back into the sea. She hid behind an island of rock. The dragon turned a corner and cried tears of joy as he ran up to his awakening friends. The princesses and prince followed. The ponies coughed and wheezed as they rose from their unconscious state. "I can't believe you guys are alive!" the young dragon cried. The royals were overjoyed as well. "Wha...what happened?" moaned Applejack, the orange pony, rubbing her head. "How'd we get here?" "A mare..." replied Twilight Sparkle, the purple one. "What?" replied the others. Twilight was still a bit dazed. "A mare...rescued us. She...she was singing. She played music, too. It was so...beautiful."

  Shining Armor, the prince and her older brother, placed a hoof on her head. "Twily, I think you may have bumped your head pretty badly. We should get you guys home." The ponies were fully awake, and more confused than ever. "But...but she was real!" she claimed, getting back on her hooves, stumbling a bit. "You guys heard it too, didn't you?" She gazed anxiously among her friends, but none of them seemed to get Twilight. "We were the only ones on that ship, Twilight." said Rainbow Dash, the blue pegasus. "There's no way somepony could've swam all the way here carrying us." The others seemed to agree. "But...I..." "Don't get worked up, Miss Sparkle." said the tall, white, majestic princess, who was named Princess Celestia. "We must get you and your friends home."

  The 6 friends stayed over at Twilight's library for the night, where they snuggled around the fireplace, wrapped in blankets. "Well, once I get back to the boutique, I can start on fixing up our dresses." claimed the white unicorn Rarity. She examined the wrecked condition of everypony's outfits. "It shouldn't be...too big of a problem...I presume." Rainbow Dash had her wing bandaged up, estimating that it will be at least a week before her sprain was healed, much to her despise. Pinkie Pie was trying to keep everypony's spirits up by telling silly stories or just being random, but it was hard, considering the fact that the storm kind of caught her off guard and she was still a bit shaken up by it. It was especially hard to cheer up a sulking Twilight in the corner.

   "Hey, Twilight, what's the matter?" she asked finally. She didn't reply. Fluttershy timidly stepped forward and brushed her silky, pink mane against her cheek. "I know that storm had a hard affect on us, Twilight," she said in a soothing voice, "but the good news is that the worst is over, we're all safe and sound, and everything is okay." Twilight seemed to have a sudden shock within her. "No, Fluttershy, everything is NOT okay!" She grabbed her by the shoulders and began to shake her back and forth. "Does everything look okay to you?" "Woah there, sugarcube!" cried Applejack."Try not to work yourself into a tizzy and tell us what happened." Twilight paused and released Fluttershy, blushing about her losing her senses. "I'm sorry," she said, "it's just that when we were on the beach, I remember hearing a mare singing to us as she played on what sounded like a harp. I couldn't quite make her out, but I remember her shining face and luscious mane blowing in the wind. Her voice...it was the most beautiful thing I've ever heard! Until I find her, it's going to haunt me every minute!"

   "Wow, I wish I could've heard her." said Fluttershy. Twilight didn't say anything, but instead shoved her face in her arms. Everypony remained quiet. The truth was that pretty much all of them had a hard time believing Twilight. How could a mare possibly have saved them in the middle of the ocean? Weren't they the only ones on the ship before it exploded, or was she on with them somewhere? Hopefully they'd find out soon before a certain alicorn princess goes crazy.